Chapter 198 Stop
Ye Xuanzhi said, "After I take you away, we'll go to the Upper Realm together, and I'll help you find a way to break the seal."
“I don’t want you to be exposed in front of them, and besides, I also have people here who I want to protect,” Mu Jianjian said, still feeling uneasy about Ye Xuanzhi’s ending in the original book. “In any case, you must be careful when you return to the Upper Realm tomorrow.”
Footsteps approached from outside the room, and the noisy voices gradually became clearer. Mu Jianjian quickly grabbed Ye Xuanzhi's sleeve, "Can you just help me convey my message about me at the Red Chamber to my senior brother and Yueyue?"
Ye Xuanzhi still hesitated and felt unwilling.
If he hadn't stayed in the lower realm for too long and had to return to the upper realm, how could he bear to see Jianjian suffer here?
"Promise me, it's too late!"
"Alright." Seeing that he couldn't change the girl's mind, Ye Xuanzhi could only agree, "But I'll give you a lot of magical artifacts for self-defense, Jianjian, you should..."
"How can I use magical artifacts if I don't have true qi?" Mu Jianjian said helplessly.
Ye Xuanzhi only realized what was happening after hearing this. He stuffed some pills and talismans into the girl's hands before reluctantly leaving.
Mu Jianjian quickly slipped away through the side wooden door, but as soon as she stepped out, a tall figure emerged from behind the screen.
Yun Rong raised her slender, boneless right hand to light the candle beside her, recalling the conversation the two of them had just had.
"Xue, go see how that person got the message to them. If it's a letter, intercept it. If it's a person," Yun Rong paused, looking at Shan Chuxue who was shrouded in shadow, "then kill her."
"Yes," Shan Chuxue replied in a deep voice.
But a look of reluctance flashed across her eyes.
Is this an attempt to cut off the sister's communication and trap her here?
What benefit does this bring to the master?
“And Baili Yicheng, hasn’t he been looking for me for a long time?” Yun Rong casually picked up a book from the wooden shelf next to her and began to flip through it. “Let him come here.”
"Yes, Master."
Dan Chuxue responded and left.
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After Mu Jianjian left the private room on the second floor, she heard the slight noise that had just come from inside the room, and was glad that she had left quickly.
It wouldn't be good if we left any later and got caught.
I just don't know where the beautiful lady went...
Logically, she should be serving those high-ranking and powerful people in Duyunfang in the private room on the third floor, but she did not detect the presence of the beautiful sister when she walked around earlier.
Mu Jianjian returned to a corner of the lobby on the first floor and started eating sunflower seeds and watching the show. Looking at the scene of many men embracing and flirting with women, she felt uncomfortable.
Now that we've found Ye Xuanzhi and spoken to him, and still can't find the beautiful sister, let's go back to the backyard first.
Mu Jianjian stood up, preparing to sneak away, when two women walked out from the narrow passageway, muttering something to themselves.
"Did you see that? It's terrible. Young Master Baili grabbed her by the hair and dragged her inside. Who knows what will happen to her?" A woman whispered to another person, covering her mouth.
"I saw it! It's said that she argued with Young Master Baili because of what happened before, and she took herself too seriously and forgot her place. Aren't her four subordinates waiting for her to come down and re-select the courtesan queen? But at this rate, it seems like it'll be soon." Another woman chimed in.
"Previously, out of respect for Young Master Baili, the manager of the Red Pavilion ignored her. Just you wait and see, the day she's rejected will probably be the day she's punished and forced into slavery..."
"Who are you talking about?" A clear, girlish voice interrupted their conversation. The two looked around and saw a girl with ugly makeup.
"Oh, where did this girl come from? Doesn't she know how to use rouge properly?" The woman completely ignored the other person's sullen face.
"I'm afraid it wasn't drawn. He was probably just born ugly and there was nothing he could do about it."
Upon seeing this, Mu Jianjian instantly knocked one of the women unconscious. Looking at the other woman who hadn't yet reacted, a sharp dagger appeared in her hand as she raised it. "I'll ask you one last time, was the woman you were talking about Yun Rong? Where is she?"
The woman was panting, and fear was written all over her face.
Why would the women in "Dream of the Red Chamber" carry knives?
"Do you think it's faster for you to call for help, or for me to kill you?" The dagger sank even deeper into his neck.
"It's Yun Rong! It's Yun Rong!" The woman repeated herself twice in her anxiety. "I was passing by when I saw Young Master Baili seem very angry. He grabbed her hair and dragged her into a room on the second floor. I don't know anything else..."
The dagger gradually loosened its grip, and before the woman could even feel happy, darkness enveloped her.
Mu Jianjian looked at the two people who had fallen to the ground, pulled them to a corner of the narrow passage, and then hurriedly went upstairs.
She saw a room with its wooden door wide open, the inside a mess and even filled with bloodstains. Her heart sank. She went in and looked around but couldn't find anyone. She was anxious but helpless.
In her haste, Mu Jianjian noticed the bloodstains on the ground and calmed herself down. She followed the bloodstains to the third floor, but was stopped by two servants standing in front of the curtain.
"I...I'll go in and check on my sister..." Mu Jianjian said with a smile, while releasing her divine sense to test the strength of the two.
Two foundations.
"The young master said that no one else is allowed to enter. If you insist on doing so, don't blame us for being ruthless," the servant said solemnly, without looking at him.
"Okay... alright." Mu Jianjian seemed startled and stammered, looking around at the surroundings.
The third floor is capped, and both entrances to the entire floor are likely guarded, so you can only enter from this side.
Left with no other choice, she took a deep breath, quickly squeezed through the gap between the two people, and rushed into the inner room!
"stop!"
"Grab her!"
The two men were taken aback by the woman's audacity and were momentarily stunned.
Hearing a loud crash coming from a room, Mu Jianjian quickly pushed open the wooden door and saw Yun Rong lying on the ground, covered in blood, and Baili Yicheng standing beside her, his eyes bloodshot, holding a porcelain bottle.
"Stop!"
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