Zhou Qi's interrogation had gone on for close to 26 hours. Luo Zongren's cries could be heard from time to time in the basement, which went from loud and powerful to weak and feeble.
Sometimes, the interrogation would go on for several days or even dozens of days. This was because most of the time, for the sake of humanitarianism, they could only use methods such as not letting the criminal sleep, starvation, and other methods to slowly break down the criminal's mental state. These methods were also very effective, just that they took a little longer.
However, the more brutal interrogations usually took one to two days to end quickly.
For Luo Zongren to be able to last for 26 hours, he could already be considered an extremely strong-willed person.
During this period, Luo Zongren's screams could be heard in the other basement floors. There were other spies and officials who had nothing to do with this matter locked up there. Luo Zongren's screams were too tragic, making them feel uneasy and fearful.
In the end, while Luo Zongren was still holding on, the people on the other floors had already confessed before they were even interrogated. This was something that no one had expected …
During these 26 hours, Zhou Qi only slept for three hours. The rest of the time, he spent his time silently thinking of ways to torture Luo Zongren without asking a single question.
There were a few times when Ren Xiaosu felt that Luo Zongren wanted to speak up, but Zhou Qi did not give him a chance.
At some point, even Ren Xiaosu felt that Zhou Qi might be silencing him …
Luo Zongren really wanted to argue with Zhou Qi. People like him had their own set of logic. Regardless of whether they were mature or not, they were completely self-consistent in their own world.
For a criminal like him who thought he was smart to lie low in Luoyang City for two years and meticulously plan a grand murder, he must have been feeling very depressed and wanted to pour out his heart. He wanted to tell others how amazing he was, or he wanted to commit suicide to put a perfect end to everything he had planned and become a so-called "martyr."
However, Zhou Qi did not ask him anything, nor did he let him die.
During the break, the only thing left in the basement floor was Luo Zongren and the strong smell of blood. Zhou Qi walked to the garden of the villa and lit a cigarette, thinking about something in silence.
Luo Lan asked, "How is it? Based on your experience, have you made any progress?"
Ren Xiaosu was listening by the side. However, he knew Zhou Qi had his own plans, so he did not interfere.
But from what Luo Lan said, it seemed like Luo Lan had done this kind of work a lot in the past.
Zhou Qi thought about it and said, "It's still not enough. It's been more than 20 hours, and I can feel that he's still putting up a desperate struggle. So, I paused for a while to think about how to destroy his self-esteem. This kind of criminal thinks too highly of himself. Only by completely destroying his self-esteem can we open a gap. "
After saying that, Zhou Qi fell into deep thought again.
Suddenly, Zhou Qi put out his cigarette, turned around, and walked back to the basement.
At this time, Luo Zongren was on the verge of death. Anyone who saw him would think that he was about to die, but Zhou Qi firmly believed that he still had the will to resist.
Zhou Qi called a soldier over and said, "Prepare a rack that can be used to tie people up. I'll be using it later."
As he spoke, he directly picked out a steel needle from the utensils and pierced it into the lower right abdomen of Luo Zongren.
In an instant, Luo Zongren immediately lost control of his bowels and bladder. Even Ren Xiaosu had never seen such a precise technique before.
It had to be said that Zhou Qi could be considered a specialist in his field.
Luo Zongren roared angrily, as if he could not accept the fact that he had lost control of his bowels and bladder.
Then, Zhou Qi said to the soldier, "Tie him up on the rack and let the people of Luoyang City see his ugly state. Let them know that the murderer who killed Mr. Jiang Xu is just a vile person who shows off his ugly side."
As soon as he said that, Ren Xiaosu noticed that Luo Zongren's eyes were in a daze for a moment, as if he could not accept the fact that he was paraded through the streets.
Luo Zongren looked down on ordinary people and those ants that he had once toyed with in the palm of his hand. Therefore, he could not accept being publicly executed in front of these people and being despised by them.
However, Zhou Qi saw the change in his expression and let out a long sigh of relief. It seemed that he had finally found a breakthrough point.
Zhou Qi ignored Luo Zongren and said to the soldier, "Hurry up. It'll be dark soon. Remember to take off his clothes and wash his face so that everyone can remember his appearance."
At this moment, Luo Zongren's weak voice came from the basement. "What are you thinking?
What Luo Zongren meant was, "I'll tell you what you want to ask."
Zhou Qi said with a smile, "Weren't you quite strong before and didn't say anything?"
Luo Zongren said bitterly, "But we didn't ask anything!"
"Oh, I see." Zhou Qi was amused. "Go, put the rack aside and find him a suitable set of dentures. It's too tiring to listen to him."
Ren Xiaosu also relaxed. After 27 hours of interrogation, Luo Zongren finally spoke!
The Kyung Clan found more than 10 sets of dentures and tried several of them before they found a suitable one for Luo Zongren. Luo Lan asked from the side, "You're quite efficient. Where did you find these dentures?"
"Oh, they were donated by a few elderly residents of Luoyang City. They said they wanted to contribute to the investigation of the murderer," the Kyung Clan soldier said.
Luo Lan and Ren Xiaosu were stunned. Did someone just spit this out? The two of them turned to look at Luo Zongren and nearly vomited when they saw him.
Luo Zongren was 29 years old this year. The humiliation he had suffered in his entire life was not as much as this.
Zhou Qi did not care and asked directly, "Who ordered you to do this?"
Luo Zongren panted and said, "It's the Wang Clan. My direct superior is Wang Wenyan. He was the one who arranged for me to enter Luoyang City and lay low. I didn't intend to kill Jiang Xu at first. At first, I laid low because I wanted to fight for Luoyang City's satellites. But since we weren't of any use, I chose to continue laying low."
Luo Lan and Ren Xiaosu looked at each other. They had already started thinking of the Zhou Clan as their enemy, but they did not expect Luo Zongren to point all the suspicion at the Wang Clan the moment he spoke!
Zhou Qi asked, "Tell me about Wang Wenyan."
"He has an oval face, is 176cm tall, likes drinking Tieguanyin, and lives at 12 Thoroughfare Road in Stronghold 62," Luo Zongren answered.
Luo Lan could not help but ask, "You should've met Wang Shengzhi before, right? Since he's such an important supernatural being, you should be very familiar with him, right?"
However, Luo Zongren shook his head and said, "Wang Shengzhi isn't my direct superior, so how could I possibly cross ranks to get in contact with him? I'm not familiar with him."
Luo Lan had wanted to take this opportunity to ask about some confidential matters to test if Luo Zongren was telling the truth. But in the end, he was forced to shut his mouth.
Zhou Qi asked, "When did y 'all start planning to assassinate Jiang Xu?"
Now that Luo Zongren had spoken, Ren Xiaosu and Luo Lan had to find stronger evidence to prove that Luo Zongren was really a member of the Wang Clan.
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