Li Zhu was very satisfied with Shi Hu's performance. The guards on guard were filled with admiration for their crown prince. The Jie people were notoriously brutal and arrogant, but even so, this two-meter-tall man was completely subdued by their prince...
"gender?"
Shi Hu wanted to curse. Did this thing really need to be confirmed repeatedly? This was humiliating!
But he dared not resist. The thought of being swarmed by hundreds of mosquitoes was utterly horrific. Even if he were four meters tall, let alone two, it wouldn't matter; the intense, bone-deep itching was unbearable for an ordinary person. So, to prove he was a man, he shouted with all his might...
"male!"
"age?"
"19"
"Profession?"
"warrior!"
After the rapid-fire questions and answers, Xie Yuanlong was stunned. The nephew of the dignified Jie tribe leader had been trained like this. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would believe it was true?
Moreover, given Shi Hu's physical resistance, it seems that torture wouldn't be able to subdue him, right? Most importantly, Shi Hu was clean, which doesn't look like he had been tortured!
"Let's go back..."
Li Zhu waved his hand, signaling Shi Hu to go back and wait. Shi Hu was taken aback, looking at Li Zhu in confusion, thinking, "Are you kidding me? Why did you call me if there's nothing wrong?" His heart was pounding in his chest…
He then looked at Xie Yuanlong with a smug expression, a hint of threat in his smile, which made Xie Yuanlong's heart pound with apprehension. He wondered what methods Li Zhu would use to deal with him...
"Little Xie..."
Xie Yuanlong took a while to react. This was someone calling him. He looked at himself insecurely, not thinking he was small at all. Why was he being addressed like this?
Despite his doubts, he knew he had to withstand the torture, or his entire family would be doomed. If he held on, his family would definitely find a way to save him…
"snort!"
Seeing Xie Yuanlong's appearance, Li Zhu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Oh ho... quite arrogant..."
Then he turned to Shi Hu and asked...
"Didn't you teach him the rules here?"
Shi Hu was stunned, thinking, "What the hell does this have to do with me? We're all prisoners, we're in the same boat, okay?"
"No...no..."
Even with a heart full of rage, Shi Hu dared not refuse Li Zhu's question. He didn't want Li Zhu to teach him a lesson, and he certainly didn't want to be swarmed by hundreds of mosquitoes...
"Then you teach him some manners. If he doesn't, I'll teach you a lesson..."
Li Zhu's words made Shi Hu tremble. He cursed Li Zhu countless times in his heart, but he still held his nose and walked towards Xie Yuanlong with a sinister smile on his face. "Since you want me to teach you, then I'll teach you..."
"Don't kill or maim me, I still have a use..."
After glancing at him, Li Zhu ordered the Marquis to send someone to bring over the situation of each prefecture and county!
"Okay, I understand..."
Shi Hu grinned, rubbing his hands together as he approached Xie Yuanlong. Seeing Shi Hu, who was more than a head taller than him, Xie Yuanlong retreated, asking in fear, "..."
"What are you doing? Don't come any closer... I'm a member of the Xie family!"
"I don't care if you're from the Xie family or the Wang family, you're all locked up here now, just prisoners. If you don't obey, you'll get beaten..."
Bang!
Shi Hu raised his foot and kicked Xie Yuanlong in the chest. Xie Yuanlong was sent flying backward, landing curled up like a shrimp, his face contorted in pain…
"To tell or not to..."
"ah…"
"Will you tell me or not...?"
"ah…"
Every time Shi Hu asked a question, he would beat Xie Yuanlong, followed by Xie Yuanlong's screams of agony...
Li Zhu stroked his chin, feeling that Shi Hu was too vengeful. He was venting all his resentment towards him on Xie Yuanlong. If given the chance, Shi Hu would kill him without hesitation, which was not the outcome Li Zhu wanted. He was thinking about how to make Shi Hu so terrified that he wouldn't be able to muster the slightest resistance at the mere sight of him.
While beating Xie Yuanlong, Shi Hu felt a chill run down his spine. He saw Li Zhu looking at him with a dangerous gaze, which made Shi Hu tremble. He even stopped hitting Xie Yuanlong too hard...
"Shi Hu, haven't you had enough? Don't forget that if it weren't for me, all the elites of your Jie tribe would have perished in Luoyang. Instead of thanking me, you treat me like this. Believe me or not, I'll reveal your uncle's whereabouts..."
Upon hearing Xie Yuanlong's words, Li Zhu sneered. He had thought the other party would be tough on the outside, but when his own life was threatened, he betrayed his teammates without the slightest hesitation...
Upon hearing Xie Yuanlong's words, Shi Hu paused for a moment, then realized that this seemed to be one of his own, and that he had gone a bit too far in the fight…
"Xie Yuanlong, I don't know what nonsense you're spouting. This is His Highness the Crown Prince's territory; you must abide by his rules..."
Xie Yuanlong rolled his eyes at him; this lackey was really something else…
"What rules?"
"You must answer whatever the Crown Prince asks, and when answering, you must stand at attention and not look to the side..."
"stand at attention?"
Xie Yuanlong stared blankly at Shi Hu, not understanding what this meant.
Shi Hu then explained in detail the posture required when answering questions, and other important points to note…
After listening, he finally realized what the so-called rules were, considering the questions Li Zhu had asked as soon as he entered and Shi Hu's manner of answering them.
"Impossible... How could I, a dignified commander of the Imperial Guard, do such a shameful thing..."
Xie Yuanlong said with his head held high and chest puffed out!
"Men, since he's unwilling to cooperate, let's teach him a lesson..."
Upon hearing Li Zhu's order, the guards were overjoyed. After two days of experimentation, they discovered that "showing them a little something" was indeed very effective. A person with weak willpower could be driven to a mental breakdown in half an hour, and even a person with strong willpower couldn't last more than an hour. If it went on for too long, it would truly cause a mental breakdown, and screaming and shouting would be normal phenomena...
Soon, the disc made by Li Zhu was pushed out. It was made up of concentric rings composed of alternating black and white squares. Once it started spinning, it would gradually make people sink into it, generating endless fear, as if their souls were being sucked away...
The guards even thoughtfully made small wooden pieces to support the eyelids, as well as instruments to firmly fix the head to the wooden board, making it much more professional than when they tortured Shi Hu…
"What is this? What do you want?"
Xie Yuanlong panicked because he noticed that when the thing was pushed out, Shi Hu's body trembled like a leaf. Something that could terrify even a tough guy like that was definitely not a good thing. He didn't think his bones were harder than Shi Hu's...
"Of course, I'm going to teach you a lesson..."
The guard beside him grinned wickedly and then began to spin the disc…
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