Chapter VII Forced Confession by Extraordinary Punishment
Chang Wenjun caught up from behind and rode slowly down the street side by side with Xiang Shaolong. All the iron guards and Chang Wenjun's followers were all paying attention to the movements near and far. Some were holding long leather shields to protect the left and right, and some were holding crossbows in their hands.
Guard against assassins and the atmosphere is tense.
Xiang Shaolong said easily: "Don't you need to serve the Crown Prince?"
Chang Wenjun shook his head and asked: "How Shaolong plans to deal with the traitors, can you tell me something so that I can cooperate with your actions?"
Xiang Shaolong said calmly and calmly: "Did you catch up to me and ask me, Crown Prince?"
Chang Wenjun looked stunned and couldn't answer.
Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "It goes without saying, I understand your difficulty."
Chang Wenjun's expression dimmed and he said in shame, "Shaolong, can you help me with this?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "Then tell the prince, I have got some clues, and I hope to catch all Guan Zhongxie and the assassins from the six countries. However, these things must be kept absolutely confidential to be successful, so the fewer people know about it, the better."
Chang Wenjun said hurriedly: "What is the purpose of the tiger talisman that Shaolong seeks?"
Xiang Shaolong secretly thought that the tiger talisman in his chest was of course for life-saving purposes, but he replied: "Because I have to mobilize 30,000 cavalry to clear out the enemies entering the country."
After a pause, he asked: "What is Wei Liao's current status?"
Chang Wenjun looked troubled and said, "I don't know very well."
Xiang Shaolong sighed in his heart, Chang Wenjun was never as loyal as his brother. Sharing wealth and honor is easy, but sharing adversity is another matter.
Thinking of this, I am still interested in hanging out with him.
With the words "Please come back", Jingzi and the Iron Guards left. When they returned to the official office, they immediately summoned Teng Yi, Jing Jun and Wu Guo. After telling them about the tiger talisman, they said: "Now we can be said to be invincible.
In this land, unless Ying Zheng personally leads an army to kill me, no one else will dare to take action."
Teng Yi frowned and said, "But Ying Zheng can also issue an edict to deprive his third brother of his military power."
Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "This is the most exciting part. In order to use me to deal with Guan Zhongxie, Ying Zheng never dared to take back the Tiger Talisman before the ceremony. When he wanted to do something bad to me, he suddenly realized that I was not in Yongzhong at all.
At that time, we will have at least three to two days to do whatever we want and deal with Lu Buwei with all our strength."
Wu Guo nodded and said, "That means I have to leave before the crowning ceremony is completed."
Jing Jun said: "Are we really going to wipe out the evil spirits in Guan Zhong?"
Xiang Shaolong sighed and said, "This should be our last gift to Ying Zheng before we say farewell."
Teng Yi agreed: "We have to do this, otherwise if the traitor Lu succeeds, our life will not be easy."
Xiang Shaolong said: "As long as we can capture the foreign assassins lurking in one of the mountains and fields, and then hide it from Lu Buwei in the first place, we can use torture to extract the whereabouts of the evil spirits in Guan Zhong."
Wu Guo said puzzledly: "I really don't understand why these groups of assassins didn't take the opportunity to go to Yongdu first, but instead stayed outside Xianyang."
Jing Jun said: "There are only three days until the big day for Ying Zheng to go to Yongdu. When will the third brother prepare to take action?"
Xiang Shaolong showed a complacent and confident smile and said calmly: "Let these people have a taste of the special forces trained by our Wu family tonight."
The three people said in shock: "Special Forces?"
Xiang Shaolong nodded happily.
Only the scientific special forces and advanced tactics from the 21st century could enable him to accomplish many things that would have been impossible. Suddenly, a powerful and unparalleled fighting spirit surged in his chest.
Under the bright moonlight, Xiang Shaolong and Ji Yanran, dressed as Wu Guo, lay on a hillside six miles south of Xianyang City, waiting quietly.
They all wore lightweight field clothes, equipped with foldable crossbows, and vest-type armor, which was a bit like a twenty-first-century bulletproof vest.
Xiang Shaolong lay gently on the grass slope, reached out and patted the thigh of Ji Cainu who was sitting next to him. He said softly: "I hope nothing will go wrong with Wu Guo."
Tonight, Wu Guoci disguised himself as his identity and made a public appearance. Accompanied by Teng Yi, he went to meet Xu Shang and discuss with him how Du Qi and Du Wei could cooperate after Ying Zheng left Xianyang.
The purpose of this move is of course to make Xu Shang not suspicious.
Otherwise, if he knew that Xiang Shaolong was leaving the city, it would be strange not to be on guard.
Ji Yanran pushed away his strange hand with slight anger, frowned and said, "Don't touch me. You are not allowed to be intimate with others after you pretend to be Wu Guo."
Xiang Shaolong laughed dumbly and said: "The beauty and ugliness on the outside is fake, but the beauty and ugliness on the inside is real. Even our talented women are not immune to this vulgarity?"
Ji Yanran sighed softly: "That's it, but how many people can do it? If they have a choice, who would choose ugly appearance."
At this time, Jing Jun sneaked up to the two of them and whispered: "The enemy has about twelve to fifteen people. They are camped in the forest, and only two of them are on guard. I have laid a dragnet to ensure that no one can escape."
The most practical thing on this trip was the dragnet. Jing Jun and his outstanding hunters specially made dozens of large nets that could be laid on the ground or dropped from the tops of trees.
The assassins who came to Qin this time were all selected dead soldiers from the Six Kingdoms. Without special means, it would be easy to kill them but much harder to capture them alive.
Xiang Shaolong jumped up and said: "Do it"
Jing Jun dove back again.
Xiang Shaolong and Ji Yanran climbed to the top of the slope, lay down in the grass, and looked down at the dense forest that stretched for several miles from the bottom of the slope.
Without Tu Xian's accurate intelligence, even if thousands of troops were dispatched to search, there would be no hope that the target would be surrounded as it is now.
Suddenly, the sound of hoofbeats sounded loudly somewhere in the distance, approaching from far away, heading straight for the dense forest. Xiang Shaolong and others were not surprised, because this was exactly their arrangement, to force the enemy to escape in the opposite direction and step into the trap.
Sure enough, the enemy reacted immediately. Just by looking at the position of the startled bird, one could tell that they were fleeing to the southeast and entering the snare.
A series of muffled groans and exclamations resounded in the forest, and soon silence returned.
Xiang Shaolong and Ji Yanran looked at each other and smiled, knowing that the trick was done, and the only thing left was to see Xiao Yuetan's method of forcing a confession.
There were a total of thirteen people captured, all with different appearances, and they were all strong and strong men. If there was a head-on confrontation, one of them would inevitably be killed or wounded. However, despite deliberate calculations and unintentional calculations, they were not harmed and were easily captured.
These people obviously had a tacit understanding for a long time. No one said a word, and they made it clear that they were determined to face death.
After secretly escorting them back to Wu Mansion, Xiao Yuetan ordered them to be imprisoned separately. After observing them one by one, he ordered one of the assassins to be the target of forced confession, and said to everyone: "This man is handsome and his life is more colorful than the others."
, at least they will be more popular with my wife. Such people are willing to risk their lives. Naturally, they want to be rewarded and favored by beauties after their achievements are completed. Of course, they will also cherish their own bodies and lives. "
Ji Yanran praised: "Sir, he is indeed an expert in torture. No wonder he has become Manager Tu's most effective assistant."
Xiao Yuetan smiled and said: "I just like to use my brain more than other people. What does it matter?"
Then he whispered: "Yanran, can you stay away for a while?"
Ji Yanran realized that there must be some circumstances that were inappropriate for her daughter's house to watch, so she had no choice but to leave obediently.
When only Xiang Shaolong, Jing Jun and Xiao Yuetan were left in the room, two Wu family soldiers escorted the selected assassin in.
This man was tall and handsome, in his prime. At this time, his face was ashen, his head was downcast, his body was covered in mud, his clothes were torn in many places, his hands were tied behind his back, and his feet were tied with iron chains.
The sharp eyes of the three people were all fixed on his face, not missing any detailed changes in his expression.
Xiao Yuetan smiled slightly and said: "The person next to me is the world-famous Xiang Shaolong. Since my brother has the courage to come here, I can't help but know what kind of person he is."
The man raised his head and glanced at Xiang Shaolong. He was slightly surprised at first, and then nodded slightly.
Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun both admired Xiao Yuetan's method of selecting prisoners, because no one else would react at all, and if this person was willing to nod, it was already a great opportunity.
Xiao Yuetan said softly: "What do you call me, brother? Where do you come from?"
The man's face showed a painful expression of inner struggle, but in the end he shook his head violently, indicating that he would not speak.
Xiao Yuetan laughed and said: "Let me show you something first, and then you can decide whether to cooperate with us. Take off his clothes first."
The two soldiers took the order and started to attack together. After a while, the man became naked and frightened.
At this time, neither Xiang Jing nor Xiang Jing knew Xiao Yuetan's method of following him.
Xiao Yuetan gave another order, and the sound of rolling vehicles and strange squeaking sounds came from outside the door, which made Xiang Jing and Xiang Jing feel terrified.
I saw two iron guards pushing a large iron cage six feet square in. Hundreds of rats, big and small, were scurrying around in the cage, squeaking and screaming.
Jing Jun strangely called this: "Good guy"
But Xiang Shaolong's hair stood on end at the sight, and he almost wanted to escape immediately.
The color drained from the man's face, his legs softened, and he knelt on the ground, his whole body shaking, obviously thinking of his upcoming fate.
Xiao Yuetan calmed down and said: "You don't need to say it yourself, brother should know what this cage of rats is used for. I heard that rats are the best at digging holes, ha."
The man groaned and almost fainted.
The man lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Is this true?"
Xiang Shaolong said angrily: "Have you ever heard someone say that I don't keep my word? But of course, I can't let you go until it is proven that what brother said is true."
The man nodded dejectedly and said, "I said it."
After obtaining the precious information, Wu Guo, Teng Yi and the Iron Guards also returned happily, obviously proud of successfully deceiving Xu Shang.
Wu Yanzhu exclaimed: "Brother Guo is really awesome. Whenever someone doesn't understand the answer, he starts coughing, sometimes with a stick on his head, and sometimes with a grimace on his face. It's really a good show."
Ji Cainv, who had just exited the hall, frowned and said, "Don't act too grand."
Teng Yi said: "Don't worry, even I thought he was the third brother, but his eyes were a little different. Fortunately, others thought he was still ill, so they wouldn't see any flaws."
He turned to Xiang Shaolong and said, "What was the result of the interrogation?"
Xiang Shaolong happily signaled that he was done.
All the Iron Guards and Wu Guo cheered in unison, making the roof tiles shake.
Jing Jun said: "Fortunately, Mr. Xiao came forward and scared the boy into submission. He even said the things that didn't need to be said. It turned out that these dead soldiers were some kind of joint assassination group from six countries. They were just Tian Dan.
The ghosts are all sent by the Qi State, but everyone assumes the identity of the other five countries. The leader is a man named Bian Dongshan. He is the most authentic disciple of Cao Qiudao. Lan Gongyuan was created by him.
After training, this person has now arrived in Yongdu."
Xiao Yuetan added: "This man is a master of assassination. We must not take him lightly."
Teng Yi wondered: "Isn't Guan Zhongxie's sect an old enemy of the Jixia Sword Sect? Why can he cooperate with Cao Qidao's disciples?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "Of course Miao Du's general Han Jie was involved in this matter. This person must have been bribed by Lu Buwei and became Lu Thief's undercover agent in the Miao Party."
Ji Yanran said: "How do you plan to deal with Guan Zhongxie now, sir?"
Xiang Shaolong thought of Lu Niangrong, sighed secretly in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "In the current situation, either you die or I die. The only way is to kill Guan Zhongxie before he picks up his big iron bow."
Under the sword of a hundred battles."
Xiao Yuetan said: "When is Shaolong going to take action?"
Xiang Shaolong said solemnly: "Is there any way to get two ordinary fishing boats? But it must not be known to anyone."
Tao Fang replied: "This can be taken care of by me. When will Shaolong ask for the boat?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "The sooner tomorrow the better. I will take off the head from Guan Zhongxie's neck before he receives the news, as my farewell gift to Ying Zheng."
Everyone agreed with a roar, and their morale was like a rainbow.