King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

In the field.

Everyone's eyes subconsciously focused on the head of the Yuan family, and their expressions were full of curiosity.

"Prince Han Han."

"You you. What do you mean by this?"

"Isn't it that I don't understand?"

Feeling all the eyes focused on him, Yuan Meng, the head of the Yuan family, looked confused and innocent, as if he knew nothing. He looked at Zhu Gaoxu and replied.

"hehe.
Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly, followed by a chuckle, and glanced coldly with half-closed eyes. The head of the Yuan family who was pretending to be crazy and stupid in front of him, trying to get away with it, his face full of sarcasm, said in a deep voice:
"I do not know what it meant?"

"Yuan Meng! Yuan Meng!"

"I have always felt that you should be a smart person."

"Having come to this point, I should definitely know what to do."

"I didn't expect that at this time, you would still want to resist and act crazy and stupid in front of me in an attempt to get away with it."

"No. Do you think it's really possible?"

"Is it realistic?"

"Since I dare to ask and say this, do you really think I am being presumptuous for no reason?"

"Or is it just a simple attempt to 'deceive' you and trick you into telling stories?"

talking.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at him deeply, shook his head slightly, and continued:

"Put away your self-righteous thoughts. As I said before, if you don't want to suffer any physical pain, then tell me the truth and give me the answer I want."

"Don't think that I am joking with you."

"My patience is limited. If you continue to resist and act crazy and stupid."

"Don't blame me for not giving you a chance, or think that I am such a kind person."

"Look at what happened to the slaves and servants abandoned by your Yuan family. Are you sure you can really withstand the harsh interrogation methods of the Jinyiwei?"

Say it.

Zhu Gaoxu pointed at the servants of the Yuan family who were standing not far away. They had experienced the harsh interrogation of the Jinyiwei and were already in tattered clothes, listless, with bloodstains on their bodies and looked miserable. They sneered and looked straight at Yuan Meng and the others in the Yuan family who were hoping for the best.

then.

After being reminded, all the people in the Yuan family couldn't help but subconsciously look back in the direction of Zhu Gaoxu's finger.

As the appearance of the slaves came into view.

The pupils of the Yuan family couldn't help but shrink, their faces suddenly changed to reveal fear, their bodies couldn't stop shaking, and they subconsciously looked at their leader Yuan Meng to see what decision he would make.

Feeling everyone's gaze focused on him, and watching the fate of the servants, Yuan Meng's body subconsciously trembled, his pupils shrank, and his face, which had been originally contented, could no longer remain calm at this moment. Instead, it was replaced by a look of panic and fear, and his voice trembled as he replied:
"This, this, this"

"Your Majesty. Your Majesty Han."

"Common people. Common people"

"Ok?"

Seeing his appearance, Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly, raised his eyebrows and stared at him as if he was looking at a fool:
"what?"

“Think it over carefully before you speak”

Yuan Meng, who originally wanted to make some excuses, subconsciously held back the words that were on the tip of his tongue when he saw this situation.

At the same time, his heart was in a dilemma.

See it but don't say anything.

Zhu Gaoxu's half-closed eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure, as if he had lost all his patience. He did not intend to waste time with him and wanted to get the answer he wanted simply and rudely. He turned to Ji Gang, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, who was waiting at the side, and said in a deep voice:

"Lord Ji"

"Since Yuan Meng doesn't want to say it, he likes to play dumb."

"That's right. I also want to see if he is really as hard-mouthed as he appears to be."

"I'll leave this person to you."

"Let him feel the power of your Jinyiwei."

"promise!"

Ji Gang, who was called, responded in a serious voice.

Then, Ji Gang waved his hand at the Jinyiwei who were on guard nearby and shouted:

"Here comes someone."

"Pull the person out for me."

Say it.

The Jinyiwei on both sides rushed out like cheetahs and rushed straight towards Yuan Meng.

Seeing the Jinyiwei rushing towards him without hesitation, Yuan Meng was instantly terrified and stepped back subconsciously, trying his best to distance himself from them and keep a safe distance from them. At the same time, he couldn't stop shouting:

"Don't don't don't come over here. Don't come over here!!"

"Go away, go away, all of you go away"

However, in the face of Yuan Meng's resistance, he shouted.

The Jinyiwei who were running towards him turned a deaf ear to him, as if they heard nothing. They grabbed Yuan Meng, who was curled up and retreating, with extremely rough movements.

As soon as the Jinyiwei took action, Yuan Meng instinctively waved his hands in an attempt to resist.

But with his small arms and legs, how could he be a match for the Jinyiwei?
As a result, not only did it not cause any losses to the Jinyiwei who were arresting him, but it also completely angered the Jinyiwei.

Seeing that he was so ignorant, the Jinyiwei who arrested and restrained him raised their hands, glared at him fiercely, and slapped Yuan Meng's chubby face several times roughly without holding back or showing any mercy.

As the slap landed, Yuan Meng's chubby face instantly became visibly swollen, and the light red palm print was deeply imprinted on Yuan Meng's fat face.

“Woo woo woo
"No, no. Stop it."

"Stop hitting me, I was wrong."

After being slapped and kicked several times, Yuan Meng yelled at the top of his voice due to the swelling of his mouth and face, and begged for mercy and confessed his guilt incoherently and in great fear.

But even he admitted his mistake.

It seemed that the Jinyiwei who were responsible for escorting him were all as if they were deaf.

However, there was no easing of their brutal methods.

He continued to do as he pleased, without paying any attention to Yuan Meng's frightened and terrified shouts. He treated him like a dead dog, dragged him on the ground, pulled him out of the crowd, and threw him heavily to the ground, with a dull collision sound and Yuan Meng's painful howls.

Even so.

Facing Yuan Meng, who was wearing a mask of pain and wailing on the ground like a dead dog, the Jinyiwei turned a blind eye and instead fiercely kicked the fat on his waist, shouting angrily:
"Bastard thing."

"Stand up. Who told you to lie down?"

While they were talking, another group of people had already brought over the torture instruments that were used to interrogate the Yuan family's slaves in another courtyard and placed them one by one in the courtyard.

With the sound of noise.

It instantly attracted the attention of Yuan Meng, who was screaming in pain on the ground, and everyone in the Yuan family.

Along with the torture instruments that came into view.

This caused Yuan Meng's cries of pain, which had originally continued, to stop abruptly.

The fear in his expression became more intense in an instant.

Yuan Meng, whose arms were held by the Jinyiwei, subconsciously tried his best to break free and escape. However, no matter how hard he struggled, it was in vain. His body was firmly controlled by the Jinyiwei, preventing him from breaking free.

More than that.

While being dragged by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, he walked step by step towards the torture instrument.

As he got closer and closer to the torture instruments, the faint bloodstains on the instruments and the obvious scratches left by fingernails appeared in Yuan Meng's eyes one by one. At the same time, he knew better than anyone that to leave such marks, one could imagine what kind of inhuman abuse and torture the person being executed and interrogated had suffered.

As a result, before he even reached the torture device, before he was tied to it, Yuan Meng's defenses had already collapsed, and he started crying and shouting:
"No. No!"

"Stay away from me, stay away from me."

"Go away, everyone. Go away."

While speaking, Yuan Meng turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu beside him, his expression full of fear and panic, and shouted:
"Your Majesty. Your Majesty"

"Mercy, mercy!" "I'll tell you everything, everything."

"I will tell you everything I know. I will not hide anything."

"Your Highness, I was wrong. I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again."

"Let me go"

“Let me go!!”

Seeing him act like this.

The Jinyiwei who had been dragging him roughly was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked in the direction of Zhu Gaoxu, quietly waiting for orders.

Looking at Yuan Meng who had surrendered and whose mental defenses were almost collapsed.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows, sneered, and waved at the Jinyiwei who were looking at him waiting for orders. Then he half-squinted his eyes and looked straight at Yuan Meng and said in a deep voice:
"Say it!"

Order received.

Yuan Meng, who was about to be dragged to the torture instrument, was turned around by the Jinyiwei and dragged towards where Zhu Gaoxu was standing.

For a moment.

Seeing the torture instruments getting farther and farther away from him, Yuan Meng couldn't help but let out a long breath.

My heart, which was filled with fear, calmed down a lot without me noticing.

However, feeling everyone's gazes falling on him, Yuan Meng's relaxed expression suddenly perked up.

Then, he briefly pondered for a moment, slowly raised his head and looked at the Han King Zhu Gaoxu who was very close to him, and then looked at the family members not far behind him, who were huddled together in groups of three or two, trembling and sobbing from time to time. As if he had thought of something, his face changed and his expression became particularly solemn. He said:

"My lord."

"I will tell you everything I know without reservation."

"You can also hand over all the deadly evidence I have collected about the Zhong family to the prince."

"but."

"I also beg Your Majesty to favor my cooperation."

"It can save the lives of my family members."

"My lord."

Say it.

He knelt down straight and kowtowed.

"Hehehe"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu chuckled, glanced coldly at Yuan Meng who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, and said in a deep voice:
"Are you negotiating terms with this king?"

"Threatening me?"

"Do you want me to be cautious in my actions?"

Asked three times in a row.

Yuan Meng waved his hands quickly, shook his head frantically, and said:

"No, no, no, no, no."

"My lord."

"I have absolutely no such intention. I have absolutely no such intention."

"I just hope that the prince will show favor to me. I just hope that the prince will show favor to me!!"

"I beg you, Your Majesty, to learn from this."

then.

Yuan Meng raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with hope.

Trying to hope to get the answer I want.

Feeling the gazes falling on him, Zhu Gaoxu half-closed his eyes and stared at him coldly for a long time, his face full of sarcasm:
"The guilty shall not be forgiven."

"All are carried out in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty."

"Whether they can survive or not, you shouldn't ask me. You should think about what they have done over the years."

"No one can be above the laws of the Ming Dynasty."

"Do you understand?"

This statement came out.

Yuan Meng, who was crawling on the ground, couldn't help but change his expression. His pupils suddenly shrank and he subconsciously turned his head to look at his family members behind him.

"No no no..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"It can't be like this. It can't be like this."

"Please favor me, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Yuan Meng so anxious, Zhu Gaoxu understood instantly.

This is such a bitch.

I'm afraid that the people of the Yuan family have definitely not done anything good in Linchuan City in recent years.

I'm afraid that each member of the Yuan family, because they have the support of a group of officials from Linchuan Prefecture, thinks highly of themselves and has done many evil things.

otherwise.

Faced with Zhu Gaoxu's words, Yuan Meng would definitely not be so anxious.

"There is no possibility."

"To say or not to say?"

"I will only give you a cup of tea to think about it."

"Are you willing to speak out directly, or do you want the Royal Guards to ask you to speak?"

"The choice is yours."

Say it.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him coldly and said nothing more.

For a moment, the field fell into an eerie silence.

The people of the Yuan family who had gathered in twos and threes, after hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, looked more and more frightened, and their bodies trembled more violently.

After receiving such a definite answer, Yuan Meng was stunned on the spot.

His brows were furrowed, the expression on his face changed, and he fell silent.

As the time goes.

A cup of tea has passed.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly opened his half-closed eyes, staring straight at Yuan Meng who was crawling on the ground, and said in a deep voice:

"Yuan Meng..."

"The time has passed."

"It's time for you to make a decision."

"To say or not to say..."

"Ok?"

Yuan Meng, who was called, suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, then looked at the Jinyiwei who were staring at him coldly and the torture instruments that were shining with cold light. He opened his mouth several times to say something, but in the end he couldn't open his mouth and utter a word.

"Ugh……"

After being stunned for a moment, Yuan Meng sighed, like a deflated ball, and instantly lost his energy and spirit. His mood also became extremely low, and his words were full of helplessness. He said:

"I…"

"I said!"

(End of this chapter)