Song Qingshu knew how to get out because, in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Zhao Min had trapped Zhang Wuji in a similar prison cell. In the end, Zhang Wuji had tickled the soles of her feet until she was forced to let him go. Seeing that this place resembled the cell they had been in back then, Song Qingshu copied the same method. To his surprise, he had really found a way out. But how was he supposed to explain such a reason? He could only pretend not to know anything.
Wanyan Chongjie feared there might be an ambush outside, so she carefully felt her way out. Yet she found no one around. After looking about, she determined that they were in the rear garden of some wealthy household. She hurried excitedly to the entrance and called to Song Qingshu, "Come out quickly. There's no one here. Bring her with you."
"Bring her too?" Song Qingshu froze.
"Of course. Take her as a hostage, just in case," Wanyan Chongjie said.
"Uh, all right." Song Qingshu worried that the longer he stayed with Zhao Min, the more likely she would see through his identity. But she had seen both him and Wanyan Chongjie use martial arts today, so he could not simply leave her here.
"Don't touch me!" Zhao Min's face darkened when she saw Song Qingshu approach.
Song Qingshu ignored her and swept her up in his arms. "What can you do if I touch you?"
"I'll kill you." Held in the arms of an unfamiliar man, Zhao Min was instantly both ashamed and furious.
"Unfortunately, your martial arts are too poor. You can't kill me." Song Qingshu smiled.
"I'll find someone to kill you," Zhao Min snapped.
"Who? That Song Qingshu you mentioned earlier?" Song Qingshu deliberately