As more than a dozen prisoners moved in, the walls around the prison were filled with Dongchang captains with sabers on their waists and vigilant eyes.
The usually dark cells were now illuminated by a ray of light from the food delivery port on the iron door.
The most shocking thing was that from inside the cell, the sound of whipping and heart-rending screams could be heard from time to time.
Liao Xianghe, who was about to sit down in the cell, sat on his small bed with his back against the wall. His empty sleeve was pinned to his waist, and he cocked his ears, wanting to hear what kind of prisoners the Dongchang had captured.
torture.
In the cell next to Liao Xianghe, the upper body of prison warden Du Shaoqin was wet with sweat. He stood in the middle of the cell, breathing heavily. The long whip in his hand was already blood-red.
In front of him, the small bed in the cell was thrown away and the bedding was erected. The dean of the Auditing Academy of Baoding Prefecture, the tall, thin man in blue shirt with a gentle face, was firmly tied to the cell by several ropes.
On the small bed, no part of the entire dress was complete except for the place where the rope fixed the body.
There was faint traces of blood oozing out from the wound that had been slashed by the long whip.
"Okay, what kind of prince are you kidnapping? The prince has provoked you. Are you going to imprison him in Baoding City and let us search everywhere?" As he spoke, the unknown fire in his heart seemed to rise again, and he rounded his right arm and said, "Pa
"With a sound, the long whip hit the opponent's cheek.
Immediately, a red and swollen whip mark appeared on the face of the dean of the auditorium. Then the redness and swelling intensified. Seeing that there was more and more congestion in the blood mark, the skin burst with a "bang", making the half-foot
The long whip mark instantly turned into a bloody wound.
The blood inside flowed out, staining half of his cheeks red, and kept dripping, blurring together with the clothes on his chest.
"Bah, you executioners, you loyal lackeys of the Ming Emperor." The painful face of the Academy Dean kept twitching, but there was no sign of surrender in his mouth.
"We take the salary from the imperial court, but if we don't do anything for the imperial court or the emperor, how can we still do something for you?" Du Shaoqin roared angrily and hit the other party's thigh with another whip.
His thighs trembled continuously, as if they were cramping. The dean opened his mouth wide and roared like a beast in his throat: "Ah..."
"Such abuse of torture without interrogation. Why are you worried about the prince? You are worried that the emperor will punish you for this. You shameless people are seeking public revenge for private revenge." The dean roared loudly.
"I won't interrogate you. I'll just torture you. What's wrong?" Du Shaoqin spat on the ground and was about to wave the whip again.
The iron door of the cell creaked open, and Xiao Chen walked in slowly, followed by Liu Rufeng.
"We just sent the prisoner back, and you started a small fire?" Xiao Chen glanced at the prisoner tied to the small bed, and looked at Du Shaoqin with a smile.
"I get angry when I see this group of people who kidnapped the prince," Du Shaoqin said.
"Did you ask anything?"
"I didn't ask, it was just a slap." Du Shaoqin raised the whip in his hand.
"Well, these people already know that they will die in the end no matter what they do, and they won't confess anything. There is no need for us to ask. If they are beaten to death, just remember to record it, and I can give an explanation to the emperor." He shook his head,
Xiao Chen turned around and prepared to leave.
"Stop." A loud shout came from behind, and the academy dean raised his bloody face and stared at Xiao Chen fiercely.
His right foot that had been lifted into the air slowly fell down. Xiao Chen turned around with a smile on his face: "Dean Cao, do you have something to say?"
"Are you Xiao Chen, the purple-clad captain of Dongchang?"
"It's Xiao Chen, but not the captain in purple clothes. My purple clothes have been taken off by you." Walking up to Cao Zheng, Xiao Chen looked at him up and down and explained politely.
"I took off my purple clothes, but I didn't take off my power."
"Oh, you know this? Did you attend the morning court today?" Xiao Chen said with a trace of confusion on his face, "That shouldn't be the case. You and others have already been taken to Dongchang Prison by then, how could you know about the emperor's death?
Decide?"
"Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang have the same virtues. You don't have to think about it to know that he will do this. He doesn't want to admit his fault, but he still wants to use you to continue to do things for him. It's just self-deception." Cao Zheng rolled his eyes with contempt and set off.
With his bloody face, he looked extremely terrifying.
This contempt includes contempt for Ming Chengzu's decision and contempt for Xiao Chen's glib tongue.
"This is the emperor's decision. No one can change it. Does Dean Cao have something to say? Anyway, you will die if you say anything. If I were you, I would choose to fight to the end and not say a word." Xiao Chen
Smiling, he raised his right hand and patted the other person's shoulder gently, as if to encourage him.
"Can you let them all go out?" Cao Zhengdao.
"Dean Cao wants to communicate with me alone?" Xiao Chen was startled, "Although you and I are enemies, how can I not agree to this last wish before death? Who makes me a soft-hearted person.
well..."
Xiao Chen sighed and waved to everyone: "You guys can go out first."
The iron door slammed shut, and there were only two people left in the cell.
Xiao Chen stepped forward, flipped his right hand, and the thin blade at his waist came into his hand.
"You, what are you going to do?" Cao Zheng couldn't help but tremble all over, and even started to stutter when he spoke.
"Dean Cao is a scholar after all. These brothers are so ignorant that they tied you up and beat you." Shaking his head, Xiao Chen cut the rope around Cao Zheng's neck with a knife.
Then, he cut off the other ropes on Cao Zheng one by one. After Cao Zheng was completely separated from the crib, he set up the crib, picked up the bedding on the ground and spread it on it. Then he said to Cao Zheng who was confused:
"Sit down, it's wrong for them to treat you like this. I will give them a good scolding when we go out."
"It's not right for them to treat me like this, so what are you going to do to me?" Cao Zheng stood on the side, not daring to sit down at all.
"I have arrested a few people from your organization before, but they did not open their mouths despite all their efforts. For people like you who have faith in your heart, to be honest, I have no illusions anymore. Considering Dean Cao
I am a man of letters, and I am kind-hearted. I cannot bear to see such bloody violence, so I first prepared a bowl of arsenic for you. But people say that if you drink the arsenic, your intestines will be broken, and the person who takes it will be in considerable pain.
I feel very embarrassed considering the unbearable pain. If you don’t confess, you will die, which is something you can’t escape at any cost. But if you let a scholar like Dean Cao die in pain, I feel so embarrassed.
How can you bear it?" Xiao Chen shook his head, as if he had endless difficulties in his heart.
Standing next to Xiao Chen, Cao Zheng was trembling all over.
The trembling this time was not fear or fear, but anger, extreme, irrepressible anger.
In the courtyard of the auditorium, in front of everyone, you smiled and split Hu Yanqing, who was responsible for detaining the prince, into two halves with a knife. The red and white human flesh and bones, as well as Hu Yanqing's wide-open, deathly eyes.
He couldn't believe that his eyes were cut into two pieces with a knife, which made everyone present feel horrified and frightened.
Now you actually tell me that you are kind-hearted and don't want to see blood and violence?
Do you think I'm a three-year-old child, or do you think I'm an idiot?
As a prisoner in Dongchang, you can trample on my personality, but you cannot insult my IQ.
Is there anyone more shameless than you in this world?
"You can't bear to see me being heartbroken by arsenic poison, so what 'good things' have you prepared to entertain me?" Cao Zheng said coldly.
"Don't tell me, I went to Baoding City this time and saw a colorless and odorless medicinal powder that is said to have a very good taste. According to the person at the time, if you drink this stuff, people will fall asleep and never wake up.
Here we are. I only had one pack because I had limited money. Unfortunately, when I was trying to track down the whereabouts of the prince, I didn’t know where it was lost. Alas..." Xiao Chen sighed, "But
, if I have time, I will go to Baoding City again to buy this kind of medicinal powder specifically for Dean Cao."
"So, I have to thank you?" Cao Zheng smiled coldly, really not knowing what to say.
"Dean Cao, don't be polite. It's just a waste of money to go back and forth. With so many students in the academy, you must have collected a lot of tuition fees. If Dean Cao can tell me where you hide all these tuition fees, please give me
If I make some compensation, I won’t refuse.”
"You, you, you..." Cao Zheng was so angry that he almost choked to death.