() The Chanyuan Alliance has been in existence for more than a hundred years, and the Sixteen States of Yanyun will always be a pain in the hearts of the Song people.
The purpose of the previous twenty-five years of continuous war was to compete for the sixteen states of Yanyun, but the Song people probably did not expect that the outcome would be to use annual tribute in exchange for peace between the two countries.
Compared with the high annual military expenditure, the annual tribute of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk seems to be insignificant, but the benefits brought by Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to the Liao Kingdom far exceed these annual tributes.
On the surface, peace was exchanged for money. In fact, the vigor since the founding of the Song Dynasty had been almost worn away in the past twenty years. Coupled with the slackness of the past century, the Hebei Army and the Forbidden Army were completely useless.
The only one who could pick it up was the Shaanxi Army.
That's also because we are at war with Xixia!
The war in the west is generally pretty good. Although Zhao Ji has no plans to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, having a Liao princess in his possession may be a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Liao people.
A bargaining chip that can make Liao people more honest.
After listening to Liang Shicheng's report, Zhao Ji became very interested in it. While praising Liang Shicheng, he did not forget to ask: "How can you be sure that the woman is the princess of Liao? Yelu is the surname of the Liao people.
I'm afraid there are many."
"Of course, I learned it from the torture of the captured General Bureau spies." Liang Shicheng had already prepared: "This news was sent from Tan's office, so he is definitely not lying.
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"If so, it's a pity that the Imperial City Secretary let him go so easily!" Zhao Ji said with some annoyance: "Pass on my decree and step up the secret arrests everywhere!"
"I'm afraid that Yeluyun has already crossed the Yellow River by now." Liang Shicheng stamped his feet and beat his chest: "The Imperial City Department is not doing its job well."
"What!" Zhao Ji said angrily: "How come the Imperial City Department is so confused! Go to the Imperial City Department and let them find out on their own! If anyone is negligent, strict action will be taken!"
Master Liang said these words. He hurriedly bowed and said goodbye, "It's my fault that I disturbed you!"
Zhao Ji was disturbed like this and felt that he was not in high spirits, so he still took the sedan chair through the back door and left.
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It is dark in the Imperial City Prison, and it is impossible for prisoners to see the sun again after being locked up.
What I deal with all day long is endless torture, physical and mental torture.
As a senior spy of the General Affairs Bureau, Ma Su naturally knew this. Ever since he watched Yeluyun escape, he felt that he was no longer important.
The remaining task was just to shut up and treat himself as a dead person. No matter what kind of torture he was subjected to, he just pretended not to hear it. Ma Su's body was ready to die in the Imperial City Prison.
Ma Su had been prepared since he was brought to this room, but what Ma Su didn't expect was that except for the first few pushes, there was no violence at all.
Although there was no daylight in the room, a few oil lamps were lit and the air was very dry. This was very different from the dark prison Ma Su imagined.
At least it is very different from the black prison in Liao. If Ma Su was "entertaining" the "distinguished guests" of the Imperial City Division in the black prison, he would have probably broken several whips, or slowly hammered them with sharpened sticks.
Get into the fingers of the "distinguished guest".
Ma Su was tied to a pillar in the middle of the room, and then put on a black hood. Through the gap, he could vaguely see the faint light from the oil lamp.
But soon, the two inspectors blew out the oil lamps around them one by one, and the whole room suddenly fell into darkness.
I don't know if one of the policemen took off the black hood, and he was caught off guard, something was stuffed into Ma Su's mouth.
My tongue only felt a hint of coolness, and the thing seemed to have completely melted into my mouth.
There was a "bang" sound, and it seemed that the two police officers had left.
"Have you not figured out how to torture yourself yet?" Ma Su thought a little strangely in his heart: "Or is it the same as the medicine?"
No matter which one he dealt with, Ma Su had a corresponding strategy. But it didn't take long for him to realize that he was wrong.
Big mistake.
Ma Su tried his best to open his eyes in the darkness, but couldn't see anything. He raised his ears, but couldn't hear anything either. He didn't know whether it was because he was fed something or because of inexplicable nervousness, but there was a bitter feeling in his mouth.
I don't know how long it took, but Ma Su's tightly tied limbs began to become numb, and he gradually lost feeling.
Even if I try hard to move my fingers, I can't.
"These bastards from the Imperial City Division are tied up really tightly."
Ma Su cursed in his heart, but controlled himself not to say it out loud.
Because that's a sign of weakness.
If it were Ma Su, if the person being tortured cursed loudly, it would prove that this person indeed knew everything, and it would only be a matter of time before he would be tortured.
Suddenly, Ma Su's heart sank, and he remembered a rumored torture method.
That kind of method is to deprive people of all their feelings, and can make people's spirits collapse in a short period of time. In the end, they will just ask and say whatever they want.
Are you currently experiencing this kind of torture method?
Ma Su couldn't help but compare his current state with the rumored torture methods.
Invisible to the eyes.
The ears cannot hear.
Can't feel my limbs.
To the point that Ma Su couldn't feel how long he had been in this room. One hour? Two hours? One day?
Ma Su breathed a sigh of relief, and then managed to calm down his anxious heart.
Through training, Ma Su thought he could understand the passage of time from the beating of his meridians, but he soon discovered that whether it was due to the influence of the medicine just now, the beating of his meridians could be described as disordered.
Ma Su suddenly panicked and struggled in the darkness, but couldn't feel the existence of his limbs.
This sense of powerlessness even made Ma Su feel an ominous feeling in his heart: "Are my limbs still there?"
I don’t know how long it took, but this feeling seemed to be infinitely amplified.
"Am I still alive?"
Questioning thoughts kept popping up in Ma Su's mind, and he finally couldn't help opening his mouth and shouting: "Ahhhhh!"
"It's done. Let's go in." Qin Fei, who had been listening carefully outside the door, put down the copper pipe and said softly.
This kind of copper pipe extends all the way into the room, which not only allows the sound inside to be transmitted clearly, but also can be slightly amplified.
The cell door was pushed open again, and the sudden bright light made Ma Su's pupils shrink in pain. If his limbs hadn't been tied to death, he would have involuntarily blocked the light with his hands.
Qin Fei's smiling face was very eye-catching behind the lantern. Two policemen in black quickly lit the oil lamp, and then Qin Fei blew out the lantern with a "plop" sound.
The black-clothed policeman moved a chair, and Qin Fei sat down very relaxedly. He looked face to face at the flustered Ma Su and chuckled, "Relax his blood vessels in his hands and feet."
A policeman in black moved on the rope, and Ma Su suddenly felt the blood flow to his limbs again, followed by an unbearable tingling sensation.
"What did you feed me?" Ma Su asked in horror. He naturally knew Qin Fei's official uniform and knew Qin Fei.
The last time he saw Qin Fei, Ma Su was hiding inside the wall, watching helplessly as Qin Fei and his men destroyed his stronghold.
"I said it was poison. Do you believe it?" Qin Fei conjured a cup of tea out of nowhere, took a sip and said, "How is it? Does it taste good?"
Ma Su was also aware of Qin Fei's methods. At least none of the spies who fell into his hands came out alive.
No, what came out was a corpse with incomplete skin and flesh.
I heard that the Qin commander once ordered the spies’ stomachs to be opened alive to see if there were wax pills hidden inside.
Ma Su's eyes made Qin Fei understand a lot of things. He put down the tea cup and smiled: "Those rumors are not false, but many of my methods have not been spread."
"How about it? If you tell me earlier, I will let you die earlier?" Qin Fei smiled, but his tone was very serious, which made Ma Su shudder.
But Ma Su couldn't let go: "If you have the ability, come and see if your grandpa can stand it or not!"
"My bones are quite strong now." Qin Fei shook his head with a smile and stood up: "Then what did you scream about just now? In that case, let's continue."
Next to him, a policeman in black clothes came over with a black hood. Ma Su couldn't help but ask: "What time was it just now?"
Qin Fei smiled and said: "Hour? You can actually stand it. There are not many people who can persist for two quarters of an hour."
"What! Only two-quarters of an hour!" Ma Su took a breath. What he felt just now was not two-quarters of an hour, but several long hours, or even days.
Qin Fei impatiently asked the police officer in black to put the black hood on Ma Su and walked out the door: "This time you might as well challenge the next hour."
"Wait!" Ma Su shook his head back and forth. This was the only part he could move at the moment: "I said!"
"Really?" Qin Fei turned around and asked in a negotiating tone: "Are you really willing to say it? Do you want to try it for half an hour first?"
"No need. I'll tell you whatever you ask." Ma Su never wanted to experience the pain of losing all sense again: "What do you want to know?"
"I am very greedy. Tell me everything you want." Qin Fei smiled and said, "By the way, let's talk about Yeluyun first."
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Two hours later, Qin Fei slowly walked out of the cell and asked a lot of information from Ma Su, but the most important thing was that Yeluyun was actually the princess of Liao!
In comparison, the training methods of detection dogs are nothing.
Qin Fei asked someone to send the information to his adoptive father Qian Gui, and he immediately appeared in front of Tan Zhen.
"Ximen Qing let the princess of Liao go!"
Facing Qin Fei's somewhat excited face, Tan Zhen smiled disapprovingly: "I have known it for a long time. This matter has been reported to the official family by Eunuch Liang. Regardless of whether Yeluyun is the princess of Liao Kingdom or not, it is enough for Ximen Qing
"Suffer"
"Of course, your news confirms my statement, doesn't it?" Tan Zhen patted Qin Fei on the shoulder: "If this matter is completed, Eunuch Liang will naturally help you to negotiate, and then you will naturally have a bright future.
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"But before that, you have to do something for me. Something to prove yourself."
"Please tell me what Tan is doing, Qin Fei will never hesitate at all!" Qin Fei clenched his fists slightly excitedly.
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