Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 374 Prison Doctor
There was a glimmer of cunning in Xiaohe's eyes, he lowered his head and remained silent, as if weighing the pros and cons.

After a long pause, he slowly said, "Sir, I know I can't escape death, but I can't betray my brothers. As for the way to contact, it is a special code that only our people know."

Yun Hao frowned slightly. He knew very well that in this situation, some strategies were needed to get more information from Xiaohekou. "Do you think I can't do anything if you don't tell me? Jiao Xiao has confessed all your plans, including what you are going to do next. She even told me that you have a hidden treasure house with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry."

Xiao He's eyes suddenly widened, obviously touched by Yun Hao's words. He struggled hard, and was hit by a huge pain. He gasped and sat on the torture chair, unable to move, his eyes full of unwillingness and anger.

He stared at Yun Hao as if he wanted to burn through him with his eyes.

Yun Hao said calmly: "If she doesn't want to die, she will naturally confess the truth."

"Will you let her go?" Xiao He asked doubtfully.

"Living people are more useful than dead people." Yun Hao said expressionlessly.

Xiao He fell silent again. No one wants to die as long as they can live. Moreover, he is not a death warrior. Even Jiao Xiao, who is a death warrior, has confessed. His persistence seems unnecessary, and he does not want to suffer more torture.

"I don't want to die." Xiaohe's desire to survive prevailed.

He lowered his head dejectedly, his voice becoming low and weak, "What do you want to know?"

"Tell me what you know." Yun Hao was deliberately vague in order to mislead Xiao He and make him tell everything he knew.

"There are two strongholds in the city and one stronghold outside the city." Xiao He said something that Yun Hao didn't know.

"Go on." Yun Hao looked calm, as if everything was under control.

Seeing this, Xiao He's hatred for Jiao Xiao reached its peak. This damn woman actually told everything in order to survive.

He had no idea that in a prison not far away, Jiao Xiao was being tortured by poison, suffering terribly and unable to die.

"There are two strongholds in the city, one is in an abandoned warehouse in the east of the city, and the other is in a dilapidated temple in the west of the city. The stronghold outside the city is in the mountains and forests thirty miles south of the city." Xiaohe said.

The two strongholds in the city had nothing to do with the two locations that Yun Hao had deduced, but Yun Hao remained calm, "Since you've said it, why are you hiding it?"

Xiao He swallowed and said, "I didn't hide anything. I told you everything I knew."

Yun Hao raised his finger, and the executioner raised the whip and was about to start the torture. Xiao He shouted, "I remember it, I remember it."

"Xiao He, if you don't say it now, you may not have the chance to say it later." Yun Hao's voice was deep and powerful, as if it could penetrate people's hearts.
Xiao He's body trembled slightly. He raised his head, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, "There is another stronghold, in Cuiwen Building on Zhiping Street in the east of the city."

Cuiwen Tower is one of the two places that Yun Hao suspected, and Cuiwen Tower, like Zhuangyuan Tower, is a place frequented by talented scholars in Beijing.

They gathered together to recite poems, compose couplets, and hold poetry gatherings and other elegant events.

Yun Hao's eyes darkened slightly. "Tell me how many people have infiltrated?"

"There are three groups of us, a total of twenty-six people. I have five people under my command, who are responsible for liaison; Jiaoxiao has eleven people under her command, who use their beauty to seduce people; and the other seven people are subordinates of the owner of Cuiwen Building, who make friends with students." Xiao He didn't dare to test him anymore.

After hearing this, Yun Hao was certain that the owner of Cuiwen Tower was the most dangerous. Once those students entered the court as officials, they would become pawns in their hands. If the situation continued to develop, they would definitely threaten the safety of the court.

Although Yun Hao wanted to arrest the people in Cuiwenlou immediately, he continued to deal with Xiaohe in order to get more information from him. He asked Xiaohe several more questions before having Xiaohe taken away and told his men, "No need to wait in Cuiwenlou, just arrest the shopkeeper and the clerk and interrogate them directly."

As soon as the men left, the prison doctor came over and said, "Sir, Jiao Xiao is dead."

"Wang Cheng, go and burn the body." Yun Hao had seen Northern Di spies escape by taking fake-death drugs.

From Xiaohekou, we learned that Jiaoxiao was not a assassin, so her suicide by taking poison was questionable.

Wang Yan was stunned at first. Asking him to burn a corpse was something that had never happened before.

And he was not the one who handled the bodies in the prison.

"I'll do it right away." Wang Yan understood Yun Hao's meaning and obeyed the order.

"Sir, there is no need to go to so much trouble. They are dead anyway, just throw them into a mass grave," said the prison doctor.

Yun Hao and Wang Cheng looked at each other, and Wang Cheng stepped forward and grabbed the prison doctor, "Boy, you are hiding very well."

The prison doctor's face turned pale in an instant, and he struggled, "Sir, what do you mean?"

Yun Hao looked at him coldly, with a sharp light flashing in his eyes: "After using torture, I think you will be willing to confess the truth."

This prison doctor had come to the prison half a year ago to replace the former prison doctor who was in charge of sudden emergencies. At that time, people were sent to check his background, but nothing abnormal was found, so they allowed him to stay.

But Jiao Xiao's death today made Yun Hao suspicious. He didn't expect that the truth would be revealed after a try.

Yun Hao asked Wang Zheng to interrogate the prison doctor while he went back to his room to sleep. He still had to interrogate the owner of Cuiwenlou later, so he had to get enough rest.

Wang Cheng ignored the prison doctor's struggle and dragged him into the torture room.

After a few lashes, the prison doctor begged for mercy, shouting in fear: "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! Sir Wang, please stop torturing me."

Wang Cheng sneered, signaled the executioner to stop, and stared at the prison doctor sharply, "Then tell me quickly, don't waste time."

The prison doctor was trembling, his face was as pale as paper. He swallowed and spoke with difficulty: "The shopkeeper of Cuiwenlou changed the prison doctor's medicine, which made him bedridden. He asked me to replace him and serve as a prison doctor in the prison."

After Wang Cheng heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he asked coldly: "Then why are you still helping him?"

The prison doctor smiled bitterly and replied, "I have no choice. The owner of Cuiwenlou has something on me, and my family is also in his hands. If I don't obey, I'm afraid my whole family's lives will be in danger."

"What's going on with Jiao Xiao?" Wang Yan asked.

The prison doctor was silent for a moment, then said, "After she was arrested and taken to the prison, I didn't know she was the owner of Cuiwenlou. It was only after she told me the code that I knew her identity."

"She asked me to go find the shopkeeper of Cuiwenlou, and I did as she asked. The shopkeeper gave me a pill, and I gave it to Jiaoxiao to take."

"You bastard, you've ruined everything." Wang Cheng glared at the prison doctor, anger flashing in his eyes, and he wished he could tear the man into pieces immediately.

The prison doctor shuddered and said in a trembling voice, "I...I really have no other choice. They captured my family, and I dare not resist. I can only do what they tell me to do."