Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

Chapter 580 Foolish Sun Zhongmou

"Report to the general, all gates of Yangzhou City have been controlled."

"Okay, now you go to the official ship at the ferry outside the city and report to His Royal Highness Duke Qin."

"understand!"

At the north gate of Yangzhou City, Li Yuanfang issued new orders to a soldier who came to report.

The Qianniu Guard soldier mounted his horse and whipped the horse's butt all the way, heading straight out of Yangzhou City.

On the official ship, Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou sat opposite each other. The wine in the small cup had been finished, and only the last one-fifth of the wine was left in the copper basin.

Lu Dayou sat up straight, picked up the long-handled spoon, and filled Li Cunxi's cup.

The vegetables and fruits in front of the two people remained untouched, and the chopsticks were placed on the table but never picked up from beginning to end.

"According to the time, they should be back by now, right?"

Lu Dayou said softly.

"Report, General Hu has returned, and he has brought a naked man aboard!"

Suddenly, a soldier pushed the door open and brought this exciting good news.

Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou hurriedly stood up and prepared to greet Hu Jinghui.

As soon as he reached the door, he saw that outside the half-open door of the ship building, the intimidating Hu Jinghui was carrying a naked man.

“Cunxi, Cunxi!”

Hu Jinghui was quite serious at first, but when he saw Li Cunxi, he immediately smiled.

"Cunxi, look, I brought this evil beast back to you!"

"This is the commander of the military camp outside Yangzhou, the guerrilla general Sun Zhongmou!"

Hu Jinghui carried Sun Zhongmou and strode into the ship's building. He found a spacious place and threw Sun Zhongmou to the ground.

Sun Zhongmou had been freezing all the way and was already complaining bitterly. Now he was hit hard again, and his lower body came into direct contact with the boat's plank, causing him to feel a lot of pain.

He rolled around on the deck, holding his lower body. He wanted to point at Li Cunxi's nose and curse him, but the pain was so severe that he couldn't utter a word.

Seeing Sun Zhongmou disgrace himself, Hu Jinghui looked down upon this little guerrilla general even more.

"How dare such a bastard like you lead an army?"

Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou had already walked in, looked down at Sun Zhongmou, and then turned to Hu Jinghui.

"Brother Jinghui is unrivaled in divine power and has few rivals in the world. He can truly be described as a god descending from heaven."

"Yes, General Hu is a brave man. It is easy for him to deal with these small soldiers and crabs. It is a great achievement to capture this thief alive."

Hu Jinghui felt a little dizzy and raised his head unconsciously.

"Some trivial things are not worth mentioning."

"He is just a guerrilla general."

Sun Zhongmou grimaced in pain, and when he heard the words "just a guerrilla general", he became extremely angry with Hu Jinghui.

If he could defeat Hu Jinghui, he would definitely fight Hu Jinghui to the death.

What does it mean to be just a guerrilla general? This position is something that countless people dream of but cannot obtain.

"How dare you, you scoundrel, glare at me, I will tear your head off!"

Hu Jinghui clenched his fists, took two steps forward, and pretended to beat Sun Zhongmou to death.

As the moment of death was approaching, Sun Zhongmou was so frightened that he huddled up into a ball, holding his head with his hands.

"Humph, you are just a rat, not worthy of my killing."

Hu Jinghui looked down on Sun Zhongmou, retracted his fist, and retreated behind Li Cunxi.

"Cunxi, what to do next still depends on your arrangements."

Li Cunxi nodded and was about to speak when he heard someone talking outside.

"Report to His Royal Highness Duke Qin!"

"General Li led the Imperial Guard to capture the four gates. The defense of Yangzhou has completely fallen into the control of General Li!"

"Wu Shaoyin led the Qianniu Guard, the Internal Guard, and the Imperial Guard to successfully occupy the Governor's Mansion. Governor Cui Liang and Chief Clerk Wu Wendeng have been imprisoned. Wu Shaoyin is still summoning officials at the Governor's Mansion."

Two pieces of good news came at the same time, and a huge sense of happiness filled Li Cunxi's whole body.

The night of power grab has ended smoothly, and the person in charge in Yangzhou City now is Li Cunxi, not Cui Liang.

Presumably, after daybreak, when Prince Ying Yuanqi heard about the change in Yangzhou City, he would be so surprised that he would not be able to drink the bowl of sweet tea.

"Order them to proceed according to the original plan and avoid any mistakes." Li Cunxi said to the two Qianniu Guards who came outside to report.

"I'll wait for the order!"

After watching the two men walk down the boarding ladder, Li Cunxi turned around and glanced at the jaw-dropping Sun Zhongmou, and couldn't help looking down on him.

Sun Zhongmou also recovered from his brief surprise. Being a shrewd man, he immediately gathered his emotions and came up with his own explanation.

"Li Cunxi, you traitor!"

"You attacked the military camp without any reason, arrested this general, and openly occupied the governor's mansion, imprisoned the governor and the chief secretary, and even took control of the defense of Yangzhou!"

"I think you are planning to start a rebellion, just like Xu Jingye who betrayed His Majesty and brought chaos to the Great Zhou!"

"You traitor, you despicable villain, if I were you, I would bang my head against a pillar and die, and I would never bark here!"

"You must know that your disloyal behavior will be exposed to the world and you will be cursed for eternity!!!"

Li Cunxi listened without paying any attention, walked forward and sneered.

"You are such a good fellow, Sun Shiwan. You didn't learn anything else, but you did learn how to stop thief."

When Sun Zhongmou heard this, he broke out in a sweat.

He did accept a bribe of 100,000 taels of silver from Yuan Qi, and he was indeed publicly called "Sun Shiwan" by Yuan Qi during the last conspiracy.

But, these are all top secrets!

Li Cunxi was a big shot on an official ship and seldom left the ship. How could he know that Yuan Qi called him Sun Shiwan?

Could it be that Li Cunxi really knew the little secrets of these people?

"Sun Shiwan, I will tell you right here."

"I know all your dirty deeds. I also know things that you don't know."

"You should know my reputation and my arrogance."

"I hope you won't let me lose hope in you, or you'll know how I face my enemies."

Li Cunxi returned to his seat and sat down, his voice suddenly turning cold.

"Since I dare to control Yangzhou City, it proves that I already know a lot of things."

"I can chop off your head and send it to Yuan Qi's residence, so that he can know how powerful I am and force him to take action against me, the imperial envoy."

“But I didn’t do that.”

"I have left you a chance until now."

"This kind of opportunity is not available to others."

Sun Zhongmou clenched his teeth, a conflict between his conscience and his desires in his mind.

He had finally earned 100,000 taels of silver, but he hadn't spent a single tael of it. If he died, what would be the use of the silver?

If you resist stubbornly you will die, it is better to confess everything. Maybe you can make up for your mistakes.

"Sir, I..."

The words came to Sun Zhongmou's lips, but he didn't say them.

He thought about it and tried:

"Sir, since I have done so many wrong things, why do you have to spare my life?"

"Why not just push me down and behead me in public?"