readsfreenovel Chapter 206 Jiang's Identity
Chapter 206 Jiang's Identity
The night was as dark as ink. Mu Lanfeng disguised himself and disappeared into the night in a nightgown.
According to reliable information from Xian Chengfeng, Li Shanglu will have a secret meeting with the confidants of Emperor Xilin at night at Luofeng Pavilion outside the city.
The area around Luofeng Pavilion is open and in full view. Even if someone is following, they will not be able to find a place to hide within a hundred feet.
Mu Lanfeng had already quietly hidden outside the city gate.
This is a vital throat and a must-pass place to leave the city. No matter which direction Li Shanglu plans to leave the city from, he cannot bypass this place.
As expected, at the hour of Xu, Li Shanglu appeared at the city gate in a low-key casual suit.
He was holding a bamboo hat tightly in his hand. He whispered a few words to the soldiers guarding the city calmly. The soldiers nodded slightly and let him go.
After leaving the city, he quickly put on a bamboo hat, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night outside the city, blending into the darkness.
When Mu Lanfeng saw Li Shanglu leaving the city, he followed him like a ghost.
Her footsteps were so light that there was almost no sound. Each step was precisely placed in a place without dead branches or leaves, for fear of making any noise and alerting Li Shanglu.
The night outside the city was eerily silent, with only the occasional cry of a night owl.
Li Shanglu walked quickly, obviously he was very familiar with the route.
Mu Lanfeng did not dare to slack off at all. She knew very well that if she lost them, it would be difficult to find their secret meeting place again.
As they were walking, Li Shanglu in front suddenly stopped, and Mu Lanfeng hurriedly crouched and hid behind a huge rock.
She held her breath and through the gap between the boulders, she saw Li Shanglu looking around vigilantly with his hand on the sword at his waist.
After a while, he didn't seem to notice anything unusual and continued to move forward.
Mu Lanfeng was cautious and took advantage of the cover of night and terrain to sneak towards Luofeng Pavilion.
Finally, Luofeng Pavilion appeared before their eyes.
Li Shanglu slowed down his pace and walked towards the pavilion.
Because of the terrain of Luofeng Pavilion, Mu Lanfeng didn't dare to get too close, for fear of alerting the enemy!
Li Shanglu seemed to have arrived early. At this moment, the surroundings of Luofeng Pavilion were silent and he was the only one there.
The person who was supposed to have a secret meeting with him had not shown up yet.
He frowned slightly, reached out to pull his hat lower, and most of his face was hidden in the shadows.
He folded his hands in front of his chest and stood there quietly, but the slightly swaying hem of his clothes revealed a little bit of the anxiety in his heart.
After a cup of tea, a masked man in night clothes appeared in front of Li Shanglu like a flash of lightning.
Its body is agile and its movements are quick, and the gust of wind it creates makes the surrounding air tremble slightly.
Mu Lanfeng stared at the masked man and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his heart.
However, the distance was quite far, and although the person looked familiar to her, she could not be completely sure of his identity.
She subconsciously held her breath and tried hard to listen to the conversation between the two people in the distance. Due to the interference of the wind, she could only understand the general idea.
Just as Mu Lanfeng was trying hard to hear the conversation between the two, suddenly, a night crow was startled and flew up, making a noisy cry.
The masked man in night clothes looked like lightning and instantly looked towards Mu Lanfeng's hiding place.
Li Shanglu also became alert and grasped the hilt of the sword.
Mu Lanfeng secretly cried out inwardly, knowing that he was exposed.
The masked man whispered to Li Shanglu, "You go first, I'll handle this."
Li Shanglu hesitated for a moment, but seeing that the situation was critical, he did not stop and turned around and ran towards the dense forest behind Luofeng Pavilion.
The masked man flew towards where Mu Lanfeng was hiding, with a dagger shining with cold light in his hand.
Seeing this, Mu Lanfeng jumped out from behind the boulder and swung the scarlet whip in his hand like a nimble fire snake, wrapping around the masked man.
The masked man dodged sideways and stabbed Mu Lanfeng in the face with the dagger.
Mu Lanfeng leaned back and swept the ground with his whip, raising a cloud of dust and attacking the masked man.
The masked man snorted coldly, touched the ground with his feet, jumped high, flipped in the air, avoided the dust, and swooped down towards Mu Lanfeng.
Mu Lanfeng waved the whip and started a fierce fight with the masked man in the air. The shadow of the whip and the cold light of the dagger intertwined, making "whoosh" and "clang" sounds.
Mu Lanfeng seized the opportunity, wrapped his long whip around the masked man's dagger, and pulled hard, trying to pull the masked man over.
The masked man used the force to fly towards Mu Lanfeng and kicked Mu Lanfeng's wrist.
Mu Lanfeng let go of the whip, stepped back, and then whipped the masked man again.
The two of them went back and forth, and for a while they were inseparable.
The moment Mu Lanfeng's gaze met the other person's eyes, it was as if a flash of lightning flashed through her mind, and she instantly knew the other person's identity.
The familiar aura contained in those eyes cannot be concealed no matter what.
However, Mu Lanfeng was truly shocked. She had never expected that this person could hide himself so deeply.
In the past interactions, he had never realized that she possessed such powerful martial arts skills. Every fierce move and every nimble dodge seemed like a huge blow to his past knowledge.
This person turned out to be her biological mother Jiang!
This discovery caused a storm in Mu Lanfeng's heart. She had never imagined that in this dark night, near this secret meeting full of conspiracies, the person who was fighting fiercely with her was actually her stepmother who seemed dignified and gentle on ordinary days.
At this time, Jiang didn't seem to realize that the person in front of her was Mu Lanfeng. There was only the instinct to fight in her eyes.
Every move and every style was extremely fierce, and he tried his best to deal with Mu Lanfeng's wave after wave of attacks.
Mu Lanfeng had always been certain that Jiang was Hakecha Flying Eagle's man.
In the past few days, Jiang suddenly stopped moving, and she naturally thought that this was due to the arrangement of Hakecha Feiying.
But the scene before her now was like a heavy hammer hitting her heart.
She never imagined that Jiang was like an extremely cunning "Mission Impossible", hiding behind heavy fog and keeping everyone in the dark. She was actually the Emperor Xilin's person.
It seems that things are far from as simple as imagined!
Mu Lanfeng had a thousand thoughts in his mind, but the whip in his hand did not stop at all.
She knew very well that she couldn't let Jiang go at this moment, but she also couldn't force her into a desperate situation.
The long whip attacked Jiang again like a snake. Jiang staggered and was almost hit by the whip.
After she steadied herself, a hint of panic flashed in her eyes, and she waved the dagger in her hand more rapidly, as if she wanted to get rid of Mu Lanfeng as soon as possible.
Mu Lanfeng saw the opportunity and whipped Jiang's leg. Jiang jumped up to avoid it, but left a flaw.
Mu Lanfeng's long whip wrapped around Jiang's ankle and pulled hard, causing Jiang to fall to the ground.
Just as Mu Lanfeng was about to take further action, Jiang suddenly threw the dagger in his hand towards Mu Lanfeng, and Mu Lanfeng dodged sideways.
Jiang took the opportunity to break free from the whip and ran wildly into the darkness outside Luofeng Pavilion.
Mu Lanfeng did not chase after him. She knew that now was not the time to confront Jiang.
As Jiang is the Emperor Xilin's person, she is still of great use to her.
She looked at the direction where Jiang fled, frowned slightly, and kept thinking about the next plan in her mind.
The night seemed even darker at this moment, and the silence around was terrifying.
Mu Lanfeng wrapped himself tightly in his nightgown and, taking advantage of the cover of darkness, rushed towards the city.
Along the way, scenes of her fight with Jiang kept appearing in her mind, and she felt mixed emotions.
Back in the city, Mu Lanfeng avoided the patrolling soldiers and shuttled between the rooftops and alleys like an agile black cat.
Soon, the familiar outline of the Mu Mansion appeared before her eyes. She found a hidden corner with ease and climbed over the wall to enter.
There was no sound when it landed.
Mu Lanfeng walked along the wall, observing his surroundings vigilantly.
At this time, all the maids and servants in the mansion had gone to bed, with only a few dim lights still on.
She walked silently across the courtyard and headed towards her residence, Ziyunxuan.
Returning to the room, she breathed a sigh of relief, lit a candle and sat down at the table.
The flickering candlelight illuminated her pensive face. What she saw and heard tonight was too shocking. She needed to sort out her thoughts and think about how to use this unexpected clue from Jiang to deal with the conspiracy of Emperor Xilin.
Mu Lanfeng stared at the candlelight in a daze, replaying everything that had happened tonight in his mind.
She knew very well that once Jiang's dual identity was exposed, the entire Mu family would be in great crisis, and the conspiracy of Emperor Xilin would surely unfold even more crazily.
She thought of Jiang's words and deeds in the past in the mansion. Those seemingly ordinary actions now seemed to contain mysteries.