Chapter 346: Stalemate
Hearing the familiar voice, Xu Xiao's back stiffened, slowly turned around, stared at the person behind him in fear, and said in a trembling voice: "Manager Zhan, how could it be you?"
The person chasing after him was Zhan Chen, in fact, he had already discovered the abnormal situation of Xu Xiao these days, so he paid more attention to it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info It's just that in order not to startle the snake, he didn't dare to get too close to Xu Xiao, so he could only follow this guy from a distance.
But who would have thought that Xu Xiao would choose to run away suddenly, and in order to escape, he could even kill people.
The incident happened suddenly, and Zhan Chen couldn't save the sentry, so he had to make up for it and catch up with him.
He stared at Xu Xiao tightly and asked slowly, "Xu Xiao, why is this? Why did you run away? Why did you kill someone?"
At this time, Xu Xiao had already calmed down, took out his big knife, and said: "Manager Zhan, I can't help myself, can you let me go? If I can, I will give away all the wealth I have gained over the years, if not, I can only fight to the death!"
Zhan Chen sneered and sneered: "Fight to the death?" Xu Xiao, do you think you have a chance of winning? It's better to put down your weapon and go back with me to confess!"
"If you don't have a chance of winning, you have to fight!" Xu Xiao was already desperate, he roared, raised his knife and slashed at Zhan Chen with all his might.
In the face of his powerful blow, Zhan Chen responded very simply, with a slight step under his feet, he shook his back in a flash, and the iron fist struck out and hit him in the back.
Listening to the sound of "ping", Xu Xiao only felt that there was a flower in front of him, and the traces of Zhan Chen had disappeared in front of him, and when he was still wondering, he was hit hard in the back, and as soon as his throat was sweet, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and he fell to the ground, unable to get up.
With just one blow, this Martial Emperor high-level powerhouse completely lost the power to fight!
"What's the matter, are you still going to resist?" Zhan Chen asked Xu Xiao, who was lying on the ground and was still coughing up blood.
Xu Xiao still wanted to stand up in support, but he failed, and now he can't use any strength.
At this moment, the guards who came from the dock also arrived, and they were surprised to see Zhan Chen and Xu Xiao, who was seriously injured, and they didn't understand what was going on.
Zhan Chen ordered those guards: "You tied up Xu Xiao on the ground for me, he is the murderer who killed the sentry just now!"
The guards were all stunned, but they reacted immediately, and took out a long rope to tie Xu Xiao up.
The rope that can bind the strong man of the Martial Emperor is called the dragon rope. It is not an ordinary rope, but made of the skin of a special demon beast in the abyss, the wood rhinoceros beast, which is not only extremely tough, but also can delay the flow of qi and blood in the martial artist's body. So Xu Xiao was quickly and completely subdued, and he was escorted back to the dock.
At this time, Jiang Zhunzhen, Wei Luo, and many worshippers and guards also gathered.
Jiang Zhuncheng couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Xu Xiao who was tied up, and asked Zhan Chen: "Manager Zhan, what's going on?"
Zhan Chen replied in public: "This is the case, I was patrolling the dockyard, but suddenly I found that Supervisor Xu jumped on the head of the city, killed a sentry, and tried to escape, so I chased after him and captured him. β
Several guards on the side also immediately confirmed: "The chief manager is right, we saw that the back of the murderer who killed the sentry was very similar to that of Supervisor Xu." β
Zhan Chen continued: "I once saw Xu Xiao hide the murder weapon in his Qiankun bag. β
"Check it out now!" many people shouted.
One of the guards on the side took down Xu Xiao's Qiankun bag, forcibly erased the spiritual imprint on it, and conducted an investigation, and sure enough, he took out a blood-stained dagger from it.
This time it was really a stolen thing, and everyone looked at the tied Xu Xiao in shock, and it was still hard to believe that he would do such a thing. The overseer of the shipyard can be regarded as one of the high-level in the dockyard, why did Xu Xiao run away so recklessly?
"Why, why did you do such a crazy thing?" Guardian cried out in pain, pulling the crowd back from their shock.
I heard Wei Luo ask again: "Xu Xiao, you have to give a clear account of your crime in its original and complete form, do you understand? Any concealment will aggravate your crime!"
Xu Xiao glanced at him timidly, wanted to speak and stopped, and so on again and again, and finally said: "I--one person does things and one person bears the burden, there is nothing to say, just do what you have to do!"
"You scum is really incurable, the old man usually takes care of you like this, see if I don't slaughter you!" Wei Luo was heartbroken, patted his Qiankun bag, and took out a long sword, and wanted to cut Xu Xiao's body.
At this moment, Zhan Chen shouted: "Okay! Elder Wei, don't be angry, we still have to take him into custody." β
Wei Luo put away his sword and said to Xu Xiao: "Give me a good explanation, understand!"
Subsequently, Zhan Chen asked Xu Xiao to be escorted to the prison cell and interrogated in person.
"Xu Xiao, let me ask you again, why did you run away?!" Zhan Chen asked tightly.
Xu Xiao remained silent and turned his head away, not daring to meet Zhan Chen's eyes.
"Just say it, say it, I may be able to say a few good words to you in front of Master Ning, maybe you will be saved from the death penalty. β
Xu Xiao simply replied: "Manager Zhan, I have nothing to say, killing people pays for my life, I am willing to die!"
Zhan Chen couldn't, so he had to say tentatively: "Xu Xiao, the reason why you didn't say that the reason why you ran away was because of a weak heart, right? Let me guess, is it related to the robber incident a month ago?"
Sure enough, Xu Xiao's face changed when he heard his words, but he immediately returned to normal and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about, didn't I report to you once that day? That night, I gathered the shipwrights in the shipyard to fight against the gang of robbers, and I didn't know anything else. β
"Still pretending to be garlic! Those robbers, you were the one who lured the wolf into the house!"
"I don't! I don't know any robbers at all!" Xu Xiao denied it, and his attitude was resolute.
Zhan Chen ignored him and continued: "As far as I know, the robbers came in from the outside, quietly, and did not alarm any guards before, obviously they have been planning for a long time, and there are traitors among us to respondββ"
"Anyway, it's not me, I'm one one, two is two, if I did it, I won't admit it!"
"Hmph, then you won't even tell me why you ran away, so how can I trust you?"
"Anyway, believe it or not, if you want to kill it, listen to it!" Xu Xiao put on a posture of a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.
After that, Zhan Chen asked him many more questions, but Xu Xiao's answer was either a few words, or simply silent, and he couldn't get more information from his mouth at all.
The interrogation reached an impasse, and the minutes passed......
Just when Zhan Chen was at a loss, Wei Luo broke in, Zhan Chen was shocked for a while, and asked, "Wei Lao, what's the matter with you?"
Wei Luo said with a smile: "Manager Zhan, it's a good thing! Just now, our Tongtian Shenzhou has been completed, Jiang Zhunsheng asked me to come over and inform you to participate in the launching ceremony of the Shenzhou!"
"Oh, that's great!" Zhan Chen couldn't help but exclaim, "Then let's go!"
With that, he hurriedly left the interrogation room, and later, Wei Luo followed. So the two hurried to the shipyard one after the other.
When I got there, I saw all the boatmen surrounding Shenzhou, admiring this great project, and decades of hard work and dreams turned into reality at this moment, and everyone's face was filled with the glory of happiness.
Although Zhan Chen was a newcomer and did not have such deep feelings for this big ship, he was also infected by everyone's emotions, felt extremely excited, and stood under the ship for a long time.
"Commander Zhan, I'm waiting for you!" a voice came from his thoughts, interrupting his thoughts.
Zhan Chen turned his head and saw that it was Jiang Zhunsheng walking towards him happily, and said, "Elder Jiang, Elder Wei, it's really hard for you!"
Jiang Zhunxian replied: "The two of us don't work hard, we are enjoying it, and the real hard work is these boatmen, who work day and Chinese New Year's Eve for dozens of days." β
Zhan Chen looked at the boatmen and nodded heavily.
"Commander Zhan, you quickly follow me to the secret room to get the rudder, our Heavenly Divine Boat is waiting for you to open it first!"
"Me?" Zhan Chen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Can I do it?"
"Hehe, of course, you are our supreme commander here, and you should be the first to sail the ship. β
"Then I'll be respectful and obey!" Zhan Chen nodded, infinite curiosity in his heart.
"Let's go!"
So, Zhan Chen, Jiang Zhunsheng, Wei Luo and the others walked to the secret room together, opened the door, and brought out the delicate rudder.
At this time, the worshippers and guards who were waiting on the side couldn't wait for a long time and surrounded them. They are today's supporting characters, because the Tongtian Shenzhou needs at least a hundred Martial Emperor powerhouses to start.
Zhou Ziru came to Zhan Chen, looked at the rudder in his hand, and said with a smile: "Zhan Chen, this is the key to start the Tongtian Shenzhou, let's discuss it, let me drive it for a while?"
"you, right?" Zhan Chen scolded with a smile, gave him a hard kick, and said, "Don't make trouble, stay aside, and rock the boat for me later." β
A group of people couldn't wait to board the Tongtian Shenzhou, and each took their positions and entered the joints of the Shenzhou to standby.
But Zhan Chen, Jiang Zhuncheng and Wei Luo came to the cab. At this time, the huge shipyard also began to change.
The thick suspension cables began to activate, the gate in front of Shenzhou was slowly rising, and the vast abyss river was gradually revealed.
Looking at the turbulent river in front of him, Zhan Chen turned his head and said to Jiang Zhungang and Wei Luo behind him, "Let's start!"
Jiang Zhunsheng and Wei Luo nodded at him.
So, Zhan Chen took a deep breath, picked up the rudder in his hand, and placed it on the hole in the console in front of him, wanting to inlay the entire rudder into it, but encountered a huge resistance.
Zhan Chen was stunned for a moment, thinking, "Maybe it's in the wrong direction!" So he changed the direction and put it down, but it was still not right, and then he tried again, but he still couldn't put the rudder on......
Jiang Zhunsheng, who was standing behind him, saw that he couldn't succeed for a long time, so he asked, "Manager Zhan, what's wrong with you?"
Zhan Chen hurriedly said: "I can't put the rudder up!"
"Oh, I'll try. Jiang Zhunsheng couldn't help but be stunned, stepped forward, took the rudder from Zhan Chen's hand, and tried to install it on the console, but it failed.
He quickly flipped the rudder over and looked at it, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he exclaimed, "How come? This rudder is fake!"