Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 101 She can’t retreat!

Facts proved that Xiao Wang's judgment was correct.

The three of them walked along the path to the end and saw the small door they came from.

At this time, Fat Laoliu and his gang had woken up. They wanted to escape, but were caught by the palace soldiers. So they joined the team fighting with the palace soldiers.

The streets were filled with the flashing of swords and the sound of shouting and killing.

Xiao Wang took out a pipe from his sleeve.

He pulled out the fuse and threw the pipe out.

Thick smoke billowed out of the chimney, blocking the vision of everyone present. Yan Ciwan and the other two took the opportunity to open the small door and sneaked in quietly.

The effect of the chimney would not last long. Once the smoke dissipated, the secret passage would be discovered. Therefore, Yan Ciwan and the other two did not dare to delay and walked as fast as the wind.

They walked back up the stairs into the wooden box. Yan Ciwan, who was walking in front, reached out to push the lid of the box, but found that it wouldn't open.

She scowled, "It's locked."

Li Chengge frowned: "We have only been in the black market for about an hour, so it should still be quite early before dawn. Could it be that Ah Shun was sure that we would not be able to come back, so he locked the exit in advance?"

The answer can only be known after finding Ah Shun.

Yan Ciwan stretched out his hand and pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist, and said in a deep voice: "You guys step back."

Seeing that she was about to break the lock violently, Xiao Wang suddenly said, "Wait a minute, let me take a look first."

Yan Ciwan knew that he was quite knowledgeable about lock picking, so he immediately let go of the knife handle and leaned sideways against the wall of the box to make half the space.

Xiao Wang bent over and squeezed in. The space inside the wooden box was limited, so their bodies inevitably pressed against each other.

But the situation was urgent now, and neither of them had any romantic thoughts. They focused all their attention on unlocking the door.

Xiao Wang took out a fire starter, blew it up, and carefully observed the joint of the box lid with the weak light of the fire. He whispered, "I observed the lock of this wooden box when I came in. There should be a hidden mechanism in the lock. If it is broken violently, it may trigger the mechanism."

Yan Ciwan humbly asked: "What will happen after the mechanism is triggered?"

"I don't know. There might be poison arrows shot out, or poison gas released. Anyway, it won't be a good thing."

Yan Ci Wan gritted her teeth secretly. It seemed that Ah Shun had bad intentions. After they got out, she would definitely catch Ah Shun and find out why he did this.

Xiao Wang suddenly stopped and said, "Found it."

Yan Ciwan perked up and immediately leaned over, eyes wide open: "What did you find?"

Xiao Wang raised the fire starter, and in the faint light, Yan Ciwan saw that he was pinching a thin silk thread between his thumb and index finger.

She followed the thread and found that the other end led to the outside of the wooden box.

Xiao Wang explained: "This is Tiancan silk. Because it is as thin as a hair and its color is almost transparent, it is difficult to be discovered. When I came in just now, I secretly left a piece of Tiancan silk. The other end of it was tied to the foot of the cabinet. Now I just need to straighten it and then move it like this..."

As he spoke, the silk was pulled straight and then slowly moved along the gap in the lid of the box.

Yan Ci Wan stared at the strand of Tiancan silk closely, not noticing that he and Xiao Wang were getting closer and closer.

Li Chengge, who was at the back, couldn't see what the two were doing at the moment. He could only see that the backs of the heads of the two people in front of him were almost touching. From the back, they looked like a pair of young lovers cuddling each other.

Li Chengge narrowed his eyes. He had long felt that his cousin's attitude towards Ning Ci was unusual. Now it seemed that his intuition was not wrong. There was really something wrong between these two people.

He was originally worried that it would be difficult for his cousin to find someone he liked to marry in his situation, but now it seems that he was worrying too much.

"The mechanism is here." Xiao Wang stopped what he was doing, handed the fire starter to Yan Ci Wan, and then took out a needle bag from the purse he carried with him.

Yan Ciwan was surprised: "You also know acupuncture?"

"This is not the silver needle used for acupuncture." Xiao Wang took out a needle and showed it to her.

With the dim light of the fire, Yan Ciwan discovered that it was actually an embroidery needle. She couldn't understand: "Why do you carry an embroidery needle with you?" "When you go out, it is inevitable that your clothes will be damaged. Bring a sewing kit with you in case of emergency."

Xiao Wang said it lightly, but Yan Ciwan was extremely surprised.

She blurted out: "You can also do needlework?"

"I can only do some simple sewing." Xiao Wang said as he inserted the embroidery needle into the mechanism.

Yan Ci Wan had never thought that there were men in this world who could do needlework. She looked at Xiao Wang as if he was a weirdo. This man was really amazing!

She had a lot of questions to ask, but now was not the time to gossip, so she could only remain quiet.

I don’t know what Xiao Wang did, I just heard a slight click and the lock opened!
Yan Ciwan reached out and tried to push the lid of the box. The lid, which had been unable to be opened just now, opened all of a sudden.

She was overjoyed and immediately stood up and walked out.

Xiao Wang put the embroidery needle into the sewing bag. He walked out of the wooden box, then untied the Tiancan silk tied to the leg of the cabinet, rolled it up neatly, and stuffed it into the sewing bag.

Li Chengge was the last one to get out of the wooden box, and he did not forget to close the lid again.

The three of them walked to the door of the storage room.

Yan Ciwan reached out and pushed the door, and as expected, it was locked from the outside.

She turned around and asked Xiao Wang: "Is there a mechanism in this lock?"

When Ah Shun brought them into the storage room before, Xiao Wang had already observed the door of the storage room. At this moment, he didn't even need to look at it again and said directly: "No."

So Yan Ciwan no longer hesitated, and quickly pulled out the Ning Dao. He inserted the blade into the crack of the door and split the door lock open in one go.

Yan Ciwan blew out the fire, then pushed open the door, and a strong smell of alcohol hit him in the face.

She had smelled this alcohol more than once.

This is the fragrance of Yu Fuchun!

An oil lamp suddenly flew towards Yan Ciwan!

Behind her were Xiao Wang and Li Chengge, so she couldn't dodge. She could only raise her hand and swing the knife. The blade fell and split the oil lamp into two.

The oil lamp fell to the ground with a clang. Instead of going out, the light suddenly shot up high.

At the same time, Ashun was running towards the door.

"Stop!" Yan Ciwan shouted.

She picked up the knife and chased after him. As soon as she took a step, she immediately realized something was wrong. The ground was too slippery!
Looking down, he found that the ground was wet and the flames were spreading rapidly around the ground. Yan Ciwan's expression changed immediately: "This bastard poured wine on the ground!"

Ah Shun had already run to the door. He opened the door and ran out without looking back.

If Yan Ciwan retreated at this time, there would be only two results: either he would return to the black market and be caught, or he would be trapped in the storage room and wait for death.

She can't retreat!

She ripped off her mask, aimed at her target and threw it hard.

The mask flew out and hit Ashun's ankle accurately.

His feet stumbled and he fell heavily to the ground.

But soon he endured the pain, climbed up, and limped away.

Yan Ciwan stepped over the threshold with his toes, and rose up like a dragonfly touching the water, and flew out just like that!
She landed on the desk, then jumped again, stepped over the chair and bookcase, and finally stepped over the threshold, chasing in the direction where Ashun left.

(End of this chapter)