Detective in the Red Chamber

At the same time, a strong man with a beard flashed out of there, knelt down on one knee in front of Sun Shaozong, and asked, "My lord, do you think these two are still good?"

Hearing this voice, it was Yang Licai himself.

"Should be enough."

Sun Shaozong nodded and said, "You go out through the back door, make all the preparations first, and start action as soon as the sky gets darker."

After a pause, he solemnly exhorted, "This matter is of great importance, you must be careful, and don't repeat the mistakes of last time."

"Don't worry, my lord, your plan is so thorough, if anything goes wrong in the humble position, I will have no face to come back to see you again."

After Yang Licai finished speaking, seeing that Sun Shaozong didn't have any instructions, he called out five or six maidservants and servants in green clothes and small caps, together with the imitated Boss Wu and his wife, they quietly walked out through the back door.

Sun Shaozong watched them file out, and after a while he heard the sound of horseshoes and rumbling cars, but he couldn't help sighing inwardly—it seems that this person is too tall and big, and it is not a good thing.

Originally, it was most prudent for him to directly direct the arrest of Shopkeeper Wu and his wife, but with Sun Shaozong's stature, there are not many of them in the capital, and it is a bit eye-catching to be mixed in.

He had no choice but to entrust the errand to Yang Licai.

Not to mention how nervous Sun Shaozong was.

But Yang Licai led those people out of the back door, and pulled out two fine horses and three or two carriages from a courtyard.

The male servant dressed up took the waist knife and hunting bow from the leading cart; the maid dressed up took out the gorgeous clothes padded with cotton wool from the caravan behind, and put them on for the counterfeit Mrs. Xu.

When everyone is in their positions, the carts are rolling, the horses are Xiaoxiao, and the pedestrians have bows and arrows at their waists. At a glance, they are the rich families who have returned from the autumn hunting team out of the city!

This convoy circled around the city for half an hour. Seeing that it was almost 05:30 pm at [-]:[-] PM, they went straight to Wuya Pharmacy.

"Stop, stop!"

Seeing that the front team had already passed the Wuya Pharmacy, a little maid suddenly poked her head out from the carriage behind, and said in a shrill voice, "The third master's old illness has occurred again, let grandma take the secondary medicine back, and save money." Come out for a run."

After hearing this, two maidservants also came down from the carriage in front, and ordered them domineeringly, "Go to the pharmacy and have a look, don't those stern-eyed ones bump into our grandma!"

As soon as the order was given, several slaves got off the cart and rushed into the medicine shop like tigers, and came out to report after a while, saying that there was no idler inside.

Then the two servant girls got out of the car again and helped a fat lady down, surrounded by a few wealthy slaves, she went into Wuya Pharmacy.

It took about a quarter of an hour for the noble lady to come out of the pharmacy, and after just a few steps, her plump body seemed a little tired, and she got back into the carriage in front of her only because of the two maids pulling her hard.

Not long after, the convoy started back on the road, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, they made a detour all the way to the back door of the small courtyard.

crunch~

Before the carriage came to a complete stop, he saw the rear door parted to the left and right, and Sun Shaozong strode out to meet him, without saying a word, his eyes went straight to look at the carriage.

"grown ups."

Yang Licai hurriedly got off his horse, and said in a low voice, "It's a shame to have a humble job!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the two slaves on the wagon immediately lifted a limp man down, and the fat woman in the wagon was also pulled out by two maidservants.

Yang Lici rolled up his sleeves and wiped off the makeup on their faces, but it wasn't shopkeeper Wu and his wife, who else could it be?

Sun Shaozong breathed a sigh of relief, arched his hands loosely, and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper Wu, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

The shopkeeper Wu and his wife glared angrily, but they couldn't say a word.

Yang Licai said from the side, "Kong Xiao and Jiang Tao, who pretended to be shopkeeper Wu and his wife, have successfully controlled the shop assistant Wang Ergou. If any irrelevant people come to the door, they will be received by Wang Ergou first. If you come to the door, they will immediately release the signal."

After a pause, he bowed again and said, "Do you want to interrogate now, or..."

"Go to the back first."

Sun Shaozong pointed to the opposite courtyard, and said, "Let's wait for the news from Ruyifang to return."

Yang Licai respectfully complied, and personally escorted Shopkeeper Wu and his wife into the opposite courtyard.

However, Sun Shaozong turned his head back to the simple courtyard, sat down on the stool by himself, picked up a thick file from the table by the dim oil lamp, and began to study it carefully.

After about two quarters of an hour, someone pushed the door open and reported respectfully, "Reporting to Lord Qianhu, the door of Wuya Pharmacy has been knocked down, and there is nothing unusual around Ruyifang."

tsk~

It seems that the members of the White Lotus Sect did not send anyone to monitor Wu and his wife in Ruyifang.

Sun Shaozong put the file in his hand on the table, stretched his waist, and muttered, "Let's go, go with me to the backyard to torture and extract a confession, otherwise how can I be worthy of the black materials specially sent by Master Zhenfu?"

Chapter 524 Extorting a Confession by Torture【Part [-]】

As a time traveler—although he has been almost corrupted, Sun Shaozong still has some resistance in his heart to the harsh punishments that often cause people to be injured in ancient times.

Therefore, when Sun Shaozong investigated cases in the past, he seldom used torture on prisoners before he had real evidence. The few special cases were mostly caused by the roaring of the court.

It was probably in view of this that Lu Hui sent him an official file of the Northwest Rebellion because of the benevolence of a woman because of the benevolence of a woman.

It recorded in detail the various crazy actions of the White Lotus Sect rebels in the winter of Guangde's 31st year, and the subsequent impact caused by them.

At that time, the rebel army of the White Lotus Sect had already changed from being overwhelming in the summer and autumn to a total defeat. Almost every day, the news of prefectures and counties being recovered by the army, and the defeat and death of the Xiangzhu and Tuozhu came back to Pingliang, the old nest of the White Lotus Sect. government.

Under the desperate atmosphere of this day's three shocks, the control of the White Lotus Sect's top management over the rebels gradually decreased to an infinitely close to zero level.

This is where the confusion begins.

From the nineteenth of October to the recovery of Pingliang City on the seventh day of December, in just one and a half months, the total population of Pingliang Mansion dropped by more than [-]%, and the city was even more empty!

After the restoration of Pingliang Mansion, the bones cleared from the city could not even be piled up in random graves, so mass graves had to be built to store them.

In the autumn of the following year, the number of women who died of dystocia increased fourteen times that of previous years.

In July and August, abandoned babies filled the fields near Pingliang City.

tsk~

The precarious refugee actually grew fat on his legs from eating abandoned babies!

Even Sun Shaozong, who is used to seeing all kinds of murders, can't help feeling chills in his bones when he looks at the few lines of small print in the file.

Not to mention that in addition to the cold data, there are also many horrific tragedies recorded in detail in the file.

For example, in mid-November, Zhou, the head of the Qingmu Hall of the White Lotus Sect, was blinded by an arrow in his right eye and suffered from sores, so he exclusively ate human eyes, eating more than ten eyes every day, and claimed to be the reincarnation of Xiahou Yuanrang .

For another example, at the end of November, Cheng, the Sima of the left army of the White Lotus Sect, set up a big pot in the street, and ordered the wives and children of the county officials who were looted to rebel against human relations in the pot. , Feasting guests with minced meat, the name is Mother and Child Lianxin Soup.

Another example is that at the beginning of December, the White Lotus Sect's central army guarded Su...

Looking at all of them, it's no wonder that the ancients said, "I would rather be a dog of peace than a person in a troubled world".

Of course, even if I feel deeply touched after reading the file, it doesn't mean that Sun Shaozong will follow suit and force himself into brutality—in most cases, small methods aimed at the spiritual level are often more effective than bloody torture. It is easy to break through the psychological defense line.

The book is back to normal.

But it was said that Sun Shao left the black materials and hurried to the Sanjin mansion in the back alley.

This was originally a temporary foothold during the last operation, but since it was still near the Qingxu Temple this time, it was reused.

When Sun Shaozong went in, he saw three plainclothes dragon guards pretending to be servants sweeping where they were, so he called one of them to whisper a few words in his ear, and after that person took his orders, he continued to drive to the inner courtyard. go.

"Master Qianhu."

Just after passing through the second door, Yang Licai came out after hearing the news, bowed and said, "As you expected, there are really two hard-spoken people. The humble staff even asked coaxing and scaring questions for a long time, but none of them was helpful."

Although the White Lotus Sect's ability to rebel is not very good, the method of brainwashing is very good. Those who were sent to the capital to perform latent tasks are all the best among fanatics. It may not be easy to pry their mouths open. .

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong had already made up his mind, so he didn't answer, but raised his chin lightly, signaling Yang Licai to lead the way.

The two of them arrived at a secluded courtyard in the northwest corner, the gate guards opened the thick cloth curtains, and saw that under the dim light, shopkeeper Wu and his wife were forming a large character, tied tightly by iron chains. Tightly bound to the wall.

That's all for shopkeeper Wu, still dressed in the same green clothes and hat.

But his wife, Mrs. Xu, has been stripped naked, only a crimson apron is left on her body, which can barely cover the two spots and one line of spring.

And in order to avoid committing suicide by chewing his tongue, Xu's mouth was stuffed with a special bronze ball.

The dark iron chains, green copper balls, white flesh, and red bellyband, under the swaying light, sometimes look like thick ink, sometimes like ink paintings...

Thick and mature, light and mournful!

Xu Shi, who was originally just a little pretty, was covered with a different kind of charm after being manipulated by this.

At this time, Yang Licai explained in a low voice, "I heard that shopkeeper Wu Pinrijibao loves her lady, so I wanted to try to blackmail her. Unfortunately, shopkeeper Wu was furious, but he still gritted his teeth. Willing to speak."

After a pause, he added, "Maybe it's because the humble job didn't dare to do everything right, maybe it's time for the sword and the foot..."

Before Yang Licai could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong had already stepped in - no matter how depraved he was, he was not at the point where he wanted to use "husband's current crime" to extract a confession.

However, as a member of the national secret service, there is nothing wrong with Yang Licai's unscrupulous actions. Therefore, although Sun Shaozong didn't bother to listen, he didn't mean to blame him.

After entering the room, Sun Shaozong's gaze first turned around on Xu's bellyband, staring at the embroidery of the picture of the unicorn giving a son, and secretly pondering whether he should make up his mind on the 'child'.

For example, like the time at the Prince's Mansion, they concocted the illusion that Mrs. Xu was pregnant, and used "hope for the future" to defeat their will to die at this time.

But after thinking about it, although the shopkeeper Wu and his wife are not doctors, they must be more proficient in medical knowledge than ordinary people after running the pharmacy for so many years. affect subsequent interrogations.

So this method was quickly forgotten by him again.

Just staring at the indecent place and thinking about something extremely serious, the Xu family suddenly struggled violently, and cursed indistinctly, "You son of a bitch, just use it if you have any ability, if you frown, grandma You are in vain as a disciple of the Holy Cult!"

Sun Shaozong looked away from the picture of the trembling unicorn delivering a child, and was about to talk to her, so he could take the opportunity to find out, but the shopkeeper Wu hurriedly reminded, "Lady, today you and I are just dead, don't talk to this dog." The thieves do more theories, and what he smells carefully will harm the robes in the teaching!"

tsk~

Shopkeeper Wu is really alert.

But Sun Shaozong didn't think it was a big deal after these few words of scolding.

But the few Long Guard small schools next to them quit. Those who copied the whip copied the whip, those who took the soldering iron took the soldering iron, and shouted "Bravely rebel, dare to be presumptuous in front of my thousand adults!"

Mrs. Xu snorted disdainfully, and shopkeeper Wu was even more silent, obviously determined not to speak again.

"Ugh."

Seeing this, Sun Shaozong sighed helplessly, "I originally wanted to finish the errand in a peaceful manner, but the attitude of the two of you who refuses to be thousands of miles away makes Sun a little embarrassed."

"My lord, use punishment."

Yang Licai stepped forward at the right time, raised his white face, raised his hand and slashed in the air, and said with a sneer, "There is a saying that 'people's hearts are like iron, and officials' laws are like furnaces'. I'm not afraid that they won't tell the truth!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the base of the west wall and said, "Look, I have brought all the instruments of torture here."

When he pointed, someone immediately shone a lantern, and saw a three-story wooden shelf at the bottom of the west wall, which was filled with all kinds of weird instruments of torture.

Sun Shaozong approached in a joking manner, picked up a bristle horse brush, and wondered, "What kind of torture tool is this?"

"Look, my lord."

Yang Licai hurriedly picked up the thin-mouthed copper pot next to him, and said with a smile, "These two are the same. First, pour boiling water on the flesh, and then rub it vigorously with a brush until the bones come out. The Criminal Division calls this 'whitewashing'."

The name is kind of interesting.

Sun Shaozong put down the bristle brush, and carefully picked up an iron ring with spikes on the inside and outside. Before he could ask a question, Yang Licai rushed to explain, "This thing is called 'burning people'. You just need to wear it around your neck. No matter how severe the punishment is, I won’t be able to pass out.”

"This is 'the root is broken', much more ruthless than that stick!"

"This is called 'Sui Cui', and the meat scraped off by it can be directly used as dumpling stuffing."

"This thing is used on the nose..."

"Unisex..."

After explaining seven or eight things in a row, Sun Shaozong stopped in his tracks, and his eagle-like eyes circled back and forth on the instruments of torture and the shopkeeper Wu and his wife.

Seeing this, Yang Licai hurriedly pretended to be impatient, and said, "My lord, which one do you think we should take first, and give this couple a try?"

As he spoke, he pursed his tongue excitedly.

This performance was excellent, and it was set against the background of those horrific instruments of torture on the shelf. Not to mention others, even the dragon guards with lanterns on the side couldn't help but feel their hair stand on end.

However, Shopkeeper Wu and Mrs. Xu didn't even look at each other. They stared at each other affectionately, as if they were already in another dimension.

Although this does not mean that they can really withstand all the tortures, but this calmness still has to make people sigh - people armed with faith are different, even if they believe in a cult.

Sun Shaozong was silent for a while, seeing that the couple were still acting as if no one was around, then he slowly shook his head, "None of them are needed."

Yang Licai was taken aback when he heard the words, and blurted out, "What do you mean, my lord?"

This time it's not pretending, but it's really a little unclear.

Sun Shaozong smiled indifferently, "Actually, I have recently been researching how much blood a person needs to bleed before dying when the injury is not serious. It just so happened that I met two people who did not hesitate to die, and they happened to be a man and a woman."

As he spoke, he grinned wide, showing his white teeth, and ordered, "Come on, take them to the back kitchen cellar for me."

Several dragon guards on the left and right responded in unison, stepped forward and 'plucked' the Wu shopkeeper and his wife from the wall, but did not remove the iron chains on them, but took advantage of the situation to bind them into a human stick, and tied them with copper bars. The ball was blocked, and then it was lifted out like a box.

When the group arrived at the cellar in the dark, they saw that they had obtained the plainclothes ordered by Sun Shaozong before, and they were leading their colleagues to cultivate soil on two wooden stakes.