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Chapter 216 You dare betray me!
Master Liang kicked him, but Manager Wei on the ground didn't move an inch, and it seemed that he was indeed unconscious.

Master Liang bent down to remove the hood covering Manager Wei's head.

Qin Gui stopped him and reached out his hand, saying, "If Liang Jiang finds out about this, I'm afraid I'll be in big trouble. Now that I've brought the person here, as we agreed beforehand, give me the money, and I'll leave the capital with my wife and daughters. I'll never take this risk with you again."

Master Liang scoffed, "As long as I get the formula, I can turn the tide and you can live a life of luxury. Wouldn't that be great?"

Qin Gui shook his head: "Kidnapping is no small matter, especially since it involves a princess. If things go wrong, we could face legal trouble. I don't want to spend my days in jail again. Besides, I have a wife and daughter to support, and I dare not go along with your schemes."

Master Liang glanced at Manager Wei lying on the ground: "Don't forget, I spent money to get you out of prison when Liang Jiang threw you in. If you want to get away with it, you'll have to ask me if I'll allow it."

Qin Gui was taken aback: "Are you threatening me?"

"We're in the same boat. You think you can run away when I'm down on my luck? No way."

Qin Gui chuckled: "Don't forget, I have all your dirty laundry. Aren't you afraid I'll report you to Liang Jiang?"

"What do I have to be afraid of?" Master Liang said dismissively. "Now that I'm barefoot, I'm not afraid of those wearing shoes. It's a fight to the death."

Qin Gui smiled meaningfully: "You may not be afraid of Liang Jiang finding out about your embezzlement of the Duke's mansion's silver, but you probably wouldn't want Liang Jiang to know that you hired Black Wind Temple bandits to hunt down Madam Liang, would you?"

"Nonsense!" Master Liang retorted, "What does this have to do with me?"

Qin Gui sneered: "Do you think you really did this perfectly? As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. That day when you disguised yourself to meet the Black Wind Temple robbers, didn't you pay attention to whether anyone was following you?"

"Let me go, give me some money, and I'll run away and keep this secret buried forever."

Master Liang sneered: "Stop trying to trick me. Do you think I'm afraid of something I've never done out of thin air?"

"Should I tell you exactly what you said after you met that day?"

"I'd like to see how you plan to arrange this."

Qin Gui narrowed his eyes: "The first thing you said when you saw the bandits from Black Wind Temple that day was: 'What a bunch of useless trash! So many of you couldn't even handle a woman who can't even kill a chicken.'"

Then the bandit said, "This woman may not know martial arts, but her poison skills are truly formidable. Both of my brothers fell victim to her. Besides, this unexpected troublemaker has appeared out of nowhere. Giving us this little bit of silver is a huge loss for us."

......"

Qin Gui repeated the story sentence by sentence, and Master Liang's expression grew increasingly grim, his gaze becoming more and more intense.

What he said was absolutely correct!
Could it be that he really was following me? That kid has always been cunning.

"Originally, I didn't want to take your life, but seeing today, I realize you can't be allowed to live."

Qin Gui scoffed: "What, you want to kill me to silence me?"

Master Liang reached into his pocket and pulled out a dagger, weighing it in his hand: "Who told you to know so much? Only the dead can't talk."

Qin Gui took two steps back in fear, his face ashen: "A person like you, who not only killed your own sister-in-law in order to seize and annex the Duke's mansion, but also killed two innocent lives, how could you possibly let me go so easily?"

I was too careless; I wasn't on guard.

Master Liang grinned maliciously: "After I kill you and interrogate you to find out the formula for the medicine, I'll help you two stage a scene of mutual murder so I can get away with it. Prepare to die!"

Without saying a word, he drew his knife and slashed the dagger toward Qin Gui's throat.

He considered himself to have at least a few days of martial arts training, and thought that killing someone like Qin Gui, who was lazy and inactive, would be a piece of cake, so he didn't take him seriously.

To everyone's surprise, the knife missed its mark.

Moreover, the seemingly unconscious "Manager Wei" on the ground suddenly leaped up, ripped off the hood covering his head, and kicked the dagger in his hand. It wasn't Manager Wei! It was Lu Xingzhan!
Master Liang was stunned for a moment, somewhat incredulous.

I was fooled!
Taking advantage of his momentary daze, Lu Xingzhan kicked him repeatedly, sending him sprawling to the ground, where he fell face-first into the dirt.

Then, Qin Gui quickly stepped forward and pinned him down. He found a rope and tied him up tightly.

Master Liang cursed loudly, "Qin Gui, you ungrateful wretch! You've followed me all these years, and I've never treated you badly. Yet you conspired with them to harm me!"

Qin Gui tightened his grip on him even more: "I'm sorry, Second Master Liang, if it weren't for you falsifying the accounts and making me take the blame and suffer so much in prison, I would never have betrayed you."

"So you knew all along. So what if I used you? You embezzled so much of my money, it's only right that you risk your life for me."

“Now that the princess has given me more money, it’s understandable that I’m working for her.”

One sentence left Master Liang speechless.

Lu Xingzhan said coldly, "An ungrateful wretch like you still has the nerve to criticize others. Come with me to the yamen to talk."

Master Liang shouted at the top of his lungs, "Liang Jiang, I know you're here. Come out and let me go, or I'll make you regret it!"

Liang Jiang walked in from outside: "Attempted murder, kidnapping and extortion, plus the two innocent women you hired to kill two years ago, Second Uncle, you are beyond redemption. Do you have anything else to say?"

Master Liang glared at her angrily, his eyes blazing with fury: "I understand now. Qin Gui never followed me at all. He was just trying to trick me into revealing information."

“That’s right,” Liang Jiang readily admitted, “I’ve known for a long time that you were the mastermind, but I was hampered by a lack of evidence. The Black Wind Temple robbers couldn’t identify you based on your voice alone. Fortunately, I have the robbers’ confessions here, which provide details of your meetings with them. We can use this to our advantage.”

"You cunning Liang Jiang, you're really ruthless! You've dug so many traps for me. You're so young, yet your mind is so deep."

Liang Jiang smiled slightly: "I'm just repaying blood with blood, and tooth with tooth. I'm the kind of person who always holds grudges and is very vengeful."

I will demand back the money you embezzled from the Duke's mansion, and I will settle even more accounts for your attempt to murder my mother and seize the Duke's mansion's property.

“Your mother left the Duke’s mansion, not because of me. I killed that mother and daughter, wasn’t it all for the sake of the Duke’s mansion? If I hadn’t been holding on so hard, the Duke’s mansion would have been finished.”

"So what? It's a fact that you disregarded human life, so you should plead guilty and accept the punishment."

"So you're going to wipe them all out, is that it?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

Master Liang said matter-of-factly, "This Duke's mansion's wealth was all earned through my hard work. Without me, there would be no Duke's mansion today. Why should you and your daughter benefit from it?"

Liang Jiang sneered, "You severed all ties with my father back then. When you came to the capital from Fucheng to seek refuge with him, you were penniless and heavily in debt. Everything in the Duke's mansion was earned by my father and mother with their lives. What does it have to do with you?"

"Whether it matters or not, go ask your mother first! She definitely won't agree to let you send me to the authorities. I'm your own uncle! Blood is thicker than water!"

"If you had cared even a little about family ties, you wouldn't be where you are today."

How dare you talk to me about family ties?

Liang Jiang coldly said, "Take him away and hand him over to the authorities!"

Master Liang immediately burst into curses: "You'll regret this, Liang Jiang! I'm telling you, I'm giving you three days to release me, or you and your mother will regret it!"

Liang Jiang didn't take it seriously: "Then we'll see."

(End of this chapter)