Cypress Boat Floating

The sea water in late autumn was icy cold. The waves rolled in from afar, hitting them and pushing them forward. When they left, they wanted to take them with them. Fortunately, the three of them were tied with cloth strips. Ye Jianqing held tightly to the reef in front of her, and she was trying hard to climb up.

The waves on the sea came one after another, each one higher than the last. The last one was even threatening to sweep Lu Ci Qiu down when he was about to climb onto the reef. Ye Jianqing grabbed his hands tightly and barely allowed him to climb up to prevent him from being swept away by the waves.

The sea at night is quiet and peaceful. Sitting on the rocks, feeling the gentle breeze, smelling the scent of the sea, and listening to the sound of waves hitting the rocks, if you ignore their current situation, this can also be considered a beautiful scene.

However, at this moment, they had no intention of appreciating it. The quiet sea in front of them gave them a feeling of nothing but danger. The sea breeze blew over, and their already wet bodies instantly got goose bumps after being caressed by the sea breeze.

The three of them leaned against the rocks, shivering. Gong Yang Junyu pulled Lu Ci Qiu to his side and they leaned against each other, trying to draw a little warmth from each other.

Lu Ci Qiu was afraid that Ye Jianqing would catch a cold, so he pulled her between him and Gong Yang Junyu and asked Gong Yang Junyu to block the wind for her.

Gongyang Junyu gritted his teeth and pointed at Lu Ci Qiu. He was very angry at his behavior of forgetting his loyalty for the sake of beauty, but he also sat obediently on the outside to block the wind. After all, if anyone had a hard time these days, Ye Jianqing was the one who had worked the hardest.

"What should we do now?" Lu Ci Qiu asked in a low voice while looking at the sea in the distance.

Ye Jianqing did not get involved in their fight. She stood up and looked around. The moon was hanging in the sky, sparingly casting a ray of moonlight down to illuminate the earth. However, most of the light was absorbed by the sea water, causing Ye Jianqing to be unable to see the nearby scenery clearly. She had to open her eyes wide and try to identify the direction. She had to get them out before the tide rose. Their current position was too dangerous. If the tide rose, it would only take a short time for them to be flooded.

"We have to leave quickly, otherwise we won't be able to leave when the sea water rises." Gong Yangjunyu said this, but his body didn't move at all. When had he, a prince, ever suffered such hardship? As soon as Ye Jianqing left, he quickly turned around and hugged Lu Ciqiu tightly, trying to absorb some warmth from him. The sea breeze made his whole body tremble.

"Then which way do you want to go?" Seeing that he didn't move, Lu Ci Qiu patted him on the shoulder.

Gongyang Junyu shook his head. He didn’t know which way to go now. He had never been here before.

"Aren't you a prince who grew up by the sea? How come you don't even know how to walk?" Lu Ci Qiu didn't even look at him, but hugged himself tightly and said in a mocking tone.

Ever since Gongyang Junyu taught Lu Ci Qiu how to swim a few days ago, the two of them started a love-hate relationship. They completely abandoned their identities and bickered with each other as if they were their good friends. They were sarcastic to each other every day. Although it was not in line with their identities as princes, in that silent and deserted cave, this was the only way for them to relax their nerves.

Gongyang Junyu shook his head, trying to shake the hair stuck to his face back, but found it was useless, so he had to reach out and wipe it away: "This prince is better than some landlubber who is afraid of water and doesn't even know where this is."

"You..." Lu Ci Qiu wanted to continue to retort, but was stopped by Ye Jianqing.

"Okay, stop messing around and follow me. I see a beach over there. Let's get to the shore first."

When the two heard this, they stood up trembling and followed Ye Jianqing closely.

The sea in the distance merges into the black night sky. From afar, it looks like an endless black cloth. The sea water rushes up as if it wants to take something away. When the sea water recedes, the sand under your feet always goes away with it.

Gong Yang Junyu, who had always been arguing with Lu Ci Qiu, would walk silently outside Lu Ci Qiu to prevent him from being afraid of seeing the sea and to block the sea's desire to take him away. Lu Ci Qiu was very touched in his heart, but he was still unforgiving in his words.

Ignoring the two people behind her who were chattering like children, Ye Jianqing walked quietly in front alone. She didn't have the two of them to play and relieve stress. In order not to miss the high tide and to ensure their safety, her spirit had been compressed to the extreme. Fortunately, she had been involved in peacekeeping before and had trained herself well, otherwise she would have been mentally ill by now.

The beach was not far from them, and they only had to walk past a few rocks to get there. The distance between the rocks was not far, and they could jump across them, which was a good way to avoid going into the water. Soon they reached the shore.

The sand near the sea is very fine and soft, and it feels like walking on a carpet when you step on it. Faint cooing sounds can be heard from the jungle in the distance, which sound a bit like laughter and a bit like crying.

The two people behind felt a little scared when they heard the voice, but seeing that Ye Jianqing, a little girl, was walking so boldly in front, they didn't dare to say anything and just pretended to be calm.

Although Ye Jianqing was walking in front, he could still feel the movements of the two people behind him. In order not to scare them too much, Ye Jianqing comforted them: "Don't be afraid, it's just the sound of an owl."

"Hehe, we're not afraid." Gongyang Junyu coughed twice and said stubbornly.

Ye Jianqing smiled silently. She did not expose Gong Yangjunyu's stubbornness. After all, he was the prince, and she had to give him face. Suddenly, Ye Jianqing saw a figure in the distance. She silently pulled out the skylark tied to her feet, hid it in her hand, and looked ahead vigilantly.

Lu Ci Qiu curiously moved behind her and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"There's someone here." Ye Jianqing put his hand on his mouth to signal them to be quiet.

Lu Ci Qiu's sword was lost before he fell into the water. Now he had no weapon on him, so he had to stand behind Ye Jianqing obediently, trying not to cause trouble for her. When Gong Yang Junyu heard what Ye Jianqing said, his eyes changed, and he silently drew a soft sword from his waist. When the soft sword was unsheathed, Gong Yang Junyu shook it lightly with his internal force, and the soft sword instantly became hard. The moonlight shone on the sword, shining a layer of silver light.

Not knowing whether the other party was a friend or an enemy, the three chose to hide first and put themselves in the dark so that they could observe the other party's situation at any time.

Now that someone is hunting them down, their primary goal is to return to Fengcheng alive, rather than fighting the other side to the death.

Although it was dark, three people could be vaguely seen in the front through the moonlight. They were walking slowly towards us with torches in their hands.

When they passed by the big tree where Lu Ci Qiu and others were hiding, Lu Ci Qiu suddenly widened his eyes, then stood up and prepared to go out. This scared Gong Yang Junyu and Ye Jianqing, and they hurriedly held Lu Ci Qiu down to prevent him from moving.

Ye Jianqing covered his mouth tightly with his hands to prevent him from making any sound, while Gong Yang Junyu held his shoulders with his hands to prevent him from making excessive movements and attracting the three people opposite. The two men did not dare to speak, but stared at him, asking him what was going on.

Lu Ci Qiu stretched out his other hand that could still move and gently patted Ye Jianqing's hand, indicating that he had something to say and asked her to put her hand down. Although Ye Jianqing was puzzled, she listened to him and let go of her hand. She believed that Lu Ci Qiu must have a reason for suddenly doing this, and she wanted to hear his reason.

"What do you want to do?" Ye Jianqing asked in a low voice.

"That one, the one in the middle, is my seventh brother!" Lu Ci Qiu said excitedly, pointing at the three people who were gradually walking away.

"what!"

"what!"

Ye Jianqing and Gong Yang Junyu looked at him in shock.

"Are you sure? Isn't the Seventh Prince in the capital? Why is he here?" Ye Jianqing was puzzled.

"I don't know either, but now that we've met Brother Seven, can't we just follow him?" Lu Ci Qiu blinked his big eyes and looked at Ye Jianqing. Gong Yang Junyu was still pressing on his shoulders so that he could not move.

Ye Jianqing thought for a while, looked at Gongyang Junyu, and finally nodded. Gongyang Junyu also let go of his hand and let him go, but at the same time he did not put down the weapon in his hand. The two of them planned to let Lu Ci Qiu go out first to test it. If the other party was really his seventh brother, then everyone would be happy. If the other party wanted to harm him, at such a close distance, the two of them could rush out in time to save him.

After being released, Lu Ci Qiu stood up and ran outside, waving his hands and shouting at the backs of the three people: "Seventh Brother, I'm here!"

The three people in front heard the sound and turned around to find a wet person waving at them. The three people communicated with each other, but they were too far away to hear. After a while, the person in the middle seemed to have confirmed something, and trotted all the way to Lu Ci Qiu, looked him up and down, then stretched out his hands and smiled and hugged him into his arms.

"I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay." Lu Cishan hugged Lu Ci Qiu and whispered.

Lu Ci Qiu gently patted Lu Cishan's back. He could feel that his seventh brother was trembling all over. In fact, except Lu Zhixing, he had a good relationship with several other brothers among the princes. So he knew that his disappearance would not only worry Lu Zhixing, but his other brothers would also be worried.

"Brother, I'm fine. I'm back, don't worry." Lu Ci Qiu comforted him.

Lu Cishan let him go, held his arms with both hands, turned him up and down, left and right, and only felt relieved after confirming that he was not injured.

The two people hiding behind the tree saw that Lu Ci Qiu was no longer in danger, so they naturally came out. Gongyang Junyu was worthy of being the crown prince of a country. Even though he was soaked all over, he made sure that there was nothing wrong with him. He put the soft sword back to his waist, tidied his hair a little, and then walked out leisurely.

Lu Cishan naturally knew Gongyang Junyu, he saw him the moment he walked out.

"Lu Cishan greets Prince Nanlin." Lu Cishan let go of Lu Ci Qiu, waited for Gongyang Junyu to walk up to him, and greeted him with a bow.

Gongyang Junyu returned the greeting and said, "Gongyang Junyu greets the Seventh Prince."

This was considered a face-to-face encounter between the two parties.

Seeing that they were all wet, Lu Cishan was worried about their health, so he quickly took them back to the post station and asked them to take a hot bath. At the same time, he also wrote a letter to Gongyang Heya and asked someone to send it to Junyang overnight.

Finally returning to the shore, they took a hot bath, drank a bowl of ginger tea, and without even taking a rest, Lu Ci Qiu went to Gong Yang Junyu's room. The two of them got together and took the time to discuss the matter of digging the mountain.

Since there is a natural cave at the foot of the mountain, it will be much easier for them to dig the mountain. They just need to use gunpowder to blast the front and back holes a little bigger so that the water can flow out smoothly. Now the key is the amount of gunpowder used and determining the location of the gunpowder and the time to dig the mountain.

Ye Jianqing couldn't get involved in these things, nor did she want to. She was exhausted these past few days and now she just wanted to fall asleep and ignore everyone.

But at the same time, he found that it was not only her who could not get involved, but also another person - Lu Cishan. Lu Cishan had planned to have a good talk with his brother, but his brother ran to find Gong Yangjunyu as soon as he packed up, so he had no choice but to turn around and talk to Ye Jianqing.

Just when Ye Jianqing finished drinking ginger tea and was about to lie down, someone knocked on the door.

She wanted to pretend to be asleep and not open the door. She was reluctant to leave her warm bed, but the room was brightly lit with candles, so she couldn't use the excuse of sleeping. Besides, someone was knocking on the door. She sighed and reluctantly got up from her warm bed and went to open the door.

Outside the door was the unexpected Lu Cishan. Seeing Lu Cishan, Ye Jianqing was startled and quickly bowed: "This servant greets the Seventh Prince."

Lu Cishan waved his hand and said kindly: "No need to be polite, I came here to ask what you have been through during this period of time?"

Ye Jianqing blinked. Shouldn't you ask your brother about this? Why are you asking me?

As if seeing her confusion, Lu Cishan explained, "Old Eighth was talking to Prince Junyu about digging the mountain. I shouldn't have come to disturb you so late, but I was in a hurry to reply to Da'an, so I came here without permission."

"Oh, it's okay. Why don't you come in and talk?" Ye Jianqing awkwardly moved aside, wanting Lu Cishan to come in and talk. After all, it was quite cold outside that late at night. She had been frozen these past few days and couldn't stand the cold wind now.

But Lu Cishan was a man of rules and would not enter someone's boudoir casually. He shook his head and said, "There's no need to go in. Just talk here briefly."

"Okay." The Seventh Prince had spoken. Ye Jianqing didn't dare to say anything. He went into the house and moved a stool for him. The two of them sat at the door and started chatting.

The next day.

Lu Ci Qiu woke up very early according to his biological clock. He had been taking a nap in the cave these past few days, keeping warm by the faint firelight. Now that he was back at the inn, with a soft big bed and a warm quilt, he slept very comfortably.

He didn't have time to talk to Lu Cishan last night, so after washing up in the morning, he went straight to Lu Cishan's room to find him.

Lu Cishan seemed to have guessed that Lu Ciqiu would come to see him, so he was reading there early in the morning.

"Seventh brother, why are you here?" Lu Ci Qiu asked straight to the point without any hesitation.

"My father knows that you and Gongyang Junyu are missing, so he sent me to find you." Lu Cishan put down the book in his hand and explained the truth.

Lu Ci Qiu frowned and said, "Now that I'm back, can you go back?"

Lu Cishan still smiled, he shook his head gently and said, "I can't go back."

Lu Ci Qiu couldn't figure out why his father wouldn't let Lu Cishan go back. In his memory, there didn't seem to be such a thing. Before his rebirth, until his death, Lu Cishan had always been his prince in the capital.

In addition, he has a gentle personality and is friendly to others. None of his brothers have anything bad to say about him and they are all on good terms with him. However, he has always kept to himself and never got involved in the fight for the throne between the crown prince and Lu Zhixing. There is nothing to prove that he has the ambition to seize that position.

Why wouldn't the emperor let such a person go back?

Lu Ci Qiu couldn't figure it out, but seeing that Lu Cishan didn't seem to intend to say anything to him anymore, he didn't know what to say.