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"Seventeenth Master, let's go back today. Take these three people back with us, and I'll find out what happened here before reporting back to you," Duolong said.
Seeing that only a few people remained in the entire mountain village, and that they were all insane, and that a tragedy of cannibalism had occurred, Shiqi decided not to stay in the place any longer and agreed to Duolong's suggestion.
When they returned to the post station, Duolong took away the three crazy "madmen" and the limbs he had collected from the mountain village. He didn't say anything to Seventeen, only telling her to rest well.
After a day of running around and being terrified, the Seventeenth Prince was indeed quite tired and went to sleep as soon as he returned to the inn.
That night, the Seventeenth Master slept restlessly. After all, this was his first official business trip, and he had encountered such a terrifying situation, which was far beyond his capacity to cope. He knew he was still too young, and that he couldn't accomplish anything with just enthusiasm. He had so much more to learn and grow.
The next day, after the Seventeenth Prince woke up, his personal servant told him that Duolong had figured out what had happened and was waiting to report to him.
The Seventeenth Prince, disregarding his breakfast, hurriedly called for someone to let Duolong in.
"Seventeenth Master, the strange things we encountered in that mountain village yesterday were not as they appeared. This servant interrogated those three people all night and finally got some information out of them," Duolong said bluntly.
"What did you find out?" Seventeen asked.
“The people from that mountain village actually left a long time ago, and we don’t know where they went. These few didn’t want to leave, but they were coerced into pretending to be like that. Those remains weren’t what they ate,” Doron said.
"Ah, it wasn't them! Then, where did those people's severed limbs come from?" Seventeen asked in surprise.
"It seems that the people who refused to leave were killed, and then they deliberately staged this scene to cover up the truth. Their purpose, it seems, is to mislead people into believing that cannibalism occurred in this mountain village due to the snow disaster, so that no one will pay attention to the real reason," Duolong said.
Seventeen pondered, "Brother Duolong, how did you get those people to talk? They all seemed mentally unstable to me."
Doron chuckled and said, "I'm certain they're not truly insane. With a few extreme measures, they'll slip up."
"What methods?" Seventeen asked.
Duolong glanced at Seventeen and said, "I had someone set up an iron pot and boiled the remaining limbs in it, then I called those three people to eat it. If they really dared to eat it, I wouldn't be able to tell what they were up to. But when they saw that I actually made them eat those human remains, they all turned ashen-faced, and they no longer dared to say they were crazy. Then, after using some torture, they all confessed."
Seventeen was surprised by Duolong's ruthless methods and stared at him in astonishment, making Duolong feel embarrassed.
"Does Seventeenth Master think that what Duolong did was inhumane?" Duolong asked.
"That's not entirely true. Under these circumstances, without some extreme measures, it might not be so easy to find out the truth. I'm truly astonished at who they are, to use such horrific methods to cover up the truth," Seventeen said.
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