Cypress Boat Floating

At the Prince of Qin's Mansion, Wei Wangshu's personal maid Xiao Lan received an invitation from the doorman. After she read the content clearly, she hurried to the accounting office to look for Wei Wangshu.

"Madam, the Crown Princess invites you to come to her house for a chat."

Wei Wangshu frowned slightly, put down the account book in his hand, and took the invitation from Xiaolan.

"Qianqian? Why did she suddenly send me an invitation to go over?" Wei Wangshu was puzzled.

You can't blame her for being confused. The truth is, ever since Lin Youqian married into the Prince's Mansion, they had less contact due to the relationship between the Prince and Lu Zhixing. In addition, Lin Youqian had always been keen on chanting sutras and worshipping Buddha, and had always maintained a lukewarm relationship with Wei Wangshu.

If there was no special reason, she would not be invited. It is really confusing that she was suddenly invited.

Wei Wangshu opened the invitation and read the contents of the invitation. He frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then stood up and said to Xiao Lan, "Change your clothes and go to the East Palace."

East Palace

Lin Youqian specially prepared all kinds of food that Wei Wangshu liked to eat to receive her. When she saw her figure appear at the door, she excitedly walked up to her, took her hand and called her "Sister Wangshu".

Wei Wangshu smiled and looked at his friend, "Qianqian suddenly invited me here. Is there something important?"

"Sister Wangshu, you haven't come to see me for a long time. I miss you." In front of her good friend, Lin Youqian instantly became like a child and acted coquettishly towards Wei Wangshu.

"There are just too many things going on in the mansion." Wei Wangshu patted the back of her hand that was supporting him with amusement.

The two of them supported each other and walked inside while chatting.

After they were both seated, Lin Youqian asked with a smile, "Sister Wangshu, I heard that Prince Qin is now handling the flood in South City, right?"

Wei Wangshu glanced at her, smiled slightly and nodded: "Thanks to your majesty's favor, my prince has indeed taken on this task recently and is busy with the flood affairs in South City."

"Sister, to be honest with you, I've been feeling very sad since I heard about the flood in South City, and I was thinking if I could do something, it would be great. A few days ago, Li Muqian came to me and said she wanted to donate some money to the people of South City, and I thought it was a good thing. So I called you here today." Lin Youqian held Wei Wangshu's hand all the time while speaking.

"This is a good thing. It's a good thing that the concubine has this intention." Wei Wangshu also nodded. Hearing this, Wei Wangshu finally understood why Lin Youqian called her here today. She believed in Lin Youqian's character, but she did not believe in Li Muqian.

"Yes, Prince Qin is handling the affairs of South City now, and we don't know where to donate this money, so after much thought, I think the money can be handed over to you, sister. Moreover, we can initiate a donation and ask the wives of civil and military officials in the court to donate a little, and then Prince Qin will give it to the people of South City." Lin Youqian became more and more excited as he spoke, but Wei Wangshu became more and more shocked as he listened.

Mobilizing civil and military officials to donate money would certainly make the prince criticized behind his back in the court, no matter whether he did a good job or not. Even if he did not donate, the other party would be in trouble if they kept the money with him, so Wei Wangshu planned to directly reject her request.

"Qianqian, you have good intentions, but it's not good for you to act rashly like this. It's their business whether those ladies donate money or not. If we force them to donate money, then it's nothing. Besides, this money should not be kept with me. My prince is doing work in South City. If he leaves the money with me, people will misunderstand it, and it will be bad to involve you in it."

Wei Wangshu's words helped Lin Youqian to sort out the pros and cons. Lin Youqian was also an obedient person, so after hearing what Wei Wangshu said, she gave up and continued to talk to her about random things.

On the other side, Lu Ci Qiu and others were still trapped in the secret room and could not find a way out.

Ye Jianqing took advantage of Liu Hanyun and Master Liu not paying attention and secretly wrote a word on the hands of Lu Ci Qiu and Zhang Quansheng. The other two understood it and pretended that they knew nothing and continued to look for the so-called other exit.

"Master Liu, how did the rich man Shi treat people when he was alive?" Ye Jianqing asked casually.

"Master Shi Cai is a very good man. He always gives out porridge and does charity work when he has nothing to do. He also treats the servants who work at the Shi Mansion very well. He also often helps those whose families are so poor that they can't even make ends meet." When Master Liu mentioned Shi Wenjie, he became more talkative and recounted all the good deeds he had done.

"It's such a pity that such a good person died. Who would harm him?" Ye Jianqing looked regretful.

Master Liu also sighed: "Yes, Mr. Shi was such a good man, it's a pity. I hope those who killed him will be cut into pieces, and their death is not a pity."

Ye Jianqing glanced at Liu Hanyun. Liu Hanyun pretended not to hear anything and just kept looking at the wall.

"County Magistrate Liu." Ye Jianqing called him over and asked, "Were you the county magistrate the year that Mr. Shi was murdered?"

Liu Hanyun turned around, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Come, come."

"What was the situation back then? Didn't you see this little house when you searched?" Ye Jianqing continued to ask, not giving Liu Hanyun any chance to relax.

Liu Hanyun closed his mouth tightly, unable to say anything, cold sweat already running down his entire back.

"That... that... no, I didn't see it. We went around in circles but couldn't find Shi Wenjie's body. I thought that since there was a master who could set up a maze outside, could he also hide this hut?"

"Is that so..." Ye Jianqing didn't insist that he tell her the truth, but she just felt that Liu Hanyun was too strange and too quiet along the way, and when Master Liu was talking about Shi Wenjie, he always stayed away from the crowd.

Nan Chengyi is not a good person, and Liu Hanyun is in cahoots with Nan Chengyi.

According to Master Liu, when Shi Wenjie was still alive, his business was better than Nan Chengyi's, and his reputation was also better than Nan Chengyi's. Nan Chengyi would definitely not be able to tolerate this and would not be willing to be inferior to Shi Wenjie. Therefore, Ye Jianqing had reason to suspect that Nan Chengyi was responsible for Shi Wenjie's death, and Liu Hanyun was very likely an accomplice, but there was no evidence to prove it yet.

That's why she just wrote another character "Yi" on the hands of Lu Ci Qiu and Zhang Quansheng. On the one hand, she suspected that this small house belonged to Nan Chengyi. On the other hand, she suspected that the person who locked them up outside was sent by Nan Chengyi.

"There's a problem here." Suddenly, Zhang Quansheng seemed to have discovered something and called everyone over.

Everyone went forward to take a look and found that the place where Zhang Quansheng had just pressed had become concave, and at this time a sound came from the wall behind the boxes.

When everyone looked over there, they discovered that a deeper passage had been revealed. The passage was narrower than the previous one, and there was a clear light in front. It was obvious that the exit was in front.

Several people looked at each other, and finally Zhang Quansheng was the first to step forward and explore the way.

Liu Hanyun and Master Liu followed closely behind Zhang Quansheng, fearing they would be left behind. Ye Jianqing and Lu Ciqiu walked side by side at the back.

Just when they were about to reach the exit, a loud noise suddenly came from above the passage, and the passage in front of Lu Ci Qiu suddenly began to collapse, and all the stones in the passage fell into the passage.

The moment he found that the rocks were starting to fall, Lu Ci Qiu hurriedly pulled Ye Jianqing back. Seeing that time was running out, Ye Jianqing exerted force with both hands, pulled Lu Ci Qiu forward, and protected him from behind, blocking the falling rocks for him.

"Your Highness!!!"

"Your Highness!!! Xiaoqing!!!!"

The fallen rocks blocked the passage, and there was no sound from inside. Zhang Quansheng stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do for a moment.

When Lu Ci Qiu was pulled forward by Ye Jianqing just now, he avoided the area of ​​falling rocks, but he was covered in dust. But Ye Jianqing was not so lucky. She was a step slower and got hit on the foot by the falling rocks, unable to move.

His left calf was a bloody mess, and rocks had fallen on his leg, making it impossible to move.

"Qing'er, Qing'er, are you okay?" After Lu Ci Qiu stood up, he found Ye Jianqing knocked to the ground and hurried forward.

Ye Jianqing's face turned pale due to the pain. She couldn't greet Lu Ci Qiu now. If she didn't move the stone away, her foot would be broken.

"First... help me move the stone away." After saying this, Ye Jianqing had to gasp for breath for a while.

Seeing her like this, Lu Ci Qiu knew that there was no time to waste, so he quickly stood up and pushed the stone away from her.

Fortunately, the stone was not particularly big. Although the impact was quite serious, Lu Ci Qiu was still able to push the stone away with his arm strength.

Lu Ci Qiu helped Ye Jianqing sit next to him.

Ye Jianqing leaned against the wall and gasped for air. The pain from her calves stimulated her brain from time to time.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Sister Xiaoqing, are you all okay?" Zhang Quansheng's voice kept coming in from outside.

Ye Jianqing put his index finger vertically on his mouth, asking Lu Ci Qiu to keep quiet and not respond.

The two of them stayed quietly inside, listening to Zhang Quansheng's nervous calls outside, listening to him trying to dig stones to save people but being stopped, and listening to Master Liu asking Zhang Quansheng to go down the mountain first and bring enough people before coming back to rescue the Eighth Prince.

When there was no more sound outside, Ye Jianqing stretched out his hand and motioned Lu Ci Qiu to help him up.

The two limped back to the secret room.

"Why didn't you let me speak just now?" Lu Ci Qiu asked after returning to the secret room.

"It's obvious that this collapse was aimed at you. If the murderer knew you were still alive, he would definitely come in through another door to kill you. But in my current condition, I'm not sure I can save you." Ye Jianqing explained to him as she tore open her skirt to bandage herself.

"If we keep doing this now, they will mistakenly think we are dead. Let's take a good rest first and wait for General Zhang to bring his men."

"Then how can you be sure that he won't come in through the other door to see if we are dead?" Lu Ci Qiu asked back.

Ye Jianqing helplessly spread his hands: "If he comes, then I have no choice but to fight him."

All she could do was buy them a little more time and give herself some time to rest. She was not completely sure that the murderer would not rush in to check their bodies, but she knew that the murderer was outside. It would take Zhang Quansheng at least a quarter of an hour to go up and down the mountain. If the murderer came in at this time, it would be really difficult for them to deal with it.

Lu Ci Qiu sat next to her and looked at her leg injury, feeling distressed. This was an injury she suffered for him regardless of everything. Under the circumstances at that time, she had the opportunity to let go and run to a safe place, but she pushed herself to safety and got injured instead. A martial artist would feel guilty for the rest of his life if he could not walk because of this incident.

"Don't be like this next time." Lu Ci Qiu said with concern.

Ye Jianqing didn't care. Her professional habits made her choose to save others first and then herself. Besides, she had suffered injuries of this degree before, so Ye Jianqing was confident that she could survive.

"It's okay. It's better for me to be injured than for you to be injured. In this place where there is nothing but gold and silver, there is no medicine to cure injuries. I'm afraid something will really happen to you."

Speaking of this, Lu Ci Qiu reacted and thought of the problem that there was no medicine or clean water to clean the wound. He was worried that Ye Jianqing's wound would worsen, and asked anxiously: "What should I do with your wound?"

"It's okay, the bleeding has stopped. General Zhang will be here soon. We'll be fine when he gets here."

Hearing Ye Jianqing calling him General Zhang all the time, Lu Ci Qiu felt a little unhappy and couldn't help but say one more thing: "General Zhang, General Zhang, you and Zhang Quansheng are getting along well, right? He even calls you Sister Xiaoqing."

Ye Jianqing thought for a moment and answered seriously: "Well, it's pretty good. On the way here, General Zhang told me a lot about war. We exchanged tactics and so on. The communication went very well. He was also very excited and insisted on recognizing me as his sister."

"You..." Lu Ci Qiu was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"What's wrong?" Ye Jianqing looked at Lu Ciqiu with an innocent face. She didn't understand why Lu Ciqiu was angry. Lu Ciqiu was too lazy to pay attention to her at this time, and sat aside in anger. After a long time, he finally realized why he was angry when Ye Jianqing had a good relationship with Zhang Quansheng? It was all her fault. Why did she save him again and again?

Lu Ci Qiu stole a glance at Ye Jianqing. It must be said that Ye Jianqing was also really good-looking.

I saw her facing him with her side face. Although her shiny hair was covered with stone chips, it was still very smooth. Under her delicate leaf-shaped eyebrows were big clear and bright eyes. A teardrop mole under her eyes added a bit of charm to her. When she smiled, there was a small dimple at the corner of her mouth, which looked very beautiful.

As Lu Ci Qiu watched, he could not help but be fascinated. Thinking back to before his rebirth, Ye Jianqing had always been by his side to protect him, even sacrificing her life for him. After his rebirth, she had also taken the initiative to wait for him in the ruined temple in every life.

Am I not more important than Zhang Quansheng?

Zhang Quansheng was just someone she met during the disaster relief period, and they had only known each other for more than a month, but she and Ye Jianqing had known each other for several years. Isn't this more important than the friendship with Zhang Quansheng?

Thinking of this, Lu Ci Qiu gradually convinced himself.

Yes, that’s right. Zhang Quansheng is just a stranger brother. How can he compare with my life-long friendship?

Yes, that's it.

So, he chose to forgive Ye Jianqing and also chose to forgive Zhang Quansheng.

Lu Ci Qiu lowered his voice and said to Ye Jianqing softly, "Let me see your feet."

"It's okay, no need. I have controlled the location of the injury, it's not particularly serious." Although Ye Jianqing didn't know why Lu Ci Qiu suddenly changed his attitude, she subconsciously didn't want Lu Ci Qiu to see her wound.

Ye Jianqing refused, and Lu Ciqiu didn't want to embarrass her, so he just sat next to her and offered her his shoulder: "Take a rest first. If the murderer comes in to check on us as you said, we have to stay alert so that we can kill him."

"That makes sense. I'm so tired now. Let me take a nap." Ye Jianqing agreed. Because of her foot injury and excessive blood loss, she felt a little dizzy. She had to take a rest to maintain her energy to avoid being attacked.