One of the pirates said, "Mi Moli disappeared in the melee. As for the man at noon, he ran away when he saw that we were outnumbered. His boat was fast, so we didn't catch up."
Zhao Lin nodded and said to Zhou Hai, "Look for it."
Zhou Hai immediately ordered: "Everyone stop resting and look for Mi Lao immediately."
Finding Mi Moli is also a great achievement.
Zhao Lin continued to interrogate the pirates: "Who ordered you to kidnap Mr. Mi?"
The pirates kept silent.
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "Admiral Zhou, it's up to you."
Zhou Hai let out a sinister smile: "My two lords, please keep an eye on us. We have the most experience in dealing with pirates."
The surrounding navy soldiers all laughed.
Any pirate who falls into their hands will definitely not have a good ending.
What's more, although they won a great victory this time, they suffered more than 200 casualties, so they must vent their anger on these pirates.
A pirate shouted quickly, "Can you please give me a quick death?"
He didn't even expect to live, he just wanted to be happy.
Zhao Lin said calmly, "It's satisfying to be useful. If you persist to the end, or dare to deceive me, not only will I make it difficult for you to die, but I will also find your family and kill them all."
Qi Ziang frowned slightly. You are a first-rank official after all. Please don’t kill people’s entire family at every turn, okay?
Although we high-ranking officials do need to eradicate the evil completely before it resurfaces, there is no need to talk about it all the time.
Zhou Hai showed admiration: "Master Zhao is indeed a man of character."
After hearing what Zhao Lin said, several pirates collapsed on the ground. After looking at each other for a few seconds, one of them said in a hoarse voice, "I said, I was invited by Blackbeard to come here. I don't know who ordered me to come here. He only said that there would be a reward of one thousand taels of silver after the mission was completed."
Another pirate quickly said, "So do I."
Several pirates nodded.
Zhao Lin asked, "Where's Blackbeard?"
The pirate leaders looked at a corpse at the same time.
"There's no evidence against him."
Zhao Lin's expression suddenly darkened. "So, you don't know who's behind this?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Several pirates nodded.
Zhao Lin turned his head and looked at Zhou Hai: "Admiral Zhou, I leave it to you."
Zhou Hai grinned and said, "Brothers, let the two masters see our methods."
Immediately, several navy soldiers rushed up, two of them held up a pirate leader, while other navy soldiers began to sharpen wooden sticks.
Zhou Hai introduced: "Sir, don't look at us as rough guys, but we often fight pirates and we know a lot about punishments. For example, this swing is to use a large iron hook to hook into the body and hang up, then swing like a swing. This way, it will hurt them but won't kill them too quickly."
Seeing the soldiers coming with large iron hooks, one of the pirates couldn't hold on any longer and cried out, "General, General, I really don't know. I was really invited by Blackbeard. He said that in addition to 1,000 taels of silver, he would also let us go ashore and plunder for three days. Really?"
"Without evidence, you are lying. Hang him up!" Zheng Tong shouted.
The big iron hooks were hooked into the bodies of these pirate leaders, and then hung high on the wooden stakes erected by the soldiers. Looking at the pirate leaders swaying in the wind and listening to their shrill screams, it really felt a bit like swinging on a swing.
"What if you don't accept this?" Zhao Lin asked humbly.
Zhou Hai said, "Then let's escalate the situation. Strip them naked, cut a few slits in their throats, and have them swing on a swing while being bitten by mosquitoes and flies. Wait until maggots start to grow in their flesh, and they won't hesitate to confess."
Zhao Lin nodded.
Just these two tricks can scare ordinary people so much that they can't sleep.
There will definitely be more cruel methods later.
There is no most cruel, only more cruel.
But for these pirates, no amount of cruelty is too much.
Zhou Hai observed Zhao Lin carefully and was secretly surprised to see that he did not feel any discomfort.
Many young people couldn't stand it when they heard about those methods. Some couldn't bear to look at them, while others vomited. Some naive people even advised Zhou Hai to win people over with virtue.
Is that a joke?
But Zhao Lin didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, he said, "We can't just kill these people and leave it at that. Drive stakes along the coastline and hang their bodies there. Let everyone see the consequences of being a pirate."
Qi Ziang was shocked: "So many people were hanged?"
Zhao Lin nodded: "Leave no one behind."
Qi Ziang hesitated and said, "Isn't that too many? Just arrest some of the leaders and hang them. If you hang thousands of people, the ministers in the court will not forgive you."
Zhao Lin sneered, "Anyone who speaks for the pirates is an accomplice of the pirates. I will hang him up with my own hands."
After a pause, Zhao Lin said, "Even the Duke of Wei is no exception!"
hiss……
Hearing this, Qi Ziang and Zhou Hai both shook their bodies, revealing a trace of shock, while Zheng Tong next to them was already trembling and almost collapsed to the ground.
If Zhao Lin knew that he was working for Pang Dongxing and colluding with pirates, he would never forgive him.
After swinging on the swing for half an hour, the pirate leaders just begged for mercy but could not reveal any information about the mastermind behind the scenes. Zhao Lin knew that these people really didn't know anything.
Zhao Lin waved his hand and said, "There's no point in keeping him alive. Admiral Zhou, please torture him."
"Okay!"
At Zhou Hai's command, the pirate leaders let out even more shrill screams.
Zhao Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Spread the word. As long as they reveal who is colluding with them and provide evidence, they can be spared. The time limit is before tomorrow's sunrise. If they can't provide the evidence after sunrise, they will be killed!"
Zhou Hai immediately issued an order, and all the pirates were in an uproar.
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