Chapter 498 Green Water Pond
Soon, dinner was over and dusk fell.
Wan Chen began to instruct his servants to clear the table and prepare to set off again.
This time the carriage starts moving and will not stop to rest until tomorrow morning.
Yun Chen did as he had rehearsed dozens of times in his mind. He used the excuse of having a stomachache and needed to go to the bathroom, left the huge convoy of hundreds of people, and walked towards the small woods nearby.
Now that Yun Chen had no maid by his side, Wan Chen arranged for two maids and six guards to go with Yun Chen. From a distance, it seemed that they were there to watch over him rather than protect him.
The guards stood scattered around the outskirts of the woods, while the two maids followed Yun Chen closely into the woods.
Seeing that the two maids were too close, Yun Chen had no choice but to stop and pointed to a more convenient bush ten steps away, pretending to be impatient and said:
"Are you serving me or guarding me? How can I get out when you're so close?"
The two maids looked at each other, bowed respectfully to Yun Chen and apologized, then stopped moving forward but did not retreat either.
Wan Chen had instructed them not to let Yun Chen out of their sight, and the two maids did not dare to disobey.
Yun Chen pretended to be displeased, muttered and complained, walked behind the bushes, and began to pretend to untie his belt.
According to her original plan, she had to pretend to be in the bathroom and use a whistle to call the Cloud-Swallowing Beast and the Wolf-Slaying Colt in the caravan to scare the horses and attract the attention of the guards. Then she could escape with her lightness skills.
Unfortunately, she only expected that there would be guards following her outside, but she didn't expect Wan Chen to arrange for two maids to serve her.
This made her a little troubled.
With her kung fu, strangling a woman unconscious silently was no problem at all. She even had time to drag the woman into the bushes, disguise herself as her, and buy some time to escape.
But if there are two mothers, it will be a bit troublesome.
No matter how fast Yun Chen was, when he strangled one of them, the other would definitely scream, alerting the guards a few steps away.
In this case, she had to use the same method she used to kill the Black Scale Cavalry. She jumped up with her light skills, strangled the neck of one maid with her hands, and strangled the throat of the other maid with her legs at the same time.
This way, it can be ensured that neither of the two maids can make any sound, but this trick is too cruel and can easily strangle one of the maids to death.
Killing innocent people indiscriminately is not Yun Chen's style.
Yun Chen was a little hesitant and was thinking about what to do when he suddenly heard a tiny rustling sound coming gently from deep in the grass.
In the last glimmer of dusk before nightfall, she saw the grass split in two, as if some clumsy reptile was quietly approaching her.
She was attracted and looked over, staring at the grass warily, and then she saw a familiar little face peeking out from it, with a head of grass stubble, smiling at her foolishly.
Yun Chen's eyes suddenly widened, and he almost screamed out loud, "Lan Qian?!"
Lan Qian quickly put her finger to her lips, pointing to the long path of grass where she had left her mark when she came, and smiled embarrassedly at Yun Chen.
At this time, the two maids suddenly asked:
"Ma'am, are you alright?"
Yun Chen hurriedly said perfunctorily: "No, my stomach feels uncomfortable, wait a moment!" Then he used his hands to move the grass, making some noises that sounded very impatient.
Taking advantage of the sound to cover up, Yun Chen quickly bent down and talked to Lan Qian in a low voice.
Lan Qian was panting as she climbed, her voice was small and short, but Yun Chen understood everything she said in just a few words.
Lan Qian said that she sent Xiaoyueer on the carriage to Youzhou Taoist Temple and told Yunchen not to worry.
She also said that she never believed that Yun Chen was the kind of person who would turn his face against someone and kick a maid out of the house.
Based on her understanding of Yun Chen, she was certain that Yun Chen must have done something very important and it was too dangerous to do, so he used that method to send her and Xiaoyue away safely first.
Lan Qian didn't know what Yun Chen was going to do, so the silly girl wandered outside the mansion for three whole days. It was not until the Yan Mansion's convoy set off this morning that Lan Qian followed from a distance.
The caravan was moved by horses, galloping along the main road.
Lan Qian used her two legs to quietly chase after him on the thorny path in the woods.
She ran so hard that she saw stars, her mouth and nose felt stinging and sweet, and she was tired and thirsty after a whole day.
But hard work pays off. She finally saw the convoy stop from afar. Yun Chen dismounted and had dinner with Yan Shijiu.
When Yun Chen and several maids and guards walked towards the woods, Lan Qian took the lead and hid in the deeper grass.
She clearly saw that Yun Chen did not take off his clothes, but was just squatting in the grass pretending to relieve himself, with a frown on his face and an anxious and worried look.
At that moment, Lan Qian knew she had guessed right! She felt grateful that God was helping her! She was also filled with joy that she could finally help Yun Chen!
She crawled on the grass like a little snake, slowly and laboriously crawling towards Yun Chen:
"Miss, what are you going to do?"
At this point, facing Lan Qian like this, Yun Chen has nothing to hide.
"I want to escape. Lan Qian, silly girl, you shouldn't have come back!"
Lan Qian chuckled, revealing two rows of neatly arranged teeth. She moved as lightly as possible, quickly tying her hair into a bun identical to Yun Chen's.
Lan Qian's meaning was very clear. She wanted to take advantage of the dim light at the moment, pretend to be Yun Chen and squat in the grass for a while to help Yun Chen escape and buy time for him.
Yun Chen hesitated to move and looked at Lan Qian with reluctance.
Seeing Lan Qian's pale face and sweaty appearance, with her shoes covered in mud and grass juice, Yun Chen simply couldn't imagine how a girl with no martial arts skills could have gone through all the hardships to follow him here.
Just because she believed Yunchen was not a heartless person, she was certain that her loyalty would not be in vain.
Yun Chen looked distressed and moved, and shook his head to refuse:
"No, what will you do if I run away?"
Lan Qian was anxious: "It's okay, it's just that the people from the Yan Mansion found you! I said I was obsessed with my old master, so I followed you all the way here. I didn't see where you went. I can pretend to be surprised and help them look for you, and then find a chance to escape! They will believe it! Miss, please leave quickly, please!"
As if afraid that Yun Chen would not agree, Lan Qian added:
"Don't let my hard work go to waste. When you are safe, be sure to come and pick me up. Miss, I'm waiting for you."
The last sentence sounded like an agreement, more like Lan Qian's promise for Yun Chen. It finally made Yun Chen stop hesitating. He squeezed Lan Qian's hand gratefully and crawled along the way Lan Qian came.
Yun Chen quietly moved to the edge of the woods and blew a sharp and loud whistle, which immediately attracted the wolf-slaying ponies and cloud-swallowing beasts in the caravan to raise their hooves and neigh.
The entire herd of horses suddenly became chaotic, which really attracted the guards to run to maintain the convoy.
Taking advantage of this, Yun Chen immediately flew into the night and disappeared without a trace.
At this time, dusk dissipated and night had completely fallen.
The trees that flashed by on the roadside swayed like ghosts.
Yun Chen used all his lightness skills, but he regretted that he only had two legs and could not be fast enough no matter how hard he tried.
We must escape! We must reunite with Huo Gannian before Yan Shijiu's men catch up!
She ran towards the green pond in the east. How she wished it was a moonless night so that the dark darkness could protect her.
Unfortunately, it seemed as if God was against her, and the moonlight tonight was exceptionally bright.
The snow-white moonlight illuminates everything around it.
Yun Chen didn't dare to stop at all. She ran the nearly ten miles in one breath.
She was breathing heavily, her chest heaving, and sweat streaming down her forehead.
Because she had just had a high fever and was not yet recovered, she couldn't help but start coughing, and then she quickly covered her mouth tightly with her elbow, daring only to make muffled sounds.
She slowed down her pace, looking around and gently calling Huo Gannian's name:
"A-Nian—A-Nian—"
There was no one around, no one responded, only a huge black stone wall standing in the forest of strange trees, like an insurmountable gate to heaven, blocking her way.
Next to the stone wall, the cold, white moonlight poured onto a pool of emerald green water, emitting a faint light like a cat's eye.
Green water usually turns green either because there are too many algae or because it is so deep that you can't see the bottom.
No matter which one it is, it is fatal to those who swim.
Yun Chen was exhausted from running and wanted to go to the pond to drink some water, but he felt inexplicably nervous about the green water. He felt as if he got close to it, he would be dragged under by a water ghost that crawled out.
She swallowed and chose to hide in the strange woods beside the stone wall.
The strange tree forest is sparse and scattered, and is not actually a place to hide. As long as you pay a little attention, you can immediately see where she is.
But there is no better choice right now.
She glanced at the sky and saw that it was almost midnight.
She firmly believed that Huo Gannian would come, but the Huo Mansion was too heavily guarded and it would take him more time to escape.
She found a flat tree, jumped onto it, and waited quietly.
As time passed, the moon gradually rose to the zenith, illuminating her hiding place clearly. She began to feel a little anxious, and adjusted her hiding position several times in a restless manner. She kept stretching her head to look at the surrounding paths, but still could not see any human figure.
"A-Nian, A-Nian..."
She muttered these two words over and over again, as if only these two words could give her confidence.
She kept begging Huo Gannian to come quickly and not let Yan Shijiu's men catch up first.
After an unknown amount of time, she gradually felt tired and sleepy.
She hadn't been able to sleep well for days, her thoughts were confused and her emotions were tense, so she hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.
The environment was quiet now, and she couldn't resist feeling sleepy.
She tried hard to bite her arms and pinch her thighs to keep herself from falling asleep. Just as she was dozing off, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the darkness ahead.
She woke up instantly and looked nervously in the direction of the sound.
Under the cold moonlight, a tall and slender figure with straight shoulders appeared on the road.
The figure walked straight towards the green water pond and stopped in front of the strange tree forest.
His eyes were cold and his face expressionless, which immediately made Yun Chen's heart sink to the bottom and goose bumps appeared all over his body.
Because the person who came was none other than Yan Shijiu.
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