"Mu Jingrui, come out."
The jailer knocked on the wooden bars, bringing Mu Jingrui back to his senses.
He leaned against the cold wall and looked at the jailer with a calm gaze.
The jailer inexplicably felt a chill, and involuntarily became humble, slowing down his tone and saying, "Master Zheng wants to interrogate you..."
"Master Zheng?"
A hideous face flashed through Mu Jingrui's mind. He walked out calmly and the jailer took him to a small closed room.
The walls and pillars were covered with all kinds of torture instruments.
Zheng Binghang stood beside the burning fire, fiddling with the soldering iron seemingly nonchalantly, glancing at Mu Jingrui.
"Tell me, are your bones harder, or are these torture instruments harder?" Zheng Binghang looked at Mu Jingrui with a grin.
"You will know soon." Mu Jingrui remained calm and composed.
Zheng Binghang snorted coldly and looked at the chains on Mu Jingrui's feet and hands.
"I know that with your martial arts skills, it's easy to break the chains and escape from the cell. I'll give you a chance, do you want to try?"
Mu Jingrui said nothing and stood there calmly.
"If you don't try now, you won't have any chance. When you are seriously injured, you won't be able to leave even if you want to..."
Zheng Binghang walked up to Mu Jingrui, his eyes full of hatred.
"Someone, tie him up."
The jailer stepped forward and untied the chains on Mu Jingrui's hands, pulled him to the wall, handcuffed his hands to the wall, and took off his shirt.
Zheng Binghang picked up a whip soaked in chili water, concentrated all his strength on his wrist, and whipped Mu Jingrui dozens of times, leaving his skin torn and flesh exposed.
Mu Jingrui clenched his teeth and said nothing.
"You are indeed a tough guy." Zheng Binghang threw away the whip, stepped forward and grabbed Mu Jingrui's chin, "I am here on the orders of the emperor to track down the whereabouts of food, money and weapons. Tell me, where are they?"
Mu Jingrui's dark eyes stared at Zheng Binghang. "I will ask you this question one day."
Zheng Binghang certainly understood, but Mu Jingrui had no idea at all.
"Since you refuse to say, then... let you try other torture instruments." Zheng Binghang ordered the jailer to pour two buckets of salt water on Mu Jingrui.
The jailer felt numb all over just watching this.
Mu Jingrui just gasped, neither begging for mercy nor wailing.
"The night is long, Mu Jingrui, I will play with you slowly." Zheng Binghang patted Mu Jingrui's cheek and said in a low voice, "You killed my son, not only will I make you pay with your life, I will make you live a life worse than death and suffer torture before you die."
The feeling of pain invaded every pore of Mu Jingrui. Scenes flashed through his mind, and every scene was of Shangguan Wanning.
If tonight was the day he would die, he really wanted to see Shangguan Wanning again.
It was not until Zheng Binghang branded him for the third time that he finally couldn't hold on and passed out.
In a trance, Mu Jingrui seemed to hear Shangguan Wanning's call.
"Jing Rui... Jing Rui, wake up, wake up. Open your eyes and look at me..."
Shangguan Wanning begged her mother for a long time before her mother agreed to cooperate with her to hide the truth about her father, grandfather and uncle, and to make arrangements for her to enter the Ministry of Justice prison to visit Mu Jingrui.
But the scene before her made Shangguan Wanning terrified.
She never imagined that her second uncle's methods would be so cruel. Mu Jingrui had been tortured to the point of being on the verge of death.
"Ning'er..." Mu Jingrui's vision was blurred, but he seemed to feel the warmth coming from Shangguan Wanning's body.
"Jing Rui..."
Shangguan Wanning used a handkerchief to wipe the blood off Mu Jingrui's face, suppressed her sadness, and hugged him tightly.
It turns out that this is not an illusion.
Mu Jingrui raised his hands with all his strength, wanting to hug Shangguan Wanning.
"Jing Rui, I'm sorry, I didn't expect my second uncle... I know you are innocent. Just hold on, I will definitely find a way to save you."
"You believe me?" Mu Jingrui felt a surge of warmth in his heart. "Why? Haven't you always... hoped that I would die?"
Shangguan Wanning let go of Mu Jingrui. If it were a different scenario, she really wanted to pinch Mu Jingrui a few times.
She sighed deeply, dragged Mu Jingrui against the wall with all her strength, and said gently: "No matter what you think... Anyway, I haven't done anything to let you down."
Mu Jingrui didn't want to pursue the matter anymore. The fact that Shangguan Wanning came to the prison to see him at this time was enough to make him let go of everything in the past.
"Jingrui, what can I do for you?" Shangguan Wanning held Mu Jingrui's hand and said, "I know that before this, you must have been investigating the robbery of food and weapons. What clues do you have? I will continue to investigate for you."
Mu Jingrui stared at Shangguan Wanning, but finally shook his head helplessly.
He knew that in Shangguan Wanning's heart, her grandfather and three uncles were all heroes. And she was extremely protective of her shortcomings.
If she knew that the whole thing was related to Zheng Binghang and the Yiyonghou Mansion, it would definitely be a big blow.
"I haven't found anything, so don't get involved."
It was obvious that Mu Jingrui was lying, and Shangguan Wanning's heart instantly sank.
"You still don't believe me?"
Seeing Shangguan Wanning lowering her head sadly, Mu Jingrui held her hand and forced a smile with the corners of his mouth raised.
"I just... don't want you to take any risks. Just listen to me, don't worry about anything, and stay at home, okay?"
Mu Jingrui's warning made Shangguan Wanning feel even more heartbroken.
"Princess, it's getting late, you should leave quickly." The jailer came over and urged, "It will be dawn soon. If you don't leave and get discovered, it will be a disaster."
"Let's go." Mu Jingrui endured the severe pain and raised his hand to tidy up Shangguan Wanning's long hair.
Could this be the last time they see each other?
"Jingrui, you have to hold on." Shangguan Wanning whispered in Mu Jingrui's ear, "I won't give up on you, and you shouldn't give up either."
After saying that, she stood up and walked out of the cell reluctantly. Before leaving, she gave the jailer fifty taels of silver and asked him to look after Mu Jingrui.
Shangguan Wanning walked to the door of the cell. The darkness before dawn gave people an invisible sense of oppression.
She saw a man standing next to her sedan chair.
She felt a little guilty, so she stepped forward and called softly, "Second Uncle..."
"Ning'er, you are really becoming more and more unruly. A grown-up girl comes to visit the prison in the middle of the night. If this gets out, how will you get married in the future?"
Shangguan Wanning lowered her head, shook her lips slightly, and said softly: "I won't marry anyone..."
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Ning'er, your second uncle advises you to give up this idea. Mu Jingrui and our Zheng family have an irreconcilable feud. If you have any affection for Zhixing, you should not have any thoughts about him anymore."
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