"Ouyang Zhen, you can't do this to me!"
Ouyang Fu shouted that even though he had been deposed, he was no longer the crown prince and could not be tortured at will.
"Ouyang Zhen, I am the Crown Prince of Xiyao Kingdom, you cannot torture me!"
Xi Wujue was also afraid. He had heard before that Ouyang Zhen was a bit crazy and sometimes acted recklessly, disregarding everyone's feelings. Seeing this today, he realized it was true.
"Your Highness, now that you're here, I'll feel bad if I don't treat you well!"
Xi Wujue wanted to retort loudly, "You don't need to be so polite, and you don't need to entertain me."
However, Han Yuchen was also tired. He yawned and muttered, "A bunch of idiots, this is boring!"
"Your Highness is right. These fools can be dealt with by me."
Xu Liang was stunned; he hadn't expected His Highness to be so powerful. Without losing a single soldier, he had wiped out the elite troops brought by Xi Wujue.
What was that poison called again? It was really potent.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you."
After Han Yuchen left, Xu Liang ordered his men to take the group to the torture chamber, where they would have to work through the night again.
However, the thought that two of these people were princes gave them renewed enthusiasm. This was their first time interrogating a prince!
Moreover, the new crown prince said that they should be gentle and not cause any deaths!
Does that mean that as long as you survive, they can do whatever they want with you?
Both Ouyang Fu and Xi Wujue had always been high and mighty, and it was always the other way around. This was the first time they had been hit.
The custom here is that once you go in and are hung up, you'll first be whipped, and after that, you'll be immediately plunged into ice water, guaranteed to make you feel chilled to the bone and heartbroken.
This was the first time Ouyang Fu and Xi Wujue had experienced such treatment. At first, they gritted their teeth in pain, but after only an hour, they could no longer bear it.
Hearing the screams of pain coming from the torture chamber, Xu Liang was satisfied and ordered his men to continue serving him before he went back to catch up on his sleep.
We caught too many people today, and the dungeon was overflowing. In the end, we had to tie their hands and feet behind their backs and leave them in a corner of the yard.
The next morning, as the sun rose high in the sky, the soldiers in the camp finally awoke.
Han Yuchen yawned. Last night, he was able to capture Xi Wujue's men in one fell swoop, which made his long period of patient waiting worthwhile.
Xu Liang held the new crown prince in even higher esteem. Previously, when Ouyang Fu tried to enter, he sensed something was amiss and dared not let him in.
I'm worried that something unexpected might happen, like inciting a rebellion in the military.
But the new crown prince didn't care at all. He simply let the man in and let Ouyang Fu do whatever he wanted.
He was truly ashamed of his own inferiority in terms of vision and strategy.
Even letting people directly into the city, letting so many people in, still frightened Xu Liang. Even though they were prepared, they still needed to be on the safe side.
However, the new crown prince simply took out two small bottles, mixed one with water, and had everyone drink a bowl. At the time, he didn't understand why, but he assumed it was the antidote.
Otherwise, why are all the people who fall down from the Western Yao Kingdom?
...
"Your Highness, I am innocent! I am innocent!"
Lu Xiaonan never expected that he would return so soon after leaving this place, with his wounds not even fully healed.
She was hung up again, and the familiar little leather whip came at her. Lu Xiaonan felt extremely wronged.
Beside him were several other people who had been on duty with him at the time. Influenced by him, they were also locked up and treated the same way.
"My lord, we are innocent! We have no connection whatsoever with the former crown prince. He went to see Lu Xiaonan. We are truly innocent..."
Several people were sobbing, but the whip continued to strike without mercy.
The group was on the verge of tears. Who would have thought that all they wanted was to use Lu Xiaonan's connections to get on good terms with the Crown Prince, or rather, the former Crown Prince, so that even just showing their faces in front of him would make them look good later on.
But who could have imagined that the former crown prince would commit treason? This is such a serious crime. If he were also convicted, it wouldn't just be him who would die, but his entire family, or even his entire clan.
The men turned pale with fright. The whips hurt, but their hearts were in even greater agony.
"Injustice? You're all innocent?"
The executioner sneered and shouted angrily, "If it weren't for His Highness's wisdom in making arrangements in advance, have you ever considered what the situation would be like in this city right now?"
Several people felt a chill run down their spines. Following the train of thought from his earlier words, they realized that if His Highness hadn't foreseen this and made all the necessary arrangements, then now…
The people from Xiyao Kingdom came in, and we were completely unprepared. Were we just sitting there being killed at will? Including those few of them, they're probably all dead by now.
“But we really don’t know the Crown Prince, this matter has nothing to do with us.”
Several people tried to argue, but they were met with even harsher whipping.
They didn't know how they would get through the day. Finally, in the evening, they were released and thrown into the prison.
Seeing Lu Xiaonan, who had been beaten the most, the group was furious. It was all Lu Xiaonan's fault; if it weren't for him, they wouldn't be locked up here.
"Ah, no, stop hitting me."
Lu Xiaonan had been beaten half to death during the day, and at least he could rest for a while at night to recover. But he didn't expect that as soon as he entered, several of his companions would attack him, punching and kicking him. He clutched his head and begged for mercy, "I don't know, how could I know that the Crown Prince would actually..."
It's all the fault of that new crown prince. He knew the crown prince had betrayed the country and had been deposed, but he kept the news from him, causing him to make a mistake.
Even at this point, Lu Xiaonan still doesn't consider his own reasons and is still complaining. It has to be said, this person is really something else.
After finishing her night shift, Lu Xiaonan was supposed to go home in the morning, but she didn't return until noon.
Han Jinghua was extremely anxious and wanted to ask someone for information, but she didn't know who to ask.
She wasn't familiar with the people here, so when something happened, she could only wait and see.
She listlessly washed the clothes; her hands were already white from being soaked in water and full of wrinkles.
She had done this kind of work countless times; the moment she opened her eyes, it was endless laundry, with no end in sight.
"See that? That's her man!"
"I can't tell. I thought she was quite honest, but how come her husband is like that?"
"This is what they mean by knowing a person's face but not their heart. You can't tell what's in someone's heart from their belly, so who can say for sure?"
"That's true, but the higher-ups haven't given a full verdict yet, have they?"
Some well-informed people know a thing or two about what happened last night.
Han Jinghua suddenly felt something was wrong. These people seemed to be talking about her. Could it be that something had happened to Xiao Nan?
Han Jinghua hurriedly got up, but she hadn't eaten anything that morning, and she was in such a rush that her vision went black, and she fell straight forward, plunging headfirst into the dirty water from the laundry.
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