NFBE Chapter 146: Tortured to Death
Chapter 146: Tortured to Death
"It's strange, it seems that I have never seen the general grow a beard?" Pei Liang said silently from the side.
When everyone heard this, their eyes immediately fell on Zong Yanli's face. Their expressions were slightly confused, yet extremely complicated.
Finally, Gongsun Pu closed his eyes and said, "Maybe it's natural. Although it does harm a man's dignity, it's okay for our general to wear a mask."
Zhan Haoyue accepted it well. Having traveled for many years, he was well-informed. There were men with thin body hair, some who couldn't even grow a beard. It was not uncommon, just a little effeminate.
It is indeed embarrassing for a general like Zong Yanli, and no wonder Zong Yanli wraps himself up tightly all day long.
Zong Yanli asked Gao Feilin to bring a pile of books. He did not stick to the position and sat directly with Pei Liang and others. Then he said, "This is the collection of books I found in the city gate from the generals stationed in the city gate."
"Although Zhong Jianxun escaped, the money and military supplies were not found, but there are a lot of heavy and numerous military books and reports."
"We are not familiar with the garrisons of the three passes of Qing State, and we are not even familiar with the route to advance."
"In the meantime, look through some books to see if you can find something useful." Zong Yanli said to Gongsun Pu and others.
Zhong Jianxun was obviously not as thoughtful as Yuan Heng. Although he burned some important military newspapers before escaping, the old documents and letters placed in the cabinet were not destroyed, and Zong Yanli really found them out.
However, these military reports and letters contained too much nonsense and too little useful information, so Zong Yanli summoned Gongsun Pu and others to review them together.
Zhan Haoyue, who had just joined and started working: …
He thought that counselors like them should be treated as guests of honor, but he didn't expect that they would have to do such trivial tasks?
Zhan Haoyue turned around again and saw that Gongsun Pu and Pei Liang didn't say a word, nor did they feel dissatisfied about being ordered to do such chores. Instead, they read the letters with great interest, and if they read something funny, they would not forget to share it.
Zong Yanli laughed and came over to comment with him.
The way they sit together is like they are friends who have known each other for years, just hanging out together.
Zong Yanli, who was sitting on the ground, leaning casually with his legs propped up, and carefully reading the letters, was so calm and leisurely, without any airs of a general.
Zhan Haoyue couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he thought Gongsun Pu was willing to follow Zong Yanli because, firstly, he saw his bravery and martial arts, and secondly, he was impressed by his respectful and humble treatment of others. But now it seems that Zong Yanli never seriously showed any "respectful and humble" behavior.
Or perhaps in other words, he never thought of them as corporals, but more like friends.
Even Zhan Haoyue couldn't help but be impressed by this relaxing and friendly treatment.
So much so that when he saw some interesting words in the letters, he wanted to share them, and then get responses and laughter from everyone. This kind of relaxation was intoxicating.
"General!" When several people were sitting around reading the letters, they saw Lu Hao rushing in. With a slightly ugly expression on his face, he bowed to Zong Yanli and said, "A group of women came outside the tent. They seemed to... say they wanted to ask the general for an explanation."
"What woman?" Zong Yanli raised his head from a pile of military newspapers. What kind of woman could find her way into the army?
"A woman from a brothel in the city." Lu Hao said with a slightly strange look on his face, "In the past two days, many people have secretly gone there in the army. There has never been such a thing before. I don't know why they suddenly came to my door today."
Zong Yanli frowned slightly, made some vague guesses, then put on his military armor, walked out of the tent and headed out of the camp.
Indeed, one could see a dozen women in shabby clothes crowded outside the camp. They stood next to each other, with fear and timidity in their eyes. Only the one standing in the front had a firm and fearless look in her eyes. She was wearing a rose-red long skirt and a black headscarf on her head.
Perhaps she had been waiting for a long time, and the slightly timid woman next to her gently tugged at her sleeve, as if wanting her to give up.
But she was stubborn and refused to leave, as if she was determined to seek justice for her sisters.
When Zong Yanli walked out of the camp, the soldiers guarding the camp stepped aside one after another and respectfully made way for him.
Li Nu saw Zong Yanli walking out of the military camp at a glance. There was no need to identify him. The man in iron armor who was greeted by the soldiers with bows, with the armor on his head and an iron mask so terrifying, and a long sword on his waist with a murderous look, was exactly the same as the rumors said.
The raccoon slave couldn't help but clench her sleeves and hold her breath nervously. It was impossible for such lowly people as them to get sympathy from others, let alone the enemy.
but……
But she was unwilling to give up.
The women behind Li Nu could not bear it any more. The moment they saw Zong Yanli, their knees went weak and they fell to the ground.
Only Li Nu was still standing. When Zong Yanli approached, she knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "I greet the general."
Zong Yanli glanced at this group of people and could tell their identities from their clothes and appearance.
"Please, General, help us sisters." Li Nu looked at Zong Yanli with tears in her eyes and said, "They all say that the general is a good man, but now the soldiers under the general's command have done such a cruel thing. Does the general know about it?"
"You just come to my house like this, have you ever thought about what will happen to you if I find out?" Zong Yanli looked at them. These women were not really pretty, and some of them were even skinny.
"I have only a worthless life, but I don't want to be brutally killed. I'd rather die quickly." The raccoon slave said with red eyes and gritted teeth.
Zong Yanli narrowed his eyes, looked at her and said, "What happened?"
Li Nu looked at Zong Yanli, then at the pair of eyes behind Zong Yanli. Without any hesitation, he tore off the black shawl covering his head in front of Zong Yanli, slowly took off his clothes, revealing his scarred back.
He even opened his coat to reveal the hideous wound under his bellyband. The roughly stitched wound stretched from the waist to his lower abdomen.
This scene was so horrifying that no one had the slightest lustful thoughts towards the woman who was unbuttoning her clothes in front of them.
"Two days ago, soldiers from the military camp came to my shop looking for women." Li Nu put on his coat again, stared at Zong Yanli with tears in his eyes and said, "There were five of them in the group, and they injured dozens of my sisters."
"I know my fate is worthless, but I am trying my best to live."
"This is a cruel and cruel method of torture. How can we sisters make a living like this?"
Li Nu bowed to Zong Yanli and said, "If the general really knows, we are here today to seek a quick death. It is better to die under the blade than to be tortured and tortured to death like this."
Although they are prostitutes, they are also living people.
There seemed to be a flame burning in Li Nu's eyes. She stretched her neck and looked at Zong Yanli, so fearlessly, as if she was waiting for judgment.
"Do you know the names of those five people?" Zong Yanli's eyes were dark and deep, and her tone was calm, making it impossible to guess her emotions.
"I don't know, I only know one person called Zuo Ge and Dong Ge." The raccoon slave replied.
Zong Yanli closed his eyes. It was not difficult to find out who it was. Zong Yanli asked Li Nu about the specific time, and then turned to ask Gao Feilin to check who was missing from the camp that night, and also check who were the guards and patrols in front of the camp that day, and whether anyone was seen leaving the camp.
Zong Yanli was very strict in managing his subordinates, and it was very easy for him to find people. In just a short while, about twenty people were brought in.
Zong Yanli stepped aside and asked the raccoon slave to come forward: "Please point out who these five people are."
Li Nu was a little nervous, but he still walked forward fearlessly. Just as Li Nu approached and glanced over, someone knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "General, spare my life! I know I was wrong!"
As one person begged for mercy, the rest of them became scared. The raccoon slave pointed at one person and turned to call the sisters behind him, "Sisters, come and see!"
At first, the girls were still afraid and could not believe that Zong Yanli would stand up for them, until Zong Yanli dragged out the man pointed out by Li Nu, asked him about his evil deeds in front of everyone, and heard him admit with his own mouth that he did do it.
"General, I am a martial artist, and I hurt them because of my strong hands..." The man tried to defend himself, but the raccoon slave stood up excitedly and said loudly: "You clearly tied my hands and tortured and whipped me at will!"
The raccoon slave described how this man treated her cruelly, and even described how he used a knife to cut her skin bit by bit, and licked the blood that flowed from her body in a perverted way...
Such cruel acts gave goosebumps to almost everyone present, and anger burned in their eyes.
"Take off his pants and castrate him." Zong Yanli did not hesitate at all. He had the man lifted up in front of everyone, drew out his long knife and cleanly cut off the two taels of flesh under his crotch.
"Ah——!" The miserable scream made everyone swallow their saliva and silently clamp their legs together.
"Who else?" Zong Yanli turned back and asked Li Nu calmly.
Zong Yanli's straightforward act made Li Nu very excited. She turned around and called on her sisters to identify the men. The sisters, who were originally afraid and worried, became excited when they saw this scene. They mustered up their courage and stood up. Not only did they identify the men, they also clearly stated how these men committed the abuse.
"All of them have been castrated." Zong Yanli waved his hand and said.
She turned to look at the soldiers in the barracks and said sternly, "Remember what happened today. If anyone dares to do such a beastly thing again, I will let you taste the pain of being slaughtered!"
Zong Yanli's tone was neither too high nor too low. He stared at everyone with cold eyes and said, "Seeking pleasure requires mutual consent. Business for money and goods should be done by upright people, not such beasts!"
After Zong Yanli finished speaking, he turned to look at Li Nu, then glanced at the sisters behind her and said, "I will compensate and bear all your losses and injuries."