Chapter 128 Negotiating Terms with Mr. Song
"Well, the wind on this mountain is really strong. Lord Song is really wise to stop His Majesty from following."
As Chu Yuni spoke, she dug a few white mushrooms from the tree trunk. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw some living creatures moving in the grass on the right, so he subconsciously looked over there.
And this glance also made his expression change slightly.
Several colorful spiders were crawling towards Jiang Rumin and his two servants. Chu Yuni had never seen spiders with such bright colors before, and she instinctively felt a sense of crisis.
"Miss Jiang, be careful!" Chu Yuni hurriedly shouted in the direction of the three people. Jiang Rumin turned around and saw the spider, and quickly stepped back. The two maids beside her also raised their sickles, bent down and killed the spider.
Before Chu Yuni could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard Jiang Rumin shout, "There are some over there too! Spiders rarely have such bright colors. It's probably just like brightly colored venomous snakes. The brighter the color, the more poisonous it is. Master Chu, go and tell Lord Song to be careful and not let these spiders crawl on them."
As Jiang Rumin spoke, he took out a few bottles of medicine from the medicine box and handed them to Chu Yuni. "Before I went out today, I brought some insect repellent with me to prevent insects and ants in the mountains. Now that poisonous spiders have appeared, we must be extremely careful. Ask everyone to sprinkle some on their trouser legs, just in case."
"Ms. Jiang is really thoughtful."
Chu Yuni took the anthelmintic and turned to find Song Yunchu.
Jiang Rumin glanced at the grass around him and found no trace of poisonous spiders, so he felt a little relieved.
Behind the bushes not far away, Poison Lady saw Chu Yuni leaving, curled the corners of her lips, and immediately jumped up. Her light figure flew through the air and landed behind Jiang Rumin and others.
Jiang Rumin was bending over and sprinkling insect repellent powder on the corners of her trouser legs. Yingchun and Shaoyao heard the noise behind them and turned around alertly, but they didn't expect that two red spiders would come towards them and pounce on their faces.
The two were shocked and raised their hands to brush away the spiders on their faces, but the next moment, more spiders fell on their hair and necks.
Jiang Rumin came back to her senses from her surprise and wanted to help them drive away the spiders, but was stopped by the Poison Lady.
"My spiders are very powerful. The places bitten will soon become red, swollen and oozing pus, which is horrible to look at. Even if you can make an antidote, I'm afraid your efficiency won't be as fast as the speed at which their skin ulcerates. It's too late for you to catch them now, so don't try to be brave."
Hearing this, Jiang Rumin forced herself to calm down and turned to look at Lady Du, "Are you the female assassin who attempted to attack Lord Song outside the inn?"
"Well, since you have guessed it, you should also understand my intention."
Poison Lady chuckled and pointed to a big tree a few feet away. "There is a chain I prepared for you under that tree. Go over there and lock your hands and feet."
Jiang Rumin frowned slightly, "You have kung fu skills, and I am powerless, why don't you dare to lock me up yourself?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?" The Poison Lady sneered. "I'm an expert in using poisons, and I never dare to look down on doctors with excellent medical skills. Who knows if you might have some messy powders on you to deal with me."
She did not forget that once Prince Yi was sent back to the palace in a coma. It was said that it was this powerless little girl who attacked him.
Jiang Rumin saw Yingchun and Shaoyao fall down, and she was anxious. She had to follow what Poison Lady said, went under the tree, and handcuffed her hands and feet.
Poison Lady smiled with satisfaction, "That's right. When your Lord Song comes over later, you must beg him to save you with tears in your eyes. As long as you look pitiful enough and make him feel sorry for you, it will be fine. Men will become soft-hearted once women cry."
"You want to exchange me for your imprisoned sister?"
"That's right." Madam Du came to Jiang Rumin's side, pulled out the dagger she carried with her, and slowly rubbed the cold blade on Jiang Rumin's face. "If Lord Song knows what's good for you, I will let you go. If Lord Song doesn't agree to my request... I will scratch your beautiful face in front of him."
When Chu Yuni came back after delivering the insect repellent powder to everyone, she saw Jiang Rumin sitting by a tree with her hands and feet chained, and the person next to her was the red-clad female assassin who had used aphrodisiac to plot against His Majesty.
"Oh, you're back pretty quickly. That's great. Call your Lord Song over. I want to discuss terms with him."
Poison Lady originally thought that even if Song Yunchu was not horrified when he saw her, he would at least show some concern for Jiang Rumin. However, she did not expect that when Song Yunchu was called by Chu Yunni to face her, he still looked relaxed.
He even turned on the fan with a swish and leaned against the tree trunk to fan himself in the breeze.
"Poison Lady, we meet again. Your way of appearing every time is so unique."
Poison Lady was a little surprised.
She had never introduced herself, but this thief Song had only met her once and actually knew her name... Could it be that they forced it out of the fourth sister?
Moreover, when this man saw Jiang Rumin in her hands, his reaction was the same as when he saw her pretending to faint outside the inn, calm and nonchalant, with no heart at all, which made her want to scold him.
"Mr. Song, don't think I don't know that you are pretending to be relaxed. I don't want to waste time talking to you. If you want Jiang Rumin to be safe, hand over my fourth sister and we can exchange hostages."
As Poison Lady spoke, she had already put the dagger against Jiang Rumin's cheek, "If not, I will destroy her appearance and make her life worse than death."
"Miss Jiang in exchange for your fourth sister, this deal is not fair to me."
Song Yunchu's face was calm, as if he didn't care about her threats at all. "Your fourth sister is like a family member to you, but Miss Jiang is not even a confidante to me. Without this fiancée, I still have other noble ladies to choose from. The value of our hostages is not equal. Why should I exchange with you?"
Song Yunchu tried his best to make his response look like that of a shameless scumbag.
Poison Lady didn't expect her to give such an explanation, and her eyes widened immediately.
Song Yunchu continued to speak slowly, "Without Miss Jiang, I can still eat and sleep as usual. I feel sorry for her at most, but I can't be so heartbroken that I won't marry for the rest of my life, right? But if you lost your fourth sister, I'm afraid you would be heartbroken and cry your eyes out."
"You have only three sisters, and they are all very precious to you. But if I want women, I can have many. Think about it yourself, is what I said reasonable? After losing Miss Jiang, I still have Miss Liu, Miss Wang, and Miss Zhao..."
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