Miao Linglong turned pale with fright: "What are you going to do?"
I stared at Miao Linglong with murderous intent in my eyes, and approached her step by step: "I'll ask you one last time: Who are you waiting for when you deliberately lead me in a circle?"
"So what if I don't tell you?" Miao Linglong was still arrogant, but the killing intent was already revealed in my eyes without any scruples: "If you don't tell me, you will die!"
Miao Linglong was so frightened by me that she cried "Wow": "Don't come here... It was your master who asked me to take you around, really."
After frowning, I shouted sternly: "When did my master tell you to take a detour?"
"My brother said it..." Miao Linglong was frightened, and her words were a little awkward: "My brother sent a message and told me that I must take you around for a day and a night before taking you to the ancestral tomb. If that doesn't work, I’ll use the maze to trap you. In short, I can’t bring you here directly.”
"He also said that if you find me taking a detour, I will tell you that this is Ye Sanqi's arrangement!"
For a moment, I didn't know whether I should believe Miao Linglong or not.
According to the practice of people in Qimen, Ye Sanqi would indeed not tell me in advance. What did he deduce? At most, it reminds me where I should be careful.
However, why didn't Ye Sanqi tell me directly, instead of telling Miao Linglong through Miao Feng?
Isn't this circle too big?
Just when I was thinking about asking Miao Linglong again, I heard a faint sound of footsteps coming from the grass in the distance. The person coming was extremely fast, and he was also deliberately concealing his footsteps. If I hadn't practiced the secret technique of listening to the ground, the other party would have to move forward at least ten meters before his whereabouts were revealed.
I took a step forward and put a double-edged knife against Miao Linglong's throat: "Don't make a sound, or I will kill you right away!"
The cold blade immediately frightened Miao Linglong into silence. I shook my left hand and slipped out a second double-pointed knife from my sleeve, and raised my hand and threw it in the direction of the footsteps.
The hidden weapon turned into a knife wheel, drawing an arc of cold light in the air, sweeping through the wormwood and grass, and then flew back to my hand. In the distance, the wormwood cut off by sharp blades fell to the ground one after another, and the person hiding behind the blades of grass also revealed her true appearance.
Ji Mingyue?
After I saw the other person's appearance clearly, my heart sank slightly.
Luo Yunxi's plot against Ye Sanqi was still fresh in my mind. Ji Mingyue suddenly chased me. I immediately looked at him with full vigilance: "Miss Ji, why are you here?"
Ji Mingyue raised her hands and said, "Don't get me wrong, it was Miao Feng who asked me to come over and go to the ancestral tomb with you to save my brother."
"Go towards the ancestral tomb!" The double-pointed knife I held against Miao Linglong's throat was slightly tilted outward, and the blade was pressed against Miao Linglong's neck. I pushed the knife and moved back step by step. Miao Linglong was under my threat. Down, we can only move forward with the trend.
But my eyes were always fixed on Ji Mingyue: "Miss Ji, how do I remember Miao Feng said that women are not allowed to enter the Miao family's ancestral tomb? Did I hear it wrong, or did Miao Feng change his tune temporarily?"
Ji Mingyue took a step forward and said: "Miao Feng didn't want me to come over and take risks, so he made up a reason. Linglong is in your hands. You can ask her, is there any saying in the Miao family that women are not allowed to enter the ancestral tomb?" "
Miao Linglong said quickly: "My brother lied to you. There is no saying in the Miao family that girls cannot enter the ancestral tomb."
"Shut your mouth!" I pushed Miao Linglong forward while staring closely at Ji Mingyue: "Miss Ji, you'd better not come forward. Otherwise, I will accidentally kill you. , but it would be difficult to explain to Miao Feng."
I don’t believe a word Ji Mingyue said.
At that time, there were rules in many places that girls could not worship their ancestors. For a wealthy family like the Miao family, it was only right to not allow women to visit their ancestors' tombs.
Ji Mingyue stood up as expected: "Ye Jinglong, please listen to what I have to say first!"
"I don't want to hear a word..." While I was speaking, I suddenly heard the sound of running water. I glanced out from the corner of my eye and saw a stream of clear water flowing down the hillside quickly. The direction is exactly at my feet.
When I retreated just now, I had been paying attention to the movements nearby. There were no streams on this hillside, and I was not standing on a waterway washed out by the rain. How could a stream of clear water suddenly appear nearby?
In just a moment, the water stopped about two meters away from my feet, and the biting cold air swept towards my ankles.
Does this water come from the ground?
As soon as this thought flashed through my mind, the stopped water split into two and surrounded Miao Linglong and me from both sides.
Seeing that I was about to be trapped by the current, I immediately raised the tip of the knife slightly, forced Miao Linglong's chin, and shouted sternly: "Jump out!"
If Ji Mingyue wasn't nearby, I could carry Miao Linglong and jump out of the current. Now, Ji Mingyue is by my side. If I take Miao Linglong to jump, I will expose my vital points in front of Ji Mingyue. I don't dare to bet that Ji Mingyue won't take action.
As soon as Miao Linglong made a gesture to exert force, Ji Mingyue shouted: "Linglong, don't move, he doesn't dare to do anything to you?"
Miao Linglong actually stopped. When the murderous intent flashed in my eyes, Ji Mingyue said quickly: "Only Linglong knows the secret formula to open the tomb door. If you kill her, don't even think about entering the Miao family's ancestral tomb."
Ji Mingyue was really right. Before entering the Miao family's ancestral tomb, I could only scare Miao Linglong, but I didn't dare to kill her.
If I really kill Miao Linglong and cannot bring back the remaining chapters of Qimen, how will I explain to the master?
Ji Mingyue smiled and said: "Ye Jinglong, can we talk? Don't worry, I don't mean any harm!"
While Ji Mingyue was speaking, the two streams of water surrounding Miao Linglong and I had converged, forming a water circle outside us that could circulate.
I looked at Ji Mingyue coldly and said, "You want to talk to me here?"
"Of course!" Ji Mingyue's smile remained unchanged: "You Qimen people are too difficult to convince. If I hadn't set conditions with you while you were at a disadvantage, I wouldn't have been able to influence you when you could talk to me on an equal footing. .”
"Can we negotiate terms now?"
I withdrew the double-pointed knife and said to Miao Linglong: "Silly girl, you can see clearly, this is your sister-in-law who obeys her words. She knows clearly that the two of us are in danger, but she still doesn't let you out quickly. Negotiate terms with me for your life. Your trust in her is like feeding the dog."
Miao Linglong looked at Ji Mingyue in disbelief: "Sister-in-law, is what he said true?"
Ji Mingyue said confidently: "Linglong, don't worry, Ye Jinglong doesn't dare to risk death with you. As long as he agrees to my conditions, I will let you out immediately."
I looked at Ji Mingyue with a sneer and said, "I will not agree to any of your conditions."
