Capítulo 1035: Chapter 1005:
Chapter 1005:
“Hmph, no amount of money can cleanse the sins on you!” Ye Chen stood like a god of death, coldly before Zhao Zhonghan, a cruel smile appearing on his face. This made Zhao Zhonghan feel as if Death God was right in front of him.
“Big brother, everything is negotiable!” Zhao Zhonghan was bound by ropes, unable to break free. Several little brothers decisively stepped forward and hoisted him up, hanging him like a dead pig. Dian Ling hurriedly advised, “Ye Chen, for God’s sake, don’t do anything rash!”
“Whip him a hundred times!” Ye Chen waved his hand.
A burly little brother, holding a cowhide whip, wore a savage expression, fiercely flicked his hand, and the whip cracked in the air with a loud noise. This terrifying sound made Zhao Zhonghan’s soul fly away in fright. If this whip landed on him, even ten lives wouldn’t be enough. He urgently begged, “Big brother, big brother, please spare me! I really don’t know where I offended you!”
“Whip him a hundred times first, let him think it over!” Ye Chen laughed coldly.
Smack…
The whip raised high and struck Zhao Zhonghan fiercely. With one lash, it tore a piece of cloth, exposing a piece of Zhao Zhonghan’s fair flesh. Soon, that fair flesh turned into a bloody mess.
“Ah!!” Zhao Zhonghan’s wails echoed. The pain was as if a rib was being crushed underfoot.
Smack, smack…
The sound of the whip was continuous, and Zhao Zhonghan’s cries grew louder. However, after a dozen lashes, his cries gradually diminished. Zhao Zhonghan lost the ability to wail, only able to groan weakly, completely unable to move.
The whipping power was enough to tear apart the toughest cowhide, let alone ordinary human skin. Zhao Zhonghan’s pleas grew feeble. Dian Ling, watching anxiously, realized that if Zhao Zhonghan died from Ye Chen’s beating, Ye Chen would not only bear the murder charge, but the Ministry of Public Security wouldn’t be able to trace Zhao Zhonghan’s superiors. The loss would be immense.
“Ye Chen, stop now or you’ll beat him to death!” Dian Ling immediately stood in front of Zhao Zhonghan and sternly reprimanded, “Killing him might give you some satisfaction, but have you thought about bearing the murder charge yourself? Is it worth staining your hands with such scum?”
“Call the police, please, call the police!” Zhao Zhonghan gritted his teeth, having not wanted Dian Ling to call the police earlier, now immediately regretted it. While calling the police would lead to imprisonment and some physical suffering, it was far better than this place, which was as torturous as Hell. Zhao Zhonghan sensed the whipping was just the beginning.
“Dian Ling, move aside!” Ye Chen quickly stepped up, dragging Dian Ling away, then told the burly little brother, “Continue the punishment!”
“Okay!” Annoyed by Dian Ling’s interruption, the little brother enthusiastically resumed whipping Zhao Zhonghan. For such scum, a severe beating was necessary. After a hundred lashes, Zhao Zhonghan was unconscious, barely feeling the last dozen or so lashes.
“Brother Chen, he’s passed out!” The little brother quickly said.
“Wake him up for me!” Ye Chen waved his hand.
“Yes!” The little brother nodded decisively. Then he lifted a large bucket of water and splashed it onto Zhao Zhonghan, who slowly opened his eyes and suddenly burst into tears, “Kill me, please kill me quickly!”
“Now, let me ask you, why does Zhang Dadan want trouble with you?” Ye Chen asked coldly.
“I… I don’t know!” Zhao Zhonghan looked bewildered.
“It seems that just whipping isn’t enough to make you talk!” Ye Chen gritted his teeth and said, “Bring on some fire branding!”
“Big brother, I’ll talk, I’ll talk!” Zhao Zhonghan struggled desperately.
“Then tell me, why am I beating you!” Ye Chen sneered.
“I… it’s all because I’m trafficking drugs!” Zhao Zhonghan immediately confessed.
“There are many people selling drugs, so why am I specifically after you?” Ye Chen coldly looked at Zhao Zhonghan, who felt a chilling sensation as if he had encountered a scorpion. He swallowed repeatedly, but still couldn’t calm his nerves. He hurriedly said, “Brother, please… please enlighten me. Little brother truly doesn’t know why I’ve offended you!”
“Looks like you still refuse to cooperate, huh?” Ye Chen said coldly, “Come on, brand him with fire!”
“Yes!” The burly man decisively gripped a pair of tongs, the tip of which was red-hot, bearing a strange symbol. This symbol was the banishment mark of the Luo Sijue family. Those who committed unforgivable mistakes and were decided to be banished by the Deacon Hall of the Luo Sijue family would get branded with this strange symbol. Anyone with this mark would basically never return to the Luo Sijue family in this lifetime, forever severed from them.
Similarly, those marked with such a symbol would be despised, looked down upon, and hunted by members of the Luo Sijue family wherever they went.
What Zhao Zhonghan feared was not the strange symbol but the scorching hot branding iron. Once it touched his skin, the pain would be unimaginable. He was terrified, his eyes bulging as if they were about to pop out of their sockets, and he gritted his teeth, “No… don’t… please don’t!”
Sizzle sizzle sizzle…
A sizzling sound echoed as the fiery brand was pressed onto Zhao Zhonghan’s chest, and the scent of roasted meat wafted through the dungeon. Zhao Zhonghan grimaced in pain but couldn’t avoid it, and he passed out from the burning agony. He hung in the air like a dead pig, frothing at the mouth.
“It’s too cruel!” Dian Ling covered her red lips, barely able to continue watching. At this moment, Ye Chen seemed less like a person and more like a bloodthirsty Demon, or perhaps a Devil from Asura Hell.
“Cruel, am I?” Ye Chen grinned, revealing a calm madness. He smiled and said, “The cruel part is still to come!”
“No, don’t do anything rash!” Dian Ling quickly scolded.
“Humph!” Ye Chen snorted coldly, “This is just a degenerate; is he really worth pleading for? In my eyes, he’s no different from a dead man!”
“Ye Chen, you can’t kill him. He’s an important lead for the police. If you kill him…” Dian Ling quickly explained.
“Wake him up!” Ye Chen waved his hand.
Woosh…
A large amount of icy water was poured over Zhao Zhonghan, who soon regained consciousness. Revived as if escaping from the jaws of the Death God, Zhao Zhonghan, in disarray, looked at everyone with a half-dead gaze and once again pleaded feebly, “Please… I’m begging… please spare me! I… I don’t want to die!”
“Speak, who is your superior? What’s their name, and where do they live?” Ye Chen stared at Zhao Zhonghan.
Zhao Zhonghan was stunned. Seeing Ye Chen questioning him made him think his chance to survive had come. He quickly struggled and said, “M-my superior is a person named Gu Long. He’s from Yunnan Kunming. I rendezvous with him… in Myanmar. Moreover, the meeting places are always different each time, so… I… I really don’t know where he specifically lives. Brother… I… I’ve confessed, I’ve told you everything, ask me anything, and I’ll confess!”
“Is this the information you wanted? Is it done?” Ye Chen turned to look at Dian Ling.
Dian Ling was astonished as she looked at Ye Chen. She never thought interrogation work could be so simple. Dian Ling had also worked on interrogations before. Those criminals were each more cunning than the last. They knew how to maneuver around the police and how to use the law to protect themselves. So, police interrogations were much more difficult. In comparison, Ye Chen’s method was straightforward and brutal—but effective!
“You…” Dian Ling swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
“Now it’s my turn!” Ye Chen stepped forward and looked at the man, “Listen well, yesterday, you fought with the police and injured a female officer named Zhang Yantong, whom you referred to as Little Qiao. Tell me everything about you and Little Qiao, down to the last detail, or else…”
As he spoke, Ye Chen lifted his foot and viciously kicked the steel plate beside him. With that kick, the steel plate couldn’t withstand the sudden force and immediately cracked. Zhao Zhonghan was scared out of his wits—shit, is this even human? Can a human’s strength really be this powerful? At this moment, even with nine lives, Zhao Zhonghan wouldn’t dare to defy Ye Chen, and he confessed every little detail about his interactions with Little Qiao.
“Did you two have any intimate interactions?” Ye Chen asked immediately.
“Does holding hands count? If holding hands counts, then that’s it!” Zhao Zhonghan quickly said, “Little Qiao is a very conservative woman; I didn’t have any chances in front of her!”