Cypress Boat Floating

Ye Jianqing accompanied Arnold to apply medicine and bandage his wound, and watched him finish his meal. Then he slowly walked back to the City Lord's Mansion with the support of Zhang Quansheng.

On the way, Zhang Quansheng thought for a long time and finally asked this question: "Do you trust him so much?"

Ye Jianqing looked at the road ahead, she also knew that this man had done a lot of bad things and it would be very risky for her to trust him, but for some reason, when she saw his sincere eyes, she inexplicably gave him a sense of trust, she always felt that Arnold would not lie to her.

"His eyes are actually very pure and sincere, aren't they?"

Zhang Quansheng just supported her and continued walking forward without saying anything.

"I don't know why, but I just feel that I should believe him. If he wanted to lie, he would have told you long ago. There was no need to wait for me to come. After all, he couldn't be sure whether I would go or not." Ye Jianqing raised his head and looked at Zhang Quansheng and smiled at him.

The weather in South City has been very good recently. The sun is high in the sky, and the sunlight shines generously on her face. Her smile is so beautiful and cute. She is like a fairy coming down from the sky to look after the earth. She is as lively and cute as an elf.

Zhang Quansheng, fascinated by her smile, couldn't help but clench his hands a little. He wanted to catch the elf in his hands and not let her leave.

Feeling the restraint on her hand, Ye Jianqing frowned, but she said nothing. She just took a step forward. When she took a step forward, Zhang Quansheng finally reacted and quickly let go of her hand.

"I'm sorry, I..." He wanted to apologize to Ye Jianqing embarrassedly.

However, Ye Jianqing didn't take it seriously at all. He just smiled and stretched out his hand: "It's okay, I'm about to fall, are you sure you don't want to help me?"

Seeing that she really couldn't stand steadily, Zhang Quansheng hurried forward to support her.

"General Zhang, Arnold is a poor man. Can I visit him often during the days I am here?"

"Of course." Zhang Quansheng agreed readily.

He supported Ye Jianqing and glanced at her secretly, and found that she was just looking at the road ahead, and it seemed that she didn't take what happened just now to heart. In his heart, he had already regarded Ye Jianqing as his sister, and he didn't want Ye Jianqing to misunderstand him.

Of course, Ye Jianqing really didn't take what happened just now to heart. In her mind, Zhang Quansheng was just a colleague, and they would only meet on this short road. When she returned to the palace in the future, she would continue to stay in the palace with Lu Ciqiu, stay behind him, be a knife controlled by him, and be a tool, so naturally there would be no such opportunity to contact him again.

In this case, instead of focusing on the relationship with Zhang Quansheng, it is better to think more about Arnold.

From the first time she saw Arnold today, she inexplicably felt that Arnold was very familiar. Listening to him talk about his experiences from childhood to adulthood made her feel very uncomfortable. Seeing the ring passing through his shoulder blade and the scars on his body left by the torture, she felt very distressed. She always felt that this was not the life he should live.

As a person who has lived two lives, almost fifty years, Ye Jianqing clearly knew that this was not just out of sympathy for him, but more of a feeling that even she herself could not explain. She has been in this world for more than ten years, and has never met anyone who can give her this feeling like Arnold.

"Could it be the original emotion of this body?" Ye Jianqing couldn't help but think in this direction. Apart from this reason, she really had no other reason. If this was the case, then it seemed that it would only be a matter of time before she found out the origin of this body.

The two of them walked in silence all the way from the county government office to the city lord's mansion. When they arrived at the door of the city lord's mansion, they happened to meet Lu Ci Qiu who had just returned from Qingshui.

Lu Ci Qiu had just returned from South City. Today he finally had some free time and wanted to come back to see Ye Jianqing. However, as soon as he got there, he saw Ye Jianqing being supported by Zhang Quansheng.

He squinted his eyes and stared at Zhang Quansheng's hands that were supporting Ye Jianqing. The more he looked at it, the more awkward and disgusting it seemed. Suddenly, he wanted to send Zhang Quansheng to help clear the silt.

Although he didn't see Lu Ci Qiu's eyes, Zhang Quansheng suddenly felt a chill and goose bumps all over his body. He always felt that something bad was about to happen.

At this moment, he who had been looking down at the stones on the ground saw Lu Ci Qiu standing at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion looking at them. He was afraid that Lu Ci Qiu would misunderstand, so he quickly let go of his hand and obediently put his hand behind his back. He finally knew why he had felt so cold just now.

Ye Jianqing, who had been immersed in her own feelings, had not yet realized the danger. She had unconsciously allowed Zhang Quansheng to lead her away, and put all the weight of her body on Zhang Quansheng's hands. At this moment, Zhang Quansheng let go of her hands and she instantly lost her support and fell straight to the ground. She frantically tried to use the crutches to support the strength of her body, but before she could lean on the crutches, she was suddenly picked up in a princess hug.

Seeing Ye Jianqing was about to fall because of his letting go, Zhang Quansheng was about to reach out to help him, but Lu Ci Qiu was faster than him. He picked up Ye Jianqing in a princess hug in just two or three steps, preventing Ye Jianqing from falling. However, this also made Zhang Quansheng's outstretched hands look a little awkward, and he could only silently retract them.

Ye Jianqing, who had no idea what was going on, blinked in Lu Ciqiu's arms. She looked at him, then at herself, and struggled to get off. She was not used to being held like this, and it was so embarrassing.

"Be quiet." Seeing that she was struggling and fearing that she would fall again, Lu Ci Qiu had to put on a cold face and speak in a slightly fierce tone.

Ye Jianqing pursed his lips. How could he dare to say anything when his boss got angry? He didn't dare, so he had to choose to be held obediently.

In order to prevent her boss from getting angry, she had to change the subject and asked, "When did you come back?"

"just!"

Lu Ciqiu's tone was not very good. Ye Jianqing thought he was still angry with her, but she thought about it carefully and realized that she hadn't done anything. Why was he so mean to her? So she asked with a slightly unhappy tone: "What's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

Lu Ci Qiu was choked. What should he say? Should he ask her why she let another man touch her? Or why she went out alone without telling him? Or why she refused to let him hug her?

Suddenly I feel that she has a lot of problems!

Lu Ciqiu did not answer Ye Jianqing's question, but nodded to Zhang Quansheng with a dark face and carried Ye Jianqing into the room. He still hated Zhang Quansheng's behavior just now, and sooner or later he would arrange for Zhang Quansheng to clear the silt.

Although Ye Jianqing was held by Lu Ciqiu, she still waved goodbye to Zhang Quansheng. Zhang Quansheng was sweating coldly, thinking: Sister, please shut up! Can't you see that His Highness's face is as black as charcoal? If you keep talking, I will lose my life, and His Highness will kill me sooner or later.

Lu Ci Qiu didn't care what Zhang Quansheng was thinking. He carried Ye Jianqing into the room, carefully put her on the bed, and then said to her viciously: "Why did you sneak out by yourself?"

Ye Jianqing spread his hands innocently and blinked his big eyes at him, "No, I think I'm almost well, so I wanted to go see Arnold. I heard that General Zhang couldn't get any information out of him, I didn't expect that my visit would be quite useful."

Arnold?

Great, there is another man on Lu Ci Qiu’s assassination list.

"Who is Arnold?" Lu Ci Qiu felt like his back teeth were about to break.

"That's the man in black, the one chasing us in the secret room."

"Then why do you call me so intimately?" Lu Ci Qiu said unhappily.

Ye Jianqing was puzzled. When did she call him so intimately? Was her tone so intimate?

"His name is Arnold."

Speechless and choked...

Lu Ci Qiu was completely speechless. Who would be a good person named Arnold? Wouldn't this easily lead to misunderstanding?

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore and talk about business." Ye Jianqing didn't care what Lu Ci Qiu was thinking. After she sat down, she told Lu Ci Qiu everything about Arnold.

Lu Ci Qiu is the victim of this incident. He is also the eighth prince of Da'an and the highest authority in this incident. So how Arnold will deal with it depends on Lu Ci Qiu's plan. Moreover, Arnold's case is not a simple matter. There is a mastermind behind it and it cannot be generalized. So she must explain Arnold's case clearly to Lu Ci Qiu so that Lu Ci Qiu knows about it and can also be on guard against the mastermind behind the scenes.

After listening to Ye Jianqing's story, Lu Ci Qiu fell into deep thought. He didn't expect that this matter could become so complicated, and now there is another puppet to be manipulated.

From Ye Jianqing's description, Arnold is obviously a man who is ignorant of the world and knows nothing about anything in this world. He is just a controlled weapon, an innocent doll. Everything he did was ultimately caused by the person who controlled him. The person who wielded the knife asked Arnold to do all this. So if he must be convicted, the person who wielded the knife should be the one to be arrested in the end.

"You mean, Arnold's master is dead, right? Now it is Arnold's master's friend who is controlling him. Then who do you think that friend is?" When Lu Ci Qiu was thinking, he would always rub his chin with the index finger and thumb of his right hand, and this time was no exception.

"To be honest, I think the so-called friend is more likely to be Nan Chengyi. According to Arnold's description, I really think he looks a bit like Nan Chengyi. How about I take a portrait of Nan Chengyi to him someday to help him identify him?"

"We can think about it another way. Who is the person who wants to kill me now? Besides Zhao Wenbin, it's Nan Chengyi. So if it's really Nan Chengyi, will Nan Chengyi send someone to kill Arnold? If he is that friend, he must know Arnold's character. So if Arnold falls into our hands, he must kill him."

Ye Jianqing thought about it and nodded seriously. If that person was really Nan Chengyi, he would definitely send someone to kill Arnold. But after so many days, the other party had no reaction at all, and even allowed him to get an answer from Arnold. This...

"But so many days have passed, and he hasn't made a move yet. Does he have any tricks up his sleeve?"

Lu Ci Qiu didn't know, he couldn't figure out Nan Chengyi's methods, and he didn't know Nan Chengyi very well.

Suddenly, Ye Jianqing thought of something and said to him cunningly, "By the way, doesn't the Second Prince have spies in South City? Why don't you find his spies and find out more?"

Lu Ci Qiu shook his head. He came here to rely on himself and to show his abilities to Lu Zhixing. If he were to take advantage of Lu Zhixing's power at this time, then this would not be the goal he wanted to achieve.

"We don't need to use second brother's power for the time being. No matter what tricks Nan Chengyi has, we must first ensure Arnold's safety. He is a witness and must be protected." Lu Ci Qiu had a headache. He had been dealing with the water clearing and dredging matters these days and had not had much rest. Now, Arnold has shown up, and this Arnold has brought a bunch of problems with him, which has given him even more headaches.

Nan Chengyi and Zhao Wenbin are also people he needs to guard against. In that case, he will just defend against them at the source without thinking twice!

"In this case, I will send people to monitor them and see what they will do next. You don't have to worry too much about Arnold. Now that he trusts you and is willing to be honest with you, you can find an opportunity to tell him not to trust anyone else except you, including the so-called master's friend. His martial arts are not weak, and if someone wants to kill him, it may be difficult for them to even get close to him. So don't worry too much. I will also let Zhang Quansheng send a few more people to look after him."

There are not enough people now, so this is the solution Lu Ci Qiu came up with after careful consideration. After all, he can't always keep Arnold with him.

Ye Jianqing had no other better idea, so he could only agree to this method.

"By the way, how have you been lately?" Lu Ci Qiu has been so busy lately that they can only see each other before going to bed at night. She doesn't know what he is dealing with recently or how he is doing. Now that she finally has a chance, she hurried to ask.

"That's good. The water in South City has been cleared. We can start rebuilding our houses after clearing the silt in the next two days." Lu Ci Qiu was so tired that his eyelids were blue. Clearing the water was not an easy task, but he said it so lightly.

"In the next two days, I have to go out with Zhao Wenbin to see how to dig the mountain, how much gunpowder is needed, and then draft a memorial and submit it to the palace."

"You want to go out alone with Zhao Wenbin?" Ye Jianqing frowned. This suggestion was a bit risky and she didn't quite agree with it.

"He didn't go out alone, he must have brought some people with him. With everyone here, he wouldn't dare to attack me easily."

Ye Jianqing put his hands in front of him and said stubbornly, "No, I don't agree. If you want to go, you have to take me with you."

Seeing her like this, Lu Ci Qiu found it cute and teased her with a smile: "Your injury hasn't healed yet. You can't even walk properly, so why should I carry you?"

"Then take General Zhang with you. You can't go out with him alone." Ye Jianqing was really worried that Zhao Wenbin would do something bad to them on the way.

"Don't worry, he's in the light and I'm in the dark, I'll be careful."

Seeing that Lu Ci Qiu had made up his mind, Ye Jianqing wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she did not speak. Anyway, if Lu Ci Qiu did not take her with him, she had plenty of ways to catch up.

He finally escaped from the secret passage, and he couldn't let him die easily on the way to exploration. He didn't know whether he could be reborn after death, so no matter what time, Ye Jianqing cherished his life very much.