Thousands of believers left the city and went straight to Ganjing Village. Someone was obviously instigating this.
Believers are easily incited, and it is too easy for the leader Yang Shuen.
Ganjingzhuang.
Li Qinzai sat in front of Yi Duo with his legs crossed, and there were plenty of food and drinks between them.
The two tribesmen stood behind Iduo, staring at him eagerly.
These days, Iduo was living in hell. Li Qinzai tried every means to get the whereabouts of new grain seeds.
Not only were there a variety of torture instruments, but there were also more torturous fatigue interrogation methods, as well as psychological destruction methods learned from movies and TV series in previous lives. They even found two beautiful brothel girls from Chang'an City, and the beauty trap was used.
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Li Qinzai was quite surprised by Yi Duo's strength.
I don’t know what kind of mental hypnosis he had on me. Regardless of any interrogation method, Iduo never revealed a word. He took all the delicious food and drinks as ordered, and the beauty also fell asleep. In short, he refused to tell the whereabouts of the new grain seeds.
In the end, Li Qinzai was helpless with him.
This is a ruthless character. He is ruthless to others and even more ruthless to himself. The things such a person committed in Tochara are by no means simple. The humility and misery he showed in front of Li Qinzai was almost certainly an act.
Today, Li Qinzai changed his appearance again. He had Iduo untied and entertained him with good wine and food.
Iduo was covered in wounds, but after being loosened, he quickly stretched out his hands without even using chopsticks. He grabbed the food with both hands and devoured it, and from time to time he picked up the wine bottle and took a sip.
Li Qinzai looked at him calmly and did not stop him, but his eyes became more and more solemn.
He realized more and more clearly that Iduo was very difficult to deal with.
At this moment, he was devouring not because of hunger, but to save energy for the endless torture that would follow. In other words, he had made up his mind to persevere to the end and never let go.
The few plates of food on the low table were quickly swept away by Iduo. Li Qinzai didn't touch a bite, but Iduo was so full that he burped.
Wiping the grease from his mouth, Iduo simply stopped pretending at this time. His eyes were a bit ferocious and crazy, and he said coldly: "I will never tell you the whereabouts of the new grain seeds. You can continue.
Use torture on me to see if I can do it."
Li Qinzai smiled: "No need to torture, I know those things are ineffective on you, and if you are killed by me, won't the clues to the whereabouts of the new grain seeds be cut off from now on?"
Iduo also laughed: "It is my only bargaining chip. If I confess it, my life will probably be over. I am not stupid and will not completely sacrifice my life for the sake of my body's temporary endurance."
Li Qinzai nodded: "Human nature is understandable. If I were you, it would be the same. I just admire your perseverance. It is not easy to hold on until now. In this regard, I am far inferior to you."
Yi Duo said in an evil voice: "I only regret why I followed Zi Nu to Chang'an. I originally thought that the Tang Dynasty was a place that paid attention to etiquette and respected scholars. I could spend the rest of my life in peace after I came here. I didn't expect that I would fall into this trap as soon as I came here."
I fell into your palm, I made a wrong step."
Li Qinzai shook his head and said: "You made a wrong step, and I made a mistake too. I admit that I underestimated you before and thought that after I tortured you, you would immediately tell me the whereabouts of the new grain seeds, but I used it on you several times.
After the execution, I discovered that you are a ruthless person. Your status in Tochara means that you are not a businessman, right? I have never seen such a backbone businessman."
Iduo sneered: "You want to trick me?"
Li Qinzai said seriously: "No, it's just out of curiosity. I won't force you to tell you the whereabouts of the new grains today, and I won't use any torture tools on you. You see, I'll entertain you with good wine and good food. Just treat it like drinking and chatting with friends.
If you don’t want to talk about the secrets of new grain varieties, you don’t have to tell them, how about that?”
The corners of Iduo's mouth were slightly raised, and his expression was indescribably sarcastic.
"I would like to know, if I have been unwilling to disclose the whereabouts of the new grain seeds, and you have nothing to do with me, what will you do with me?"
Li Qinzai thought for a while and said: "Probably... I will hand you over to Yang Shu'en. After all, you are of little value to me and will be useless if you keep me. And I can use your life to help me resolve the grudge between me and Nestorianism."
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Iduo's eyes dimmed, and then he said: "Have you completely given up on the whereabouts of new grain seeds?"
Li Qinzai smiled: "Yi Duo, you may not know me very well. I actually hate forcing confessions and using torture. Torture is just to save time and energy. Even if you refuse to confess, I can still get new grain seeds, but
It’s just a lot of trouble.”
Iduo sneered: "I am the only one in the world who knows the whereabouts of the new grain seeds. The merchant who brought back the new grain seeds had his whole family killed by me. I also destroyed the remaining new grain seeds, leaving only
How many plants can you get by other means?"
Li Qinzai smiled. His guess was indeed correct. He killed his whole family for new grains. This Iduo was obviously not a kind person.
After I tortured him these past few days, the remaining feeling of guilt of "having a jade in my arms" suddenly disappeared.
What happened to Iduo after arriving in Chang'an can only be described as "unpleasant retribution".
Li Qinzai asked Buqu to remove the food and drinks, and brought in paper and pen.
Under I Duo's stunned gaze, Li Qinzai's pen scribbled on the paper. After a moment, a world map including oceans and land appeared on the paper.
Li Qinzai drew another dotted line with a brush and said slowly: "This is Tocharo. The merchant you mentioned started from Tocharo, went south to Tianzhu, hired sailors and ships along the coast, and then headed south
, after bypassing the South Asian continent, then turn to sail west..."
"After several months of rough seas, the ship arrived at this land. It has not yet been discovered by human civilization. The land is only inhabited by local indigenous people who drink blood. The Tocharian businessman came to this land by accident.
After getting the new grain, board the ship and escape immediately..."
"This continent will be landed again by Western navigators many years later. It was first named the 'New World' and later renamed the 'American Continent'."
"Oh, by the way, the new grain you hid is called 'sweet potato'. It is a good product with a yield of several thousand kilograms per acre. It is indeed worth the risk to get it. It is very important to a country."
Li Qinzai put down his brush and smiled at Iduo: "Look, I actually know everything. I even know the specific location of new grain crops, and I can also draw a complete route map."
"I just said that if I want to get new grain seeds, it will only cost me more time and energy. This is true."
"And getting the whereabouts of the new grain seeds from you only saves me trouble. If you don't want to tell me, I don't care. The new grain seeds are there. Just recruit sailors for shipbuilding to get them."
Li Qinzai's smile gradually faded, and he stared at Iduo like a knife, and said slowly: "Now, do you still think you are important? Are you still so confident?"