Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 323 Night Trial
Yang Yuan took a step forward. The bloody smell in front of him became stronger and smelled extremely unpleasant.

The underground palace is actually not that big. Apart from the large space we just walked down, going further from here is the place that was later opened up by the Shanyin spies.

The original large space was surrounded by brick and stone walls, so although it was damp, it was not that bad.

But from here on, the space opened up later was all dug out by Shanyin spies, and it was an earthen structure.

Not only was it damp and moldy, but there were also water droplets condensed from the moisture that kept dripping down from time to time, either onto the top of the head or onto the back of the neck.

The passage was not long, with only four small rooms on both sides, and each door was equipped with a wooden fence.

As soon as Yang Yuan walked over, he saw through the wooden fence that there were three or four people locked in each of the small rooms on both sides. They were sitting on the wet and muddy ground.

Hearing the footsteps, those who were sitting on the ground in a daze suddenly raised their heads, looking terrified, like pigs and sheep in a slaughterhouse.

When they saw that the person coming was not the one they were afraid of, these people were obviously relieved. They immediately lowered their heads, as if they couldn't see others and others couldn't see them.

Yang Yuan became even more curious. How did Li Yisen torture them? He had just hidden the people in this afternoon, so why did they look like they were about to be frightened to death now?
Yang Yuan continued walking forward and reached the end of the corridor. There was still a house on each side.

One was brightly lit, and the other was dark.

In the brightly lit room, there was only one person, sitting in front of a simple wooden table with his back to the door, bending over and writing something.

The strong smell of blood came from this room.

Yang Yuan was a little surprised. He thought that the spies from the Yuzifang had arranged a lot of people in this underground palace. When he came in, there should be a few people in each cell, each tying a "prisoner" to a pillar.

There were all kinds of tools, such as tiger benches, finger torture, clamps, soldering irons, etc.

The prisoners let out shrill screams that were not like human voices...

He had been mentally prepared for this, but he didn't expect it to be so quiet in here, and... there were only two people here, and one of them was vomiting loudly.

Yang Yuan did not go into the house because he found that the floor of this room was particularly damp and dirty, a bit like a slaughterhouse that had not been cleaned yet.

Yang Yuan stood at the door and coughed lightly.

The people in the room heard the voice, turned their heads, and when they saw Yang Yuan, they smiled and turned to greet him.

"Master Yang."

The moment he turned around, Yang Yuan thought he saw his old teacher Xiao Qianyue.

Because this person was wearing a light black leather skirt that went from the shoulders to the legs, with a leather rope tied around the waist, and the style was very similar to that of Master Xiao Jiu.
The only difference was that he wasn't covered in clay dust and sawdust shavings.

Yang Yuan asked, "Captain Li, have you interrogated him yet?"

Li Yisen smiled and said, "The interrogation is over. Look, the torture room has just been cleaned up, otherwise it would be a mess."

Yang Yuan took a look and saw that the room was empty except for torches on the four walls and a simple and clumsy large wooden table in the middle.

The ground has been compacted, but it still feels a bit wet and sticky due to repeated washing with water.

Suddenly, Yang Yuan noticed a decorative painting hanging on the opposite wall.

A decorative painting of a human figure, just like the diagram of human acupuncture points hung in medical school classrooms, except that there are no densely packed acupuncture point markings.

Because this cell was long and there was no torch on the opposite wall, the light was dim. Yang Yuan took a closer look and shuddered, and the hairs on his body stood up.

That...that's not a painting, but...a human...skin?

Seeing Yang Yuan staring at the opposite wall, Li Yisen warmly invited him, "Master Yang, come in and take a look? This human skin will shrink. So after peeling it off, you have to soak it in medicine first, and then fix it on the wall to dry in the shade.

There was no torch on that wall, otherwise the drying effect would not be good. My craftsmanship is not very good, so in order to avoid leaving obvious scars, I chose to cut from the top of the head. The incision is in the hair and is not easy to be found.

I am designing a tattoo of nine blue dragons on his body. After peeling off the skin, it would be better to leave it on his body..."

The more Yang Yuan listened, the more frightened he felt.

He also used torture on people. When he arrested Shen He, the officer of the National Security Bureau, he tortured Shen He and interrogated him deep in the Xixi Lake.

However, he didn't see any bloody scene at the moment, just a human skin on the wall. After hearing what Li Yisen said, coupled with the dark and damp atmosphere here, it made him shudder.

Yang Yuan immediately interrupted Li Yisen and said, "I am not interested in tattoos. Have the prisoners been interrogated? Are there any of them willing to confess?"

Li Yisen felt quite sorry when he saw that Manager Yang was not interested in his tattoo art.

He sighed and said, "I have already examined them. I have chosen the one who committed many evil deeds and caused a murder to be punished, and all the others on the list are just watching..."

Li Yisen pointed at the human skin on the wall without giving up, still hoping that Yang Yuan could take a closer look at his masterpiece.

"After I tortured them, they all expressed their willingness to confess. However, I was just helping the Chanzi Office and doing some odd jobs, so I locked them up first and wait for you, the head of the office, to interrogate them."

Li Yisen glanced behind Yang Yuan and asked in confusion, "Isn't Brother Wen Tian here?"

Although it was unlikely that the Shen family would cause trouble in a high-end inn like "Qijiantang" where there were many people and eyes, Yang Yuan still left Wen Tian behind and asked him to look after Dan Niang and the others at night, so he was the only one who came here.

After hearing what Li Yisen said, Yang Yuan shook his head and said, "It is enough for me to conduct the trial alone. Are you saying... they are all willing to confess?"

Li Yisen smiled and said, "That's right. They said that they just want to die in peace. No matter what we ask, they are willing to confess."

Yang Yuan imagined a group of people crowded in this cell, under the light of torches, watching Li Yisen kill one of their accomplices...

Yang Yuan couldn't help but shiver again, and said with all his strength, "Then, bring Dai Shan over first."

Yang Yuan looked around, and Li Yilin understood and said, "The room opposite is the interrogation room. It's clean inside."

After Li Yisen finished speaking, he shouted, "Chen Feng, Chen Feng, light the torch in the interrogation room. You useless dog, you will get used to it after watching it a few more times. Hurry up, light the torch and bring Dai Shan over."

Soon, the young man with a sallow face came over. Wang Nanyang was still standing in the empty room at the end, not moving a step forward.

Chen Feng hurried into the room to the right of Yang Yuan, lit the torch on the wall, and then went to bring Dai Shan out.

Yang Yuan walked into the inner room and found that it was the only room with a heavy wooden door. There was a table and chairs inside, with study items on the table. Two iron chains were nailed to the opposite wall, which should be used to tie up prisoners.

At this time, Chen Feng dragged the craftsman Dai Shan out of a cell. Dai Shan had heard that they were going to interrogate him instead of torturing him, so he was not scared to the point of crying for his parents, but his legs were still weak and he was dragged over by Chen Feng.

Li Yisen was holding a willow-shaped knife in his hand. He stood at the door of the execution room and said to Dai Shan with a smile, "Go ahead. You must tell me everything you know. If that person over there is not satisfied, come over here!"

Dai Shan's body suddenly sank down and he peed his pants out of fright again.

(End of this chapter)