Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 159 There are plenty of ways

Seeing that Scarface didn't want to say anything, the middle-aged man's expression became extremely ugly.

He couldn't help but spit and said angrily, "You can be so carefree, isn't it because of your brothers? Calling you the boss is giving you face. Back in the army, you weren't even a sergeant, just a small private. Do you really take yourself seriously?"

Scarface's mouth twitched when he heard this, but he said nothing.

The middle-aged man turned to look at Lu Zheng and said, "Young man, I am not lying. We are all soldiers of the Wu Kingdom. We are here under orders. If you are willing to save my life, I will tell you everything... If not, I will say nothing."

Lu Zheng blinked and said faintly, "Are you blackmailing me?"

The middle-aged man said: "That's true, I just want to save my life..."

"very good."

Lu Zheng put away his sword and said with a cold look, "I like people like you who have backbone."

As soon as these words were spoken, the four people present felt an inexplicable chill down their spines.

On the other side, Li Zhao and his companions found all the people in the mountain stronghold.

The victims were placed in a courtyard with some slaves and guarded by one person.

Some of the gangsters were tied up and taken to another place and locked up.

Li Zhao drove away the surviving bandits outside the yard and found that some of them were blind and had difficulty moving.

Li Zhao couldn't help but said to Lu Zheng: "Brother Lu, what happened to these people? Why are some of them blind? It's not easy to deal with them. It's troublesome to take them back to the county government. Should we kill them?"

If a bandit with a low level of cultivation becomes completely blind when exposed to the sunlight, it means that he is extremely evil.

After all, if an ordinary person used Lu Zheng's move, it would only make their eyes flash and would not cause any harm at all.

Hearing this, Lu Zheng said calmly, "You can do whatever you want."

"Okay!"

Li Zhao picked up the sword without saying a word.

Several screams were heard, as well as the bandits' pleas for mercy.

Li Zhao's expression turned cold. "Why are you howling? Those who are not dead and can see, get out of here!"

The bandits who were able to survive were trembling with fear and were as obedient as quails.

Even the heads of the family looked unhappy. How could these scholars be so cruel and ruthless? It completely overturned their understanding.

Lu Zheng stood in one place, writing a letter.

After the letter was written, it turned into a flying swallow and flew towards Changchuan County.

At this time, Zhang Bo came over and said, "Those people have been settled almost completely, but many people are still a little emotionally unstable."

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "Brother Zhang, you've done a great job. I've already written to the county magistrate, and he should be sending someone over soon... I only gave you a rough location, so you can have someone burn some smoke to guide the way."

Lu Zheng paused and added, "Also, we seem to have caught a big fish."

"What?" Zhang Bo's eyes lit up.

Lu Zheng whispered in Zhang Bo's ear.

Zhang Bo's face changed slightly when he heard this. This kind of thing was no small matter.

Lu Zheng said, "Please arrange for the others first. I want to interrogate these few thoroughly."

Zhang Bo looked at the people in the yard and couldn't help but wonder, "They probably won't speak easily, right?"

Lu Zheng smiled faintly, "It's okay. I've never interrogated a prisoner, but I've seen and heard of some methods. When you're out and about, you're bound to run into some stubborn villains and evil spirits. I can use them as a good opportunity to practice my skills."

Lu Zheng's words did not avoid the four scar-faced men.

Then, Lu Zheng walked straight to the scarred man and picked him up.

"Brother Zhang, keep a close eye on these three people. I will interrogate them one by one."

After saying that, Lu Zheng took the scarred man to a remote room.

Lu Zheng threw the man to the ground.

The big man grimaced in pain, struggled to sit up, and said, "Boy, don't even think about getting anything out of me. Just give me a quick death and save yourself from wasting your time."

"Oh."

Lu Zheng responded indifferently, then sat on a chair, without even looking at the man, and took out some dry food and chewed it slowly.

After waiting for a while, the man didn't see Lu Zheng asking any questions, so he frowned.

"What do you want to do?" the man couldn't help asking.

Lu Zheng said slowly, "I've thought of hundreds of tortures for interrogating prisoners. How many do you have in the Wu Kingdom?"

The man was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Lu Zheng to ask such a question.

He couldn't help but laugh. "You want to scare me? I wasn't raised to be scared. I've killed more people than the ants you've stepped on!"

Lu Zheng chuckled. "If you really had that much power, you wouldn't be hiding in a place like this. Bandits like you are actually soldiers of the Wu Kingdom. I have to be a little worried. I'm afraid your Wu Kingdom will be destroyed soon."

The big man suddenly felt humiliated and said angrily: "Don't be arrogant, kid! Don't think you can be so powerful just because you have some skills. Wait until you see our Wu army, and you will know the gap." "Do you know the Wujiang Water God?" Lu Zheng suddenly changed the subject.

"What?" The man was stunned.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng realized that the other party had nothing to do with the matter of Jiang Shen, and was actually unaware of the existence of this god.

Lu Zheng continued to rest and ignored the man.

The man felt ignored and said, "Why, are you still thinking of some way to deal with me?"

Lu Zheng said slowly, "I'm a kind-hearted person and I can't bear to see others suffer. Why don't you just confess? It'll save everyone trouble."

The big man scoffed, "You kid are really good at joking. I don't have anything to say."

Lu Zheng said calmly, "Since you don't want to say anything, then why are you talking nonsense to me? Just stay quiet."

The big man was suddenly choked, unable to figure out what Lu Zheng was going to do.

Lu Zheng ate something and took a pill, and felt his condition recover.

He sat there and rested for a while until the man showed his impatience.

Only then did Lu Zheng stand up and walk towards the man.

Seeing this, the big man said, "Come on, let me see what you can do."

Lu Zheng picked up the man and hit him on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious on the spot.

Then, Lu Zheng tied him up tightly and locked him up in a room.

After doing all this, Lu Zheng walked back to the yard he had just been in.

Zhang Bo was guarding the remaining three people. When he saw Lu Zheng coming back, he was very curious.

Lu Zheng said slowly, "I thought he was such a tough guy. He told me everything in private and begged me to spare his life. He is indeed useful. I can only spare his life... These three people have done so many things. Let the victims kill them and let them vent their anger."

How is this possible... The three were shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect Scarface to confess everything.

Lu Zheng directly mentioned the middle-aged man, "Brother Zhang, have someone prepare some bamboo sticks. These guys are all warriors and have very strong physiques. It shouldn't be a problem for them to be stabbed tens of thousands of times with the sticks... They've done so many evil things in their lives, how can we let them die so easily?"

The three bandit leaders froze when they heard this. They couldn't imagine such a way of torturing people.

The middle-aged man who was being held in the arms hurriedly said, "Sir, please let me go! I'll confess everything..."

Lu Zheng laughed coldly and said, "Everyone has been recruited, what's the point of keeping you around?"

The middle-aged man thought quickly and said, "What if he is lying to you? He is not afraid of death. Don't let him fool you!"

"Hmm?" Lu Zheng pretended to think, "That seems to make sense. Since you want to confess, I can give you one chance. If the confession is different, whoever lies will die."

"I won't say anything nonsense!" the middle-aged man nodded repeatedly.

Lu Zheng restrained his expression and took the middle-aged man to another room.

After finding a table and taking out a pen and paper, Lu Zheng said indifferently, "Go ahead!"

The middle-aged man sitting opposite asked anxiously, "What did you say?"

Lu Zheng said slowly, "Just say whatever you want to say. I'll ask you again after you've finished speaking... If I ask you about something important and you don't mention it, or if your answers are inconsistent, you should know the consequences. Understand?"

"Ming...understand."

The middle-aged man looked nervous. It was the first time he felt so much pressure facing a young man.

Lu Zheng added, "If you don't know where to begin, you can start from your childhood and talk about it slowly, just as if it were a lifetime of memories... I'm also quite curious, when did you become this person? Were you always a bad kid?"

"I……"

When middle-aged people recall their youth, they can't help but feel a sense of guilt.

After more than half an hour, Lu Zheng got some information.

Afterwards, he interrogated the other two and obtained three thick interrogation materials.

Zhang Bo settled the three people he was questioning and saw Lu sorting out documents in the room. He couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Are they really sent by the Wu Kingdom?"

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, but they are not elite troops, just ordinary soldiers. They were originally sentenced to serious punishment for violating military discipline, but someone spared them and sent them to Anguo to cause trouble. They have been acting as bandits here for years. No one from Wuguo has contacted them, and they have no contact information. They have completely regarded themselves as bandits and have done many evil things."

Zhang Bo suddenly understood what was going on and murmured, "I was wondering why they were so afraid of death. It turns out they are just like this. They're not really soldiers anymore, they're real bandits."

Lu Zheng sighed, "I heard from them that there are still many Wu soldiers like this... These parasites have been sent to other countries by the Wu State. They are not just here, they are all trouble."

Zhang Bo frowned upon hearing this and said angrily, "These Wu people are truly despicable!"

He looked at the information Lu Zheng had compiled and asked, "Why are there only three confessions?"

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Because I only questioned three people. The scarred man hasn't been interrogated yet."

Zhang Bo was stunned for a moment, but quickly figured out the key.

He couldn't help but give Lu Zheng a thumbs up, "Brother Lu is brilliant, he can even think of such a method!"

"I learned all this from books." Lu Zheng smiled slightly. "By the way, that scarred man is being held captive... Go check on him and make sure he doesn't get away."

(End of this chapter)