Chapter 77 Torture
More than ten thousand taels of silver were divided equally among all the people in Fobao. Each person could receive five taels of silver, and one family would receive twenty or thirty taels of silver. For the people of Fobao who did not even have a few copper coins, it was undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

A farmhand could earn ten taels of silver a year, but he needed food and clothing, taxes to pay, and a family to support. He should be thankful if there was no famine, let alone saving any money.

Although the salary of a farmhand seems to be very low, not just any ordinary person can be selected to be a farmhand in a rich family.

These tenants work hard all year round, but in fact they earn less than a farmhand, which is just enough to ensure that they will not starve to death. If there is a natural disaster, man-made disaster, injury or illness, they will most likely just wait for death.

So when they heard that more than 10,000 taels of silver, as well as a considerable amount of gold, copper coins and food were found in Qingyuan Palace, everyone was stunned.

Naturally, they don't have that much money to offer to the Buddha. They know their own business. It is impossible for them to offer that much money to the temple even in a hundred years, let alone thirty or twenty years.

After all, a hundred years would be dozens of taels of silver, and ten years would be a few taels of silver, which would average out to several hundred coins per year, and a few hundred coins is not a small amount.

Even if it's only two or three hundred coins, it means four or five kilograms of pork, or twenty or thirty kilograms of rice. They can't even eat that much meat in a year, but they can eat that much rice in a whole year. But who would take a year's worth of food to offer to the Buddha?

So, they also want to know where these monks get so much money?

Seeing that everyone was waiting with curiosity, Chen Gu stopped talking nonsense and turned to look at the monks who were tied up and kneeling on the ground. Their mouths were stuffed with rags and they were tied with cloth strips, so they were naturally unable to speak.

Moreover, Chen Gu felt that this might be related to a big secret, and if it was revealed, it would probably mean death, so Chen Gu planned to torture them first to make them feel the despair of living a life worse than death.

Chen the assassin smiled and waved to his brothers in the audience. Suddenly, more than a hundred people came up. These were people specially selected for torture. They signed up on their own initiative and there were no special requirements. As long as they could do it, it was fine.

Everyone looked at each other, and Lao Nian was among them. He said, "Don't worry, we don't have any weapons."

"Then you have to think of a way yourself. You can use a knife to cut it, a stone to smash it, or even bite it with your mouth. Anyway, as long as you can complete the task, it's fine. It's just five fingernails. I can't stop you, right?" Chen Gu said with a smile.

"First, pull out all their right hand nails." Chen Gu said with a smile.

A fierce look flashed in the old monk's eyes, and then he closed his eyes.

"Then just chop off their fingers!" someone suggested.

Chen Gu didn't plan to ask them right away. If it was that easy to ask, there would be no such thing as torture. Asking directly would just be a waste of time.

Chen Gu first looked at the old monk of Qingyuan Palace and said with a smile: "I know you are stubborn and you like to talk nonsense. Today I want to try to see if I can pry your mouth open."

"That won't work. Torture has to be done step by step. As you said, the person will be killed in a few hits. Remember, torture should cause the other party to suffer the least harm and feel the greatest pain. This is the only way to ensure that the other party is alive and you can get the information you want.

Let them no longer fear death, or even desire death. Only in this way will they tell you the secrets of knowing that they will die.

This is torture, not murder!" Chen Ju taught.

With just a few words, before they could even take any action, the monks began to sweat all over their heads and faces, and they began to struggle.

When the people in the mountain stronghold saw this, they all started to fight, using fists and kicks, and in a few strokes, they knocked the monks to the ground. "You are already like fish on the chopping board, why are you still struggling?" Chen Gu sighed.

Lao Nian also sighed and said to his brothers, "Use the knife to carve. If you can't do it, go down and let someone else come up."

There were some people who just couldn't bring themselves to do it and went down to change jobs. There were also some who tried for a while but couldn't stand the food and went down to change jobs. Only about ten people could stick to the whole process.

One of them seemed like a pervert. He was so excited that after he finished dealing with his own monk, he also helped others deal with several others.

Chen Gu looked at the guy who was carving the monk's fingernails with a knife and couldn't help shouting, "Brother, come over here and talk."

"Young Master!" The other party was very respectful and looked at Chen Gu with a fanatical expression.

"Brother, I don't recognize you. What's your name?" Chen Gu asked with a smile.

"Yunhua, you can just call me Huazi, Shao Shantou. I came back with Lao Nian this time. My home is right next to Lao Nian's hometown." Yunhua replied.

Chen Gu smiled and patted Yun Hua on the shoulder, saying, "Haha, very good, Hua Zi, I will remember you, and I will help you get promoted and make a fortune in the future!"

"Thank you, Young Master. Huazi is willing to go through fire and water for you, even if it means death!" Yunhua said excitedly.

Yunhua is different from others. Because he is a relative of Lao Nian, he knew what he was doing here. He was not here to serve the court, but to be a bandit.

But Yunhua came here without hesitation, instead of listening to Lao Nian's advice to go home. Because he was small and not very good-looking, not only was no one like him in his hometown, but he was often bullied.

Now that I have the opportunity to go out and try my luck, I naturally cannot give it up. After all, no matter how bad the outside world is, Yunhua feels that it cannot be worse than at home.

Yunhua was not disappointed after coming out. Although it was hard to pull the oars along the way, he was well fed and occasionally had some meat. After arriving in Jiangjin, he had several big meals.

Yunhua didn't have any skills, wasn't strong, and wasn't good-looking. This interrogation might be his only chance, so he was very active.

As for how to torture people, Yunhua had not only suffered a lot of torture, but he had also imagined in his mind thousands of times how to torture people, because he wanted to catch all those who had bullied him and torture them.

Now that I finally have the opportunity to put it into practice, I will naturally not be lenient.

As for Chen Gu, he needs all kinds of talents under him, including experts in torture, so people like Yun Hua will naturally come into his sight.

"This time, you will be in charge of the interrogation. The time limit is one cup of tea. The requirement is to make them feel pain, but not to kill them. It would be best if they were not disabled. After all, not all of these people deserve to be killed."

Hearing that he was to preside over the next interrogation, Yun Hua was extremely happy. He patted his chest and said, "Understood, Young Master, don't worry. Yun Hua will ensure that the task is completed!"

(End of this chapter)