Chapter 13 The wounds all over my body are because I failed to protect you

Warm sunlight shines through the woods onto a running woman.

Qin Yuqing threw her shoes and the pieces of clothes in her hands into the bushes and ran quickly barefoot in the woods. She had no way to rest, and she couldn't rest.

"This woman is here!" These people were much faster than she expected.

"How dare you tease me?"

"Damn it." Qin Yuqing cursed in a low voice. She ran in one direction regardless of anything. She could vaguely see the cliff. As long as she ran there, she would be safe.

"We can't let her go up!" The leader at the back shouted angrily, "Kill her!"

A long arrow pierced the tree stump next to Qin Yuqing. She didn't dare to stop and hid sideways behind the tree trunks.

But from another perspective, this group of people have run out of ideas, and as long as she gets up there, she will be safe.

With this idea in mind, Qin Yuqing clenched her teeth, her mouth filled with a strong taste of blood, but she did not give up.

But perhaps it was not as she wished, this body was still too weak, and she was surrounded by the group of people in the bushes a few steps away from the stone steps.

"Who are you?" Qin Yuqing looked at the group of people coldly. Since he couldn't escape, he had to get to the bottom of these three assassinations. He couldn't just die in obscurity and then fail the mission. "Do you know who I am?"

The leader sneered. There was a hideous scar on his face. He spat forcefully on the ground, then drew a scimitar and pointed it at Qin Yuqing, saying, "You're about to die, and you still have so much to say."

The blade is much more curved than ordinary knives, and there are some jagged pits on the blade.

"This knife is Tu Ling." Qin Yuqing remembered the description of the knife in the original book and said to the owner of the knife, "You are the head of the Park family, Park Qinghe."

In the original book, the Park family was framed by a villain and the whole family was killed. The eldest son Park Qinghe was trapped in the mountains by heavy rain and luckily escaped the disaster. However, the government later sent people to look for Park Qinghe's whereabouts, not to mention the person, even the body was not found, so some people spread the rumor that Park Qinghe died in the heavy rain in the mountains and his body was buried in the soil.

"Sixth Princess is quite perceptive." Pu Qinghe wiped Tu Ling's face and said with a sly smile, "Princess, you should know that our Pu family hates you royal family members the most."

"Wait!" Qin Yuqing connected all three assassinations at this moment. She only needed to confirm the last one. "How did you know I was coming here? I'm going to die anyway, so I don't need to wait a little longer."

"Since the Sixth Princess is so discerning, someone has offered a large sum for her head, claiming they've spotted her in the bamboo forest of Wenshan and by the river." Park Qinghe laughed wickedly. "If I were the princess, I'd have a suitable suspect by now."

Qin Yuqing nodded, and then everything became clear. There was also a corresponding explanation as to why the system said there was no life-threatening situation the first two times.

But she didn't expect that she could be a knife or a whetstone.

"Pu Qinghe, you are a mature family head. I believe you have your own judgment." Qin Yuqing looked calmly at the man, whose face was particularly weathered by the wear and tear of time. In the original book, he was only a man in his early twenties. "The only people who dare to sell my life are those in the royal family. Since you said you hate people in the royal family the most, why did you accept his reward?"

"Because of money, what else could it be?" Park Qinghe spread his hands and laughed, a helpless look flashing in his eyes, "In my eyes, rich people are all masters."

"I know your situation." Qin Yuqing had just finished saying this when Pu Qinghe put a long knife on Qin Yuqing's neck.

"You know shit! What I hate most are you spoiled princesses born into royal families!" Park Qinghe was extremely emotional. He seemed to be talking about another princess through Qin Yuqing. "You know nothing, so how can you understand my suffering?"

In the original book, the reason why Park Qinghe went to the mountains was because of the fourth princess Qin Qinqin. She relied on her status as a princess to force Park Qinghe to pick wild flowers in the mountains for her.

Park Qinghe did not dare to disobey the order, so he climbed the mountain in the heavy rain and missed the opportunity to meet his family for the last time.

"I can help the Pu family overturn the verdict." Qin Yuqing continued calmly, feeling pain in her neck. "To be honest, I also hate these hypocritical people. I am an unloved princess. The reason they want my head is simply because I can't control myself."

Pu Qinghe laughed sarcastically. He looked Qin Yuqing up and down with disdain and said, "A princess who is not favored, I'm afraid she can't even read a single word. How can she help the Pu family?"

"It was just me who persuaded the Lu family." In the book, when the Lu family was down and out, an unknown force saved Lu Jingchuan's life. In the end, the hero did not find out which family this force was, but at this moment Qin Yuqing could only guess whether this unknown force was the Park family.

During the chase just now, Qin Yuqing had specially observed that Pu Qinghe appeared when he was chasing her alone from behind. She didn't know if she was overthinking it, but Pu Qinghe might not want to be recognized by Lu Jingchuan.

"The Lu family? Did that guy agree?" Pu Qinghe loosened his grip on the long sword a little, but he still looked at Qin Yuqing suspiciously and said, "I'm different from that guy. I'm not that easy to fool."

"The Park family was wiped out because they were falsely accused of illegally minting copper coins. But if I say that the place where they minted copper coins was closed down by the government, they just moved to another place to continue minting, would you believe me?" Qin Yuqing tapped Park Qinghe's long sword with his fingers, pushed the sword away and said, "And I know where they are now."

Pu Qinghe's eyes changed drastically. He looked at Qin Yuqing in surprise and asked in disbelief, "You are a princess who never leaves the house, how could you know?"

"Maybe, because I'm destined to sit in that high position." Qin Yuqing looked at Park Qinghe with a smile in her fox eyes. She stood on tiptoe, raised her finger to lift Park Qinghe's chin, and said seductively, "Master Park, make a deal with me."

Pu Qinghe's lips curled up slightly. Facing Qin Yuqing's seductive fox eyes, his expression did not change at all. He said, "I'm all ears."

"I'm helping the Park family overturn the case, and you're at my service."

"Okay." Park Qinghe glanced at the people behind him. They were all brothers who had been with him through thick and thin. Some were the remaining members of the Park family. "But I have a request."

"There's a house in the north of the city, quiet and unknown." Qin Yuqing said immediately. She touched the scar on Pu Qinghe's face with her fingers and said with a bit of regret, "It's all stuck crookedly. Wear a mask. This scar is unlucky."

"Okay, I'll change it." Park Qinghe didn't ask where the house came from. He waved the long sword in his hand and left the woods.

Qin Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief. If she didn't have the plot of the original book in hand, she wouldn't dare to think about how she would have survived.

"System, am I out of danger?"

This time, the system paused for a long time, and the mechanical voice seemed to be filled with doubt and confusion, but it still answered.

[Detected, the host is out of danger. ]

【Congratulations to the host. 】

Qin Yuqing finally smiled. She exhaled the foul air in her body and looked at the stone steps not far away. She just needed to walk forward to reach the destination.

I wonder how Lu Jingchuan is doing. Has he found out who is behind these three assassinations?

"A Ruan!" Lu Jingchuan's voice came from behind.

Qin Yuqing turned around suddenly and looked over. When she saw that he had no wounds on his body, she didn't know why she felt relieved.

"You." As soon as he spoke, blood spurted out of his mouth, his vision went black uncontrollably, his limbs lost strength, and his body went limp and he fell backwards.

Lu Jingchuan rushed over and caught Qin Yuqing: "I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well."

Qin Yuqing shook her head. She wanted to say, what is there to apologize for? We are partners. Also, have you noticed the difference between these three assassinations?

But as soon as she spoke, blood gushed out.

She thought it was time for her to rest. Now that Lu Jingchuan was there, she could have a good rest.

This body is still too bad.

"Aruan, it's my fault that I failed to protect you." Lu Jingchuan took off his coat with one hand, covered Qin Yuqing with it, and then picked her up.

The scene just now hurt his heart. Qin Yuqing, dressed in tattered clothes and thin, stood in the open space. When he heard his voice and turned around, there were wounds of varying sizes on his limbs and face.

Ah Ruan, covered in bruises.

"Master, I got the things." Lu Jiu appeared alone beside Lu Jingchuan.

Lu Jingchuan nodded: "Are the people who sent it over satisfied?"

Lu Jiu nodded, followed Lu Jingchuan up to the palace, and said, "That person was very satisfied with the people sent this time, but he didn't realize that these were death row prisoners."

"Well, what did he say?"

Lu Jiu opened a letter and read it to Lu Jingchuan, "The assassinations in the Xiangshan bamboo forest and the river were the emperor's methods. The third assassination was..."

After hearing the contents of the envelope, Lu Jingchuan wanted to ask Lu Jiu to destroy it, but thinking of Qin Yuqing in his arms, he said, "Keep it."

"Yes, Master."

The palace was built extremely cleverly, utilizing the cracks on the cliff. From the outside, it looks like a small house, but you can only see its true appearance when you go inside.

Qin Yuqing didn't sleep for long. She felt a series of tingling sensations on her body and suddenly woke up.

She subconsciously reached for the hairpin hidden under her pillow, but found nothing.

"It's me."

Qin Yuqing heard the sound and lay down again in a daze, her head buried in the pillow. She asked in a muffled voice, "What are you doing?"

"Princess, I'm applying medicine for you." This time it was Chuntao's voice.

Qin Yuqing turned her head to look over and saw Chuntao holding a small box of ointment and carefully applying it to her, while Lu Jingchuan was sitting behind a screen beside them.

She couldn't help but find it a little funny. Why was he still making a fuss about gender differences at this time? He was not like this on the road before.

"Chun Tao, when did you come up?" Since Chun Tao is here, she must be the one who takes care of the changing of clothes.

"The princess hasn't returned for a long time. I was just about to go look for her when Eunuch Zhang came to the palace to deliver an order. Your Majesty ordered me to wait for you at Wenshan."

"Sure enough." Qin Yuqing sneered. Is this the hypocritical feelings of the royal family? Qin Yuqing then asked, "How did you get here?"

"Princess, there is an official road from the capital to Wenshan. I will take it."

"Official Road." Qin Yuqing recalled the two forked roads she had seen and asked, "Are you referring to the official road behind the bamboo forest in Xiangshan?"

"No, Princess. The road over there has been abandoned for a long time and few people walk there." Chuntao put the medicine box aside and gently massaged Qin Yuqing's limbs.

"If we go to Xiangshan, no one is using it anymore, whether by water or land. Not only is the journey long, but it also takes an extra day."

"One day." Qin Yuqing changed his lying position and looked at the ceiling and asked, "Do you know when the ministers from the court came to Wenshan?"

"Your Majesty is ill, so we're a little late in setting off, but if you calculate the time, we'll arrive tomorrow."

"It's just as I expected." Qin Yuqing sighed softly.

"Aren't you worried that the whetstone might be too hard and damage the original blade?"