Chapter 101: Unmasking the secret, expert behind the scenes (2/2)
Seeing Long Feiye walk deeper into the dungeons, Han Yunxi hesitated before limping after him. She entered a room to see the guards preparing instruments of torture. The prisoners had yet to arrive. Long Feiye sat in a corner, his face lit by torches in the gloom. The light made him resemble a sovereign of myriad creatures of the dark, mysterious and graceful, majestic and filled with a wild arrogance!
Dressed in white, he resembled an Immortal. Dressed in black and he was a demon.
Han Yunxi stared transfixed as she rested her weight on one leg. This man was only a few paces away from her, but it felt like they were as wide apart as the Heavens. Long Feiye gave her a wordless glance as he raised his chin, signaling that there was a seat by her right. Han Yunxi nodded in silence and hobbled over to sit down, finally relieving her legs. Only then did she realize the room contained no tools of torture, only a big iron cage. Its bars were close together and solid, and it had a round opening on one side that was about the size of a person’s face.
This is a torture instrument?
Han Yunxi couldn’t figure out what it was used for no matter how she thought. How could this be scarier than Rice Poison?
Soon enough, another guard brought over a rat cage. Inside was a frightening black rat whose head and tail added up to the length of a person’s entire arm. It had a very sharp set of teeth. Han Yunxi wasn’t sure what the rat was for, but a few glances was enough to make her hairs stand on end. It seemed that the guard was afraid of this rat. He didn’t touch it with his hands, but opened the rat cage and dumped it into the larger iron cage before closing the opening. As soon as it landed, the giant rat began to scurry around wildly. It’d probably been cooped up too long without exercise and wanted to escape. In any case, it was very excited.
The more she looked, the more puzzled Han Yunxi became. Right at this moment, the guard tossed in a piece of raw meat about the size of a thumbnail on the rat’s back. Its nose was extremely sensitive, and it turned to pounce on the morsel, swallowing it in one gulp without even chewing!
Han Yunxi suddenly sat up straight, exclaiming in surprise, “This rat’s been raised on raw meat!”
Long Feiye didn’t reply, but the guard respectfully answered, “To reply esteemed wangfei, yes.”
Han Yunxi immediately understood and gave a start as she hugged her arms. Too horrific! This carnivorous rat had obviously been starved for days. It was so hungry that it kept looking for food, and it seemed like it’d gone into this iron cage multiple times. It knew that as soon as it entered, it’d have meat, and that’s why it was scurrying about so happily. If Long Feiye locked the spy into this cage, then wouldn’t she…
Han Yunxi didn’t dare think any further, but turned towards Long Feiye. His face was expressionless and his eyes had no pity, as if he was some malevolent spirit of the night. This torture was indeed more horrific than Rice Poison. Faced with this, wouldn’t anyone confess?
Soon enough, the two female spies were brought inside, their hands tied behind their backs and their hair in disorder. Both of them resembled withered plants that had been starved for days. One was taken to the side and tied up while the other was brought before the cage. As soon as the gag was removed from her mouth, she started cursing at Long Feiye.
“Long Feiye, don’t waste your breath. Even if I die, I won’t answer any of your questions!”
“If I can offer you a piece of advice, it’s to stop wasting time. It’s useless!”
Long Feiye curved his lips in ridicule. He didn’t speak, but a single glance had the guard leading the captive over. Her head was viciously pressed against the iron cage, where the giant black rat smelled the scent of “food” and pounced from the inside. Its sharp claws scrabbled wildly at the close-knit bars as if trying to rip them apart.
The female spy roared with rage. “Long Feiye, do you still consider yourself a man for tyrannizing a woman? If you have the guts, then kill me!”
“Long Feiye, do you hear me or not? You cold-blooded, emotionless thing, you’re not human!”
“What kind of righteous hero are you? If you have the grit, kill me with a sword!”
……
Long Feiye didn’t speak. The guard pulled the spy aside and gagged her mouth with a hand towel. Immediately, the room fell silent. Only then did Long Feiye opened his mouth, voice so cold that it made the surrounding temperatures drop a few degrees.
“Over ten people have died at your hands in the past few years, including a six-year-old child and an infant still in swaddling clothes. Are you worthy enough to disparage your lordship’s humanity?”
Han Yunxi previously held some sympathy for this female agent, but hearing Long Feiye’s words, she turned indignant. She could accept that spies would do shameful things, but these didn’t even spare children. That was too despicable, so her current situation was her own bad luck! Displeased, the female spy turned her head aside, but Long Feiye gave a cold command.
“Carry out the execution.”
Execute her first? Then throw her in the cage? Or was it…