HEAVEN SWORD DRAGON SABRE Book 2 of 2

Intoxicating Lotus of the Green Willow Manor Part 4

Zhang Wuji was mad at her treachery; ignoring her remarks he groped around the four walls, trying to find a way out. Unfortunately the walls were all icy cold and extremely smooth and hard.

Zhao Min laughed and said, "Master Zhang, your Gecko Roaming the Wall is excellent. These walls were made of pure cast steel, they were polished and very slippery; not a single crack exists, yet you were able to crawl along the wall. Hee .. hee ... heh ... heh ...!"

Zhang Wuji angrily said, "You are with me in this trap together, what's so funny?" Suddenly he remembered, "This girl is very crafty. There must be a way out of this trap. I can't let her escape alone." He moved forward two steps and grabbed her hand.

Zhao Min was frightened. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Don't ever think of escaping alone," Zhang Wuji replied, "If you want to live, you should open the trap door quickly."

Zhao Min laughed and said, "Why worry? We won't starve to death in here. If they cannot find me, they will let us out. The worse case is if my men think I am going out of the Manor; then that would be too bad."

"Is there any secret mechanism to get us out of this trap?" Zhang Wuji asked.

Zhao Min laughed. "You don't look like an idiot, how come you asked such a stupid question?" she said, "This trap was not built to amuse ourselves. It was to trap an enemy inside; why would we provide a secret mechanism for the enemy to escape?"

Zhang Wuji thought what she said was reasonable. He asked, "There are people falling into the trap; how come nobody outside knows? Hurry up and call someone to open the door."

"All my men are on assignments outside. You saw a moment ago there was nobody else in the pavilion, did you not?" Zhao Min said, "They will come back by this time tomorrow. Just be patient; take a rest for a moment. You have just had your meal; certainly you are not hungry, are you?"

Zhang Wuji was angry; he thought, "I have no problem staying for a while, but how can I save (Maternal) Grandfather and the others?" Thereupon tightening his grip with 20% of his strength he roared, "If you don't let me out, I am going to kill you first and talk later!"

Zhao Min smiled and replied, "If you kill me, then you can forget about getting out of this trap forever. Hey, men and women are not supposed to be intimate; why are you holding my hand?"

Hearing her words Zhang Wuji immediately released her hand and withdrew two steps; and then he sat down with his back against the wall. This steel trap's perimeter was only several feet; even when he tried to sit as far as possible from her, their distance could not be more than one step. He was anxious and angry at the same time. He could smell her breath, and the sweet fragrance if her perfume; he could not help but feeling agitated. Finally he stood up and angrily said, "Our Ming Cult people and you are not acquainted with each other; we did not have either resentment or enmity. Why did you deliberately plan to put us all to death?"

Zhao Min replied, "Things that you don't understand are too much; but since you asked, let me explain it to you. Do you know who I am?"

Zhang Wuji did not think it was a good idea; he wanted to know this young girl's origin and her true intentions, but if he had to wait for her to tell her story in its entirety, then Yin Tianzheng and the others might be dead because of the poison. Also, how would he know whether she would tell a lie or not; if she fabricated a lie and told him a whole bunch of nonsense, then he would be stuck in that trap for a long time. His sole purpose right now was to force her to open up the trap door; therefore, he cut her off by saying, "I don't know who you are, and right now I don't have time to listen to your story. Are you or are you not going to call somebody to open the door for me?"