Chapter 135: Jiang Ruanxi Died
Hong Ye was secretly shocked. “Madam, could it be that the Nameless Daoist deceived you?”
“No… the Nameless Daoist wouldn’t deceive me. I’m afraid that person already knows our plan. If we continue forward, I’m afraid our end will be the same as Sun Chengye’s.”
“Then, then what should we do?”
Hong Ye was scared out of her wits, breaking out in cold sweat all over her body, her voice trembling as she spoke.
“Follow me.”
Jiang Ruanxi thought for a moment and decided to change the route, heading toward another hill.
But after only a few steps, a man in black clothes stood in front of them, his face covered so his appearance couldn’t be seen.
Jiang Ruanxi looked at those chilling eyes and felt they were very familiar.
Suddenly remembering that they were very similar to the man in black she had seen at Guangming Temple last time, she said with a face full of vigilance, “Who are you? Last time at Guangming Temple, you wanted to kill me. I have no grudge against you, so why did you do that?”
The man didn’t speak, but unusual emotions surged in his eyes.
He raised his knife and directly slashed toward Jiang Ruanxi.
“Madam, you go first.” Hong Ye desperately stood in front of her to protect her, but Jiang Ruanxi pushed her away. “The one he wants to kill is me. You proceed according to the original plan.”
How could Hong Ye possibly abandon Jiang Ruanxi at this moment and escape alone?
She still stood motionless.
Jiang Ruanxi knew her loyalty and didn’t try to persuade her anymore.
She also knew that clashing head-on with the man in black gave them no chance of winning. She took a deep breath and looked at the cliff beside them.
They all said she had innate good fortune, so she would test whether she really did.
When the man in black approached, Jiang Ruanxi jumped off the cliff without even thinking.
“Madam…”
Hong Ye’s miserable cry echoed in the mountain valley. The man in black looked regretful and wanted to make a move on Hong Ye, but he saw torches lighting up in the distance.
After hesitating for a moment, he hid his figure.
Just like the stars in the sky, suddenly brightening, but then quietly dimming again without a sound.
“Madam…”
Hong Ye lay on the cliff edge looking down, but it was pitch black.
If the Madam had died, what was the point of her living?
So, Hong Ye closed her eyes and leaped forward, but unexpectedly, someone pulled her back.
Hong Ye had just been about to scream when she instantly fainted.
**
Inside the temple, the big fire had been brought under control.
“Third Master, there are three charred corpses inside.”
Hearing this, Jiang Rui angrily smashed a fist directly into Lin Ningkun’s stomach. “I told you she couldn’t die. Are you taking my words as mere wind past your ears?”
“Third Brother, don’t be hasty. These corpses can’t be identified anymore. We should still examine them carefully.”
Jiang Linlei was also unwilling to believe that Jiang Ruanxi had died, but his reason was still intact.
Until now, Jiang Rui was still unwilling to believe that Jiang Ruanxi had died.
Lin Ningkun clutched his stomach in pain, his eyes tightly fixed on the three charred black corpses on the ground. He didn’t dare to believe it either.
Until Run Ru rushed over and shouted loudly, “Madam, you died so miserably…”
She then picked up a bracelet from her wrist, tearfully saying, “Master, this really is the Madam’s. This jewelry was something she always wore close to her body.”
Lin Ningkun took the bracelet and realized it was the one Madam Zhou had made him buy and give to Jiang Ruanxi, which she had always worn.
It even had an “X” engraved on it.
At that time, he hadn’t wanted to buy it, but Madam Zhou said that if he didn’t treat Jiang Ruanxi a little better, she wouldn’t willingly give him money to use. At the time in his post, Jiang Xuerou had her eye on a pair of earrings that cost nearly one thousand taels of silver, and he didn’t have that much.
To make Jiang Xuerou happy, he casually bought a bracelet that cost less than ten taels.
But he still felt like he had wronged Jiang Xuerou and couldn’t get over it in his heart, so he thought that if he engraved Jiang Xuerou’s name inside, it could be considered as given to Jiang Xuerou.
But he was afraid Jiang Ruanxi would notice, so he chose a word that both had, namely the letter “X”.
Only he knew about this matter, and now this bracelet had an “X” engraved on it.
He immediately collapsed to the ground, his eyes dull.
Apart from that bracelet, the corpse was completely charred and impossible to identify.
Meanwhile, Lin Tingting let out a shrill scream when she saw Sun Chengye’s body, which was only half burned, and then fainted.
In the moment before fainting, she thought that Sun Chengye had died, the Sun Family wouldn’t let her go, and she was finished too.
“Take the corpses away. I want to examine them personally.” Jiang Rui’s face was chilling, still unwilling to believe that the scheming Jiang Ruanxi would die just like that.
He was determined to investigate clearly, but before leaving, he glanced at Lin Ningkun again. “If she really is Jiang Ruanxi, you should pray for yourself.”
Lin Ningkun shuddered all over, still unable to believe the facts before his eyes.
Jiang Ruanxi had died.
How could she die?
He hadn’t gotten his hands on her dowry yet. Even if she really died, it shouldn’t be at this time.
The Jiang Family wouldn’t let him go, and neither would the future prospects the Jiang Family had promised him.
It was all because of that foolish little sister of his, that idiot.
He had told her not to touch Jiang Ruanxi, so why couldn’t she hold back?
If it weren’t for her, he would soon have regained his former glory, but now everything was gone.
Lin Ningkun was so angry his eyes turned red. He pounced in front of Lin Tingting and grabbed her neck.
The more he thought, the tighter he gripped.
In no time, the unconscious Lin Tingting’s face lost all color.
“Master, what are you doing? Don’t get excited.” Run Ru pulled him back. “If the Third Miss dies, who will take the blame for killing the Madam?”
Lin Ningkun stopped and sobered up.
She couldn’t die yet.
Lin Ningkun finally released her.
**
In the direction of the Imperial City, a man wearing black ornate brocade robes stood with his hands behind his back on the city wall, almost blending into the blackness.
“Master, the mission failed. She jumped off the cliff. This subordinate deserves death. Please punish me, Master.”
A man in black clothes, face covered leaving only a pair of eyes exposed, knelt before him.
The wind lifted the hem of his clothes, with a huge half-moon hanging behind him, as if he were the master of this darkness.
After a long while, a deep and hoarse voice came. “Her astrological mansion is still shining, so she hasn’t died.”
The man in black was stunned, then immediately reacted. “This subordinate will go chase after her right away.”
With that, the man in black disappeared into the darkness.
He looked at a wisp of dim light in the sky, like wind or mist, moving toward that astrological mansion and actually obscuring some of its bright starlight.
The man calculated with his fingers, staring in the direction of Lingnan, his face growing grave.
At the same time, inside the Lin Family.
The pitch-black late night was broken by a shrill scream.
“Fire broke out, fire broke out.”
Lin Feng heard the sound and quickly got up, startling He Sheng beside him.
“Madam, it seems to be from the Buddhist Hall side. I’ll go take a look.” Lin Feng’s face was grave. Madam Zhou was still over there. Could something have happened?
He couldn’t wait another moment and immediately got out of bed to put on clothes, anxiously heading toward the door.
