After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

Yuan Ge went to see Zhan Hongchang.

Song Wenyuan didn't want her to go see Zhan Hongchang, but at this moment Song Wenyuan was leading people to search the mountain. The guards were two unfamiliar young men, and they would naturally not stop their young lady without clear orders.

The makeshift torture room naturally could not compare to the atmosphere of the imperial prison, but as soon as Yuan Ge stepped in, he was startled by a complex and pungent smell, an indescribable smell, a smell of blood, urine, and some strange smells, mixed into an incredible smell... It was a smell that made people feel uncomfortable all over.

The room was not big, and the two few windows were sealed shut, not allowing any light to penetrate. Only now, the light from the open door shone into the room from behind, illuminating the small space in front of him. In a corner not far away, someone squinted his eyes, his face was pale under his dishevelled hair, and he probably couldn't see who was standing at the door. He "grunted" and exhaled a few turbid and heavy breaths from his throat, and then said something barely audible, "I won't confess! Kill me if you have the guts... Ha, the rumored Jinyiwei commander is also a coward, kill me if you have the guts!"

After saying that, he laughed again, and while laughing, he gasped, and it sounded like there was a mouthful of dense phlegm stuck in his throat, which could neither come up nor go down.

Yuan Ge stood at the threshold, frowning and looking at Zhan Hongchang in the corner.

He curled up there like an old shrimp, his head almost buried in his knees, his clothes and hair were dirty and sticky, and he looked very embarrassed. But he didn't look seriously injured, and there was a strong and nauseating smell of blood in the air... Yuan Ge endured the surging blood and kept an eye on Zhan Hongchang. Without turning his head, he asked the guard at the door, "Where are the brothers of the Wang family?" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhan Hongchang shuddered violently and shrank his legs towards the corner.

The guard confessed honestly, "The Wang brothers were tortured before, and now they have been sent to the foot of the mountain for treatment." As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Ge saw Zhan Hongchang shiver again. He hugged his legs, buried his head in his knees, and his body trembled slightly.

It was obvious that the words "Wang brothers" were the source of his fear. The old housekeeper who had just shouted "Kill me if you dare" was not physically hurt during the long interrogation, but he was mentally tortured. And the Wang brothers... were obviously used as "chickens" to scare the monkeys. Yuan Ge nodded silently, lifted her skirt and stepped over the messy ground. When she walked in, she found that the dusty ground had already become dirty beyond recognition. Blood mixed with dust and mud formed a thin layer on the ground, and the soles of her feet felt sticky.

She finally understood why Song Wenyuan didn't want her to come over.

It really makes people feel uncomfortable all over.

But now she was distressed and had a doubt that she wanted to find out. She endured the discomfort that went straight from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, walked slowly to Zhan Hongchang, lowered her eyes and looked at him for a long time. Seeing that he had no reaction from beginning to end, she called out, "Manager Zhan."

The woman's voice was gentle, and Zhan Hongchang's trembling body paused. He looked up and murmured for a while, "It's you... Young Madam, you condescend to come to this dirty cell to visit an old man. I wonder what you are doing?"

It was as if he just realized that there was a woman standing opposite him who couldn't do anything to him.

It seems that the words "Wang brothers" are really his Achilles' heel... Yuan Ge was curious about what Song Wenyuan had done to the Wang brothers. She pressed the corners of her mouth and wanted to squat down to talk to him, but looking at the ground in front of her, she gave up the idea. She first asked, "Manager Zhan, where did you hide the broken bowl later?"

She spoke softly, bent slightly, and looked very easy to talk to - even, she looked like she was coaxing a child. Zhan Hongchang sneered in his heart, thinking that Song Wenyuan must have run out of tricks and only thought of finding such a girl to interrogate him. He looked straight at Yuan Ge, pulled the corners of his mouth, and a flash of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, "Lost. It fell from the mountain. As for the place, I'm old and it's dark, so I can't remember." He repeated this answer countless times. Even though his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, it was much more fluent than before.

Yuan Ge still had an expression that did not show any emotion. He just nodded calmly after hearing what he said, and then said, "When did the village get infected with the plague? Why have I never heard of it? I also asked the teacher, but he also had never heard of it..."

"Oh, you are a daughter of an aristocratic family, thousands of miles away, how can you know about a small village at the foot of my mountain..." The sarcastic voice stopped abruptly, and Zhan Hongchang's face suddenly changed. It seemed that all his words were completely blocked by the phlegm in his throat. Those words stuck in his throat made his originally bloodless face flushed red. He looked at Yuan Ge with an expression that almost saw a ghost, "You...what is your name Feng Qingtan? Teacher?"

"Yes." Yuan Ge nodded calmly, "I am his medicine boy now, so it is natural for me to call him teacher. Why is Manager Zhan so surprised?"

Why are you so surprised? If you were not in a state of being unable to move, Zhan Hongchang would have jumped three feet high to express how surprised he was! As a young lady of a baron's mansion, who wouldn't know that this little medicine boy was just joking around and would leave soon? How could she call Feng Qingtan a teacher? ! If that was the case, it would be a ghost! Wait...what did this woman say just now? "Why have I never heard of it?" Is that the sentence?

In the dim light, the face of the woman with her back to the light became increasingly blurred. All one could see was that she was looking down slightly, as if with a hint of a smile on her face.

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and there was a bit of wickedness in his gentleness... Once upon a time, that man was sitting on the pergola under the wisteria flowers in her yard, looking back and greeting her, with such a smile!

In just a moment, Zhan Hongchang suddenly trembled all over, even more violently than when he heard "Wang brothers" just now. He almost shrank back with his hands, but there was a corner behind him, so he had no choice but to curl up his legs and looked at Yuan Ge with trembling lips, "You, you, you are not that young lady, who are you?!"

Yuan Ge leaned closer and closer, and his slightly smiling face looked as terrifying as a demon demanding his life. But she seemed unaware, grinning, showing her white teeth, smiling brightly, "Oh, who am I? Manager Zhan doesn't recognize me? It's really chilling... Obviously, you just dug up my grave."

"Ah!" Zhan Hongchang finally let out the loudest scream of his life...