Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes at Du Hongmian and continued: "The one who escaped is called Fang Shijiu, the Crane King, one of the five Dharma Kings of Mingjiao?"
Du Hongmian was even more shocked and blurted out: "How did you know?"
Zhao Tong signaled the cell leader to open the door, walked to Du Hongmian, and smiled slightly: "I know a lot, you two have been to Shuibo Liangshan before, and had several battles with the thieves on Liangshan!"
Du Hongmian was stunned and immediately said: "You, you planted a spy in Liangshan?"
Zhao Tong smiled and nodded: "You are not too stupid. I am still wondering how a person like you with low martial arts skills and reckless behavior can sit in the position of a Sanren. Now it seems that you have some brains."
Du Hongmian said bitterly: "Dog King, I didn't expect that you would plant spies in Liangshan. Fortunately, Song Jiang is still hesitant to start an uprising. Such cowards will sooner or later ruin Liangshan's foundation!"
"Oh?" Zhao Tong said, "That Fang La is so bold and plotting rebellion, won't he ruin the foundation of Mingjiao?"
"You!" Du Hongmian said angrily, "Did You Siniang tell you this? She betrayed the Holy Duke and deserves death!"
Zhao Tong shook his head: "While he was talking about the equality of all laws and that all members of the sect are brothers and sisters, he was also talking about crimes that deserved death. Fang La, the leader of the sect, was duplicitous and incompetent in his job!"
"Everyone under Ming Zun is brothers and sisters, but if you betray the Holy Religion, you are no longer a member of the Holy Religion. Naturally, you deserve to die!" Du Hongmian said angrily: "You Siniang betrayed the Holy Religion, and you are no longer me. Disciples of the Holy Cult!"
Zhao Tong was silent for a moment and said: "Du Hongmian, I want to ask you, when does Fang La plan to start an uprising?"
"Bah!" Du Hongmian spat fiercely: "Dog King, you can't even ask for any information from me. It's up to you whether to kill or behead him. If I frown, I'm not a good man!"
Zhao Tong snorted: "As a member of the Ming Cult, you have a high position and extraordinary status. Even below, you should be surrounded by a group of messenger believers. Now, as long as you tell the time when Fang La intends to cause trouble, I will let you go immediately." If you leave and won’t reveal the slightest bit about this matter, you can still go back and be your Sanren, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds!”
Du Hongmian gritted his teeth and said: "Don't even think about it, King of Dogs. I would rather die than betray the Ming Cult. If you want to kill me, do it now!"
Zhao Tong looked slightly cold when he heard this, and looked at her for a moment: "Life and death are serious matters, how can you talk about it lightly? I'm afraid that in your heart, you want to die, but in the end, life is worse than death!"
Du Hongmian sneered: "Dog King, you can use whatever means you have. If my aunt frowns, she is not a hero!"
Zhao Tong took two steps forward, stretched out his fingers to lift Du Hongmian's chin, and took a closer look: "It was a good life, but it is a pity to die like this!"
Du Hongmian's eyes were full of anger and she turned her head to the side. Zhao Tao pinched her cheeks and moved her over and said coldly: "I will ask you again, do you want to say it or not? I am not afraid to tell you that there are many means in this world that are far away. It’s more terrifying than death, if that happens you will be unable to live or die!”
Du Hongmian gritted her teeth and said nothing.
Zhao Tong said slowly: "This is a military prison. There are no women among them. What would happen if you were stripped naked, your hands tied, and thrown into the men's cells?"
Du Hongmian's eyes burned when he heard this, and he stared at Zhao Tong.
Zhao Tong continued: "Don't think about biting your tongue and committing suicide. That's all nonsense made up by scholars. If you can die by biting your tongue, there won't be those people who commit suicide and have their disembowelment done. Instead, there will be more people who are crying for heaven and earth. The silent mute comes out!”
After saying that, he slid his hand down and reached Du Hongmian's throat and neck: "I'll give you a few more breaths to think about it. I'll let you go when I tell Fang La the time of the incident. If I don't tell you..."
He stroked his hand gently, and Du Hongmian's expression immediately changed, but she gritted her teeth and said: "Dog King, don't dream, my aunt will never betray the Holy Religion. If you have any vicious means, you can use it!"
Zhao Tong withdrew his hand, turned around and said calmly: "Take this female thief to the courtyard!"
When the people around heard this, they immediately untied Du Hongmian from the pillar, and then dragged her to the courtyard of the military prison.
There were two old locust trees with crooked necks in the military prison compound. Zhao Tao took a look at them and said, "Hang them up!"
Zhou Chu took matters into his own hands and used a butcher's buckle to hang Du Hongmian on the tree. His heels were off the ground and his toes were slightly off before he could exert force. It was extremely difficult for a person to be hung at such a height.
Wu Xiaodao moved a bamboo chair and table. After Zhao Tong sat down, the jailer made tea from nowhere and poured it for him.
Zhao Tong glanced outside the gate without trace, and then began to remain silent, just drinking tea.
This military prison had been renovated after interrogating the Xixia spies last time. However, the walls were still as high and the fence gates were only replaced with new wood. Most of the renovations were made to the cells inside.
After a while, fine beads of sweat began to trickle down Du Hongmian's forehead.
No matter how skilled you are in martial arts, you won't be able to bear being hung like this. After a long time, even if you want to die, the process will be extremely difficult.
Zhao Tong suddenly said: "Ten lashes!"
Immediately, a jailer took the long whip, but it was a piece of household furniture as thick as a thumb, made of horsehair and ox tendons.
After Zhou Chu took it, he hit Du Hongmian with just one blow, causing Du Hongmian to scream in agony. Another blow made Du Hongmian's voice even more miserable.
For this kind of punishment, it is almost impossible to grit one's teeth and shut up without making any sound, unless the mouth is blocked.
When the third whip went down, the skin and flesh were already torn apart, and the red clothes were torn, exposing the flesh underneath.
Zhao Tong suddenly stopped, and then said with a smile: "This female thief looks so delicate. I'm afraid she will be beaten to death with a few more whips, so she might as well give people a feast for their eyes."
Zhou Chudao: "What the prince means..."
Zhao Tong touched his chin and said loudly: "Tear off her clothes, um... it would be interesting to take them off piece by piece, Wu Xiaodao, go ahead!"
Wu Xiaodao was stunned when he heard this. Although he was a member of the Imperial Guard, he had never done such a thing.
He scratched his head a little, but he didn't dare to disobey orders. He walked forward with difficulty, then looked back at Zhao Tong.
Zhao Tong lowered his face and shouted: "Don't do it yet!"
Wu Xiaodao's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but close his eyes. Then he felt cruel, stretched out his hand and pulled hard.
There was only a "stab" sound, and half of Du Hongmian's red skin was immediately torn off, not only exposing the inner skin, but even the bellyband was clearly visible.
Du Hongmian let out a heartbreaking scream, which scared Wu Xiaodao and took a step back.
Zhao Tong frowned while sitting on the chair, closing his eyes slightly and listening to the movement around him.
When he arrived, he noticed someone was following him, so he suspected that he was from the Ming Cult.
The Mingjiao people wanted to rescue Du Hongmian, but they didn't know where Du Hongmian was being held, so they could only find Du Hongmian's whereabouts by following him.
Zhao Tong followed his plan and thought that instead of actively searching for these Mingjiao people, it would be better to lure the snake out of the hole and let them come to his door.
This was also the reason why Du Hongmian was dragged to the compound for execution.
However, this time the Mingjiao visitor seemed to be very skilled in martial arts. Although he noticed someone following him on the way, he never found out where he was hiding.
And now he had a vague feeling that someone was hiding outside the military supervision compound, but he couldn't tell the specific direction.
Zhao Tong only had a few bodyguards, Zhou Chu and Wu Xiaodao, so if he wanted to lure the snake out of the cave, he couldn't call in someone to protect him midway, otherwise it would just be to scare the snake away.
As for the military prison, it is a bit far away from the Mabu Army Camp. Once something happens, it cannot be seen from the Mabu Army Camp.
He can no longer send people to deliver messages everywhere, otherwise the people he sends will definitely be robbed and killed by the Ming Cult, and their lives will be in vain.
But he estimated that not many people from Mingjiao would come. After all, this was Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo. If someone fell into it again, they would lose both their wives and their troops.
At this time, Du Hongmian was still screaming miserably, and there was no movement outside the hospital. Zhao Tong sneered in his heart, looked at Wu Xiaodao and said: "What are you waiting for? Strip them all and throw them into the men's prison!"
In fact, the cell of the military prison was completely empty, and there wasn't even a mouse in it, but Du Hongmian didn't know that, and his eyes became dull for a while.
Although she talks hard, she is indeed not afraid of death, but there are many things in this world that are more terrifying than death, especially for women.
At this moment, she wanted to bite her tongue and commit suicide. No matter what Zhao Tong said was true or false, she would try it no matter what, but not everyone could do it.
If it's hanging from a beam, committing suicide, or taking poison, it only takes a moment and doesn't require much trouble. But biting your tongue depends not only on your determination, but also on your teeth.
She bit her tongue a few times without biting it off, but she couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood and cursed feebly: "Dog King, I will never let you go even if I'm a ghost."
Although Wu Xiaodao couldn't bear it at the moment, he was so angry after hearing these words that he reached out and tried to rip off her clothes again.
At this moment, the door of the military prison suddenly "bang", sawdust flew, dust rolled, and then several whistles came.
The guard guarding the gate was immediately stunned by this sudden change and stood there at a loss.
Zhou Chu shouted: "Be careful of enemy attacks, be careful of enemy attacks!" The few people they brought out from the palace had been notified by Zhao Tao in advance and knew that someone was following them, but they didn't expect that the other party would be so violent when they showed up, as if they didn't care.
But think about it, after all, the military supervisor is not in the city, so he doesn't have many worries, and if the Mingjiao wants to rob Du Hongmian, it will definitely do it quickly, the sooner the better.
I saw three people quickly rushing in from the gate, one of them was the white-robed crane king Fang Jiu.
The other two were a middle-aged man and a young man dressed in black.
The young man in black had bright eyes and headed straight for Zhao Tong, while Fang Jiu and the middle-aged man jumped in the direction of Du Hongmian.
The man in black was very fast, as if he was moving like clouds and water. At first, he didn't see any weapons in his hands. When he got closer, he pulled out a sword from nowhere.
The knife was simple, plain, and ordinary, and the knife skills used by the man in black were equally ordinary.
The knife slashed straight at him, no fancy tricks, just an ordinary, ordinary knife.
It's like going up a mountain to chop firewood. The thorns open a path and can be waved away with a sword.
But Zhao Tong's expression changed. This seemingly simple sword strike was like an antelope hanging its horns, with no flaws.
This man in black has such exquisite sword skills!
The dagger in his sleeve instantly slipped out and slashed towards the knife.
The man in black suddenly withdrew his sword, as if he knew that Zhao Tong's sword was as sharp as iron and wanted to avoid its sharp edge.
Then he turned his body "tickly" and came to Zhao Tong's side. He punched Zhao Tong at a position where Zhao Tong could not turn around to draw his sword.
Zhao Tong snorted coldly and punched him.
The two fists collided in an instant, and a crisp "bang" sound was heard. The man in black's expression suddenly changed drastically!
He took a step back, looking shocked, as if he didn't expect Zhao Tong to be able to follow each other with punches.
Zhao Tong was also confused at this moment, who is this from the Ming Cult? It was actually able to block one of his punches!
You know, his punching power is even better now than during the Shangyuan Festival this year. Even then, Fang La couldn't catch his full punch, but the man in black in front of him actually caught it.
Although he was not using all his strength at the moment, he was better than when he was in the Yuan Dynasty. This punch was no less generous than the one he hit Fang La, but the opponent was able to catch it and seemed to be uninjured.
It was either that this person's martial arts skills were extremely high, or that Fang La concealed his strength at that time.
Or, both!
Ahead, Fang Nineteen and the middle-aged man had already rushed to the locust tree.
Zhou Chu, Wu Xiaodao and several other guards joined forces to form a spear formation.
The spear formation is a simple formation used to simply resist the enemy. It is mostly used on the battlefield, but Zhao Tong has simplified it so that it can be used by a small number of people. It can defend for a while against people with strong martial arts skills.
In addition to the spear formation, there was also the sword-shield formation and the hammer-axe formation. He briefly passed them on to the guards in the mansion.
He and Zhou Chu had already made an agreement long ago that once someone attacked, they would unite with the guards to set up a gun formation, and they would never engage in a fight without permission.
Fang Jiujiu was extremely skilled in martial arts, and neither Zhou Chu nor Wu Xiaodao was an opponent. Even if there were many soldiers in the military prison, they might not be able to block him, and the other party might have helpers, so Zhao Tong gave up early.
Fang Nineteen and the middle-aged man faced off against the spear formation, but failed to succeed several times.
If only ordinary imperial troops had set up this formation, the martial arts of Fang Jiu and the middle-aged man would have been dispersed long ago. However, although Zhou Chu's martial arts are not good, they still have some fists and feet, and they cannot fight alone. Commanding This formation can last for a while.
The young man in black over there punched back. Although he was shocked, he reacted very quickly. In an instant, two short guns appeared in his hands.
This spear was about the same length as a sword, made of iron without a tassel. It was originally carried on the back, but now it was drawn out, and it was a double-dragon move out of the sea, stabbing at Zhao Tong.
Zhao Tong could not help but narrow his eyes slightly when he saw this.
If you want to break through weapons that are as solid as iron, there are two ways. One is to hold a treasure weapon of the same quality, and the other is to use a two-handed weapon.
There are probably not many people who can do the first method. There are very few treasures in the world, and not many people have them. How can they easily fight against them.
And if the quality is similar, it will be the result of both breaking, and there is no such thing as a 300-round battle.
The second type of short-handed weapon has become the only way to break the iron-like weapon.
Because the two-handed short soldiers have one in each hand, the treasure soldiers can only cut off one of them at the same time, and the other one can take advantage of the weakness. If the moves are done correctly, it may not be impossible to win.
Two-handed short-handed soldiers generally include double knives, double swords, double hooks, double thorns, double halberds, double axes, double hammers, etc.
But if you want to crush an iron-like weapon, the best thing to do is use a pair of halberds and a pair of spears.
Because these two weapons are round poles, they are stronger than swords and more flexible than axes and hammers!
(End of chapter)
