Chapter 937 Interrogation

"Ranran, be careful! These assassins are extremely stubborn, be careful they might hurt you in their dying struggle."

Qiao Ran nodded, reached into her cloth bag, and took out a porcelain bottle.

Mo Beihan knew what she was going to do as soon as he saw her, and couldn't help but show surprise on his face.

Ranran had given him some medicine for interrogating prisoners before. They were all good stuff. Even the tightest teeth could be pried open after taking these medicines.

But Ranran didn't give him much medicine, and he wouldn't use it unless it was necessary. Even so, it was almost used up, and he cherished the remaining medicine and left it at home without bringing it with him.

Qiao Ran poured out a pill from the porcelain bottle, and under the angry glare of the fake Taoist, she picked up the red-hot iron next to her and stabbed it into the fake Taoist's chest.

With a "sizzling" sound, the skin and flesh rolled over, and the air was immediately filled with the smell of burnt meat.

"what!"

The fake Taoist was indeed a fearless warrior. He just opened his mouth and groaned in pain, then clenched his teeth and endured the pain of burning flesh.

Just at the moment he opened his mouth, a small pill flew into his mouth and went directly down his throat.

When Qiao Ran took the branding iron away, the fake Taoist spat a mouthful of blood on the ground and glared viciously at the beautiful but cruel girl in front of him. His eyes seemed to want to tear the person in front of him alive.

Qiao Ran was not in a hurry. She sat down on the stool that Mu Yi brought over, waiting for the prisoner to confess.

Mu Yi looked at Miss Qiao, who looked normal, and then glanced at his master with some worry.

However, his master did not show any strange expression. Instead, he sat down on another stool with a smile on his face.

He even leisurely picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea for Miss Qiao, then poured himself a cup and sipped it.

Mu Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected of his master, he has extraordinary taste and the girls he likes are also extraordinary.

It's ridiculous that those ladies from wealthy families in the capital city are still trying so hard to show their dignified, gentle, kind and gentle side in front of their masters, but they don't know that their masters like Miss Qiao, who is kind when she should be kind, cruel when she should be cruel, and not fussy about her true nature.

Before he had even finished his cup of tea, the fake Taoist who had been so tough was twisted into a maggot on the rack, as if his body was being bitten by millions of ants.

"I... I'll tell you everything! Quick... Quick, give me the antidote..."

He couldn't hold on for a moment before he was sweating profusely from the pain. He couldn't even speak complete sentences. He gritted his teeth and endured the itching and pain that was scratching his heart and liver, while begging for mercy intermittently.

However, Qiao Ran did not give the antidote immediately, but continued to drink tea calmly. It was not until the fake Taoist was tortured to the point of being hoarse, unconscious, and on the verge of mental collapse that she gave him an antidote.

After a while, the antidote took effect. The fake Taoist took a few deep breaths, still feeling terrified. He didn't dare to be stubborn anymore and immediately confessed everything he knew.

It turned out that there were originally two real Taoists in the small Taoist temple in the suburbs, but they were killed by King Ping's assassins. These three people pretended to be Taoists and covered for King Ping in the Taoist temple.

The Lord of Qingyuan City often sent the looted property to the Taoist temple through a secret passage, and then transported it to other places from the Taoist temple.

Even these three assassins often disguised themselves as bandits, robbing people on the road outside Qingyuan City, and killing people for their money.

Because they are highly skilled in martial arts, they are very experienced in killing people and destroying corpses, and they usually handle the scene very cleanly. Even if they fail occasionally and someone reports it to the Qingyuan City government, the matter will be dealt with perfunctorily.

There are countless bones of people who died unjustly lying under the cliffs in the ravines dozens of miles away from Qingyuan City, and in the dry wells of small Taoist temples.

"You killed people and robbed people, was it also ordered by King Ping?"

Qiao Ran asked coldly.

The fake Taoist stammered, "Yes... yes."

"How many more people did King Ping send to do the things you did?"

"I, I'm just a small follower, I don't know a lot of things. He...he's the leader, you ask him!"

The fake Taoist nodded with his chin at the other fake Taoist who was the tallest.

While Qiao Ran was waiting for the fake Taoist to confess, she was also observing the other two fake Taoists.

They found that one of the fake Taoists had kept silent since they came in. He had not spoken a word or looked at them much. He had his brows lowered and looked like an old monk in meditation.

Even when the fake Taoist's drug took effect just now, his roars and struggles were very creepy, and the other fake Taoist showed fear and timidity, but this man didn't even raise his eyelids. He was so calm that he seemed like a piece of wood, not a flesh-and-blood, emotional person.

Only then did I realize that this person was the leader of the three assassins. It seems that this guy should be even more tight-lipped. Even the Heart-Erosion Pill may not be able to convince him, so I have to use the Truth Pill.

The reason why I didn't use the Truth Pill just now is because the medicinal ingredients of this pill are very hard to find, so try not to use it if possible.

At this point, she knew that only the truth pill would work against this super hard bone.

Seeing Qiao Ran looking at the big fake Taoist priest, Mu Yi immediately stepped forward and pressed acupoints on the man, forcing him to open his mouth.

Qiao Ran didn't need to do anything. She just sat on the chair and snapped her fingers. A precious pill of truth went into the man's throat.

Next, Qiao Ran asked a few questions and left the rest to Mu Yi and Mo Beihan.

"Well, do you have enough evidence?"

On the way back to Beijing, Qiao Ran asked Mo Beihan whether these evidences could allow the old emperor to punish his son who had the intention of rebellion.

According to the evidence they had, King Ping not only amassed huge wealth in many prefectures, but also sent many of his men to rob and steal people on the road. He was simply committing all kinds of evil.

The huge amount of property looted was already fuller than the national treasury, more than enough to support three or five hundred thousand soldiers and horses.

However, these properties were hidden in several places, and more than half of them had been collected by Qiao Ran into the space.

King Ping received the news that the treasure points had been cleared several times in a row, and he vomited blood several times.

If he knew that the two largest treasure troves in Huangshan County, Zhuangzi and Qingyuan City, had also been lost, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would die.

Although most of King Ping's property, food, and weapons had been looted, causing great damage to King Ping's vitality, he would not be able to cause any major trouble in the next three to five years at least.

However, Qiao Ran still hoped that Prince Ping's rebellious intention would anger the old emperor, so that he would personally issue an order to take away everything from Prince Ping, including his life.

Losing the thing you care about most is the biggest blow.

However, if the old emperor is still reluctant to kill this unfilial son, she will find an opportunity to eliminate this disaster.

However, the deployment must be careful so as not to implicate innocent civilians, and certainly not to implicate Qingshui Village, the General's Mansion, and the Dingbei Palace.

Sure enough, as she thought, Mo Beihan shook his head:

"Although the evidence we have collected is enough to prove that King Ping oppressed the people, amassed wealth, mined and manufactured weapons privately, it is enough to show that he had the intention of rebellion."

"However, these are not enough to make the emperor so angry that he wants to kill Prince Ping."

"Because we haven't found any evidence that he bribed generals and raised troops privately. If we can find the base where he raises troops and evidence that he bribed generals in the army, the emperor will be wary."

Qiao Ran was not disappointed when she heard this.

"Does he raise soldiers privately? If he wants to rebel, he must have at least 100,000, 200,000 or 300,000 private soldiers, right? With so many people, it's impossible not to find any clues. Don't worry, since we have already seized most of his treasure troves. I guess these soldiers will starve for a while and won't rebel in the short term. We can investigate slowly."

"Well, luckily you're here. Without your magical powers, we wouldn't be able to move so many things without anyone noticing."

Mo Beihan sighed.