Chapter 458: The True Mastermind ( 2 )

Lu Qianxuan shook his head and continued, "But when I told him about you and your brothers, not only did Su Hanli show nothing, he even told me that I could do whatever I wanted with you and your brothers."

At his words, the man finally looked at him with his bloodshot eyes.

Lu Qianxuan touched his thumb ring and smiled. "You and your brothers are loyal to him and willing to die for him. But what about him?"

"For Su Hanli, you and your brothers are nothing but dogs he raises. When you are useful, he keeps you. When you are no longer useful, and your existence threatens his interests, he doesn’t hesitate to eliminate you."

"Tell me, is it worth dying for this kind of person?" he asked with a hint of curiosity.

When he finished speaking, there was a long silence before the man finally said, "I owe my life to my Master. I will never betray him."

His voice was hoarse and weak, but his tone was firm.

Lu Qianxuan nodded and stood up. He walked toward the man and stopped 2 steps away from him.

Leaning closer, he looked into the man’s eyes and asked, "What if this so-called life-saving grace was nothing but Su Hanli’s scheme?"

The moment the man heard his words, his eyes flickered, and he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Do you know who the mastermind behind the Feng family’s extermination was?" Lu Qianxuan asked in return.

The man’s eyes widened in shock, and he shook his head weakly. "Impossible. You are lying to me."

Lu Qianxuan didn’t explain any further and said, "Bring them in."

Soon after, the guards dragged 2 people in. Both of them were covered in injuries, signs that they had been severely tortured.

Seeing his brothers’ conditions, Feng Hongyi shouted, "Bastard, what did you do to my brothers?!"

He struggled, trying to free himself. But no matter what he did, he couldn’t even move a step.

As the sound of the chains clanking echoed through the dungeon, Lu Qianxuan sat down on his chair. He stared at the people lying on the ground and said, "Repeat what you said before."

When they heard his words, the two lifeless people finally moved. They raised their heads and met Feng Hongyi’s bloodshot eyes. Guilt and fear flashed in their eyes for a moment before they averted their gazes.

Seeing that they refused to speak, one of the guards raised his hand and whipped them.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The sound of a whip cracking and hitting flesh could be heard clearly by everyone.

"Ugh!"

The man let out a muffled groan but refused to talk.

Lu Qianxuan didn’t want to spend a whole night here and said, "Bring in the honey."

The moment they heard this, both men shuddered. They were still able to feel the pain of rats and ants gnawing at their flesh clearly.

When the guards brought in a jar of honey, a tied sack, and a cage filled with hungry rats, one of the men finally gave up. "I will speak!"

Lu Qianxuan raised his hand, and the guard stopped two steps from them.

After a moment of silence, the man said tremblingly, "I-it was the Su family’s Old Patriarch who was responsible for the downfall of the Feng family."

"The letters between General Feng and the barbarians’ leader were forged by the Su family and placed in the General’s study during Lady Feng’s birthday banquet."

When Feng Hongyi heard this, the memories of his grandmother’s birthday banquet flashed through his mind.

He remembered that during the banquet, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Su family stained her dress and went to change her clothes. Back then, it was his sister-in-law who led the way.

"Impossible. My sister-in-law wouldn’t betray the Feng family," he muttered softly.

Hearing this, another man lying on the ground sneered and said, "Only you and your family would treat someone with a dubious background so well."

The moment he heard this, Feng Hongyi’s bloodshot eyes widened. "My sister-in-law, she..."

"She is the spy planted by the Emperor. Her mission is to cooperate with the Su family to plant evidence of the Feng family colluding with the enemy to betray the kingdom and embezzle the military pay."

As soon as he heard this, Feng Hongyi’s face turned pale as his beliefs were shattered.

Noticing his condition, Lu Qianxuan glanced at the guards. The guards nodded and untied the chains binding Feng Hongyi’s limbs.

Without the chains holding him up, he fell to the ground with a thud. Although his body was covered with injuries, his condition was better than the other two.

After a while, he crawled toward one of his good brothers and grabbed his blood-stained collar. "You are lying. Tell me that you are lying!"

The man already knew his ending was death. The difference was a quick death or a painful, slow death. After experiencing Lu Qianxuan’s methods, he only wished for a quick death. So, he no longer held back.

"The reason Lord Su spared your life was none other than the military tally hidden by General Feng. Without the military tally, no one can mobilize the Feng family’s army."

"Why did you tell me now?" Feng Hongyi asked.

"It’s because you are no longer useful. If you knew where the military tally was, you wouldn’t have kept silent about it for so many years. With your blind loyalty, you would have given the military tally to the master a long time ago."

"The true mastermind behind your family extermination was none other than the Su family!" another man added with an evil grin.

This time, Feng Hongyi was no longer able to lie to himself that everything was Lu Qianxuan’s plot to sow discord between him and his Master.

Lu Qianxuan observed him and said, "Drag them out."

The moment the guards dragged the men out, they screamed at the top of their lungs.

"General Lu, please grant me a quick death!"

"I have told you everything, please kill me!"

"Lu Qianxuan, you bastard!"

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