The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 87

After Ma Yuan and Cai Xiaowu left in a hurry, Xu Tian said to Wang Anping, "Brother Anping, it's best to kill a snake with one blow to avoid future troubles."

We need to plan this out and see what the best course of action is. Let me settle things here first, and then we'll go find Uncle Du together.

"Yes, it would be best to catch all the robbers and prevent them from getting away."

Xu Tian found Song Liang, made some arrangements for him to oversee the factory's affairs, and then called Zhao Zhong. The three of them went to Du's shop together.

After telling Uncle Du about it in the backyard, Uncle Du also looked serious. After thinking for a moment, he said, "This is no small matter. We need to plan it out. Let's find Erlang here to discuss it together."

Not long after, Du Erlang arrived. Upon hearing the matter, he said, "Kidnapping and extortion are serious crimes, punishable by death according to the law."

The crux of the matter lies in proving that this person did indeed commit the crime. After all, it happened last year, a long time ago. If this person insists on denying it, it will be very difficult to resolve the situation.

"Is there really no other way?" Wang Anping said somewhat dejectedly.

If you were to ask who hated those robbers the most, it would undoubtedly be him, the direct victim. Chapter 54 Direct Victim

If you were to ask who hates those robbers the most, it would undoubtedly be him, the direct victim.

"If you want to vent your anger, there are plenty of ways to get revenge. At worst, you can wait until they leave Dingxiang City."

"Find a quiet time when no one's around, tie them all up, and throw them into the river. Nobody's going to know. They're outsiders anyway," Du Erlang said directly.

This method is ruthless enough. I never thought Du Erlang would dare to think like this, and I guess he would actually dare to do it.

Indeed, in this era, killing someone, especially someone from out of town, is far too easy.

The population density in the wild is very low, there are many uninhabited places, and there are no ubiquitous cameras. If a person goes missing, it is very difficult to find out. It is normal to say that he was eaten by wild animals.

His words stunned Xu Tian and Wang Anping for a moment.

"If we arrest these people, make them confess and write down their crimes, and then report them to the authorities, how feasible would that be?" Xu Tian asked.

Human life is not worthless. Asking Xu Tian to take the initiative to kill someone is something he is not capable of doing right now, at least not in his current mindset.

“That’s not appropriate. If we’re going to follow the law, resorting to vigilante justice is also illegal. What if he turns the tables on us during the official interrogation? That would only backfire,” Uncle Du retorted directly.

Xu Tian was also a little frustrated. Evidence was really hard to find in this era, and there were no high-tech tools like tape recorders to help him.

“I have thought of a method, but it also has its difficulties,” said Jiro.

"Please say."

"If we can take measures to gain the trust of these people and make them admit that they did it, then if there are government officials present, they can testify and he will not be able to deny it."

This method is theoretically feasible, but gaining the kidnappers' trust and getting them to confess to the kidnapping is easier said than done.

"This is too difficult, but it's a possible approach."

"The key to this method is to make him confess on his own. I think that no matter what method is used, even if it is fraud or deception, as long as it can make him confess or admit it on his own, it is acceptable."

Du Bo added directly to this.

"Is lying acceptable?" Xu Tian asked.

“Uncle is right. It doesn’t matter if we can successfully deceive them. That’s not the key point. It’s just that it’s not easy to do so,” Du Erlang agreed.

"Okay, I'll go find out the current situation first, at least to know how many robbers are here."

"If we can't get to the right place in the end, we may have to take other measures," Xu Tian said.