vrcanaries Chapter 1383
Chapter 1383
Indeed, from the moment Mai Zhide was imprisoned, Wei Wu heard every single conversation between him and Mao Xiang.
It's likely that Mai Zhide would never have guessed, even if he racked his brains, that there was a third person in this place besides him and Mao Xiang.
What he just said was heard not only by Mao Xiang, but also by Wei Wu.
Mao Xiang remained silent and did not immediately respond to Mai Zhide's question because Wei Wu spoke on the other side.
What he said was to respond to Mai Zhide's words and explain why mercury could still remain in the fire.
Therefore, after Mao Xiang finished listening to what Wei Wu had said, he immediately looked at Mai Zhide and said:
"You know that mercury disappears when exposed to high temperatures, but you forgot one thing: that mercury was coated with ink."
"Because the ink was not completely dried by the fire, the mercury could not be directly calcined, so there was still mercury residue in the oil drum!"
That's right, that was Wei Wu's response to Mao Xiang. Of course, this was just something Wei Wu made up based on the situation.
Color-changing ink not only fails to extinguish fires, but it can also act as a combustion accelerant, as it is a highly flammable substance.
In such a high-temperature environment, it would ignite very quickly, and the little mercury in the oil drum would not be able to survive at all.
To be honest, when Mao Xiang told him that the coroner had found mercury in the oil drum, Wei Wu was quite surprised.
He couldn't understand how there could be residue in the oil drum under such high temperatures, and could only attribute it to fate.
As for whether Mai Zhide would believe such nonsense, Wei Wu was absolutely confident that the other party would not be able to see through it.
The point is quite simple: the other party had no idea that color-changing ink was flammable, and didn't even understand the properties of modern inks.
Even if some color-changing ink was stolen in the past, it would not be used to test whether it was flammable, since it was intended for printing banknotes.
Every drop of ink is incredibly precious, so Wei Wu's fabricated story was actually quite credible to Mai Zhide!
Indeed, this was the case. After hearing Mao Xiang's response, Mai Zhide cursed Qian Jingguang in his heart once again for being unreliable.
Why didn't Qian Jingguang consider such an important matter in advance, which led him into this predicament?
Seeing that Mai Zhide did not reply, Mao Xiang spoke again.
“I have reasonable suspicions, so I brought you back for interrogation. Even if I torture you now, it’s just normal procedure.”
"Even if you complain to His Majesty, I won't be punished. So, I'm giving you one last chance: speak or not!"
Faced with Mao Xiang's intense questioning, Mai Zhide was extremely flustered, yet he dared not easily respond.
Seeing this, Mao Xiang felt that it was about time and prepared to threaten him again. If he still didn't confess, he would torture him directly.
As he said, he had ample reason to believe that even if Mai Zhide were tortured, Zhu Yuanzhang would not hold him accountable.
However, just as Mao Xiang was about to speak, he suddenly heard Wei Wu's voice.
"Old Mao, I met one of your men outside. He said that Qian Jingang was assassinated and died in his own home."
Upon hearing Wei Wu's voice, Mao Xiang was taken aback at first, and then his brows immediately furrowed.
He hadn't expected those people in the shadows to be so decisive; as soon as the news came from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, they immediately took action to silence them.
Now that Qian Jingguang has been eliminated, he has lost a breakthrough point and can only try to find a way through Mai Zhide.
Just as Mao Xiang was pondering what to do next, Wei Wu's voice came through the earpiece again.
"Old Mao, since Qian Jingguang is dead, let's just use his death to force Mai Zhide to submit!"
"That'll be it in a bit..."
Wei Wu then shared his idea, and Mao Xiang, after listening, also thought it was feasible and subsequently gave his response.