Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Running towards the sea of fire.
Ji Sui suddenly pushed Kong Jinghe aside, strode onto the raft that Kong Jinghe had taken when he came, and soon reached the shore.
A carriage was parked on the shore. The night was chilly, and the coachman was about to pull out a cloak from his pack to shield himself from the cold when he suddenly saw the general striding toward him. He quickly put his pack aside, jumped out of the carriage, and asked, "General, where are you going?"
Ji Bai had a sullen face and said nothing. When he got closer, he suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist. Although the groom didn't know what he had done wrong, he knelt down in panic and begged for mercy.
Before he could come to his senses, he heard a neigh from the horse beside him. Ji Sui cut the ropes that tied the carriage and drove the horse away.
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The weather is dry in autumn and winter, and it is not the first time that a flood has occurred in the capital. Moreover, even if there was a flood in the Jiaofangsi, Lin Zhen would not necessarily be in danger.
The woman who dared to hurt him with a sword, the woman who would rather be humiliated than bow to him, would not get into trouble easily.
Never.
Even though Ji Bai thought so in his heart, he never slowed down the whip in his hand. He whipped the horse hard again and again and galloped towards the direction of the Jiaofangsi.
*
Lin Yue, who was supposed to have escaped far away with Hongye, was now dressed like an ordinary woman, holding a bundle tightly in her arms, standing in a corner with an uneasy look on her face.
Hongye had discussed the escape route with her early in the morning. They only needed to wait for the guards at the gate to withdraw so that they could take the opportunity to leave the palace. However, they did not expect that Hongye would change his mind after returning from a visit.
She said that she had some things she had not told her sister and had to go back to the city, but when I asked her what it was, she hesitated and couldn't answer. Finally, she said that she wanted to go back to the city alone and asked me to wait for her at the ferry.
After experiencing the last separation from her elder sister in the suburbs, Lin Yue was extremely afraid every time she thought of that time. She naturally could not agree to separate from Hongye again, so she just waited for her in the city.
Although Lin Yue's dress was not eye-catching, her nervous expression and the way she held the bag tightly still attracted the attention of the bad guys. While she looked up, the bag in her arms was suddenly snatched away.
"Stop right there!"
It contained important road guides and maps. Lin Yue was so anxious that she ran after it. When she rushed across a street, she suddenly heard the sound of a horse neighing. She turned around and looked over, only to see a pair of iron hooves about to step down.
In an instant, Lin Yue's mind went blank, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she even lost the instinct to dodge.
Unexpectedly, the horse's hooves did not fall towards her, but turned its head in time. She finally came to her senses, but at this moment, she also saw the person on the horse clearly.
It was Ji Sui.
At this moment, Lin Yue no longer cared about the route map. She turned around and ran in the opposite direction.
"Stop, Lin Zhen!"
With just a glance, even though the outfit was completely different from usual, the familiar profile under the dim light made Ji Sui immediately identify it as Lin Zhen. He raised his whip and chased after him.
At that time, Lin Zhen, with a dark face, was walking along the street. Suddenly, she heard a familiar man's voice behind her. Her body stiffened for a moment, but she did not move, just lowered her head.
All the road maps were left to Hongye and Lin Yue. When she escaped from the Jiaofangsi, she had nothing, not even a penny.
The road ahead was not smooth and was even extremely dangerous, but for some reason, the moment she left the Jiaofangsi, her depressed heart, which had been bound for so long, was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
She didn't know what lay ahead, but she knew that only hell was waiting for her.
Therefore, even if it means she is like a moth flying into a flame, she will do it without hesitation.
The clatter of horse hooves was getting closer. She looked up and around in panic, her eyes fixed on a carriage parked on the side of the road. Without a moment's hesitation, she quickly stepped onto the carriage.
The carriage was pitch black. Lin Zhen squatted there, holding onto the wall with both hands, holding his breath and concentrating. After a moment, the sound of horse hooves galloped past, bringing with it a gust of cool breeze.
She finally lowered her slightly trembling hands and was about to leave when the curtain of the carriage was blown up by the wind and fluttered. She saw the sharp dagger at her neck.
"Don't move."
A man's deep voice sounded from a short distance away.
The wind stopped and the curtains of the car dropped. Lin Zhen didn't have time to see the man's face clearly. In the darkness, she felt a hand touching her waist, groping and pressing left and right.
This man might have mistaken her, the uninvited guest, for an assassin, which was not unusual. Lin Zhen planned to apologize and thank the owner of the carriage after he finished his inspection.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, that hand suddenly pressed on her chest. The man seemed to be startled and hesitated for a moment. When he was about to withdraw his hand, Lin Zhen slapped him hard on the cheek.
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How could a person's leg strength compete with that of a horse, let alone a weak woman? When Lin Yue was blocked by the tall horse standing in front of her, she collapsed on the ground.
Ji Bai's horse riding on the street attracted the attention of the Shenwu Camp. At that time, they had surrounded Lin Yue with torches in their hands. With flames shooting up into the sky, Ji Bai finally saw the appearance of the person on the ground.
He cursed inwardly and said, "Take her to the General's Mansion."
A pair of deep, sharp peach blossom eyes scanned the surroundings, and then coldly ordered: "Immediately put the city gates under martial law!"
*
When Ji Sui rushed to the side room of the Jiaofangsi, he saw a woman in dirty clothes kneeling in front of the main room engulfed in flames, crying loudly.
Ji Sui strode forward, picked up Hongye, his eyes bloodshot: "Where's Lin Zhen?"
Somehow, when she saw Ji Sui, Hongye cried even harder and her speech became incoherent.
The raging flames reflected in Ji Sui's ink-black eyes. Without any hesitation, he rushed straight into the sea of fire.
He kicked open the rickety wooden door, and the hot air that hit him forced him to take half a step back. The couch that was usually only a few steps away now seemed so far away. The few objects in the room were all swallowed up by the flames, falling to pieces and blocking all the way. He couldn't see Lin Zhen's position at all.
After kicking a few things away, he was finally able to get close to the bed, but the thick smoke in the room almost suffocated him. The fallen wooden cabinet beside him trapped Ji Sui's legs. At a close distance, he finally saw the person lying unconscious behind the bed curtains.
"Lin Zhen!"
Ji Bai shouted at the top of his lungs, stretching out his slender fingertips that were exposed from the curtain. The next moment, he finally touched the person on the couch, but his body was knocked down heavily by the falling beams.
There was a sound of silver armor and iron boots coming from outside the yard. It was Shizhu and his men arriving.
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“…It’s you?”
On this side, Lin Zhen was tied up in the corner of the carriage. The man held a lantern close to Lin Zhen's face and shone it, then reached out and wiped her face a few times, frowning.
Lin Zhen also saw the person in front of her clearly. Not long ago, they had an unpleasant encounter. Just now in the darkness, she vaguely felt that the man's voice was somewhat familiar.
With the help of the light, Lin Zhen looked up and saw the man sitting on the low couch, looking at her with scrutiny. The moment their eyes met, he seemed to remember something, coughed lightly, and turned his gaze away indifferently.
Seeing the way Lin Zhen was looking at the young master, Xinyi remembered what she had just done to the young master. She immediately pointed her sword sheath at Lin Zhen's throat and whispered, "Who sent you here?"
"As the young lady sees, if I were someone sent to hurt..." Lin Zhen pursed his lips, "to hurt him, I wouldn't be so powerless and easily subdued by an injured you."
As Lin Zhen spoke, his eyes fell on the waist and abdomen of the woman in tight clothes, which she subconsciously protected with her hands.
"You!" The woman suddenly used her elbow to push Lin Zhen against the car wall. She frowned slightly but looked calm, not like she was lying.
She glanced up and down at Lin Zhen, then stared at her blackened face for a long moment. As she hesitated, she heard the sound of guards marching outside the carriage. She suddenly asked, "You didn't... escape, did you?!"
This time, they left the city, deliberately taking advantage of the fact that the people in the palace had returned to the city and the inspections were relaxed. Her injuries were too conspicuous. She would die without regrets, but if she continued to drag the young master down...
Xinyi was extremely angry. She glared at Lin Zhen with hatred in her almond-shaped eyes, and raised her hand to strike Lin Zhen's neck with a palm.
"Sir, Xinyi will find an inconspicuous place to throw this woman down."
"It will take some time to get the army on alert. We should leave the city now. There is still time."
After the man finished speaking, he lowered his eyes to look at Lin Zhen who was sleeping on the ground.
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