Lord Jinglei and Chu Lingshan took the captured rebels away for interrogation. However, the new recruit who had initially reported the assassination attempt on Huo Qing to Chu Yueli had committed suicide by taking poison as soon as he was captured.
"They claimed they were merely paid to eliminate the General," Lu Yunfei reported. "Lord Jinglei and I interrogated them for a long time, but the rebels offered no new testimony."
The three surviving rebels had been interrogated separately, and there were no obvious loopholes in their accounts. Even if they had coordinated their stories beforehand, it would have been impossible to remain so consistent.
Chapter 816