Li Jing took Sima Changfeng to the capital. Because Sima Changfeng was seriously injured, Li Jing could only move forward slowly on horseback.

Along the way, they had to avoid pedestrians and soldiers. They rode non-stop for a day and a night, and finally returned to their village on the outskirts of Beijing before dark.

"Li Jing!" A handsome man in his twenties wearing a dark blue robe came over and grabbed her horse.

When he saw Li Jing's dark face and the color of her clothes could not be seen, he frowned.

"How did you get into this state?"

"Go to the wilderness for a month and see how it goes!" Li Jing rolled her eyes at him unceremoniously, jumped off her horse, pointed at the man on horseback and said disdainfully: "Lin Chuan, lock this thing up, and I'll come and interrogate him myself later."

Lin Chuan was not angry at Li Jing's contempt for her. He walked to the side of the horse and saw that there was actually a person on its back.

He was dressed in black, his hands and feet were tied with ropes, his eyes were covered with a black cloth, and his mouth was also blocked with a piece of cloth.

It looked like he was injured, and there was blood on the cloth covering his mouth.

"This is..." Lin Chuan walked to the side and began to look at it.

"Sima Changfeng!" Li Jing said coldly and walked into the yard without looking back.

Lin Chuan didn't say anything. He stared at Sima Changfeng with his handsome eyes for a while, then suddenly punched him hard in the face.

Sima Changfeng groaned, then lay on the horse's back motionless, and the place where he was hit soon turned red.

Fearing that he might beat the man to death, Lin Chuan did not attack him again. Instead, he roughly dragged him off the carriage and dragged him all the way into the underground cell in the manor like a puppet.

After throwing the person in, a big lock fell heavily on the iron gate.

"Li Jing, you're back. The food is ready. Let's eat together!" someone shouted with a smile.

"I have to take a shower first." Li Jing said as she walked into the inner courtyard and returned to her room.

After putting down her bag, she was about to go out to prepare a tub and hot water for a bath when she heard a knock on the door.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Lin Chuan standing at her door carrying a bathtub.

"You..." She looked at the man in front of her with an unnatural expression, and didn't know what to say for a moment. She just turned around silently and let him in.

"Let the men do the rough work. I'll get you some hot water." After saying that, he strode out of the room.

Li Jing stood there in a daze. When did this guy become so helpful?

Lin Chuan returned quickly, carrying a bucket of hot water in one arm and pouring it into the bathtub.

Li Jing's relationship with him was not deep enough to the point of providing bath water for the other party. It could even be said that they were just acquaintances.

They usually train together and do missions together. He doesn't say much and that's just necessary communication during the mission. Apart from the mission, the two of them have never chatted about anything else.

Li Jing felt a little embarrassed to ask him to prepare a bath for her.

"I'll do it myself." She reached out to take the bucket.

Lin Chuan's hand dodged very skillfully, "No, just wait."

After saying that, he strode out to fetch water with the wooden bucket.

After seven or eight trips back and forth, the bathtub was already 80% full of hot water. After Li Jing said it was okay, Lin Chuan carried the wooden bucket and walked out.

When he reached the door, Lin Chuan stopped again, turned around and looked at Li Jing and said softly: "After you wash, I will pour you some water."

There was no expression on his face when he spoke, but his words were the kindest he had ever heard.

This person wasn't so enthusiastic before. Did he suddenly change his personality?

The exhaustion from the past month made her not in the mood to think too much. After locking the door from the inside, she started to take a bath.

Soak your body in hot water, and all the fatigue seems to leave your body with the water vapor.

The last time I took a bath was a month ago, in the palace.

It had been a month since she left the capital. Looking down at the hot water in the wooden barrel, a face with clear outlines emerged.

She stared at the water and her heart tightened.

Let’s go check it out tomorrow!

After taking a shower, Li Jing opened the door and saw Lin Chuan sitting on the railing in the corridor not far away. The dim light from the lantern shone faintly on him.

Li Jing was a little surprised to see him, and thought he was just talking.

Hearing the door opening, Lin Chuan also raised his head and met Li Jing's somewhat surprised gaze.

Under the candlelight, Li Jing was wearing a green brocade cotton robe, with her wet long hair hanging down to her waist. She looked less fierce than usual and more gentle.

"Lin Chuan, thank you for what you did just now. I can do it on my own." She said this with deliberate distance in her words.

She is used to being independent on weekdays, and she would feel uncomfortable letting others pour the bath water for her.

"You must be hungry. You go have dinner and I'll take care of this." The words were simple and the tone was gentle. As if he didn't hear the rejection in Li Jing's words, he carried the bucket and walked around Li Jing into the house and started fetching water.

Li Jing stood at the door of the room, wiping the water off her hair with a dry towel, looking at Lin Chuan helplessly, carrying the water out one scoop at a time, and finally moving the bathtub away.

This person is really strange! Why is he so familiar with others?

After wiping her hair until it was half dry, she tied it up casually and fixed it with a silver hairpin, which looked very delicate and charming.

Only a pair of sharp eyes broke the beauty and added a bit of heroic spirit.

After a simple meal, Li Jing came to the dungeon, followed closely by Lin Chuan.

"What are you doing here?" Li Jing stared at him and asked.

"Of course I want to know. This is what we have been investigating for so many years." Lin Chuan said lightly, following Li Jing.

Li Jing didn't pay any attention to him and let him follow her.

In the underground cell, Sima Changfeng was still thrown there with his hands and feet tied, motionless.

Li Jing looked at him and said to Lin Chuan beside him: "Take the cloth out of his mouth, let's get started!"

Knowing that Li Jing hated Sima Changfeng, Lin Chuan didn't say much. After opening the cell, he tore the cloth out of Sima Changfeng's mouth.

"Is he dead? Why isn't he moving or talking?" Li Jing was staring at Sima Changfeng who was lying on the ground outside the cell.

Lin Chuan sniffed his breath and said, "Alive." Then he patted him on the face a few times, "Wake up! I have a question for you!"

Sima Changfeng said weakly: "My throat hurts, I can't speak, give me some water to drink first."

Li Jing stared at him for a moment and said coldly, "Give him a drink, just one sip, no more."

After saying that, he handed the teapot on the table outside to Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan took the teapot, pinched Sima Changfeng's face to make his mouth open, poured the water in, and then handed the teapot to Li Jing.

"Now that you've drunk the water, tell the truth!" Lin Chuan said coldly as he looked at Sima Changfeng lying on the ground.

Sima Changfeng frowned unhappily and said, "Who are you? Wasn't there a woman talking just now? I don't talk to men!"

Seeing that there was a teasing tone in his words, Lin Chuan put a little force on his shoulder, and there was a crisp sound.

Sima Changfeng's arm was dislocated.

Sima Changfeng gritted his teeth and made no sound as the severe pain came over him.

Lin Chuan said coldly: "Don't try to delay time when you come here. Tell the truth, or I have a room full of things for you to try!"

After the intense pain, Sima Changfeng smiled evilly with a pale face, "I have a habit. I don't like being tortured by men. Even if you kill me, I won't say a word. Let the woman just now come!"

Lin Chuan grabbed Sima Changfeng's collar angrily and sneered, "You can try it. If you find someone who is so stubborn, he will confess completely when you try the tenth torture device."

"Wait!" Li Jing walked into the cell, walked to Sima Changfeng who was being grabbed by the collar by Lin Chuan, took out a dagger and slapped him on the face, saying: "Okay, I'll ask, you answer."

Sima Changfeng smiled and said, "It smells so good! Did you take a shower?"

Before Lin Chuan could make a move, Li Jing stabbed the dagger into Sima Changfeng's arm and did not pull it out.

Li Jing also laughed and said, "Tell me! I promise it will hurt more next time!"

Sima Changfeng's face was covered with cold sweat. He stopped talking and said with difficulty: "It seems that you will not let me go easily if I don't say something today. What do you want to know?"

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