At a command, the drums of Beitang Linyuan resounded.

At first, a few assassins refused to cooperate and shouted that they would resist.

Si Jin's expression shifted. She placed her hands on the table, sighed casually, and said softly, "Someone isn't respecting the rules of the game."

Having said that, he raised his hand and broke off the tip of the sword in his hand.

Throw it out like a dart.

They slit the throat of the ringleader in one fell swoop.

Another corpse fell, and the faces of the prisoners turned even paler.

The arrogant shouting stopped, replaced by a seemingly reasonable rebuttal: "Ning Sijin! We are not criminals! You've arrested us, tortured us, and used vigilante justice. We can report you to the Dali Temple!"

"Forced confession, extrajudicial punishment?" Si Jin asked with a faint smile, "Which eye of yours saw me forcing a confession?"

"I only asked you to play a game. It was because you didn't cooperate that I punished you a little." Si Jin's words were reasonable and even somewhat innocent: "I didn't use any instruments of torture."

This practice is clearly more bloody and perverse than torture to extract confessions!

Ning Sijin! How did he manage to say it so matter-of-factly?

As everyone gritted their teeth, Si Jin ordered Bei Tang Lin Yuan to begin beating the drum.

The thunderous drumbeats struck the hearts of the assassins like heavy hammers, spreading a soul-crushing fear.

The assassins originally intended to use their identities to act like thugs and force the Fourth Prince's mansion to release the people.

Unexpectedly, this pampered prince was even more of a rogue and a scoundrel than they were!

Left with no other choice, they had to start passing around heads.

The first head came to rest in the hands of a burly man.

He nervously swallowed, knowing that Ning Sijin was used to being crazy, and prepared to back down and reveal who had instigated it to save his life.

Unexpectedly, Si Jin did not ask him who had instigated it.

Instead, he asked, "Do you know my birth date and time?"

assassin:……

What kind of question is this?!

Aren't we supposed to interrogate them?

Are you really treating them like monkeys to be played with?!

Unfortunately, he wasn't the one who made the rules, so he could only timidly open his mouth and carefully search his memory for the date when the Fourth Prince's Mansion would hold its birthday banquet.

"Time is limited, I will only count to ten." Si Jin broke another piece of the sword, his eyes gleaming strangely: "One."

"two."

"three."

"Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten."

The assassin was startled, not expecting Si Jin to suddenly speed up the process.

The month I had originally planned for was instantly shattered by fear, leaving me completely blank.

"Your Highness, I..." Before he could finish his sentence, his throat was slit again.

Si Jin said coolly, "Let the game continue, beat the drum."

Who told this idiot to curse him so fiercely, even insulting his homosexuality and his ancestors for eighteen generations?

Serves them right.

The drumbeats continued, and the assassins were completely unsure of what to do after Si Jin's actions.

Some even suffered mental breakdowns, weeping uncontrollably.

She knelt down and explained the truth to Si Jin, begging for his forgiveness.

This certainly made the interrogation go much more smoothly.

However, Si Jin didn't appreciate it.

Throughout history, it has always been the victor who is king and the loser who is villain. If he were the one locked in the cage right now...

He was certain that these money-grubbing beasts would show him no mercy.

Si Jin insisted on playing the game to the very end.

In the end, only a skinny little assassin remained as a witness.

He wanted to bring the mastermind behind the assassination attempt, Sun Hong's father, Sun Zhao, the Minister of Revenue, to court.

Keeping Ning Sizhen's lackeys around is just asking for trouble.

“However…” Si Jin murmured softly, “What if he disobeys and suddenly turns against us in court?”

Beitang Linyuan whispered in Sijin's ear, asking him to send the others away, before smiling and speaking.

“I have a way to make him afraid to lie, but you have to kiss me before I tell you.”