The six captives were shaken to their core!
The surrounding guards chuckled, "Young Master Er is truly resourceful!"
There was no doubt about it. Liang Xiao had merely been bluffing to gauge their reactions, and he had accidentally bluffed them into revealing something!
From this, it was evident that these two foreigners with golden hair and blue eyes could actually understand the Da Qian language!
Liang Xiao immediately pulled Christh and Jian Qinyan away from the secret room. Upon reaching the door, he secretly instructed the guards.
A moment later, several guards entered, dividing the six masked men into two groups. One blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreigner was assigned to each group. Then, after knocking out three men in one group, they untied the cloth binding their mouths and repeatedly examined their oral cavities. Finally, they retrieved a small golden packet and handed it to Liang Xiao.
"It seems this is what they used to poison themselves," Liang Xiao said, looking at the golden packet, and ordered someone to fetch a rat.
A quarter of an hour later, the guards scoured the entire inn and managed to find a rat.
"Yikes!" The two girls quickly hid behind Liang Xiao.
Liang Xiao had someone carefully cut open the packet and smear the medicine onto a few peanuts.
The rat ate three peanuts in succession and died on the spot!
"So fast?" Liang Xiao frowned.
Indeed, poisons potent enough for self-inflicted death were quite precious, especially such specially made ones...
The Returning Spring Cult members who had committed suicide by poison had also bitten their tongues after breaking open the packet. The blood, tainted with the toxin, accelerated their deaths.
The three unconscious men were escorted by the guards to the basement, leaving the other three conscious ones behind.
Liang Xiao then walked in, smiling, "I'll give you a chance, lest you wish you were dead. You've seen it yourselves; those three companions of yours have no chance to poison themselves, and the possibility of successfully biting their tongues to commit suicide is slim. Do you understand what I mean?"
The three were filled with anger and terror.
Even if they could commit suicide, the other three might still be interrogated!
Then their deaths would be in vain!
Liang Xiao said sternly, "You three, will you confess or not?"
The three did not respond, merely glaring at Liang Xiao, wishing they could devour him alive.
Liang Xiao then said to the guards beside him, "Do you remember 'Tying the Official' that I taught you?"
"'Tying the Official'?" The Tianshan knights were taken aback.
The three bound men were also filled with confusion.
"Young Master Er, we remember!" the guards responded without hesitation.
"The people of the Returning Spring Cult have killed many civilians. I will let them experience what torture is. Go and bring the materials." Liang Xiao nodded with satisfaction.
Amidst the puzzled gazes of everyone, several stacks of mulberry paper and a few pots of warm wine were brought over by the guards. 138 Reading Network.
Liang Xiao picked up a piece of paper, stared at one of the men, and said, "Your soles can still move. If you can't bear it later and wish to confess, stomp the ground with your heels."
Everyone was still bewildered. Liang Xiao had already placed the paper over the man's face. He then took a sip of wine and sprayed it forcefully towards him. A fine mist brushed against the man's face. The mulberry paper, moistened, softened and immediately stuck to his face.
"Mmmph mmmph mmmph..."
In just a moment, the man, struggling to breathe, shook his head and thrashed about. However, being tied to the chair, his struggles were useless.
Liang Xiao repeated the process, sticking on the second piece of paper, leaving everyone stunned.
"Marquis Anguo..." Christh felt her scalp tingle.
Jian Qinyan looked nervous.
She had experienced fighting and killing, so she could endure it. Moreover, her "Flower Thief" was dealing with the heinous fanatic followers of the Returning Spring Cult.
For a Returning Spring Cult member whose fanatical devotion reached the level of these six, their refusal to yield often meant they had many lives on their hands!
By the time Liang Xiao stuck on the fifth piece of paper, the man could no longer endure it and kept stomping the ground with his heels.
Liang Xiao then had the five pieces of paper torn off. The man finally gasped for breath, taking deep breaths.
Everyone watched, their scalps tingling, and swallowed with difficulty.
So, their Marquis Anguo, their Young Master Er, could also be so cold and ruthless!
Seeing her senior brothers and sisters look distressed, Jian Qinyan bravely said, "How did my father usually teach us? When dispensing justice, we must not show mercy to villains, otherwise, more innocent people might suffer. Moreover, these people are clearly core members of the Returning Spring Cult and have caused immense harm..."
"Yes!" Her senior brothers and sisters nodded, their nervousness vanishing.
Liang Xiao squeezed Jian Qinyan's hand with satisfaction. This time, Jian Qinyan did not chide him but leaned against him obediently.
Christh watched, sighing.
So, the "Flower Thief" she usually disdained had always been considerate and sympathetic towards her...
Looking at the man's terrified face and pleading eyes, Liang Xiao said coldly, "Those other three are unable to die. Even if you poison yourself, it will be a futile death, and you will receive no salvation afterward. I will knock out the remaining two here and remove the poison, using this method to interrogate the remaining five. If this doesn't work, I will move on to more severe tortures until they confess, understand?"
The man nodded in terror.
Liang Xiao then had someone remove the cloth binding his mouth and stared at the man.
Even if he poisoned himself, he still had five people to coerce information from, so there was no need to panic!
In fact, the most crucial person was the blonde-haired, blue-eyed follower. Liang Xiao had just been putting on a show for him.
The man hesitated for a moment. When Liang Xiao gave him a cold look, he trembled and said, "This humble one was merely following the Cult Master's orders, accompanying and awaiting instructions from these two esteemed adults with golden hair and blue eyes. Those two adults surely know more!"
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed man was shocked and enraged, glaring at the man. Blood vessels were already appearing in his eyes, and veins bulged on his neck.
Liang Xiao looked at the other man, "Is what he said true?"
Seeing that the man had already confessed, the other nodded repeatedly, his eyes pleading for mercy.
Liang Xiao immediately ordered his men to knock out the blonde-haired, blue-eyed man and retrieve the golden packet from his mouth before splashing a basin of water on him to wake him up.
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed man licked his mouth and found the packet gone. He immediately roared at Liang Xiao, "Liang Xiao, I advise you to let me go, or you and the Da Qian Kingdom will not be able to withstand the wrath of my race!"
Liang Xiao had long seen through his bluster and said with a smile, "Are you, by any chance, Aryans?"
"What are Aryans?" The blonde-haired, blue-eyed man was taken aback.
Liang Xiao pondered inwardly.
It seemed this world might not have Aryans, or perhaps a similar ethnic group existed, just with a different name.
According to the intelligence provided by Steward Chen, the rulers of the Peacock Dynasty were a group of blonde-haired, blue-eyed people who were propagating the theory of "caste" in the Peacock Dynasty.
This was very similar to what Liang Xiao knew of India and ancient India, even their geographical locations were similar.
However, judging by the man's unhesitating reaction, he was likely not an Aryan.
Because blonde hair and blue eyes were not necessarily characteristic of Aryans...
"I have over a thousand tortures waiting for you. I'm sure one of them will suit your taste," Liang Xiao sneered.
Everyone nearly suffocated.
If anyone else had said this, they would never have believed it.
But coming from the Marquis Anguo of Da Qian... who would dare not believe him?
"When my race descends, you will die a terrible death!" The blonde-haired, blue-eyed man still tried to threaten him.
Liang Xiao did not respond. Instead, he picked up a piece of mulberry paper and stared at the man with a smile.
"You, you are a devil..."
Not receiving the expected angry retort or argument, only a smiling face hiding a dagger, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed man finally began to panic.
"Then, facing this devil, will you confess or not?" Liang Xiao changed his expression to a gentle smile, slowly bringing the mulberry paper closer to the man's face.