Detective in the Red Chamber

Seeing the officer's arrival, several people put down their shovels and stepped forward to salute.

Sun Shaozong only nodded, went over and pushed the two wooden stakes, and seeing that they were firmly fixed, he ordered people to tie shopkeeper Wu and his wife with their backs facing each other.

And the plainclothes person who was in charge of burying the wooden pile got a huge copper basin from somewhere and placed it on the open space between the two of them.

"This test is actually quite simple."

Sun Shaozong said solemnly, "I will cut a cut on your wrist later, let the blood slowly drip into the copper basin, and someone will come in to observe the situation every quarter of an hour. If you want to turn your back on the dark and turn to the bright, you might as well make some noise." Come."

"If you really treat death as your home, it's not a big deal. Just take it as a way to help me clear up my confusion—the people who control me are still waiting in the pharmacy, and sooner or later they will attract your accomplices to the bait."

While speaking, another person stepped forward, separated the right arms of shopkeeper Wu and Mrs. Xu, and fixed them on top of the copper basin with a few ropes.

Sun Shaozong asked Yang Licai for a dagger, stepped forward and slashed each of their wrists, then slowly took out his pocket watch, looked at the scale on it, and said, "It's 45:[-], [-]:[-] in Xu time. We will see the outcome, you two, enjoy yourself here."

Saying that, he conveniently put the pocket watch on the wine jar next to him, and then beckoned everyone to retreat.

touch~

Seeing the lid of the cellar fall down, blocking the last ray of light, Yang Licai finally couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "My lord, why is your method so lowly that I can't understand it? The two knives only cut a small hole. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you will die."

"nonsense."

Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes, and scolded with a smile, "It took so much effort to get him back. If we really killed him, how can we explain to Lord Zhenfu?"

"Then you do this..."

"There's still a jar hanging on the beam."

Sun Shaozong laughed and said, "I just deliberately left the dagger in the cellar. When I send someone down to get it later, I will quietly hang the jar upside down, and the water inside will drip from the gap, creating the illusion of continuous blood flow."

"Just imagine, if you were tied up in the cellar, listening to the blood of yourself and your wife dripping into the copper basin, what kind of torment would you feel?"

"Especially for things like people, the more they are in a dark and quiet environment, the easier it is to think wildly - and once this mind is activated, it is not far from 'greedy and afraid of death'."

"At that time, let's make the best use of the situation, why worry about them not being willing to reveal the truth?"

Hearing this, Yang Licai couldn't help but shook his head and exclaimed, "My lord's methods really amaze me. It's really not wrong for their couple to fall into your hands!"

Chapter 525 Extorting a Confession by Torture【Part [-]】

The pocket watch left in the cellar in the previous chapter was deleted because it was found to be of little use.

Tick ​​tock...tick tock...tick tock...

From being as crisp as pearls falling on a jade plate at the beginning, to now as soft as milk and water, how long has this ticking movement been going on?

Is it two hours?Or three hours?

Although every quarter of an hour, someone would come down with a lantern to check, but shopkeeper Wu really couldn't remember exactly how many times that person had come down.

Because as soon as he recalled these details, he felt as if his head had been hit by a sap, numbness, soreness, and a trace of unforgettable itchiness, which made him want to hiss and roar, split his head open, so that he could use it Scratch your hands!

But he couldn't do anything.

Not to mention that the limbs were tightly bound, even the tongue in the mouth was firmly pressed against the jaw by a flat copper tube that looked like a spoon.

Thinking of this brass pipe, shopkeeper Wu became short of breath and his chest began to churn again.

Now, he didn't care about his wild thoughts any more, and concentrated his attention to suppress the overwhelming nausea - because the previous experience has proved that the result of vomit will only be self-inflicted!

After finally suppressing the feeling of vomiting, shopkeeper Wu regained his free time and thought about his current situation.

Are you probably going to die?

Numbness of limbs, chest tightness, shortness of breath, nausea and retching, splitting headache—even the only ear that was functioning normally was beeping crazily.

All of this made shopkeeper Wu extremely convinced that his death was imminent, and the sound of blood dripping behind him was the death knell urging him to go to hell step by step.

Crack...crack...

At this moment, a small sound seemed to come from a very far away place.Immediately afterwards, a dim light came into shopkeeper Wu's eyes.

Is it time to come down for a visit again?

How many times is this?

The eighth time, the ninth time, or the tenth time?

Shopkeeper Wu couldn't remember clearly, but he had a feeling in his heart that this might be the last time he saw the light in his life!

So no matter how dizzy he was, he still desperately opened his eyes wide, staring greedily at the dim yellow light.

"If you want to live, just speak."

It wasn't until a man's voice came to his ears from close at hand that shopkeeper Wu suddenly realized that the visitor had arrived in front of him.

If you want to live, just speak!

If you want to live, speak...

If you want to live...

if……

That person should have only said one word, but shopkeeper Wu's mind was full of 'echoes'!

What followed was a fierce conflict between the will to survive and to believe.

This kind of conflict is not the first time, and shopkeeper Wu has already found a way to resist. He desperately recalled the scene of his parents and relatives being slaughtered by the officers and soldiers, recalled the grace of life of the Holy Church, and recalled...

However, the survival this time is much stronger than before!

Coupled with the bursts of severe pain in his head, those long memories were torn to pieces, so that he could hardly bear it, and wanted to obey the fear in his heart, begging for mercy like a wild dog.

In desperation, shopkeeper Wu had no choice but to use his trump card in his heart.

Juan'er didn't even give in to these bastards. As a dignified man, could he not compare to her as a weak woman? !

Do not!

no way!

I am a man...

"Heh... heh..."

Just as shopkeeper Wu was desperately suppressing Qiusheng, a burst of indistinct groans suddenly reached his ears.

Immediately afterwards, there was a surprised voice, "Why, you want to confess?!"

Did I inadvertently groan? !

This was the first thought that shopkeeper Wu had in a trance, but he soon realized that it was not the case, because what came to his ears, besides the muffled sound, was the rattling sound of iron chains shaking.

Shopkeeper Wu had heard this kind of movement countless times when he first tried to break free—but the problem was that he was not struggling at all right now!

Is it Xu Juan? !

Could it be that she... actually wanted to betray the brothers and sisters of the Holy Church? !

"Okay, okay, I'll take you out to stop the bleeding."

The voice of surprise sounded again, making shopkeeper Wu instantly confirm his guess, and then a monstrous anger rose from his chest.

He didn't even know why he was angry, all he could think about was asking how dare you betray the holy religion? !

So he no longer had any scruples, and he whimpered and struggled excitedly, wishing he could bite off the copper chewing head and swallow it, even if it would cause his intestines to rot, as long as he could question Xu face to face, he would be fine. It's dead without regrets!

Unexpectedly, the movement behind him suddenly became violent, as if Xu was afraid that the movement of him struggling would cover up his begging for mercy.

The bitch, the damned bitch!

Shopkeeper Wu roared in his heart, and suddenly received a blow on the back of the head. His originally vague consciousness stopped abruptly...

In a daze, I don't know how long it has passed.

Shopkeeper Wu was in a trance, and felt some warm liquid slipping down the coating of his tongue, soaking his dry throat.

He subconsciously swallowed two mouthfuls, but his teeth were biting on something hard.

This should be the dog thieves of the Long Guard, who put on the head for themselves.

But the brass tube pressing the tongue has been pulled away.

and many more!

Xu Juan seems to have...

Shopkeeper Wu suddenly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a dazzling light.

He subconsciously narrowed his eyes, and saw the person holding the lamp hastily stepped back half a step. Although it didn't look real, the unicorn bellyband wrapped around his fair and well-proportioned figure made shopkeeper Wu Instantly confirmed her identity.

"Juan'er..."

Shopkeeper Wu said these two words dryly and vaguely, and Xu seemed to be frightened, turning his head and running towards the door.

"Juan'er!"

Shopkeeper Wu yelled again with all his strength, Xu finally stopped, but did not turn around, but turned his back to her husband, and mumbled three words, "I'm sorry."

Before the words fell, the people had already escaped.

Ugh!

The shopkeeper Wu, who fell into the darkness again, couldn't help but sighed up to the sky, but he didn't have the initial anger anymore, only despair and a sense of relief - he was in such a situation, and he almost couldn't bear to confess, let alone his wife. Weak girls?

That's all, that's all!

At worst, he would die for the religion himself, and just pay back some karma for her.

Just as he was thinking like this, he saw that the door curtain was lifted, and someone came in with a lantern. The leader was as tall as an iron tower, and he was the famous "Qingtian Shenduan" Master Sun in the capital.

However, after Sun Shaozong entered the door, he hooked a stool with his toes, sat down in front of the bed with a big horse, and asked with a smile, "Master Wu, Mrs. Zun has chosen to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, but I don't know what you think now."

"Pooh!"

The left and right wives have betrayed the holy religion, and no matter how tight-lipped it is, it will not help. Shopkeeper Wu has no scruples in his heart, and immediately cursed, "Don't be proud of you, you thief, I will die without a place to die, and I won't die." Will recognize a thief as a father!"

"Nowadays, this puppet government is troubled by internal and external troubles. You may be a prisoner of my Holy Cult. At that time, I will be in the underworld, waiting to see how you can't survive or die!"

Hearing that he was still so stubborn at such a time, the two dragon guards who came in couldn't help showing anger.

Sun Shaozong did not change his smile, and shook his head slightly, "Master Wu, since Mrs. Zun has agreed to confess, what's the point of rejecting people thousands of miles away?"

"Humph!"

Shopkeeper Wu sneered and said, "Since that's the case, why do you need to ask me again?!"

The words blurted out, and then some doubts flashed in his messy mind—since Xu Juan had already agreed to confess, why did this eagle dog surnamed Sun still interrogate him?

Just listen to Sun Shaozong saying, "Naturally, it is necessary to check for deficiencies and make up for omissions, and to confirm the authenticity of the confession. Although Mrs. Madam may not dare to make up random things, it is natural that the more certain the better, otherwise, once the grass is stunned, wouldn't all previous efforts be wasted?"

This explanation is quite reasonable.

Shopkeeper Wu grinned, revealing his saliva-filled bronze mouth ball, and asked back with a ferocious face, "Do you think I will obediently let you manipulate me?"

"Tsk."

Sun Shaozong smacked his lips, changed to a lazy sitting position, shook his head and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't make a decision in such a hurry, at least I should think about the current situation first."

Situation?

What is your situation now?

Shopkeeper Wu sneered from the bottom of his heart, and tried to tilt his head to the inside to show that he didn't want to listen to Sun Shaozong's next nonsense, and by the way studied the possibility of hitting the wall to commit suicide.

"first."

But no matter whether he cooperates or not, Sun Shaozong's flat voice still came to his ears clearly, "Whether you choose to be lenient in the end or strict in your resistance, the White Lotus Sect will get the news that you have betrayed—even if they didn't believe it at first. , as long as Mrs. Zun participates in our Beizhen Fusi's actions a few times, this matter will probably be settled."

"Shameless! You damn..."

Shopkeeper Wu suddenly turned his head, and was about to yell at him, but a copper pipe was forced into his mouth, firmly fixing his tongue on his jaw.

"Anyway."

Sun Shaozong's voice is still Gujing Wubo, as if the copper pipe was not stuffed in by himself, "You have recited the name of this apostate, and every member of the White Lotus Sect who knows about it will be right." You are extremely spurned; everyone who has anything to do with you will be retaliated against by the White Lotus Sect."

"of course."

A smile appeared on Sun Shaozong's face, "If you are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and you can make enough contributions, it's not like our Northern Town Governor can't help you protect your relatives and friends."

Before the words fell, the wooden bed was creaking and shaking, the iron chains were rattling, and even the ball in the mouth was being bitten by shopkeeper Wu.

Sun Shaozong winked, and the Long Guard beside him immediately stepped forward and pulled the copper pipe out of the mouth ball.