Chapter 183 Go to Japans No. 1 Flower Street: [Yoshiwara]! [4200]
After Qingteng kidnapped Kimura and others, Tianzhangyuan immediately put them into the interrogation room.
As an intelligence agency, New Yutingfan will not lack interrogation methods and interrogation tools.
Any feudal regime must have endless creativity in "how to torture people" and "how to make people feel pain". Ancient Japan was no exception.
After continuous innovation and improvement, the development of "penalty methods" reached its peak by the Edo era.
All kinds of torture are dazzling.
For example, the famous "Ebina Punishment": the prisoner's wrists are tied tightly behind his back, his feet are folded and tied in front of him, and the rope binding the feet is put around his neck, so that the prisoner's feet are pulled toward his chin. After a while, the prisoner is
The whole body will burst into red, and the pain will break out in cold sweats. What's worse, soon after, the skin all over the body will turn into a terrible dark purple, and then an even more terrible pale color.
Another example is "hanging execution": the prisoner's wrists are tightly wrapped with cloth, tied behind the back with a green hemp rope, parallel to the shoulder, and then the fine hemp rope is passed through the metal ring on the beam to hang the prisoner up. The prisoner is hung on the
He was tortured at a distance of three inches from the ground. Although this kind of punishment would not cause severe pain immediately, after a quarter of an hour, the muscles and bones of the whole body would tremble with pain.
There are many more tortures like this that make one feel cold sweats and goosebumps appear one after another just by reading the text introduction.
Of course, there is no need to use such cruel methods to deal with Kimura and others.
The first thing Kimura and others "enjoyed" was the unique skill of the new Yutingban: "Standing Punishment".
Each person was put into a specially made cage. The cage was neither too big nor too small, just barely big enough to fit an adult man. After being put into this specially made cage, he could not stand or sit down.
I could only half-bend my legs, hold my chest in my mouth, and hunched my waist. It was extremely uncomfortable. Within a short while, my muscles all over my body would feel sore.
This is not the most terrible thing.
The most terrible thing is: there is an upside-down gourd hanging above the cage.
The bottle mouth of the gourd has been modified, and every moment a drop of water will slide down and fall on the back of the person's neck.
At the beginning, the victims may not feel much, and may even feel that water drops dripping on their bodies from time to time, which is quite refreshing and comfortable.
But soon, the victims will find that things are not that simple.
When the physical and mental state is still intact, these falling water drops will not have any major impact on people.
But what about when the spirit is depressed and the body is extremely tired?
The water droplets dripping continuously on your body will stimulate your nerves over and over again, making you unable to rest even if you want to, and you can't even close your eyes to relax.
At the same time, because the intervals between drops of water are not fixed, you don't know when the next drop of water will fall. This "unknown feeling" will greatly amplify people's psychological anxiety.
The above is the "standing punishment" that has been tried and tested in Xinyutingban.
Almost no one can survive this kind of physical and mental torture.
Even a seven-foot-tall man with a strong body had to cry like a newborn baby after being subjected to the "standing punishment" of the new Yu Tingban.
What Kimura and others are currently facing is such a situation.
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Edo, Tsukinomiya Shrine, interrogation room where Kimura Suma was housed——
Squeak...
The iron door is open, letting in the sunlight.
Because his eyes were not used to bright light, Kimura Suma subconsciously squinted his eyes and used his lowered eyelashes to filter the light.
A new imperial warrior with a black cloth covering his mouth and nose walked in.
"Kimura Suma, you were directly or indirectly involved in the arson of Kodenma's prison house, the theft of Tachibana Aoden's saber, and the murder of the Akabane family. Are you or are you not? Please tell the truth."
As soon as the banshi entered the room, he couldn't help but asked Kimura with a pout.
"I, I've said it countless times!"
Kimura fought back his weak spirit and said loudly.
"I am the captain of the fifth division of the Huo Fu Thieves Reform! I am not a heinous bandit! How could I be related to these crimes you are talking about!"
Kimura's tone was sincere.
However, Panshi was completely unmoved.
"You're quite energetic."
Fan Shi said calmly.
"In that case, you can stay in this cage for a while."
As soon as Banshi finished speaking, Kimura seemed to have heard the whispers of the devil, and his face instantly turned extremely pale.
"Hey! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"
Kimura said in a panic and incoherently.
"Please! Please! Let me out! I can't stand it anymore! Please!"
From the time Kimura was put into a special cage specially designed for "standing torture" until now, only a little over five hours have passed.
After such a short period of time, Kimura no longer had any trace of rebelliousness in his body.
In order to get out of the cage, he even begged for mercy from the warriors in a low voice.
This shows how powerful "standing torture" is.
Banshi ignored Kimura's plea and strode out of the interrogation room without any hesitation.
As the iron door closed, darkness enveloped Kimura's body again.
"hateful……"
Kimura gritted his teeth.
"Could it be that... is it really exposed? It's impossible..."
He murmured at a volume that only he could hear clearly, while lowering his head listlessly...
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At this moment, the interrogation of other people was going on simultaneously.
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The interrogation room where Masaichi Tsuchida was held——
"I swear to God... I'm really innocent... I don't know anything! I really don't know anything! Please! Please! Let me go!"
Tsuchida said in a low voice, as if he was about to cry.
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The interrogation room that houses Nobuyoshi Kazama——
"Gu! Kill me! A scholar cannot be killed and humiliated!"
Fengjian raised his head high, showing a healthy look that was not afraid of death.
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The interrogation room that houses Hosaka Genzo——
"Huh...huh...huh...huh...huh..."
Kasaka's chest heaved violently like a bellows, he broke into a cold sweat and his breathing was disordered.
Among all the division captains reformed by the Huofu thieves, Huosaka has the worst personal abilities, he is neither civilized nor military. He is originally an incompetent person, but he also has a jealous temperament of being jealous of others.
Even Kimura Suma, who has been practicing martial arts on weekdays, can't withstand the torture of "standing torture", let alone Higasaka, whose physical fitness is at the level of an "ordinary middle-aged person"?
As early as about 2 hours ago, Higasaka's muscles all over his body were sore and trembling, and his face and lips were frighteningly white.
"Hizaka Genzo, you were directly or indirectly involved in the arson of Kodenma Town Prison House, the theft of Tachibana Aoden's saber, and the extermination of the Akabane family, yes or no?"
"I, I...I don't know anything..."
Kawasaka whispered to his toes.
"That's it..."
After leaving these short words coldly, Fan Shi turned around and wanted to leave.
Seeing this, Huosaka quickly begged:
"Wait, wait a minute! I'm not lying! I really don't know anything! How could I do something that violates the law? Please, even if it's just for a moment, let me out of the cage.
My waist and legs are about to break!"
Banshi turned a deaf ear to Huosaka's begging for mercy and continued walking toward the interrogation room.
Kasaka stared blankly at Banshi's retreating figure. Despair, pain, hesitation...all kinds of negative emotions were intertwined in his cheeks.
——Do you want to continue to stay in this cage?!
At this thought, Huosan's whole body trembled violently like a dead leaf in the wind.
The light called "fear" jumped repeatedly in his eyes.
At the moment when Banshi was about to push open the iron door and leave, all the negative emotions on his face mixed into a look of self-abasement.
Kasaka's eyes, which were staring straight at Banshi's back, instantly fell to the ground, and then, his shoulders were seen shaking continuously, like a defeated rooster.
"You...the cases you mentioned...I...Kimura Suma and I...were all indirectly involved..."
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After learning that Kasaka had confessed, Qingto immediately rushed to the interrogation room where Kasaka was being held, accompanied by Tenshouin.
As soon as Fang arrived at his destination, he saw Huosaka being dragged out of the cage and slumped on the ground as if he had lost his soul.
In order to prevent Kasaka from recognizing him, Qingden kept his voice very low while covering his face with cloth.
"Hosaka Genzo, tell me."
Qingdeng didn't waste any time, he went straight to the point and got to the point.
"How did you and Kimura Suma indirectly participate in the 'Akabane family's extermination' and other cases?"
Huosaka's mood was visibly unstable, and he spoke incoherently:
"More than four months ago...that is, when Tachibana Aotomo officially took office as the new captain of the third division...Kimura suddenly came to me. He said that he had cooperated with a group that hated Tachibana Aotomo...he
We need to join forces with that group to deal with Tachibana Aoden..."
"Then...Kimura asked me if I wanted to join in, and work together to prevent Tachibana Aoden from being so proud..."
"I disliked Tachibana Aoden very much at the time...so I nodded and agreed without much thought..."
"Just, that's it...the group that claims to hate Tachibana Aoden very much...formed an 'alliance' with me and Kimura with the sole purpose of 'bringing Tachibana Aoden into disrepute'..."
"However, not long after the 'alliance' was formed, that group disappeared... They only occasionally sent people to contact Kimura and me, and they rarely mentioned the persecution of Tachibana Aoto..."
"One by one, until a while ago... on the day Tachibana Ao was imprisoned, they suddenly came to Kimura and me and asked Kimura and I to provide an indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison House."
"It is certainly not difficult for Kimura and I, as the reformed captains of the Huosuke Thieves, to obtain the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison Yashiki."
"But I find it strange: What do they want with this kind of thing?"
"I didn't want to agree to them... but Kimura accepted the other party's request on his own initiative. He obtained the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison House from the archives of the fire thieves and handed it to the other party."
"Then... that very night... there was a fire in the prison house in Kodenma Town..."
"Two days later, the gang came to Kimura and I again... This time, they asked us to provide the indoor map of Beibansuo."
"Anyone with a sound mind should be able to realize that these guys are definitely not kind...!"
"On the same day that Kimura and I asked for the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison House, the Kodenma Town Prison House caught fire... How can such a coincidence happen in the world!"
"Now, regardless of whether we want the map of Beifansuo... God knows what they want to do next!"
"I really hate Tachibana Aoden, but I never thought about killing people and setting fires because of it! I admit that I am a bad man! But my character is far from bad enough to like to kill innocent people!"
"However... I never expected that Kimura would take matters into his own hands again! He handed over the indoor map of Beibansuo to the other party without any explanation."
"And then... on the night when Kimura presented the picture, Noboru Tachibana's saber that was kept in the Kitabansuo was stolen..."
"After that, those guys never came to see me or Kimura again..."
Although Huosaka's words were quite fragmented and it was difficult to listen to them, Aomori was able to understand the general ins and outs.
"I see... To put it simply: there is a mysterious group that seems to have a deep hatred for Tachibana Aoden and is leading all of this behind the scenes."
Huosaka nodded as if pounding garlic.
"Yes! That's right! That's it!"
Sure enough... I guessed it right, there is indeed an unknown force secretly chasing me. Qingdeng thought to himself.
"Do you know where the people of that mysterious group live?"
Kasaka shook his head vigorously.
"I have no idea……"
I think so... Qingdeng thought so and continued to ask:
"You just said that the mysterious group occasionally sends people to contact you and Kimura. In this case, you should have a common meeting place or a common middleman, right?"
"Indeed, there are indeed common meeting places..."
Speaking of this, Huosaka's voice stopped.
As if he was ashamed to speak, a look of embarrassment appeared on his cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Since there is a common meeting place, let me know!"
After being oppressed by Qingden's sharp eyes, Kasaka finally spoke again hesitantly:
"My, our usual meeting place... is Yoshiwara's Chikaya..."
"Yoshihara?" Qingden's brows suddenly jumped.
Tianzhangyuan, who had been silent since he accompanied Qingdeng into the interrogation room, suddenly opened his lips:
"...You guys are pretty good at choosing a location."
While saying this, Tianzhangyuan curled his lips and revealed a funny smile full of teasing.
The embarrassment on his face was extremely intense. Huosaka lowered his head silently and stared directly at the ground in front of his knees, not daring to see anyone.
Yoshiwara - Even a rural villager living in the mountains must know its name as "the No. 1 gold-selling cave in Edo" and "the No. 1 flower street in Japan"!
"Yoshiwara...?" Aonto asked, "Next...are you going to this place..."
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Today's chapter is a bit short... Hui Changbao apologizes! (Leopard's head cries.jpg).
Something happened last night. To put it simply, I felt very sleepy, so I went to bed early... Leopard, Leopard, won’t dare to do it next time! (Leopard Cries.jpg)
