"Ahhhh—"
In the cool, damp, dark cell, a layer of human skin was brutally peeled off, and blood dripped onto the ground, staining even the surrounding straw a terrifying scarlet.
The next moment, the man who had been beaten was thrown down by the two jailers. Apart from opening his eyes, he had no strength left.
Outside the cell, Si Jin, dressed in red, leaned against a nanmu chair, propping her head up with one hand and closing her eyes lazily.
His well-defined fingers pressed lightly against his temples, seemingly also suffering from a headache due to the noisy interrogation scene in front of him.
"Lord Supervisor." The jailer who had just torn the skin off the man walked out of the cell and bowed respectfully to Si Jin: "His tendons and limbs have been severed, and there are hardly any skin left. He has no strength left to struggle."
The man chuckled softly, slowly sat up straight, and his beautiful eyes met those of the pitiful people in the prison, instantly filling with a smile.
"Oh, Lord Liu, how come you've fallen into such a miserable state after just a few days? It's heartbreaking to see you like this."
However, Liu Huian in the cell just stared wide-eyed at Si Jin, unable to speak no matter how hard she tried.
Si Jinwei waved her hand: "Let him sign it."
"Yes." The jailer walked over and directly made Liu Huian put her fingerprint on the blood-stained paper. She then presented the confession to Si Jin with both hands raised.
At this moment, the man who had been beaten to a pulp finally had the strength to curse: "Gu Sijin, I didn't embezzle disaster relief funds, you... tortured me into... confessing!"
"Who said we were going to prosecute you for embezzlement? That was just a pretext to bring you to my Eastern Depot."
After Si Jin finished speaking, he took the confession and began to read: "Ten years ago, you were a wealthy man in Liuzhou. You took a fancy to a musician named Gu Yueying. After repeatedly wooing her but being rejected, you killed her entire family. In front of her husband, you raped her and then killed her."
"That night, Gu Yueying's parents, husband, and even her newborn child all died in pools of blood. And what happened? You bribed the county magistrate and insisted that it was bandits who robbed and killed her, and then walked away without taking any responsibility. Is that true?"
Upon hearing this, a hint of panic appeared in Liu Huian's eyes, which had been filled with resentment. He had handled that matter perfectly well back then, so how could Gu Sijin...
"How would I know?" Si Jin sneered, handed the confession to the person next to him, turned around, drew a long sword, and stepped into the cell.
In an instant, he severed one of Liu Hui'an's arms: "Gu Yueying is my aunt. I went to study in another city at that time, and when I returned home five days later, I found that there was nothing there but blood. You should take full responsibility for this!"
"Someone come here!"
Seemingly annoyed by the cries for help, Si Jin severed his hands and feet, threw away his longsword, and ordered with his hands behind his back, "Pull out his tongue, tie him up, and soak him in a wine vat. Let him taste the bitter fruit he has sown."
"Yes." Several jailers accepted the order and quickly pulled Liu Huian away. In a short while, they brought the dying person over along with the wine vat.
Si Jin had just finished washing his hands and was about to turn around to take one last look at Liu Huian when he heard someone outside shout: "Imperial decree has arrived! Chief Eunuch of the Eastern Depot, Gu Si Jin, receive the decree!"
Outside the dark prison, Yuwen Linyuan rode up on horseback.
The young man, dressed in white robes that fluttered in the wind, dismounted and quickly ran in.
His sharp phoenix eyes flashed with a hint of panic. The moment he saw Si Jin, he immediately announced the imperial decree: "By His Majesty's oral decree, the matter of Liu Huian's embezzlement is still under investigation. Please transfer her to the Court of Judicial Review..."
Before he could finish speaking, Si Jin turned and swung his sword, severing Liu Hui'an's head.
Turning her gaze to the naive Yuwen Linyuan opposite her, her beautiful peach blossom eyes sparkled with innocence: "What a pity, I've already killed them all. Your Highness, it's too late."
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