Chapter 301: Dozens of Men in Black Hiding in the Lake

Lihua Temple is not very big.

Because it is a royal Taoist temple, it was renovated lavishly and is small but exquisite.

Because praying for wealth here is quite effective, many people come here to burn incense.

The deity enshrined in Lihua Temple is Lihua Goddess.

Xie Yingmian knelt before the Pear Blossom Goddess and prayed devoutly:

"Please bless me, Lihua Goddess. I will find a jade pendant after I leave Lihua Temple. The owner of the jade pendant is the official who raises horses. He is very grateful to me and wants to give me 1,000 taels of silver as a thank you fee. I refused him."

"He felt embarrassed, so he told me a secret and asked me to bet on a horse that others didn't think was a good bet."

"The horse was very weak, and no one believed it could win. The odds were a hundred to one, and no one was betting, so I bet three thousand taels of silver."

"Later, that horse fought its way through the encirclement and became the undisputed dark horse. I won. With the odds of 100 to 1, the 3,000 taels of silver became 300,000 taels. I was very happy. As a thank you, I voluntarily set aside 150,000 taels from the 300,000 taels to rebuild the golden body of Lady Lihua and rebuild the Taoist temple."

After Xie Yingmian made her wish, she kowtowed three times devoutly.

Yu Lingye, who heard Xie Yingmian's wish in its entirety, said:

I’ve seen people painting cakes for the gods, but I’ve never seen people painting cakes for the gods.

"Why is it a horse race and not a polo match?" Yu Lingye asked, "You lost the polo match."

Xie Yingmian: "I told you, there's something fishy about the polo match."

"They must be fixing the match."

"Whichever team I bet on will lose. It's not because of my luck, but because someone is deliberately making me lose."

"For example, if I bet on the red team, the red team will definitely lose. But if I suddenly switch to the blue team, then the blue team will definitely lose. I don't believe it's all coincidence."

Yu Lingye frowned slightly.

Match-fixing in polo is easy.

If this is the Queen Mother's revenge, then it is too frivolous.

If the Emperor...

It can't be the emperor.

The emperor was in deep thought and would not show it so obviously.

It is more likely to be the Queen Mother.

But the Queen Mother would not resort to such superficial tactics.

Unless... there's a back-up plan.

Fu Mo thought thoughtfully: "So this is how you make a wish."

"No wonder my wishes have never come true. I guess they were too general, so the Bodhisattvas or the Taoist goddesses don't know where to start."

"No, I want to make a new wish."

Fu Mo knelt down and imitated Xie Yingmian: "Please bless the Lihua Goddess..."

When Xie Yingmian and his group were about to leave Lihua Temple, a Taoist nun came over.

"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Ling and Princess Ling."

"It's lunchtime now. The plain noodles at Lihua Temple are a specialty of Lihua Garden. Would you like to try some?"

Xie Yingmian asked Yu Lingye.

Yu Lingye said, "Indeed."

"The plain noodles at Lihua Temple and the dim sum at Taohuawu each have their own unique characteristics and are equally outstanding."

Qing Huang's eyes lit up.

Vegetarian noodles, although there is no meat, it’s okay to try.

Xie Yingmian was also a little hungry.

There is a lake behind Lihua Temple.

The lake is very large, almost surrounding the entire Pear Blossom Garden.

The lakeside is full of pear trees.

It was the season when pear blossoms were in full bloom, and the lakeside and the lake were covered with layers of white snow.

The weather is nice, with a gentle lake breeze and not too hot sunshine.

They had their meal in a small pavilion in the center of the lake.

The private room in the small pavilion in the middle of the lake was hung with curtains that fluttered in the wind, and faint white pear blossoms could be seen falling in.

Different from the gorgeousness of Taohuawu.

There is a little more fairy-like feeling here.

"The scenery is nice." Xie Yingmian looked at the remaining lotus leaves in the lake. The branches and leaves of the remaining lotus leaves were scattered all over the place and very dense.

"There are also many lotus flowers planted in this lake. It should be very beautiful in the summer."

Yu Lingye nodded: "Wait until summer comes over to take a look."

The noodles were served quickly.

Each person gets a big bowl, and it smells good.

When Xie Yingmian wanted to pick up the chopsticks, his hand paused slightly.

She glanced at Yu Lingye and said, "Don't move yet."

Yu Lingye: "Is there a problem?"

"The plain noodles are fine, but the chopsticks are a problem," said Xie Yingmian.

"Is there poison on the chopsticks?" Yu Lingye asked.

Xie Yingmian shook his head.

There is no poison on the chopsticks.

But there was a strange smell on the chopsticks, and it was obvious that someone had tampered with them.

Moreover, this smell...

Xie Yingmian scooped up a spoonful of noodle soup and poured it onto the chopsticks.

A word appears on each bamboo chopstick.

The word "fast" was written on a chopstick.

The word "escape" was written on the other chopstick.

Xie Yingmian suddenly looked at Yu Lingye: "Someone is sending us a message through chopsticks, telling us to run away quickly..."

Crash!

Crash!

Before Xie Yingmian could finish his words, a man in black suddenly jumped out of the water.

After one man in black jumped out, other men in black also jumped out one after another.

One after another.

There were actually forty or fifty people.

All these men in black were lying in ambush underwater, breathing through reed tubes.

Because there were many remaining lotus leaves in the lake, no one noticed the reed tubes in the lake.

After the man in black came ashore, he attacked Yu Lingye and others with quick movements.

Their kung fu is brutal and every move is deadly.

Only specially trained secret guards have this kind of skills.

The secret guards with high martial arts skills were obviously well prepared. They were divided into ten groups of five and completely dispersed Xie Yingmian and others.

Five people against one.

Moreover, there were five secret guards with extremely high martial arts skills against one person, so Xie Yingmian obviously had no advantage.

Zang Song and others had a hard time fighting five of them at once.

Yu Lingye was also surrounded.

Those people did not intend to kill Yu Lingye, they seemed to want to trap Yu Lingye.

Fortunately, Yu Lingye has four secret guards by his side: Tianjia, Dijia, Nanjia and Beijia.

At the same time as the man in black appeared, the four of them appeared together and protected Yu Lingye firmly.

Yu Lingye: "Southern Armor and Northern Armor go protect the princess."

The South and North Jia obey the order.

At this moment, Xie Yingmian, who was surrounded by people, was speechless.

These men in black were divided into groups of five, and each group surrounded one person.

But why did three groups attack her?

Fifteen top masters fighting against her alone is so unsportsmanlike.

Xie Yingmian casually sprinkled out a handful of poison.

The men in black were well prepared.

When she spilled the poison, they all covered their mouths and noses.

Except for the closest secret guard who was hit, everyone else was unharmed.

Being surrounded by fifteen people, no matter how powerful Xie Yingmian's poison was, it was useless.

Fortunately, the South League and the North League were added.

Nanjia and Beijia helped her distract some of the men in black, and she focused on dealing with the masters around her.

Xie Yingmian only has boxing skills and no internal strength, so he has almost no chance of winning against masters with profound internal strength.

These men in black obviously knew that she was good at using poison.

The tactic of spraying poison unexpectedly has no effect on them.

So, she had to find another way.

Xie Yingmian quickly used his brain to dodge the attacks.

The man in black kept chasing her, and after a long time, she began to feel exhausted.

We can't delay any longer.

Xie Yingmian glanced around.

There was a deck not far from her. The deck was narrow and surrounded by the lake on three sides. That position was suitable for her to defeat them one by one.

Xie Yingmian found a solution and quickly came to the deck.

Yes.

When she stepped onto the deck, her heart skipped a beat.

broken!