Liu Mu and his men captured five Japanese pirates, two of whom were real Japanese and three were fake.
"Brother Mu, Da Dao, take them to the prison, detain them separately, and interrogate them immediately. Find out whether the three pirate gangs of Honda Heihachi, Tie Jin Gang, and Jiang Menzhu are from the same group, and whether the three pirate gangs have agreed to join forces and attack the city of Taizhou. If there is an agreement, find out the time."
Zhu Ping'an spoke to Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others, asking them to interrogate the captured Japanese pirates to verify their guess.
"Okay, sir." Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others nodded and escorted the Japanese pirate captives to the cell.
Speaking of the prison, when the Japanese pirates invaded Jingnan on a large scale the day before yesterday, the prison bosses and jailers in the prison were so scared when they heard the news that more than 3,000 Japanese pirates were coming that they scrambled to abandon the prison and run for their lives. If the prison had not been near the county government office, Zhu Ping'an would not have been able to arrive at the prison in time and calm the situation, otherwise all the prisoners in the prison would have escaped.
Zhu Ping'an fired all the jailers who escaped, and did not keep any of them. Now all the jailers in the cell are strangers. The two prison bosses were promoted and appointed by Zhu Ping'an from the yamen runners, and the six jailers were selected from the young and strong people guarding the city.
Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others took the five pirates to the prison and locked them up in separate cells. Some time ago, Zhu Ping'an risked the world's disapproval and released all the prisoners in Jingnan Prison who had not paid taxes. As a result, two-thirds of the prisoners in the prison were released, leaving many cells empty.
"Ahem, Dadao, let me ask you something."
After Liu Mu imprisoned the Japanese pirates in the cell, he bumped into Liu Dadao's shoulder, coughed and asked.
"What's wrong, Brother Mu?" Liu Dadao asked.
"Do you know how to interrogate?" Liu Mu asked. All the jailers in the cell who knew how to interrogate had run away. The new jailers were promoted from the young and strong people who signed up, and they did not know the skills of interrogating jailers.
"Uh..." Liu Dadao was stunned for a moment, touched the back of his head, and said uncertainly, "Isn't interrogation torture?! We haven't interrogated, but we have been interrogated. Back then, that damn county magistrate imprisoned us in the cell and tortured us a lot. Which of the torture instruments in the prison has not been used by us?! Let's use these torture instruments on these pirates one by one, and I don't believe they won't talk."
"Well, that makes sense."
When Liu Mu heard this, his eyes lit up. These Japanese pirates were all deserving of death, so there should be no mercy to them.
"Hmph, these beasts who burn, kill and loot, if you didn't want to capture them alive, I would have slaughtered them long ago. Now, let me, your uncle, loosen up your muscles." Liu Dadao looked at the Japanese pirates in the cell, eager to try.
"Da Dao, although these beasts deserve to die, you must be careful not to let them interfere with the Master's important affairs."
Liu Mu reminded them that he was worried that Liu Dadao might not be too harsh and might kill the Japanese pirates before the results of the interrogation were out.
"Don't worry." Liu Dadao nodded vigorously.
Liu Mu and his men's interrogation methods were crude, and they were not even familiar with the torture instruments. However, the Japanese pirates were not determined people, and they soon achieved results.
"I say, I say, stop fighting. Heihachiro, Tetsujinko, and Jiang Menzhu are in the same group. Their name is the Hungry Wolf Alliance. Jiang Menzhu is the leader of the Hungry Wolf Alliance, Heihachiro is the second leader, and Tetsujinko is the third."
A fake Japanese couldn't bear Liu Dadao's branding iron and cried out in pain, and soon opened his mouth.
You're too strong-willed. I only branded you once. I haven't had enough fun yet, but you already confessed. Liu Dadao put down the branding iron with some reluctance.
Seeing Liu Dadao's unsatisfied and restless gaze, the fake Japanese couldn't help but shiver all over.
"Have you agreed to meet at the foot of Taizhou City and join forces to attack Taizhou Prefecture?" Liu Dadao asked.
"I don't know." Fake Japanese shook his head.
"Don't know?!" Liu Dadao couldn't help grinning when he heard that, and picked up the iron from the stove again, "Don't you like burning, killing and looting? Then I'll let you taste more barbecue."
"Ah?! No, no, no! I really don't know. I'm just a small fry. I really don't know!"
The fake Japanese was so scared that the hairs on his body stood up.
“Sizzle!”
When Liu Dadao heard the fake Japanese man still said he didn't know, he pressed the branding iron on the fake Japanese man again, and immediately a smell of burnt skin came out.
"Stop, stop, stop, please, I really don't know if they have agreed to meet at the foot of Taizhou City. Wait... I remember, I heard from the sergeant this morning that we will break camp and go to Taizhou City at noon tomorrow to grab another piece of the pie."
The fake Japanese was branded so hard that his whole body twitched. He begged for mercy repeatedly and revealed all the information he knew that was a bit far-fetched.
Liu Dadao was dissatisfied with the fake Japanese's confession after hearing this, so he put the iron back into the stove to heat it up, and then beat the fake Japanese twice without saying anything. The fake Japanese was burned to the point of urinating, but his confession was still the same as before.
It seemed that he really only knew this much. Liu Dadao put down the branding iron reluctantly and left the cell.
Liu Mu also got the result of the interrogation. The fake Japanese had no loyalty at all. After only a few tortures, the fake Japanese confessed everything. This fake Japanese was also a small fry. He knew less than the fake Japanese on Liu Dadao's side. He only knew that Heihachiro, Tiejinang and Jiangmenzhu were all from the Hungry Wolf Alliance. Jiangmenzhu was the eldest, Heihachiro was the second, and Tiejinang was the third. As for whether they had agreed to meet in Taizhou City and the time of meeting, he knew nothing. He didn't even know that Heihachiro and his group of pirates were heading to Taizhou Prefecture.
Liu Dachui was lucky. The fake Japanese he interrogated was a small leader who knew a lot more. Apart from the fact that Heihachiro, Tiejinguang and Jiang Menzhu were in the same group, the small leader also confessed that there was an order from above to break camp and go to Taizhou Prefecture after lunch tomorrow, and join forces with Jiang Menzhu and Tiejinguang to attack Taizhou Prefecture.
As for the two Japanese, Liu Mu and his team encountered problems in their interrogation. The Japanese were talking in bird language, and they couldn't understand...
"Young master seems to understand bird language. Let's invite him over." Liu Dadao said.
"That's the only way." Liu Mu nodded, "It's just right for us to tell you the results of the interrogation."
"Very good, the speculation has been basically confirmed. But to be on the safe side, we still have to interrogate the two real Japanese." After listening to the report from Liu Mu and others, Zhu Ping'an nodded with satisfaction. Through the confessions of the three fake Japanese, it can be confirmed that the three Japanese pirates including Heihachiro belong to the Hungry Wolf Alliance. It is basically confirmed that the three groups of Japanese pirates have agreed to join forces to attack the city of Taizhou Prefecture. Heihachiro will move camp to Taizhou Prefecture at noon tomorrow. Taiping County is about two hours away from Taizhou Prefecture. The time they will join forces to attack Taizhou Prefecture is about tomorrow evening or the day after tomorrow.
Of course, to be on the safe side, we still have to interrogate the two real Japanese.
Honda Heihachi is a real Japanese, so he will definitely take special care of the real Japanese. So the status of these two real Japanese captives in Heihachi's group must be not low, at least they are small leaders. The higher the status, the more they know. Interrogating them will definitely yield something.