"You!" Zhu Su pointed Suo Junhuan. "It is you who treat those patients, isn't it?!"
Suo Junhuan twitched in surprise as Zhu Su pointed him in sudden. "Yes..."
"How can you be so brave to use 6 cun needles for dangerous points? You have studied acupuncture, right? Is that allowed? What if you do harm to the patient and take their lives, just to look great in public?!"
"But, the patients I treat all get recovered!"
Suo Junhuan shouted very loudly. This time his nervous expression had totally disappeared, replaced by an expression full of fury - everybody watched him would be sure that Suo Junhuan was truly "The Murderer Physician." He was glaring furiously at Zhu Su.
Zhu Su glared back at him. "Alright... I believe that you are capable to heal people with uncommon and fantastic treatment... but the problem is, you do it on the podium in the city hall and hundreds, or even thousands of people watch you. I'm sure you can do it in a more private area and don't attract crowds. But this way, it seems that you are informing the public that all this time the mainstream medicine is useless, and the useful one is such radical and extreme style. What if the whole Ming follows your footstep?! That's why I say that you are doing public duping!"
"It's absurd! All I do is just to free people from the suffering of illness, why am I being blamed like that?"
"What if the physicians follow your action, but they instead do malpractice which is harmful to the patient's lives? If somebody dies, then is it because of you?"
"I don't get your point, really! I just want to help the sick people, but I am treated like this! Huh! Apparently, it is the government's nature to burden whoever does good for society!"
"Don't talk nonsense, Suo Junhuan!" Liu Ku snapped. "You treat your patients as if you're performing a drama, so show-off it's clear that you are organizing political campaign behind it. That's what we want to set right now, so don't distort His Highness' intentions with your nasty slander!"
"I know... this is all but your motive, Liu Ku. You envy me because you can't surpass me, so you provoke Zhou Wang to arrest us, you damned fool!"
Liu Ku was almost provoked to reply with harsh words, but his eyes met with Zhu Su, thus soon remembered his advice that "this is a state matter, a matter that concerns many people's lives." He took a deep breath, then said cynically, "It is you who bring up personal matters here. I am a government official, all I do are based on my responsibility to this country. After all, His Highness Zhou Wang is an open-minded person, even if I really intend to provoke him, but he who is open-minded will not be influenced by my provocations as you guess."
"You are a government official, you can talk whatever you want anyway, as commoners we are always on the wrong side while you will be on the right side no matter what happens!"
"I notice that you like to make self-victimization, you like to be oppressed by the government. Ridiculous. You are supposed to wish become the powerful one, but why are you likely to become the victims instead?"
Strangely, Liu Ku's question silenced them for a few moments. They seemed to be confused about how to give the best answer for that question. Liu Ku's question also tickled Zhu Su to ask, "That's true. Why do you hate the government so much? What are your real motives? And... actually who are you?"
Huan Shikang burst to laugh.
"Don't laugh! Answer His Highness' question properly!" Could not bear his tension anymore, Wu Qi hit Huan Shikang's shoulder with his spear. Made him soon grimaced in pain.
"Who we are, huh?..." Clutching his aching shoulder, Huan Shikang glared at Wu Qi, then now looked closely at Zhu Su. "If you want to know the answer, Zhou Wang, then find out the answer by yourself! But... I'm sure you won't be able to find it! Because you can't... Never!"
And once again, Huan Shikang laughed aloud.
Huan Shikang's causing-earache laughter immediately lit the anger that Zhu Su tried to master previously. His logic and common sense were immediately faded, instead, rage overpowered his whole mind. He said in a cold voice, "So, you think I won't be able to find it out?... Let me tell you, it's a very easy job for me to do. Even more, the information I need will come out of your own mouths, you will voluntarily tell me about it..."
He pulled his gaze towards Chen Xinyi. "Put them in prison, and interrogate them with the Method of Jinyiwei!"
The whole room looked shocked by this order. They had never witnessed Zhu Su did cruelty towards anyone, even towards the prisoners with very serious crimes. But this time, he instead ordered that all three of them being interrogated by the Method of Jinyiwei - there the interrogators would torture the suspects who were unwilling to plead guilty by using a lot of gruesome torture methods that made them finally were willing to confess, that was why Jinyiwei appeared like a terrible demon in the Ming era. Even Chen Xinyi looked doubted to do the order, he stared at Zhu Su with widened eyes as if he did not believe with what he heard.
"What are you waiting for? Do the order right now." Zhu Su's voice did sound cool and calm, but it was filled with anger and impatience. Chen Xinyi bowed respectfully, then he and his men dragged those captives.
"W... what?! What do you want to do with us?!" Realizing that something terrible was about to happen to them, Huan Shikang no longer looked arrogant and showed off.
"About that, you'll find it soon," Zhu Su replied shortly.
"You will torture us?!" De Ta was more or less able to guess what would happen.
Zhu Su did not heed him.
"No! No! Don't do that!" De Ta shouted uncontrollably. He started to wave his hands and feet. "Don't do that! Oh, Heaven... please spare my life! Don't torture me, please..."
"If you are unwilling to deal with torture, then answer His Highness' question," Wu Qi uttered.
De Ta was breathless. Cold sweat ran down his pale face. He looked so terrified. He bit his lips, then shouted. "Okay! I will tell you the truth! We are..."