Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 320 It's just sluggishness and fear

Hearing that the four of them had gone far away, Ye Chen opened the black gourd on his waist and patted it lightly. A black figure the size of a mosquito came out of it, and before the groom could react, it burrowed through his nostrils. go in.

After four or five breaths, the groom groaned and shook his body. When he looked at Ye Chen again, the indifference and sarcasm on his face disappeared, and there was only dullness and fear.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Li Congzhi."

"What is your identity in Maitreya?"

"I'm the Maitreya Sect's left guard in Kaifeng?"

After a stick of incense, Ye Chen patted the black gourd and made a strange sound. With the groom's scream, the black soldier ant Gu came out of the man's ear and entered the black gourd again.

Ye Chen left the cell with a happy face.

Li Junhao, Meng Yiren and two spies greeted him and saluted. Li Junhao looked at Ye Chen's expression and couldn't help asking: "My lord, what did you ask?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly, nodded, and said: "All the questions have been answered. This person is a big fish, and he is the left protector of the Maitreya Sect in Kaifeng City. Let's go! Call your intelligence department to further confirm what he is. Said information."

The four of them were stunned, and Meng Yiren looked at Ye Chen with admiration and admiration. He knelt down in front of Ye Chen and said, "My lord, my subordinates love this torture. Please teach me some skills."

Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, remembering that those extremists who were brainwashed by cults in later generations could even sit on the ground and set themselves on fire without moving or screaming, and combined with Li Congzhi just now, he thought for a while and said: "Actually, with the way you destroy people's bodies The means are enough for ordinary people. But for some few people who can already ignore physical pain and persecution, it is not very effective, such as the fanatic believer of Maitreya. For this kind of people, you need to use some Mental torture. For example, you can fix him, put a cloth on his face, and then pour water on the cloth. You can also tie him up and blindfold him, then cut a wound, find a Water bag or something, keep dripping water next to him to let him listen. Just these two methods! You can try it.”

The four of them were dumbfounded, Meng Yiren was a real expert in this way, after a little thought, he had already fallen in admiration for Ye Chen.With a thud, he knelt down and kowtowed to Ye Chen, and said respectfully: "Thank you, sir, for teaching my subordinates the secret method of torture."

Ye Chen felt a little funny, thinking that the methods seen in later movies and TV dramas became secret methods for Meng Yiren, but since he said it, he naturally knew that these two methods were indeed very effective in extorting confessions by torture.

Taikang County is the southernmost county under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng.Wang Decai, magistrate of Taikang County, was a Jinshi in the second year of Qiande.He is also well-known in the official circles of the Song Dynasty.Just as famous as his ability and talent is his fear of guilt.

Wang Decai has only one first wife, no concubines, and once vowed to only marry one wife in his life, and it is said that he never goes to brothels and other places for fireworks.

Of course there is a reason behind everything.

Wang Decai's wife's surname is Su and her name is Xueman.There is a word 'snow' in the name, but she is actually a girl from the south of the Yangtze River who rarely snows.

Su Xueman possesses all the characteristics of Jiangnan beauties--beautiful and petite, with white and delicate skin, as gentle as Wen Nong's soft words.It is said that he came from a big family in the south of the Yangtze River.When Wang Decai was in despair, it was Su Xueman who, regardless of the objections of his family, still took his private money and eloped with Wang Decai to the territory of Song Dynasty through all kinds of hardships. They lived together for three years, and Wang Decai was admitted to Jinshi in one fell swoop.During this period, Wang Decai devoted himself to studying, and his family's livelihood depended on the small business Su Xueman brought from his home.

Yesterday, Su Xueman bought a new maid who was good at massage and entered the backyard of the county government office.The maid's name is Xiaoyun.

Coincidentally, just after buying this maid, Su Xueman fell ill.

At this time, in the backyard of the Taikang County Government, Su Xueman found an excuse to drive away all the servants, leaving only the newly bought maid to take care of him.

But in fact, the maid named Xiaoyun was sitting on the bed, and Su Xueman was serving beside her.

"These are medicines bought in four pharmacies according to your instructions. Among them, the main medicine of the thousand-year-old snow ginseng was bought by my master himself at Sian Chay Pharmacy in Kaifeng City, so it will not attract the attention of others." Su Xueman respectfully handed the medicine bowl to Xiaoyun, and said softly.

Xiao Yun glanced at Su Xueman, drank the medicine in one gulp, her pale face turned rosy, and said slightly relieved: "Fortunately, this prescription is very effective in suppressing the poison."

But then she thought of something again, with a trace of resentment and panic on her face, and said: "I didn't expect that Ye Chen's true energy contained a strong poison, and the poison was so strange, the detoxification pill that the leader gave me could only Slightly suppress it. Now even if I drink these medicines, it will be suppressed for more than a month at most. I must hurry back to Jinling as soon as possible, and let the leader personally detoxify me."

This maid, Xiaoyun, was naturally Shangguan Bingyun whom Huaxia Weifu had been looking for everywhere.

Su Xueman looked worried, and hurriedly said: "I will recover from illness tomorrow, and I will go back to my natal family in three days to visit my relatives. My husband-in-law will definitely agree. Then you and I will go south by boat together."

Shangguan Bingyun said: "The letter I asked you to send to Zhang Qing in Wanxianglou has already been delivered!"

Su Xueman said: "It has already been sent there, and the message brought back from there said that Zuo Hufa Li Congzhi may have been arrested by the Huaxia Weifu."

Shangguan Bingyun frowned slightly, and said: "It's a pity, Li Congzhi is a talent."

Su Xueman said: "Will Hufa Li reveal the secret division in Kaifeng City?"

Shangguan Bingyun said confidently: "Li Congzhi is extremely strong-willed. Even my hypnotic secret technique can hardly work on him. No torture method can make him succumb. Because he is a fanatical follower of the leader."

In the secret stronghold established by the Intelligence Department in Kaifeng City not long ago, Li Junhao, Hu Sanguang, Xu Fangyi, and Xia Fei, the envoy of the Transmission Department, sat around a round table, discussing matters based on the information Ye Chen gave them.

"Our task is to further verify the authenticity of the information asked by the chief envoy." Li Junhao said, spreading out a map of the inner city of Kaifeng.This map was drawn by Ye Chen in strict accordance with the layout of Kaifeng City by the Intelligence Department. Compared with the layout map of Kaifeng Mansion and the city defense map of the Privy Council, the scale and proportion are much more accurate.

"According to what the Chief Minister said, the branch of Maitreya Cult in Kaifeng is located in the Wanxiang Building in the south city of Kaifeng. Wanxiang Building is one of the three largest brothels in Kaifeng City, covering an area of ​​about 20 mu. One of the courtyards named Yujiyuan is the secret branch of Maitreya Sect in Kaifeng. Wanxianglou is the leader of the silk and cloth industry in Kaifeng City. Prohibited words. I won’t change the name.)’s industry, but Maitreya’s Right Guardian is not Huang Bing, but Zhang Qing, the head of the Wanxiang Building’s guard. Now it seems that Zhang Qing is Huang Bing’s property on the surface. Next, but in fact the person in charge is Zhang Qing."

"However, according to the news that the reconnaissance department just sent people to inquire, since Zhang Qing left Kaifeng City and met Han Wu in Ningling County the day before yesterday, he disappeared after returning to Kaifeng City. He has not appeared in Wanxiang Tower for the past three days. Yes. Our specific task is to find out Zhang Qing's whereabouts, and the subsequent capture and beheading tasks will be taken care of by our own operations department."

Hu Sanguang, Xu Fangyi and Xia Fei looked solemn when they heard the words.

Li Junhao continued: "Wanxiang Building is regarded as the outer edge of the Maitreya Sect's lair, and everyone in it must be vigilant when inquiring about information, so when Mr. Xu leads people to inquire about information, you must be cautious, and you must not reveal your identities, so that Threatening the grass to startle the snake. Because this matter is extremely important to the chief envoy and our Huaxia Weifu. Well, Mr. Xu, tell us about your plan!"

Xu Fangyi nodded in agreement, then coughed lightly, and said, "My lord, this subordinate's plan is like this..."

Kaifeng South City is one of the most prosperous commercial districts in Kaifeng City, with various shops lined up, forming a series of streets.Wanxiang Building is located at the cross-shaped junction of Chenghuangcheng Avenue from the South Gate and the two streets on the left and right.It can be said to be one of the best locations in Kaifeng.

Xu Fangyi, Hu Sanguang, and Xia Fei took the gold medal spy Feng Zhiyuan to the south of the city in a carriage with no obvious features, and stopped in front of the Wanxiang Building with a three-story wooden facade. Leading the horses to put in the reins, another well-dressed Zhike welcomed them in.

Xu Fangyi, Hu Sanguang, Xia Fei, and Feng Zhiyuan naturally all disguised themselves and even changed their appearance. Hu Sanguang was a son in his 30s, Xu Fangyi was an old servant, and Xia Fei and Feng Zhiyuan were followers.

After being dressed like this, no one could recognize that this is the deputy chief envoy of the Intelligence Department of the Huaxia Weifu and the two envoys below, even in Kaifeng City.

The facade of Wanxianglou is a wooden building. Generally, wooden buildings need to be repaired to more than three floors, and the intervals between floors will be compressed to ensure the stability of the wooden building.But the distance between buildings in Wanxiang Building is very high. Even standing in front of the building, you can clearly see the sky behind the building.

Xu Fangyi saw that the wood of this building seemed to be the best quality wood brought from Sichuan and Shu, and walked into the building, followed behind Hu Sanguang, brushing the palm of his hand unconsciously against the huge pillar beside the door, confirming his identity. judge.

It was still early at this time, but there were already many guests sitting in the lobby on the first floor, and a small table about Zhang Fangyuan was facing one side. On the stage, an elegantly dressed and pretty girl was playing the Guqin, and the sound of the piano was gurgling. Enough to clear your mind.

Xu Fangyi narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling more and more that this brothel is not simple.

The four of them went up to the second floor following Zhike's instructions, and chose a table at the back of the building to sit against the railing.

Xu Fangyi lowered his eyes slightly, and noticed that the erotic scenes were painted with blue and gold lacquer under the railing. He couldn't help but think of the Wanxiang Tower, where even the details are so luxurious.It is indeed one of the top brothels in Kaifeng City.

The marketing method of Wanxianglou is rather special, different from ordinary brothels and the pattern of ordinary brothels.

(End of this chapter)