"It's a knot that binds hands, and it can be used to hang people, and it can also be used to hang ham."

In the gloomy dungeon, Li Guanqi is teaching Ji Ye some tips on how to use the rope.

Julio, the butler, the guard, and the other one were all hung upside down from Himeha on the iron frame that he had just bought from the mall and used to hang ham.

Taking advantage of the fact that Julio and the others hadn't woken up because of the drug, Ji Ye asked curiously, "What do you have to ask them later?" ”

"As for the reason why Schmidt is here, something related to [platinum-lead disease]." Li Guanqi stared at Julio's head and thought, "The best thing I hope is to ask about the time of the outbreak of [Platinum Lead Disease] and the method of treating [Platinum Lead Disease]. ”

"Do you think they'll know how to cure [platinum lead disease]?" Ji Ye stuffed a rag into the guard's mouth, and then wrapped the rope around it a few times, "To be honest, I don't think it's very likely. ”

"Just ask, what if there's a windfall." Li Guanqi spread his hands indifferently, "Anyway, they don't look like people who can break the news, so I just need to squeeze out their value and ask what I don't know." ”

Although Julio is not a nobleman in the true sense, as a "nouveau riche" who made a fortune by refining [platinum lead], he must be able to know some inside stories that they don't understand.

"That's right." Ji Ye nodded and agreed: "At least judging from this manor that is not built by [platinum lead], the things that these nobles know are indeed higher than ordinary people." ”

Li Guanqi: "......"

Li Guanqi: "...... Manor? ”

Li Guanqi was stunned, and his face showed a moment of astonishment, "Old Ji...... How do you know that this manor is not made of platinum lead? ”

"Huh? Because the decoration style of this manor is not quite the same as that of Frevans? ”

Himeha continued to repeat her previous behavior—shoving a rag into a guard's mouth, then wrapping it around the rope a few times and tying it up—

"If you really want to talk about it, is it probably the difference between a stone brick house and a cement house? It's just that one is painted white, and the other is not. ”

As he spoke, Ji Ye pointed to the wall next to the dungeon and said, "You see, the stone bricks in this dungeon are not painted white, and they are made of black and purple stone bricks. ”

Li Guanqi: "......"

"Probably because unlike the manor above, which needs to be used to entertain guests frequently, the dungeon is a more private occasion, and outsiders are not allowed to enter easily, so it doesn't matter if you don't disguise it."

Ji Ye glanced at - or rather hostile to everyone here except Li Guanqi, and said calmly: "It seems that they are not completely stupid either. ”

“…… Old Ji? Li Guanqi immediately sensed that Ji Ye's emotions were wrong, and felt that it was necessary to hinder it, so he cautiously reminded: "Are you angry?" ”

"Hmm." Ji Ye nodded: "I'm really angry." ”

"It should be! - because this is a bunch of scum! Li Guanqi reacted quickly and agreed: "They all deserve to die!" ”

Himeba: "......"

Ji Ye sighed softly, noticing that Li Guanqi's gaze never moved from her face, so she turned her head over and began to be silent.

Li Guanqi: "......"

Seeing this, Li Guanqi also fell silent.

After all, as a guy who is good at scolding people but not good at comforting people, she really can't think of a better response than silence.

She was saying, what should she do now?

She's just as angry as she is.

When Ji Ye left, Li Guanqi was crouching in the dark corner of the steps with her cage in her arms, looking at Julio's head.

When Ji Ye passed by her in silence, Li Guanqi opened his mouth and asked hesitantly: "Old Ji, it's okay for you to go up alone...... Right? ”

Himeba: "......"

"Don't worry, watch the chess...... Give me some time. Ji Ye said, "If you have a problem, I will talk to you." ”

Li Guanqi wrinkled his facial features, and his face was full of confusion: "Hmm......"

"It's you, watching chess." Ji Ye turned his head and lowered his eyes to look at Li Guanqi's head and Xuan'er, "I knew you were planning to kill them." ”

Li Guanqi wanted to hold back, and suddenly raised his head to say something, but he couldn't control the strange expression of surprise and surprise on his face, "I ......"

"I don't mean to disagree." Ji Ye interrupted Li Guanqi's words, shook his head, and said calmly: "I just want to emphasize that the rope is tied by me, and the person is also hung by me." ”

Li Guanqi: "......"

The strange expression on Li Guanqi's face stiffened.

When Li Guanqi was stunned, Ji Ye said, "So I think we are accomplices now." ”

“…… Ah, right. Li Guanqi lowered his head again and said dryly:

“…… We are now accomplices. ”

"Well, that's right. Then the rest is up to you, watching chess. Ji Ye whispered, "I'll go up there to breathe." ”

Li Guanqi: "......"

Li Guanqi didn't respond, but with that stiff and strange expression, he looked at Julio's head again, until he heard the sound of the wooden planks of the dungeon above being opened and closed, and the expression on his face gradually changed to a wry smile.

It turns out that Ji Ye just looks good at fooling, but it's not really easy to fool.

Although she is a year younger than her, she has been changed by the darkness of this world and is no longer naïve.

The bullshit world has always been afraid of no good things, just afraid of no good people.

Some people don't deserve to die, and some people don't deserve to die but die.

Li Guanqi looked at Julio's head and sighed, and began to sharpen his knife in order to facilitate the murder for a while.

Alas...... Really, damn it.

*

Julio opened his eyes and found that the world had become an upside-down mirror image, and it took him a long time to find that he was being hung upside down in the dungeon in the cellar of his manor.

There are also many people around who are also hanging upside down, but because they are basically facing away from him, they can't see their specific identities, but judging from the way they dress, they seem to be the housekeepers and servants of his manor.

"Butler? Hey! Julio shouted loudly, trying to get the attention of the people around him, so that he could answer his doubts at this time, "What happened? Why are we hanging upside down here? Chamberlain?! Are you listening? Hey! ”

“……”

“…………”

Silence, no sound.

It was as if he was still asleep and had not yet woken up, and no one from the housekeeper or the servants around him responded to Julio's cries in the slightest, not even physically.

There are a few torches lit in the dungeon for lighting, but because there are not many of them, and there are too many people hanging upside down, there is a reason for the blocking relationship, so the lighting conditions are very bad, and at the same time, there are many people like a cult scene in a horror movie.

"I ...... Where am I? What's going on? Is there anybody? Hurry up and put me down! ”

Julio shouted in panic as he struggled violently to get out of the predicament he was facing, but did not achieve the slightest effect other than to make the shelf shake a little.

Oh my God, what's going on? How could I be hung upside down here? I ...... before It seems that he was walking with the butler with those two foreign visitors on the way to the dungeon, but how......

Julio was reminiscing about what had happened before he fell unconscious, when he heard footsteps in the silent dungeon, and the sound changed from far to near, as if they were coming in his direction.

“…… Yes, anyone? Julio asked uneasily, even though the footsteps made him feel uneasy, but he still held a naïve and stupid mood, and said with luck: "If someone has someone, come over and put me down from the top of this ghost shelf!" ”

He complained, unable to stop as soon as he spoke.

"Really, you dare to hang me in a place like this, if I knew who did it, I wouldn't have spared that guy."

The more Julio spoke, the more angry he became, the more irritable he became, as if he had already figured out how to punish the man who had caused him to suffer such a great sin.

It was not until the man who came from the footsteps finally stood in front of him, holding a blood-dripping kitchen knife, with a dull expression, but with silence and calmness, as if looking at him like a dead man, that he ceased his irritability and anger with a pale face, and let fear appear on his face.

"I have a question for you." Li Guanqi wiped the blood stains on the kitchen knife, "If the answer is correct, I will not move you first, but if the answer is wrong, I will start with your little mother's finger first." ”

"You, you......" Julio's face was full of horror, and his mouth grew up, but he couldn't speak.

In fact, the moment he saw Li Guanqi, he wanted to justify himself or something, but looking at Li Guanqi's corpse's eyes, it was difficult for him to say even a complete sentence in such fear.

is different from before, when Ji Ye is here, you can only say that Li Guanqi is a bit sinister.

But now, her appearance is enough to be called a ruthless.

"Don't say anything superfluous."

Li Guanqi seemed to be an emotionless person, calmly and indifferently stating her request, "If you answer correctly, live a few more seconds, and if you answer wrong, you will pay the price...... First question. ”

Julio opened his mouth and looked at Li Guanqi in panic, even from her point of view, he could not judge the joy and anger on Li Guanqi's face at the moment, but he still stretched his neck to look at Li Guanqi's expression.

"What did you bring us to the dungeon?" Li Guanqi asked, even if the question was in a declarative tone.

Julio: "......"

When Julio heard this, the fear on his face gradually faded, revealing a strange expression, and his lips squirmed, but he never responded.

"I'll repeat, what you're bringing us to the dungeon for." Li Guanqi raised the kitchen knife and began to slowly knock the little thumb of Julio's right hand, and the screams began to sound in the dungeon with her movements.

But Li Guanqi continued her movements as if she hadn't heard, the tip of the knife carefully avoided the bones on his fingers, and just peeled the flesh aside.

"Answer the question, get it right, I'll stop."

"I, I say!" Julio screamed and gasped, "For, to sell to the merchant in charge of the slave trade!" ”

"Why?" Li Guanqi asked, she stopped cutting the flesh and lowered her head again to look at Julio's expression.

"For ...... In order to make money. Julio didn't forget to pretend to be confused, "People like you who come from foreign countries, especially those who have not yet joined the World Government, have always been able to sell for a very high price...... Yes! It hurts! My hand! Stop, stop! I, I answer questions! Your words don't count! ”

"You answered the question, but you didn't answer it correctly." Li Guanqi retracted his gaze and continued his movements, "Although this answer sounds very reliable, considering a precondition, that is, we will come to this banquet tonight in the carriage of Chief Ut...... I don't believe you don't know about this kind of thing. ”

Julio gritted his teeth: "I, I don't know what you're talking about!" ”

"Give me some face." Li Guanqi sighed: "After all, although Chief Ut is in the back door, the power in his hands has not been discounted at all...... You're a rich nouveau riche even if it's for the money, well, I'll assume you're in it for the money...... But even so, it is not worth the loss to provoke someone of other status. ”

At this time, Julio's little finger had been completely stripped of a bone by Li Guanqi, and then with a "ding" sound, it was thrown into the bucket at his feet.

"So it's definitely not right for money, let's see, is there any other answer." Li Guanqi crouched down and reached out to grab Julio's throat to stop his screams.

"I'll answer after thinking about it, although you still have nineteen more chances to try and make mistakes, I'll find it troublesome." Li Guanqi let go of his hand and weighed Julio's expression inch by inch, "Let me ask again, the reason?" ”

"It's Ute! Ute hinted that I did! He also told me that the country you come from is not a member country certified by the World Government! ”

Julio twitched his face, not only did he not pretend to be confused this time, but he could even be said to be impatient to start the hidden question, "Because he took the back door to get on the top, he has not been favored by the people above, and because the Tianlong people are coming in three months, this time the project of the flower stand he built independently on the border has been praised by the people above, so ......"

Li Guanqi nodded, "Go on." ”

"So he wants to take all the credit! But as the first to come up with this idea, you are in his way! So on the day you came to the feast, he contacted me and suggested that I should contact the slavers and sell you somewhere else while the feast was being held! ”

That way, he can take all the credit alone! As long as this border trellis project can be appreciated by the Celestial Dragons, he may not only be able to talk to King Frevans, but even be on an equal footing with the king! ”

Li Guanqi: "......"

"Congratulations, you answered correctly." Li Guanqi still didn't have any expression, "Then the next question, about [Platinum Lead Disease]......"

Julio: "!! ”

Julio chuckled inwardly, not quite trying to answer.

But Li Guanqi ignored his expression and continued: "When do your experts expect it to start to officially break out in this country. ”

Julio: "......"

Julio was silent, gasping for breath and silent, just from the pain and dizziness.

Li Guanqi got up.

"I-"

Poof! Her knife slammed into Julio's palm.

"Ask you—"

The sound of her muscles constantly being cut apart was even louder than the sound of her speaking.

"[Platinum lead disease] is expected—"

Ding-tink, ding-tink, ding-ding! It was the sound of a string of bones being cut off and thrown into a bucket.

"When will it start to officially erupt in this country."

"Half a year! It's half a year! ”

Julio's snot and tears flowed down his nose because of the intense and constant pain, and in the calm disregard of Li Guanqi, he felt that his right hand had lost the support of his bones and was lying limply on his wrist.

"Experts say [platinum-lead disease] will break out in half a year...... Please...... Leave me alone...... Leave me alone...... I don't want to die yet. ”

Julio begged, he faced Li Guanqi and wanted to ask for mercy, but looking at Li Guanqi's consistently calm eyes, he didn't know how to beg for his life in the hands of such a seemingly emotionless person who seemed to be determined to kill him.

So he could only cry, expressing his instincts ugly and bluntly.

"I don't want to die, please, I'll say anything, already, I won't lie anymore...... Please, you, let me go! ”