Duke Jing's younger sister

Chapter 162 Falling into the Lake

Jiang Cheng's fingers, which were holding the paper, turned pale. Hearing Luo Jue's words, he felt that they were very ironic. He said in a deep voice,

"How many scholars have studied hard for ten years, and are full of talent, but in the end they are still no match for this yellow and white thing."

Luo Jue snorted and simply pushed the paper in front of him, not wanting to read it anymore.

"The Lin family is already wealthy. Back then, Lin Zewen's reputation as a talented scholar was also earned by spending money. In his opinion, talent is not as important as money. What's so strange about him doing this?"

Shen Beiqi raised his eyes from the paper and glanced at Luo Jue indifferently, "There are only a few days left, sort out the list and the number as soon as possible."

Yue Yang pushed the door open and came in, looking panicked, "Master, something happened!"

Shen Beiqi looked up at him, "What's the matter?"

"The third girl was held hostage on Jiangyang Lake!"

His face suddenly changed, and he immediately stood up and walked out with big strides.

"Third girl?"

Luo Jue glanced at Jiang Cheng, and they both chased after him.

The sun is so scorching that it is hard to open your eyes.

On the shimmering lake surface, some magnolia petals can be vaguely seen, dancing with the waves.

The man in black and the golden guard were in a stalemate.

One side was afraid to hurt Jiang Li.

The other party was thinking secretly in his heart that he couldn't take the person away, so the real matter was how to escape smoothly.

The hot wind blew in Jiang Li's face, and the unconscious Jiang Li's cheeks were sunburned red.

When Jin Wei took a look, he felt something was wrong. Could it be that Miss Jiang had been drugged?

There's no way to continue to be in this stalemate!

The sharp sword in his hand spun around and behind his back, the golden guard patiently dealt with the man in black.

"How about we make a deal? If you release Miss Jiang, we'll spare your life. How about that?"

"Ah--"

The man in black sneered, "Do you think I'm stupid? If I let her go, I'm afraid I'll die even faster!"

"We, the Jinwei, always keep our word! As long as you are willing to let Miss Jiang go, we will never attack you!"

A large group of people rushed to the lakeside, and the leader was wearing a dark blue brocade robe.

Jin Wei glanced at the people on the shore and advised again,

"If you trust me now, you can still save your life. But when my master comes aboard, I'm afraid you will die without a burial place!"

"So what? She's buried with me on both sides!"

Jin Wei felt that this person would not respond to any persuasion, so it seemed that he could only look for an opportunity in secret.

The man in black clenched the dagger in his hand. If Shen Beiqi saw him, everything would be ruined.

He gritted his teeth secretly, glanced at his men beside him, and winked at him.

The man understood and swung his knife forward, colliding with the golden guard's sword.

The man in black threw Jiang Li into Jiangyang Lake, and at the same time, took advantage of the chaos to jump into the lake and escape.

Jin Wei stabbed the black-clothed man in the abdomen with a sword and threw a dart at another man who jumped into the lake, which happened to hit the man on the back of the shoulder.

On the shore, Shen Beiqi didn't bother to wipe the water drops dripping from his face, but carefully felt the pulse of Jiang Li in his arms.

Fortunately, the pulse is fine.

I just don’t know why the person hasn’t woken up yet?

This was the outskirts of the city, and it would take too much time to rush back to the city to see a doctor. He ordered, "Yueyang, go find a doctor, quickly!"

Yue Yang received the order and rode away on his horse.

The Golden Guard came to report, "Master, the man in black on the boat had poison in his mouth and is dead."

"Where's Linlang?"

“It’s also gone.”

Jiang Cheng, who was standing guard on one side, had a worried look on his face. His heart sank when he heard that. Linlang?

Could it be that all this today was set up by her on purpose?

What is the purpose?

How could Linlang, a man in black whose identity was unknown, escape so easily in broad daylight?

Shen Beiqi's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and ordered:

"Seal the city gates immediately and do not let anyone in! If any suspicious person attempts to enter the city, arrest them on the spot! Search the ten-mile radius of Jiangyang Lake thoroughly, even if you have to dig three feet into the ground!"

"Yes!"

On the shore of Jiangyang Lake, a large number of soldiers in silver armor scattered.

In the mountains and fields outside the city, the Beilin Army conducted a carpet search for any traces of the men in black.

In the city, Zhang Yao, deputy commander of the patrol battalion, was also searching for the criminals.

In the streets and alleys, in gambling houses and brothels, no place where he could help was left out.

The sky gradually darkened.

Seeing the large formation of the patrol camp soldiers, the people gathered together and talked about it.

"Hey, sir, what happened?"

A man asked the older man standing next to him.

"I don't know. Look at the uniforms. They are soldiers from the patrol camp."

"Are they trying to capture some important criminal?"

"Did Duke Liang escape from prison?"

"No way! The prince has given up on the Liang family, who will save him?"

Although everyone had doubts in their hearts, they did not dare to ask more questions.

There was no definitive conclusion after all the chatter, and after watching the excitement for a while, they found it boring and went back home.

“Oh…” The older man stroked his beard, shook his head and walked slowly home.

“I’m afraid Jiangdu City is going to experience another storm.

There was a long line of carriages entering the city.

Shen Zhiyan lifted the curtain and asked in confusion, "What happened in front?"

"Miss, they said they are catching an assassin," the driver replied.

assassin?

Where did the assassin come from in broad daylight?

Shen Zhiyan sat back in the carriage and saw that Xiao Wenyuan looked a little unhappy.

She poured a cup of hot water from the small table, handed it to Xiao Wenyuan, and asked with concern,

"Brother Wenyuan, did you catch a cold after falling into the water? Why do you look so bad?"

Xiao Wenyuan took a sip of the tea and said with a smile, "Sister Zhiyan underestimates me too much. How can I be so fragile?"

"But I see you don't look well."

"Don't worry, just go back and take a rest."

Xiao Wenyuan took her hand and placed it in his palm.

"But you have to keep it a secret for me. If others knew about this, I, the prince of Rui, would be laughed to death for falling into the lake just to catch a fish."

Shen Zhiyan burst out laughing, "Okay, I won't tell anyone else to save your face."

Xiao Wenyuan nodded and smiled meaningfully, "Then you must remember this firmly and don't tell anyone."