Cypress Boat Floating

After seeing Lu Zhixing off, Lu Ci Qiu could hardly suppress the smile on his face. This was the first time he had rendered Lu Zhixing speechless, and it was also the first time he had truly saved Ye Jianqing.

In the past, she always had her own tasks and always stood in front of me to protect me, but this time, it was finally my turn to have the opportunity to stand in front of her and protect her.

Unfortunately, no one could share this joy with him, so he had to keep it to himself.

"Huai Xi, what is Qing'er doing?" Lu Ci Qiu stood at the door of the study, staring blankly at Ye Jianqing's room opposite.

"Miss Ye just said that she was tired and wanted to rest, so we shouldn't call her and wait for her to find something to eat when she wakes up." Huai Xi replied while standing behind Lu Ci Qiu.

"Since she has said that, let's not disturb her. I guess my second brother scared her just now. Let her have a good rest."

After Lu Ci Qiu finished speaking, he returned to the study. Anyway, he had already asked for leave from his teacher today, so he simply decided not to go to school.

Besides, if someone else comes later, or if my second brother suddenly comes to my senses and comes looking for me, what should I do if I'm not there and he makes things difficult for Ye Jianqing again? After thinking about it, I decided to stay in the yard, which would be safer this way.

The cicadas outside the window were chirping noisily and the room was extremely hot and stuffy. In this environment, Lu Ci Qiu felt drowsy as he looked at the book in his hands. The evening was the time when people were most likely to feel sleepy, especially in the summer evenings.

Lu Ci Qiu put down the book in his hand, looked into the distance, and found that Ye Jianqing was still resting and had not come out yet.

After thinking about it, he decided to just take a rest himself.

I lay down on the bed and soon fell asleep.

It suddenly started to rain heavily outside the window, and the strong wind blew into the house through the crack in the door without any obstruction, making the candlelight jump. Gradually, the candlelight in the house could not withstand the strong wind and went out.

At the moment the light went out, Lu Ci Qiu just woke up. It was just getting light outside.

Lu Ci Qiu sat up and rubbed his eyes: "Huai Xi, what time is it now?"

Hearing Lu Ciqiu's voice, Huaixi hurriedly opened the door and came in: "Your Highness, it's already five o'clock."

"Five o'clock?" Lu Ci Qiu frowned.

Did he sleep that long?

"Why did I sleep for so long?" Lu Ci Qiu asked as he stood up and prepared to wash up.

According to his understanding of himself, he is an extremely self-disciplined person. He would have been sitting in the classroom reviewing his lessons around five o'clock in the morning. How could he get up just now?

"Your Highness, you took a leave today, so you slept a little late. I didn't dare to wake you up without your permission." Huaixi said with a smile while helping him change his clothes.

"Ask for leave?" Lu Ci Qiu's brows deepened. He didn't ask for leave.

"Yes, you are leaving the palace today. Did you forget? I have prepared all the clothes you asked me to prepare for you."

? ? ? ? ?

Why did Lu Ciqiu feel that Huaixi's words were so familiar? It seemed as if he had just said them not long ago. He went to bed after reading yesterday, and even told Huaixi to wake him up for dinner. How did it become that he didn't tell him?

Besides, when did she decide to leave the palace? And when did she ask Huaixi to prepare clothes?

I think these were what he said when he went out to look for Ye Jianqing two days ago?

No way! No way! Lu Ci Qiu’s heart suddenly started beating violently. Could it be that he was reborn again? ! ! !

"What time is it now?" Lu Ci Qiu asked in a low voice, afraid to hear an unusual date.

"Today is July 20th, Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Huai Xi asked nervously.

Ever since Lu Ci Qiu fell into the water when he was eight years old, Huai Xi would become extremely nervous whenever anything happened, fearing that something might have happened to his little prince.

July 20th! Lu Ci Qiu was completely stunned! He subconsciously felt that Huai Xi was lying to him.

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that Huaixi did not have the courage to do so.

The best way to verify whether today is July 20th is to find Ye Jianqing. If it is really this day, Ye Jianqing should still be in the ruined temple and has not returned yet.

Huai Xi must be teasing him, and Ye Jianqing must still be in the room.

"Where is Qing'er? Where is Qing'er?" Lu Ci Qiu asked.

"Who is Qing'er? Your Highness, there is no one called Qing'er in our courtyard." Huai Xi frowned his fat face. Although his hand was pulled so hard by Lu Ci Qiu that it hurt, he didn't dare to say two more words.

"You must be kidding me. Did Qing'er ask you to do this? Why is this little girl so naughty? Hahahaha." After hearing Huai Xi's answer, Lu Ci Qiu made an excuse for himself and said with a smile.

Huaixi was frightened by his smile and asked worriedly, "Your Highness, are you okay? Are you feeling unwell?"

Lu Ci Qiu ignored Huai Xi, shook off his hand, and ran out barefoot without even putting on his clothes.

Ye Jianqing lives at the other end. As long as he goes there, as long as he runs over now, he should still be able to see it.

Lu Ci Qiu ran to the door of Ye Jianqing's room, opened the door and called "Qing'er", but no one in the room responded to him.

The room was completely empty, with no sign of anyone ever living there. The bed was cold, without a trace of warmth.

All of this told him that no one had ever lived here.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Huaixi ran over nervously behind him.

"Where's Qing'er? Are you playing some game without me? Why is Qing'er gone?" Lu Ci Qiu grabbed Huai Xi's clothes on his chest and lifted him up with his powerful arm strength.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, when has anyone ever lived in this room? Didn't you say that no one is allowed to approach this room?" Huai Xi looked at Lu Ci Qiu with worry and fear. He wanted to pry open the hand on his chest with both hands, but the sense of hierarchy made him dare not move at all.

"No one lives here, which means you didn't lie just now. Is today really July 20th? Am I back again?" Lu Ci Qiu let go of his clothes and walked back in a daze.

If it was July 20th, where was Ye Jianqing now? Was she still in that dilapidated temple? Then I had to go to the dilapidated temple to find her.

Although he didn't know why he was reborn, his top priority now was to find Ye Jianqing and bring her back.

After simply tidying himself up, Lu Ci Qiu got on the carriage to the ruined temple with an uneasy heart.

Lu Ci Qiu was nervous and hurried along the way, but he still didn't forget to go to Cuifangzhai to buy cakes for Ye Jianqing, as this was a key prop to talk to Ye Jianqing.

He was really afraid that Ye Jianqing would not come back with him. He had finally tricked her back to him last time, but he didn't expect that God played a joke on him again and sent Ye Jianqing back again. He had no confidence at all whether Ye Jianqing would come back with him this time.

Lu Ci Qiu stood at the gate of the dilapidated temple, looking at the empty temple.

Looking up, I couldn't see the man on the beam. I went around to the back of the Buddha statue, but there was no man behind it either.

The entire temple was empty, with no one there at all.

"Where are the people?" Lu Ci Qiu looked at Huai Xi in confusion.

Huaixi knew nothing and was just anxious.

"Where is the person? Why is he gone?!!!!!!" Lu Ci Qiu looked everywhere like crazy, turning upside down every place in the ruined temple where a person could hide, but he didn't see any people, not even a mouse.

"She's not here. Was she captured? No, I have to go find her."

Huai Xi was very worried about the mental state of his little prince at this moment, so he followed closely behind him and did not dare to leave for a moment.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, who are you looking for? Tell me, and I will help you find it."

"Qing'er is not here, so she must have been captured and taken back. I must find her. If she goes back, it will take me a long time to see her again."

When Lu Ci Qiu thought that it would take several years before he could see Ye Jianqing again, he began to get anxious again.

"We will go through the bamboo forest ahead and head towards the nameless mountain."

"Yes."

Lu Ci Qiu returned to the carriage, pointed a road to Huai Xi, and then retreated, thinking about where Ye Jianqing could go and what to do when he arrived at the Dark Guard Camp to take Ye Jianqing away.

As a result, the carriage was stopped before it had even taken two steps.

"What's going on?" Lu Ci Qiu was very angry at the moment. As soon as the carriage stopped, he asked inside.

"Eighth brother, where are you going?" Unexpectedly, the voice coming from outside the carriage was not Huai Xi's voice, but Lu Zhixing's voice.

Hearing Lu Zhixing's voice, Lu Ci Qiu immediately calmed down.

"Brother, why are you here?" Lu Ci Qiu got off the carriage and took the initiative to meet Lu Zhixing.

"I heard that you acted strangely today and left the palace in a hurry. I was worried that something happened to you, so I followed you here." The worry in Lu Zhixing's eyes was real and genuine.

"elder brother."

Lu Ci Qiu was unable to think too much at the moment. When he saw Lu Zhixing, it was like he saw hope.

"Brother, I need your help."

"What do you need me to do? Tell me."

Lu Ci Qiu looked around, then pulled Lu Zhixing into the carriage and said, "Let's talk in the carriage."

After the two got in the car and sat down, Lu Ci Qiu said to Lu Zhixing: "Brother, I know you may find it a little hard to accept what I am about to say, but you must accept it now. Only you can help me with this matter."

After saying that, he didn't even give Lu Zhixing a chance to breathe, and continued on his own: "I'm reborn again, don't say anything yet, you just need to know it."

"There was a flood in Lingnan this year, and you planned to go there to provide disaster relief, but the prince rejected your plan. There is an unnamed mountain passing by this bamboo forest, and you set up a "secret guard camp" on the mountain. The camp is full of children you found from all over the place, and you taught them martial arts and made them work for you. A girl ran away from your camp these two days, and she was most likely caught today."

"I need her, can you help me get her out?"

After saying that, Lu Ci Qiu stared at Lu Zhixing with his big eyes, completely ignoring whether Lu Zhixing had understood what he said.

"How do you know about the flood in Lingnan and the Secret Guard Camp?" Lu Zhixing asked.

"I've already said that I'm reborn, brother. I've died once, and I'm living again just to protect mother and help you. If you believe me, you can help me bring the people captured by the Dark Guard Camp today to me. Okay?"

Lu Ci Qiu was very hurt by Lu Zhixing's suspicious look. He knew that Lu Zhixing was very suspicious, and he also knew that he would definitely be suspected if he told his secret like this. But now he had no choice for Ye Jianqing, and asking Lu Zhixing for help was the easiest way.

"Okay." Lu Zhixing didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he nodded: "I'll take you back first, and I'll bring the person to you later."

"No, I must see her right away. If you think it's inconvenient for me to go to the Dark Guard Camp, I'll wait here. In short, I must see her today." Lu Ci Qiu rejected his proposal.

He must ensure Ye Jianqing's safety. Only when he is here will he have more reasons to convince Ye Jianqing to stay with him. If he leaves and goes back.

He didn't know what kind of torture Ye Jianqing would endure, and he didn't want to see a wounded Ye Jianqing the next time he saw him.

"Okay, then you wait here and I'll find it for you." Lu Zhixing got out of the car and left the ruined temple, walking towards the nameless mountain.

He was very confused about everything Lu Ci Qiu said, but he was willing to believe his younger brother.

Lu Ci Qiu was sitting restlessly in the dilapidated temple, looking towards the door from time to time, but he waited for a long time for Lu Zhixing to come back.

Just when he was about to lose heart, Lu Zhixing came back.

"Brother, how is it?" Lu Ci Qiu looked behind Lu Zhixing, but did not see Ye Jianqing.

"It is true that someone escaped from the Dark Guard Camp a few days ago, but until today, we have not caught this person," Lu Zhixing replied.

"Didn't catch it?"

Not being caught means that Ye Jianqing is safe now, but that also means that it is extremely difficult for him to find Ye Jianqing now.

He didn't know where Ye Jianqing had gone, nor did he know how Ye Jianqing was doing now. When he thought everything was under his control, everything was quietly changing without telling him.

"Come on, come back to the palace with me." Lu Zhixing felt a little bit reluctant when he saw his brother's expression change from expectation to disappointment. He didn't know what this person meant to him.

But looking at him now, it should be quite important, right?

Lu Ci Qiu was in a daze and let Lu Zhixing lead him away. He was like a walking corpse, unless Ye Jianqing showed up. But he didn't notice that there was a pair of eyes staring at them in the bushes not far away.

After they left, Ye Jianqing jumped down from the tree, looked at their receding figures, and walked silently in another direction.

When it comes to hiding one's whereabouts, there is no one better than her. Even if she wants to hide, Lu Ci Qiu will never find her in his life.

She didn't know why she was reborn again, but her subconscious mind was to avoid Lu Zhixing. She didn't want to meet Lu Zhixing again.

What could be more unlucky than meeting your old boss the day after working for your new boss, and being questioned by your old boss about your relationship with your new boss and how they knew each other? It would take a lot of effort to encounter such a thing.

If Lu Ci Qiu hadn't come back in time, Ye Jianqing really didn't know how to continue dealing with Lu Zhixing.

"Damn you, smiling tiger, I curse you for eating instant noodles without seasoning packets." Ye Jianqing gave the figure in the distance a middle finger, then turned around and thought that there seemed to be no instant noodles in ancient times. It was embarrassing.