My Promotion Story Through Time Travel

Chapter 132 Entering the Tower

Lin Ziping noticed that Hong Lao Er was not among the men Gao Chi had brought, so he asked, "Your Highness, where is Hong Lao Er?"

Gao Chi did not answer. Wang Changping pointed to a house and said, "I told Chen Feng to wait here with him."

Lin Ziping thought for a moment. This place was dangerous, so it was better that Hong Lao Er didn't come. He nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He stood aside and reviewed what had just happened.

Who was that person? The back view looked so familiar, and the direction he was coming from... it seemed like something from that direction deflected the arrow aimed at him, saving him...

His pupils widened suddenly; the arrow aimed at him had been shot from this tower!

"Your Highness, there are people in the tower! Let's go!" Lin Ziping said quickly, his voice slightly hoarse. He grabbed Li Qiongying, who was closest to him, and ran away from the tower in a panic.

The others also quickly moved away.

Before they had taken two steps, another volley of arrows began to approach.

This is never going to end! It's like he's turned into a fiery chili pepper and is going to blast them all away!

Lin Ziping dodged while using his knife to block, trying his best to avoid getting hurt.

After an unknown amount of time, the number of arrows being shot began to decrease.

Lin Ziping breathed a small sigh of relief, but then he felt a force on his hand and realized that he was still holding Li Qiongying's wrist.

Although she is a girl, she now looks like a boy, and this behavior is similar to being a hooligan in this era.

Lin Ziping hurriedly let go of her hand and stammered an apology: "Qiongying... Miss Qiongying, please forgive me."

Lin Ziping stole a couple more glances at Li Qiongying. She had an elegant demeanor, like a bright moon, a fairy untouched by the mortal world. Looking at her any longer would seem like a desecration.

Li Qiongying simply rubbed her wrist and said, "It's alright, thank you for saving me, but I noticed they have crossbows."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziping couldn't help but curse himself for being careless. He had actually forgotten that crossbows already existed in this era, and that the small window on the tower was the best sniping position. The square was relatively open with little cover, so as long as they were within range, everyone would be sitting ducks.

“Let’s go there,” Li Qiongying said, pointing to the tower.

Lin Ziping nodded without speaking, and followed Li Qiongying quickly toward the tower, pressing close to the tower wall as they moved toward the tower door.

Gao Chi, Wang Changping, and the others had obviously also noticed this problem and were moving closer to the tower.

The group broke down the door and entered the tower, only to find it empty.

Gao Chi stood with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed, at the doorway.

"Your Highness, there must be hidden mechanisms here." After searching inside the tower and finding nothing, Wang Changping bowed and reported back.

Could this place contain the legendary art of divination and escape?!

Lin Ziping was both nervous and excited. He thought about how Jiang Wanyu had transformed the mountain village in such a short time. Could this tower "transform" based on that reasoning? If he was lucky enough to see it, this time travel would be worthwhile.

No one understood Lin Ziping's feelings; the rest cautiously observed the situation inside the tower.

"Young Master Lin, would you like to come up to the tower with me?" Li Qiongying's voice came from inside.

Lin Ziping looked around. The tower had a hollow structure with two-story corridors in the walls, connecting to staircases on both sides. However, each staircase was extremely narrow, allowing only one person to pass at a time. Visually, the staircases were less than 0.5 meters wide, completely failing to meet relevant national standards and requiring a certain height to pass through.

Thinking that plot development in similar movies and TV shows often relies on human intervention, Lin Ziping just wanted to stay quietly down there until reinforcements arrived.

But looking at the people who came in, apart from Gao Chi, Li Qiongying, Wang Changping, Xiao Chunzi and himself, they were all burly men, and it would be too much to ask them to go up.

Gao Chi was obviously out of the question. Wang Changping was someone else's private bodyguard, and Xiao Chunzi didn't have much fighting ability. She was the one who would take the fall for Gao Chi in a critical moment. So, only he himself was suitable to go up with Li Qiongying.

Moreover, before his identity was revealed, he could pretend not to know. Now that his position is lowly, he could argue about his job responsibilities in the past, but in this era, he can't find a reason to refuse.

Having figured out the key to it, Lin Ziping felt less resistant and quickly bowed in agreement before stepping up the stairs.

"Miss Qiongying... Achoo, what's that smell?" Lin Ziping smelled a fragrance and sneezed loudly.

"What's wrong?" Gao Chi asked.

Lin Ziping rubbed his nose and sniffed carefully, but he couldn't smell anything.

"Your Highness, it's alright," Lin Ziping said to Gao Chi. Before Gao Chi could reply, he whispered to Li Qiongying, "The enemy's situation is unclear right now. Isn't this too dangerous? Wouldn't it be better to check after reinforcements arrive?"

“Young Master Lin, just call me Qiongying,” Li Qiongying said. “Reinforcements? Isn’t Young Master Lin the reinforcement?”

Lin Ziping choked. What kind of reinforcements did he think he was? At most, he was just an advance force, a suicide squad.

"Besides, do you think the other government officials count as reinforcements?" Li Qiongying smiled slightly. "This mountain stronghold, with its iron mine and its stronghold itself, wasn't built overnight. Do you think they can remain undetected forever?"

"You mean the government is colluding with them?" Lin Ziping looked surprised.

Li Qiongying turned around and said, "Young Master Ziping, I can say nothing."

Lin Ziping...

Is everything understood without words?

The two walked to the second-floor corridor, which was close to the top of the tower and about 7 or 8 meters above the ground.

Looking out of the small window, Lin Ziping could see the entire mountain stronghold, which resembled a crescent moon, all clustered together.

The two walked to the other side, which was a cliff. Looking out, the clouds and mist swirled around, making it seem like a fairyland. Because the tower was located at a high position, it gave people a sense of being above the world.

Lin Ziping clicked his tongue in amazement. In his time, this scenery would have cost a hundred or two hundred yuan for admission; it was something you could see for free now.

The two walked around the two-story corridor. Li Qiongying stopped at a window on the first floor and pondered for a moment before saying, "The arrows that attacked us just now came from here."

Lin Ziping was somewhat surprised. In such a chaotic situation, how could Li Qiongying have noticed such a detailed place?

“There’s hardly any dust in this tower, which means it’s regularly cleaned. At first, we stood at the main entrance of the tower, and I walked around and found that these positions could be seen from where we were standing, but look here.” Li Qiongying pointed to a spot and continued.

Lin Ziping looked closely at the spot Li Qiongying was pointing to; there was a small scratch on the window, but he didn't think it meant anything.

Li Qiongying didn't explain further, straightened her clothes, and prepared to go down the stairs.

At this moment, Lin Ziping truly felt the diversity of human beings, and, unwilling to give up, looked at the window again.

Suddenly he saw what appeared to be a figure flashing past the entrance to the mountain stronghold.

Lin Ziping involuntarily squinted his eyes, and sure enough, there were many figures in the mountain stronghold.

Someone's coming!

Seeing this, he drew the knife from his waist and tensed his nerves.