At this time, Qin Nanxian walked up to Jiang Zuiyao and whispered a reminder: "Follow Zhang Yunian and don't look around."

Jiang Zuiyao followed Zhang Yunian's pace. As he walked through, he saw that every secret room was made of copper and iron walls, which were very strong. Every door was locked. He didn't know what confidential items were stored inside, so he had to be so cautious.

Until Zhang Yunian walked deep underground, the door of a secret room was ajar, and figures walking inside could be seen through the gap.

Zhang Yunian walked over and opened the door, turned around and said: "Come in."

Jiang Zuiyao walked in. There was no light in the underground secret room. The room was lit by a few candles and the light was a little dim. Zhang Yunian walked to a table and sat down. He pointed to the chair outside the table and said, "Sit down."

Jiang Zuiyao walked over and sat down. Under the dim light, Zhang Yunian's mature face appeared to be even darker.

Zhang Yunian spoke at this time: "I have heard a little bit about you. Since you were recommended by the Queen Mother, I am of course relieved. However, since you first came to the Imperial City and took up the post of Commander-in-Chief, I am afraid that you will embarrass your position."

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Jiang Zuiyao couldn't understand this sentence at the moment. She blinked randomly and looked at Zhang Yunian simply.

Zhang Yunian continued: "There has never been a woman serving in our Imperial City Department since ancient times. You are the first, but I will not be particularly merciful to you just because you are a woman. I have taken back your token.

You must have something to prove your identity."

Jiang Zuiyao was curious, if there was no token, what else could prove her identity?

Zhang Yunian took out a piece of paper from the table, handed it to Jiang Zuiyao and said, "Choose the one you like."

Taking the piece of paper, Jiang Zuiyao saw eight patterns drawn on it, and thought that she must build an object and draw this pattern to prove her identity.

After looking at it carefully, Jiang Zuiyao pointed to the seventh pattern and said, "That's it."

It was an indescribable pattern, a totem with a snake head and body, bat wings, a wolf grabbing a devil's tail, and a totem rising into the sky on auspicious clouds.

Qin Nanxian also saw it and asked, "Aren't there others? Why did you choose this one?"

Jiang Zuiyao asked, "Which one do you want me to choose?"

Qin Nanxian pointed to the third pattern and said, "This lotus is pretty good, very suitable for women."

Jiang Zuiyao shook her head and said, "I don't like it."

Qin Nanxian didn't say anything. His face was always gloomy, and he didn't know what he was worried about.

Zhang Yunian took a red brush and drew a circle on the totem chosen by Jiang Zuiyao, handed it to his subordinate and said: "Go and prepare."

The man took the paper, looked at it, and walked out of the room.

Then I heard a sound of "Ding Ding Dang Dang". It seemed to be the movement of iron. It was not very clear. It seemed to be separated by several walls. You must listen carefully to hear it.

Jiang Zuiyao didn't know what was going to happen next. She only thought that it was to create something that could prove her identity. No one in the room spoke, and she didn't speak either, so she just sat there and waited.

During this period, Jiang Zuiyao saw Qin Nanxian secretly wiping the sweat from his temples and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Qin Nanxian shook his head: "It's okay, the room is a bit stuffy and hot."

But Jiang Zuiyao didn't feel any heat at all. Seeing Qin Nanxian like that didn't feel like heat at all, but a kind of silent anxiety and worry. What on earth was he worried about?

After a while, I heard the door being opened, and then the sound of noisy footsteps.

This time, Jiang Zuiyao really felt the heat, a burning heat.

She quickly looked back and saw two people walking in carrying a basin of charcoal fire with a soldering iron stuck in the charcoal fire. She panicked and quickly looked at Qin Nanxian, but he did not look at her, staring at her anxiously.

That pot of charcoal fire.

Just as Jiang Zuiyao was about to ask, the two men carrying the charcoal brazier put down the charcoal fire and pinned Jiang Zuiyao's left arm to the armrest of the chair.

"What are you doing!" Jiang Zuiyao screamed.

The two people ignored him at all, as if they had expected to scare her, they took out a rope from the corner of their hand and tied her left arm to the armrest of the chair.

Jiang Zuiyao, who didn't know what would happen, only felt a little scared. She looked at Zhang Yunian, his eyes were very firm and decisive. Jiang Zuiyao quickly shouted to Qin Nanxian: "What are they going to do to me?"

Qin Nanxian tightened the corners of his lips and said: "When working in the Imperial City Division, you must have something to prove yourself. Bear with it, and the pain will stop in two or three days."

These words made Jiang Zuiyao even more panicked. Suddenly, she remembered that when she came today, Qin Nanxian raised his sleeves to show the people in the Imperial City Department the scars on his arms. She understood immediately.

At this moment, those people, who had only been talking to Qin Nanxian and didn't care about anyone else, took out the soldering iron from the charcoal fire and pressed it firmly on Jiang Zuiyao's arm.

"Ah!!" Jiang Zuiyao immediately screamed in pain. Her whole body was trembling while sitting on the chair. She wanted to escape, but her arms were tied tightly to the armrests and she couldn't escape at all.

The person applying the soldering iron pressed the soldering iron firmly on her arm, fearing that it would go astray.

In just a moment, Jiang Zuiyao's forehead was so painful that she was sweating profusely, and she shouted loudly: "Take it away! Take it away quickly! It hurts!"

Then, there was a smell of burnt flesh, and the biting pain tortured Jiang Zuiyao. She was shaking all over in pain. Qin Nanxian quickly held Jiang Zuiyao in his arms and comforted: "It will pass if you endure it."

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Qin Nanxian actually refused to save her and told her to be patient.

Such a hot iron was pressed against her flesh. The pain was obvious. How could she endure it?

After pressing for a moment, the person holding the soldering iron quickly lifted the soldering iron very quickly without any sloppiness.

It doesn't matter if you lift it up, even the leather and flesh are pulled off.

"Ah!!" Jiang Zuiyao exclaimed. She was already in pain and couldn't sit still.

Looking at her arm, it was already bloody and bloody, and a pattern was burned out on her arm.

It's that totem, the totem she chose.

She was extremely frightened. She never expected that the Imperial City Secretary would be so cruel and brand the totem that proves her identity alive on her flesh.

The burned arm swelled instantly, and the totem was covered with blood. Jiang Zuiyao breathed rapidly in pain and gritted her teeth.

When she thought it was over, it was just the beginning.

At this time, the man dropped the soldering iron and brought a bowl of black liquid. Jiang Zuiyao panicked, completely panicked: "What are you going to do! Stop! Don't!"

"ah!!!!!"

There was another tearing scream of pain.

The man poured black liquid on Jiang Zuiyao's scar. He didn't know what was put in the liquid, which caused great irritation to the wound. Jiang Zuiyao was in pain and tried desperately to break free from the rope that bound her, but nothing happened.

No help.

The black liquid mixed with blood and condensed into black and red color.

The person doing the work looked like an experienced person at first glance. The liquid was poured just right without spilling at all, and it was poured just right into the gully of the soldering iron.

It wasn't over yet. The two men took out two fans and fanned the wound vigorously to speed up the drying up of the liquid.
Chapter completed!