Chapter 348: No Antidote

Mu Yuanzhi tugged at Yunjing Lou's clothes without leaving a trace, and Yunjing Lou gave her a look.

That look meant he also had his doubts, right? Mu Yuanzhi thought.

What kind of person is Yunjing Lou? He certainly wouldn't be careless.

The steward dragged his lame steps, leading them to the third floor; as he pushed the door, he instinctively turned his head, continually glancing at Yunjing Lou, as if afraid the latter would kick him in again.

Yunjing Lou wore a smile that didn't reach his eyes; this time he didn't move his feet, but said to the steward, "Where is the person?"

"In the secret room." The steward smiled apologetically.

"Bring the person back." Mu Yuanzhi said.

"This..."

"What's this? Is it inconvenient to bring the person out, or inconvenient to trap us?" Yunjing Lou grabbed the steward's collar in one motion, his expression grim.

At some point, thick white smoke filled the room; Yunjing Lou shouted, "Don't breathe!" and quickly covered his mouth and nose.

Mu Yuanzhi held her breath, covered her mouth and nose, and retreated.

"Too late!" the steward smirked, "You already inhaled the colorless, odorless gas on the second floor; just a whiff of this mist and you'll be hit!"

And he had of course taken the antidote long ago!

Mu Yuanzhi indeed felt dizzy, unable to focus, and her vision began to blur.

She staggered slightly, finding it hard to stand steady.

The steward's evil smile appeared twisted and skewed before her eyes.

They were still careless!

However, when the steward tried to break free from Yunjing Lou's grip, he discovered he couldn't escape no matter what.

What's going on?

His gaze fell on Yunjing Lou's smiling face, and he was shocked inside, "Y-you, how are you unharmed?"

Impossible?! Is he forcing himself to endure?!

This is a bewitching incense that instantly renders even giant beasts weak and limp!

Yunjing Lou curled his lips in a smile: "I'm someone who mixes in the Black Sea."

His eyes turned icy in an instant; the hand that had been holding the collar shifted to choke the steward's neck, his smile unchanged: "Quickly hand over the antidote for the Princess, or you'll see King Yama right away."

"No, no antidote..."

"Looks like you won't shed tears until you see the coffin." Yunjing Lou tightened his grip; the steward's face turned pale, breathing difficult, eyes bulging, lifted into the air, he frantically kicked his legs and slapped at the hand gripping his fate.

Yet all this was in vain; Yunjing Lou's expression remained blank as he continued to increase pressure, as if he could hear the sound of bones dislocating, a series of clicks.

Mu Yuanzhi could barely hold on; she leaned on a nearby pillar but still slid down helplessly.

Yunjing Lou frowned, looked over, and asked the steward one last time: "The antidote, or you have only a dead end."

"Truly, truly none... the Wise Prince... didn't give..." the steward gasped desperately, fearing that if he didn't finish speaking, his life would be forfeit.

Yunjing Lou flung his hand, throwing the steward flying; the steward who hit the railing immediately lost consciousness.

"Princess?"

Yunjing Lou went over, helped the helpless Mu Yuanzhi up, and fed her a pill.

No response.

This isn't the antidote; no reaction is normal!

Should we retreat?

We've come all this way; retreat is impossible!

So, Yunjing Lou hoisted Mu Yuanzhi onto his back in one motion and then entered the room shrouded in thick mist.

Carrying a person on his back meant nothing to him and wouldn't affect his performance; the pill he gave Mu Yuanzhi could temporarily seal her breathing, preventing her from inhaling more of the gas.

Although he didn't know whether these gases were harmful or harmless.

"Anyone there?!"

Yunjing Lou shouted while walking, his hands needed to support Mu Yuanzhi's knees, leaving no free hand to draw a weapon.

As his words fell, a sound seemed to come from somewhere.

However, the entire room was filled with white mist; he could barely see anything, so he had to rely on his hearing to locate the source of the sound.

He wasn't Gu Rongjin; where would he get such keen hearing?

Yunjing Lou regretted a bit not having brought Gu Rongjin along.

"Noble Lady!!"

Yunjing Lou shouted again, and this time there was still a sound responding to him.

He focused his ears for a while; this time the sound was intermittent, more than before.

"Where is it?!"

Yunjing Lou walked east, waving his hands to barely part the mist; ahead was a cabinet.

The secret room should be inside.

Behind him came the sound of a door closing and locking; likely others from the gambling house heard the commotion and came, but feared they couldn't beat him.

Hmph.

Yunjing Lou currently had no mind to bother with the outsiders.

He felt his way through the thick mist to find the switch.

"Your Highness Princess, where do you say the switch is?"

Although he knew the person on his back was bewildered, Yunjing Lou still asked just to make conversation.

Mu Yuanzhi murmured indistinctly, and then there was nothing after.

That counts as a reaction, at least she didn't faint completely.

Cloud Mirror Pavilion thought, otherwise he would be lonely.

The mechanism is nothing more than hidden in the physical object; with slow searching, one will eventually find it. Before that, unless they bring reinforcements from martial arts masters, he has plenty of time.

At this time, Gu Rongjin still didn't know that his wife had fallen into a coma; he was still searching house to house for people.

It's not an efficient method, but he has no other clues.

Strange, clearly before the new emperor became emperor, spies were everywhere in the capital, impossible to escape the other side's heavenly eye; now? After becoming emperor, did they withdraw all the spies?

Gu Rongjin racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

On the contrary, his Frost's Descent was gone, just like being blind in one eye.

Gu Rongjin stood bored on the roof of a certain large residence, looking down.

Three days is not short to say, nor long to say.

Where on earth did the person hide?

Another batch of people finished searching a street and came out to report to him, still not finding anything; moreover, there were no clues at all, utterly at a loss.

The person is in Jingcheng; can they still escape by going underground?

Where exactly are they hidden?!

Gu Rongjin leapt down, preparing to lead the team to search the neighboring block.

I don't know why, but he suddenly stopped, turned to look in a direction, and the others also stopped, waiting for his order.

"Go to Heaven Street Ward!"

He suddenly had a strange intuition that he should now go to Heaven Street Ward.

Those soldiers, although they didn't understand why, Heaven Street Ward had already been searched before; why does the Crown Prince want to go search there again?

But obeying orders is the only thing, so no one had any objections.

Gu Rongjin led a team of dozens to Heaven Street Ward; the coming and going townsfolk stared.

"Search again?"

"Didn't find anything? That's terrifying."

"What's there to be afraid of? This doesn't concern us common folk."

"Maybe they've already left Jingcheng?"

"How is it not concerning? My older brother can't even get into the city!"

"Yeah, can't even go out to buy things; they said they'd seal the city for three days."

"Three days is still okay; any longer would be inconvenient."

"Hope they find the traitor soon!"

Gu Rongjin led people into Heaven Street Ward; just as they walked near the gambling house, they heard a loud boom!