Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 152 Encirclement! Two fists can't fight four hands.

Seeing this, Lu Huai stopped asking questions and stared intently at the exit, placing his hand on the wooden board leaning against the wall.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Liuyun finally came into Lu Huai and Lin Zhiqing's view.

But the white-haired man followed closely behind, less than two steps away from Jiang Liuyun.

This was the first time Lu Huai had seen the white-haired man, and he gripped the stool leg in his hand even tighter.

"Qing'er, Brother Lu, he's here!" Jiang Liuyun shouted, took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and sped up.

The moment he rushed out, Lin Zhiqing and Lu Huai exchanged a glance.

It's now!

They quickly pressed the plank down, but they couldn't get it all the way down.

A very thin hand was stuck under the wooden board, tightly gripping Jiang Liuyun's belt, and was still struggling.

Jiang Liuyun stumbled slightly as he was pulled.

Unexpectedly, things took an unexpected turn; none of the three had anticipated that things would develop this way.

"Catch!" In the chaos, Lin Zhiqing quickly threw out his dagger.

Jiang Liuyun caught the dagger and quickly cut his belt.

But while he held onto the short sword at his side, he forgot about the flute stuck behind him.

"Flute!" Lin Zhiqing shouted.

The momentum of breaking free from the restraints propelled Jiang Liuyun forward a few steps, but by the time he realized what was happening and tried to grab it, it was too late.

The flute fell to the ground, not far from the struggling hand.

As if sensing something, the hand quickly began to grope on the ground, and it was about to touch the flute.

"Lu Huai, hold on!" Lin Zhiqing released the wooden board and rushed towards the flute.

got it!
A smile appeared on her face, but the next second, a tremendous force struck.

She looked up and saw that at the other end of the flute, the hand was pulling it inwards, and her body moved forward accordingly.

"Zhiqing!"

"Qing'er!"

Lu Huai and Jiang Liuyun both cried out at the same time.

"Let go!" Lu Huai pressed down on the wooden board under his hand, not daring to relax even a little bit.

Jiang Liuyun also quickly stepped forward and pressed down on the other end of the wooden board.

He was afraid that Lin Zhiqing would be pulled in by that hand.

Although Lin Zhiqing felt it was a pity, her own safety was obviously more important than a flute, so she decisively let go.

The flute was instantly pulled back by the white-haired man's hand.

He struggled to grab something, but kept pulling his hand back.

"thump!"

The wooden planks closed in an instant.

The entire warehouse fell silent instantly, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

Only the red marks on Lin Zhiqing's hands reminded them of everything that had just happened.

"Qing'er, is your hand alright?" Jiang Liuyun asked with a worried expression.

Lin Zhiqing flexed her wrists and stood up from the ground: "I'm fine."

"We need to get out of here quickly; I'm not at ease with this situation."

Lin Zhiqing hadn't had time to react before, but now that she was finally quiet, she immediately began to think.

For example, how did the white-haired man suddenly wake up?

Lin Zhiqing suspected that it was because she had moved the letters in the box.

In retrospect, it's possible that Liu Mang had preconceived notions about the white-haired man.

For example, if the person who took the letter leaves the secret room, the white-haired man will automatically wake up.

This point is more in line with the current situation. Besides, the flute also made Lin Zhiqing feel vaguely uneasy.

A hypnotized person should be unconscious. The fact that the white-haired man's arm was pressed down hard but he didn't feel any pain proves that he was unconscious.

If he has no consciousness, then why is he looking for the flute?
Lin Zhiqing couldn't explain this with common sense, unless the flute was part of the hypnosis.

Seeing Lin Zhiqing's furrowed brows, Lu Huai and Jiang Liuyun strode outside.

After opening the warehouse door, they cautiously surveyed their surroundings and, seeing that the three guards were still lying unconscious on the ground, quickly walked outside.

They were now only a mile away from the flower hall they had come from; once they left the flower hall, they would be safe.

The three of them walked out of the courtyard gate with extreme caution. Just as they were about to cross the connecting corridor, a very piercing flute sound rang out.

In Lin Zhiqing's view, the flute music sounded like someone scratching a blackboard with their fingernails; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a demonic sound.

"This noise is so loud, it will definitely attract Liu Mang's attention. Let's go quickly!" Lu Huai said in a deep voice.

"Qing'er, let's go!" Jiang Liuyun grabbed Lin Zhiqing's wrist.

Lin Zhiqing was thinking about something else.

Was it merely to attract Liu Mang's attention?
She always felt that things weren't that simple, but she had no time to think about it now and could only keep running faster.

If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected is about to occur.

As the flute music grew louder and louder, lights came on throughout the Liu residence.

Just as Lin Zhiqing and the other two had run across the connecting corridor, they suddenly heard footsteps behind them.

Lin Zhiqing squinted and listened carefully.

Four people!
Four people are chasing after us!
How could the people from the Liu family have arrived so quickly!

"It's him again!" Jiang Liuyun, who was running at the front, turned around and when his gaze fell on the white-haired man, he forced a mask of pain:

"Are these people crazy? We can't shake them off no matter what we do."

This group of people?
Lin Zhiqing turned around and saw the guards who had been lying on the ground outside the warehouse chasing after the white-haired man.

"Brother Jiang, was your chop not aimed properly? How come they woke up so quickly?" Lu Huai also turned around.

Jiang Liuyun quickly shook his head: "Impossible! I can twist the heads off enemy soldiers on the battlefield, how could I not be able to deal with a few guards!"

"The flower hall is just ahead. Ignore them and let's go," Lin Zhiqing said.

They were only a few steps away from the flower pavilion.

Just then, the strange flute music changed its tune, sounding particularly out of place in the night.

Lin Zhiqing had already seen the wall they had come from.

Just as she was about to reach the corner of the wall, the guards chasing her suddenly increased their speed dramatically.

They quickly overtook the car on a bend, blocking Lin Zhiqing and the others' path.

The change happened so fast that the group almost couldn't stop in time.

It was this unexpected turn of events that made Lin Zhiqing instantly understand the function of the flute:

"The sound of that flute must be the key to controlling these people! They may very well have been hypnotized as well!"

Be careful!

As if to verify her statement, the white-clad man's flute playing changed tone again.

Then, the guards surrounded the three of them.

Lin Zhiqing, Lu Huai, and Jiang Liuyun stood back to back, extremely wary of the person in front of them.

Jiang Liuyun looked puzzled:

"But that doesn't make sense. According to Qing'er, I knocked these people unconscious, so their brains shouldn't be able to receive signals anymore. How could they still be hypnotized?"

“Think carefully, what was their state when we passed by the warehouse?” Lin Zhiqing asked in return.

"Sleepy and listless," Jiang Liuyun replied quickly.

Lin Zhiqing nodded: "That's right, that's the key!"

“I suspect they were hypnotized at that time.”