After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

"Who, who are you?" Xie Xing's voice trembled.

Her eyes were covered by a black cloth, and her fair and rosy face was now deathly pale. She even shrank back a little.

Beneath me was a damp sensation, and the fishy smell of water and mud permeated the surroundings.

Based solely on his senses, Xie Xing vaguely perceived that the conditions here were rudimentary, the ground was damp, and it was likely a relatively remote place near a water source.

who is it?

Who tied her up?

In an instant, many names flashed through Xie Xing's mind, even including Princess De'an, whom he had offended.

No, that man's voice sounded really familiar.

The perpetrator was someone they knew!

Xie Xing made up his mind.

Over there, Jun Lanjin sat on a small chair brought by the guards, his elbows resting on his thighs, his chin propped up, watching Xie Xing leisurely through his mask, listening to some random thoughts coming from her mind.

Xie Xing had suspected almost everyone she knew, even her own brother Xie Tongchen, but she never suspected Jun Lanjin.

"Who am I? Guess." After leisurely enjoying the little girl's flustered and helpless expression for a while, Jun Lanjin slowly spoke up.

The mask had been altered, so the voice sounded somewhat different from his own.

Jun Lanjin wasn't afraid that Xie Xing would recognize him.

Xie Xing felt the voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't guess who had tied her up.

She bit her lip lightly, and a faint tooth mark quickly appeared on her originally pink lips.

Xie Xing tentatively asked, "Has my daughter offended you, young master? Why are you kidnapping me?"

Jun Lanjin moved slightly closer to Xie Xing, and the cold mask suddenly pressed against Xie Xing's pale face, startling Xie Xing so much that she cried out and fell backward.

Seeing this, Junlan reached out and grabbed Xie Xing's waist belt to prevent him from actually falling.

However, the waistband was not fastened tightly enough. With just a slight tug, Xie Xing felt his clothes loosen and trembled violently.

Her eyes, hidden behind the black cloth, widened slightly. She trembled all over, her voice trembling as she asked, "Could it be... could it be that you, young master, have come to abduct me?"

Jun Lanjin: "..."

He glanced speechlessly at the pale pink ribbon in his hand, then threw it at Xie Xing's face, moving a little further away from her. His magnetic voice held a hint of mockery: "Need to rob me of my beauty?"

Hearing this disdainful voice, Xie Xing immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The expression on her face was so obvious that she was afraid the person next to her was some kind of lecherous madman.

Ximen Zhu, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Haha!

This little girl is really interesting.

Xie Xing was frightened by the laughter. She moved away from the source of the sound and curled up helplessly in the corner.

There were so many carriages on the street, why did they have to rob hers?

They're either after the General's Mansion, or they're after her!

Jun Lanjin didn't say anything more, but instead gave Ximen Zhu a look.

Ximen Zhu nodded and reached out to grab Xie Xing's hand.

The moment her fingers touched Xie Xing, the girl reacted like a frightened bird, immediately trying to shake off Ximen Zhu's hand. However, Ximen Zhu firmly grasped her hand, pressing his index and middle fingers against Xie Xing's pulse.

After her sight was taken away, Xie Xing's senses became much sharper. She would magnify any movement, especially the presence of a strange and dangerous stranger who was grabbing her hand with ill intentions.

Her body was trembling slightly.

Ximen Zhu glanced at her, then released her hand and shook his head toward Jun Lanjin.

Immediately afterwards, Xie Xing heard only an extremely cold voice: "Look at her."

Then came the sound of people moving around. They went out the door, leaving Xie Xing alone in this dark and cramped thatched hut.

The door creaked shut, and then silence fell over the surroundings.

Xie Xing's skirt ribbon fell to her legs, and her dress naturally opened on both sides, but fortunately only the outer skirt ribbon came undone, and nothing was exposed.

Even so, Xie Xing was still extremely terrified.

She couldn't figure out what these people were up to, and naturally, she didn't know how to save her own life.

Judging from their strange attitude, they probably think she's useful and won't kill her for the time being.

Xie Xing was quiet for a while, then she began to explore the small house, looking for a way to escape.

But as soon as she started to move, a cold voice came from the side: "Don't move."

Xie Xing's body stiffened.

She immediately froze.

I thought these people would at least lock her up in a closed environment and send someone to watch over her, but they actually just watched her from the side?

Xie Xing twitched the corner of his lips and obediently sat back down.

Can't run away.

There's no way they can escape it.

Outside.

Jun Lanjin and Ximen Zhu stood outside.

Ximen Zhu glanced inside the door, frowned, and said coldly, "The poison in her body hasn't taken effect yet, so I can't figure out what kind of poison she's been given."

"However, if Luo Hanfeng gave me poison from the Yama Palace, then there should only be one kind: the Half-Moon Poison."

Jun Lanjin looked at Ximen Zhu.

Ximen Zhu explained, "The Half-Month Poison, as the name suggests, is a poison that takes effect on the fifteenth of each month, causing a living hell. The only way to suppress the poison in one's body is with an antidote."

"Many assassins in the Yama Palace take this poison to prevent betrayal by other assassins within the palace."

"Can you solve it?"

Ximen Zhu said, "Of course, this kind of poison can be neutralized, but it will take some time."

“I can write to my master and ask him to make the antidote.”

"However, it will take at least three months to develop an antidote."

Jun Lanjin narrowed his eyes.

"Three months is too slow."

Ximen Zhu rolled her eyes at him: "That's a special poison made by the Yama Palace to control assassins. If we could really cure it so easily, would the Yama Palace still be able to stand in the martial arts world?"

"And the poison in your body is the most troublesome thing."

"I don't know if she can wait three months, but you might not be able to."

Jun Lanjin put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "The sooner the better."

Ximen Zhu glanced at Jun Lanjin in surprise, "I say, you wouldn't actually have fallen for that little girl from the Xie family, would you?"

"He risked his life to save her a while ago, and now he's even risking his identity being discovered just to diagnose whether the poison in her body can be cured."

Jun Lanjin glanced at Ximen Zhu: "Mind your own business."

At the very least, we can't let Xie Xing actually defect to Luo Hanfeng's side because he's been poisoned.

"Alright, alright." Ximen Zhu said helplessly, "But I'm curious, your move scared the little girl so much that her hands were shaking. Since you want me to see the poison on her body, given the little girl's trust in you, why didn't you just let me take her pulse directly? Why go through all this trouble?"

If this gets discovered, the risk is huge.

"I have my own plans," Jun Lanjin said calmly.