Chapter 1523: Confused, confused, muddling through

Qiu Gui's intelligence suddenly came online, realizing that Chen Guanlou was a martial artist who could judge his emotions through his breathing and heartbeat.

He made a prompt decision, biting his tongue, and immediately fresh blood flowed out.

Chen Guanlou:...

Ruthless enough!

Ruthless to others, and ruthless to himself.

As everyone knows, the tongue is covered with blood vessels; biting it, even without biting through, can hurt for a long time. To bite through it instantly, that must have taken great force and great determination, aiming for suicide!

Medical Official Mu hurried over with his medicine box to check the injury in his mouth.

He clicked his tongue in wonder.

"You bit it quite hard; it was almost bitten off. Master, did you provoke him?"

"Not at all! He was afraid of being seen through by me, so he self-harmed. You also know I am a martial artist. He was afraid of exposing his inner emotions and having me guess the truth."

Medical Official Mu shook his head repeatedly and comforted Qiu Gui, "It's already come to this point; what is the point of hiding it? It's nothing more than death."

Qiu Gui, however, revealed a triumphant smile. "Don't even think about tricking the truth out of my mouth; I won't confess even if I die."

Seemingly triumphant, in reality, there was undisguisable terror in his eyes.

Compared to the laws of the imperial court, compared to beheading, there was something even more terrifying to him.

He dared not gamble!

He could only grit his teeth and dare not reveal a single word.

Chen Guanlou, however, was lost in thought!

He stared fixedly at Qiu Gui, his brain undergoing a brainstorm.

Qiu Gui, however, feared his gaze, as if his gaze were a searchlight; if he looked a few more times, he would be able to see through his thoughts.

He decisively turned his head to avoid it.

Medical Official Mu was very annoyed. "Don't move! Do you still want your life or not?"

"I don't!" Qiu Gui blurted out.

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

"You want to die?" Chen Guanlou was clearly surprised. Since his soul-loss syndrome was cured, although Qiu Gui had once shown a desire to die, if one observed carefully, it could be seen that it was all acting.

This guy wanted to live in his dreams.

But now, he clearly wanted to die.

Qiu Gui had already begun to regret, regretting that he was afraid of death before.

Now he wanted to die, wanted to seek a quick death! Wanted to commit suicide!

But he had revealed traces, so he was afraid that someone would be watching him twelve hours a day.

He couldn't die even if he wanted to.

"Qiu Gui, you actually want to die!" Chen Guanlou looked at him with a half-smile. "What stimulated you to want to die? Is it because I'm about to guess the truth, right? You fear the truth being unraveled more than death! What kind of truth is it that you would rather die than utter a single word?"

"Don't ask anymore! Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, I want to die; can you fulfill my wish?"

"No! For someone like you, you must be punished according to the law."

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, are you afraid of death?"

Chen Guanlou gave a soft laugh; this question was a bit interesting.

He answered the other party seriously, "There don't seem to be many people in this world who can kill me."

Qiu Gui smiled bitterly repeatedly. "I almost forgot, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen is a martial artist, and a high-rank one at that. Ordinary force cannot threaten you."

"Who wants to kill you? Who wants to kill me? Qiu Gui, tell me!" Chen Guanlou approached the bed board and pressed the other party.

Qiu Gui shook his head, swearing not to comply.

"You don't need to answer; you just need to nod or shake your head, okay?" Chen Guanlou tempted the other party.

Qiu Gui really wanted to loosen his grip; his expression was struggling and hesitant, but in the end, he firmly shook his head, refusing Chen Guanlou's proposal.

"You aren't even afraid of the extermination of your nine clans, yet you are afraid of a case from more than ten years ago being exposed. What kind of people did you kill? Could it be that you didn't just kill, but also did other things? But you were just ordinary servants; the things you could do were limited."

Chen Guanlou was completely puzzled.

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, stop guessing!" At this moment, Qiu Gui's eyes were bright.

His mouth was full of blood, looking very terrifying and ferocious. However, his eyes were strangely flashing with the brilliance of humanity.

"No matter what methods you use, I still say the same thing: I've already explained everything that needed to be explained. What cannot be said, even if it's death by a thousand cuts, cannot be said. I am afraid of death, but I hope to die sooner! You can use all your methods; I know there is a medicine that can make people tell the truth. You can try it on me." After speaking, Qiu Gui actually laughed.

What does this mean?

Chen Guanlou looked at the other party suspiciously.

One moment saying he wouldn't confess no matter what, the next turning around and saying he could try medicine on him.

What does he want to do?

Chen Guanlou and Medical Official Mu looked at each other. Asking the other party with their eyes, is there really such a medicine, and is the effect that good?

Medical Official Mu nodded; he could prepare the medicine temporarily, but it would take some time.

However...

Intuition made him shake his head.

"You want me to use medicine on you? I refuse!" He directly rejected Qiu Gui.

Qiu Gui laughed out loud. "Doesn't matter!"

His eyes were crazy yet relieved!

Chen Guanlou's head was spinning.

This Qiu Gui, at first glance, was very simple. A greedy, ambitious, ruthless executioner. As a result, digging deeper, the more he dug, the more he found this guy was extraordinary, hiding deep enough!

Keep digging!

Seemed to have dug up a big fish!

Keep digging...

From a weak person, he became a fighter who would rather die than submit!

This reversal... who would dare to believe it if it were told.

Medical Official Mu applied medicine to the wound and did a simple dressing.

He urged, "Pay attention to eating and drinking these few days; don't break the wound. Try to eat and drink less."

Qiu Gui gave an 'en'.

The two walked out of the prison together.

Chen Guanlou urged Chen Quan to keep a close eye on Qiu Gui.

"He has a desire to die; keep a close eye on him. Don't let him succeed."

The truth hadn't been dug out yet, and Sun Daoning was waiting to close the case, so he couldn't be careless. If the person died in the Heavenly Prison, Sun Daoning would definitely go crazy and find trouble with him.

Chen Quan nodded in agreement, saying he would arrange for prison guards to watch Qiu Gui twelve hours a day.

"Does Master really think he is still hiding a big secret?"

Medical Official Mu asked curiously.

Chen Guanlou nodded. "There must be a secret. Qiu Gui killing Dou Anzhi certainly wasn't something he thought of early on, nor did he have this thought early on. I guess, for the most part, it was on the way, something happened, he was stimulated by something, or he was instigated by someone, or even possibly forced by someone, that he took the risk."

"According to Master's statement, why did the other servants follow Qiu Gui to kill Dou Anzhi? Multiple investigations have proven that Dou Anzhi was a very kind person who wouldn't treat his servants harshly. How bad must his character be for all the servants to betray him?"

"Your question is also my question. As long as these questions can be solved, the truth will come to light. You also saw it; Qiu Gui is biting his teeth and not saying anything. If I force him, he will want to die, not hesitating to bite his tongue."

Chen Guanlou wanted to continue, but Qiu Gui's intelligence came online, and he refused to cooperate. To fight back, he didn't hesitate to bite his tongue.

Clearly, he was very close to the truth, but he was stuck at the key point and couldn't make any progress.

Frustrating!

Medical Official Mu hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Why pursue the truth of that year? Minister Sun is a person who knows how to protect himself. The secret that Qiu Gui is biting his teeth and not saying is clearly ten times more serious than the Dou family case. With Minister Sun's character, if he knew Qiu Gui's secret, he would be very embarrassed. It's better to be confused and just muddle through. Anyway, the Dou family case has already been brought to light, which is enough to report back!" ===== CHAPTER 1524 =====