"I don't know if Commander Su is here to welcome you, but it's a long way to welcome him. I don't know what you have to do with your visit in person today."
Su Fei looked directly at Chen Ping. He asked directly without any nonsense.
"Steward Chen, Ministry of Works Mint Bureau's coin molds were stolen recently?"
Chen Ping The arrogance on his face paused for a moment, then he shook his head and said.
"Mint Bureau's matter has nothing to do with my Marquis Mansion, and I have never heard of it."
"Never heard of it?"
"According to the Mint Bureau Supervisor Hu Qiuyu, in the past six months, apart from the Mint Bureau internal staff, only you and your master Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos have visited the mold warehouse."
"Now that the coin mold has been stolen, you two are naturally the prime suspects. Let me ask you, after you visited the coin mold with Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos last time and returned home, did your master have any words or deeds that planned to steal the coin mold?"
Chen Ping's face changed.
This subtle reaction was immediately captured clearly by Su Fei.
Then his face regained its calmness, Chen Ping cupped his hands in front of Su Fei, and said in defense,
"Commander Su, what you are saying is ridiculous. The loss of the coin mold is due to the Mint Bureau's poor supervision. How can you put the suspicion on my house just because the Marquis and I visited it once? As the commander of Imperial Guard, it is not appropriate for you to handle the case so hastily."
Su Fei operates God-tier Insight Technique, Chen Ping. Every expression on his face and every tiny movement cannot escape his eyes.
At this moment, looking at the other party's forced composure, Su Fei already had a judgment in his mind.
This Chen Ping must know something, and may even be directly involved in this matter.
Think of this.
Su Fei took a step forward and looked directly at Chen Ping.
"Chen Ping, I just asked you a question as usual, but you reacted so loudly and your face changed. Could it be that you have something going on in your mind?"
After the words fell, Su Fei clearly noticed through God-tier Insight Technique that Chen Ping's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
Even though he was still holding on on the surface, his body's instinctive reaction revealed his panic.
Chen Ping felt nervous when asked by Su Fei, and his face instantly turned pale. He gritted his teeth and retorted bravely.
"Commander Su, you can't slander people and wrongfully accuse good people. I am Marquis of the Bright Firmament's Residence's housekeeper and I have a clean background. How could I do such illegal things? Are you taking advantage of the fact that our Marquis is not in the mansion to deliberately provoke and take advantage of my Marquis's mansion?"
"Take advantage of your palace?"
"I asked you to question me, but you made excuses in every possible way, and dared to beat me up. Since you refuse to tell the truth, and Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos is not in the house, I'll give you an operation first."
Before he finished speaking, Su Fei raised his palm, and several lines of condensed energy popped out from his fingertips, shooting towards Chen Ping like lightning.
Chen Ping had no time to react. He only felt numb all over and his limbs instantly lost consciousness.
At this moment, all the big holes in his body have been tightly sealed by Su Fei's energy.
"Come here, get the Imperial Prison that I brought back to our Imperial Guard, and treat it well..."
"Yes, sir."
The accompanying Imperial Guards heard the words and immediately responded in unison.
Everyone came up with bright eyes. They looked at Su Fei with admiration in their eyes.
This is Marquis of the Bright Firmament's Residence's butler, and the person standing behind him is the emperor's uncle and the Queen Mother's brother.
Commander Su actually did it when he said it, and he was not unambiguous at all.
It's great to work for a boss like this.
Several Imperial Guards quickly took out the ropes and tied up the immobile Chen Ping tightly.
Chen Ping was tied up like a rice dumpling and stared at Su Fei.
His eyes were full of fear and anger, but he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
Inside the torture chamber of Imperial Guard Imperial Prison.
There was a strong smell of blood.
The walls are made of thick blue-black rocks, which are stained with rust, and the dark red traces of dryness can be faintly seen.
Various instruments of torture were piled in the corner.
A barbed iron whip, a red-hot branding iron, and a sharp stick.
Chen Ping was tied tightly to the central torture post with a thick hemp rope, his arms were tied behind his back, and the ropes at his wrists and ankles were tightened tightly.
His originally neat blue brocade robe was now wrinkled and stained with dust, his hair was disheveled, and his face was as pale as paper. His previous arrogance had long since disappeared, leaving only an unconcealable fear.
Su Fei was sitting on a pearwood chair opposite the execution pillar with a calm expression.
A cup of freshly brewed hot tea was placed on the table, which was incompatible with the gloomy atmosphere in the torture chamber.
Su Fei picked up the teacup and took a sip. The warm tea flowed down his throat. Su Fei felt very comfortable. Then he put down the teacup and looked calmly at Chen Ping on the execution pillar.
"Steward Chen, I asked you to ask questions, but you made excuses in every possible way. Now that you are here, I will ask you for the last time, did Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos secretly plan to steal the coin molds?"
Chen Ping's lips were trembling and his eyes were evasive, but he still spoke bravely.
"Lord Su, I really don't know what you asked about. Mr. Hou has never told me this."
Su Fei raised his chin to the two jailers standing by and said in a deep voice.
"Go ahead and treat Steward Chen well until he is willing to tell the truth."
"Yes, sir."
The warden works at Imperial Prison all year round, so he has the best way to deal with such tough-talking prisoners.
One of the jailers picked up a spiked iron whip, walked up to Chen Ping, flicked his wrist, and whipped down the iron whip with a roaring sound.
There was a crisp sound, and the barb on the iron whip scratched Chen Ping's arm deeply, tearing the brocade robe instantly, leaving a bloody wound, and blood immediately seeped out.
"Ah, it hurts."
Chen Ping shivered in pain and let out a shrill scream.
As the butler of Marquis of the Bright Firmament's Residence, he has a certain status. He is usually pampered and treated well. No matter where he goes, others are polite to him. He has never suffered like this.
Another jailer picked up the red-hot iron.
Approaching Chen Ping step by step, he said with a ferocious smile.
"Steward Chen, if you are wise, please do it quickly to avoid suffering more."
The red soldering iron pressed on Chen Ping's shoulder with a "sizzle" sound.
A sharp burning pain swept through his body instantly, and the smell of burnt flesh filled the air.
Chen Ping's screams became more and more shrill, tears and snot flowed down uncontrollably, and his whole body twisted violently, but he was firmly fixed on the torture post by the rope and could not escape.
"Stop hitting, stop hitting, I can't stand the pain anymore."
Chen Ping was crying like a ghost and howling like a wolf while desperately begging for mercy. The previous toughness had long gone.
Su Fei sat on the chair and watched all this with an expressionless face. It wasn't until Chen Ping's voice became hoarse that he raised his hand to signal the jailer to stop.
"Stop it."
The jailer immediately put down his instruments of torture and stepped aside.