When Zhou Jing'an reached the gate of Hefeng Garden, he suddenly realized how he got there. He felt a little awkward and didn't want to go in.
He just walked back a few steps but turned around and walked into Hefeng Garden.
He just came here to look for a business card.
I'm not here to meet anyone.
The Hefeng Garden is not big, with a lotus pond in the middle. The lotus flowers in it have withered, leaving only a pond of withered lotus leaves and dead branches.
Zhou Jing'an looked around calmly and saw Cheng An and Wu Wanying sitting in a pavilion, and three others standing in a corridor elsewhere.
Jiang Ling was not there.
He felt lost and frowned slightly. He retreated uncomfortably and walked along the outer wall of Hefeng Garden, feeling a little annoyed.
The sounds of the ladies in the garden talking and laughing made him want to speed up and leave.
But suddenly I heard someone mention Jiang Ling's name, and I couldn't help but slow down and listen carefully.
It was Cheng An's voice.
It seemed to be talking about where Jiang Ling had gone.
Wu Wanying stroked her hand, glanced at the people in the corridor, and lowered her voice, "Since Ling'er said she's fine, then she must be fine. She's so smart, even if Qiu Yanshuang is trying to harm her, she will definitely find a way to solve it."
Although she comforted Cheng An, Wu Wanying was still worried and sighed, "She told us not to act rashly and not to rush to Zizhu Garden to find her. We should just stay here and wait for the time to come and do as she said."
Both of them knew that Jiang Ling was afraid of getting them involved, so she told them not to move.
Cheng An's frown showed no sign of relaxing, and he just sighed.
The two spoke in low voices, mixed with the laughter of the other ladies, so Zhou Jing'an could not hear clearly.
I only vaguely heard Jiang Ling's name, and then I heard them mention Zizhu Garden.
Zhou Jing'an thought to himself, did she go to Zizhuyuan?
Why leave your close friends behind and go alone?
He couldn't help but feel a little worried, thinking that it was her first time to the Prime Minister's Mansion. The gardens in the mansion were diverse, and the roads were complicated and interconnected, making it difficult to tell where to go. She might get lost.
So he gave himself a reasonable excuse: he couldn't let the guest get lost, so he went to look for her.
Jiang Ling didn't know that someone had come uninvited. She was still in the small hall and had already sensed something strange and heard footsteps again.
Then a thin layer of smoke gradually rose in the house.
She covered her mouth and nose to look for the source, and saw that on the east side of the screen, next to the couch, there was a hole in the window paper on the north side, and someone was using a thin bamboo tube to pump smoke into it.
My goodness, this is too arrogant.
Jiang Ling was stunned for a moment, then quickly got up and went to the couch to look for some clean water.
I have to say that although this method is simple and crude, it is effective.
She accidentally took two puffs just now and immediately felt dizzy.
If she had just sat on the west side of the screen and drank tea without any precautions, she probably wouldn't have been discovered quickly.
In the autumn, there was a mat on the couch and a thin brocade quilt next to it. She tore a strip of brocade, quickly soaked it with water, opened the paper bag, took out a piece of licorice and put it in her mouth, then covered her mouth and nose with the brocade strip and hid in the southwest corner farthest from the bamboo tube that was blowing smoke in.
She wasn't sure if it was a knockout drug or an aphrodisiac.
There are only these two types, right?
Maybe a mix of both?
Since such a simple and crude method of harming others was used, Jiang Ling roughly guessed that this time the most vicious means would be used to harm her.
Jiang Ling was wondering when the bad guy would come when she found that the smoke had stopped, the bamboo tube had been retracted, and the torn window paper was blocked with wood.
Jiang Ling: ...
He is so dedicated that he doesn't leave any room for her.
Just now she asked Xiao Bing how long it would take for the effect of this medicine to appear.
Xiao Bing said that if it was a strong medicine, it would make the person unconscious in half a minute.
Jiang Ling guessed that Shen Qingru would wait until she was completely unable to resist before taking action. After all, this was the only way to be foolproof. If something unexpected happened before that, everything would still be salvageable.
If you attack her while she is still conscious and even has the strength to resist, she will inevitably scream and fight back hard, and if that attracts others, everything will be meaningless.
And how could Jiang Ling let her return empty-handed?
Of course, she had to fulfill her wish!
She pretended to bang on the doors and windows and called for help, but then her voice gradually weakened and her hands that were banging on the door gradually dropped.
Jiang Ling was very satisfied with her acting skills. She tore off two more brocade strips, dipped them in clean water, and was about to hide in the closet when she heard the sound of a lock being unlocked at the door.
She was shocked. It came so quickly?!
She quickly pulled out the hairpin from her bun, held it in her hand, and quietly hid in the closet.
Jiang Ling peeked out through the gap in the wardrobe and saw the copper lock being opened and falling to the ground with a clang. Then the door was pushed open anxiously and a person walked in.
Tall and with an upright posture.
Jiang Ling was puzzled. Did they even find someone with some good looks to ruin her innocence?
After the man had taken a look around, he came towards the wardrobe, gradually approached, and his face was revealed.
Jiang Ling was shocked, Zhou Jing'an?
Let’s go back to half a quarter of an hour ago.
Zhou Jing'an walked quickly to Zizhu Garden, but did not find Jiang Ling. He became more and more suspicious that she was lost, so he began to look around with Zizhu Garden as the center.
He knew martial arts and was looking for someone, so he was anxious and walked quickly and lightly. He took secret shortcuts all the way and no one noticed him.
Including the villain who blew smoke at Jiang Ling.
But Zhou Jing'an discovered her.
When he walked to the back of the Begonia Pavilion, he saw a person who looked like a maid hiding in the corner, looking at the small hall in the Begonia Pavilion.
The two people were standing in opposite directions. Zhou Jing'an realized something was wrong and immediately stepped back and hid. Then he heard Jiang Ling knocking on the doors and windows and calling for help.
Zhou Jing'an's eyes narrowed as he realized that Jiang Ling was in the small hall that the maid was staring at.
He looked at her for a while and then left quickly, hesitating whether to chase her or save Jiang Ling first.
Zhou Jing'an made the decision in a split second and rushed into the Begonia Pavilion. He found that the doors and windows were locked from the outside, and Jiang Ling's cries for help had stopped, and there was no sound from inside.
Zhou Jing'an was suddenly panicked for a moment, and the air around him was very heavy. He quickly pulled out the dagger he carried with him and pried it with his strength. The copper lock opened with a "clatter" and fell to the ground with a clang.
He pushed the door open anxiously and immediately looked for Jiang Ling.
The small hall was empty, but there was a faint smell of drugs.
Zhou Jing'an held his breath, his heart becoming increasingly flustered. He quickly walked to the east side of the screen, fixed his eyes on the wardrobe, and walked forward.
He stretched out his hand and opened the cabinet door, then raised his eyes and met Jiang Ling's gaze inside.
Jiang Ling's mouth and nose were tied with cloth strips. She looked at him with her big eyes, which were dull and wooden, and moist.
Zhou Jing'an's heart ached slightly. He frowned and stepped forward, raising his hand to help her tear off the cloth. His tone was filled with anxiety: "How are you? Are you okay? Why are you being held here?"
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