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The Prefect of Weidu is in prison.

The clerk from a few days ago was tied to a wooden stick.

His face was covered in wounds, and a drop of blood would occasionally drip from the corner of his mouth onto the ground.

Chen Nan toyed with the musket in his hand and asked coldly, "Still not going to talk?"

The registrar looked up and glanced at Chen Nan.

He spat at Chen Nan's feet.

He revealed two rows of blood-stained teeth: "I'll talk? Does talking mean I'll live?"

Chen Nan also knew that if such a person dared to do such a thing, he must have been prepared to die.

He didn't even hope to get any results by using ordinary means.

He then called out, "Wu Xu, bring two buckets of water and a towel."

No one present understood why Chen Nan suddenly asked for two buckets of water.

Wu Xu didn't even hesitate and turned to leave.

When he returned to the prison, he was carrying a bucket of water in each of his hands.

A silk handkerchief was draped over her shoulder.

Chen Nan pointed to the registrar: "Put him down from the pillar."

Upon hearing this, two jailers stepped forward and put the clerk down.

Under Chen Nan's arrangement, the two pressed the registrar onto a stool.

"Chen Nan, what are you planning to do?"

Hongming didn't understand, but he still asked.

Chen Nan laughed and said, "Of course, it's through torture."

As he spoke, he took the handkerchief that Wu Xu handed him.

After wetting the towel, he covered the clerk's face with it.

Will this even work?

Hongming raised his doubts.

She had no confidence in Chen Nan's criminal law; it was nothing more than a handkerchief and two buckets of water.

Anyone with a normal personality could endure it, right?

Faced with Hongming's order, Chen Nan did not explain, but focused on continuing the work at hand.

He then covered the clerk's face with a handkerchief.

He then gave the order: "Hold his arms down and don't let him struggle."

The two jailers held the clerk's hand tightly, their faces showing disbelief.

Clearly, neither of them had a high opinion of Chen Nan.

Under their intensive training day and night.

The registrar remained stubborn and refused to utter a single word.

Chen Nan is a prince.

In terms of interrogation techniques, how could they possibly compare to those two prison guards who make a living using such methods?

Chen Nan picked up a bucket of water and slowly walked towards the registrar.

The clerk had no idea what would happen next.

Fearfully, he closed his eyes and struggled violently with his limbs.

However, his feet were bound with ropes and his hands were held down by two jailers.

I can't move at all.

After Chen Nan walked up to him.

The clerk's breathing became louder, and he even blew on the towel covering his face.

Chen Nan lifted the bucket and poured it over the registrar's face.

In an instant, the clerk's nose filled with water.

"Don't……"

As soon as he opened his mouth, the water flowed into his nasal cavity.

Suddenly, a feeling as if I were drowning washed over me.

He then began to cough incessantly.

Once he felt it was about time, Chen Nan stopped pouring water.

He asked with a wicked grin, "What? Aren't you going to tell me?"

The registrar had no intention of answering the question.

I kept coughing, trying to spit out the water from my nose and mouth.

However, this action was utterly despicable in Chen Nan's eyes.

He picked up the remaining half-bucket of water and poured it on without stopping.

The chief clerk, who had just escaped the attack, had no idea that the second wave of offensive would come so quickly.

Most importantly, what he was trying to say just now was something he wanted to explain!

Unfortunately, there was too much water in my mouth, and I just wanted to cough it out so that I could speak more easily.

But Chen Nan didn't give him that chance at all and just kept falling down.

This time, Chen Nan didn't pause and poured out all the remaining water in the bucket in just a few breaths.

Seeing that the wooden bucket was almost empty, Chen Nan shouted, "Wu Xu, change the bucket!"

Wu Xu picked up another bucket of water and came to Chen Nan.

Just as the exchange was taking place, the registrar dared not delay any longer and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, don't drop it! I'll confess, I'll confess everything."

The moment he uttered those words, the people in the cell were stunned.

The two jailers, in particular, stared at Chen Nan in astonishment.

I never expected that I wouldn't have been able to find out something even with my own cooking skills.

As a result, Chen Nan found out the answer with just two buckets of water and a towel.

For a moment, the two seemed to have discovered a new continent.

"Now that you've thought it through, tell me who ordered you to forcibly seize the land."

Chen Nan turned around and sat on the stool, clasped his hands together and placed them flat on the table, quietly waiting for the other party's reply.

At this point, the registrar finally had some time.

Quickly remove any water that has entered your nasal cavity and mouth.

After clearing the area, he hurriedly confessed, "Your Highness, I don't know who's behind this."

"I am merely the chief clerk of Weidu."

“When the prefect was still in office, someone went to see him.”

"However, that person left with a dark expression."

"When the prefect came out of the room, his face did not look too good."

"The strangest thing is that the next day, the prefect died suddenly at home without any explanation."

"We consulted many doctors at the time, but none of them could determine the cause of death."

"When I become the acting prefect."

"That person came again."

"I don't know what that person's name is, I only know that his surname is Wang."

"At that time, Mr. Wang asked the scoundrels to go out and forcibly seize land."

At this point, the registrar's expression changed, and after a pause, he continued.

"At first, the villain didn't agree at all."

"Your Highness, I am but a lowly clerk with no background or powerful connections."

"Then Mr. Wang said that if you don't want to end up like the previous prefect, you'd better do as he said."

"I'm just a clerk, what can I do?"

"So you didn't know who ordered you to do it until the very end?" Chen Nan asked suspiciously.

It's not that he didn't believe the clerk's words.

It's a bit strange, though, that there were only a handful of people in the Northern Wei Dynasty capable of doing this.

He saw most of those officials, especially in the mornings.

Nothing suspicious was found.

The registrar nodded: "Your Highness, that Mr. Wang has a black mole on the corner of his mouth."

"And he seems to be left-handed."

"As for the rest, I really don't know."

"You mean that person has a black mole on the corner of their mouth?" Hongming suddenly sat up from the stool.

Chen Nan turned around and saw that her face was full of shock.

He pressed further, "What's wrong? Do you know this person?"

“No…I…” Hongming stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence, and hurriedly left the prison.

Chen Nan didn't chase after them, but turned back and asked, "I understand what you said, is there anything else?"

The registrar lowered his head, thought for a long time, and then shook his head with certainty: "Your Highness, I have told you everything I know."

Chen Nan waved his hand: "Lock them up first, and keep a close eye on them."

As he spoke, he thought about it carefully again.

He felt that there weren't many people he could trust in prison these days.

Moreover, the other party was able to force the Qin family to commit suicide.

So a mere clerk poses even less of a threat.

He then gave further instructions: "Remember to have Mo Bai gather a thousand men from the army. Arrange some for the government office and some for the Prince's residence."

After making the arrangements, he led Wu Xu away from the prison.