This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!-Chapter 374 - 88 Concluding the Case
Chapter 374 -88 Concluding the Case
“Xiao Fei! Do you know what you’re doing?!”
Xia Huan was terrified to see Li Fei hold a knife to Chen Xiang’s neck.
Bringing Li Fei directly to see Chen Xiang, a prisoner, was already against the rules. If Chen Xiang ended up dead at Li Fei’s hands, Xia Huan might have to strip off his official uniform for good!
Li Fei ignored Xia Huan’s words and just calmly looked at Chen Xiang.
Chen Xiang pulled at the corner of his mouth, smiling, and said,
“As a death row prisoner, you threaten me with death. Don’t you find that funny?”
He had colluded with spies from the Western Countries, an offense punishable by death. The only reason he was still alive was that the Inspection General Office hadn’t extracted any valuable intelligence from him yet.
Hearing this, Li Fei calmly said,
“While on my way here, I carefully reflected on the situation back then. You could have killed me yourself, but you insisted on using someone else. Apart from a specific reason, you were actually trying to save your own skin. If that student from the Earth Martial Arts Hall had succeeded in killing me, you wouldn’t have had to do it yourself, and even if you were later suspected and arrested, you could claim innocence, saying you knew nothing.”
Chen Xiang was stunned, then looked at Li Fei, “What’s the point of saying all this now?”
Li Fei replied, “There is a point, it shows that you actually don’t want to die; you really want to survive.”
Chen Xiang laughed, “Who would want to die? But now I can’t survive.”
“No.”
Li Fei shook his head, “If you knew from the beginning that you were bound to die, you would have chosen suicide when you were captured to avoid these subsequent punishments. But you didn’t choose suicide, meaning you’re not a Death Soldier. Someone behind you must have promised they could save you; you still have hope, which is why you’ve been able to hold on until now.”
Standing at the back, Xia Huan was startled by this line of reasoning and suddenly realized Li Fei made sense.
He had interrogated many prisoners and was a professional in this domain.
Those who seemed to have a firm belief in the inevitability of death, feeling indifferent towards dying, were the ones whose defenses were easily broken.
On the other hand, those who still had hope were usually the ones who could endure and persist the most.
After being caught, Chen Xiang had been tortured by the Inspection General Office for months, but he had continued to endure, which was certainly rare.
Perhaps it was because Chen Xiang had always believed there was a way out for him that he was able to last this long?
Then who could the person behind him be?
Certainly, it was ridiculous to expect a spy from the Western Countries to rescue him from here.
Thinking about it, Xia Huan suddenly understood why Li Fei had specifically come to see Chen Xiang.
“I don’t understand a word you’re saying.”
Chen Xiang sneered.
“I don’t care whether you understand or not. Like I said before, I’m going to ask the next question only once. If you don’t answer, I’ll kill you right away,” Li Fei said, looking into Chen Xiang’s eyes, his calm demeanor revealing a crazed intent to kill!
Chen Xiang could tell that Li Fei was neither joking nor making an idle threat.
“As a prodigious talent with prospects, would you really sacrifice your future for a death row prisoner like me? I don’t believe it!” Chen Xiang gritted his teeth.
“You’ve been locked up too long and are out of touch with the current situation. Let me bring you up to speed; I’ve already achieved a Breakthrough to the Tao Foundation Stage,” Li Fei stated.
“What?!”
Chen Xiang’s eyes widened.
When he had taught Li Fei before, Li Fei had just made a Breakthrough to the Qi Change Early Stage not long ago.
And now, in just a few months, he had already made it to the Tao Foundation Stage?
Chen Xiang didn’t believe it!
The next moment, a forceful vibration erupted from Li Fei’s Dantian.
“This is…”
Chen Xiang had been trying to reach Unity himself, so he immediately felt this was the fluctuation caused by Li Fei concentrating his force entirely at his Dantian.
What’s challenging isn’t concentrating the force in the Dantian, but the speed of this concentration.
Li Fei had completed it in an instant, indicating that all branches of his Implant had already gathered at the Dantian, hence such speed.
“You actually really…”
Chen Xiang looked on in disbelief.
“My speed of making this Breakthrough is a first in history, and Headmaster Shi Caiming has decided to take me as a student. This is his Token, do you recognize it?” Li Fei said, while taking out the Token from his chest to show Chen Xiang.
“The Headmaster’s Token…”
Chen Xiang was flabbergasted.
He sensed a trace of Sword Intent from the Token, something he had seen before in Qin Zhen’s possession.
So everything Li Fei was saying was true.
“Do you think killing a death row prisoner like you would affect the future of a genius like me?” Li Fei countered.
Chen Xiang: “….”
Xia Huan: “….”
Xia Huan was actually the most speechless one.
Indeed, Chen Xiang’s death wouldn’t affect Li Fei’s prospects; it would only affect his, Xia someone’s, future…
Chen Xiang kept silent.
“Alright, answer my question,” Li Fei said, not giving the other party much time to think:
“Who instructed you to take me to the Earth Martial Arts Hall to be killed, thereby implicating Iron Blade Sect and the spies from the Western Countries?”
At this question, Chen Xiang was taken aback.
The focus of Li Fei’s question wasn’t about killing him but about implicating Iron Blade Sect and the spies from the Western Countries.
This indicated that Li Fei had much more information than Chen Xiang had realized!
“….”
“I’m counting down from three; if you don’t answer, I’ll kill you with one stroke!”
“….”
“Three!”
“….”
“Two!”
“….”
Xia Huan, standing behind Li Fei, was nervously watching Chen Xiang.
Chen Xiang was also looking at Xia Huan, trying to discern whether this was an act staged by the Inspection General Office.
But by Xia Huan’s expression, it didn’t look like an act.
“One!”
Li Fei tightened his grip, and the Ghost Slash Blade had already nicked Chen Xiang’s neck skin.
“I’ll talk!!!”
Chen Xiang roared.
He truly didn’t want to die.
Having suffered so much and endured for so long, he was on the brink of victory. If he were to die now, he wouldn’t accept it!
“Hu—”
Xia Huan let out a heavy breath.
Thankfully, his career was safe, and it seemed he might even have a chance to earn merit.
“Speak.”
Li Fei stared intently at Chen Xiang.
“It was Xu Jing!”
Chen Xiang gave the answer.
“What did you say?!”
Xia Huan shouted in disbelief.
In the cell, the air froze at that moment.
…
“Sir!”
The secretary pushed open the door to Bian Jingru’s office.
“What now?”
Bian Jingru frowned at the other person, clearly agitated.
He’d been at his wits’ end all day due to the investigation team and had been under immense pressure.
He didn’t want to hear any more bad news.
Unfortunately, the less one wants to encounter something, the more likely they are to encounter it.
“The Inspection General Bureau has captured that woman named Xiao Rui!”
The secretary said urgently.
Bian Jingru was stunned for a moment: “Xiao Rui?”
Secretary: “She’s the woman who had secret dealings with Zhang Zongyang. That night, Zhang Zongyang went to see this Xiao Rui.”
Bian Jingru suddenly realized, then responded:
“You’re saying the Inspection General Bureau captured her? Where did they catch her? Wasn’t it reported by the Inspection General Office that she had already left Datong Prefecture?”
Secretary: “Just now, a squad leader from the Inspection General Bureau was investigating a case, and they found an extra woman in a suspect’s house. Once they took the woman back to the Inspection General Bureau and checked, they found out she was the girl named Xiao Rui that the office had been searching for not long ago.”
Bian Jingru looked serious: “How many people know about this now?”
The secretary looked at him helplessly: “Just as this squad leader and his men returned to the Bureau, the investigation team happened to be there as well.”
Bian Jingru: “…”
There’s no need to think about it then; it’s all been clearly arranged.
Bian Jingru leaned back in his chair, let out a long sigh, and said:
“We can’t delay any longer.”
…
Over an hour later, Xiao Rui, who had been brought back to the Inspection General Bureau, had been interrogated in the presence of several parties.
She personally identified that she was under orders from Shangguan Xiao because she closely resembled Shangguan Xiao’s late mother. Shangguan Xiao found her and step by step taught her how to lure Zhang Zongyang.
Xiao Rui also said that the poison in Zhang Zongyang’s body was actually divided into two parts: the poison on the paintings changed by Zhang Shiwei was the first part, and she personally administered the primer to Zhang Zongyang, the second part, which triggered the poison tailored specifically for him.
After Zhang Zongyang’s poisoning took effect, a Western spy hiding in the shadows would then assassinate him.
Xiao Rui clearly detailed the whole process of events, including when Shangguan Xiao found her and how they contacted each other. Many of the details matched perfectly with Zhang Shiwei’s testimony.
With this, the case lost all suspense.
Xiao Rui then disclosed the whereabouts of the Western spy who murdered Zhang Zongyang that night.
The Inspection General Bureau, Zhi Ge General Hospital, and the Righteous Law General Institute moved immediately, sending people to capture the Western spy.
On May 22nd, at 7:18 PM.
In a residential area in the West Business District of Datong Prefecture.
The houses here were all bungalows, set among noisy, densely populated alleyways.
In one moment, the sound of thunder erupted in a courtyard in an alley. frёewebnoѵēl.com
Followed by a series of explosions!
Walls were blown apart, houses collapsed.
In the night sky, a sword light flashed, then fell like a meteor, delivering the final blow to the battlefield.
Minutes later, a group of masters left the residential area with several bodies and three captives.
As for the civilians who were accidentally injured and the destroyed houses, the Inspection General Bureau took care of the aftermath.
At 7:49 PM, the three captives were taken back to the Zhi Ge General Hospital.
As for their identities, they had been ascertained during the confrontation; they were indeed different beings from the West Continent, and they also possessed the status of Martial Artists.
The three Western spies were clearly significant, one of them even a Tao Foundation Stage expert!
The interrogation of these Western spies wasn’t very important anymore.
Who would care about the words of aliens?
The most crucial point was that among them, there were indeed individuals capable of killing Zhang Zongyang!
Moreover, Xiao Rui had given more details about her collusion with these Western spies, and these details were soon verified.
Thus, the causes, processes, and outcomes of Zhang Zongyang’s case were very clear.
And all major culprits involved in the murder had been captured.
Ironclad evidence!
At 11:28 PM.
Datong Prefecture Government Affairs Building.
The Garrison Commander, Deputy Guardian.
The Inspector General of the Inspection General Bureau, Deputy Supervisory Director.
Chief of Zhi Ge General Hospital, Helmsman…
All the top officials of Datong Prefecture were present.
Yan Shijin led all officials from the investigation team, also present.
“….Now that everyone is clear about the whole case, I think we can close the case,” said Yan Shijin to those gathered.
“Yan Sir is right,” said Bian Jingru.
At this point, he had no way to obstruct further, nor could he obstruct.
He could only follow the flow.
“What does Sir Bian think should be done with the masterminds behind this case?” asked Yan Shijin, nodding in satisfaction.
Bian Jingru solemnly said, “Naturally, they should be punished by the law.”
“If we follow the law, as I recall, assassins who target officials appointed by the court and above should be publicly executed by dismemberment to assert national authority. Am I correct?”
Yan Shijin asked.
Bian Jingru nodded expressionlessly: “Yan Sir is not mistaken.”
“Good!”
Yan Shijin slammed his hand on the wooden table before him, “Our investigation team has been in Datong Prefecture for over two months; it’s been too long. Since the case is closed and the culprits have all been captured, let’s not delay any longer. How about we execute them all publicly by dismemberment at noon tomorrow? After tomorrow, we can also return to the provincial capital to report.”
“….Alright, let’s do as Yan Sir says.”
Bian Jingru said word by word.
Thus, the matter was settled.
The news quickly spread out:
On May 23rd at noon, all culprits involved in the murder of Zhang Zongyang, the Helmsman of the Zhi Ge General Hospital, including Zhang Shiwei, Shangguan Xiao, Xiao Rui, and several Western spies.
These individuals were to be publicly executed at the Glory Square in Datong District:
Dismemberment and death by a thousand cuts!
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