Chapter 304 The Cruel Ninth Prince
There was a flash of determination and malice in Shen Qianmeng's eyes.
She was about to reveal that she was the Queen's daughter, and that if the Queen could find a way to save her, both of them would be safe.
If the queen still ignored her, she would have no choice but to drag the queen to hell with her.
Then Xie Wenyun said in embarrassment: "Reporting to the prince, this man cannot be killed."
As soon as Xie Wenyun finished speaking, he felt a sharp gaze that wanted to torture him to death on the spot, making him feel like he was being stabbed in the back.
He withstood the pressure released by the Ninth Dynasty and spoke again: "The Emperor has ordered that His Majesty Shen Qianmeng and the Empress personally interrogate her. Before His Majesty has interrogated her, I am forbidden to touch her in the slightest!"
Before he brought Shen Qianmeng back to the Dali Temple prison, the emperor's decree had already been issued to the Dali Temple.
As soon as the eunuch who announced the decree left, the aunt beside the queen came to announce the queen's decree.
Tell the Dali Temple not to torture Shen Qianmeng.
"Royal brother wants to interrogate her personally?" The Ninth Prince said, and looked at Shen Qianmeng carefully again.
A gleam of light flashed in his eyes. That vicious woman is really very brave.
How dare you confuse the bloodline of your royal brother?
Shen Zhao glanced at the Ninth Prince with admiration.
He was able to guess Shen Qianmeng's identity with just one sentence.
The Ninth Prince suddenly shifted his gaze from Shen Qianmeng to the Crown Prince.
[Is this little brat the blood of my brother?]
In fact, Shen Zhao also had a hint of doubt.
Is the prince the emperor's child, or the queen's child with the eunuch Su beside her?
The Crown Prince was still confused and noticed that his Ninth Uncle was scrutinizing him.
I feel warm in my heart.
The Emperor said that the Ninth Prince had a strange temper and asked him to be more tolerant and not to bother with him.
He didn't find the Ninth Uncle difficult to get along with.
He has admired the Ninth Uncle very much since he was a child.
Shen Zhao listened to the prince's joyful voice and looked at him sympathetically.
Because his beloved Ninth Uncle was thinking in his heart what would happen if he was not the old emperor's bloodline.
How to torture and kill him!
The Ninth Prince suppressed the urge to draw his sword and said to the people behind him:
"Let's go and interrogate those traitors."
[Since I can't kill anyone, I can only torture those little reptiles.]
[It’s so annoying. The further we go in, the stronger the stench becomes.
If this smell gets on their bodies, Li'er and Yaoyao will both dislike it.
After returning to the Ninth Prince's Palace, I must first burn incense, take a bath, and change clothes, and then go to the General's Mansion to see my wife and daughter whom I have been thinking about so much.
I wonder what Li'er is doing now? I wonder when Yaoyao woke up and stopped liking that bastard behind her.
Why haven't they arrived yet? Why did the Xie family's eldest son lock them up so deeply? Are they afraid they'll snap off their wings and fly away...]
Chen Zhao listened to the Ninth Prince's endless thoughts and automatically blocked him out.
His face was as cold as if he was paralyzed, but how could he be so annoying inside!
Just when my mind was a little clear, Pei Xiaosi's sad voice rang out.
[The cells in the Dali Temple look like this, so you can imagine what the Tianlao is like.
I don’t know if those people tortured my father, and I don’t know what he looks like now.
If I were a man, if I could achieve something, wouldn’t I be so passive and helpless now…]
Chen Zhao really wanted to say, Xiao Si, you think too much.
Even if you are a man, Lord Pei is involved in hundreds of lives.
You won't be able to do anything by then.
As the Ninth Prince's face became increasingly gloomy, they finally arrived at the cell where the rebels were imprisoned.
The Ninth Prince glanced at the cell with satisfaction.
[Is this the correct way to treat a criminal?]
This was the first time Shen Zhao had seen such a scene.
The fifteen people were imprisoned in the same cell.
Thirty iron chains were inserted from the beams of the cell, passing through the scapulas of the fifteen men and hanging them high.
Blood mixed with dirt dripped onto the dungeon floor.
This attracted countless snakes, insects, and ants that crawled on the ground and greedily sucked the blood.
There were even many snakes crawling along the chains towards those people.
Shen Zhao was very curious. Some people had more than one snake wrapped around them, and she also saw a scene that disgusted her.
The small snake, as thick as a finger, crawled into the wound that penetrated the scapula and squirmed its slippery and cold body back and forth.
Even so, she didn't hear a single scream.
Just when I was puzzled, the Ninth Prince spoke.
"Open the cell door, and I will personally torture you!"
Xie Wenyun immediately ordered the yamen runners behind him to open the cell door.
The Ninth Prince no longer mind the dirt and walked straight in.
The nine kings had all gone in, so of course these people went in together.
Shen Zhao looked up curiously.
Only a pair of eyes were wide open.
No wonder… no wonder she couldn't hear their howls.
Their mouths were sewn shut.
The rough stitches made the people's mouths wrinkled.
Some were even pulled so hard that they were deformed, which shows how rough their methods were.
Shen Zhao subconsciously glanced at Xie Wenyun.
Xie Wenyun, who appears to be a warm and gentle person on the surface, has a unique way of interrogating prisoners in private.
She wasn't the only one who was shocked.
Xie Yuheng, who was standing aside, took a look at the rebel whose collarbone was pierced and whose mouth was sewn shut.
Then he looked at his elder brother, who was the most gentle and noble young man in Kyoto.
It’s hard to believe that his elder brother is so... cruel in private!
Although these traitors should indeed be executed by slow slicing.
But seeing the way his elder brother tortured them still shocked him to the core.
Woohoo... What should I do? I'm a little scared of my big brother!
Pei Xiaosi, who fell behind the crowd, was even more shocked.
[These people were just pawns, yet they were tortured so horribly.
Father is now branded a traitor, so one can imagine his current situation is even more miserable than these people.]
Thinking of his father's thin body, Pei Xiaosi's eyes were filled with mist and turned scarlet in an instant.
To be honest, the eldest brother of the Xie family is worthy of being the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. He is very hard-hearted and she is afraid of him!
Xie Wenyun felt uncomfortable under the blunt gazes of Chen Zhao, Xie Yuheng, and Pei Xiaosi.
Could he say that this was the first time he had seen these rebels?
Less than three hours had passed since these rebels were taken to the Dali Temple prison.
During this period, only the emperor's chief steward and a team of guards came.
These people had their scapulas pierced and their mouths sewn up. It really wasn't him who did it.
Only Shen Zhao could hear Xie Wenyun's inner explanation.
Now she feels that the eldest brother of the Xie family is quite easy-going.
"Open their mouths for me to interrogate!"
[It looks like it was sewn up not long ago. I want to see how stubborn they are.
If you don't want to say anything, then don't even leave your tongue behind; just pull it out.]
There was something strange in the look in Shen Zhao's eyes when he looked at the Ninth Prince.
How to put it, she had seen living Bodhisattvas who did good deeds, but this was the first time she had seen a living King of Hell like the Ninth King.
"Yes, I will order someone to loosen the chains right away."
Shen Zhao, Xie Yuheng and Pei Xiaosi were once again amazed.
The yamen runners loosened the iron chains nailed to the wall.
Those rebels fell from mid-air in an instant.
"Bang, bang..." a few sounds.
They could see with their own eyes the traitors' faces twisted in pain and their bodies convulsing.
Pei Xiaosi's eyes became even redder. Was his father also treated like this?
A dagger was suddenly handed to Shen Zhao.
The Ninth Prince looked down at her condescendingly.
He ordered in a tone that brooked no resistance: "Go and pry their mouths open!"
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