This Lady Is Trying to Kill Me-Chapter 415 - : Good Sword Skills! (1)
Chapter 415: Good Sword Skills! (1)
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Last month, a portion of the dungeon had collapsed. .Now that it had been renovated, there were many more residents than before.
The harvest in Wu Province had been quite abundant. The Prince of Wu had been placed under house arrest in the imperial clan court and was awaiting trial, while Bai Siming and other retainers were imprisoned in the dungeon. There was also the half-dead Yao Wenshan and others. Including the top experts captured in the past, the lineup was quite luxurious.
Ye jingtang and She Long arrived at the second basement of the dungeon together. They even went to each cell to take a look and check the physical conditions of the prisoners. In the end, when they passed by Heaven Room No. 1, two unfamiliar men below suddenly jumped up and shouted, “Sir Ye! Why don’t you throw us to the Ministry of Justice to be sentenced? We didn’t hurt you even though we attempted to murder you. According to the law, the maximum sentence is three years. It’s not appropriate to lock us up here until we die…”
After going out, Ye Jingtang had almost forgotten about these two professional killers. He turned around and asked, “What should we do with these two?”
She Long thought for a moment. ‘Recently, I’ve investigated and found that these two used to drive horse carriages in Van Province, and their criminal records were all about fighting. Later, they offended Lu Jieyun and had nowhere to go, so they thought of going to Northern Liang to do a big job. According to the law, we should hand them over to the Ministry of Justice. At worst, they will be exiled. In my opinion, let’s leave them locked up for now. These two have some martial arts skills. If we meet a ruthless character one day, we can drag them out and let them be cannon fodder to redeem themselves. If they can come back alive, we ll hand them over to the Ministry of Justice. This is making the best use of them.”
Ye Jingtang looked down from the hole. “How did you offend Lu Jieyun?”
Second Wang was almost stupid after being locked up for a couple of months. He hurriedly replied, “My hometown is near Yan Mountain. My brother and I took a job to go into the mountains to find a long tiger penis. We chased it to an unknown place. Suddenly, we heard someone screaming like he was being skinned and having his muscles pulled out. We brothers ran over to take a look, but before we could get there, we were stopped by people from the Cutting Cloud Palace. They wanted to kill us on the spot, but we ran away…
“We fought with the people from the Cutting Cloud Palace, so they definitely wouldn’t let us survive. We didn’t dare to go home and directly fled. On the way, we heard the news in Jianghu that we had secretly entered the back mountain of the Cutting Cloud Palace to steal things and even killed a few disciples. The Cutting Cloud Palace even issued a Jianghu kill order against us. This is purely framing…”
Ye Jingtang frowned. “Who was screaming?”
“I don’t know. I think the Cutting Cloud Palace was doing something utterly heartless. Speaking of which, does this count as reporting and performing a meritorious deed?”
Ye Jingtang shook his head. “What kind of reporting is this? Repent well in the future and strive to go out and start a new life in your lifetime.”
“Eh? Sir Ye, why don’t you lock us up above? At least there’s a skylight to see the sun… Sir?”
Ye Jingtang turned around and walked out of the noisy door. He asked, “Is the Cutting Cloud Palace secretly killing people?”
She Long thought for a moment. “For a sect as large as the Cutting Cloud Palace, there’s no need to hide in the deep mountains and ancient forests for the sake of taking human lives. I ll remember this matter and investigate it when 1 have time.”
Ye Jingtang didn’t pay much attention to such a small matter and walked to the deepest part of the dungeon with She Long.
Eunuch Cao was locked in the third basement of the dungeon, but the luxurious cell on the third basement was not as big as the ones on the two floors above. The remaining space was the interrogation room.
Ye Jingtang reached an iron door and looked in through a small window. He could see a few oil lamps lit and a brazier burning in the middle of the small interrogation room. The temperature was relatively high, similar to a blacksmith’s shop.
Four Black Office constables were sweating profusely while standing beside a torture rack.
On the torture rack, Zheng Kun, whose arms had been broken, was chained up. His clothes were tattered and covered in blood, and his head was hanging down silently.
In front of him, Shang Jianli, who was known as the White Impermanence, was standing with his hands in his sleeves and a hint of admiration on his slightly feminine face. “Boss Zheng, you have good perseverance. 1 can’t even meet a criminal with such a tough mouth in a few years. There’s an old saying in Jianghu that goes, A wise man submits to circumstances’. When you enter the Black Office’s dungeon, even Liu Qiansheng won’t be able to escape. If you confess earlier, you can go up and rest earlier. If you think that the Black Office only has this little ability, you’re underestimating us. Some torture devices are too inhumane that I can’t bear to see them…”
Zheng Kun’s forehead was covered in sweat as he slowly raised his head. His eyes were ferocious as he said with blood foam in his throat, “1 didn’t say that 1 wouldn’t confess. But you have to ask!!”
“Who set up the traps on Dragon Creek Alley yesterday?”
“What traps? 1 was sent flying, and then 1 heard explosions. 1 don’t know anything…”
“Can t remember, can you?” Shang Jianli curled his finger slightly. “Continue with the torture.”
“You motherfuckers! What can 1 say? Are you trying to frame someone? Why don’t you name him? I ll bite whoever you say…”
When Ye Jingtang saw this scene outside the window, he frowned and pushed open the door. “Hold on.”
The constables holding whips and iron brushes hurriedly cupped their hands and bowed. “Sir Ye!”
Seeing this, Shang Jianli also turned around. Because he hadn’t done his job well, he said with some shame, “Sir Ye, just go up and rest. I’ll definitely be able to pry this person’s mouth open.”
Ye Jingtang glanced at the hysterical Zheng Kun and asked, “Sir Shang, what have you asked after interrogating him for an entire night?”
Shang Jianli said solemnly, “Sir Ye, the chaos in the east of the city yesterday must be targeted at you. For such a big case, we naturally have to investigate the mastermind behind it. But this person is too stubborn. He insists that he was sent by Jiang Zhahu to kill Liu Qiansheng. He refuses to say anything else…”
Zheng Kun was considered a well-known and courageous person in Liang Province. At this moment, he had been beaten into submission. “I don’t know what you want me to say. Sir Ye, you’re the Saber Chief, so you should be able to see the situation. How can Shi Yanfeng and I, two small fries, be qualified to be bait for a powerful dragon like you? 1 only extorted two hundred taels of silver from you.. If word gets out that you’re using your position to avenge a private grudge like this, it will damage your reputation…”
