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Chapter 57 Interrogation

Lu Chen watched Hao Cheng writhe on the ground like a maggot, unmoved. Instead, he searched the ground and found some thin ropes.

He first tied up Li Hao and threw him into another room, then took the rope and came to Hao Cheng's side, talking to him as if they were having a casual chat.

"The art of slow slicing is not something an ordinary person can do; it requires the use of certain tools, such as a fishing net. But if you don't have a fishing net, it's fine; a rope will do the same thing!"

Lu Chen tightly bound the thin ropes around Hao Cheng's body.

Hao Cheng listened to Lu Chen's incredibly calm words, his eyes turned red, and his whole body trembled violently. He wanted to escape Lu Chen's clutches, but it was all in vain.

"Don't move! Look at your brother, sleeping so soundly. Are you really going to wake him? Be quiet!"

Lu Chen slapped Hao Cheng across the face, and several teeth flew out of his mouth along with the blood.

Hao Cheng, his mouth full of blood, couldn't help but beg Lu Chen for mercy: "Please, kill me! Kill me now!"

"Kill you? How could you think that? I'm a good person, murder is against the law!" Lu Chen was very surprised, and looked Hao Cheng up and down, as if considering where to strike.

"Don't worry, this dagger is very clean. If you're worried about infection, I'll sterilize it by burning it. It won't cause your wound to become infected!"

Lu Chen held the dagger over the torch and heated it, but the dagger ended up blackened.

"Oh dear, it's gotten darker. It's alright, a little dark is fine. As long as the cotton I pick in my next life is white!"

Lu Chen chuckled and pointed the knife at Hao Cheng's arm.

"Ah! You beast! I'll fuck you...!"

Hao Cheng couldn't help but curse, hurling insults at Lu Chen's ancestors for eighteen generations.

"Sorry, my family is quite poor and can't afford a sharp dagger. Please bear with me. But it's alright, a few more tries will do the trick, good things come to those who wait!"

Lu Chen ignored him and continued his actions.

Hao Cheng was almost out of energy to curse, and could only groan in pain.

"You're really stubborn, aren't you? You just won't tell!"

Lu Chen was somewhat impressed by Hao Cheng's tough and resolute demeanor.

Hao Cheng: "?"

What the hell did you say?

"Holy shit... What do you want to ask? When did you say you wanted to ask me questions?"

Hao Cheng almost bit off his teeth. He was slapped by Lu Chen, which knocked out a lot of his teeth, and the remaining ones were loose.

"Oh, didn't I ask?" Lu Chen was a little confused. He really didn't mean to torment him!

"Ask whatever you want! Just ask!" Hao Cheng was going crazy.

He thought the madman was here to torment and take revenge on him because his child had been abducted, and that he wanted to kill him, so he was determined to die and never thought about what the madman wanted!

He was trembling with pain, and a small puddle of blood had formed on the ground. It felt a bit cold despite the hot weather.

"Should I apologize to you?" Lu Chen narrowed his eyes, glanced at Hao Cheng, and continued to stab.

"Ah! I'll fuck you... Didn't you want to ask me something?" Hao Cheng spat at Lu Chen, his fierce eyes making Lu Chen very uncomfortable, and he made a few more cuts.

"Now, I will ask you a question, and you will answer it. If you answer something irrelevant, you will be rewarded with a piece of Boyi Kao!" Lu Chen inserted the tip of his knife into the Boyi Kao and held it up to Hao Cheng's face.

Hao Cheng felt a chill run down his spine!

He swore that this was a madman, a madman!

"Okay, okay, you tell me!" He was really scared.

Lu Chen was satisfied with Hao Cheng's performance: "Where did you send the children?"

"Shanyang Prefecture!" Hao Cheng said hurriedly, "They were sent away yesterday!"

"You've even learned to answer before me? Did I ask you when you sent it?"

Lu Chen struck again.

Hao Chengtong's face was contorted with pain.

A puddle of water on the ground.

"I was wrong, I know I was wrong! I'll never answer first again!" He said, his teeth chattering, filled with regret.

"Who gave you permission to traffic children?"

"It's Wang Xiong, Wang Xiong! He gave me the money, saying that Qingzhu asked him to find more children to send over, but he couldn't do it, so he gave me the money to come."

Lu Chen thought to himself, "It really is that beast!"

Who is Wang Xiong? Who is Qingzhu?

"Wang Xiong is the registrar of Shahu County! Lord Qing, Lord Qing..."

Hao Cheng frantically wondered, who is Qingzhu? He had no idea!

He only knew that the person was called Qingzhu, but he had never seen his true face.

"Are you mute? Who is the Azure Master?"

Lu Chen placed the dagger on Hao Cheng.

Hao Cheng trembled, on the verge of tears: "I... I don't know who Qingzhu is. I've never even seen what he looks like... I... I only know that he's the liaison for Shanyang Prefecture, and all the trafficked children are sent to him. After that, I don't know anything! I really don't know anything!"

Lu Chen remained silent.

Hao Cheng trembled like a leaf, terrified that Lu Chen would stab him again.

"You're the same kind of gangsters as the ones in Shahu County, aren't you?"

Hao Cheng nodded: "Yes, yes."

"Who taught you your martial arts? And who recruited the other members of the Beggar Gang?"

Hao Cheng hurriedly said, "Butler, it was the butler who taught them! We all call him Butler! Some of them were introduced by them, and some we recruited ourselves."

"The butler?" Lu Chen frowned slightly. "Then you must know that Wang Xiong, right? Was he also trained by the butler? How come he can be the registrar while you're just a gang leader?"

Hao Cheng's face twitched slightly: "I know him... Wang Xiong, he's good at studying, so..."

Lu Chen understood.

Turns out he was a terrible student.

"How much do you know about this butler? Don't tell me you haven't investigated him secretly!" He looked at Hao Cheng with a half-smile.

Hao Cheng lowered his head and shook his head, saying, "No, I did have that thought, but a friend of mine did it and then died. I don't dare."

"You must remember what the head of the household looked like, right?"

"I don't know. He wore an iron mask, and I only remember his voice being somewhat...feminine, like a woman's, and his hands were quite white. We all suspected he was a woman!"

"A woman?"

Lu Chen didn't delve into the matter further, but instead asked, "There must be child trafficking gangs like yours all over the country, right? What's the name of your superior organization?"

"We...huff...we have no higher organization, we rely entirely on people like Qingzhu to contact and communicate with us." Hao Cheng lay on the ground panting.

He felt colder and colder.

Are you sure? Do you not know, or are you sure you don't?

Lu Chen asked again.

"I..." Hao Cheng paused, then shook his head. "I don't know either. Maybe, but I've never noticed it before."

How strong are Qingzhu and his butler?

"The Azure Lord should possess innate abilities, but I don't know exactly how strong he is. The only time the Azure Lord came to see me, I had no idea when he arrived or when he left; it was very mysterious... As for the steward, all I know is that he's probably even stronger than the Azure Lord!"

Lu Chen's heart skipped a beat.

It's innate!

He asked a few more questions, which Hao Chengdu answered.

"Where do you keep your cultivation techniques?"

Lu Chen suddenly asked.

"Put it in the book..." Hao Cheng suddenly realized and shut his mouth.

"Not going to tell me? It's just a study, isn't it?" Lu Chen was speechless.

This person lost too much blood, and their mind isn't working properly anymore.

"It's time for you to get going!"

He stood up.

A look of relief and liberation appeared in Hao Cheng's eyes.

I'm finally going to die!