Ling Shan's heart skipped a beat.
If she wasn't mistaken, she had only smelled this fragrance on one person.
But why was Yu Shiwei here?
According to the plan, Yu Shiwei should have been near Magistrate Jiang's study, looking for the secret passage to the hidden chamber at this moment.
Ling Shan stared at the vast expanse of white in front of her. A sense of unease welled up in her heart.
No one had expected that there would be such a strange place in Magistrate Jiang's mansion.
She didn't know where Xiao Man had been taken by the strange white mist.
Ling Shan thought for a moment and decided that she couldn't just sit there waiting for death.
Staying in one place was clearly not a wise choice. She didn't even know where she was, let alone the origin and purpose of the white mist.
She had to leave here as soon as possible!
Ling Shan twitched her nose and picked out that familiar delicate fragrance. Then she took a cautious step forward.
It seemed as if she was stepping on a lawn. The surrounding was shrouded in white mist, and her vision was completely blocked.
It was as if she was the only one left in the whole world. A sense of helplessness and desolation spread over her.
With a thud.
Ling Shan slipped and bumped into a stone wall. Her feet were on the soft soil, and she could hear the sound of gravel splashing into the lake.
She tried to blink her eyes, but all she could see was the vast expanse of white with a hint of darkness.
What on earth was this place?
Ling Shan propped her hands on the stone. A cold shiver of fear ran down her spine.
If she hadn't been so careful just now, if she had taken one more step and hadn't grabbed the stone, she might have fallen in.
With the strange white mist in front, Ling Shan didn't think there were no other strange things in the lake.
For some reason, the strange fish raised by Jun Wuyuan popped into Ling Shan's mind.
If she had fallen in and really been bitten...
Ling Shan carefully took two steps back and squatted down. She groped on the ground with her hands until she felt a long wooden stick. Then she stood up.
She used the wooden stick to probe the way in front of her bit by bit, avoiding all detectable risks. This made Ling Shan feel a little more at ease.
But unexpectedly, even though Ling Shan had been so careful.
An accident still came out of the blue!
Ling Shan had probed a section of the gravel path with the wooden stick. She didn't expect that those ordinary little stones would hide a trap.
The wooden stick couldn't reach every single stone. Ling Shan just happened to step on one!
With a loud boom.
In the white mist, Ling Shan only heard a deafening noise.
Then she suddenly felt weightless. It was as if the ground had split and was churning. Ling Shan fell down.
Before she could react, in a hurry, Ling Shan only had time to protect her face. She rolled in the dark stone passage, hitting the walls so hard that her bones ached.
In the dim stone passage, Ling Shan's feet happened to prop against the wall where the lamp was placed. Finally, she stopped.
Ling Shan carefully sat up, propping her hands on the ground. Her pupils dilated bit by bit.
She saw that the lamps on the stone wall were slowly lighting up one by one in a strange way.
It revealed a long stone passage in front of her and a square stone chamber at the end. There was a stone coffin placed in the middle.
The dimness in front of her disappeared. The bright candlelight was projected on the stone wall. As it flickered, it seemed like a ferocious monster showing its fangs.
In the eerily quiet stone passage, a chill slowly climbed up Ling Shan's back.
Sure enough, the next moment.
Just as Ling Shan had stood up firmly, a sharp whistling sound like an arrow breaking through the air came from behind her. A cold shiver ran down her back.
With a clicking sound, a stone wall began to turn. Countless cold arrows suddenly shot out. Ling Shan's heart sank.
It was over.
Why was she so unlucky today?
A bitter smile appeared on Ling Shan's lips. It was as if she could already see herself being pierced by a thousand arrows.
Could there be anyone more unlucky than her?
As much as she complained, she still had to run for her life. Otherwise, she would really be waiting for death.
But unexpectedly, before she could struggle to survive, a faint delicate fragrance came first.
Ling Shan's eyes lit up involuntarily.
The next moment, she felt a force on her waist. It was as if she was flying into a pair of arms that tightly embraced her.
"Ouch, our little Shan Shan is scared, isn't she? Don't be afraid. I'm here."
"Shiwei?!"
Ling Shan tightly hugged Yu Shiwei's waist with both hands. After they landed, she looked at her with bright eyes full of surprise.
"You're really here?"
Yu Shiwei carried her to a safe corner and stood still. She patted Ling Shan's back gently.
"Why are you here? I sneaked in here. I didn't expect to be caught in a trap as soon as I came in. I almost lost my life. Don't tell me you... "
Ling Shan nodded bitterly: "I am too. I don't even know where Xiao Man is now."
"Don't worry. I'm here. Shan Shan doesn't need to be afraid. Once I find the exit, I'll definitely take you out safely."
"I'm not afraid. Don't worry, Shiwei."
Yu Shiwei hadn't forgotten what had just happened. If she hadn't just cracked the mechanism and come to this stone chamber, then...
Just thinking about it now made her shiver with fear. Fortunately, she had come in time.
"Shan Shan, you have to stick close to me. It's very strange in here. I suspect that the biggest secret of that scoundrel Jiang Qiming is here."
The secret guards had been secretly investigating and found that there was a ledger hidden in the secret chamber under the study. But Yu Shiwei had secretly walked around the magistrate's mansion and had a hunch that this was the biggest secret.
The strange things she had encountered after coming in and all kinds of mechanisms had further verified her suspicion.
She just didn't expect that Ling Shan would also fall in and almost lose her life.
"Don't worry, Shiwei. I'll be careful."
The two of them waited for the wave of arrow rain to stop. Then they threw a stone out. After making sure there was no movement, they walked out.
In the stone chamber, the most eye - catching thing was the huge stone coffin.
The whole coffin was carved with complex patterns, exuding a strange kind of beauty.
The two of them walked around the stone coffin and looked at it from left to right. No one dared to reach out and touch it. After observing for a while, Yu Shiwei told Ling Shan to step back.
She took out a dagger from her boot, unsheathed it, and inserted it into the crack of the stone coffin. Then she carefully put her ear close to listen.
Ling Shan held another dagger in her hand and stared intently at the stone chamber, afraid of missing the slightest sign of movement.
With a click, the sound was very obvious in the silent stone chamber.
The two of them became highly tense. They stared closely at the slowly sliding stone lid and subconsciously slowed down their breathing.
Scenes that Ling Shan had seen before came to her mind. She was afraid that something terrifying would jump out of it the next moment.
"Eh?"
Yu Shiwei let out a sound of surprise. Ling Shan took two steps closer with the dagger in her hand.
"Shiwei, what's inside... "
Ling Shan's eyes suddenly widened.