bookrandom Chapter 105: Escape from Death (Must Read Part 2)
Chapter 105: Escape from Death (Must Read Part 2)
At night, the new emperor Xiao Tong did not come, and the entire Zhongcui Palace was silent.
After dinner, Jiang Wumei sent everyone out of the hall, dressed neatly and lay down on the bed, holding a dagger in one hand and playing with a stick of incense in the other.
Time passed by little by little, and she lost interest in playing. She broke the incense into pieces and threw it under the bed. Jiang Wumei looked at the ceiling with her sparkling eyes, which were full of amusement and excitement.
The night gradually grew darker, and Zhongcui Palace was exceptionally quiet today. Listening to the flickering sound of candlelight in the palace, Jiang Wumei silently drew out the dagger, closed her eyes, and waited for the person who should come.
Just after midnight, the door of the bedroom in Zhongcui Palace was slowly pushed open.
Two stealthy figures entered the hall and quickly closed the door.
Hearing the noise, Jiang Wumei, who was dozing on the bed, suddenly opened her eyes, gripped the dagger tightly, and her eyes were clear.
Through the layers of bed curtains, Jiang Wumei saw two shadows clearly. They were two second-class palace maids from Zhongcui Palace.
With a dull thud, someone tripped over a chair in the hall and it fell to the ground in an instant.
The other person gasped and scolded in a low voice:
"Be careful, if you wake them up, you and I will die here today."
"They can't wake up. I've lit some aphrodisiac in the night watchwoman's room next door. Even if there's thunder now, they won't wake up."
The person who tripped over the chair responded in a low voice, but his footsteps became much lighter.
All the candles in the hall were extinguished, and the two men groped their way to Jiang Wumei's bed. One of them looked at the gorgeous face behind the bed curtain and felt sad. It was a pity that such a beautiful woman was killed like this.
Seeing his companion hesitate, another person urged:
"What are you standing there for?
Forgot the princess's instructions?
Hurry up and get the kerosene out!"
While speaking, the man pulled out a small knife with a cold gleam, slowly leaned over, and gestured twice at Jiang Wumei's neck.
While gesturing, muttering:
"Royal Consort, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself for going against the princess.
Our lives and property are in the hands of the princess. If we don't obey her orders, we will die in the end.
Rest assured, I will burn two pieces of yellow paper for you every year on your death anniversary."
After speaking in a low voice, the palace maid holding the knife closed her eyes and swung the knife hard towards Jiang Wumei's neck.
With a "whoosh" sound, the sharp blade cut through the flesh, rupturing the large artery in the neck. Hot blood spurted out, splashing on the big red quilt and stinging people's eyes.
The palace maid holding the knife widened her eyes in disbelief, covering her broken trachea and backing away continuously. In the blink of an eye, a pool of blood formed under her feet.
"You, you, why didn't you faint?!"
The palace maid who was picking up the kerosene was stunned by the scene before her. She looked at her companion who died in an instant, and then looked at Jiang Wumei who got up from the bed in neat clothes. She could not speak clearly.
Jiang Wumei did not answer. She stepped forward quickly, grabbed the wrist holding the kerosene, and hit it hard with the handle of the knife. The palace maid felt pain and the kerosene in her hand suddenly fell out. Jiang Wumei kicked the kerosene accurately into the bed curtain with her toes.
The bloody blade pressed against the palace maid's neck. Jiang Wumei did not hesitate. With a cold face, she swung the knife horizontally. Another stream of blood splashed out, and the palace maid soon died.
After killing two people with my own hands, when I was in danger, my adrenaline surged and I didn't feel anything.
Now that she had come to her senses and looked at their eyes that were still open, Jiang Wumei's heart beat faster, her breathing became tight, and the hand holding the dagger trembled uncontrollably.
A strong smell of blood spread in the hall. Jiang Wumei glanced at the blood on the blade and couldn't help but feel her stomach churning. She held onto the bedpost and retched violently.
Unfortunately, she didn't eat much for dinner, and after vomiting for a long time, she only vomited out some sour water, nothing else.
Time was running out, Jiang Wumei vomited for a while, then looked up at the two corpses. Her eyes wandered over the two corpses for a long time. Jiang Wumei calmed down and walked forward to start taking off the clothes of one of them.
This person is of similar height to her, so she can take advantage of it.
After changing the person's bellyband inner clothes, Jiang Wumei took some effort to move her to the big bed.
The kerosene spilled on the brocade quilt, soaking the entire quilt. Jiang Wumei stepped back and lit a candle with a tinder. She stood there hesitating for two seconds before throwing the candle onto the bed.
As soon as the quilt covered with kerosene came into contact with the flame, the fire exploded and in a few breaths, it spread to the black hair on the palace maid's head.
After throwing her clothes into the fire and burning them, Jiang Wumei smelled the increasingly strong smell of burning sebum in the air and turned around to set the entire palace on fire.
The weather was dry, and with the help of kerosene found on another palace maid, Zhongcui Palace quickly turned into a sea of fire. The poisonous mist made Jiang Wumei dizzy, her face flushed, and her breathing became rapid.
After making sure that nothing was left out, Jiang Wumei no longer hesitated. She took out the gold and silver jewelry she had prepared earlier, took the tinder and candle, and brought some self-defense items. In the sea of fire, she stepped into the secret passage in a mess.
The fire behind him was getting more and more fierce, and the flames rolled up the silk cloth of the soft couch.
The moment Jiang Wumei closed the secret passage, she seemed to hear the loud noise of the screen burning and collapsing.
The darkness blocked all senses. Entering the secret passage, Jiang Wumei was holding something and panting heavily.
When her breathing became more stable, she raised her head and fastened the only buckle in the secret passage.
Once the secret lock was fastened, the place could no longer be opened from Zhongcui Palace. Xiao Tong could not find any clues and could only believe that she had died in the fire.
After confirming that the secret lock was fastened, Jiang Wumei lit a candle and staggered out along the dark corridor.
She and Xu Junjun had walked this road before, and now she didn't feel so scared when walking on it.
But because she had just killed someone and set such a large fire with her own hands, Jiang Wumei's steps were unsteady. She turned back twice on the road and fell three or four times in a row.
Fortunately, after falling and getting up several times, Jiang Wumei quickly approached the exit of the secret passage in the dim candlelight.
After finally reaching the exit of the secret passage, it was already midnight. In order to avoid any more trouble, Jiang Wumei did not delay. She bit her lip, touched the mechanism of the secret passage, and pushed it.
As the door of the secret passage creaked, cold air carrying the unique scent of green wood in the mountains rushed into Jiang Wumei's nostrils. Before she could see the situation clearly, a familiar trembling sound came from her side.
"Niao Niao, is that you?"
"Junjun!"
Jiang Wumei's pupils trembled, and the knife and candle in her hand fell to the ground. She looked at the familiar figure in a cloak, huddled in a corner of the vines, and rushed over excitedly.
When Xu Junjun saw that it was really her, tears suddenly came to her eyes. She propped up her numb legs and pounced on her.
“Woooooo~
Niao Niao, you finally came out. If you don’t come out again, I will pry a hole in the wall to find you..."
Xu Junjun was also crying breathlessly, hugging Jiang Wumei, her mouth pouting with grievance.
Jiang Wumei knew that she must have had a rough time recently, so she patted her back with tears in her eyes and said:
"It's okay, it's okay.
You scared me to death last time at the Huguo Temple.
Today, after receiving the silver you left at the agreed place, I made up my mind to find a way to escape.
I was planning to go to the agreed location to look for you after I escaped today, but I didn't expect you to come here and wait for me first."
Speaking of which, Jiang Wumei felt the chill of the mountains. She glanced at the things Xu Junjun brought, feeling angry and distressed. She raised her hand and tapped her forehead lightly, scolding her softly:
"Are you stupid?
It was freezing cold, yet he dared to go up the mountain alone, bringing only some dry food and a coat!
Aren't you afraid that I won't be able to get away and you'll freeze to death here?!"
Xu Junjun let go of her, wiped his eyes, and choked up:
"I'm just worried that you'll get into danger if you come out of the secret passage alone and no one helps you.
Don't worry, before I came here, I specifically asked the black market dealers who sell maps of the capital, and they told me that the mountain range closest to the imperial palace is here.
I followed the map they gave me and arrived here in just a few hours.
Fortunately, I came, otherwise you would not know where to go if you came out tonight!"