Chapter 434: I’ll spare your mother and daughter.

Chapter 434

Mo Jiuye stopped abruptly and turned to look at him.

"As long as you tell the truth, I will spare your old mother and daughter."

"Three days ago, Chen Wu found me and paid me two hundred taels of silver to teach Gold Boss a lesson. He said that I had been working under Second Master for a short time and Gold Boss did not recognize me, so I was the most suitable person for this task.

After completing the task, he would give me two hundred taels of silver to let my old mother and daughter escape far away.

At that time, I thought that two hundred taels of silver was not a small sum. With this money, I could take them to other places to buy property and live the life of a rich man.

On the day I was about to take action, when I returned home, I found that my old mother and young daughter had disappeared. There was a note left on the table. I had attended a private school for two years when I was young, so I could recognize some words.

The note said that if I wanted my old mother and daughter to live, I had to kill Gold Boss before the end of the day and frame Chen Wu.

In addition, after killing, I had to draw the attention of the officials. If I did not follow the requirements on the note, they would be ready to collect the corpses of my old mother and daughter early tomorrow morning..."

As he spoke, Wang Lin was already crying bitterly. He kowtowed to Mo Jiuye again.

"Sir, I did this because I was forced to. Now I have told you everything. I just beg you to spare my old mother and young daughter."

Wang Lin spoke in tears. Meng Huaining and Mo Jiuye observed his expression and actions carefully.

They could determine that Wang Lin was probably not lying.

If he was not lying and just went to do things after seeing the note, it would be impossible to find out the person behind the scenes from his mouth.

Mo Jiuye did not pay attention to Wang Lin’s plea. After all, his old mother and daughter were not in his own hands. He had just lied to him earlier.

Therefore, he turned to look at Meng Huaining. Aside from his relationship with Meng Huaining, his actions in the court earlier were indeed a bit presumptuous. Moreover, Meng Huaining was not a fool. Now that he had asked to this point, if Mo Jiuye still did not know what to do next, he might as well stop being the county magistrate.

Meng Huaining nodded slightly to Mo Jiuye and ordered: "Come, bring Chen Wu here."

Chen Wu was escorted back into the court again.

"Chen Wu, this official asks you, what did the person who gave you five hundred taels of silver to pretend to be Boss Tang look like? Tell me in detail."

Chen Wu was more honest than Wang Lin. Besides, he had always believed that he did not kill anyone himself, so the problem was not too serious. Seeing the county magistrate inquire, he recounted in detail what he saw.

"The person who gave me five hundred taels of silver was about the same age as the real Boss Tang just now, both around twenty years old.

Unlike Mo Chuhan, Mo Jiuye was on the list of people exiled by Emperor Wu's edict, so according to the law he was not allowed to leave Yun City.

Fortunately, Meng Huaining was his future brother-in-law. Those officials also knew this fact. Even if he openly left Yun City, those people would only turn a blind eye.

The two brothers rode fast horses and arrived at the prefecture right at noon.

In principle, this was when the restaurants were the busiest. However, there were barely any customers in this Jingxian Building in front of them.

The front door was open with two people standing at the entrance.

On the surface, they were dressed as waiters, standing at the door to solicit customers.

On closer inspection, both of these people were burly. One was even taller than the Mo brothers.

The two stood ramrod straight at the door. Just then, two customers walked in.

The waiters should have enthusiastically come forward to greet them and take them to their seats.

However, these two did not move at all and continued standing there. They looked more like guards than waiters.

In addition, as the brothers observed the interior of Jingxian Building from outside, the furnishings were also very different from Jingxian Buildings in other cities.

The Jingxian Buildings in other cities were decorated magnificently. Even the stone steps at the entrance were made of white marble.

The Jingxian Building here not only lacked luxurious decorations, but even the tables and chairs looked old.

Just as the brothers were pondering the reason, they suddenly heard an unhappy shout from a customer inside the hall.

"Is this what you call Lion's Head worth five taels of silver a plate? There were so many bones in it and the taste was very ordinary too. This is a black shop.

Get your boss out here and refund my money, or else..."

Before the customer could finish speaking, the brothers suddenly saw a man fall to the ground in front of them.

It was the customer who had asked to see the boss for a refund just now.

A burly waiter stood behind him with his hands behind his back, yelling at the customer.

"I see you're here just to cause trouble. Jingxian Building is known nationally as a big restaurant. You don't have any taste yourself yet you dare say Jingxian Building’s food is no good. Who gave you the nerve to cause trouble here?"