Chapter 94 Tongue Cut
Qi Muchao was particularly interested in the interrogation aspect.
Especially when facing this cunning and treacherous governor.
Seeing him coming, Changkong immediately gave a brief review of the current progress.
"Qi Guangsheng won't talk no matter how hard we try."
As he said that, he led Qi Muchao inside.
This place is the prefect's prison. Although it is a bit simple inside, it has all the necessary torture instruments.
The prefect huddled aside, trembling with fear, afraid that these people would notice him.
Qi Muchao walked past him. Just as the prefect breathed a sigh of relief, he saw Qi Muchao retreat again.
He glanced at him indifferently and asked Changkong, "Has this man been tried?"
"After the interrogation, it turned out that he hadn't done anything serious. He didn't know much about the iron mine. He simply turned a blind eye to the arrests there and didn't intervene."
Upon hearing this, before Qi Muchao could say anything, the prefect began to kowtow. "Sir, this matter has nothing to do with me. I have no choice. The entire Yanzhou is controlled by Qi Guangsheng and the prefect. A small fry like me can do nothing."
He cried so hard that tears streamed down his face. Qi Muchao sighed softly. Just as he was about to hug his thigh, Qi Muchao raised his foot and knocked him over. "I saw that when you were receiving the court's salary and enjoying the treatment of a prefect, you never said that you couldn't do anything."
The prefect rolled over on the ground, then knelt down again and continued crying, "Qi Guangsheng threatened the lives of my entire family. I was helpless."
It was hard for Qi Muchao not to think of the previous governor who risked his life to deliver the blood letter.
Qi Muchao originally didn't know about his situation. It was only when he arrived in Yanzhou that he learned that none of the former governor's family members were left alive.
He looked at the prefect, who was crying, and walked past him with an expressionless face.
Qi Guangsheng was tied to the rack and had obviously been tortured.
Chang Qing saw him coming and hurried over, putting the whip in his hand aside. "I've been interrogating him all night, but he just won't talk."
The man on the rack looked over here with a hint of sarcasm on his face, "You can kill me or chop me up as you please. Even if I die, it won't be a loss. After all, so many people have been buried with me."
Qi Muchao didn't even look at him and asked Chang Qing, "Have all the people from the Qi Mansion been arrested?"
"They were caught. General Song and I led our men to surround the Qi Mansion. Madam Qi initially hid in a tunnel with several young children, but they were found and none of them escaped."
Qi Muzhao nodded and walked towards Qi Guangsheng.
The servants helped him move a chair over, and Changkong asked someone to make a pot of tea.
"You're still pretty stubborn," Qi Muchao smiled and raised his voice slightly, "Except for the servants of the Qi Mansion, bring the rest here."
"yes."
Changkong agreed and went to bring people immediately.
Qi Guangsheng's expression fluctuated slightly, but he still did nothing. These officials from the court were the most hypocritical and were just trying to scare him. His wife and children knew nothing about these things, so even if he really asked, he wouldn't be able to get anything out of them.
But Qi Muchao didn't call those people over for interrogation.
He sipped his tea leisurely. Even the harsh environment in this prison did not diminish his dignity in the slightest.
The Qi family was also detained here. Soon, Changkong led his men and brought the Qi family here.
Mrs. Qi and several younger generations saw how Qi Guangsheng was being tortured and burst into tears, "Master."
"father!"
Qi Guang had many sons. His eldest son is now married and has a son.
But the child is still in swaddling clothes.
The youngest children were a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, who looked about eight or nine years old. They looked at their father with tearful eyes and glared at Qi Muchao fiercely, "Bad guy!"
Mrs. Qi quickly covered the mouths of the two children.
Qi Muchao raised his eyebrows, and Changkong immediately brought the twins over.
The two children were so frightened that they kept screaming, "Dad, Mom, help!"
Mrs. Qi, with a pale face, tried to take the child back, but Chang Qing ruthlessly pushed her away.
Qi Guangsheng loved his two young sons the most and provided them with the best food, clothing and other necessities.
Perhaps because he had a son in his old age, he did not pay much attention to his previous children, but these two children grew up under his nose.
The feelings are naturally extraordinary.
Seeing this, Qi Guangsheng's heart was already surging with anger, but he still didn't think Qi Muchao would really dare to attack an innocent person, so he said in a hoarse voice: "It's just an innocent child. Neither the wife nor the child knows what I did."
"I don't know?" Qi Muchao smiled. He poked the child's clothes with his dagger. "If I'm not mistaken, the price of this cloth is more than a hundred taels. I heard that the food and clothing expenses in the governor's mansion are very luxurious, and bird's nest and ginseng are never out of stock. As far as I know, it seems that Lord Qi has not chosen the path of business in Yanzhou?"
Qi Guangsheng's expression changed.
"Since we haven't discussed this before, can you really buy these luxurious and extravagant things with just your salary, Lord Qi?"
At this point, Qi Muchao's expression turned cold, and he looked at Madam Qi, "Even if these two children don't know, is it possible that Madam Qi doesn't know?"
"Having enjoyed the wealth that Lord Qi gained through exploiting the people and corruption, how can you claim to be innocent now?"
If we talk about innocence, the people who stay at home and work like animals in the iron mines day after day are the innocent.
He was already in a bad mood, and the evil boy broke free from his restraints and bit Qi Muchao's arm.
Everyone present was worried, and Madam Qi was so frightened that she screamed, "Rui'er, let go!"
"Bad guy, when I get out, I'll tie him up and put him behind the horse and run after him!"
This was not a casual remark. As far as Qi Muchao knew, three months ago, an eight-year-old child from a villager had somehow provoked Qi Guangsheng's youngest son.
He was then tied to the back of a carriage and dragged to death.
Blood and flesh spread all along the street. The child's mother went mad with grief and anger, and his father had been taken away to work in the iron mine and had no idea what his wife and children had been through.
He still hopes that one day he can escape from the iron mine and return home to reunite with his wife and children.
Qi Muchao threw the dagger to Changkong and said indifferently: "Cut off your tongue."
"yes."
With a scream, the bright red tongue was thrown in front of Qi Guangsheng.
Mrs. Qi screamed and fainted.
Qi Guangsheng's eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "How is it any different from me for you to be so cruel to an innocent child? How dare you, such a ruthless person, be interrogated in this hypocritical manner! I've already said, I did nothing and I know nothing. I'm going to sue you before His Majesty!"
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