Chu Yunji was shocked again. "Hahaha, then it's not a loss for me to have you by my side."
As he spoke, he gripped Li Ruo's shoulders tightly. Li Ruo's brows furrowed sharply, and in an instant, he had already pushed her flying towards the water behind them.
The people who arrived later held their breath.
The strong wind made their clothes flutter. Li Ruo was like a butterfly caught by a poisonous spider, drawing a fragile arc in the air before falling into the water with a splash.
The blood stained the water red.
"Li Ruo!"
"Miss Li."
"lady!"
I don't know whose voice it was, but it sounded like there were several of them.
Liao Fusheng's watercraft had already flown far away. He didn't know how to drive it, but the girl said he was the most skilled architect in Ziyang Peak. They had built houses together, installed lightning rods, and installed biogas pipes together. Those scenes flashed through his mind, and his head was throbbing. How could he not know how to drive it?
Finally, he brought the water jetpack under control.
Liao Fusheng turned the car around and drove back, repeatedly telling himself that she would be alright, that nothing would happen to her.
When he reached the spot where she had sunk, he jumped down quickly, but there was another figure who was even faster than him.
"The boss!"
Next came Li Qing, the fourth leader, Sun Ergou, Xu Dafu, and Captain Liu...
The water was still somewhat murky, and only those who were very good swimmers could see clearly. Xie Xiao's eyes were bloodshot, and his heart was pounding wildly. The cruel scene from his dream seemed to reappear before his eyes.
He arrived too late.
Song Zhijing had already thrown them into the water.
Old Lady Li, Lian Lizhi, and Li Yi all sank to the bottom, while Li Ruo remained floating silently on the surface of the water.
She had already died.
At that moment, his heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly by a hand, making it hard to breathe.
After retrieving them, he buried her separately above the Ziyang Peak Waterfall, a place he often watched the sunrise from.
Nobody knows.
He never told anyone.
He secretly harbored feelings for a girl.
The girl later became a complete stranger to him.
But he just couldn't let it go.
I feel like she'll come back someday.
Amidst his chaotic thoughts... Xie Xiao finally spotted a blurry figure ahead and swam quickly toward it.
However, there was only Chu Yunji.
With a "splash," came the sound of water flowing out.
The fourth leader of the Imperial Guard had been subdued on the shore. Fu Yun and the others ran over, and the others who had entered the water also floated to the surface.
They stared in shock at the Jiangning Prince, who was laughing maniacally in Xie Xiao's hand, and asked in unison:
Where is Li Ruo?
"Where is Madam?"
"Where is the girl?" Liao Fusheng staggered to the ground, his face completely pale.
Xie Xiao was furious, like a wolf tearing its prey apart. His chest heaved violently, and his murderous aura surged as he slammed the man to the ground. "Watch him! Anyone who can swim well, come with me."
He turned around and jumped back into the water.
Xu Dafu, Sun Ergou, and the others also jumped in.
Half an hour later.
One hour later.
Night fell.
The night passed.
They still haven't found Li Ruo.
"Boss, boss, please don't go! You'll die if you keep going like this!" The brothers were practically begging him. Some hugged Xie Xiao's waist, others his legs, but he quickly broke free.
With a "smack," Li Qing knocked Xie Xiao unconscious.
"Change him into a new set of clothes, put him in a tent to sleep, and Sun Ergou, you take some men and keep an eye on him."
"Yes!" Sun Ergou was also anxious.
Li Qing stared intently at the water shrouded in a thin mist; dawn had broken.
Where is she? "We'll split into three groups and search along the current, with ten shifts taking turns going into the water."
"I'll lead a team," Liao Fusheng said, barely able to stand, yet stubbornly holding on.
Li Qing glanced at him, sighed, and said, "Daoist, you should go and rest too." Without further ado, he ordered someone to take him away.
Xu Dafu led one team, Xiao Lizi led one team, and Chen He led another team, each with five thousand men, and they set off immediately to find Li Ruo.
Li Qing dispatched three other teams to search along the mountain.
He stayed at Yutai Temple to oversee the overall situation.
He glanced up and thought, "Well, now that Yutai Temple is gone, all that's left is a flat piece of land. Good heavens, how did they do that?"
Yesterday's battle was brutal.
Of the 150,000 imperial guards, 50,000 were killed because the emperor, the crown prince, the commander-in-chief General Fu, and the ministers were all captured. The remaining 100,000 all surrendered.
At that time, when the ministers, concubines and palace servants who didn't even have clothes to wear were discovered, they were all gathered in a large camp, huddled together, hugging each other for warmth. It was truly an eyesore.
Li Qing asked himself again: How did I do that?
The fifth leader, who went to interrogate Chu Yunji, returned and shook his head. "After questioning him for a long time, he kept repeating the same thing: she's a ghost and has gone back to hell. It seems this man has gone mad."
"Is he the real Prince of Jiangning?"
The fifth leader nodded, "This time it's definitely true."
Li Qing said, "I'll go and ask him myself."
Chu Yunji was locked up alone in a cellar located below the Yutai Temple. He was covered in wounds, and his tendons in his hands and feet were severed.
Seeing Li Qing smile, he said, "What, you also want to ask me where your sister went?"
"Are you pretending to be stupid?"
Chu Yunji maintained his superior demeanor, saying, "I wasn't pretending; I was telling the truth."
"Where did my sister go!" Li Qing's expression suddenly turned fierce, and she pointed the knife at him.
A glint appeared in Chu Yunji's eyes. "I told you, she's a ghost, she's gone back to hell."
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