Chapter 226 Torture
Chapter 226 Torture

Soon, a tragic howl was heard in the room.

The wailing sounded like a ghost crying, full of resentment and pain.

Wang Feihu and others outside the room were so frightened when they heard this.

The Jinyiwei who had questioned Ye Xuan's interrogation methods swallowed hard, showing a smile that was uglier than crying, and said to Wang Feihu: "Brother Wang, I just said that the captain may be unfamiliar with this and is young and ignorant. Please don't tell the captain!"

Wang Feihu forced a smile and lectured him with the airs of a flag officer: "Now you know how powerful the captain is! Young man, the waters of the Zhenfu Division are very deep. You can't control it. Be careful with your words next time."

The Jinyiwei nodded hurriedly, revealing a smile of gratitude.

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In the room, Ye Xuan rolled up his sleeves and held a pair of pliers in his hand, with a bloody nail clamped in the pliers.

With some disdain, Ye Xuan looked at the blood spots splattered on the hem of his robe. He frowned and looked at Lawrence Lu, who was sweating and wailing. He scratched his ears and said impatiently:
"If you continue to be so noisy, I will have no choice but to pull out your tongue. Anyway, I can write the confession for you. You just need to put your fingerprint on it."

Although Lawrence Lu howled extremely miserably, he was still conscious. He tried his best to close his mouth when he heard the words, but he still couldn't help whimpering in pain.

A pair of eyes were now filled with tears, and she looked at Ye Xuan with pain and pleading.

Ye Xuan was unmoved, but a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, the product produced by the system must be a high-quality product!
This was the first time that I used the complete collection of punishments awarded by the system. I didn't expect that this very first time would torture a founding hero to the point of breaking his will.

After a while, the pain subsided a little, and Lawrence Lu trembled and said, "As the saying goes, a thousand miles to be an official is just for money. As long as you are willing to let me go, all the property of this marquis can be given to you!"

Ye Xuan sneered with disdain, "Now that the Holy Emperor is on the throne, and I am the commander of the Imperial Guard, even if I were to covet your vast wealth, I would never have the courage to accept it!"

"In my opinion, my Lord, you should be honest and tell me how you colluded with Fei Ju and Wang Guangyang to rebel. Perhaps His Majesty will let you off easily since you have followed him to conquer the world since you were seventeen years old."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhongheng suddenly became excited and persuaded Ye Xuan: "Everyone in the world knows that I have followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight everywhere since I was a child, but how did Zhu Yuanzhang treat me?"

"Just because of some small things, you arbitrarily deprived me of my title and made me lose face in front of the world. Is this fair?"

Before coming here, Ye Xuan had done some research on Lu Zhongheng and Fei Ju. He knew that in the third year of Hongwu, Lu Zhongheng was deprived of his title that he risked his life for because he took the post station's carriage privately.

However, in the second year, Zhu Yuanzhang restored his title because of his meritorious service in capturing the knife-wielding thief.

But it is indeed a bit of a joke. The so-called private riding of the post station carriage is probably similar to the misappropriation of public buses in later generations.

It is indeed a violation of the regulations, but it is unacceptable to deprive him of his title because of this.

Moreover, a few years later, all the public land was confiscated because Zhu Yuanzhang was accidentally late for the expedition.

The so-called public fields are the official fields awarded by the emperor. The princes and ministers of the Ming Dynasty had low incomes, but those founding heroes followed you to conquer the world not to live a hard life.

So on the one hand it is for appeasement, and on the other hand it also means that we should not forget each other when we become rich and powerful.

Let all the old brothers live a good life of wealth and honor. Once the public land is confiscated, the 1,500-stone salary of the Marquis of Ji'an is less than 800 taels of silver, which is not enough to support the life of a noble.

It was also during this period that the impoverished Marquis of Ji'an was bribed by Hu Weiyong.

However, Ye Xuan didn't care about Lu Zhongheng's grievances. All he wanted was to complete the task and get the evidence of Hu Weiyong's case.

Seeing that Lu Zhongheng was only concerned with accusing Zhu Yuanzhang of being heartless and ungrateful, Ye Xuan was too lazy to waste time talking to him and directly took the pliers and prepared to start working on Lu Zhongheng's eighth fingernail.

Seeing this, Lawrence Lu immediately recovered from his gnashing of teeth, shrank back desperately, waved his hands at Ye Xuan and said, “Don’t pull it out. If you pull it out again, I will have no nails.”

Ye Xuan curled his lips slightly and said with a smile: "It's okay not to pull it out, you know what to do."

Lawrence Lu's face suddenly became tangled. After a moment of silence, he said, "You can let me speak, but you have to guarantee my life!"

Ye Xuan said expressionlessly: "I can keep you safe in my hands, but when we get to Yingtian Prefecture, it will depend on your majesty's will as to what happens to you."

Seeing Lawrence Lu still hesitating, Ye Xuan’s face turned cold, “Even if you don’t say it, this official has plenty of ways to make you say it.”

Seeing that Ye Xuan was about to take action again, Lawrence Lu finally made up his mind and said, “Okay, I’ll tell you!”

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As the door creaked open, Wang Feihu and others looked at Ye Xuan with fear on their faces.

Ye Xuan was a little puzzled, but didn't say much. He just took out a confession and handed it to Wang Feihu.

"Has Song Zhenshan's main force arrived?"

Wang Feihu took the confession and showed a hint of surprise, but before he could be surprised for long, he quickly replied: "Your Excellency, brothers have arrived one after another, but Song Zhenshan is still behind."

Ye Xuan nodded, and then ordered: "When Song Zhenshan arrives, immediately ask him to take Gongci and escort Lu Zhongheng back to Yingtian Prefecture first, so as to avoid any accidents at that time."

Wang Feihu asked hesitantly, "Sir, did the Marquis of Ji'an confess so quickly?"

Ye Xuan smiled slightly and nodded.

Wang Feihu couldn't wait to stick his head into the room, but Ye Xuan ignored him and left.

Seeing Ye Xuan leave, Wang Feihu and more than a dozen Jinyiwei immediately rushed into the room.

A moment later, there was a sound of people gasping for air in the room.

"With Lu Zhongheng's confession, we don't have to worry about Fei Ju not confessing when we go to arrest him!" Qian'er came up and said with a smile.

Because he was worried about attracting the attention of Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng, Ye Xuan arranged for Song Zhenshan to mobilize the Jinyiwei to rush to Chenzhou Prefecture one by one when he was in Yingtian Prefecture.

Therefore, each batch consisted of two or three people, never more than five people at most, and Song Zhengshan had to stay until the end for deployment. So when Song Zhengshan and more than a hundred Jinyiwei arrived at Chenzhou Prefecture, it was already five or six days later.

(End of this chapter)