My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 426 Torture

"Tell me, what is it that you, the White Lotus Sect, want to get even at the risk of breaking with the North Korean royal family?"

In the dark dungeon, Qiu Luan grabbed Sun Shoukang, who was almost a bloody man from the ground due to excessive torture, by his throat and lifted him up from the ground with one hand.

The iron chain that passed through the bones of the White Lotus Demon's Pipa was speckled with blood. The iron chain collided with the incomplete bluestone slab under the dungeon, making a harsh sound.

The only light source around was the weak candlelight on the table behind Qiu Luan where the Dragon King was enshrined.

In the surrounding cells where Tonight's White Lotus was being held, there were constant screams and the sound of flesh being sawed open. The smell of burnt flesh mixed with the strong smell of blood made the atmosphere in the dungeon so terrifying.

"Mingting lackey!"

Although Sun Shoukang's head was covered with blood and his breath was weak, he still opened his eyes, looked at the Mingting executive in front of him, sneered, and spit out a mouthful of blood towards Qiu Luan.

Although he was easily dodged by Qiu Luan in front of him, he was hit hard on the back by the Korean jailer behind him with a stick.

Severe pain came, and Sun Shoukang could even hear the sound of his own bones breaking.

He fainted again due to excessive blood loss and pain.

"Wake him up."

Qiu Luan opened his eyes.

After confirming that this guy was not beaten to death, Qiu Luan breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, it is not easy to find another White Lotus demon with his status.

The jailers first poured medicinal soup into the white lotus demon to hang him alive, and then used cold water to activate the medicinal properties, causing Sun Shoukang's abdomen to burn violently like fire.

His whole body felt so hot that he had to take off the entire flesh and skin bag to relieve it. The severe burning pain in his abdomen made Sun Shoukang wake up from his coma again.

In his somewhat groggy vision.

Qiu Luan in front of him asked again.

"Where is the sacrificial book?"

Caught off guard, Sun Shoukang's pupils couldn't help but shrink when he heard that name.

Someone in the upper echelons of the church couldn't stand the Ming court's criminal laws and chose to inform.

Looking at the expressions of the people in front of him, Qiu Luan confirmed the authenticity of the information and continued to ask.

"The elixir is inside the Dragon Palace——"

Qiu Luan stared into the eyes of the White Lotus demon in front of him, who was shocked when his consciousness was at its most trance, and was still doubting his life, and continued to break down his inner defense with words.

Silence, silence.

Sun Shoukang raised his head with difficulty, smiled miserably through the blood at the corners of his eyes, and replied.

"You know so much-"

"We know a lot of things, much more than you think, but this is not a good thing for you -"

Qiu Luan grabbed the right hand of the man in front of him that was nailed to the wall by two wooden stakes. With a little force, he heard the sound of the bones cracking.

Sun Shoukang let out a cry of pain, and his right hand drooped like a noodle. The flesh and blood were mixed with the crushed bones. It was obvious that no matter what kind of panacea he used, his right hand could not be restored.

Qiu Luan replied slowly, his eyes unmoved at all.

What he did was clean and ruthless.

Long-term training has made his will stronger and colder than steel.

When they were clearing out the Luchuan survivors in the southwest, they faced the Homesick rebels who were hiding in the mountains and attacked and killed the Ming army alone and the pro-Ming armed forces.

In the arduous and cruel mutual vendetta between the two sides, the young, but noble disciples who were favored by the emperor and quickly granted high positions learned many things in the never-ending battle.

If the remnants of Sijia ambushed the caravan transporting grain and grass for the Ming army, and after killing them all, they used Sijia to quickly hide in the mountains under the cover of the remaining local chieftains.

Then Qiu Luan would mercilessly order the Ming army to raze all the villages that Sijia passed through into Luchuan with fire and steel knives.

Then they mobilized their cavalry to repeatedly trample the humans and animals in the stronghold until they were reduced to flesh, to warn those rebels who still had dissent towards the rule of the Ming court and colluded with the homesick rebels, what a terrible price they would pay for betraying the court.

As for the Homesick Rebels. The Ming army would patiently peel off their skins one by one and make furs for the chieftains in the southwest who submitted to the imperial court.

To observe its color and its behavior.

If they look wrong, they will all be killed immediately without exception.

Although he acted too harshly, he was reprimanded by the emperor many times.

Even when he was called back to Beijing to report on his duties, Qiu Luan didn't feel there was anything wrong with his actions.

Maybe it's morally wrong.

But in order for the empire to rule for a long time in the southwest, it was necessary to eliminate the local chieftain forces.

Moreover, for the same thing, which dynasty’s loyal ministers and generals in history did not do this?

If we say that the Yuan people were grassland barbarians.

So at the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu ordered King Mu to sit in the southwest. Is what he did any different from what I did?

But in the face of the emperor's reprimand, Qiu Luan did not defend himself.

Because he knew that except the emperor, no one in this country could punish him for this kind of thing.

After Emperor Taizu defeated the Chen thieves, he then raised troops to sweep across Hunan.

Prosperous Hongwu kills luck and sweeps away the emptiness of the country.

Of the millions of people in Hunan, only eighteen households managed to escape from the Ming army's iron cavalry.

Only then did local officials recruit refugees from all directions and divide their land.

When the Ming army attacked Uzang, Deng Yumuying was even more reckless in killing, killing tens of thousands at every turn, and castrating boys for fun.

Emperor Taizong was even more prolific in martial arts. In order to suppress the rebels, he massacred Shandong twice.

In the Battle of Baigou River in Jingnan, "The king crossed the Baigou River at night, surrounded the heroes, pulled out the city, and massacred them." "South of Yanjing, everything he passed was a ruin, and everything was slaughtered." "The bones were green and white, and the heart was horrified." .

As for the rebellion of Sai'er in the Tang Dynasty, what Wei Qing, the commander of Shandong, did in Shandong according to the imperial edict could even make children stop crying at night.

For Zhu Houcong, these things are certainly unacceptable.

But for Qiu Luan, he humbly accepted the emperor's rebuke.

But if he is ordered to guard the southwest, then he must fulfill his duties.

Like his predecessors, "Xuan Wei Zhu Yi" gradually brought the light of civilization to the lords of the barbarians in Xia.

"You should know that you don't have much time-"

Qiu Luan said softly, and he turned around, not caring at all that the person in front of him had his senses amplified dozens of times under the influence of the drug, and his face was pale and hideous due to the severe pain.

Not far away, the skinned and bloody corpse was thrown into the huge burning furnace by the sergeant like garbage.

The imperial guard who had been guarding the southwest for many years with Qiu Luan quickly closed the door.

The black smoke produced by the burning of the bodies filled the entire dungeon.

Yes, time is running out.

Sun Shoukang listened to the screams in his ears. Apparently, some members of the White Lotus Cult could not bear the torture and revealed part of the truth.

If he cannot confess in time, what awaits him will be endless torture.

He pursed his lips, and finally, after watching the corpses not far away being thrown into the furnace and turned into blazing flames.

The last line of defense of this White Lotus cultist was finally broken through.

Trembling, he confided everything he knew to General Ming Ting in front of him.

"Yes, the North Korean royal family has the key to the Dragon Palace, and I can take you to find it."

(End of this chapter)