Chapter 29: The Potential of Cruel Officials
Although the two brothers of the Zhang family were wild, they followed their father to play swords and guns since they were young, and they had hunted many wild animals in the wilderness, but they had never killed anyone, nor did they have the tormenting methods that Zhou Chengye knew. So when he was listening outside the woodshed, he was really scared by Zhou Chengye's "talking a carriage" bluff.
"Erlang, is there really a dry well behind Zhou's mansion?" Zhang Xiu asked nervously.
"It's nothing, scare that thief!" Zhou Chengye rolled his eyes.
"Erlang, then did you really use a knife to draw on people's bodies and apply honey on them?" Zhang Ying asked uncomfortable.
"It's nothing. Young Master, I have never touched any other knife except for occasionally touching kitchen knives!" Zhou Chengye suddenly knew why the two of them asked about this, so he quickly cleared his name.
After hearing Zhou Chengye personally denied that these were all fake, the two brothers were still a little worried. Zhang Ying asked again: "Since Erlang has never done those cruel things, why can he say so vividly, as if he had seen them with his own eyes?"
Zhou Chengye was so sweaty at that time. He couldn't tell the two boys in front of him that when he was on duty all his life, there was nothing wrong with him, so he had to stay in front of the TV to watch various soap operas. As a result, he wrote down many TV lines, right?
"These are all things I saw when I was reading essays and unofficial history. It is said that they are very effective in intimidating prisoners. What I said to the thief just now is not the point. The key is how I let him submit by just speaking!" Zhou Chengye quickly changed the topic. "Today I will teach you some methods that can pry open other people's mouths without using it. You must listen carefully!"
When the two brothers heard that there were special methods to learn, they immediately became interested and pointed their heads a few times like a chicken pecking at rice.
"When people cannot see things, they will feel nervous and fearful. Although the degree varies from person to person, there are always a few. So after I entered the house, I did not take off the black cloth on the thief's eyes, which would make him feel nervous. When people cannot see, their hearing will be particularly sensitive and they will listen to my words very carefully. So the thief will involuntarily follow the scenes I described and described, so my threatening words will double the effect. People are afraid of death. When their mentality cannot withstand the threat of death, they will collapse. Next, if you want to know something from his mouth, it will be much easier!" Zhou Chengye said a lot in one breath, but he was very patient, really teaching the Zhang brothers.
In fact, what he said boils down to one meaning, which was called "psychological hint" in later generations.
"Of course, this method is useful when dealing with little thieves. When dealing with those particularly cruel and vicious people, you have to use the double torture of the ** and mental torture, which is even better. As long as the other party is not an iron man, there will always be times to confess." At this point, Zhou Chengye suddenly stopped because he found that the Zhang brothers looked at him abnormally.
"Erlang, you are so amazing! You can know how to do everything without practicing it. Could it be that you are born to know it?" Zhang Ying said with admiration.
"Erlang, I have decided that when the eldest son is not at home in the future, I will also learn from you. If you don't learn anything else, just learn this method of torture and confession!" Zhang Xiu's eyes were circling, his face was full of bitterness and revenge, and he didn't know what was wrong in his heart.
Zhou Chengye retreated on the spot, so he waved his sleeves and said, "You two guys are so energetic, so take turns to guard outside the woodshed door. Don't let the thieves run away!"
The two brothers agreed without hesitation, and then they stumbled out of Zhou Chengye's bedroom, and the sound of their speech came vaguely:
"You said why Erlang pretended to be the censor just now?"
"You are so stupid! He is asking the Censor to take the blame for this "cruel and bloodthirsty" for him."
"Oh, so that's it. He is indeed a master who is used to pretending to be a pig and eating tiger. I think if Erlang becomes an official in the future, he will definitely be a cruel official who is more scary than the King of Hell!"
"Shh, just keep your voice down, don't be heard by Erlang, be careful that he will turn against us!"
Zhou Chengye, who was already lying on the bamboo mat, almost lost insomnia as he listened to the sound of gradually fading outside the house.
Early the next morning, Zhou Chengye told his father Zhou Ziliang about the result of "trial trial" at night. When the Censor heard that there were secret spies outside his home, he had the urge to turn over the table.
"He's so arrogant! Who dares to plot against me like this?"
"Don't worry, my father has made plans for this matter, and there will be a result in a few days. Since someone has noticed that there are more people in our mansion, let's just add some servants and servants. Anyway, there are still free houses in the house, and there are more people and more lively."
After hearing what Zhou Chengye said, Zhou Ziliang immediately came over and said, "Do you want to buy a few more servants to come back and disturb others' sight and make the Zhang brothers safer?"
"Father is really keen eyes. My child's little tricks really cannot escape your eyes!" Zhou Chengye immediately gave him a "brutal" flattery.
"Stop it! Since you want to do this, you can do it without any loss. Let Axiang accompany you to the West Market and buy a few suitable slaves. You must buy those with innocent origins, and don't buy those with unknown identity back!" Zhou Ziliang finally explained a few words, and then "go to work" with confidence.
Zhou Ziliang is still at ease with his second son. Since Zhou Chengye changed his personality, he has only seen him plotting against others on weekdays, but he has never seen him plotting against others. Zhou Ziliang believes that his second son will definitely bring back a lot of "surprise" to him when he goes to the West Market this time.
After Zhou Ziliang left, Zhou Chengye immediately called the two brothers of the Zhang family and carefully asked their place before exile. He learned that Zhang Shensu was from Jie County, and the Zhang family's ancestral home was in Jie County. Zhou Chengye told his brothers to pay attention to the spies in the woodshed and not let the people outside the Zhou Mansion see them. He should send food and drinking water to the "thief" locked in the woodshed on time, and not abuse it too much. It is said that it would be of great use to keep the thief.
Although they didn't know what Zhou Chengye's intention was to explain this, Zhang Ying and Zhang Xiu were still very concerned about the instructions of Mr. Zhou Er. Although they were sometimes "naughty" in front of Zhou Chengye, they respected Zhou Chengye in their hearts.
Chapter completed!