As soon as Shen Yelin finished speaking, the entire space seemed to freeze.

All that was left was the man's breathing becoming more rapid.

He was tied tightly to a rough wooden stake, the ropes on his wrists made his skin turn red, but he was unable to break free.

Xuan Ye's figure was looming in the dim light. He paced gently, and every step seemed to step on the man's heart, bringing waves of unspeakable fear.

The wind around seemed to have stopped flowing, and only the cold breath emanating from Shen Yelin permeated the air.

The man looked up, trying to catch a hint of emotion in Shen Yelin's deep eyes, but he only saw endless darkness.

He swallowed, feeling an indescribable uneasiness in his heart, as if his fate was firmly in the hands of those eyes.

The whispers of the guards around them disappeared without a trace.

Everyone knew what terrible thing was going to happen next.

In such an oppressive environment, even a fearless person like Cao Chengyue began to waver in his heart.

Ever since the moment he and Shen Yelin looked at each other, his heart was shrouded in a layer of haze.

The fear in his heart grew stronger and stronger, so strong that he even wanted to tell everything he knew before he was tortured.

He glanced at Shen Yelin secretly and saw that the other party was also looking at him.

A scornful smile appeared on Shen Yelin's lips, and he looked at Cao Chengyue as if he was looking at an ant.

In just a moment, beads of sweat appeared on Cao Chengyue's forehead.

His heart suddenly trembled, and his whole body suddenly felt light and weak.

No matter what, Cao Chengyue couldn't believe that such an oppressive and cold expression would appear on the face of a five-year-old child.

Xuan Ye walked in front of Cao Chengyue. He looked at the torture instruments on the table beside him and gently stroked them with his fingers: "There are so many things."

"Magistrate Cao, tell me, should I use them on you one by one, or should you choose one yourself?"

The smile on Xuan Ye's face was very morbid, like a purple lotus blooming in the dark night, beautiful but deadly.

There was a strange excitement in his eyes.

Xuan Ye licked his lips gently, the movement was elegant and cruel, like a cheetah looking at its prey with greed.

The oppressive feeling that Shen Yelin and Xuan Ye brought to Cao Chengyue was so strong that he almost couldn't breathe.

Xuan Ye's figure appeared particularly distorted under the dim light, like a distorted ink painting, full of weirdness and danger.

His fingers gently pointed at Cao Chengyue's face, as if he was deciding where to start operating on Cao Chengyue.

The smile on Xuan Ye's face was very crazy, and from time to time a sinister laugh would come out of his mouth.

This made Cao Chengyue feel creepy.

He had never felt such fear and uneasiness from those who had tortured him before.

At the moment, he couldn't see through this person's intentions at all, and he didn't know when the other party would attack him.

It was this state of being unable to guess anything that made Cao Chengyue feel more and more frightened.

He even begged Xuan Ye to torture him quickly in his heart. He didn't want to continue in this state.

My mentality and spirit are about to collapse.

Cao Chengyue’s current state is exactly the state Xuan Ye wants him to be in.

If you want to pry open the mouth of a person who is not afraid of death, you don’t need to use excessive torture, but instead you need to first break his spirit and will.

Once the psychological defenses are destroyed, this person will completely become a toy of others and be played around with.

Xuan Ye: "County Magistrate Cao, what are you standing there for? Why don't you choose one quickly?"

Cao Chengyue didn't say anything. He turned his head to the side, his attitude remaining firm.

Xuan Ye sighed softly: "Alas, it seems that none of these torture instruments are what County Magistrate Cao likes."

"There is no other way. I will have to choose one for Magistrate Cao."

Xuan Ye looked at the torture instrument plate beside him and picked up a long and thin needle.

Xuan Ye held the long and thin needle and shook it in front of Cao Chengyue's hand for a few times: "Take a look, Magistrate Cao. Are you satisfied with this one?"

Cao Chengyue glanced at the long needle in Xuan Ye's hand, and the urgency in his heart disappeared instantly.

Xuan Ye had already taken out this thing, so it was natural that he would use it on him a few times after a while.

Just knowing this, Cao Chengyue's fear was mostly gone, and there was even a hint of calmness on his face.

Cao Chengyue: "You can kill me or chop me up as you wish. The worst that can happen is death."

Xuan Ye raised his eyebrows slightly. He was not surprised by Cao Chengyue's sudden change of attitude, because these reactions were within his expectations.

"County Magistrate Cao..." Xuan Ye paused deliberately, and the smile on his lips became even crazier: "When did I ever say I wanted to kill you?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

When Cao Chengyue faced Xuan Ye's strange reaction, his calmness was disrupted and a bad premonition spread in his heart.

Cao Chengyue frowned: "What are you laughing at?"

"What's so funny about that?"

Xuan Ye's laughter echoed in the empty room, like a call from hell, making people shudder.

The next second Xuan Ye clapped his hands gently: "Bring him in."

The two guards outside the door said, "Yes, Master Xuanye."

The moment the door of the torture chamber was pushed open, Cao Chengyue looked over there.

"Yue'er?! Yue'er, why are you here? Didn't you leave?" Cao Chengyue looked at Gong Yue'er who was escorted in by two guards in panic.

Gong Yue'er's mouth was blocked by a black cloth ball, which prevented her from speaking normally and she could only make humming sounds.

Xuan Ye grabbed Gong Yue'er's hand and pulled her in front of Cao Chengyue: "You two can go out now."

Guard: "Yes."

Gong Yue'er's hand was pulled by Xuan Ye so hard that it hurt, and the whimpering sound became more intense.

Cao Chengyue glared at Xuan Ye fiercely: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Xuan Ye smiled faintly: "Why does Magistrate Cao have such a bad memory? Didn't I tell you just now?"

"This long needle is not for you."

Xuan Ye raised the long needle in his hand again and waved it in front of him, then waved it in front of Gong Yue'er's eyes.

Gong Yue'er was so scared that she quickly closed her eyes and trembled all over.

Cao Chengyue: "Xuan Ye! You beast! If you have the guts, come after me. What kind of man are you to embarrass a woman?"

Xuan Ye smiled and said, "But weren't you the one who caused her to suffer all this? Magistrate Cao..."

Xuan Ye suddenly thrust the long needle in his hand into Gong Yue'er's nails, and the whimpering sound became louder.

Gong Yue'er was in so much pain that tears came out of her eyes. The pain that went from her fingers to her heart was something that not everyone could endure.

What's more, she is a rich lady who has never been involved in housework.

The blood from the fingertips kept dripping down.

Xuan Ye looked at Gong Yue'er's painful expression and couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahahahahaha!"

Shen Yelin's ears hurt from Xuan Ye's laughter. He tutted slightly in displeasure, "Tsk."

Xuan Ye immediately calmed down.

He slowly turned his head and looked at Shen Yelin.

Shen Yelin: “…………”

Xuan Ye: "………………"

Even though Shen Yelin didn't say anything, Xuan Ye still nodded at him.

Then he turned around and continued to look at Cao Chengyue and Gong Yueer.

Cao Chengyue started to curse Xuan Ye: "Xuan Ye, you will die a miserable death!"

"Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go."

"You are not worthy of being a human being!"

Xuan Ye smiled and said, "Magistrate Cao, your wife was not punished because of me, but because of you."

"If you confess everything, will she still be punished?"

"In the final analysis, it's because you don't love her enough. She's just not that important in your heart."

After saying that, Xuan Ye fiercely turned the needle in Gong Yue'er's fingertips.

Then he pulled out the cloth ball that was blocking Gong Yue'er's mouth.

The woman's heart-wrenching screams suddenly reached my ears clearly.

Xuan Ye found this harsh sound very enjoyable: "Hmm~ This sound is very good."

Cao Chengyue: "You beast!"

Xuan Ye: "Really? I think so too."

He picked up a piece of iron and looked at Gong Yue'er with a smile: "Madam, when I peel your nails, I wonder what kind of beautiful sound you will make?"

Cao Chengyue: "No! No!"

Gong Yue'er stared at Cao Chengyue closely: "Save me, my husband, save me!"

There was a sound of "click", and Gong Yue'er's nail was not completely picked clean. The nail was broken in half. Because Xuan Ye did not control the strength well just now, it was not known whether he did it on purpose.

"Oh, how could I be so careless? What should I do now? There's still half of the nail left inside. It will hurt if I use tweezers to pinch it."

"Ma'am, don't you think so?"

When Gong Yue'er looked at Xuan Ye, she always had an illusion that the person in front of her was not a human being, but a ghost crawling out of purgatory.

Gong Yue'er's eyes were filled with fear, and her pupils shrank in fear: "No! No!"

Cao Chengyue struggled desperately. He wanted to untie the rope to save Gong Yue'er, but the rope was tied too tightly and he couldn't untie it at all.

All that came out of his mouth was a loud roar.

"Oh, right." Xuan Ye suddenly remembered something: "County Magistrate Cao, I also brought your son to see you."

"Do you want to see him now?"

Cao Chengyue's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and his eyes became dull.

Xuan Ye: "But I think it's not good for children to enter such a bloody place."

"How about this, I slice him up and bring him in for you?"

"So he can be considered as blending into this bloody scene, right?"

Cao Chengyue was really panicked now. What could Xuan Ye, this madman, not do?

His son is his only hope now.

Master Sun clearly said that he would ensure the safety of my wife and children.

But why is it like this now?

Was I fooled by him?

At this time, Shen Yelin slowly stood up and walked slowly to the side of Cao Chengyue: "County Magistrate Cao."

"Don't you want to know why your wife and children are here?"

Cao Chengyue looked up at Shen Yelin in astonishment. He was surprised that Shen Yelin could see through his thoughts.

“You, you…you…”

Shen Yelin: "Stop talking nonsense, the answer is very simple."

"You were fooled by him."

"Sun Qianji is just using you as a scapegoat. You are stupid enough to actually believe what he said."

"You might as well think about it carefully. County Magistrate Li, who suddenly died after drinking with you that night, asked you out for a drink at a wrong time, right?"

"He always asked you out for drinks at twilight hour, but on the night when the incident happened, he asked you out at twilight hour."

"And he was very panicked and anxious."

"What do you think he's in such a hurry for?"

"Could it be that they are afraid that the poison will take effect prematurely?"

"Think about it again. Not long after his death, the entire Li family was cleansed in blood."

"Why is this again?"

“You know, when he came to see you, the entire Li family was out of town.”

"Didn't you notice anything about this unusual behavior?"

Cao Chengyue stared at Shen Yelin in a daze: "That night, I thought he was delayed by something, so I didn't ask any more questions."

"Because we grew up together, I didn't have any guard against him."

Shen Yelin chuckled and said, "County Magistrate Cao, do you think that you, a playmate who grew up with you, are more important, or the lives of the entire Li family are more important?"

Cao Chengyue finally reacted: "You mean Sun Qianji threatened him with the lives of the entire Li family?"

"But why would he do that? My official position is not high either, the same as Li Shi's."

"What does he get from me by doing this?"

Shen Yelin was so stupid that he laughed: "Didn't I just tell you?"

"You become the scapegoat."

Cao Chengyue frowned: "Scapegoat?"

Xuan Ye, who was standing by, couldn't bear to watch any more. He pushed Gong Yue'er away and walked up to Cao Chengyue: "You are so stupid that you don't even know how you will die in a moment."

"Li Shi is Sun Qianji's downline. Li Shi has always been working for Sun Qianji."

"You just don't know it."

"The money that the Li family embezzled could buy you two Tianyang counties."

"Pests like Sun Qianji have been corrupting the morale of the entire Lingxuan Nation. His power is enormous, and it is not easy to eradicate him."

"It will take long enough to find the incriminating evidence he left behind."

"But every time he was able to clean up the evidence, leaving us with nowhere to go."

"But he was a little careless in dealing with your case."

"After we found out about Li Shi, Sun Qianji felt that he was not very smart and was afraid that he would reveal something important."

"I'm also afraid that the Li family's money will be lost because of this. This money doesn't just belong to Li Shi."

"It's also Sun Qianji's money."

"Those who have cooperated with Sun Qianji will send money to Sun Qianji from time to time."

"So, the more money they have, the more money Sun Qianji will have."

"Moreover, Sun Qianji also clearly knows how much money each family has."

"The Li family has so much money. If we seize all of it, how distressed would Sun Qianji be?"

"So he threatened him with the lives of the entire Li family, asking him to pin the blame for his death on you."

"And then..."

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