"I... I'll confess... I'll confess everything," Li Daniu said in terror as he watched Yuan Yerui getting closer and closer to him.
Yuan Yerui tilted his head slightly, as if puzzled why he confessed so quickly. "You're so useless. I haven't had enough fun yet. We've just started."
What a disappointment. He was so weak. Yuan Yerui hadn't even used his real tricks. "Then tell me what you know."
After witnessing Yuan Yerui's methods, Li Daniu didn't dare to act recklessly. He obediently told everything he knew. "I don't know who that person is, but I know there's a knife scar on his right hand, about the length from his wrist to his fingers."
Li Daniu thought about other details as he spoke, but he was so distracted by the large amount of money at that time that he didn't pay much attention to other things. So now he couldn't think of anything useful.
Seeing that Li Daniu stopped talking, Yuan Yerui frowned. "Is that all? After I've interrogated you for so long, this is all you have to say?" He looked at Li Daniu disapprovingly, thinking whether he should give him a few more blows when Li Daniu spoke again.
"I... I remember! I remember!" Li Daniu looked at Yuan Yerui's restless hands. His already pale face turned even paler with nervousness. It didn't look like the complexion of a normal person at all.
"Speak," Yuan Yerui said as he sat in a comfortable position on the chair and watched Li Daniu on the torture device leisurely.
Li Daniu's eyes darted around anxiously. He actually didn't remember anything. He had just said that randomly to buy some time. Now he could only make something up. Just as he was about to speak, Yuan Yerui said sinisterly,
"If you're lying, I'll show you what real hell is like."
Seeing Yuan Yerui's serious expression, Li Daniu began to tremble all over, and there was a strange smell coming from his body.
Yuan Yerui frowned and moved back. What a useless man. He was so scared that he even peed himself. What a disgrace.
Li Daniu wracked his brains and finally thought of something. He said in a hurry, "There's more! That man was wearing a jade pendant. I don't know what kind of jade pendant it was, but I can describe it. You can find someone to draw it."
Yuan Yerui glanced at the guard behind him. The guard immediately understood and trotted out to prepare the things. When he came back, he happened to run into Jing Xinche.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Jing Xinche asked. It seemed that this batch of soldiers needed more training. Look at them. They were so unruly.
"My lord, the young master in the prison asked this humble one to prepare writing brushes and ink. Li Daniu said he saw a jade pendant, so this humble one has brought a painter and writing tools," the soldier said respectfully and nervously.
Jing Xinche was a little surprised for a moment. He didn't expect this brat to really get something out of the interrogation. Then... he couldn't let him get too close to Qier. He must have used some dirty tricks.
Well, he had known for a long time that this brat was the child of the late emperor. To be able to survive in the cold palace, a real hell on earth, for so long and still be alive, how could he be simple?
For a moment, Jing Xinche had already put Yuan Yerui on the danger list. If Yuan Yerui knew that just because he interrogated a person, Jing Xinche was so on guard against him and wouldn't let him get close to his master, he would surely regret it to death.
He should have just stayed quietly by his master's side as a good disciple. Now, thanks to this scoundrel Jing Xinche's obstruction, the distance between him and his master was even further.
"Alright, lead the way. This marquis will go and have a look," Jing Xinche said. He already had a vague idea in his mind, but he still needed to confirm it.
"Yes."
When Jing Xinche arrived at the prison, he smelled a foul odor in the air. He endured it. After getting used to the air here, he let out a long sigh of relief.
"Why are you here?" Yuan Yerui said unhappily when he saw Jing Xinche coming.
"This marquis just heard that you got something out of the interrogation, so he came to take a look on the way, in case you, this little brat, were deceived," Jing Xinche said. He didn't have a good attitude towards Yuan Yerui either. Anyway, they just didn't get along.
"Humph! Do you think I'm a three - year - old kid? I know no less than you. I'm just a bit younger than you. Otherwise, you're not even as good as me," Yuan Yerui said disdainfully, looking at Jing Xinche.
"Really? I wonder who was beaten black and blue by this marquis in the martial arts field. It hasn't been long. Have you already forgotten?" Jing Xinche kindly reminded Yuan Yerui.
Sure enough, after hearing what Jing Xinche said, Yuan Yerui flew into a rage. He really brought up the most embarrassing thing. "Just wait. I'll defeat you one day."
And then I'll snatch Master away!
"Sure, this marquis is waiting. In a short time, this marquis can even wait with Qier and this marquis's child," Jing Xinche sneered. Trying to compete with him? Didn't he know his own strength? Still trying to covet his wife? In his next life! No, not even in his next life! Qier could only be his, in every lifetime.
"Humph, I'm too lazy to talk to you. Get out of the way. Don't block me from doing my business," Yuan Yerui said unhappily, looking at Jing Xinche.
This time, Jing Xinche didn't say anything. He moved to the side to make room for the painter.
When Li Daniu saw Jing Xinche, he was like seeing a relative. At first, it was this man who interrogated him, but compared with this kid now, he was really gentle.
"Hey, Li Daniu! Hurry up and talk. What are you thinking about? Do you still want to try some of my other methods?" Yuan Yerui waited for Li Daniu for a while and found that he still hadn't spoken. When he looked up, he saw that this man was in a daze, and he was even in a daze looking at Jing Xinche. This made him unhappy.
Li Daniu was suddenly pulled back to reality by Yuan Yerui's voice. He began to describe the appearance of the jade pendant stutteringly. Before long, the painter finished the portrait.
Yuan Yerui took it and looked at it. For a moment, his brows furrowed tightly. This jade pendant...
"What's wrong? What's that expression on your face?" Jing Xinche hooked his lips when he saw Yuan Yerui's expression. He walked over slowly and picked up the portrait in Yuan Yerui's hand.