Just before setting off, Xingxing suddenly became nervous. She clung tightly to Zhu Lin's clothes and said pitifully, "Brother Lin, maybe I shouldn't go. You all know kung fu, but I don't. My short arms and legs will only hold me back."
"It's alright, I'll carry you." Zhu Lin said, picking her up with one hand. He seemed to lift her up very easily without using much force.
Star, trapped under the arm: "?"
Forget it, she really doesn't want to go.
"It really won't take any effort at all, and I won't abandon you halfway through," Zhu Lin solemnly assured him.
Xingxing yawned and waved her little hand, "I'm sleepy, I can't go on, I'm going back to my room to sleep."
Zhu Lin began to struggle with whether he should leave now or put the little girl to sleep first.
"Stars, stars, look! There's candy to eat! You just drank your medicine, and Madam gave you candy." Madam refers to Zhao Guihua. Now, the three female guards have all adopted the same title: "Master Zhou" and "Madam Zhao Guihua."
"Candy, I'm going to sleep, aren't you going to sleep yet?" Star mumbled.
"Candy sleeps during the day and sleeps at night, she's slept a lot, but she's not sleeping now." Candy is still recovering from her injury, so of course she sleeps both day and night, right?
Even if she escaped from the Gu residence today and was carried away by others, she could still fall asleep, so she was not sleepy at all at this moment.
"Oh, then you can watch me sleep," Xingxing said, having found someone to put her to sleep. Then she waved to Zhu Lin, "Go ahead, I have someone to keep me company."
Half an hour later, Zhu Lin and Zhu Yueran arrived at the prefect's residence. The two acted as if they were in an empty house, and soon they arrived at the prefect's bedroom, where they tied the prefect and his concubine up like dumplings.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh." The concubine was tied up and then knocked unconscious, while the prefect was carried away from his residence by Zhu Yueran.
"Shut up, or I'll kill you with one stroke." Zhu Yueran was annoyed. This prefect of Quanshui Prefecture was a middle-aged man in his early forties. He looked respectable, but he was actually very afraid of death.
How can someone like this dare to collude with Prince Gong? I don't know how to evaluate him.
Before long, the two brothers arrived at the Gu residence. By then, the Gu residence had been sealed off by the government, with a seal affixed to the gate and two government officials guarding the outside.
Zhu Changge and Zhu Qingruo waited from day to night until Wu Lianlian finally arrived. Wu Lianlian was dressed in black, her face covered, and carrying two swords as she entered the secret room through a hidden passage.
She didn't come alone; she brought more than twenty assassins with her. This time, she came to move the weapons, gold, silver, and pearls out. When she came in, she had already discovered that the secret room had been exposed.
The various traces left in the secret passage all indicate that someone has entered and someone has escaped from the secret room.
Although she had foreseen the danger, she still decided to take the risk. Although those men in white were highly skilled, she was no less so. Besides, she had brought helpers with her. She was familiar with the Gu residence and had other methods. Even if things didn't go well, she was confident that she could escape.
Some of the boxes containing gold and silver jewelry were hidden deep inside, and since the people from Fairy Mist Island didn't deliberately search the secret room, they didn't discover that Wu Lianlian had hidden other treasures.
As soon as Wu Lianlian entered, she opened the secret room where the jewels were hidden and ordered her men to carry out the boxes of gold and silver jewelry. Weapons were also important, but things had to be taken one at a time; there was no rush. Even if they were in a hurry, they had to move everything out one by one.
"Junior sister, did you hear any faint sounds coming from the secret room? It sounds like someone has come in, and quite a few people at that," Zhu Changge asked Zhu Qingruo in a low voice as she listened intently.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Qingruo had no doubt and mouthed, "Then let's go in and take them by surprise."
Zhu Changge nodded and took the lead. The two deliberately walked lightly. Wu Lianlian and the others were half focused on moving the jewelry. Because Zhu Changge and Zhu Changge were very skilled, they walked without anyone noticing until the two were right in front of them.
"When did you come in?" Wu Lianlian was furious. She had been careless and hadn't noticed anyone approaching. If they had tried to kill her, she wouldn't even know how she died.
"Enough with the nonsense. What do you care when we came in? We're just waiting for you to come back so we can catch you," Zhu Qingruo replied with a half-smile.
Wu Lianlian's eyes were filled with murderous intent, but she knew that these two women were not easy to deal with, and she could not confront them head-on. So she secretly touched the two black balls hidden in her sleeve.
"You've ruined the prince's plans time and time again, and now you've pushed me into this situation. I won't let you get away with this. Even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!" Wu Lianlian shouted loudly, and before she finished speaking, she threw two balls at the two of them.
Zhu Changge and Zhu Qingruo instinctively dodged, and the black ball shattered upon landing, exploding into acrid and thick black smoke. In an instant, the entire secret passage and chamber were shrouded in black smoke, obscuring the surrounding scenery. This black smoke was truly formidable.
Zhu Changge tried to extend her five fingers, but found that she couldn't see anything right in front of her. Her heart skipped a beat. She wondered if the black smoke was poisonous. Before she could think, her actions were faster than her brain. By the time she realized what was happening, she had already put an antidote pill in her mouth.
This pill can suppress any poisoning, but its effects only last for 15 minutes, so she must leave the secret room within 15 minutes.
"Qingruo..." Zhu Changge tentatively called out in a low voice.
"Senior sister, I'm fine," Zhu Qingruo replied quickly. "That woman probably escaped while we were trapped by the black smoke. We need to find an exit quickly, as this black smoke seems to be poisonous."
Even after taking the pills to suppress the poison, they couldn't be careless. Following the sound, the two found each other and, relying on their previous memories, groped their way to the exit of the secret room.
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