"Is Your Excellency intending to use torture on us?" Facing Xia Yunyi's "threat," the Yangzhou Prefecture magistrate and the prison warden asked in unison.
Xia Yunyi smiled and poured himself a cup of tea. "I am merely here to investigate under imperial order; whether or not to use torture depends on the situation."
"Master Xia, do not forget the unwritten rules of officialdom."
Chapter 645