Meeting her sinister gaze, Jiang Mingwei's heart raced, she subconsciously swallowed, and quickly backed away.

"He is your master, isn't he? Do you know what my relationship is with him? I am his newlywed wife. Three years ago, he went to the battlefield and left me behind. Later, news of his death came back, and I was forced to remain a widow!"

"Please spare my life for his sake, okay? Besides, you should be a native of Nanjing. Why are you helping him cause trouble? Didn't you hear what he just said? He has sided with the Northern Frontier and wants to help them frame Nanjing. If you are a native of Nanjing, you should defend your country!"

The lame woman ignored Jiang Mingwei's incessant chatter; all she knew was that her master had said before leaving that she should be given a complete corpse.

She would only do what her master ordered.

Although there was pity in his eyes, he had no intention of stopping.

"Enough, madam! I only know that this is the master's order, and you must die today!"

Jiang Mingwei staggered backward, tripped, and fell to the ground with a thud.

Without further thought, the lame woman immediately raised the gleaming dagger in her hand high, ready to stab Jiang Mingwei in the throat!

In the nick of time, she touched the stone that had tripped her, closed her eyes, and smashed it down with all her might!

With a muffled thud, the dark figure in front of me seemed to pause for a moment, then swayed precariously...

The sound of something heavy falling beside me.

Jiang Mingwei slightly opened her eyes and looked at the limping woman lying beside her, whose head she had hit and was now covered in a large gash. Her eyes were filled with fear and shock.

She screamed and instinctively backed away.

After a long while, he came to his senses and went up to look at her.

The lame woman's eyes could still move, but she had hit her way too hard this time.

When faced with a life-or-death situation, people will unleash a tremendous will to survive, and Jiang Mingwei was no exception.

"you……"

She instinctively wanted to speak, but saw that even though the lame woman was unable to move, she still tremblingly gripped the dagger, clearly not intending to let her go.

When Jiang Mingwei looked at her, the sympathy in her eyes vanished, leaving only coldness...

She was no saint, so naturally she wouldn't have any pity for a woman who had tried to kill her time and time again!

"You work for the spice shop? You are incredibly audacious, using the name of a spice shop to kidnap women, drain their blood to make spices, and then use them to control the central officials of Nanjing. What a vicious method!"

"Don't look at me with any more sympathy! What you did was worse than that of an animal, so what sympathy do you have for me?"

Blood was still gushing from a large gash on her temple, but Jiang Mingwei had no intention of ending her life.

People like this should be made to experience what it feels like to be on the verge of death!

Previously, they were the ones who did this kind of thing.

Now it's time for her to experience it properly!

Next up should be the spice vendor and the man in black!

She lifted her foot and quickly left the cage, heading outwards while cautiously glancing around, afraid that if she encountered the man in black again, she might not be a match for him.

The only thing he had was the dagger that the lame woman had dropped on the ground. If a fight really broke out, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Fortunately, although the journey was rugged, it was also smooth.

After some searching, Jiang Mingwei finally pushed open the door and went out.

What comes into view is an inconspicuous little courtyard.

Looking around, she couldn't tell where she was. When she saw the door, she immediately ran towards it.

Open the door, and outside is a narrow alley.

She could hear the vendors hawking their wares on the street, so she ran as fast as she could, not daring to stop for a moment, for fear that someone would catch up with her!

Only after collapsing completely in the middle of the road, gazing at the bustling, familiar streets of Bianjing, did my heart finally settle down...

She survived! She actually survived!

Suddenly, a disheveled woman ran out of the alley. The people looked at her curiously. In a daze, Jiang Mingwei got up and walked forward.

Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice approaching from afar...

"Miss, is that Miss? Second Master, look! Miss seems to be over there!"

Following the sound, she saw Hua Cui and Wei Jing.

The two rushed toward her, and Jiang Mingwei could no longer control her dizziness, swaying and about to fall.

Just as she was about to fall to the ground, she was pulled into a warm embrace...

I opened my eyes and was met with a face full of worry.

Wei Jing frowned and quickly took off his outer garment and draped it over Jiang Mingwei.

"Sister-in-law?"

In her dazed state, Jiang Mingwei looked at Wei Jing, who had a worried expression, and her anxious heart finally settled down.

With Wei Jing by her side, she had nothing to worry about.

"Be careful...be careful of Wei Zhi!"

Wei Jing's pupils widened in shock. He was about to ask Jiang Mingwei what she meant and why she should be careful of her brother, since he had already sacrificed himself.

But before she could even ask the question, she fainted.

I don't know if it was from being scared or from feeling unwell...

During her sleep, Jiang Mingwei dreamed of many past events.

It made her both nostalgic and inexplicably struggling.

Everything that once existed seemed to her to have become a reflection in the water or a flower in a mirror.

She couldn't figure out where she came from...

A soft voice called her in her ear, and Jiang Mingwei slowly opened her eyes, meeting Hua Cui's eyes, which were swollen like walnuts from crying.

"Miss, you're finally awake! You scared me to death! Where did you go?"

"Do you know we've been looking for you on the streets for two days without success? But then you suddenly appeared on your own! What happened, Miss?!"

Jiang Mingwei was momentarily dazed. It turned out that she had been unconscious there for two days since she woke up and tried to escape.

The sleeping potion they used was really potent; I didn't feel anything at all...

When she tried to get up, she felt a splitting headache, so Hua Cui quickly went over to help her up.

Looking at the familiar furnishings in the room, Jiang Mingwei's dazed expression calmed down considerably.

"Where is Wei Jing?"

"Second Master? He always suspects that the spice merchant is closely related to your disappearance, Miss. In addition, the matter of the tamarisk incense makes him very wary. So it seems that he is interrogating that man."

“His concerns are valid. Send someone to invite him back and tell him that I have something extremely important to tell him. Make sure he comes back!”

"yes."

After receiving the order, Hua Cui immediately went to do it for Jiang Mingwei.

So Jiang Mingwei leaned against the headboard and waited silently.

Half an hour later, Wei Jing returned.

Seeing that Jiang Mingwei had woken up, Wei Jing's worry lessened considerably.

"Sister-in-law, you're awake. How are you feeling? What happened?"

Jiang Mingwei looked at him intently, her eyes full of seriousness.

"Something big is about to happen in the capital!"

She then recounted everything that happened after she was kidnapped.

"If I'm not mistaken, that man must be Wei Zhi!"