Cypress Boat Floating

“The picture is fake.”

"what!"

Lu Zhixing couldn't bear to see his younger brother focusing on Ye Jianqing, so he thought about finding a time to talk to him. While thinking about it, he opened the marching distribution map to see if there was any problem. It would have been fine if he didn't open it, but once he opened it, Lu Zhixing was almost scared to death.

Lu Zhixing: "The march distribution map is fake."

"What!" Ye Jianqing and Lu Ci Qiu looked at him in shock.

"This should be newly painted, and the ink is still new." Lu Zhixing took it under his nose and sniffed it.

"Then where is the original marching map?" Lu Ci Qiu frowned and leaned over to take a look. Even though he was not as good as Lu Zhixing in telling when the ink was from, he could tell that the ink was new just by smelling it.

Lu Zhixing thought about it and was about to speak when a guard rushed up and said, "My Lord, this is bad."

"What's wrong?" Lu Zhixing recognized this man. He was the one he sent to follow Cheng Tianhe. Now he was running here with wounds all over his body. He was afraid that something had happened to Cheng Tianhe as well.

"Your Highness, Cheng Tianhe has been taken away." The guard insisted on rushing to Lu Zhixing, kneeling down and saying this, but then he couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.

"Someone, take him down to see a doctor." Lu Zhixing held his hands and let him fall directly into his arms. Lu Zhixing didn't mind that he was covered in blood.

"Second brother, could it be that the person who took Cheng Tianhe away is in the same group as the man on the ground?" Ye Jianqing pushed Lu Ci Qiu to Lu Zhixing's side.

"It should be. It seems that the other party also knows that Lin Xuan is related to Cheng Tianhe. And obviously the other party has also discovered that we are following Lin Xuan, otherwise why would they suddenly take Cheng Tianhe away. The real marching distribution map is probably in Cheng Tianhe's hands." Lu Zhixing put away the fake map in his hand.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

"It seems that we are the praying mantis. We are staring at Lin Xuan and Cheng Tianhe, and someone is staring at us, so we can take Cheng Tianhe away in time."

Lu Zhixing frowned. There were not many people with such power in the capital, only the prince and him.

It is not so troublesome for the two of them to get the marching distribution map. Could it be that the group of people hiding in the capital city is quite powerful?

The follow-up here has been almost cleaned up. Lu Zhixing asked a few people to take the two bodies and the fake map back to Ren Hongbo, and then he took the rest of the people to the place where Cheng Tianhe disappeared last.

Lu Ci Qiu knew that his leg was injured and Lu Zhixing would definitely not let him follow him, so he quietly hid behind Ye Jianqing, reducing his presence to a minimum, and then quietly followed them. He didn't believe that Lu Zhixing would be able to send him back when they arrived.

However, imagination is beautiful and reality is cruel.

After Lu Zhixing arranged for the others, he kept staring at Lu Ciqiu who was hiding behind Ye Jianqing: "Aren't you going to go back?"

Lu Ci Qiu looked left and right, but didn't dare to look his brother in the eye.

Lu Zhixing just stared at him without saying anything. In his mind, Lu Ciqiu was just like a little kid who would act like a spoiled brat and a spoiled brat in front of him.

"Brother, I'll go with you." As expected, he knew he couldn't escape this time, so he did it again.

But rather than letting him learn to grow up, Lu Zhixing wants him to be safe and healthy.

"If you don't rest your foot well now, what will happen if you are left with sequelae in the future? Do you think I'm joking?" Whenever Lu Zhixing mentioned his injury, he couldn't help but speak in a fierce tone. This younger brother was too disobedient and a cause for concern.

"Your Highness, why don't we let the Eighth Prince come along? I can protect him. Since someone was able to take Cheng Tianhe away right under our noses, if we let him go back alone now, he might encounter something on the way. So it's better to let him come with us." Ye Jianqing originally thought about not letting Lu Ci Qiu go with them, but letting him go back was not very safe. Although it was not very convenient for him to follow them, if he went back alone now, the group of people who stole the map might try to assassinate him a second time.

It’s better to carry it with you just in case.

Lu Zhixing glanced at the two of them and finally nodded in agreement, but he had one request, which was that Ye Jianqing could not leave Lu Ci Qiu during the whole process.

Ye Jianqing came out of his secret guard camp. Although she escaped halfway, her ability was obvious to all before she escaped. It was also her ability that enabled her to escape, so Lu Zhixing still believed in Ye Jianqing's ability.

Ye Jianqing took on the task and stayed with Lu Ci Qiu all the way.

Several people went to the place where Cheng Tianhe was taken away.

After handing the marching distribution map to Lin Xuan in the morning, not long after, Chen Tianhe heard that Lin Xuan had gone to the camp.

Cheng Tianhe was afraid that Lin Xuan would suddenly contact the seller, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and went out, following Lin Xuan to the camp.

Fortunately, Lin Xuan stayed in the camp for the whole day and did not meet anyone. Cheng Tianhe thought that Lin Xuan would not meet the seller today. Just when he was about to relax a little and follow Lin Xuan back to the city, he saw Lin Xuan's carriage suddenly turn around and head towards the outskirts of the city.

Cheng Tianhe was so refreshed by this that he quickly followed him to the locust tree forest.

But the locust tree forest was eerie and dark, so he didn't dare go in alone. He stood at the door for a long time, preparing himself mentally.

At this moment, Lu Ci Qiu suddenly appeared. When Cheng Tianhe saw Lu Ci Qiu, he panicked as if he had seen a ghost and quickly hid to the side. But he didn't know that there were two people following him the whole time.

After Lu Ci Qiu entered the locust tree forest, Cheng Tianhe came out. At this time, he already knew that something must have happened inside. He had no choice but to run. If he didn't run now, he would be unable to escape.

He wanted to leave, but someone didn't want him to go.

A man in black suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way.

"What...what are you going to do?" Cheng Tianhe was a timid man after all. He was so scared when he saw the man in black that he couldn't walk, but at least he could still ask a few questions.

The man in black was about to knock him out with a palm without saying a word. Upon seeing this, two Dali Temple guards hiding in the dark jumped out and stopped him.

The man in black didn't seem surprised at all to see them, and he drew his sword directly. The two guards knew at a glance that the other party was prepared, so they pushed Cheng Tianhe back and went forward to fight.

Amid the flashing of swords and sabers, the guards were no match for the men in black and fell under their swords one after another.

The other party put away his sword and took Cheng Tianhe, who was so scared that his legs were weak, away.

Until now, Cheng Tianhe had not reacted. The other party took him on horseback and rode out to a wilderness that he did not recognize.

The man in black pushed Cheng Tianhe off the horse and jumped off himself.

The night is dark and windy.

There were ghosts and wolves howling in the wilderness, and no one was around.

After witnessing the black-clad man's ability to kill the guards, Cheng Tianhe became even more afraid of him.

"Hand over the marching distribution map." The man in black stretched out his hand to him.

Cheng Tianhe, who was extremely frightened, hugged himself tightly with his arms and shook his head frantically, "I don't know, I don't know any marching distribution map, I don't have it, I don't have it."

The man in black already knew what happened in the locust tree forest. He did not believe what Cheng Tianhe said and firmly believed that the marching distribution map was in Cheng Tianhe's hands.

Now, his partner has not got the map and has died, so he must take the map back and report.

The man in black grabbed his clothes by the neck and threatened him fiercely: "You'd better hand over the marching map honestly, otherwise you will not only lose your money, but also your life."

"I...I really didn't. I gave the picture to Lin Xuan. I just helped him get a key. I don't know anything."

When people are extremely frightened, their physiological reactions are always uncontrollable. Cheng Tianhe is in this situation now. His face is covered with snot and tears, and his body is emitting a strong smell of urine.

The man in black in front of him was no different from the generals he usually met. The generals in the capital were more gentle towards their Ministry of War. He grew up in the countryside, and as a scholar, how could he have ever seen these bloody scenes.

The man in black moved his nose, smelled something unpleasant, and threw him to the ground in disgust.

He drew his sword and placed the blade on Cheng Tianhe's neck.

The sword had just killed someone and was covered in blood. Before the blood had dried, it had stained Cheng Tianhe's fair but fleshy neck.

Feeling the coolness on his neck, Cheng Tianhe looked over with his eyes slanted, and this glance frightened him so much that he fainted.

When he woke up again, the man in black was still squatting in front of him.

Seeing that he had woken up, he asked, "Where is the marching distribution map?"

Cheng Tianhe took out a folded paper from his pocket with shaking hands, knelt down, and handed it to the man in black with shaking hands: "Brother, this... This is my copy. I really don't know where the original is. Lin Xuan took it away. I really don't know anything. Please, please let me go."

The man in black took the picture from his hand, opened it and took a quick look: "Did you make this copy from the original picture?"

"Yes, yes, Lin Xuan was afraid of the Dali Temple's search, so he left the map with me. I secretly copied a copy when he wasn't paying attention." Cheng Tianhe nodded frantically. He only hoped that he could use this map to exchange for his own safety.

"Okay. Take this money." The man in black nodded with satisfaction, took out a purse from his arms and threw it to Cheng Tianhe, then let him leave.

Cheng Tianhe picked up the money bag that fell on the ground, kowtowed to the man in black, and then ran away with the money.

Unfortunately, before he could run two steps, a sharp arrow pierced his body from behind. He turned around in shock and looked at the man in black, his eyes full of confusion. With a puzzled look, Cheng Tianhe fell to the ground.

"Everyone I come into contact with must die." The man in black walked slowly to his side, bent down and put the purse away.