Chapter 33 - 32. Unceasing
Coming to this world, Chen Ji knew nothing about his former self, only able to piece together his identity bit by bit from information revealed by others.
Now, the past connected to him was becoming increasingly complete... and increasingly horrifying.
A Jing Dynasty spy? Was he truly a Jing Dynasty spy?!
For Chen Ji, this was the worst possible outcome, as if he were walking on a knife-edge cliff, with a deep abyss on either side, a fall to the left or right signifying irrevocable doom.
What to do?
The person holding a knife to Chen Ji’s back said calmly, "Don’t make any rash moves, or you will die."
The voice was dry and muffled, yet it carried an absolute confidence.
The other party must be a long-practiced Executive Officer, a big shot from the Jing Dynasty Military Intelligence Department!
Chen Ji did not move, but he heard the Shopkeeper say, "Lord Si Cao, I have already confirmed it; Lord Zhou was exchanging intelligence with this lad the night of the incident. Now that Lord Zhou and his entire household have vanished, only this boy is still alive, he must have betrayed us."
Military Intelligence Department Si Cao pressed the cold blade tightly against Chen Ji’s neck and asked in a solemn voice, "Have you anything to say?"
Chen Ji’s mind raced, but he eventually responded calmly, "The night I went to Zhou Chengyi’s Mansion, he had already been betrayed by the thin horse from Baiyi Lane’s Green Bamboo Garden. Only then did Yun Yang and Jiao Tu seek him out... How could my supposed defection be the cause of his death?"