Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Chapter 273: Chapter 128 Zheng Chuan: What, Fifth Brother has found me?_6

At that moment, Si Xi looked at Wang Dafa and asked, Wang Dafa, looking at the room full of corpses, was utterly despondent and raised his head, his eyes numbly gazed across the hanging corpses and said, ”I deserve to die, I really do!”

Hearing Wang Dafa’s words, Si Xi slightly furrowed his brows and said, what use is there in saying these useless things? Who doesn’t know you deserve to die? I need you to say it yourself now, the one who instructed you is Zheng Chuan.

Thinking of this, Si Xi squatted down and said, ”Brother Dafa, the dead cannot be revived, be strong.”

”But they absolutely must not die in vain, we must take revenge for them!”

”Brother Dafa, we must seek revenge!”

”Revenge?”

Wang Dafa looked up, locking eyes with Si Xi, who said, ”Revenge, we absolutely cannot let the murderer get away with this, especially since Fifth Master is here, ask Fifth Master to seek justice for you!”

After hearing this, Wang Dafa immediately reacted, knelt down on the ground and said, ”Fifth Master, Fifth Master, you must take revenge for me, for my wife, children, and family!”

Chen Jie took a deep look at Si Xi, who was startled and quickly lowered his head, appearing meek and compliant.

Chen Jie said, ”Alright, Wang Dafa, what exactly did you do to anger such a disaster, tell us all about it.”

Hearing this, Wang Dafa immediately said, ”Yes, I’ll tell you, I’ll tell.”

”It was all forced by Second Master...”

Wang Dafa then began to describe what he knew.

He was originally a shopkeeper under Feng Xuan, running the Tongyuan Line, but secretly embezzled silver from the shop, thinking his actions were flawless.

However, he was discovered by Zheng Chuan, who threatened him to tell Feng Xuan about the incident.

Knowing that if Feng Xuan found out, it would be the end for him, he begged Second Master to keep this secret.

Zheng Chuan readily agreed and also asked him to help transport some items.

He had no choice but to comply and helped transport a batch of ironware. Then, Zheng Chuan informed him that the ironware was sold to the Zoroastrian Sect, meaning he was colluding with enemies, akin to treason. If anyone found out, it would be a crime punishable by the extermination of his entire family.

He was terrified at the time and begged Zheng Chuan to spare him.

Zheng Chuan merely smiled and said, ”Oh, a trivial matter, don’t worry, I really like someone with talents like you.”

”So, you will be solely responsible for transporting this cargo from now on, just once every one or two months, very safe.”

”Ah, Second Master, this, this is a capital offense.”

Zheng Chuan said, ”Well, you can choose not to do it.”

Looking into Zheng Chuan’s indifferent eyes, Wang Dafa earnestly took up the task of transporting the goods.

Hearing this, Si Xi turned his head and asked Chen Jie, ”Fifth Master, Second Master did this so covertly, how did you manage to find out?”

Chen Jie narrowed his eyes at the words, and Zhou Chu, standing by, said, ”Because the delivery forms in Qian Shun’s hands from that mine had the Tongyuan Line’s stamp on them.”

”Tongyuan Line, why would they stamp the Tongyuan Line on it?”

Si Xi continued to press for answers. Chen Jie thought, don’t you just want to hear from my mouth that Second Master was planning to frame your Old Master?

Chen Jie remained silent, but just when Zhou Chu suddenly realized and was about to speak, Chen Jie gave him a look, forcibly stopping him.

Seeing that Chen Jie wasn’t taking the bait, Si Xi furrowed his brows, thinking Chen Jiusi was too hard to handle.

Having no choice as he was on a mission, he had to say some things.

At that point, he said, ”Ah, Old Wang, you ungrateful person, your lot is planning to frame Old Master, how can you... how can you be like this...”

Watching Si Xi’s dramatic act.

Chen Jie confirmed that the boss was not the mastermind behind the scenes but was well aware of this matter.

The boss was truly a sly character.

At that moment, Si Xi said, ”Fifth Master, we must immediately report this to Sect Master Peng, this matter is too significant!”

Chen Jie fell silent, he did not want to be used as a pawn by the boss.

Smuggling ironware to the Zoroastrian Sect, Chen Jie didn’t really see it as a big deal.

Is the Zoroastrian Sect bad? Chen Jie didn’t know, but he sympathized with them because they opposed the court.

Daqian was ruled by foreign tribes, and the oppression of the Han people was clear to all, whereas the Zoroastrian Sect united the impoverished common folk, those who couldn’t afford food, and the Jianghu people to overthrow the Mulan people, what was wrong with that, should the Han people always serve as slaves!

Thus, he did not see smuggling ironware as an issue.

But what he wanted to know was something else.

”Wang Dafa!”

”Hmm?”

Wang Dafa looked at Chen Jie.

”How did Fourth Master die?”

Chen Jie asked the question he cared most about.

Whether or not the iron smuggling was of any concern to him, he just wanted to know how Fourth Brother Deng Guangming died! Who killed him!

Fourth Brother had always truly treated him as a brother, taking good care of him.

Chen Jie was a grateful person, remembering anyone who treated him well, hoping each of them achieved a good outcome.

But Fourth Brother was killed, inexplicably.

Peng Shizhong wanted to know the answer, and so did Chen Jie.

Upon hearing this, Wang Dafa’s mind plunged into recollection.

”That day, we transported two thousand catties of pig iron from the mine. We just needed to load it on the boat to transport it away, but just as it was being loaded, Fourth Master suddenly rushed out...”

Wang Dafa narrated the situation at that time.

”Later, Second Master came out. He pulled Fourth Master aside to chat casually. Fourth Master then asked Second Master what the cargo on the boat really was about, but unexpectedly, right then, Second Master suddenly attacked, stabbing Fourth Master from below with a reversed sword in a moment Fourth Master did not anticipate... We were all terrified...”

”Why would the body be left behind...”

”It was because people arrived, a long line of torches, we were terrified. Second Master, fearing discovery, didn’t bother to conceal Fourth Master’s body, and took us and fled...”

...

Zheng Chuan Mansion.

”Second Master, Second Master!”

At that moment, a steward rushed into Zheng Chuan’s study in a panic.

”What is it!”

Seeing the steward so flustered, Zheng Chuan immediately asked.

”Second Master, something terrible has happened, Little Knife, Little Knife botched it, now Chen Jiusi is headed to White Tiger Hall with Wang Dafa, and Little Knife’s body!”

”What!”

Zheng Chuan sprang up, his face full of shock and panic.

”It went wrong!”