"Therefore, to ensure the prisoner survives the full three thousand six hundred cuts, we sometimes force-feed them ginseng soup during the execution to keep them alive. But once their spirit recovers, it only magnifies their agony."
Cui Zhao’s voice began to tremble. "The prisoners who make it to the end have no skin left on their bodies; even their scalps are flayed clean."
"It’s as if they’ve been peeled; they are raw, bloody masses where you can even see the purple veins pulsing. It’s too ghastly to look at."
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