Li Qingyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Miss Zhen, I still have something to do, you'd better wake up your guards!"
"Otherwise, I'll go with you!" Zhen Zhen had completely lost confidence in her guard at this time. She was afraid that Li Qingyi would be unwilling, so she quickly expressed her position: "Don't worry, I will definitely not tell anyone else, and I am with you Together, we are accomplices, and you are not afraid that I will reveal that you did this, are you?"
Li Qingyi raised his eyebrows and said, "This is not a good thing. Furthermore, the assassin just now may not have retreated, but is still waiting for an opportunity in the dark. If you follow me, I may not be able to help you escape by then."
"But, if I go back alone, what if someone wants to kill me and put the blame on you?"
Zhen Zhen felt that Li Qingyi was extremely reliable at this time, and she repeatedly promised: "Besides, maybe I can also help you. The Cui family doesn't dare to offend my grandfather! Just go ahead and do it, if anything happens Whatever happens, I won’t stand idly by.”
Li Qingyi was really defeated by this little girl, "I didn't go to the Cui family to shout and kill, and I don't need you to use your power to suppress others. If you want to follow, just follow, but you have agreed in advance not to cause any trouble for me. , be obedient.”
Zhen Zhen nodded quickly: "I will follow you and I will never do anything unnecessary!"
Li Qingyi wanted to laugh, was this little girl tamed so easily?
In Wutong Lane, there is a row of low-rise houses separated by their own yards. The third room to the east, which is dimly lit by candlelight, is where Jiang Shun is being held.
Originally, Li Qingyi didn't want to be in such a hurry to save Jiang Shun, but this person was injured and imprisoned here by the Cui family. If he died in a few days, Li Yuanzhi would definitely blame her.
It was already past the second watch, and there was no one around. The sky was dark and without moonlight, which was perfect for Li Qingyi's master and servant and burdensome Zhen Zhen to hide themselves.
The Cui family members didn't seem to have thought that anyone would care about the life and death of an untouchable, so they didn't put up much defense. There were only two servants dozing off in front of the door.
Chang Ning held two thin needles between his fingers and shot like lightning. The guard suddenly trembled and fell to the ground.
Zhen Zhen trembled and asked in a low voice: "Did you kill them?"
Chang Ning rolled his eyes, "I'm not a murderer! I just fainted after being hit on an acupuncture point..."
Zhen Zhen touched her nose embarrassedly.
Chang Ning said: "Girl, let me go over and check it out first. You guys wait here."
After saying that, she jumped up to the wall, climbed onto the roof, gently moved a tile away, and looked down.
There was no movement at all in the room. There was a dilapidated table that was about to fall apart, with a weak candle on it. A slender figure was tied like a rice dumpling, with a face covered in bruises, and was thrown in the corner like a rag.
Chang Ning secretly said that your life is so good that you actually took the trouble of our girl to save you.
She turned over and got off the beam and greeted Li Qingyi and others in a low voice.
Zhen Zhen tiptoed behind Li Qingyi, extremely nervous. For her, bullying people was common, but saving people was her first time. But, it feels so good!
"Hey!" Li Qingyi knelt down and patted Jiang Shun's swollen face: "Are you dead?"
There was no movement from the other party. Zhen Zhen stretched out her hand to check her breathing and whispered, "There is still breath."
The two men untied him neatly, not daring to stay here too long.
Chang Ning picked up Jiang Shun under Zhen Zhen's dumbfounded expression. When he went out, he did not forget to pull out the fine needles on the guard's body: "Let's go, Qi Lian will meet us in the alley over there."
Li Qingyi was startled: "Why is Qilian here?"
Qi Lian was the one who took over from Chang Yue in charge of the maidservants.
Chang Ning said: "Young lady, you can't bring someone back to the Wei Mansion! There's no guarantee that if you send him back to the Li family, he won't cause trouble to the family. In the end, he will be thrown into the hands of the adults! So the servant called Qilian and asked her to go directly Take people away!"
Li Qingyi couldn't help but look sideways, wondering if this girl despised him.
But what she said made sense, so she praised: "You did a good job, I will reward you with a big chicken drumstick later!"
Chang Ning bared his teeth and said, "I am a slave.
After the injury, I had to take supplements every day. When I heard the word chicken, I vomited three liters of blood! "
It was pitch dark at the entrance of the alley, and Qilian was waiting there with his car. He was startled when he saw a large group of black shadows approaching.
After taking a closer look, it turned out that there were two figures stacked on top of each other, followed by a series of figures, "Chang Ning?"
Chang Ning saw Qi Lian and threw Jiang Shun into the carriage.
Li Qingyi dragged Zhen Zhen onto the carriage, "Let's go, it's not a good time to stay here."
Qi Lian looked at Zhen Zhen beside Li Qingyi with confusion, not daring to delay, and drove the carriage to the Qin Mansion.
Zhen Zhen couldn't help but ask: "Sister Li, the Lord Qin you are talking about is not the Lord Qin from Dongchang, right?"
Li Qingyi saw her shrinking her neck and asked, "Why, are you afraid of her?"
Zhen Zhen looked surprised, "Who is not afraid of her? Are Sister Li familiar with Mr. Qin?"
Li Qingyi smiled and said, "We are friends."
Zhen Zhen had a look of incomprehension, but she still praised her unkindly, "Sister Li is so amazing, she can actually be friends with Mr. Qin."
"Your cousin also praised me like this?"
"Uh..." Zhen Zhen was a little embarrassed.
Li Qingyi stopped teasing her, "We're here, get off the car."
Qin Zeng knew early on that Li Qingyi wanted to meddle in other people's business. He was still doing business in the study. When he heard that she was coming, he put down his book and went to the front yard.
Jiang Shun was seriously injured and fell unconscious, and was sent directly to the doctor's yard.
Li Qingyi explained to Qin Zeng before going back, "I have to send this aunt back home first, so I won't delay you."
Qin Zeng glanced at Zhen Zhen, who hid behind Li Qingyi like a little mouse.
"I'll take you back."
Li Qingyi didn't refuse. She was afraid that if something happened, it would be easy for her to explain, but it would be difficult for Zhen Zhen to explain.
Zhen Zhen followed Li Qingyi and got on the carriage again, and said in surprise: "Sister Li, you talk to Mr. Qin so naturally! Just like... talking to my father and my mother, without any scruples."
Li Qingyi blushed at her description.
"Little girl, stop talking nonsense!"
Zhen Zhen reflected on herself, "Master Qin is a eunuch. Maybe my comparison is not appropriate, but I really think so!"
Chang Lan couldn't help but lower his head and laugh. Not only you feel that, but I feel that too.
From the east of the city to the Taifu Mansion in the south of the city, the journey was uneventful.
Zhen Zhen got off the carriage, looked back at Li Qingyi, and blushed: "I, I'm going back."
Li Qingyi nodded and waved his hand to her.
Without the outsiders, Qin Zeng ordered Changlan Changning to ride a horse and take the first step, while he himself drove Li Qingyi back.
It was silent everywhere, the clouds were low, except for the light sound of horse hooves and the occasional "coo" of an owl.
Li Qingyi always felt that Qin Zeng seemed to be in a bad mood today, and he wanted to stay with him for a while, so he also sat on the shaft of the car and asked, "Have you heard about the owl?"
Qin Zeng said "hmm" and said, "The owl is the owl. It is said that the owl has a keen sense of smell and can smell the smell of terminally ill people and laugh. In many places, after hearing the hoot of an owl, several people will Someone will die within the day, so the owl is called a mourning bird."
Li Qingyi was about to answer when a bright light suddenly appeared beside him.
She turned around in surprise, only to see a flaming arrow whizzing straight towards her, passing right through the window of the carriage and piercing into the carriage. The tongue of fire spread instantly, accompanied by a faint fragrance. Smoke drifted out.
Qin Zeng's expression changed: "This fireball is filled with cartilage incense!"
Although the two of them were outside, they still couldn't avoid inhaling the aroma.
While his mind was still clear, Qin Zeng immediately cut off several ropes on the horse, jumped on the horse with Li Qingyi in his arms, and urged the horse forward.
But the attackers refused to give them a chance to escape, and several arrows were fired at them!
In order to protect Li Qingyi, Qin Zeng's shoulder was penetrated by a sharp sword with a "pop" sound.
Being hit by the huge force, he almost turned over and fell off his horse. He managed to steady his body, gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, and ran towards the south city gate, the only place where no arrows were fired.
Li Qingyi was a little confused and tried to keep his spirits up, "Sir, how are you?"
"Stop talking and keep your strength up!"
As soon as the fifth watch arrives, the city gate opens wide.
The killer behind was afraid of attracting the attention of the guards and did not dare to catch up immediately. Qin Zeng seized the opportunity to rush out of the city gate.
But now they were hit by cartilage incense, and the horses under them were not good horses. How far could they run out of the city?
Li Qingyi felt remorseful because he had been disturbed by that little girl Zhen Zhen tonight and had lost his vigilance.
Qin Zeng kept urging his horse.
The pain from the wound made his brain go blank for a moment, but the numbness caused by the cartilage fragrance was relieved a lot under such severe pain. However, before he ran very far, there was a messy sound of horse hooves behind him! He quickly chased them in their direction!
Qin Zeng looked around, and he remembered that there was a cliff in front of him, and below it was the Yuanshui River that ran through the entire city!
Unable to confront their pursuers head-on, they can only take risks!
He pulled out the bone knife and stabbed the horse's butt hard. The horse was in pain and ran forward desperately.
At the moment when the people behind him caught up, Qin Zeng pulled the reins hard, and the horse turned around instantly, raising its front hooves high, blocking the flying arrows for the two of them!
And he jumped up with Li Qingyi in his arms and jumped into the Yuanshui below...
The water temperature in the early morning made some of the medicinal effect of the cartilage fragrance disappear.
Li Qingyi struggled to keep his balance in the water and breathe smoothly until his hands and feet gradually regained full strength.
Fortunately, she held her breath in time and did not inhale too much cartilage fragrance. Otherwise, no matter how good her water quality was, she would have no choice but to stand up and wait for death.
But Qin Zeng's situation was not good. The sharp arrow that penetrated his shoulder restricted his movement, but he did not dare to pull it out. ..
If he pulls out the sharp arrow, his blood will only flow more.
However, Li Qingyi's physical strength was not able to swim in the water with Qin Zeng at all. The two of them could only paddle slowly along the current in order to get ashore to heal in the shortest possible time.
Swimming in the water is not easy, and my physical strength is gradually exhausted. Fortunately, in the dim light of day, the river bank is already in front of me.
The reeds near the river beach were withered and yellow and soft. The two of them struggled to climb up the bank. The color on Qin Zeng's face was gone.
