Zhao Yi gave an order, and two soldiers held down the man's shoulders. Ma Liu picked up a bucket of water and slowly poured it on the other person's face, which was covered with cotton.
Waterboarding, this kind of torture will make the victim feel asphyxiated as if he is about to drown. A large amount of water will continuously pour into the towel or cotton cloth, which will prevent you from spitting out the water. At this time, the victim will still feel the air even if he holds his breath. Being sucked away.
This kind of punishment has been recognized as an extremely cruel torture since its advent in the Middle Ages. It was explicitly prohibited in the civilized era where Zhao Yi lived. People felt that this method was too cruel and ran counter to the spirit of humanity. .
Although the killers on the periphery of the Killing Yard have undergone relatively strict training, one of the things they can do is be able to endure most punishments.
In fact, killers like them, who lick blood with their blades, should kill themselves the moment they are caught. But if they don't die due to accidents, like now, then they must have enough perseverance to support themselves and not fall to the opponent. Under torture to extract confessions.
But when had they tried Zhao Yi's method? The fear of a drowning person on the line between life and death instantly caused the tortured killer to urinate and urinate all over the place. He collapsed and shouted, but when he opened his mouth, more water was choked into his trachea and lungs. He wanted to cough it out, but more water came out. Falling down from above, he seemed to see his long-dead grandma in the haze. She was nestling at the old man's feet, babbling and wanting to be hugged and eat preserved fruit.
Zhao Yi saw that the man was incontinent, pinched his nose again, and signaled Ma Liu to stop pouring water and clean up the man's filth first, then he lifted him up and removed the towel from his face.
"Cough cough cough~~~~Wow~~!"
The tortured killer first coughed violently, and then vomited out all the water that had just choked into his trachea.
He coughed for a while before gradually calming down. At this moment, his face turned pale and his lips trembled. Looking at Zhao Yi was like seeing an evil ghost crawling out of the underworld.
"You evil ghost...you are not human...you have hurt Tianhe! Give me a knife if you can!"
Zhao Yi curled his lips and applauded this person, nodded and said: "Awesome, worthy of being trained by the Killing House. So, you are right, this method is indeed against the harmony of nature, and I don't want to use it often. Let's each take a step back, you Only tell me the peripheral information you know, and I promise to let you go. The same goes for you. Whoever tells me first will let me go and kill the others so that no one knows that you leaked the information. "
As soon as Zhao Yi said this, the other killers who had not been punished suddenly stiffened and looked at each other, fearing that the other party would say it first.
The two of them looked at each other, and I looked at you. There was both warning and caution in their eyes.
Zhao Yi caught everyone's expressions in his eyes and snickered in his heart, "How do you think you can hide this from me with your little tricks?" Let me give you some more tricks.
Just when the nerves of those killers were about to break, Zhao Yi suddenly turned his ear and said to the person who had just been tortured: "What? What did you say? Louder, I didn't hear clearly just now."
As he spoke, he pretended to stand up and squatted next to the man. At this time, several other killers were frightened and no longer cared about their killer qualities. They rushed to shout: "Sir! I...I Say! I know, I say!”
"I know too! Sir, I know more than them all!"
"Sir, don't believe them. They don't know anything at all. They will only use false news to deceive you. I, I am the liaison person of the four counties in Jingnan, responsible for connecting with the superiors!"
Seeing Zhao Yi playing a trick, all his companions were abandoned. The killer who had just been waterboarded felt cold. He was about to call him and said nothing, but Zhao Yi patted him on the shoulder and said: "You That's very well said. This information is very useful to me. Thank you for your hard work. Come here and take him down to change into clean clothes. He will be served with good wine and meat. We have always been very generous to our friends."
"What did I say? You...you evil ghost...the evil ghost who plays with people's hearts! You...you are all fooled, you are all fooled~~~~"
He wanted to shout loudly to remind his companions, but after enduring repeated torture and just being waterboarded, even if he screamed with all his strength, others could not hear what he was shouting.
And Ma Liu and others responded cooperatively: "I know, I know, you said it first, we will testify for you, they all have to die, and before they die, they have to taste the punishment in our prison one by one, don't worry. , no one will know it was you who said it.”
The man who was taken away could not defend himself even if he had a hundred people. The other killers had already concluded that this man had rebelled. They scrambled for a moment and revealed all the secrets they knew.
Zhao Yi did not stop them and let them talk about whatever they thought of. Later, he reorganized and summarized what these killers told him, and finally came up with the following information that was valuable to him.
First, these peripheral members of the Killing Institute were summoned by a person named Kong Shang. Even if this person is not a core member of the Killing Institute, he must be inextricably linked to him. If you find him, you should be able to find him. The reason why the other party assassinated him.
Second, the person who provided food and weapons to these people was a steward named Kuai.
Third, it was also the information contributed by the guy who is known as the Nanjun Liaison. His information was very targeted. Unlike the vague statements made by several others, this person pointed out very firmly that one of the sponsors behind the Killing Yard, It is the Cai family in Jingzhou.
"It seems that the power of these powerful clans is greater than I imagined..."
After getting the news he wanted, Zhao Yi waved his hand and ordered people to dig holes and bury all the killers on the periphery of the killing house.
"Sir, what should I do next?"
Lu Lingqi asked softly.
Zhao Yi thought for a while and said: "I am going to send people to check one by one according to these three clues and collect the corresponding information... Is the Cai family in Jingzhou Cai Mao's family? People are dead and they still don't stop... ..You can help me find Ji Changlai. They are both from Jingzhou’s wealthy families, so there will be some connection between them.”
"yes."
After about a stick of incense, Ma Liang opened the door and walked into Zhao Yi's room, saluted and said, "General, are you looking for me?"
Zhao Yi waved and said, "Why are Ji Chang still being polite to me? I told you that you can just call me Hongfei. Come and sit down. I have a few questions that I would like to ask you."
Ma Liang closed the door with his backhand, sat next to Zhao Yi and said, "Hongfei is now the lord's virtuous son-in-law, and his status is different. Of course, we are still friends in private. You ask, what's the matter?"
"I wonder how much Ji Chang knows about the Cai family in Jingzhou?"
"Cai family?"
Ma Liang recalled for a while, then looked at Zhao Yidao: "The Cai family was the largest family in Jingzhou before. As far as I know, the Cai family's female relatives have married big names such as Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, and Zhang Wen. Cai Mao's eldest sister married Huang Chengyan, and his younger sister married Huang Chengyan. She became Liu Biao's stepmother, and her niece married Liu Cong as his first wife. It can be said that she established a huge network of relationships just by relying on marriage.
When Cai Mao was still alive, the Cai family occupied an island in Mianshui, Xiangyang. The island was quite luxurious with pavilions, pavilions, gardens and waterside pavilions. There were hundreds of maids alone. It was so popular that the locals at that time called the island 'Caizhou'. "
