Shen Qingchen and Wei Jinzhi looked at each other, bought a mask from the stall next to them, put it on, and followed calmly.
There were a lot of people watching the fireworks at Changming Lake, and the crowd was shoulder to shoulder. Dong Lizheng protected Yue Lingyin and walked towards the best viewing position.
He was handsome, with an innate dignity in his every move, extraordinary temperament, and gorgeous clothes. The material and tailoring of the clothes were of high quality and obviously very expensive.
The crowd subconsciously made way and kept a distance from him.
Shen Qingchen and Wei Jinzhi followed quietly behind.
Wei Jinzhi said: "What are you going to do?"
"Wait." Shen Qingchen said calmly: "Wait until the last round of fireworks starts. Everyone's attention is on top. Now is the best time for us to act."
Wei Jinzhi nodded in agreement, his eyes never leaving Yue Lingyin. Seeing Dong Lizheng hugging her waist intimately, his heart couldn't help but feel sore.
The same was true for Shen Qingchen, whose eyes were always on Yue Lingyin, ignoring all other movements around him.
Time passed minute by minute, and finally, the last round of brilliant and colorful fireworks soared into the sky, lighting up the entire night sky. People looked up and watched, exclamations and cheers echoing one after another.
At this moment, Shen Qingchen and Wei Jinzhi looked at each other with tacit understanding, and understood each other.
However, before they could act, someone suddenly shouted in panic, "Catch the thief! Everyone, catch the thief!"
The crowd was in turmoil, and some people took advantage of the chaos with evil intentions and pushed forward.
Dong Lizheng frowned as he looked at the crowded crowd around him. As the person at the front fell into the lake, the scene became even more chaotic and the two were washed away.
In fact, Yue Lingyin was also planning to leave Dongli Zheng. She was not sure whether the baby in her belly was the heir to the throne, and she was fed up with the life of being confined in Qinghan Palace and did not want to live like this for the rest of her life.
So when the crowd rushed towards them, she subconsciously let go of Dong Lizheng's hand.
"Bang! Bang!" Brilliant fireworks exploded above our heads.
"Lingyin, Yue Lingyin!" Dong Lizheng called Yue Lingyin's name anxiously. The scene was very noisy, with the sounds of fireworks, cheers, screams, and cries for help from the river intertwined together. Dong Lizheng was going crazy.
Yue Lingyin is petite and uses the stealing skills taught by her master to move freely through the crowded crowd like a slippery loach.
Just as Yue Lingyin was about to leave, a big hand suddenly grabbed her wrist tightly. She raised her head in astonishment and her eyes met with a man wearing a white tiger mask.
The man's deep voice rang out: "It's me. Put this on and follow me."
After saying that, he handed a black mask to Yue Lingyin.
Yue Lingyin hesitated for a moment, but still took the mask and put it on her face. The man reached out his hand to her, and she put her hand on it. The two of them held hands and quickly disappeared in the crowd, leaving no trace.
Shen Qingchen and Wei Jinzhi lost track of Yue Lingyin in an instant and were dumbfounded.
Dong Lizheng recognized the two people.
"Prime Minister Chen, Wei Jinzhi, you've arrived just in time. Yue Lingyin is missing. Come with me to look for her."
"Yes!" Wei Jinzhi acted even more anxious than Dong Lizheng. Dong Lizheng didn't have time to think about it and asked Prime Minister Shen to get some people to come over to look for him together.
Shen Qingchen was thinking this, there were too many people at the scene, and people kept squeezing in, making it difficult for the three of them to move.
"Ah!" A scream of terror came from the center of the crowd. Someone fell to the ground. The people behind him rushed up and couldn't help but step on him.
"Stop pushing, stop pushing!" A stampede caused by fireworks began. A thin woman was squeezed from front to back and could not move or breathe, and she passed out.
The people behind didn't know and kept squeezing in until they saw blood oozing from their mouths and noses. Then they realized something was wrong.
Greater panic spread.
Shen Qingchen couldn't imagine that they just wanted to rob someone, but encountered such a change before they made a move. Seeing that Dong Lizheng and Wei Jinzhi were trapped in the crowd and unable to move, he could only go through Changming Lake to get reinforcements.
A houseboat owner noticed something was wrong and wanted to save the people, but was frightened by the wolf-like eyes of the people on the shore.
His pleasure boat was small, and no one would be willing to give up the chance to escape, as they might even get themselves killed.
“Save me, save me!”
"My family has money, I can give it to you as long as you save me."
Seeing that the owner of the pleasure boat stopped in his tracks, someone started cursing.
Chen Qingchen was closer to the pleasure boat, and he slowly pushed through the crowd and walked towards the embankment. Finally, he tiptoed onto the pleasure boat.
He took the initiative to reveal his identity, and the owner of the pleasure boat nodded and bowed, and the oars started to row, carrying him to the other side.
The Five Cities Army rushed over, rescued Dong Lizheng and Wei Jinzhi from the crowd, and then counted the casualties.
People kept crying at the scene. They searched for a long time but still couldn't find Yue Lingyin.
Dong Lizheng was furious: "Maintaining public order in the capital is the responsibility of your Five Cities Military Division. Today should have been a day of national celebration, but because of your dereliction of duty, it has been stained with blood. If Yue Lingyin cannot be found, you will not live."
Wei Jinzhi led his subordinates to search without saying a word. Shen Qingchen watched the salvage work in the river. Many people were squeezed under, and he was afraid that she was also in it.
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Yue Lingyin followed Feng Mian. She was free with Feng Mian. Feng Mian would not restrict her. Wherever she wanted to go, she only needed to say a word and he would go with her.
The two of them walked south. Sometimes Yue Lingyin felt like stealing something, so Feng Mian took her to steal from corrupt officials to satisfy her desire.
But Yue Lingyin's stealing skills were so poor that she never took the usual route. Whenever Feng Mian thought of her "heroic" deeds in which she sacrificed herself to steal the Four Directions Sword, he would follow her no matter what, for fear that she would be caught and unwilling to return it to him.
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