The Rebirth of the Prince: Starting from Not Being a Doglicker

Not long after, people from the Five Cities Army arrived.

The Five Cities Military Affairs Division is an agency in charge of the capital's public security, theft prevention, and firefighting. However, compared to the Demon Suppression Division, an agency that specializes in dealing with evil creatures and evil cultivators, the Five Cities Military Affairs Division is much inferior in power and strength.

This area is located in the North City and is under the jurisdiction of the North City Military Affairs Department.

When the commander of the North City Military Division received the news that Zhou Qingyu had been assassinated, he was so frightened that he got out of bed at night and rushed to the scene of the crime with his men.

He was responsible for the rebellion caused by evil cultivators in the area he was in charge of, so he had to take responsibility. What was even more terrible was that the person who was assassinated was the eldest daughter of the Zhou family. If Zhou Qingyu died, the commander of the North City Army would feel that he would be lucky if he could resign safely.

Fortunately, Zhou Qingyu was unharmed.

The soldiers of the Bingmasi were dealing with the corpses, most of which were guards and maids from the Zhou residence, and a few were bodies of men in black.

There were also more than a hundred people from nearby households who were tragically killed in their homes, and no one survived.

The bodies of the woman in blue and Xiaochan were also carried out by the soldiers. The moment Zhou Qingyu saw the two of them, he was heartbroken and almost collapsed.

The woman in blue had her neck bitten, her chest was wide open, and her internal organs were completely emptied.

Xiaochan was even more miserable. Her flesh and blood had been almost eaten away. Apart from her head which was still relatively intact, only a bloody skeleton was left.

The people from Zhou Mansion arrived late.

The men in black failed to kill all the people. Guo Pu and a few lucky guards escaped back to Zhou Mansion and passed the news back.

Along with the people from Zhou Mansion came the Evil Suppression Envoy from the Evil Suppression Division.

The leader of the evil-suppressing envoys was a tall woman dressed in a standard black robe with a short cape hanging behind her, and holding a gilded tiger-head spear in her hand.

The leader of the Zhou family was Zhou Wenruo, the younger brother of Zhou Daxueshi and the second uncle of Zhou Qingyu.

Zhou Wenruo was dressed in a moon-white brocade robe. He looked to be in his early thirties, with handsome features.

According to the information Su An knew, the second wife of the Zhou family had no children and had always treated Zhou Qingyu as his own.

He arrived with a group of guards and masters from the Zhou residence, looking anxious. He searched the crowd with his eyes, and when he saw Zhou Qingyu being held in Wang Shishi's arms, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Qing Yu."

Zhou Wenruo rode his horse forward and dismounted.

"Second uncle." Zhou Qingyu's voice trembled slightly. "They are all dead..."

Zhou Wenruo had a heavy expression on his face. He learned from Zhou Qingyu about the details of the ambush, and then came to Su An.

"Thank you, Prince, for saving Qingyu." Zhou Wenruo bowed solemnly to Su An.

"Uncle Zhou, there's no need to be so polite. Miss Zhou and I are friends, so it's only natural for me to save her." Su An said.

"Your Highness, you have saved Qingyu, and the Zhou family will definitely reward you handsomely. But there is one thing I don't understand, and I would like to ask Your Highness for an explanation." Zhou Wenruo looked serious.

"Uncle Zhou Er, please feel free to speak." Su An said.

"How did the prince know that Qingyu would be killed here tonight?" Zhou Wenruo looked straight into Su An's eyes.

What was expected still happened.

Su An sighed in his heart. Even if he saved Zhou Qingyu, he could not dispel the suspicion of the people in Zhou Mansion.

How did Su An know that these evil cultivators would assassinate Zhou Qingyu, and why did he save Zhou Qingyu at the critical moment? Is he related to that group of evil cultivators?

Su An was silent for a moment, then spoke out his prepared words.

"People from the Marquis' Mansion have discovered traces of large-scale evil cultivation activities in this area. I also learned from Shishi that Miss Zhou went to Xiangji Temple today and will pass by this place in the evening."

"I am worried that this group of evil practitioners will harm Miss Zhou, so I brought people from the mansion to take a look."

"So that's how it is." Zhou Wenruo nodded calmly, not knowing whether he believed it or not.

"Junior sister."

At this time, Guo Pu came to Zhou Qingyu and showed a concerned expression, "Junior sister, are you okay? Are you injured anywhere?"

"roll!"

The moment Zhou Qingyu saw Guo Pu, his face suddenly turned cold.

Her senior brother, her father's disciple, actually abandoned them and ran away without hesitation at that time.

"Junior sister, I had no choice. It would be useless if I stayed, so I thought of going back to the mansion to seek reinforcements." Guo Pu defended himself.

He felt very regretful in his heart. He wondered why he was so blinded by fear that he ran away.

Thinking about it now, I really regret it. If I could have stayed at that time, we could have shared the hardships in that critical moment, which would have surely impressed my junior sister.

I don’t know why the Second Prince introduced this group of villains to him. It was a pretend assassination, but it turned out to be real.

"Snapped!"

Zhou Qingyu felt sick when he saw his hypocritical look, and slapped him in the face.

"Junior sister?"

Guo Pu covered his red face, somewhat incredulous.

The most gentle junior sister in his mind actually slapped him in the face.

"When my father comes back, I will ask him to expel you from the sect. Now, get out of here." Zhou Qingyu's expression was cold, and her body was trembling slightly with anger.

Guo Pu looked a little dejected. He opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

"Qingyu, what's wrong?"

Zhou Wenruo heard the noise and came over.

Zhou Qingyu told them everything about how Guo Pu escaped alone and left them behind.

Zhou Wenruo's face also darkened and he sneered.

"Big brother really accepted a good disciple."

If Guo Pu had fled when faced with an invincible enemy, he would have been able to understand and would not have been so angry.

But at that time, the main force of the evil cultivators was held back by the captain of the guards, and there were only two men in black trying to kill them. With the green-clothed woman, a third-level cultivator, they could easily deal with the two men in black.

However, Guo Pu left at that time, obviously wanting Zhou Qingyu to cover him and buy him time to escape.

"Prince, please allow me to come to your house tomorrow to express my gratitude. I will take Qingyu home first." Zhou Wenruo bowed to Su An.

"Uncle Zhou, please do as you wish." Su An nodded slightly. The most important thing now was to calm Zhou Qingyu's emotions.

Zhou Wenruo left some experts in the Zhou Mansion to track down the man in black, while he took Zhou Qingyu back home.

Su An also led everyone back to the Marquis' Mansion.

People from the Five Cities Military Department and the Evil Suppression Department stayed behind to deal with the scene and track the evil cultivators.

……

three days later.

The weather is clear and the morning sun is warm.

Shenweihou Mansion, study.

Danqing had a long sword tied around her waist, a white and black horse-faced skirt on her body, her long hair tied into a high ponytail, her pretty face was cool, and her whole body was meticulously groomed.

She bent slightly and poured a bowl of hot tea into Zhou Qingyu's cup.

Tea is a tribute to the royal family. The Purple Smoke Moon that His Majesty bestowed on the Shenwei Marquisate is steaming hot and has a refreshing tea aroma.

"Thank you." Zhou Qingyu thanked Danqing.

She recognized the maid as the one who had saved her with a sword that night.

After the assassination that night, except for Zhou Wenruo who came to the Shenwei Marquis Mansion the next day with a lot of gifts to express his gratitude, neither Zhou Qingyu nor Wang Shishi came to the mansion.

According to Wang Shishi, Zhou Qingyu has been wracked by guilt and fear since that night, and Wang Shishi wants to stay by her side and comfort her.

It now appears that after a few days, Zhou Qingyu has come out of the disaster and is recovering well. His emotions are stable and he has no sequelae such as post-traumatic stress.

Zhou Qingyu picked up the tea and took a sip, looking at the young man in white in front of him.

He was still sitting on the sandalwood chair beside the window table, holding a book in his hand. He had a handsome face, a temperament as gentle as jade, and his words and actions were all calm and indifferent.

"Blood Soldiers are a type of mainstream evil cultivators, and can be classified as martial artists. Their evil method is to use their own blood essence to nourish weapons, which can be knives, guns, swords, etc.

"To do this, they need to suck a lot of human blood to replenish their own blood essence. Most of them are cruel and bloodthirsty. They don't like to eat normal food and often use human blood as a substitute. Their killing power is among the best among the cultivators of the same realm."

"Gluttony is a type of mainstream evil practice that can be classified as a martial arts practice. Their evil method relies on eating human flesh and drawing nutrients from it."

"These nutrients can temper their bodies, or they can be stored in the body and then released all at once to greatly enhance their strength and body in a short period of time."

"Baby raisers are a type of mainstream evil cultivators, and can be classified as magic cultivators. Their evil method is to use their spirit consciousness to contract ghost babies. They will throw open the bellies of pregnant women who are about to give birth, take out the babies and make them into ghost babies."

"Or they can refine living children into ghost children. However, the conditions for the formation of ghost babies are quite harsh. Often, only one ghost baby can be born out of a dozen or even dozens of children, and they need to be fed blood regularly."

"The three third-level evil cultivators you encountered that night were Blood Soldier, Gluttony, and Infant Raiser."

Zhou Qingyu remained silent, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, the fresh fragrance dissipated in his mouth.

"Why do you know so much?"

Zhou Qingyu looked at Su An with a complicated expression.

"If Miss Zhou wants to know these, it is not difficult. The Zhou Mansion must have records about evil cultivators."

"Or Miss Zhou can go find someone from the Evil Suppression Department to ask about them. This information is not a secret to you and me, right?"

Su An's eyes were calm, and his expression did not fluctuate at all because of Zhou Qingyu's suspicion.

"This incident is very likely related to him."

"Otherwise, how would he know when you were assassinated? Just because he thought you might be in danger, he led the people from the Shenwei Marquis' Mansion to the outer city?"

Zhou Wenruo's words lingered in Zhou Qingyu's ears.

During this period, the Zhou family has been looking for the reason why this ambush happened.

Why did this group of evil practitioners want to kill Zhou Qingyu? Why did they know that Zhou Qingyu would go out that day and carefully planned an ambush on Zhou Qingyu's way back home?

Eventually Zhou Wenruo discovered that if Su An was the culprit in this incident, then everything made sense.

This was a play he directed and acted in himself, so Zhou Qingyu was able to hide in the closet for so long without being discovered, and was rescued by Su An at the most critical moment.

Zhou Qingyu didn't want to believe that the person who had carried her out of the dark and cramped closet when she was most desperate would be the mastermind behind all this.

"Su An, tell me, does this matter have anything to do with you?"

Zhou Qingyu looked into Su An's eyes, biting her lip slightly, with a hint of hope in her eyes.

"No." Su An did not explain too much, but just denied it calmly.

Zhou Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief.

"I believe you."

"These past few days, my second uncle has been saying that this matter has something to do with you..."

Zhou Wenruo believed that the most strange thing about this matter was that Su An saved Zhou Qingyu at the most critical moment.

Zhou Wenruo felt that this was a trick Su An had deliberately planned in order to win Zhou Qingyu's favor.

But Zhou Qingyu didn't think so.

During this period of time, Su An completely ignored her.

Su An had never looked at her secretly, nor had he shown any affection to her. In his eyes, the books in his hands were far more attractive than her.

Therefore, Zhou Qingyu would not be so narcissistic as to think that Su An had some thoughts about him and carefully planned an ambush for this purpose.

And as for the poems in the wooden box, it is impossible for a person with a vicious heart to write such warm words.

"Uncle Zhou Er cares about you, and the timing of my appearance is too coincidental. It is normal for him to be suspicious." Su An didn't care about it.

During this period, the news of Zhou Qingyu being killed by evil cultivators caused a sensation in the city.

For this reason, a curfew was imposed in the capital, and experts from the Evil Suppression Division, the Five Cities Army Division, and the Zhou Mansion would arrest suspicious people in the royal capital every night.

There were some gains, but not much. We only caught some evil cultivators of the second and first realms, and no big fish.

Nowadays, Grand Secretary Zhou is in southern Xinjiang assisting Marquis Shenwei in setting up defenses, and Lord Zhou is not in the capital. The Zhou Mansion is currently in a state of disarray.

"Su An, and Miss Danqing, thank you."

"If it weren't for you, I would have died that night."

Zhou Qingyu stood up and bowed to Su An and Danqing respectively.

"Ms. Zhou is Shishi's friend, and naturally she is also my friend. There is no need to do this." Su An said.

"Since we are friends, you can call me Qingyu from now on. Calling me Miss Zhou seems too formal." Zhou Qingyu suddenly smiled.

Su An was stunned for a moment, then didn't say anything and nodded slightly.

"Then I'll go back to Zhou Mansion first."

Su An looked at Zhou Qingyu's departing back and found that she was a little different. There was something more in her eyes. She was no longer just a simple literary girl who loved magic and poetry.

Just like in the previous life, Su Wan died in his arms.

But he was powerless, feeling despair, pain and regret.

Perhaps she also harbors hatred in her heart.

Overnight, everyone around her died to protect her.

This kind of hatred can completely change a person.

Su An took a sip of tea, opened the book and continued reading.

Zhou Qingyu walked out of the room. Wang Shishi was waiting outside the study. Looking at the pretty girl in front of him, Zhou Qingyu was very moved. During this period of time, it was Wang Shishi who had been with her and helped her get out of the haze.

"Shishi, thank you."

Zhou Qingyu hugged her.

For her, Wang Shishi hadn't even come to the Shenwei Marquis Mansion during this period. Today was the first time, and she came just to accompany her.

Wang Shishi is very free and easy about this.

Zhou Qingyu is her best friend.

Since her best friend had encountered such a terrible thing, Wang Shishi of course had to comfort her and make her feel less sad.

Anyway, Brother Su An is in the Marquis' Mansion and won't be abducted by other women.

Last time they were able to share a pair of chopsticks, and next time they could kiss each other or something, it shouldn’t be too much.

Brother Su An is already in her pocket, so of course she has to focus more on Qingyu.

Qingyu is her great contributor. If she is to win the heart of brother Su An in the future, Qingyu will definitely play an indispensable role.

Zhou Qingyu looked back at the study, recalling the night when Su An held her in his arms and comforted her gently, and a warm feeling rose in her heart.

"Qingyu, what's wrong with you? Why are you standing there?"

"Ah... nothing, let's go."