themonasnovels Chapter 36 Torture
Chapter 36 Torture
"Heh, you want to find out my name, are you planning revenge?"
Constable Wang sneered, "My name is Wang Wei. I am upright and honest. Over the years, countless thieves have threatened me, but I have lived a good life without any problems."
"take away!"
Lu Lin noted down Wang Wei's name and left with the constable.
Wang Wei went to the Chen residence to find out more about the situation, and then had a doctor invited to treat Fan Li.
"Chen Dingkun of the Chen family, tell me what this matter is."
Wang Wei gave his subordinate a wink, and the subordinate wisely stepped back.
Chen Dingkun immediately understood, took out five taels of silver and handed it to Wang Wei, saying, "Lord Wang, I've raised a thankless wretch."
Chen Dingkun embellished the story, and Wang Wei nodded repeatedly as he listened.
"Your two sons are indeed unfilial, but... Chen Dingkun, you must understand that this is ultimately your family matter. I will only detain them for ten days or so at most, and I will definitely release them."
"If you want a permanent solution, we'll have to see how sincere you are."
"Lord Wang, please only target Lu Lin. The other two bastards are, after all, my sons. Please release them after some time, and I will discipline them personally."
Chen Dingkun then presented another ten taels of silver. "Lord Wang, don't worry, this is just for your tea. I know where you live. I heard that your loyal dog is getting married, and I will definitely send a congratulatory gift later."
"A loyal dog's wedding? Ah, hahaha, well done, Chen Dingkun. No wonder your business has been booming these past few years. You're quite the conscientious one. Alright, since that's the case, I'll go back and interrogate you properly. You'll be given an explanation in the future."
Goodbye.
Wang Wei returned with his men.
As for Fanli, he considered him just a monk, insignificant, so he didn't take anyone back with him.
……
"Lu Lin, I'm sorry, we've dragged you into this."
The three were sent to the dungeon of the government office.
It's fairly clean here, since it's only used for temporary detention of prisoners, and yamen runners come to clean and maintain it regularly.
"Why bring this up? Actually, it's not that I was implicated, but that you all lost out."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Upon entering the prison, the three were naturally searched, and Lu Lin's fire hook, satchel, and iron whip were all confiscated.
The tokens and some silver coins on Chen Hongzhi and Chen Hongming were also taken away.
The jailer said he would return it when they left, but he didn't specify what would be returned or how much.
"Oh dear, I almost forgot. All our tokens have been taken away. We won't even be able to get into the academy."
"This is terrible. I was planning to give you a surprise, but it turned into a complete shock."
Chen Hongzhi sat on the ground in frustration.
The ground was cold and damp, covered only with a layer of dry grass, but Chen Hongzhi didn't mind.
"Fourth brother, why did Dad suddenly become like this? I wonder if the eldest brother and third brother know about this."
"Who knows? Let's go to sleep first. Luckily it's summer, or I'd freeze to death."
Although Chen Hongzhi was injured, his injuries were not serious. He lay on the ground and soon began to snore.
"This fourth brother is really carefree; he can just go to sleep whenever he wants."
Chen Hongming looked at Lu Lin with great curiosity, "Lu Lin, how did you suddenly become so amazing?"
"It wasn't that sudden, was it? Didn't I cultivate with you guys every day?"
Lu Lin remained calm.
"Cultivating together?" Chen Hongming's eyes widened. "Yes, we cultivated together, so why did you become so strong?"
"I remember when you first came to the Chen family, you didn't know any martial arts at all. It's only been half a year, and you've already defeated a master of bone refining."
"Actually, it was thanks to the fog zone that I found a book there that recorded unparalleled martial arts. I only practiced it a little, and my skill level increased rapidly."
"Now I have not only reached the perfect level of skin-shaping cultivation, and am only one step away from being able to train my flesh, but I have also learned a move called Nine-Spinning Slash."
"Is that the same move you used against Fan Li just now?"
Chen Hongming was very interested.
Lu Lin was speechless. He hadn't expected that Chen Hongming, a shrewd man, would believe such nonsense. Since he had nothing better to do, Lu Lin simply started making up stories.
Chen Hongming listened with rapt attention.
Not only him, but also several suspects in the neighboring prison were completely absorbed.
……
The next day, it was still dark.
Wang Wei began interrogating Chen Hongzhi, the first person he interviewed.
Wang Wei saw that he was young, passionate, and impulsive, and was probably a brainless person. There was an 80% chance that he would "confess" to Lu Lin, the real culprit, as he wanted to.
But Chen Hongzhi was shrewd; he insisted that Fan Li had provoked him first and that he had attacked first.
When faced with uncertainties, they simply shirk responsibility and pretend to be clueless.
Last night, Wang Wei's loyal dog got married, and Chen Dingkun gave him a gift of nearly a hundred taels of silver. Naturally, Wang Wei couldn't be too rude to Chen Hongzhi.
Fifteen minutes later, Chen Hongzhi was sent back.
The process of interrogating Chen Hongming was even more difficult.
Chen Hongming didn't say a word. No matter what Wang Wei said, he just kept his mouth shut and stared coldly at Wang Wei.
The repeated setbacks infuriated Wang Wei.
After letting Chen Hongming go back, Wang Wei summoned Lu Lin and, without asking a single question, began to torture him.
"Gag him. I don't want to hear him say anything right now."
Wang Wei had seen too many tough guys, but those tough guys would feel a little scared as soon as they entered the torture chamber.
Seeing the blood-stained instruments of torture made my legs go weak.
Once the instruments of torture are on him, he immediately opens his mouth and says whatever you tell him to say.
Wang Wei wanted to have some fun with Lu Lin, so naturally he wouldn't let Lu Lin ask for anything.
Whipping.
Nail board.
Pinching fingers.
Lu Lin remained unfazed; this level of torture was just right for him.
Opportunities to sustain the Dragon Tiger Golden Bell Shield for an extended period are rare, and this time it lasted for an entire day.
Wang Wei snorted coldly and left.
They ordered Lu Lin to be thrown into jail.
But the two jailers saw that Lu Lin could still walk, and his legs were not weak and his body was not crippled. It was as if the day's torture had never happened.
"Lu Lin, how are you?"
"It's alright, get some rest."
Lu Lin was tortured for a day without eating a single bite of food, relying entirely on his internal energy to keep going.
But his gains were by no means small.
[Dragon-Tiger Golden Bell Shield: 48991/50000, Minor Success]
The day's gains were no less than those from Lu Lin's battle with Jiang Yao and Xiang Hesheng; the key difference was the longer duration.
With a smile on his face, Lu Lin drifted off to sleep.
Outside the prison.
Chen Hongjie approached wearing a straw hat and was immediately spotted by the prison guards.
"What do you do?!"
"Hello, brother. I am Chen Hongzhi and Chen Hongming's younger brother. I'm bringing them some food and taking their belongings home with me."
Chen Hongjie took out two silver ingots and handed them to the two jailers.
A silver ingot weighing ten taels is more valuable than any social status.
Chen Hongming did not enter the prison, but went straight to the room where the prison guards worked and rested.
After throwing out another fifty taels of silver, Chen Hongjie obtained the items belonging to Chen Hongzhi and Chen Hongming.
"Oh, right, brother, there was a guy named Lu Lin who came in with them. I'll take his things back with me too."