Cypress Boat Floating

Ye Jianqing has never liked putting on makeup. She thinks it is a waste of time. Plus, her job doesn’t require it, so she doesn’t know much about makeup. She has always been particular about having a natural look.

As for Yuqin, Yuya and the others, they need to understand how to put on makeup, which is one of their survival skills.

Ye Jianqing sat obediently in front of the dressing table, closing her eyes and letting Yuqin gesture on her face.

As Yuqin was putting makeup on her, her face wrinkled up and she was about to cry. Feeling that Yuqin's hands had stopped putting makeup on, Ye Jianqing slowly opened his eyes and looked at her.

"Yuqin, smile, it's okay, you have to trust me." Ye Jianqing smiled and tried to make Yuqin happy. There was nothing she could do, she really couldn't bear to see the beautiful girl looking so sad.

"Girl, why don't I go?" Yuqin grabbed her hand and said worriedly.

"Silly girl, you don't have any martial arts skills, so just stay in the house and wait for me to come back for the next two days." Ye Jianqing stretched out his other hand and gently tapped her forehead.

"Girl..." Yuqin held her hand reluctantly and refused to let go.

"Be good, it's okay." Ye Jianqing patted her hand that was tightly holding his to comfort her.

When she walks out of the palace gate today, she is no longer Ye Jianqing, today she is Yuqin.

Lu Ci Qiu stood at Ye Jianqing's door, watching the door gradually open. Ye Jianqing, who always liked to be clean and refreshing and disliked makeup, was now wearing makeup. There was a hint of maturity on her young face, which stunned Lu Ci Qiu for a moment.

Whether in his previous life or now, he had never seen Ye Jianqing putting on makeup. He had to admit that Ye Jianqing had a very good foundation, and now she looked even better with a light layer of powder on.

Yuqin's makeup skills were indeed good. At Ye Jianqing's request, she made Ye Jianqing look like Yuqin from certain angles.

"Do you really want to go?" Lu Ci Qiu asked with a frown.

"What else?" Ye Jianqing tilted his head and smiled at him, "Didn't we agree to lure the snake out of its hole?"

"This will be very dangerous." Lu Ci Qiu was very worried.

"I will protect myself." Ye Jianqing tried his best to give enough confidence to those people who cared about him.

"I will be behind you and accompany you. I will appear as long as you give me a signal." Lu Ci Qiu put a small flare in Ye Jianqing's hand, but Ye Jianqing put it back.

"If we get searched, this will be too obvious."

"You don't even bring Skylark with you, how are you going to protect yourself?" Lu Ci Qiu's handsome brows furrowed even tighter.

"My means of self-protection have always been my skills rather than weapons. Anything can be my weapon."

This is not Ye Jianqing bragging, but she really has this ability. In modern times, her skills are the best in the team. Otherwise, she would not be the captain if she didn't beat those people. After coming to ancient times, she has been training her body. Although this body cannot be compared with her modern body, it is not much worse.

"If I really encounter an accident, you remember to follow closely. Remember the old lady who told Yuqin's fortune yesterday and the Taoist priest Qingming. They must be captured quietly and the murderer must not be discovered." Ye Jianqing did not forget to instruct Lu Ci Qiu at this time.

It’s not that she doesn’t trust Lu Ci Qiu, but this is Lu Ci Qiu’s first time on such a mission, so she feels it’s necessary to say it a few more times.

Lu Ci Qiu nodded. If possible, he would rather be the one taking the risk.

The Yue Lao Temple has been completely covered with a net by Lu Zhixing, and not even a fly can fly out.

Ye Jianqing resolutely stepped out of the palace gate under the reluctant eyes of Lu Ciqiu and Yuqin Yuya. Today might be the end of the missing and murder cases.

It's time to catch the murderer.

It all starts from last night.

Last night, Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing returned to the palace before dark as usual. Today was another fruitless day.

Sometimes God really favors them. Just when they finished dinner and were about to go back to the study to make a new plan to lure the snake out of its hole, Ye Jianqing accidentally picked up the wooden sign that Yuqin dropped.

When they saw the name of Yue Lao Temple on the wooden sign, they looked at each other and knew this was their opportunity. Just as they were about to ask who dropped the sign, Yuqin came and admitted that the sign was hers.

Finally, after some questioning by Ye Jianqing, Yuqin told Ye Jianqing and Lu Ci Qiu everything that had happened today. The two looked at each other and knew that this was a good opportunity, so they quickly called Lu Zhixing to lure the snake out of its hole.

"So, what do you think?" Lu Zhixing was a little confused about being pulled over in the middle of the night, but after listening to their explanation, he accepted it.

"I think I can go to Yue Lao Temple on behalf of Yuqin." Ye Jianqing raised his hand to indicate that he was willing to take the risk.

"Tell me in detail." Lu Zhixing said.

"I suspect this is a line. The lady's mission may be to find the target and then persuade him to go to Yue Lao Temple to find the Taoist priest Qingming. It is very likely that the Taoist priest is also a link in their chain. The Taoist priest kidnapped the target and then sent the target to the murderer behind the scenes." Ye Jianqing has actually dealt with many such tasks in modern times. There are several characters in the middle of any line, and for such a large-scale homicide case, it is not very likely that there is only one murderer.

Therefore, Ye Jianqing is more inclined to his own inference.

"There is another possibility, that is, the Taoist priest is actually the murderer." Lu Ci Qiu added.

Lu Zhixing looked at him in surprise. It turned out that his younger brother was quite smart, so he raised his head and motioned him to continue.

Encouraged by his brother, Lu Ci Qiu continued, "It's actually very simple. If it's a line according to what Qing'er said, the Taoist priest tricked people to go to him. After those people went to the Taoist priest, they would easily trust him after hearing his words. Then, they would naturally be easily deceived by him."

"Yes, there is such a possibility, so we can't let Yuqin go. I know martial arts, and I'm a girl, so it's best for me to go." Ye Jianqing agreed with Lu Ci Qiu's statement, so it's even more impossible for her to let Yuqin, a weak woman who can't even tie a chicken, be the one to explore the water.

"But the other party has seen Yuqin, and that Taoist priest seems to have seen you as well. It will be easy to be exposed if you go." Lu Ci Qiu still disagreed with letting Ye Jianqing go, but Ye Jianqing was right. If Yuqin didn't have any martial arts skills, not only would it be of little use if she went, she might also get hurt.

"What's the big deal? Just put on makeup. Makeup can change a person's appearance." Ye Jianqing didn't take this question seriously at all.

Lu Ci Qiu wanted to refuse, but was interrupted by Lu Zhixing before he could say anything: "Now the other party is looking for Yuqin. First, it is possible that the murder case has nothing to do with them, but they estimate that it is also closely related to the missing case. Second, it is possible that the other party does not care about being discovered at all. They don't think they will be caught by the official uniform, so they are unscrupulous."

Ye Jianqing took over his words and said, "Yes, but no matter which one it is, they are all related to Yue Lao Temple. The girls in those missing cases are also related to Yue Lao Temple. Most of those female corpses are girls in the missing cases. Based on my intuition, I think this incident must be related to the case."

It was said to be intuition, but in fact it was her experience. She estimated that these people were not good people. If Ye Jianqing let Yuqin go, she would be reluctant to let her go. In her work experience, she was the only one who charged forward, and she would never let a weak woman go ahead to blaze the trail for them.

Lu Zhixing thought for a while and then said, "If that's the case, then let Ye Jianqing go and find out."

Lu Ci Qiu looked at Lu Zhixing, then at Ye Jianqing. Okay, looking at the expressions of the two of them, he knew that no one would listen to anything he said now, and his opinion was no longer important.

So, that night, Lu Zhixing arranged personnel to be stationed near the Yue Lao Temple to ensure that the other party could be monitored as soon as they moved out.

Ye Jianqing, Yuqin and Yuya spent the entire night trying to see how they could put on makeup so that they could make themselves look a little bit like Yuqin, or at least not too much like themselves.

Lu Ci Qiu tossed and turned in bed, worrying all morning. He finally made it to the morning, but had to watch Ye Jianqing run into the tiger's mouth with his own eyes.

As soon as Ye Jianqing left, he couldn't stay and followed Ye Jianqing closely and went to Yue Lao Temple with her. In order not to ruin Ye Jianqing's plan, he stayed at the door of Yue Lao Temple.

Ye Jianqing rode a carriage to the gate of Yue Lao Temple and stopped, holding a wooden sign in her hand and covering her face with a veil.

She followed the normal itinerary of a woman visiting Yue Lao Temple. She walked to the statue of Yue Lao with candles and incense, lit the incense, and knelt on the cushion for a long time. She seemed very sincere, but in fact her mind was empty and she was not thinking about anything.

When he felt it was about time, he stood up, lit incense, donated a little money, and then took the wooden sign and walked to a young Taoist priest who was serving incense.

Trying to make your voice softer, and as gentle as possible, you asked the young Taoist priest: "Master, may I ask where is Taoist Master Qingming?"

The young Taoist priest looked at the wooden sign in her hand, bowed to her with understanding, and said, "Miss, please follow me."

As he spoke, the young Taoist priest walked in front and took Ye Jianqing to a room behind the statue of Yue Lao where pilgrims could rest.

Standing at the door of the wing room, the young Taoist knocked on the door, "Master, there is a female lay Buddhist holding a wooden plaque to ask for fortune-telling."

"Let her in." A low and hoarse voice came from inside the house.

The little Taoist priest helped Ye Jianqing push open the door, let her in and closed the door. When the door closed, Ye Jianqing's heart skipped a beat. She held the handkerchief softly, stood at the door in fear, not daring to take another step forward.

The windows of the wing were all drawn with curtains, making the room airtight and even a little dark, with only a candle by the bed providing barely enough light.

After waiting for a while, Ye Jianqing's eyes adjusted to the darkness in front of her. She could see a chair not far in front of her. The chair was facing a not-so-big wooden bed. On the bed sat a slightly fat man. The man's face was buried in the darkness, and even Ye Jianqing could not see it clearly.

"Sit down." The man said, and his voice was the same as the one Ye Jianqing had just heard outside.

"Are you... Taoist Qingming?" Ye Jianqing asked uncertainly.

"Yes." Taoist Qingming spoke words as fast as gold, one word at a time.

Ye Jianqing carefully moved her feet towards the chair, trying her best to look scared. Taoist Qingming seemed to see people like this often, and he didn't feel offended by her action at all.

After she sat down, he chuckled and said, "Don't be surprised, female lay Buddhist. I have passed the time for fortune-telling today and am practicing now."

Now he was willing to speak, Ye Jianqing was thinking in his heart.

"It's okay, it's okay. I disturbed the Taoist priest's practice." Ye Jianqing handed the sign in his hand to Taoist priest Qingming, "This wooden sign was given to me by an old lady. She told me to come to the Yue Lao Temple to find Taoist priest Qingming. The Taoist priest will tell me where my good fate is."

Taoist Qingming took back her wooden sign, and a treacherous smile appeared on his face. With Ye Jianqing's many years of work experience, when she saw this smile, she knew that her trip was worthwhile, and the other party must have a problem.

She silently perked up her spirits. This place was so eerie and she was afraid that the other party had a secret passage or something. It would be terrible if she accidentally fell into his trap.

"What the female lay Buddhist said is right. I really know where the girl's good match lies." Taoist Qingming stroked his long beard, looking calm and composed.

"Really? I heard from my lady that this match would also be good for my master." Ye Jianqing pretended to be surprised and inadvertently told the other party all the information he knew, trying to relax the other party's guard and make the other party believe that he was Yuqin.

"That's right, that's right."

"Master, please help me find the so-called good match." Ye Jianqing asked shyly.

"You must take off your veil so that I can see your face clearly."

Ye Jianqing shyly took off her veil to let Taoist Qingming see her appearance clearly. Although she lowered her head in pretending to be shy, she did not miss the flash of surprise and lustful look in the eyes of the so-called Taoist Qingming just now.

Taoist Qingming asked Ye Jianqing to raise her head, then pretended to be calm, looked at her face seriously again and again, muttered to himself, and pressed his hands non-stop, looking very embarrassed.

After a long time, Taoist Qingming seemed to have performed a great ritual. He released his strength and his body went limp. In this cold weather, a thin layer of sweat even appeared on his forehead.

"This female lay Buddhist," he raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and said with embarrassment, "I see that you are lucky now, but this good match is blocked by a layer of mist, so I can't see who it is. But I tried my best to tell you a fortune. Lay Buddhist, please go out of this door and walk 300 steps from the side door to a bamboo forest. There is a well in the bamboo forest. You can wait there for about a quarter of an hour, and your good match will appear."

Ye Jianqing knew where the side door was. She had checked there before, but found nothing. Now Taoist Qingming asked her to go there...

"Thank you, thank you Taoist Qingming." Ye Jianqing kept thanking Taoist Qingming, and at the same time, she took out a small piece of silver and stuffed it into Taoist Qingming's hand: "My monthly salary is not much, this is just a small token of my appreciation, please accept it, Taoist."

Taoist Qingming did not refuse and accepted it. Then he sent Ye Jianqing to the bamboo forest.

Ye Jianqing thanked him and walked out of his room. When she opened the door, the sunlight shone into her eyes, which made her a little unable to accept it for a moment. It took her a long time to get used to the presence of the light.

She closed the door, left and walked towards the side door.