As a traverser—although he was almost corrupted, Sun Shaozong was still somewhat resistant to the harsh punishments that often caused people to be maimed in ancient times.
Therefore, when Sun Shaozong investigated cases in the past, until he had real evidence, he seldom used punishment on prisoners, and a few special cases were mostly caused by roaring the court.
Lu Hui probably had this in mind, and the Shenghe Sect would have broken a major event because of the benevolence of women, so he specially rushed to send an official file of the Northwest Rebellion before closing the net.
The above is a detailed record of the winter of Guangde's thirty-one years, the crazy actions of the White Lotus Rebels, and the subsequent effects caused by it.
At that time, the rebels of the White Lotus Sect had changed from a smashing situation in the summer and autumn to a complete defeat. Almost every day, the prefectures and counties were recovered by the official army, and the news of the incense master and the rudder master were defeated and died. government.
Under the despairing atmosphere of three shocks a day, the White Lotus Sect executives' control over the rebels gradually decreased to a level that was infinitely close to zero.
This is where the chaos begins.
From October 19th to December 7th when Pingliang City was restored, in just one and a half months, the total population of Pingliang Prefecture dropped by more than 30%, and there were ten rooms and nine empty spaces in the city!
After the restoration of Pingliang Prefecture, the skeletons cleaned up in the city could not even be piled up in random graves, so mass graves had to be built to store them.
In the autumn of the following year, the number of women who died in childbirth soared fourteen times as much as in previous years.
In July and August, there were abandoned infants in the wild around Pingliang City, and some refugees thought of it for food, but their flesh was brought back to life.
tsk~
The precarious refugees actually grew fat on the legs of the abandoned babies!
Even a person like Sun Shaozong, who was used to seeing all kinds of murders, could not help but feel chills when he looked at the few lines of small characters in the file.
Not to mention that in addition to the cold data, the archives also recorded many appalling tragedies in detail.
For example, in mid-November, Zhou Mou, the head of the Qingmu Hall of the White Lotus Sect, was blinded by an arrow in his right eye and suffered from sores. Therefore, he exclusively fed on human eyes, eating dozens of eyeballs a day, and claimed to be the reincarnation of Xiahou Yuanrang. .
Another example is that at the end of November, the left army Sima Cheng of the White Lotus Sect erected a large pot in the street, and ordered the looted county officials' wives and children to go against the law in the pot. , To feast guests with minced meat, the name is mother and son connecting heart soup.
Another example is at the beginning of December, when the army of the White Lotus Sect protects Su...
Looking at all of them, it is no wonder that the ancients would say "I would rather be a peace dog than a chaotic person".
Of course, even if I feel deeply after reading the file, it does not mean that Sun Shaozong has to follow the example and forcefully rectify the brutality. In most cases, small means aimed at the spiritual level are often easier than bloody torture. Break the psychological defense.
The book is back to normal.
But he said that Sun Shao left the black material and rushed to the Sanjin mansion in the back alley.
This place was originally the temporary arrangement of the foothold during the last operation. Since it was still near the Qingxu Temple this time, it was reused.
When Sun Shaozong went in, he saw the three dragon guards in plainclothes, who were pretending to be servants to sweep the sprinkles, so he called one person and explained a few words. go.
"Lord Qianhu."
As soon as he crossed the second gate, Yang Licai heard the news and greeted him. He bowed and said, "As you expected, they are two tough-mouthed, humble and frightening people who have been asking for a long time, but none of them are useful."
Although this White Lotus Sect is not very good at rebelling, its brainwashing method is very good. The people who are sent to the capital to perform hidden tasks are all the best among the mad believers. I am afraid it will not be easy to open their mouths. .
Fortunately, Sun Shaozong had already made up his mind, so he didn't answer, he just raised his chin lightly, signaling Yang Licai to lead the way.
The two came one after the other, and arrived at a small secluded courtyard in the northwest corner. The guard, the dragon guard, opened the thick curtain, and in the dim light, the two of them, the shopkeeper Wu and his wife, were in a large shape, and they were being held tightly by iron ropes. Tightly bound to the wall.
That's all, the shopkeeper Wu is still in the attire of the blue shirt and hat.
But his wife, Mrs. Xu, had already been stripped to the bare bones, and only a crimson apron was left on her body, barely covering the two o'clock and one line of spring.
In order to avoid committing suicide, Xu was stuffed with a special bronze mouth ball.
The dark iron chains, green copper balls, white flesh, and red bellybands, under the flickering lights, sometimes look like thick ink, sometimes like ink and blue...
Strong and mature, lightly mournful!
Xu Shi, who was originally just a little handsome, was stunned by a different kind of charm after being manipulated.
At this time, Yang Licai explained in a low voice: "Beijing heard that this shopkeeper Wu Pinri Jibao loves her, so he wanted to try to threaten her with her body, but unfortunately, although the shopkeeper Wu was furious, he still gritted his teeth. refuse to speak."
After a pause, he added: "Maybe it's because of my humble position that I didn't dare to do things absolutely, maybe it's really time for the sword and the sword..."
Before Yang Licai could finish his sentence, Sun Shaozong had already stepped in - no matter how degenerate he was, he was not low enough to use the 'husband's crime' to extract a confession.
However, as a member of the national spy agency, Yang Licai's unscrupulous approach can't be called anything wrong, so although Sun Shaozong disdains to listen, he doesn't mean to blame him.
After entering the room, Sun Shaozong's eyes first turned around on Xu's apron, staring at the embroidery of the unicorn gifting child picture above, and secretly pondered whether he should make up his mind on 'children'.
For example, like the one at the Prince's Mansion, they concocted the illusion of Xu's pregnancy and used 'hope for the future' to defeat their will to die at this time.
But after thinking about it, although the shopkeeper Wu and his wife are not doctors, they have been operating a pharmacy for so many years, and they must be more proficient in medical common sense than ordinary people. affect subsequent interrogations.
Therefore, this method was quickly forgotten by him again.
While staring at the indecent place and thinking about something extremely serious, Mrs Xu suddenly struggled violently and scolded indistinctly: "Dog thief, if you have the ability, just use it, my aunt frowned. , it is in vain to be a disciple of the Holy Religion!"
Sun Shaozong withdrew his gaze from the trembling unicorn sending child picture, and was about to talk to her, so that he could take the opportunity to find out, but the shopkeeper Wu hurriedly reminded: "Miss, today you and my husband and I are dead, don't worry about this. The dog thief does more theories, and carefully smells what he smells, harming the Paoze in the teaching!"
tsk~
This shopkeeper Wu is really alert.
But he said that Sun Shaozong had eaten these few scoldings, but he didn't think it was a big deal.
But the few Longjing Guard schools next to them quit. The whip copying whip, the branding iron, and the others scolded: "Boldly rebel, dare to be presumptuous in front of my thousand-household adults!"
Mr. Xu snorted disdainfully, and then the shopkeeper Wu was even more silent, apparently making up his mind not to speak.
"Ugh."
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong sighed helplessly: "I wanted to finish the errand peacefully, but the attitude of the two of them rejecting people thousands of miles away made Sun a little embarrassed."
"Sir, use the punishment."
Yang Licai stepped forward at the right time, raised his white face, raised his hand and slashed in the air, and said with a sneer, "There is a saying that 'people's hearts are like iron, and officials are like furnaces', and Mikixia is not afraid that they won't reveal the truth!"
After speaking, he pointed to the west wall and said, "Look, I have all the torture tools brought here."
As soon as he pointed, someone pointed at the lantern, only to see a three-story wooden shelf at the base of the west wall, which was filled with all kinds of strange torture instruments.
Sun Shaozong took interest and walked closer, picked up a bristle horse brush, and asked curiously, "What kind of torture tool is this?"
"Look, my lord."
Yang Licai hurriedly picked up the slender-mouthed copper pot next to him and said with a smile, "These two are of the same type, first pour boiling water on the flesh, and then rub hard with a brush until the bones come out - Shen The Criminal Division calls this 'whitewashing'."
The name is rather interesting.
Sun Shaozong put down the bristle brush, and carefully picked up an iron hoop with spikes inside and out. Before he could ask any questions, Yang Licai hurriedly explained, "This thing is called 'Boiler', it just needs to be worn around the neck. No matter how severe the punishment is, you will not faint."
"This is a 'broken thread', which is much more ruthless than that stick!"
"It's called 'crushing', and the meat scraped from it can be used as dumpling stuffing directly."
"This thing is used on the nose..."
“Unisex…”
After explaining seven or eight pieces in a row, Sun Shaozong stopped, and his eagle-like eyes swirled back and forth on the torture tools and the shopkeeper Wu and his wife.
Seeing this, Yang Licai hurriedly pretended to be impatient, and said eagerly: "Sir, which one do you think we should take first and give this pair of dogs and girls a taste?"
As he spoke, he pursed his tongue excitedly.
This performance is excellent, and it is based on the horrible torture instruments on the shelf. Not to mention others, even the dragon guard with a lantern on the side can't help but stand on end.
However, Mr. Wu and Mrs. Xu didn't even look at each other. They stared at each other affectionately, as if they were in another dimension.
Although this does not mean that they can really endure all the torture, but this calm and calm still has to make people sigh - these people armed with faith are different, even if they believe in a cult.
Sun Shaozong was silent for a while, and seeing that the couple was still alone, he slowly shook his head: "I don't need any of them."
Yang Licai was stunned when he heard the words, and blurted out, "What do you mean, sir?"
This time, it wasn't pretending, but it was really unclear.
Hearing Sun Shaozong's indifferent smile: "Actually, this official is currently researching how much blood a person needs to bleed before they die if they are not seriously injured. Fortunately, I met two people who were willing to sacrifice their lives, and they happened to be a man and a woman."
As he spoke, he opened his mouth wide, revealing his white teeth, and instructed: "Come on, take them to the back kitchen cellar for me."
Several dragon guards on the left and right responded in unison, and stepped forward to 'pick' the shopkeeper Wu and his wife off the wall, but they did not remove the iron ropes from their bodies. The ball was blocked, so it was carried out as if carrying a box.
When the group arrived at the cellar in the dark, they saw that they had received the plainclothes ordered by Sun Shaozong, and were leading their colleagues to build soil on the two stakes.
Seeing that the officer had arrived, several of them hurriedly left their shovels and stepped forward to greet him.
Sun Shaozong only nodded and pushed the two stakes in the past. Seeing that they were firmly fixed, he ordered shopkeeper Wu and his wife to be tied with their backs facing each other.
And the plainclothes who were in charge of burying the wooden stakes did not know where to get a huge copper basin and put it on the open space between the two of them.
"This test is actually quite simple."
Sun Shaozong said solemnly: "I will cut a slit on your wrists later, and let the blood slowly drip into the copper basin. Every quarter of an hour, someone will come in to observe the situation. If you are willing to give up on the dark, you might as well make some noise. Be still."
"If you really see death as home, it's not a big deal. It's just to help the official to clear up the confusion - the people around me are still waiting in the pharmacy, and sooner or later, your party will be attracted to the bait."
While they were talking, someone else stepped forward, split the right arms of Shopkeeper Wu and Mrs Xu separately, and fastened them to the top of the copper basin with a few ropes.
Sun Shaozong asked Yang Licai for a dagger, stepped forward and slashed each of their wrists, then slowly took out his pocket watch, looked at the scale on it, and said, "It's three quarters of Xu [7:45], You can probably see the difference around the time, so you two can enjoy it here."
Saying that, he put the pocket watch on the wine jar next to him, and then greeted everyone and retreated.
touch~
Seeing that the lid of the cellar fell, blocking out the last ray of light, Yang Licai finally couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Sir, how come you can't understand this method in your humble position? Those two knives only cut a small opening. , no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it's going to die."
"nonsense."
Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes and scolded with a smile: "It was finally caught. If it really kills someone, how can we explain it to Lord Zhenfu?"
"Then you do..."
"There's still a jar hanging on the beam."
Sun Shaozong smiled and said, "I just deliberately threw the dagger in the cellar. When I sent someone down to get it, I quietly hung the jar upside down, and the water inside would drip from the cracks, creating the illusion of continuous blood flow."
"Just imagine, if you were tied in a cellar and listened to the blood of yourself and your wife dripping into the copper basin, what kind of suffering would it be?"
"Especially for things like people, the more they are in a dark and quiet environment, the easier it is to think wildly - and when this mind is activated, it is not far from being greedy for life and fearing death."
"At that time, let's take advantage of the situation, why worry that they won't tell the truth?"
Hearing this, Yang Licai couldn't help shaking his head in admiration, "Your lord's methods are truly astounding. Their husband and wife are planted in your hands, and it's really not wrong at all!"