It was late at night.

The two closed doors of the Imperial Prison and the two bright red lanterns hanging in front of the door were like a strange and terrifying ghost face, staring at the front with blood-red eyes, ready to choose someone to devour, which made people shudder.

The street in front of the gate was deserted, not only because it was a cold winter night, but even on a clear day, there were usually no pedestrians on the streets near the prison.

It is said that day and night, even across the street, you can often hear the terrible screams of the prisoners coming from the prison.

Not only that, but legend has it that at night, on the streets near the Imperial Prison, sometimes there will be those unjust souls of those who have been tortured and succumbed to death in the prison, and they are unwilling to wander around, so the people in the capital are all respectful of the Imperial Prison area, and are unwilling to walk around here without special reasons.

The old king is the one with a special reason.

He is a watchman, and he has to be in charge of the night patrol every night.

It was a chore, but the old king, who was old, had no children and no daughters, and was alone, had to do this errand that no one else wanted to do in order to live.

Fortunately, he had been in the army in his early years, and he had also experienced conquest and killing, and he had seen a lot of dead people, and he was not very afraid of these ghosts and gods.

Tonight, he beat the bamboo stick rhythmically as usual, and when he walked beyond the high walls of the edict, he heard a terrible and miserable howl from the edict prison, which pierced the silent night sky.

The old king couldn't help but shake his head and sighed lightly, thinking that in the middle of the night, I don't know who is so unlucky, and he is still being tortured.

He couldn't help but quicken his pace, trying to get out of this place quickly, and when he looked up, suddenly a flower appeared in front of him, and something seemed to flash from the high wall in front of him.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at it again, but there was nothing.

The old king was a little surprised, could it be that he was old and dazzled?

His mind involuntarily remembered the folk legend about the unjust souls wandering nearby, and his whole body trembled involuntarily, only to feel that his hairs stood on end, and he hurriedly quickened his pace and hurried out of this ghost place.

Behind him, over the dark and empty streets, there was another heart-rending scream.

The screams came from inside the prison cell.

Zhang Fatman, Zhang Idiot, was naked and naked at the moment, his hands were tied, hanging high on a big iron hook hanging in the center of the torture room, and the white flesh and skin were all over the wound at the moment, dripping with blood, and there was almost no good meat left.

Bright red blood flowed down his legs, forming a pool of blood on the ground beneath him, which was shocking.

At this moment he hung his head and had passed out.

Not far from him, Xie Zhenliang was also naked and tightly tied to a torture bed, and he was also covered in bruises, and beads of sweat on his forehead mixed with blood rolled down, obviously suffering great pain.

He gasped for breath, looking exhausted, but his eyes widened, full of anger and hatred, staring at the man standing in front of the torture bed, looking like he would have pounced on it and bitten him twice if he hadn't been bound and couldn't move.

This person is the current commander of the Jinyi Guard, Ji Gang.

At this moment, Ji Gang looked at Xie Zhenliang in front of him with a kind of pity, sighed lightly, and said: "Master Xie, why do you bother? You and Zhang Shizi have been noble people since childhood, with fine clothes and jade food, how can anyone dare to touch one of your fingers? Now that he is so hard-mouthed, he wants to suffer these flesh and skin suffering, which really makes Ji a little unbearable. ”

Xie Zhenliang glared at Ji Gang angrily, in the past few days, he had seen the various methods of this Ji Master who kept saying that he couldn't bear it, it was indeed as rumored outside, ruthless, cold-blooded and ruthless, like a demon in hell, and even some people who took pleasure in cruelty to prisoners, no wonder people outside called him "Living Yama".

Ji Gang slowed down his complexion, and asked softly: "I think you don't have to insist on it, the various punishments in this edict and prison can make the iron-cast men cry bitterly, kowtow and beg for mercy, with your physique, you can't bear a few, or do you honestly say it, where is your righteous brother Ye Feng now?"

Xie Zhenliang gritted his teeth and said stiffly: "We have already said that he has died in the tomb of the Qin Emperor with the Mo family giant Mo Qizhong, but you don't believe it, what can I do?"

Ji Gang shook his head and sighed: "I believe it or not, it doesn't matter at all, the important thing is that he doesn't believe it." ”

He reached out and pointed above his head, gesturing to the man in the air, and then

said: "As long as he doesn't believe what you say, your words are lies, your flesh and skin suffering will continue, and the lower officials really can't help it." ”

He turned to the two shirtless men next to him, showing his knotted muscles, and the two men turned around and carried a bucket of slimy things and a few pieces of burlap, and walked to the side of the fat man who had passed out who was hanging high.

Xie Zhenliang was taken aback and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Ji Gang smiled evilly and said: "I also know that your brothers are very righteous and have deep feelings, for the sake of your righteous brother, you can survive these tortures, but this Zhang Shizi is also your brother, if you continue to be hard-mouthed, you have to watch this brother of yours suffer, and see if he can survive the taste of being tortured?"

Hearing this, Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but tremble all over.

Clothed in linen, of course he had heard of this name, which was also called "skinning and asking" among the people, and was said to be an extremely cruel punishment handed down from the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The punishment began with a glue made from a fish bladder applied to the prisoner, followed by burlap. Fish swim bladders are the most sticky, and once they are sticky, they are easy to separate. After the glue has cooled, the linen cloth is torn off vigorously, which often tears off the flesh and skin of the prisoner, which is cruel and abnormal.

Legend has it that when the famous Southern Song Dynasty general Yue Fei and his son were unjustly imprisoned by the traitorous minister Qin Hui on "trumped-up" charges, they also suffered such a punishment.

He struggled for a moment, and shouted, "Stop!" and was about to stand up, but unfortunately he was firmly tied to the torture bed, and he couldn't move at all, so he could only watch as the big men put steaming fish glue on the fat man's naked body, and pasted the burlap cloth on it.

Then, they poured cold water on Zhang Fatzi, and as soon as the cold water was poured, the fish gelatin would cool down faster.

Stimulated by the cold water, the fat man Zhang who had passed out woke up slowly, but he was already exhausted, still unable to lower his head and let out a faint moan.

Seeing that the fish glue was almost cooled, the big men hooked the sticky burlap with a few iron hooks, and turned their heads to look at Ji Gang and waited for instructions.

Ji Gang was not in a hurry, he just looked coldly at Xie Zhenliang, who was both anxious and worried, and asked slowly: "Master Xie, there is still a chance for your brother not to suffer so much, as long as you are willing to tell me honestly, where did Ye Feng go?"

Xie Zhenliang glared at Ji Gang angrily and said, "We have already said that Ye Feng is dead, no matter how much you torture us, it is useless." ”

The corner of Ji Gang's mouth showed a gloomy smile: "Since you are still so hard-hearted, then the lower official can only be sorry." ”

He turned his head and nodded to the few big men who were waiting for him, and several big men shouted, the iron hook in his hand hooked the burlap and pulled it down hard, only to hear the sound of stabbing, the burlap was torn off hard, and a large piece of fat man's flesh was still adhered to it, and then looked at Zhang Fatman's body, a large piece of flesh was torn off with a belt, revealing the red and bright raw fresh meat inside, dripping with blood, blood flowed along his body, and sprinkled on the ground along his toes.

Zhang Fatzi, who was already weak and powerless, was stimulated by this great pain, and his body that was suspended in the air suddenly straightened up like a fish jumping ashore, struggled violently, swayed in the air, and let out a heart-rending howl like killing a pig in his mouth, and the terrible sound echoed throughout the night of the edict.

Seeing his brother being tortured like this, Xie Zhenliang closed his eyes in pain, and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but Ji Gang's unhurried and faint voice came from his ears: "Look, your senseless persistence will only make your brother suffer more, how can you bear it?"

Xie Zhenliang opened his eyes violently and scolded Ji Gang angrily: "You despicable villain, shameless cool official, will only abuse torture, frame Zhongliang, and torture into tricks, if you treat the British prince like this, you are not afraid that the British prince will never let you go in the future, you must not die well, and you will have no fart in the future...... Ah——!h

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly let out a long, terrible scream, and it turned out that a big man on the side had picked up a red-hot soldering iron from the blazing furnace next to him and placed it on his bare chest.

Xie Zhenliang's chest was burned by the soldering iron, and he screamed in pain, struggling desperately, helplessly tied up firmly, unable to move.

Ji Gang in front of him looked at Xie Zhenliang who was screaming in pain, and said with a cold smile: "You are so idle, and you are still concerned about whether I can die well, but even if I don't die well in the future, you can't see it." As long as one of you

If you don't tell the truth, don't even think about getting out of here again, don't forget, this is a prison!"

After a pause, he said again: "I forgot to tell you that this brother of yours is no longer the identity of the British prince, I heard that the British prince Zhang Fu has just revised the family tree, and Zhang Wu's name has been removed from the Zhang family." ”

"What? this can't be!" Xie Zhenliang was shocked by the news, even though he was suffering greatly.

Ji Gang smiled proudly and said: "How can a cunning person like Zhang Fu offend the emperor for a son and risk the danger of raiding the family and exterminating the family, so that the way to protect one's life is the smartest choice." ”

He forgot to glance at Zhang Fatzi, who was hanging in the air and screaming desperately, and said proudly: "So, no matter what I do to him today, even if he dies here, no one will stand up for him, let alone come to me to settle accounts, because I am just doing things according to orders, and the one who really ordered me to torture you is the current emperor." ”

Xie Zhenliang's face darkened, he knew that Ji Gang was telling the truth, such a thing, he would not make it up to deceive them, and there was no need for this.

Looking at Xie Zhenliang's expression, Ji Gang became even more proud, and said with a sneer: "Instead of worrying about the subordinate officials here, Gongzi Xie should worry about your father, the world-famous genius Xie Jinjie." ”

Xie Zhenliang heard him mention his father, his expression changed, and he asked in surprise, "My father, what's wrong with him?"

Ji Gang snorted and said: "Gongzi Xie doesn't know yet, Ling Zun went to Beijing a while ago to do business, and when the emperor went out and didn't return, he met the prince and returned to Huazhou." His Royal Highness the King of Han took the opportunity to play, and said that Xie Jin took the opportunity of the emperor's absence to enter Beijing to meet the prince privately, no one was courteous, and there were different intentions, so the emperor ordered me Jinyi Wei to escort Ling Zun into Beijing, and it should be on the road at this moment. ”

This news was tantamount to a bolt from the blue to Xie Zhenliang, which shocked him incomparably, and only after a while did he tremble and roar: "Framed, this is framed!"

Ji Gang smiled coldly and said: "Whether it is framed or not, it doesn't matter if you say it, and it doesn't count if the lower officials say it, it depends on what the emperor says." I'm afraid that Ling Zun is old and weak, and after coming in, he can't compare to your brother Zhang Gongzi, who is fat and strong, and can withstand such a heavy punishment as being clothed and tortured, if he is unfortunate enough to walk in front of Xie Gongzi, wouldn't it be a big disappointment?"

After saying that, he laughed viciously twice.

Thinking of his father's body and the incomparably cruel punishments in the edict he had seen in the past few days, Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but shudder.

Ji Gang observed his words and looks, and knew that he had already said what was on his mind, so he continued: "If you want to save Ling Zun now, there is only one way. ”

Xie Zhenliang looked up as if a person on the verge of drowning saw a life-saving straw, raised his head and asked, "What way?"

Ji Gang said faintly: "As long as you are willing to tell Ye Feng's whereabouts, it will not only be innocent, but a great achievement, so the emperor is happy, and he must be exempted from this little crime of Ling Zun." In fact, in the final analysis, Ling Zun's original was just a small mistake like a sesame mung bean, and whether he was guilty or not was only a matter between the emperor's nod. ”

Listening to Ji Gang's words, Xie Zhenliang lowered his head, and seemed to be moved by the words and hesitated.

Ji Gang saw that there was a play, and hurriedly stepped up, and asked while the iron was hot: "How is it?" Ye Feng, where is he now?"

Xie Zhenliang suddenly raised his head, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm on Ji Gang's face, he was so surprised that he couldn't dodge it, and he was spit out.

Xie Zhenliang laughed and said, "Ye Feng is waiting in front of the Hades Palace now, why don't you go down and find him yourself?"

Ji Gang stretched out his hand to wipe the phlegm off his face, his face sank, he nodded a little annoyed, and said, "Very good, very good." ”

Turning, he picked from the blazing furnace beside him, and pulled out a long iron hook, the end of which was now burned red.

The fire reflected on Ji Gang's face, and he showed a vicious and hideous look, and said: "Just now Gongzi Xie said that people like me will have no butt in the future, I don't know this, but right now, I can make you become no butt in no time." ”

After saying that, he turned his head and gestured the iron hook at the fat ass of the fat man hanging in mid-air.

Zhang Fatzi, who was still hoarse and struggling to howl miserably just now, was already exhausted at this moment, hanging weakly in the air, humming weakly in his mouth.

Xie Zhenliang's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "You, you demon, what are you going to do?

Ji Gang turned a deaf ear and took the red iron hook in his hand and walked towards Zhang Fatzi step by step.