Chapter 102: Interrogation, fiendish tactics (2/2)

Only then did Long Feiye turned towards the first woman and gave a cold smile. “Your lordship won’t kill you, but make you suffer a fate worse than death!” So speaking, he ordered, “Someone, take her away to a doctor for treatment. When she’s healed, we’ll continue with the execution! Next.”

“No…” the tied-up woman inadvertently blurted out. After witnessing her companion’s state with her own eyes, she was completely aware of the horrors of this rat. She could admit that she didn’t have to nerve to face it–just imagining it made her hair stand on end.

“You still have time to change your mind,” Long Feiye reminded her coldly.

The woman didn’t think twice before replying, “I agree!”

So fast?

Han Yunxi was puzzled, but then the woman spoke again. “Long Feiye, I’ll agree to your terms! But let me eat my fill of rice first to calm my mind down.”

After starving for so many days, she didn’t have any strength left. Since she was going to confess, it was very normal to ask for a meal first. If Han Yunxi hadn’t solved the mystery of the Rice Poison, perhaps Long Feiye might’ve even agreed. But the female captive didn’t know that Long Feiye had gone to war today and risked a prisoner’s life for interrogation just because he’d cracked the puzzle.

Once a prisoner wanted to die but had no way to do so, their only option was to confess!

“Rice?” Long Feiye wore an icy smile. “Do you think your lordship will help you take poison and commit suicide?”

At this, the woman’s face suddenly changed color. Did Long Feiye’s words just then mean that he found out the existence of Rice Poison?

No, this is impossible!

Their master’s poison skills were so secretive. Rice Poison was a poison from ancient times that few people were aware of. How could Long Feiye know? She gave him a disbelieving look, but Long Feiye didn’t have the patience to waste time with her.

“Someone, carry out the execution!”

If someone couldn’t die and was slowly tormented, they might refuse to confess one or two times, but not the third! The only way for her to die was to wait until she starved to death! But before she did, she would have to face unimaginable torture. Quickly, the guard took her into custody. Her face was completely colorless as her heart trembled with fear, legs turning so weak that she almost couldn’t walk right.

After passing by her companion and seeing her face close up, she was completely scared out of her senses. She shut her eyes tightly and cried out, “I agree! Long Feiye, I agree to your terms!”

If she didn’t confess, how many times would she have to endure this rat torture before she died?

No, she couldn’t take it, not even once. She couldn’t take poison, but she couldn’t hold out until she died, either!

“Give her brush and paper!” As Long Feiye spoke, he sat back down, his entire form emanating an overbearing aura.

The female prisoner trembled as she spoke, “I don’t know who the other members of the faction are…none of us know each other!”

Long Feiye chuckled, but only slightly. Still, the sound was frighteningly clear in the quiet dungeons.

“I only know the people we have to kill within the next three years. I really don’t know anything else,” the woman confessed hastily. She was so frightened that she didn’t seem to be telling lies. A guard quickly handed over brush and paper, and the woman wrote down a list with trembling strokes after a long, long time.

“I only know about these 20 people, I really don’t know the rest!” her voice was choked with sobs as tears poured down her face.

Long Feiye took it for a look and seemed to have caught something. His gaze turned complicated, but he didn’t reveal anything on his face. Coldly he asked, “What position does your leader hold in Northern Li Country? Are they hiding themselves in Tianning as well?”

Such a tightknit organization of spies had existed in Tianning Country for three to four years, perhaps even longer. Their leader had to be someone extraordinary.

“I don’t know!” the woman burst out, before hurrying to explain. “We only listen to the orders of our group leaders. I’ve only seen my group leader, but never anyone above them.”

This method did resemble a spy organization. In this way, if any of the subordinates were discovered and tortured, they still couldn’t reveal their head leader.

“Who is your group leader?” Long Feiye asked, full of amused interest.

“She’s called Sister Snake, the one who recently died by your hands,” the woman answered, hesitating before adding, “She can control poison mosquito swarms…”

At this, Long Feiye recalled the female spy who commanded mosquitoes. He didn’t expect her to be the group leader of these female agents. If not for the fact that he was in a mountain valley back then and wanted to prevent more surprises, he wouldn’t have killed her so quickly. He asked the female prisoner a few more questions before signaling the guard to take her away. Han Yunxi watched everything unfold, keeping silent all the while. She finally released a breath when it was all over, but then Long Feiye handed over the namelist with a pondering look in his eyes.

“Take a look…”

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[1] killing the chicken to warn the monkey (杀鸡儆猴) – xia ji jing hou, to punish an individual as an example to others, based on this idiom story.