Chapter 348: Enhanced Edition of the Ten Tortures of the Qing Dynasty
Chapter 348: Enhanced version of the top ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty
Leo still displayed the great spirit of diligence and thrift as a miser, hopping on his little feet and loudly reprimanding the guards.
Lorraine had no time to pay attention to him, and immediately ordered his boat to move closer to the captured transport ship.
At this time, the captured slaves had been brought to the deck by tax collectors and guardsmen. When they knew that they had been rescued by the Naian army, these people cried together on the deck.
Leo scolded until his throat hurt. Finally, he felt that his young heart, which had been bullied by Catherine for a long time, felt much better. He took a long breath, then waved his hands with a sense of accomplishment, and let go of the group of people who had been bullied.
The Royal Guards who were trained to death.
Each of these Imperial Guards cursed their colleagues from the bottom of their hearts. You damn stinkers, let your brothers get scolded for you. You will have to beat them up in Lichun Court when you go back.
Lorraine's ship gradually approached, and Leo was lying on the side of the ship, looking curiously at the slaves in front of him.
He had seen female slaves before, there were two in Lorraine's family. Apart from being as timid as mice and having chests as flat as small beanbags, the pair of elf sisters were no different from other ordinary maids in Leo's opinion.
As for real slaves, the kind that were shackled and called talking animals, Leo had only heard of them in books and had never seen them with his own eyes.
At this moment, Leo blinked his big eyes and glanced around the group of people curiously.
At this moment, slaves were being brought onto the deck from inside the cabin.
Lorraine saw that most of them were women, especially young women and little girls, and some young children. Among these women, the majority were elves.
In addition, there were several dwarves and human males, all wearing heavy iron chains.
The clothes on this group of slaves were not complete, hanging on their bodies piece by piece. Everyone had scars on their bodies, even the children had bruises. Two of the dwarves were seriously injured and had wounds on their bodies.
Circles of bandages.
If you hadn't seen that miserable appearance with your own eyes, it would be hard to believe that in this civilized society, there are still people who can be so despicable and use such cruel methods to torture others in exchange for pieces of gold coins.
Those slaves had just escaped from the disaster, and most of them couldn't help but burst into tears. However, a few of the men laughed happily. They even held on with difficulty and shouted to the crew members.
He ran over, yelled at them, punched and kicked them.
The tax collectors and the Praetorian Guards handed these people water bottles, and the priests in the Praetorian Guards also examined their bodies one by one.
Leo slapped the side of the ship and said fiercely: "Those slave traders are really unforgivable~!"
Lorraine nodded with a 'hmm' sound.
Leo pointed at the slaves and said loudly: "These are such good laborers. They can pay so much tax for the empire, but they are actually sold as slaves."
He pointed angrily at the tied slave trader and said sternly: "Then who else should we ask to collect taxes? How can this boost the gross national product and increase GDP?"
Lorraine glanced at Leo and was basically sure that this seemingly heartless little kid who was always being ravaged by several women and girls was indeed a genius child who only happens once in a thousand years, a born emperor.
He immediately patted Leo's small shoulder heavily and said, "Yes, what you said is absolutely right~! We absolutely cannot let them go."
Leo was right. Lorraine knew that the main reason why the empire banned slaves was that they could not collect taxes from these poor slaves. Their labor was contributed to the slave owners and then used to fight against the imperial power.
(The reason for the American Civil War was the same. The black slaves were just working and couldn't even afford tea. The Yankees just produced things but couldn't sell them, so of course they were unwilling.)
Lorraine himself didn't understand this truth until he was twenty years old, but now that little ruffian just took a glance and relied on his innate intuition to realize it.
'But... this also shows that I am a good teacher~!' Lorraine then thought intoxicatedly: 'To put it this way, I am actually a bit more genius?'
Lorraine's ship quickly merged with the Praetorian Guard's ship, and General Philippe, who was commanding the Praetorian Guard's actions, jumped over from the ship next to it.
Leo rushed forward and asked anxiously: "Have you all been caught? No one escaped, right?"
General Philip nodded and said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the Guards never make mistakes. We have already interrogated the slave traders and shipwrights on the two ships, a total of eighty-five people, and none of them escaped. They captured sixty-six
slaves, and they are all here."
Lorraine nodded in approval. Although the Imperial Guards did not participate in the attack just now, they sealed the entire water surface very tightly.
In order to ensure that the whole operation can eventually uncover the big fish behind the scenes, none of these people can be let go.
"Thank you, General. We can dock now. Intensify the interrogation. We have to set off overnight. Also, all the civil servants who signed their signatures will be detained first. The general can arrange his own manpower, and the tax collectors will lead the way.
"." Lorraine then planned the following actions.
Leo looked at the slave traders, clenched his fists and said excitedly: "I have been looking forward to it for so long, and I finally got over the habit of ransacking my house."
Then he turned around and shouted to the guards behind him: "Young men, here is your chance to make a fortune. Let's grab money, things, and women. This is the first time for me, young master, to lead a team in person. Don't give it to me."
I missed it."
The eyes of the soldiers of the Imperial Guard were all green at the moment. They knew that they were going to rob something with the future emperor~!
A situation like this may not happen once in a hundred years. This shows that this young man does not regard himself as an outsider, but as a confidant.
"Your Highness, please rest assured~!" They roared immediately.
The tax collectors led by Gretan looked at each other and thought to themselves: Is this the hope that the Propaganda Department has always said represents the bright future of the Ruman Empire? Why does it look so much like the Mountain King of Jie Dao?
They didn't know that the first business Leo did since he came out was to rob Lorraine and Vera, but it was very unsuccessful.
For the sake of his own reputation, Leo was too embarrassed to mention that his first business failed.
Several transport ships lined up in a long queue and soon anchored one after another at a small dock outside Naider City.
Everyone on the boat was taken to the yard next to the dock.
The boatmen and slave traders were dragged into the house in the backyard.
Lorraine's request is for a quick resolution. Once the news of arresting these slave traders leaks out, those on the line will immediately abscond. It will be difficult for him to end the slave trade at the root.
The information Lieder could provide was information about these transport ships and the people who revealed this information to him.
As for the people who received the slaves, those in charge of the sales, and the people behind the scenes, Lorraine needed to find out these secrets from the mouths of these people.
The Praetorian Guards are not good at interrogating this kind of thing. This is not within the scope of their work.
Fortunately, there are still tax collectors here. When it comes to interrogation skills, they are first-rate experts.
These warriors have rich experience in dealing with tax evaders and smugglers in the past.
Everyone did not bother to take a break and started the interrogation work in an orderly manner.
Those boatmen were easy to deal with. Capturing, trafficking, and selling slaves were all capital crimes. There was no need to scare the tax collectors. These people were already stupid. After knowing that what was waiting for them was a noose in Neidel Square, these people tried their best to think.
You must perform meritorious service to atone for your sins and avoid the death penalty.
The boatmen quickly told Lorraine and the others everything they knew about the situation.
The place where these slave traders boarded the ship, their destination, the people the ship owner had contacted at the port, and other information, but these things were of little use to Lorraine and the others.
Those slave traders knew that they were in the business of beheading, and they were all desperadoes. Some of them gritted their teeth and refused to say anything.
The tax collectors struggled for a long time, but couldn't get any useful information out, so they had no choice but to report back to Lorraine.
Leo glanced at Gretan and the tax collector beside him and said, "I knew you couldn't handle it."
Gretan and his subordinates looked at each other, then lowered their heads deeply and said helplessly: "My subordinates are incompetent."
Although tax collectors also use torture to extract confessions, most of them are businessmen, and if they are tougher, they are just smugglers. Although the crime is not small, it is not big. Even after being caught, everyone was
There is no need to carry it to death.
Therefore, as long as two sticks are used, everyone can do anything. If you are tough, you can only add two passes of cold water.
Leo proudly clasped his hands behind his back, pretending to be "I had expected it", raised his head and snorted, walked in front of Gretan and the others, and said loudly: "Fortunately, I was prepared, brothers.
If you let these guys see what we are doing in Freetown, I don’t believe that their mouths will be tougher than those bandits.”
The imperial guard outside the door shouted: "Yes."
Then he hurried to get ready.
Lorraine shook his head and thought to himself: I knew this little guy was crazy and couldn't survive.
Lorraine and Leo followed Gretan and the others to the backyard where the slave traders were imprisoned. The guards and tax collectors surrounded the place.
Leo walked aside in front of the slave traders who were trapped on the ground with his hands behind his back. He looked at each of them carefully, then waved his hand and said, "Bring them in."
A group of Guards soldiers walked into the house with a lot of stuff.
Lorraine turned around and saw a lot of pepper water, a tiger bench, a leather whip, a soldering iron, a nail board, a bamboo stick, a clamping stick, a clamping bar, an iron virgin, a hammer, a chisel, a saw, and pliers.
The Guards soldiers were placing these things on the table one by one in front of the slave traders. Each time they placed an item, they would considerately demonstrate to the slave traders how to use these things.
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Gretan and a room of tax collectors were dumbfounded. The most powerful tools they had were whips and buckets. They had seen these advanced tools that were beyond the times. They were all sweating profusely and unconsciously moved away from Leo and the others.
A little bit.
Leo looked at the prisoners, laughed loudly, and said: "My boss learned 3,763 high-tech torture methods from American friends in Abu Ghraib Prison. Let me see how many of you can survive."
Seed, hahaha..."
Lorraine sighed in her heart, Leo really learned and applied it, this has risen to the level of psychological intimidation.
It can be said that slave traders are not afraid of death, but no one wants to be made unable to survive or die. If these things happen to that guy again, he will not be a human being.
They all looked at Lorraine and Leo in fear, wondering which unlucky guy would fall into the hands of this little guy who looked cute but was actually scarier than the devil.
Lorraine scanned the crowd for a moment, looking for those who looked frightened and evasive, whose psychological defenses were weak and easy to break through. Then he pointed at one of the people and said, "It's him, grab him here."
The Guards soldiers walked into the crowd with a ferocious smile, and like an eagle catching a chicken, they dragged the man out of the crowd.
The Guards soldiers ignored the man's shouts and dragged him to the ground in the middle.
Leo walked to the table, looked at the strange torture instruments, tapped his chin with his fingers, and hesitated: "Which one should I use? Forget it, let's use soft kill first. Alas, that's what I am.
That's so kind. Kids, use wax paper first."
The Guards agreed enthusiastically, and several people rushed to the table. In the end, two soldiers grabbed something and walked up to the slave trader with a big smile.
They took off the man's upper body clothes, then took out a large piece of tape and stuck it all over the man's body. Then they picked up a corner and pulled hard~!
A scream like a slaughtering pig came from the house.
Lorraine walked in front of the group of slave traders and said lightly: "If he still doesn't work, give him pepper water. If the pepper water doesn't work, give him a red iron. If it doesn't work, use the iron maiden."
The Guards soldiers shouted excitedly: "Yes, sir."
Leo looked at it, but hesitated and said: "Boss, what if the Iron Maiden can't do it?"
Lorraine sneered, and then said: "If the Iron Maiden can't do it, then you can broadcast Chinese football live to him~! I want to see whether you are the tough one or I am ruthless~!"
The slave trader in the middle was foaming at the mouth and fell to the ground motionless.
Leo said disdainfully: "Bah, he's still a desperado. Even mercenaries can't beat him, at this level. Pick him up and continue."
Lorraine turned around and looked at the group of slave traders in the corner, and said, "I know you are not afraid of death, but I don't know if you are afraid of not being able to die."
Lorraine stood in front of the group of slave traders, looked at them and said: "However, I am a very kind person. The one among you who provides the most information can be pardoned.
Listen clearly, this is not a pardon for capital crimes, but a pardon for all your crimes. As long as the information provided satisfies me, he can walk out of here as an ordinary person."
Lorraine raised her index finger and said to the slave traders: "There is only one person."
Leo sighed and said: "There's no more fun now. Boss, why don't we discuss it and let me try a few more things before talking about it. I've always wanted to see if that Iron Maiden you said is so awesome.
It takes three days for a person to die after being put in there.”
The soldiers of the Imperial Guard also looked very disappointed, as if their toys had been snatched away. They looked at the torture instruments on the table and at the group of slave traders. They all looked helpless and acted like "
Don't ever agree to it".
Lorraine smiled at Leo and said, "Don't worry, those who don't tell the truth and deliberately conceal it, as well as those who are eliminated in the end, will be yours by then. You can play whatever you want."
Leo clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I know the boss will not treat the younger brothers badly."
The slave traders who were trapped in the corner, although they were all ruthless, felt chilled in their hearts when they saw Lorraine and Leo deciding their fate like they were dividing toys.
One of the slave traders jumped up hard and said loudly: "I said, I said, I know everything."
The other person next to him stared at him with wide eyes and shouted angrily: "Asshole, how dare you~!"
As he spoke, he stood up unsteadily and rushed towards the man.
The Guards soldiers took a step forward and picked up the sword in their hands without ceremony.
The back of the sword hit the man hard on the back, knocking him to the ground. Then he stepped forward and stepped on his head, with the sword tip touching the man's neck.
Lorraine kept calling the person who wanted to confess, saying: "Drag him to the next door, and that person will be yours to play with."
Leo nodded to Lorraine and smiled flatteringly, saying: "Okay, okay,"
Then his expression suddenly changed, his small chest puffed up, one hand on his hips, and the other pointed at the slave trader who was trampled under the feet of the Guards soldiers, and said: "Put him over here, over here, we won't play with sticks this time."
, there is no passion at all, just start with milk powder.”
The remaining thugs also became excited at this time, shouting at the top of their lungs on the ground: "I am their leader, I know better."
"I'm the boss's brother-in-law, and I know a lot."
"Bah, I'm the boss's lover, I know the best."
"..."
The people around him were silent for a moment, and then stayed away from this man.
"Okay, my sister always said that my brother-in-law has a vixen outside, so it's you." But the brother-in-law gave up and jumped forward angrily, wanting to fight, but his hands were tied and he could only use his head to fight.
Hit that person.
Lorraine made a disgusting sound and said, "I'll vomit first, and you can take away the one who confessed."
Life is very precious. If possible, no one is willing to die. Lorraine puts a chance of survival in front of this group of slave traders who will definitely be hanged. For those slave traders who do not want to die, then
It is the life-saving straw after drowning, and it must be grasped at all costs.
Especially since Lorraine has set very clear standards with them: whoever provides more information will survive.
These people are just like pouring beans, telling them what they know and don't know. In order to distinguish between what is true and what is false, those tax collectors have spent countless brain cells.
Their testimonies were corroborated with each other, or they were directly confronted face to face. Those who were caught telling lies were immediately thrown to the guards and tax collectors who were eager to try.