Chapter 1716 - 1721: Unexpected
Upon understanding Lin Fei’s words, the assassin’s face turned pale. He never expected his own people would reveal everything.
"Damn it, that third brother, didn’t we agree not to say anything back then?" The assassin said furiously.
"Is there anything left for you to say now? Aren’t you going to confess?" Lin Fei said with a smile, looking at him. This assassin seemed to have been convinced by him, so eventually, the assassin indeed confessed his murder process.
After listening, the City Lord shouted angrily, "Scoundrel! Did you just say the second young master killed the first young master?"
The assassin suddenly felt something was wrong. Why did the City Lord react so strongly? Could it be that the City Lord didn’t know about this? If that’s the case...
The assassin felt he had caused trouble. It seems he was the one who revealed everything!
But the situation was like this; there was no chance of survival anymore. So he immediately said, "That’s right, City Lord. It was... it was the second young master who asked me to kill the first young master. Our three brothers barely managed to kill the first young master. Look, there’s a cut by the first young master on my body, see!"
This assassin even showed the knife wound on his body!
Lin Fei was speechless at how honest this assassin was; he even flaunted his "medal" for killing the first young master, simply arrogant and rash!
"Damn it! Wang Mang! Lin Fei!" The City Lord was full of anger.
But Lin Fei quickly told him to stop shouting and said, "City Lord, hold on!"
"What is it, Lin Fei? Is there anything else you want to say?"
Lin Fei smiled and said, "City Lord, don’t forget, there’s one last person to interrogate. It’s not too late to decide after questioning him!"
Actually, Lin Fei wanted to have irrefutable evidence, to prevent that guy from coming here and having anything to argue about. With two people pointing out that it was Wang Mang who did it, the third person speaking later would also have no problem.
"Speak! Interrogate! I want to see what the last person has to say!" Wang Batian said angrily.
Lin Fei nodded and didn’t trap the confessor within God Demon Binding but released the first person instead, asking, "Did you guys kill the first young master?"
The last person released saw his second brother; the second brother did not dare to look at him, apparently having confessed!
"Looks like you’ve betrayed the second young master!" The eldest brother said, which undoubtedly confirmed the other’s words.
"Brother, it’s not my fault; this guy tricked me, so I spoke..." The assassin said, shifting the blame to Lin Fei.
"Alas! Since you’ve said it, it’s been said. There would have been a day like this sooner or later. Just admit it. Anyway, when doing these things, I didn’t think I would continue to live."
"You seem to be quite accepting." Lin Fei said with a smile, realizing that an assassin with such an understanding is a qualified assassin. Otherwise, someone afraid of death would only betray their master.
Of course, it was precisely because there were assassins afraid of death that Lin Fei could crack the case so quickly and make things simpler.
"Since you already know, why would you release me? Just kill me directly, wouldn’t you?" The assassin leader asked, not understanding Lin Fei’s intention.
Lin Fei smiled, "If I truly killed you, wouldn’t I lose a witness? With your testimony, isn’t it perfect? Now, let’s see what the second young master has to say!"
Upon hearing Lin Fei’s words, City Lord Wang Batian frowned and said, "Go and summon Wang Mang!"
Upon receiving the City Lord’s order, the guards immediately ran toward the second young master’s residence. However, at this moment, Wang Mang was fooling around with women; at a young age, he was already quite skilled. But upon hearing that the assassins were caught, his whole body went limp, including that little thing, which had turned into a soft nail.
"You say the three assassins were caught?" Wang Mang still couldn’t believe it was true.
Until the guard nodded and repeated it again, he believed it was true.
"Second young master, the City Lord is waiting for you..." The guard saw Wang Mang pacing back and forth, knowing it was real, indeed the second young master killed the first young master.
At this moment, Wang Mang sighed and walked toward the grand hall.
Soon, the second young master Wang Mang arrived at the grand hall, saw those three assassins he had just sent out not long ago, and said to Wang Batian seated in the hall, "Father, any reason for calling me over at such a late hour?"
Upon hearing Wang Mang ask like this, Wang Batian snorted coldly and said, "Today, we found the murderers who killed your elder brother. I wanted you to come and see."
"Oh?"
Wang Mang feigned surprise, saying, "It’s these three?"
"Yes, it’s these three!" Wang Batian said.
At this moment, Wang Mang smiled at Lin Fei and said, "Then who are you? What right do you have to be here?"
Lin Fei smiled, "I was invited by the City Lord to help solve the case. It’s a pity you couldn’t contain your murderous intent and sent them to kill me. Didn’t expect I’d catch them all, did you?"
Upon hearing Lin Fei’s words, Wang Mang snorted coldly, "I don’t know what you’re talking about!"
"Don’t know what I’m talking about? They’ve already said that it was you who sent them to kill the first young master, meaning you killed your elder brother. Do you still not confess?" Lin Fei said coldly.
Upon hearing this, Wang Mang chuckled lightly, adamantly denying, "I don’t know them, where comes sending them to kill my elder brother? It’s simply nonsense!"
At this, Lin Fei looked at the three assassins, asking, "The second young master says he doesn’t know you, is that something you made up?"
"No no! It was the second young master who sent us to kill the first young master. But due to our third brother’s greed, he took the first young master’s knife; after the second young master reprimanded us, we threw the precious knife deep into the demon beast forest. But we didn’t expect you to find it, so the second young master sent us to kill you to eliminate future consequences!" Said the second assassin.
"I see, hehe, second young master, do you have any explanation?" Lin Fei looked at Wang Mang’s increasingly pale face, feeling triumphant; he didn’t expect to solve the case, nor did he expect it to indeed be about a power struggle!
However, Wang Mang turned to his father and said, "Father, I’m innocent! I didn’t kill my brother! After all, my brother treated me so well, how could I kill him?"
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Yes! Every word is true!"
"Alright, I believe you!"
Wang Batian suddenly said, then struck a palm at the three below, killing them instantly!
"You!" Lin Fei looked shocked!