Traveling through the ancient times

The sky was already turning pale, and the men in black had suffered heavy casualties. The remaining men in black wanted to end the battle quickly, so they attacked faster and more brutally. Chu Shihua and his men were fighting a desperate battle with the men in black.

Hua Ling fought again regardless of her injuries and was stabbed in the heart by the man in black again. She lay on the side, her life or death unknown.

Jiang Ruixue was kicked in the chest by the man in black. She immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, took a few steps back, and fell backwards...

"Ruixue!" "Miss..."

Seeing that Jiang Ruixue was about to fall into the river, Lu Mingcheng ignored his own injuries and rushed forward to grab Jiang Ruixue who was falling out of the boat.

"Ruixue, hold on, don't let go." Lu Mingcheng grabbed Jiang Ruixue's wrist with one hand and held the railing with the other to prevent Jiang Ruixue from falling into the river.

Seeing this, the man in black raised his sword and stabbed at Lu Mingcheng. Yanshu moved sideways and kicked the man in black's sword hand. The sword in the black's hand fell instantly. The man in black stood up and fought with Yanshu barehanded. Mingyue went to help, but was kicked away by another man in black.

One of Qi Muhe's legs was broken and he had been stabbed several times. He lay dying.

Seeing that a cold sword was about to pierce Nian Chuhua's chest again, Qi Muhe gritted his teeth, propped himself up and rushed towards the man in black. The man in black was knocked off balance, turned around and kicked Qi Muhe to the side, and then he fainted completely.

The man in black raised the sword in his hand and stabbed towards Nian Chuhua again, at this critical moment.

"Chu Hua!" Lu Mingqian rode over on his horse and kicked the man in black in the face. The man in black instantly fell to the ground, vomiting blood and died.

Lu Mingqian turned around and caught Nian Chuhua who was about to fall to the ground, "Chu Hua!"

Nian Chuhua held up her heavy eyelids, looked at Lu Mingqian who came like a god, and smiled, "Lu Mingqian, you are finally here!"

After saying that, he fainted due to exhaustion, "First painting!"

Xing Yi quickly went up and took care of the remaining men in black. The boat had already docked, and the yamen runners went up to help Lu Mingcheng pull Jiang Ruixue up.

Lu Mingqian carried the New Year painting and walked towards the town...

Xingyi took out the token and ordered the bailiffs to carry all the injured people back to the county government office. All the doctors in the town were carried to the county government office by Xingyi and the secret guards who arrived later, and they applied medicine and bandaged the patients one by one with trembling hands.

Everyone on the boat was seriously injured and there was no room for them in the county government office, so Xingyi arranged for the guards to stay in an inn not far from the county government office.

After the doctors treated Nian Chuhua's wounds, they withdrew. Lu Mingqian looked at Nian Chuhua sleeping on the bed, feeling both distressed and angry, with veins popping out on his forehead. He pulled the quilt, told the maid beside him to take good care of her, and then went out.

Everyone was unconscious, and the guards were injured and arranged elsewhere. Lu Mingqian didn't know who to ask questions. There was such a big commotion at the dock, but the people from the county government just watched from the shore and did not go up to help.

The last few remaining men in black, after being subdued by Xing Yi, saw that they could not escape, so they bit the poison hidden in the roots of their teeth and died of the poison.

At the moment, no one could tell him what had happened.

Lu Mingqian was very angry and called the county magistrate to his side. The county magistrate knelt on the ground trembling. This man was a prince!

Lu Mingqian didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to say anything either. He knelt there and waited for his fate.

Lu Mingqian calmed down and looked at the county magistrate who was kneeling down and said, "Please trouble the county magistrate to tell me what happened today?"

The county magistrate wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and answered Lu Mingqian's question, "Your Highness, those young men and young ladies yesterday..."

The county magistrate told Lu Mingqian about how Nchu Hua and others had stopped their ship at the dock to load cargo, but were charged high fees by the Chamber of Commerce and the matter was brought to his attention.

"Before he left, the young master said that he would send someone to investigate the matter and then left. I heard from the servants that the young masters and ladies went to the Wu family after leaving me, and returned to the ship not long after. Then, this morning, I heard a loud noise in my sleep, and immediately sent people to the dock to check, but I didn't expect such a big thing to happen..."

After listening to the county magistrate's words, Lu Mingqian knew the general situation. Wu Ming was extorting money from merchant ships and civilians under the banner of the imperial concubine, and he did not take the county magistrate seriously. Lu Mingcheng and Jiang Ruixue went to meet this Mr. Wu. Presumably, Mr. Wu was afraid that the truth would be revealed, so he sent people to assassinate them in the middle of the night.

But how could Wu Ming be so bold as to assassinate Lu Mingcheng? Or did they not reveal their identities to Wu Ming?

"Xingyi!" Lu Mingqian looked at Xingyi who had just returned from arranging for the injured.

"My subordinate is here."

"Take someone to invite Mr. Wu over." Lu Mingqian said gritting his teeth.

"Yes!" He ordered a team of secret guards, led by yamen runners, to the Wu family.

At this time, Wu Ming was sitting in his study, writing a letter to Lord Ye, the prefect of Huai'an...

The servant sent by the housekeeper to monitor the dock only saw that their people were wiped out, so he hurried back to report the news. He did not know Lu Mingqian's identity and wanted to ask Governor Ye to send someone to kill Jiang Ruixue and others again to silence them, and that would be the end of the matter.

"Master, something bad has happened. Some soldiers have come to our house and want to ask you to go to the yamen for questioning." The housekeeper hurried to the study to report to Wu Ming.

Wu Ming quickly put the written letter into a secret compartment and wanted to hide first, but Xing Yi would never give him this opportunity. He directly led his men and followed the butler into the study. The servants who tried to stop them were killed by the secret guards along the way.

Wu Ming wanted to go out from the back door. As soon as he reached the door, he met Xing Yi and others who followed him. "Master Wu, where are you going?"

Wu Ming pretended to be calm and said, "Sir, it is inappropriate for you to bring people to break into a private house and kill my servants, isn't it?"

"What's wrong?" Xing Yi walked up and kicked Wu Ming in the stomach. Wu Ming took a few steps back and fell on his back.

Xing Yi pulled out an arrow and put it against Wu Ming's neck. "Not only did I kill the servants in your house, I also wanted to kill you."

Without waiting for Wu Ming to react, Xing Yi grabbed a handkerchief and stuffed it into Wu Ming's mouth, "Take him away!" The secret guard stepped forward and escorted Wu Ming out.

When Wu Ming passed by the butler, he winked at the butler. The official blinked, and Wu Ming was taken away. The butler did not follow him, but turned back into the study, took out the letter that Wu Ming had just written from the secret compartment, and quickly went out.

After everyone left, the concubine who was hiding nearby sneaked into Wu Ming's study. She had just seen the housekeeper opening the secret compartment to take out the letter through the window, so she easily found the secret compartment, which contained the correspondence between Wu Ming and the prefect of Huai'an.

The concubine took out all the letters, put them away carefully, and took advantage of the chaos to leave the house and walk towards the government office.