Volume 2: Soaring! The Overlord of the Region Chapter 233 History Fails to Repeat Itself (Part 4)
"Ah~~" After the thick cloth strips covering his eyes were untied, especially after the cloth ball covering his mouth was taken out, Qian Qianyi suddenly opened his mouth and shouted: "Good man, good man, let's talk it over. I am an editor of the Hanlin Academy, a scholar. What's the point of you tying me up?"
"Hahaha, Editor Qian. We are not the heroes in the underworld who do kidnapping business. Look at who we are."
At this time, Qian Qianyi's eyes had slowly adapted to the change in light, and he looked along the firelight: Feiyu suit, Embroidered Spring Sword, it was the Jinyiwei that couldn't be more real.
"Humph! You lackeys, how dare you treat me like this! As long as I am not dead today, I will report your commander to the ground when I get out!"
"Haha~ Editor Qian, you don't know what you did? Do you think you can get out of this prison?"
"What did this officer do?"
"Hey, Wang Wenyan knows, right? He betrayed you."
"You...what did you say? Who is Wang Wenyan? I don't even know him!"
"Hey, Editor Qian, why are you still resisting now? Tell us, where did you go last night? Don't tell us you were at home, or we would have gone directly to your house last night."
"Why should I tell you where I'm going tonight?"
"Editor Qian, you are a scholar, so you should confess as soon as possible. If we are forced to torture you, it will be embarrassing for everyone."
"You actually want to force a confession out of me? I, humph, am a man of steel and will not be afraid of any torture from you lackeys!"
"Then there is no other way. Come on, give Qian the editor a bath first. When the whip hits you later, the smell will be authentic."
Following the order from the captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, several small flag officers who had been waiting impatiently used water buckets to pour water on Qian Qianyi.
"Hehehe~~" Qian Qianyi, who couldn't help shivering, shouted, "The water is too cold! Too cold! Confess, since Wang Wenyan has confessed, I will confess too!"
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Did Wang Wenyan confess ? Of course not.
In another dark room of the imperial prison, this outstanding clerk had been tortured to the point where not a single piece of intact skin remained on his body. But he still gritted his teeth and said nothing!
"Meet the pacification envoy."
"No need to be polite. Why, he still refuses to admit it?"
"Still not a word!"
"What a good man! What a pity..."
He waved his hand and ordered his men to stop the execution of Wang Wenyan. Tian Ergeng walked to Wang Wenyan who was hanging on the wooden frame and said, "Mr. Wang, why are you doing this? The Donglin Party has colluded with the Japanese and sent ninjas to kill your wife and children. You still want to protect them?"
“Hehehe~~Pah!” After spitting out a mouthful of bloody phlegm mixed with a few teeth, Wang Wenyan laughed with a ferocious face: “If I can escape after doing this, it’s fine. But if I can’t, my entire family will be executed!”
"He is indeed a tough guy!" Tian Ergeng shook his thumb gently, and then had someone bring a stool over and sat down facing Wang Wenyan: "It doesn't matter if you don't recruit him, since Qian Qianyi next door has already recruited him anyway."
"Hmph! Don't even think about lying to me. I didn't say anything. How do you know who is contacting me? Who is Qian Qianyi? Oh, he's the top scholar from four years ago. I've only heard of him, but I don't know him!"
"Ah~~" he smacked his lips with regret: "As for Qian Qianyi, to be honest, we didn't know he was involved in this matter in advance. It was last night that His Royal Highness the Regent asked us to go to this man's house for a night visit. His Royal Highness said that if Qian Qianyi was at home that night, it would be fine, but if he was not at home, we would arrest him and interrogate him. As a result, we just poured a basin of water on him, and this guy confessed everything... Hahaha, Zhao Nanxing, a veteran of the Donglin Party, sent a capable housekeeper to Beijing to preside over this matter, and Qian Qianyi, Wang Huazhen and you were running around to contact each other. In addition, there were several ministers, and some businessmen from Nanzhili and Zhejiang involved... Is that right?"
"Hey! These literati really can't get anything done! There's really not a single spineless person in the Donglin Party!"
"That's not the case. His Highness said that the Donglin Party is a mixed bag. People like Gao Panlong, Yang Lian, and Zuo Guangdou still have backbone and bones. What's gratifying is that it's hard to say whether these people knew about it, but at least they didn't participate. This time, the Donglin Party members who conspired to harm him were all spineless softies! Hmm~~ In my opinion, you are the only one with backbone in this case of treason."
"Hmph! Stop saying those useless things. Since Qian Qianyi has confessed, why are you pestering me for a confession? Come on, come on, be frank, beheading or lingchi? Tian Ergeng, no matter what you come up with, I, Wang, will teach you a lesson!"
"Hey, we have all the civil servants, wealthy businessmen, and even the guys in the army involved. But what about the Imperial Palace? His Highness has always been kind to those around him, but even so, there are still people who are trying to harm him. His Highness will not be able to let it go unless he finds such a person."
“Hahaha, ahem…” Wang Wenyan laughed, “I’m already doomed, why would I drag someone down with me before I die? I just want people like this to survive, so that your master’s evil dragon will always live in fear… Hahahaha~~ Benefactor, it’s a pity that Wenyan didn’t do his job well and failed to avenge you! But Wenyan must also make this evil dragon live in fear all day long, and eventually go mad and die! Hahahaha~~”
After all, he hadn't eaten for a whole day and had been beaten severely. So after laughing so happily for a while, he couldn't catch his breath and passed out.
Tian Ergeng stood up and moved aside, and naturally someone from below came over and poured water on him to wake him up.
"Wang is indeed a real man, but you underestimate His Highness. Our His Highness is the King of Heroes!"
"Humph! So what about the Lord?"
"Your Highness has done so much for this country. How can a literate person like you not know this? This country has reached a critical moment where it has to change. How can someone like you not know this? Your Highness knows that if he wants to save this country, he must take drastic measures to cure the disease of our Ming Dynasty. In the process, it will definitely harm the interests of some people, and he will inevitably be hated and even assassinated. For such people, do you think Your Highness still has the mood to distinguish who is the real murderer and who is innocent?"
"Mr. Tian, what do you want to say?"
"It's very simple . If you don't confess, then in Xinghua Palace, anyone who is involved in the process, from purchasing ingredients to cooking to serving dishes, will be killed without any reason!"
"You...you are imitating the First Emperor, aren't you? But the tyrannical Qin Dynasty ended in the second generation! How could you be so tyrannical?"
"What can't be done? We firmly believe that only under the guidance of Your Highness can this country get rid of the worry of national destruction and move towards prosperity! In this process, anyone who dares to stand up and hinder us will be killed by us without mercy! In this process, there will inevitably be accidental injuries, and I, Tian Ergeng, will bear all of this! Even if I die a miserable death in the future because of killing innocent people, I, Tian Ergeng, will not frown!"
"...Hey, I admit it...Don't kill innocent people..."
