The two walked deeper into the woods. Looking at the dark and deep woods, Zhao Shu said, “How many people do you think the Second Prince will send to capture us?”

Xie Jin led her slowly and said, “He might set fire to the forest and force us to get out by ourselves!”

Zhao Shu frowned deeply: “Since he has chosen this forest, wouldn’t it be his wish if we go deeper into the forest?”

“Who said we were going to walk into a trap?”

Zhao Shu became more and more confused: “Then where are we going?”

Xie Jin’s lips curled up into a smile: “How do you think I got out of the city?”

Zhao Shu was smart. She understood what he said immediately and looked at him with bright eyes: “There is a road deep in this mountain!?”

Xie Jin smiled and said, “There is a way, but it’s just a waterway.”

Zhao Shu was delighted when she got his definite answer, and her expression relaxed a little.

Xie Jin took her to a deep pool. The water was so dark green that it was impossible to see what was underneath.

Xie Jin stared at the water: “If the Second Prince hadn’t suddenly appeared, I wouldn’t have planned to take you to escape here.”

Zhao Shu knew that he wouldn’t say this for no reason, so she asked, “Is there anything in this pond?”

Xie Jin looked at Zhao Shu and said, “I don’t know either.”

Zhao Shu didn’t believe it. If there was nothing bad in the pond, he wouldn’t have said that: “Cousin Jin, what exactly is in this pond?”

Xie Jin looked at the lake with a heavy look in his eyes: “I really don’t know what’s in it, but there must be something.”

“why would you say so?”

Xie Jin’s expression was serious: “When I was down there, I always felt like something was following me. It was a very bad feeling, so cold and gloomy.”

He was a fighter on the battlefield and was more perceptive than others. If he said there was something in the pool, then there must be something there.

Zhao Shu held his hand and said, “This is the best way so far, isn’t it?”

In fact, if he was the only one going into this water, it would be fine, but now that Zhao Shu was here, he couldn’t help but hesitate.

Zhao Shu knew that he was worried about her, so she rubbed the back of his hand with her thumb a few times: “Don’t worry, I can protect myself.”

Xie Jin tilted his head to look at her, then smiled faintly: “Well, nothing will happen to you with me here.”

Zhao Shu said in a gentle voice: “I know.”

Xie Jin jumped into the pool first, then floated to the surface and called Zhao Shu down.

Zhao Shu jumped into the pool and followed Xie Jin to swim towards the depths of the pool.

The deep part of the pond was very quiet, with no fish or shrimp coming and going. But the more this was the case, the more uneasy Zhao Shu felt.

This is a place of living water. The flowing water should have some aquatic creatures such as fish and shrimps, but there is not a single one here, unless there is something here that scares those fish and shrimps, which is why there is not a single fish or shrimp in this pond!
Zhao Shu tensed up and kept a vigilant eye on her surroundings.

In front of them was a circular passage that could only accommodate one person. Xie Jin swam into the passage, and Zhao Shu touched the outer wall of the passage with her hand, trying to use the force to get in.

Zhao Shu half-wrapped her body into the passage. Xie Jin was waiting for her on the other side of the passage. When he saw her head sticking in, he swam towards her and reached out to pull her over.

Zhao Shu naturally also saw Xie Jin, and put her hand to his palm. Xie Jin held her hand, but before he could hold it tightly, Zhao Shu’s hand slipped out of his palm. Xie Jin suddenly raised his eyes and saw that Zhao Shu, who was just in front of him, disappeared in the passage in an instant.

Xie Jin was shocked and immediately grabbed the outer wall of the passage and went back!

There was no one where Zhao Shu had just been. Just as he was getting confused, the water in the pool in front of him shook. Xie Jin did not dare to delay and immediately swam over there.

When Zhao Shu was passing through the passage, someone grabbed her ankle from behind. She felt a chill in her heart, and before she could react, she was dragged out of the passage.

The moment she turned her head, Zhao Shu didn’t know how to describe her shock. There was a man with a pale face and a ghostly figure.

He was very fast and could drag her along in the pool as fast as the wind.

A fierce look flashed across Zhao Shu’s eyes, and she swiftly pulled out the dagger from her waist and stabbed the man.

The dagger pierced into the back of the neck, but not a drop of blood seeped out!
Zhao Shu was startled and immediately reached out to pull down the clothes of the person in front of her. Sure enough, the person’s back was covered with corpse spots!

This thing kept swimming with him in one direction. Zhao Shu frowned and kicked the corpse in front of him, but this kick not only failed to kick him away, but also made him speed up!

Zhao Shu clenched the dagger in her right hand and cut at his wrist. The great resistance in the water and the movement of the person in front of her constantly pulling her forward made it increasingly difficult for her to cut the corpse’s wrist.

Zhao Shu cut with all her might. She cut a hole in the corpse’s wrist, then put the dagger back to her waist, grasped the corpse’s wrist and pried it apart with force.

Zhao Shu stepped on the body in front of her with both feet and started tearing it apart with all her strength.

“Swish!” Zhao Shu tore the corpse’s wrists off forcibly. Freed from his shackles, she turned around and swam back in a hurry!

The corpse seemed to react to the change in weight behind it, turned around, and after seeing Zhao Shu running away, swam towards her quickly.

Zhao Shu swam and looked behind her. When she saw the corpse catching up with her, she cursed in her heart, “What on earth is this thing? Why is it chasing people?”

Zhao Shu swam hard, trying to get rid of the annoying follower behind her!

Suddenly, Zhao Shu’s head hit a wall of flesh. She thought that the corpse had circled in front of her when she wasn’t paying attention. Her heart tightened and she swam to the side without even raising her head.

A familiar touch came from the palm of her hand. Zhao Shu looked up hesitantly. After coming to her senses, she anxiously pulled Xie Jin and pointed behind her, and was about to pull him to run.

Xie Jin looked behind her, then frowned and stopped her.

Zhao Shu looked at him in confusion, and Xie Jin gestured for her to look behind her.

Zhao Shu looked over as she was told and saw the corpse standing not far across from them, staring straight at Xie Jin.

Zhao Shu came close to Xie Jin and signaled with her eyes: “Does he know you?”

Zhao Shu’s expression was very rich: “You two knew each other before?”

“Isn’t it because of you that he arrested me?”

Xie Jin always felt that the way this person looked at him was very familiar. After a while, he took Zhao Shu’s hand and wrote a few words on her palm: “It’s that thing. He is the thing that makes me feel bad.”

Zhao Shu approached him in a sly manner and said, “Look, he stopped chasing me when you came. Does he have any special feelings for you?”

Xie Jin looked at her coldly: “Why don’t you try it out, do you feel more about him or do I feel more about him?”

Zhao Shu shook her head like a rattle, No!
Zhao Shu: “Look, he’s not moving at all. How about we try swimming a few times to see if he can catch up?”

Xie Jin nodded. This time Zhao Shu swam in front of Xie Jin and he followed behind.

The two looked back at the corpse. The corpse was not chasing them as desperately as it had just chased Zhao Shu, but it was still following them not far away.

Zhao Shu in front sighed secretly and swam back.

She swam to Xie Jin and asked sincerely with her eyes: “Are you sure you don’t know him?”

“But he seems to know you?”

“Look, his face is all swollen. Why don’t you take a closer look? Maybe you really know him. Otherwise, it’s not right for him to keep following us like this, right?”

Xie Jin also felt that the corpse’s behavior was a bit strange, so he did not refute Zhao Shu’s words. After thinking about it, he swam towards the corpse.

Xie Jin looked at his body with bulging eyes and a pale face. The more he looked at it, the more his brows furrowed.

He was sure that he had never seen this man’s face before, but the clothes he was wearing were very familiar to him!

Although he was only wearing underwear, which was torn beyond recognition, judging from the style of his clothes and the only remaining logo on the inside of his collar, he was wearing military uniform!
He is from the military camp!
Zhao Shu looked at Xie Jin’s expression, then slowly swam to his side and tilted her head to look at him: “Do you really know him?”

Xie Jin: “I don’t know him!”

Zhao Shu didn’t believe it. His expression clearly showed that he knew this person!
Before Zhao Shu could ask more, she heard him continue, “I don’t know the person, but I am familiar with the clothes he is wearing!”

Zhao Shu was puzzled. She didn’t recognize the person, but recognized the clothes? !

Looking at the tattered clothes on the corpse, Zhao Shu asked, “Is there anything wrong with this clothing?”

Xie Jin kept his eyes on the face of the corpse: “This is the clothes worn by the soldiers in my barracks!”

As soon as he said this, Zhao Shu instantly got goosebumps all over her body. If she wasn’t in the pool of water, she would have rubbed the standing hairs on her body!
This scene and this conversation are so weird!
Zhao Shu swallowed and looked at Xie Jin nervously: “Is this a soldier under your command?”

Xie Jin: “I don’t know!”

No matter what Xie Jin said, Zhao Shu had already determined in her heart that this person was a soldier under his command: “You don’t know him, but he must know you. Does he have anything to say to you?”

At this point, Zhao Shu suddenly had an idea and secretly spat. This corpse must have wanted to attract Xie Jin’s attention and dragged her away!

She was made a fool again!

She stood up, poked Xie Jin secretly, rolled her eyes in a somewhat shady way, and signaled him with her eyes: “Why don’t you go over and take a look? Don’t let them down for waiting for you with so much hardship, right?”

Xie Jin ignored her sarcasm and said, “Let’s go over and take a look.”

The corpse seemed to understand their conversation and turned around and swam in the opposite direction!
Xie Jin and Zhao Shu looked at each other and followed together.

The corpse was swimming very fast, and the two of them had internal strength, so it was not difficult for them to keep up. Zhao Shu looked at the corpse that was like a swimming dragon and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, her martial arts skills were exposed in front of Xie Jin, otherwise she would have to pretend to be weak and couldn’t keep up with them. How tiring that would be!

The corpse in front stopped, and they stopped as well. Looking at the stone gate not far away, they frowned.

How could there be a stone door under this pool of water? !
The corpse twisted a wheel on the stone door. After a moment, a hole appeared in the middle of the door. The corpse stood in front of the hole and was soon carried in by the running water!

Xie Jin and the others followed closely, standing in front of the cave like the corpse had just done. Soon, the two of them were carried in by the current one after the other!
The two were rushed into the cave and fell heavily to the ground. Zhao Shu stood up with a frown. After seeing the scene in front of her clearly, she was slightly surprised!
She quickly turned her head to look at Xie Jin, the expression on his face at this moment was exactly the same as hers!
The inside of the cave is completely different from the outside. One is a deep pool and the other is just a slightly damp room!

After they were surprised, they began to worry in their hearts. Who on earth would go to so much trouble to build a secret room in this deep pool?
The corpse walked deeper into the cave without looking back. Xie Jin and the others paused for a moment and followed. Zhao Shu thought that the deeper they went into the cave, the thinner the air would be and the harder it would be to breathe. But when they got to the depths of the cave, the air was still as abundant as ever!
The deep part of the cave is not as narrow as the place where they came in. It is spacious and large. But the most important thing is not this, but that there are several iron cages covered with black cloth here!

The corpse knocked on the iron cage, and Xie Jin and the others’ attention was attracted by his action.

Zhao Shu looked at the corpse and tried to speak: “Is this what you want to tell us?”

Zhao Shu thought she was crazy for trying to talk to a corpse.

The corpse naturally did not answer Zhao Shu’s question, but raised his hand and knocked on the iron cage again.

Zhao Shu frowned and turned to look at Xie Jin: “Maybe the thing inside this iron cage is what he wants to tell you.”

Although they were curious about what was inside the iron cage, since the person who put the cage there covered it with a black cloth, they thought he must have had a purpose.

For this reason, they dare not act rashly!
The corpse who brought them in seemed to notice their hesitation. He raised his hand and knocked on the iron cage again, then tore open a corner of the black cloth to expose the contents to them.

They wanted to stop him, but the corpse was very close to the iron cage and his movements were very fast. When they wanted to stop him, a corner of the black cloth had been lifted!

The scene inside the iron cage made Zhao Shu and the others stop what they were doing and stood still in shock!

The iron cage is full of people. No, to be more precise, it is full of sleeping people!

“Why are there so many people imprisoned here?”

Xie Jin’s voice was somewhat heavy: “These are all dead people!”

Zhao Shu was shocked: “How could it be? Their faces are clearly no different from those of ordinary people!”

That group of living dead in Mi County was like this. Shu’er was not familiar with it, but he knew it very well!
“They are like the living dead. They have no breath in their bodies but their limbs can still move!”

When Xie Jin said this, Zhao Shu immediately remembered what happened in Mi County: “Same as the group of people who were poisoned in Mi County?”

Xie Jin: “These are probably caused by the Hu people. If we let these living dead people enter the city, it will be dangerous!”

Although Zhao Shu had never had a head-on confrontation with the zombies, she had heard from the soldiers who had fought against them that these zombies could not be killed, and there was no other way to kill them except to chop off their heads!

It would be easy for people like them who have inner strength and martial arts to chop off their heads, but the common people in the city are powerless and they might be turned into another group of zombies by the zombies before they can chop off their heads!
He put down the black cloth in his hand and looked at them steadily.

Zhao Shu felt goosebumps all over her body when she saw his creepy look, and Xie Jin looked at him calmly.

Just when the three people were in a stalemate, the corpse stretched out his pale and extremely stiff hands towards his chest underwear.

Zhao Shu’s eyes changed and she wanted to pull Xie Jin back!

Just as Zhao Shu was staring at his movements, the corpse took out a fire starter from his arms.

Zhao Shu never thought that he would take out this thing, and she was stunned when she was about to make a move.

Xie Jin’s brows tightened when he saw what was in his hand, and then he saw him take out a small wooden barrel. He stared at his movements closely and saw him pour the contents of the barrel on himself.

It’s liquid!
Zhao Shu’s nose twitched slightly and her expression became stern. Xie Jin noticed the change in her expression and looked at her inquiringly.

Zhao Shu stared at the corpse and whispered, “It’s oil!”

Xie Jin tightened his hands hanging by his side and looked at him intently!
The corpse’s index finger stiffly placed the tinder against his shoulder, and with a tilt of his wrist, the orange-blue flame instantly ignited his collar, and the entire corpse began to burn in the flames.

The sizzling sound of burning fire makes people feel numb!

Xie Jin and the others’ expressions darkened. Whether it was fast or slow, the corpse gradually turned into ashes under the burning flames!

The handful of ashes fell lightly to the ground and disappeared in an instant as soon as the wind blew.

The two of them looked at the ashes on the ground with unclear expressions. After a moment, Xie Jin raised his foot and walked towards the iron cage.

Zhao Shu glanced at his back and followed him.

Xie Jin tore off the black cloth covering the iron cage, crumpled it into a ball and held it in his hand, then took out a lighter from his bosom and held it close to the black cloth.

Zhao Shu glanced at him, and imitated him to light the tinder and light the black cloth on the other iron cages.

Piece after piece of black cloth was thrown into the iron cage, and fire instantly covered the living dead!
Zhao Shu and Xie Jin looked at each other, then left together.

They came to the entrance that the corpse had brought them to. Looking at the strange switch, Zhao Shu smiled at Xie Jin and took out a severed hand from behind!
She took the thumb of the severed hand in her hand and pressed it towards the strange opening.

“Bang” the small circular passage opened. When they came in, they were sent in by the lake water, and when they went back, they were sucked out by the lake water.

“Puff” the two men surfaced one after another. This was a moat. On the shore were densely packed soldiers. On the opposite side of the shore was the outside of Shangjing City.

Xie Jin and the others swam hard towards the shore, but before they had swum halfway, a vast fishing net covered them both.

The fishing net tightened rapidly, and the huge pulling force was pulling them towards the shore at lightning speed!

Zhao Shu pulled out her dagger and cut towards the fishing net, but unfortunately she was pulling too fast and the water flow was resisting, so she couldn’t cut the net after cutting for a long time!

After a few rustles, Zhao Shu and the others were dragged to the shore. Before they could catch their breath, they were lifted ashore with great force!

They were thrown heavily to the ground. Zhao Shu sat up, covering her painful shoulder, and saw a familiar smiling face.

“Second Prince, long time no see!” Xie Jin said softly beside him!
Qin Zhi ignored Xie Jin and was attracted by Zhao Shu beside him. He asked with a curious smile, “You are not dead either!”

Zhao Shu smiled: “Second Prince, you are joking. You are alive, so why is it strange that I am not dead?”

Qin Zhi smiled but said nothing, his expression shifting between her and Xie Jin with deep meaning: “Miss Zhao is a generous person.”

Xie Jin’s face changed, and Zhao Shu spoke before him: “I have many bad habits, but the only thing I have that is worthy of praise is that I have a clear sense of hatred!”

The smile on Qin Zhi’s face froze for a moment, then he clapped his hands: “Miss Zhao’s character is really extraordinary!”

Although Zhao Shu has a gentle personality, when she saw this person, her heart and eyes were filled with impatience!

Qin Zhi raised his hand slightly, and then two people dressed as Hu soldiers came towards them, forcibly pried open their mouths, and fed them a red pill.

Xie Jin cooperated and swallowed the pill obediently without struggling for much. Zhao Shu was still struggling at first, but after swallowing the pill, her strength disappeared little by little.

Qin Zhi kindly explained to them: “Don’t worry, this pill is not poisonous, it will just temporarily make you lose your martial arts skills.”

Qin Zhi winked at the person next to him, and the soldier stepped forward and untied the fishing nets on the two of them.

As the fishing net on her body was untied, Zhao Shu secretly gathered his energy, but his breath became scattered and unable to condense. Just as he said, his martial arts skills were temporarily lost!

Qin Zhi turned his head and smiled at Zhao Shu: “Look, Miss Zhao, I didn’t lie to you.”

Zhao Shu’s expression remained normal: “The Second Prince has always behaved like a gentleman.”

Qin Zhi snorted and laughed, not sure whether he was laughing at Zhao Shu’s disguise or at her “gentlemanly behavior”.

Qin Zhi walked between the two of them, and they were surrounded by a circle of Hu soldiers.

Qin Zhi turned his head and looked at Zhao Shu: “Miss Zhao, please forgive me. In order to prevent the two of you from doing anything under my nose, I can only stand between you and be an eyesore.”

Zhao Shu smiled faintly: “As you wish.”

Qin Zhi’s face was full of understanding: “I am doing this for your own good. If you two do something naughty and I find out by accident, I am afraid I will cut off your limbs bit by bit and feed them to the dogs!”

“So for the sake of your lives, it would be better for me to walk among you.”

The smile on Zhao Shu’s face was a little cold: “The Second Prince is really kind!”

Qin Zhi smiled reservedly: “No, no, I am just learning from my brother, oh, no, the current emperor.”

He turned and looked at Xie Jin with a smile: “Why isn’t Xie Shizi talking?”

Xie Jin said coldly: “What does the Second Prince want to talk about?”

Qin Zhi’s face cracked with an excited smile: “Aren’t you curious why I didn’t kill you after I caught you?”

Xie Jin raised his eyes calmly: “Why?”

Qin Zhi’s expression became unpredictable: “I want to keep you and play a game with my brother, a very fun game!”

Xie Jin was very calm, so calm that Qin Zhi was startled. He threatened, “I hope that Master Xie will behave himself before the game starts, otherwise…” He grabbed Zhao Shu’s hair and pulled her to his side, then reached out and touched her cheek, “otherwise I will let your beloved one appease the restless Hu people!”

Xie Jin’s eyes turned cold, and he covered his wrist with a sharp hand, increasing the force, and said in a low and cold voice: “Let go!”

Qin Zhi stared at him with a grim expression. When the two were in a stalemate, Qin Zhi suddenly let go of Zhao Shu’s hair, spread his hands in front of his shoulders, and smiled: “I was just joking with you, why are you so angry, Prince.”

Xie Jin stared at him gloomily and slowly released his wrist: “Second Prince, it’s better not to make such jokes!”

Qin Zhi’s eyes flashed with a sinister look, and a smile appeared on his face: “Since Master Xie hates this kind of joke so much, then Master, you better be careful and never give me the opportunity to play this kind of joke.”

Xie Jin completely let go of his wrist and slowly straightened his robe: “Don’t worry, it won’t happen!”

Qin Zhi’s expression darkened instantly, but he seemed to think of something funny the next moment, and a smile appeared on his face again: “I will remember what Master Xie said.”

(End of this chapter)