silence.
Zhiyuan lowered her eyes, staring at the wound on her left arm, pursed her lips slightly, and carefully covered the wound with cloth. With her other hand, she gently wrapped it around a few times to cover the wound.
Although it was a bit crude, fortunately the wound was bandaged successfully.
After finishing all this, she breathed a sigh of relief, raised her eyes, and saw Lin Jiangnian, who was watching the show with his arms folded, the smile on his face gradually freezing.
This woman... is really strong-willed!
Zhiyuan looked up at Lin Jiangnian, then lowered her head slightly.
I'm afraid no one would have thought that the master and servant would meet again under such circumstances.
After the wound was bandaged, Zhiyuan picked up the green sword on the ground and began to look around the secret room.
This is an extremely simple secret room with cold and slightly damp stone walls. Apart from the dim light, there are only passages leading in all directions.
Seeing this scene, Zhiyuan frowned slightly.
She had been tracking them all the way here, but she had unexpectedly been delayed by a hidden weapon in the passage, allowing the uncle and nephew to escape. Now she had lost them, and with so many passages around, she didn't know where to go.
At this moment, Lin Jiangnian's voice came from behind: "They ran towards the road in front of you."
Zhiyuan was about to take a step, but suddenly stopped, realizing something, and turned around: "How did you know?"
“I saw it with my own eyes.”
Lin Jiangnian smiled, "If you go after them now, you might still have a chance to catch up with them."
"However, I advise you not to chase after her!"
Zhiyuan looked at Lin Jiangnian, a look of doubt appearing on his cold face.
"This secret room is full of traps. No matter how high your martial arts skills are, it's hard to guard against hidden attacks."
Lin Jiangnian shook his head and glanced at her left hand. "The uncle and nephew are clearly well prepared. If you go after them alone, you'll most likely fall into their trap again, or even lose your life."
Even with Zhiyuan's martial arts skills, he was injured in the passage just now. Who can guarantee that Wang Changjin didn't have a backup plan?
If you continue to chase, you might run into some danger.
The kite was silent.
She also realized the warning in Lin Jiangnian's words. She lowered her eyes and looked at her left hand with a look of resignation.
After a while, she said in a deep voice, "We can't let them leave here alive."
"Why?" Lin Jiangnian asked back.
The kite didn't say anything.
Lin Jiangnian sneered, "What? Are you planning to hide this from me?"
Zhiyuan whispered, "You shouldn't have come."
"Why?"
Zhiyuan didn't explain. She had naturally known about Lin Jiangnian's appearance in Xunyang City, a rumor that had spread like wildfire. Even when she heard the news, she had a suspicion in her mind... that he was coming for her.
From Linjiang City to the capital, although you will pass through Yanzhou on the way, it is not on the way to Xunyang County. If you deliberately take a detour, it will take a few more days.
Therefore, the reason why Lin Jiangnian appeared in Xunyang County is self-evident.
When he saw Lin Jiangnian at this moment, Zhiyuan confirmed his guess.
Zhiyuan's eyes were a little complicated. After a while, she said expressionlessly, "It's very dangerous."
"Danger?"
Lin Jiang smiled young: "Are you concerned about this prince?"
The kite remained silent.
Lin Jiangnian smiled again: "If it's dangerous, why are you here?"
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
Zhiyuan's eyes turned cold: "I won't die."
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her injured left arm and did not expose this stubborn woman.
Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, put away the green sword in his hand, and walked towards the passage ahead.
Obviously, she will continue to pursue the uncle and nephew!
However, just as she reached the entrance to the passage, she stopped again, looked back at Lin Jiangnian behind her, and was silent for a moment: "Why are you here?"
"Can't this prince come?"
"It's dangerous here..."
As if realizing that he had said something nonsense, Zhiyuan glanced around and asked: "Are you alone?"
"What else?"
"Where's Lin Qingqing?"
Zhiyuan's eyes were slightly solemn and his tone was slightly cold.
Before she left Prince Lin's mansion, she had specifically ordered Lin Qingqing to stay with him and protect his safety. Now that he was in such a dangerous place, why was Lin Qingqing nowhere to be seen?
Lin Qingqing didn't follow her orders?
Or, was there an accident?
"She's not here."
Lin Jiangnian waved his hand: "Don't look, I'm the only one here."
Zhiyuan frowned deeply, "How did you get in alone?"
She even wanted to ask how Lin Jiangnian found this place.
Was it unintentional, or was he just... following her?
"It's all thanks to you."
Lin Jiangnian said in a relaxed tone: "If you hadn't attracted their attention in front, I probably wouldn't have been able to get in so easily."
Zhiyuan continued to remain silent, looking at Lin Jiangnian in front of him, hesitant.
Lin Jiangnian's appearance disrupted her plans. This place was fraught with danger. Besides the passage mechanism, there were also many experts inside this secret room.
She could protect herself, but with Lin Jiangnian's martial arts skills, she would surely die if she stayed here.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhiyuan said in a deep voice, "They can't stay."
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows: "So?"
Zhiyuan thought for a moment and looked at him: "Are you going to stay here? Or, come with me?"
invite?
Lin Jiangnian was a little surprised and chuckled, "Aren't you afraid that this prince will hold you back?"
Zhiyuan was silent for a moment.
"Won't."
Then, she turned around and walked towards the secret room passage without looking back.
Aloof and doesn't talk much!
Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian's eyes were filled with a hint of amusement.
After not seeing her for so long, she remains the same!
Whether in the tone of voice or attitude, there was no trace of flattery or fawning towards the master.
She is still herself, the little maid with personality.
Lin Jiangnian took a few glances before quickly following.
The life and death of Wang Changjin's uncle and nephew was not important to Lin Jiangnian, but having discovered such a big secret of the Wang family, he naturally knew that the uncle and nephew would not let it go.
For Lin Jiangnian, all he needed to do now was wait. Wait for Lin Qingqing to arrive with her men. Once Lin Qingqing and her men arrived, everything would be settled.
But before that, staying with Zhiyuan is the safest choice.
The two walked in the dim passage, one in front and one behind. Zhiyuan walked in front, gazing around vigilantly to prevent any sudden attacks from the traps.
She didn't walk fast, and Lin Jiangnian followed closely behind her. Through the dim light, he looked at the familiar figure in front of him, who looked heroic, cold and arrogant.
Beneath the long green gown, the woman's beautiful and graceful figure was outlined. When getting closer, one could smell a faint, familiar and pleasant scent coming from Zhiyuan.
It's like aromatherapy, but with a hint of a woman's unique fragrance.
I had thought that my next reunion with Zhiyuan would be under the moonlight sometime, or perhaps when she was in danger, Lin Jiangnian would step forward and perform a clichéd heroic rescue, moving her to tears and making her pledge herself to him...
The routine is old, but it definitely works!
Unfortunately, they didn't expect that they would run into each other without any warning in this dilapidated secret room.
And, no surprises!
Apart from the look of astonishment when Zhiyuan saw Lin Jiangnian, there was no trace of surprise on her face.
In addition, perhaps because they haven't seen each other for a long time, there is some estrangement between the two?
I can’t say!
But on second thought, the relationship between the two doesn't seem to be that good?
Even when they were at the Prince Lin's Mansion, the relationship between the two could only be considered relaxed, and they were not familiar with each other.
When you think about it this way, it seems to be natural.
…
At the same time, the two wandered around in the secret room for a long time and finally realized that something was wrong.
“This is the path we just walked.”
Zhiyuan stopped and looked at the place ahead, his eyes gradually becoming serious.
"Are we lost?"
Lin Jiangnian looked around. He remembered that he seemed to have passed by this place just now, but he didn't expect to return to the same place.
Zhiyuan frowned slightly, looked around, vaguely felt something was wrong, and walked towards another path.
Half an hour later.
When the two returned to the starting point, they finally realized that something was wrong.
"Not lost!"
Lin Jiangnian said, "I'm afraid the uncle and nephew activated the mechanism in the secret passage, blocking the way out. As a result, we can only go around in circles!"
He remembered seeing Wang Changjin activate the switch of the secret room passage with his own eyes, and realized that there were many mechanisms in the secret passage, and there was also a stone door.
"It seems that we are trapped in here."
Zhiyuan frowned, looked around, and began to search for a way out.
"Don't look for it, you won't find it."
Lin Jiangnian shook his head slightly: "This secret room is more complicated than I imagined. If I were really trapped in it, it would be extremely difficult to get out..."
Although he said this, Lin Jiangnian's tone was relaxed and his expression was relaxed, without any sign of being trapped.
Zhiyuan didn't say anything. His bright and cold eyes under the bamboo hat scanned the surroundings, and then he slowly approached the wall next to him, reached out and gently stroked the wall, tapped it lightly, frowned slightly, and slowly walked down the wall.
Lin Jiangnian looked at this scene with some surprise, wanting to see what she would do next, but he saw Zhiyuan suddenly stop in front of a stone wall and took two steps back.
“There’s a way out!”
Zhiyuan suddenly spoke.
"A way out?"
Lin Jiangnian was surprised: "How did you know?"
"call out!"
A cold light flashed in the passage, the green sword was unsheathed, Zhiyuan held the green sword in his hand, and swung it down!
The green sword landed on the stone wall, making a piercing sound. Following this loud noise, the stone wall was slashed by the green sword and collapsed with a loud bang.
The light shone through the stone wall, and a passage appeared in front of the two.
Lin Jiangnian was stunned. Is this even possible?
Zhiyuan didn't say anything, but just turned around and looked at Lin Jiangnian expressionlessly, then bent down and crawled out from behind the stone wall passage.
Lin Jiangnian stood there. For some reason, he always felt that the look in this woman's eyes just now seemed a bit boastful.
However, Lin Jiangnian didn't argue with her. He crawled out along the stone wall passage and was slightly stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.
familiar!
Isn’t this secret room the place he and Lin Qingqing had been to before?
Does the Wang family have a secret room where they keep armor and weapons?
Turned back?
Outside the secret room, the guards on the ground had disappeared, and the body of the gray-robed man was also gone. There were traces of blood on the ground, as well as traces of fighting with dense swords and knives all around.
Zhiyuan stepped in here, looked around, and frowned slightly.
She remembered not having been here before, but why were there signs of a fight?
Following the traces left on the surrounding stone walls, she quickly deduced that a fight had taken place here not long ago, and it was extremely fierce.
"Are there any other masters?"
Zhiyuan lowered his head and spoke silently, looking around, his eyes quickly falling on the secret room not far away.
"What's hidden in here?"
Zhiyuan stared at it for a few moments, his eyes lighting up slightly.
She approached the secret room, drew the green sword in her hand, and struck the door of the secret room with several sword strikes.
The speed is extremely fast and the sword edge is fierce!
However, the door of this secret room is obviously not an ordinary stone wall. I don’t know what material it is made of, but it is extremely hard.
After a few sword strikes, only a few marks remained on the gate.
Seeing this scene, Zhiyuan frowned even deeper.
There was a fight here, proving someone had been there. There were bloodstains and traces of footsteps at the door of the secret room, indicating that the things hidden in this secret room were not simple.
I'm afraid it's exactly what she's looking for.
But... can't get in?
At this moment, Lin Jiangnian's voice came from behind: "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Zhiyuan turned her head slightly, glanced at him, nodded slightly, and said nothing.
"You can't get in like this."
Lin Jiangnian shook his head slightly.
Zhiyuan was silent: "Do you have any other ideas?"
"Of course."
Lin Jiangnian's answer made Zhiyuan stunned and a little unbelievable.
Does he have a solution?
Zhiyuan's gaze fell on Lin Jiangnian. Seeing Lin Jiangnian walk to the stone gate, he fumbled around and quickly found the switch, revealing the location of the stone gate key.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Jiangnian took out a key from his arms and inserted it into the secret room.
“Boom!”
The door of the secret room slowly rose.
Kite: “…”
Looking at the opened door of the secret room, Zhiyuan fell into silence.
"You have the key?"
"yes!"
"Why didn't you take it out earlier?"
"You didn't say that!"
“…”
Zhiyuan clenched her bare hands hidden under her sleeves into fists, then unclenched them, took a deep breath, and turned her eyes away.
"Where did you get the key?"
"I found it."
Zhiyuan had no expression on her face, and Jiang Zhiyuan stepped into the secret room coldly.
Lin Jiangnian stood there, looking at the key in his hand, then looked at the cold back of the little maid, and shook his head slightly.
This little maid really can't take a joke at all.
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows and glanced at the key in his hand. He had taken this key with him when he left not long ago. He didn't expect it to come in handy.
He walked into the secret room and saw Zhiyuan standing aside, looking at the armor and weapons in the wooden box in the secret room, silent.
There was no surprise in her eyes like when Lin Jiangnian and Lin Qingqing first came.
It seems that it has been known for a long time?
Seeing Zhiyuan was silent for a long time, Lin Jiangnian walked up from behind him.
"Is this the reason why you broke in here today?"
Zhiyuan stared at the things in the wooden box without saying a word.
"Or have you long known the secret of the Wang family's collaboration with foreign enemies?"
Lin Jiangnian spoke.
He vaguely guessed the kite's purpose.
Zhiyuan came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and spoke in a cold tone.
"Not only is the Wang family secretly colluding with foreigners, they are also plotting rebellion."
"rebellion?"
Lin Jiangnian frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhiyuan was about to speak, but suddenly realized something and turned to look outside the door.
“Boom!”
With this loud bang, the door of the secret room fell down with a bang.
…