nashuaworldcup Chapter 134 Oh no, we've fallen into their trap!
Chapter 134 Oh no, we've fallen into their trap!
The moment Jiang Zhi lowered his head, he caught a glimpse of the jade pendant that had fallen to Gu Liang's feet.
"Your Highness," Jiang Zhi gazed at the jade pendant, "is this your jade pendant?"
Jiang Zhi picked up the jade pendant and handed it to Gu Liang. The jade pendant was intact, and in the firelight, the oleander on the pendant, along with her hand, appeared crystal clear and white.
It was as if the oleander was swaying.
Gu Liang took the jade pendant. "Yes, it was left to me by my mother."
“Why do these jade pendants look so much like a pair?” Jiang Zhi asked.
Jiang Zhi's question is valid; Gu Liang had also questioned this issue, but hadn't found a solution after so many years.
Just as Jiang Zhi was still wondering, Gu Liang said, "Take the tinder and follow behind me."
Jiang Zhi glanced at the dark road ahead and stuffed the tinderbox in his hand into Gui Liang's hand.
“I’m not afraid,” Jiang Zhi smiled at Gu Liang. “What’s black?”
Gu Liang watched Jiang Zhi walk forward and took her hand.
"Stay close." He turned and walked forward. "Rocks are falling from above, watch your step."
Jiang Zhi's gaze fell on his hands.
Gu Liang's hands were slightly cool, and her palms were rough, which gave people a strange sense of security.
Gu Liang didn't take big steps, as if he was deliberately slowing down so that she could keep up.
Gu Liang gripped her hand tightly, as if afraid of losing her again.
Jiang Zhi's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she looked up at him. "Chenxi and Wushi were injured. How are they now?"
“They’ve already been sent back to the Prince’s residence,” Gu Liang said, knowing what she was worried about. “With Elder Han here, they’ll be fine. Don’t worry.”
Jiang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Thank you, Your Highness."
“There’s no need for thanks between husband and wife,” Gu Liang said as they walked. “Besides, they are your family, and also family members of our Liangwang Mansion.”
Jiang Zhi's eyes darkened, then he looked up, gathering his thoughts, "Did they capture me just to threaten Your Highness?"
The cave didn't collapse for no reason; the timing was just too coincidental.
“Their purpose,” Gu Liang said gently, “is probably not just that.”
Jiang Zhi suddenly recalled a memory she had forgotten and turned to look at Gu Liang, "Your Highness, how much do you know about the eldest son of the Pei family?"
“Him?” Gu Liang thought for a moment. “He is a smart man.”
He is not only intelligent but also strategic; he just doesn't use his intelligence for good.
Jiang Zhi understood the implication and didn't ask any further questions.
She pursed her lips, a sense of clarity returning to her heart.
Gu Liang kicked away the pebbles at her feet. "Be careful, don't slip."
“This is a secret chamber specially built in the Imperial Ancestral Temple to save lives. Since we can hear the sound of water here, there must be a way out. They wouldn’t have blocked the way so that they couldn’t get out.”
After he finished speaking, he stood in front of a wall.
"Wait for me here." Gu Liang gently released Jiang Zhi's hand and took the tinder from Jiang Zhi's water. "Step back a bit, don't get hurt."
Before Jiang Zhi could even see what he was doing, he had already leaped up the stone wall.
He walked along the wall and soon reached the top of the secret room.
Gu Liang hovered in mid-air, holding the protruding stone with one hand, and inserted the tinder into the crack in the stone.
He groped around in the wall and quickly found several holes from which a slight breeze was blowing.
Gu Liang pushed the stones and found that they were not stuck together, so he decided to push them apart.
However, as soon as he exerted force, a sharp pain shot through his dantian, as if sharp teeth were piercing his flesh, a pain mixed with a tingling numbness.
Jiang Zhi kept looking up from below.
She noticed that Gu Liangpan lingered above for a while, probably sensing something was amiss.
Before she could even finish thinking, Gu Liang fell backwards.
Without thinking, Jiang Zhi reached out to take it.
But Gu Liang fell into the air, turned around, and landed safely, kneeling on one knee.
Jiang Zhi's pupils dilated slightly, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Liang knelt on the ground and raised his head.
Before Jiang Zhi could even lower her hands, Gu Liang saw her posture clearly. "Are you worried I'll fall?"
He deliberately avoided Jiang Zhi's position when he landed, and that heartless Jiang Zhi actually tried to catch him.
Jiang Zhi's expression froze; he hadn't expected to want to take Gu Liang away.
If she really caught it, given her small frame, it's uncertain whether Gu Liang would be alright, but she would definitely be in trouble.
Jiang coughed twice. "What happened to this?"
With Gu Liang's abilities, he wouldn't have fallen for no reason.
Gu Liang got up very slowly.
Jiang Zhi noticed that he seemed a little slow in his movements, so she took small steps over and asked, "What's wrong?"
The tinderbox was stuck above the stone wall, and Gu Liang was unable to bring it down.
The light below was very dim, but Jiang Zhi could still see that Gu Liang's expression was strange.
As soon as she approached Gu Liang, she saw Gu Liang pause.
"Don't come here."
Gu Liang stopped her.
Jiang Zhi frowned, but still obediently stopped. "Are you feeling unwell somewhere right now?"
Gu Liang is acting very strangely. He seems calm now, but there is a hidden resentment beneath the calm.
His gaze toward her was filled with restraint and ruthlessness.
Jiang Zhi stared at him blankly, wanting to go forward and check on his condition.
Gu Liang gritted her teeth secretly.
For some reason, the toxins in his body began to surge again at this moment. He tried to use his internal energy to suppress the surge of toxins, but it was all in vain.
He rolled up his sleeve, and sure enough, the black line had moved forward two inches.
At the same time, his mind was buzzing, and it felt as if his feet had sunk into the void, his body as heavy as iron, forcing him to fall.
He stared at Jiang Zhi in front of him, her face gradually blurring in his eyes.
Her delicate neck and slender waist looked as if they could break at any moment.
He suppressed the murderous intent rising in his mind, "Stay...away from me..."
Jiang Zhi hesitated for a moment, then quickly took a few steps back.
As she moved, her clothes swayed, and Gu Liang frowned. "What's that smell on you?"
Jiang Zhi looked down and scanned her entire body. "There's nothing there."
She dislikes incense and doesn't even own a sachet.
Jiang Zhi lifted his sleeve and sniffed; a cool, woody scent wafted into his nostrils.
She was stunned.
The smell was there when she woke up, but she assumed it was from the ventilation outside and didn't pay much attention to it.
Jiang Zhi sniffed himself carefully, and it seemed that his whole body was covered with this scent.
"Is it the smell of wood?" Jiang Zhi asked.
Gu Liang nodded silently.
He could smell it when he embraced Jiang Zhi in the secret room.
However, the smell was no different from the ordinary smell outside, so he didn't pay any attention to it.
Now that I think about it, he realized he had fallen for a trap.
The person behind the scenes used the Imperial Ancestral Temple and Jiang Zhi as bait to lure him here, with the aim of triggering the poison in his body, causing the black lines on his hands to move forward, or even driving him insane.
Unable to suppress the toxins in her body, Gu Liang's hair suddenly turned white.
Jiang Zhi's breath caught in her throat as she stared at Gu Liang in front of her, her chest heaving tightly.
Why is his hair this color?