Chapter 141

This time was completely different from the last.

As soon as Mo Yunfeng's puppet worm regained its freedom, it flew straight towards the porcelain bottle containing the mother worm.

However, the mother worm was not released. The puppet worm could only circle around the porcelain bottle.

Seeing this, Mo Jiuye immediately went forward and pressed the switch of the flamethrower, burning it alive.

At the same time, he could clearly see that the porcelain bottle containing the mother worm shook a few times.

Without a doubt, the puppet worm in Mo Yunfeng was indeed Yun Li's doing.

Now that Mo Yunfeng's puppet worm was removed, there was no need to worry about Yun Li using his life to threaten them.

The two returned to Yun Li.

He Zhiran was now uncertain whether Yun Li still had puppet worms that had dispersed, and even more unsure whether there were people related to the Mo family among those controlled by the puppet worms.

Therefore, she did not dare to be too careless when interrogating Yun Li.

She considered that Yun Li had been tranquilized twice, equivalent to being fully anesthetized twice.

In her previous life as a military doctor, she knew this best.

No matter how strong one's will usually was, after going through full body anesthesia twice in a row, one's mind would become much weaker.

She intended to take advantage of this time to hypnotize Yun Li.

Once successful, it would also save a lot of trouble.

In order to increase the success rate of hypnosis, He Zhiran directly bought a pocket watch and a professional hypnotic music player.

She placed the music player next to Yun Li, and selected a piece of music that she felt had the best hypnotic effect to play on repeat.

After preparing all this, He Zhiran woke Yun Li up.

As soon as Yun Li opened her eyes, she saw a strange thing swinging in front of her.

"Mo Jiuye, I advise you not to play any tricks. If you want Mo Yunfeng's life, release me immediately, otherwise I don't mind taking it now..."

Her voice got smaller and smaller, to the point that she didn't finish her sentence before her eyes became dull.

Seeing this, He Zhiran first tentatively asked, "What is your name and identity?"

"My name is Yun Li. I am the Queen of Southern Borderland and the respected National Teacher of Southern Borderland."

Yun Li's voice was somewhat low, and He Zhiran could feel that there was no emotion mixed in it. He Zhiran could determine that she had entered a hypnotized state.

She continued to ask, "When did you start using puppet worms to control Mo Yunfeng?"

Yun Li: "Four years ago, during the battle with Southern Borderland, he was knocked unconscious by my means and then captured. At that time, my mother worm had just matured, so I used him for experiments."

He Zhiran: "There are many people who can be used for experiments. Why choose Mo Yunfeng?"

Yun Li: "My master told me that the Mo family are extremely tenacious. If my puppet worms can successfully control a Mo family member, it can prove that my worm-rearing skills have reached graduation level."

He Zhiran: "Besides controlling Mo Yunfeng, who else have you controlled?"

Yun Li: "Only Mo Yunfeng."

He Zhiran: "Why only one person?"

Yun Li: "I still couldn't completely control Mo Yunfeng's will, so the mother worm couldn't continue producing puppet worms to control others."

He Zhiran: "Do you know Mo Chuhan?"

Yun Li: "Of course I know him. Mo Chuhan was the strongest Mo family warrior. It's a pity that he's already dead."

He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye looked at each other. They both knew that at this time, Yun Li could not be lying.

So they could confirm one thing - that Yun Li did not know that Mo Chuhan was still alive.

This also explained another problem: Yun Li was even more unaware of the person who had given Mo Chuhan a puppet worm.

After exchanging looks, He Zhiran waved the pocket watch and continued to ask:

"How many Mo men have died at your hands?"

Hearing this question, Mo Jiuye's eyes had already turned red as he stared fiercely at Yun Li.

Yun Li: "No Mo family members have died at my hands."

Upon hearing this, He Zhiran reflexively turned to look at Mo Jiuye.

"That's impossible," Mo Jiuye retorted.

In order not to let Mo Jiuye's emotions affect Yun Li too much, He Zhiran quickly made a "shush" gesture at him.

Mo Jiuye hurriedly closed his mouth.

He Zhiran knew that her hypnosis skills were not good enough to control the other party for long. She had to hurry up and ask more things.

"Didn't Mo Junrui and Mo Jiacheng die at your hands back then?"

Yun Li: "They didn't die. I only gave them sleeping drugs."

He Zhiran: "Then whose heads were those hung on the city tower?"

Yun Li: "Those were two random heads we found. Their faces were covered in blood, and they were hung so high up that we could say they were anyone."

He Zhiran: "Since they're not dead, where are those two now?" Yun Li: "They were taken away by my master."

He Zhiran: "Who is your master?"

Yun Li: "My master... My master is..."

She didn't finish her sentence before her head started shaking violently.

"I can't say, I can't say... Ah... My head hurts so much..."

Seeing Yun Li's state, so different from after she had woken up from hypnosis, He Zhiran was somewhat confused.

So she tried to adjust the swinging frequency of the pocket watch slightly.

"Look here, don't be afraid. You are safe here."

Soon, Yun Li's emotions gradually stabilized.

He Zhiran: "According to your understanding, how many Mo men are still alive in this world?"

Yun Li: "Mo Junrui and Mo Jiacheng are with my master, Mo Yunfeng is under my control, and there is the lucky Mo Jiuye. I tried to make a move on him several times but he always managed to escape."

He Zhiran: "Does the Mo family banishment have anything to do with you?"

Yun Li: "That was because Emperor Shunwu was arrogant and suspicious. That was why the Mo family ended up like that."

He Zhiran: "What is your relationship with Nan Heng?"

Yun Li: "A relationship of mutual use."

He Zhiran: "Explain in detail how you make use of each other."

Yun Li: "Nan Heng wants to compete for the position of Crown Prince. He needs my help from Southern Borderland. He promised me that after he ascended the throne, he would cede three cities to Southern Borderland, and supply Southern Borderland with 200,000 catties of grain every year."

Upon hearing this, He Zhiran gasped.

How was Nan Heng's actions any different from selling out his country?

Mo Jiuye also clenched his fists tightly.

At this moment, he deeply realized how little the Mo family's decades of sacrifice to protect the Da Shun Dynasty had been worth.

With just a light sentence from Nan Heng, he could hand over the territory they had guarded for decades.

Thinking of this, Mo Jiuye glared fiercely at the still unconscious Nan Heng.

He hated that he could not kill this traitorous profiteer right now and feed his body to the dogs.

However, reason told him that Nan Heng was going to die, but definitely not now.

He Zhiran gently tugged Mo Jiuye's arm to signal him not to get agitated.

Seeing Mo Jiuye's emotions recover a little, she softly asked, "Time's almost up. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Following He Zhiran's example, Mo Jiuye carefully approached Yun Li.

"Why did Mo Yunfeng appear at the Salt Gang headquarters?"