On the fifth day of August, when the situation in Xiangfan was completely stable and Zhang Jing was left to help Wang He and other local officials stayed behind, Li Ling brought others and took back a group of key figures in the Luotian Sect to Wuchang.

This time he returned to Wuchang, naturally, to solve the case of Ma family's family destruction. He had already learned through urgent reports that Xiao Chengzhi led his men to capture Shangguan Ao and four others alive; on the other hand, he planned to go to Wuchang and return to Luoyang from the water.

After all, there are so many Luotian Sects who need people in hand now, and even Li Ling is worried about the troubles on the road. Compared to land, it is obviously safer to water, because in addition to official power, he can also use the power of the Cao Gang to go through water.

As the capital of Huguang, Wuchang has convenient water transportation far above Xiangfan, so it is naturally the first choice for Li Ling to detain people back to Beijing. However, judging from the current situation, it should take some time before he actually set off for the return to Beijing, and at least he has to find out the Ma family case.

After several days of boating and chariots, Li Ling finally arrived in Wuchang on the tenth day of the lunar month and saw Xiao Chengzhi who was still injured. This surprised him a little: "Are you... the injuries you suffered when you captured those murderers?"

"Unfortunate, they were stabbed when they finally resisted, but fortunately they were only injured in flesh and healed in two days." Xiao Chengzhi said dissatisfied. Then he snorted with a little dissatisfaction: "You are still a little conscience. Give me such a chance to get a thief, otherwise I won't deal with you! I'll have to eat all the time and I haven't fought with the thieves for a few good fights with the thieves."

This made Li Ling difficult to accept. He really couldn't understand the other party's desire to take risks. He could only say: "In the future, there will always be more opportunities. If you really want to see when there will be war in the northern border, I will report to the court and transfer you to guard the border."

"This is OK, don't deny it." Xiao Chengzhi suddenly felt enlightened and said for sure.

Li Ling was stunned again. He was just a joke. He took it seriously? Xiao Chengzhi completely ignored his thoughts and complained: "You don't know how frustrating I have been in the capital in the past few years. There are too many rules in the palace and outside the palace, and there are many social events. It's really not as good as when I was in southern Yunnan. My father didn't let me go back, so I can only think about going elsewhere. Northern Xinjiang is good. At least I can fight with the Guirong people for a few games, so I can have fun!"

He said that, what else could Li Ling do? He could only smile bitterly and nodded again. As for whether this matter can be accomplished, at least it seems that there is no idea now. After all, Xiao Chengzhi is the little marquis of Dingxi Marquis, how could he be so dangerous?

So Li Ling could only change the topic: "By the way, where is Mo Yun? Is he injured? Also, do those guys recognize other accomplices?" He quickly told the news that there were only four main criminals arrested, and obviously there were less than the number he had in his possession. Moreover, the reason and culprit behind this must be very difficult to kill the whole family!

"Mo Yun is guarding the prison cell. He is better than me and has not been injured. As for those guys, they are very stubborn and are caught until today, but they refuse to say a word. However, people from the Sihai Society came to disturb the people a few days ago, and were scolded by me. By the way, do you think there is a problem with the Sihai Society?" Xiao Chengzhi said solemnly when he mentioned the serious matter.

"It's hard to say, but their family has a great career and cannot escape. Let's take a look first." Li Ling took a sip of tea and thought for a while before saying, "Then bring Shangguan Ao first. I want to interrogate them one by one. I don't believe that they can be so loyal to the person behind the scenes that he will give up his life and even the entire family!"

In less than half an hour, Li Moyun personally took Shangguan Ao to come. His current situation was the same as Xiao Chengzhi said. Although he had suffered some injuries before, he had already recovered. His whole body was quite energetic and energetic. He was quite happy to see the young master. After performing the ceremony, he stood aside.

Li Ling also focused more attention on Shangguan Ao. This was a handsome man in his forties and extraordinary spirit. As his name suggests, he had a little bit of arrogance. Even though he had become a prisoner, he still stood up straight and looked at Li Ling without any fear, and even had a little intention of scrutiny.

"Are you Shangguan Ao? One of the several murderers who destroyed Majiazhuang?" Li Ling asked directly without taking a turn.

Responding to him was a cold snorted and a silence full of confrontation. Seeing this, Xiao Chengzhi frowned again, and he was quite annoyed. Since these guys were taken down, they always looked like this, as if they were determined not to attack them.

Li Ling was not upset about this, but instead laughed: "It seems that you haven't figured out your situation yet. Maybe you don't know the origin of this official. I don't hide it from you. My name is Li Ling. I came from the capital and was a patrol officer in Huguang. I have the status of an imperial envoy. I can ask about all local affairs, and I can still decide on it in one sentence.

"So, not only do I have to deal with you with the case, but now I have someone dragged you out and killed you, but I also have to do it in this cheap four words!"

This made Shangguan Ao's pupils shrink slightly, but he still kept silent, as if he refused to cooperate and was not afraid of boiling water. Li Ling sighed and shook his head and said, "You are sure that you don't cry until you see the coffin. I really feel that I dare not do anything to you, and the person behind you will definitely find a way to save you?"

Finally, Shangguan Ao spoke, but his tone was still tough: "Since you already know that it was the result, why do you have to spend more time talking? Anyway, you have to ask, that is, we did not do the Ma family case. If you don't have any evidence or evidence, we will not admit it even if we torture us. As for the others, don't think about it!

"Actually, let me say that your wisest choice is to let us go, so there will be less trouble afterwards, otherwise... Even if you are the imperial envoy of the court, you will probably not be able to take it!"

"Bold!" Li Ling didn't react yet. Xiao Chengzhi was so angry that he slapped the table and stared at the other party hard, wishing he could pounce on him and bite him. This guy didn't speak up, but this spoke was even more annoying! But his anger did not scare the other party. Shangguan Ao smiled again: "This general, you should save your energy. You will take us down without any evidence. The consequences are already great. Sihai will have already come forward to seek extraordinary people. How about it, the pressure is not small?"

A sigh came from Li Ling's mouth. He slowly stood up and slowly came to Shangguan Ao, who was locked in iron chains and shackles. He looked at the other party carefully, and after a while, he said: "You look very smart. I heard that you could have such a status in the Sihai Society before, not only rely on martial arts, but also quite versatile. Why did you become stupid at this time?

"You are right. I only occasionally found some clues. I know that you are the murderers of the Ma family's family. I really don't have any real evidence. If I really follow the rules of the government, I really have no way to deal with you. Similarly, I don't know who is hiding behind you and what their purpose is.

"But I think you seem to have forgotten something very important, and you ignore my identity and what I just did in Huguang. We are officials, you are citizens, and officials should identify the people as bandits and thieves. Sometimes there is no need for any evidence at all, just by opening my mouth.

"If you really think that I can't do anything to you without giving conclusive evidence, it would be too wrong. I'm asking you to question it, indeed to find more accomplices, but this does not mean that I will worry too much and dare not use methods on you.

"I know, you are all tough guys. The easy torture that falls on you is almost like itching. You grit your teeth and get through it. But what about your family? You, Shangguan Ao, have a family in Wuchang, one wife, two concubines, two sons and one daughter. Cui Wanbao and Yao Kuan, and each have a family in Huguang. Do you really think I will let them go?"

"You... people in the world have never suffered from their wives and children..." Shangguan Ao finally became a little nervous and gritted his teeth.

"But I am not a man from the world. Why do you trample on the law but still need others to follow your so-called morals of the world? Since you have embarked on this path, you should be prepared and wait for your whole family to bury you!

"As for what Sihai will... a mere business bank will also give me pressure? Even if they don't say anything, I have long wanted to eradicate it. As for the crime, it is ready-made, colluding with bandits, harming innocent people, and not reporting it knows!

"So not only you and your family will die, but your colleagues and partners in the Sihaihui will also be implicated by you. Even if you don't die, you will become prisoners and be exiled. Don't think that this official is scaring you. Now the power of Huguang is in me. As long as I think about it, no one will feel wronged even if they are killed.

"Oh by the way, there is another thing. The Ma family has no friendship with me. Although I want to find out the whole story of this case, even if the truth is not found, there will be no loss for me. There are too many unsolved cases in the world, and I don't care about one more. Besides, aren't you still going to be sentenced to death as murderers?"

Even though Shangguan Ao claimed to be knowledgeable and had dealt with many officials, he was frightened by Li Ling's words and felt like he fell into an ice cave. He could see that Li Ling's words were not intimidation, but he really planned to do so. If he refused to admit it or compromise...
Chapter completed!