The little cannon fodder kept releasing melons, and people lined up to eat melons

The guards who were protecting Song Chengyi in front fell one after another, and Song Chengyi and Lingxi were forced to the bow.

Lingxi pulled Song Chengyi behind her and said, "You don't have to protect me, I can't die, jump off the boat quickly..."

After Ling Xi finished speaking, she started fighting with several men in black. Although she had lost all her spiritual power, her skills were still pretty good and she quickly killed several men in black.

Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, three men in black came straight towards them. Ling Xi had a hard time dealing with all three of them, so Song Chengyi hurried forward to help.

While five people were fighting, Lingxi found the right opportunity and pulled off the veil of the man in black. After seeing who it was, Song Chengyi's face was full of disbelief.

"Zhuiyun, is that you??"

Seeing their identities exposed, the men in black had to stop. Song Chengyi and Ling Xi stood opposite the three of them.

Song Chengyi laughed helplessly and said: "Do you two still need to hide anything?"

Seeing this, the other two men in black simply pulled off their veils, revealing familiar faces.

Song Chengyi didn't expect that Murong Jingchu was really willing to spend so much money, and didn't expect that his life was worth such a big fuss.

Ji Feng and Xuan Ying were also very sad. They couldn't bear to attack Song Chengyi, but the emperor's order was hard to disobey. They didn't expect that their master would actually give the token to the imperial concubine.

When the Imperial Concubine assigned them the responsibility of assassination, they were unwilling to do so. However, since the Imperial Concubine had the token in her hand, they roughly understood that this was what their master meant.

Even if they were unwilling, they had no choice but to do it. Ji Feng really couldn't understand why the master was so determined to kill Song Chengyi. Wasn't he afraid that the Queen would be angry if she knew?

When Ji Feng and the others saw that people in the Marquis' Mansion had been getting into trouble recently, and now they were asked to assassinate Song Chengyi, and the Imperial Concubine was involved, they realized that the situation was very strange.

They also roughly understood that the Imperial Concubine was using their master to avenge Aunt Mu.

They were hunting down the Imperial Concubine back then, but she actually knew it very well. She was able to do things for her master calmly and peacefully, and this kind of perseverance was simply beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Jifeng felt that his master was too conceited and always believed that a woman could not escape from his palm. Zhuiyun once complained to him that his master would suffer backlash one day.

But what can be done? Who dares to disobey the master's orders? Jiu Ye once said his life when he was drunk. The imperial concubine has been staring at him for so many years, she should be a little impatient...

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Feng said: "Third Young Master, we don't want to attack you, but..."

Song Chengyi said sadly: "It seems that my brother guessed correctly. The deaths of my second brother and father were all manipulated by the emperor behind the scenes."

Zhuiyun hurriedly explained to him: "The death of the prince consort was an accident. The emperor intended to hurt the princess, but the imperial concubine's people took advantage of the chaos to kill the prince consort..."

"In fact, this is what the emperor meant, right? If not, how could he allow Dugu Yan to take action and still remain firmly in the position of Imperial Concubine? The Marquis' Mansion is just a pawn of the emperor, and the Imperial Concubine is just his knife. To be precise, the Imperial Concubine should be a tool for him to hypnotize himself, so that he can feel at ease and think that he is not a heartless person..."

Ji Feng and the others did not refute Song Chengyi's words, because they also felt that although it was the Imperial Noble Concubine who did this, if the Emperor did not have selfish motives, how could the Imperial Noble Concubine take action against the Marquis' Mansion so smoothly.

Xuan Ying advised kindly: "Third Young Master, we know you are resentful, but the emperor's order is hard to disobey. You must die today. After all, we have known each other for a long time. We don't want to fight. This is a poison made by my master. If you drink it, you will die in a blink of an eye and won't suffer too much pain..."

Song Chengyi sneered and asked, "What if I don't obey?"

Ji Feng said helplessly: "Then we are sorry. You are no match for us. Don't even think about jumping off this boat. Our people are all around the boat. But if you drink the poison honestly, we promise not to do anything to your wife..."

Song Chengyi asked uncertainly: "You let my wife go, aren't you afraid of being punished by the emperor?"

"The order we received was only to take your life, and it did not emphasize that your wife must die, so if we really want to punish you, the emperor can't do anything to us."

Ji Feng said indifferently. In fact, thinking about Jiu Ye's words, the three of them also felt that since they would all die at the hands of the Imperial Concubine sooner or later, it would be better to kill less and reduce the sin.

The most important thing is that they feel guilty. There are only a few poor female relatives left in the Marquis' Mansion. If they still want to attack the female relatives, they will be worse than beasts.

The Imperial Noble Consort always had a way to attack the Marquis' family and keep the master indifferent. After all, the Marquis's wife was the master's aunt, and the Third Young Master was the master's cousin. People so close to them could not escape death, let alone servants like them.

Song Chengyi didn't expect that Murong Jingchu would spend such a huge amount of money for his life. It really made it difficult for him.

When Song Chengyi was about to reach out to take the poison, Ling Xi stopped him and said, "Don't give up, I can't die, come with me to get out..."

After saying this, as if to prove that she would be fine, she immediately picked up her sword and fought with Ji Feng and the others. It was effortless for her to fight against three people alone.

However, as she exerted more strength, the cracks in the demon pill in her body suddenly expanded, and the severe pain made her suddenly become weak and stop.

Ji Feng took advantage of this gap to stab Ling Xi's arm. Ling Xi's sword fell, and Zhui Feng and Xuan Ying captured her, but did not hurt her. Ji Feng looked at Song Chengyi, and his meaning was very clear.

Song Chengyi looked at Lingxi bleeding profusely and shouted: "Don't hurt her, I drink..."

Ji Feng handed the medicine bottle to Song Chengyi. Song Chengyi took the bottle and looked at Lingxi with some reluctance in his eyes.

"You are right. I am a short-lived person. I will wait for you at the Naihe Bridge. If you are free in the future, remember to come and see me..."

She was tortured by the demon pill and felt like dying, but she still endured the pain and shouted at Song Chengyi: "Don't... don't drink it..."

Song Chengyi smiled, pulled out the cork from the bottle and drank it all in one gulp. After seeing Song Chengyi drink the poison, Jifeng and the other two let Lingxi go.

Ji Feng was a little sad. He said, "Third Master, I'm sorry..."

After saying that, he jumped off the merchant ship, followed by Zhuiyun and Xuanying. The three of them landed on the small boat and ordered to evacuate...

Song Chengyi knelt on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood. Ling Xi endured the severe pain and crawled to Song Chengyi's side.

She hugged Song Chengyi, patted his face, and shouted helplessly: "Don't sleep, Song Chengyi, open your eyes, look at me, don't close your eyes..."

"I...will...take care of you..."

Song Chengyi really wanted to tell Lingxi that he could no longer accompany her, and to take good care of his third sister and let her practice well and take care of herself.

Unfortunately, the poison was too strong and he couldn't utter a word before closing his eyes.