King Qin was decisive and swift in his actions, so none beneath him dared to slack off, reducing the pressure of disaster relief significantly.
Qin Yunlong finally found the time to deal with Hu Banxian, and this time he was truly ruthless, applying all one hundred and eight sets of torture devices in sequence, fearing he would not break Hu Banxian's silence.
It was not until the seventy-eighth form of punishment that Hu Banxian collapsed, spilling everything he knew.
Honestly, death isn't scary, what's terrifying is when someone who wants to die can't.
Hu Banxian coughed up a mouthful of Bloody Water. By then, his mouth was so swollen he could barely speak, but he managed to make himself understood.
"Last year, only the headman was burned to death in the fire. The night before the attack on Xuan Eagle Mountain Village, he selected fifty people to escort Second Master and Third Master to safety."
Qin Longyun frowned, "But Xuan San was poisoned."