Chapter 34: Wang Zhi, the King of Hardness!
The dungeon was unusually quiet at this time, and Wang Zhi clenched his teeth tightly.
"Don't worry, Master Huang. I have nothing to say. Isn't the evidence in front of you?"
"Kill me or chop me up, it's up to you!"
Huang Gongwan never expected that Wang Zhi was such a stubborn person who refused to listen to any advice.
"Wang Zhi, you must think it over carefully. If you confess, His Highness may change his mind. If you don't confess, you will surely die."
Wang Zhi burst out laughing : "Hahaha, Mr. Huang, don't say such things that would fool a three-year-old child!"
"The prince directly said in front of so many people that I will be executed in the autumn. Do you think I still have a chance?"
"But the prince may not really dare to kill me. I am the disciple of the Prime Minister. He has to consider whether he can kill me or not."
Huang Gong even felt helpless after hearing this. There was really nothing he could do about such brainwashed people.
"The Prime Minister may not care whether you live or die. A dying person has no use to him."
Wang Zhi said calmly, "That's someone else. I'm different. I'm different."
"Don't waste your time here. I won't say anything."
"Isn't the prince very crazy? Why don't you check it yourself?"
Huang Gong also laughed: "You kept saying that the Prime Minister would save you, why did he save you?"
"What secrets are there between you two? Did you buy your position from the Prime Minister?"
Wang Zhi knew that he had talked too much, so he shut up again and said nothing.
"I advise you to confess, so as to avoid further physical pain."
But Wang Zhi still looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
"Come here, torture!"
Hearing about the torture, Wang Zhi became crazy again. He had been beaten badly since he arrived.
I didn't expect that he would torture me.
"Huang Gong, when I get out, I will kill you. I will kill you!"
“Ah! Ah! Ah!”
"I'll kill all of you!"
"ah!"
After being whipped, Wang Zhi was already dying. If he was beaten any further, he would probably die.
Huang Gong would naturally not let him die if he didn't get the information he wanted.
"Someone, bring the best medicine for wounds. No one can die!"
Wang Zhi also woke up at this time, but was very weak.
"I told you that you dare not kill me . The Prime Minister will never let you go. Go on, go on if you have the guts!"
Huang Gong smiled and said, "Want to die? It's not that easy. Even if you enter the Dali Temple, even the King of Hell cannot decide your life or death."
"If you confess honestly, I will give you a quick death. Why put yourself in this torture?"
"I admire you for being a man who can withstand the beating, but no one can withstand the threat of death."
"Someone, take him to the secret room and bleed him!"
Several guards immediately understood what kind of punishment Huang Gong was going to use. It would not be any physical pain.
The candlelight in the secret room was dim, and the swaying candle flame seemed like it would go out at any time.
After Wang Zhi was brought here, he was blindfolded and his hands were tied behind his back on a chair.
A thin bamboo tube was tied tightly around his wrists.
The other end of the bamboo tube is connected to a kettle.
"Cut your wrists!"
When Wang Zhi heard Huang Gong's order, he felt something was wrong. These people really wanted to kill him.
"What are you going to do? If you kill me, the Prime Minister, I will not let you go."
Huang Gong said in a deep voice: "The Prime Minister will care about your life or death, do it!"
The guard found an unsharpened knife and cut Wang Zhi's wrist with it, and warm water flowed out of the bamboo tube!
At this moment, Wang Zhi had a feeling that his own blood was flowing out.
There was also a basin underneath, and a dripping sound could be heard from it.
"Retreat, let him die here slowly, turn off the lights!"
Suddenly the secret room was plunged into darkness. It was eerily quiet all around, with only the sound of ticking water coming from it.
At this moment, Wang Zhi felt a despair he had never felt before.
"Let me go, let me go!"
Wang Zhi was so badly beaten that he had no strength to struggle. All he heard in response was a constant ticking sound.
Huang Gong once said that no one can resist the threat of death. This is human weakness.
Many people can accept a quick death, but no one can bear the psychological pressure of a slow death.
When a person is extremely desperate, he will say anything.
As time passed, Wang Zhi gradually realized that he was hopeless and felt extremely desperate.
"Someone, someone, someone!"
"I say! I say!"
At this time, Wang Zhi almost collapsed due to the increasing inner pressure and had no strength left.
After hearing this, Huang Gong led people to open the door of the secret room from the outside.
"Go ahead and tell me, I'll treat you when I'm done!"
"Please inform Master Huang that I am here to visit Wang Zhi in prison!"
The guard glanced at Guo Youzhi, then weighed the silver in his hand and put it back.
"Please go back, sir. The crown prince has ordered that Wang Zhi is a serious criminal and no one is allowed to visit him."
Guo Youzhi was not angry, and said with a smile: "Hey~, no, the Ministry of Justice also wants to know about his situation. This time I came here mainly to understand the situation."
"After all, I, the Ministry of Justice, also have the right to know. Please report it!"
As he said this, he handed the silver in his hand to the guard. Looking at the silver in his hand, the guard also became conflicted.
"This... I can only say that I will report it. As for whether I can see you, I cannot guarantee it!"
Guo Youzhi then laughed: "It's okay, it's okay, thank you for your help."
At this point, Wang Zhi had basically said everything he needed to say, but he refused to say anything about Hu Zhenghe's factional activities.
After all, if he told them, his family would probably not be able to reach Ningguta alive.
"So, you were also involved in the corruption in the Ministry of Revenue?"
"In fact, even if you don't say it, you know that many things are closely related to Prime Minister Hu, but Your Highness cannot touch him now!"
"He will be dealt with by His Highness sooner or later!"
Wang Zhi smiled and said, "Okay, stop doing useless things. Give me a quick death and stop torturing me!"
Just when Huang Gong was about to say something, the guard came in.
"Sir, Lord Guo from the Ministry of Justice wants to see you. He is here to learn about the criminal Wang Zhi."
Huang Gong frowned, he couldn't refuse this reason.
"Let him in."
Guo Youzhi then came in with a smile: "The subordinate Guo Youzhi greets you, sir!"
"Sir, can this man be recruited?"
Guo Youzhi nodded slightly and said, "He has already confessed. Prepare to put him in prison and wait for execution in the autumn!"
Guo Youzhi's heart skipped a beat.
"My Lord, what did he confess? I will take the information back with me."
Huang Gong said with a smile: "Of course I have confessed everything that should be confessed!"
Guo Youzhi was a little panicked at this time. If he confessed everything, it would be in vain even if he was killed!
