Forced to ask

Hundreds of Tao Ding's confidants were all wounded, looking at the soldiers surrounding them with snow-white faces, and their hearts were constantly pounding. Many of them had to follow Tao Ding because of the momentum. So now when they saw the Lord General die, they certainly lost the courage to resist. Some of them, who were originally the White Lotus Sect, were also frightened, afraid that they would follow Tao Ding's footsteps. After all, they were just small people and were far from being devoted to the White Lotus Sect.

After Tang Feng glanced at everyone, he said coldly: "If I guessed correctly, you have all been developed into people from the White Lotus Sect by Tao Ding. That's why he dared to assassinate me before this camp!"

As soon as the pressure came out, most of the timid people in their hearts were scared. The timid and cherished life immediately knelt down and said, "Sir, I am just being threatened by Tao Ding, so I have to do this. Now he is dead. Please spare our lives because of God's virtue of being virtuous!"

Tang Feng ignored those who knelt down and begged for mercy. He knew that these people would not be able to receive the attention of Tao Ding because of their unstable intentions. He looked at the dozens of people who were still standing there hesitant. After staring at them for a while, he said: "Take them into the tent, and everyone else is taken into custody, and then make a decision after the matter is done!"

A row of dozens of people were forcibly overwhelmed by others and knelt in front of Tang Feng. Tang Feng looked at them with a condescending moment and said, "It seems that you are people with a certain status in the White Lotus Sect. I won't say some things, just ask you, do you want to die or live?" The people looked at each other and it was difficult to make a decision. At this time, Tang Feng said, "If you want to live, I can give you a chance, that is, to say everything you know about the White Lotus Sect, so that I can spare your life, otherwise..."

"If you are surnamed Tang, don't think about it! As people from the Holy Sect, we die as ghosts of the Holy Sect. It is impossible for us to betray the secrets in the sect to save our lives!" Before Tang Feng finished speaking, a man struggled to stand up and shouted loudly. Those who were already a little moved hesitated again. It seems that the brainwashing work of the White Lotus Sect is still very good.

But Tang Feng was not depressed by his words. He looked at the man coldly and said, "Since you are determined to die, I have nothing to say! Kill!" A soldier standing behind the man put the steel knife in his hand into his back without thinking, and then poked it out from his chest.

This move made everyone unexpected. They thought that Tang Feng was not a person who was easy to kill, so they wanted to be tough, but who expected that he would kill him. Before he died, the man looked at Tang Feng with incredible eyes, clearly asking him why.

Tang Feng said coldly: "There are fifty or sixty people here, and I don't care about killing a few more people. I didn't kill people just now, because I wanted to make you regret it and be able to serve the court, but since you are so ungrateful, there is no need to keep it! Now you have decided whether you want to die or live?" As he said that, he looked at them quietly.

Tang Feng knew that because of the defeat, these people were captured, and their psychological defenses reached the most fragile time. If they didn't ask for anything now, it would be even more difficult to return to the city. So they simply used bloody means to force them to submit. Those people were even more frightened to see one of them losing their lives because of a word, and they were even more timid when they looked at Tang Feng's cold face.

Tang Feng knew that his move to kill Yijiu Bai had had an effect, so he put pressure on him and said, "I will say dozens of times. If you don't speak out again, I will kill people from left to right until someone is willing to say everything they know!" At this time, he could no longer feel soft-hearted.

"One, two, three... Seven, eight..." Tang Feng began to count the numbers slowly. When it reached eight, his eyes were already looking at the man on the left. The man's face had turned pale. After trembling for a while, he suddenly said loudly: "I am willing to call me, please don't kill me!"

Tang Feng felt relieved, knowing that he didn't have to play the role of this murderous devil, but his face was still cold and said, "You can tell me everything you know here, including how many of you have and their respective identities."

The man's psychological defense line had completely collapsed, so after hearing Tang Feng's words, he said it all. However, except for what he said that he was a disciple of Tao Ding and came here to assassinate Tang Feng, everything else was known to Tang Feng before.

After hearing what he said about him, Tang Feng waved his hand and said, "Take him down first. Who else do you want to live? Tell me something he hasn't said before. So I advise you to say it earlier, otherwise there will be only a dead end!" He had already seen that these people were shaken after someone took the lead, so he simply increased the conditions.

So one person started talking about it, and several of them attracted Tang Feng's attention. It turned out that these people were not in Jinan for the first time. On the day of the civil rebellion, they came here under the leadership of Tao Ding in the name of suppressing the rebellion. Then outside the city, these people changed into the clothes of the people and entered the city to kill and loot.

Only then did Tang Feng know the unusual reason he found when checking the situation in the city. It turned out that the White Lotus Sect's people pretended to be chaotic people and went to the city to cause chaos, which made the defenders of Jinan City unable to resist. This can also explain why the wounds on some dead people were caused by swords. "It seems that this civil rebellion was carried out by the White Lotus Sect. No wonder they came to assassinate me when they saw that I was about to calm the chaos." Tang Feng felt cold in his heart. If it weren't for his good luck and Lu An's ability, he would be afraid that not only would he die here, but the chaos in Shandong would have gone further.

Listening to these people constantly telling how they provoked trouble in various parts of Shandong, Tang Feng really wanted to drag all these people down and kill them. But now he must control his emotions, suppress his murderous intent, listen carefully to all the words they said, so as to find some clues from them and find more White Lotus scholars.

After half an hour, these people finished everything they knew, and then looked at Tang Feng with a begging mercy. Tang Feng nodded expressionlessly and said, "Very good, you finally chose a path that is most beneficial to you, but I have another thing to ask you. If anyone of you can answer it, I can guarantee you nothing."

Everyone immediately looked at Tang Feng and waited for his question. Tang Feng said word by word: "You guys say, who is your accomplice among the officials in Jinan City now?"

Everyone was silent. After a long time, one of them bravely said, "Sir, we have just been forced to join the White Lotus Sect, and we know only about some of the major events. We also know that there is one of ours among the adults in Jinan, but he has always contacted us by the way of flying eagles. We don't know other things, let alone his identity." Others also kowtowed one after another, "Sir, please give us a clear lesson!"

Seeing that they were not looking like they were fake, Tang Feng waved his hand and said, "Since that's the case, I won't force you to come, take them down and lock them up with those people!"

After all these people were taken down, Tang Feng sighed heavily and sat on the original Tao Ding's seat. He looked at Zhang Wencong and others and said, "I didn't expect this person to be so hidden that even these people didn't know who he was. If Tao Ding could speak, it might be different."

At this time, a Jinyiwei man suddenly ran in: "Sir, someone in the city has heard news that the adults have not moved at all so far." It turned out that Tang Feng had long wanted to use this incident to dig out the man, so he let the Jinyiwei who was good at surveillance look at those people secretly and report it after a while, but now it seems that everything is in vain.

"Is it really impossible to uproot the White Lotus Sect's power from Jinan?" Tang Feng thought distressed. Huang Kezhen, who had been watching from the side, spoke: "Sir, why don't we pull the snake out of the hole to let this person jump out of the hole?"

"Huh?" Tang Feng was stunned when he heard this, but then he couldn't help but nodded, "Yes, this person has a strong tolerance depending on the situation. If he was not sure about it, he would not show up. Fortunately, only my own people know the situation here now. He is completely unaware of it in Jinan, so I will give him a chance to show it!" Thinking of this, Tang Feng immediately said to Huang Kezhen: "Since you have made this plan, I will give you this opportunity to lead the snake out of the hole." As he said that, he attached himself to his ear and whispered, and then said, "I will send other people to help you at that time, so don't worry."

Huang Kezhen is also a person who is determined to make contributions, but today's things are under the control of Tang Feng. He has never had the opportunity to show off. Now that he finally has such an opportunity, he will naturally not let it go, so he immediately responded: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely do the things properly!" As he said that, he no longer delayed and turned around and went out of the tent.

After seeing Huang Kezhen leave, Tang Feng said again: "Come here, come and find me the first person who just explained the matter. I have something to tell him to do!"

After a while, the man was brought in again. He looked at Tang Feng timidly, wondering why the other party found him again. Tang Feng had a kind smile on his face at this time, and looked at him and asked, "Do you want to make meritorious service and become a new person?"
Chapter completed!