At seven o'clock in the evening, the street lights on Ruby Street slowly turned on. The lampshades made of red crystals emitted soft light, slightly illuminating the road and casting a quiet red gauze on the surrounding scenery.
The cost of this crystal street lamp is as high as 1,200 gold coins, which is the total annual income of two ordinary families. Basically, it can only be seen on Ruby Street.
A black carriage drove slowly and stopped at the side of the mansion.
The car window opened a corner, vaguely revealing half of a human face.
"Sir, this is it."
Chen Xing poked his head over and looked at the house, feeling a little familiar.
"Is this Ursula's house?" Chen Xing asked.
He had lived here before, and although it had been renovated, there were still some traces of it that he recognized quickly.
This is clearly the house of his apprentice Margulies.
"To be precise, it's the former Ursula family residence," the Finance Minister said.
The Finance Minister’s name is Jed Eisen. He is a native of Ice Blue City. He is forty-five years old and is the second son of the Eisen family. He has been very sensitive to numbers since he was a child. He has been studying at the Aristocratic Academy of Ice Blue City. After graduating with a Ph.D., he worked as a mentor for another seven or eight years. Later, he was recommended by the former Minister of Finance and took over his position. He has been working there for more than ten years now.
"This house was auctioned half a year ago, and the auctioneer was the Black Prison Trial House."
"As for the identity of the owner of the house, I think your Lordship will be interested."
With a mysterious smile on his face, the Minister of Finance handed Chen Xing a delicate and compact monocular for watching performances, and explained, "The owner of the house comes for dinner every day and takes a walk in the garden."
Chen Xing took the telescope, and the Minister of Finance opened the curtain for him.
Chen Xing was a precision shooter and his eyesight was generally good. Although the light was a little dark, he could still clearly see the three people walking in the garden.
Two middle-aged and elderly people, one man and one woman, about fifty years old, could not feel psychic fluctuations, so they should be ordinary people.
There was another young man, about twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a bookish look on his face. He was walking behind the middle-aged man and woman. He seemed like a good son, gentle and sensible.
Chen Xing quickly noticed that the skin of these three people was brownish red and shiny under the light. They were obviously not the common race in the red country.
"Sand people?"
Chen Xing said doubtfully.
"Your Majesty is right, they immigrated from Huang Country, and they took pictures of this place lavishly as soon as they came here." Finance Minister Jade said.
The Yellow Kingdom, also known as the Sand Kingdom, its full name is the "United Kingdom of the Gratamu Tribes", is one of the three major kingdoms in the Red Earth Continent, and is dominated by sand people.
Aqiaomu is a sand citizen born in a remote area of the Huang Kingdom.
Jade continued to explain, "You have to know that those who do our financial work must know who are the rich people in the city, so that taxation can also be focused on."
"This family is so rich. They spent a lot of money to buy a mansion on Ruby Street when they first came here. You know, many viscounts and earls in Ice Blue City can't afford a house in this area after running their whole lives."
"But according to my observation, this family is country bumpkins. Not to mention aristocratic etiquette, even the most basic daily communication is stumbling. They are completely nouveau riche, and they have won ten grand slam lottery tickets in a row while living in a slum. That kind of thing.”
"Although I can't find out the relationship between this family and A Qiaomu, and no one has ever seen A Qiaomu here, based on my many years of experience in financial work, I can be 80% sure that this family has a very different relationship with A Qiaomu. Generally, there is a high probability that they are blood relatives."
"Hmm..." Chen Xing remembered that A Qiaomu's diary mentioned that she had a younger brother who was studying in college in Bam City, the capital of the Yellow Kingdom.
The young sandman looked to be twenty-six or seventeen years old, which completely matched the age estimation in the diary.
Chen Xing used the telescope to observe again and found that the three people's looks were somewhat similar to A Qiaomu's. They were all born with a sad look.
Now Chen Xing is more than 90% sure that the other party and A Qiaomu are the same family.
Then Chen Xing dialed Pona's voice and gave the order, "Pona, arrange a team of confidants to secretly monitor the Ursula family's house and secretly arrest the owner if necessary."
"yes!"
"Sir, Pona is from Arqiaomu, will she alert someone?" Jie De asked worriedly after hearing Chen Xing's name in the conversation.
"She has always been mine." Chen Xing smiled slightly and polished the Kingdom Ring in his hand. "Soon, the entire Black Prison will be mine."
If you want to control the overall situation, you must first take control of the finances, then the secret service agencies, master internal intelligence, and improve deterrence, and then the military.
With all three under control, the rest is just a matter of going with the flow.
"But sir..." Jade was still a little worried and said, "Since we have sent people to monitor us, why not arrest him directly? This way we will be safe!"
"Is it necessary?" Chen Xing asked, "Do you think those three people can run out?"
None of the three people had psychic fluctuations, and they were unfamiliar with the Red Country. Even if they were allowed to run, they wouldn't be able to go anywhere. They probably wouldn't be able to survive outside Ruby Street.
"Your Majesty!" Jie De bent over with a flattering smile on his face, looking like a complete bitch.
At nine o'clock the next morning, Chen Xing woke up from the big bed in the palace. First, he ate a few bites of the love milk cereal made by Trilis and a boiled egg. Then Trilis helped him get dressed carefully. Then he left the bedroom, went out and got on the carriage, heading to the Black Prison for trial.
About half an hour later, the carriage turned into a secluded street, with lush thorn flowers planted on both sides, with thorny flower stems and small blood-red flowers, giving it a cruel beauty.
At the end of the street are seven or eight black buildings. The outer walls of the buildings are close together and connected together. There is a small parking square in the middle, where all black luxury business cars are parked.
It was quiet all around, except for the dead leaves on the ground rustling when the wind blew.
Hundreds of young women wearing black interrogator uniforms lined up and stood upright on both sides of the road in front of the square. When Chen Xing's carriage passed by, they all raised their hands and saluted.
There were five women standing in the middle of the square. From left to right, they were Chief Judge A Qiaomu, No. 2 Judge Guihu, No. 3 Judge Zhang Chunmei, No. 4 Judge Li Rou, and No. 5 Judge Bona.
The carriage stopped, and five women stepped forward to greet them at the same time. Aqiaomu walked in front and opened the door for the carriage.
"All members of the Black Prison Trial House sincerely welcome the Commander-in-Chief to visit and inspect!"
Chen Xing got off the carriage and looked at the female Shamin who saluted him with a pious look and a raised chest. He remembered that he was a prisoner here a few days ago and even begged her not to kill him. Chen Xing's lips couldn't help but twitch. A hint of an evil smile.
Seeing this smile, Aqiaomu felt that his heart was grabbed hard by a hand, his nails dug into his flesh, his chest hurt, and he could hardly breathe.
Chen Xing looked at Arqiaomu from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top. He could only use four words to describe it, big enough, fat enough!
The so-called big naturally refers to the size of things, whether breasts or buttocks, the size is large, and fat refers to the texture, the flesh is thick, watery, and shiny.
In the eyes of a butcher, it is a top-quality pig with shiny coat, thick skin and flesh, and is extremely plump.
However, Chen Xing's observation did not last long, and he quickly issued instructions to understand the daily operations of the Black Prison Trial House.
Entering the door of the black building, it is divided into rooms, with three to four people in each room, and a row of filing cabinets.
"The ground section is the workplace for civilian staff, who are mainly responsible for reviewing and sorting out information."
A Qiaomu followed Chen Xing and introduced him to the situation of the trial court.
There is an elevator going down in the building. Once you enter the elevator, there are more than 20 floors underground.
"This used to be the No. 3 underground survival shelter in Ice Blue City. It was later acquired by the West Africa Company and used as a drug research center. They moved to White Elephant City a few years ago, and the place became vacant."
"There are twenty-five floors underground, each floor is about 20,000 square meters."
"The first to fifth floors are the intelligence center, the sixth to tenth floors are the training center, dining hall and dormitories, the eleventh to fifteenth floors are the torture room, medical center and material warehouse, and then there are three equipment floors with generators. Ventilation equipment, air conditioning, groundwater equipment, etc.”
"Further down the equipment floor is the prison cell, which can temporarily hold about two thousand people..."
Chen Xing visited and inspected all the way to the fifteenth floor. He was detained in the innermost room on this floor that day.
A Qiaomu's expression was a little unnatural, but he still introduced to Chen Xing seriously, "The main torture area here is to interrogate prisoners and pry out information that is beneficial to us from their mouths..."
During the explanation, Aqiaomu also deliberately used the word "we" to indicate that she and Chen Xing were on the same team and were working together to deal with foreign enemies.
"Well..." Chen Xing seemed very satisfied, occasionally nodding his head to express approval. This made Ah Qiaomu very happy, thinking that Chen Xing would be like before and not care about her, a lowly and pitiful stupid woman.
"Uh-huh! Ahhh! No, uh-huh!"
Screams of pain came from the half-open torture chamber.
"The spy from the east caught a few days ago has a very tough mouth, but unfortunately, he met the best interrogator in the world. Soon he will tell us everything he knows." A Qiaomu introduced with some pride. road.
Pushing the door open and entering, a man was locked on an X-shaped execution rack. A female interrogator wearing a black prison uniform whipped the man vigorously, beating the man until his skin was raw and he screamed repeatedly.
Seeing Chen Xing coming in, the female interrogator quickly put down her whip and stepped forward to salute, "Good morning, sir."
"Is this enough to kill him with just two hits?" Chen Xing asked, pointing to the prisoner on the execution rack.
"Sir, I injected him with pain-enhancing drugs. The whipping will become unbearable," the female interrogator said.
"Well..." Chen Xing nodded, left the interrogation room, and continued to visit and inspect.
After walking around, we finally reached the deepest part of the fifteenth floor.
The large interrogation room where Chen Xing was detained last time was right in front. A Qiaomu's face twitched, he forced out a smile and said, "This is the end of the tour of the torture room. Let's go to the next floor."
"I remember there was another room in front of me, right?" Chen Xing directly burst the bubble of A Qiaomu's dream.
A Qiaomu could only bite the bullet and bring Chen Xing into the room. Also following were Guihu, Zhang Chunmei, Li Rou, and Bo Na.
"Click!"
The ghost fox came in last, locked the door deftly, and then checked it again.
Hearing the sound of the door locking, he saw the clean and tidy torture room, the neatly arranged "tools" that had been laid out in advance and padded with white cloth, and the shackles on the Y execution rack that emitted a light purple light. Qiao Mu's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.
Her eyes were dull, and many fragments of the past flashed through her mind, like a slideshow, vividly visible.
"Chief Judge, the Commander-in-Chief is asking you something!"
Ah Qiaomu's reaction became so slow that he didn't hear Chen Xing's question until he was scolded by Li Rou.
She just reacted.
"I'm sorry, I didn't, didn't hear clearly just now..." A Qiaomu apologized quickly.
Chen Xing patted the Y execution rack in front of him and asked, "What is this used for?"
"This, this is used to restrain prisoners..." Aqiaomu replied with a trembling voice.
"If the prisoner was stronger, would it be possible to break free?" Chen Xing asked again.
Arqiaomu shook his head numbly, "No, Gleipnir Chain, an immortal cage below the king level."
"Is he so powerful?" Chen Xing seemed a little unconvinced. But in fact, everyone knew that he was just pretending. Just seven or eight days ago, he had personally experienced the reliability of Gleipnir.
"Yes, it's pretty awesome..." Ah Qiaomu lowered his head and looked at the floor, unable to see the expression on his face clearly. But Chen Xing knew that the expression must be wonderful.
"In order to ensure that our funds are not wasted..." Chen Xing looked at A Qiaomu, "Please show me."
Aqiaomu raised his head, his eyes a little blank, as if he didn't understand what Chen Xing meant.
"Come and demonstrate for yourself what this thing is like." Chen Xing made a "please" gesture toward the Y execution rack.
This invitation means asking you to enter the urn.
Ah Qiaomu naturally understood, with fear in his eyes and a stuttering voice, "You, you..."
"How can you……"
Guihu, Li Rou, and Bo Na gathered around.
"Chief Judge, do you want to disobey the commander?" "I advise you to cooperate." "Please understand your position clearly."
After some threats, there were gentle words of comfort.
"It's just a try. You won't lose any meat." "Stop being willful and obedient~" "It will be over in a while~"
Aqiaomu turned his head and glanced at Chen Xing, raised his head in resignation, closed his eyes for a while, then opened his eyes, walked to the Y execution rack, and locked his hands and feet.
Seeing A Qiaomu locking himself up, Guihu, Li Rou, and Bo Na showed mocking smiles, while Zhang Chunmei frowned slightly and looked a little pained.
"Very good..." Chen Xing clapped his hands and walked to A Qiaomu.
"Chief Judge, I have a question I want to ask you." Chen Xing said.
"Please, please say..."
"Suppose we now have a prisoner who has embezzled a lot of money. So, what means do we need to use to make her spit out the last copper?" Chen Xing looked at Arqiao Mu who was being detained, and a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"I, I have returned all the money!" A Qiaomu shouted.
"Chief Judge, don't get excited. I didn't say you were corrupt." Chen Xing said in a gentle voice, "I just assumed. Do you understand the assumption?"
"Now, please answer my question," he repeated.
A Qiaomu replied feebly, "Whipping, watering, acupuncture, electric shock..."
"Why can people confess using these methods?" Chen Xing asked again, as if he was doing a quiz with prizes.
“In addition to causing pain, whipping can cause intense humiliation.”
"Water injection can make prisoners feel pain from the inside out, and can increase the effectiveness of other projects."
"Acupuncture and electric shock are all methods that cause less damage to the body but can cause great pain."
"If the physical harm is too great, the prisoner will faint, resulting in a poor interrogation effect."
Aqiaomu gave a detailed explanation.
"So, what if none of the above methods work?" Chen Xing gestured at A Qiaomu, "The prisoner is very stubborn, for example, has extraordinary endurance, and the effect of torture must be increased. What should we do?"
"I, I don't know..."
"So this is the level of our chief judge..." Chen Xing said sarcastically, "It seems that all the previous funds have been wasted."
A Qiaomu looked desperate and said resignedly, "Inject drugs, use equipment..."
"How to use it, what to use it, be specific." Chen Xing asked.
"Well, it's in the yellow booklet." Ah Qiaomu raised his head with difficulty and looked at the small yellow booklet on the opposite table.
Chen Xing picked it up, flipped through it twice, and then took the small yellow booklet and patted it on Ah Qiaomu's cheek, making a soft popping sound.
"Chief Judge, please be clear, I'm not here for class." Chen Xing bared his teeth and asked, "Do you want me to bring out a notebook and copy my notes?"
"I'm going to ask you to tell me one by one, and then you'll cooperate one by one. Do you understand?"
Guihu, Li Rou, and Bo Na gathered around.
"Don't you understand your position when you get to the scene?" "If you don't cooperate, we won't be able to help you." "If you make the adults unhappy, you will be finished."
"Be obedient and cooperate well, and it will be over soon." "That's right, just grit your teeth and it will be over."
"I, I..." Aqiaomu closed his eyes in pain, "I cooperate, I will cooperate..."
"Come on, we all have high hopes for you!" "Be a good example to the sisters!" "You are the best!"
Next, the chief inquisitor gave full play to her professional abilities and cooperated with the commander to let the prisoners taste the taste of hell on earth. They really couldn't live or die, and wailed and spit out the last copper...
