Bai Li took a few deep breaths, adjusting his breath and mood.

When he stabilized, his hands became unusually stable.

Cui Fuye watched helplessly as the guy in front of him easily took out a piece of his fingernail completely.

In the next breath, the sharp knife began to cut the skin of his fingers. The knife was so stable and precise that it only cut the skin and did not touch the flesh.

It sounds like just one sentence, but you can imagine how difficult it is to actually do it.

The skin is so thin, and the fingers are not that flat, even the trembling of half a hair on the tip of the knife will cut the flesh.

After making the incision, he began to peel off the skin on his fingers. The knife was gently scratched, and the skin was peeled off bit by bit.

"ah!"

Cui Fuye heard his shout, but in fact he didn't make much noise.

The shrillness of the cry was more in his own heart and mind.

"Stop it, stop it!"

Cui Fanye roared, but because of his fear, he did not realize that his voice was actually very faint, very faint but still trembling.

Bai Li raised his head and glanced at him, his eyes were particularly calm. After just one glance, he lowered his head again and concentrated on skinning Cui Fanye's flesh.

"You...you just want money, I can tell you."

Bai Li's hand stopped, he put the willow leaf knife aside, and took the paper and pen next to it.

"You tell me, I'll remember it."

Cui Fanye began to speak.

Bai Li writes very quickly, Cui Fanye speaks very hurriedly, and he can actually keep up.

These hands showed stability and precision just now, and now they show flexibility and speed.

"Thank you on behalf of my brothers and sisters."

Bai Li wrote down many addresses and names, and then interrupted Cui Fanye with this sentence.

"You don't have to say it all at once, we have to verify it and it will take some time."

Bai Li stacked the paper, then took some medicine and sprinkled it on Cui Fanye's finger, and wrapped it with gauze.

"It will hurt after the medicine wears off, but you should be able to bear it."

He took off the leather band tied to Cui Fanye's arm, and the arm slowly regained its color.

"When I come next time, I will either verify that everything you said is accurate, or that everything you said is a lie. You'd better make sure again whether it is true or false, because..."

Bai Li looked into Cui Fanye's eyes and said with great seriousness: "If it is false and something happens to my brothers and sisters when they went to verify, you will be even worse off."

Cui Fuye said: "Don't worry, everything I said is true..."

He breathed a sigh of relief, completely subconsciously.

He has always been in control of other people's destiny, and this is the first time that he has been frightened by someone.

In his past, there were enough people who were scared to death by him, but today he can truly empathize with them.

No fool wants this kind of empathy.

"correct."

When Bai Li was about to leave, he turned back and said a few more words to Cui Fanye.

"You can't escape. You may have noticed that your acupuncture points were sealed with iron nails, but you probably didn't notice that I broke your hamstrings and that I also stabbed the iron nails."

Cui Fanye's eyes suddenly widened.

He really didn't have time to feel his feet because he was trapped there and couldn't move at all. His legs had been numb since he woke up. He thought he was tied too firmly.

"Your legs are useless, but your arms are fine. I kept your arms because I thought you would need to write something by yourself. I thought so because I thought you would bite your tongue and commit suicide."

His eyes were still so calm.

"Fortunately, you are not as cruel as I expected. You may have forgotten to bite your tongue.

This kind of thing...biting your tongue may not lead to death, but it will definitely prevent you from saying anything." After saying this, Bai Li left with the pile of paper.

It was only at this moment that Cui Fanye realized that he was already soaked through.

The aloof he was gone. Even after the Cui family was destroyed by the emperor, he still had a high enough status and wealth. At this moment, he became a mortal.

He probably already understood who the group of people behind Lin Ye were, but he knew that since the other party made him understand, he would have no chance of surviving.

Just like the person who was the county magistrate just now said, they only need the huge wealth that the Cui family hides in secret to keep Cui Fanye alive.

How long he can survive depends on the other person's need to drink and drain his secrets.

It's not that Cui Fanye hasn't thought about it, since the other party is seeking wealth, he can rely on this to survive for a while, and then find an opportunity to escape.

After all, the Cui family has so many secrets and the Cui family has even more property. He can rely on these secrets to survive.

Just when he was thinking about this, the county magistrate came again.

Just like when he arrived just now, he pulled up a chair and sat at the door of the cell, looking like the same honest man.

If Cui Fanye hadn't seen this man's knife, he might have been confused by his appearance.

"Bai Li should have said thank you to you just now."

The magistrate sat down and tidied his clothes.

"As a return gift, I can grant you one wish, but I hope you will say something that we can do, and don't say stupid things like letting you go."

Cui Fanye still felt uncomfortable in his throat. He didn't know how long the medicine that the man named Bai Li poured into him would make him uncomfortable.

"Then let's talk."

Cui Fuye said: "I don't have any wishes, but I am very interested in you."

The county magistrate said: "Sure enough, you still have the bearing of a member of your noble family. Did Baili tell you that it is impossible for you to survive?"

Cui Fanye nodded.

The county magistrate hummed: "Okay, then I will grant your wish. I will chat with you for a few words. You wrote down many addresses and people, and I will answer your three questions."

Cui Fuye pondered for a moment and asked, "Who is Lin Ye?"

The magistrate shook his head: "I don't know."

Cui Fanye looked at him with distrust in his eyes.

"I know you don't believe it, but I really don't know. I only know that the Bodhisattva told me that from now on, your lives will all belong to Little Leaf."

"It's time for the second question," he said.

Cui Fanye asked: "Are you all descendants of the soldiers of the Cowardly Army who died in battle?"

He looked at the age of the county magistrate, so he shook his head again: "You are definitely not."

The magistrate said: "I am indeed not."

Cui Fuye: "You haven't answered my question yet. Are the people behind Lin Ye related to the Cowardly Army?"

The county magistrate did not hide anything and answered directly: "Yes."

Cui Fanye sighed, he probably understood.

These are the relatives of the more than 10,000 cowardly soldiers who died in Dongbo that year, ready to take revenge on Dayu.

It cannot be said that it is revenge like Dayu, but revenge against all those who betrayed the Cowardly Army.

Those who sent the cowardly army to the hell of the battlefield will not let go of any of them.

Cui Fanye asked: "What do you want to do? Overthrow Dayu?"

The magistrate shook his head: "No."

Cui Fuye immediately asked: "What if something happened to the Cowardly Army and it was related to the Emperor? Do you want to kill the Emperor too?"

The magistrate held out three fingers.

Cui Fanye: "What do you mean?"

The county magistrate said, "You have already asked three questions. It would be rude to ask any more."

Cui Fuye: "I'm going to die anyway."

Magistrate: "But you won't die right away."

After saying this, he seemed to have no interest in continuing the conversation with Cui Fanye. After standing up, he said, "When you say something useful next time, you can ask me three more questions."

Cui Fuye said eagerly: "I will definitely tell you what you want to know, but I want to get the answers I want. I don't want any three questions. I want..."

Before he finished speaking, the county magistrate had already left.

As he walked, he waved his hand, signaling Cui Fanye not to be too greedy.

At this moment, Cui Fanye had temporarily forgotten the pain in his body.

He finally solved the mystery in his heart and finally understood why there were always various people behind Lin Ye.
To be continued...