Chapter 2012: Punishment with a Cane

In the court.

"Kneel down!" The soldier roughly pushed Diao Jun, whose hands and feet were handcuffed with iron chains, into the hall and forced him to kneel on the ground.

"It's unfair!" Diao Jun raised his head and shouted loudly.

"Captain Qin, the criminal Huang Shao is missing! This Diao Jun is his accomplice, and there is a silver ingot found in the land temple!" The soldier stepped forward and handed over the silver.

The captain surnamed Qin was the commander of the troops in Qimu Town, with the greatest power, and his full name was Qin Yuan.

On the chair next to him, there was a fat man in luxurious clothes.

Captain Qin Yuan pushed the silver in front of the fat man and whispered, "Mr. Gu, take a closer look, is this the thing lost yesterday?"

The fat man was the form transformed by Jia Zhengjin's soul projection, borrowing a well-known local wealthy businessman, and the real wealthy businessman was a guest at Nuwa.

He took the silver and examined it carefully, then nodded: "Sir, this is the silver that Gu lost!"

"Pah!" Hearing this, Qin Yuan slammed the table and pointed at Diao Jun who was kneeling below, frowning and angrily: "Diao Jun, Mr. Gu lost two hundred taels of silver yesterday, but you and Huang Shao hid it?"

"Unfair!" Diao Jun's face was pale, "Unfair! Sir, Mr. Gu, Brother Shao and I want to abide by the law..."

"Then where did this silver ingot come from?" Qin Yuan asked sternly, "Why is it in the land temple where you live?"

"This... I don't know..." Diao Jun shook his head hurriedly.

"Captain Qin, the silver ingot was found from the land temple, just this one." The soldier next to Diao Jun said, "Huang Shao is missing, we caught Diao Jun near the city gate!"

"Bang!" Captain Qin slammed the table hard, "Diao Jun, you and Huang Shao picked up Mr. Gu's lost things, you should return them immediately, or hand them over to the government. Why did you swallow them up with greed? Why don't you quickly call them in? Where are the other silver ingots hidden? Has Huang Shao escaped?"

"Unfair! Really unfair!" Diao Jun was very anxious, "Neither Brother Shao nor I hid the silver ingots, there is a misunderstanding here!"

"Misunderstanding? Then tell me, why is this silver ingot in the land temple?" Qin Yuan asked sternly.

"This... I really don't know!" Diao Jun shook his head desperately,

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

"You mean, they framed you?" Qin Yuan pointed his finger at the soldier who caught Diao Jun.

"This..." Diao Jun looked back, facing the eyes of several soldiers, he didn't know what to say.

"Why don't you tell the truth?!" Qin Yuan slammed the table again, "If you confess where Huang Shao is hiding now and return the silver ingots in full, you can still be given a lighter sentence."

Diao Jun thought, where can I find the silver ingots that were stolen by the thieves?

And Brother Shao can't be dragged into this matter.

There was no other way but to tell the truth: "Captain Qin, Brother Shao and I didn't hide the silver ingot, really! I don't know what happened to this silver ingot, it shouldn't be in the land temple. Brother Shao and I basically didn't leave yesterday... I admit that I did pick up the bag that Mr. Gu lost at that time. And Brother Shao and I also wanted to send it to the government, hoping to find its owner through the government. Who would have thought that I felt like peeing on the way to the government, so I gave it to Brother Shao and found a place to relieve myself. At that time, a thief suddenly ran out and took the bag from Brother Shao... "

"What about the thief?"

"He ran away... What I said is true!"

"If the thief ran away, how could the silver ingot be found in the land temple?" Qin Yuan snorted coldly, "Do you think this captain is stupid?"

"Captain Qin, this silver ingot can't appear in the land temple."

"So you say my people framed you? What hatred and resentment do they have against you?"

"This..." Diao Jun was speechless.

"Not a single honest word!" Qin Yuan said angrily, "torture!"

"Yes!!" The soldiers held sticks and kicked Diao Jun to the ground.

"Captain Qin, it's unjust! What I said is true!" Diao Jun shouted hurriedly, "We really wanted to deliver the silver ingots to the government, but we were robbed by thieves on the way!"

"Then tell me, what did the thief look like?" Qin Yuan asked coldly.

"This..." How could Diao Jun remember?

"Beat!!"

With Qin Yuan's order, the soldiers swung sticks without hesitation and hit Diao Jun's butt hard.

"Ah--!! Ah--!! Unjust--!! Ah--!!" These were real beatings, and every stick was hit with all the strength, which was simply fatal. Even the most elastic buttocks on the body could not hold up, Diao Jun only felt numb in the buttocks, and cried for his parents in pain.

"Tell the truth, where are the silver ingots hidden? Where did Huang Shao run off to?" Qin Yuan asked again after hitting him with ten sticks.

"Unfair... I'm telling the truth..." Diao Jun's face was covered with cold sweat, and he was pale from the pain.

"Hit again!" Qin Yuan ordered loudly.

"Pah pah pah..." The soldier raised his stick and hit it with all his strength again.

Diao Jun wailed a few times and fainted from the pain.

"Captain Qin, he fainted!" The soldier saw that he had no sound, and reported after checking.

"Sprinkle water on him to wake him up!"

"Yes!!"

While the soldiers were bringing cold water, Qin Yuan turned around and said to the fat man transformed by Jia Zhengjin: "Mr. Gu, don't worry! I will definitely pry open this kid's mouth and find all the silver ingots you lost!"

"Thank you, Captain Qin!" Jia Zhengjin smiled calmly, "As long as the silver is found, there will be a big reward!"

“Splash!” The soldiers below came in with a bucket of icy well water and splashed it directly on Diao Jun’s face.

The biting cold woke Diao Jun up, and he lay on the ground gasping weakly.

“Diao Jun, where is the silver ingot hidden? Where did Huang Shao go?” Qin Yuan asked sternly, “Come here quickly!”

“Unjust...” Diao Jun raised his head with difficulty and said with all his strength, “Captain Qin, it’s really unfair!”

“Where is the silver ingot? Where is Huang Shao?”

“Unjust...”

“Beat!”

“Pa pa pa...”

Another round of caning.

Diao Jun soon fainted again from the pain.

He was splashed with cold water to wake him up and continued to ask questions, then fainted again, and then woke up again, and repeated several times.

When he fainted again, he was no longer human. After checking, the soldier reported: "Captain Qin, you can't beat him anymore, or he won't be able to hold on!"

"You're really stubborn!" Qin Yuan frowned and turned to look at the side, "Mr. Gu, this..."

"If you beat him to death, my silver will never come back!" Jia Zhengjin said.

"Well~ then detain him first! Mr. Gu, rest assured, this captain will pry open his mouth as soon as possible and take back all your silver ingots!"

"Trouble Captain Qin!" Jia Zhengjin nodded and stood up, "I wonder if the captain is free later?"

"What's the matter, Mr. Gu?"

"I want to treat Captain Qin to a meal, I wonder if you can do me the honor?"

"Dinner? That's great!" Qin Yuan laughed, "Where to eat?"

"The best restaurant in Qimu Town!"

"Okay! Then let Mr. Gu pay for it!" Qin Yuan laughed, then turned his head and changed his face in an instant, shouting coldly to the people below, "First detain Diao Jun and put him in prison, and search for Huang Shao with all your strength! We must find Mr. Gu's lost silver as soon as possible!"

"Yes!!"