Sui and Tang Dynasties: Awakening the Supreme Skills at the Beginning

Li Zhen and Lu Feng looked at each other, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

"You, Ma Banxian, why don't you quickly tell me in detail how you poisoned Master Li!"

Li Zhen picked up a wooden board, slammed it heavily on the Eight Immortals Table, and shouted loudly.

"Ah? You...you are not Master Li?"

Ma Banxian rubbed his eyes again and looked at Li Zhen in front of him.

No, Master Li is not that young. The person in front of him must not be Master Li. He just looks very similar to Master Li.

"You...you are Mr. Li's son?"

Ma Banxian hesitated and asked half-doubtfully.

"Open your dog eyes and look, the man in front of you is the emperor's newly appointed male of Chang'an County, Lord Li Zhen!"

"A man from Chang'an County? Lord Li?"

Ma Banxian muttered to himself.

Then he seemed to react.

He crawled a few steps on his knees, crawled to Li Zhen, hugged Li Zhen's thighs, and cried.

"Lord Li, I really didn't mean to harm your father, but that person had something on me back then. If I didn't obey him, my whole family would have died without a burial place!"

"I beg you, Lord Li, to spare me. I will definitely build a longevity tablet for you and burn incense for you every day!"

As he spoke, Ma Banxian kowtowed to Li Zhen repeatedly.

"Who is that person?"

Li Zhen's face was cold, his eyes fixed on Ma Banxian, and he shouted harshly.

"Ah! Please forgive me, sir. I really can't say this!"

Ma Banxian's face turned pale, his whole body was trembling, his shoulders were stiff, he was breathing heavily, and he waved his hands at Li Zhen repeatedly.

"Why can't you tell me?"

Li Zhen asked again.

"That person said that if I dare to reveal even a word, my whole family will be killed!"

"How dare you! Since you are so afraid of death, aren't you afraid of me, Lord?"

After hearing what Li Zhen said, Ma Banxian couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Before I confess my guilt, Lord Li will surely not put me to death. If I confess everything, not only me but also my whole family will be executed by that person. Between two evils, I will choose the lesser one. Naturally, I will not do what Lord Li wants!"

Li Zhen smiled coldly and shouted sternly.

"Ma Banxian, are you really not going to admit it?"

Ma Banxian hesitated for a moment, then his expression became firm and he gritted his teeth and said.

"Master Li, please forgive me. I really cannot confess!"

"Okay! Someone is here!"

Li Zhen stopped talking nonsense.

The yamen runners in the hall raised their water and fire sticks and shouted in unison.

"mighty!"

Everyone in the field was startled by the runner's shout. On the eaves of Li's house, a few birds were startled by the shout and flapped their wings and flew high into the distance.

"Give this stubborn Ma Banxian forty lashes of the stick!"

Li Zhen slammed the eight-immortals table heavily, and a "pa" sound was heard.

"Order!"

The leader of the bailiffs responded and waved his arms.

The yamen runners understood, and one of them stepped forward, took off Ma Banxian's robe, revealing his white buttocks.

The other two stepped forward, waving their water and fire sticks, which landed on Ma Banxian's buttocks one after another.

After one hit with the stick, Ma Banxian's buttocks immediately started bleeding. After two hits with the stick, Ma Banxian's buttocks were covered in blood.

"Ah! It hurts so much! It hurts so much!"

Ma Banxian screamed in pain and begged in his hands.

"Beat him! Beat him hard, you old man. You are shameless and don't even take Lord Li's words seriously. Beat him hard and cripple half of his life first!"

Lu Feng, who was standing next to him, lost no time in shouting.

"Ah! Ah! Lord Li, spare me!"

In a short while, he had been hit with more than ten sticks. Looking at Ma Banxian's butt, there was no good meat left. It was bloody and horrible.

Li Zhen waved his hand and the yamen runners below stopped temporarily.

Li Zhen walked up to Ma Banxian, squatted down, and asked with a smile.

"Ma Banxian, do you want to recruit me or not?"

Ma Banxian's face had already turned pale with pain, and beads of sweat the size of beans were rolling down his face.

He hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth.

"No move!"

"It seems that he will not give up until he sees the Yellow River. Lord Li, why waste time talking to him? Beat him half to death first!"

Lu Feng next to him couldn't hold back any longer.

Li Zhen nodded. It seems that evil needs to be dealt with by evil.

Lu Feng waved his arm to signal, and the yamen runners below the stage understood.

After two more people took over, they swung the water and fire sticks with all their strength, hitting Ma Banxian on the buttocks one after another.

Ma Banxian's butt was covered in blood and flesh, and every time the stick hit him, a piece of flesh and blood would be taken away from his butt.

"Ah! Ah! It hurts so much, please stop hitting me or someone will die!"

Ma Banxian shouted at the top of his lungs.

The two yamen runners turned a deaf ear and continued to beat him with all their might.

Gradually, Ma Banxian's voice became lower and lower until it disappeared completely.

The leading yamen runner saw that the situation was not good, so he waved his hand and the two yamen runners stopped.

Lu Feng stepped forward and tried it under Ma Banxian's nose.

Then he turned around and bowed to Li Zhen, "Sir Li, this Ma Banxian couldn't stand the beating and fainted."

"Wake him up!"

Li Zhen said coldly.

Lu Feng took a bucket of cold water and splashed it on Ma Banxian’s face.

Ma Banxian was sobered up immediately by the cold water.

Li Zhen took a step forward and said coldly.

"Ma Banxian, how does it taste?"

"It hurts...it hurts to death!"

"So are you going to recruit or not?"

Li Zhen stared into his eyes.

Ma Banxian hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said.

"No move!"

"It seems that my board is too light!"

Li Zhen snorted coldly, turned around and spoke.

"Keep hitting me with all your might. I don't believe that this cowardly Ma Banxian is such a tough guy!"

"Order!"

The two yamen runners picked up the water and fire sticks and were about to smash it down hard.

Lu Feng stepped forward and gave a look to the leader of the yamen runners.

"Come on, let me do it myself!"

As he said this, he took the water and fire sticks and fought fiercely with the yamen runner with all his might.

With Lu Feng’s personal participation, the effect was indeed different.

With one blow from the stick, Lu Feng broke Ma Banxian's butt.

"Ouch, that hurts so much!"

Ma Banxian shuddered in pain and cried out loudly.

After three or five blows, Ma Banxian's lower body was already full of holes. If he continued to be beaten, I'm afraid someone would really die!

At this time, Ma Banxian had already fainted again.

Lu Feng went forward to check it out, then bowed to Li Zhen and said, "My Lord, if we continue to fight, I'm afraid this poison doctor will die. Why don't we try another method?"

"Okay, you come and interrogate me."

Li Zhen agreed immediately.

Lu Feng took another bucket of water and splashed it on Ma Banxian’s face with a “whoosh”.

Shocked by the cold water, Ma Banxian slowly woke up.

Ma Banxian raised his already blurry eyes and grinned at Li Zhen.

"Master Li, even if you beat me to death, I won't confess. If I confess, my whole family will be dead. Although I regret harming Master Li, I am not stupid!"

Lu Feng next to him smiled slightly, waved his hand, picked up something, and said to Ma Banxian.

"In that case, I'll let you die in a different way!"

Under Ma Banxian's astonished gaze, Lu Feng picked up the thing, forcefully pried open Ma Banxian's teeth, and was about to feed the thing into Ma Banxian's mouth.

Ma Banxian was stunned and immediately looked ashen.

"No! No! I confess! I confess everything!"