Chapter 126: Assassination Yinzhen nodded. For this polite brother...
Yinzhen nodded. He still had a good impression of this polite brother. "In a few years, you'll also be on a mission. This time, when you go out with the Emperor, remember to watch and learn as much as possible."
"Thank you, Fourth Brother, for your teachings." Yinxiang immediately bowed like a student.
Qi Buchen murmured in his heart that Yinzhen was sometimes really a straight man with low emotional intelligence. How could a boy of his age like someone like him who was so strict and always lectured others?
She interrupted, "Thirteenth brother, are you used to living in the palace? Are you used to the Yangzhou food?" You should pay more attention to your life.
Yinxiang smiled shyly and said, "I'm used to it, and I'm used to the food. Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law, for your concern."
Qi Buchen said, "Why are you being so polite? If you need anything in the future, just look for your fourth brother. As the older brother, he should take care of his younger brother."
"Okay." Yinxiang smiled shyly again.
Before Qi Buchen could say anything else, someone else interrupted: "Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, thirteenth brother."
At first glance, it was Yin'e. Wasn't he with Yin'er and Yin'si? How did he get here?
"Tenth brother." Qi Buchen greeted him. Yinzhen nodded. Yinxiang called him brother, "Tenth brother."
"Is there something?" Yinzhen was so straightforward again.
Yin'e was actually fine, he was just impatient to listen to Yin'er and Baya quarreling. He looked around and found an excuse to come over to say that his third brother had something to do.
Naturally, he said this now: "Well, I wanted to ask my thirteenth brother what my thirteenth sister likes. I plan to bring her something back."
The Thirteenth Princess was Yinxiang's biological sister. After she was born, she was raised by Concubine Wenxi. Yinxiang had a slightly different feeling for this sister.
"Brother, let me take my sister to thank the tenth brother first." Yinxiang smiled innocently, "As for what my sister likes, well, I only know that she likes the clothes and cosmetics in the fourth sister-in-law's shop..."
Qi Buchen was happy: "That's easy, I'll have someone send it to you later. But since you're going out here, you should bring some local specialties. No matter how expensive or cheap, just pick up the interesting things and buy them."
Yin'e frowned. He had always been impatient with these things, so he said, "If Fourth Sister-in-law is free, why not help me pick some out?"
"Okay." Qi Buchen agreed readily. "If you have nothing to do tomorrow, come find your fourth brother and we can go shopping together. I'll help you choose."
Yinxiang said happily, "Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law." The Tenth Brother only had feelings for the Thirteenth Sister, but he had two sisters and his mother. This time his mother didn't come, so he had to bring more things back for his mother. It would be best if Fourth Sister-in-law could help, and the things she picked would be more to the liking of his mother and sisters.
No one asked for Yinzhen's opinion, and the matter was decided.
Yinzhen glanced at Fu Jin sideways. This person really had no conscience at all. He was thinking about taking her out for a trip together, but she turned around and invited others to join them. Looking at her cheerful look, it was obvious that she had completely forgotten about him.
His eyes were sore from staring, but he seemed oblivious and enthusiastically talked to his two younger brothers about the new and interesting things he had seen at the Empress Dowager's place in the past few days.
"You didn't see it, that little cart only had two wheels, front and back. The person sitting on it just had to crank the crank next to the axle with their hands, and it would move on its own."
When Qi Buchen saw it for the first time, he was stunned. Isn't this a bicycle? Even though it's hand-cranked instead of pedaled, the shape is pretty much the same as a bicycle!
She almost thought that there was another time traveler who invented this thing. After careful inquiry, she found out that the inventor, Huang Luzhuang, was a native of this place. Why did he say that?
Huang Luzhuang was also a celebrity in Yangzhou. He was known as a child prodigy since he was young because of his photographic memory. However, he was not interested in fame and fortune. He only liked to study some new things and invented many things.
Bicycles are one example. Other things include magnifying mirrors, automatic theaters, self-heating fans, and air conditioners. Unfortunately, these things are not popular due to their high cost and impracticality. Nowadays, only some wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou spend money to make a few of them for fun.
When Qi Buchen heard this, he was already extremely excited and wanted to invite Huang Luzhuang back to serve him. With his intelligence and hands-on ability, he was no less than Edison!
Unfortunately, there was no news about Huang Luzhuang after the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi. Some said he was murdered, while others said he eloped with someone, but no one knew where he went.
"Really?" Yinxiang was surprised. He had been following Kangxi from morning till night and had no idea what the female members of the family were doing during this period.
Yin'e also looked interested: "How many miles a day does it travel? How does it compare to a horse?"
"Of course it's not as good as a horse." Qi Buchen gave him a look that asked, "What are you thinking?" "It's said that it can travel 80 miles a day."
Yin'e was a little disappointed and said reluctantly, "Not bad."
Qi Buchen really wanted to roll her eyes. She knew Yin'e must be disappointed that this thing could not be used on the battlefield.
"It's good for traveling." Qi Buchen tried to save face.
Yin'e, however, became a nitpicker: "According to what Fourth Sister-in-law said, that thing is not cheap to make. Those who can afford it already have carriages, so why would they need it? And those who need it can't afford it." He shook his head and commented, "It's just a useless thing."
Qi Buchen choked. Yin'e pointed out that this was the core reason why bicycles could not be popularized at this time. In the previous life, bicycles did not really become popular until the 1980s and 1990s when automated machinery developed.
Seeing that his fourth sister-in-law looked unhappy, Yinxiang quickly tried to smooth things over: "They are actually useful. Buy some and keep them in the mansion. It will be more convenient for the servants to go back and forth when they go out of town for business."
Qi Buchen knew that this was unrealistic. Although the nobles in the capital were rich, they would not spend their money on slaves. Simply put, the slaves were not worthy of it.
However, she also appreciated Yinxiang's kindness and said with a smile, "Thirteenth brother has a good idea, but tenth brother is also right. This thing still needs to be improved."
Yinzhen had been ignored by his wife for a long time. Seeing the three of them chatting animatedly, he felt like an outsider standing nearby, feeling a little annoyed: "Aren't you tired of standing? Come in..."
There was a black shadow flying towards them in their field of vision, and the shape was very familiar.
It's an arrow!
More than one!
Qi Buchen, who was standing in the same direction as him, also noticed it, but Yin'e and Yinxiang, who were facing the two of them, were unaware of it.
Moving faster than Siwei, Yinzhen pulled Yinxiang, who was closest to him, with one hand and reached for Fujin with the other: "Be careful!"
The hand that tried to grab Fu Jin's hand fell empty. A familiar voice came only half a second later: "Be careful!"
Looking closely, Qi Buchen hurriedly pulled Yin'e to the other side. Because he was afraid that he couldn't pull him enough, Qi Buchen used too much force and fell on the deck.
On the contrary, Yin'e, although he staggered a bit, still stood firmly.
"Duke."
"Duke."
Several arrows penetrated the place where they had just stood. If they had not dodged, Yin'e and Yinxiang would have been at least slightly injured.
Qi Buchen had already seen the arrows coming from behind, and when he glanced at Yinzhen and the others who were still standing, he said, "Hide quickly!"
At this time, cries of "There's an assassin" and "Protect the Emperor" echoed from all over the fleet. Yin'e and Yinxiang had already realized what was happening. Yinxiang's face turned pale with fear. Yinzhen shouted, "Run to the cabin."
But he walked in the opposite direction and wanted to help Qi Buchen who fell to the ground.
Yin'e made a prompt decision, said "I'm sorry", grabbed Qi Buchen's arm, pulled him up, and pushed him towards Yinzhen.
Yinzhen caught the person and said, "Let's go."
The two brothers protected Qi Buchen and ran into the cabin, while his elder brother's wife who was outside was also approaching the cabin without caring about her image.
Their boat has two floors, and they have been on the second floor. As the space is not big, except for a few servants, the guards and others are all on the first floor, and they are now rushing up.
Although the cabin was open on all sides, there were still some places to hide. Yinyou and the Seventh Lady had already stood up the low table and hid between it and the pillars.
Just as he was about to enter the cabin, Qi Buchen felt the deck beneath his feet tilting: "What's going on?"
Yinzhen and Yinxiang were unable to answer her, while sounds of commotion were heard from the floor below.
"stop!"
“Bold!”
Along with these shouts, the second floor tilted faster and faster. Qi Buchen tried in vain to grab the railing on the edge of the deck, but he fell into the lake along with the entire second floor.
"Brothers fell down!"
"Hurry up and save them!"
After killing the lurking assassin, the guards on the boat jumped into the lake and began to rescue him, not caring about the arrows shot from other places.
Qi Buchen was still conscious when she first fell in, and saw Yinzhen pulling her to swim again. Because the entire second floor of the boat had capsized with it, and now it was right on top of their heads, they had to swim out of the covered area first before they could float to the surface to breathe.
She remembered not to splash around, as that would only cause trouble for Yinzhen, but she was not good at holding her breath. After a while, she felt like her chest was about to explode. She involuntarily took a breath, and water entered her nose and mouth.
Yinzhen didn't notice, all his attention was focused on swimming out with all his strength.
Seeing the dawn just around the corner, Yinzhen was overjoyed and turned to look at his wife, only to find that she had choked on water. He was very anxious and swam faster, but out of the corner of his eye he saw two figures swimming towards him quickly. Thinking they were the guards coming to rescue him, Yinzhen paused involuntarily, wanting to take a closer look.
As soon as he saw them, he felt something was wrong. These two people were not dressed like guards at all, and their faces were covered. They looked more like assassins.
Yinzhen was extremely anxious and wished he could grow eight hands, but unfortunately he only had two hands, and one of them was still hugging his wife, which greatly slowed down his speed.
The men were very familiar with swimming and they got close to him with just a few kicks. Yinzhen was no match for the four men with his two fists, so he was caught by the two men and swam quickly in the other direction.
Although Yinzhen was better at holding his breath than Qi Buchen, he had not received any training and was only at the level of an ordinary person. As time went by, he could not hold his breath anymore and choked on water. Before he passed out, he was still praying in his heart that nothing would happen to Fu Jin.
Fortunately, the two men did not stay underwater for too long. They surfaced after swimming to a hidden place that had been agreed upon in advance, and carried Yinzhen and the other two out as well.
"They fainted." The darker-skinned man said, "Should we squeeze the water out of them first to prevent them from dying?"
The lighter-skinned person said, "Let's talk about it after we meet Boss Jin."
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