Yi Ning put down her book and left through the side door of the study. She walked slowly along the corridor. This courtyard was really large. She walked around several corners but didn't see him. It was not until she reached a wing room that she heard someone talking inside. The tone was very ruthless: "...If you refuse to talk, torture me."

She could tell it was her third brother's voice.

Another person whimpered in pain, "Lord Liu has done me a favor... Even if you beat me to death, I won't confess!"

Luo Shenyuan sneered and said, "Well, then I'll beat you to death first."

Yining heard what her subordinates said again. She walked closer and saw the scene in the room through the gap in the lattice. It was called a wing room, but it looked more like a torture chamber. One wall was covered with gray torture instruments. A ragged man was tied to the rack. He was wearing a green official uniform. Judging from the patches on the uniform, he should be a sixth-rank official... He lowered his head. Luo Shenyuan stood aside and watched. Someone took an iron whip and lashed it at the man's face, immediately beating him to pieces! The man's mouth had just been stuffed with a cloth strip, and even if he bit his tongue, he couldn't scream. But his face was pale and covered with cold sweat. Every time the whip was hit, there was a blood mark.

Luo Shenyuan looked at it and said, "Give me the whip."

He took the whip, tested its strength, and suddenly lashed out at the man. This lash was truly brutal. The fine spikes on the whip caused his flesh to splatter, perhaps injuring his eyes. The tortured man trembled and howled in pain, but no sound came out. Luo Shenyuan showed no sign of stopping. He whipped the man again, this time causing his head to tilt! From the roots of his ears to the corners of his mouth, there was a bloody mess. She even saw the man's bare ears, which might have been gouged out alive...

Yining suddenly felt very uncomfortable, even nauseous.

She took a step back and leaned against the wall, feeling her legs and feet go weak. She had never seen Luo Shenyuan like this before! So ferocious and cold-blooded, his expression didn't change at all when he saw the splattered flesh. He was the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, how could he do such a bloody thing! She suddenly remembered what Old Lady Luo had told her: when Luo Shenyuan was young, he had let a wolfhound maul a girl to death...

Perhaps hearing the noise, the door creaked open. Yi Ning saw the man's entire appearance, and she found him to be even more miserable than she had just seen. He was covered in wounds, even his fingers were missing. It was the first time she had seen someone tortured in such a horrible state!

Luo Shenyuan was a little surprised to see Yining standing outside.

"Sir, who is this person... seeing this scene..."

Luo Shenyuan saw that Yi Ning's face was not looking good, and she seemed to be trembling against the wall. He immediately walked out, hugged Yi Ning from behind, and covered her eyes with his hands: "Meimei, don't look, don't look and it will be fine."

Yi Ning was held in his arms, his scent clearly all around her. But she could smell the blood on Luo Shenyuan's hands. She couldn't see anything, but her mind kept thinking about the scene she had just seen. Luo Shenyuan whipped down, and the blood and flesh splattered. Knowing it was one thing, but seeing it in person was still too much of a shock.

Luo Shenyuan simply picked her up horizontally. Yi Ning felt herself fall into his arms. He turned her body sideways and leaned her towards him. She heard him say, "...Lock her up first, don't worry about anything else."

Luo Shenyuan strode out of the corridor and placed Yi Ning on the bed in the adjacent room. Only then did Yi Ning see his face. He whispered, "Meimei, why did you come here? You must be scared."

Yi Ning shook her head and looked at Luo Shenyuan. He was still the familiar face she knew, with thick brows and a handsome face. When he smiled, he was as gentle as an ink painting, but when he turned cold and fierce, he was more terrifying than the Ten Kings of Hell. She slowly exhaled and said, "I'm fine..."

"Are you okay?" he asked, thinking of her pale face leaning against the porch pillar just now. The look in her eyes when she looked at him was very unfamiliar.

He had this cruel and cold personality, and it was probably impossible to change it. He usually tried his best to act like a good brother, a gentle older brother, in front of Yi Ning. He just didn't want her to be afraid of him. After the incident with Aunt Qiao, many people in the Luo family were afraid of him, and this little girl had always trusted him and been close to him since she was a child. If she knew his cold face, wouldn't that be terrifying?

Luo Shenyuan paused and explained to her, "That person is very special and cannot be kept in the Ministry of Justice prison, so he was imprisoned here with me."

Yi Ning had calmed down, after all. She had seen horrific scenes before. It was just that the perpetrator was her third brother, and she was momentarily unable to react. She asked Luo Shenyuan, "Third brother, I saw him in official uniform... Who was that man? If you abused your power against court officials and were reported, what would you do?"

Luo Shenyuan shook his head after hearing this: "Don't ask." Afraid she would misunderstand, he added, "It wouldn't be good if you knew."

That must be a court secret, he would definitely not tell me.

Yi Ning nodded to indicate that she understood and wanted to get out of bed. Luo Shenyuan reached out to help her, but Yi Ning saw the blood on his hand. Luo Shenyuan also saw it, and after a moment he withdrew his hand and asked her, "Can I accompany you to see the canal later?"

Yi Ning nodded. She stood up and walked out, then she saw Luo Shenyuan following her. The sun shone from behind, and his tall shadow cast a shadow over him.

Yi Ning suddenly asked him, "Third brother, now that you are the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, do you have to do these things?"

Luo Shenyuan was silent for a moment, then said, "...Meimei, are you afraid of me?"

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