便毒死了参与放火的所有官兵
“Sun Mao poisoned all the soldiers involved in the arson.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
孙貌当晚
“That very night,”
便毒 死了 参与 放火 的 所 有 官兵
“Sun Mao poisoned all the soldiers involved in the arson.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Eliminating co-conspirators or witnesses is a classic trope in historical Chinese judicial and martial arts narratives to cut off ties to higher officials.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to poison to death
A resultative verb compound combining the action of poisoning with the outcome of death, common in investigative storytelling.
to set fire / commit arson
Used both in literal senses of lighting fires and legally to denote arson.