Cypress Boat Floating

Summer is always like this, with clear skies one second and thunder and lightning the next. Dark clouds dominate the sky, blocking the sun and shrouding the entire land in their darkness.

Ye Jianqing glanced out the window and saw that a storm was about to come.

"It looks like it's going to rain soon," she thought to herself.

Turning her head and looking inside the house, Lu Ci Qiu and Liu Miao were still at loggerheads, neither of them giving in. Ye Jianqing became more and more disliked of Liu Miao, and she didn't want to cooperate with this person.

This person is too strong, arrogant, and has no regard for superiors and subordinates. Ye Jianqing admitted that she had helped a little in the previous case, but he actually vetoed everything he had done in front of Lu Ci Qiu. It can only be said that this person does not have the ability to see through the essence of things and is not smart enough.

Liu Miao's face was not good at this time, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. After what Lu Ci Qiu said just now, he now remembered Lu Ci Qiu's identity. He still wanted to defend himself in front of him, so as not to be arrested and thrown into jail by Lu Ci Qiu: "Your Majesty, Liu has evidence for everything he did. If Your Majesty wants to arrest Liu, you must have evidence. These people have to go out to work and earn money when they grow up. It was their choice for them to be slaves in the past."

Lu Ci Qiu glared angrily, his back teeth clenched tightly. He had no good feelings towards the man in front of him since he attacked Ye Jianqing. Later, he directly challenged the royal authority in front of him. He was just suffering from not having enough evidence to catch him.

"Boss Liu, I don't think we are suitable for cooperation." Ye Jianqing quietly pulled Lu Ci Qiu to calm him down, and then he stepped forward.

With Ye Jianqing's comfort, Lu Ci Qiu finally did not lose his temper directly. Instead, he restrained himself a little and stepped aside. He knew that Ye Jianqing would always find a way to deal with him.

Liu Miao looked at Ye Jianqing in disbelief. This was a very beneficial condition for her, and there was no harm in it. She didn't need to do anything. She just needed to make some effort and protect herself for a few days, and he would help her find the location of the shrine. What's wrong with that?

Liu Miao couldn't understand why she refused.

"People with different ideals cannot work together." Ye Jianqing seemed to have a smile on his face, but that smile did not reach his eyes. Instead, he revealed a sense of coldness.

"Ms. Ye, have you made up your mind?" Liu Miao was relieved after being surprised, as if he had already expected Ye Jianqing to have this reaction.

"Actually, there is no need for you to do this, Mr. Liu. You kept saying that you wanted me to help you, and that you wanted me to protect your safety, find the shrine as soon as possible, and prevent the Cao family from harming you. But when we just met, you drew your sword and tried to test me repeatedly." Ye Jianqing looked into his eyes, and could not see any emotion in his eyes.

"At this point, you are trying to elevate me by denying the Eighth Prince in every sentence. But I am obviously the Eighth Prince's man, and you know that, and the Eighth Prince is still here, so what is your purpose in doing this?

You are just trying to anger the Eighth Prince and me. But what good will it do you to anger us? If the Eighth Prince is narrow-minded, he might just throw you into jail. Then you will lose more than you gain.

I can only say that you really know us very well. You know that the Eighth Prince is in the Dali Temple and will not arrest you for such a small matter. You also know that we will not care about your so-called merits.

Whether the Cao family wanted to harm you is one thing, whether they really went to find the shrine is another. You led me here, told me so much, and did so many things.

To put it nicely, let me protect you. I am the Eighth Prince's man, and the Eighth Prince is from the Dali Temple. You also know that we are investigating the God's House recently, so you naturally know that I will not refuse this reason. So as long as you put forward this exchange condition, I will definitely agree.

But what happens after you agree? There is no evidence that the Cao family colluded with the God's House. If you are injured, I will think that it was done by the Cao family, and I will arrest the head of the Cao family for questioning. As long as the Cao family is related to the God's House, whether they did it or not, they cannot do without the surveillance of the Dali Temple. Then you can use the Dali Temple to get rid of a big worry in your heart."

After listening to Ye Jianqing's words, Liu Miao couldn't help but applaud. He let go of the awkward feeling that made Ye Jianqing feel, and looked at Ye Jianqing with approval in his eyes.

"Miss Ye's words make sense. Indeed, as long as the Cao family is involved with the God's House, then as long as they stay in this house for one day, I will find a way to make sure that the Cao family will never be able to open again."

"You know where the God's House is, right?" Ye Jianqing asked confidently. Liu Miao's condition from the beginning was to help him find the God's House, so this person must also know where the God's House is.

"There's another reason why you asked me to come here. That's because you can't deal with Shenwu, so you want to use me to deal with Shenwu, but how can you be sure that I can deal with Shenwu?"

"Miss Ye is right. The God's House is not something that ordinary people can deal with. It requires a certain amount of wisdom and strength. That's why I tested your martial arts at the beginning, and now I am testing your wisdom."

Ye Jianqing raised her eyebrows. She didn't think there was anything about her that he would be interested in. In terms of wisdom, Lu Zhixing was much wiser than her. In terms of martial arts, Lu Ci Qiu's martial arts were getting more and more powerful and were on par with hers.

In any case, she is just an ordinary person here. She doesn't know why the other party would take a fancy to her and want her to deal with the God House.

"Young lady, why do you think so little of yourself?" Liu Miao obviously didn't agree with her words: "Young lady, you are capable, kind, and reasonable. You are the only outsider in the matter of the God's House. It is best to use outsiders to deal with them."

"Outsider?" Ye Jianqing was puzzled.

"Yes. The King of Qin and the King of Xian are both of noble status. They are princes and lords. It is unreasonable for them to take action, and it is too conspicuous and easy to be discovered. As for Liu." Liu Miao paused, and then said: "I have just said that the Cao family has indeed found the God's House. It is true that they want to deal with me. So I am a person in the game, I have been involved, and I don't have the ability to deal with the God's House. So I can only entrust the girl."

Liu Miao spoke with deep emotion, but Ye Jianqing always believed in her sixth sense. In modern times, her sixth sense had saved her countless times. Now that she came here, her sixth sense was also telling her that the person in front of her could not be trusted.

"So where is the God's House?"

"If the girl agrees to my request, I will tell you the location and weaknesses of the shrine."

Ye Jianqing had to think carefully about his request. This man had been dishonest from the beginning, and Ye Jianqing didn't want to cooperate with him, but he knew where the shrine was, which was a breakthrough for their current bottleneck.

"It's going to rain." There was a flash of lightning outside the window, followed by a rumble of thunder. Lu Ci Qiu stepped forward and held Ye Jianqing's hand. "I'll reply to Master Liu tomorrow. We'll take our leave now."

After saying this, he took Ye Jianqing away without waiting for Liu Miao's reply and fled.

He could see Ye Jianqing's dilemma, but he didn't want to embarrass her. Liu Miao was a cunning person, and if she stayed there she would only be led by his thoughts. Thinking of this, Lu Ci Qiu did not directly refuse or agree. It was indeed sudden for him to propose to leave, but he didn't want to continue wasting time with Liu Miao.

Coming out of the courtyard and passing by the brothel, the girl who looked somewhat similar to Ye Jianqing was no longer there. There were some traces left backstage, but the bloodstains had been completely cleaned up.

Ye Jianqing wrinkled her nose. Although the bloodstains had been cleaned up, the bloody smell was still there. Lu Ciqiu didn't let her think too much and pulled her out.

Uncle Lin was waiting outside. Before the heavy rain came, the two of them quickly got on the carriage to take Uncle Lin back home.

After getting on the carriage, the tension eased a little. When he came to his senses, Lu Ci Qiu found that he was still holding Ye Jianqing's hand. The hand holding Ye Jianqing slowly began to burn. The soft little hand in his palm felt like a piece of flint burning his palm, and the heat wave slowly burned along the palm to his face.

Ye Jianqing's hands were small, and his own hand could completely wrap her up. Her palms were covered with a thick layer of calluses, which were caused by her sword training. The knuckle joints on the back of her hands had long been worn down by years of fighting.

Lu Ci Qiu was so embarrassed that he quickly let go of his hand. Ye Jianqing was an unmarried girl and he and she were not engaged, so how could he hold her hand so rashly?

But Ye Jianqing didn't care at all. She was still thinking about what Liu Miao had just said. She always felt that her guess was only half right, and she couldn't guess the rest.

"I still feel something is wrong." Ye Jianqing's sudden words interrupted Lu Ci Qiu's shyness. He quickly hid his hands behind his back, coughed lightly and asked her "What's wrong?"

"Think about it, if it is really as I just said, then why did he deliberately let that girl arrange for Lin Bo to send us to Chunmanlou? And he just happened to know that Jiang Wanyin would come out at that time? Then he also specially arranged for people to perform acrobatics on the street to make us notice those people, and then notice the Washe, and then from the Washe to notice his theater. Don't you think he seemed to have anticipated all this?" Ye Jianqing frowned more and more. Based on Liu Miao's series of actions just now, she didn't believe that Liu Miao would be so wise as to arrange everything so clearly.

If he didn't get one of the links right, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?

"Are you doubting Jiang Wanyin?" Lu Ci Qiu asked.

"He knows everything about our actions, even what we are going to do next. What if Jiang Wanyin doesn't take that road? What if Jiang Wanyin doesn't go to watch the circus? Wouldn't everything be in vain?" Ye Jianqing didn't want to doubt Jiang Wanyin, but he had to doubt her because she was really too suspicious.

It seemed as if she was in charge of all this. Ye Jianqing had always believed in herself, but it was because she believed in herself too much that she felt even more chilled by what she had discovered.

If Jiang Wanyin was really in cahoots with Liu Miao, then was it within her expectations that I would take the initiative to contact her? And was everything that happened between the two of them behind the scenes also fake?

She dared not think.