Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Ayu was kidnapped
Hanyu was stunned, and the clothes in her hands fell to the ground. She was not only surprised that Yin Jinglong would say this to her, but also surprised that she actually felt a little moved. She felt that the insect in her body seemed to be waking up again.
After being stunned for a moment, she tried hard to force herself to wake up, suppress the power of the love poison, and tell herself that no matter how similar he was, he was not A Jiang.
"Let me go, you won't be his."
She felt the man close to her tremble slightly, then slowly loosen his hands around her waist.
Perhaps feeling that his actions had been somewhat inappropriate, he turned away, not daring to look her in the face. He stammered, "It must be the love poison that's causing me to offend you. Please forgive me."
"Since Your Highness feels sorry, why not help me remove the insect? That way, neither of us will be controlled by the love insect and do things against our will."
"No!" Yin Jinglong paused, then added, "It's not that I don't want to, but I can't. That Southern Border witch said that once a Gu worm has entered a host, it's difficult to force it out. The Gu worm and the host live and die together. Even if someone with profound Taoism forcibly removes it, the host will suffer a great loss of vitality and die soon. Therefore, I cannot remove the Gu worm for you."
Han Yu chuckled and said, "Since I can't remove it, and I don't want to be controlled by the love poison, then I have no choice but to leave this place. The farther away from you, the less likely the poison in my body will take effect."
She was determined to leave. Although this trip to the capital was different from the previous life's double death, it still couldn't change the fate of her and A Jiang's separation. She could never let go of the hatred in her previous life. Perhaps leaving was the best decision at the moment.
This time Yin Jinglong did not stop her. He wanted to send someone to escort her back to the snow mountain, but as expected, she refused.
Hanyu didn't want to stay any longer, so she packed her luggage and left Prince Yin's Mansion that day. Her sudden departure and Yin Jinglong's failure to stop her surprised others.
The spider even boldly questioned Yin Jinglong, "You let her go before the truth is revealed? Your Highness, are you being controlled by the Gu in her body again?"
"Even if we find out why the child Gu mutated, what good will that do? We can't force the Gu out. By keeping her by my side, are you risking the mother Gu in my body continuing to be affected by her?"
"But this is the only way to refine the Heart-Eating Gu. Only after it is refined, Your Highness can control the Gu at will. At that time, will you still be afraid of being influenced by it? I don't understand why Your Highness gave up halfway."
Yin Jinglong said angrily, "I don't need a witch like you to understand my decision."
He sent everyone else out and sat alone in the study.
Steward Xu knocked on the door and asked, "Your Highness, won't you see Miss Min off? She's a weak woman returning to the snowy mountains all alone from Shangjing. Aren't you afraid she'll be in danger?"
Seeing no one respond, he asked again, "I have been following you since you were eight years old. In all these years, I have never seen you fall in love with any girl. To be honest, I think Miss Min is a good person. If you really like her, don't miss this opportunity."
Manager Xu recalled that when he was young, he also had a crush on a woman, but later he was unable to be with her for various reasons. He regretted this for the rest of his life and has never married.
He regarded the prince as a relative and considered him from the perspective of a person who had experienced it. The prince had been alone for too long and he rejected everyone who talked to him about being related, which led others to think that he did not like women. Only when facing Hanyu did he act like a normal man.
But the prince's marriage cannot be decided by others. Even if others are willing to match him up, love cannot be forced.
Hanyu walked on the streets of Shangjing City with her luggage on her back. She refused the carriage prepared by Yin Jinglong and decided to walk back to the snow mountain step by step.
She knew that the journey home was long and difficult, and she also had to look for Ajiang's whereabouts, so before leaving, she borrowed some money from Xin Da, a guard in the palace.
Xin Da was also lucky. He thought that he would be punished by the prince for untying her shackles without permission, but unexpectedly, the prince did not pursue his crime at all, allowing him to escape by chance.
When Hanyu asked him to borrow money, Xin Da was hesitant and refused to lend it until he heard her say, "Spending money can ward off disaster. If you help me today, I will pray to the goddess for you to reduce your sins and let you avoid the bloody disaster."
Xin Da's greatest characteristic was his cherishment of life. When he heard that it could ward off disasters, he willingly lent her all the remaining silver he had, and also instructed her, "Remember to explain to the goddess for me that I have elderly parents and young children to support. I don't seek great wealth and honor in this life, I just want peace and safety."
Although the money she borrowed from Xin Da was not much, it could at least sustain her until she left Shangjing City. She would have to find another way to pay for the rest of her journey.
But what she didn't expect was that before she left Shangjing City, three masked men in black appeared in front of her and stopped her. She wondered if Yin Jinglong had changed his mind and wanted to send someone to capture her again?
"Who are you? Why are you blocking my way? Aren't people from the Central Plains the most law-abiding? Aren't you afraid that I'll report you to the police for forcibly abducting a woman in public?"
The man in black laughed at her ungratefulness. "You're a helpless woman of a foreign race. Even if you died outside, no one would claim your body. How could the government care about someone like you? We advise you to be sensible and come with us."
Three men in black stepped forward, grabbed Hanyu's limbs and lifted her onto their shoulders.
Hanyu screamed "Help" at the top of his lungs, but before he could even finish two words, one of the men in black hit him on the back of the neck and he passed out.
When she woke up again, she was blindfolded with a black cloth, her limbs were tied to an iron frame, everything in front of her was dark, and there was silence all around.
"Where is this place? Is there anyone here?"
Her cry startled the gatekeeper outside, and she heard him say to the person next to him, "She's awake. Go and report to His Highness."
Hanyu was filled with confusion, not understanding who the "His Highness" they were talking about was and why they wanted to arrest her. However, judging from this, it was definitely not Yin Jinglong who had arrested her.
A moment later, she heard the creaking sound of a door opening. Light from outside shone in, and through the black cloth in front of her, she vaguely saw the shadow of a woman standing in front of her. The guards beside her all called her "Your Highness."
"Your Highness, do you need to remove her blindfold?"
"Don't take it for now. Ask him to come over and identify the person."
"promise!"
Hanyu had never heard of this woman's voice. He had only been in the Central Plains for over a month, had never left Prince Yin's Mansion, and had never had any grudges with anyone. Who was this person?
The woman's subordinates brought a man and asked him to identify whether they had caught the right person. The man squatted down and looked at the blindfolded Hanyu. He did not say a word, but just nodded to the woman, and then was taken away.
"Don't go! Who are you?"
Hanyu called out, but no one answered her. She heard the woman say to a man standing very close to her, "Now that we've found the right person, let's start taking blood."
The man beside her seemed hesitant: "Your Highness, why don't you wait a little longer until Prince Yin no longer suspects us before taking action? Otherwise, given his personality, if he knew we had touched his people, wouldn't he turn our mansion upside down?"
The woman hesitated, perhaps thinking the man's words made sense. After thinking for a moment, she finally gave the order: "Three days. I only give you three days to deal with him."
Hanyu was blindfolded and locked in a strange place. The fear in her heart deepened bit by bit. She did not eat a grain of rice in these three days. Someone only fed her a few sips of water from time to time to keep her alive.
She was so hungry that she felt dizzy and didn't even have the strength to sit up. She said to the person who was giving her water, "My hands are numb. Can you please let me go for a moment? I don't have the strength to escape right now. I just want you to help me untie them."
"Without His Highness's order, I cannot untie you. Just bear with it for one more day, and you will be freed tomorrow."
"Is tomorrow the three-day deadline? What exactly is your Highness going to do to me? Can you please let me know the truth before I die?"
"Don't ask anymore. Some truths are too cruel. It's better to die in confusion."
Hanyu curled up in the corner in despair like a criminal awaiting judgment, and she had no idea who wanted to harm her until her death.
At noon the next day, the woman who had disappeared for three days appeared in front of her again. This time, she was completely exhausted and didn't even have the strength to speak. Only her breath proved that she was still alive.
Suddenly, the woman stretched out her hand and pinched her thigh. The pain hit her brain, causing her to groan unconsciously. When she pinched her for the second time, Hanyu shouted, "Don't touch me!"
"That's good. He's not dead yet. It's a pity he's a stubborn bastard. It seems I'll have to use torture to extract his blood."
The woman ordered her subordinates to gag Hanyu, then lifted her up and tied her to a wooden bench.
Hanyu could not see or speak. She felt someone cutting her wrists with a blade. The tearing pain almost made her faint. Only the will to survive kept her awake.
She struggled with almost the last bit of her strength, and the wooden bench beneath her was shaking violently.
The woman called a few more people to control her.
"I didn't expect her to be so resilient. After three days of starvation, she still has the energy to struggle?"
She urged the person who was drawing the blood: "Make the cut bigger and draw the blood quickly."
The man who took her blood said to her, "No! Your Highness, she will die from excessive blood loss. What if we need to take her blood in batches to awaken those fragments? We can't kill her all at once. Besides, if she dies, and Prince Yin investigates, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you, Your Highness, to deal with her!"
"Asshole! How can you achieve anything great if you're afraid of dragons in front and tigers behind? Let alone the regent, even if the late emperor were to be resurrected, I wouldn't be afraid!"
"I understand your highness's ambition, but those who achieve great things must be patient. Her life is worthless, but finding another tomb keeper of her bloodline would cost a lot of manpower and resources, and would also waste a lot of time. Now that we have a ready-made one without any effort, her blood must be used sparingly."
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