Chapter 301 Interrogation

Although Tang Feng did not personally take people to capture the demons of the White Lotus Sect, the pressure in his heart still made him unable to rest. Instead, he waited all night in the second hall of the governor's yamen, waiting for people to report the news. It was not until the end of the fourth day that he leaned on the chair because he was too tired. But as soon as he fell asleep, he heard a burst of powerful footsteps coming from outside, so he quickly cheered up and looked at the soldier and said, "How is it?"

"If you come back to the master, all the houses in the city have been controlled by us, and no one has missed the net! Now, the generals, the commander is conducting a thorough search there, and they can bring both people and evidence before dawn.

When Tang Feng heard this, he had only put down half of the stone in his heart. His concern about the situation in the city was that those people had escaped, but now it seemed that everything was in his own grasp, and no one could escape. After Wei Xinxin, he said, "You have done a good job, let's go first. If there is any news outside the city, I will report it to me."

Because of this good news, Tang Feng's original sleepiness was driven away. After waiting for another half an hour, he heard a noise outside. Then, under the escort of the soldiers, hundreds of people walked in. When he saw these people trembling because of their thin clothes, Tang Feng took a step to meet them.

"Sir, everyone is here, please ask me!" A general stepped forward and said respectfully.

Tang Feng nodded slightly and didn't say anything. He just looked at everyone here carefully. When those people saw Tang Feng's appearance, they knew that his identity was not low. They immediately said, "Sir, what mistakes did we make? Why did you arrest us late at night? We are all well-known people in Jinan City. If you can't tell a reason, we will definitely sue you to the court!"

Tang Feng was not angry or panicked after hearing their words, but smiled contemptuously. He could see that although this man was speaking fiercely, he was actually a harsh person and had no momentum. So he did not reply to the other party's words, but pointed at these people and said, "Who among you is the head of the family in the mansion? Come forward and follow me to ask questions. The others will stay here for me!" As he said that, he walked in.

Under the push of several soldiers, four middle-aged men in thick clothes were taken into the second hall. They were the heads of the four families taken down by the soldiers, all of whom were pampered and gentry. As soon as they entered, Tang Feng snorted coldly, "Kneel down!" Without waiting for them to hesitate, the weapons in the hands of the soldiers were just a little at the bend of their knees. The four of them felt their legs numb, and they knelt down unconsciously because they suddenly knelt down and hit the blue bricks heavily, causing the pain to make the faces pale.

It was still the person who was just talking. He was still dissatisfied after kneeling down on the ground. He endured the pain and looked up at Tang Feng: "Sir, we are all people with fame and fortune. Even if we enter the court, we don't have to kneel down!"

Tang Feng sneered and said, "It seems that you are quite brave. You dare to take off such a big shot at this time. Do you really don't know why you were taken?"

The man replied immediately without any hesitation: "No, we are all innocent gentry, and we have always been very rules. I really don't know why you came to take us. I still remember that it was the government who issued a notice saying that the government would not make things difficult for us people, so we dared to come back to Jinan at this time. Unexpectedly, you, sir,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

"What a wise man. It seems that you won't cry after seeing the coffin!" Tang Feng stared at him and said, "What does you have to do with the White Lotus Sect? Why did they send envoys to your mansion to meet you?"

"Sir, why do you say this? We don't know what the White Lotus Sect..." When the other people heard Tang Feng's words, their faces changed suddenly, but they still refused to admit it. When Tang Feng saw their appearance, he was even more convinced that they all had an ulterior motive with the White Lotus Sect, and the last bit of concern in his heart was eliminated. At this time, several soldiers came in to report: "Sir, in addition to finding a lot of money in these people's homes, we also obtained several Buddha statues of Maitreya and these books of account books. Please check it out!"

Tang Feng ordered people to take it in front of him and flipped through the account book, but couldn't see anything strange, so he threw it aside and said to those people: "Since you keep saying that you have nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect, how can you worship Maitreya at home?"

"This..." The king's reaction was the fastest. After thinking about it, he argued: "Maitreya is a great Buddha. It's not a mistake for us to worship it at home, right? Ordinary families have Buddhist temples..."

"At this time, do you still refuse to admit it? If you say that you are Maitreya who worships only by believe in Buddhism, why don't you see that there is not a single volume of scriptures in your family? This is a bit unreasonable."

At this moment, no matter how much they could say, they could not find a reason, and they all fell silent. Tang Feng knew that his guess was right. In fact, he didn't know whether these people had Buddhist scriptures in their families. However, based on his understanding, religious beliefs were quite dedicated, so he believed that they would not have Buddhist scriptures. Seeing that they were speechless by their own question, Tang Feng simply went further and said another thing to destroy their confidence: "Can't you see your own conspiracy? Why, when are you going to come to the yamen to ask for compensation? Will you incite the people in the city to rebel again?"

After hearing Tang Feng's words, everyone's faces were all pale. They all looked at Tang Feng with fear, not understanding how he knew such a secret thing. Tang Feng continued to put pressure on them: "What you think is secret is obvious to me, so I advise you to admit your identity and say everything you know. Otherwise, not only will you suffer from flesh and blood, but your family will not escape the relationship!"

The few people looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all began to hesitate, but their fear of the White Lotus Sect's rules and distrust of the government made it difficult for them to make a decision. Seeing them like this, Tang Feng didn't want to ask anymore, because he knew that the answer would have a counterproductive effect, so he waved his hand and said, "Take them down first and lock them up alone. If you want to say something to me, you can come to me to confess." At this point, his face brought a threatening smile: "I will spare two of them. As long as the first two people told me the truth, I will forgive his sins and even protect his safety. As for the remaining two, I can only die for them!" As he said that, without waiting for them to react, people dragged the four people down.

Then Tang Feng ordered people to bring in those people outside the hall whose lips were frozen to their purple from their lips and interrogate them in batches. However, perhaps they really didn't know the situation, or to hide it for their master, these people didn't admit anything. This was already expected by Tang Feng, and he did not get angry about it, but ordered people to take them into custody.

"It seems that the breakthrough is still on those gentry or those from Zhengjiazhuang outside the city. If that mage can be captured alive, I think it will be a big gain." Thinking of this, he asked, "Why, has General Zhang not brought people back yet?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sound of horse hooves came from outside. A large group of people walked in. The first person was Zhang Wencong. When they saw that they had returned safely, Tang Feng immediately smiled, and then stood up to meet him and said, "It's my fault that General Zhang, I wonder if this operation is successful?"

"For the blessing of lord, we have caught all the people in the Zheng family village in one go!" Zhang Wencong said after saluting Tang Feng, then waved his hand and said, "Bring everyone in."

"How many casualties do we have?" Tang Feng did not rush to ask those people, but asked a question that made everyone who heard this warm. Zhang Wencong was also stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Fortunately, twenty-three people died and more than thirty people were injured. This was because those guys later relied on the terrain to prevent our crossbows and muskets from working. Otherwise, the casualties would not have been so great."

At this time, more than 20 sluggish White Lotus scholars were also brought in. Their identities were naturally not as good as those of the mage, so they did not hide poison, so they were all captured alive. Of course, it was also possible that these people were not as loyal to the White Lotus scholar, and they would not be martyred because of this. Tang Feng glanced over these people, then frowned slightly and said, "These people looked very ordinary, and I'm afraid they couldn't ask anything." He knew at a glance that these people were just ordinary farmers, and might have been trained for a few days, but if they knew, they could not compare to those gentry.

"Yes, that leader committed suicide by taking poison when we surrounded him and wanted to capture him alive. It was the last negligence of the last general." Zhang Wencong said with some shame.

"Forget it, you can't blame me. Are there any other discoveries?" Tang Feng did not blame him. If a person is determined to die, no one can stop him.

"I really got an unexpected gain." Zhang Wencong became happy again, took out a bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Tang Feng's hand and said, "This is what I took from an eagle hovering over the village."
Chapter completed!