Cypress Boat Floating

There are always people who think that they can ignore any laws as long as they have a little power, and even think that the law should serve them. This is really ridiculous.

Although the Dali Temple is managed by Lu Zhixing, no matter what department it is, there will always be one or two people who are not his own, and the Dali Temple is no exception.

Everyone knows that the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple is a chess piece planted by the Crown Prince in the Dali Temple. Even Lu Zhixing cannot remove this chess piece. After all, he also has his own chess pieces in the department managed by the Crown Prince. This can perhaps be said to be some unwritten rules when the two of them are playing against each other.

At the same time, this person also has a good relationship with Li Zhizhong. Li Zhizhong is recognized by everyone as the prince's father-in-law. Everyone wants to have a good relationship with him, especially those on the prince's side. They want to indirectly please the prince by pleasing Li Zhizhong, and hope that Li Zhizhong can say a few good words for them in front of the prince.

So when Li Zhizhong expressed his desire to have a chat with Dali Temple Shaoqing Guan, he was eager to step forward and say a few more words to this adult. Although he was always asked to deal with things that he shouldn't deal with, this was the officialdom, wasn't it?

"Wende, what have you been busy with recently?" Li Zhizhong knew his identity very well. When chatting with other colleagues, he would mention his identity as the prince's father-in-law, and at the same time, he would try to be friendly with others. This was also to help the prince gain more support from others, so he was very kind to other colleagues in the court.

"Sir Li." Seeing that it was Li Zhizhong who called him, Guan Wende, the Junior Official of the Dali Temple, bowed respectfully to him, "Recently, I have been busy dealing with the murder case that appeared at the city gate."

Guan Wende smiled bitterly.

"How is the case being handled? I was thinking of finding Wende to have a drink together recently." Li Zhizhong and Guan Wende were both people close to the prince. In addition, Li Boming often did things that were difficult to talk about and would attract the attention of the Dali Temple. At this time, Guan Wende, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, was needed to help. He could always help him deal with these things quietly without telling Lu Zhixing and Ren Hongbo.

Therefore, the relationship between the two has never been bad, and they often get together. But whenever they get together, Guan Wende knows that the young master of the Li family must have done something and needs his help.

"There has been no progress on this matter, and I don't know what His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin will do." Guan Wende sighed. If this matter is not handled well, he is afraid that the entire Dali Temple will have to be buried with the Prince of Qin. At that time, he doesn't know whether the prince will be able to save himself.

Li Zhizhong originally wanted to test the waters with Guan Wende to see how the Dali Temple progressed. If they couldn't find the murderer, then he would have a lot of room for maneuver. At least he had to save his son.

"Is there no clue at all?" Li Zhizhong asked, pretending to be embarrassed.

Guan Wende shook his head: "We can't find any clues on the body. Even when we went to the place where the body was dumped, we didn't see any clues."

"The King of Qin is helpless?"

"Yes, His Royal Highness Prince Qin has been very distressed these past few days. I heard that he dragged Ren Hongbo around every day, and no one knew what the two of them were doing."

The two chatted as they walked towards the palace gate.

However, neither of them knew that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, who they said was helpless in this matter, had now made a leap forward and was only one step away from catching the murderer.

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After Ye Jianqing left Taoist Qingming's room, he followed his instructions, came out from the side door, and walked about three hundred steps along the bamboo forest. He indeed saw a well.

If he wasn't here to investigate the murderer, this bamboo forest would actually be quite beautiful. However, Ye Jianqing was not in the mood to appreciate it.

She indeed had nothing on her body, but she did not think that she was invincible. She still wore a very sharp but inconspicuous hairpin on her head, which she had specially sharpened before coming here. At least it could ensure that she had some self-protection ability in an unclear environment.

Although you say that anything can be your weapon, you still need to carry something with you to feel more confident.

There was no one in the bamboo forest. The fresh fragrance of the bamboo leaves kept drifting into her nose. It smelled so good and made her feel more at ease.

Ye Jianqing stood alone beside the well. She counted the time silently in her heart, while also being on guard against whether someone would suddenly appear nearby.

But after about a quarter of an hour, no one came. Ye Jianqing felt strange. Logically, if they wanted to do something, they should have shown up long ago, but until now she hadn't met a single person. It was a bit strange.

So she thought about looking for it nearby, but as soon as she raised her foot, she felt a little dark in front of her eyes and a little dizzy.

Fell into a trap!

When she realized this, she fainted. Before she fainted, she was just glad that she had anticipated this and didn't have any weapons on her, otherwise she would be in trouble if she was found during the body search. She was even more glad that she left a mark with the people in the dark when she came out, and she also saw them following her to the bamboo forest. She just didn't know how they could make her unconscious without any sound. She just hoped that others would not faint.

Ye Jianqing woke up in the bumpy ride. She felt her body gently and found that her hands were tied behind her back, her feet were tied together, and her eyes were blindfolded. She could not move.

She lay quietly, on the one hand to make her mind clearer, and on the other hand she was not sure where she was or if there was anyone around her, so she did not dare to move.

After all her senses returned to her body, she slowly tried to touch it tentatively with the hands tied behind her back, and she touched the wooden board.

This place gave her a particularly strong sense of oppression. Her legs were curled up and there was a wooden board behind her. It seemed that she was most likely locked in a box.

Because she didn't know what the other party was going to do, but she knew that she had successfully attracted his attention and that he had already made a move. Since she couldn't do anything now, she simply closed her eyes, stood still, and felt the direction of the carriage.

It’s a pity that she has been in a coma for some time. Even if she knows which direction to go now, it’s useless. She is not sure where the other party will take her.

After a bumpy journey, the carriage seemed to be on the official road. Sounds came from outside. Ye Jianqing moved his ears, trying to hear the sounds outside clearly.

It was the voice of the soldiers guarding the city asking questions. It was the law of Da'an that the luggage of anyone entering the city must be checked.

But no one knew what the driver of the carriage said to the officers and soldiers, but they did not check the carriages and just let them pass.

After entering the capital, she had heard the voice of the soldier guarding the city, and she had even chatted with the soldier when she left the city in the morning.

The Yue Lao Temple is not far from the capital city, so it seems that I was not unconscious for long.

"It seems that the murderer has a powerful force behind him." Ye Jianqing thought, they didn't even need to check the carriages to enter the city, and the soldiers guarding the city let them in. Thinking about the discoveries during this period, Ye Jianqing felt that the murderer must be a high-ranking official.

From the moment he entered the city, Ye Jianqing could already tell the way. The carriage went straight east after entering from the west gate. The driver of the carriage probably didn't expect that he would wake up so quickly, and he probably didn't know whether Lu Zhixing's men were following him, so he didn't take any detours and went straight east.

The east is where officials above the third rank lived. The female corpse was also found on the east side. The rest of the corpses were dug out from Guanyin Mountain in the east.

The carriage went about a few hundred meters and then stopped. Someone got on the carriage to move the box that trapped him.

"Be careful, this is what the young master wants." It was a man's voice, but Ye Jianqing had never heard this voice before, and for a moment he couldn't tell who this person was.

Ye Jianqing could feel himself being lifted up and walking a long way. In the middle, he heard the sound of a door opening. The road that Ye Jianqing felt in the box had a downhill slope, but no uphill slope. This meant that he was heading underground. It was probably a basement, and this section of road was probably the secret passage leading to the basement. There were secret passages and secret rooms. Ye Jianqing didn't know whether Lu Ci Qiu and Lu Zhi Xing could find this secret passage.

The secret passage was not long and they soon reached their destination. They gently put the box down.

The box was opened, and she was carried out by two people, one lifting her by the shoulders and the other by the feet, and then placed on a large piece of iron. Ye Jianqing didn't dare to open her eyes, although she was blindfolded, so it didn't make much difference whether she opened her eyes or not.

"Let's go." said the voice that just appeared.

They left, and Ye Jianqing quietly listened to the sound of them leaving to judge how long the secret passage was. After they walked about two hundred steps, they heard the sound of them closing the door. The secret passage was not long and had a mechanism.

Just as Ye Jianqing was listening carefully, a hand gently shook her while she was not paying attention, and a slightly hoarse voice sounded in her ear: "Wake up, wake up."

It's a girl.

Ye Jianqing didn't dare to move. She couldn't be sure whether it was right for her to be awake now, so she could only stay where she was.

Seeing that she had not woken up, the girl who had pushed her just now did not take the next step. Instead, she started talking to the people next to her. Although her voice was very low, Ye Jianqing could hear it clearly.

"Do you want to help her untie it?"

"But if he finds out later..."

"Let's help her untie it. She's in such a state."

"Is she a new prey?"

"probably."

"If we touch his prey, we will be in even greater trouble."

In this discussion, except for the question at the beginning, there was no voice from the girl who pushed Ye Jianqing. She listened to everyone's discussion, and finally stood up decisively and said resolutely: "I will do it. If he comes, I will say it was me."

Just at this moment, although he didn't know who the other person was, Ye Jianqing immediately developed a good impression of her.

After saying that, she moved over and stretched out her hands to help her untie the ropes on her hands and feet. When the others saw that she had started to help, they also came over one by one and helped her untie the ropes.

Through their conversation just now, Ye Jianqing also knew that the so-called young master was not here now, and they were all very afraid of that young master. The young master regarded them as prey, which meant that he regarded himself as a hunter. How do hunters usually treat their prey?

Ye Jianqing is now becoming more and more curious about that young master.

Since no one is around, she can be completely clear-headed and try to get some information out of these people first.

So when the ropes that bound her were untied, she pretended to have just woken up. At this moment, a hand took off the blindfold on her face.

The moment she opened her eyes, she met a pair of beautiful eyes. Ye Jianqing could never forget those eyes. Those eyes were so beautiful. Although she had suffered inhuman treatment, those eyes were full of tenacity and unwillingness to admit defeat. She seemed to have always believed that she could escape.

The owner of these eyes seemed to be frightened by Ye Jianqing and jumped to the group of girls behind him like a little rabbit.

Ye Jianqing felt that it was cute, but at this time she did not forget to maintain her fragile personality. She quickly sat up and hugged herself tightly, looking at the girls opposite with fear, while her big eyes rolled around and observed the surroundings.

"You... who are you? Where is this place?"

Several girls looked at each other. It was the girl who took the initiative to step forward and approach her. It can be seen that she has tried to lower her voice, but the hoarseness of her throat could not meet her requirements. "We are all captured like you. Are you...are you okay?"

Ye Jianqing looked around carefully and did not answer the girl. In fact, she had already recognized who the girl was.

She is the daughter that Du Guangyao has been looking for - Du Rou.

But Ye Jianqing had no intention of recognizing her now. She didn't trust any of these women. Who knew if there was a traitor among them? If someone had Stockholm syndrome and was in cahoots with the person who kidnapped her, she would be in trouble.

This was a lesson she learned with her life - never trust even hostages.

"My name is Yuqin. Where is this place? Why am I here?" Ye Jianqing pretended to be very scared. Two tears fell from his face at the right time, disguising his fear to the end.

"Don't be afraid, sister. We don't know where this place is. We were captured just like you." Du Rou was moved when she saw Ye Jianqing crying, and she couldn't help but step forward to comfort her.

Du Rou held her in her arms and patted her back gently to comfort her.

"Sister, the injuries on your body..." Ye Jianqing had just seen the injuries on their bodies, but she didn't know how to ask. Now that Du Rou took the initiative to show goodwill, she took the opportunity to ask.

However, when Du Rou heard her question, she paused her soothing hand and said nothing, but Ye Jianqing felt a drop of water dripping on her neck. The water was icy cold, freezing her bones, and slid down her neck and skin to her back.

Ye Jianqing suddenly thought of the female corpses found in the Dali Temple. If he had arrived a little later, would these poor women have become like that?

"Sister will protect you." Perhaps when Du Rou looked at Ye Jianqing, she thought of herself. She secretly vowed to protect this innocent girl.

Ye Jianqing didn't say anything, but patted her on the back gently and said, "Sister, you are wrong. I am here to protect you and I will take you out."