Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 468: Someone Wants to Frame Master!

Fan Yongchang and others were arrested on charges of bribing officials.

Because of the swift action, nearly all were caught, only one clerk managed to escape, but Wang Qi didn’t mind, thinking he could simply issue an arrest warrant later.

"Mr. Wang, what do you mean by this?"

Guyang County Jail.

This place had been requisitioned, previously holding local thugs and some troublesome citizens, but now, Fan Yongchang himself was locked up.

He looked at the middle-aged man across from him with a cold and stern expression, full of confusion and even some anger.

After giving you so many nice things, you put me in here? What logic is this?

Wang Qi looked coldly at the fat-headed and big-eared Fan Yongchang across from him, snorting, "You bribed an official and engaged in unlawful activities; as the imperial envoy, I catch you, naturally and rationally!"

"You!"

Fan Yongchang was trembling with anger, pointing at Wang Qi unable to speak a word.

"Audacious, to dare point your finger at me, this is contempt for an official, someone, give him twenty strokes of the cane!"

As soon as the words fell, someone immediately stepped forward, dragged Fan Yongchang to the cold ground, and began to whip him.

"Ah, ah, ow——"

Fan Yongchang howled miserably and bitterly, his eyes full of venom.

"Save me, sir, I was wrong, spare me, ah ow——"

After a series of crackling strokes and screams, it calmed down, and Wang Qi moved to the half-dead Fan Yongchang, asking in a deep voice, "Regarding the Liu Lin Slope, what exactly is going on there? Are you involved? Who is behind this?"

"Sir, I don’t know you... what do you mean by this..."

"Hmph, if you won’t speak, then beat him again!"

"Ah, no no no, I’ll confess, I’ll confess!"

"That’s right!"

A warm smile gradually appeared on Wang Qi’s face, he couldn’t deny it, this person had learned quite a bit from Li Qingmu, like how to deal with these weaklings.

If you talked business to him, he could distract you with jokes and gags, and if you took a stern approach, he’d still sidetrack the conversation in a few phrases.

For this slippery person, just beating them directly works.

And so it is, he confessed to everything.

In the following period, Li Qingmu and others were extremely busy, they not only had to go for an on-site inspection and inquiry but also organize various documents and Fan Yongchang’s testimony, and based on his confession to infer some things, and then go arrest people.

But they missed the target, as the traffickers active around Guyang County had already caught wind and disappeared without a trace.

"Sir, what do we do, those people have fled!"

In front of a mansion, Li Qingmu stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze cold and still as water, followed by Wang Qi, nervously watching him.

Li Qingmu’s gaze shifted slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, after a long while, he finally said, "Let’s go!"

"Mr. Li, what next..."

"Human trafficking, from the bustling Shengjing City to this remote Guyang County, this cannot be the work of a small group of traffickers, if it was just an ordinary group, how could it involve so many?"

Wang Qi was also feeling chills after Li Qingmu’s words: "This matter, must involve many people... what if..."

What if we run into people we shouldn’t tangle with?

"Investigate!"

Li Qingmu’s expression remained indifferent, still the same answer.

Wang Qi had no choice but to continue the investigation.

Nan Haitang was also investigating, and gradually, things became clearer.

"Mr. Li, we found rows of graves on the slope behind the old residence of the Duanmu Family, these graves have no inscriptions, but they are arranged in a strange manner, upon closer inspection, they follow the family’s generational order. More surprisingly, an empty space was left in the middle of the graves."

That day, Wang Qi was so excited as if he discovered a new continent.

He shook the document in his hand, "This implies that someone from the Duanmu Family is still alive, and only one person has survived!"

Li Qingmu’s eyes narrowed slightly, only one has survived?

"Moreover, we learned from a very old woman that a child of the Duanmu Family was taken by an elderly man with all white hair and beard twenty years ago. That man... they said he looked otherworldly, appearing to be a sage! And, what’s more, they seemed to call him... Brother Nan?"

"Bang!"

Li Qingmu slammed his palm on the desk, shaking the entire table.

Wang Qi was startled, with a bewildered expression.

"Leave now, I need to re-organize things here and then close the case."

"Mr. Li, ready to close the case?" Wang Qi was confused, as the mastermind behind the case had not yet been caught, how could it be closed?

"I know who it is, you may leave!"

Li Qingmu finished speaking and then spread out the writing materials, starting to organize the paperwork.

Wang Qi left the room looking puzzled.

In the room, Li Qingmu stared at the white rice paper in front of him, his fingers twitching slightly.

This was not due to nervousness, nor fear, but anger!

He was trembling with rage!

Duanmu, Brother Nan, isn’t that Duanmu Nan?

Why, why is it you?

I and Yue’er respect you so much, yet you committed such inhumane acts?

Even if you believe the fall of the Duanmu Family back then was the Emperor’s fault, but those innocent children, how could you handle it?

Had I not seen everything at that secret base with my own eyes, I would never have believed Duanmu Nan to be such a person!

"Yue’er..." he murmured, "this time, I am letting you down again!"

Saying this, he bent over the desk, writing feverishly, recording everything he had investigated, witnessed, and experienced here, meticulously.

By nightfall, Wang Qi came eagerly to deliver a meal, and found him leaning exhaustedly with one arm on the desk, and in a corner, a memorial was already written.

Wang Qi, not knowing what to do, quietly placed the meal on the table next to him.

This action startled him awake, Li Qingmu said lightly, "Thank you."

"You’re welcome, sir."

Wang Qi turned and left, closing the door behind him.

Li Qingmu looked at the memorial in front of him, silent.

"Coo coo!"

A white pigeon suddenly flew in through the window sash, landing on the desk in front of Li Qingmu.

Seeing the pigeon, Li Qingmu’s face turned even grimmer.

This was a letter from Yue’er, had something happened to her?

Without delay, Li Qingmu hurriedly went to take the note from the pigeon’s leg and unfolded it to read.

His pupils shrank suddenly, utterly shocked!

There was only a simple sentence: A Mu, someone wants to harm Master!

At this moment, Li Qingmu felt as if a thousand-pound burden was suddenly lifted off him.

He began to laugh madly.

Someone is trying to frame Duanmu Nan!

Yes, he always felt something was eerie about this case, all evidence and clues they had pointed toward him!

When everything points towards someone, it becomes suspicious instead.

This was his constant vigilance revealing itself.

He slowly got up, quickly replied to Long Yue, retying it to the pigeon’s leg, sending it back, and then taking that already written memorial to find Wang Qi.