The girl who wears books often becomes a male partner, and the original heroine is going crazy

midnight.

In the Donglai Inn in the east of the Imperial City, only one room was still lit with candles.

The shopkeeper had an account book in one hand and an abacus in the other, and he was still checking the accounts carefully under the lamp.

Originally he trusted the accountant very much, but he accidentally discovered that the accounts had been tampered with.

In order not to alert others, I quietly reconciled the accounts myself in the dead of night.

After checking most of the ledgers, we found many hidden errors.

There was sweat on the shopkeeper's head.

This inn is his in name, but there is someone else behind it.

So if there was something wrong with the accounts, his life would be in jeopardy!

"Bastard, there are several brains out there who even dare to get their hands on that adult's things! This..."

Before he finished speaking, the window behind him opened without any wind, and the candle on the table was instantly extinguished.

The shopkeeper said nothing, turned over and fell to the ground in a faint. Behind him stood a woman who almost blended into the night.

"Donglai Inn is the property of the third prince. There is a secret passage entrance in the cellar in the backyard.

Even with Chu Ruoyun's help, it would not be easy for Lu Yang, a weakling, to escape from the heavy siege of the imperial city's Yulin Guards!

It is said that darkness under the lamp is the most dangerous place and also the safest place.

If Lu Yang wants to escape, this is the best hiding place. "

That woman is Li Ziyan.

After carefully examining the map of the imperial city, she listed several possible hiding places.

Finally, I decided on Donglai Inn.

Here, there is forbidden medicine hidden by the third prince. Although the quantity is not large, smuggling it out can bring him immeasurable wealth.

Even the emperor of Jiuzhou Kingdom was not aware of this secret.

But Li Ziyan was reborn nine times and found out a lot of things in order to survive.

Among them, this secret is included.

In order to prevent attracting the emperor's attention, although this place where banned drugs were hidden was important, the third prince did not station too many guards.

The entrance key is always on the owner's body and cannot be taken off even when taking a shower.

After the entrance is closed, all the mechanisms inside are open.

If you want to break through forcefully, you will have to reach the level of half-step to reach immortality before you can escape unscathed.

But the final mechanism will spray out kerosene and burn all the banned substances, leaving no evidence.

Therefore, with these agencies present, there is naturally no need for other guards.

After Li Ziyan restrained the shopkeeper, he found the key and went straight to the cellar.

Various grains and vegetables are stored here, and there are many people moving in and out every day. Naturally, no one will doubt that there is something fishy hidden here.

After she entered the cellar, she inserted the key behind a temporary shelf where lamps were placed, turned it left and right several times, and then heard a "click".

Behind the stacks of food bags, a secret door suddenly opened on the wall.

The passage at the back goes all the way down, without a trace of light, making it look particularly gloomy and dark.

Li Ziyan squeezed through the gap with the bone-shrinking skill and entered the secret door without disturbing the food bag.

She clicked lightly somewhere on the door, and the secret door slowly closed.

Although he could not see his fingers in the tunnel, it was not harmful to Li Ziyan.

In addition, the mechanism has been solved, so she doesn't need to be cautious when walking.

Li Ziyan is certain that Lu Yang may be hiding here for another reason.

Lu Yang's biological mother was the maid in charge of the emperor's study, and was familiar with the underground secret passages of the imperial city.

Ever since Lu Yang was born and knew that he could not cultivate, he knew that he would inevitably be looked down upon and despised by others in his life, and that one day he would be killed sooner or later.

In order to save Lu Yang's life, she passed on all the secret road maps she knew to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang has walked all the secret passages in the city since he was a child, just to familiarize himself with the conditions in each secret passage.

And one of the branches that does not exist on the secret road map can actually lead directly to the place where the third prince hides the forbidden medicine.

Li Ziyan once found a seemingly random line map in Lu Yang's study.

After comparing it with the map of the secret passage in the Imperial City, it was discovered that those were branches of the secret passage that did not exist on the map.

It was the combination of these reasons that convinced Li Ziyan of her conjecture.

However, although Li Ziyan knew another secret passage that even the third prince did not know, she still chose to get the key from the owner of Donglai Inn because she had her own plans.

After the outside door is opened, if you take it from the inside, all mechanisms will be reset.

When Li Ziyan takes the key away, the third prince will no longer be able to enter this secret passage.

He could only watch helplessly as he could never get his hands on the priceless banned drugs inside!

"You want to control me and humiliate me? Then it shouldn't be too much for me to ask for some small interest."

Li Ziyan sneered in his heart and slowly walked towards the secret room where banned drugs were stored.

In this secret passage, there are many branching roads leading to different secret rooms.

If Lu Yang was really here, he would not miss every corner of the secret room.

Li Ziyan's heart suddenly beat wildly uncontrollably.

She was even thinking as she walked: Lu Yang would be very surprised if he saw me coming to him in person.

After all, this was the first time I took the initiative to show kindness to him.

If he is willing to leave that Chu Ruoyun, or even help me catch her, then letting him stay with me... is not impossible.

But he can't interfere with my actions, and don't think he can influence my decisions.

As a sensible man, I will let him secure his position as the Ninth Prince, and no one will dare to look down on him in the future.

Days like this were something he had been looking forward to for a long time.

As for that Chu Ruoyun...

Hum, if she dares to steal my man, she must never come back!

……

"Ah!"

Chu Ruoyun suddenly sneezed very loudly.

Lu Yang looked over with concern: "What's wrong, Yun'er, are you catching a cold?"

It's late summer and early autumn now. In the evening, before the sun has completely set, the blowing wind has already added a bit of chill.

Chu Ruoyun rubbed her nose, and the tip of her nose turned red.

"No, maybe someone is saying bad things about me behind my back."

She glanced at Lu Yang and asked tentatively: "Maybe... she is your fiancée who is not destined to be together?

I heard that the emperor annulled your divorce letter, and she is still living in your Prince Wu's Mansion as the ninth prince's concubine. "

There was obvious jealousy in her words, and Lu Yang scratched the tip of Chu Ruoyun's nose in a funny way.

"No matter what, I don't even want to be a prince anymore. Whose concubine is she? What does it have to do with me?"

Chu Ruoyun played with the pigtails on her temples and said uneasily: "But I also heard that she instigated people from the Tianlan Sect to secretly trace your whereabouts.

Could it be that she has other thoughts and wants to get you back and use her sweet words to confuse you? "

Lu Yang raised his eyes and looked at her: "If so, how will you treat me?"