Peony Lantern (8)

  Chen Shou pulled out a handkerchief with something on it and wiped his face in various ways. The lifelike wrinkles disappeared as if erased by an eraser, slowly fading away to reveal smooth and elastic skin. The person in front of him unbuttoned his clothes, and his skeletal system crackled loudly, instantly growing taller by a head.

  I stared at him in astonishment. This must be the legendary art of disguise and shrinking bones!

  Chief Chen Shou blinked and turned into a smiling handsome man, and his clothes were too small, all the buttons were undone, with an open collar revealing solid and beautiful chest muscles. It was simply... devilish temptation.

  "What are you looking at?" Ren Ping Sheng asked with a smile, "Be careful or it will get stuck in your eyes!"

  My vigilance suddenly came up, and I shouted: "Who are you exactly! You've been deceiving me since last night, now that you've brought me here, what do you want to do!"

  Ren Ping said with a sneer: "What kind of person I am, didn't your brother Qiu Yuan say it clearly? Are you saying he was talking nonsense?"

  "What about Lord Chen?" I suddenly became worried about this really important official.

  "He's late getting up today, nothing much, after waking up from sleep, he'll naturally come over."

  "What did you come here for?!"

  Ren Ping's smile was slightly restrained as he looked at me and said: "He didn't say so, did he? I'm here to clean up the household. But the person wasn't killed by me. Hmph, does that mean I won't be able to find out who lured him into betraying us? How ridiculous! However, my visit to this county government office isn't about this matter. I came... to see you."

  "What's with you?" I felt very puzzled. Before this, I hadn't shown any skills at all.

  "But he seems to be treating you poorly." Ren Pingsheng said with deep meaning, "A man hitting a woman is simply despicable, it's really contemptible!"

  A surge of anger rose from the bottom of my heart, I couldn't tolerate him speaking ill of Nie Qiuyuan at all, even though it was me who got beaten up at that time.

  But Ren Ping was obviously a highly skilled martial artist, his figure flashed at a speed that I couldn't see clearly and he appeared right in front of me. My vision blurred for a moment, and the next thing I knew, I was being held by the neck and pressed against his chest.

  I don't know which acupoint he was pressing, I just felt numbness and soreness all over my body, unable to move at all. My face was pressed against his skin, a strong masculine scent wafted up and hit me in the face.

  The smell wasn't unpleasant, and it even had a faint scent of incense. But for some reason, my heart suddenly skipped a beat, and the fine hairs on my body stood up slightly. My body instinctively sensed a smell, an extremely dangerous smell.

  It's the thick and heavy smell of blood that seeps out from deep within the bones under that light and refreshing fragrance!

  The man leaned in close to my ear and whispered in a very gentle voice: "I couldn't bear it anymore. You know, I've never hit a woman before. Me? I always just kill them directly."

  A chill ran up my spine, but before I could react, Ren Ping Sheng suddenly scooped me up in his arms. "Xuan," he said, "take a nap, I'm taking you away."

  He had barely finished speaking when I somehow fell asleep.

  I don't know how long it took, but I felt like I had been having a lot of terrible nightmares and struggling for a very long time before finally waking up.

  I found myself lying on the floor of a small, enclosed room. The room was only about ten square meters in size, with no doors or windows, and no ventilation holes either. Yet, strangely enough, there were lights steadily lit on the walls, and for some reason, I hadn't suffocated to death.

  "Awake? Really able to sleep." A faint voice came from above her head.

  In my mind, a carp jumped up high, but in reality, I just lifted my ankle slightly. My whole body was sore and weak, with no strength, almost unable to even turn over.

  But I still saw Ren Ping Sheng sitting against the wall beside me with a hint of mockery on his face.

  His clothes had been changed to a luxurious dark blue outfit with fine workmanship, embroidered patterns, and decorated with silk ribbons, all of which were meticulously arranged. Wearing this magnificent attire, Ren Ping's temperament suddenly changed, and the gentle and bright smile on his face was mixed with a few hints of nobility and evil spirit.

  "Ayue, actually I think it's a pity. Let me ask you one more thing, follow me, okay? If you follow me, you'll know my benefits."

  "Humph! I squeezed out a word from between my teeth."

  Ren Ping suddenly burst out laughing: "Tell me, will your Autumn Far brother come and rescue you?"

  My heart skipped a beat.

  So, this was his goal all along!

  Ren Pingsheng's goal was never me, but rather Nie Qiuyuan.

  I sneered coldly: "How could he possibly come to rescue me? How has he treated me, haven't you seen it? He only regards me as a burden and can't wait for me to die!"

  "Is that so?" Ren Ping Sheng said, "Well then, let's try it out. This formation outside is the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array. If Qi Yuan can't break through in time, you'll be in trouble. Hmm, this lock on the door also has some special features."

  I turned my head and ignored him.

  Ren Ping let out a sigh, helped me up and gently wrapped his arms around me in a hug, saying: "To be honest, I'm really going to miss you."

  He leaned my body against the wall and stood up himself with a pat on his hand. He moved as fast as lightning, tapping several directions on the wall at a speed that I couldn't see clearly, and a mysterious five-line array diagram appeared on the wall, then, a door popped open.

  "Goodbye, Ah Yue." Ren Ping Sheng turned his head to glance at me, then stepped out with a calm pace, the door closing swiftly behind him.

  I slumped against the wall, terrified as I saw eight holes open in all directions on the roof, and water began to pour down continuously.

  Until this moment, I still didn't believe that Ren Ping Sheng was going to take my life.

  I was really too naive.

  Eight shares of water spray from the hole to the inside. Originally

  This room is underwater. At this rate, it won't be long before the water fills up the entire house, and I will despairingly drown to death here.

  Suddenly I was overcome with an abnormal fear, because I really didn't want to die, and even more so, I didn't want to die from drowning. Drowning is not only extremely painful, but the corpse will also swell up in the water, expanding many times over, with all the facial features bulging out, looking like a giant. Oh my god!

  I used all my strength to crawl towards that non-existent door, pounding the wall and shouting loudly: "Ren Ping Sheng! I've figured it out, I'm willing to go with you! Come back and let me out!"

  In short, save your own life first!

  But the house was left with the sound of running water, Ren Ping Sheng had already left, he couldn't hear my cries at all.

  The water quickly rose above my neck, I relied on buoyancy to stand up and stroked the water with all my might.

  What a pity! Is this life of mine going to end like this? Mingming, I had just started getting used to it...

  The water took me to the rooftop, my tears fell down and melted into the water.

  When struggling again, I couldn't breathe.

  Just as I was about to lose consciousness, the five-element array diagram at the location of the door suddenly lit up like starlight, and the mysterious door opened. The water rushed towards the door with a whoosh, and in the water flow, I seemed to see an angel with wings approaching me, embracing me, and dragging me towards the door.

  The door slammed shut behind him, cutting off the flow of water. The surrounding darkness was suddenly filled with a rush of fresh air that flooded his nostrils and lungs.

  I had a violent fit of coughing, and a large mouthful of water suddenly spouted out, spraying the angel who was holding me all over.