Disaster For the Country · Return Journey - Chapter 16

Qiu Jiang climbed on the ceiling of the third-floor cabin like a spider, watching the group of warblers and swallows below.

She has checked the entire ship, the lower deck is the warehouse and the residences of the servants. The first half of the first floor on the deck is the banquet hall, and the second half is the kitchen and the quarters of the guards. The second floor is the guest room. The third floor is the residence of Hu Jiuxian and his family members.

There were 100 guards, 200 sailors, and 100 servants on board. Each guest can bring two servants on board, a total of almost six hundred people.

Hu Jiuxian’s only daughter, Hu Qianniang, was also on board. She alone had twenty maidservants. These maids are all wearing red clothes, but the color of red is different. The name of the maid is the color of her clothes, such as concubine color, magenta, rouge, Qian color…

At this moment, these maidservants in red are surrounding Hu Qianniang. Hu Qianniang is about fifteen or sixteen years old. She is tall and has beautiful features. She is a beautiful girl.

She removed one of the floors, revealing a piece of crystal the size of a bowl.

The maidservants chattered and said, “Miss, did you see it?”

“Feng Xiaoya chose Liqiu!”

“Is he really that handsome?”

Qiu Jiang on the ceiling was taken aback—they could actually see what was going on in the cabin on the second floor? However, she and Yi Feiming have checked the “Lidong” room where Yun Xingshan lives, and there is no hidden room! Or, are there only a few rooms where peeking is possible?

For a moment, I couldn’t help but feel a little angry and funny – such a hidden mechanism, the young lady and the maids were wasting on looking at beautiful men, Hu Jiuxian must be very angry…

***

In the room below, Jiao Buqi saw Jiang Hua and asked in surprise, “They even prepared this?”

“Hu Jiuxian wants to make all the guests respect him, so naturally he has to give him a blow. And this **** flower, and the iron cage just now, are just telling me—he knows me very well.”

Meng Buli and Jiao Buqi looked at each other worriedly.

At this time, Feng Xiaoya’s brows moved slightly, and she made a silent gesture.

Then he raised his head and looked unbiasedly at somewhere on the ceiling—

“Is that him?”

“it’s him!”

“Let me see! Let me see too…”

“Wait, I haven’t seen it clearly yet…”

The ceiling is very ornate, covered with carvings, nothing unusual can be seen, but the chirping sound is indeed coming from above.

“Ah, he raised his head! Will he notice us?”

“How is it possible! Only we can see him and he can’t see us!”

“I told you to keep your voice down…”

Feng Xiaoya winked at Meng Buli, Meng Buli understood, and suddenly flew up and slapped the ceiling. Only the girls above exclaimed, but the board was not broken.

Meng Buli was stunned for a moment, he used 50% of his palm force, not to mention wood, even stone would be cracked, why is the ceiling still not moving at all?

Feng Xiaoya frowned, before she could decide what to do next, a voice rang out very clearly: “Okay, it’s all been discovered, what else is there to hide?! Let’s go and see it openly!”

Accompanied by this clear and delicate voice, the two wooden boards above the head suddenly moved away, and a rope was thrown down. A girl in brocade clothes flew down by grabbing the rope, and landed in front of Feng Xiaoya lightly like a flower.

With just one glance, Feng Xiaoya knew who she was.

Because the girl has no accessories on her body, only a key hanging on her waist.

The vermilion key is carved in the shape of a flower. At first glance, there is only one key. If you look closely, you will find that it is made of hundreds of flowers that are closely connected together.

This is the key to the most famous garden in Shikoku.

The garden is located in the imperial capital of the Bi Kingdom, and its single name is a “red”.

Paradise on earth – Red Garden.

Its owner is Hu Jiuxian. And the Red Garden was a gift from him to his only daughter, Qianniang.

“Miss Hu?” Feng Xiaoya raised her eyebrows.

The girl spread her teeth and smiled: “I am. Are you the famous He Gong in the Yan Kingdom?”

Hu Qianniang walked around him as she spoke, and looked at him carefully: “Are you disabled?”

“Uh…no.”

“you are sick?”

“Well…not at all.”

“Then let me ask you, why do you never walk on your own, but insist on taking a car, and now you are on my boat, and you are still sitting on the sliding pole?”

Hu Qianniang’s clear pupils, like a needle, pierced without warning.

No one… has ever asked Feng Xiaoya this question face to face.

Feng Xiaoya stared at Hu Qianniang quietly. Hu Qianniang waited for a while, and seeing that he didn’t answer for a long time, she raised her eyebrows: “Why? It’s so hard to say?”

Feng Xiaoya turned her eyes away and said calmly, “I know why Xue Cai doesn’t like you anymore.”

As soon as these words came out, Hu Qianniang’s face turned pale.

And above the head, there was a burst of chattering shouts—

“What are you talking about! Who said that Prime Minister Xue doesn’t like our lady! Don’t talk nonsense!”

“That’s right, why are you so annoying, you don’t like it if you say you don’t like it?”

“Hmph, I thought he was such a remarkable man, but he’s just a cripple! Why…”

As they were making a fuss, Hu Qianniang said angrily, “Shut up!”

It was quiet up there.

Hu Qianniang took a deep breath, looked at Feng Xiaoya coldly and said, “Tell me why Xue Cai doesn’t like me? I’d like to hear the reason.”

“Because you’re rude.”

“You!” Hu Qianniang’s eyes widened, she was about to get angry, but she held back, “He…why didn’t he come with you this time?”

“Why did he come with me?”

“Didn’t you come from his house?” Hu Qianniang was anxious, “I asked someone to send an invitation card, why didn’t he come?”

Feng Xiaoya smiled: “So, you are actually looking for him?”

“Yes! But it’s also here to find you.”

“Just to ask why I don’t walk by myself?” Feng Xiaoya raised her eyebrows.

“I’m asking you, how sure are you of marrying that shameless woman Yishu!” Hu Qianniang was so angry that she simply yelled out.

Feng Xiaoya groaned, “It has nothing to do with you.”

“Why is it okay? I am optimistic about you!”

Feng Xiaoya was startled: “Oh?”

Hu Qianniang snorted coldly: “Although you are disabled, you are young, good-looking, and have more than a dozen wives. You must be good at dealing with women. So I bet on you.”

“Bet?”

“Don’t you know? Ever since the news came out that that shameless woman Yishu was going to choose her husband, His Majesty has played a game, asking everyone to guess which of you will be elected. Originally, the most people bought Mr. Changqin.”

Hu Qianniang is from Yiguo, and the “Your Majesty” she refers to is King Heyi of Yi. That is a very interesting king, also known as “Emperor Yue”, Feng Xiaoya is not surprised at all that he can do such a thing.

“what about now?”

“Now I bought you, so you suddenly become the most favored!” When Hu Qianniang said this, her expression was extremely arrogant, with an expression of “you come and thank you”.

Feng Xiaoya just smiled.

Hu Qianniang was really dissatisfied with his reaction: “You don’t appreciate me?”

“You bought me, and the money you win is yours, so what does it have to do with me?”

Hu Qianniang’s expression turned serious: “Since I bought you, of course I will do everything possible to support you in the selection, and you must win!”

“What made you think so highly of me and bet on me?”

“As I said, you are young, good-looking, and very experienced with women…”

Feng Xiaoya interrupted her: “Get straight to the point, Miss Hu, talking in circles is very tiring.”

Hu Qianniang’s face turned from white to red, and then from red to white, and the circles of her eyes suddenly became moist.

Feng Xiaoya didn’t urge her, she just waited silently.

He wasn’t in a hurry, but the maidservants upstairs were all in a hurry, shouting at one another——

“Miss, tell him quickly!”

“Yeah, you bought everything, you can’t go back on your word!”

“Miss must have regretted it. If I had known that Mr. He is such a person, I wouldn’t have bought him!”

“Yep…”

Hu Qianniang yelled again: “Shut up! Then—get out! Get out!”

There was the sound of chaotic footsteps upstairs, and everyone left in a hurry.

In this way, the room was finally completely quiet.

Hu Qianniang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “I can’t let my father marry Yishu.”

“Why? Marrying the queen is the icing on the cake for your Hu family, and it will be beneficial without any harm.”

“Anyway, no! I can’t let any woman replace my mother, even if the other party is the emperor!”

Feng Xiaoya thought lightly: She really is a spoiled girl. If it is autumn ginger…

Somewhere deep in my heart, there was a sudden palpitation, like a stone thrown into the water, causing countless ripples.

Feng Xiaoya suddenly remembered that Qiu Jiang was different from Hu Qianniang. How could they be the same? One is a spy who has no father, no mother, no one to rely on, and has been exposed to the darkest side of life, and the other is a daughter of a wealthy man who was born with a golden key in her mouth, who wants to get wind and rain… So one is scheming and the other is unscrupulous.

Feng Xiaoya’s pupils suddenly became lonely.

Hu Qianniang watched his reaction nervously, and when she saw that his expression was different, she said irritably, “Do you want me to help you? Give me a good word!”

Feng Xiaoya lowered her eyes: “I will only say some things once. Miss Hu, you have to listen carefully.”

Hu Qianniang froze for a moment: “What?”

“One, I really hate when people point fingers at me, even if the other party is the emperor.” Feng Xiaoya looked up at her, and there was an indescribable cruelty in her plain voice, “What’s more, you are not the emperor yet.”

There was anger in Hu Qianniang’s eyes.

“Second, you are not as powerful as you think. Whether you help me or not will not change anything.”

Hu Qianniang was furious: “You!”

Feng Xiaoya didn’t give her a chance to speak at all, and continued: “Three, that is to answer your previous question – why don’t I walk by myself. Because I like it, because my followers are willing, and because you can’t control it.”

Hu Qianniang trembled: “You…you…you will regret it if you offend me!”

Feng Xiaoya smiled slightly: “If you were Xue Cai’s wife, I would feel a little guilty, but obviously you are not.”

He poked Hu Qianniang’s sore foot with every sentence, which only made Hu Qianniang so angry that she stamped her foot, turned her head and left.

She kicked the door against the wall, causing the floor to tremble slightly.

It wasn’t until Hu Qianniang disappeared that Jiao Buqi said nervously, “My lord… why did you treat her like this?”

Feng Xiaoya looked in the direction of the door, with some emotion in her eyes: “You also think I’m going too far?”

“It’s a bit… the young master is not such a mean person.”

“Will she be angry?”

“She’s about to die of anger…” Jiao Buqi was very worried. After all, this is on someone else’s boat, what should Hu Qianniang do if she really wants to take revenge?

Feng Xiaoya didn’t speak, but slapped on the railing of the sliding pole, and she flew up to the third floor.

Above is a huge room with a piano case and two screens on each side, which seems to be Hu Qianniang’s resting place. Because the maidservants were all dismissed by Hu Qianniang, there was no one there at the moment.

Feng Xiaoya took a few steps and stopped.

He raised his head and stared at the beam above. At first, there were so many people above, I didn’t notice it, but after Hu Qianniang sent the maid away, there was still a person hiding here.

The breath was very faint, almost imperceptible, but it was too familiar to him, and he reacted instantly.

His pupils turned from shallow to thick—

Qiu Jiang, is that you?

***

Qiu Jiang fled back to the “Lidong” room in no time. After closing the door, she still felt her heart beating extremely fast.

I don’t remember anything before, and although I was at a loss when facing Feng Xiaoya, I was still calm. But remembering everything at this moment, seeing him again, the mood is completely different. Unspeakable guilt, annoyance, resentment… entangled in my heart like a cobweb, and I couldn’t find peace.

Qiu Jiang had to take a deep breath, close her eyes and think over and over again: I am a person with no heart, I am a person with no heart.

When she opened her eyes, San’er’s face suddenly appeared in front of her—of course it was not the real San’er, but Yi Fei. The distance is unimaginably close, and the facial features are carefully magnified, showing a kind of hidden truth.

But that reality was only a flash in the pan, and after meeting her gaze, he immediately sank into the disguise again.

She couldn’t help thinking: Yi Fei is also an unintentional person.

“What did you encounter?” Yi Fei smiled and asked her, “Is Feng Xiaoya?”

“Hu Qianniang’s room can reach Liqiu directly. I suspect that Lidong is not safe either.” Qiu Jiang said and jumped up to check the ceiling above.

Yi Fei tilted his head to look at her.

Qiu Jiangzai checked it carefully, but found nothing unusual. It seems that Li Qiu is a special case, because Hu Qianniang wanted to see Feng Xiaoya, so she arranged for Feng Xiaoya to live in that room? But isn’t the room chosen by the guests themselves?

As if seeing her doubts, Yi Fei said: “The room cannot be changed, but the house number can be changed.”

That is to say, the room was already set up and waiting there, no matter what kind of integrity Feng Xiaoya chooses, she will be taken there. No wonder there are **** flowers in the house.

Qiu Jiang pondered for a moment, turned over and landed on the ground, and asked Yi Fei: “What did you find out?”

“Zhou Xiaolian lives in ‘Xiaoxue’, and Ma Fu lives in ‘Jingzhe’. They all came alone without any followers.”

“They really worry about Hu Jiuxian.”

“Hu Jiuxian has always had a good reputation, and Happy Banquet has a very good reputation. What’s more—” Yi Fei smiled evilly, “It’s not happy to be with your followers.”

Qiu Jiang immediately understood what he meant. The beauties on the boat are not just for show. She changed the subject: “Have you found Hu Zhiren?”

Yi Fei sat down carelessly, and pointed to the empty teacups on the table. Qiu Jiang had no choice but to go forward and fill the tea for him.

Yi Fei took a sip of tea and wrote lightly: “He is dead.”

“When? How did you die?”

“Last year. He colluded with Princess Yujing of the Kingdom of Yan in an attempt to rebel. After being exposed, he escaped. He first fell into the hands of Zheng Duanwu, the secret envoy of Yi Kingdom, and then escaped. He was killed by Meng Buli. His body was sent back to Yujing to present to the Queen. Confirmed.”

Qiu Jiang frowned, feeling something strange.

“However, there is a note in the box where the corpse was delivered, signed by Xie Fanyi.”

The fragments in Qiu Jiang’s mind about the Chunchun plan were finally connected by a thread, and this thread was Xie Fanyi.

Yi Fei continued: “It is said that King Yan has a twin brother who was abandoned by the old emperor due to a natural illness, and was later rescued by Mr. Sancai Xie Huaiyong. He changed his name to Xie Zhiwei and fell in love with Xie Fanyi’s childhood sweetheart. Plan ahead, I want to replace Zhanghua with Xie Zhiwei as King of Yan.”

Changing the day and changing the day, it turned out to be really changing the day and changing the day!

Since the two are twin brothers, they must have the same appearance. After killing Feng Letian, and then replacing the servants, coupled with the eldest princess controlling them, it is indeed possible to do it without anyone noticing.

“Xie Fanyi is not dead?” According to the information she knew, Xie Fanyi died in a shipwreck when she got married, so Zhang Hua later chose Xie Changyan as his queen.

“No. She faked her death under the arrangement of Ruyimen, and came to Chengguo with Xie Zhiwei, hiding her name and waiting for the opportunity.”

Sure enough, Xie Fanyi was the real executor of Yan Guo’s Chunchun plan, not Hu Zhiren.

Thinking of this, Qiu Jiang clenched his hands into fists, and said in a deep voice, “Is this the right time for Xie Changyan?”

“Yes. Xie Changyan changed his name to Jiujiulang after retiring his marriage, and traveled around the mountains and rivers to write travel notes, and his reputation gradually increased. When she came to Chengguo last year, Yishu even visited her. Xie Fanyi, who had been waiting for many years, took the opportunity to kidnap her.”

Last year, before the meeting of the Three Kings… Qiu Jiang tapped several cases with his fingers, pondered: “Zhang Hua learned that Xie Changyan was missing, and went to Cheng Guo to look for her in person, so he fell into Xie Fanyi’s trap? “

“Yes. But he was actually on guard for a long time, and he was very lucky. He didn’t die. In the end, he won the game and Xie Fanyi lost.”

Xie Fanyi’s loss means that Princess Yujing has lost and Ruyi Gate has lost.

“Hu Zhiren was involved, was alerted by Hu Jiuxian, and died at the hands of Xie Fanyi and Meng Buli. The above is all I found out.” Yi Fei took a sip of tea, stopped talking, and watched Qiu Jiang quietly. I couldn’t help thinking, if Qiu Jiang hadn’t been sent to Yunmeng Mountain, hadn’t lost his memory, and was still in the Ruyi Gate, maybe everything would have been different.

There seems to be a magical hand in the dark, which sets things right and reverses the universe.

Qiu Jiang lowered her head, thinking of something, her eyes turned red. Is she sad? Sad because Ruyimen’s plan failed?

Just as he was guessing, Qiu Jiang raised his head, took a deep breath and said solemnly: “There are at least two people for the nails of the Ruyi Gate. If one has an accident, the other can be used to replace it.”

That is to say, although Hu Zhiren is dead, there is at least one secret work of Ruyimen in this happy feast. Who will it be? Ai Xiaoxiao, who is good at dancing with long sleeves? Or someone out there?

Seeing Qiu Jiang’s gaze flicked to him suddenly, Yi Fei’s heart tightened, wouldn’t it? “What are you doing?”

“Help me find that person.” Qiu Jiang paused and added, “It should be easier for you to appear as Ding Sansan.”

“It may be easier to appear as the Seven Lords.”

“Keep Feng Xiaoya is here.”

Yi Fei thought, well, in this way, it is indeed more convenient for him only: “Then how can I let the other party know that I am looking for him?”

Qiu Jiang flipped his hand, and pulled out a soft sword from Ding Sansan’s belt—Yi Fei was startled, he changed into Ding Sansan’s clothes for many days, but he didn’t know there was a sword hidden in his belt!

“The name of this sword is Bo Xing, which means that it is like the people of Bo Xing. It can hurt people invisible, and it will never heal in a lifetime. It is one of the top ten artifacts in the Holy Land.” Some past events, in the unbearable memories of the teenagers, the training is hard, the elimination is cruel, but the rewards are also very generous.

The top ten artifacts of the Holy Realm can only be obtained by the best children.

Of her group of disciples, only ten of the three hundred died in the end. When Mrs. Ruyi took ten of them to choose a weapon in the hidden sword pavilion, Qiu Jiang saw it at first sight.

A belt hangs silently on a rack.

The weapons of the craftsmen pay attention to concealment and practicality, and most of them are dull and dull. Only this belt is inlaid with gold and jade, wrapped in satin, embroidered with texture, and hung with tassels, which is exquisite and gorgeous.

Mrs. Ruyi asked, “Who wants it?”

All ten were silent.

Mrs. Ruyi smiled: “Because I think it’s too eye-catching, so I don’t dare to ask for it?” After finishing speaking, she untied the belt, and slowly pulled out the soft sword inside from the buckle.

The belt is nothing but the scabbard, the real weapon is the sword inside.

Compared with the splendor of the belt, the blade of the sword is plain and dull, **** wide and two feet long, thin and soft, like a piece of paper. Mrs. Ruyi held a sword flower, and the piece of paper straightened up with a whoosh, and with a backhand thrust, the soft sword penetrated into the stone wall, leaving only the hilt, which was as thin as the sword body, outside.

Mrs. Ruyi grabbed the hilt of the sword and pulled it out. A thin crack appeared on the stone wall, and then cracked like a spider web, and the entire wall was broken.

All ten people were stunned.

It’s not that there are weapons that can blow hair and cut blades, but those that are as soft and sharp as this soft sword are very rare. All of a sudden everyone boiled up: “I want it! I want it!”

Mrs. Ruyi dispelled half of the thoughts with one sentence. She said with a smile: “The sword is two feet long. You have also seen that if it is not controlled properly, the consequences will be disastrous. So it can only be placed in this special scabbard. “

This belt is two feet and two feet long—this is an embarrassing length, too thick for women, and too thin for men. In the end, only Ding Sansan was suitable.

He is a man with a waist circumference of two feet two. Since then, for this sword, he tried his best to control his diet and never let himself gain weight.

Therefore, at this moment, Qiu Jiang was holding the sword, thinking of Ding’s waistline of three to three feet two feet, and then he hesitated for a moment—huh? Yi Fei’s waist is also so thin…

Yi Fei sighed and said, “Fortunately, I made the first move that day, and Ding Sansan was not allowed to draw out this sword.”

Qiu Jiang handed him the sword: “Do you know what to do?”

“I know. It’s so rare, of course it will be sold at a happy banquet for a good price.” After seeing the fine workmanship of this sword, he will take the initiative to come over.

Qiu Jiang nodded, but her gaze couldn’t help but drifted to Yi Fei’s waist again—well, it’s really a two-foot-two waist.

Yi Feizi didn’t know what she was thinking, carefully put the sword back in his belt and said, “I’ll go find Yun Er.”

“what is she doing?”

“Be a pig.”

Qiu Jiang raised her eyebrows, and then realized that Yun Shanshan was gambling.

***

As a disciple of Ruyimen, Qiu Jiangzi is also proficient in gambling.

In the eyes of insiders, high rollers like Yun Xingshan are pigs, they must be raised first if they get into a gambling game, and then killed if they are too lazy to raise them.

At this moment, Yun Shining was being raised very happily, and a pile of chips had already been placed in front of him. The two beauties in red were leaning on her side, one was peeling cherries, the other was fanning, trying their best to please her.

Yun Shining just ate the cherries that were fed to his mouth so comfortably, rolled up his sleeves, pushed all the chips forward, and shouted: “Big! Open it to the young master—”

The dealer opened the dice cup, and the three dice were three, three, six, exactly big.

Yun Shining immediately jumped up excitedly: “Win!”

“Second Young Master is so amazing! So prosperous!” The beauty took the opportunity to flatter her.

Yun Shanshan casually threw a few chips to her: “Come on, come on, keep going!”

When Yi Fei saw this, he knew that the pig was well raised. He simply put his hand in his sleeve, waiting to see how the dealer kills the pig. It is more reasonable and reasonable for Yun Xingxing to take out Bo Xing to auction after losing.

Over there, the banker picked up the dice cup, and the sound of the dice shaking and hitting the wall of the cup was like a magic sound urging them to die. Many people died inside without knowing it.

***

At the same time, Qiu Jiang walked out of the room with an empty water jug, and a maidservant in green immediately noticed her and came forward to meet her: “Ma’am, do you need anything?”

“My young master wants to drink tea when he comes back from playing. Is there a spring on board?”

The maid smiled and said, “Yes. I’ll get it for you…” Then she came to pick up her water bottle.

Qiu Jiang asked, “Is there any spring water?”

The maid froze for a moment, then replied, “Yes.”

“Please take me there, can I choose?” Qiu Jiang said with a helpless sigh, “Second Young Master’s tongue is very tricky, and he doesn’t drink ordinary spring water.”

The servant girl must have heard about Yun Er’s coquettish manner, and immediately leaned forward and said, “So please come with me.”

Qiu Jiang followed her down the first floor. The first floor is the main banqueting place, and the guards are extremely strict, with a guard every twenty steps.

The two came to the other side of the stairs, and when they were about to get off the deck, a group of people came hula-la not far away.

It was Hu Qianniang who walked in the front, and the red-clothed maidservants chased after her while persuading them: “Miss! Calm down! He is the master’s distinguished guest. If there is anything to do when he gets off the boat, we will definitely avenge you!”

“Yes, miss, he is the one who should go, not you! Also, we are now in a very deep sea, with no land in a radius of tens of miles, and a small boat can’t reach the shore at all!”

Hu Qianniang said angrily, “I don’t care! I’m going to Bi, and I’ll go and ask myself why he didn’t come!”

When a group of people approached, the maidservant in green hurriedly backed away to make way for the passage. Qiu Jiang bowed her head and did as well.

As expected, Hu Qianniang didn’t pay attention to them and walked over quickly. Instead, a red-clothed maidservant behind her said: “Ai Lu, you are not serving on the second floor, why are you here?”

“Go back to Sister Qianse, Second Master Yun wants to drink tea, I will bring his servants to choose the water for making tea.”

Qian Se waited to ask further questions, but seeing Hu Qianniang walking far away, she gave up and chased after her.

Ai Lu continued to lead Qiu Jiang down to the deck, below was a circular hall with cabins at both ends. Several women in brown clothes sat in the hall doing needlework.

Ai Lu went up to one of them to explain the reason, the woman got up and took out a key, and opened the door of one of the cabins.

Ai Lu said: “Mother, please come in. We have a total of twelve kinds of springs on board, which are…”

Qiu Jiang walked in, and inside was a warehouse with dozens of wooden barrels neatly arranged, each with a name on it. In addition to spring water, there are also various drinks.

Qiu Jiang’s eyes brightened at first, then dimmed again.

After Ai Lu introduced the twelve kinds of spring water, her expression was respectful and her pride was concealed—this is the only family that can store so many spring water in the sea. “I don’t know which one suits Master Yun’s taste?”

Qiu Jiang subconsciously grabbed her wrist, and then realized that her prayer beads were gone. After waking up from Taohe Villa, her Buddhist bead bracelet disappeared, presumably it was taken by Feng Xiaoya. It would be inconvenient without that sharp weapon. Otherwise, take this opportunity to poison, everything will be easier.

While regretting in her heart, she replied, “Let’s go to Zhonglengquan.”

Ai Lu lifted the lid of Zhonglengquan, filled the pot, handed it to her and said, “What kind of tea do you want?”

“No, we brought our own.”

“Then I’ll send it to the charcoal stove later.”

The two fetched water, and the woman locked the door again. Qiu Jiang followed Ai Lu upstairs, and before she got out of the stairs, she heard a noise coming from the other side of the deck.

Ai Lu’s complexion changed slightly, and she walked a few steps quickly, Qiu Jiang hurriedly followed, took a closer look, and saw Hu Qianniang talking to Ai Xiaoxiao at the stern of the boat.

Ai Xiaoxiao said: “Miss, I’m sorry, the master has ordered that the twelve small boats accompanying me are all useful and should not be used without permission.”

“Is my use called unauthorized use? Give it to me quickly! Send me a more capable boatman, and I want to go home!” Hu Qianniang said here, and deliberately glanced at the guest room on the second floor. “I saw some people on the boat. I feel like throwing up.”

“I can prepare anti-emetic soup for Miss, but the boat really can’t.”

Hu Qianniang slapped her across the face.

Ai Xiaoxiao didn’t hide, and slapped her hard.

Yingyingyanyan’s maidservants in red were all frightened into silence.

After Hu Qianniang finished beating, she said coldly, “Can we do it now?”

Ai Xiaoxiao smiled, her expression was calm: “No.”

Seeing that Hu Qianniang was about to get angry again, Ai Xiaoxiao simply turned the other half of her face towards her: “Miss calls again, and the villain’s answer is the same.”

“Really?” Hu Qianniang sneered, and slapped her hard for the second time, showing no mercy at all.

Ai Xiaoxiao’s face immediately swelled up.

While rubbing her hands, Hu Qianniang said: “I hate the kind of people who take care of other people’s things as if they are their own. You are the housekeeper, but don’t forget that my surname is Hu. It’s my boat! Here’s the key!”

Bai Shengsheng stretched out a hand straight in front of Ai Xiaoxiao.

Ai Xiaoxiao was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: “The weather at sea is dangerous, there will be heavy rain in the next few days…”

Before he finished speaking, Hu Qianniang slapped him for the third time.

***

At the same time, Yun Shining in the banquet hall was sweating profusely looking at the dice in the cup, three sixes, the banker’s leopard killed all.

He watched helplessly as the dealer’s bamboo pole stretched out and took away all the chips in front of him, and his heart felt chilled. He didn’t realize one thing until now – he seemed, seemed, might… owed a huge gambling debt.

It’s over, it’s over, if brother knows…

When I was panicking, I heard a commotion outside, which was more lively than the hall. He was already angry, and immediately jumped up and pushed the window and cursed: “It’s so noisy! Can you still—”

Before he finished speaking, he was taken aback when he saw Hu Qianniang beating Ai Xiaoxiao outside.

Hu Qianniang threw her gaze towards him like a flying knife: “What does it have to do with you if I teach my servant a lesson?”

Upon hearing this, Yun Shining jumped out of the window with wide-eyed eyes: “You make me play dice and cause me to lose money, so it has nothing to do with it!”

“You lose money because you’re ugly!”

“What?” Yun Xingshan was furious, and immediately put her hands on her hips and cursed, “My eyes are bigger than yours, my nose is taller than yours, my skin is whiter than yours, my legs are longer than yours, my legs are longer than yours, and my toes are more beautiful than yours! You are ugly!”

Everyone was in an uproar. The most terrible thing is that, except for the last item, everything else is true!

Hu Qianniang grew up so big, she met someone who dared to disrespect her the first day, and twice! A face turned from white to red and then from red to black, and the whole person was too angry to speak.

Qiu Jiang, who was standing behind Ai Lu, found Yi Fei standing by the window with his arms folded, watching the excitement, and immediately glared at him.

Yi Fei suppressed a smile and pointed to a certain place.

Qiu Jiang looked in the direction and saw two guards walking out with a man: “Qianniang, don’t be rude.”

Accompanied by this voice, everyone straightened their faces and even stood a little straighter.

Qiu Jiang thought, ah, the host is here.

This man is six feet tall and has a burly physique. Although he is nearly fifty years old, he is more energetic than most young people. His face is flushed and his eyes are sharp. He looks like a battle-tested general, not a businessman.

When Hu Qianniang saw her father coming, most of her arrogance disappeared immediately, she took a step back and said nonchalantly, “I…I asked Xiaoai for a boat, but he refused to give it.”

Ai Xiaoxiao explained: “We only brought a total of twelve ships…” Before he finished speaking, Hu Jiuxian said: “Give it to her.”

Ai Xiaoxiao was taken aback: “But the current weather…”

“If she wants to die, let her go.”

Tears suddenly appeared in Hu Qianniang’s eyes: “I’m leaving! I’m going to die!”

Hu Jiuxian snorted: “I won’t stop you.”

Hu Qianniang bit her lip and clenched her hands into fists, she was very angry.

Ai Xiaoxiao quickly said: “Miss, don’t leave, you are already on the boat, let’s talk about it when the boat arrives at its destination.”

“Go away!” Hu Qianniang pushed Ai Xiaoxiao away, looked at Yun Xingshan happily, and immediately stomped on him again.

Yun Shining felt the pain, grabbed her feet and jumped up: “Ah, my feet…”

Yi Feifei stepped forward to support him, “Second Young Master, let’s go back to the house.” While taking advantage of the chaos to leave, he exchanged glances with Qiu Jiang who was in the corner.

Qiu Jiang understood, and stepped back with a look of surprise, and immediately spilled most of the water in the pot.

Over there, Ai Xiaoxiao said anxiously: “Master, is it true that Miss is allowed to leave alone at this time?”

“I didn’t let her come. She thought Xue Cai would come, so she insisted on coming. If she comes, she will cause trouble, and she should suffer. Leave her alone, give her a boat, and let her go!” Hu Jiuxian said, Into the banquet hall on the first floor.

As soon as he left, the others also dispersed.

Ai Lu said to Qiu Jiang: “Ma’am, the water is spilled, go back and fix it?”

Qiu Jiang showed pain, bent over to rub her ankle and said, “My foot…”

“But it was twisted just now?”

Qiu Jiang handed the pot to Ai Lu, “May I trouble you to refill it for me?”

“Then just sit here and wait, I’ll be right back.” Ai Lu did not doubt that she was there, and went downstairs with a kettle in her hand.

Qiu Jiang took the opportunity to lean on the ship’s side, and saw Hu Qianniang stubbornly jumping into a red sailboat under the obstruction of a group of maidservants, and the group of people chattered very noisy.

Qiu Jiang used her sleeve to cover it, took off an earring and popped it out, the earring pierced into the red sail boat before falling into the water, and disappeared.

Then she went back to the stairs and waited for Ai Lu to come back, and then went back to the “Lidong” room with the kettle.

Yi Fei is administering medicine to Yun Xing. Hu Qianniang’s kick really didn’t save effort, her fair instep was all bruised and swollen. Yun Xingshan cursed while trembling: “Vicious woman! If you dare to step on my young master, when it falls into my hands, I want her to look good!”

“Then you can start preparing.” Qiu Jiang walked in and said calmly.

“What’s the meaning?”

“I tampered with Hu Qianniang’s boat, and it will leak in about half an hour.”

Yifei blinked knowingly, and continued: “What a coincidence, I just let Yundi’s boat wait not far away, to see if there is any fish that slipped through the net to catch.”

Yun Shining’s eyes lit up: “That is to say…”

“She will fall into your brother’s hands soon, you can think about how to avenge this kick.”

Yun Xingxing was refreshed immediately, and just about to speak, Yi Fei smiled and said: “But before that, Second Young Master, there is one more thing to think about.”

“What are you thinking?”

“How to pay back the three thousand gold owed to the banker?”

Cloud Shining suddenly wilted.

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Feng Xiaoya