Xiao Yan took Shen Qiyin to Qiying Pavilion.
It was already strange that he brought her here in the dead of night, but what was even more puzzling was that when they arrived at Qiying Pavilion, he immediately pulled Shen Qiyin towards the dark prison.
Standing at the entrance to the dungeon, Shen Qiyin looked down at the dark, abyss-like place and stopped in her tracks.
Xiao Yan also stopped, but his eyes showed doubt: "Yinyin?"
Shen Qiyin hesitated and said, "You brought me here..."
Are you going to subject me to criminal interrogation?
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan flicked his forehead.
She hissed, her delicate brows furrowing slightly, looking pitiful: "It hurts."
"You'll only learn your lesson if it hurts. Let's see if you'll talk nonsense again next time." Xiao Yan said this, but his hands gently rubbed her sore spot: "Does it hurt a lot?"
He didn't use much force, but he still lost his composure and didn't intend to.
For this, I can't help but feel some regret.
To everyone's surprise, Shen Qiyin replied, "Actually, it doesn't hurt. I was just teasing you."
Xiao Yan: "..." So shameless.
He shook his head, his smile full of helplessness and doting affection.
The two went down into the dungeon together. Before they even reached the execution site, Shen Qiyin smelled a strong stench of blood.
Xiao Yan tightened his grip on her hand and asked, "Are you scared?"
"If you're just observing the punishment and don't get tortured yourself, you're not afraid."
Just as he finished speaking, a "pfft" sound suddenly came from the corner.
Upon hearing the sound, Shen Xiyin looked over and saw Chen Bao with his back turned, his shoulders shaking with laughter.
She raised an eyebrow and silently asked Xiao Yan: What are you laughing at?
"Ignore him." He led her straight to a cell and gestured for her to look inside.
There was a person lying in the cell.
He was hunched over, curled up on the ground, his hair disheveled and covering his face, so she couldn't immediately recognize him.
But she was completely familiar with the eunuch's uniform the other person was wearing.
She turned to look at Xiao Yan beside her, her surprise and doubt undisguised: "Qin Li?!"
Xiao Yan nodded.
"Why did you capture him?" He had been holding back for a while, but now he has suddenly made a move. There must be a reason for it.
"If we don't catch him soon, he won't have the life to take revenge on Yinyin."
"Hmm?" What does that mean?
"He was assassinated today, but my mole in the Qin family rescued him in time and brought him here."
In fact, ever since he learned that Shen Qiyin had a grudge against Qin Li, Xiao Yan had been sending people to keep an eye on Qin Li.
The fear is that he might die a violent death someday.
At that time, wouldn't his in-laws be unable to take revenge on him?
It was precisely for this reason that he had not yet taken action against Qin Li, not because of the presence of the Imperial Noble Consort, but because he was unsure whether his wife had other plans for this person.
"The person has been saved, but the person behind it has not yet been found."
Of those assassins, two died at the hands of hidden agents, and the other two, seeing no way out, committed suicide.
Judging from the charter, they are mostly suicide squad members.
He had just had Chu Si spar with that hidden agent and discovered that the assassin who killed Qin Li used the same tactics as the group that killed Yin Yin on the fifteenth.
But that's all.
Everyone was dead, and there were absolutely no clues.
To Xiao Yan's surprise, Shen Qiyin said, "There's no need to bother investigating further. I know who's behind this."
"who?"
"Huo Xiaoyue, the second daughter of the General's Mansion."
"Her?!" Xiao Yan was clearly surprised.
"I'll explain this to you later." As she spoke, Shen Qiyin turned to look at Qin Li inside the cell, a bright smile suddenly blooming on her lips.
Unexpectedly, Huo Xiaoyue acted quickly.
It seems that this so-called "system" is something special.
She originally thought that it wouldn't be bad if she could get rid of Qin Li through Huo Xiaoyue's hands.
But after all the twists and turns, the person ended up in her hands. Perhaps it was all preordained, and she should just go with the flow.
Xiao Yan looked down at her: "Should I do it? Or will you do it yourself?"
"Um……"
Chen Xiyin's face showed a thoughtful expression.
She looked around and saw the instruments of torture he had. They were truly "numerous" and "dazzling." There were more than seventeen, let alone twenty-seven.
Shen Qiyin looked at each item one by one, fiddling with this and poking at that, and finally said to Xiao Yan with a troubled expression, "I have decision-making difficulties."
"That's easy, just take care of them all."
“That’s not good, too cruel.” Shen Qiyin frowned and shook her head, then changed the subject: “You help me choose, seventeen kinds, the most difficult to endure, but not the kind that will kill you.”
Chen Bao was stunned.
As a member of the Thousand Eagle Guard, he was skilled at torturing people and was not intimidated by the number of punishments mentioned in Shen Qiyin's words. He was simply surprised by her unexpected turn of events.
That was so sudden.
But look at their parents. No matter what Miss Chen said, he always had a look on his face that said, "My wife is so cute," and replied with an almost indulgent "Okay."
But then again, why are there "seventeen" punishments?
Out of curiosity, and also to find out if Shen Xiyin would be afraid, Chen Bao volunteered to stay and carry out the execution.
Based on his past experience, for prisoners like Qin Li who did not require interrogation, the first step in their torture was usually to pull out their tongues.
This way, he won't keep yelling and it'll be too noisy.
When Chen Bao saw Shen Qiyin watching torture methods like rat torture and water torture with an expressionless face, he didn't think much of it. But seeing that he was about to skin Qin Li alive and she was still so calm and collected, he became a little uneasy.
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