Xu Zun was imprisoned in a certain prison cell of the county government office. His hands and feet were handcuffed with iron chains, which were fixed to the ground. He was guarded by four internal guards holding swords.
Xu Zun was sitting on the stool in the middle, his eyes slightly closed, and he was thinking seriously.
What a terrifying and shocking series of plots!
Without that whistleblower letter, Cai Kun would not have found You Dalang's deposit.
If the deposit cannot be found, the secret passage will not be discovered, and the iron coffin production site hidden underground will be found!
Think again...
Without that jade pendant, Chen Taiji would not have connected the iron coffin with the assassin who assassinated Queen Mother Lin.
Without the assassin, Cai Kun would not have revealed his identity, and the situation would not have escalated out of control.
Think again...
If the iron coffin was not linked to the assassin, even if the iron coffin was discovered from Xu Zun's house, Mr. Shen would not be implicated!
so……
What a vicious strategy!!!
Xu Zun now finally understands what the enemy's true purpose is!
Unexpectedly, the nonsense I had with Miss Shen now turned into reality. The unknown enemy wanted to get rid of Shen Tiande with the help of Xu Zun!
You Dalang's murder of his wife, the reappearance of the iron coffin, the jade pendant, the assassin, and the revelation of the secret letter, all of this is part of this elaborate plan!
sharp!
It’s really awesome!
The opponent's skill, the opponent's meticulousness, and the opponent's control are all like an overwhelming dimension-reducing blow. Xu Zun has no power to parry, and can only surrender and wait for death!
However……
Xu Zun just didn't believe in this evil. After some careful thinking, he did not give up on himself.
On the contrary, it was precisely because of the appearance of You Dalang's deposit and the iron coffin in the secret room that the doubts he had been unable to understand before were solved!
He felt more and more that he should still have a chance!
Bang!
The door was pushed open, Cai Kun entered with his head held high, and sat in front of Xu Zun.
"How's it going, Lieutenant Xu County?" Cai Kun asked, "Have you thought about it? Your father and father-in-law are both from the Ministry of Justice. You should know that as a criminal, there is a big difference between confessing early and confessing late, right?"
"I've thought about it!" Xu Zun said, "I will tell you everything I know, but I have a condition!
"Before I give my explanation, I want to meet Mr. Shen, and I will meet him alone!"
"oh?"
Cai Kun looked at Xu Zun playfully, but said nothing for a long time, as if he was thinking about Xu Zun's purpose.
"You don't want to waste time," Xu Zun said, "After the meeting, I guarantee that you will get an answer you are satisfied with!"
"..."
Cai Kun thought for a moment and then whispered a few words to the guards behind him.
After the guards left, Cai Kun sat in front of Xu Zun and looked at him carefully.
Xu Zun remained silent and waited quietly, with a calm face and no emotional fluctuations.
At noon in winter, everything is surprisingly quiet, whether inside or outside the house!
You can't hear the wind rustling the branches, nor can you hear the chirping of birds. Time seems to have stopped, which is particularly chilling!
After an unknown amount of time, rapid and heavy footsteps finally sounded from outside the door, approaching from far away.
Just by listening to these heavy footsteps, Xu Zun could already tell that the person coming was his father-in-law!
For some reason, as the footsteps approached, Xu Zun's heart became heavy.
"Xu Zun," Cai Kun stood up and said coldly, "I have satisfied your conditions, and I hope you will not disappoint me!"
After saying that, he turned around and went out, and happened to meet Shen Tiande who was about to come in at the door.
Unexpectedly, Cai Kun actually cupped his hands, saluted Shen Tiande, called "Mr. Shen", and then left quickly.
The guards also followed Cai Kun outside the house.
"Ji Ying!" Shen Tiande couldn't wait to ask as soon as he came in, "What on earth...is going on?"
Xu Zun saw that his father-in-law was actually wearing heavy shackles and was even worse than himself!
"Father!" Xu Zun felt uncomfortable in his heart. He swallowed back what he had prepared.
Squeak...
The door was closed from the outside, and Cai Kun fulfilled his promise and allowed Xu Zun and Shen Tiande to talk alone.
However, Xu Zun knew in his heart that the doors and windows of this room were very thin, and even closing them would not have much effect.
"Now... how is Shen's house?" Xu Zun asked.
"They've all been arrested!" Shen Tiande said excitedly, "Why did it happen like this? Tell me quickly, is something serious happening? Otherwise, they won't dare to touch me!"
"Father," Xu Zun pondered for a few seconds, then asked bravely, "Can you tell me, what does this iron coffin have to do with you?"
"What?" Shen Tiande was suddenly stunned and asked, "What do you mean? What does it have to do with me and the iron coffin? What on earth are you talking about?"
"I..." Xu Zun lowered his voice and corrected, "I'm not talking about this time!"
"If it's not this time, then...oh?"
Shen Tiande thought about it carefully, and suddenly heard what Xu Zun meant, and his face darkened.
"Father," Xu Zun said again, "if you don't tell me the truth back then, I'm afraid I won't be able to save our Shen family!"
"Ji Ying!" Shen Tiande stared at Xu Zun and said calmly, "It's not easy to make a sword, but it's not easy to follow the heart! I really didn't expect that you would actually doubt me?"
"I……"
"Needless to say!" Shen Tiande said proudly, "Don't you know it yourself? When the iron coffin case happened two years ago, we were still in the capital!
"Am I confused or are you confused?" He yelled loudly, "I tell you, even if our Shen family is raped and executed, we will not care about you, let alone save you! Humph!"
"Father, foster father..."
Xu Zun still wanted to explain, but the stubborn Shen Tiande turned around and kicked open the door and walked out without looking back!
Looking at the slightly hunched figure of the old man, Xu Zun suddenly felt a twinge of sadness in his heart.
good……
He was indeed shaken!
Because, his house was indeed bought for him by Shen Tiande!
Because Shen Tiande was the former minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the relationship between the Ministry of Justice and the Queen Mother Lin was already very sensitive.
It was also because he vaguely remembered that when the iron coffin case occurred two years ago, Mr. Shen did seem to have something abnormal...
These reasons had to make Xu Zun doubt the person he respected the most for the first time.
However, when he saw the old man leaving in disappointment, he regretted it!
He even found that he shed tears inadvertently!
It seemed that even though he was no longer his true self after traveling through time, the familiar emotions were already deep-rooted and made him feel the same way.
"Xu County Lieutenant!" At this time, Cai Kun's cold voice came from outside the door, "How is it? Our deal has been reached, can we talk about it now?"
Seeing Cai Kun coming in, Xu Zun hurriedly wiped away his tears and calmed down.
"Okay!" Xu Zun nodded, "I will tell you everything I know now!"
"Not bad!" Cai Kun sat in front of Xu Zun again, "I am all ears! I think this must be a very exciting story!"
"Yes! It's definitely beyond your imagination!" Xu Zun smiled faintly and said, "Master Cai, if you are here specifically to deal with Mr. Shen this time, just to destroy the Shen family, then I tell you, your purpose has already been That’s it, if you need me to confess, Xu will definitely cooperate!”
"..." Cai Kun heard that the words were wrong, and his eyes immediately showed a fierce look.
"Or maybe you just need me to communicate with Mr. Shen. In that case, I will also cooperate! Mr. Shen is the mastermind of the Iron Coffin case, and the Queen Mother must be very satisfied!"
"..." Cai Kun narrowed his eyes and seemed to have lost his patience.
"However, there is something I want to remind Mr. Cai," Xu Zun said calmly, "Can you ensure that after the two of us work together, the iron coffin case will not happen again?"
"Oh?" Cai Kun had doubts in his eyes, as if he had tasted the lethality in Xu Zun's words.
"If another iron coffin case happens again, are you sure you can explain it clearly to the Queen Mother?" Xu Zun continued, "Mr. Cai, didn't you realize that you are actually just like us, the moment you received the order from the Queen Mother? Well, your fate has been firmly tied to that iron coffin!!!"