Chapter 303 Meeting
Ji Yunshu seemed to be able to hear his own heartbeat.
She unconsciously took a step back and suddenly fell into someone's arms.
Just as he was about to attack, he suddenly smelled a familiar scent on the other person.
It’s Zhao Shen.
Ji Yunshu couldn't explain what she was feeling at the moment, and silently let him hold her hand.
A scream came from the front.
The torches soon lit up again.
Zhebie has been held in Jingzhe's hands.
He seemed to have crippled Zhebie's hands and feet. His arms and legs hung limply, his eyes filled with fear and satisfaction. "How did you get in?"
He had already activated the mechanism, and it was impossible for anyone to come in without alerting him.
Zhao Shen carefully examined Ji Yunshu in the firelight. Seeing that she was fine, he said calmly, "Of course she came in. But where are you planning to take my wife, Chief Zhebie?"
Although his voice was calm, it carried an inexplicable chill, or perhaps it was because the tomb passage itself was cold. Zhebie shuddered unconsciously and could not bring himself to say that he wanted to take Ji Yunshu and the others away from here.
The fact that Zhao Shen was able to come in quietly shows that he is familiar with this place.
If he lied, the person who caught him would probably kill him in an instant.
He stared at Zhao Shen for a long while. Although there was no expression on his face, there was a frightening murderous look hidden in his eyes.
Then I knew that he was not the gentle gentleman he appeared to be.
He knew in his heart that Ji Yunshu must occupy a very important position in Zhao Shen's heart.
Otherwise, he would not have put down what he was doing at such a critical moment and come here without caring about his own safety.
So Zhao Shen would never let him get away with it easily.
Fortunately, he always followed the principle of leaving a way out when doing things, and never did anything extreme. Although he captured Ji Yunshu twice in recent days, he did not do anything to her.
He narrowed his eyes and said, "I've heard for a long time that the prince has been poisoned and will not live long. Now it seems that it is true. Prince, please spare my life and I will help you remove the poison. How about that?"
Ji Yunshu didn't know whether he had noticed that Zhao Shen was poisoned or whether he had brought it up for negotiation because she had mentioned it before, but the poison in Zhao Shen's body was indeed a source of worry for her.
After hearing what he said, I asked, "Are you sure you can cure the poison in him?"
She remembered that Qiyun had said before that this poison was difficult to cure.
Zhe Bie glanced at Zhao Shen and saw that he didn't seem to be planning to speak, so he could only reply to Ji Yunshu: "This is a fatal Gu. If it's placed on a pregnant woman, she will die during childbirth and the poison will be passed on to the child. As the child grows, the poison will gradually penetrate into the bone marrow, and there is no cure."
Ji Yunshu listened to his clear and logical explanation and knew that this Gu was related to him.
"This poison was created by you, right?"
Zhebie noticed Zhao Shen's cold gaze on him and quickly explained, "I developed this Gu, but at that time I didn't know they would put it on the prince."
Ji Yunshu shook her head secretly. She felt that the situation might be just the opposite. This poison might be specifically aimed at Zhao Shen, a descendant of the Nanzhao royal family.
But she didn't express this guess out loud.
Since Zhebie dared to exchange this for his life, he should be confident that he can detoxify it.
As long as the poison in Zhao Shen can be cured, it is not impossible to spare Zhebie's life.
She looked at Zhao Shen with some anticipation.
Zhao Shen shook her hand and said to Zhebie, "Let's talk about it after we get out."
Seeing that he didn't immediately reject his words, Zhebie knew that the matter could be discussed, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you out right away."
Ji Yunshu sneered, "Patriarch, you must lead the way this time, otherwise who knows who will die first."
Zhebie listened to her meaningful words, his eyes flashed, and he said, "Don't worry, Madam. I don't want to die yet."
They were at an intersection, and Zhebie turned onto another road after he finished speaking.
Ji Yunshu looked at Zhao Shen. He was able to come in and find her, so he must know the way to the ancient tomb.
Zhao Shen nodded to her and followed her, taking her hand.
Although Zhao Shen didn't say anything, Ji Yunshu felt particularly at ease with him around.
Yin Shu saw that although the two of them didn't say anything when they met, there was an indescribable tacit understanding between them.
He couldn't help but say, "Prince Zhao, I risked my life to help you protect your wife, and you don't even say thank you?"
He was just teasing, but Zhao Shen took it seriously and said, "Thank you very much."
Yin Shu had dealt with Zhao Shen many times before, but this was the first time he saw him being so easy-going, and he was stunned.
Instead, Ji Yunshu asked dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you say protecting me is a business? Why do you still need to thank me?"
Yin Shu: "Woman, can you please know what's right for you? Do you think I'm someone you can hire with just a little money?"
Ji Yunshu: "Isn't it?"
Yin Shu was so angry that he fell backwards.
Zhao Shen suddenly said, "I didn't know someone would pay you to protect my wife."
Yin Shu thought to himself that this was not good. He smiled and said, "How could that be? I came to Southern Xinjiang for my own business, but there must be a reason for me to be with you and your wife, right?"
Ji Yunshu felt that what Yin Shu said didn't seem to be a good reason, and he had been probing her.
This made her think more.
But now is not the time to worry about this.
She pulled Zhao Shen's hand and asked softly, "Would it be bad for you to come here and delay important matters?"
From the moment Zhao Shen met Ji Yunshu, an indescribable emotion surged in his heart.
He was both happy and disappointed to see that she was fine.
I'm happy that she's doing well, but I'm sad that she can do well without him.
During the days they were apart, he always missed her and regretted countless times not bringing her with him. But when he really saw her, he didn't know how to express his feelings.
"I've made all the arrangements, and...nothing is more important than you."
His voice was deep and seemed to have the power to bewitch people.
Ji Yunshu's nerves, which had been tense these days, finally relaxed.
She smiled and said, "Prince Zhao is becoming more and more adept at coaxing people."
They chatted casually about their recent experiences and walked for less than half an hour before turning into a stone chamber to rest.
Ji Yunshu took a quick look and saw that it was a very ordinary stone chamber with burial objects neatly placed inside.
She couldn't help but ask Zhao Shen: "Which king of Nanzhao is this tomb?"
Zhao Shen said, "Judging from the scale of this, he must have been the first to unify dozens of Miao villages. The Miao people don't practice burials, let alone build tombs of this scale. Only that king greatly admired the culture of Daxia and lavished him with the utmost honors after his death."
Zhebie said, "The Crown Prince is truly knowledgeable, even knowing this. You're right. He was the first king to unify the Miao people, bringing about earth-shaking changes in our lives. Some say he left behind a large treasure after his death, but his tomb has been discovered, and the whereabouts of the treasure are still unknown."
Ji Yunshu looked at the neatly packed boxes, opened one of them at random, and was almost blinded by the glittering jewels.
"Aren't these the ones?"
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