Jiang Yunzhu knew that Lin Ting'an was a very proud man, so proud that he would not allow others to refuse him.
"Mr. Lin, do you want to talk?" Jiang Yunzhu stood there and asked him.
Lin Ting'an looked at her, "Miss Jiang, what do you want to talk about?"
"Eight out of ten things in life are not satisfactory." Jiang Yunzhu felt that perhaps her repeated avoidance of him before had aroused his competitive spirit.
Lin Ting'an immediately understood what she meant. To be honest, he wanted her, and he also wanted to compete with Shen Fengming.
However, he did like her.
Thinking of this, he stood up. There was still a lot of time, and he would slowly make her fall in love with him.
"Miss Jiang, you should go to bed early. I'll help you guard the door." Lin Ting'an said, walked to the door and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
The moon is bright and the breeze is gentle, and the scenery in the mountains is also moving.
Jiang Yunzhu knew that with his pride, he would not touch her since he said so.
She was indeed very tired, so she went to bed and fell into a deep sleep.
The breathing sounds in the room gradually became steady. Lin Ting'an turned his head to look at the man in the room, slowly walked into the room, and looked at Jiang Yunzhu carefully.
At this moment she was lying there, defenseless.
Did she really trust him so much? Lin Ting'an paused for a long time and then walked out again.
The next morning, Jiang Yunzhu lay in bed, feeling anxious.
I don't know what the situation is like outside. She disappeared in the Lin Mansion, Shen Fengming should go to look for her, right
If you go find...
She already understood the plan of the person who arrested her, to pin the blame of her disappearance on the Lin family. If Shen Fengming really confronted the Lin family, it would be equivalent to him standing against the prince, then...
Jiang Yunzhu actually knew that Shen Fengming would not fall into such a trap easily, but she was still worried. And Lin Yubai, Jiang Yunxue and others, she was gone, they didn't know how anxious they were.
"Miss Jiang, are you awake? Would you like to eat some wild fruits?" Lin Ting'an stood at the door holding a big leaf. On the emerald green leaf, there were four or five bright red wild fruits, exuding a faint fruity fragrance.
Jiang Yunzhu got up and went to the river outside to wash. Then she stared at the river in a daze for a while and returned to the wooden house.
While eating the fruit, she said to Lin Ting'an worriedly, "I seemed to hear something roaring just now. Could it be the tiger we saw yesterday? Master Lin, I don't think this place is safe. Why don't we go to another place?"
Lin Ting'an thought for a while and said, "Those thieves are much more ferocious than tigers. Don't worry, Miss Jiang. With me here, the tiger can't hurt you."
"I don't know when the people who will rescue us will come." Jiang Yunzhu sighed softly.
Lin Ting'an took a bite of the fruit and said, "Don't worry, Miss Jiang. It should be done soon."
At this time, there was a feeling of impending storm outside. Throughout Luzhou, officials and common people alike, had been feeling inexplicably nervous and depressed recently, as if something big was about to happen.
In the ruined temple west of Luzhou City, the Qilin Guards finally found Jiang Yunzhu's whereabouts, but...
Everyone was silent.
Shen Fengming walked in from outside with a Kunwu sword on his waist.
“Commander-in-chief, this is…” The man could no longer speak and fell to his knees.
There was a female corpse on the ground of the ruined temple. The body had been chopped by a knife and burned by fire, and its appearance could no longer be seen. However, her height and size were the same as Jiang Yunzhu's.
Moreover, she was wearing the two small hairpins she usually wore on her head.
Shen Fengming picked up the two small hairpins, and the surroundings were deathly silent.
That evening, Lin Ting'an went out hunting again. When he came back, he saw the wooden house in a mess, with bright red blood on the ground and several pieces of clothes that seemed to have been torn by wild beasts.
The clothes were exactly what Jiang Yunzhu was wearing, including his coat and her long skirt.
Thinking back to what Jiang Yunzhu said in the morning about hearing the roar of a tiger, it seemed easy to draw the conclusion that the tiger took advantage of him being out, broke into the house, and attacked Jiang Yunzhu.
Is that really the case? Lin Ting'an raised his lips. The tiger was dealt with last night. Could it be possible that it could come back to life
"Miss Jiang, Miss Jiang?" He looked around anxiously.
But he searched for a long time but couldn't find Jiang Yunzhu.
His expression turned cold and he suddenly looked towards the river not far away.
Running over there, I saw traces of dragging wood on the shore. It seemed that Jiang Yunzhu was holding the wood and drifting down the river.
He frowned, took out a piccolo from his sleeve and blew twice.
Soon, a group of people came running out of the woods and knelt down, "Master!"
"Go down the river and look for her. We must find her." Lin Ting'an's face was as cold as ice.
"Yes." The men immediately went downstream along the river.
Someone brought a horse to Lin Ting'an. He climbed on the horse and rode downstream.
The surroundings became empty.
About a quarter of an hour later, Lin Ting'an came back on horseback, took a circle around, didn't find anything unusual, and rode away again.
Half an hour later, a man floated down from upstream, holding a piece of wood in his hand. It must be Jiang Yunzhu or someone else.
She knew Lin Ting'an too well, so the bloodstains and traces were all deliberately left by her. In fact, she went upstream along the river. But she didn't dare to go too far, for she was afraid that they were being hunted down as Lin Ting'an said, and if she ran into those thieves, she would be in great danger.
She was just two or three miles upstream of the river. Now, when she came down, she saw many chaotic footprints and obvious horse hoof prints on the river bank.
Lin Tingan was lying. At least, he had the ability to take her away from here, but he didn't let her go.
What should she do now? Jiang Yunzhu held the wood and continued to go down the river. She knew that Lin Ting'an would soon find out that she didn't go down the river at all, and would come back to look for her.
All she had to do was go down the river, find a place where it was easy to hide, and create a time difference with him.
By then he would be in a hurry to return and would definitely not look for it carefully along the way.
Moreover, she was afraid of the wild beasts in the mountains, so following them would help her avoid encountering them.
The river was actually only four or five meters wide, about two or three meters deep in places, and just over one meter shallow. Jiang Yunzhu held the wood, sometimes able to walk a few steps in the river, and sometimes drifting downstream, and soon drifting far away.
At a bend, she suddenly saw an area covered with water plants and a large crooked tree. The tree was extremely thick and there were dense vines around it, so it was very easy to hide a person there.
She immediately dragged the wood in her hand ashore, hid behind a big tree, adjusted her posture, covered her body with some water plants, and then leaned there to rest for a while.
Her body was all wet and sticky, which was a bit uncomfortable, but she didn't care about that at the moment.
About half an hour later, there were indeed voices and the sound of horse hooves coming from the other side.
Maybe Lin Ting'an found out that he was cheated and brought people back to find her, Jiang Yunzhu thought so, concentrating and holding her breath, not moving at all.
If she were to go to another place, she would hide behind a tree, and even if she was careful, Lin Ting'an and the others would be able to find her. But this was by the river, and the water was gurgling. Lin Ting'an and the others were anxious to go back to look for someone, but no one noticed that there was someone behind the tree.
After those people walked away, Jiang Yunzhu held the wood, returned to the river and continued to go down.
This time she drifted far away, and only came ashore when she saw the trees on the shore gradually becoming shorter. As for the piece of wood she was holding, she let it continue to sink down, so that if Lin Ting'an came back again, he would follow it and move forward.
After floating in the river for so long, she felt cold all over as soon as she got ashore.
Looking around, this is still a mountainous area, surrounded by mostly short and sparse bushes, so there shouldn't be any large wild animals around.
The first thing to do is to light a bonfire to keep warm.
Behind a cliff, she picked up a lot of branches, then took out the flint hidden on her body, and after drying it for a while, a warm yellow bonfire began to burn.
Jiang Yunzhu placed her hands near the fire and felt the warmth.
But she didn't dare to burn it for too long. After drying her clothes, she put out the fire and thought about what to do next.
At this time, a group of people came from downstream, led by a strong man. He said as he walked, "Go and inform Master Lin to take his people away. That man is chasing us."
When that person was mentioned, everyone present shuddered.
"Don't be afraid of anything. He is also a human being and will bleed. Didn't you see it?" the strong man shouted.
Everyone was still trembling. They dared not look and just tried to escape.
The sturdy man asked someone next to him, "You can't run away anymore. Did you bring the thing?"
"I brought it." the man replied.
"Find a place to bury him, and then lead him there, and separate his head and body." The sturdy man spat on the ground.
"Yes." Everyone agreed.
Those people, some delivering letters, some lying in ambush, immediately took action.
Jiang Yunzhu happened to be on the hillside upwind of them. Occupying her high vantage point, she could see the entire situation below.
They seemed to have mentioned Master Lin, Lin Ting'an? Then who was chasing after him
Thinking of that person, Jiang Yunzhu felt sad.
They seemed to be planning to do something bad to Shen Fengming. She hid behind the cliff and looked down anxiously.
About half an hour later, a dozen fast horses came galloping like sharp arrows from a distance. The leader was a man in black, who could it be but Shen Fengming
Jiang Yunzhu nervously clenched a rock in front of her and wanted to open her mouth to signal a warning.
At this time, Shen Fengming reined in his horse and stopped.
He looked around.
Jiang Yunzhu didn't dare to speak easily, for fear that the people below would discover her and come over to her, which she could not bear.
But she couldn't just watch Shen Fengming being ambushed.
So she carefully walked out from behind the mountain wall, waving her hand and pointing to the side, indicating that there was danger where Shen Fengming was.
Coincidentally, Shen Fengming was looking in her direction.
The two were far apart, and Jiang Yunzhu didn't know whether he saw her or not, so she kept waving.
At this time Shen Fengming moved, urging his horse as if to come over here.
As soon as he moved, the people who were lying in ambush moved and shot short arrows at him.
Jiang Yunzhu's heart was pounding, and she didn't know whether Shen Fengming understood what she meant.
Arrows were flying everywhere below, and one even flew towards her. Jiang Yunzhu quickly hid behind the mountain wall.
After a while, there was a loud bang outside, and the earth seemed to tremble twice.
Jiang Yunzhu was shocked and lay prone on the cliff, looking out hastily. She saw broken limbs and bodies all over the ground, and Shen Fengming and the Qilin Guards were riding towards her on horses, stepping on blood.
She was relieved that she was safe.
Just at this moment, another group of people came over there, led by Lin Tingan.
He saw Jiang Yunzhu and Shen Fengming, and said, "Miss Jiang, it's dangerous over there, come to me quickly."
If Jiang Yunzhu didn't know Shen Fengming's identity, and Shen Fengming was covered in blood at this moment, it seemed that Lin Tingan's side was indeed safer.
Shen Fengming stopped when he heard that, looked at Jiang Yunzhu and said, "Miss Jiang, my surname is Shen, and my name is Fengming." When he saw the female corpse yesterday, although Shen Fengming recognized at a glance that the person was not Jiang Yunzhu, he was still in turmoil.
He didn't even dare to think about what he would do if the corpse was her.
He didn't want to hide his name anymore. He wanted to take her under his wing and not let her get hurt again.
Jiang Yunzhu stood there in a daze.