Now that things have come to this, everyone can only accept it. Everyone has their own thoughts and plans to think of countermeasures after returning home. Seeing that everything had been decided and it was noon, all the people in Xiangmen held a banquet to entertain the guests.
After the banquet, everyone bid farewell to Xiao Xianglan one after another. Liu Shui and Li Feng came to Xianglan. Liu Shui bowed his hands and saluted: "Congratulations, girl, for becoming the master of the house at such a young age!"
Xianglan smiled slightly and said, "You're welcome, Mr. Liu. I heard from Hall Master Lu that the young man has extraordinary bearing. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true. My little sister admires him very much and wants to make friends with him. Is that possible?"
Liu Shui's face darkened and he said: "Master, I don't dare to reach out to you. I still have important things to do, so let's leave it alone!"
Xianglan glanced at Li Feng and said: "Liu Shaoxia, you are quite beautiful. I wonder what I call this girl?"
Li Feng was already dissatisfied when she heard her talking frivolously and showing off in front of Liu Shui, so she snorted and ignored her.
Xianglan didn't take it seriously and said: "Girl, you have to be careful not to be deceived by him. A man like him must have a few confidantes around him!"
Liu Shui didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he pulled Li Feng and turned around to leave. When the two returned home, Li Yan asked, "How was the situation?" Liu Shui told him truthfully.
After listening to this, Li Yan pondered for a while and said: "Where did Xiao Xianglan come from? How come she is so powerful? How come I have never heard of it? Now that they have become famous, it seems that they can only make good plans."
Liu Shui said: "This Xiao Xianglan is not only powerful in martial arts, but also extremely mysterious. Now that she has become the head of the entire Xiang Clan, there must be a huge conspiracy. I estimate that the several times her salary has been robbed must be related to them."
At this time, someone came to report to Liu Shui that Miss Hongying asked him to meet at the place where they were warming up by the fire in the evening. After dinner, Liu Shui went to the mountain hut. I saw Hongying dressed in red, facing the mountain wind, looking at the bright moon, like water under the moonlight, like a fairy.
Liu Shui couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, Hongying smiled and said: "What's wrong, you don't know me?"
Liu Shui came back to his senses and said, "I thought I went to the wrong place and met a fairy descending to earth."
Hongying smiled and said: "Poor talker."
Liu Shui said: "It's windy and cold outside, so we should talk inside."
After entering the house, Liu Shui lit a bonfire and the two sat on the ground.
Liu Shui asked: "Sister, are you looking for me if you have something to do?"
"Can't I come to you if nothing happens?"
"How could that happen? A beautiful woman can come to me and ask for her at any time."
"You are sweet-tongued and flattering. Do you say the same to Sister Li Feng?"
"She doesn't have to look for it, she can find it anytime."
"Then who do you think is better looking among us?"
"This..." Hongying's question stumped Liu Shui.
In Liu Shui's opinion, both of them are very beautiful. If I say which one is more beautiful, I really can't say. He could only say: "You are all beautiful, you can only say that you have your own merits."
"Humph, please both of you, but the other one is naughty." Hongying said coquettishly and glared at him. Liu Shui was naturally embarrassed and remained silent.
Seeing this, Hongying smiled slightly and said, "It's just a joke. I see you are nervous." After speaking, he sighed.
Liu Shui asked: "You're so good, why are you sighing? What's on your mind?"
Hongying said quietly: "After tomorrow, I wonder if we can meet again?"
"What, are you leaving Tanzhou?"
"We are going to assassinate Xu Thief tomorrow, but we don't know if we can come back alive? So I asked you to meet tonight. Maybe this will be the last time."
Liu Shui stood up and asked: "What? Are you going to assassinate Xu Thief? When? Where are you going to assassinate him?"
Hongying stood up slowly and said: "The thief Xu has been very careful, and it is difficult for us to find an opportunity. Tomorrow he will go to the execution ground to be sentenced, and we are going to assassinate him on the road."
Liu Shui asked: "Did you recruit a lot of helpers?"
Hongying shook her head: "No, it's still us."
Liu Shui hesitated and said: "Then it will be difficult to succeed."
"Yes, that's why I came to say goodbye to you." Hongying said sadly. Liu Shui felt sad when he heard what she said and saw her in a daze.
Liu Shui couldn't help but walked into Jin Hongying and said softly: "Don't worry, even if you don't succeed with your skills, it won't be difficult to escape."
"You just don't care about me." Hongying pouted.
Liu Shui couldn't help laughing when he saw her pouting look. "Are you still laughing at me?" Hongying was even more angry. She raised her pink fist and hit her. Liu Shui didn't dodge and silently received her punch.
Hongying asked in surprise: "Why didn't you hide or stop me?"
"I know you won't hit me sincerely!" Liu Shui laughed.
Hongying's face turned red and she said, "Are you still making fun of me?"
Liu Shuidao: "I don't dare. But instead of assassinating on the road tomorrow, it's better to do it at the execution ground. Then, I will go and help you."
Hongying said happily: "If you are willing to help, then our chances of success will be much greater!"
Liu Shui said: "In order to facilitate tomorrow's work, we will go to the execution ground at night to check the terrain. What do you think?"
Hongying said: "Then let's go now."
Liu Shui nodded and said, "That's fine. After checking, we can go back early to rest and prepare for tomorrow's fierce battle." The two of them rushed to the execution ground and took a detailed look at the execution ground and its surroundings.
It was already late at night, and Liu Shui sent Hongying to the vicinity of Yang Mansion.
Hongying said reluctantly: "Then I will go back."
Liu Shui nodded and said, "You must be careful to protect yourself tomorrow."
Hongying said: "The same goes for you." She turned around and walked in.
Liu Shui returned to Li Mansion and saw that Li Feng was still waiting for him, so he quickly asked, "Why don't you go to bed?"
But Li Feng said: "I have nothing to do, why did you go?"
Liu Shui said: "I went outside for a walk." "Well, then go to bed early and refresh yourself." Liu Shui waited for her to leave and went to Furong and Peony's room.
The two were surprised when they saw Liu Shui coming in, and quickly asked Liu Shui what was important. Liu Shui told them that he would go to help Hongying tomorrow. After he was done, he would naturally come back and asked them not to tell Li Feng.
Upon hearing this, Furong and Mudan wanted to go with Liu Shui, and said that if he didn't take them, they would go there themselves. Liu Shui had no choice but to agree to them, but he just asked them to listen to him.
As soon as it gets bright, Liu Shui, Hibiscus and Peony are ready. They did not tell Li Yan and Li Feng, but quietly left Li's house and came to the execution ground. Near noon, several prisoners were led to the execution platform, with several rows of officers and soldiers standing under the platform.
Behind the execution platform is the execution shed. Sitting among the adults in the shed are Xu Qiong on the left and Zhang Dahu on the right. Hu Hai, Lin Zhen and Zhang Erhu stood on both sides.
Behind Mr. Lu, four sturdy men stood. Seeing that the time had come, Liu Shui quietly climbed up to the roof of the prison shed with Furong and Peony.
Liu Shui said to them: "You are only here to monitor, and you are not allowed to go down. Do you understand? You can only come down to help me after you see that I have captured Mr. Lu."
Liu Shui was worried that they were inexperienced and would be hurt if they acted rashly, so the two quickly nodded in agreement. At this moment, only the sound of a cannon was heard, and it was already three quarters to noon.
Firecrackers suddenly sounded in the crowd, smoke filled the air, and the execution ground was in chaos. Several big men stood up and rushed towards the execution platform.
These people were the servants of Yang Mansion. According to Liu Shui and Hongying's plan in advance, they made it look like they were robbing the execution ground. As expected, Hu Hai, Lin Zhen and others were all attracted there.
Liu Shui saw that there were no masters around Mr. Lu, so he flew up and rushed towards the prison killing platform from the air. Furong and Mudan saw that the men below them were getting exhausted and hurriedly sent darts on the roof to help.
As soon as Liu Shui arrived in front of the shed, Master Lu grabbed two people from behind and slashed at them with swords. Liu Shui used his internal strength to block it with his sword, and the two swords flew away as soon as they touched. Liu Shui pushed with his left palm, and the two of them flew away, and two more big men rushed towards them, risking their lives.
At this time, four more people flew to the shed from another roof, and one of them stabbed Xu Qiong with a sword. Although Xu Qiong was injured by Liu Shui, her internal injuries were not serious, especially her skills. He swung his sword, blocked the incoming sword, and counterattacked. But the rescuing officers and soldiers had already arrived, and the four men had to fight separately.
Liu Shui knew it was Hongying and the others, but he had no time to care, so he swung his sword to attack those two people. Mr. Lu saw that the situation was not good and walked towards where there were many soldiers. Liu Shui secretly thought that if he got into the group of soldiers, it would be troublesome.
Liu Shui was in a hurry, and channeled his internal energy into his whole body, swinging his sword across the area, and both of them were immediately knocked away. Liu Shui jumped up and was behind Mr. Lu.
Seeing that Mr. Lu was about to be captured alive, Hu Hai, who was fighting fiercely, saw this and hurriedly picked up an arrow and threw it hard, and the arrow flew straight to Liu Shui's back.
Seeing Liu Shui in danger, Hongying flew up not far away, blocked Liu Shui's back, and swung his sword to block arrows. But the arrow came with such ferocity that Hongying did not block it, but instead shot into Hongying's chest. Fortunately, she stopped it with her sword and relieved some of the force, otherwise it would have passed through her chest.
Hongying said "ah" and fell backwards.
Liu Shui grabbed Mr. Lu's shoulder with one hand and turned around. Seeing Hongying fall to the ground, he quickly moved to protect Hongying.
Liu Shui kicked the steel knife on the ground, and the steel knife stabbed into the chest of the sergeant who rushed over.
The situation was critical at this moment, and two figures suddenly appeared in front of Liu Shui.
When Liu Shui saw it was Furong and Peony, he hurriedly said: "Mudan, you go take care of Miss Zhou, Furong will be guarding you."
Liu Shui saw that the situation below was serious. The people on his side had been surrounded, and there were many casualties.
At this time, bursts of rapid horse hooves came from the distance.
Liu Shuiyunjin shouted: "Stop everyone, otherwise I will kill this high official immediately."
The people below were stunned, seeing Master Lu being captured, and were at a loss for a moment.
Furong had an idea, pointed the sword at Mr. Lu's heart and said, "Tell them to stop immediately, otherwise you won't be able to survive with one strike of the sword."
Mr. Lu was so frightened that he quickly shouted: "Stop everyone."
When the officers and soldiers heard Mr. Lu's shouts, they habitually stopped.
Xu Qiong also fled among the officers and soldiers at this time. Hu Hai and Lin Zhen were also at a loss and had to wave away.
Seeing that the fighting had stopped, Liu Shui said to Furong and Mudan: "Fu Rong is next to me, holding Miss Zhou behind me. Let's slowly go over and join everyone."
Meimei asked: "Miss Zhou is unconscious. Do you want to pull out the arrow?"
Liu Shui said hurriedly: "Don't pull it out, we don't have time to deal with it now."
Liu Shui escorted Mr. Lu to the execution platform slowly and joined the Yang family members.
The officers and soldiers just surrounded them from a distance and stopped attacking, but they didn't give way either.
Xu Qiong and others tried to avoid the situation, but finally got out of the way under Liu Shui's coercion. After all, no one wants to bear the crime of killing a court official.
Liu Shui and others escorted Mr. Lu and were about to walk towards the Xiangjiang River when a group of people blocked the way. The first person was Princess Yanmei.
When Mr. Lu saw the princess coming, he hurriedly shouted: "Princess, help!"
The princess glanced at Liu Shui and asked, "Who are you, who dare to cause trouble in the execution ground and hijack court officials?"
Liu Shui nodded towards Furong, signaling for her to answer. Fu Rong understood and said: "Obviously, we are the ones who rob the law field. Do you want our lives? Or do you want the adults' lives?"
The princess was in a dilemma. Master Lu was very poor in ability and character, but he was Wu Sansi's confidant.
Not to mention that the princess did not dare to offend him, even Wu Qiong did not dare to neglect him. If something happens to him, even Wu Qiong will not be able to escape severe punishment.
The princess thought for a while and said, "Then what do you want?"
Fleur said: "Get out of the way and let us go."
"You guys let Mr. Lu go, and I'll let you leave safely."
"Princess, when we are three years old, we will only let him go if we are out of danger."
"Then who can guarantee that he will be released? Are you willing to let him go?"
"Who cares about such a waste? There is no point in killing him. There are only benefits in keeping him. Maybe he will be used as a shield. Princess, what do you think?"
Yanmei hesitated and didn't reply for a while.
Fleur thought that she couldn't let them have the idea of delaying. I can only take a gamble.
Furong shouted: "I count to three, if you don't get out of the way, we will kill him first, and then fight to the death with you. Even if we die today, we will just go to the underworld to wait for you and your family." "
Furong looked at Liu Shui, and Liu Shui nodded, knowing that she was very thoughtful.
Furong shouted: "One, -" and paused.
At this time, Xu Qiong came to the princess and said hurriedly: "Princess, the lives of a group of bandits are not worth the life of Master Lu."
Fleur shouted again: "Two, -" and then paused.
At this time, Mr. Lu was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and shouted hurriedly: "Princess, if you don't give way, if I die, King Liang will definitely destroy your nine tribes."
Liangchen was about to continue shouting: "Three..."
The princess had no choice but to say: "I'll let you go." She waved her hand and made way for a main road.
The crowd took Master Lu hostage and came to the riverside. The Yang family's servants had already prepared wooden boats. Everyone got on the boat, and the princess followed with soldiers and horses.
Furong said to Yanmei: "You are not allowed to send people to chase him. Otherwise, I will chop him up. We have gone far, and I will let him go tomorrow."
The princess had no other choice and said: "We don't have to chase you. If you cross the river, we will let you go. Otherwise, we will catch you even if we chase you to the end of the world."
Fu Rong said quickly: "Don't worry, Princess, you are so beautiful. I like you very much and I can't bear to let you die."
Yanmei's face was flushed by Fu Rong and she was speechless.
Furong added: "You are so cold and fierce, I'm afraid no man will like you. I'll take my leave and we'll never see you again."
Immediately, the wooden boat quickly headed towards the west bank of the Xiangjiang River.
