Chapter 1817: Human Purgatory

“Torturing people to extract confessions is the lowest form of cruelty.”Zhou Ping'an seemed to be introducing his treasured possession, speaking in the gentlest of tones about the most spine-chilling... But this power, if people recognized him as its wielder, held weight. If nobody acknowledged him, it amounted to nothing."At that time, every official in the court and throughout the kingdom paid hee...