The man looked fearless, just staring at Xiao Lingling, with no sadness or joy in his eyes.
Xiao Lingling withdrew her gaze and looked around, only then did she realize that she seemed to have lost control just now.
In order not to scare everyone, she quickly averted her gaze. "I, I just didn't control my strength. I have something to ask this person alone. Grandma, can you take everyone out and wait for me for a while?"
Zhao was worried. This man looked extremely vicious. She wanted to refuse, but when she saw Xiao Lingling's calm eyes, she could only calm herself down and sigh.
"No, leaving you alone won't worry about your grandma. How about this, Qiuyue, you take the children out and I'll stay."
Huo Qiuyue frowned, but felt a little relieved when she saw that the bad guy was tied up so tightly.
"Okay then, we'll just stand guard at the door. Call me if anything happens."
Cheng Che looked back, but didn't say much. He led the officials towards the door.
Chu Yu glanced at Xiao Lingdang twice, dodged, and flipped out of the window.
"I'm on the roof, call me if you need anything!"
Xiao Lingling nodded, and soon, there were only three of them left in the room.
Xiao Lingdang and Zhao nodded. The two of them didn't say anything, but they had a tacit understanding.
Xiao Lingling took a step forward and grabbed the man's shoulders. The next moment, the three of them flashed into the space.
It was not until this moment that a hint of timidity finally appeared in the mortal's eyes.
He looked at Xiao Lingling nervously. If she hadn't been pouting, she might have even cursed.
Little Bell asked him without any hurry, "Grandma, please watch him for a while, I'll go find something."
Zhao nodded, "Okay, go ahead."
Little Lingling ran to the edge of the pond happily, paddling her little hands in the water, and soon she came running over with a palm-sized jade token in her hand.
She placed the jade token on the prisoner's back, and the next moment, a voice reached Xiao Lingling's ears.
"Monster! How can there be monsters in this world? It seems that this time it is really dangerous. What should I do?"
This sound is the prisoner's inner voice. No one else can hear it, only the little bell can hear it.
Little Bell said nothing, but looked at him coldly, and the sound continued.
"What's going on? Aren't they going to interrogate me? Why haven't they pulled the rag out of my mouth yet? I don't know how long this rag hasn't been washed, it's almost suffocating me!"
Hey, little bell was happy.
The more impatient and unwilling he was, the more unwilling Xiao Lingling was to comply with his wishes. Instead, she pulled out a dagger from somewhere and started looking for a stone to sharpen it.
Slowly, the man began to panic.
"What's going on? Why are they sharpening their knives? Are they planning to kill me without even asking questions? What should I do? This isn't what I imagined!
Wasn't it said that the princess was poisoned and would die? The higher-ups had me fall into their trap specifically so I could watch the princess die.
But what's going on? This princess is as strong as an ox, and she's still sharpening a knife!
Little Bell heard his thoughts and understood instantly.
This person and this organization are most likely connected with the palace. The so-called poisoning was nothing more than the poison that Su Zhaorou wanted to put on her at that time!
They probably thought they had succeeded, so they sent someone to check if she was really dead.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lingling's face became even darker. She picked up the dagger and slowly walked towards the man.
"You've committed countless evil deeds. You've already taken dozens of lives! People like you deserve to be cut into pieces.
I know you don't want to tell me, and I didn't mean to ask. Keeping you here is just to avenge the souls of those you killed.
Once you've come to my territory, don't even think about leaving. But I can give you a chance to choose how you want to die: disemboweled, bleeding from all seven orifices, cut into pieces, or torn apart by five horses?
Choose one for yourself!"
After Xiao Lingling finished speaking, she deliberately put on a smile. Although it looked sweet, it was like a nightmare to the man.
He shook his head frantically, signaling Xiao Lingling to untie the rag in his mouth. His originally strong composure could no longer be maintained at this moment.
"How could it be? She didn't ask anything, how could she know? No! I can't die like this!
My daughter is still waiting for me to bring back some medicine! Untie me! Untie me! I'm willing to tell you anything, I really am willing to tell you anything.
As long as it allows me to, I can say anything! I had no choice at the beginning. For Rong'er, I had no choice!
Please, give me a chance."
Xiao Lingling saw the regret that flashed across his eyes, but it was too late.
He has done so many bad things that retribution has already begun to come to him.
Even if she didn't do anything, the man wouldn't live for more than three months.
Little Bell sighed inwardly, "I can give you a chance to say your last words, but you only have one chance. Think carefully before you speak!"
The man nodded frantically, tears starting to fall.
Xiao Lingdang was about to go forward, but was stopped by Zhao, "I'll go, you wait here, in case he has any bad ideas."
As he said that, he quickly stepped forward and pulled the rag out of the man's mouth.
The man immediately adjusted his posture with difficulty and knelt on the ground. "Please, let me live. I have no choice! I will tell you everything you want to know! I will tell you everything I know.
I only ask you to spare my life! Don't worry, I will never say anything nonsense, and I will never tell anyone what happened here."
Xiao Lingling frowned impatiently. This was not what she wanted to hear.
Seeing this, the man immediately forced himself to calm down. "I, I know! I know what you want to know. But, but actually, I know very little.
Those people kept it a secret from us, worried that we might get caught and leak the information. I only knew that my supervisor was probably someone in the capital.
And we should have power and authority, because if we occasionally show our true colors in some places, someone will quickly deal with us.
Some of the people who helped us settle the matter were even government officials, so they should have been high-ranking officials in the court, but we really don’t know who they were.
I was also tempted by money the first time, and after that I couldn't get off the boat.
The people you arrested are my subordinates. I have been working with them for three years. During this period, I have sold a total of 769 children, both boys and girls.
In order to prevent us from becoming abandoned, I have kept records of how many people were sold on which day and how much each person was paid. I have them clearly recorded in my account book.
The account book is hidden under the altar in the City God Temple in the south of the city."
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