Chapter 361 The Scheme of Falling Child Captures Zuliya and Aunt Zheng!

Zheng Wanxiu was startled when she saw the person who came.

She stood up and stepped back: "Why is it you?"

"I'm here to see your master. What brings you here?"

Zuliya smiled and said, "What do you think, Master Zheng? I, a living person who has successfully swapped my life, am standing right in front of you. Do you really not dare to recognize me?"

Zheng Wanxiu stared at the young woman in front of her in utter shock.

She... she traded her disciple's life for her own?

"You, you..."

A deep sense of fear welled up in Zheng Wanxiu's heart, and for the first time, she had a definite understanding of the life-swapping technique.

Zuliya slowly sat down, opened the window, and looked out at the calm and still Qinhuai River.

“Ku Lianqiao is both my apprentice and my cousin’s daughter. We are not even within the five degrees of kinship. I had already calculated that she was the only person whose birth chart matched mine. Of course, I can use her life to save myself.”

"Isn't this what you've always dreamed of?"

"Just like when you went to the trouble of handing over the clues about the real daughter of the Li family to that old man from the Pei family, wasn't it all so that she could help you find the real eldest daughter and save your son's life?"

At this moment, Li Qingluo, who had quickly returned and was hiding in the empty room next door that had also been prepared in advance, felt that Prince Su, who was standing behind her, stiffened slightly upon hearing this.

Li Qingluo had already guessed the truth, so she didn't show any emotion when she heard it.

She gently held Duan Rongshi's hand, trying to comfort him in return.

Duan Rongshi lifted her chin, making her look at him.

This wasn't one of those restaurants under Madam Pei's control that had hidden traps, so the two of them couldn't even make a sound.

But Duan Rongshi's eyes were terrifyingly sinister at this moment.

He questioned her: Is this true? Do you know it yourself?

The affairs within the Li family's inner quarters were too sordid, so seeing that she could handle them with ease, he rarely interfered or asked many questions.

But if this is true, what exactly did she suffer?

She has an older brother in this world, who is also here to take her life?

Yet, she never mentioned it once in front of him.

It seems she's hiding a lot more from him.

His care and understanding of her made her feel incredibly ashamed and guilty at this moment.

Duan Rongshi hugged her tightly and sighed with extreme heartache.

If he hadn't insisted on coming with her today, he would never have known that she had suffered such an injustice.

Li Qinglu could only smile.

Gently patting Duan Rongshi's chest, he helplessly held his breath several times, trying to clear his head, before the two of them continued listening.

Zheng Wanxiu's voice came through: "...Yes! I must save Xiaochuan, I must save his life!"

"We beg Sect Leader Yun Gu to help my son and me."

"Now, the time is ripe."

"Shall we get started?"

Zuliya: "Since that was the fake Li Qingluo just now, then the real one, I don't know where she is either."

Zheng Wanxiu: "What? How...how is this possible? Wasn't she arrested by you?"

Zuliya: "Let me ask you first, have you really confirmed that the person who accompanied you today is a fake Li Qingluo?"

Zheng Wanxiu nodded without hesitation.

"She absolutely cannot be real!"

"This woman is frivolous, arrogant and foolish in her words and deeds, and she really thinks she's something important just because she has a fake identity."

"Anyway, I don't think she's real."

"How come you don't recognize me at all?"

"Aren't the guards accompanying her sent by the cult leader?"

Zulya: "What leader sent them? This is... terrible!"

"You idiot! You fell for it!"

Zulia reacted instantly.

But it was too late. With a loud splash, several dark figures flew out of the water.

These people were the assassins of the Night Slayer Sect whom Li Qingluo had been lying in wait.

Zuliya waved his hand and threw a handful of poison powder.

Then they released a basket of poisonous snakes and insects.

However, Li Qingluo had already taken precautions against him.

She had already sprinkled sulfur in the nearby water and applied insect repellent powder around the sides of the boat.

Even the sandalwood on this ship has a poison-preventing scent today.

Unfortunately, Zulia was so careless today that he didn't detect the slightest unusual smell.

Perhaps it's because she's in the body of a bitter forsythia and her mind is still unstable!

Li Qingluo's subordinates from the Night Slayer Sect were all wearing iron masks.

Faced with the venomous snakes and insects rushing towards them, they immediately leaped out along the iron chains that had been nailed to the hull of the boat to escape.

The men that Zuliya brought had already been silently and completely eliminated by Kill Three, along with Kill Ten and Kill Eleven.

At this moment, all around was quiet.

Where are those enchanting sounds of spring from just now?

When Sha San arranged it, this flower boat had already become a trap that Li Qingluo had specially set up for the two of them.

Therefore, after Zulya entered the room, the madam had already led everyone on the ship away from this dangerous place in secret.

After all, when it comes to choosing between life and money, the madam will make a wise choice.

Seeing that escape through the window was impossible, Zuliya and Zheng Wanxiu had no choice but to work together to rush out.

However, Kill One and Kill Six, holding swords, slowly walked towards them from the doorway.

Without uttering a single unnecessary word, Sha Liu lunged directly at Zheng Wanxiu.

Zuliya had a whole host of insidious poisons and venomous insects in his possession. Li Qingluo had told Sha Yi about this beforehand, so Sha Yi had made some preparations in advance.

At this moment, he also applied something special to his knives, causing the poisonous insects to fall to the ground upon contact and then quickly burn and turn into corpses.

As for the poison powder, Kill One was also wearing an iron mask, so he couldn't do anything to him.

Not only that, Sha Yi also fired a hidden weapon that Li Qingluo had specially given him.

He swung his weapon precisely, striking Zulia.

The same smeared weapon caused Zulia to instantly collapse to the ground.

All of this today is a result of thorough preparation in response to Zulya's insidious and ruthless methods.

She, too, had nowhere to escape.

A bunch of poisonous insects were crawling out of her body. Kill one and quickly sprinkle some insecticide powder. Watching the insects struggle and then stop moving, Zuliya could only glare angrily.

"You...you...you deserve to die...I'm going to kill you all...!"

Zheng Wanxiu is still fighting desperately.

Until Li Qingluo slowly walked out.

“Aunt Zheng, if you die here today, I will tell Li Jingchuan everything about how you died.”

Zheng Wanxiu shouted, "No!"

She struggled to throw away the sword in her hand, her face filled with despair: "So, this was all a trap you set for me!"

"I underestimated you, Li Qingluo!"

Li Qingluo: "Are you suggesting I just obediently wait for you to come and take my life?"

Zheng Wanxiu collapsed to the ground.

She knew that all her darkness was now laid bare before her, Li Qingluo.

She probably knows everything!

But what should I do, Ogawa?

Is this method no longer viable?

"Li Qingluo, it's your mother who owes me—"

"You know perfectly well that it was your mother who owed the lives of my three children!"

"As her daughter, isn't it only right that you pay off your mother's debts?"

Li Qingluo found it utterly ridiculous: "Shut up!"

“A mother’s love is a mother’s love. Although she gave birth to me, she never raised me. I repaid her kindness by cutting the rope and falling off the cliff when I did so.”

Why should I have to pay for her life?

"It was Qu San Niang who did evil to you, and you want me to pay for it with my life? If you're so capable, why don't you take her life yourself?!"

"With your own abilities all these years, couldn't you have killed her?"

"In the end, you can't let go of my father who loves you, so you can only take your hands out on me, the abandoned daughter who has also suffered a lot and is not loved by anyone in the Li family."

"Aunt Zheng, what kind of upright and honorable person are you?"

"You want me to go home, wreak havoc on the entire Li family, and then die a tragic and unjust death... You even want to lock up my soul and exchange my life for my life, is that it?"

"In your eyes, Li Jingchuan's life is precious, but my life, Li Qingluo's, isn't?"

"I forgot to tell you."

"Even if you want my life, I'm afraid Li Jingchuan won't have a good time even if he gets my body."

"Hasn't Sect Leader Yun Gu told you that she also poisoned me?"

Zheng Wanxiu turned her head in shock to look at Zuliya.

Zuliya completely ignored her.

He stared at Li Qingluo with a sinister look: "How did you know these secrets?"

"Isn't Zaina already dead? How do you know?!"

Li Qingluo: "Are you talking about the evil arts of the Western Regions, the art of resurrection?"

"I know a lot more."

"For example, the person whose soul has been swapped must die tragically with resentment before he or she dies, so that his or her soul can be locked up and never be reborn."

“Zuliya, if it is your cousin, your aunt’s family will know how the real bitter forsythia died.”

"With a face like Ku Lianqiao's, can you still be the sect leader?"

Zuliya's expression changed drastically.

"You—you dare! You're right, you've already ingested the poison I've been concocting for five years, you can forget about it—"

With a single glance from Li Qingluo, Sha Yi immediately stepped forward and knocked Zuliya unconscious with the hilt of his sword.

Li Qingluo: "Take them all."

Dealing with these two people didn't take much effort.

Tonight, things went exceptionally smoothly.

Li Qingluo was satisfied and preparing to disembark and go home when Duan Rongshi pulled her back at the boat dock.

And held her tightly in his arms.

Duan Rongshi removed his mask, revealing a face already brimming with anger.

"Li Qingluo, I have never underestimated you. I knew you were capable enough to capture Zuliya on your own."

"But how are you going to deal with me?"

"That poison... do you already know what's wrong with you?"

"And your brother—"

Why didn't you tell me these things?

Li Qingluo raised her hand and gently pressed her fingers against Duan Rongshi's warm lips.

"Your Highness. Let's meet at Guiyuan Garden at this time tomorrow."

"I will tell you everything in detail when the time comes, okay?"

After Li Qinglu finished speaking, she tiptoed and gently tapped Duan Rongshi's shocked and instantly shattered face.

It left a mark as hot as fire.

She quickly put her feet down again, buried her face in his chest, and didn't even dare to take a deep breath.

I could only rub my head against it wistfully.

"It is my greatest fortune to know Your Highness."

"Your Highness... it's almost curfew, we... will meet again."

After she finished speaking, she gently pushed him away.

Then he turned around and quickly jumped ashore.

Kill One and Kill Two were waiting for her on the shore, and the three of them quickly disappeared into the darkness...

Duan Rongshi was still touching his face, staring blankly in the direction where she had disappeared.

Then came a sneer.

It was a self-deprecating remark about how easily she could fool him.

"Then I'll be waiting for you tomorrow night to see how you'll explain yourself..."

Before Li Qingluo even entered the house, she saw Granny Zheng rushing towards her: "Miss, something terrible has happened! Young Master Jingchuan has committed suicide."