THE LATENT DETECTION AND THE MAGGOT EXECUTION

The news telling that Zhu Su went to the villages and approached the peasants to learn directly from them, spread very quickly all over Kaifeng. More and more Kaifeng people turned their hate of Zhu Su into respect, adding the number of pro-government people who had been basically quite a bit. Moreover, Zhu Su did not only settle in an area, he moved from one area to another, from one village to another.

"I've met Zhou Wang in person! Before I thought that he was fierce and frightening, just like my imagination of all noblemen, but he turns out to be very sympathetic! Very kindhearted!"

"I agree with you! Looking at him is like looking at a benevolent god. It feels like I become serene and get convinced, that he will exert his every effort to help us!"

"Who said that Ming nobles are all heartless and cold-blooded like the combatants? Zhou Wang even appears like the compassionate Goddess Guanyin."

"He reminds me of Lord Shennong who tasted the leaves to get the medicine for helping the sick!"

So, another rumor spread for the second time; but it was the rumors which hailed Zhu Su as "the incarnation of the God who descends from Heaven." It made a very positive impact on the people's trust in Ming Integrity, but on the other hand, it provoked anger, as well as fright, from Huan Shikang.

"Now most of Kaifeng people have supported Zhou Wang. They are even waiting for his arrival, then help him wholeheartedly! Because they feel like they are making good karma to be liked by God!"

When reporting, the soldier's face turned pale. It seemed that he intended to say something terrible. Rumilie immediately noticed his strange behavior. "You won't bo so scared if you only report that case. Is there anything else you want to report?"

The soldier paused for a while.

"Yes... Sir. Many of our members have even defected to Zhou Wang. Including the higher-up!..."

This was indeed a surprise, Rumilie even immediately sprang out of his chair. "The higher-up?!?..."

"Including De Ta." Wan Ya entered the room all of a sudden, said calmly.

This time Huan Shikang slammed the book he was reading roughly onto the table. "De Ta betrays us? How come?!"

"De Ta is a Daoist Priest who stands on our side because he feels that the society accuses him of being a cult and alienates him, he feels ostracized. Then he heard that Zhou Wang is willing to hear advice from a cult. Maybe he feels touched, so he wants to change master..."

"Damn betrayer!" Huan Shikang hit the table.

"But it is only an intention, right?" Rumilie ensured.

"I notice that De Ta is very agitated. He often walks back and forth in his room. He has drunk bottles of wine. He even put up nine incense sticks and asked his departed masters to ask whether he was permitted to change employers."

"Summon De Ta to to come here!" Huan Shikang instructed his subordinate.

A moment later, De Ta had been standing in front of them.

"What's the matter, Supreme Leader?" De Ta had got an awkward feeling as he saw that everyone was staring anxiously at him.

"Let's get to the point, De Ta. You want to leave our group, huh?! You want to go to Zhou Wang's side?!" Huan Shikang roared.

De Ta soon turned pale. He started to tremble. "N... no! Never! Who... does say such damn lie?!..."

He glanced at Wan Ya. His body trembled more badly.

Huan Shikang shouted. "Kneel down!"

Feared, De Ta soon knelt down.

"Haven't you made an oath, that you will strain all your heart and all your strength to fight against the Ming Authority you hate so much? Aren't you determined to avenge our teachers who have been mistreated by the Hongwu Emperor?! Then you forget that oath?! You even intend to betray our teachers who died because of being tortured cruelly by the Ming?!?"

De Ta remained quiet. He bit his lower lip.

"Hey, answer me! Why the hell do you still remain quiet?!"

De Ta's body was still shaking in his shoes and his hands were still gripping each other. However, he still pressed his lips tightly.

Rumilie nodded at two subordinates, who immediately grabbed De Ta tightly. He then took out a small package from his pocket, approached De Ta, and forcefully opened his mouth.

"Ugh... ugh!..." De Ta got even more scared. He knew what kind of cruelty Rumilie was about to do with him. He moved automatically to dodge as he realized that Rumilie would take him to a condition even worse than death ...

... if he intended to oppose.

Too late. Rumilie managed to put the contents of the package into De Ta's mouth.

Spontaneously De Ta tried to vomit it up, but Rumilie, who had expected it, immediately covered his mouth. For several minutes, De Ta coughed and even suffocated, until finally, Rumilie released his grip. He smiled sarcastically as De Ta was screaming aloud, face full of despair.

"You know that it won't hurt if you keep silent and obedient," He snorted. "But once you intend to fight, the maggots will start to suck your blood, eat your organs and destroy your brain and bones! And make you die like melting wax! So... don't you dare defect from us. After all, you are the disciple of Bai Lian Jiao. You bear the grudge of all the departed Bai Lian Jiao seniors who have died horribly!"

De Ta made no reply, he was still screaming in misery as he pressed his head desperately to the ground.

Rumilie snorted again. He was dissatisfied with this result. It turned out that De Ta indeed had intention of defecting, and this "Maggot Execution" was unable to change his intention to remain loyal. This De Ta even had been so difficult to be controlled, how about the other members?

So dreadful. Intolerable. And he must do something to solve this problem.

Once again Rumilie took out the package from his pocket - the package that contained maggots and other disgusting creatures. He stared at the package, eyes flashed in rage.

"If I can't kill you from the outside, Zhou Wang... Then I will kill you from the inside!"