In the Dali Temple's prison cell, the flickering candlelight could only illuminate a small part of the corridor; the rest was submerged in darkness.
The cell was damp, cold, and filled with an eerie atmosphere.
At the slightest sign of trouble, prisoners would drag their chains and cling to the cell door, staring out with their dark eyes.
Changying was alone in a relatively clean cell, resting with his eyes closed.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, thinking back to the past two days. He pursed his lips, confused.
I did it so secretly, how could anyone find out and now I'm thrown into jail.
He was caught for murdering an imperial official. He knew that he would surely be put to death.
He was not actually afraid of death. His master and the little boy were both dead. There was no point in him living. He might as well go down and accompany them.
Now, the only thing that made him hesitate was whether to avenge his master Qiu Mobai before he died.
A few days ago, he followed his master's orders and secretly returned to Beijing to investigate his master's background.
It has now been discovered that his master is the son of the current Prince of Yan, and not some adopted child as his master Qiu Shanxi said.
It was not a bastard passed down by outsiders. It was a legitimate royal bloodline, extremely noble.
But as soon as he passed the news to his master, his master and the little boy all died.
He couldn't believe it at first, until he went to the inn himself and saw their charred bodies and the personal belongings of the masters and children.
Only then did he dare to be sure that his master and the little boy were really gone, and he really collapsed at that time.
He did not leave immediately, but stayed in the inn and the surroundings, carefully exploring, and finally found some clues.
All the evidence points to the master.
In fact, he had never told his master that his master had a killer organization called Night Owl.
The purpose of Night Owl's coming is to eliminate dissidents for the master.
Secondly, he also takes on assassination business and earns a lot of money.
Thirdly, it can control those powerful people who have hired killers to kill people and make them belong to the master.
It is a hidden force in the hands of the master.
It was also them who killed the master and the little boy.
Changying now regrets very much why he didn't tell his master the news earlier.
As expected, as the little boy said, he was always wavering between the master and the master, which harmed the master.
He felt very sad and wanted to avenge the two of them.
But he couldn't do it.
Because he was also a child picked up by Qiu Shanxi, who had saved his life and raised him. He really couldn't bring himself to do it.
Perhaps this arrest was also God's will, forcing him to make a choice at the last moment. In the end, choose the master or the master.
If he insisted that this was his fault and had nothing to do with the Qiu family or the master, then he would have repaid the master for saving his life and raising him.
Otherwise, if he told everything and said that it was the master who asked him to kill Pang Chunsheng, even if the master didn't die, he would be skinned alive.
Then he would have avenged his master and the little boy, and he would die without regrets.
Just when he was torn between a conscience and a dilemma.
The door of the cell was suddenly opened.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Yu Jinzhi walking in with a gloomy face.
Changying's expression didn't change at all, he said calmly.
"No matter how many times you come, I have nothing to say now."
Although they had some friendship in the past, he didn't want to drag Yu Jin into it now.
He knew that Yu Jinzhi was on the master's side. He hesitated whether to tell Yu Jinzhi the real cause of his master's death.
Yu Jinzhi looked at him at the scene, with a look of despair in his eyes, and sighed helplessly.
"Someone is here to see you." He said this and stepped aside.
Changying didn't say anything. He felt that no matter who came to see him now, it would be the same. It wouldn't change anything.
Qiu Mobai, dressed as Qian Yucheng, walked in leisurely.
Changying was slightly stunned when she saw him.
It was totally unexpected that Qian Yucheng would come. They had almost never dealt with each other before.
In this situation, what is he here for?
Changying was puzzled, but soon calmed down. Anyway, no matter what he was going to do, it couldn't be worse.
He glanced at Qiu Mobai for a few times, then looked away, thinking about his own things.
Which side is he going to stand on?
Yu Jinzhi glared at Qiu Mobai, with anger evident in his voice.
"I will give you a quarter of an hour. When the time is up, come out!"
"Stop playing tricks on me."
After Yu Jinzhi finished speaking, he walked out without looking back.
With a bang, the door was closed with great force.
Qiu Mobai ignored Yu Jinzhi's rudeness and looked at Changying.
He sighed first, then spoke.
"The little girl wanted to come, but I turned her down."
Changying was stunned, thinking he had heard wrongly.
"What did you say?"
Qiu Mobai didn't explain any more. He took out two letters from his arms and handed them to him.
"Take a look at this! It might help you make a decision quickly."
Changying frowned, not wanting to pay attention to him, nor wanting to accept the letter he sent.
Qiu Mobai didn't urge him and simply put it on the ground next to him, then turned around and walked out of the cell.
Changying pursed her lips, thinking this person was very strange.
Why would a person who has no relatives or friends with him come to the prison to find him and give him a letter?
He thought about it, but curiosity got the better of him. He picked up the letter on the ground, opened it quickly, and read it at a glance.
After reading the first letter, Changying's face was full of surprise and disbelief.
He quickly opened the second letter, and the contents inside shocked him even more.
He quickly raised his head and looked outside, where Qiu Mobai had not yet walked far.
He stood up in a flash, rushed to the cell, grabbed the cell door with both hands, and stared at Qiu Mobai.
"What do you want to do? Are the things in here fake? You want me to plot against our master, right?"
Qiu Mobai paused and looked at him.
"He has done so many evil things that he will suffer the consequences sooner or later! If it's not you, someone else will deal with him."
Qiu Mobai paused, then said, "I showed it to you because I don't want you to lose your life in vain for this kind of person."
"It also failed other people's kindness."
"As for whether the contents of this letter are true or not!"
Qiu Mobai curled his lips, "Based on your understanding of Qiu Shanxi, do you think it's true?"
Changying was stunned by his expression, because he looked so much like her master!
Chang Ying couldn't help but stare in amazement, and didn't come back to his senses until Qiu Mobai turned around and prepared to leave.
He gritted his teeth and looked at Qiu Mobai hatefully.
"Who on earth are you..."
Qiu Mobai paused, then walked away without even looking back.
Changying sat back on the ground dejectedly.
He murmured, "That woman is really the Nan Wang's favorite concubine? That child is actually the Nan Wang's child!"
Also, is Qiu Shanxi really the enemy who killed his father and mother?
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