Cypress Boat Floating

Wei Wangshu was preparing to leave the East Palace. On the way back to Prince Qin's Mansion, she kept thinking about what Lin Youqian had told her about the donation. She knew Lin Youqian too well. She was smart but not much, and she never liked to get together with those ladies to chat about trivial things. Why would she suddenly propose to donate at this time? If things went as expected, it should be the idea of ​​the Crown Prince's concubine.

Wei Wangshu never had a good impression of the prince's concubine. She was just a concubine's daughter of the Minister of Rites, yet she dared to gossip in front of Lin Youqian all day long. She was too sinister and sometimes spoke in a sarcastic tone. Wei Wangshu really couldn't like her. At the beginning, she also advised Lin Youqian to pay more attention to this woman. Unfortunately, Lin Youqian was too kind, and in the end, this concubine was almost over her head.

No matter what happened in the Prince's Mansion, Wei Wangshu would never easily agree to donate money. No matter whether this matter was good or bad, after all, it was related to Lu Zhixing's future, so she still had to tell him about it. Although she felt that there was nothing good about this matter.

When she returned to Prince Qin's Mansion, Lu Zhixing was already waiting for her in the side hall.

"Why are you back so late?" Lu Zhixing saw Wei Wangshu appear at the door and hurried forward to pick her up. He put her hand in his and the two walked forward hand in hand. As they walked, Lu Zhixing said, "The Crown Princess invited you over? What did she say?"

At this point, Wei Wangshu couldn't help but sigh and said helplessly: "Oh, don't mention it. I went to listen to a bad idea."

Lu Zhixing was puzzled: "What's the bad idea?"

"Qianqian sent me an invitation to come over. After I went, she told me that she and the Crown Prince's concubine heard that the people in South City were suffering from floods. They felt sorry for them and wanted to help the people in South City. They voluntarily donated their own money to the people."

Lu Zhixing raised his eyebrows, "That's a good thing. If they want to donate, they can just tell the prince no. The prince can also make a good impression on father."

"That's a good thing, but they want us to manage the money."

Lu Zhixing was confused again. He didn't understand the way the Crown Princess and the concubine worked together. Logically, this kind of thing should be done to please their husbands and make the Crown Prince leave a better impression. Why was this pushed onto him?

Wei Wangshu knew that he hadn't thought it through, so he told him Lin Youqian's plan: "They don't just want to give us their money. They said that you have been handling all the things in South City recently, so they want me to organize the wives of the officials to donate money together to relieve the pressure on the national treasury and you."

Hearing this, Lu Zhixing finally understood their intentions. He rolled his eyes silently and said speechlessly, "Isn't this just causing more trouble? This idea must have come from the boss. He asked you to organize the ladies to donate money. Then we won't be able to open the Qin Palace by then. People will come to throw vegetable leaves every day."

"So, I was thinking on the way back just now that Qianqian couldn't come up with this idea, so someone must have taken advantage of her. But I can't understand it. This is obviously a trap, and I can see it. Do they think it's useful?" Wei Wangshu really didn't understand.

"The prince has been finding faults with me in court recently. I guess he has no other choice but to find some problems with you so that my father will be disappointed in us. You have to be more careful during this period of time and don't fall into other people's traps." Lu Zhixing patted the back of Wei Wangshu's hand to comfort her. He didn't want to make her angry because of what happened in court.

"Don't worry. Although I don't understand much about what's happening in the court, it's not easy for them to prevent a fire in the backyard." Wei Wangshu smiled at him.

Wei Wangshu is a gentle and generous person. Every time he looks at her smile, Lu Zhixing always feels that there is still some warmth in this world, and his body is filled with energy at this time.

"Thank you for your hard work, madam. I don't know how my eighth brother is doing in Nancheng." Lu Zhixing hugged Wei Wangshu in his arms.

"Don't worry, Eighth Brother, you are a lucky person. Everything will be fine." Wei Wangshu put his arms around him and gently patted his back with both hands to comfort him.

And Lu Ci Qiu, whom Lu Zhixing was thinking about, is now fighting with the murderer.

Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing closed their eyes and rested. About a quarter of an hour later, there was a sudden sound from the door of the secret room behind them. The two looked at each other and realized that the murderer had come in, so they quickly got up and hid in the dark.

Through the light of the oil lamp, they could only see the shadow on the ground. They saw the shadow walking along the passage, getting closer and closer to them, and they could also see from the shadow that the other party was holding a big knife in his hand.

Both of them were nervous.

Ye Jianqing held the skylark in his hand and hid himself by the wall, preparing to launch a sneak attack when the shadow approached. The shadow was getting closer and closer, and when the murderer appeared, Ye Jianqing stabbed the opponent's neck without hesitation.

However, the opponent seemed to sense the wind and dodged before Ye Jianqing's knife arrived. Although Ye Jianqing almost fell, he managed to support himself with his other uninjured leg. At this moment, Lu Ci Qiu also rushed out and stabbed the opponent's heart with his long sword, but was also avoided by the opponent.

The two men surrounded the murderer, one in front and one behind.

The murderer was a tall and thin man. He was dressed in a black nightgown, with his head and face wrapped in black cloth.

The three of them were facing each other with weapons. Ye Jianqing was disabled now, and they were afraid that he would suddenly attack, so they focused all their attention on him. Lu Ciqiu was holding a sword. He knew that Ye Jianqing's foot was injured, so he wanted to draw the murderer's attention to himself as much as possible, so that Ye Jianqing would have a better chance of escaping. The murderer's only target was Lu Ciqiu, and he didn't even look at Ye Jianqing.

Suddenly, the murderer came at Lu Ci Qiu with a big knife. The knife was sharp and the murderer was very fast. Lu Ci Qiu had to dodge left and right and he didn't even have a chance to draw his sword. The cave was small to begin with, not to mention the gold and silver treasures took up a large space. Lu Ci Qiu could only dodge left and right, occasionally using the scabbard to block the murderer's attack, and at the same time try to move backwards, but the further he walked, the smaller the space behind him became.

Ye Jianqing had originally focused all her attention on the murderer. When the murderer made a move, she reacted immediately and stabbed the murderer from behind, trying to divert the murderer's attention away from Lu Ci Qiu so that Lu Ci Qiu would have somewhere to run.

They now have to run outside to get enough space. In this small secret room, there is not much room for them to maneuver. Lu Ci Qiu uses a long sword, which is at a disadvantage in a small and enclosed space.

The murderer was trying to block Ye Jianqing's attack while attacking Lu Ci Qiu. He was caught off guard for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself.

He turned around and originally wanted to force Ye Jianqing to Lu Ci Qiu's side so as to catch them both in one fell swoop, but Ye Jianqing seized the opportunity and grabbed Lu Ci Qiu and brought him to the passage.

While Ye Jianqing was dealing with the murderer, he said to Lu Ciqiu, "You get out first."

Lu Ci Qiu weighed the pros and cons and knew that he had no advantage here at all. He would not say anything like he had to stay with Ye Jianqing, live and die together, etc. He would only cause trouble to Ye Jianqing if he stayed here, so he decisively chose to listen to Ye Jianqing and run away.

But the murderer would never let him escape. He chopped at Ye Jianqing with his broadsword. The murderer had great brute force. Ye Jianqing could use the Skylark for a surprise attack, but it was a bit difficult for him to withstand the broadsword.

In the passage, she could only try her best to avoid the attack of the big knife. When the big knife could not reach her, she would use the skylark to stab the opponent's vital points.

Ye Jianqing knew that Yun Que could not withstand the broadsword head-on, and originally wanted to use her own flesh and blood to resist some of the damage, and then use the knife to stab the opponent's fatal point. But unfortunately, the opponent never gave her this opportunity. Seeing that Lu Ci Qiu had already run out of the secret passage, the murderer became more and more furious, and the speed of his attack became faster and faster.

Ye Jianqing also knew that he could not hold on any longer at this time, so he retreated repeatedly and slowly left the secret passage under the attack of the big knife.

After the murderer finished chopping, he looked up and found that both of them had left the secret passage. He was unable to react for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he just felt a little angry. On the one hand, he was angry at his own speechlessness, and on the other hand, he was angry at the other party's cunningness.

He never expected that he wanted to strangle them both in the secret passage, but ended up sending them out. Awkward...

Seeing Ye Jianqing come out intact, Lu Ciqiu quickly pulled her out of the hut. But by this time the murderer had already reacted, so how could he let them go so easily?

The murderer chased them step by step with a big knife. After all, they were carrying a wounded person, so they couldn't outrun the murderer. They were caught up by the murderer as soon as they walked out of the gate.

Seeing that he could not escape, Lu Ci Qiu walked in front of Ye Jianqing and blocked Ye Jianqing behind him. He drew out his sword and pointed it at the murderer.

"Come on, let's see today whether we will die here or we will bring you to justice."

The long sword went straight to the murderer's face. Seeing this, the murderer raised his broadsword to block in front of him. The tip of the sword was blocked by the blade and could not move forward. The owner of the broadsword was thin but very strong. He exerted a little force, stomped his feet, and gathered all his strength in his wrists. With a turn of his wrist, the broadsword directly pushed the long sword out a few steps.

Retracting the sword and not giving the opponent any chance, Lu Ci Qiu continued to strike with the sword.

Lu Ci Qiu had learned swordsmanship very well, and also learned light Kung Fu quite well. He was seen weaving through the swordplay and sabers. The secret passage had left him no room to maneuver just now, but now that he was outside, he could finally use all his advantages to deal with the murderer.

Ye Jianqing watched from the side, feeling a little nervous for Lu Ci Qiu. She knew how strong the murderer was. Although Lu Ci Qiu seemed to have the upper hand now, he was using clever strength after all, while the opponent was using pure power. One force can defeat ten skills, and Lu Ci Qiu probably wouldn't be able to gain much advantage in a long time.

At this time, taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness, Ye Jianqing picked up the skylark and rushed forward. She and Lu Ciqiu cooperated. When Lu Ciqiu attacked from the front, she attacked from the back. When Lu Ciqiu attacked from the left, she attacked from the right. The main purpose was to catch him off guard, so that even if he had more strength, he would not be able to target two people. In this way, at least one person could hit him.

The cooperation between the two people went from being a hindrance in the beginning to being seamless in the end, and for a while, Ye Jianqing actually left many wounds on the murderer.

The murderer saw that he was injured by Ye Jianqing, and he became angry. He also found that Ye Jianqing's foot was injured and he couldn't run fast, so he targeted Ye Jianqing more and more. This also caused Ye Jianqing to be injured later.

When Lu Ci Qiu found out that Ye Jianqing was injured, he panicked and his coordination was disrupted. At this point, his shoulder was suddenly chopped by the murderer's sword.

Everyone was injured and stopped for a moment, and there was another strange stalemate.

Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing wanted to delay time so that Zhang Quansheng and his men would come up and find them and rescue them. After the cave collapse and the long confrontation with the murderer, their physical strength had gradually decreased. If they continued to fight, even two of them might not be able to defeat the other.

The other party seemed to be addicted to fighting, not knowing how to get tired, and shouted at them: "Come on!"

Ye Jianqing was exhausted and waved his hands: "No, no, brother, can you tell us who you are?"

The murderer didn't say anything, but just stared at Ye Jianqing with his eyes. He seemed to know that Ye Jianqing was the more threatening of the two men.

"Then, big brother, whose order did you receive to kill us?"

Ye Jianqing raised his eyebrows and asked another question: "Okay, since you don't want to say anything, can we take a break and continue later?"

The murderer thought for a moment, nodded and said, "You can take a break, but not for too long."

Having said that, anyone who doesn't take a rest when he can is a fool, so Ye Jianqing quickly asked Lu Ci Qiu to sit down and have a rest.

She had been observing this big brother during her break.

It was true that the other party wanted to kill them. Every move just now was full of murderous intent, but now it seemed like they were playing cat and mouse, and they really let them rest when they were told to. Ye Jianqing couldn't understand the other party.

They were resting to recover their strength, and the other side was also resting to recover their strength. Although the battle might become more difficult after everyone recovered, it was good to be able to delay a little longer.

"Brother, aren't you afraid that we will beat you after we have rested enough?" Ye Jianqing asked curiously.

The other party shook his head and said openly: "You can't beat me. Today, your lives belong to me."

So frivolous, Ye Jianqing is really interested in the other party now: "Do you know who I am? Just say my life is yours."

"Your name is Ye Jianqing."

Uh....well, you do know.

Ye Jianqing discovered that this elder brother's train of thought seemed to be particularly simple, with only killing and fighting in his mind.

"It's break time." Before Ye Jianqing could figure out what was going on, the murderer suddenly stood up and announced that the break time was over.

Ye Jianqing glanced at the road leading up the mountain, and there was no sign of Zhang Quansheng. He was afraid that he would really die here today.

Ye Jianqing shrugged, stood up, shook her hands and feet. After what happened just now, she had completely overcome the pain in her left foot, raised her adrenaline, adjusted her body to the best fighting state, and prepared to fight.