Seeing this scene, Ning Xihua suddenly felt that the hairs on the back of her neck were standing up due to the river breeze.

What kind of luck is this? I came across a crime scene just for a breath of fresh air!

She now regretted very much that she had rejected her father's suggestion to send someone to escort her.

These two people's technique is clean and neat, and they can throw away the corpse without any delay. It's obvious that they are professionals.

And now the people who sent her back to Beijing were just ordinary guards from the old house, and they were definitely no match for them.

If the other party wanted to kill her to silence her, she might have sunk to the bottom of the river like those sacks before her guards arrived.

Ning Xihua was anxiously thinking of countermeasures, but she showed no sign of it, as if she had not seen anything just now.

She took stock of her position. She was standing on the south side of the deck, while the two guards were on the north side, with the cabin and corner between them.

If the other party had not moved to the middle of the ship's side to dump the body, she would not have been able to see the two people behind the corner.

She hoped that it was too dark and the other party didn't see her at all, but she began to move back slowly and silently, hoping to move back into the other party's blind spot by turning the corner.

"master."

Ning Xihua was startled for a moment and turned stiffly to look at the two people.

The two guards were staring at her, but they raised their hands to salute another person.

It was obvious that she had been discovered, and the call of "Master" was a request for instructions on how to deal with her.

The villain in Ning Xihua's heart had already begun to tremble in fear, but she still forced herself to look at the "master" with an expressionless face.

Only then did I notice that near the corner, a piece of white clothes and half of the side face were exposed.

The man turned his head slightly toward her, and the moonlight cast a shadow on his face.

The line dividing light and dark just crossed his tall nose, making his entire profile look even more sinister. The division of light and shadow added an indescribable weirdness to his cold profile.

His eyebrows flew into his temples, and his lips were as thin as paper. It seemed that God had a special preference for him when He created him, and every curve on his face was outlined with the most perfect arc.

But the most unforgettable thing is those eyes.

When he raised his eyes to look at her, Ning Xihua immediately forgot the facial features that had just amazed her, and only his eyes were looking at her.

The moment his eyes locked onto her, it was as if a block of ice was placed on her neck in the dead of night in early spring, sliding all the way down her spine, freezing her so much that every hair on her body stood up.

Those were a pair of phoenix eyes with slightly upturned corners. The curve that should have been affectionate was suppressed by the cold light in his eyes.

It is not a pool of warm spring water, but hard ice in the cold winter.

Those eyes are colder than the water by the river and the moon in the sky.

The way he looked at her was very indifferent, so indifferent that it didn't seem like he was looking at her, or rather, it didn't seem like he was looking at a living being.

This person is dangerous.

Ning Xihua's sixth sense told her that it might not even be a sixth sense, but rather the intuition and instinct of animals when facing hunters.

She stopped walking back, suddenly in a dilemma.

If she turned around and ran away now, calling for help as she ran, perhaps the other party would not dare to attack her because of the crowd around them, but she might also have died before she woke up the others.

But judging from the leader's look, he looked someone who was not someone to be trifled with. If he really wanted to kill her, even if she could escape now, she might not survive the night.

It's not that she is pessimistic, her intuition about danger has always been accurate.

After thinking it over, Ning Xihua did not retreat but took a few steps towards the man, exposing herself completely to the other person's sight.

She acted more seriously than she had in the past few years when facing the teaching nanny. She was dignified and respectfully performed the ceremony to him that a lady from an aristocratic family would only perform to a superior on a formal occasion.

She bowed to tell the other party that she had no ill intentions and was willing to obey the other party and keep the secret.

But she came from a noble family and had a high status. Killing her would cause a series of troubles, so the other party would be discouraged from silencing her.

Just when Ning Xihua was still hesitating whether to be more direct and state her identity as Princess Yue Xi, the man in white actually nodded to her from a distance.

It was as if this person had just met a lady of lower status at a banquet of a famous family, and accepted her gift as if it was his due, and then nodded nonchalantly to indicate that he accepted the gift. He acted like a nobleman from an aristocratic family.

The man then finally spoke.

"Let's go."

The sound was like broken ice falling into a lake. It was still cold, but it also had a hint of just the right amount of freshness.

Ning Xihua was called back to her senses by his voice. She saw the two black-clad guards bowing to her from a distance, and then disappeared around the corner with the man in white.

When the other person's figure completely disappeared and the surroundings became quiet again, Ning Xihua's legs, which had long been limp, seemed to regain consciousness.

She didn't dare to stay any longer and turned around and quickly returned to her cabin.

Even when she was lying on the bed, Ning Xihua still felt a lingering fear and couldn't help but secretly guess the other person's identity.

This passenger ship was the largest and most luxurious passenger ship from Yizhou to the capital, and the ticket price was very high. Those who traveled on this ship were either high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen and celebrities.

Judging from the demeanor of the man in white and the well-trained appearance of his two guards, he must not be from an ordinary family. Ning Xihua had never seen such a person in Yizhou before, so he must be from a noble family in the capital.

However, how could a young man from a noble family quietly kill two people of unknown origin on this passenger ship? The key is, why did he kill them?

This matter seemed wrong no matter how she looked at it, but fortunately, the other party did not seem to want to silence her. Ning Xihua was too lazy to delve into it any further. She had finally saved her life, so she should not make crazy guesses on the edge of danger.

As for whether there would be any trouble in the capital...

Forget it, there may not be just one trouble. Aren’t the hero and heroine still waiting?

Not feeling burdened by the huge debts, Ning Xihua pulled over the quilt and covered her head with it to sleep.

………

"Master, who was that woman just now?"

Huai Liu was a little confused. It was obvious that the woman had seen them. Even if she was a girl from a wealthy family, his master could easily handle the situation with his personality. So why did he let her go?

"Did you see the cloak she was wearing?"

Su Bi played with the green jade teacup in her hand and made a casual remark.

"Cloak?" Huai Liu was confused.

He only remembered that the woman was wearing a white cape, standing on the deck, and was blown by the river breeze, looking like a fairy, like a goddess under the moon. Although the woman was extremely beautiful, the master was not a person who would be soft-hearted at the sight of beauty, right?

"Master, you are talking about the sable cloak, right?" Huaichuan continued.

"The sable cloak that the woman was wearing was completely white, without a single trace of other colors. Although Yizhou is rich, there are only a few sable cloaks of this quality in the entire Yizhou."

Huaichuan glanced at Huailiu coldly, and Huailiu accurately sensed his contempt from that look.

"Are you saying that this woman has an unusual identity?" Huailiu didn't care what Huaichuan thought, he just wanted to confirm his guess.

"I'm afraid there's only one girl from a noble family in Yizhou who can wear this cloak so easily. If it's her, it will be really troublesome if she moves it."

Huaichuan sighed. Even he thought that the other party was just an ordinary girl from aristocratic family.

Before boarding the ship, they roughly checked all the passengers, and they all seemed to be wealthy businessmen and children of lower-class noble families in the capital.

But no one expected that this person would be on the ship, and she only brought a few ordinary guards with her. There was no pomp at all, so they completely ignored her during the investigation.

The master is wise. This trip was meant to be secret, so luckily he didn't touch her, otherwise there would be trouble later.

"You've been talking for so long, but who is it?" Huai Liu was getting a little anxious after being kept in suspense.

Huaichuan rolled his eyes at him again, sighing at his intelligence. "Prince Ning's legitimate daughter, Princess Yuexi, Ning Xihua."

Huai Liu knew her. Prince Ning was the only prince of a different surname in the Li Dynasty, commanding 300,000 troops to guard the northern border. Princess Yuexi was not only his legitimate daughter, but also his only child.

"It turned out to be her. That's quite troublesome. Why did she return to Beijing from Yizhou this time?"

Huailiu got the answer he wanted and started gossiping.

"If I remember correctly, Princess Yuexi is almost 17 this year..." Huaichuan said meaningfully.

Huai Liu was excited: "I know, she came back to get married!"

Huaichuan slapped Huailiu on the head and said, "You are slow to react and love gossip. When will you be able to focus on the important things and share the worries with your master?"

Huailiu touched his head and pouted with a look of grievance.

He knew that he was a frivolous person and not as steady and careful as Huaichuan. But although his master was cold-tempered, he never reprimanded him for his reckless character.

Huaichuan looked at Su Bi and said, "Master, the water in the capital is going to get even more turbid."

Su Bi ran her index finger across the rim of the cup and looked at the ripples in the cup, her eyes deep: "Interesting."

I don’t know whether it’s the things in the capital that are interesting, or Ning Xihua as a person who is interesting.