Chapter 18: Poison King Chu Jin
Xiyan came to the table. The precious oriental pearl was close at hand, and its dazzling light seemed to be waving to her.
She slowly stretched out her hand, her fingertips trembling slightly. When she was about to touch Dongzhu, she suddenly stopped, and a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes.
After going through numerous traps and obstacles, she knew that every step in the Prince's Mansion's treasure house was dangerous, and there was a high possibility that there was an even more deadly trap hidden under the Eastern Pearl.
After thinking for a moment, Xiyan quickly took out the Flying Claw Hundred Chain Rope from her arms.
This flying claw is made of fine steel, with a flexible chain and an extremely sharp hook. It is a useful tool for her to carry out her tasks.
But she took a few steps back, shook her wrist slightly, and the flying claw flew towards the brocade box with a whistling sound, like a black dragon, and the hook accurately hooked the edge of the brocade box.
Then, she squatted down slightly, lowered her shoulders and elbows, and with a little effort, the brocade box was pulled up steadily. However, just as the brocade box was about to leave the table, something unexpected happened!
There was a loud "crash" sound, and a black shadow came down from mid-air like lightning.
It turned out to be a large net, the net body was made of woven thin chains, and the mesh was fine.
Even if Xiyan had supernatural powers, she would not be able to escape. She felt a darkness in front of her eyes, and the iron net had covered her head and face. The flying claws also slipped out of her hands in an instant, and Dongzhu's brocade box fell back to its original place with a click.
Then, her body instantly lost balance. As the iron net was pulled up rapidly, her whole body was hung in the air. She struggled desperately, but found that the more she struggled, the tighter the iron net became.
She tried to pull out her dagger to cut the iron net, but found that her hands were tightly entangled in the ropes and she could not move.
At this moment, she was trapped in the net, like a trapped beast.
However, her instinct for survival prevented her from giving up.
She opened her eyes wide, looked around vigilantly, and thought quickly about how to escape.
At this moment, I heard a burst of laughter from below. The laughter was wantonly and jokingly:
"You, woman, are truly remarkable! You were able to break through the numerous traps within the Treasure Pavilion and nearly let you obtain the Eastern Pearl!"
Xiyan was horrified. She forced herself to remain calm, opened her eyes wide and looked carefully, only to see a young man in a red robe walking out from behind the screen.
The man had a slender figure, as tall as a pine tree, his red robe fluttered in the wind, and his sleeves fluttered like a burning flame.
His face was exceptionally alluring, with slightly upturned eyes, deep pupils, and a hint of allure. His thin lips, slightly pursed, exuded a sense of unruliness and wildness. His black hair, unbounded and flowing freely over his shoulders, added to his allure.
Xiyan's eyes widened, and almost instantly, she blurted out:
"Poison King Chu Jin?"
Upon hearing this, the red-robed man threw back his head and roared with laughter, which resonated throughout the Treasure Pavilion and made people's eardrums hurt. This showed that he had profound internal strength.
"You actually recognize me? It seems that you have seen me more than once!"
Although Xiyan was in danger, her body tightly bound by the iron net, she suppressed her inner panic, stared at Chu Jin with her beautiful eyes, and said coldly:
"Chu Jin, it seems you predicted that someone would come to steal the treasure tonight. So, Helian Feng deliberately revealed that the Dongzhu was in the Treasure Pavilion to lure me in and steal it, so that I would fall into their trap?"
Chu Jin's lips curled up into a smile, but that smile was like the frost in December, chilling to the bone.
"You and that other woman had a pretty clear division of labor: one killed the envoy, the other stole the Eastern Pearl. It's a shame, your disguises were flawless, but you overlooked one thing: all the maids and dancers in the Prince's mansion have the word 'Maple' tattooed on their wrists, except for you two!"
Xiyan's heart trembled suddenly, her face turned pale in an instant, and she thought to herself:
It seems that Manluo's whereabouts have been exposed!
At this moment, a chaotic and hurried sound of footsteps came from the stairs, and then more than twenty people entered one after another.
The leader was none other than Crown Prince Helian Feng! Behind him followed Mingying and more than twenty guards.
Helian Feng had already changed into a moon-white brocade robe. He had an upright posture and steady steps. He exuded an innate nobility. His pair of starry eyes were cold and radiant, and fell lightly on Xiyan's face.
Standing beside him was a man, it was the Southern Zhao envoy Xu Jingzhen.
At this moment, Xu Jingzhen's face flushed, and he was furious. He opened his eyes wide, glared fiercely at Xi Yan in the iron net, and cursed with gnashing teeth:
"You thief, you dare to team up with that bitch to tease me. How despicable!"
He really lost face tonight.
Originally, he was obsessed with lust and had set his eyes on the dancer Hong Ling in the mansion, and he wanted to take her back to the garden to have sex with her. But unexpectedly, when he was undressing, the beautiful dancer kicked him to the ground and, holding a sharp knife, tried to kill him.
Fortunately, Mingying arrived in time with his guards and came to the rescue.
However, the dancer was very skilled in martial arts. She fought her way out and escaped through the window.
Although he escaped unharmed, he did make a fool of himself tonight. If this were to get to Nan Zhao, his official position would be in jeopardy.
What worried him even more was the South Sea Pearl in the Treasure Pavilion. If the pearl was lost, he would have no way of explaining it to Emperor Nan Zhao.
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