But the world was just that bizarre. After a round of interrogation, they actually did net a big fish!
"Qiu Xiaoqian ordered us to do it!"
The five were taken away separately for questioning. Three knew who had given the orders, though the third brother had heard it from the second, and the second had heard it from the eldest. The fourth and fifth knew nothing at all, only that there was someone higher up.
When this news reached them, all of Hidden Dragon High Martial was shaken!
Faced with such explosive news, Wen Xingtian and Xiang Kuangren put even more effort into the interrogation. But no matter what methods they exhausted... they could get nothing else out of them. Apart from knowing that Qiu Xiaoqian had sent them to kill Zuo Xiaoduo, they knew nothing else.
And these men ordinarily served as Qiu Xiaoqian's personal thugs.
If he fancied a woman, they seized her; if he coveted wealth, they seized it; whatever caught his eye, they seized it!
Although the fourth and fifth brothers had not known that Qiu Xiaoqian had ordered this operation, they confessed to many dirty deeds they had done for him before.
"That's roughly what happened."
Wen Xingtian looked surprised. "Qiu Xiaoqian, I'm afraid... really is a suspect this time. At the very least, he has an inescapable connection to this affair."
Ye Changqing rubbed the space between his brows, his expression grave.
Qiu Xiaoqian, the Central Plains King's younger brother-in-law.
The Central Plains King was Fenghai's foremost local expert and its greatest power. More importantly, he had an imperial background!
This fish was big indeed!
He immediately called Minister Nan.
"Minister Nan, there's a new development... Here's what happened. This matter involves the Central Plains King's Manor..."
Hearing this, the other end of