Back at the military camp, the squad leader reported to Xu Haojun: "Battal Commander, we caught another man in black last night." Xu Haojun asked: "It won't be another little thief this time, right?" The squad leader replied: "Absolutely not, he We were very vigilant. We wanted to catch him by surprise, but he found out and a fight broke out. Fortunately, we had more people, otherwise we would have let him run away." Xu Haojun said, "You go back and rest, I will report to the group. Report to the commander." Then he went to Tang Feng and reported: "Captain, the surveillance soldiers have captured another man in black. He is very vigilant and resisted with a knife. He is probably the person we are looking for." Tang Feng said: "You must interrogate him personally and get a confession." Xu Haojun saluted and replied: "Yes, let's do it now." When he reached the door, he turned around again. Tang Feng saw this and asked, "Is there anything else?" Xu Haojun said: "Captain, according to common sense, spies are stubborn and it is difficult to obtain a confession without torture. But what should we do if we don't have torture tools?" Tang Feng said: "I will write you an official letter. You can take it to Zhizhou Yamen (equivalent to the municipal government) to borrow torture instruments." "Then Tang Feng took out a pen and paper and wrote: Ma Zhizhou, due to official needs, I have sent Xu Yingtong to borrow some torture instruments. Please assist me. I would be very grateful. Tang Feng is in charge of the Imperial Guards."
Xu Haojun took an official letter and led a squad to Zhizhou Yamen, showed the guard the badge of the Imperial Guards Camp Commander, and said: "My Excellency Xu Haojun, I have been ordered by my superiors to visit Ma Zhizhou, please report." The guard replied: "Xu Camp Please be patient later." After a while, the guard came out and said to Xu Haojun: "Xu Yingtong, please come with me." Xu Haojun followed the guard to the main hall, saluted Xuzhou Zhizhou Ma Tong with fists in his hands and sat down.
Ma Tong asked: "Xu Yingtong, I wonder why you are here today?" Xu Haojun took out an official letter: "Ma Zhizhou, please read it." After reading it, Ma Tong said: "Xu Yingtong, General Tang is too polite. It’s easy to talk about the torture instruments. You go back first, and I will send someone to deliver the torture instruments to you later.” Xu Haojun said: “Thank you, Mr. Zhizhou, I have already brought people here, and you can transport the torture instruments away directly.” Ma Tong said: "Come here, take Xu Yingtong to the torture chamber." Xu Haojun visited the torture chamber and carried away three instruments of torture.
Upon returning to the station, Xu Haojun immediately ordered the interrogation of the arrested men in black to begin. After a while, the man in black was brought over. As soon as he sat down, Xu Haojun slapped the table and asked majestically: "State your name, age, and occupation." The man in black replied calmly: "Li Jun, Twenty-nine years old, businessman. Xu Haojun then asked: "Why did you go to Yunlong Mountain Taoist Temple, why did you bring weapons, and why did the people who saw us resist with knives? Li Jun replied: "Master, the world is not peaceful these days. Bandits are everywhere. Wearing knives is for self-defense. As for resisting with knives, it is because your people suddenly jumped out. I thought they were bandits, so I drew my sword to resist. I went to the Taoist temple to stay overnight. "After hearing Li Jun's answer, Xu Haojun was very angry and said angrily: "You are dishonest and did not tell the truth. You said you were staying overnight, so why did you leave late at night? "Li Jun didn't answer. Xu Haojun said: "It seems that you won't confess without torture. Someone comes and tortures you." "After hearing the order, the soldiers guarding the door immediately entered the room carrying a clamping stick (a torture instrument used to clamp the prisoner's legs during torture). Xu Haojun waved his hand: "Do it! "Two soldiers entered the room and clamped Li Jun's legs. He couldn't stand it anymore and started shouting. Seeing this, Xu Haojun ordered to stop the torture, but Li Jun still refused to confess. He briefly explained that the interrogation lasted all morning and announced fail.
After lunch, Xu Haojun reported to Tang Feng: "Captain, this person is too stubborn, and torture will not help." After hearing this, Tang Feng also frowned and began to pace, thinking about ways to deal with the enemy as he walked. After a while, he said to Xu Haojun: "You can do this and this, and I will do the rest." Xu Haojun saluted and replied: "Yes, I understand." After Xu Haojun left, Tang Feng sent someone He called the cooking squad leader and ordered: "Add a dish of cumin mutton to tomorrow's dinner. I want to use it to identify spies." The cooking squad leader replied: "Yes, go and do it right away." Tang Feng stopped him and took out a tael. Bai Yin said: "Additional food is my personal decision, and I should pay for it." Xu Haojun also started taking action the next day. He selected twelve people, working in pairs, to interrogate Li Jun non-stop. And I can only drink water but not eat.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.
