Chapter 135: I Can Investigate the Case for You
When the young constable came back to his senses, he found himself trussed up and carried into an empty courtyard.
"Mmph, mmph, mmph?"
"Awake, officer?"
Li Qiuchen walked up to him with a half-smile, hands clasped behind his back, and said with complete sincerity, "Don't misunderstand. I'm simply a passerby with an inquisitive nature. Right now you have exactly two choices."
"First, you take a hard line and refuse to cooperate, in which case, to avoid unnecessary complications, I would have no choice but to silence you permanently."
"Second, you calmly answer a few questions for me, satisfy my curiosity, and then I'll give you a sum of silver to ease the trauma of this experience, after which we go our separate ways and trouble each other no further. What do you say?"
The young constable glared fiercely at Li Qiuchen, then gave a single nod.
"My first question, then. What does the young miss look like, and how old is she?"
"Mmph, mmph?"