Chapter 131: Got what I wanted [ask for a monthly ticket! ]

Inside the evil-punishing department.

Wei Kangnian and Zhou Xuanci were placed in two attics not far from each other and were interrogated separately.

Although it was called an interrogation, there was actually not much "interrogation" involved. It was mainly "questioning". The two murderers were very cooperative in explaining how they committed the crime.

The Zhuxie Division mainly listens to the confessions of the two murderers to see which one is more credible - the credible one is the murderer.

Although this may sound a bit strange, this is the situation.

Both of them insisted that they killed Princess Fuyang.

Wei Kangnian had already heard most of what had happened before, and Liang Yue was now with Monk Xuanci.

"Master Xuan Ci, tell me why you killed Princess Fuyang." He began the conversation.

"Can you tell me in detail?" Zhou Xuanci asked.

"Please try to explain it in more detail." Xie Wenxi nodded.

He knew that Liang Yue was good at investigating cases, but he didn't expect him to be so efficient.

For a crime committed by one person, two murderers can be caught in one day.

Zhou Xuanci did not hesitate and began to narrate: "I was born in the Zhou family, one of the three great families in Qingdu. My mother is from the Wei family and often took me back to her parents' home. In the Wei family, I met two very good playmates, one is the eldest daughter of the Wei family, Wei Shili, and the other is the child of the family's maid, Wei Kangnian."

"Wei Kangnian said that his mother was expelled from the Wei family?" Liang Yue asked.

"His family situation is more complicated. His mother was originally the daughter of the eldest son, but because she insisted on marrying a soldier stationed in the city with a lowly family name, she was expelled from the Wei family. At first, everything was fine, but a few years later, his father was disabled in an accident, and his mother suddenly had to support the family. The Wei family did not allow other shops in the city to employ her, so she could not work to make a living. She had to return to the Wei family to be a maid, hoping to use this humiliation to force her to divorce her husband and admit her mistakes to the family."

Zhou Xuanci knew Wei Kangnian's situation quite well, from which it could be seen that they were indeed close friends.

"But his mother refused to abandon her lover and endured silently in the Wei family, supporting her husband and children. It was also during that time that Wei Kangnian followed his mother to the backyard of the Wei Mansion and got to know us."

"During those years, we would stand up for him when he was bullied, and they would help me finish my homework, until I got a serious illness and could not be saved even after searching for famous doctors. It was my master who passed by Qingdu City and saved me. He said that I was born with a weak fate and was destined to die after being a young master of an aristocratic family for ten years. If I wanted to survive, I had to follow him and convert to Buddhism, and no longer enjoy the Zhou family's rice and water."

"I left Qingdu City and followed my master to the Mianbi Temple to practice. I went home a few times during the trip, and I only looked at them from afar. I heard that Wei Shili and Wei Kangnian also met with their own experiences, and we never met again."

"Then a while ago, I followed my master's orders and came to Songjian Temple to practice."

Zhou Xuanci sat there and spoke very calmly, his tone calm and without any fluctuations, as if he was talking about someone else's affairs.

His confused mood seemed to calm down suddenly.

It seems that the reason why he lost his temper before was because Wei Kangnian confessed for him, not because of anything else. Now that he confessed calmly, he regained his composure.

"I met someone from the Zhou family here. After a long conversation, I learned about Mi Luoxiang and a plan of the Zhou family."

"When it comes to the sale of Mi Luo Xiang, the three great families are not united. The family of Prince Consort Zhang Ji is on good terms with the Qi family, and the channels for selling Mi Luo Xiang in Nanzhou are mainly opened up by the Qi family, which has made a lot of money for the Qi family, and the Qi family does not want to stop. However, the Zhou family and the Wei family did not benefit, and some of their families have lost their lives because of this, so they really want to ban this thing."

"The Qi family passed on the information and Princess Fuyang bribed the emperor, so the emperor never took this matter seriously. The two families wanted to solve the problem themselves. They wanted to start from the source and kill Princess Fuyang directly. The plan was to find Wei Kangnian and let him take action when the opportunity arose, promising him the chance to enter the imperial court through the imperial examination and return to the family tree, etc."

"But I know that the two families will never keep their word. Wei Kangnian will only be treated as a discarded pawn, and he will be thrown out if the court investigates strictly." Zhou Xuanci said firmly.

Liang Yue nodded, of course he knew it.

If nothing unexpected happened, that group of killers should be sent by the Nanzhou nobles to silence them.

"I think Wei Kangnian might also know that his father died at the hands of Mi Luoxiang, and he himself must have wanted to assassinate the princess, which is why he and the two families hit it off. When I learned of this plan, I went to stop him, but he was determined to go."

"In order to stop him, I have thought of a way." Zhou Xuanci added: "I thought that if I find Princess Fuyang in advance and kill her, the two families can achieve their goals and Wei Kangnian won't have to take risks. I am different from him. The Zhou family will not betray me, but...something unexpected happened in the middle of the plan."

"Me?" Liang Yue said with a smile.

"That's right." Zhou Xuanci nodded and said, "I expected that there was someone else in the bedroom. I thought I could just knock him out. I didn't expect that you, as a party involved, could investigate the case and quickly rule out Zhang Ji and lock on us. I think Wei Kangnian was probably afraid that you would continue and really find out about me, so he was in a hurry to stand up and take the blame."

In fact, he was right.

Before Wei Kangnian jumped out, Liang Yue's biggest suspect had indeed been Zhou Xuanci.

"That's right." Zhou Xuanci continued, "When I attacked you, it was not because I was not familiar with the palm thunder practice that caused the power to be insufficient. I have practiced for more than ten years, and a palm thunder is not a difficult thing. It is because I feel that you are innocent. When I attack an innocent person, my compassion will be shaken, and my Buddhist practice will be reduced."

The cultivation level of Qi Refiners is very mysterious.

When things are going well, one can make rapid progress, but when things are going bad, one can fall to the ground overnight, so the state of mind of a Qigong practitioner is extremely important.

Confucianism's noble spirit, Taoism's care for oneself, and Buddhism's compassion.

The characteristic of compassion is that it is as powerful as thunder and lightning when it strikes against evildoers, but as soft and powerless when it strikes against innocent people.

The only exception is the Self-centered Zen that Li Longchan created after he fell into a lower realm.

When it comes to killing good people, he is also quick and decisive, and his thoughts are always clear.

In a sense, Li Longchan is also a well-deserved genius.

……

Walking down from Zhou Xuanci's attic, Liang Yue came to Wei Kangnian's room again.

His face was calm, with a hint of helplessness, "Have you found Zhou Xuanci?"

"That's right." Liang Yue nodded, "He has admitted everything. He did it."

Wei Kangnian smiled bitterly, "Just with a palm thunder?" Just now, he had received an explanation and knew where he was completely exposed.

"You are indeed unlucky." Liang Yue said.

"Yeah, I really didn't expect that person to be you, otherwise I wouldn't have been so smart as to act so arrogantly." He sighed.

"You still have to take the imperial examination, and your mother is waiting for you at home. It is not something you should do to take the blame for someone else," Xie Wenxi advised.

"Hey." Wei Kangnian smiled again, "He has been like this since he was a child. He thinks he can protect me in everything and take on anything. I was the one who took on this matter, but he insisted on doing it for me. The crime should have been mine. What's wrong with me taking it on once?"

Liang Yue was a little surprised to see the two of them like this, and asked, "You two have really only been friends since childhood, and you haven't seen each other for many years?"

"About seven or eight years." Wei Kangnian recalled, "During that time, my family went through a lot of misfortunes. I was young and could only cry secretly. Fortunately, I met two new friends who kept me going. Although we were separated for a long time, when we met again, we were still the same."

"Friends." His eyes sparkled as he said leisurely, "How many people in this life can share the same ideals with you? Even if we are far apart, it's just a matter of smiling when we meet for ten years."

There was a sense of melancholy in his voice as he spoke, as if he was thinking of the days when he was a child in the backyard of the Wei family, breaking branches to make swords, copying books and racing horses together; it was also as if he was thinking of the years of growth in which they had been separated from each other, and felt infinite regret for that.

The look on his face when he mentioned his friend reminded Liang Yue of Dachun.

It is indeed rare to have a close friend in a lifetime who will not worry that the other person has changed even if you haven't seen him/her for ten years.

"So I still hope that I will be treated as the real murderer, just as he was not involved in this incident." Wei Kangnian said, "Everything should be like this. They sold Mi Luoxiang and should be killed. I avenged my father with generosity and indignation, and I am not afraid of life or death."

"Oh." Xie Wenxi sighed.

They were obviously two young people with extraordinary talents, but one of them had to fail. It was really unpleasant to witness it with one's own eyes.

After walking out of the attic, he said, "Fortunately, the case has finally been solved, and you are safe now."

"But I can't be happy either." Liang Yue shook his head and said, "Princess Fuyang and her husband Zhang Ji sold Mi Luoxiang in Nanzhou, making a lot of money and harming countless people. The people of Nanzhou had nowhere to turn to, so they killed them in anger. Is that wrong?"

Xie Wenxi kept silent.

Liang Yue's doubts made him dare not say more.

When bad people did evil, your court laws were hidden; now that good people have killed the bad people, your court laws have jumped out to punish the good people.

Who exactly is your law protecting?

"Don't think too much." Xie Wenxi said, "Wait for Mr. Chen to make the decision."

He has been in the court for many years, so naturally he has seen more things than Liang Yue.

There are many things that you cannot think about too much.

The two handed the case file to Chen Su. Chen Su had not arrived yet, so they waited for a while.

Not long after, Chen Su came back and said as soon as he entered the house, "The killers we caught were interrogated. They were all desperate criminals near the capital of the gods. They were paid to kill people. The leader was a death soldier of the Zhou family in the capital of the Qing Dynasty. He was very tight-lipped. I had to personally interrogate him to find out. What about you guys? Any progress?"

Liang Yue presented the file.

Chen Su was delighted to see that Princess Fuyang's case had come to a final conclusion. But after looking at the faces of the two people, he felt a little strange, "Why are you both so unhappy?"

"Mr. Chen, please take a look first." Xie Wenxi said.

Chen Su looked at the file and understood why the two men did not look happy.

"What they said can be confirmed by the intelligence we have obtained. It should be true." Xie Wenxi said: "Zhou Xuanci and Wei Kangnian are indeed two excellent young people."

"Oh, I see." Chen Su took another look at the file in his hand, and suddenly flipped it over. The two files disappeared out of thin air as if by magic.

He leaned back and spread his hands slightly.

"The prince consort Zhang Ji has been collaborating with Princess Fuyang to sell Mi Luo Xiang, causing great harm to Nanzhou and committing heinous crimes. Princess Fuyang wanted to sell Mi Luo Xiang to Longyuan City, and Zhang Ji became terrified, fearing that the matter would be exposed and he would be implicated, so he decided to kill her."

"These are the truth, right?" Chen Su asked to herself, "Then why not..."

"We're just going to let him have his way?"

……

In the Northern Divine General's Mansion.

At this time, Liang Yue's close friend Dachun was standing in front of a stone table, with his arms folded and his eyes wide open... full of energy.

Opposite him was the divine general Qi Lianghai, who was dressed in a training robe. He also had broad shoulders like a wall and a body like a tower.

"What are you doing, kid?" Qi Lianghai looked Dachun up and down and asked unhappily.

"I'm angry!" Dachun replied angrily.

Qi Lianghai asked: "Why are you angry?"

Pang Chun puffed out his chest and asked, "Why don't you let me eat?"

Qi Lianghai also glared at him, "I asked you to practice horseback archery, but you made the horse vomit. You didn't hit anything except Old Yang's butt. How can you still have the nerve to eat?"

　Good morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)