"Shall we interrogate now?"
"Now!"
In the distance, the blazing fire painted the morning clouds red, while nearby, the river flowed like ink.
Jin Zhu, usually smiling, now glared fiercely at the traces in the river.
"Today, the Liu family ambushed me. If it weren't for Tian Ma arriving in time, I would have died on that bridge. If I don't figure out who's behind this, how can I sleep?!"
With that, Jin Zhu ignored Yuan the shopkeeper's curses, brutally breaking his limbs and crushing his neck and radius bones.
Only then did he let out a long sigh of relief.
Tonight, he truly thought he was going to die.
Chen Ji stepped on the pebbles, slowly wading ashore.
"Lord Jin Zhu, surely you don't suspect me? If I were a spy from Jing, why would I risk my life chasing after you? If I hadn't delayed them, it wouldn't have been so easy for you to capture him."
"What if you two were in cahoots?" Jin Zhu snarled.
"The Liu family set an ambush on the bridge today, and you just happened to switch masks before crossing. I have reason to believe you knew about the danger on the bridge beforehand."
Chen Ji calmly replied, "Lord, the idea to switch masks wasn't mine. And if I were truly an accomplice of the Jing spies or the Liu family, I should have gone up the bridge with you. They wanted to kill you, not me."