Cypress Boat Floating

Returning to the small courtyard where she had been twice, Ye Jianqing felt very emotional. She used to get tired of staying here, but now she comes back again and again. She really hopes there won't be a third time. After being reborn on the same day several times in a row, she is really about to collapse.

Fortunately, I didn’t meet Lu Zhixing on the way back, so I didn’t have to face my former boss, and my pressure was greatly reduced.

But when she sat down to think carefully, she suddenly found that what she had encountered in the past few days seemed a little strange. Since she was reborn at the age of six, she had never been reborn even to the point of being half dead, but in just two days, she was reborn again and again.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

The things Lu Ci Qiu gave her were still on the table. Ye Jianqing supported her head with her hands and looked at the things on the table. They were all things she was very familiar with. Then she looked up at the furnishings in the room. She always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with everything now, but she couldn't figure out what the problem was.

The first rebirth was due to death due to blocking the knife, so rebirth is understandable.

But why was she reborn the second time? She was reborn just by sleeping. Was it because she met Lu Ci Qiu too early, which changed the course of history?

What about the third time? She didn't meet Lu Ci Qiu the third time, and the historical trajectory should not be changed, so why did she reborn again?

Ye Jianqing thought carefully about her two rebirths. It seemed that she had not done anything excessive. Everything was following the normal process and she had not changed the course of history. The only difference was her meeting with Lu Ci Qiu.

The first time she met Lu Ci Qiu, she was brought there by Lu Zhixing and was assigned by Lu Zhixing to be Lu Ci Qiu's bodyguard. This is the correct course of history.

After that, every meeting after rebirth was arranged by themselves. According to history, it was Lu Zhixing instead of Lu Ci Qiu who appeared that day. Lu Zhixing found himself when he was taking shelter from the rain in a ruined temple, and also found the clothes of the Dark Guard Camp on his body, so he took himself back to the Dark Guard Camp. Later, when he saw that he had developed well, he sent himself to protect Lu Ci Qiu.

So, why did Lu Ci Qiu appear there?

So the problem lies with Lu Ci Qiu?

Thinking about it carefully, since the first time I met Lu Ci Qiu after my rebirth, it seemed that many things were wrong.

No, it’s not the things that are wrong, it’s Lu Ci Qiu who is wrong.

When he met himself in his first rebirth, he was not curious or surprised. He even seemed to know everything about himself, as if he knew where he was. He even prepared clothes for himself and brought his favorite pastries.

The second time he was reborn, he didn't find me, and he was like crazy, in a hurry. At that time, Ye Jianqing was hiding in a tree not far away and saw it clearly. Although she didn't know what he told Lu Zhixing in the carriage, she found that after Lu Zhixing came out, he went directly to the direction of the Dark Guard Camp. What does this mean?

The third time he was reborn, which was today, his attitude was also very abnormal. Not only did he urge himself to speed up, but he also took the initiative to change the route, as if he was afraid of meeting someone.

The reason why I asked Lu Ciqiu to change his route back to the palace was because I wanted to avoid Lu Zhixing and didn't want to meet him, so as to avoid being unable to explain my origins. This was reasonable. But Lu Ciqiu had no reason to change his route?

Yes, that's right, the problem lies with Lu Ci Qiu's behavior. The behavior of Lu Ci Qiu that she met after her rebirth is completely different from the behavior of the original Lu Ci Qiu that she should have had when she traveled through time.

He was like a prophet, predicting everything and preparing everything in advance.

Ye Jianqing felt as if she was one step closer to the door of truth, but soon she discovered that although this door seemed very close to her, it was actually very far away.

Not to mention anything else, just how to prove whether the gate exists is a problem.

"Sherlock Holmes once said that after eliminating all impossible factors, whatever remains, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth. Is this the so-called truth?" Ye Jianqing asked herself, but she couldn't get an answer.

She was not sure if this answer was the answer, because she did not dare to gamble, she did not dare to confirm. She did not know how much it would cost to confirm this worry.

Her previous career taught her that all actions must be taken with caution, and only when she is sure she is confident enough should she do it, will things be foolproof.

She didn't allow herself to make any mistakes, and she was not sure how serious the consequences of this mistake would be.

At this time, Lu Ci Qiu on the other side had no idea that Ye Jianqing had been thinking so much by himself. If he knew, he would probably rush over to meet Ye Jianqing and tell him all the truth. Unfortunately, he didn't know.

At this moment, he was investigating why he had been reborn so many times.

I saw him holding a pen and writing and drawing on paper, muttering something.

"Yes, that should be the reason." He seemed to have found the problem. He put down the brush and looked at the densely written paper in his hand with satisfaction.

He wrote down all the possible reasons that might lead to his rebirth on paper. After screening them many times, he found the one that existed the most frequently from the pile of reasons, which was - to tell others.

Yes, the first rebirth was because he told Lu Zhixing, and the second rebirth was also because he told Lu Zhixing on impulse, which led to their two rebirths.

But to confirm whether it is really this, it still needs final confirmation. And he intends to do this confirmation now.

If when he tells Lu Zhixing that he is reborn, and after coming back to sleep he finds that time has gone back to July 20th, it means that his experiment is successful, which means that as long as he tells others that he is reborn, time will flow backwards and he will be reborn.

If the time does not change after being told and continues to move forward, it means that the experiment has failed and there are other reasons.

He put the piece of paper in his hand into the stove and burned it. After it was completely burned, he walked out of the study door and said, "Huai Xi, go to the Qin Palace."

Qin Palace

As soon as Lu Ci Qiu's carriage arrived at the gate of Prince Qin's Mansion, he met Lu Zhixing.

Lu Zhixing had just returned from outside.

"Second brother, what a coincidence." When Lu Ci Qiu saw Lu Zhixing, he quickly got out of the car and ran over to him.

"Eighth brother, how come you have time to come here today? Why don't you go to school to study?" Lu Zhixing was surprised by his arrival. Ever since his younger brother fell into the water at the age of eight, he has been studying hard and seldom left the palace.

"I came here to chat with you, second brother." Lu Ci Qiu said with a smile.

Lu Ci Qiu was born with a good face, and in front of Lu Zhixing, he always acted like a well-behaved younger brother, which made this brother protect and favor him since he was a child and never say a word to him loudly.

"You, you." Lu Zhixing smiled and nodded his head.

As soon as the two of them stepped into Prince Qin's Mansion, Lu Ci Qiu mysteriously pulled Lu Zhixing towards the study.

Lu Zhixing was confused by his mysterious look: "What's going on?"

"Brother, I have something important to tell you." Lu Ci Qiu looked nervous and glanced around. The servants next to him were also very sensible. Seeing Lu Ci Qiu's look, they knew that they were not worthy of hearing what they were saying, so they lowered their heads sensibly.

Although Lu Zhixing didn't know what important things his brother who was still studying had to tell him, he looked like he was not joking, so he took him to the study: "Okay, let's go to the study and talk."

After arriving at the study, Lu Ci Qiu carefully confirmed that no one was there and closed the door. Then he sat opposite Lu Zhixing, looked into his eyes and said seriously, "Brother, let me ask you, has there been a flood in Lingnan recently?"

Lu Zhixing frowned. Although the flood in Lingnan was a big deal, the news had not yet reached the capital. He knew about it because the secret guards he had placed in Lingnan had passed the news to him in advance. How could Lu Ciqiu, who had always stayed in the deep palace, know about it? So he asked, "How did you know?"

"Brother, let me tell you a secret. I was dead, but I'm alive again." After Lu Ci Qiu finished speaking, he stared at Lu Zhixing with his big eyes blinking, wanting to see his reaction, but he had no reaction at all, and was very calm.

"Oh, which play did you read this from?"

"Brother, this is not a play, this is real, I was reborn. I was already dead when I fell into the water when I was eight years old, but my soul from my previous life possessed me, so I am alive again. The flood in Lingnan just now is the evidence I gave you. And I also know that the news will be passed to the palace tomorrow, and you will propose to father in the court tomorrow that you want to go to Lingnan to provide disaster relief, but the prince will not agree."

No one knew what Lu Zhixing was thinking. He did not continue to answer him. Instead, he kept staring at him with a look that Lu Ci Qiu could not understand.

"Brother, I told you I was reborn because I want to help you better. I'm fifteen years old now. I've been the first in the exams for the past few years. If I can get the first place again this year, I can set up a government office next year. That way, I can do more for you. I want to help you." Lu Ci Qiu was worried that he wouldn't believe it, so he was extremely anxious. Only if he chose to believe it, his experiment would be successful.

If Lu Zhixing thought he was joking, what if this didn't work?

"Apart from the Lingnan flood incident, is there any other evidence to prove that you were reborn?" Lu Zhixing asked.

"You built a secret guard camp in Wuming Mountain, and sent a person with great martial arts skills to protect me when I was eighteen. I can only tell you this little bit that I know now. The other things have not happened yet. Even if I tell you, you can't verify it."

"You said that you were reborn when you were eight years old, then why didn't you tell me for all these years and only told me now?" Lu Zhixing asked again.

"This..." Lu Ci Qiu hesitated to speak.

He couldn't tell Lu Zhixing that he just wanted him to do an experiment. After all, he had never thought about whether he could tell this before.

"This is not important. Brother, remember this: at the morning court tomorrow, you must not let Zhao Wenbin go to provide disaster relief under any circumstances. If you can't go yourself, then appoint someone you trust to go. It must not be Zhao Wenbin. Remember this." After saying this, Lu Ci Qiu stood up and left, leaving no time for Lu Zhixing to continue asking questions.

As for the last suggestion he made, it was entirely because he had to find an excuse for his experiment. Otherwise, if someone told him this out of the blue, no one would believe it.

After Lu Ci Qiu finished speaking, he took the car back to the palace with great interest.

Now all the conditions have been met. He just needs to go back to sleep and see if he will be reborn tomorrow. Then he will have figured out the mechanism of rebirth.

Lu Ci Qiu was proud of his own cleverness and wit.

The first step of the experiment has been successfully completed, and now the second step is to sleep. If you want to confirm whether it is true, you can wait until you wake up after a good night's sleep.

As long as this experiment is verified to be successful, then whenever the situation does not go right, he can tell others that he is reborn, and then he can start over again. Although he does not know whether he will be reborn a few days ago, based on his current situation, it seems that he will be reborn the day before.

But he didn't know that time and space are very magical things. Traveling through time and space and cheating time will come at a huge price.

When Lu Ci Qiu woke up, the sky was slightly bright and it was raining heavily outside.

Lu Ci Qiu sat up, called Huai Xi and asked, "Huai Xi, what day is today?"

Huaixi replied: "Your Highness, today is July 20th."

As expected, Lu Ci Qiu was very happy. He thought he had mastered the secret of time and believed he could use this code to do whatever he wanted.

As a result, before he could be happy for long, time gave him a big blow and told him that time cannot be deceived.

When he had just washed up and was about to change his clothes, he suddenly felt an itch on his palm. He tried to scratch it, but found it was completely ineffective.

Gradually, the itch slowly became painful. Suddenly, before Lu Ci Qiu could react, he found that his entire palm was red and swollen, and it felt like there were millions of ants gnawing at his palm, causing a bone-eating pain.

In a short while, the pain quickly spread from the palms of my hands to my arms, chest, stomach, buttocks, and then to my legs.

Lu Ci Qiu watched as his entire body gradually became swollen. The exposed skin on his body became as thin as a layer of paper due to the expansion of his body. Even the blood vessels inside were clearly visible. His body was swelling up like a ball, as if it would burst at any time.

This sudden change scared Huai Xi half to death. He wanted to help Lu Ci Qiu to bed to rest, but he didn't know where to start. He cried and shouted, and was so scared that tears and snot were streaming.

Just when he was about to find the imperial physician, he was stopped by Lu Ci Qiu.

Although Lu Ci Qiu was feeling pain and itchiness and his mind was almost unclear, he knew that if he was discovered in this state, he would be caught as a monster, and even his second brother would not be able to save him.

Huai Xi was crying and shouting, but he didn't know how to help Lu Ci Qiu, and he couldn't call the imperial physician. He was at a loss and could only jump around nervously.

One second after Lu Ci Qiu stopped Huai Xi, his brain was suddenly struck by lightning. An unknown force was beating his brain, and the pain was so severe that he could not think. The swelling in his body made it difficult for him to breathe.

Lu Ci Qiu wanted to cry but couldn't because his entire face was so swollen that he couldn't even see his eyes.

I don’t know how long the pain lasted, but Lu Ci Qiu’s body was recovering little by little, and the pain in his bones was slowly dissipating.

At this time, Lu Ci Qiu looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water, his entire body was wet.

Only after seeing Lu Ci Qiu return to normal did Huai Xi dare to step forward and help him up from the ground.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, what's going on?" Huai Xi asked while wiping her tears.

"It's okay, prepare a bucket of hot water, I want to take a bath." Lu Ci Qiu said weakly.

After Huai Xi carefully put him on the bed, he quickly ran out to prepare hot water for him.

Lu Ci Qiu was lying on the bed, tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, soaking the sheets. The pain he just felt was even more painful than the previous heart-piercing death.

He couldn't think about why he suddenly encountered such a thing. He only knew that he never wanted to experience it again.

Huai Xi quickly prepared the water, and Lu Ci Qiu gradually recovered some strength. With the help of Huai Xi, he could barely walk to the bathhouse.

After soaking himself in hot water, Lu Ci Qiu gradually became more sober.

"Your Highness, are we going to leave the palace later?" Huai Xi asked from the side.

Lu Ci Qiu frowned when he heard Huai Xi's words. Speaking of leaving the palace, he thought of Ye Jianqing, and thinking of Ye Jianqing, he thought of rebirth.

Yesterday, in order to test whether he could be reborn by telling others that he was reborn, he deliberately went to tell his second brother that he was reborn, so he was reborn today.

So, this, this is God’s punishment for me?