Chapter 99: The one-track mind has become blocked at both ends

Jin Jiuling was indeed panicked.

Jin Jiuling had always been proud of the Embroidery Bandit plan, feeling it was seamless, but after Gu Qing mentioned holding a major prison, Jin Jiuling felt this plan was leaking everywhere.

The 800,000 taels of silver from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

The 90,000 taels of gold leaves from the Jinsha River.

The red goods from the Zhendong Escort Agency.

The 70 scrolls of priceless calligraphy and paintings from Hua Yuxuan.

These things could not be taken by one person, so Jin Jiuling naturally had a group.

Under heavy punishment, if one person cracked, it would plunge Jin Jiuling into an abyss of no return.

"Lord of Bai Yun City."

Jin Jiuling suggested from the side, "These brothers are all dedicated to guarding Prince Pingnan's Mansion. Even if they lost their lives, they wouldn't blink an eye. If you take action against them, I fear it will chill their hearts."

Jin Jiuling himself was a bad guy and knew well that human nature could not withstand testing.

Ye Gucheng was indifferent and unmoved. Since he had decided to hold a major prison, he would definitely push it through.

"If these people cannot bear the humiliation and commit suicide."

Jin Jiuling played the emotional card, saying, "When the Lord of Bai Yun City thinks of their faces, won't you feel guilty?"

"I never remember the faces of the dead."

Ye Gucheng had no emotions, leaving all of Jin Jiuling's subsequent words to rot in his stomach.

"You say the people here are all full of hot blood?"

Gu Qing suddenly asked.

"Correct!"

Jin Jiuling's tiger eyes filled with tears as he said, "I know they are all upright good men, each one unyielding. If they are subjected to investigation, I fear they will lose hope."

Jin Jiuling was also laying the groundwork for himself. If Prince Pingnan's Mansion held a major prison and arrested all the guards for stick education, it was hard to guarantee that some would say something. After Jin Jiuling laid the groundwork, he could take action to clear some people out when the time came.

By then, these dead people would all be blamed on Gu Qing and Ye Gucheng.

"Are you on very good terms with these guards?"

Gu Qing asked again.

Jin Jiuling said with genuine feeling, "We are like brothers!"

"Slap!"

Gu Qing clapped his hands hard and said, "That's great. I have another idea, which is to ask the Chief Constable to perform a bitter-meat trick. We will gather everyone in Prince Pingnan's Mansion and, in front of everyone, beat you severely. We will also tell the people in the mansion that they cannot bear the loss of the eighteen jars of pearls, and only Chief Constable Jin can bear it."

"Chief Constable Jin is suffering in their place."

"If they don't want Chief Constable Jin to suffer, they must tell some strange things they know. Perhaps the clue is hidden in there."

The method Gu Qing mentioned was a trick used by some modern companies to discipline employees: increasing the cohesion of a department by physically punishing the leader.

Jin Jiuling's face stiffened. The two paths Gu Qing laid out: one was to toss Prince Pingnan's Mansion's subordinates in every way to force them to reveal the truth, and the other was to toss Jin Jiuling in every way to move the subordinates and make them reveal the truth.

In the first path, Jin Jiuling had to guard against his accomplices, fearing they couldn't hold out. In the second, Jin Jiuling had to worry about the ordinary guards of the mansion. If they were deeply moved and said some strange things they had heard, it could still lead back to Jin Jiuling.

The one-track mind had become blocked at both ends.

"This is a win-win situation."

Gu Qing said, "Chief Constable Jin can use this to buy people's hearts, his personal prestige will not be damaged at all, and Prince Pingnan's Mansion will be able to solve the case, while the guards in the mansion will be spared from being implicated..."

Gu Qing's plan, if pushed through, was to win, win, win, win.

Jin Jiuling's face flushed red, and he shouted angrily, "You don't understand how to investigate cases at all! Don't come up with such messy ideas!"

If he let Gu Qing keep winning like this, Jin Jiuling would lose everything.

"Lu Xiaofeng..."

Jin Jiuling looked at Lu Xiaofeng and asked, "You have the red satin, do you have any clues?"

Jin Jiuling knew Lu Xiaofeng had gone to the Xue family. Now he wanted Lu Xiaofeng to say that the red satin was embroidered by a woman, so that he could link the clues to the Red Shoes.

Who knew that Lu Xiaofeng, at this moment, shook his head. After Gu Qing's reminder, Lu Xiaofeng believed that the red satin had the suspicion of being a lure, and from Gu Qing and Xue Bing's words, he knew that there was a suspected traitor inside the Red Shoes, but that traitor couldn't have committed a major case.

So, going to the Golden Needle Xue family didn't count as having any gains.

"Not..."

Jin Jiuling was choked by Lu Xiaofeng's performance.

How could the Needle God, Madam Xue, be so bad? She couldn't even tell the embroidery of a woman?

Ye Gucheng turned and left at this moment. Not long after, news of martial law and investigation came from Prince Pingnan's Mansion. Those who reported news would be rewarded, those who surrendered in time would have their crimes reduced, and those who resisted to the end would be killed, etc.

When the pearls were stolen, all the guards who guarded the treasury were taken away and strictly interrogated one by one, and stick education was indispensable.

Jin Jiuling watched these guards screaming in pain, his whole body trembling with fear. Seeing the guards beaten to a pulp, Jin Jiuling took the initiative to find Prince Pingnan, resigned from his position, and then found Lu Xiaofeng to demand the red satin.

"You resigned?"

Lu Xiaofeng frowned.

"Correct."

Jin Jiuling said indifferently, "As a manager of Prince Pingnan's Mansion, I cannot protect my brothers. All this responsibility lies with me. Now I still have the status of the Six Doors, so I want to investigate the case myself and return justice to my brothers."

Prince Pingnan's Mansion started holding a major prison. If Jin Jiuling continued to wait, it would be waiting for death. So Jin Jiuling could no longer let Lu Xiaofeng investigate. He prepared to investigate himself, frame others himself, and while his brothers hadn't opened their mouths, he would first take down Gongsun Danniang and frame the case on the Red Shoes.

And by resigning from the manager position, Jin Jiuling left people's sight and could act as the Embroidery Bandit to eliminate those around him who might betray him one by one.

Lu Xiaofeng patted Jin Jiuling on the shoulder. He also didn't approve of Prince Pingnan's Mansion holding a major prison, but Lu Xiaofeng couldn't persuade Ye Gucheng.

"Don't worry, I know this is all because of Gu Qing."

Jin Jiuling said, "The friendship between us will not be affected by these things." Jin Jiuling still wanted to use Lu Xiaofeng one more time.

Lu Xiaofeng was moved in his heart. In a person's life, how many such friends can one have?

"Where is Gu Qing?"

Jin Jiuling suddenly asked.

Lu Xiaofeng looked left and right and said, "He's probably gone to Ye Gucheng. Gu Qing knows the Soul-Moving Great Law, which can make people reveal secrets involuntarily. If the guards in the mansion are beaten and their spirits are devastated, it will be easier for Gu Qing to draw out secrets."

This passage was also what Gu Qing asked Lu Xiaofeng to pass on. To Lu Xiaofeng, it seemed to be telling Jin Jiuling that this major prison wouldn't wrong anyone.

But to Jin Jiuling, his whole body felt terrified.

The original Jin Jiuling also doubted whether his brothers could keep secrets. It was only after watching his brothers being beaten and remaining silent that he prepared to take action himself to frame Gongsun Danniang.

Gu Qing's Soul-Moving Great Law directly destroyed Jin Jiuling's mental defense line.

As the Embroidery Bandit, Jin Jiuling had to compete with Gu Qing and Ye Gucheng to kill the inside traitor of Prince Pingnan's Mansion.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 100 =====