Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!-Chapter 246: The Mastermind ( 1 )

But since she had paid for it, there was no need for her to regret it. With this thought, Yao Zhi checked the manor size and was satisfied when she saw that there were a total of four courtyards included in this manor.

Each courtyard had its own front area, main area, side wings, and back area. Each area and wing in the courtyard was at least 300 square meters. The main area of the main courtyard even took up an area of 600 square meters.

The time in the shared manor was flowing normally according to the time outside, which meant that in case of danger, she and her husband would be able to hide in this place while waiting for the danger to pass. She also didn’t have to worry that she would get older faster when she was inside the shared manor.

Reaching this conclusion, she no longer felt that spending 1,000,000 merit points was a waste.

After she returned home, Yao Zhi went to her room to take a nap. As for Ling Shi’er, he was practicing his martial arts skills in the backyard.

Even with his injuries and the cold weather, his movements were still sharp and full of killing intent.

He was best at using a spear. Unfortunately, after he was captured, all of his belongings were taken away, including his token and spear. Now, he could only practice his barehanded combat skills.

He practiced for two hours before he stopped. He moved his muscles and felt that the speed of his recovery was faster than usual. Even if he noticed this, he only attributed his fast recovery to the wound ointment.

As he regulated his breathing, he boiled a pot of water to take a bath. He noticed that his master paid a lot of attention to bathing, washing hair, and hands. Since his Master liked clean people, he would make sure that he didn’t smell like a bucket of urine.

While they were passing their time leisurely, Lu Qianxuan was sitting inside the dungeon.

The dungeon was damp and dark. The smell of blood mixed with a rancid scent was nauseating. In the entire dungeon, there was no clean place to stand. But at this moment, a chair made of rosewood was placed inside one of the cells.

Lu Qianxuan stared at the woman kneeling in front of him. Her body was covered in injuries and her hair was disheveled. She was wearing prisoner white clothes, yet the clothes were stained with dirt and blood.

"Speak, who sent you?" he asked.

Su Jiaoyi raised her head and looked at the man in front of her with teary eyes. She was subjected to torture for days and was already on the brink of death. She wouldn’t believe that this man, who was her betrothed, would be so cruel as to kill her just for a woman he had no feelings for.

Instead of answering his question, she said hoarsely, "General, must I die in front of you before you believe me?"

Hearing this, Lu Qianxuan only felt disgusted. Leaning on his chair, he tapped his fingers on the armrest. After a long silence, he finally said, "Since you refuse to tell the truth, then there is no need to keep you."

After he said this, he stood up and walked out of the cell. "Send her off."

"Understood," the soldiers who were responsible for interrogation bowed and replied in unison.

When Su Jiaoyi saw that he was leaving, panic finally surged in her heart. She knew that if she still refused to tell the truth, she would be tortured to death.

She crawled toward him, but her ankles were chained. The sound of chains clanking echoed in the cells, mixed with her pleading. "W-wait, General! I will speak! Please spare my life!"

She shouted at the top of her lungs, but Lu Qianxuan didn’t stop in his tracks nor give her a glance.

Watching his back go further and further away, her heart was filled with regret. If she had known that she would end up like this, she wouldn’t have listened to that person’s words and come here even if he gave her 10,000 taels of gold!

Unfortunately, her regret came too late.

After Lu Qianxuan left the dungeon, the investigator continued torturing her until she told them the identity of the mastermind who sent her.

In the evening, a guard knocked on the door of his study.

"Come in."

The guard bowed to him, placed a piece of paper on the desk, and said, "Reporting to the General, the spy has been taken care of. This is her confession."

"You may go now," Lu Qianxuan nodded.

After he left, the guard closed the door.

Lu Qianxuan read the confession and clenched his fists. "Looks like they are indeed suspecting me now."

He burned the confession and wrote a letter. Using a whistle made of jade, he summoned his eagle. After he put the letter into a bamboo tube, he tied it to the eagle’s leg and said, "Go find my maternal uncle."

The eagle nodded and flew away. He stood at the window for a while before he returned to the back courtyard.

It had been three days since he returned to the mansion, and he had been busy cleaning up the spies in his mansion. He didn’t even have a chance to talk with her, let alone share an intimate moment.

Now that he had found out the mastermind, he couldn’t wait to tell her everything.

When he reached their bedroom, he saw that the light was still on. A smile appeared on his face as he hastened his pace.

Before the servants could announce his arrival, he dismissed them with a wave of his hand. Entering the room, he saw his wife sitting behind a desk while checking the ledger.

Noticing her husband’s return, Xue Ya’er stopped what she was doing and walked over. "Husband, have you eaten?" she asked while helping him change his clothes.

"It’s not early anymore. You should just have your meal. There is no need to wait for me," Lu Qianxuan said.

"It’s rare for us to share a meal. It’s okay to wait for a while," Xue Ya’er replied before she went to order the meal to be served.