The jade pendant connects the past and present; the exiled crown prince's wife takes her entire

Song Qingyan and Jiang Jinning were locked in a room with a strong fishy smell. The bandits tied them to a large pillar in the room.

The muddy floor of the room was crawling with all kinds of snakes, some poisonous and some non-poisonous, as well as some centipedes and some insects whose names I didn't know. They were so numerous and densely packed that it was unsettling.

That skinny man spends all his time with these things; that's impressive.

"Just wait, Fifth Master will come and deal with you later!"

After saying that, he closed the door, humming a little tune as he walked away.

Although Jiang Jinning had been locked in a deserted courtyard since childhood and had encountered many rats, insects, and even small snakes, she had never encountered so many insects. When she looked down, good heavens, all the insects had swarmed around her.

Jiang Jinning felt like she had lost half her soul, and goosebumps covered her entire body.

They won't eat her, will they?

"Don't be afraid."

Seeing the little girl's face turn pale with fright, Song Qingyan's eyes filled with heartache.

His hands were tied, so he could only open his palms as wide as possible to cover the little girl's excessively cold hands.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here. I won't let anything happen to you, and our whole family will be fine."

Song Qingyan was filled with mixed emotions, but he still gently comforted Jiang Jinning, mentioning his family and inevitably worrying about his mother and sister.

His mother and sister were tied up elsewhere, and it was unknown whether they would be bullied by bandits. Before this, he had even reprimanded his mother for being soft-hearted in such a harsh tone. It was unknown whether she could still hold on now.

And his father's crimes...

All of this made him want to grab a knife and rush out, but getting out of trouble was the priority right now, otherwise neither he nor the girl would be able to get through the night.

"Give me the knife first, then we'll get down."

With a thought, Jiang Jinning produced the small knife in her hand.

Thanks to the small box that could hold everything, she was able to hide her weapon immediately during the body search.

She handed it to Song Qingyan first, and when she saw the dense swarm of insects on the ground, she was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes.

For some reason, I suddenly remembered a kind of insect I saw over there.

Those are brown winged insects. I've heard they come in different types, one from the north and one from the south. The southern ones are called American cockroaches, but they're generally called cockroaches, or colloquially, "Xiaoqiang" (meaning "little strong"). They're especially big and scary.

The first time she saw Xiaoqiang was when Liang Cheng showed it to her on her phone. Strictly speaking, it wasn't a real cockroach, but a craft blogger online who made a cockroach wrapped in flowers. It even got 100,000 likes, and many people were asking for the finished product. Liang Cheng said that this blogger was offering authorization, and merchants could ask her for authorization, saying that such a bizarre brooch would definitely sell well.

Now is certainly not the time to be a cockroach entangled with flowers. She was a little curious about whether cockroaches or these insects were more powerful, and what would happen if they fought.

Jiang Jinning couldn't help but smile wryly; how could someone have such a whimsical idea at a time like this?

"What would happen if they fought?"

She then realized that she had spoken her mind.

"It was a kind of insect I encountered there..."

Jiang Jinning gave a brief introduction to Xiaoqiang.

"Perhaps we can give it a try."

"what?"

Jiang Jinning opened her mouth in surprise, and before she knew it, Song Qingyan was carrying her across the snakes, insects and rodents on the ground.

When he suddenly picked her up, Jiang Jinning almost cried out. She immediately covered her mouth and nose, not knowing whether she was holding it in or embarrassed. Her face turned bright red, all the way down to her neck.

She felt her heart beating very fast.

"Put me down, put me down..."

Song Qingyan hummed in agreement, gently placing her on the ground, his fingers stroking her skin, a smile playing in his eyes.

Although the occasion was inappropriate, he was still quite grateful for the crisis he encountered tonight; otherwise, it would have taken this young girl a long time to come to her senses.

They came to a corner of the room, the only place where no insects dared to spread, where there was a shelf in front of them, and on the shelf was a large urn.

The sound of impact coming from the jar indicates that there is something alive inside.

Song Qingyan pointed to the urn: "No insects dare to come near here."

Jiang Jinning looked in the direction he was looking and felt a chill run down her spine.

That jar must contain something very dangerous.

The impact sound was very faint, almost negligible amidst the noise in the room, indicating that it wasn't a very large or long living creature inside; it was most likely some kind of insect.

"Since it's an insect, we can certainly look forward to seeing how the cockroach fights it."

"Based on my speculation, that fairyland must be a place hundreds of years in the future, which is why there are so many things we've never seen before. You said that cockroach is incredibly resilient, but if it can kill everything inside, will all these insects in the house still be able to stay safely?"

Like that swarm of snakes, they were forcibly suppressed by the snake king. Once the snake king was gone, they scattered in all directions. They are not wolves and do not have such a strong sense of social coexistence. They will only sense greater danger, and their survival instinct will make them flee in all directions.

Once they escape this room, chaos will ensue.

"Young general, that's a great idea! How did you come up with that? You're so clever!"

"Cough cough cough..."

Song Qingyan's ears turned red.

He had been skilled in both literature and martial arts since childhood and had heard many compliments, which he had always accepted without batting an eye. However, such blunt words made him lose his composure.

The girl's eyes were so pure and sincere when she said those words, no wonder her mother, sister, and even Chen Hui were all willing to be won over by her.

It just goes to show what she said: sincerity is the ultimate weapon.

It was with this skill that she invaded his heart.

"I only heard that you traveled to the north, and these kinds of insects are only found in the south..."

"Liang Cheng has a solution. She said she was bored and curious the other day, so she bought a supposedly wild cockroach online, put it in a small box, and kept it there for a few days. Apparently, it's still alive. I'll go get it now..."

As she spoke, a flash of white light appeared, and Jiang Jinning lost consciousness.

Song Qingyan held her in his arms, keeping her at a distance from the jar, so that the snakes and insects wouldn't dare to approach.

About fifteen minutes later, Jiang Jinning returned, carrying a small transparent box in her hand.

She held up the box for Song Qingyan to see.

Even Song Qingyan, who had seen a lot, was startled by the ugly cockroach in the box when he first saw it.

"I'll put it in. You stay away. Here's the crossbow. If it comes out, just shoot it."

Jiang Jinning has a pretty good aim. Song Qingyan would teach her shooting when they were traveling, and she is now much better than Song Wanzhen, who has been training since childhood.

Song Qingyan carefully approached the urn and gently opened the wooden lid.

The wooden lid was tightly closed, and it took him a lot of effort to open it. The moment it was opened, a gust of cold wind swept in, and the insects that had been behaving themselves inside the room instantly shrank into the corner, as if they were afraid of something.

With lightning speed, Song Qingyan opened the box, put the impatient little cockroach inside, and then immediately closed the lid.

Then, a series of knocking sounds came from inside the lid.

"It's a pity I didn't get a good look at what kind of insect it was, otherwise I could have told Liang Cheng what cockroaches' natural enemies are."