Sister, be yourself!

162 Threat

Li Xi didn't expect that he would fall into Xiao Yuanzhi's hands despite every step, and then think of her proud expression, before he even got to the prison, he was out of breath and spit out a mouthful of blood.

He hates it, at that time he should have looked at the clothes of the head catcher before speaking, otherwise he would not have been provoked by Xiao Yuanzhi, how could he have done such stupid things and fallen to this point!

Although the jailers work in the yamen, they have no powerful background, and there are quite a lot of people in their families. Often the monthly money has just been paid, and within a few days, they will be forced to go by Li Xi for various reasons.

That's why they hated Li Xi deeply. Now that he is in prison, they will naturally not give him good fruit. There will definitely be no torture on the surface, but there will be a lot of tossing behind the scenes. Just one day and one night, Li Xi was on the verge of collapse.

Xiao Yuanzhi was sitting in the lobby of Li's Mansion, General Chen's voice was constantly heard in his ears, he was thinking about the gold, silver and jewels he had copied from Li's Mansion.

"Three night pearls, ten jade ruyis, two pairs of high-quality blue and white porcelain, three pairs of top-grade agate bracelets..."

Xiao Yuanzhi picked out her ears, and her eyes fell on the box on the ground, which was full of piles of stolen goods. She couldn't help sighing in her heart, this Li Xi is really greedy, General Chen has read from dinner to now, but he still hasn't finish reading.

It's just a small magistrate, but he is so rich!

Xiao Yuanzhi couldn't sit still anymore, and said to Xiaohong: "Xiaohong, go and call Ye Shan over."

After Ye Shan came, Xiao Yunzhi handed over the task of checking the stolen goods to him, and she herself went to interrogate the head catcher.

Because the matter with the official bank has not been resolved, the arrester has not yet been released back home.

Under the leadership of the prison chief, Xiao Yuanzhi came to the cell where the chief catcher was being held. After the prison chief opened the cell door, she walked in.

Xiao Yuanzhi didn't talk too much, straight to the point and said: "Catcher, I will let you go home after the interview in this Palace, and when the day of execution arrives, I will order someone to bring you back. You can reunite with your family in the next few days." .”

Xiao Yuanzhi looked at the head catcher who was lying on the ground with his back turned to her, and continued: "I ask you, where is Li Xi's official money transferred? Where is the official money he corrupted?"

Liu Lao Er told her where Li Xi hid the official bank, but after she took Ye Shan there, let alone the official bank, she didn't even see a single box. Li Xi was so cunning, he must have moved it.

After Xiao Yuanzhi finished asking, it was a long time before the head catcher answered, the prison head approached the head catcher, kicked him again, and said: "Hey, get up, Your Highness Feiluan is asking you something!"

"Get up and answer!"

The head of the prison was a little impatient, and the force on his feet was a little heavier. Because of his kick, the head catcher fell directly to the ground, but his posture did not change.

Xiao Yunzhi immediately sensed that something was wrong, and stepped forward to pull the arrester's head, but saw that his face was blue, and the color of his lips was also purple-black. She quickly stretched out her hand to check his pulse, and found that there was no way to recover, and then looked closely at the arrester's head. The body of the head has already shown rigor, and I am afraid that he died last night.

Xiao Yuanzhi wanted to reprimand the prison chief, but the prison chief was scared out of his wits, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness, it's not a lowly job, the lowly job just kicked him, and didn't do anything else!"

"I know it's not you."

"I don't know why he died. After being imprisoned, he has always been honest and often faces the wall. The humble officer only thinks that he is thinking about his mistakes. How could he think that he died like this."

Xiao Yuanzhi didn't have time to listen to his explanation, and now was not the time to lose her temper, she said with impatience: "Go and find those criminals who were released home, I want to ask them for questioning, remember, Be quick!"

Xiao Yuanzhi was afraid, afraid that something bad would happen to those few people, even though she knew very well that if the captors in the prison were dead, how could the outsiders escape, but she still had a little luck in her heart, in case her Did people arrive in time?

"Yes, I will bring people there!"

As soon as the cell boss ran out of the cell, Xiao Yuanzhi said again: "Wait, let Wu Zuo do the autopsy."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Xiao Yuanzhi was furious, if she hadn't delayed, she would have gone to the head arrester for questioning after Li Xi was sentenced, and she wouldn't have found nothing until now.

She couldn't figure it out, Li Xi, who wanted to catch his head the most, was already locked in jail, his home was ransacked, and his officer was dismissed, who else would help him?

Why did that bastard do that?What good would it do him to kill the head catcher?

If you want to exonerate Li Xi, that's useless. After all, apart from embezzling official money, every crime Li Xi committed is enough to pay for his life.

The more Xiao Yuanzhi thought about it, the more she felt a headache. She rubbed her temples. Which bastard killed the head catcher?

Following Xiao Yuanzhi's gentle rubbing, a thought suddenly came to her, could it be...that bastard hit the official banker's idea? !

Yes, it must be this one!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why that bastard wanted to kill Butou. It seemed that as long as she kept an eye on Li Xi, she would definitely know who killed Butou.

Xiao Yuanzhi was much happier, and his steps were brisk, but when he left the cell, he bumped into Wu Zuo.

"Ouch--"

Xiao Yuanzhi only took a step back, and used the strength from her waist to stabilize her body, but the one who collided with her fell to the ground.

Seeing that she was petite and still a woman, Xiao Yuanzhi stretched out her hand, "I'm sorry, I didn't see it just now, I bumped into you, are you okay?"

Wu Zuo didn't even look at Xiao Yunzhi, but anxiously opened the box to check if there was any damage to the things inside.

Xiao Yuanzhi withdrew his hand, "Please check carefully, this person must have died of poisoning, I want to know how he was poisoned, I will order someone to bring you the bowls and meals he ate."

Seeing that nothing was damaged, Wu Zuo breathed a sigh of relief. She stood up with her hands supporting her body, "It is my duty to let the dead tell the truth."

This reminded Xiao Yunzhi of those criminal investigation dramas, "When can I be informed of the result?"

Wu Zuo picked up the box and walked to the corpse, "Tonight."

"I will let the jailer fully cooperate with you."

Xiao Yuanzhi left the prison and went to Li's mansion, and asked Ye Shan to arrange people to enter the cell and live next to Li Xi's, and the jailer also placed a few of them in.

As soon as someone came looking for Li Xi, the murderer who killed the head catcher would be found.

The head of the prison was also quick in his work, and he found the criminals who were released home in a few clicks, but unfortunately all he found were corpses, all of them died suddenly.

Xiao Yuanzhi's luck failed, but at the same time, he was more certain that that bastard must be for the official money, otherwise why would he kill so many people.

In the dark cell, Li Xi curled up in a corner, and looked around in horror, for fear that the jailers would grab some weird things to scare him.

But soon, Li Xi's tense nerves were relaxed, and then he passed out.

There was the sound of chains moving, and the cell was opened.

The man's footsteps moved lightly, and his fingertips twitched the hair beside his ear, "Wake him up."

The man behind him took out a medicine bottle and put it on the tip of Li Xi's nose.

The strong smell stimulated Li Xi's nerves, and the next moment, he opened his eyes.

"what--"

Li Xi was terrified of being tortured. He didn't even have time to see the person clearly, so he screamed subconsciously and begged for mercy, "I was wrong, I was wrong, don't torture me, don't torture me!"

Guard Li controlled Li Xi's hand, and his voice raised a little, "Master Li, you can see who I am."

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong."

"Master Li, look clearly, we are here to help you."

Li Xiwen was slightly stunned and calmed down a lot. He looked at the person in front of him again, isn't this the fifth prince's bodyguard?

Look at the person standing not far away, isn't it the Fifth Prince Lou Xuan? !

"Your Highness... Your Highness is here to save me?"

Before they could answer, Li Xi knelt and quickly climbed towards the Louxuan, "Your Highness, Your Highness, please save me, please save me, I can't take it anymore, I really can't take it anymore, Your Highness, you don't know, I After I was locked up, I lived a life that was not human. They didn’t let me rest for a moment. As long as I closed my eyes, they would make some noises to disturb me, and tortured me in different ways. They not only put mice here, but also Snake, give me bad food, Your Highness, please save me, I beg you!"

Li Xi's crying and howling kept coming to his ears. Although Lou Xuan was calm on the surface, he was very irritable in his heart. What he hated the most was when others were arguing in his ears, but Li Xi still had some use for it now, "Master Li, you This palace is very sympathetic to the situation, according to the law of our court, the murderer pays with his life, not to mention that there are witnesses and evidences, the evidence is solid, even if this palace wants to protect Mr. Li, there is nothing I can do."

Li Xi didn't understand, if he didn't save him, how could he help him?

"Then His Highness?"

"This palace is here to point out the way for Mr. Li."

Although Li Xi was negligent for a while and was tricked by Xiao Yunzhi, but he is not stupid, I am afraid that Lou Xuan came to him because of those official money, "I beg your Highness to clarify."

"Lord Li, I'm afraid it's not safe to have the official bank in your hands. I want to help you." Seeing that Li Xi didn't answer, Lou Xuan approached him, and continued: "Why don't you understand, my imperial sister? I have already grasped your criminal evidence, if you don't transfer the official money quickly, won't you wait for her to find out and punish you?"

Li Xi only thought Lou Xuan was ridiculous, "The guilty minister has already been imprisoned, so what's the problem with one more crime and one less crime?"

"Master Li is right, but I can help you."

A glimmer of hope aroused in Li Xi's heart, even though he knew it was impossible, "Why do you help the guilty minister?"

Lou Xuan walked up to Li Xi, he knelt down and said with a smile, "Help you reduce the pain when you die."

Li Xi sneered, he was a bastard just like him, so why pretend to be a good person in front of him, "It's death anyway, and all pain will be gone after death."

Lou Xuan stopped pretending, "Rather than die like this, Mr. Li, why don't you just help me once, and I will remember you when I become a great treasure, and even your family members will be treated preferentially, even if You did a good deed before you died."

Li Xi glanced at Lou Xuan, then turned his head away, he couldn't believe a word of Lou Xuan's words.

Seeing that he didn't listen to persuasion, Lou Xuan felt that to deal with this kind of person, it is better to directly threaten, "Li Xi, I will give you a day, and within a day, people in your house will die one by one, don't worry , even if you get there, you won't be alone."

Li Xi was really anxious, and pointed at Lou Xuan again and said angrily, "You! You're so despicable!"

"If Mr. Li doesn't care, you don't have to say it. After all, you are dying too. If they walk in front of you, they will come to greet you when you die." Lou Xuan paused, and then said: "You too I can hold your five-year-old son."

Although he was smiling, Li Xi felt a biting chill.