After Qingteng kidnapped Kimura and others, Tianzhangyuan immediately put them into the interrogation room.
As an intelligence agency, New Yutingfan will not lack interrogation methods and interrogation tools.
Any feudal regime must have endless creativity in "how to torture people" and "how to make people feel pain." Ancient Japan was no exception.
After continuous innovation and improvement, the development of "penalty methods" reached its peak by the Edo era.
All kinds of torture are dazzling.
For example, the famous "Ebina Punishment": the prisoner's wrists are tied tightly behind his back, his feet are folded and tied in front of him, and the rope binding the feet is put around his neck, so that the prisoner's feet are pulled toward his chin. After a while, the prisoner is The whole body will burst into red, and the pain will break out in a cold sweat. What's more, soon after, the skin all over the body will turn a terrifying dark purple, and then an even more terrifying pale color.
Another example is "hanging execution": the prisoner's wrists are tightly wrapped with cloth, tied behind his back with a green hemp rope, parallel to the shoulder, and then the prisoner is hung up with a thin hemp rope through the metal ring on the beam. The prisoner is hung on the The ground was tortured three inches apart. Although this kind of punishment will not cause severe pain immediately, after a quarter of an hour, the muscles and bones throughout the body will tremble with pain.
There are many more tortures like this that make you feel cold sweat and goosebumps just by reading the text introduction.
Of course, there is no need to use such cruel methods to deal with Kimura and others.
The first thing Kimura and others "enjoyed" was the new Yutingban's unique skill: "Standing Punishment".
Each person was put into a special cage. The cage was neither too big nor too small, just barely big enough to fit an adult man. After being imprisoned in this special cage, he could not stand or sit. He could only half-bend his legs, hold his chest in his mouth, and hunched his waist. It was extremely uncomfortable, and within a few moments he would feel severe muscle soreness all over his body.
This is not the most terrible thing.
The most terrible thing is: there is an upside-down gourd hanging above the cage.
The bottle mouth of the gourd has been modified, and every moment a drop of water will fall down and fall on the back of the person's neck.
At the beginning, the victims may not feel much, and may even feel that water drops dripping on their bodies from time to time, which is quite cool and comfortable.
But soon, the victims will find that things are not that simple.
When the physical and mental state is still intact, these falling water drops will not have any major impact on people.
But what about when you are mentally depressed and physically exhausted?
The water droplets dripping continuously on your body will stimulate your nerves over and over again, making you unable to rest even if you want to, and you can't even close your eyes to relax.
At the same time, because the interval between drops of water is not fixed, you don't know when the next drop of water will fall. This "sense of unknown" will greatly amplify people's psychological anxiety.
The above is the "standing punishment" that has been tried and tested in the new Yutingban.
Almost no one can survive this kind of physical and mental torture.
Even a strong-willed seven-foot-tall man had to cry like a newborn baby after being subjected to the "standing punishment" of the new Yu Tingban.
What Kimura and others are currently facing is such a situation.
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Edo, Tsukinomiya Shrine, the interrogation room where Kimura Suma was housed——
Squeak...
The iron door is open, letting in the sunlight.
Because his eyes were not used to bright light, Kimura Suma subconsciously squinted his eyes and used his lower eyelashes to filter the light.
A new imperial banshi who covered his mouth and nose with a black cloth walked in.
"Kimura Suma, you were directly or indirectly involved in the arson of the prison house in Kodenma Town, the theft of Tachibana Aoden's saber, and the murder of the Akabane family. Are you or are you not? Please tell the truth."
As soon as the banshi entered the room, he couldn't help but asked Kimura with a pout.
"I, I've said it countless times!"
Kimura fought back his weak spirit and said loudly.
"I am the captain of the fifth division of the Huo Fu Thieves! I am not a heinous bandit! How could I be related to these crimes you are talking about!"
Kimura's tone was sincere.
However, Banshi was completely unmoved.
"You're quite energetic."
Fan Shi said calmly.
"In that case, you can stay in this cage for a while."
As soon as Banshi finished speaking, Kimura seemed to have heard the whispers of the devil, and his face instantly turned extremely pale.
"Hey! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"
Kimura said in a panic and incoherently.
"Please! Please! Let me out! I can't take it anymore! Please!"
From the time Kimura was put into a special cage specially designed for "standing torture" until now, only a little over five hours have passed.
After such a short period of time, Kimura no longer had any trace of rebelliousness in his body.
In order to get out of the cage, he even begged for mercy from the Banshi in a low voice.
This shows how powerful "standing torture" is.
Banshi ignored Kimura's plea and strode out of the interrogation room without any hesitation.
As the iron door closed, darkness enveloped Kimura's body again.
"hateful……"
Kimura gritted his teeth.
"Could it be that... is it really exposed? It's impossible..."
He murmured at a volume that only he could hear clearly, and lowered his head listlessly...
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At this moment, the interrogation of other people was going on simultaneously.
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The interrogation room where Masaichi Tsuchida was held——
"I swear to God... I'm really innocent... I don't know anything! I really don't know anything! Please! Please! Let me go!"
Tsuchida said in a low tone, as if he was about to cry.
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The interrogation room where Kazama Xinyi is held——
"Gu! Kill me! Shi Ke cannot be killed!"
Fengjian raised his head, showing a healthy look that was not afraid of death.
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The interrogation room that houses Hosaka Genzo——
"Huh...huh...huh...huh...huh..."
Kasaka's chest rose and fell violently like a bellows, he broke into a cold sweat and his breathing was disordered.
Among all the division captains changed by the Huofu Thieves, Huosan has the worst personal abilities, being neither civilized nor martial. He was originally an incompetent person, but he also developed a jealous temperament that envied talents and abilities.
Even Kimura Suma, who has been practicing martial arts on weekdays, can't withstand the torture of "standing torture", let alone Hisaka, whose physical fitness is at the level of an "ordinary middle-aged person"?
As early as about 2 hours ago, Higasaka's muscles all over his body were sore and trembling, and his face and lips were frighteningly white.
"Hizaka Genzo, you were directly or indirectly involved in the arson of Kodenma Town Prison House, the theft of Tachibana Aoden's saber, and the extermination of the Akabane family, yes or no?"
"I, I...I don't know anything..."
Kawasaka whispered to the tip of his toes.
"That's it..."
After leaving these brief words coldly, Fanshi turned around and left.
Seeing this, Huosaka quickly begged:
"Wait, wait a minute! I'm not lying! I really don't know anything! How could I do something that violates the law? Please, even if it's just for a moment, let me out of the cage. My waist and legs are about to break!”
Banshi turned a deaf ear to Huosaka's begging for mercy and continued walking toward the interrogation room.
Huosaka stared blankly at Banshi's retreating figure. Despair, pain, hesitation...all kinds of negative emotions were intertwined in his cheeks.
——Do you want to continue to stay in this cage? !
At this thought, Huosaka's whole body trembled violently like a dead leaf in the wind.
The light called "fear" jumped repeatedly in his eyes.
At the moment when Banshi was about to push open the iron door and leave, all the negative emotions on his face mixed into the color of self-abasement.
"Wait! Don't go! I'll move! I'll move! I'll move them all!"
Kasaka's eyes, which were staring straight at Banshi's back, instantly fell to the ground. Then, his shoulders were shaking constantly, like a defeated rooster.
"You...the cases you mentioned...I...Kimura Suma and I...were all indirectly involved..."
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After learning that Huosaka had confessed, Qingto immediately rushed to the interrogation room where Huosaka was held, accompanied by Tianzhangyuan.
As soon as Fang arrived at his destination, he saw Huosaka being dragged out of the cage and slumped on the ground as if he had lost his soul.
In order to prevent Huosaka from recognizing him, Qingden kept his voice very low while covering his face with cloth.
"Hosaka Genzo, tell me."
Qingdeng didn't talk nonsense, he got straight to the point and got to the point.
"How did you and Kimura Suma indirectly participate in the 'Akabane family's extermination' and other cases?"
Kasaka's mood was visibly unstable, and he said incoherently:
"More than four months ago...that is, when Tachibana Aotomo officially took office as the new captain of the third division...Kimura suddenly came to me. He said that he had cooperated with a group that hated Tachibana Aotomo...he We need to join forces with that group to deal with Tachibana Aoden..."
"Then...Kimura asked me if I wanted to join in, and work together to prevent Tachibana Aoden from being so proud..."
"I didn't like Tachibana Aoden very much at the time...so I nodded and agreed without much thought..."
"Just, that's it... the group that claims to hate Tachibana Aoden very much... formed an 'alliance' with me and Kimura with the sole purpose of 'bringing Tachibana Aoto into disrepute'..."
"However, not long after the 'alliance' was formed, that group disappeared... They only occasionally sent people to contact me and Kimura, and they rarely mentioned the persecution of Tachibana Aoto..."
"One by one, until a while ago... on the day Tachibana was imprisoned, they suddenly came to Kimura and me and asked Kimura and me to provide an indoor map of Kodenma Town's prison house."
"For Kimura and I, who are the reformed captains of the Fire Thieves, it is certainly not difficult to obtain the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison Yashiki."
"But I find it strange: What do they want this for?"
"I didn't want to agree to them... but Kimura accepted the other party's request on his own initiative. He obtained the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison House from the archives of the fire thieves and handed it to the other party."
"Then... that night... there was a fire in the prison house in Kodenma Town..."
"Two days later, the gang came to Kimura and I again... This time, they asked us to provide the indoor map of Beibansuo."
"Anyone with a sound mind should be able to realize that these guys are definitely not kind...!"
"On the day I asked Kimura and I for the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison House, the Kodenma Town Prison House caught fire... How could such a coincidence happen in the world!"
"Now, regardless of whether we want the map of Beifansuo... God knows what they want to do next!"
"I really hate Tachibana Aoden, but I never thought about killing people and setting fires because of it! I admit that I am a bad man! But my character is far from bad enough to like to kill innocent people!"
"However... I never expected that Kimura would take matters into his own hands again! He handed over the indoor map of Beibansuo to the other party without any explanation."
"And then... on the night when Kimura presented the picture, Tachibana Aoden's saber that was kept in the Kitabansuo was stolen..."
"After that, those guys never came to me and Kimura again..."
Although Huosaka's words were quite fragmented and difficult to listen to, Aomori was able to figure out the general context.
"I see... To put it simply: there is a mysterious group that seems to have a deep hatred for Tachibana Aoden and is leading all of this behind the scenes."
Huosaka nodded like a pound of garlic.
"Yes! That's right! That's it!"
Sure enough... I guessed it right. There was indeed an unknown force that was secretly chasing me. Qingdeng thought to himself.
"Do you know where the people from that mysterious group live?"
Kawasaka shook his head vigorously.
"I have no idea……"
I think so... Qingdeng thought so and continued to ask:
"You just said that the mysterious group occasionally sends people to contact you and Kimura. In this case, you should have a common meeting place or a common middleman, right?"
"Indeed, there is indeed a common meeting place..."
Speaking of this, Huosaka's voice paused.
As if he was ashamed to speak, a look of embarrassment appeared on his cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Since there is a common meeting place, tell me quickly!"
After being oppressed by Aoden's sharp eyes, Kasaka finally hesitantly spoke again:
"I, our usual meeting place... is Yoshiwara's Chikaya..."
"Yoshihara?" Qingden's brows suddenly jumped.
Tianzhangyuan, who had been silent since he accompanied Qingdeng into the interrogation room, suddenly opened his lips:
"...You guys are pretty good at choosing a location."
While saying this, Tianzhangyuan curled his lips and revealed a funny smile full of teasing.
The embarrassment on his face was extremely intense. He lowered his head silently and stared directly at the ground in front of his knees, not daring to see anyone.
Yoshiwara - Even a rural villager living in the mountains must be aware of its famous names as "Edo's No. 1 Gold Sales Cave" and "Japan's No. 1 Flower Street"!
"Yoshihara...are you...?" Qingto asked, "Next...are you going to this place..."
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Today's chapter is a bit short... Sorry! (Leopard's head cries.jpg).
Something happened last night. To put it simply, I felt very sleepy, so I went to bed early... Leopard and Leopard won't dare to do it next time! (Leopard cry.jpg)
