Chapter 296 Mother, It’s Me

Nan Jiao and Zhan Beiheng reached the temple as quickly as possible. It was already evening and the sky was gradually getting dark, so the group bypassed the temple and went to the back mountain.

"He has been well-behaved these days, but today he suddenly went to the cliff at the back of the mountain, where there is a narrow entrance." Mo Li said as he walked.

"It must be there!" Nan Jiao's heart trembled slightly. She was expectant and nervous. She was afraid that it would all be in vain. More than ten years had passed and she didn't know what her mother had been tortured into.

Zhan Beiheng held her hand tightly and said, "Don't worry, we'll be there soon."

A moment.

The group arrived at the bottom of the cliff.

Two secret guards were guarding the entrance and saluted when they saw Zhan Beiheng and Nan Jiao.

The entrance is blocked by weeds.

If no one knew someone had gone in, no one would have thought there was a passage there.

"Master, he has been inside for a long time. We didn't go in for fear of disturbing the other party." A secret guard said, so they waited for him to come over and make a decision.

"Yeah." Zhan Beiheng looked at the narrow entrance that only one person could pass through. It seemed that there must be another world inside, otherwise how could someone be hiding there for more than ten years.

Nan Jiao stared at the entrance and made a decision immediately, "We will ambush him nearby and wait for him to come out!"

After all, I don’t know what’s going on inside.

Go in rashly.

What if the other party holds their mother hostage? They might as well wait for him outside.

Zhan Beiheng meant the same thing.

Suddenly, a group of people hid nearby.

As time passed, night fell and everything was pitch black. A breeze blew by and the world was completely silent, without even the sound of birds or insects.

Nan Jiao stared at the entrance intently.

Why hasn’t that person come out yet?

Just as she was about to speak, a blurry figure walked out from the entrance. Under the moonlight, the figure gradually became clearer. It was the middle-aged man in dirty clothes.

Nan Jiao didn't hesitate at all, and the silver needle in her hand flew towards the opponent quickly and accurately.

"Um."

The middle-aged man was hit by a silver needle and groaned in pain. His knees went weak and he fell to the ground.

Mo Li and others rushed out quickly and captured the opponent.

"What are you doing!" the middle-aged man shouted angrily. He wanted to resist, but he couldn't move at all. The two men held him down tightly.

Nan Jiao walked up to him and looked down at him, "We have been waiting for you outside. Now take us in."

After seeing Nan Jiao clearly, the middle-aged man frowned and said, "It's you, what do you mean?"

"Is the general's wife in there?" Nan Jiao asked straight to the point.

"I don't know what you are talking about." said the middle-aged man angrily.

"Take him in." Nan Jiao didn't want to waste time talking to him, as long as he was in their hands, it would be fine.

The two secret guards immediately grabbed the middle-aged man and dragged him towards the entrance.

Mo Li walked in front holding a torch.

The passage was very small, only wide enough for one person to walk through. I didn't know how long I walked before the road became wide and the ground was covered with gravel.

Gradually, it seems to lead underground.

"Mu has been captured. We know that she is an enemy spy. You'd better behave yourself." Nan Jiao said as she walked, wishing she could hurry to the end.

The middle-aged man's eyes flickered, and he felt panicked and anxious. If he walked forward, he would reach the place. With so many people around, he couldn't escape at all.

"Master, there is a locked iron gate ahead." Mo Li said excitedly after seeing the situation not far away.

Nan Jiao strode forward and kicked the middle-aged man in the back of his knee, "You still don't tell the truth!"

The middle-aged man screamed in pain, fell to the ground, and curled up into a ball. "I don't know anything. I just walked in here by accident today."

Zhan Beiheng said coldly: "You two search him, Mo Li, you take people to the door to find the key."

"Yes." Several people responded.

The secret guards quickly searched the middle-aged man but did not find the key on him.

Mo Li and his men also failed to find the key.

"Where is the key?" Nan Jiao squatted down and cut his face with the dagger in her hand.

“I really don’t know…ah…” The middle-aged man’s whole body twitched in pain. He covered his face with trembling hands, but he didn’t dare to get close.

I saw a cold dagger piercing his cheek.

"Since we captured you, you didn't choose to commit suicide, which means you don't want to die. Tell the truth, and I can spare your life. Otherwise, life will be worse than death." Nan Jiao threatened.

The middle-aged man's face turned pale with pain, and cold sweat kept oozing out of his forehead. At this moment, he felt like he would rather die than live.

"The key is underground, five steps to the right of the iron gate."

Zhan Beiheng walked quickly towards the iron gate.

Nan Jiao pulled the dagger out of him and asked, "Is my mother in there?"

The middle-aged man screamed in pain, "In, inside..."

Nan Jiao stood up and signaled the secret guard to take him with him. When she passed by, Zhan Beiheng dug the key out of the soil and immediately opened the lock.

Mo Li led people in first.

There was a very wide road inside. Gradually, everyone felt a noticeable wind, which seemed to lead to the outside, and then there was another heavy iron door.

"Key." Nan Jiao turned around and looked at the middle-aged man. It was pitch black behind the iron gate and the wind was very strong, making a whistling sound. It seemed that they had reached the exit of the passage.

"Under the big rock on the left." The middle-aged man stopped struggling. He knew very well that he was now a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Either commit suicide or compromise.

Mo Li fumbled on the stone and quickly found the key. He immediately unlocked the iron gate.

Seeing this, Nan Jiao strode in.

Sudden.

The air moved, and several sharp stones flew towards her.

"Get lost!"

A cold female voice rang out.

Nan Jiao moved and dodged nimbly. Her heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, and she said in a trembling voice, "Mother, it's me, I'm Jiang Nan Jiao."

Next second.

The originally dark place was now bright, with a candle burning in the distance. A woman in coarse linen clothes was standing in the distance, and she looked exactly like Mu.

"You, your name is Jiang Nanjiao?" Mu Yuanyuan looked at her in disbelief, her red lips trembling slightly. She had lived here for more than ten years.

She watches the sunrise and sunset every day and breathes the fresh air, but she can't leave here and can only wait.

"I was replaced by the Mu family back then. Jiang Zhiyan is fake. We have captured the Mu family. Mother, let's go home." Nan Jiao said with slightly moist eyes.

The first time she saw her, she felt friendly.

Mu Yuanyuan couldn't control her tears. It really was her daughter. Four years ago, Mu told her that her daughter was back.

Over the years, she would come here to see her once a month and tell her about what was happening outside, making her angry, furious, and painful.

"Nan Jiao." Mu Yuanyuan strode towards her. At this moment, she felt that her persistence was right. She had thought about committing suicide before, but she was unwilling to do so.

She couldn't bear to leave her family.

I also want to see what happens when the Mu family is exposed.

So she counted the days here, waiting in agony and patience.