curtains
…
Really dramatic.
Jiang Nian was too exhausted to complain.
This time, she really read the determination to arrest her from You's eyes - he wanted to bring her before Ru, and use her capture to calm Ru's suspicion of the goddess, so that the goddess' plan could proceed smoothly.
Is it because someone is watching over You in secret?
Was it the Wumi believer from Donglan who had gone to see the goddess earlier, or Lu's men? Or was it Lu himself?
Jiang Nian had no intention of thinking about these things. She only had one goal in mind.
That means escape.
Her heart was beating so hard that it almost jumped out of her chest. She had a clear premonition that if she didn't run away further, she would never be able to get out of Zuihualou again.
The sound behind her was silent. Jiang Nian didn't dare to look back, for fear that You would appear in front of her from a distance in the next second and tighten the chain whip in his hand, which looked very painful, around her neck.
All she could see before her were curtains that covered the entire sky, each one looking exactly the same. The advantage was that she could use these curtains to temporarily take advantage of the blind spots in her vision to shake off her worries, but the disadvantage was that she herself could easily lose her bearings in this "sea" of curtains.
If you are unlucky, it will be difficult to deal with you if you run into Youmian right after turning a corner.
In her field of vision, these curtains seemed to have no end. No matter which "road" left by the curtains she ran to, she was surrounded by the same white cloth strips, weakening her ability to sense direction.
The original owner was a spoiled child and had never experienced such a shock. Now Jiang Nian was running into the heavy curtains at the fastest speed with his nerves on edge, his heart aching with fear.
Jiang Nian had been here before, and now, due to the pain in her chest, the images of the blueprints in her mind were beginning to blur. The long period of physical exertion had deprived her of oxygen, and she longed for fresh air. The dry, cold air, inhaled into her nose, made her head feel even more uncomfortable. A sharp pain suddenly struck from the back of her left head...
It's really uncomfortable.
A little nauseous.
She wanted to vomit out all the food Xizhen brought her.
She used all her attention to listen and observe, and only after confirming that there was no one else around did she slowly slow down her pace. After walking a few steps, she stopped and supported her legs to calm the discomfort and panting after excessive exercise.
Has Xizhen gone to her room to get the wooden box?
She should be thankful that there were no such things as "disinfectant", "alcohol" and "protective masks" in this era, otherwise the group of Wu Mi people would have directly put on masks and brought disinfectant to disinfect her room.
Naturally, it doesn't matter whether there are really viruses in the wooden box, just disinfect it casually.
—
There were white curtains everywhere, and there were no windows that let in light. Looking at the airtight walls on the left and back, Jiang Nian knew that he was in one of the four corners of the fourth floor.
No one else was walking here at the moment. While checking other places, Jiang Nian suddenly felt relieved, his legs went weak, and he knelt directly on the floor.
They couldn't rest here for too long. She had seen You's movement speed and didn't know how the Wu Mi people trained them. That kind of movement speed... was simply not what a human should have.
In Jiang Nian's opinion, the speed of being able to flash to a distance and track people in the blink of an eye has exceeded the scope of human action.
Donglan is really, too vicious.
If a fight breaks out with Huandu, they won't throw any infected corpses, right?
Judging from the Wu Mi people's behavior of cutting large amounts of meat to feed the crows, and the famine in Donglan, there should be no shortage of corpses.
It's troublesome to deal with it.
For no reason, Jiang Nian suddenly thought of the information he had obtained from Qin Lan before.
In this era, there are indeed cannibals who eat human flesh.
“…”
Not wanting to think any further, Jiang Nian felt his strength slowly returning. He stood up again, looking around to decide which direction to continue hiding his identity.
The closer to the center of the fourth layer, the fewer curtains there are, and the easier it is to be discovered.
Now I can only choose one of the three, and then choose a path that will not be discovered by You.
Following his intuition and relying on good luck, Jiang Nian, with little confidence in his heart, chose the path to the west.
—
Thanks to her good luck, she didn't see anyone as she walked along. She was surrounded by curtains that made her feel at ease, and there was no one around.
According to the current situation, she should follow him in a clockwise direction while You went to search other corners.
But right now, I don’t know where You is in the remaining three corners.
Then she could only go around the remaining corners, choose to go downstairs, avoid the others who were looking for her, and then sneak into the top floor.
“…”
Is this really possible?
Jiang Nian somewhat hoped that this was just an illusion.
But the truth is always cruel.
There was a fantasy world of strange adventure, which was just a practice for her.
At this moment, this seemingly bizarre and fatal hide-and-seek game is precisely the result of a causal tree that is closely linked together because of her previous choices.
No matter how nervous or worried you are now, it will be of no use... It's better to just treat it as a dream.
It was as if she had always regarded time travel as nothing.
Jiang Nian observed the changes around him and thought about random things to make himself less nervous.
Since she arrived in Huandu, she has never been able to adapt to this era, which means that she still has the fantasy of returning to the modern era, so she is searching for answers to the questions about her time travel.
Otherwise, why not numb yourself and convince yourself that it is useless to think about traveling through time, and why not just take the present seriously?
Lan explained it very clearly.
In order to escape the mental damage in the present world, she will be drawn into this era.
Lan didn't elaborate on the connection, but she could guess it.
He definitely has a close relationship with Shouzan.
“…”
She felt a headache when she thought that after leaving Zuihualou, she would have to spend part of the already limited time to help Meng Zheng find out the truth about the eldest princess' death.
For the first time, she sincerely hoped that by the time she returned to Youguan Mansion tomorrow night, Meng Zheng would have already found all the clues for her.
Every thing has its own nemesis.
Jiang Nian went over the unfinished tasks and successfully calmed down. Apart from being a little worried about being discovered by You, he no longer tensed up too much and kept himself worried.
She had walked through the east and west sides of the fourth floor, and now she was walking from the south to the north. If the timing was right, she could catch up with the time when the windlass descended.
I walked around the pillar with King You Qin for almost an hour on this floor, and after another half an hour, it was time for the personal maids to have dinner.
During that time, some of them would return to the rest room to pack their things.
When the personal maids lowered the wooden poles, Jiang Nian could take the opportunity to jump onto the windlass and ride it back to the first floor.
...I just wonder if those personal maids knew that she was arrested?
Right now, Lu is looking for her, but her personal maid is on the side of the goddess...
You wanted to capture her to reduce Lu's suspicion of the goddess, but how did the goddess really view her? Jiang Nian never figured out this woman's thoughts.
After staying in Zuihualou for a while, Jiang Nian had overturned his previous impression that the goddess was an extremely crazy and hysterical person.
On the contrary, she has always wanted to reunite with Xizhen, which is why she did things that made others think she was difficult to control, unpredictable, and extreme.
Precisely because his purpose was so pure, Jiang Nian had no reason to doubt what kind of person he was in the eyes of the goddess.
Is he the enemy, or is he one of us from Xizhen, or is he just a neutral party?
If he hated her, why didn't he send someone to kill her when he knew You was working with her?
If he liked her, she wouldn't be being chased by You in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.
…
The boundaries of the goddess are too vague, and Jiang Nian finds it difficult to make a judgment.
The area around the fourth floor was still quiet. I was halfway through my thoughts when I stood among the layers of curtains that were like spider webs. The chill that had slowly grown from my spine lingered around my neck again.
Jiang Nian didn't dare to stay here for long. He found a place that looked a little less secluded and hid behind the curtain.
A subtle tickling sound came from far away, like a snake slithering stickily on the ground.
It stayed on the curtain for a while, which reduced the sound of its sliding and made it even more difficult for Jiang Nian to identify You's location.
The room is bright and clear beams of light are visible everywhere, with curtains stretching all over the sky.
But the more lighthearted the situation was, the more frightened Jiang Nian became.
She couldn't anticipate that You would suddenly find her from somewhere, then wrap a chain whip around her ankles, trip her to the ground and drag her back.
The sound of the other party dragging the rope stopped at the place where she had just dodged.
Jiang Nian hid behind the curtain and did not move. He held his breath and listened quietly as You stood there and made the choice to go right or left.
A moment later, the chain that had stopped on the ground began to move again, making a scratching sound as it scraped against the floor, and moved to the right.
“…”
Jiang Nian did not feel relieved.
It would have been bad if You hadn't noticed that there was someone there and had rushed here.
Or maybe You was pretending to leave, but was actually staying there to deceive her.
How to choose?
She was playing hide-and-seek all the way, and the directions were blurred by the layers of curtains, so she couldn't accurately identify her current direction on the map.
The closer you get to the end of a mission, the more likely complications are to arise.
Jiang Nian hesitated for a moment on the choice of changing positions or not, then leaned out from behind the curtain and ran very quickly in the direction You had just gone.
Borrowing some curtains to use as cover along the way, she paid attention to the changes in her surroundings and the possible appearance of human figures while moving towards the center of the fourth floor.
The curtains receded piece by piece in the field of vision. The more empty the field of vision became, the closer it was to the center of the fourth floor.
The center is not an empty space.
When exploring another talisman array on the fourth floor, Jiang Nian came to scout the area many times before she walked out of the maze decorated with curtains and found the talisman array No. 2 on the fourth floor that she had always wanted to see.
The symbol array drawn in the center has the directions of east, south, west and north.
Now that my sense of direction is blurred, I can only rely on the talisman array to determine the direction.
Jiang Nian hid behind a curtain and rested for a while.
Playing hide-and-seek with You, if he loses, nothing will happen to him, but if she loses, she will die. This fact gives her too much stimulation. Now her heart is beating too fast. She is afraid that the strong heartbeat will attract You to find her.
Just as he was about to move towards the talisman formation.
Suddenly, a light laugh was heard from not far away, and the chain whip on the ground quickly hooked her ankle like a snake.
The force was not strong, but effortless. The icy chain coiled around her ankles, treating her like a prey on a platter.
The voice of the speaker came through with a leisurely force and a smile.
"——Miss, you really didn't notice the hem of your skirt."
"The game is over, come out."
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