Chapter 429: Ungrateful Beast
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When You Huaijie brought his men to the door, Madam Qu and the others looked especially uneasy. Their faces were pale. You Huaijie said that they were going to search the house and they almost knelt on the ground.
Madam Qu cried, “Sir, we’re all good citizens. We don’t dare to commit crimes!”
“We’re not familiar with Liu Tiezhu either!”
Many commoners outside the door who were watching the commotion muttered softly, “If they don’t dare to commit a crime, why is her eldest son in jail?”
“What do you mean not close? 1 even saw Liu Tiezhu coming out of their house drunk.”
“That’s right. 1 even heard Liu Tiezhu shouting something at their house.”
“I didn’t hear him clearly.”
“Me too.”
Hearing others mention her eldest son, Madam Qu thought of the grenade buried under the big banyan tree and her body stiffened. She immediately stopped crying and followed closely beside You Huaijie, afraid that he would notice something.
Not long after, the soldiers checked the Yan residence inside and out, but they did not find anything related to Liu Tiezhu.
You Huaijie walked into the backyard. Madam Qu’s nervous gaze subconsciously turned to the big banyan tree.
You Huaijie was about to walk over when Madam Qu hurriedly stood in front of him. “Dongmei, hurry up and cut a pot of good tea for Lord.”
“My lord must be tired. Let me take you for a cup of tea.”
You Huaijie ignored her and walked straight towards the big banyan tree.
“Sir!!!” Madam Qu screamed, with her voice almost breaking.
You Huaijie did not fall for her trick at all. He squatted down and took a closer look. The soil under the big banyan tree was all new. There must be something buried under it that made the Yan family so nervous.
He ordered, “Dig it open!”
“Yes!”
The soldiers picked up the Yan family’s shovel and hoe and dug. After digging for a full meter, they finally found a box.
The moment she saw the box appear, Madam Qu sat on the ground and said with a pale face, “It’s over, it’s over, it’s over…”
Before Yan Er and Yan San could be investigated for killing a person, the grenade was dug out.
If they had known, they wouldn’t have hidden it at home.
The soldiers wiped the soil off. You Huaijie opened it and saw that it was a brand new grenade.
Why would a grenade appear in the Yan residence?
‘What are they going to do with it?’
Liu Tiezhu was in charge of managing the military supply warehouse in the army.
As for Yan Er, he was only from the army’s kitchen logistics. He had no chance to come into contact with grenades.
Therefore, it was very likely that Liu Tiezhu had given this grenade to the Yan family.
Stealing a grenade was a capital crime for stealing state secrets. It was impossible for the Yan family not to know.
You Huaijie suddenly lowered his eyes and looked at everyone from the Yan family. “Take them all away!”
Song Tianxian hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried, “Sir, I don’t know anything. It was them who did it. 1 really didn’t partic.i.p.ate in anything!”
You Huaijie raised his eyebrows. “You’re not involved in anything. Then do you know what they did? Confess and 1’11 give you a chance.”
Song Tianxian paused and looked at her young children. She cried and said, “Sir, they were the ones who wanted to buy the grenade. In the end, they were extorted by Liu Tiezhu, so they killed him! 1 really didn’t do anything!”
Madam Qu was so afraid that she could not speak. However, Xia Dongmei stood up and said, “Sir, we don’t know why the grenade is in our courtyard. Third Sister-in-law was too frightened, so she spoke nonsense. Sir, don’t believe her!”
You Huaijie looked at Xia Dongmei coldly. “You have a good mouth!”
Unfortunately, there were many loopholes.
You Huaijie brought everyone from the Yan family back, while the young children were temporarily taken care of by other people.
The news about the Yan family quickly reached Bai Wutong’s ears.
Bai Wutong originally thought that this was just an ordinary murder case. She did not expect it to involve a grenade.
It was very likely that they had an ulterior motive for hiding the grenade, or they were spies from the Ling Kingdom lurking here.
Bai Wutong lowered her eyes and said, “Investigate strictly!”
“Yes!”
You Huaijie interrogated them separately.
Song Tianxian was the least capable of enduring stress. Soon, she confessed everything she knew.
In the beginning, they only wanted Liu Tiezhu to steal a grenade. After Yan Da was released from prison, the entire family would return to Ling Kingdom to offer it to Emperor Ling Hui. Unexpectedly, Liu Tiezhu was insatiable and kept asking for money. Afraid that the matter would be exposed from Liu Tiezhu, they wanted to kill him.
Yan Er arranged to meet Liu Tiezhu in the suburbs. When Liu Tiezhu arrived, Yan Er knocked him unconscious with a rock while he was unprepared. He used a sack and followed the path into the mountain and finally threw Liu Tiezhu’s corpse on the cliff.
Liu Tiezhu had come to the southern frontier alone. Yan Er reckoned that no one would look for him if he went missing. Even if they did, they would not be able to file a case if they did not find his body.
Unexpectedly, Xiaobai’s sense of smell was so sharp. It had been five days and it had rained for three consecutive days in five days, washing away the smell. Xiaobai had found the place where they had dumped the corpse and even found him according to the strip of cloth he had left at the scene.
After Song Tianxian finished, she immediately asked, “Sir, 1 didn’t partic.i.p.ate in anything, and I don’t agree with them doing it. I shouldn’t be guilty, right?”
You Huaijie said, “You didn’t report what you knew, causing a murder to happen. Wait for the verdict.”
Song Tianxian’s vision darkened and she fainted from fear.
At first, Madam Qu was still pretending to be crazy. When she heard that Song Tianxian had confessed about Yan Da who was still in prison, she finally couldn’t take it anymore and cried. “We didn’t want his life, but he didn’t want to live. How can we be blamed!”
Xia Dongmei still wanted to protect Yan Da and take all the blame. “It was all my idea. Song Tianxian is spouting nonsense. She just wants to drag my husband down.”
After You Huaijie obtained Song Tianxian’s confession, he immediately went to the prison to look for Yan Da personally. Soon, he found the allegiance that Xu Ke had given him from his cell.
He had wiped them out in one fell swoop.
“If nothing goes wrong, you’ll all be sentenced to death.”
When Xia Dongmei heard this, she immediately cried in despair.
If they had not listened to Yan Da’s arrangements, they would still be a happy family when he came out of jail. Now, it was all ruined.
The moment Yan Er saw that his entire family had been arrested, he finally couldn’t hold it in anymore. He pounded the wall with all his might, wishing he could turn back time.
They had stolen the grenade and planned to offer it to Emperor Ling Hui. They had already committed a serious crime of treason. Yan Er and Yan San had killed someone. The rest of the people did not report it and even helped to cover it up. They were considered accomplices. Based on the laws, apart from Song Tianxian, who had taken the initiative to confess, everyone else was sentenced to death.
As soon as the news was out, everyone scolded the Yan family for being evil.
Back then, Bai Wutong had treated them so well in Youjia Village. She asked them to make the Phoenix Tail Wine and even gave them a chance to earn money. When they arrived at the southern frontier, they were also the first batch of people to stay in the villa and be allocated houses. In the end, they actually wanted to steal the military grenade and offer it to Emperor Ling Hui!
They were simply ungrateful beasts. No, they were even worse than beasts. Xiaobai even knew how to repay kindness and brought his entire family to catch field mice!
Liu Tiezhu had easily stolen the grenade. It was Lu Ye’s negligence. When he came to receive punishment, Bai Wutong did not blame him. Instead, she sent someone to help him tighten the rules and regulations of the military camp.
Cui Lingyi couldn’t help but worry. “There are already people stealing the firearms secrets now, it will really be troublesome in the future!”
Bai Wutong gently stroked her stomach and smiled. “It’s fine.. By the time they steal it and develop it, we’ll already have a stronger weapon!”