Cypress Boat Floating

"bring it on."

The man in black picked up the big knife and rushed towards Ye Jianqing. Ye Jianqing placed the skylark in front of him and focused on the man in black's movements. The man in black was thin and fast, and his strength would not affect his speed at all. But his speed was still slowed down in Ye Jianqing's eyes. Ye Jianqing waited for him to get in front, saw the other party's movements clearly, dodged to the side, and then turned his right hand to switch the skylark to his left hand. With his left hand, he slashed upwards, cutting a hole in the man in black's chest.

The man in black immediately changed his position after seeing Ye Jianqing move sideways, and slashed Ye Jianqing's left hand with the broadsword. After Ye Jianqing's slash, the broadsword of the man in black just reached the position of her left arm. Seeing the broadsword coming forward, Ye Jianqing immediately withdrew her hand and stepped back, but she couldn't get out of the attack range of the broadsword, so Ye Jianqing gave her arm to him, and Yun Que switched to her right hand and stepped forward.

Exchanging injury for injury.

In an instant, a bloody mark appeared on the black-clothed man's neck, and Ye Jianqing's left arm also had a wound that was bleeding.

Seeing that they had hurt each other, the two men immediately retreated from each other's attack area.

The man in black looked at the two wounds on his body. They were fatal. If they were deeper, he would have died from the first blow. He couldn't help but praise Ye Jianqing: "You are amazing."

"You're not bad either." Ye Jianqing turned his head and looked at his arm.

The force of the knife was so great that the wound on the arm was very deep and the blood had flowed all over the arm, but fortunately Ye Jianqing turned his hand slightly at the last moment and did not injure the aorta. It was only a flesh wound.

The man in black wiped the wound on his neck with his thumb, taking away the blood that was still oozing out. He raised the knife again. He saw Ye Jianqing's true strength, but he still believed from the bottom of his heart that Ye Jianqing was not as good as himself. But even so, he would still do his best to deal with her.

"Come again!" As he spoke, the man in black rushed out with his sword.

Ye Jianqing had no choice but to resist again. Fortunately, she was shorter than the man in black, so it was easier for her to get into the blind spot of the man in black.

The two men were fighting each other with injuries exchanged. At this time, Ye Jianqing had several more wounds on his body, and the man in black was no exception. He also had wounds on important parts of his body, and although Ye Jianqing's wounds were deep, they basically did not hurt the key points.

Seeing Ye Jianqing injured, Lu Ci Qiu couldn't just sit there and watch her fight with the man in black. Taking advantage of the brief separation between the two, he stood out with a sword in hand and blocked Ye Jianqing.

"I come."

Ye Jianqing gently pulled his arm and said to him, "Don't be impulsive. He is very strong and fast. This man is different from the bandit we met last time. Let me do it."

"You're already injured, why are you still fighting? I can do it." Lu Ci Qiu always felt that Ye Jianqing was too strong. Even in this situation, he was still so strong that he had to stand in front of him. But he wanted to tell her that he was a man, a man who could stand in front of her and protect her, so let him protect her this time.

Seeing that Lu Ci Qiu was so determined to fight the man in black, Ye Jianqing had no choice but to retreat and leave the battlefield to them. Anyway, she didn't say that she wanted to fight the man in black one-on-one. She could just find a chance to join in and knock the opponent down.

Lu Ci Qiu raised his sword, the tip of the sword pointed at the man in black. He was fully prepared to face the enemy in front of him. Whether before or after his rebirth, he rarely had the opportunity to use the martial arts he learned. Usually, he just practiced with his martial arts master, and the opportunities for real fighting were pitifully few.

He couldn't bear to see Ye Jianqing fighting for him again and again, fighting against the enemy for him, but he hated his own powerlessness. Therefore, even if the man in front of him was very powerful, he had to stand up bravely. Only by constantly fighting and confronting the enemy could he gain the ability to fight. Now he should treat the man in front of him as his own practice prop and defeat him!

Whether for himself or for Ye Jianqing, he must stand up now, stand on the opposite side of the enemy, raise his weapon, and defeat the opponent with his sword.

Before hope comes, only persistence can lead to victory.

The wind started to blow on the mountain.

The wind blew up the fallen leaves and scattered them around. The sun in the distance was descending at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the rising moon replaced it.

Lu Ci Qiu and the man in black each picked up their weapons and looked at each other calmly, trying to make the other party let down their guard.

Obviously, the man in black was very confident in his martial arts, or in other words, he felt that Lu Ci Qiu could not beat him at all. So he took the initiative to attack, gaining the upper hand, and directly blocked Lu Ci Qiu's retreat with his broadsword.

Lu Ci Qiu kept dodging his attack range and thrust his sword at the right moment, but unfortunately the opponent was not slow and the sword missed. Ye Jianqing was able to hurt him just now because he was willing to trade injuries for injuries, and because of his fast reaction speed, but this effect did not occur when it came to Lu Ci Qiu.

The two fought hard. Although Lu Ci Qiu's reaction was not as fast as Ye Jianqing's, he had a strong learning ability. He memorized Ye Jianqing's fighting reaction just now and also called out these memories. Although he was not as smooth as Ye Jianqing at the beginning, he was gradually getting closer. He also began to slowly accumulate experience in fighting.

Just when Ye Jianqing was looking for the right moment to intervene and completely capture the man in black, Zhang Quansheng appeared with a team of people.

Seeing that Ye Jianqing was injured and Lu Ci Qiu was fighting with someone on the other side, Zhang Quansheng immediately joined in without saying a word and took down the man in black in a short while.

Lu Ci Qiu felt much more relaxed with the help of Zhang Quansheng. With the help of the two, they completely captured the man in black. If Zhang Quansheng didn't come again, he might not be able to hold on. As soon as the man in black was captured, he immediately ran to the side to rest.

"How do you feel?" Ye Jianqing limped to his side and fanned him with his hand.

"This guy is too strong. My hands are numb. I almost couldn't hold the sword." Lu Ci Qiu was so tired that he was sweating all over. His right hand holding the sword was still trembling slightly.

Ye Jianqing smiled and said to him: "You will encounter more such things in the future, so you must improve your practical skills as soon as possible."

Lu Ciqiu thought about it and decided that he couldn't always rely on Ye Jianqing for protection, so he made a suggestion to Ye Jianqing, asking her to teach him more after returning this time. Because what Ye Jianqing learned was different from what he learned. Ye Jianqing learned assassination, which was to kill with one strike, while most of what he learned was just because the prince wanted to learn it.

"My humble servant was late and put Your Highness in danger. Please punish me." Zhang Quansheng handed the man in black to his subordinates to hold him down, and he walked up to Lu Ci Qiu, knelt down and apologized.

Lu Ci Qiu waved his hand indifferently. He also knew that it was not easy for Zhang Quansheng. "It's okay. General Zhang arrived in time. This man is probably the one who blew up the secret passage just now. Let's arrest him and interrogate him first."

"Yes!" Zhang Quansheng had the man in black tied up, and at the same time ordered people to take out all the things in the secret passage and bring them to the county government office.

Ye Jianqing also reminded Zhang Quansheng to have people guard the man in black and the gold and silver treasures and not let anyone get close to them. These are all evidence. What if someone comes to destroy the body and get nothing?

Lu Ci Qiu looked at the cottage in front of him with sharp eyes. There must be something strange about Shi Wenjie's death, and this man wanted to send someone to kill him to silence him. It seemed that he not only had to control the water, but also had to deal with some people here. Don't let them act arrogantly and think that Nancheng was their world.

Ye Jianqing knew that Lu Ci Qiu was no longer in danger and Zhang Quansheng would be there to protect him, so he let out a breath of relief. But when he did, he realized that he seemed to have lost too much blood. He hadn't eaten all day and had been fighting for so long. Now his eyes were black and his head was dizzy. He saw people overlapping each other. He originally wanted to hold on until he got down the mountain, but as soon as he stood up, he lost consciousness and fainted on the ground.

Fortunately, Lu Ci Qiu was right next to her at the time and caught her in time when she fainted, thus preventing her face from hitting the ground.

"Qing'er, Qing'er." Lu Ci Qiu, who didn't know the reason, thought something happened to her and kept shaking her out of fear.

Zhang Quansheng also noticed that Ye Jianqing had fainted. He was also very worried, but seeing that Lu Ciqiu was still shaking, he felt a headache for Ye Jianqing, so he quickly stepped forward to stop her and said, "Your Highness, let's send Miss Ye to the clinic first."

When Ye Jianqing opened her eyes, what she saw was no longer the cottage on Sannan Mountain, nor the shadow of the man in black. Instead, she was her house in the City Lord's Mansion, and the lights were on.

There was no longer that sticky feeling on my body, and the wounds must have been cleaned by someone. I looked down and saw that the injured parts of my hands and feet were tied with cloth strips. It seemed that Lu Ci Qiu had taken me down the mountain to see a doctor.

She was so thirsty that she wanted to get up and find herself some water, but she had no strength to do so and she didn't know why.

Ye Jianqing felt as if she had no control over her own body. This feeling made her a little scared. She used to be a person who didn't want to use anesthesia even when suturing wounds. Using anesthesia would make her lose control of her body, and she didn't like this.

But now, she has lost control of her body.

Just then, the door of the room was pushed open and Lu Ci Qiu came in.

Lu Ci Qiu was holding a bowl of porridge. He was very happy to see Ye Jianqing wake up. He hurried in, put the porridge down and walked to her bedside.

"You finally woke up. How do you feel now? Are you feeling unwell?"

Ye Jianqing smacked her lips. Before she could say a word, Lu Ciqiu threw a bunch of questions at her. Before Lu Ciqiu could finish his words, Ye Jianqing pointed to her throat and uttered a word with difficulty in her hoarse voice: "Water!"

Lu Ci Qiu finally came to his senses, quickly shut up, and got up to pour her a glass of water.

After Ye Jianqing finished drinking the water and moistened his throat, he could talk to Lu Ci Qiu. However, the first words he said were "hungry".

Lu Ci Qiu smiled, took the white porridge he had just brought in, put it in his hand, then took the spoon in his other hand, scooped up a spoonful, blew it at his lips, and then put it into Ye Jianqing's mouth.

Ye Jianqing looked at him with her big eyes wide open in confusion. It was the first time she had been fed like this since she was old enough to understand, and she felt very awkward.

"I'll do it myself."

Lu Ci Qiu didn't let her snatch it. He glanced at her hand and said, "Is your hand okay? Be honest, finish the porridge and go to sleep for a while."

"I can!" Ye Jianqing argued.

Lu Ci Qiu raised his eyebrows and handed her the empty spoon, but she couldn't lift her right hand at all, and even after finally lifting it, she couldn't hold the spoon. She looked at Lu Ci Qiu in confusion, hoping that Lu Ci Qiu could give her an explanation as to why her body had become like this.

"Both of your hands were cut, and the bones were cut. You need to rest for a while. It is normal to feel weak in your hands and feet during this period. It will be fine in two days."

Well, having said that, Ye Jianqing had no choice but to be fed porridge spoonful by spoonful.

"Where is the murderer?" Ye Jianqing asked while drinking porridge.

"He's in the county government office, and there are soldiers guarding him. Don't worry."

"Did you find out anything?"

"No."

Ye Jianqing always felt that this matter was not that simple, and she wanted to see what Lu Ci Qiu was thinking now.

"Why does Nan Chengyi want to kill me? Is it because I'm here to provide disaster relief and flood control?" Lu Ci Qiu put down the empty bowl and took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.

"My water control is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, why would he stop me? Today, Liu Hanyun said that the waterways have always been under the jurisdiction of Nan Chengyi. He must know that if I were to control the water, it would be a better thing for him. If the waterways were always stable and there were no floods, he could always make money. But you heard that he wanted to join forces with Zhao Wenbin to kill me. The only explanation is that water control would not only affect his ability to make money, but also allow me to discover something that is not good for him."

"So, you suspect that Shi Wenjie was the one who did it. Sannan Mountain is the end point of Sannan River. If we want to control the water, we will definitely come to Sannan Mountain. However, Shi Wenjie's gold and silver treasures are in Sannan Mountain, so he wants to stop you from discovering these. But how does he make money from the flood?" Ye Jianqing still didn't understand how he made money from the flood.

"What do people lack the most when there is a flood?" Lu Ci Qiu asked.

"food."

"Yes, when there is a flood, the people are short of food. If he has food at this time, then everyone will come to buy from him. There are floods every year, and every year the court is asked to provide disaster relief. If he colludes with the officials who provide disaster relief, then all the relief money and food will go into his pocket."

Ye Jianqing suddenly realized: "Oh, so this is how he made money in his first life, right?"

"Yes."