Chapter 261: A Bad Idea
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Tang Jinghong pondered for a moment and guessed, “I think it’s near the Qin mansion in the bamboo forest. If a person wants to hide something, he’s most likely to choose a place he thinks is safe.”
He lowered his head and looked at Chu Qingzhi. “But there’s no need for us to look for it. The fake Lord of the Northern Border is already mobilizing troops. The secret army will take the initiative to come out.”
Chu Qingzhi nodded. “Indeed.”
Tang Jinghong looked out of the window. After a while, he slowly said, “Qingzhi, when a war breaks out, you have to stay in the inn.”
Chu Qingzhi didn’t respond to Tang Jinghong’s words. Instead, she asked, “If I were to face danger and ask you to wait for me somewhere, would you do it?”
Tang Jinghong replied without thinking, “No.”
Chu Qingzhi said firmly, “So the same is with me.”
Tang Jinghong’s heart throbbed. He hugged Chu Qingzhi tightly. He was so lucky to have met such a powerful girl who could advance and retreat with him at any time!
The sky was filled with stars like pearls.
Under the night sky, two black shadows rose and fell. In the blink of an eye, they had already flown far away and finally landed in the mansion of the Lord of the Northern Border.
A figure stepped out of the shadows. “Follow me.”
The two of them nodded and followed him to the courtyard where the princess consort was resting.
In the darkness, Tang Jinghong clearly felt that there were more guards, and the atmosphere was oppressive. He stopped Tong Yujie and whispered, “Are you sure that the princess’s dowry is in the secret room in the Princess Consort’s room?”
Tong Yujie nodded affirmatively. “I’m sure. I’ve already gone in to take a look.”
Chu Qingzhi was very puzzled. “Why is the dowry with the Princess Consort?”
Tong Yujie said, “The Lord of the Northern Border respects the Princess Consort very much, so the Princess Consort is on his side. Also, don’t underestimate the Princess Consort. She has a lot of power.”
The three of them were very skilled. They easily avoided the guards and sneaked into the Princess Consort’s room.
The moment Tong Yujie entered, he knocked out the servant girl who was dozing off. Then, he knocked out the Princess Consort. “Find the secret room.”
With Chu Qingzhi around, the secret room was easily found. The entrance was on the Princess Consort’s bed. When the mechanism was activated, the Princess Consort fell in.
The three of them were dumbfounded.
With the Princess Consort scouting the way, there was no need to worry about danger. The three of them immediately followed.
There was a flight of stairs leading down the entrance. When the Princess Consort rolled down the stairs, she woke up from the pain.
However, the moment she opened her eyes, Tong Yujie knocked her out again.
At the bottom of the stairs was a wide stone room. It looked bigger than the Princess Consort’s room above, and there were many good things in it. Among them, the princess’ dowry box was placed in the middle of the stone room. There were a total of 18 boxes. It looked very abundant.
Tang Jinghong opened one of them and a strange smell immediately assaulted his face. The smell was very faint, so he didn’t pay special attention to it and started searching.
Chu Qingzhi walked over and rummaged through the boxes with him.
This box was filled with the princess’s gold and silver jewelry. The light reflected from the jewelry and jade made them blink their eyes.
Chu Qingzhi sighed. “Yun Hua’s family is so rich.”
Tang Jinghong said, “When we get married, I’ll prepare a dowry as bountiful as this for you.”
Chu Qingzhi hurriedly said, “No need, no need. I’m just joking. I don’t mean it.”
Tang Jinghong said sincerely, “It’s fine even if you mean it. 1 should dote on you anyway.”
Chu Qingzhi said, “Well, if you have that much money, sure.”
Tang Jinghong said, “What’s mine is all yours eventually when we get married.”
Chu Qingzhi looked at Tang Jinghong. She originally thought that he was a straight man, but she didn’t expect him to be so flirtatious sometimes. “General, are you so rich too?”
Tang Jinghong paused and said mysteriously, “You’ll know when the time comes.”
While the two of them were talking, they did not notice that Tong Yujie was slowly retreating. When they realized that Tong Yujie had disappeared, it had already been a long time.
Chu Qingzhi looked around. “Jinghong, where’s Tong Yujie?”
Tang Jinghong wanted to speak, but at this moment, he felt dizzy. He staggered and held the dowry box to steady himself. “We are set up!”
He quickly bit the tip of his tongue, and the pain swept away some of the dizziness.
At the same time, his palm felt warm, and then a warm power entered his body from his palm.
Tang Jinghong grabbed Chu Qingzhi’s wrist and stopped her from injecting spiritual power into him. “Qingzhi, don’t waste your energy. I’m fine.”
Chu Qingzhi didn’t listen to Tang Jinghong. “I still have a lot of strength. It’s fine.”
At this moment, the sound of the stone door closing could be heard.
The two of them could not help but look up.
Then, they looked at the Princess Consort who was still on the ground.
Chu Qingzhi walked over and gently touched the Princess Consort’s face. There was something. “She’s fake.” She turned around and looked at Tang Jinghong. “Tong Yujie betrayed us?”
Tang Jinghong was not sure now. What if Tong Yujie had also been replaced by an imposter?
“Qingzhi, let’s go and see if there’s another way out. As for Tong Yujie, we’ll talk about it when we get out.”
Chu Qingzhi said calmly, “There’s no need to look for it. We’ll just fight a way out later. Let’s hurry up and find the name list first.”
Tang Jinghong stopped in his tracks and retracted his hand. “Ok.”
The two of them continued rummaging through the boxes.
Chu Qingzhi took out a book from the box. It was a list of dowry. There was so much dowry that they actually used a book to record it.
At the end, she realized that the last page had been torn off.
Chu Qingzhi showed the book to Tang Jinghong. “Jinghong, someone beat us to it.”
Tang Jinghong held the book in his hand and brushed the missing page with his fingers. “What a pity.”
At this moment, a stone suddenly fell from the wall on the right. Following that, lake water gushed in.
Chu Qingzhi looked at the water and said speechlessly, “Are they planning to drown us here?”
Tang Jinghong looked at the hole that opened up to allow water in. “Qingzhi, let’s swim out from the hole later.”
Chu Qingzhi said, “It’s more than enough for a person to pass through. I wonder who thought of this idea. Are they planning to let us go?”
“They probably just wanted to drown us. They didn’t expect that it would actually be saving us.” Tang Jinghong looked at the stone room. “Qingzhi, is there anything you want here?”
Chu Qingzhi was interested. “There are many treasures here. It’s a pity not to take a few.”
Tang Jinghong supported, “Choose whatever you want. I’ll help you carry it.”
Chu Qingzhi smiled. “Sure..”