Chapter 137 Confession
Chapter 137 Confession
Luo Ning did not want to use torture to extract a confession, but he did not feel too guilty about using it on a criminal who had already been convicted of a crime.
This type of interrogation can easily lead to false and wrongful convictions. The key is to restrain people, not abuse them.
However, Shanlin Town is still small, which means that Luo Ning has the final say, and he can still control it for now.
Once the territory expands and the population increases, there will be some things that he cannot control. At that time, there will naturally be corresponding laws to ensure that law enforcement officers are relatively fair and just and do not torture and extract confessions.
However, that is all later.
At least for Roning now, he needs to pry open the assassin's mouth and obtain valuable information.
Back in the warm living room, Chahar was waiting there.
"Master, your new bedroom is ready. All the books and items in the previous bedroom have been moved to the new room."
The old room was a mess due to the quarrel and was inconvenient for living.
"What is the extent of the damage to the house? If it seriously threatens the safety of the building, we will have to move out and build a new one."
The main building in the inner castle is not something that can be built casually; it concerns the lord's reputation.
Just imagine if a guest came to Hillwood Castle and was found living in an environment like a slave. One can imagine what Ronin's reputation would be like in the aristocratic circle.
The building where Luo Ning lives now is just average and has nothing to do with luxury.
But even building a building like this is a huge project, and Roning needs to prepare a large amount of money, manpower, and resources.
Fortunately, Chahar brought people to check it out and found that the main structure was not damaged and would not collapse, but the broken doors, windows, floors, etc., needed to be repaired by William or other carpenters.
This made Luo Ning feel relieved, and he turned to ask, "Where's Hei Hu?"
Chahar laughed and said, "I don't know if it's tired or frightened. It's resting in Miss Irene's room now."
"Remember to give it a good meal tomorrow!"
Luo Ning smiled and said, "Thanks to the little guy's timely reminder, I was able to escape the assassination today."
Chahar was shocked. He didn't expect that Black Tiger had contributed to this. "Black Tiger is indeed the cub of the Storm Wolf. He really has extraordinary abilities."
"Haha, when it grows up a bit, it will have many more abilities."
The female storm wolf's magic core contains three abilities: speed, tear, and concealment.
Storm Wolves usually only master wind magic, and Black Tigers should be able to master the abilities of Speed and Tear when they grow up.
Whether it can master the ability to hide depends on whether it has inherited the dark attributes of the mother wolf.
The next morning, Luo Ning got up, washed, had breakfast, and then did morning exercises as usual.
But the kitchen staff and guards had two more things to do than usual - boiling sweet water and looking for ant holes.
Roning originally thought that finding the ant nest would take some time, but the guards' speed obviously exceeded his expectations. They found three within an hour, prepared baskets, and started digging them out with shovels.
When the guards lit a fire in the dark room, raised the temperature, stripped the assassin of his clothes until he was left with only his underwear, and poured warm, sweet water on him, fear had already surged out of Shadow's heart and could no longer be suppressed.
His teeth, knees, and whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
When the guards brought him a large basket of anthills and opened the lid, Shadow's scalp exploded when he saw the densely packed ants crawling inside.
"Move, move, move, I move!"
"Wuwu, please, take these things away quickly, take them all away..."
The scenes he had thought about all night last night almost made him collapse emotionally. The fact that he could hold on until now was enough to prove the psychological quality of this assassin.
Soon, McKeon and others invited Roning over.
Seeing the assassin crying, Luo Ning couldn't help but smile, "In fact, we in Shanlin Town are quite kind to prisoners. We wouldn't have to do this if you had told us earlier."
He said, sitting down on a chair beside him, "Tell me, who ordered you to assassinate me?"
"Yes...it was the president who asked me to kill you."
President?
Luo Ning frowned, "The president of the Skull and Bones Society? Who is he?"
"I have no idea."
Shadow said weakly, "The president always wears a golden mask. I don't know his true identity. When we communicate with each other, he only uses 'Skull' as his code name."
The leader of the Skull and Bones Society wears a mask, perhaps because he cannot reveal his true identity to others. Is he involved with some forces?
"Why did he come to kill me?" Luo Ning continued to ask.
In response, Shadow shook his head.
"I don't know. Assassination missions don't usually have any extra descriptions. But..."
He hesitated for a moment as if considering whether to continue revealing it; after all, this was against his professional ethics.
Bang, bang...
McKen knocked on the basket of ants beside him with his sword. Shadow shuddered, and he completely abandoned his professional ethics.
"But the president told me that after the matter is accomplished, I can go directly to the swamp of Sen County to find Baron Leisen and get back the reward of one thousand gold coins."
Hearing these words, Luo Ning felt relieved.
Yesterday, he guessed that it might be an assassin hired by Lord Sean, but he hesitated when he saw the Skull and Bones Society logo. After all, there were indeed many people who wanted him dead.
But the fact is, as he guessed, Lei Sen's shadow is still behind this matter.
If the other party did not assign him, why would he go to Leisen to ask for the bounty?
Roning smiled and said to McKen, "It seems that Baron Leisen is really mad at me. He is willing to spend a huge sum of one thousand gold coins to buy my life."
Macon replied, "In his eyes, the dispute between him and you is irreconcilable. As long as he can kill you, the four wild tribes and even the Mountain Forest Town may fall into his hands."
"good!"
Roning nodded secretly. He suddenly remembered something and asked, "Do you know Pedro?"
Shadow was a little surprised and nodded, "Yes, he was a member of the Skull and Bones Society. He was killed by you."
"Then do you know who wants to kill the Green family's Marina and Malik?"
Shadow hesitated for a moment, then said, "It was Baron Leisen. He had a very bad relationship with Baron Germann, so he wanted to use us to get rid of Germann's son and daughter so that he would experience the pain of losing his son and daughter again."
"You know that very well?"
"Because I am in charge of investigating Pedro..."
Luo Ning just asked casually, but he didn't expect to get such an unexpected gain.
It turned out that there was hatred between Lord Green and Lord Sen that he didn't understand. He would have to arrange an intelligence officer in the future to collect various intelligence news among the nobles.
"Well, I am pleased with your honesty, Mr. Shadow."
Luo Ning gestured to remove the basket of ants, "Don't worry, I won't kill you, but I won't let you go either."
He stood up and ordered, "McKen, prepare a pen and paper, write down what Mr. Shadow just confessed, and then have him sign his name and put his fingerprints on it."
"Also, Walton, you should go to Graydu Village now and ask Rydar and Tom to come over."
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