In the backyard of the martial arts school, in the small courtyard.
Huang An, Zhang Yi, and two guards were standing beside the stone table in the courtyard.
The air was filled with the pungent smell of burnt fodder.
There was a fire here, and most of the firewood pile was burned to black. The more than two square meters of grass under the firewood pile was also burned to gray, yellow, and black colors.
There is a large beach on the ground, and on the beach, there are scattered or continuous pieces of pitch-black ash.
That was the water mark left by using water to put out the fire.
The walls of the house behind the firewood pile were smoked black.
It seemed that not long after the fire was put out, a small stream of gray smoke was still rising from the side of the firewood pile facing Huang An and the others.
Huang An took a few steps forward and could feel the faint temperature change.
The pile of firewood was piled as high as a person, and now most of it is burned
Huang An had no doubt that if the fire continued for a while, his yard would be burned down.
Who is it? How brave!
Huang An looked angry and asked:
"What happened? How long did it take? Who set the fire?"
He asked three questions in a row, like interrogating a prisoner.
The sound was very loud, and the other guard brothers who heard the movement also came over.
Zhang Yi glared at his two brothers hatefully. He was sleeping well, but who would have thought that there would be a fire?
Fortunately, it did not lead to a major disaster, otherwise he would not be able to bear the blame, nor would he want to.
"A thief lurked in and set fire to the house. We didn't check it for a while and almost got it!"
Thief?
Huang An was surprised that someone actually set the fire on fire.
The burning of these files and account books had long been part of his plan, and he could even guess which party the person who burned the account books came from.
After all, it was he who led the way in burning the ledgers.
However, the time is not right now.
Totally wrong!
Since the time was wrong, Huang An was completely confused. Who did the person who set the fire come from?
The Li family has no reason to send people to sneak in today and burn these account books and files.
Aren't they afraid of angering themselves and Senior Sister Zhao?
Last night, when I talked with the two brothers Li Shui and Li Jie of the Li family, didn't I give them a hint that they should start burning these account books and files after the banquet tomorrow?
Huang An was completely confused.
He narrowed his eyes and asked:
"Where is the thief? Have you caught him?"
Zhang Yi's expression suddenly softened.
"Caught it. At that time, the three of us were awakened by the sound of the thief running on the roof and caught him directly. Brothers Zhang Shi and Yao Liang led people to guard this person."
Huang An's eyes lit up and he was about to ask more questions when he heard Zhang Yi continue:
"This man is quite a man. Before he was caught, he was about to wipe his neck with a knife, but I stopped him. Now he has been tied up, making sure that he cannot move!"
Huang An nodded, then turned his attention to the two guards behind Zhang Yi.
He remembered that these two people were responsible for guarding the yard.
Is this going to be punished?
The expressions of the two guards froze, and their hearts almost stopped beating.
They couldn't imagine how Huang An would punish them after such a big mistake happened.
According to past military rules, those who committed such a serious crime would be directly beheaded during wartime.
Normally, a severe beating and deduction of pay would be inevitable.
The two of them were anxious and nervous, waiting for Huang An's final verdict.
Crowded at the entrance of the small courtyard, there were even other guard brothers who had boldly entered the small courtyard, and they also looked worried at this moment.
There is no such thing as schadenfreude, after all, they may be punished for it.
Even if their specific mission is not to protect this yard.
Zhang Yi looked on with cold eyes, showing no intention to dissuade him at all.
Anyone who does something wrong will be punished, even his subordinates are no exception.
This is the most basic and effective way to establish dignity and prevent others from making mistakes.
Huang An also understood this truth, and his face turned cold.
"I planned to reward you two taels of silver each after the guarding mission is completed, but you two made me very disappointed!"
Huang An's words caused an uproar.
Two taels of silver?
Just protect these yards and you can get it?
If I had known this, I should have been vigilant today, otherwise how could it be so easy for someone to steal my home?
The other guards in the hospital were both happy and worried at the same time.
They are happy that as long as they do their job well, they can get two taels of silver. What they are worried about is that they will be implicated by the carelessness of these two brothers and bring disaster to Chiyu.
Fortunately, Huang An has always been very humane.
He would not choose to implicate other people through this.
"The two taels of silver from you two will be deducted!"
As soon as these words came out, the two guards who made the mistake suddenly showed an annoyed look on their faces, and felt full of regret in their hearts.
However, they were quite lucky to have escaped a severe beating.
At the same time, the two of them comforted themselves like this, "Originally, the money was not received, but this time it was directly deducted, which is equivalent to not having the two taels of silver in the first place."
Thinking this way, the two of them felt much happier.
Although it hurts to be short of two taels of silver, it is not unacceptable.
Zhang Yi, as well as the guards watching, also felt that this punishment seemed very severe, but in fact it was a bit painless. For a while, they felt that Huang An was too kind.
If you want to deduct money, just deduct money. At least go up and kick him a few times to make it interesting.
However, are Huang An's punishment methods really so painless?
Of course this is not the case.
Although he had already treated these guards as pawns, they would definitely be punished.
However, there are many means of punishment and there are many purposes.
Corporal punishment is okay, but beating is definitely not okay.
Especially injuring or maiming someone, that is absolutely not allowed.
In order to prevent this situation from happening again in the future, he had no choice but to resort to evil tactics.
With a curl of his lips, Huang An continued:
"There are several cellars in the backyard. You two should clean them up now and go straight in! Keep them closed for two days and give it a try!"
After Huang An finished speaking, he ordered the guard captain who was standing in the courtyard watching the show:
"Take them two over and let them reflect. Except for the vents, all other parts of the cellar are covered. No light is allowed inside!"
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The guard captain was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react.
"I, I'll take them down right now!"
After saying that, he took the two men out of the yard.
The onlookers automatically gave way to the three men and watched them disappear around the corner of the road.
The expressions on their faces were very strange.
They felt that there was something wrong with Huang An's brain, was he too gentle?
Deducting the money you didn't get, then being locked up in the cellar for two days and not eating for one night. Is this a punishment?
Relatively speaking, this is too easy, right?
Seeing the disinterested expressions on everyone's faces, Huang An sneered inwardly.
Mental punishment is much harder to endure than physical punishment.
Especially in the dark room, the feeling is not something that ordinary people can bear.
This time the lock was dark and damp, so dark that you couldn't see your fingers. It was built underground and could block out almost all sounds from the outside world, so it was even more powerful.
If it weren't for the fact that these two guards were both warriors of the five internal organs realm, Huang An would have been afraid of locking them up and causing trouble.
Physical punishment is too low-level. If they are broken, who will do the work?
If something goes wrong, you will have to pay for medical expenses.
Mental torture, coupled with physical hunger and thirst punishment, is the way to go!
The psychological torture required to stay in a small black room can drive anyone who comes into contact with it for the first time crazy.
For people who have undergone professional training, the limit is about a week. If they are shut down for a week, they will have a mental breakdown and become mentally ill.
For ordinary people, one day can break their mentality and spirit.
Locked up for two days and one night, it will probably be remembered for a lifetime.
After being locked up in a small dark room, you can fall asleep with your eyes squinted as soon as you enter, which is the happiest thing.
Because this time of sleeping can consume part of the time of torture.
But when I woke up, I felt uncomfortable.
Vision and hearing will lose their function in a completely dark environment with no sound, and the brain will involuntarily think wildly in such an environment.
This is a biological instinct that cannot be overcome without hard training.
A series of mental problems such as ghosts, monsters, and self-doubt will constantly chase the punished person at this moment.
Here, time also loses its meaning of existence.
Because they have nothing to reference how long time has passed, they lose sensitivity to time.
And at night, when the sky is completely dark, it is dead of night, and everything is silent, that is the most miserable time to be locked up in a small dark room.
This is the most terrifying thing, multiple tortures to make it long-lasting.
Huang An's Yan'er is bad, and when everyone doesn't take it seriously, he doesn't even explain.
He ordered the guards: "The two of them have been punished, but this yard needs to be watched by others, so as not to be burned by thieves again. Just watch it yourself!"
"I don't want anything like this to happen again!"
Huang An's tone was serious and his expression was solemn.
"Yes, Brother Huang!"
The group of people immediately agreed, and secretly warned themselves that they must remain vigilant, but must not let those warriors who were lower than themselves break in again.
It doesn't matter if they are locked up in a cellar or punished by not eating for a night. Those two taels of silver must not be deducted.
After finishing the instructions, Huang An walked up to the house and checked several houses. He found that only the outer walls were blackened, but other than that, there was no damage inside the house.
Those copied account books and files are still in good condition and have not been burned at all.
After walking out of the house, Huang An gave Zhang Yi instructions.
"Take me to see the thief!"
Zhang Yi nodded and took the lead.
When the many guards saw that Huang An and the others were gone, they joined together in twos and threes and returned to where they were originally standing.
As they walked, they were still talking.
Before he had even spoken five words to Zhang Yi, Huang An saw the thief Zhang Yi was talking about in the woodshed in the backyard - a middle-aged man who had cultivated the five internal organs realm.
He was confined in a wooden cage, with his head sticking out of a hole in the cage.
His clothes were messy, torn, full of footprints, and his hair was disheveled.
His whole body was tied up, and his hands and feet were controlled by two finger-thick hemp ropes.
There was a rag stuffed in the mouth.
It seemed that he had been tortured to the point of losing his strength, or was disheartened and wanted to die, so he noticed Huang An and Zhang Yi coming, but never raised his head to look at them.
His head rested on the wooden bar, and his body rose and fell slightly with his breathing.
But in this woodshed, what also attracted Huang An was the sudden appearance of Luo Feiyao.
At this time, she was crossing her arms and staring at the man in the wooden cage with a puzzled face, her eyes full of confusion.
Huang An's eyes flashed and he wondered, when did she come back?
Why did you come here again?
Doesn't she have her own affairs?
And there is no news at all.
However, don't worry about these things.
Huang An glanced at Luo Feiyao and nodded to her as a greeting.
Zhang Shi, Yao Liang, and two brothers, a total of four people guarded this man.
They noticed Huang An and Zhang Yi coming from a distance.
"Brother, this man is tough-talking and won't say anything! He will be beaten and scolded at will. He only screams misery and pain, but he doesn't speak."
Zhang Shi angrily explained the situation to Huang An.