Chapter 68: Missing the Night
An hour later, the people who were scattered returned one after another, and when they met Chu Jin's inquiring gaze, they all shook their heads.
Yu Ranqing was forced into the upstairs cabin by Chu Ling and Yan Xuechu, and took off her clothes on her shoulders. Fortunately, it only scratched the flesh of the arm, and the arrow was not poisonous. She had her own gold sore medicine, stopped the bleeding and bandaged it simply, and the three of them looked at the lake, worried.
After another half an hour, everyone except Dongfang Fengjue came back.
"Little prince, Gongzi Jue will be fine, right?" Xiang Tianqi asked with some unease.
Nangong Hao flew down on the painting boat with his wet robe, and answered: "He disappeared when he entered the water, and I didn't see a shadow after him." ”
Lou Yifan leaned on the pillar of the hatch and said, "You are lucky in Yijian Villa, you got rid of her before you got married into the door!" This young lady of the Mu family is really a troublemaker, and she doesn't forget to be embarrassed wherever she goes! ”
"It doesn't matter if she drowns, if Gongzi Jue has a good one, it will be the loss of the Eastern Chu Kingdom, and it is not worth it at all to lose her life to save an ugly young lady!" Chu Jue pursed his lips and said coldly.
Qiu Zhixiao took over the conversation and was slightly worried, "Although Miss Mu is ugly, the power of Shuiyue Villa should not be underestimated, if she has an accident, I am afraid that Mu Qinghan will not give up!" ”
"He Mu Qinghan is just a businessman, and he may still have some scheming with others, which of these people today can he afford to provoke, is he still afraid of him?" Chu Jue is unscrupulous, impulsive and irritable, and easily swayed by others.
Chu Li twisted his sword eyebrows and scolded sharply, "Shut up, it's better to go down and save people if you have the strength to make noise!" He turned his head to look at Chu Jin, who was in a hurry, "Go out and find it again, and if you can't find it, you will return, the hour is not early!" ”
Chu Jin ordered people to go into the water to look for it.
Linglong couldn't wait for anything on the second floor, so she jumped over the railing and jumped into the water while Amber was not paying attention.
"Linglong, Linglong, you come back for me!" Amber didn't care about anyone present, and shouted at the disobedient Linglong.
Linglong shouted hoarsely, as if she hadn't heard it: "Miss, where are you, Miss?" "Piercing the water with a crying cavity, until he couldn't hold his breath anymore, he floated up to change his breath and then plunged down; I don't know how many times I repeated it, and I didn't have the strength at all, and I couldn't tell whether it was a lake or tears, and my voice was hoarse from crying.
Nangong Hao couldn't bear to see it, and personally fished her back from the lake.
Amber ran down from the upstairs with red eyes and tears on her face, Chu Ling asked Shuang'er to take a dress for Linglong to change, and then pulled it back to the cabin upstairs to watch it for herself. Amber held a handkerchief and kept wiping Linglong's tears, but she didn't care that she was already crying wet clothes.
Look at the sky, it's time.
Chu Li ordered the painting boat to return.
Linglong fainted from crying, and Amber sat stupidly, motionless.
Chu Ling and Yan Xuechu had tears in their eyes, and Yu Ran Qing wilted on the side.
Chu Jin was silent, his hands clenched in his sleeves and hung down on his sides, his shoulders were tight, and his whole body was in an extremely tense state.
After landing on the shore, Chu Li and Chu Jue returned home on their own.
Chu Jin instructed the Praetorian Guards to escort several princesses back to the palace first, and asked Chu Ling's carriage to carry Yu Ranqing and others back to the palace, but he rode on a horse and whipped to Shuiyue Villa to plead guilty.
At this time, Linglong and Amber had already returned to the Water Moon Villa in despair.
Liuli waited outside the gate, raised the curtain of the car, saw only the two of them coming down, and was about to ask a question. Amber said in a hoarse voice: "Go to Xiangxi Pavilion and invite my aunt to the old lady's room, can the young owner come back?" ”
Liuli was stunned for a moment, first nodded, and then shook her head.
"Go!" Amber roared angrily.
Liuli was startled, she had never seen Amber like this, she didn't dare to delay any longer, and went to Xiangxi Pavilion to ask for someone with a smoke under her feet.
As soon as Mu Qinghan returned home, the little guy guarding the door said what Amber had just said, and he didn't stop his footsteps, and walked towards Jinlu Garden.
Amber knelt on the ground, and told everything in a dumb voice about the painting boat, no matter how big or small. Linglong was as soft as a noodle, and she couldn't kneel on her knees, and fell to the ground.
"How so?" Chu Han was already crying.
Mu Qinghan entered the door with a calm face, and picked up Chu Han, who was crying on Qingzhi, "Auntie, don't worry, Yan'er will be fine!" He turned his head to listen to the wind and commanded, "Listen to the wind, you go and close the door of the mansion, no matter who comes, it will not be opened, thank you for the water moon villa!" ”
Listening to the wind, he turned around and ran out.
Mu Zheng looked angry, went back to the inner room with his hands behind his back without a sound, and closed the door with a 'bang'.
"Liuli, you take Linglong back to Lanyan Pavilion first; Amber, you also go back, and restrain everyone to stay in the Lanyan Pavilion peacefully, and you are not allowed to go out without permission during the period when the smoke does not return, do you know? Mu Qing said in a cold voice.
"Don't worry, the young farmer, the slave and maid remember the young master's orders!" Amber got up and helped Linglong back to Lanyan Pavilion with Liuli. Pearl, Coral and Cinnabar leaned against the door with tears in their eyes, and when they saw the three of them coming back, they ran out and asked in unison.
Chu Jin rode his horse to the gate of Shuiyue Villa, but saw that the gate was closed, even the gatehouse was closed, and half of the figure was missing. He dismounted and approached, and no one answered after knocking on the door for a long time, so he had to go home.
Chu Jing waited in the hall, and as soon as Chu Jin entered the house, he was taken to the hall by the chief manager.
Dongfang Fengjue's disappearance made Chu Jing feel uneasy.
Chu Jin knew that the matter could not be hidden, so he said it carefully from beginning to end.
Chu Jing twisted his gray beard and paced slowly: "Mu Zheng ordered the door to be closed, and he has the intention of thanking the guests, which no one can see!" Turning his head and looking at his usually suave grandson, the appearance of the six gods and no master at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, "You go back and rest, and wait until you see Mu Zheng tomorrow!" ”
Chu Jin shook his head, "Gongzi Jue has not returned from entering the water to save Mu Qingyan, so he has to go to Qilin Villa to inform him!" ”
Chu Jing looked at Chu Jin, who seemed to have grown up in a day, and said with half relief and half distress: "It's better for me to go, just discuss with Dongfang Yin what to do about this matter!" ”
Nodding, Chu Jin slumped his shoulders and dragged back to his yard.
Dongfang Yin immediately panicked when he heard that Dongfang Fengjue was missing.
After a while, Chu Jing and Dongfang Yin came together outside the gate of Shuiyue Villa, and let people pass the word in, unless they saw Mu Zheng, they would never leave.
Mu Zheng couldn't, so he personally came to greet him outside the gate, and the three of them sat together to discuss the search for people.
After entering the watch, a large number of people and horses from the three prefectures went out of the city to Mochou Lake, and the boats and everything needed were ready, going west against the water, looking for people at night.
Mu Qinghan knew that Mu Qing's smoke was fine, and he was not in a hurry, and closed the door of the house just to hide people's eyes. That girl is ghostly, how can it be so easy to fall into the water, and it is even more unbelievable if she falls into the water and loses her trace. But even Dongfang Fengjue lost his trace, and he couldn't help but be slightly worried.
Who knew that Chu Jing did not follow, and united with Dongfang Yin to rescue him overnight, and Shuiyue Villa had to show its attitude, so he had to accompany the two mansions to mess around. Think about it, what miracles are there in the dark night that unsuccessful things in the daytime?
After returning to the city with the crown prince Chu Yue, Qin Yan entered the Praetorian Guard camp, and after dealing with some trivial matters in the camp, he was sitting on the desk and pondering. Cheng Lei came back, told Qin Yan about what happened on the painting boat, and went to accept the punishment himself.
Qin Yan only heard Mu Qingyan falling into the water and disappearing in his ears, and he couldn't hear anything else, as if there were thousands of voices ringing in his ears. He stood up, and flipped through the letterhead on the case with his sleeve, until the pen and ink rolled off, stained the book, and washed it, and it was a mess.
He didn't bother to take a second look, grabbed the corner of his robe with one hand, and walked out quickly. The Praetorian Guard at the door shouted twice, but he didn't hear it, and the wind under his feet drew his meteor out of the stable, and turned on his horse.
"Drive!" With a ruthless bang, he ran out of the palace gate and went out of the south of the city.
The meteor is a horse that travels eight hundred at night, and even if Qin Yan doesn't ride it on weekdays, he needs to let it run a few laps from time to time to make it less irritable. At this time, in Qin Yan's fierce voice, he was jubilant like a fish in water, but he ran wildly.
Traveling westward along the north shore, gradually entering the mountains, it was not half an hour before we reached the shore where the accident occurred.
Qin Yan looked at the dark lake, the stars and the moon sank for half a minute, and his heart fell to the bottom of the lake, cold to the bone. The mountains were silent, and the leaves rustled and whispered with the evening breeze, as if the person was inadvertently annoyed, erasing the heavy makeup on his face, and completely becoming one with the slenderness in his heart.
His eyes were cold, revealing an unusually cold frost and snow, as if he was about to freeze everything he could see, terrifying and ruthless. Qin Yan's heart trembled slightly, no one knew his fear and weakness at this time, just for the villain he couldn't give up and couldn't get close.
Soon, the ships of the Three Mansions and the five hundred guards of the Jingwang Mansion arrived one after another, and the torches were connected into a long dragon and climbed the mountain into the lake.
Qin Yan patted his horse and walked up the mountain, found the place where the secret arrow came out according to Cheng Lei's description, dismounted and approached the edge, and visually measured the distance. If that person wants to shoot Yu Ranqing, he must have the arm strength to shoot a bow and arrow with hundreds of stones, how can he shoot it off and only hurt the flesh and skin without penetrating the bones? The most suspicious thing is that the next few arrows have fallen into the water before they get close to the boat, is it intentional provocation or showing off, or deliberately?
Who is that man?
Although Yu Ranqing is the only daughter of the leader of the martial arts alliance, she has not walked on the rivers and lakes, and is raised in the deep boudoir. If that man is looking for revenge, how can he be waiting here?
It must be someone who is close to each other to know that she and Chu Ling are on a blind date, and today they were invited to play in the painting boat of Jingwangfu. But how did you know in advance that the painting boat was going to go west along the lake?
Or, the person is on top of the boat, delivering the message at any time; Either the man designed the route, made people wait here, prepared a strong bow and arrows, and let her have no return.
Yu Ranqing's wedding is imminent, and such an accident occurred at this time, which may be inseparable from that person.
But how did Mu Qingyan fall into the water? Why did you get involved with a concubine in King Jing's Mansion again? Why was that concubine rescued and Dumu Qingyan disappeared?
Unconscionable!
This person with a strong bow is unusual, and Mu Qingyan's disappearance is also unusual!
The people and horses of Sanfu cast nets to fish, and the boats on the lake have occupied this section of water, extending it from the accident site to the upstream for another ten miles, and the downstream is lined up to the dragon boat racing place and going east for thirty miles.
Qin Yan stood alone on the edge of the mountainside, his chest was bored, and his heart was up and down. I was looking forward to Mu Qingyan being fine, but I was afraid that I would really catch something, so I didn't dare to relax for a while.
Mu Qinghan Shi unfolded the 'Phantom Dance' silently through the mountains, running halfway through the mountainside. Before he got close, he saw a man and a horse standing solemnly, as if a breath of freezing heaven and earth was spreading from that person's body. Stopped and landed in a hidden place, looking at Qin Yan silently.
He knew that Yu Ranqing was injured, and the dark arrow shot at the painting boat from here, and it was impossible for the force and trajectory to be unsmoky, perhaps the fall into the water was only to cover up the real location where she stopped the dark arrow, so she saved Yu Ranqing's life.
Mu Qinghan's heart suddenly tightened: it turned out that Qin Yan's affection was so deep, Yu Ranqing was injured during the day, and he came to investigate in person at night. The pain in his heart made the corners of his lips tighten, and his body instantly disappeared, the phantom dance was already exhausted, and the half-streaked wind silk was not swept up.
Qin Yan sank into his own thoughts, and vigilantly felt a different aura behind him, but the slight difference seemed to be a little far away, and he couldn't feel it after a while, his eyes were cold, and the cold on his body was even stronger.
It turns out that there are such good hands in the world, who can get close to him silently! What is the surprise that Yu Ran Qing was hit by an arrow and Mu Qingyan disappeared!
The river was suddenly much quieter, and all salvage operations were stopped, and the whole ship set sail. The fire dragons who went into the mountains to find gradually gathered and turned around to Mochou Lake together.
Although Qin Yan knew that salvage was useless, but when he suddenly withdrew his troops, he still frowned, could it be ......