Chapter 221 Luo'er's scheme was discovered by her brother and the fake heiress?

“The Li family’s daughter must not be killed today.”

"I have my own reasons for keeping her here."

"The leader also has his own explanation."

"Today, I only wish to take Miss Li away, and whoever wants to kill her first—must kill me first—!"

After saying that, Zheng Lingzhou pointed his knife at those who defied his will.

Li Qingluo and her servants watched in disbelief as the two sides began to fight each other.

However, they soon suffered the same fate as the others. Many people rushed over during the melee, and Li Qingluo and the others couldn't escape even if they wanted to leave quickly.

So he could only swing his sword and kill the ones who rushed at him.

"Young lady, are you heading back to Qingsong Temple?"

Now that the road is blocked, the only way out is to return to Qingsong Temple.

There were simply too many people from the Lotus Sect here. Even Zhang Mama, who had been through countless battles, was too injured to fight for long today.

Moreover, she and Granny Deng were getting old after all.

The orioles and sparrows were still fledglings and were no match for anything important.

So for the girl's safety, they really wanted to back down.

Li Qinglu thought so too.

"Walk!"

But before they could leave, Zheng Lingzhou spotted them first.

"Luo'er! Don't run away!"

He leaped over and caught up in a few bounds.

Granny Zhang stepped forward, but while she could handle the servants and soldiers, she was quickly outmatched by a true martial arts master like Zheng Lingzhou.

Seeing this, Granny Deng immediately joined in and pestered them as well.

Sparrow and Oriole nervously protected Li Qingluo, not daring to leave her side for even a moment, as Li Qingluo crawled out of the carriage.

Seeing Zhang Mama kicked to the ground, and Deng Mama no longer able to defend herself against the falling broadsword, Li Qingluo immediately shouted, "Stop! Zheng Lingzhou, if you dare to hurt them, I will kill you for the rest of my life!"

Zheng Lingzhou then withdrew his killing move, but he grabbed Deng Mama from the ground and held the knife to her neck.

"Then you'd better come over obediently, or my hands will start to shake."

He stared at Li Qingluo and smiled, as if he was certain that she would make a choice that would satisfy him.

Sparrow bit her lip tightly in fear: "Miss, don't go..."

She stopped Li Qingluo, her eyes already brimming with tears that were about to fall.

Granny Deng also shouted, "Young lady! Don't worry about this old servant, I've had enough of living! You mustn't come any closer, don't become a pawn in this villain's hands!"

Li Qinglu's eyes reddened.

"You treat me like family, how can I abandon you?"

"Zheng Lingzhou, I'll take her place! You're not allowed to harm a single hair on her head!"

As she spoke, Li Qingluo stepped down from the carriage.

Seeing this, Granny Deng closed her eyes and rushed towards the blade—

She wanted to end her life decisively and cleanly, so that the girl wouldn't have to suffer any hardship.

However, Zheng Lingzhou was prepared. He grabbed Deng Mama, turned the blade around, and then pushed her hard to the ground.

Li Qingluo and Que'er shouted at the same time, "Granny Deng—"

"Grandma!!"

At this critical moment, Li Qingluo shot out her hidden arrow. She originally wanted to stop Granny Deng from committing suicide, but because of Zheng Lingzhou's change of move, the blade changed direction and the hidden arrow shot into Zheng Lingzhou's chest with a "whoosh".

He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Granny Zhang turned around and, together with Granny Deng, planned to kill Zheng Lingzhou.

However, they underestimated Zheng Lingzhou. He clutched his chest, turned around, and started fighting with the two old women again.

This time, Zheng Lingzhou was completely enraged.

He stabbed Granny Deng, nearly severing her head.

Granny Deng rolled on the ground, and half of her ear was cut off.

Granny Zhang shouted, "Old Deng!"

Seeing this, Li Qingluo could no longer stay still and joined forces with Que'er and Ying'er to go forward.

Seeing Li Qing land over, Zheng Lingzhou seemed quite excited.

"Luo'er, all your moves were taught by your master. Today, let me see how well your swordsmanship has improved during this time!"

Sparrow and Oriole were taken away by Zheng Lingzhou's men who rushed over.

Li Qingluo faced Zheng Lingzhou alone.

She saw that Zheng Lingzhou's chest was clearly bleeding, yet he was still fighting her so excitedly, and couldn't help but curse, "You madman!!"

Zheng Lingzhou laughed heartily: "Luo'er, you have no idea what I've done for you... So what if I'm crazy? As long as I can protect you, I'm willing to do it!"

After saying that, he suddenly changed his move and struck Li Qingluo's wrist hard with the blade.

Li Qingluo's half arm was instantly paralyzed and lost all feeling!

The sword in her hand fell to the ground.

He couldn't even raise his hand to launch a hidden arrow or a thin thread.

Zheng Lingzhou stopped her and pulled her into his arms.

"I told you, as long as you listen to me, I will protect you for the rest of my life."

"Don't be so hostile towards me, Luo'er."

"Last time you got into trouble with Prince Su, do you know how crazy I was?"

"If your general's mansion hadn't increased its security measures, I would have gone to see you long ago."

"But how did you treat me? You didn't reply to my letters and even imprisoned my crow. Luo'er, you're really disobedient."

Upon seeing this, Granny Deng and Granny Zhang, who were standing nearby, roared angrily, "You audacious scoundrel, release my young lady!"

However, they were also stretched thin at the moment, as these Lotus Sect members were all difficult to deal with, and they could lose their lives if they were not careful.

Li Qingluo gave a cold laugh: "Zheng Lingzhou, you make it sound so nice. Do you really think I'm easy to fool?"

"From the moment you appeared at the General's Mansion, you had ulterior motives."

"Perhaps you only pretended to be a ghost before to scare my biological parents and avenge your sister. Later, when you saw that the General's Mansion had a daughter who had no one to love her, you continued to pretend to be a ghost and create mystery. You also dressed up as a woman to get close to me and become my master. In fact, you just wanted to manipulate me to become a member of your Lotus Sect, right?"

"If one day the general's daughter is also a member of the Lotus Sect, it will be convenient for her to act on your behalf, which will be of great benefit to your Lotus Sect."

"Now that your leader sees he can't win me over, and I've even started associating with Prince Su, he wants to kill me? Is my life so worthless that you can decide what to do with it?"

“Zheng Lingzhou, don’t even mention that you’re my master, let alone that you’re my uncle.”

"How ridiculous! A concubine's brother dares to call himself the legitimate daughter's uncle! And someone who impersonates a woman and infiltrates the women's inner courtyard has the audacity to call himself master!"

Li Qingluo's words completely enraged Zheng Lingzhou.

"You—! Do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?"

Zheng Lingzhou moved closer to Li Qingluo's face, "Luo'er, if my entire Zheng family hadn't been murdered back then, would my elder sister have been forced to become a concubine in your beastly father's harem?"

“My elder sister is a noblewoman he is not worthy of; she is a woman with lofty ambitions.”

"Do you know how much we cherish you because of your brother?"

"Yet you've hurt me so deeply... Luo'er, you've been disobedient, and I really want to teach you a lesson—"

As he spoke, he actually grabbed Li Qingluo's neck with his large hand.

However, at that moment, Li Qingluo's still conscious hand had already slipped the dagger from her sleeve and plunged it into Zheng Lingzhou's leg.

Zheng Lingzhou snorted.

But then he saw another curved blade rushing towards him. He immediately pushed Li Qingluo aside and raised his hand to block it with his own blade.

"Lotus Cult, surrender now!"

Suddenly, Po Feng, Zhui Yu, and Sha Lei burst out of the woods at the same time.

Li Qingluo looked up and saw a familiar figure galloping towards them on horseback.

Li Qingluo knew as soon as she saw the curved sword that Prince Su had arrived!

On the night her grandmother was murdered, outside the Prince Su's mansion, it was this scimitar that saved her life.

Behind him were countless bodyguards who had come with him...

A smile appeared on her face. Duan Rongshi also saw her. Seeing that she was safe and sound, his cold and stern face seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Just as he rode his horse toward her, Li Qingluo inadvertently glanced at the carriage beside her and saw Liu Suier being dragged off the carriage with her mouth covered.

"Sui'er!"

Li Qingluo immediately jumped up, grabbed her sword, and rushed over.

Liu Qingzhu and Li Kechuan were both hiding behind the carriage.

It was because Li Qingluo and his group were blocked by the Lotus Sect that Li Kechuan and Liu Qingzhu happened to encounter this battle when they went down the mountain.

When Li Kechuan saw Li Qingluo being held hostage by a man in black, he was initially a little worried.

But Liu Qingzhu said from the side, "Brother, look quickly, that's Liu Sui'er!"

"How did she end up in Li Qingluo's carriage?"

"So, they were all in cahoots!?"

"Brother, is it true that all along, Li Qingluo has been plotting against you?! And me too, everything I have is because of her?!"

Li Kechuan froze as if struck by lightning.

"No...impossible!"

Li Kechuan rejected Liu Qingzhu's guess without even thinking.

“When she first returned to the manor, she was just a village girl from the mountains. Apart from her grandmother, she was not favored by her parents or me. I blamed her for your death, and she suffered all kinds of bullying from me…”

"If she had such cunning, why would she have endured it all this time?"

But didn't she never really suffer any major harm?

Every time, she managed to escape danger and retaliate quite effectively against him!

Even the time he fabricated his mother's eye ailment, it just so happened that she was poisoned by oleander...

Each time, she managed to escape his tricks.

The more Li Kechuan thought about it, the colder he felt.

Liu Qingzhu: "Brother, you're confused!! How could she have been really bullied? Didn't she run away every time? On the contrary, brother, look at yourself now?"

"She and Liu Suier have been together for over ten years, and they're much closer than I am to Liu Suier. They're the real sisters!"

"Isn't the evidence right in front of us now?"

"Brother, the affair between Liu Sui'er and you was entirely orchestrated by Li Qingluo!!"

Li Kechuan couldn't believe it.

But Liu Sui'er is right here, how do you explain that?

His whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

Finally, they pointed to someone and had Liu Suier tied up.

He wanted to get to the bottom of this.

We must get to the bottom of this!!

Li Kechuan was so angry and anxious that he wished he could lean half his body over.

But just as Liu Sui'er was gagged and grabbed, Li Qingluo drew his sword and charged at her.

Seeing her charging at him menacingly, Li Kechuan grabbed Sui'er and choked her by the neck.

"Li Qingluo! Did you do all of this?! Did you do it?! Sui'er getting close to me, even the thing that broke my leg, you did it all?!?"