Yang Caiying had originally intended to probe Liu Ye'er for information, but she accidentally uncovered a family secret about her mother. Liu Ye'er revealed, "Your esteemed mother has a sworn enemy—though not a true adversary in the usual sense, more someone driven by jealousy. This person used despicable means against your mother and holds dirt on your family, leaving your mother completely helpless. The woman's name is He Xinyi. I know what this secret is, so you can deal with her without worry."
The carriage sped along, reaching Mount Taicang in just two days. The soldiers remained stationed at the foot of the mountain, while Liu Ye'er and her two companions headed toward the summit. Mount Taicang was steep and precipitous, almost piercing the clouds. An iron chain had been strung between Mount Taicang and a neighboring mountain, serving as a passage connecting the two peaks. Looking down at the bottomless abyss below, Li Geng felt a shiver of fear in his heart. Yang Caiying, however, paid it no mind; she sprinted across the iron chain as if walking on flat ground. Liu Ye'er prepared two long ropes and an iron hook, saying to Li Geng, "Brother Geng, there are two ways across. The first is to walk across the iron chain with a rope tied around your waist, the other end attached to the chain. The second is to tie a rope around your waist, attach the other end to an iron hook, hang the hook over the iron chain, and pull yourself across with your hands." Liu Ye'er took the lea…
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