"It's not advisable for the Silver Armor Army to be exposed now. Let them set out at night and hide directly after arriving in Wuzhou. If the people from the Phoenix Order find out early, the clues they have finally revealed will be retracted. The Silver Armor Army will show up at the critical moment." Ye Chen and Lu Chenyuan were discussing the route to Wuzhou. The fastest way was by water, but too many people would attract attention.

"Well, they are quite capable of hiding themselves. Although they are numerous, it is still a piece of cake for them to avoid being discovered." Lu Chenyuan has great confidence in his Silver Armored Army.

"Well, tomorrow we will take the water route to Guangwu Town, and then change to a horse carriage to enter Wuzhou. The water route is fast, and I'm afraid there will be changes if we delay any further. My people have been missing for a while, and this long time is enough for those people to do a lot of things." Ye Chen frowned unconsciously.

"Don't worry. If you want to cause trouble in my territory, you have to see if I, the King of Zhennan, agree. I only knew that you were doing something big before, but I didn't investigate the details. Now I know there is no way I can just ignore it. What's more, it's my jurisdiction. If something goes wrong, I, Lu Chenyuan, will have to stop being the King of Zhennan. It will bring shame to my ancestors." Lu Chenyuan knew the ins and outs of the Phoenix Society, and also knew who Ye Chen had asked him to eliminate years ago. At that time, he just thought it might be some martial arts sects that were an eyesore to the court, but he didn't expect that there was such a big thing involved.

The next day, Lu Chenyuan asked General Cen Zhuoran of the Silver Armor Army to lead the troops to Wuzhou as agreed in advance, while he and Ye Chen and the others boarded the boat and traveled by water.

"Sister Jingxin, please give me some tranquilizers. I'll go to sleep as soon as the boat starts. I don't want to experience vomiting like the day before yesterday again." Chen Qiu was scared when he saw the boat now. He felt dizzy as soon as he sat on it, even before the boat started.

"Here, take this and you'll fall asleep quickly. We'll be on the boat all day and all night, so you can't sleep all the time." Jingxin knew that Chen Qiu was resistant to the idea of sailing, which was why he felt dizzy the moment he got on board. She gave Chen Qiu a tranquilizer pill, and without a word, he put it in his mouth, rolled it with his tongue, and swallowed it.

"It's okay, I slept well." Chen Qiu had never vomited during her pregnancy, but who would have thought that after taking a boat ride, she would vomit out all the yellow water in her stomach. It was really uncomfortable.

After getting on the boat in the afternoon, Chen Qiu has been sleeping all the time. Ye Chen was worried that she slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night, so he called her several times but she didn't wake up. This time it was not seasickness, but the medicine was too strong. Chen Qiu felt like her eyelids were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and she had no choice but to continue sleeping.

There was another boat following behind theirs. It was a merchant's boat. They were returning to their home in Guangwu Town after visiting relatives. They sent someone to deliver a visiting card, saying that they wanted to take care of each other along the way.

Lu Chenyuan readily agreed. Merchants have a lot of money but are not good at protecting themselves. Anyway, it’s on the way, so there’s nothing wrong with it.

Ye Chen slept next to Chen Qiu that night. Chen Qiu woke up at midnight and couldn't fall back asleep. She put on Ye Chen's cloak and went to the deck, thinking that if she could get some fresh air, she would feel less dizzy. At night, the water surface was pitch black, and Chen Qiu didn't feel dizzy, either because of the cool breeze or because it was too dark to see the water.

Just when they were thinking about returning to the cabin, a ship sailing next to them suddenly caught fire. The entire ship caught fire almost instantly.

Chen Qiu quickly ordered the guards on night watch to ask the sailors to sail the boat away so as not to cause damage to their ship.

The guards also saw the ship on fire, but their mission was to protect their master, and they didn't want to meddle in other people's business, just in case it was a diversionary tactic. So they didn't move.

However, their not moving did not mean that no one would move. Chen Qiu did not call them to go together, but jumped into the water himself, and then jumped out of the water onto the burning ship.

"Madam?" The guards behind her didn't have time to stop Chen Qiu, so they could only jump into the water and then jump onto the burning boat.

"Kerosene? No wonder it burned so quickly." Chen Qiu smelled the pungent smell as soon as he got on the boat.

"Why are you following me? Go back and protect my husband. I will be fine." Chen Qiu saw two guards following her. She was afraid that they were trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so she drove them back.

"Madam, the others are protecting the Duke, don't worry." If we don't protect him well, won't the Duke peel off our skins? She didn't dare to say the last sentence.

"Okay, let's split up and search to see if there are any survivors." Then the three of them separated, one went to the sailors' cabin and the other went to the back.

Chen Qiu drew out his soft sword, took out his handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose, kicked open the door of the cabin in front of him, and went in. "Where are the people? Is there anyone still alive?"

"Hahaha... Go to hell, all of you go to hell, you all deserve to die." Chen Qiu shouted twice but no one responded. Suddenly, he heard a girl's scream, her voice full of resentment.

Chen Qiu followed the sound and walked inside. He kicked open a room in the corner. Inside, the floor was covered in kerosene. In the middle of the room, five people were strung together with ropes. They were all dressed in fine silk. They must be the owners of the ship, but their mouths were gagged with rags. Next to them stood a girl of fifteen or sixteen, dressed in a maid's clothes. In one hand, she held a burning candle, in the other, a whip.

Hearing the voice, the girl turned around and glared at Chen Qiu fiercely, "Who are you? How did you get in?"

Chen Qiu looked at the little girl with red eyes and swallowed, "We can't make her angry, otherwise the candle in her hand will fall and no one will survive." Chen Qiu complained in her heart. She was actually quite shocked by this scene and even regretted running over. If she accidentally got herself into trouble, what would happen to her husband and An An?

He secretly took a deep breath and grinned, "Oh, I was on the boat next door. I accidentally fell into the water and got on the wrong boat. As soon as I got on the boat, it caught fire. I came in to see if there was anyone alive."

"Since you are innocent, you can go. This place will be burned down soon. Go back to your own boat. No one here can get out alive." The girl turned around and looked at the five people tied with ropes on the ground. Without saying a word, she just whipped the people on the ground. Because their mouths were blocked, those people could only make "Um... Um..." sounds. No wonder no cries for help were heard despite such a loud commotion.

"Miss, aren't you leaving?" Chen Qiu pulled out a golden hairpin from his head while talking to the girl.

"I won't leave. Since I've done this, I don't plan to leave alive. If you don't want to leave, just lie in the kerosene. Kerosene burns very quickly and you won't feel much pain." The girl didn't even turn her head. The candle in her hand was blocked by her body. Shen Qiu couldn't do anything because he couldn't see the candle.

After hearing what the girl said, Chen Qiu's mouth twitched, and she thought to herself, I haven't lived enough. No matter how painless it is, I will die anyway. It is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. What's more, I still have my husband and son.

"Haha, I don't want to die yet, little sister. You look not even as old as me. It's better to live a miserable life than to die, right? If you have anything to say, let's go outside and talk about it, okay? There is kerosene everywhere, it looks creepy." Chen Qiu stared at the little girl inside while speaking. As long as she turned around, he would be able to put out the candle without lighting the kerosene on the ground.