In the northeast corner of the second entrance courtyard of the palace, dense trees isolate this place from the rest of the palace, and a separate wall was built to enclose a small courtyard. There are no other houses except trees around it.
The tied-up Lin Jue was pushed and pushed into a room in the main room of the courtyard. As soon as he entered the room, Lin Jue took a breath of cold air. The furnishings in this room were too scary. Chains, iron hooks and other objects were hung on the wall, and various instruments of torture were placed in the room. A large black chopping board contained various knives, shackles, hammers, saws and other objects. The room was filled with a gloomy smell of blood. .
Several burly men were busy working in the room. When they saw Shen Tan arriving, they all stepped forward to salute. They also saw Lin Jue being escorted in.
"Commander Shen, are you here for work? How familiar is this person?" A man with an iron tower shape stared at Lin Jue with a smile, as if he was a ferocious beast that has seen its prey.
This courtyard is the place in Prince Liang's palace that is specially used for executions and extorting confessions. The so-called "how familiar" the man asked just now is a slang term between them, which is to ask how much the beating will be. Very familiar means alive. Beating to death, once cooked, means a slight punishment, chopping off a finger or something, will definitely not hurt the life. In short, according to different requirements, the executioners here will give different punishments.
"Jia Laoliu, don't be busy now. This person is the person the prince and the young prince want. Don't be busy with the execution now. I'll go and report to the prince and see what the prince has to say before making any further calculations. I'll leave you here first. Don't worry. Touch him. I will report it right away." Shen Tan said in a deep voice.
"Follow your orders, Commander, go on your own. I'll just wait here for news."
Shen Tan nodded and turned to leave. Several men stared at Lin Jue. Jia Laoliu came up and circled around Lin Jue twice, frowning and said: "You look like a weakling, how could you offend us?" What happened to the prince's palace? What a pity, the raw ones have fine skin and tender meat, which is very handsome."
Another man beside him laughed and said: "No matter how handsome you are, it won't take long before you become as ugly as a devil. The thinner the skin and the tenderer the flesh, the more useful it is to greet him. Hehe, I guarantee that there is no good thing about him." Meat."
Jia Laoliu scolded: "Old Cui, you'd better accumulate some virtue. The method is too poisonous and will damage your virtue."
"Jia Laoliu, look at what you said. We brothers have lost so many lives and tortured so many people in this business. We have already lost all our virtues, but now we are talking about this? What a happy life. When we die, we will all go to the eighteenth level of hell. Do you think there is an afterlife?" Lao Cui sneered and teased.
Lin Jue stood against the wall with his hands and feet tied, listening to the exchanges between the two of them. Lin Jue was very worried. Lin Jue was not afraid of death. Who has experienced death more times than Lin Jue? There is no fear in this world. Everyone has only one life, and when he dies, he dies. But Lin Jue has already died twice. But Lin Jue is absolutely unwilling to suffer punishment. If this death is unavoidable, then he must be decent. death, rather than being tortured to death.
"Hey, brothers, please come here." Lin Jue called.
"What?" Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui turned around in surprise. They were talking about the life and death of prisoners in front of the prisoners. That was because they had never regarded these people as human beings. No prisoners had ever talked to them here.
"Come here for a moment." Lin Jue smiled.
Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui looked at each other. Lao Cui reached out and grabbed a leather whip and walked over. Jia Laoliu also followed.
"I'm Lin Jue, I would like to say hello to the two brothers." Lin Jue said with a smile.
"Who cares who you are? We don't care who you are. When the King of Heaven comes here, our brothers don't know him either. We will beat him who deserves to be beaten and kill whoever deserves to be killed." Lao Cui shouted with eyes wide open.
Lin Jue was almost choked by the rancid smell in his mouth. He managed to breathe and said with a smile: "I have no other intentions. I offended the prince and I know that I will not be forgiven. Well... I still have a few taels of silver on me.
, I don’t have any use for it, so the two brothers took it and shared it, and bought some wine to eat.”
"What's going on? Are you trying to bribe us? Do you think you can bribe us with just a few taels of silver? You've lost your mind." Jia Laoliu shouted.
Lao Cui smiled and said: "Old Jia, you are a fool if you don't make money when you have money. People gave it to us on their own initiative, and we didn't steal it. If you don't want it, I'll take it."
Lao Cui reached out and groped in Lin Jue's arms, found out a few taels of silver, and put it in his pocket with a smile.
Jia Laoliu said coldly: "Old Cui, if this man says it in front of the prince later, don't blame me for not covering up for you when you are punished."
Lao Cui frowned and said, "Don't worry, I'll share some with you later. I won't keep it all to myself. Look at you like that."
Lin Jue laughed and said: "Don't worry, you two, I won't say a word. I just want to ask you for a favor. If the prince refuses to let me go, I hope you can be more agile and help me next time."
Be happy and avoid suffering down here. I will also say a few good words to you two when I go to the underworld and see Lord Hell."
Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui never expected that Lin Jue would actually say such words. They both looked at Lin Jue in a daze.
"Are you crazy? People only want to live, and there are also those who want to die. Are you just looking for fun when you give us money? It seems that you are in trouble." Lao Cui asked, smacking his lips.
Lin Jue smiled and said, "Did any of the people who came to your place get out alive?"
"This... not really." Lao Cui shook his head.
Lin Jue sighed and said: "Isn't this the end of the world? What does it have to do with the size of the matter? It means death."
Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui nodded secretly.
"Don't worry, if we really can't get around you, we will give you a treat. Not for the sake of money, but for the sake of your gentle manner but tough bones. Men hate those who come in and beg for mercy.
What I admire the most is a strong-boned man like you." Lao Cui raised his thumb and praised.
"Thank you." Lin Jue smiled and nodded his thanks, thinking: Who the hell wants your admiration, who doesn't want to live, who wants to die? There is nothing I can do. I will try my best to survive in a while, but if it is really impossible, I can think of it.
, that’s not as good as a happy one.
Time passed extremely slowly, maybe only half an hour, but in Lin Jue's feeling, days and years had passed. Lin Jue's mind kept thinking about what he would see next when he saw Prince Liang and the others.
How should I respond, and what methods should I use to make them spare me. In short, I have thought of thousands of ways, but none of them can be sure to work. Because I really know very little about this Liang Wang, it is difficult to formulate a plan.
In order to come up with effective countermeasures, it seems that we can only act according to the circumstances.
Soon after, there were rapid footsteps outside, and someone came into the yard to send a message. Jia Laoliu, Lao Cui, etc. all went out to the yard to listen to the people reporting things. Lin Jue listened carefully and only heard a few words like "The fleet..."
…Something happened. Lake bandits… I’ll imprison them for the time being and deal with them later…” Waiting for a few intermittent words.
Not long after, Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui entered the house and came to Lin Jue. Lao Cui said with a smile: "Consider your luck. The prince has some urgent matters to deal with and he is not busy with you. So I will take you into custody for the time being."
You will not be sentenced to death."
Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "I will obey the orders, but I wonder if apart from the rope, as a scholar, I can still escape?"
Lao Cui looked at Jia Laoliu, who said solemnly: "Come on, let's take someone's money. We can't not take care of him at all."
Lao Cui chuckled, took out a knife from his waist, and cut the ropes on Lin Jue's hands and feet. He said in a deep voice: "I'll put you in a dark room. Don't make trouble, otherwise you will suffer. Don't cause trouble for us.
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Lin Jue cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, thank you very much."
Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui escorted Lin Jue out of the house one after another. There were several low stone huts in the corner of the yard, no more than four or five feet in diameter and no more than four feet in height. To put it simply, they were similar to pig pens.
Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui showed compassion and chose a cleaner small stone room covered with hay to lock Lin Jue in.
Lin Jue secretly felt sorry for himself for being treated like this and being locked up here like a pig. The surroundings were dark and bleak, with only the light coming from the small window on the door. It was absolutely impossible to stand upright in this hut, or to bend down.
Standing, or squatting on the ground like a dog. Of course Lin Jue couldn't stand bent over and he didn't want to squat, so he lay down on the hay. Soon after, he fell asleep.
Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui came here twice and saw Lin Jue sleeping soundly in the hut. They both expressed their admiration. They had never seen anyone enter this yard and still sleep soundly after closing the room.
, this young man is either short-sighted and heartless, or he is a real man who is not afraid of death.
