For several days, Mu Jingrui's face was gloomy and he hardly spoke except for necessary official business.
I need anesthesia to fall asleep every night. If I am awake, as soon as I close my eyes, I will see the scene of Shangguan Wanning and Sun Jinyao hugging each other.
He felt like he was going crazy from the torture.
Late at night, Mu Jingrui still couldn't fall asleep. He sat in the yard, drinking alone, and all the servants in the mansion didn't dare to approach him.
A figure came to Mu Jingrui's side silently.
He lowered his eyelids and looked at the shadow behind him, still without saying a word.
"I have already done what you asked me to do..." Chu Xiaolian looked at Mu Jingrui's back and couldn't help but want to get closer.
However, after walking forward a little, he finally stopped.
She saw that Mu Jingrui also paused.
"Where are the people?" Mu Jingrui asked in a cold voice.
Chu Xiaolian replied softly, "I brought it. It's in the Soul Capture Hall's branch."
Mu Jingrui pushed the wine glass aside, stood up, turned around and walked past Chu Xiaolian.
"Go and have a look."
His indifference made Chu Xiaolian feel a little depressed.
The two of them took advantage of the night and used their light skills to come to the Soul Capture Hall branch. In the secret room, a young man was lying on the ground. His white clothes were stained with blood and mud, and his hair was scattered, hanging on his shoulders in wisps.
Mu Jingrui approached him step by step and looked down at him.
"I ask a question, you answer it; if the answer does not satisfy me, you will be worse off than dead."
Shen Ziyu raised his head and looked at Mu Jingrui, a man of similar age to himself, who had just walked down the battlefield and was born with a fierce murderous aura.
"What... do you want to know?"
"The other day, Yiyong Hou Zheng Guoxun asked you to do something. What was it?"
Shen Ziyu chuckled. "Master Mu is really a joker. How can someone like me... marry the Marquis of Yiyong?"
A sharp light flashed in Mu Jingrui's eyes.
He turned his body slightly, Chu Xiaolian took a step forward and slapped Shen Ziyu on the knee.
In the silent secret room, Shen Ziyu's screams echoed, and the broken bones were particularly clear.
Shen Ziyu fainted from the pain.
"Splash it to wake you up."
As soon as Mu Jingrui finished speaking, Chu Xiaolian poured a basin of salt water on Shen Ziyu's wound. Shen Ziyu shivered in pain and opened his eyes in a daze.
"You... are so cruel..." Shen Ziyu looked at Mu Jingrui with resentment.
Mu Jingrui didn't care.
Human traffickers like Shen Ziyu do not deserve sympathy even if they die a thousand or ten thousand times.
"It's still the same question." Mu Jingrui looked at him coldly, but his tone was even more sharp. "Speak."
Shen Ziyu's body was trembling. He opened his mouth several times, but seemed to have something to hide.
"You are very clear about your current situation. If I hadn't brought you back to the Soul Taking Hall, you would have been killed by someone else. You know who wants to kill you."
Chu Xiaolian's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back.
In fact, he had been hunted by a group of mysterious people since he returned from the border. He knew that it was the Yiyong Hou who wanted to kill him to silence him.
"As long as I tell the truth, will you let me go?"
Mu Jingrui folded his arms across his chest, looked down at Shen Ziyu, and sneered in his heart.
You wish!
"I know who ordered you to do this even if you don't tell me. But I want to know the whole story."
Shen Ziyu sighed deeply, and endured the pain as he recounted the whole story in detail.
Mu Jingrui did not raise any questions or doubts throughout the process.
In fact, what he wanted to know most was whether Shangguan Wanning had colluded with the Zheng father and son.
When he heard about the suffering Shangguan Wanning went through when she was captured by Shen Ziyu and sent to the border, he still felt a dull pain in his heart.
"I've told you everything I know... How does Lord Mu plan to deal with me?" Shen Ziyu asked tentatively.
Mu Jingrui was silent for a long time, then turned around and walked out without saying a word.
Chu Xiaolian ordered his men to keep a close eye on Shen Ziyu, and followed Mu Jingrui into the yard.
She saw Mu Jingrui standing alone in the moonlight, his figure stretched out by the bright moonlight, his handsome profile full of fragility and sadness.
"You hand Shen Ziyu over to the emperor, and have him testify against the Zheng family father and son in front of the emperor, using Shangguan Wanning to get close to you, and modifying the deployment map. In this way, you can clear your suspicion and let the souls of 100,000 soldiers rest in peace."
Mu Jingrui understood it very well.
However, if this happens, Shangguan Wanning will be in an awkward situation.
He was not sure whether the emperor would punish him, and...
The last time Shangguan Wanning did not go to court to testify for him, she must have had her own reasons.
"Are you worried about..."
"You don't have to worry about my business." Mu Jingrui interrupted Chu Xiaolian and took out a three thousand tael silver note from his sleeve and handed it over, "This is your reward for doing the job."
After saying that, he walked away.
Chu Xiaolian crumpled the banknotes in her hand into a ball, clenched her teeth, and tried her best to suppress her anger.
She did her best to work for him in order to make his life easier; however, he treated their relationship as a transaction of interests.
She is unwilling to accept this.
The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone through the gap in the window, and Sun Jinyao slowly opened his eyes.
He immediately saw Lu Xiangzi dozing off on the table.
Ever since he was injured, Lu Xiangzi has been taking care of him day and night, almost never leaving his side.
In fact, Sun Jinyao felt that his injuries were not that serious.
He always felt that Lu Xiangzi cared about him even more than his apprentice Shangguan Wanning.
“Boom boom boom.”
The knock on the door woke Lu Xiangzi up, and he looked towards Sun Jinyao.
"Awake?" He said, getting up and opening the door. "Ning'er, so early?"
"Master, I asked the kitchen to stew some tonic for you, and also to help Brother Yao bring breakfast over."
Shangguan Wanning walked into the room and saw that Sun Jinyao had already sat up.
"You look much better."
"That's right," Lu Xiangzi grabbed a steamed bun and ate it, "With you coming here every day to take care of him, he will be in a good mood and will naturally get better quickly."
Shangguan Wanning was slightly startled and lowered her head with a blush.
In the past, when Lu Xiangzi said these words, she just regarded them as a joke; but now, she also felt Sun Jinyao's feelings for her and was a little overwhelmed.
"Old monster, stop talking nonsense." Sun Jinyao stopped him.
Lu Xiangzi frowned, ignored Sun Jinyao's scolding, walked to the table, wrote a prescription and handed it to Shangguan Wanning.
"The mansion is short of these herbs. Go to the pharmacy and buy them back."
"I understand, Master." Shangguan Wanning put away the prescription and looked at Sun Jinyao again, "Brother Yao, you should have a good rest."
After Shangguan Wanning left, Sun Jinyao was a little dazed.
Lu Xiangzi bumped into him.
"Boy, you can't hesitate when it comes to love. If you don't seize Ning'er's heart now, you will miss her for the rest of your life."
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