CH 270

In the cramped and oppressive woodshed, the boy tied to the pillar was tortured by his own parents, screaming in a pitiful and heart-wrenching voice. Even Li Huowang couldn't bear to hear it.

After a while, the iron frame that had been pulling him finally loosened, and the boy's head tilted to one side. He took the opportunity to gasp for air.

Then the brightly dressed couple quickly squatted down and carefully examined their son's lower body.

"How is it? Does it work? Did Jing'er's sparrow bring some back?" The woman asked.

The man carefully gestured with his fingers and looked very disappointed. "No! It's still shrinking inside. We can't wait any longer. We have to use the lock, or else it will be too late!"

The child, whose hair was soaked with sweat, was frightened at the mention of the lock. He sounded like he was about to cry and begged, "Dad, I don't want to use the lock! I don't want to use the lock!"

The man was also reluctant, but he finally sighed and gently touched the back of his child's head. "Jing'er, be good. A real man doesn't fear pain. Using the lock will only hurt a little, but if you don't, you won't even be a man in the future."

"But I don't want to be a man! I don't want to be a man!" The boy shouted desperately, as if grasping at a straw for help.

The man looked just as heartbroken, but he still wiped away his tears and turned to a nearby iron box.

He opened the box, took out a small silver square lock with a silver chain, and tied one end of the chain to his son's ankle. Then, he opened the lock and moved the sharp lock head towards his son's lower body.

"Dad! Dad! No!" The boy screamed in despair, anticipating the intense pain.

Just as the sharp lock head was getting closer and closer, the door of the woodshed suddenly burst open, and a gust of wind blew in, making it impossible for the three people inside to keep their eyes open.

Feeling the danger, the man with the copper lock turned around in an instant, panicking and holding his hands out in front of his son and wife. "Who is it? Who is it? Help! Someone is trying to assassinate me!"

Not long after hearing the sound, several green-clad constables rushed in with their straight swords and bowed to the man. "What's wrong, Lord Yang?"

The magistrate of Pixian County, Yang Hongzhi, pointed tremblingly at the open door of the woodshed, "The door suddenly opened, it's here! It's coming!"

On the deserted street, Li Huowang walked back with a strange expression, his mind in a mess as he repeated to himself, "They...they..."

At that moment, Li Huowang suddenly heard a sound coming from the courtyard beside him. He immediately went invisible again, climbed over a nearby wall, and opened a paper window.

Soon, Li Huowang saw a skinny man sitting half on the bed, his head tilted back as he opened his clothes like a dissected bat, revealing himself to the woman in front of him.The man's expression looked very uneasy, as if he was awaiting some final judgment. "Mother...wife, how is it? Did it shrink a little?"

The woman carefully examined it and replied uncertainly, "Master, I don't think...it got smaller."

Upon hearing this, the man exploded with excitement, "Liar! It's clearly much smaller than yesterday! I measured it, it's over, it won't work even if I tie it up with a rope! I'm going to become a eunuch! I'm going to die from shrinking!"

Hearing her husband's words, the woman couldn't help but feel panicked, "Then...what do we do? It won't work even if we tie it up with a rope?"

The desperate man pounced on his wife like a starving tiger, his expression changing from despair to indignation. "Damn it! No! I still don't have a son! You have to give birth to a son right away!"

As Li Huowang realized what they were doing and thought back to the boy tied to the pillar before, he stood up with a strange expression. "So everyone in this county is afraid of...shrinking? No wonder they had to use chains to forcibly pull it, but how is this possible?"

Suddenly, he felt a chill run through his body. "Wait, is this...real or fake?"

"Ah! Master! You hurt me, it's locked!" The woman's cry of pain made Li Huowang look back into the house.

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The sight of the two tangled masses of white flesh and blood was not pleasant. Li Huowang noticed the chain around the woman's chest.

Compared to the silver chain before, this family could only use iron.

The sharp chain tightly bound her chest, pulling her forward and causing her skin to bleed where it touched the metal. The chain had also rusted from the corrosion of blood. This thing could be called torture.

Seeing this, Li Huowang finally understood where the smell of blood and rust came from. In order to prevent their organs from shrinking, they had all been locked up.

"Master, don't panic, look, I've locked myself up with a chain, so it won't shrink. You should use a chain like me."

"The man is pulling, the woman is pulling, not only shrinking in the front but also in the back? What happened to them to make them like this?" Li Huowang's heart began to feel heavy. Even he, who had seen a lot, had never seen such a strange transformation.

Although he now knew what the people of the county were afraid of, Li Huowang was still like a headless fly, not knowing what caused the shrinking in the front and back.

He could solve anything else, but there was no reason for the shrinking. He couldn't even find a target.

Li Huowang stood on the roof of a building and surveyed the desolate county. He pushed off the tiles under his feet and headed straight for the inn.

"I can't dawdle anymore. Who knows what caused the shrinking. I must find out the reason as soon as possible!"

Now the entire county was a trap in Li Huowang's eyes. Even if he had to use some unconventional methods, it was better than waiting for death like this.Although the people in these counties know something, they refuse to tell him. Since they won't come willingly, he'll have to use force.

As soon as Li Huowang walked into the inn, he saw the Lu Family Troupe singing opera in the deserted lobby.

Although there were not many people, there were still some watching.

The boy with his legs crossed and his arms around a pear-faced woman watching the opera waved and called out to Li Huowang when he saw him walking over. "Brother Li, come quickly! The Lu Family Troupe's performance has become much more interesting!"

Li Huowang glanced at him and turned to walk towards his own room, his voice carrying a hint of coldness. "Boy, have the waiter come to my room."

"Okay!"