"Once upon a time, a tyrant saw an ant crawling on a hot brass bucket, and he saw the ant rolling and struggling, and he thought it was very funny, so he ordered the master craftsman to make squares out of copper, and let the prisoners walk barefoot on the hot brass grid. This is the famous punishment of cannon branding. ”

"Thousands of years later, someone was inspired to make a pair of iron shoes and put them in the furnace, burn them until they were hot and red, and then use pliers to clip them out, and then put the prisoner's feet into these 'red embroidered shoes'."

Alex spoke at a steady, gentle tone, as if he were telling a bedtime story, but the content of the story was terrifying.

Huang Han, who was tied to the torture rack, stared at the stove less than three meters away from him, he watched a little spark float out of the stove, and felt a wave of heat on the soles of his feet, but the chest cavity was cold and piercing, as if the blood in his heart was all frozen by fear.

"I have a strong interest in Chinese culture, especially the torture that was born in China's long history."

"Ling Chi, car cracking, waist slashing, cramps, skinning, slashing, palace punishment, needle punishment, stick punishment, cooking punishment, tongue amputation, potting, apricot blossom rain, these punishments have been seen more than once, although most of them are videotaped, but they are enough to satisfy my curiosity. Only this pair of red embroidered shoes, I haven't seen what it looks like on people. ”

"Mr. Huang, do you want to open my eyes?"

After Alex finished speaking, there happened to be a burst of barbecue aroma mixed with the smell of burnt paste, and Huang Han's nose twitched, and his throat was slightly entangled.

"Whew-"

The secret police officer in charge of torture took out a pair of pliers from the bucket, reached into the stove and clamped the iron shoes, and in the sizzling sound, steam rushed out of the furnace, blowing down Huang Han's last psychological defense.

"Don't, I say!" Huang Han shouted so anxiously that his voice broke.

Alex raised his right hand, and the secret guard beside him put away the pliers and threw them back into the barrel.

"Sir, listen to me." Huang Han swallowed the bloody saliva, his voice trembled, "I'm different from them, I'm not brainwashed, I'm just ...... It's just for money. Before, I didn't want to say it, but I didn't dare to say it. If I say it, I'll lose my value to you, then I'm going to die, I, I don't want to die. Sir, did you promise that I said you wouldn't kill me? ”

Alex looked him in the eye and smiled without saying a word.

Left and right are dead, instead of giving life to the rebels, it is better to try your luck, Huang Han gritted his teeth and said: "About a month ago, there was news from Yedu that I asked me to prepare a hiding place for a team of twenty people. In the end, there were only fourteen of them who arrived in Dingwu, and these people went to search the mountains every night, I don't know what they were looking for, but it was certainly something very important. ”

"Mr. Huang, you're talking nonsense." The smile on Alex's face vanished, and as he said, he wasn't a patient person.

"I ...... I know how they got here, and I know how they're going! Huang Han tensed his toes as he spoke, and this was his last hole card.

"Oh?"

"That's right, every year, several boxes of special drugs for the treatment of demon scars syndrome are shipped from the Fourth Domain, this medicine is a federal level contraband, it is made by the rebels, there are several rebel forces are selling this medicine, I am their agent, patients in Dingwu and several surrounding towns buy medicine from me, I said, I really want to make money, I have not been brainwashed by them."

Huang Han was a little incoherent, but Alex didn't care, and nodded lightly after listening: "Go on." ”

"Zhengqitang, Dr. Hao of Zhengqitang is my partner, patients can't trust me, they only believe him, they all take medicine from him, he has opened a medical clinic for so many years, he has rich connections and is very energetic, he helped me transport the equipment of that team."

"He helps you?"

"He, I, I lied to him that it was medicine, let him help me ......" Huang Han lowered his head.

"Next, how is this rebel squad going?"

"They have several evacuation plans, that Jia Shengli is their correspondent, the correspondent was arrested by you, they can only go to Yedu first, there are senior spies of the rebels in the Yedu City Guard."

"City Guards? What's the name? ”

"I don't know, I don't even know the code name. I said it, they couldn't trust me, and they were wary of me everywhere. Huang Han shook his head in annoyance, "I only know that they will definitely go to Yedu." Really, I said everything I knew! ”

"I believe in you, thank you for your help." Alex thanked him sincerely, then turned to his subordinate next to him and said, "Put new shoes on him and send him on his way." ”

"Sir! Sir! I'm aaa

Huang Han burst out with all his strength and struggled desperately, but he couldn't break the secret rope and couldn't resist the secret policeman's arm.

Barefoot in the red-hot iron shoes, the skin was charred and rotten, and the blood quickly warmed up to the boiling point, gurgling bubbles.

A terrible cry echoed through the dark room, and Alex took off his skull hat after taking his cup of coffee and strode up the stairs.

A Chinese secret police officer with sparse eyebrows hurriedly caught up and said cautiously: "Boss, do you think we have something we don't understand?" ”

"You can ask, but I won't necessarily answer." Alex held on to the handrail of the staircase, moving slowly like a frail old man.

"The liaison officer named Huang Han has all been recruited, why do you want to kill him? Like you said, it's more useful for us to keep him alive, we can train him to be a double agent, maybe he can help us find out more rebel remnants, even if the rebels don't trust him anymore, that's okay, we keep him alive, it's a lot of money. ”

"In this way, the other rebels will know that as long as they are caught and cooperate honestly, they will be able to survive, and it will be much less difficult for us to torture information in the future. Of course, it is possible for the rebels to send people to eliminate the traitors, so we can also wait and wait. ”

After the Chinese secret police finished speaking, he lowered his head and asked, "Boss, what do you think?" ”

"I don't think you're too stupid, but you're not smart enough." Alex glanced at him faintly and asked, "What would you think if you were a member of the rebels, and you heard that the liaison officer who had been captured by the secret police was lying in the streets, and the corpse was horrible, with his feet glued together and his body covered in whip marks?" ”

"I ......" the Chinese secret police officer thought seriously for a moment, and his eyes lit up, "I will feel that he did not confess, so he was tortured by all kinds of torture and tortured to death!" I understand the boss, so it's likely that the rebel squad won't change their plans, and we can wait for them in Yedu! ”

Alex was noncommittal, and was about to take the next step, when he heard the Chinese secret police ask, "Boss, what about that collaborating doctor?" ”

"Your name is Feng Bo?" Alex asked, "I remember, when you were young, your mother committed suicide by throwing herself into a lake because she couldn't afford the medical bills, and your lover died of Demonmark Syndrome?" ”

The scar in Feng Bo's heart was torn fiercely, he lowered his head and hummed imperceptibly.

"If you could have met a doctor like Dr. Hao back then, you should have a happy family now." Alex patted Feng Bo on the shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Remember, we are people, not demons. ”