Chapter 46: Human Evidence and Physical Evidence Gathered (Third update, bonus for one thousand recommendation votes)

Jin Jiuling sighed and said, "What you say is truly extremely reasonable, even I cannot deny it."

Yu Liancheng said, "Admit that you are the Embroidered Bandit?"

"No, I only admit that what you say is reasonable. The Prince is right here; if everyone believes that Jin is guilty, you might as well take me into custody." Jin Jiuling sneered, his tone suddenly shifting: "However, Young Master Yu, do you not have any suspicions yourself?"

"Oh, what suspicions do I have?" Yu Liancheng asked, puzzled.

"You have already seized control of the Green Clothes Tower, which is spread across the world. With the vastness of the Green Clothes Tower, it is not difficult to know the escort routes of the Zhenyuan and Zhendong Escort Agencies. And under your command, there is also the Red Shoes organization; the fifth member of the Red Shoes, Jiang Qingxia, is the younger sister of General Manager Jiang."

Jin Jiuling closed his fan and said coldly, "Jin is suspected because of his duties as a head constable, so what about you?"

"Good, good, good, what you say is truly very good. So you are the Embroidered Bandit, and I am also the Embroidered Bandit; everyone has become the Embroidered Bandit." Yu Liancheng clapped his hands: "Fortunately, you have no evidence, but I have plenty of evidence."

"Evidence?" Jin Jiuling snorted coldly: "If you truly have evidence, you might as well bring it out for us to see. But if you slander Jin, even if Jin agrees, the Six Fan School will not agree, and the martial arts heroes present will not agree either."

"They will not only agree, they will also applaud and cheer." Yu Liancheng's gaze suddenly turned toward an old man smoking a pipe, and he smiled: "Sikong Xiaozei, since you have already come, why are you still disguising yourself as someone else? Truly, a dog cannot change its habit of eating dung."

The old man frowned, his voice like thunder: "Kid, be careful when speaking to an old man like me. Has no one told you that you should respect your elders?"

The crowd cast their gazes toward this old man, and many recognized him.

This person was a renowned martial arts veteran from Yangcheng, with an astonishingly high seniority, known as the "Acupoint Striking Master." His single smoking pipe was specialized in striking all the acupoints on a person's body, only he had not stepped into the martial arts world for a long time, and his seniority was frighteningly high.

"Heh, you stinky kid lost three times in a row in my hands, and you are still not behaving." Yu Liancheng patted the table, his body rising slowly like a dark cloud. Suspended in mid-air, he threw a punch out like lightning. The force of the punch condensed into one, and the air in front of his fist was pushed aside, forming a vacuum zone.

"You stinky kid, to make a move against an old man like me, you are truly heartless." The old man tapped his toes, and his entire body darted out instantly. The swiftness and agility of his movement were enough to leave ninety-nine percent of the martial arts world stunned.

"Sikong Zhaixing, it really is you!" Lu Xiaofeng could not help but shout.

"Hehe, little chicken Lu, it is Grandpa Sikong who made you dig up hundreds of earthworms." The old man's voice also changed, and he wore a cheeky, grinning expression: "With it being so lively here today, how could I miss it?"

Yu Liancheng twisted his waist and rotated, returning to his seat: "Lu Xiaofeng, did Sikong Zhaixing ever steal the embroidered handkerchief left behind by the Embroidered Bandit from your hands?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "That is correct, this kid is truly annoying."

"Sikong, who exactly was the one who made you steal the handkerchief?" Yu Liancheng said calmly: "Even if this person is not the Embroidered Bandit, he is inseparable from the Embroidered Bandit."

Sikong Zhaixing smiled: "Little Yu, do you not know the four words 'there is honor even among thieves'? Do you think I would say it?"

"You are not a bad person by nature, but you are helping the Embroidered Bandit do his work; clearly, you have a handle held in his hands."

Yu Liancheng was not in a hurry, only saying calmly: "You just speak. If it is a handle regarding the martial arts world, I will use the power of the Green Clothes Tower to settle it for you. If it is a handle regarding the Imperial Court, the Prince is right here, and he is also willing to mediate for you."

The Prince spoke up appropriately: "That is correct, as long as you say who is instigating you, this Prince is willing to help you."

Sikong Zhaixing's smiling face gradually froze. He indeed had a handle being held by Jin Jiuling, and the stakes Yu Liancheng offered were truly tempting to him.

Jin Jiuling suddenly spoke: "That is correct, Sikong Zhaixing, you should indeed think carefully. With the Prince and Young Master Yu helping you, whether it is a matter of the martial arts world or the Imperial Court, they can easily settle it."

Sikong Zhaixing's expression stiffened, and he suddenly let out a loud cry: "I don't know, don't ask me, don't ask me." After finishing, he shot away, and in the blink of an eye, he had disappeared without a trace.

"This kid..." Yu Liancheng shook his head.

He could naturally see that Sikong Zhaixing's handle was neither in the martial arts world nor in the Imperial Court.

"Brother Yu, if there is any other evidence, bring it out as soon as possible." Jin Jiuling drank a cup of tea, his demeanor composed. Perhaps many people had already seen the clues. But his skin as the "Number One God Catcher in the World" was still there; without evidence, no one could touch him.

"Fine, as you wish." Yu Liancheng clapped his hands, and an old woman with a hunched back walked up, holding several short notes in her withered palms.

"I presume you all know that the Embroidered Bandit has committed seventy or eighty cases. Among them, there is no lack of major cases like robbing the Zhenyuan Escort Agency of eight hundred thousand taels of escort silver. Even if his martial arts attainments are quite extraordinary, it is not something one person can accomplish, so he also needs accomplices."

Yu Liancheng looked at Jin Jiuling with a half-smile: "In these two days, you have already silenced accomplices like Meng Wei and Lu Shaohua. But you did not know that Meng Wei was cautious by nature and knew you liked to burn bridges after crossing them. Therefore, he did not burn the secret letters you sent by carrier pigeon, but hid them in a secret place, specifically to blackmail you. It is just a pity that you acted too fast and too ruthlessly."

The short notes were passed down, and several of them could directly point to Jin Jiuling as the Embroidered Bandit.

Jin Jiuling's complexion finally changed, but he quickly returned to normal and snorted coldly: "It is just imitating handwriting, what is so remarkable about that."

"Whether this handwriting is imitated, it is naturally up to the experts of your Six Fan School to be responsible for identification." Yu Liancheng revealed a confident smile on his face and said: "What is more, I not only have physical evidence, but also eyewitnesses."

After finishing, he clapped his hands again.

Supported by two young girls, a very thin, very pale man was brought up.

"She Wang!!"

Jin Jiuling and Lu Xiaofeng changed color at the same time.

They could never have imagined that a person who was already dead could actually come back to life. He only looked very weak, as if he had suffered torture.

"What you saw was just a fake She Wang; I let you believe he was already dead."

Yu Liancheng chuckled and said: "Two days ago, Xue Bing was poisoned and knocked unconscious by She Wang. If I hadn't happened to have something to find her for that day, I am afraid it would have led to a tragedy. She Wang, now you can tell everyone, who exactly instigated you to knock Xue Bing unconscious, and who is the real Embroidered Bandit!"

She Wang raised his withered arm and pointed tremblingly at one person.

——Jin Jiuling!