Chapter 99 Lingchi
Xu Zhao looked at Shen Lingge like this, looking ruffian, with one foot on the second in command's leg, and the white knife constantly hovering on the edge of his neck. It can be said that he was more bandit-like than a bandit.
Shen Lingge didn't know whether the bandit was frightened or just stubborn and refused to speak. He angrily asked, "When we were in the woods just now, you were quite talkative. Why are you dumb now?"
"If you don't tell the truth, I won't be so easy to talk to."
Second in command: “…”
You don't look like someone who's easy to talk to now.
After following Shen Yu for many years, I finally have the opportunity to show my abilities, so I must do my best.
Shen Lingge did not give the bandit a chance to speak. He had already sensed that this thief had no courage and was probably a useless person, so he said to himself: "Do you know Lingchi? Lingchi has another name called a thousand cuts, which means cutting off the flesh of a person's body piece by piece, causing the person to die in agony."
The more he spoke, the more interested he became. He waved the dagger in front of the second in command, and the blade flashed across the second in command's face.
"I heard that someone was tortured to death for three days, but he was still alive on the first day, until he bled to death. Let's see if you are tougher with your mouth or with your flesh." He put his hand on the second in command's face and threatened, "Why not start with this mouth that said the dirty words?"
The knife, which was completely cold, was pressed tightly against his face. The second in command's face turned pale with fear and his hands were shaking.
I originally thought that I had met an ordinary citizen who knew martial arts, and thought that he was just a martial arts hero passing by, so I thought that if I begged for mercy, I might be able to save my life.
Unexpectedly, when he opened his eyes again, he was surrounded by soldiers and officers. The brothers who came out with him were tied up, piled together like garbage, and were being guarded.
Standing in front of him was the brat who had just appeared from nowhere.
The current scene clearly told him that he was captured alive by a group of soldiers, and these soldiers wanted to suppress bandits!
He is a man who looks strong on the outside but is actually weak on the inside. He is used to relying on the power of others to bully others. As for his abilities, apart from having a little bit of brains, he basically has no fighting power.
Now that the knife is at your neck, the most important thing is to save your life.
Before Shen Lingge's knife fell, the second in command immediately begged for mercy, "Young Master, spare my life! I'll tell you everything!"
When in the woods, Chen Yu protected Xu Zhao very well and he was not hurt at all.
The bandits who had only appeared on TV before were seen alive for the first time. Xu Zhao was naturally curious and watched Shen Lingge's interrogation throughout the whole process.
But I didn't expect that, unlike those bandits in TV dramas who rob the rich and give to the poor, the bandit in front of me was as timid as a mouse. After being scared like this, he was willing to confess the truth.
It's no longer interesting.
However, Shen Lingge's interrogation criticism is quite interesting.
Some bandits value loyalty and would rather die than obey. I think he noticed something and took appropriate measures to make the thief willing to reveal his wealth. Shen Lingge turned around and smiled at Xu Zhao, asking for credit, and pointed at himself with a thumbs up, looking quite ruffian.
Xu Zhao laughed, he still had the temper of a child.
"Tell me first, what's your name and why did you become a bandit." Shen Lingge put away his dagger.
This dagger was given to him by the emperor's uncle. He used it to torture the thief to death, and he even felt that the thief's blood had stained his dagger.
The second in command blurted out, "My name is Luo Lei, and I'm originally from Chizhou. Three years ago, there was a severe drought in Chizhou, and the people were living in poverty. I fled here and became a bandit on my way to escape the famine."
Shen Lingge knew about the severe drought in Chizhou three years ago, so I don't think Luo Lei would dare to lie.
"Tell me the truth, how many bandit villages are there in this area?" Shen Lingge was still stepping on Luo Lei's knee, with the dagger put away. In order to increase the deterrent effect, he used some force on his foot.
"Sir, spare my life! My legs are about to break," Luo Lei grimaced in pain. He was still hesitating whether to tell the truth, but now he had no courage. "There are three bandit camps nearby."
"Then tell me in detail how many people there are in these three villages and where they are located."
Luo Lei was a man who was not easily frightened. He looked around and saw people holding knives everywhere. He had a premonition that if he dared to hide the truth or hesitate, he might be beheaded before he could even open his eyes.
"The three villages nearby are Lihua Village, Songfeng Village, and Chuntian Village. There are no more than a hundred people in each of the three villages."
In the end, everyone easily got a lot of things out of Luo Lei's mouth.
Luo Lei came from Songfeng Village among the three mountain villages. Songfeng Village got its name because it was located in Songfenggang. There were 112 people in the village, most of whom were refugees and thugs wanted by the government, who gathered together to become bandits.
He is considered the bully in this area.
On weekdays, they make their living by robbing passers-by. If times get tough, they will go down the mountain to steal food and money from nearby villages.
Lihua Village, which is not too far from Songfeng Village, is not completely considered a bandit village. The people in the village are all the elderly, the weak, women and children.
The group was led by a couple, and most of the women they took in were women abandoned by their husbands' families. They also often took in abandoned baby girls from the mountains, so there were only about sixty people in the entire village who could actually take up arms, and the remaining forty or fifty were all the elderly, the weak and children.
The people in Lihua Village never go down the mountain to rob. The women in the village make a living by their own skills, and most of them take the crops and embroidery they grow to the town or Li'an City to sell.
If you must put it bluntly, Lihua Village seems to be an area carved out in the mountains to house those people abandoned by the world. To these people, it is just a paradise.
As for the other hilltop is Chuntian Village.
In the past, Chuntian Village was engaged in the business of robbing the rich to help the poor, and never killed innocent people. Luo Lei had no idea how many people were there because he had very few dealings with them.
It is quite strange that there are three different types of strongholds on a few hills.
"Since you are from Songfeng Village, then tell us about the defense of your village," Shen Lingge looked at Luo Lei lying on the ground with his eyes moving rapidly, and guessed that he was up to something bad, so he stepped hard on him, causing him so much pain that he had no time to think about anything else.
"Don't play tricks. We have 10,000 elite soldiers who have been fighting on the battlefield for years. Think about it yourself. Don't mess with the group of soldiers behind me."
The person under his feet was in so much pain that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Luo Lei listened to him and nodded weakly, and Shen Lingge loosened his grip a little.
"Think about it yourself. Will the brothers in your village fight to the death with my 10,000 elite soldiers just to rescue you? It would be better if you tell me the deployment and the brothers behind me can capture the brothers in your village together so that we can be reunited."
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