Time was running out, but Shen Hao did not press the interrogation team below, because those executioners at the front lines must have been exerting every ounce of strength they had, yet their subjects were stubborn beyond reason—what could be done?
So force would do no good. Naturally, Shen Hao would not sit and wait for death. After receiving the three copper rods, he immediately sent new orders to Wang Jian, instructing him to carry out a targeted screening of these ten tough individuals—from their backgrounds to personal relations, laying everything out for comparison to see what was worth analyzing.
The dossiers for these ten men were all laid out on Shen Hao's desk, stamped copies from the Ministry of War, very detailed. Wang Jian had the same set of files.
