Before Lan Qiao and others left Jiangpu, they first went to the guest room to see Zhao Xueying.

She was still shackled and huddled in a corner of the room, while Xiao Wuhen was half-leaning on the bedside, looking at the flames of the oil lamp in trance.

Li Jingshu walked up to Zhao Xueying and knelt down: "Have you figured it out?"

Zhao Xueying crawled to her knees with difficulty, glanced at Bai Xueyin who was following Li Jingshu with some fear, and whispered: "I know I was wrong."

Li Jingshu took out the key of the shackles and wanted to open the cuffs for her, but she dodged slightly to the side, preventing Li Jingshu from unlocking it for her. At the same time, she shook her head and said: "Xue Ying knows that her sins are serious. You don't have to be merciful. Beat or kill her if you want."

, please do as you please."

Bai Xueyin couldn't help but said: "We know that you were just deceived by Zhang Zhongjie, and you were haunted by inner demons. You are not a person who knows good and evil. Now that you have admitted your mistake, we don't have to do anything to you before we give up.

."

Li Jingshu sighed secretly, handed the key to Xiao Wuhen, and said: "If she wants to wear the shackles, let her wear them. When she wants to take them off, you can open them for her."

Xiao Wuhen nodded and said "yes" and put the key away.

Li Jingshu suddenly remembered something again and asked Zhao Xueying: "What will happen to the Four Symbols Wuji Kung Fu you practice with Zhang Zhongjie if there is no master?"

Zhao Xueying said calmly: "The Four Symbol Envoys and Assistant Refiners have to transfer their skills to their superiors at most once every twenty days. If they cannot find a superior to transfer, the true energy in the body will backfire on the meridians, and they will go crazy and die."

She said it simply, even a little lightly, but the core meaning was clear. If there is no superior, the subordinate will die.

Feng Yeling heard how terrifying this technique was, and said with pity, "No wonder it is said that once you practice this technique, you will be no different from the master's slave."

Zhao Xueying smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "Now that the master has gone, I, the slave, will naturally have no choice but to die for the master."

Feng Yeling glanced at Lan Qiao and said, "Didn't Fan Qingteng secretly copy the secret book of Sixiang Wuji for you? Why don't you practice this skill? Miss Zhao will have a new master?"

Lan Qiao smiled bitterly and said: "Then it will take four people to count the four elephants?"

Feng Yeling thought for a while and said, "Let me practice with Xiao Shu and sister Xueyin, so there are exactly four of us."

"I don't want it!" Lan Qiao snorted, "I don't want to practice this kind of skill that treats people as slaves. Besides, this hero is invincible in the world with his magical skill of 'Thousand Rings Training'.

There is no need for the Four Symbols Wuji."

When he said this, his eyes first swept over the faces of Feng Yeling, Li Jingshu and Bai Xueyin, and finally fell on Zhao Xueying's face. Seeing her looking a little disappointed and lonely, he said softly: "Junior Sister Zhao

, don’t worry, I have a way, you won’t die, and of course you don’t have to be a slave to anyone anymore.”

"I just read through the Secret Manual of Four Symbols Wuji, and it introduced a method of dispersing Kung Fu, which allows practitioners to disperse their whole body Kung Fu on their own, and then they are no longer restricted by the twenty-day practice." Lan Qiao said.

Then he took out the secret note he got from Fan Qingteng, found the corresponding paragraph, and copied it on a piece of paper.

"Normally speaking, in order to ensure the absolute loyalty of subordinates, the master will not disclose this text, but when necessary, he can also choose to release them to freedom."

He handed the paper with still wet ink to Zhao Xueying. Zhao Xueying accepted it silently, thanked him in a mosquito-like voice, and then lowered his head.

Lan Qiao patted her shoulder to show goodwill, then stood up and said: "We have important things to do tonight, and we need to go to Beijing immediately. It's getting late, so you can stay here for the night and think about where to settle down in the future.

.”

"If you don't want to stay in the Central Plains anymore, you can go to Dalu Island." Lan Qiao said and picked up the pen again, wrote a letter to the island owner He Jiuling, handed it to Zhao Xueying and said: "Dalu Island has pleasant scenery and is isolated from the world.

It's a good place. What's the saying? Those who fly to the sky and do violence to the sky should look at the peaks and rest their minds; those who are economical and worldly, look into the valleys and forget to rebel. In short, it can make you forget the sad things that happened in the Central Plains. If you arrive

Over there, show this letter to Master Hedao, and he will make appropriate arrangements."

"Thank you...senior brother..." When Zhao Xueying took the paper again, her eyes were already full of tears.

Zhu Qingying said: "Just in time, there will be a boat to Taizhou early tomorrow morning. Miss Zhao can go to Taizhou first and then transfer to Dalu Island."

Coming out of the guest room, Li Jingshu said with a smile: "I didn't expect Sister Qingying to remember clearly the departure times of various passenger ships in the capital."

Zhu Qingying sighed: "Xiao Shu, don't laugh at me. I'm far worse than you in terms of memory. It's just because the emperor asked me to prepare for the defense of the capital and hurry up. I dare not not be more diligent. Yesterday I happened to patrol the dock.

, so we kept records of the passenger ships and merchant ships on each route."

Lan Feng asked curiously: "It seems like there is going to be a war now, won't the route be interrupted?"

Zhu Qingying explained: "Brother Huang was concerned about people's livelihood and did not want the family affairs between him and King Yan to disturb the normal life order of the people. Therefore, no matter whether cargo ships or passenger ships were interrupted at the docks in the capital. After King Yan crossed the river,

, except that the interrogation when entering the city is stricter than before, the prosperity of the capital is no different from the past."

"Oh, I almost forgot." She patted her head and smiled again, "You just said you wanted to send the emperor to Ryukyu first, but I don't know if there is a ship. There is, but it is not a passenger ship, but a Ryukyu merchant.

Of course, it’s no problem for the cargo ship to carry a few more people, and its sailing time is slightly later than the passenger ship to Taizhou.”

Hearing that there was indeed a ship to Ryukyu, Lan Qiao put down a big stone in his heart and looked at Lan Feng.

Lan Feng looked at Ben Yali, his lips moved, and he didn't know whether he should mention something at this time.

Ever since Ben Yali came to Jiangpu with Lan Feng and others, she has basically been in a state of silence. She looks a little lonely, her eyes are always lowered, and she doesn't know what she is thinking about.

When she realized that Lan Feng was looking at her, Ben Yali raised her head, smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have lived in Ryukyu for many years, and I am very familiar with the situation there. Mr. Hongyi and the princess sister have me."

If you take it with you, nothing will go wrong."

Lan Feng is so smart, how can he not see the sadness behind her pretending to be strong? But now that the matter has come to this, he can't think of a better way, and he can't say the words that he doesn't want her to leave.

On the other side, Bai Xueyin seemed to be very satisfied with Lan Qiao's arrangement for Zhao Xueying: "I was worried about what Junior Sister Zhao should do in the future. I originally wanted to persuade her to go back to Tianlian Peak, but after thinking about it, maybe if she really goes back, everyone will

It would be awkward, so I didn’t say it directly.”

Li Jingshu speculated on Lan Qiao's intention of asking Zhao Xueying to go to Dalu Island. She glanced at him slyly and said with a smile: "Dalu Island is isolated overseas. Are you thinking that Miss Zhao already knows my identity, so I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in the Central Plains."

Is it too convenient for her to go to Dalu Island?"

Lan Qiao did not admit it directly, but teased her: "What do you call me husband?"

"Yes, husband~" Li Jingshu glanced at him charmingly and said, "If Miss Zhao had known that her husband cared about her so much and thought about her so much, she might not have been deceived by Zhang Zhongjie."

"Passionate or ruthless, this is always a difficult question."

Everyone bid farewell to Li Qi and his wife and crossed the river at night. Zhu Qingying and Xie Jin called the gate to enter the city, while the rest of Lan Qiao and others entered through the secret passage and arrived at the Li family's abandoned garden.

Returning to the capital, looking up at the bright moon on the female wall, Feng Yeling, Lan Qiao, Lan Feng and Ben Yali all had a strange feeling as if they were in another world.

Feng Yeling moved away from the capital and has not been to the capital for many years, which inevitably made her sigh. Lan Qiao and Lan Feng both thought of all the excitement and thrills when they visited the capital last time, and then thought of Hua Yuxi's transformation from an enemy to a friend, and then

The experience of transforming from a slave to a lady made everyone turn their attention to Li Jingshu.

Li Jingshu naturally knew that these two men were not thinking of anything good at the moment, so she blushed and said, "What other shameful things have you two brothers thought of?"

Lan Feng chuckled and claimed the credit "shamelessly": "I'm not bragging, little brother. It's because of my great efforts that Miss Li finally married my brother. If I hadn't forced you to sign the contract, I would have had you

Being my eldest brother’s house slave, where did you get those subsequent stories?”

In front of so many people, Li Jingshu naturally refused to be outdone. She raised her chin and snorted: "Isn't he very fragrant? It seems that I wanted to marry him in a hurry. That was because I had no choice but to do it in Peking.

Xiaoye reluctantly agreed because of her hard work."

"Wow, sister Jingshu, please don't talk nonsense." Feng Yeling said with eyes widened, "What do you mean I'm asking for help? I'm just looking for jealousy for myself when I have nothing to do?"

"That is to say, my eldest brother is too cowardly." Lan Feng took over the conversation again, "I originally thought that Sister Hua would be done in a few days when she became his slave, but she insisted on waiting until the Chinese New Year. If it were me, I would definitely..."

Feng Yeling and Li Jingshu looked at him together and said, "What are you sure about?"

Lan Feng originally wanted to say, "I must have found a chance to make things happen", but suddenly he thought that Ben Yali was also there, his face suddenly turned red, and he held it in for a long time and was speechless.

Bai Xueyin said weakly: "The second young master prides himself on cherishing flowers and being romantic. He always talks about the truth in one way, but why does it give people the feeling that he only talks but does not practice?"

"I... I'm too busy." Lan Feng said with strength, "The king needs my advice, and the eldest brother is not worried. I am needed everywhere, so how can I have time to get close to the beauties?"

Ling Yufei chuckled and said: "Okay, when the matter is settled, I will propose to the king that he reward you with some beauties."

"Don't, don't..." Lan Feng said with a bitter face, "Who knows if this beauty is an eyeliner, and then I won't have any freedom at all."

Everyone was talking and laughing as they walked out of the dilapidated back garden of Li's house.

We hadn't arrived at Haizheng yet, and there were still a few pedestrians on the street. Li Jingshu put on a mask, identified the direction, and led the way to a private house in the north of the city.

That was Xu Zengshou's secret hideout in the capital. This time when they entered the city, they first had to meet with Xu Zengshou, an undercover agent installed by Zhu Di in the capital, to discuss further plans.

However, when I arrived at the door of the private residence, I saw that the residence had been sealed and a notice was posted on the wall next to it. It probably said that Xu Zengshou secretly collaborated with foreign enemies and had been executed by the emperor.

"Xu Zengshou is dead?" Lan Qiao looked at the seal on the door in surprise, "Then what should we do? We don't even have a place to stay. The places in Tiancha Villa were too easy to be discovered by the Erqi Society."

Lan Feng suggested: "How about we go to the Goddess Building to visit the brothels? Give Witch Liu a dark night. She will never think that we dare to visit her base camp."

Feng Yeling said angrily: "We female guests suddenly came into the brothel. This will make us more conspicuous, right? Besides, Liu Yueyao should be living in the palace now."

Ben Yali glared at Lan Feng and said, "I think you want to go on your own, right? After finally coming to the capital again, do you miss your beautiful Chu girl again?"

Lan Feng quickly waved his hand to deny it, and Li Jingshu sighed: "For now, the only way is to go to Sister Qingying again and see what she can do."

So the group changed their route and rushed to the Prince's Mansion where Zhu Biao used to live. After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, Zhu Qingying still lived in the former Prince's Mansion.

When they arrived, they happened to see the door of the mansion open, and Zhu Qingying came out in new clothes, looking like she was in a hurry.

"I'm about to go into the palace to see the emperor. I believe that as long as you tell him your interests in person, he will be willing to meet you." Zhu Qingying was a little surprised when she saw Lan Qiao and others running to the Prince's Mansion, "Why are you here?

?”

Lan Qiao told Xu Zengshou's execution, Zhu Qingying thought for a while and said: "Let's go to my house for a while, and I will enter the palace immediately. If the emperor is willing to see you, we will go in together to meet the emperor immediately.

This matter should be done sooner rather than later, we'd better leave the city tonight."

"I agree." Li Jingshu nodded and said, "The capital city is now tight on the outside and tight on the inside. All forces are secretly holding back their efforts. The sooner we can get our things done, the better. If we are late, we are afraid of long nights and nightmares."

Zhu Qingying said a few more words and was about to leave in a sedan when he suddenly saw a figure running towards him from far away on the long street.
To be continued...