The torture instruments were ready and the steward was immediately apprehended.
A cylindrical object with spikes inside was directly covered over the steward's abdomen. Once the chain was tied, the object began to drill into his flesh in an instant.
"Your Highness, I feel wronged... wronged... so innocent..." The steward was panicked and in pain.
"Manager Song, you come and speak. If you speak more and say the right things, you can avoid this suffering. Otherwise, you will be the next one." The prince looked very weak, but his words were cold and ruthless.
The snow-white face seemed to be emitting cold air, making the already cold weather even colder.
Manager Song was already terrified, and now he was crying: "Mercy...Mercy! I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill anyone!"
"You didn't have time to kill anyone, but they did, right?" asked the prince.
Steward Song trembled, "I, I've only been here for two years... I only know that the chief steward, the chief steward's room, needs someone to wait on him every night, every night. He, he, he, he... he once killed a little girl..."
"What else?" The prince glanced over and the guard put the knife to Manager Song's neck.
Steward Song was completely bewildered. "Yes, yes, yes... Steward Wang, he has other preferences... he likes boys... Steward Liu, he's not attracted to pretty girls, but he's very fierce and whips them at every turn... Madam Li, who takes care of their daily life, often doesn't give the children any food. She even makes them eat pig food and makes them wait on her..."
In order to save his own life, Manager Song told almost everything he knew.
All at once, they pointed out seven or eight people with problems.
This orphanage has been in operation for more than ten years, and the chief steward has always been the one who has the final say here.
Later, the managers who came in one after another either became corrupt with the chief manager or were threatened by him. In the end, they all became the same type of people. There might be some upright people, but such people would not be recruited by the chief manager. Even if they were recruited accidentally, he would find a way to make them shut up.
In such a large Salesian's home, it is hard to find a completely innocent person.
Moreover, these people...
The relationships are all intertwined, either relatives or close friends with vested interests, so for such a long time, not a single word has leaked out...
Or perhaps, someone may have said something bad about the Salesian Home, but didn’t think deeply about it.
Even Xiao Cunyu couldn't believe that a place for doing good deeds had become rotten from the root before seeing the situation here.
Those who came to watch the fun were dumbfounded!
I thought it was just greed for money, but I didn't expect... it would involve human lives!
"Your Highness, we donated money to do good deeds and accumulate blessings for our families. Isn't this... a sin? You must help us!" This group of businessmen also felt aggrieved.
Although they are merchants with money, their status is indeed not high. Not only are they restricted in the imperial examinations, but they are also ostracized by others. So they just want to accumulate more virtue so that they can be reborn into a better life in the next life.
And then...someone actually used their money to do something bad?!
"You have seen it. I can make the decision for you this time, but I need you to provide more testimony, so that I can catch all the evil people who have harmed you." Ying Huaiji looked at the children and said again.
The steward's body was almost full of bloody holes, but the wounds were not fatal and he was still breathing hard.
Suddenly, a well-dressed girl stood up from behind the steward and said, "Your Highness, I am the steward's concubine, and I was once an orphan in... the Salesian's Home..."
"I was one of the first children in the Salesian Home..."
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