Chapter 16: The Iron Ingot Case Involves Old Events
Wang Su was a double-listed Jinshi in the tenth year of Shengkang. After entering the court, he had frequent contacts with civil officials and scholars, and his eloquence was very good. However, he did not expect that he could not even persuade his cousin who was a military general. He felt helpless for a while.

He exchanged a look with his wife, who was equally helpless, so he simply issued an ultimatum and spoke bluntly.

"How about this, if you can solve all the problems we are worried about before mother's birthday next month, and if Ah Nian agrees, we will naturally be happy to facilitate this marriage. But if it doesn't work out, then you should stop being obsessed and go back to Hanzhou to let it go, okay?"

A delaying strategy.

My eldest brother Wang Su used it quite easily.

Pei Zisu raised the corner of his mouth slightly with a faint smile. He wanted to use military tactics in front of him, but his cousin was still a little naive, so he opened his mouth to respond.

"Okay, then if I want to see my cousin Anian during this period of time, you must not stop me."

After all these efforts, the couple didn't gain any advantage. Cousin-in-law Xiang sighed slightly and could only agree for the time being, thinking that Anian wouldn't stay in the Marquis' Mansion for long anyway, and it wouldn't be easy for the two to meet after returning to the Jiang family.

Pei Zisu, on the other hand, looked so confident that she didn't know how to persuade him any further.

After the couple left the house, Pei Zisu's expression became much more serious, but only for a moment, and then he calmed down again. He glanced at the sky outside and saw that dark night was about to strike.

At three o'clock in the morning, in an ordinary house in the east of Xijing City.

There was a man lying on the ground with his whole body chopped into a bloody mess. He was only breathing his last breath. He looked at the man who was looking down at him with anger in his eyes and questioned him.

"Who are you? Why are you killing me?"

"How could there be someone as stupid as you under the command of King Yi? You've been attacked in your lair, and you're still asking questions? You don't know whether you're good for yourself or not."

The man was shocked and had no idea what went wrong. He had been hiding in Xijing City for many years, and even the royal spies had never discovered his true identity. How could the person in front of him blurt it out?

Seeing his surprise, Pei Zisu's disgust was evident in his words.

As the knife fell, the man who had just questioned had another hole on his body. He screamed in pain, but because of his identity, he had to endure it.

Pei Zisu lowered his head and glanced at the man, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"I'll ask you just once, where did you hide the batch of iron ingots made by Luzhou Prefecture?"

Another iron ingot!

Someone had asked him indirectly last time, and since then he felt that he should be more cautious. Before the things were completely sent away, it would be better to move them from time to time. Unexpectedly, less than half a month after the incident, someone came to his door to ask for the whereabouts of the things.

For a moment, those who were not afraid of death shouted with their eyes wide open.

"Kill me now! You want to know the whereabouts of the iron ingot? Dream on!"

"You are a stubborn person, but I don't know if the beautiful lady and three-year-old child you are hiding in Qintai Lane are worth your asking!"

After saying that, he threw a silver lock engraved with "long life" in front of the man. There was a faint fragrance on the lock, and the man was very familiar with this smell. Suddenly, his tone was not as resolute as before!

"What are you going to do? Every wrong has its perpetrator, they don't know anything, why are you touching them?"

The man lying on the ground was already dying, but when he heard Pei Zisu's words, his eyes seemed to spit fire and burn the person in front of him to death.

"You are shameless for attacking a woman or child!" "You hid the iron ingots, causing the water conservancy commissioner to repeatedly postpone the dike repair schedule. When the Huai River flooded and submerged the villages on the lower shore, more than just a woman or child would die. Do you think I am shameless?"

After he finished speaking, Pei Zisu picked up the knife and cut off two of his fingers. As he watched the severed fingers fly out and lie on the ground twitching slightly, the sweat on the man's forehead kept falling like beads.

The fear in my heart reached its peak.

"As for a person, he only has ten fingers. Even if all of them are broken, he will not die if he is treated in time. But if his fingers are broken repeatedly and healed, I am afraid that few people can bear it. Do you think I should start with the beautiful lady or the child?"

The short blade scratched across the man's cheek, and soon blood was seen gushing out from the wound. Just as the tip of the knife was about to pierce the man's left eye, Pei Zisu showed a bloodthirsty look, with a sinister look in his eyes.

"I...I said, I said..."

"Boneless thing!"

Pei Zisu's sarcasm made the man feel ashamed, but for the safety of his family and his own life, he could only blurt out an address. It was not far from here, about three streets away.

"I've already told you the address, can you let us go?"

The man spoke pleadingly, saying that his toughness was only temporary. When the situation really came to the point where his entire family was in danger of death, he backed down again.

Pei Zisu raised his knife and slashed, leaving a wound on the man's throat.

He struggled desperately, trying to stop the blood from flowing out of the wound, but it kept flowing out. There was nothing but anger and despair in his eyes. Pei Zisu glanced at him and said with disdain.

"I have killed countless people like you who betray their masters for fame and fortune. Prince Yi is blind, so I don't mind cleaning up the mess for him."

After saying this, he watched the person in front of him struggle violently, gradually lose strength, and finally die with his eyes broken. Then he quietly left in the cover of night.

When he left, there was no sound at all, just as when he arrived.

On the street, the old night watchman was still on duty, and from time to time, several teams of guards could be seen patrolling the street. Under the eaves of the houses, a figure as nimble as a cat passed by quickly, without even leaving a shadow.

Guanzi Lane.

When Pei Zisu entered the room that the man had left his instructions for before his death, the moonlight was still rich, hanging high in the night sky, but it could not illuminate the road ahead. After taking out a tinder from his arms and polishing it, Pei Zisu could see the furnishings in the room clearly.

After a careful count, there were a total of eighty-nine boxes, which was exactly the number of boxes of iron ingots reported by Luzhou Prefecture to Hanzhou.

He opened one of the boxes and checked it. The iron ingots were neatly stacked inside. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

One of the reasons for his trip was to celebrate his aunt's birthday, and the other was to find these iron ingots.

He moved closer, picked up one of the pieces and weighed it. His expression, which had been calm before, suddenly became serious.

I picked up a few pieces in succession, and they were all the same weight.

Pei Zisu punched the iron ingot hard, and soon the ingot cracked and then scattered. The iron ingot that was used to build the embankment was actually empty!

Luzhou Prefecture Office, this is nothing but disregard for human life!
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