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Chapter 955: Chapter 958 Clues
𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
King Qin was decisive and swift in his actions, so none beneath him dared to slack off, reducing the pressure of disaster relief significantly.
Qin Yunlong finally found the time to deal with Hu Banxian, and this time he was truly ruthless, applying all one hundred and eight sets of torture devices in sequence, fearing he would not break Hu Banxian’s silence.
It was not until the seventy-eighth form of punishment that Hu Banxian collapsed, spilling everything he knew.
Honestly, death isn’t scary, what’s terrifying is when someone who wants to die can’t.
Hu Banxian coughed up a mouthful of Bloody Water. By then, his mouth was so swollen he could barely speak, but he managed to make himself understood.
"Last year, only the headman was burned to death in the fire. The night before the attack on Xuan Eagle Mountain Village, he selected fifty people to escort Second Master and Third Master to safety."
Qin Longyun frowned, "But Xuan San was poisoned."
The bones of a poisoned person turn black after death, and a Silver Needle test will also blacken. The signs are unmistakable.
He had personally watched the Wu Zuo conduct the autopsy, concluding that Xuan San had perished in the flames.
"The poisoned one was the headman. He drew the poison into himself, how he did it I don’t know."
Hu Banxian revealed all that he knew, but he was just a minor figure in Xuan Eagle Mountain Village and unaware of many things.
Qin Longyun decided not to dwell on this matter any longer, knowing Xuan Er and Xuan San were still alive was enough.
What he was more interested in now was another matter.
"Does the plague have anything to do with Xuan Eagle Mountain Village?"
"I don’t know either," Hu Banxian still shook his head, but seeing Qin Longyun’s suddenly dark expression, he hurriedly added, "I only know that Third Master left with a caravan after the New Year and didn’t return until just before the Dragon Boat Festival. But after that, he wasn’t seen again."
Qin Longyun took a deep breath, but he knew he would get no more information from Hu Banxian.
Upon leaving the prison, he immediately sought an audience with King Qin to report that Xuan Er and Xuan San were still alive.
Now that disaster relief was much easier than before, he should be able to spare some manpower to track them down.
If these two were not removed, danger could occur at any time.
After listening, King Qin said gravely, "I don’t think this epidemic is simple. Do not act recklessly for now; let me figure it out first."
Beijiang People now believed that Daxing had suffered a severe blow to its vitality and had gathered a considerable army outside the border, poised to strike. Perhaps at the next moment, they might forcefully attack the city, so King Qin suspected Beijiang People played a role in this.
Based on his experience, the most likely scenario was that Xuan San had collaborated with Beijiang People.
He now had to follow the trail from Xuan Eagle Mountain Village and try to unearth those Beijiang People behind it as well.
"Yes," said Qin Longyun, nodding at once.
It just so happened that this way he could also spend enough time with his wife.
By late August, the plague had been largely eradicated, and King Qin had new findings.
Scouts reported that Prince Kuro of Beijiang had been away from Beijiang for nearly four months, leading him to suspect that Kuro was the mastermind behind all this.
The second finding was that during the plague’s chaos, Xuan Eagle Mountain Village had managed to infiltrate the Government Office, presenting a golden opportunity that King Qin did not want to miss.
If he didn’t use this lead to dig out Xuan San, it would be a disservice to his own intellect.
Thus, this evening, King Qin set up a banquet on the first floor, officially to commend two officials.
When Tan Zhenghong arrived, however, he saw two Qiao Duo’ers in the room.
Thinking he was seeing things, he blinked vigorously, but the vision before him remained unchanged. What scene was this?
He believed his wife was the best woman in the world. Because she was the best, one of her was enough.
