At this moment, Jiang Huatong heard someone push open the courtyard door, and then a figure flashed before her eyes, and a strong hand wrapped around her waist.
When the man approached, Jiang Huatong smelled a cold fragrance like pine and cypress.
Jiang Huatong was stunned for a moment and realized that the person who came was a man. He felt a little panicked for a moment and didn't know how to deal with it.
When she wanted to scold the person, she saw a ray of cold white light flying past her eyes.
Because she was so close, she could almost feel the icy cold air on the white light.
If she had just been slower, she would have been blinded even if her head wasn't pierced by the white light.
Her heartbeat suddenly beat like a drum.
But it wasn't over yet. Several sharp arrows came out of the mouth of the beast in the corner and shot directly into her chest.
She doesn't know martial arts and can't avoid it.
The man holding her waist released a hand and pressed it on her shoulder, causing her to lean back.
Because of this action, their bodies were almost touching.
Through the thin summer shirt, Jiang Huatong could not only feel the heat coming from his body, but could even feel his heartbeat.
Jiang Huatong has never been so close to a man in her life, but now she doesn't even see the man's appearance:
He is behind her.
Jiang Huatong's pores stood up because of the fright, and he was unconsciously embarrassed because of his actions.
Everyone is like a beautiful lady, and her life has never been so painful.
She wanted to break away from him, but his slightly deep voice came: "Don't move, just follow my movements!"
It was okay that he didn't speak. When he spoke, his warm breath brushed the back of Jiang Huatong's neck.
The pores that had softened a bit just stood up again under the breath.
In just a blink of an eye, someone dragged Jiang Huatong and flew around the yard.
After the last arrow was shot, the man stopped with Jiang Huatong.
The originally elegant courtyard was left in a mess by arrows flying out of nowhere:
The delicate garden flower pot was shot to pieces, the koi carp in the pond was shot inside out, and even the stone chair was not spared and was shot over...
Although Jiang Huatong had experienced many things, this was the first time he encountered such a thing, and he was a little stunned.
The heat of the man right behind her seemed to burn her, and his heartbeat seemed to be beating against her heart.
Her body reacted faster than her brain. While her mind was still in a daze, she quickly stepped aside and kept an appropriate distance from the man.
When she got out of the way, the man quickly took several steps back.
As the two retreated, one was at one end of the yard and the other was at the other end.
Jiang Huatong also saw the man's appearance clearly:
He looked to be about twenty-six or seventeen years old, and he looked somewhat similar to Su Letian, but his temperament was completely different.
At first glance, his whole person has the word stability in capital letters. It is not like the stability that Su Letian pretends to be, but the stability that emanates from his bones.
The aura around him was slightly cold, but it was not the freezing coldness of Ning Guzhou. There seemed to be a human touch mixed with this coldness.
If Ning Guzhou is like the snow on the mountain, then he is probably like the half-melted frost on the mountainside, cold and steady but with a touch of worldly worldliness.
The man bowed slightly to Jiang Huatong: "I was in a hurry just now and offended the girl. Please forgive me."
Several guards rushed in through the wide-open courtyard door. As soon as they saw the man, they saluted: "I've met the young city lord!"
That man was none other than the young city lord of the First City who came back from inspecting the weapons workshop today: Su Liancheng.
The guard asked: "What happened here? Is the Young City Lord injured?"
Su Liancheng said quietly: "I accidentally opened the small array in the courtyard just now. It's not a big deal. You can clean up the courtyard and then leave!"
Jiang Huatong's eyes widened. She really didn't expect that man was actually the Young City Lord of the First City!
She didn't even expect that he would actually admit that she had accidentally opened the door.
Was he afraid of embarrassing her?
The guards were well-trained and took away all the sharp arrows in the yard with a few clicks, and the opened mechanisms were restored to their original positions.
Although the flower pots and stone chairs were straightened, the marks left by sharp arrows on them could not be erased.
After the guards left, Su Liancheng said: "The girl must be Miss Jiang, right?"
After he came back from the weapons workshop today, he heard that Tang Miaoxin had arrived, so he wanted to come over and see Tang Miaoxin.
Unexpectedly, just after he came over, he heard the sound of the machine being activated in the yard. He didn't care much and hurriedly came in to save people.
When he came in, Jiang Huatong was standing with his back on his back, looking like he was stunned.
He thought Jiang Hua was Tang Miaoxin, so he didn't take a closer look in his desperation. He thought it was his sister who had stripped her, so he had to obey the authority and be rude.
But when he held Jiang Huatong's waist to avoid the first round of attacks, he realized something was wrong: Jiang Huatong was about half an inch shorter than Shen Yin Miaoxin.
It was too late when he discovered that Jiang Huatong was not Tang Miaoxin, so he had no choice but to take her to avoid the sharp arrows in the courtyard.
In the process, he also roughly guessed Jiang Huatong's identity:
Tang Miaoxin has no close friends except Jiang Huatong. The only one who lives in the same courtyard with Tang Miaoxin is Jiang Huatong.
Jiang Huatong's face was still glowing with red. She tried hard to calm down and saluted Su Liancheng: "Hello, young city lord."
Su Liancheng glanced at her. She was not a beauty, but her temperament was excellent.
He returned the favor and said, "You're welcome, Miss Jiang."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the open mechanism in the courtyard and continued: "When our ancestors built the city lord's palace, they set some restrictions."
"These restrictions require specific techniques to open. Nowadays, many of the mechanisms in the City Lord's Mansion are old and easily triggered."
"Today, the first city did not treat guests well. It scared Miss Jiang. I am here to accompany Miss Jiang."
The First City is good at manufacturing weapons, and the utensils are interoperable, so the First City has no shortage of skilled craftsmen.
There are many ingenious mechanisms hidden throughout the city lord's palace.
It's just that when those machines are not activated, they look like ordinary ornaments and are not eye-catching.
But after it is activated, the lethality is not small.
If Su Liancheng hadn't arrived by chance today, Jiang Huatong would have been shot to pieces by those machines.
Su Liancheng was so polite, which made Jiang Huatong feel a little embarrassed.
She lowered her head slightly and said, "I didn't know the rules here, so I messed with the rules and caused trouble for the First City."
Su Liancheng looked at her and was slightly startled.
It really surprised Tang Miaoxin, who had such a flamboyant personality, to have such a gentle and restrained lady friend.
