The woman in the bamboo hat stopped and looked up at the two people in the secret room. There was a hint of coldness and vigilance in her cold eyes.
She didn't move or speak, as if she was stuck in place.
Wang Changjin looked at her, at this somewhat familiar figure, feeling a little dazed and with a complicated expression.
"I know you and your mother will show up again."
Wang Changjin spoke, his tone sounding a little regretful.
Wang Qin on the side was stunned!
What does Second Uncle mean by this? They are coming to kill us, what are you still talking about?
She and her mother?
Could it be that Second Uncle knows her? !
Wang Qin couldn't help but glance at the woman in the bamboo hat. Even though she didn't say anything, the cold aura still made him shudder. Especially the blood-drenched green sword, Wang Qin subconsciously hid behind his second uncle.
Fear!
"Who can say for sure what happened back then?"
Wang Changjin sighed softly: "I know you are here for revenge..."
Outside the door, the woman in the bamboo hat frowned slightly, as if she didn't want to hear these things. She looked at the two people in the secret room coldly, and the next second, she stepped closer.
The steps are light, but the speed is not slow.
One step, two steps, three steps...
The soft footsteps sounded particularly clear in this quiet secret room.
Wang Qin was shaking with fear, his eyes filled with horror.
Second uncle, stop talking... everyone is here.
Wang Changjin still seemed to have no reaction. He looked at the woman in the bamboo hat in front of him with complicated eyes, watching her approach step by step.
The murderous intent is approaching step by step!
Finally, just as the woman in the bamboo hat stepped into the secret room, it seemed as if she had touched a switch.
"call out!"
Something seemed to be flying in the air.
The woman in the bamboo hat remained calm, waving the green sword in her hand and striking down.
There were two more hidden weapons on the ground in front.
As the hidden weapon fell, the figure of the woman in the bamboo hat disappeared from her original place.
Inside the secret room, the wind blew for no reason.
A sharp gust of wind stung both men's faces, and Wang Qin retreated in terror. Wang Changjin remained seated. As the woman in the bamboo hat approached, he suddenly waved his sleeve and struck out with a palm.
“Boom!”
A violent explosion sounded in the secret room.
“Cough cough cough…”
When the smoke cleared, Wang Changjin was lying on the ground in a mess, holding his chest and coughing.
"Second Uncle?!"
Wang Qin on the side opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
Second uncle, second uncle knows martial arts?!
This is the first time he has heard of this after so many years.
My second uncle, who looks gentle and weak, actually knows martial arts?
But……
Wang Qin suddenly realized something. His second uncle was injured?
Second uncle is no match for this woman?
"You, really exceeded my expectations."
Wang Changjin covered his chest and looked ahead with a look of surprise. He said in a deep voice, "It's not easy for you to reach such a high level of martial arts at such a young age!"
In front, the woman in the bamboo hat stopped and frowned slightly.
But he still had no expression on his face.
The air was filled with coldness and murderous intent.
"I'm really no match for you."
Wang Changjin seemed to be relieved and coughed lightly. "Originally, I wanted to spare your life. But now..."
"Leaving you here might be a hidden danger."
Wang Changjin's voice gradually became lower and colder.
Perhaps there was indeed some camaraderie among the older generation, but as the years passed, the old people were gone, and everything was blown away by the wind.
He has never been a man who acts on impulse, otherwise he wouldn't have killed someone back then...
The woman in the bamboo hat remained silent and raised the green sword in her hand again.
However, just as she was about to leave, the sound of the mechanism suddenly came again.
“Crack!”
As if realizing something, she turned around suddenly.
The secret room behind her, which had been wide open, suddenly closed. The woman in the bamboo hat fixed her eyes, and Wang Changjin's voice, somewhat regretful, came to her ears.
"Today, you have to stay here."
The woman in the bamboo hat turned her head again, and found that Wang Changjin and Wang Qin were no longer there. She raised her eyes and saw that the two had appeared in the depths of the secret room.
A passage appeared deep in the secret room, and the two were retreating quickly.
The woman in the bamboo hat didn't hesitate at all and immediately chased after him with her sword drawn. She was so fast that she arrived in the blink of an eye.
"Second Uncle, she's chasing us!"
"Walk!"
Before the secret room passage could be closed, the woman in the bamboo hat was already approaching.
The passage was completely dark, with no sight of one's hand in front of one's face. As soon as she stepped into the passage, the woman in the bamboo hat suddenly became alert.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
In the darkness, there were constant attacks from mechanical hidden weapons. She swung the green sword in her hand to block them. These mechanical weapons could not cause much damage to her, but they could delay her for a short time.
On the other side, Wang Changjin and his second uncle took the opportunity to leave the passage and came to another secret room.
"I underestimated her!"
Wang Changjin's face turned pale, and his breathing became rapid. "Her martial arts skills are too high!"
Wang Qin looked panicked and asked nervously, "Second Uncle, then, what should we do now?"
"Don't worry, she can't get out."
Wang Changjin took a deep breath, looked around, and his eyes finally fell on the stone wall next to him. Wang Changjin covered his chest and moved closer. There was a mechanism hidden on the stone wall.
Wang Changjin turned the mechanism, and with a loud bang, the passages around him, which were originally connected in all directions, slowly closed.
The stone gate blocked all the surrounding passages from top to bottom.
"The road we just took was a dead end. We originally wanted to trap her in that room, but we miscalculated. But it doesn't matter. She still has to die!"
Wang Changjin said in a deep voice, "I've blocked the passage now. She can't get out. The secret room is full of traps. She's doomed!"
Seeing this scene, Wang Qin showed a look of surprise: "Second Uncle, I didn't expect you really have a backup plan?!"
But soon, he became a little worried: "What if, what if she survives?"
Although there are many traps in the secret room, what if the woman is very skilled in martial arts and is not dead?
Wang Qin was worried.
"Then let's see how long she can last!"
Wang Changjin said in a deep voice: "There is only a dead end in the secret room. Even if she survives, if she is starved for half a month, she will starve to death..."
He didn't continue. There was more than one dead end in this secret room.
In this secret room in the back mountain, even a top-tier expert would not dare to escape easily.
"Let's go, let's get out of here first."
Wang Changjin looked around and took Wang Qin out through the only remaining passage.
Shortly after Wang Changjin and Wang Qin left, a figure appeared in another corner of the secret room.
Lin Jiangnian stared at the direction where the uncle and nephew left, his eyes slightly raised.
Quite interesting!
Not long ago, Lin Jiangnian ordered Lin Qingqing to get help, while he stayed here to look for Zhiyuan's whereabouts.
However, the passage of this secret room was too complicated. Lin Jiangnian wandered around in it for a few rounds and encountered many guards. Fortunately, the martial arts skills of these guards were not very high, so Lin Jiangnian was able to deal with them.
However, the whereabouts of the kite could not be found.
Just now, he happened to run into Wang Changjin and Wang Qin, uncle and nephew, and their conversation fell into Lin Jiangnian's ears.
If nothing unexpected happens, the person the two were talking about just now should be Zhiyuan?
Lin Jiangnian looked at the closed passage and frowned slightly. Just now, he had wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to capture the uncle and nephew. However, when he saw Wang Changjin, Lin Jiangnian did not act rashly.
Although he didn't sense the aura of a master from Wang Changjin, Lin Jiangnian didn't act rashly. He didn't show up until the master and servant had left.
Lin Jiangnian walked slowly to the place where Wang Changjin had just activated the mechanism and groped for the switch on the stone wall.
Just now, he saw with his own eyes Wang Changjin activate this mechanism and block all other passages.
So, can it be opened?
Lin Jiangnian hesitated for a moment, then reached out and turned the mechanism again.
“Boom!”
A roaring sound was heard, and the stone door of the originally closed passage not far away slowly rose up.
"It's really a switch?!"
Seeing this scene, Lin Jiangnian breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he suddenly smelled a hint of blood in the air.
The next second, sword energy was everywhere.
A strong murderous aura suddenly came.
Lin Jiangnian's face changed slightly, and he dodged to the side almost instinctively, rolling on the ground in embarrassment.
"Bang!"
A slight explosion was heard, and a black pit appeared where Lin Jiangnian had originally stood.
It was pitch black and still emitting blue smoke.
Seeing this scene, Lin Jiangnian was extremely scared. If he had not dodged quickly, there would probably be many bloody holes on his body.
He turned his head suddenly!
At the entrance of the passage not far behind him, a graceful figure appeared, holding a green sword and looking at him expressionlessly.
A cold face could be vaguely seen under the bamboo hat.
He looked disheveled, with slightly messy hair and blood stains on his sleeves, which were sliding down his sleeves to the ground.
I could vaguely sense the other person's heavy breathing.
The woman in the bamboo hat chased her all the way and was trapped in a passage with no way out. The mechanism in the passage seemed to be activated, and she was unable to defend herself against arrows and hidden weapons. She was exhausted and moved forward in the pitch-black darkness. Even though she had great martial arts skills, she was still accidentally hit and suffered some minor injuries.
It wasn't until she heard the roar of the stone gate rising that she followed the sound. When she saw the figure coming out of the secret room, she almost subconsciously swung out a sword.
When she saw the other party dodge, she was about to continue to draw her sword, but suddenly an angry voice came to her ears.
"Are you crazy?!"
There was a hint of anger in her voice, and the woman in the bamboo hat froze in place with the green sword she had just raised.
This voice...why does it sound so familiar?
This, this is not...
The woman in the bamboo hat froze in place. She slowly lifted the hat, revealing an exquisite and beautiful face.
The pair of eyes that had originally been expressionless fell into the secret room and fell on the face of a handsome young man who was sitting on the ground, looking furious and gloomy.
The next second, she froze in place.
Look of astonishment.
"Palace, palace..."
She was stunned, and for a moment she seemed to be unable to recover.
"What? Don't you recognize me?!"
Lin Jiangnian sat on the ground in a mess, looking up at the familiar figure at the entrance of the passage.
He was wearing a long blue gown, had fair skin, and that familiar expressionless face beneath the bamboo hat.
Who else could it be if not the kite?
Even though she changed her clothes and her temperament changed a lot, she was still herself.
That cold and very arrogant maid.
Seeing Lin Jiangnian suddenly appear in the secret room, Zhiyuan was stunned for a long time, shocked, surprised, and a little dazed. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.
"You, why are you here?!"
"Why can't I be here?"
Lin Jiangnian sneered, "What? It's been so short a time since we last met, and you dare to kill me? Are you trying to murder your master?"
Zhiyuan lowered her eyes and remained silent, with a strange look flashing in her eyes.
The master and servant met under such circumstances. If Lin Jiangnian hadn't reacted quickly, he would have died at her hands.
There was a rare hint of guilt in Zhiyuan's eyes.
"If I hadn't come, you would have died here today."
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Lin Jiangnian got up, dusted himself off, and spoke in a bad mood.
Zhiyuan was startled again, his eyes swept across the secret room, and soon fell on the wall mechanism not far away, and he understood something.
She wanted to say something, but opened her lips slightly and ultimately said nothing.
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her sideways: "What? Not even a thank you?"
Zhiyuan looked up at Lin Jiangnian and was silent for a moment: "Thank you..."
The voice was very soft, but Lin Jiangnian still heard it.
Just as she was about to continue to reprimand the rebellious maid, she saw Zhiyuan frown and a trace of pain appeared on her face.
Only then did Lin Jiangnian realize that Zhiyuan seemed to be injured?
The sleeves of her green shirt were stained with blood, which was dripping down her white hands.
"Injured?!"
Lin Jiangnian approached slowly, and Zhiyuan almost subconsciously became alert, but then he realized something and gradually relaxed.
"Let me see!"
Lin Jiangnian walked forward, grabbed her hand, and slowly lifted her sleeve. Beneath the sleeve was a plain white arm, but on the arm, there was a shocking wound, as if it had been scratched by a sharp weapon?
"Who hurt you?"
Seeing the wound, Lin Jiangnian frowned slightly: "Is there any master here whose martial arts skills are higher than yours?"
"No." Zhiyuan said.
"So what are you doing?"
"hidden weapon."
Lin Jiangnian understood.
Were you trapped in the passage and injured by a hidden weapon just now?
"Fortunately, it's not serious."
Lin Jiangnian checked the wound and found it was not serious, but after all, the skin was broken and bleeding, so there was still a risk of infection.
Just as Lin Jiangnian was about to bandage her wound, Zhiyuan twitched her arm uncomfortably: "I, I can do it myself!"
Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and let her go: "Then come on."
Zhiyuan withdrew his hand and was about to take action when he fell silent again.
...Her left hand was injured, and it was not easy to treat the wound with only the other hand.
She was silent for a moment, bit her lower lip lightly, reached out and tore off a piece of cloth from the hem of her skirt, wiped the blood off her arm, and carefully treated the wound.
That was all fine, but when I tried to bandage the wound with cloth, I ran into difficulties.
One hand can't do it.
Zhiyuan lowered her eyes, holding the fabric in one hand and looking down at her left hand.
silence.
Lin Jiangnian stood aside with his arms folded across his chest.
"Keep going!"
"Why aren't you moving?!"
“…”