Cannon fodder and female supporting role, a match made in heaven

In a small pavilion in the lake, with flying eaves and pointed corners, Xie Yanshu and Lu Jin sit opposite each other with a chessboard in front of them. They each hold black and white pieces in their hands and play against each other, looking evenly matched.

"Prince, I wonder when Marquis Anyuan will come back?" Xie Yanshu placed a black piece on the chessboard.

"I don't know either. My father left in a hurry. He only told me to receive Mr. Xie at that time, but did not tell me when he would return." Lu Jin put down the white piece next to the black piece.

The Emperor Dazhao did not believe in ghosts and gods, and regarded monks as quacks, and sneered at them.

The imperial mausoleum is a secret place in the imperial palace. They need to wait for Marquis An Yuan to come back and open the mausoleum before they can go in and investigate the specific situation.

"Prince, Princess Yun'an is here." The servant came to report.

A trace of impatience flashed across Lu Jin's face, but thinking that Xie Yanshu was still here, he adjusted his mood in time and stood up: "Brother Xie, please excuse me for leaving you for a moment."

The front hall of the Marquis's mansion.

"Brother Lu Jin, are you free to accompany me out today?" Yu Miaoyi looked at Lu Jin expectantly.

"Princess." Lu Jin frowned slightly, "Not everyone is as free as you."

Yu Miaoyi asked in confusion: "Lu Jin, what's wrong with you? You were obviously not like this before."

Once, he spent several days making a rabbit kite for her, and his hands were covered with blisters, just because she casually mentioned that it would be nice to have a rabbit kite. He also secretly learned the craft from a candy man master, just to give her a surprise...

Unfortunately, those are all in the past.

Lu Jin lost his patience and yelled, "But you weren't this annoying before." He simply closed his eyes and spoke out his thoughts, "Do you know that you always hang around me like a fly? It's really annoying."

"What did you say?" Yu Miaoyi's face was full of disbelief. Was Lu Jin actually so annoyed with her in his heart?

"I..." Lu Jin looked at Yu Miaoyi's tearful face and secretly regretted having said such harsh words.

"Are you in love with Gu Qianmeng?"

She remembered that ever since Gu Qianmeng appeared, Lu Jin's patience with her had gradually disappeared, and he even wanted to avoid her all the time.

When they were in Cangwu County, the two had an argument because of Gu Qianmeng.

Lu Jin had originally agreed to stay with her for a few days in Cangwu County, but after seeing Gu Qianmeng's letter, he said he wanted to return to Jian'an. If she hadn't gone to find Lu Jin at that time, he would have packed his bags and left without saying goodbye.

Lu Jin remained silent. He had some feelings towards Gu Qianmeng, but he couldn't say this out loud, otherwise he would put Gu Qianmeng in a bad position.

Yu Miaoyi understood. She raised her hand to wipe away her tears and said with a firm look, "If that's the case, then let's cancel the engagement!"

She is the dignified Princess Yun'an, a proud daughter of heaven since childhood, the center of attention. Since he doesn't love her, she will no longer love him.

Lu Jin frowned as he watched Yu Miaoyi running away. He indeed no longer had the same excitement for Yu Miaoyi as he did when he was young.

Besides... he thought of Gu Qianmeng's beautiful face, and she was what he was thinking about in his heart right now.

As for canceling the engagement...it depends on whether his father agrees.

The marriage between Yu Miaoyi and Lu Jin was arranged by Marquis Anyuan, and Prince Yongping did not agree at first.

His daughter was cute and lovely, and he only hoped that she could marry a husband who treated her sincerely, even if that man was just an ordinary civilian. As for Lu Jin, he was too much like his father and was not a good match.

It’s just that Yu Miaoyi has liked following Lu Jin since she was a child, and Lu Jin has also taken extra care of this little sister. The two of them are in love and have been childhood sweethearts.

Two years ago, when Yu Miaoyi came of age, Marquis Anyuan went to Prince Yongping's mansion many times to propose marriage. Prince Yongping could not change his daughter's wishes and agreed to the marriage.

"Miss Shen, do you know where Miaoyi has gone?" Prince Yongping was a little worried after not seeing his daughter for the whole day, so he came to ask Shen Zhaozhao.

How could Shen Zhaozhao meet Yu Miaoyi? She had been meditating in her room these days and had already broken through to the late stage of foundation building.

She neglected her cultivation in her previous life and was only in the late stage of foundation building until her death. Now she has time to practice magic, hoping that she can break through to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.

As it was getting dark, Prince Yongping sent people to the marquis's mansion to inquire, but was told that Yu Miaoyi had already left the mansion. He immediately sent his servants to look for Yu Miaoyi everywhere.

Shen Zhaozhao watched the servants in the mansion carrying torches going in and out all night, but Yu Miaoyi was not found until the next morning.

Although Yu Miaoyi is very brave, it is unlikely that she would stay out all night.

Shen Zhaozhao decided to follow Prince Yongping to the Marquis Anyuan's Mansion to find out what happened to Yu Miaoyi yesterday.

"You said the princess is missing?" Lu Jin was a little surprised after hearing this, and a trace of annoyance flashed through his heart. Why did Yu Miaoyi always cause trouble?

"Let me ask you, what happened when Miaoyi came to see you?" When it came to matters involving his daughter, Prince Yongping was furious without even being intimidated, and his aura was very strong.

"The princess..." Lu Jin hesitated a little after being frightened by Prince Yongping's fierce aura. After thinking for a while, he told the whole story. "The princess and I had some disputes yesterday. She proposed to cancel the engagement and left."

"You brat!" Prince Yongping kicked Lu Jin to the ground. "If anything happens to Miaoyi, you're the only one I'll hold responsible."

Miaoyi likes Lu Jin so much, and the fact that he wants to cancel the engagement shows that he is really heartbroken.

Prince Yongping turned and left. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would not be able to resist killing the little bastard Lu Jin.

When Xie Yanshu and Gu Qianmeng arrived at the front hall, they saw Lu Jin lying on the ground. Gu Qianmeng stepped forward to help him up and asked what had happened.

"The princess is missing." Shen Zhaozhao looked at Lu Jin, and there was no friendliness in her eyes.

She and Yu Miaoyi have similar interests and often buy snacks together. They have long regarded each other as friends, so she knows how much Yu Miaoyi likes Lu Jin.

"This..." Xie Yanshu looked at Lu Jin. Of course he knew that Yu Miaoyi had come to see Lu Jin yesterday.

"Enough!" Lu Jin couldn't stand their scrutinizing gazes, as if everything was his fault when it was clearly Yu Miaoyi who disappeared on her own.

He said no more and ordered his servants to go find Yu Miaoyi.

Gu Qianmeng looked worried and suggested, "Let's go look for him too. The imperial city has been a bit uneasy lately. I'm afraid some evil spirit has captured the princess."

Gu Qianmeng took out the compass, went to the Yongping Palace to find an old piece of clothing of Yu Miaoyi, and smeared the scent on the compass. The compass began to shake, and they followed the direction indicated by the needle...

Arrived at the door of the Zangxiang Pavilion.

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"Young master, please spare me, young master, please spare me." A beautiful young lady with half her clothes on was kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down her face, her hair in disarray.

She originally thought that the young man in black in front of her was a rich young man who had come out to seek pleasure without telling his family, but she didn't expect that he was actually a Jade-faced Demon.

She brought him into the room, undressed him according to procedure, and wanted to get close to him, but she was knocked to the ground by a strong force as soon as she got close.

Chu Yu closed his eyes, feeling the spiritual power of the fragments of the Dust Realm. He frowned slightly, and his spiritual power was almost undetectable due to the thick smoke and demonic energy.

At this moment, the beautiful lady who had been so delicate just now showed a fierce look on her face and stretched out her sharp claws to attack Chu Yu.

"Fox demon, are you looking for death?" Chu Yu's tone was flat, but black air began to swirl around her, and a pair of invisible hands grabbed her neck.

"What... are you?" The fox demon rolled his eyes and his eyes widened as he was pinched.

Black air penetrated into her mouth and nose, and she felt like she was drowning in water, unable to breathe, and her internal organs were colliding and churning inside her.

The man in the black air had a strange face, with a golden magic pattern on his forehead spreading to the right side of his neck. He looked innocent, as if he was not the one who wanted to kill her.

"Where is your master?" The man sat on the rattan chair, looking at her quietly. He raised his hand and waved it, removing the black air, and the magic pattern on his face also disappeared.

"You are a demon!" The fox demon fell to the ground and said angrily, "A hundred years ago, demons and monsters had already signed a peace agreement not to interfere with each other. Why do you have to interfere in the affairs of the Cangxiang Pavilion?"

Chu Yu raised his index finger and shook it slowly in the air: "Your affairs have nothing to do with me. You just need to tell me where your real master is?"

When he first came to Jian'an and passed by the Zangxiang Pavilion, he found that there was something strange about this place.

Secret investigations over the past few days have revealed that although the Cangxiang Pavilion has a mortal boss on the surface, the one who truly controls the Cangxiang Pavilion is actually a monster.

The fragment of the Floating and Sinking Realm is in the hands of this monster, and it uses the spiritual power of the Floating and Sinking Realm to hide itself.

"Miss Pianpian, I don't have much patience." Chu Yu leaned back in his chair, gathering a ball of black air from his fingertips.

The fox demon knelt down and walked to Chu Yu. She knew that she was like an ant in front of him, so she quickly bowed her head and said submissively, "Sir, calm down. I only know that the Pavilion Master has many changes, and no one has seen her true appearance. However, she will regularly search for women who have been hurt by love."

Zangxiang Pavilion is a place of brothels, and the girls here are both human and demon.

The mortal women were all hurt in love and were captured here by the owner of the Zangxiang Pavilion after being hunted down everywhere.

Some women who were unwilling to do this job were turned into puppets by the Pavilion Master using sorcery, while others were willing to stay here and had their own thoughts and ideas.

As for these monsters, they all actively seek protection and specialize in sucking the essence of men here.

The fox demon remembered something and her eyes lit up: "Sir, the Pavilion Master just captured a woman yesterday and locked her up in the woodshed. She should be next to that woman at the moment, but I don't know in what form she is."

The Pavilion Master is good at disguise, and usually likes to hide beside the women he has just captured, watching them cry bitterly, and then tempting them to arouse their resentment towards the unfaithful men, and then watching their hideous faces.

Chu Yu stood up and wanted to go to the woodshed. The voice of the Fire Beast came from the Meteor Bracelet: "Master, Xie Yanshu and Shen Zhaozhao are here."

He was instantly unhappy, it was really haunting.