I became the demon of the female devil

Chapter 280 Chu Heng's Secret! The Eldest Princess's Invitation!
How's this tea?

"not bad."

"This is top-quality Zilu Silver Needle tea; a pot of it costs thirty taels of silver."

"Wow, the Tianlin Guard is so rich?"

"The tea was taken from your study."

"..."

Chen Mo sat next to Chen Zhuo, the two of them holding teacups, chatting casually, without any sense of urgency.

Seeing that he was being ignored, Xu Lin clenched his fists tightly under his sleeves, but there was nothing he could do.

He personally approved the arrest warrant, so there was no turning back. He had lost the initiative and could only be led by the nose by Chen Mo.

"Cough cough."

At this moment, Yan Peizhi cleared his throat and said, "We have important business to attend to today. It's getting late, and if we delay any longer, it might be difficult to explain to our superiors."

Xu Lin suppressed his anger and said, "How about we bring the suspect out for questioning first?"

"Alright."

Chen Mo put down his teacup, nodded, and said, "Please follow me, everyone."

He got up and walked out of the courtroom, with Chen Zhuo and the other two following behind, heading deeper into the government office.

The continuous black walls resembled dark clouds, creating a cold and somber atmosphere. Passing through the iron gate carved with a Qilin pattern, we entered the dungeon, where the prison warden strode forward to greet us.

"Lord Chen, you've arrived."

Chen Mo instructed, "Take the suspect, Chu Heng, to the interrogation room. The three officials wish to interrogate him personally."

When the prison clerk saw the official robes on the three men, his expression immediately became solemn, and he bowed his head and said, "Yes, this subordinate will make the arrangements immediately."

Chen Mo led them through the long corridor. The pitiful wails coming from the cells on both sides sent chills down their spines. Yan Peizhi and Xu Lin's throats tightened, and they suddenly regretted not bringing any entourage.

Come to the interrogation room.

The four walls were made of stone and were empty, except for a long table and a rack.

The jailer brought in four chairs, and set out writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones on the table. Just as everyone sat down, the clanging sound of iron chains scraping against the ground came from outside the door.

Two jailers dragged in a bloodied and mangled figure.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Yan Peizhi and Xu Lin's expressions instantly froze.

The man was blindfolded with a black cloth, his originally white prison uniform was now stained dark red, and his body was covered with a thick layer of blood scabs. His legs were limp and he could no longer stand. One of his arms was twisted in the opposite direction, with white bone fragments protruding from the joint.

His head drooped and he remained motionless, already unconscious.

"This...this is the Crown Prince?!"

After Chu Heng is imprisoned, he will definitely receive "special treatment".

But I never expected it to be so tragic!
As officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review, they had seen this kind of scene many times, but this was, after all, a member of the royal family, with the blood of the Chu family flowing in his veins! It was inevitable that they would feel a little apprehensive!
wow-

The jailer dragged Chu Heng to the rack.

The iron nail that pierced the shoulder blade had a ring at its end, which was directly hooked onto the hook. Then, with a strong pull on the chain, the whole person was hoisted up like dried bacon.

Then he picked up the wooden bucket next to him and poured a full bucket of liquor over him.

The intense pain instantly snapped Chu Heng back to reality. His body trembled violently, like a leaf turning in the wind. He screamed in agony, shouting furiously, "You bunch of bastards! You lowly scum! How dare you torture me? When I get out of here, I'll tear you apart! I'll slice you into a thousand pieces!"

"Tsk tsk, it's been a few days since you came in, and you still have such a hostile attitude. It seems we haven't been serving you properly," Chen Mo said, shaking his head.

Upon hearing this sound, Chu Heng became even more agitated. The chains shook violently, tearing his muscles apart and causing blood to gush out.

"Chen Mo!!"

His voice was filled with deep-seated hatred, "Who do you think you are! You're only doing this because you have the Empress backing you up? If you have the guts, kill me! I want to see if this world belongs to the Jiang family or the Chu family!"

Chen Mo raised his hand to signal, and the jailer pulled off the blindfold.

The sudden light made Chu Heng a little uncomfortable. He squinted and adjusted his eyes for a while. After seeing the people sitting in front of him, he was slightly taken aback, and then a cold smile appeared on his face.

"Wow, everyone's here! Everyone who's supposed to be here is here."

"Yan Peizhi, Xu Lin, what benefits did Chen Mo give you that you colluded with him to frame me?"

Facing those bloodshot eyes, Xu Lin looked away somewhat awkwardly. Yan Peizhi, however, remained calm and said in a deep voice, "Chu Heng, you have disregarded human life, committed countless bloody crimes, and are even suspected of colluding with the demon race and plotting a rebellion. Do you know your crimes?"

Chu Heng grinned, revealing his broken teeth, his expression ferocious. "You really think I'm a pushover? If anything happens to me, not one of you will escape!"

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, let alone Prince Yu who is still alive.

But there was no turning back now. Yan Pei slammed his fist on the table and roared, "Enough nonsense! The evidence is irrefutable, how dare you try to deny it? If you confess voluntarily, there might be a chance for a lighter sentence... Answer my question, do you know your crime?!"

Chu Heng scoffed and said disdainfully, "Save your energy. If you had evidence, would you be wasting your breath talking to me here?"

Yan Peizhi paused for a moment.

"Chen Mo had already turned the Prince's mansion upside down, and at most he found a few corpses of sect disciples. How can that prove that I killed them?"

"Moreover, according to the laws of the Great Yuan Dynasty, as a member of the imperial family, as long as I am not found guilty of treason, what can you do to me?"

Chu Heng narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Chen Mo, his voice icy: "I know you want me to die in prison, but nothing stays hidden forever. The Chu family's methods are beyond your imagination! Once His Majesty thoroughly investigates this matter, let's see if that pardon can protect you!"

"The entire Chen family will be buried with you!"

"Noisy..."

Chen Mo picked at his ear impatiently, "You talk too much nonsense."

Yan Peizhi frowned, leaned closer, and whispered, "They've already been beaten like this, and they still won't confess. This matter might not be so easy to handle..."

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "It was Lord Yan who asked the question incorrectly."

Yan Peizhi asked in confusion, "Then how should we ask?"

Chen Mo waved his hand, signaling everyone to step back. He walked up to Chu Heng, scrutinized him, and said calmly, "From now on, you answer whatever I ask. There can be no secrets. Do you understand?"

"Ha ha……"

Just as Chu Heng was about to curse, he looked up and met Chen Mo's eyes, and was immediately stunned.

Those dark eyes were as deep as whirlpools, almost sucking one's soul into them. A warning signal rose in his heart, but it was too late. His consciousness was quickly swallowed by the whirlpool, and his eyes became empty and wooden.

Judging from his condition, Chen Mo knew that the supernatural power had taken effect.

Sleeping with the Daoist Master last time wasn't for nothing; the Master passed on a new supernatural power to him:
Xuanmen Tiangang Orthodox Method: Floating Life Dream.

As the name suggests, this is a method that works on the soul, and it is somewhat similar to Shi Yun's method of "words becoming law". Both of them break through the mental defenses by resonating with the soul power, thereby achieving the purpose of manipulating the other party.

However, compared to other approaches, Floating Dreams tends to guide rather than control.

At the highest level of spiritual cultivation, one can even forcibly impose a memory onto another person, thereby completely altering their perception.

From the moment Chu Heng entered the room, Chen Mo secretly activated [Floating Dream]. Unbeknownst to him, his soul power had already infiltrated Chu Heng's sea of ​​consciousness, and by the time Chu Heng realized it, it was too late.

To gradually enhance the effect and avoid provoking resistance, Chen Mo started by asking the simplest questions:
"who are you?"

"..."

Yan Peizhi's lips twitched slightly, and he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

He had thought Chen Mo had some special interrogation techniques, but it seems he was overthinking it...

Xu Lin couldn't help but say, "Lord Chen, don't ask such childish questions. We don't have that much time to waste."

Chen Mo ignored the two of them and stared straight at Chu Heng.

Chu Heng replied, "I am the son of Prince Yu, my surname is Chu, my given name is Heng, and my courtesy name is Xuanyou."

Chen Mo asked again, "Why are you here?"

"I committed a crime."

"What crime did you commit?"

"kill."

"Kill who?"

"Zhu Qiming, the Prefectural Governor; Zhu Chen, the Director of the Ceremonial Affairs Department; Gao Jun, the Chief Clerk of the Directly Subordinate Department... and those sect disciples and servants, I don't know their specific names..."

Why did you kill them?

"Some people know too much and must die, while others are here to have their essence extracted for my cultivation."

At first, Xu Lin and Yan Peizhi were a little impatient, but after listening for a while, their expressions gradually became blank, and their eyes were filled with disbelief.

???

Even Chen Zhuo was a little confused.

Just now, Chu Heng was still refusing to cooperate, but as soon as Chen Mo asked him a question, he confessed everything like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
The names he mentioned were all officials mentioned in that piece of evidence.

Before the incident, they had already claimed illness and returned to their hometown, disappearing without a trace. I never expected that they would all be dead!
The scribe beside him wrote down all the conversations with great speed, and someone else even used a photographic stone to record the entire process.

Chen Mo continued to ask, "Were you behind the barbarian slave case?"

Chu Heng nodded and said, "That's right. I got in touch with the Registrar of Nan Tu Prefecture and obtained a batch of barbarian slaves through the black market, then transported them to Tiandu City by water... Yan Liang was just a scapegoat..."

"What about the tunnels leading out of the city?"

"I obtained the city defense map from Zhu Qiming, and then found several officials from the Ministry of Works. Under the guise of repairing the streets, we secretly dug..." "What was the purpose of digging tunnels?"

"In order to...in order to..."

Chu Heng's words became hesitant, and his cloudy eyes began to tremble.

Chen Mo's eyes narrowed slightly. The effect of the Floating Dream depends on the difference in soul power between the two parties. The greater the difference, the stronger the control effect.

Logically speaking, with his own spiritual strength and after such a long period of guidance, Chu Heng should have been powerless to resist long ago.

"It's as if some force is preventing him from speaking?"

"Could it be that they signed a Golden Contract of Creation?"

Chen Mo opened the attribute panel and used Dao Essence Crystals to upgrade his divine ability to the advanced level in one go.

The whites of his eyes seemed to be stained with ink, gradually turning pitch black, like a bottomless abyss. At the same time, he pushed his dragon energy to the extreme, and a powerful pressure poured down, as if the air itself had frozen.

The jailers standing nearby felt their legs go weak and uncontrollably knelt down on the ground.

Even the slightest hint of oppressive aura emanating from them was unbearable for them!

Yan Peizhi and the others also turned pale, their expressions filled with shock.

Even when the emperor was healthy and in control of the court, he had never given them such a terrifying sense of oppression!
Who exactly is this kid...?

Chen Mo had no time to worry about anything else at this moment. He stepped forward and pressed, "Did you dig tunnels and damage the city's defenses to mine the red sand? Is it true that you colluded with the demon race to destroy the great formation?"

"me……"

Chu Heng's body trembled more violently, and blood gushed from his mouth and nose.

"Answer me!" Chen Mo said sternly.

"puff!"

Chu Heng suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted!
Chen Mo's expression was solemn.

Just now, he used his soul power to invade Chu Heng's spiritual platform and vaguely sensed a barrier within the core of Chu Heng's soul, isolating a wisp of his mind and making it impossible to reach him...

"What exactly is going on?"

"Chu Heng shouldn't have such methods, so who could it be..."

As he was deep in thought, he suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the interrogation room was somewhat quiet.

Turning his head, he saw the three adults with their mouths slightly open, looking at him with blank expressions.

Xu Lin was the first to react. He got up, went to the clerk's side, grabbed the confession, and began to read it carefully.

"good very good!"

Xu Lin was breathing rapidly.

Although it's unclear how Chen Mo managed to do it, the information Chu Heng provided already constitutes a serious crime!
Although the lack of crucial information about "colluding with the demon race" does not constitute treason, it is enough to show that the decision of the three departments to arrest people was correct!

"As expected of Lord Chen, you really have a knack for this! Haha!" Xu Lin exclaimed excitedly.

Yan Peizhi frowned, looking at Chen Mo with a wary gaze.

Such methods are simply appalling. If I were to fall into this guy's hands, I probably wouldn't even know how I died!

She secretly resolved that once this matter was resolved, she would stay far away from him...

If you can't afford to offend them, you can at least avoid them!

"Take them away," Chen Mo said, waving his hand.

The Dream of Floating Life has usage restrictions, and it is impossible to conduct another interrogation in the short term, so we have to give up for now.

"Yes."

Two jailers came forward, dragged Chu Heng out of the interrogation room, and brought him back to the cramped cell, throwing him into a corner like trash.

boom--

The prison doors were tightly shut, and the air was deathly still.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Heng opened his eyes with difficulty.

A series of severe headaches nearly made him faint again.

"What just happened?"

Fragmented memories flashed through his mind; though somewhat blurry, he could roughly recall what he had said that he shouldn't have.

"Damn it, didn't you say you guaranteed there wouldn't be any problems?!"

Chu Heng gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "If the charge of treason against me is proven, then there will truly be no way to save the situation!"

rustle--

He felt a tickle in his ear canal and shook his head vigorously.

With a buzzing sound of flapping wings, a black beetle flew out of the ear canal and landed on the ground.

The carapace on its back spreads out to the sides, and the thin elytra are covered with densely packed characters.

As the elytra vibrated, the writing fell off and floated in the air:

【wait】

"How much longer do we have to wait!" Chu Heng's expression twisted as he suppressed a roar. "I've done everything I could. If this continues, I won't be able to hold on much longer!"

The beetle did not react; only the word "wait" floated silently.

Chu Heng took a deep breath, controlled his emotions, and said in a low voice, "Remember your promise. I have only two conditions: first, obtain the array diagram; second, I want Chen Mo dead!"

The beetle flapped its elytra, and several more characters fell off:
The battle formation diagram is yours, Chen Mo is mine.

[Proceeding as planned.]

Then, without waiting for Chu Heng's reply, the characters disappeared, the beetle retracted its shell, and crawled back into his ear.

Chu Heng leaned against the wall, his chest heaving, his face contorted like a demon.

"Chen Mo...you just wait..."

……

……

After the interrogation, Yan Peizhi and Xu Lin left one after the other.

This confession is of great significance and could cause a huge uproar in the court. They must prepare in advance.

Chen Zhuo also had to go back to write a memorial and could not stay long, so Chen Mo and Li Yuan escorted him to the gate of the training ground.

“Although Chu Heng has confessed, key evidence is missing, and the charge of treason is not so easy to establish... Whether it counts as treason or not is up to His Majesty’s word.” Chen Zhuo stood in front of the sedan chair and said in a low voice, “So you should be prepared for both possibilities.”

The implication is very clear.

"I know what I'm doing," Chen Mo nodded.

"That's good."

Chen Zhuo nodded and said no more.

He then glanced at Li Yuan and asked, "This must be Commander Li, right? I heard you two are quite close?"

?

Li Yuan was taken aback that Chen Zhuo knew about their relationship, and stammered, "This...this humble official didn't...Lord Chen, you've misunderstood..."

Before she could explain, Chen Mo said bluntly, "Not just very close, but extremely close. This is one of your future daughters-in-law."

Li Yuan was stunned, staring blankly at Chen Mo.

My heart started pounding uncontrollably, almost as if it would burst out of my chest.

"..."

Chen Zhuo rubbed his temples and said helplessly, "I knew you wouldn't behave yourself. I can't be bothered with this kind of thing, but you need to be more discreet and not provoke just anyone. Our Chen family really can't tolerate so many big shots..."

Compared to the Empress, the Imperial Concubine, and the Daoist Master, a mere centurion of the Tianlin Guard seems quite ordinary...

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Chen Mo said seriously.

As soon as the words were spoken, a slightly hoarse voice rang out:

"Chen Mo, we meet again."

The three turned their heads and saw a graceful figure appear out of thin air, standing in front of them with her hands behind her back.

She wore a long, gold-embroidered dress that trailed on the ground, the hem of which was decorated with landscape and cloud patterns. Her dark hair was simply tied into a bun, adorned with a pearl and gold hairpin. The stray hairs hanging down by her ears softened the sharp and dignified look in her eyes, making her appear exceptionally bright and beautiful.

"Your Highness the Eldest Princess?!"

Chen Zhuo recognized the woman at a glance and quickly bowed in greeting.

However, Chu Yanli ignored him and walked straight to Chen Mo. Her clear black and white eyes seemed to hold a hint of resentment. "Last time you left in such a hurry that we didn't have time to say so much... How about we come to my place tonight and have a few more drinks?"

She leaned closer, her lips parted slightly, and her breath was sweet as orchids, "It's just the two of us~"

Chen Mo: "..."

Chen Zhuo: ? ? ?
(End of this chapter)