Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Ye Xi felt that if she was touched by these untreated torture instruments, even if she didn't die on the spot, she would suffer a chronic death caused by bacterial infection. At this moment, she deeply felt how horrible the ancient torture was. She was just here to "visit". Wouldn't those who were tortured be scared to death just by looking at them? If she was thrown into this kind of prison, there would be basically no way to survive.

There was an open space at the end of the table, with a cross-shaped wooden frame on the top door, and iron chains on the frame. There were also iron chains nailed to the wall behind the frame, which was where the criminals were tortured. On both sides of the table were separated cells, and the walls of the cells were made of wooden stakes, and the doors were also made of wooden stakes.

Ye Xi smelled a stench of filth, but it wasn't strong. She probably meant these things when Wei Jue said to have someone clean up. Ye Xi found the floor was wet, and probably had just been washed. Then she looked at the cell on the right side of the stairs, and sure enough, there was light coming in. The "window" was exactly the wooden stakes she had just seen on the floor. Because there weren't many lights on down there, and there were no windows in the cell on the left, the cell on the left side of the stairs was dark. It turned out that even seeing the sun was a luxury in prison.

"Bring them up one by one." Wei Jue ordered.

"Yes, sir." The guards in the cell answered respectfully. Then one of them was responsible for unlocking the cell, and two others went in to carry the person out. They forced the prisoner to kneel down and face Wei Jue.

"Lift his head up." The guard grabbed the prisoner's hair with one hand and pulled it back. The prisoner groaned, as if something was stuffed in his mouth.

"Madam, is he someone you have met?" Wei Jue did not explain clearly, but Ye Xi knew who he was asking about.

The cell was too dark and she was wearing a veil, so she tried to get closer to take a look. She felt uncomfortable there and wanted to finish this task quickly and leave.

"Don't get too close. Someone, come here and light a candle." Wei Jue's voice was serious, cold, and a little inhumane when he gave orders.

Ye Xi trembled without saying a word, waiting for the candle to light up close to the prisoner's face. Then she finally saw the other person's appearance clearly. There were several bloodstains on his face, and his skin and flesh were rolled up. Although the bloodstains had solidified, they looked even more creepy.

"No."

Ye Xi didn't even notice that her voice was shaking so much. When Wei Jue heard her words, he glanced at her and said, "Next."

……

When they came out of the cell, Ye Xi felt her legs were weak and trembling.

The moment Ye Xi stepped out of the cell door, she quickly held onto the stone wall. She could hear her own panting, and the miserable conditions of the prisoners after being tortured still lingered in her mind. She knew in her heart that they were all robbers and deserved death, but it was hard not to be shocked when she saw their bloody bodies, some of which even had broken arms and legs. This had nothing to do with sympathy, but she just couldn't stand such miserable conditions.

Wei Jue stared at Ye Xi's performance, seeming to be thinking about something.

Ye Xi finally calmed down, then she realized that she might have spent too long here. She turned around and saw that the people around her were paying attention to her. They seemed to understand her situation and were waiting for her to calm down.

Ye Xi knew that her face must be pale and her throat was dry, so she quickly said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." She looked at Wei Jue and continued, "Sir, I am incompetent and did not recognize who the leader was."

In fact, she didn't know if she had made the right identification, because the appearance of those prisoners had changed drastically after interrogation, and she couldn't match such faces with those she had seen before, so she could only say it was not the one she was unsure of.