Chapter 680 Unexpected

Even someone as shrewd as Ding Mingxuan showed a moment of astonishment when he first saw the battered and bruised Edward.

However, he was now sitting steadily in the chair, staring at Edward from head to toe with a very disrespectful look.

If there hadn't been no teapots and cups in this prison, Ding Mingxuan probably would have been holding a cup of tea, drinking it while observing the prison.

Ding Mingxuan understood that for some powerful individuals, especially those who were willing to take great risks to come to the Tang Dynasty to do such things, physical torment was nothing.

The only way to truly harm and defeat such people is to defeat them psychologically and mentally.

To despise the actions of a strong person, to treat them as less than human, as if they were a pile of dung in the field, is something that such a strong person cannot tolerate.

This is exactly what Ding Mingxuan is doing right now!

Sitting on the stool, Ding Mingxuan patted the hem of his clothes, raised his head and continued to look Edward up and down without saying a word. However, the contemptuous smirk on Ding Mingxuan's lips was truly unpleasant.

Thankfully, there were no surveillance cameras at the moment, otherwise Li San Niang and the others could have watched Ding Mingxuan's wonderful performance and cheered him on.

Although there were no surveillance cameras, the roof and walls of the cell where Edward was imprisoned were actually being monitored. The people monitoring him were, of course, people arranged by Mr. Impossible.

How could Mr. Uncontrollable, who was used to being in control of the whole situation, stop paying attention to the matter after talking with Li San Niang and the others?

Meanwhile, in another location, Mr. Unknown was listening to his hunchbacked servant report that Ding Mingxuan's every move after entering the room was under Mr. Unknown's control.

After making eye contact with Ding Mingxuan at the beginning, Edward lowered his eyes and refused to look at him again.

But people are sensitive to the way others look at them, let alone Ding Mingxuan's blatant, undisguised, and contemptuous gaze.

So, Edward raised his head and looked at Ding Mingxuan. Ding Mingxuan seemed to have had enough sitting on the chair. He stood up and smiled at Edward's gaze.

Ding Mingxuan walked slowly to Edward in a few steps, and even circled around Edward twice.

Judging from Ding Mingxuan's expression, he was probably examining the structure of the wooden cross binding Edward. Occasionally, Ding Mingxuan's gaze would sweep over Edward, but only incidentally as a way of looking at the cross.

That wasn't all. Ding Mingxuan kept turning around to look at it, making "tsk tsk" sounds as he did so.

Anyone would feel uncomfortable in such a situation.

So Edward spoke up.

The question, "Who are you?" only elicited a cryptic sneer from Ding Mingxuan.

Ding Mingxuan didn't care about Edward's question at all. He seemed to have seen enough and turned to walk towards the door. Edward became a little anxious when he saw that Ding Mingxuan was really going to leave.

"you……"

Ding Mingxuan naturally heard the word, but he didn't stop walking. He opened the door and left.

The same guide was still outside the door, and Ding Mingxuan followed him back to the main room where Li Sanniang and the others were.

"He spoke up; my appearance piqued his interest."

While I was observing him, I noticed a cross tattoo on the back of his neck!

After Ding Mingxuan finished speaking about this discovery, he suggested, "A believer should know quite a lot, but he probably can't be considered an important figure among foreigners."

Because he reacted strongly to my contempt, he must be the kind of person who has climbed up from the bottom.

It has value, but not much value.

However, we can use him as a starting point to get the information we want, and then follow the clues to capture them all at once.

Finally, Ding Mingxuan said to Chang Siyuan, who was about to enter, "You are the second one. Continue to suppress and attack him." Ding Mingxuan turned to Li Sanniang and said, "You are the last one. You are a woman and a doctor. People like him will inevitably lower their guard against you to some extent."

A little praise for him should get you more information.

Yes, Li San Niang and the others had already discussed it beforehand. Of the eight people, only Ding Mingxuan, Chang Siyuan, and Li San Niang would go to see Edward, and the others would not go.

One reason was to see if the person behind Edward had found out about all the extraordinary people in Chang'an, and whether the "Record of Extraordinary People" under Mr. Bu Ke's control was known to them.

Were the information channels and the weapons of execution that Emperor Wu controlled so closely infiltrated?

Secondly, it is natural to keep a trump card. Presumably, the foreign aliens would never have imagined that Emperor Wu was also a transmigrated alien.

In this way, we can better deal with other methods used by the mastermind behind the scenes.

Actually, everyone originally wanted Xing Yu to go, since Xing Yu's supermarket was too conspicuous.

However, Xing Yu's mental fortitude is lacking. Judging from his appearance, it's impossible to get any information out of him.

Therefore, Chang Siyuan, who invented printing, was sent away.

Chang Siyuan stood up, nodded to the crowd, opened the door, and followed the guide to the prison.

Li San Niang sat in the chair, feeling somewhat nervous. She was worried that when Chang Siyuan returned and it was her turn to perform, she might not do well.

Thus, Li San Niang couldn't help but complain in her heart: "The mastermind behind this is truly an ambitious person, always trying to stir up trouble. Can't we just live a peaceful life?"

At this moment, Chang Siyuan also entered the prison. As he had planned beforehand, he sat on the chair in front of Edward with the proud demeanor of a superior nation.

She asked Edward in a pleasant American accent.

What is your purpose?

What have they planned?

Where are your accomplices now?

To be honest, you might still survive; otherwise…

Edward, the prisoner, strained to look up at Chang Siyuan, who was asking the question, and answered Chang Siyuan's question in a hoarse voice.

However, he didn't say a word that Chang Siyuan wanted to know. Instead, he talked about Chang Siyuan: "I know you. You are the same kind of person as me."

"I'm not like you!"

Chang Siyuan stood up and walked to the long table placed against the wall. Looking at the tools used in the interrogation methods of the criminals, he picked out a pair of pointed pliers.

Holding the pointed pair of pliers, Chang Siyuan approached Edward. "You ambitious man who instigated war and disregarded the lives of ordinary people, how can you compare to me?"

As he spoke, Chang Siyuan pressed the pointed pliers against the wound on Edward's chest, which was already bleeding.

Chang Siyuan's actions were something even the undercover agents monitoring from behind the walls and on the roof hadn't anticipated.

This was completely unexpected.