She drew out her streamer, half squatted down, and looked at one of the men.
"..."
"..."
The two stared at each other.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Qingcha sighed as if he had lost his patience, and patted the man's cheek with the back of his shining knife.
"You won't tell me? If you don't tell me now, you won't have a chance to tell me later."
man:? ? ?
You didn't ask anything, so what can I say...
He raised his head in panic and saw Li Qingcha holding up his knife, ready to chop. He was so frightened that he almost died.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!"
Li Qingcha sighed.
"Wouldn't it be better if you cooperated earlier? Okay, go ahead."
"what……"
"Say it."
"Sir, if you want me to say something, you have to point me in the right direction..."
puff~
puff~
Xiang Nanyu and Luo Weiyang laughed out loud at the same time.
Li Qingcha raised his eyebrows.
"You must know what to say. How about this, start with why you are here."
The man prepared for this question and memorized the answer directly:
"Two months ago, my little sister went to the seaside to buy fish, intending to sell them at the market, but she never came back. No one found her alive or dead, and everyone in the family was worried that she had been kidnapped by pirates. Then we heard that the imperial envoy had arrived in Bozhou, so..."
I haven't finished speaking yet,
"lie!"
Luo Weiyang interrupted.
Li Qingcha tilted his head and found that the girl's eyes were like clear spring water, obviously she was using the Qi-gazing technique.
She said, "There is no need to use the Qi-gazing technique."
Luo Weiyang was stunned for a moment, his eyes were slightly blank, and then returned to normal.
"why?"
"It was so obvious that he lied."
A flash of light,
The man let out a shrill scream.
"Blood! Bleeding!"
He held his right hand in pain.
Li Qingcha spread his hands.
"You shouldn't have lied to me. At least, you shouldn't have told lies that can be exposed at a glance. Look at your hands, the skin is so soft and tender, without even a callus. How can you say you're a child from a poor family?"
"I didn't...I didn't lie..."
"Tsk, let me ask you, you just said that your little sister went to the seaside to catch fish two months ago, right?"
"Correct."
"So what area was the fishing season at that time?"
"..."
The man was confused by the question.
He prepared hundreds of questions, but he never expected Li Qingcha to ask about the fishing season.
Li Qingcha snorted coldly.
"Humph! It seems you won't cry until you see the coffin."
She frowned and said, "We don't need to ask any more questions. Let's just prepare for the torture. Just follow the usual steps and gradually escalate the methods. We won't be afraid that they won't confess."
Luo Weiyang: “…”
Xiang Nanyu: “…”
Neither of them had ever heard of "usual steps" before.
But Xiang Nanyu was very smart and cooperated: "But, we don't have any tools in this remote place. Alas... we can borrow some weapons from the soldiers, but those tools can't do delicate work."
Li Qingcha nodded.
"Indeed, if you chop them with a big knife, the fingers and toes will fall off directly."
"so troublesome."
"Hey……"
Li Qingcha turned sideways and silently mouthed to Xiang Nanyu: "Little Pumpkin, you are getting worse and worse."
Xiang Nanyu also responded by mouthing: "I learned it from you."
The two smiled at each other.
Luo Weiyang saw this and felt a little uncomfortable.
She and Li Qingcha had interrogated Su Ya, the spy from the demon clan, and knew Li Qingcha's routine of destroying his psychological defenses before conducting a formal interrogation.
But why didn’t I think of it?
The girl glanced at the two men.
They were already trembling with fear.
At this time, Li Qingcha said again: "In this case, we can only use local materials."
She looked around.
"Bozhou is quite humid, there must be muddy swamps nearby. We can build a water dungeon."
When they heard about the water dungeon, the two men breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it is something new that I have never heard of, if the punishment is consistent with the name, then there is nothing to be afraid of.
Isn't it just locked in water?
The two exchanged glances and encouraged each other.
Xiang Nanyu noticed their mood changes and raised his lips.
"Water prison... doesn't seem to work, does it?"
Li Qingcha shook his head.
"Then you underestimate the water dungeon. Just imagine, a cell with water filling the lower floor, up to the waist. You have to stand up all the time in it, and you can't sleep at all. If you do, you will choke on the water. Moreover, the water in the swamp is definitely not very clean. There are small insects in the water, and they will crawl into any hole they see..."
hiss……
The two men shuddered at the same time.
One of them shouted, "Have mercy! I confess! I confess everything!"
Li Qingcha looked at another one.
The result is naturally,
"I admit it too! I admit everything!"
Done,
knock off.
Li Qingcha said to Xiang Nanyu: "Let's interrogate them separately and see who is telling the truth... Humph, I really want to try out my sudden idea just now."
Xiang Nanyu rolled his eyes at her and left with one of the men.
If the prisoners are interrogated separately, they have no choice but to grit their teeth. Otherwise, once they start to confess, they will have to confess without reservation.
There is no way around it. To protect himself, he must reveal more truth than his other accomplice.
Li Qingcha asked: "Who sent you here?"
The man was dejected.
"My father. He is a wealthy man in Tongshui County."
"Tsk... Is your father really willing to send your precious son to take such a risk?"
"Ah this..."
The man was a little confused.
Looking at his appearance, he is obviously the typical person who is being sold but still helping others count money.
Li Qingcha couldn't help but sigh.
"You don't think that because you have such a high status and great ability in your father's heart, your father sent you to carry out such a difficult mission? You are obviously one of his least favorite sons..."
"55555~Don't say anymore~"
"Okay, I won't say anything. Let's change the subject. What did your father ask you to do here?"
"He asked me to spread rumors that the imperial envoy was coming to Bozhou to deal with the people's affairs, and then to incite the rioters to attack the imperial envoy's headquarters. Moreover, I must anger the officers and soldiers and kill a few of the rioters."
Must kill someone...
Li Qingcha lowered his chin and fell into deep thought.
The man was still complaining: "My father received a letter from Bozhou Prefecture yesterday. I think this might be the instruction in that letter."
it is as expected……
Li Qingcha looked at Xiang Nanyu who was not far away.
The girl came over and whispered in her ear a brief introduction of the situation.
The two men's testimonies can corroborate each other, so there shouldn't be any major problems.
Li Qingcha continued to ponder the pros and cons.
At this time, Ao Jingshan ran over here and lowered his voice.
"Mr. Li, there is urgent military information!"
Chapter 228 The Seventh Prince: ???
Four people broke into the inn.
At this time, the Seventh Prince was sighing sadly by the window.
Mu Shi was flipping through the battle report, reading it at a glance, his expression becoming more and more excited.
She suddenly slammed the table.
"Bastard!"
Li Qingcha came over,
"show me."
Mu Shi didn't even ask for the opinion of the Seventh Prince, who had been sidelined, and directly handed the battle report to Li Qingcha.
After reading it, Li Qingcha frowned.
"How could they let hundreds of Yingsang pirates land?"
Hearing this, the officials of Tongshui County seemed a little embarrassed.
