Chapter 290: Boiling Living People Alive
Feeling along the edge, she found a raised spot on the position to her left hand side, groped it for a moment, and forcefully pried it out. Although it was pitch black, Jiang Ruanxi’s eyes lit up.
Is this a torch?
Jiang Ruanxi blew towards the front, and sparks of firelight brightened up.
Soon the entire secret passage was presented before her eyes.
The width was as wide as her outstretched arms, and the length was temporarily unknown.
The surroundings were bare.
The end was pitch black.
Jiang Ruanxi endured the fear in her heart and moved forward step by step towards the front.
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Tianming Pavilion
Yushui was bound with both hands outside, forced to kneel on the ground, her body already had no intact places, densely covered with shattered clothing exposed by whip marks.
“Tell me, where exactly did Jiang Ruanxi go?” Jiang Kui held a teacup in his hand, gently rubbing the rim of the cup, saying without lifting his head.
“I don’t know.”
Sweat beaded profusely on Yushui’s forehead, her brows slightly furrowed in pain, but her spine remained straight.
The teacup in Jiang Kui’s hand was instantly crushed, he slowly raised his head, his eyes full of blackness, staring at Yushui like a venomous snake for a few seconds, mockery flashing in his eyes.
“Since you refuse the toast and prefer the forfeit, I’ll let you slowly experience the feeling of death.” Jiang Kui said coldly towards the outside, “Come, give me fire, put her on the pot, and stew her slowly.”
Yushui’s face turned deathly pale, but she still kept her mouth tightly shut without saying a word.
Guards came forward and directly dragged Yushui to a place ten steps away.
There hung an iron pot that one person couldn’t embrace, they directly threw her into it, and people below added firewood to start the fire.
Jiang Minghuai frowned slightly, stepping forward with a face full of disapproval, “Jiang Kui, now only she knows where Jiang Ruanxi is, if we kill her, we won’t be able to find Jiang Ruanxi.”
“Do you have any other good ideas?” Jiang Kui said with a cold face.
Jiang Minghuai was speechless for a moment.
Ever since capturing Yushui, they had used many methods, but Yushui seemed impervious to pain, and they couldn’t pry open her mouth no matter what.
“Enough, I know my limits, you hurry and send people to capture Jiang Ruanxi for me, otherwise, when the time comes, we won’t guarantee whether you can live.” Jiang Kui ordered impatiently.
Jiang Minghuai’s face turned ashen, but thinking of the consequences, he still went out.
“General Jiang, what’s wrong with you? Your face looks so bad, our great undertaking is about to be completed, shouldn’t you be happy?”
The Second Prince came in and happened to meet Jiang Minghuai face to face.
Jiang Minghuai was distraught, didn’t even give him a glance, and went straight out.
The Second Prince didn’t mind, and directly walked into the hall.
“What’s wrong with General Jiang? Did you two father and son quarrel?”
The Second Prince came in and directly sat down boldly on the side, familiarly pouring himself a cup of tea.
A fierce glint flashed in Jiang Kui’s eyes but quickly disappeared.
Turning the wheelchair to change the subject, he said, “Why did you come?”
Speaking of the purpose, the Second Prince put down the cup, his face full of seriousness, “Our people discovered about thirty thousand troops outside the city.”
“What?” Jiang Kui’s face also became solemn, “Did you find out who it is?”
In the past few decades of the Qin Dynasty, most of the army was in Jiang Minghuai’s hands, and now although Jiang Minghuai was not in the army, he had arranged everything.
Not to mention he had now brought back one hundred thousand troops.
Who else could assemble so many in such a short time now.
“There’s a clue, it seems to be the troops led by Yu Yun guarding the southwest.”
So it was him.
Yu Yun was Jiang Minghuai’s archenemy.
“Wasn’t he supposed to be in the southwest, why did he appear outside the city?”
“I haven’t found that out yet, but now he’s raising the banner of aiding the king. We’re rushing this matter a bit, so many things aren’t arranged yet. Imperial Advisor, what should we do next?”
As he spoke, panic involuntarily showed in the Second Prince’s eyes.
He originally had the heart for rebellion, but he hadn’t arranged anything, a few days ago he was bewitched by Jiang Kui, and somehow muddled into rebelling.
Actually at that time he was also in a daze, he didn’t know what he was doing, by the time he reacted, Emperor Qin had fallen ill, and he had rebelled again.
So he was already on board, he couldn’t get off, and could only brace himself to continue.
He still harbored fluke thoughts in his heart, thinking everything would go smoothly.
Those who opposed him, as long as he got that position, he could deal with them slowly later.
But now he never imagined that Yu Yun would come to the capital so quickly.
Seeing his useless appearance, Jiang Kui couldn’t help showing scorn, but it quickly disappeared.
Very irritated in his heart, his tone somewhat impatient, “What are you afraid of? We have far more troops in hand than them, you just do your part, I’ll arrange everything else.”
The Second Prince knew the reason was this, but this was only what they had found out now, who knew how many they hadn’t.
“Did General Jiang really bring back one hundred thousand troops?” The Second Prince still said uncertainly.
He worried it was fabricated.
“Mm.” Jiang Kui nodded faintly.
After getting the affirmative reply, the Second Prince breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, his nose caught a smell of meat fragrance, he turned his head to look around, and saw some hair exposed not far away.
“Imperial Advisor, does your Tianming Pavilion even slaughter and eat cattle yourselves?”
The Second Prince thought that tuft of hair was cow hair.
Because only cow hair was that long.
Reminded by him, Jiang Kui reacted, turning the wheelchair towards that side, his throat like crushed ice, “Who told you to stew her fully cooked.”
The two people tending the fire trembled in fear.
Before they could explain, Jiang Kui angrily stabbed them to death directly.
The Second Prince who followed behind only saw the two fall to the ground.
“Imperial Advisor, no need to get an…”
Before his words finished, his gaze fell on the head on the boiler, his eyes widened round like seeing a monster.
The next second, his head drooped and he directly vomited.
Smelling the pungent smell, and seeing the Second Prince’s vomit filth, Jiang Kui became even more irritated.
“Clean this up.”
The vomiting Second Prince heard this voice, thinking Jiang Kui saw him witnessing such cruelty and wanted to silence him, his body trembled along, with vomit still on his mouth he directly raised his head.
“Imperial Advisor, I won’t tell anyone, you…”
Jiang Kui looked disdainful, gave a look to the hidden guard beside him, the hidden guard directly slashed a knife on his neck, and the Second Prince fainted.
Looking at the Second Prince slumped on the ground, thinking if not still needing him now, he would directly kill this idiot.
Thinking that Yushui died, now Jiang Ruanxi’s whereabouts were unknown, and tomorrow night the time would be up.
Even more irritated in his heart.
“Mobilize all available forces, find Jiang Ruanxi for me, if you can’t find her, you’ll answer for it.”
