Shi Fu County Yamen, within a dim prison cell.
"Brother Second Child, we've been locked in here for nearly twenty days now. How come there's still no word?" Zhang He lay against the cell door, speaking listlessly through the gap.
Other than the court interrogation when they had first arrived, followed by being thrown into the dungeon, eighteen days had now passed without another hearing.
Zhang He could not help growing restless. Whether they meant to kill or flay them, they should at least give them a straight answer. Dragging things out like this was the cruelest torment.
"This is probably good news. I think our granduncle is trying to save us. Just wait patiently." Liu Yuanzhou comforted Zhang He, while also comforting himself.
So much time had passed without a single scrap of news. Not even one person from Granduncle's side had come to visit him in prison. It was likely not that they did not wish to come, but that the County Yamen would not allow it.
Liu Yuanzhou's heart sank deeper by the day, yet he still clung to hope. As long as they did not interrogate him, it meant Granduncle was still exerting himself outside.
"Brother Second Child, can Uncle Jiali really save us? You aren't lying to us, are you?" Liu Chuang paced back and forth. Had Liu Yuanzhou not assured him that Liu Jiali was working on rescuing them, he would have collapsed long ago.
"Do you think we wouldn't have been dragged out and tortured for interrogation if no one outside was pulling strings?" Liu Yuanzhou asked in return. "We'd probably have been executed already. The Wang family can't find that martial master, Lu Busha, so they'll definitely vent their fury on the three of us. You know the Wangs have money."
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