Chapter 109 (2/2)

”Friends, let's have a calm discussion.” Ji Man retreated step by step towards the prow of the boat. ”It's the middle of the night. It wouldn't be good for the two of you to act against a weak woman, right?”

The two shadowy figures completely ignored her and only continued walking closer to her, step by step. Ji Man felt frantic. She didn't know martial arts and couldn't defeat these two people. If she jumped into the water, everything pointed to disaster. What should she do?”

Turning her head and looking at the boat across from her, Ji Man shouted with her last bit of hope, ”Help!”

The sound drifted across the surface of the river. Zhao Zhe lowered his eyes and quietly asked the person behind him, ”Why did you let her run outside?”

Taxue half kneeled down and said with a lowered head, ”This subordinate was incompetent. Sleeping incense had been lit in Madam Ning's room, but for some reason…”

”Never mind, just take action now,” the crown prince dimly said.

Taxue slightly paused. During the past two days of following the crown prince, he thought that the crown prince had a rather favorable impression towards Madam Ning. Was he really going to have her killed?

”What are you waiting for?” Seeing that there was no movement behind him, Zhao Zhe sneered, turned around, took out a small smoke bomb from a brocade bag at his waist, lit it, and threw it into the sky.

It was only a small smoke bomb, but it was the signal to take someone's life. When the two people in front of Nie Sangyu saw this signal, they had already stretched their hands out towards her.

There was no way for her to escape. She had screamed so loudly, but the crown prince hadn't heard her and no one on the boat had awakened. Ji Man gritted her teeth, pushed their hands away, and jumped into the river.

If she jumped into the river, there was a possibility of surviving. If she fell into their hands, then she would definitely die.

Ji Man felt the icy cold river submerging the top of her head. Even though she knew how to swim, her limbs were becoming numb from the cold. It was the middle of winter right now and she had jumped into the river without preparation.

”Help…” Ji Man desperately grabbed onto the rope hanging off the side of the boat and did her best to keep her head above the water.

The waves of icy cold water were like a sword that stabbed her body from top to bottom. There were times when she felt as if she was going die at any moment. But, her mind stubbornly had a last moment of clarity.

The two people on the boat didn't follow her into the water. After all, not everyone had the courage to jump down into the water in this type of weather, even if their master was watching them from the other boat.

Zhao Zhe looked at the thing that was hanging onto the side of the boat. It was Nie Sangyu. In another hour, even if he didn't do anything, she would either die from hypothermia or drown in the bottomless river if she lost her grip on the rope.

He knew that she had to die today. After all, this is what he had planned. Since Nie Sangyu wasn't willing to work with him, then he had to sever this connection. Tomorrow, there would only be a case of a missing person. Nie Clan naturally wouldn't let off Ning Clan easily. When those two clans were opposing each other, it would be the best time for him to fish for profits.

Taxue saw that the crown prince had stopped playing the lute and somewhat worriedly called out, ”Master.”

Zhao Zhe was silent for a while, then he asked, ”Is she still clutching that rope?”

Taxue glanced in that direction and nodded.