Chapter 133: Torture by Blood Droplets
The Great Elder was very proud of mastering this criminal law, because bloodletting was more effective than ordinary torture, and even those who regarded death as if they were at home, listening to the constant ticking of their own blood, would eventually have a psychological breakdown and become a coward who had ten words to say.
This is a psychological tactic, which is often more effective than simple torture, and dying of blood loss is equivalent to watching one's own life drain little by little, which is indeed very torturous.
The Great Elder listed the bloodletting method as a famous criminal law in the White Lotus Sect's Daode Hall, this kind of criminal law looks very civilized, unlike other tortures that always blur people's flesh and blood, mutilate limbs, and finally people are not ghosts. Those who die under bloodletting can at least have a whole corpse.
The Great Elder had seen the heads of the Three Holy Envoys, and many had seen them as well, and they were hung in several wooden boxes on the high city walls outside the city gates for people entering and leaving the city to see, and next to them were the official announcements of the imperial court.
It's just that the people who saw it only saw the bloody human head, and basically no one noticed what the blood that kept dripping meant, only the Great Elder Xiao Yanfeng not only noticed it, but also had a huge shadow in his heart at that time.
What puzzled him was that there was not much blood on the human head at all, and it had been hanging on the city wall for many days, so how could it keep dripping blood?
This strange phenomenon not only puzzled him, but also made him feel a faint sense of fear in his heart.
People have two attitudes towards unknown things, one is curiosity, wanting to find out the bottom of it, curiosity kills cats is often this kind of thing, and the other is fear, the inexplicable fear of the unknown.
A philosopher once said that human beings fear nothing but fear itself.
This sounds a bit metaphysical, but it's actually just an ordinary philosophy, and it's actually about the fear of the unknown, and if you know exactly what you're going to face and what the result is, you won't be too afraid.
The Great Elder's fear belongs to this, and what he fears is actually fear itself.
He couldn't figure out who could do this, or even that it wasn't even human by human means. And this phenomenon, overturning the experiment he made, the three human heads seemed to have an endless amount of blood to flow, all the way to the end of the earth.
Of course this is not right, it is definitely not a normal phenomenon, but he can't think of any reasonable answer.
"Great Elder, what do you say is going on?" The saint asked.
Instantaneous truth may be absurdity for a long time. Most people will have a blind spot of consciousness, believing that the human head is cut off, of course, it will bleed, but they forget the time of hanging. She only realized this problem after listening to the Great Elder.
"I still don't understand, but it can't be that playboy did it, and it can't be the Ouchi guard, who did it, maybe we can find out later." The Great Elder sighed.
"Speaking of that playboy, there is another strange thing, that is, he is clamoring to go to the royal court and our Bansheng City to spy on intelligence." One of Xiao Yanfeng's subordinates said with a smile.
Everyone present laughed, how could this kind of thing be publicized in advance, lest people all over the world not know, it was clearly another trick.
"It is estimated that their master wants to give credit to this playboy again, publicize it in advance, and then put any credit on his head later." One laughed.
Xiao Yanfeng didn't think about it, it was simply ridiculous and funny, there were more than a dozen fine works sent by the imperial court that he personally killed, and they were all good masters, and in his heart he was just a playboy, he could only eat, drink and have fun, and wait for promotion to make a fortune, how could he risk his life to go deep into the desert and suffer hardship.
Besides, I don't know who gave him the title of playboy, anyway, since he appeared in the capital and was promoted to the commander of the sixth guard of the Jinyi Guard, he has entered the field of vision of the White Lotus Sect. The people of the White Lotus Sect lack understanding of his roots, they only know this kid*, and he is full of beauty, and he is always surrounded by beautiful women and spends money like flowing water, and the whole thing is the image of a playboy.
Besides, if you are here, you have to be mad with anger, he is a genius in Jiangnan, he is a painter, not a fancy man, if he is a painter, he is really worthy of the name.
Most of the investigations of the people of the White Lotus Sect in Beijing came from the mouths of people in the capital, and they have always despised such people, and they are not willing to spend too much effort to investigate in depth.
Ordinary people will always have contempt for people who do not climb to the top step by step, thinking that it is nothing more than a lucky favored minister, and the Jinyi Wei during the Jiajing period commanded Lu Shan, who was the brother of Emperor Jiajing. Besides, it seems to be more innocent than Lu Bing's life experience, after all, he is a closed disciple of the great master of science, but since he started from Jinyiwei, it is obvious that the seven inseparable eight is a copy of Lu Shan.
"I really hope that he can go to our Bansheng City, catching him is like catching a lamb, with him in his hands, he can open his mouth with the emperor and lion, and he doesn't have to be so scheming with this family." The saint had a whim.
She is still young, of course she is not as good as an old fox like Xiao Yanfeng in terms of mood, if it is on her own territory, she can still endure this loneliness, but when she goes deep into the tiger's den, she always feels the wind and the wind is blowing, and the psychological pressure is too great. Therefore, she also hated the cunning of the ruler of this powerful family, except for the welcome when she came, she did not show her head at all in the future, but only sent her cronies and family members to come and spread the word.
Xiao Yanfeng looked at her and smiled, of course he knew what this Highness was thinking, but he didn't say anything, he could do it in any environment, it was also tempered by many years of life and death, although His Highness's qualifications were one in ten thousand, his experience was almost blank, which was also the reason why he personally escorted him.
"How dare that kid, not to mention that our people are staring at him everywhere, even if no one stops him, he has to die of thirst and starvation on the prairie, and he can't even find his way." A maid clutched a cherry.
"That's it, I really thought that the outside of the plug was like the mainland, the personnel were divergent, and the official roads extended in all directions, but when he really got to the outside of the plug, he was afraid that he couldn't even find anyone, so he went directly into the belly of the wild wolf."
Xiao Yanfeng's subordinates and the maid of the Holy Maiden were having fun, laughing at the fact that they had never met, and in fact, they were also venting the depression in their hearts and the fear hidden in their hearts.
They knew their position, they were outcasts who could be sacrificed at any time, and if danger came, they had to be ready to be martyred at any time, so as to delay what might be a momentary chance of escape for the Grand Elder and His Highness the Holy Maiden.
They are specially trained dead soldiers.
Xiao Yanfeng didn't stop them, but continued to look at the information about the situation, he always had a feeling in his heart, besides, he might not be just an idle and dedicated playboy, if this was the case, this attack on Guannai would definitely be a great success.
However, since the matter of the three holy envoys is entangled with him, it is inevitably strange and needs to be studied carefully, the most important thing is that the strange phenomenon of human head dripping blood makes him frightened and makes him wake up.
"Great Elder, did you say that the spies of the imperial court have infiltrated us, and this playboy is waiting to rob those spies of the credit?" The saint had another question in mind.
"Their people have always been there, some of them we know, some of them don't, but they can't hear any valuable information." Xiao Yanfeng raised his head and said with a smile, he was completely sure of this.
To the Holy Maiden, he still has to show superficial etiquette and give enough respect, in case one day the old Holy Maiden has three longs and two shorts, and this one in front of him is half of the leader of the White Lotus Sect.
"Why don't you arrest those who have already been discovered?" The saint was a little puzzled.
"It doesn't matter if you catch them or not, anyway, they won't be able to hear any valuable news, if you catch them and kill them, the court will continue to send people, and the people who come later will dive deeper and do more harm." Xiao Yanfeng patiently explained.
"Oh." The Holy Maiden understood.
She admired very much in her heart, the sect leader, her master, and the elders were the real big people with a lot of strategy, and compared to them, she was really like a child.
"But ......," Xiao Yanfeng suddenly groaned.
He didn't care about this matter originally, thinking that it was a trick deliberately played by the imperial court, but he was a little unsure about the strange thing of someone's head dripping blood, is there any big article in this matter?
"No, do they really want to send this playboy to our territory and deliberately use a trick?" Xiao Yanfeng became alert.
"Great Elder, if this playboy really goes, aren't they picking it out, is there such a trick?" One person was puzzled.
"The art of war cloud, the real is virtual, the virtual is real, ever-changing, the magic is in one mind, do you know that they are not playing this hand? No, tell our people, keep an eye on that playboy, he is really likely to go to our territory and cause trouble. Xiao Yanfeng suddenly stood up.
"Great Elder, are you thinking too much, even if he really goes, we don't have to worry about it, even if no one stops him, he won't be able to find Wang Ting and Bansheng City." The saint laughed.
"Don't be careless, have you forgotten the incident that disturbed the royal court a few years ago? Of course, this playboy is not bullshit, but there are capable people behind him, especially now that the emperor fully supports him, and there will definitely be Ouchi guards to hide behind him. Xiao Yanfeng stood up solemnly.
"No, the Ouchi guards are only responsible for the safety of the palace and the emperor, and they will not go far away." The saint shook her head.
"There are exceptions to everything, it is very possible to put it on this kid, there has never been a team and which yamen has been established with internal funds, this kid's sixth guard is completely used by the emperor's internal funds, and it is not surprising that he can get the full support of the inner guards." Xiao Yanfeng said.
He knew that what the holy woman and her subordinates said was the truth, and the inner guards did not go out of the country for nothing, and only when the emperor appointed them to do something, they would go out of the capital, but the five holy envoys were missing, and the heads of the three holy envoys were still hanging on the city wall outside Beijing, and these strange things were all inseparable from the situation.