When Ji Yunshu regained consciousness —
Her vision was still pitch-black.
It turned out that someone had blindfolded her.
She wanted to move, but her body was tied to a chair. Even her mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth, so she couldn't speak.
She could only hear the sound of the wind, the rustling of trees, and the faint sound of water.
'Where am I?'
She struggled with all her might, but her wrists were getting tighter and tighter.
The rope felt as if it was cutting into her flesh.
Suddenly —
"That's a dead knot. The more you struggle, the tighter it gets."
It was a female voice.
It came from less than three meters away.
Ji Yun couldn't see who the person in front of her was, but the voice sounded familiar.
"Mmmmm …"
"Teacher Ji, no … I should call you Lord Ji. I didn't expect that we would meet in this way." The woman said as she walked towards her.
As the woman approached, a faint fragrance rushed into Ji Yunshu's nose. It was the smell of jasmine and milk. She smelled it in Jiao Shiniang's room and when she left the Long Manor Inn.
So … the woman in front of him was the murderer behind the series of murders?
"Mmmmm …" Ji Yunshu couldn't make a sound. The woman seemed to understand her meaning. "Lord Ji must be familiar with this fragrance? It's the perfume that Jiao Shiniang brought into the capital. It's also the fragrance you smelled when you came out of the Long Manor Inn. Because at that time … I was watching you from the crowd. In fact, I've been giving you hints ever since we entered the capital. I told you the time, place, and method of my murders. I even used a mask and a knot to tell you my identity. I thought you were smart, but even with so many clues, you still couldn't catch me. Instead, you've become my target. Lord Ji, oh Lord Ji.
Lord Ji, you're just so-so. "
At the end of her speech!
The woman tore off the cloth stuffed into Ji Yunshu's mouth. At the same time, she removed the black cloth that covered her eyes. Although it was night time, the faint light still made her instinctively close her eyes a few times to adjust to it. As her vision became clearer, she realized that she was tied to a chair with a large rock tied to her feet. She was in a pavilion surrounded by a lake and surrounded by tall trees.
The wind rustled the trees, giving off a strange feeling. There were four lanterns hanging at the four corners of the pavilion. The faint light shone clearly on the face of the woman standing in front of him.
It was the face of a beautiful woman with exquisite facial features and snow-white skin.
She …
"Mu Jin?"
Impossible!
Wasn't she already dead?
Ji Yunshu was shocked.
However, Mu Jin laughed at her shocked expression. She raised her eyebrows and said, "You can't believe … that I'm still alive, right?"
"Aren't you already dead?"
"Yes! I'm already dead, but don't forget that since I can disguise myself as Jiao Shiniang and enter the capital city, I also have the ability to let someone else … die in my place! "
"Why?" Ji Yunshu stared at her in shock and confusion. She couldn't understand what was going on.
Mu Jin's gloomy eyes were filled with murderous intent. "Why? Why do you ask? "
"Don't you like to tell stories? Then let me tell you one today. " Mu Jin walked to Ji Yunshu's back and twirled her long hair with her slender fingers. "Twenty-one years ago, a newborn baby was abandoned in the snow. The baby was so cold that her entire body turned purple. She cried non-stop until her throat was hoarse. She cried so hard that she could barely make a sound. A few hungry wolves around her opened their bloody mouths, baring their fangs as they pounced on her. At that moment, a sharp arrow shot over and killed all of them. The baby was so cold that she could barely breathe.
The child was saved, but the person who saved her couldn't keep her by his side. He could only leave her in a small farmer's house in Anfu County. " When she finished, Mu Jin suddenly grabbed Ji Yunshu's shoulders and leaned down. She whispered into her ear, "The girl was skilled in both literature and martial arts. She was hailed as a talented woman. But one day, when she found out that her benefactor's family was buried in a sea of fire, she felt like she was dying. But the heavens still pitied her.
One year ago, her benefactor who had escaped from the fire found her. In order to repay his kindness, she was willing to do anything. But in the end … her benefactor still died. She swore that she would take revenge! "
At this point, Mu Jin choked with sobs, but the murderous intent in her eyes intensified.
She sneered. "What do you think? My story is touching, isn't it? "
The hands that grabbed Ji Yunshu's shoulders were extraordinarily strong, as if he wanted to dig out her shoulder bones.
Ji Yunshu endured the pain and frowned. "If you did it for revenge, why did you kill Jiao Shiniang and Xing Xiyang?"
"They died for you."
"…"
"I just want to see how smart that Lord Ji, who is praised by everyone, is."
"They were innocent."
"So the Imperial Duke deserved to die?" Mu Jin grabbed Ji Yunshu's hair and yanked it down.
Ji Yunshu was forced to tilt her head back. Waves of pain shot through her scalp. "It was that dog Emperor who killed the Imperial Duke's family of seventy people. The one who deserves to die is that dog Emperor." Mu Jin let go of her hair and walked in front of her. She immediately reached out and pinched Ji Yunshu's jaw as if she wanted to break it. She widened her eyes and said, "Ji Yunshu, everything started because of this.
If you hadn't opened the coffins, everything that the Imperial Duke had planned would not have changed. It's you, it's you. It's all because of you. "
The cultured and elegant woman that the people of Anfu County called the 'talented woman' had gone mad.
Ji Yunshu met her vicious gaze. "The Imperial Duke failed in his rebellion, and fifteen years later, he killed the Emperor in Ji Mountain. He deserves to be punished for all the crimes he has committed. He has taken more than one life."
"Shut up!"
Slap!
Mu Jin slapped Ji Yunshu's face.
She was as vicious as she could be!
Ji Yunshu was stunned by the slap. She tilted her head to the side, her left ear and brain buzzing as if she had lost all consciousness.
Mu Jin pinched Ji Yunshu's cheeks and forced her to look at her. She said fiercely, "It was you who harmed the Imperial Duke. You killed him. Today, I want you to pay with your life."
"Stop … stop."
"Hmph!" Mu Jin dragged Ji Yunshu and the chair to the edge of the pavilion. She revealed a ferocious expression. "Ji Yunshu, do you still remember that song? The first night the candle falls, the second night the earth is buried, the third night … still wandering in the water. That last line … was prepared for you. "
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