A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

After a short while, An Lushan was taken to the Zichen Palace.

"Li Bai, I told you, it won't be long before you come begging to me, hahahahahahahaha. You came to me for the antidote, right? As long as you, Li Bai and Li Longji, kneel down and beg me, I will tell you the formula for the antidote."

An Lushan said madly.

"You deserve to die!"

Li Longji stepped forward and kicked An Lushan to the ground, and the imperial guards next to him quickly went up and pressed An Lushan down.

With Li Longji's old bones, if he were to be ambushed by An Lushan, he might lose his life.

They can't afford to take that responsibility.

"Yes, I deserve to die, but to have the Emperor of Tang Dynasty accompany me on my journey to the underworld, it's not a loss, not a loss at all!"

An Lushan did not struggle; all his delusions and ambitions had come to naught, and he had long been prepared to die.

An Lushan felt he hadn't lost out by being able to take Li Longji with him before he died.

"Damn it!"

Li Longji punched and kicked An Lushan, then drew the sword of one of his guards and held it to An Lushan's neck.

This scene is just like a few days ago when An Lushan held a knife to Li Longji's neck.

"Hand over the antidote, and I'll give you a quick death."

Li Longji said coldly.

"Antidote?!"

"Hahahaha, I told you, as long as you and Li Bai kneel down and beg me, I will give you the antidote."

An Lushan laughed wildly.

"An Lushan, if you hand over the antidote, I promise to give you a quick death."

"If you don't hand it over, the Ministry of Justice has hundreds of cruel tortures for you to choose from."

"Someone, come and explain it to him."

Li Longji spoke to the Minister of Justice.

The punishment of cutting off a person's nose is called "Yixing".

Castration is the punishment that turns someone into a eunuch.

Amputation was a form of punishment in which a person's feet were cut off and their kneecaps were removed.

The torture involves clamping the ten fingers together with wooden clips and tightening them forcefully. The pain is excruciating, as the fingers are connected to the heart.

Iron hoops bound the prisoner's head, and iron rings were used to tighten wooden wedges into the gaps.

Vinegar was poured into the nose, and chili water was used to inhale into the nose. The mouth was forcibly pried open, and vinegar or chili water was poured into the nasal cavity.

The prisoners were kept in solitary confinement in dark cells for extended periods, deprived of sufficient food and sleep, and subjected to round-the-clock interrogation without rest.

……

The Minister of Justice recounted dozens of cruel tortures, which sent chills down Li Longji's spine.

"Did you hear that? If you don't want to suffer this torment, hand over the antidote obediently."

It took Li Longji a while to catch his breath before he could finally utter a complete sentence.

"Hahahaha, Li Longji, you really are a good-for-nothing. Just hearing about it terrifies you like this."

"I, An Lushan, crawled out of piles of corpses. What haven't I seen? What injuries haven't I suffered? Is this all? Do you think I'm easily scared?"

"Hahahaha, that's hilarious! Come on, try it if you dare!"

"If I, An Lushan, even frowned, I wouldn't be a hero!"

An Lushan's words made Li Longji's face turn from pale to red, "Then I will grant your wish."

"It's up to you. You must get the antidote out of him."

Li Longji turned around and said, "Also, capture An Lushan's entire clan and behead them one by one in front of him. I want to see how long he can endure this."

"A family should be together, so they won't be alone on the road to the underworld. You think you can threaten me, An Lushan, with that? Dream on!"

An Lushan sneered.

Hearing An Lushan's tough words, Li Longji was a little worried. Could this guy really be so crazy that he wouldn't even care about the lives of his whole family?

The lives of An Lushan's entire family are not important; what matters is his own life.

His life was so precious; how could it be compared to the lives of An Lushan's family?

One hundred An Lushans and their entire clans couldn't compare to one of his fingers.

Let alone a finger, in Li Longji's heart, it was not even as valuable as a single strand of his hair.

"If you can't get him to talk, your entire family will be wiped out."

Li Longji glanced at the people in the Ministry of Justice and said in a chilling tone.

The Minister of Justice didn't take his words to heart at all; things are different now.

If Li Longji wanted to target him, he would have to get past Li Bai first.

First came Li Bai, then An Lushan; Li Longji's imperial majesty had long since vanished.

Perhaps only Li Longji himself had not yet noticed this. After An Lushan was executed, he subconsciously felt that the court was still under his control. Although Li Bai held power, he would not threaten him like An Lushan had.

"I obey your decree."

Although he didn't take Li Longji's words to heart, he still had to put on a show.

An Lushan was indeed a tough man; under the severe torture by the Ministry of Justice, he stubbornly refused to say a word.

Perhaps the only desire in his heart that sustained him was to take Li Longji with him in death.

Time slipped away bit by bit amidst An Lushan's tortures. In the blink of an eye, a blood-red hue appeared on the horizon, and the sun was about to set.

After waiting for a long time without receiving any news, Li Longji hurriedly summoned the Minister of Justice and asked him about the progress.

The Minister of Justice was somewhat embarrassed. "Your Majesty, An Lushan is very stubborn; we haven't been able to pry him open."

"What! What do you mean you couldn't pry it open? Did your Ministry of Justice use all those torture methods on him?"

Li Longji was furious.

"He's already done it. He's just holding on by the last bit of courage in his heart. As long as that courage doesn't dissipate, he can't possibly vomit anything."

The Minister of Justice said helplessly that he had handled at least 800 to 1000 prisoners, so he could naturally see An Lushan's intentions.

These are the most difficult people to deal with; their will can even resist their physical instincts.

The Minister of Justice had encountered a similar case before, but it ultimately came to nothing.

There was nothing we could do; we tried every form of torture, but nothing worked.

"If you can't vomit anything, what about my antidote?"

Li Longji stepped forward and grabbed the collar of the Minister of Justice. Prince An was still nowhere to be found, and his return to the capital seemed far off.

His survival now depends on the antidote in An Lushan's possession.

If you tell me now that you can't get An Lushan to talk, what's the difference between that and sentencing me to death?

Although the Minister of Justice was not afraid of Li Longji, he did not want to bear the blame for the emperor's death, so he did his best.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Although we were unable to get An Lushan to talk, we did find this in his residence."

The Minister of Justice took out a small porcelain bottle, and Li Longji's eyes lit up.

This small porcelain bottle is exactly the same as the one An Lushan used to hold the poison when he fed it to him.

He quickly snatched the small porcelain bottle from the Minister of Justice's hand, opened it, and sure enough, there was a dark pill inside.

"Yes, this is it."

Li Longji laughed heartily, "Imperial physician, come quickly! Take it and study it immediately!"

"I want to see the antidote by tomorrow, or I'll take your heads."