Traveling through the ancient times

"I guess those people might be coming for Qi Muhe, or they might be coming for Lu Mingqian. There are also some national affairs involved."

Jiang Ruixue was silent. There were also national affairs to discuss. She wondered if she could listen.

As the saying goes, the more you know, the more dangerous it is!

But this concerns the safety of the painting I made at the beginning of the year, so I'd better ask briefly!

"What is the relationship between Qi Muhe and Lu Mingqian? Why would Lu Mingqian protect a person from Xiliang?" The two countries sent people to assassinate each other's princes. Logically, Dongyi and Xiliang should be incompatible.

"They were just pure friends before. Qi Muhe's family used to be rich enough to rival a country. You know, the emperor hated to see any family richer than him. He was jealous and executed the entire Qi family.

Qi Muhe was a fish that had escaped the net. The King of Xiliang was looking for him everywhere, so he hid in the Kingdom of Dongyi.

A few years ago, when Lu Mingqian was looking for the real murderer who assassinated me, he met Qi Muhe. It was Qi Muhe who provided Lu Mingqian with the information that the real murderer who assassinated me was the prince of Xiliang.

In exchange, Qi Muhe asked Lu Mingqian to protect his safety in Dongyi, and Lu Mingqian agreed.

Jiang Ruixue sorted out her thoughts, "Then what do you mean when you say that those people might be coming for Lu Mingqian?"

"We were in Qidong County before. I told He Chuhua about General Yongfu of Xiliang on the boat. Do you remember?"

Jiang Ruixue tried hard to recall and vaguely remembered that after Lu Mingqian avenged Lu Mingqian, he put the blame on General Yongfu, which led to General Yongfu being killed by the King of Xiliang.

General Yongfu's son came to seek revenge on Lu Mingqian and assassinated Chu Hua.

"So the one who took Chu Hua away this time was King Xiliang's men or that Yongkang?"

Jiang Ruixue now thinks that the several times when Zhu Hua was in danger at the beginning of the year were all because of Lu Mingqian and her. In this ancient time, it was better to be an ordinary citizen, not involved with the royal family, and there wouldn't be so many dangers.

Lu Mingcheng recalled that last time, Lu Mingqian told him that Yongkang was rescued at the border. The person who rescued him was most likely someone from the King of Xiliang. "It is also possible that Yongkang brought someone from the King of Xiliang with him."

"They want to use Chu Hua to threaten Lu Mingqian? Lu Mingqian is not in Qunan. They may take Chu Hua to Kyoto. Let's look for them in the direction of Kyoto." Jiang Ruixue turned his horse's head and galloped in another direction.

"Hey...wait for me!

Go back quickly and look in the direction of Kyoto."

Lu Mingqian howled at Jiang Ruixue, gave an order to the guards who were looking for her around, and then rode his horse to chase after her.

As luck would have it, I met Mingyue and the others on the way back!

"Miss?" Mingyue's voice broke, full of disbelief. The young lady who had promised her to stay in the mansion was riding a horse towards her.

Jiang Ruixue was a little embarrassed, but since they had met, she just said hello, "Mingyue, you are here too! What a coincidence!"

"Miss, why are you here?" Mingyue looked like, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I'll be angry.

"Oh, it's the Second Prince. He came to our house and invited me to come out with him." Jiang Ruixue pointed behind her and blamed Lu Mingcheng who followed her.

"Really?" Mingyue looked suspicious, but obviously not as angry as before.

"Yes, or you can ask him! When has the lady ever lied to you?"

Mingyue looked at Lu Mingcheng who had just caught up and stopped his horse beside the young lady...

"What?" Lu Mingcheng looked confused. He had just arrived and had no idea what they talked about.

"Did you go to the mansion to pick me up?" Jiang Ruixue stared at Lu Mingcheng.

Lu Mingcheng received the signal in one second, "Yes, I went to pick up your lady. Don't worry, I will protect her. Have you found any clues?"

"not yet…"

Although Mingyue had doubts about Jiang Ruixue, Lu Mingcheng had said that in front of everyone, so she couldn't ask any more questions and could only change the subject according to Lu Mingcheng's question.

"Then you guys continue, we'll go look for them on another road. Those who kidnapped you, Miss Chu Hua, might be heading to Kyoto. The Second Prince and I will look for them along that road.

Be careful, we'll pass by first!"

Jiang Ruixue didn't dare to face Mingyue now. Under Mingyue's resentful gaze, she and Lu Mingcheng rode away.

In the following days, they conducted a blanket search outside Qunan City, but still did not find Nianchuhua.

The south side of Qu is vast, and ten miles out of the city, there are endless towering mountains.

During this time, Qi Muhe and his team found the cave where they had stayed before the New Year painting.

"There are many footprints in this cave, and they are very new. They should have been left not long ago. Let's look carefully to see if there are any clues."

Everyone searched everywhere on the ground and the stone walls. Tianxing turned over a stone that was as long as an arm and found some strange symbols carved with small stones underneath the stone.

"Everyone come and see!" Tianxing didn't recognize him, so he called other people over.

Hearing Tianxing's voice, everyone gathered around and asked, "Look what this is?"

Everyone looked at the series of strange symbols, "What does this mean? I've never seen it before! I wonder if it was left by the young lady."

"Since no one knows it, take the stone back and show it to others."

"it is good!"

Apart from this stone, they didn't find anything else unusual, so they took the stones down the mountain.

Just then I met Hua Ling coming down from another hill, "Hua Ling, did you find anything over there?"

"No!" Hua Ling was very frustrated. She had been searching for three days and still couldn't find her. Those people hadn't sent any letters to the city again. She didn't know if the young lady was in danger.

"We found a stone. Come and see if you can recognize it."

"What stone is that? Let me see it quickly." Hua Ling got off the horse and came to Tianxing.

Tianxing handed the stone to Hua Ling, "There are many strange symbols on this, take a look and see if you have seen them before."

Hua Ling took it, looked at it carefully, and said with surprise, "This is what the young lady left behind!"

"Really? What does that mean?"

"I don't know what it means, but I've seen this." Hua Ling pointed to the letter "L" on the stone and said to everyone,

At the proposal ceremony of Lu Mingcheng and Jiang Ruixue, there were such symbols on the signs hung by Lu Mingcheng, including the "L". Hua Ling remembered it, but she didn't ask what it meant.

Hua Ling continued, "His Royal Highness the Second Prince and Miss Ruixue must know what it means. Let's take it to them."

Everyone did not suspect anything and immediately mounted their horses and went back to the city gate to ask others where Lu Mingcheng and Jiang Ruixue were.

Following the guards' instructions, they found Lu Mingcheng and Jiang Ruixue who were searching in another place.