Finally, he no longer thought about the cold needle on the chair, and when he was about to fall asleep, the officer whipped him on the prison door again, "Han Xiao, get up, sir, I have something to ask."
Although Han Xiao was extremely sleepy, he was still frightened to wake up when he was whipped. However, the whip did not hit him, so after a brief awakening, sleepiness came over him again.
Seeing Han Xiao lying motionless on the ground, the yamen officer walked into the cell and whipped him. Now he was awake, but he was still being held on a chair with needles for interrogation. The interrogator was also the same person as yesterday. Late at night, Si Cheng said, "Han Xiao, I would like to remind you that sometimes the pain of the flesh comes second, and this is the beginning. It's not okay for you to lose energy like this." Finally, he warned: "You should think about how to answer. Let’s start again after thinking about it.”
Although it was still a bit cold in the early spring, the clothes on his body were still thick clothes with laminated cotton, but the whip of the Yamen servant seemed to have eyes, and it slanted down from the body, and the tail part of the whip happened to be slanted on Han Xiao's body. On the back of the hand. In an instant, a blood-red whip mark appeared on the back of his hand. At this time, his wrist was locked on the armrest of the chair. If he moved a little, it would rub against the whip mark, and he would immediately grimace in pain.
"Sir, please spare me! I have said everything I need to say, please give me a break!" Han Xiao begged for mercy.
"Do you know what Fang Mei is doing now?" Si Cheng said.
Han Xiao had no time to think about what Fang Mei was doing, he couldn't even think about himself.
Si Cheng didn't want to wait for him to answer, "Although Fang Mei also committed something she shouldn't have committed, fortunately she confessed proactively, had the courage to take responsibility for her mistakes, and had a very repentant attitude. She will be locked up in a superior cell. Although the chicken, duck, and fish are not delicious and delicious, I can definitely eat well, drink well, and sleep well."
After watching Han Xiao change the topic, he continued: "And we have sent special people to protect the people in his family, so that no one in her family will be threatened."
They have been handling cases for a long time and they all know who has what concerns. They also have their own methods on how to interrogate Han Xiao and the others. Then he continued: "Think about it, you are all in the Hou's Mansion, how did we pick you out one by one? If you rashly go to the Hou's Mansion to ask for someone without arrangements, can your Lord Marquis give it to you? Not only will you not be able to give it, , say no
.. Your family is already in a completely different situation from Fang Mei’s family. "
After Si Cheng said this, he stopped questioning him anxiously and gave him enough time to think. ..
After a cup of tea, Si Cheng then asked again: "As usual, I still ask and you answer." Then Si Cheng started from the beginning and asked the same question as last night, but Han Xiao's answer was different.
Si Cheng caught the difference in his answer and asked again. This time, he was not so lucky and was put back into the cell just when he was too sleepy. The whip mark on the back of his hand was peeled off and the bright red blood was gone. The armrests of the chair and his cuffs were stained. He felt painful and sleepy, and his body became heavier and heavier. He kept trying to sit down on the chair, but stimulated by the pain on the back of his hands, he insisted on not sitting down.
After an hour of hard work, just when Si Cheng stopped asking any more questions, Han Xiao thought he could finally be sent back to the cell and was planning to have a good sleep. Unexpectedly, he was taken away by two yamen guards, one on the left and the other on the right. Go to a torture room filled with torture instruments.
When he walked into the torture room, he first pushed Han Xiao's head into a bucket of cold water. When he couldn't hold his breath anymore, he took several sips of water before pulling his head out of the water.
Han Xiao, who was pulled out of the bucket, was hung up on the wall by the two yamen servants before he could breathe again, "Next, let's play!"
"If you answer well, I will let you come down early and go back to rest for a while. If you answer poorly, don't blame us brothers for being unreasonable."
Then, the two officials started a new round of interrogation. They were obviously taking the opportunity to torture Han Xiao. Just when Han Xiao was squinting and trying to sleep, the whip fell.
A question was asked from time to time, and a whip was given from time to time, or a poke of salt was put on the back of his hand, until the evening. But it didn't end at night, a new round of interrogation began again.
It’s still the same chair, and it’s still the same temple minister.
Si Cheng seemed to be in low spirits.
Han Xiao from Jiji deliberately stretched his body in front of him, "I didn't sleep all night last night and I was so sleepy. Fortunately, you let me go back and catch up on my sleep for a day, so I felt a little more energetic."
"Hey, Han Xiao, how are you thinking about it? Do you want to continue to be tough or do you want to be honest? Don't delay me for another night and make me unable to sleep."
Han Xiao drooped his head and forced himself to cheer up, lest he could not hold on for a while and sat down, crying with a sad face, "Sir, I deserve to die, I shouldn't be obsessed with framing the third master, please forgive me!"
"It's impossible to spare you. If you want to suffer less, just do it honestly."
Another night of torture! This time, Han Xiao couldn't hold on anymore and sat down, and then a scream echoed throughout the cell.
Just as Han Xiao endured the pain and raised his butt from the chair, Si Cheng half-squinted his eyes and said, "Fortunately, you sit forward. If you sit a little further back, you can probably be a eunuch."
"I heard that even the slightest injury in that area can make people cry for father and mother in pain, and it is easy to be unable to urinate."
"Han Xiao! You have to hold on!"
Han Xiao burst into tears, "My lord, sir, please give me a happy life!"
"You have said this no less than ten times, and I have answered you no less than ten times. You, a grown man, are not as strong-willed as a woman."
"I heard that Fang Mei's brother came to see him in prison during the day, and the brother and sister talked for a long time. Don't you want your wife and children to come to see you in prison?"
How can we not think about it? He didn't know if he would have a chance to see them again. Thinking of this, Han Xiao's body ached and his heart ached, and his eyes immediately turned red. ..
"If you think about it, there's nothing you can do about it. We have plenty of reasons to arrest them in the cell. If you commit a crime, your whole family may be accomplices. If you arrest them all, you can see each other every day in there. Besides, in Here, they won’t lose their lives for no reason, don’t you think?”
"Also, as long as you cooperate and the case is cleared, we will arrest the real suspect and then release your family members, and they will no longer have to worry about being harmed."
The reason why Han Xiao could grit his teeth and insist on taking the blame was to protect the Hou family. Now that Si Cheng had tempted him, he finally relented, "Can they really be safe?"
Han Xiao's resignation made Si Cheng and the government servant who brought him over also relaxed. Si Cheng nodded, "People in Dali Temple never tell lies."
"Okay, as long as they all come in here, I will say anything." Han Xiao didn't want to be tortured anymore.
"You can negotiate terms with us, but you have to understand one thing. Until now, you haven't said anything valuable to me. Why should I trust you?"
"Then what should I do so that you can believe it?"
