Under the Governor's Office and in the prison.

Since the murder of a critical criminal some time ago, the guards of the prison cells in the city have become much tighter than before. In the prison with a very bad environment, there are more than a dozen or twenty military soldiers watching them carefully in case any accidents occur.

Now the most closely guarded prisoner is Shangguan Ao and his men who were taken down before, as well as many people from the Luotian Sect who were brought by Li Ling.

According to the rules of the government, these people naturally had to take care of their own detention separately in case of collusion or other changes between them. But today there was a new arrangement in the prison, which actually brought Shangguan Ao and the other three accomplices into a cell, which clearly wanted to give them a chance to discuss.

However, the four people looked very bad at this time, their eyes were full of anxiety. They sat together and remained silent. No one spoke for a long time.

Half a day later, Monk Guangzhi spoke first and said, "Are you also threatened by the government to use your family members? I have become a monk, and all four elements are empty, and there are no concerns in this regard. And you..."

This made the other three people look even more heavy, and they each hummed softly. Then Cui Wanbao said: "Yes, Li Ling did use our family to threaten us and ask us to confess the others. I can also see that what he said is not false. I'm afraid we will be able to meet our respective families here soon."

Shangguan Ao also said: "And the opportunity he gave us to discuss this time is to put more pressure on us, and to make us believe that he would do this... So, we have no other better choice."

"Haha, although my family is not here, it is easy for the government to go to my hometown to get them. But monk, you are the most relaxed," Yao Kuan also said.

Monk Guangzhi smiled and said, "Although I have become a monk, I have not practiced enough and I still have concerns, otherwise I would not be the same as you... The masters and uncles in the Shifo Temple are people I cannot let go of, and Li Ling also means that he will attack them!"

"Despicable! Those old monks have nothing to do with this matter, and they don't even know what you and I do..." Yao Kuan couldn't help but curse, but then laughed at himself. In fact, it's not just them, who is the family of the three of them, and who knows what they do on weekdays? Now Li Ling doesn't want to arrest them all for being punished?

"So we have to choose to compromise and tell him the truth?" Cui Wanbao said with a wry smile. In fact, he had already been shaken, but he was still a little hesitant.

"Don't forget that the power behind us is not small. Once we betray them, will they let us and our family go afterwards?" Shangguan Ao said with a cold face.

This was really a dilemma, no matter how you choose, you will die. The people who understood this, looked a little gloomy again. However, Monk Guangzhi suddenly smiled: "Maybe they are already trying to save us. After all, we have done a lot of big things for them and eliminated many troubles. They also promised us faithfully that the success of the matter would give us enough benefits..."

Speaking of this, his words suddenly stopped, but someone came to the cell where they were.

They were two jailers who had dragged large buckets skillfully placed the thick porcelain bowls in front of the cell fence, and then scooped some brown rice with no oily vegetables. It was almost noon that they were delivering food to them.

After delivering all the meals of several people, the prison guard glanced at them and shouted, "Eat quickly, I'll pack it later!" Then he pulled the bucket and was about to move forward.

The four people who had been in prison for a few days had long been used to this arrangement, and even the unpalatable food could be eaten. They didn't say anything anymore, and they all reached out to slaughter the food in to fill their stomachs.

But at this moment, a voice sounded next to him: "Slow down!"

This sound not only stopped the four people's actions of holding the bowl, but also stopped the jailer who was about to go in. The few people looked carefully and recognized that it was Zhang Touer, the prison guards who were speaking. The two jailer quickly nodded and bowed: "What are your instructions, boss?"

"I remember you and the other one shouldn't have delivered the meal today. Where is Lao Lou?" Zhang Touer looked at the two of them with some wonder and said.

"Lao Lou suddenly got sick and couldn't come anymore, so he asked the two of us to help deliver the meal."

"Is that true..." Zhang Touer's eyes glanced back and forth at the other side before turning his hands on the food, "Since that's the case, let's have a few bites."

The humble smiles on the faces of the two jailers were suddenly unable to hold on: "Zhang Touer, this...is probably not in accordance with the rules? This is for the prisoners..."

"Rules? What I'm talking about here is the rule! If anyone refuses to eat, there is a problem!" As he said that, he waved his hand and several jailers with big and thick arms hanging around his waist immediately surrounded him and completely surrounded the two of them.

At this point, the four people in the prison cell still didn't understand what was wrong. They all looked so gloomy that they could drip into water. However, they were still a little hesitant. Is this really a problem? Or is it just a play deliberately performed by the government?

Just as they watched coldly, several men had already pounced on him. Although the two of them wanted to resist, they were not superior in their personal abilities or numbers. After only a few moves, they were quickly stopped and pressed on the door of the cell.

"Say, who asked you to tamper with food?" Zhang Touer asked Senran again.

"No...no...nothing...we are really kind to deliver food for Lao Lou..." One of them insisted and was punched twice in his stomach. The pain made him open his mouth wide and he wanted to breathe. Then he was stuffed into the bowl and pulled several mouthfuls of the food with chopsticks, which made him roll his eyes.

That wasn't over, and then someone picked up the bowl of vegetables next to him, stuffed the dish and soup into his mouth, blocked his mouth again, forcing him to swallow all the food before letting go.

After this movement, the man's body softened and completely collapsed to the ground, his face filled with fear and despair: "You...you..." After a while, his body trembled violently, and black blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth, and there was no movement in a blink of an eye.

This scene not only scared the accomplices around him to death, and they knelt down on the ground, shouting repeatedly: "I'll do it, I'll do it..." Even the four people in the cell were so shocked that their faces turned pale. What a powerful poison, it really killed people in an instant. Once they didn't check and eat it, they were afraid that they would have four corpses at this time.

At this moment, they had completely dispelled that this was the government's intentional method of sowing discord, because it didn't look like the government's work. However, the power behind them was without any taboos, and they would really do this in order to silence them.

"Then let's be honest, who did you do this!"

With Zhang Touer's silence, the prison guard immediately said: "Yes... someone suddenly ran to my house last night and threatened me with my whole family's life... I didn't even see him clearly, only knowing that he was a man. He also left me a few hundred taels of silver, saying that he could give me another thousand taels of silver after the matter was done. The same is true for Wang San'er. We were forced, so please spare my life..." After he finished speaking, the man immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic and begged for mercy.

The head-on face was even more serious. After looking at the four people in the prison, he ordered: "Pick him up and send him to Lord Li! Also, let's take turns to stay here, and all food and drink must be passed by our hands first, and you must not make any mistakes!"

The prison guards immediately agreed, then took the people, dragged the bodies and left, and the remaining people continued to guard the prison door.

The four people in the prison only made a little eye contact and got the same thoughts from their respective eyes.

If, before, with Li Ling's step-by-step pressure and threatening his family, they had already shaken their decision, but had not made a complete decision, then now, after almost being poisoned, they finally made a decision - if you are unkind and I am unrighteous, if you want my life, I will sell you!

At that moment, Shangguan Ao spoke: "Zhang Touer, right? You go and pass a message to Lord Li, and you say that we are willing to tell him the truth about everything we know, but we also have our own conditions!"

When Zhang Touer heard this, his face suddenly showed joy and nodded immediately: "Okay! You guys wait!" After that, he took big steps and went out.

When he arrived at the exit of the prison, his face became more joyful, and his eyes fell on the prison guard who had just been arrested, and he gave a thumbs up to him: "You two are really good at it. They cheated all these guys in the show. They have decided to confess!"

When the two of them heard this, they immediately laughed.

This is a play, in order to cut off the last thoughts of Shangguan Ao and others. In this way, if they do not even have to be severely questioned, they will explain the identity of the master messenger behind the scenes because of fear or anger!

Zhang Touer went further and met Yang Zhen who was waiting for the news. After a brief explanation, Yang Zhen personally led the people to the prison, raised all four people, and sent them to see Li Ling.

This time, in front of Li Ling, the four of them dared not hide anything and did not need to interrogate them carefully. They just explained everything they knew like pouring beans on bamboo tubes. In addition to the four of them, there were three accomplices from all walks of life and all over Huguang.

As for why they did such a lawless and endless troubles in such an identity, it was because the person behind the scenes had an official background, not only could they give them enough gold and silver rewards, but more importantly, the other party had promised them that after the matter was completed, they would also have the opportunity to win a wife and a child, and it would be easy to become an official in the court.
Chapter completed!