Making you a son-in-law is not about making you conquer the world.

How could I not take the hand that was offered so freely?

Lin Ping not only immediately grasped Jiang Hongling's jade-like hand, but also kept stroking it. Her tightly closed eyes clearly showed that she was enjoying herself.

Jiang Hongling regretted making this decision, but the moment he grabbed her, she lost all her strength and forgot to resist.

By the dim moonlight, Jiang Hongling looked at Lin Ping's profile; his distinct features and handsome appearance were so captivating.

An unrealistic thought popped into Jiang Hongling's mind: she wished this moment could be frozen in time forever.

The thought made her blush, her heart race, and she unconsciously buried her head in her chest.

The notorious bandit who wanted to steal the defense map of Yue Kingdom was captured by Lin Ping.

They even forgot why they came here.

Lin Ping's expression was constantly changing, and he was clearly surprised the moment he touched Jiang Hongling's jade-like hand.

This is so slippery...

Just when Jiang Hongling was at her most nervous, Lin Ping opened his eyes and said seriously, "I'll help you find a defense map."

The defense map was crucial to the survival of the entire Yue Kingdom, and also to Lin Ping's personal interests.

He shouldn't have agreed without a reason.

The price for touching hands seems a bit too high.

Jiang Hongling stared wide-eyed at Lin Ping, as if she had a million things to say.

Ultimately, it was condensed into one sentence: "Could you... let go first?"

Having been directly exposed, Lin Ping was mortified and had no choice but to immediately get to work.

Jiang Hongling continued to stare at Lin Ping, vaguely noticing the change in his right eye.

That determined look in his eyes, that meticulous expression, is indeed quite captivating.

“There!” Lin Ping said, pointing to a corner of the wall.

A painting was hanging there. Jiang Hongling moved the painting aside and found that the wall was indeed different.

She pulled out a dagger and pried it out along the crack in the wall.

"Is it not ready yet?" Lin Ping was extremely anxious. Time was running out, and the patrolling guards would be coming in soon.

With Jiang Hongling's strength, she could definitely pierce the stone wall with a single sword strike, but that would make a noise and attract attention from outside the door.

In a moment of desperation, Lin Ping suddenly noticed a switch attached to the bottom of a porcelain bottle next to him, which could be used to open the hard stone wall.

He gently pushed the vase aside, and sure enough, a gap appeared in the stone wall on its own.

Inside the gap in the wall was an exquisite jade box containing a defense map drawn on sheepskin.

"There's a noise inside! Go check it out!" the guard outside the door shouted in alarm.

"Oh no, we made too much noise, we've been discovered."

He didn't expect that touching the switch would still make a loud noise, enough to alert the guards outside the door.

"Quickly put the fake in."

Lin Ping said urgently, as if he already knew that Jiang Hongling had a fake.

Jiang Hongling was extremely fast; after inserting the fake, she didn't forget to put the mechanism back in place.

"Let's go!" Jiang Hongling grabbed Lin Ping and tried to escape.

Now that their whereabouts have been exposed, there's no need to keep a low profile anymore; escaping is the top priority.

"Take that luminous pearl too." Lin Ping stared at the luminous pearl with shining eyes.

"You really are a greedy fellow," Jiang Hongling said disdainfully, not wanting to waste any time getting the luminous pearl.

"Coming all this way without taking anything with you, wouldn't that arouse the king's suspicion?" Lin Ping explained.

The inner treasury is a forbidden area of ​​the royal palace. To break in with such great effort and then leave without taking anything of value will surely arouse the king's suspicion.

It's quite possible that what was lost was the deployment map. At that point, by changing the army's layout, the deployment map would become meaningless.

Jiang Hongling gave Lin Ping an approving look, then with a flick of her long sleeve, the luminous pearl appeared in her hand.

However, Lin Ping quickly snatched it away.

The moment the guards opened the gate, Jiang Hongling grabbed Lin Ping and swept over the heads of dozens of people, appearing directly on the roof.

"The treasury has been robbed! Catch the assassin immediately!"

With a loud gong, the entire palace erupted in commotion as thousands of guards surged toward the inner treasury, giving them no chance to escape.

"The rooftop is too conspicuous; we need to go down."

Jiang Hongling nodded and did as instructed, but the road in front of her was blocked by hundreds of soldiers.

"There is a small path about 30 feet behind you. Turn left."

Are this guy's eyes rulers? He's not only as familiar with the palace as if it were his own home, but he also remembers the distances perfectly.

Jiang Hongling was puzzled, but did as she was told without hesitation.

Sure enough, there was a small path thirty feet behind them, and the two quickly slipped into it.

“This road is a hundred feet long. The guards are on their way. We have two snaps of the fingers, or we’ll be trapped like turtles in a jar.”

Lin Ping said with a serious expression, his pupils constantly changing.

He needed to be highly focused, not only to see the surrounding terrain clearly but also to quickly calculate the distance and the enemy's running speed.

Jiang Hongling frowned, then gripped Lin Ping's arm tightly, pushed off the ground with her feet, and floated on the ground like a dragonfly skimming the water.

Lin Ping's soul was still in the same spot, but his body had been pulled five or six meters away.

The surrounding wind distorted his face, and his mouth was filled with cold air.

In the blink of an eye, less than twenty seconds had passed, and Jiang Hongling had successfully reached the end of the alley, while also pulling a burden along with her.

He seemed certain of one thing: Jiang Hongling's strength was superior to Jiang Yunying's!

Two hundred feet to the left, then one hundred feet to the right, then one hundred feet to the left...

Lin Ping became Jiang Hongling's eyes, and Jiang Hongling became his legs.

The two men walked past thousands of guards without being approached by anyone.

After making dozens of turns, the two arrived at the foot of the city wall, which was three zhang high.

Jiang Yunying once said that three zhang is a limit, which even the Black Lotus cannot break through.

Moreover, Jiang Hongling also has to take him along as a burden, so theoretically there's no way she can get over it.

"You should leave now, I'll go out through the palace gate."

Lin Ping didn't want to make things difficult for her; if she didn't leave soon, the guards behind her would catch up with her.

"So fussy, he's not like a man at all." Jiang Hongling gave Lin Ping a disdainful look.

Leaving through the palace gates? That would be suicide.

The entire palace is now under martial law; not even a fly can get out, let alone Lin Ping, a living person.

Once Jiang Hongling leaves, he definitely won't live past the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

"Hold on tight, we're about to take off!"

Jiang Hongling placed Lin Ping on her back, and two sharp daggers appeared in her hands.

With a light touch of the toes, he leaped two zhang high.

Caught off guard, Lin Ping nearly slipped off her back, repeatedly shouting for help.

Just as the two were about to fall, Jiang Hongling's sharp dagger pierced the wall, using the force to fly another ten feet upwards, easily clearing the city wall.

Lin Ping glanced at the person at his feet and was immediately startled. He gripped Jiang Hongling's body tightly with all four limbs, as if cutting an octopus.

Jiang Hongling frowned, clearly realizing that he had touched some secret places.

Pushing Lin Ping away at this moment would seem somewhat heartless, but if she didn't push him away, she didn't know how much more he would take advantage of her.

Oh well, oh well, what can she do when she has feelings for this lecherous man?

After landing, Lin Ping gripped the ground even tighter, muttering to himself, "I was just scared, not trying to take advantage of you."

"Could you move your hands somewhere else?"

"Oh……"

Lin Ping fumbled around for a bit before moving to a different spot.

“It’s already landed,” Jiang Hongling said speechlessly.

"Don't lie to me. If it really landed, why wasn't there a strong jolt?" Lin Ping looked bewildered, still not daring to look up, and instead gripped even tighter.

Jiang Hongling really didn't want to talk to him, but thinking that there were still pursuers nearby, she could only continue to carry him and flee.

"Why do you want to help me find the defense map? It concerns the survival of the Wu Kingdom," Jiang Hongling said.

"It's all because your hand slipped," Lin Ping thought to himself, but dared not say it aloud, otherwise he would definitely be beaten to death.

“You have saved me twice. Although I, Lin Ping, am not a gentleman, I know how to repay kindness.”

The moment he grasped Jiang Hongling's hand, he immediately understood something.

Xia Linglong had twice tried to kill him, and on both occasions a woman in white came to his rescue.

He had assumed the other person was Jiang Yunying, but now he realized it was Jiang Hongling.

In other words, the reason he took the initiative to hold hands was not for frivolous purposes, but to confirm Jiang Hongling's identity.

Jiang Hongling smiled at this, feeling a touch of emotion in her heart.

"And how did you know I was carrying a fake defense map?"

As she said this, Jiang Hongling's face flushed slightly. Based on Lin Ping's performance just now, she even suspected that his eyes had X-ray vision.

If that were the case, wouldn't I be standing naked in front of him?

Lin Ping broke out in a cold sweat and refused to admit it even if he were beaten to death.

He did indeed discover the fake on Jiang Hongling's body with his right eye; as for the other parts...

"If you don't prepare a fake, the king will easily discover it and change the defenses of the Wu Kingdom, rendering this map meaningless."

Lin Ping calmly spouted nonsense.

"I didn't expect him to be so meticulous." Jiang Hongling nodded in satisfaction.

"Don't you have any questions to ask?" Jiang Hongling asked, puzzled.

She stole the Wu Kingdom's defense map, which is of great importance. Even if Lin Ping is a fool, he should be able to guess her unusual identity.

Logically, one should be curious about this.

Curiosity killed the cat, and Lin Ping dared not ask.

"There is indeed a problem," Lin Ping said, mustering his courage.

"I'm from Chiyang Pavilion, and that's all I can tell you for now," Jiang Hongling replied before Lin Ping could ask.

"Willing to reveal their identity? Is this a prelude to silencing them?"

Lin Ping felt flustered and regretted pretending to be a servant and saying he had a question to ask.

"I wanted to ask, why hasn't it landed yet?"

A drop of three zhang (approximately 10 meters) would take only a little over a second to fall in free fall.

But now at least the time it takes for an incense stick to burn has passed.

"You really don't want to live anymore," Jiang Hongling said, her eyes as cold as ice.

She would never let this kind of behavior—getting something for nothing and then acting innocent—go unpunished.

He was slammed to the ground, and Lin Ping winced in pain.

cough cough...

Lin Ping coughed violently and deliberately covered his chest.

Jiang Hongling was startled and immediately helped Lin Ping up. With tears streaming down her face, she asked, "Since your chest wound hasn't healed, why didn't you say so earlier? I would have gone to kill Lu Jie right now!"