Chapter eight hundred and twentieth most understand people's hearts
"I feel scared every time it's quiet at night. I'm not afraid of darkness and silence. What I'm afraid of is thinking."
Lin Ye looked at the half-burnt Zhao Jinglin, and no one knew what kind of state of mind he was in when he said these words.
Lin Ye looked at Pang Panghai and ordered: "Bring me my medicine box, and I will treat his injuries myself."
These words made Pang Panghai a little confused.
Of course Pang Panghai knows that our general is ruthless and can be as ruthless as he wants.
But this is the first time that the general has used such cruel methods on a person, burning half of the person, and also has to personally treat the person. There is no doubt that the person will continue to be burned after treatment.
"I've been to Beiting Mountain."
Lin Ye spoke while applying medicine to Zhao Jinglin, his voice was very soft and even sounded a little gentle.
Zhao Jinglin felt no pain, but he could see that half of his body was scorched black.
You could see that Lin Ye cut off the charred flesh from his body, and then carefully applied the medicinal powder to him bit by bit.
No one can understand this fear without personal experience.
"Are you scared now?"
Lin Yewen.
Zhao Jinglin seemed to have lost his soul long ago, leaving only a shell. He seemed to have heard Lin Ye's questions, but also seemed not to have heard clearly what Lin Ye asked.
"Every time in the dead of night, I can't control myself. I want to stop myself from thinking about it, but I fail every time."
While applying the medicine, Lin Ye continued: "This is what you look like now... The cowardly soldiers who were burned alive in my imagination in my mind should be what you look like now."
Zhao Jinglin, who had lost half his life and soul, suddenly trembled at this moment.
He had already fallen into boundless fear, but Lin Ye's words made him enter another kind of fear, a deeper fear.
Following Lin Ye's words, in this state, Zhao Jinglin actually had a scene of those soldiers being burned by fire in his mind.
He had just seen with his own eyes what it looked like to be burned, so the picture in his mind was particularly clear.
Under the fire, so many people were wailing. They are heroes, but heroes are also afraid and have fear.
Those young faces gradually turned into his own faces in Zhao Jinglin's mind.
I don't know how long it took, but Zhao Jinglin screamed, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and he passed out.
Lin Ye showed no mercy at all.
"I suffer from this day and night, you only did it once."
Lin Ye applied all the medicine to Zhao Jinglin, stood up, wiped his hands and said, "Give him food and continue tomorrow."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
An hour later, Shiqiao Villa.
"Too cruel."
When Li Ci said this, his face turned a little pale.
If he had not witnessed the scene of burning Zhao Jinglin with his own eyes, he would never have understood why a person like Lin Ye, who was supposed to be a positive figure, could be so vicious.
He also knew that when he went to peek outside the government office, Lin Ye had already noticed it.
But Lin Ye didn't care. Whether he came to peek or someone from other forces came to peek, Lin Ye didn't care.
After listening to Li Ci's description, Wang Luoshen's face turned ugly. For so many years, he had always thought that the only person he was truly afraid of was the Emperor.
Now he understood that the second person he feared appeared.
"He's different from our previous opponents."
Li Cidao: "In the past, we used these methods on our opponents, but now..."
When Li Ci said this, he was a little at a loss for words. He didn't know how to continue, because he felt that this was wrong, nothing was right.
There was once an upright official who directly sang to the emperor in the court, telling in detail how the powerful children had insulted others, how they had seized property, and how they had taken advantage of others.
Later, this man was tortured to death by Li Ci himself.
I don't know why, but the moment he saw Lin Ye burning Zhao Jinglin, Li Ci recalled the time when he tortured people, and he was really scared at that moment.
He didn't know whether he was afraid of Lin Ye or his past.
"Master."
Li Ci said: "In any case, this person cannot be kept. If he is allowed to continue to behave like this, God knows who he will deal with next."
Wang Luoshen hummed, but did not immediately give Li Ci a direct response.
Li Ci was a little anxious.
Because he suddenly woke up, what he was afraid of was not Lin Ye, nor his past self. What he was afraid of... was just that he was afraid that the person being tortured would be replaced by himself.
"Zhao Jinglin was indeed involved in Liu Jigong's incident. If Lin Ye did this just to avenge Liu Jigong..."
Wang Luoshen thought for a moment and then said: "Maybe it's not all bad for us."
Li Ci asked eagerly: "What do you mean, sir?"
Wang Luoshen said: "Lin Ye's ability to act like this shows that this person has gone crazy. As long as he continues to do this, sooner or later there will be times when they are incompatible."
He looked at Li Ci and said: "The incompatibility is not that we and Lin Ye are incompatible, but that those who want to maintain the image of the court and the laws of Dayu are incompatible with Lin Ye."
Li Ci's eyes lit up.
Wang Luoshen said: "Ning Weimo has been acting like a turtle with his head shrinking, and he is used to being a turtle with his head shrinking. But if things get to a crazier stage, Ning Weimo will no longer be able to hide his head."
Li Ci doesn't understand.
He asked: "But my lord, if you let Lin Ye go crazy, I don't know how many people will be tortured by him like this. What if someone can't keep it and happens to have some secrets about my lord..."
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Wang Luoshen turned his head and glanced at Li Ci.
He understands.
He looked into Li Ci's eyes and asked, "Are you scared now?"
Li Ci immediately shook his head: "I'm not afraid, I'm just worried..."
Under Wang Luoshen's gaze, Li Ci could no longer say the next words.
Because he knew that the fear in his heart had been expressed through his eyes, through his expression, and even through his words. This could not be hidden from Wang Luoshen's eyes.
"Subordinate... I realize my mistake."
"You are not wrong. Fear is something everyone has. You will be afraid, he will be afraid, and I will be afraid too."
Wang Luoshen said: "If I hadn't always been afraid of things over the years, I wouldn't have been so goal-oriented and persistent in doing things."
He went to the window.
"Now we are just guessing that what Lin Ye did was to avenge Liu Jigong. What if we think about it in another direction?"
Wang Luoshen turned back to look at Li Ci: "His revenge is true, but he wants to take this opportunity to get rid of hidden dangers. He doesn't want to die, and he doesn't want to be a rebellious minister. Now he is putting pressure on him."
"To put pressure on us, to put pressure on the court, to put pressure on the office, is also to put pressure on the past...even to put pressure on the emperor."
When Li Ci heard these words, he thought carefully.
He felt it really didn't make sense.
In order to take revenge, Lin Ye even gave up his own life? Even gave up everything he had worked so hard for?
He is now a general, with a high position and a large number of troops. Are these not worth mentioning in Lin Ye's eyes?
If it is true, then Lin Ye is really terrible.
Wang Luoshen said: "He puts pressure, and we also put pressure. You secretly contact some people to put pressure on the office and Ning Weimo."
He looked at Li Ci and said, "I want to see how long Ning Weimo will last."
Li Ci immediately agreed, turned around and hurried away.
It can be seen from his steps that he is indeed afraid.
This made Wang Luoshen a little uneasy, because... he could be afraid, but his men couldn't be afraid.
If the master does not know what to be afraid of, then arrogance and arrogance will kill people.
If all the people under the master know how to be afraid and are always afraid, then these people will be useless and can no longer be used.
Therefore, since ancient times, it has always been easy for reckless people to use it, but not for smart people.
At the same time, the office.
At about the same time that the news reached Wang Luoshen's ears, it also reached Ning Weimo's ears.
Because the government office where Lin Ye was located was not fortified at all.
There are indeed tough soldiers on duty at the door, but these people only stop people who want to enter the government office through the door.
Those masters with strong cultivation can spy from a distance.
"General, he..."
Xumi Pianruo looked at Ning Weimo and lowered his voice and said, "Isn't it a bit too much?"
Ning Weimo nodded: "Yes."
Xumi Pianruo asked again tentatively: "Then...should we advise the general at the appropriate time?"
Ning Weimo said: "There is no appropriate time now. The most appropriate time is before the general returns to Geling."
When Xumi Pianruo heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.
At this moment, someone hurried in from outside, looking particularly ugly.
When the man got close, he leaned over and said to Ning Weimo: "Master Zaifu, General Lin Ye, he...he, he..."
Ning Wei finally frowned: "What does it look like to be hesitant!"
The subordinate said: "Yes, it is General Lin Ye. He ordered his general Jiao Tianbao to lead his troops to the treasury again, saying that he wanted to investigate the archives of the treasury over the years."
When Ning Weimo heard this, he couldn't help it and stood up suddenly.
"This...is too much."
Ning Weimo was pacing back and forth in the room, and it was obvious that he was really in trouble.
The difficulty is that he has the emperor's permission, and Lin Ye returns to Geling just to cause personal panic, so he cannot interfere.
The embarrassment is that what Lin Ye is causing is not only panic, but also turning the world upside down.
"What's the excuse he gave?"
Ning Weimo turned around and asked.
The person who reported the news immediately said: "The people sent by the general to the treasury said that after investigation, it was found that the disappearance of His Highness may be related to a major corruption case involving the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War."
Ning Weimo was stunned.
The informant continued: "The general's people said that based on the current investigation, it is inferred that His Highness noticed that there were too big problems in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War before, and he disappeared when he wanted to investigate more deeply."
"So the general suspects that it is because His Highness noticed the seriousness of the case, which frightened some people, and also made some people want to take risks to get rid of His Highness."
When Ning Weimo heard this, he stamped his feet angrily.
"Isn't this forceful?"
Xumi Pianruo looked at Ning Weimo and said: "Master Zaifu doesn't believe it, I don't believe it, and the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty don't believe it... But the common people believe this kind of thing, sir, do you believe it?"
Ning Weimo was stunned.
He sighed: "Yes... everyone is a conspirator. The bigger the conspiracy, the more real it feels."
Xumi Pianruo added: "Master Zaifu may have forgotten that before His Highness disappeared, he asked Chen Weiwei to check on people from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War."
Ning Weimo was stunned again.
It's not that he forgot, he was just too shocked and too entangled, so he neglected it for a moment.
Xumi Pianruo said: "At that time, in order to build momentum for the court, His Highness asked the Dalijiao of Shangyang Palace to investigate the case. The news spread in Geling City. At that time, the people all clapped their hands and applauded."
Ning Weimo remained silent.
He didn't know what to say, Lin Ye... was too cruel, and knew how to take advantage of people's hearts.
Vaguely, and for some reason, Ning Weimo thought of His Majesty.
Vaguely, and for some unknown reason, His Majesty's face and Lin Ye's face gradually overlapped in his mind.
This scene that appeared inexplicably in his mind made Ning Weimo shiver with fright.