"What brings you here, sir?"

Now that he has advanced to the Divine Martial Realm, he is quite skilled in the art of punishment. Logically speaking, there is no need for Yin Zhe to show his face, especially since he brought the Sixth Prince with him.

Yin Zhe explained his purpose in a few words, and Dou Zhan immediately perked up.

Why did you interrogate him alone? Did you discover something?

The details were laid bare, revealing clues from a small flaw in Wang Chong's sentencing.

Now that the intelligence from both sides has been gathered, Wang Chong is definitely not going to escape.

"continue."

"yes!"

Dou Zan has initially stabilized his skill level, and he is becoming more and more proficient in using the boning knife.

Although the interrogation lasted for about an incense stick's time, Wang Chong only suffered minor physical injuries.

A real physical injury.

But this old guy is very tight-lipped; he still refuses to admit to having any other identity, insisting that he's just a stinking moneylender.

That's good. Suspicion and having solid evidence are two completely different things.

The moment Dou Zhan discovered Yin Zhe had appeared, Dou Zhan made him faint from exhaustion.

Dou Zhan kicked the slumped Wang Chong so that he was lying face down, and reached out to pull down his pants.

Suddenly remembering something, he quickly turned around and reminded them, "Please, Your Highness and I, step aside for now."

"Get out of here! Get back to your work!"

Yin Zhe cursed directly, saying that as a commander of the Xuanji Guard, what kind of situation hadn't she seen?

Is this person out of their mind? What kind of time is this to still care about this?

Dou Zhan had no choice but to do as he was told, and turned around to pull down Wang Chong's pants.

He was given a hundred strokes of the cane. The cloth covering his buttocks was already rotten and mixed with the mangled flesh and blood.

Dou Zhan had no intention of showing him any mercy; he stripped off his clothes very quickly.

Qin Zhaoyue rolled her eyes and silently turned away.

When it comes to serious matters, we don't really need to care about things like江湖儿女 (people of the martial arts world).

If it were a fit young man in his twenties or thirties, it would be fine, but Wang Chong... she was afraid of getting a sty.

Dou Zhan quickly and efficiently removed his trousers.

He took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket, poured out some medicine powder and applied it to the affected area, which was his buttocks.

The yamen runners of Jingzhao Prefecture were quite skilled; in fact, Wang Chong would never be able to stand on his own two legs again in his lifetime.

Previously, Dou Zhan had forcibly awakened him by stimulating his life force and maintained his spirit, which was essentially a way to hasten his death.

But now that he's involved in a major cheating case, we have to spare his life first.

The medicine was applied using true qi throughout the process, and the wound was roughly bandaged.

Not only that, they also gave him a secret medicine from the Xuanji Guard to completely control his injuries and lock in his life force.

Only after doing all this did the chisel awaken it again.

"Hmm..."

With a soft moan, Wang Chong slowly awoke...