Princess Lin'an narrowed her eyes and observed Rong Xiu's situation. Suddenly, she clicked her tongue, grabbed Hua Yuanzhao's hand and ran to the boat.

Hua Yuanzhao was just about to use space to rescue people, and his remaining vigilance was all focused on Gongsun Li. Before he could react, he was dragged to the side of the boat by Princess Lin'an.

Their sudden movement naturally attracted the attention of the assassin on the deck.

Seeing that the assassin was about to attack them, Princess Lin'an suddenly took action and pushed Hua Yuanzhao off the boat.

Several people jumped into the water one after another, creating huge splashes on the water surface.

Hua Yuanzhao took a big gulp of river water, and vaguely felt someone lifting her out of the water.

She suddenly opened her eyes and realized that the person who lifted her up from the water was Shihu.

The assassin chased them into the water, only to be killed by the waiting person with a single blow.

"Miss, you're finally down!" Fuling floated on the water holding the wooden board, crying to Hua Yuanzhao.

Hua Yuanzhao was confused. She had told Fuling a long time ago that if she encountered danger one day, Fuling must hide first.

When the incident happened this time, she thought Fuling had hidden herself as she had said, but she didn't expect that the girl had jumped off the boat so early.

The surface of the river was pitch black. Hua Yuanzhao could barely see the surrounding situation with the help of the firelight reflected from the boat.

In addition to Shihu, Fuling and others, there were also armed... Imperial soldiers and boatmen hiding around?

"Damn it! He's cheating people again, right?" Princess Lin'an looked around and started cursing.

She asked why she rushed forward to fight the assassin, but her good brother let her jump off the boat and escape! It turned out that he was waiting here!

Hua Yuanzhao suddenly understood. No wonder there were so few imperial troops on the ship. It turned out that all this was Rong Xiu's plan?

But what does he want to do?

The imperial troops hiding in the water were also not idle. They used sharp weapons to attack the weak points of the hull, and some even used gunpowder.

As the hull collapsed, sounds of people falling into the water were heard one after another. Under Hua Yuanzhao's uneasy gaze, people gathered one after another.

At the same time, lights lit up on the river in the distance, as if a fleet had noticed the unusual situation here and was rushing to check the situation.

The fleet was so huge that there were dozens of ships from a distance, forcing the surrounding assassins to evacuate and flee.

These fleets had no intention of approaching. Soon, an inconspicuous pleasure boat approached and salvaged Hua Yuanzhao and others who had fallen into the water.

The disappeared Princess Changle was waiting for everyone on the pleasure boat with a sullen face.

She was wearing plain clothes, and her face was full of anger. When she saw Rong Xiu appear, she couldn't help but curse, "Rong Xiu! What on earth do you want to do!"

Although the Imperial City Army she brought with her only had a hundred men, each of them was a top fighter! If it weren't for Rong Xiu's interference, they should have won a great victory tonight! Instead of jumping off the ship and escaping!

Princess Changle breathed a sigh of relief, but her eyes still remained unfriendly as she looked at Rong Xiu.

Rong Xiu was soaking wet. He crossed his arms and looked at Princess Changle nonchalantly. He said lightly, "Didn't the princess say that she would hand over all the command groups to me?"

Princess Changle was choked for a moment. That was true, but that was not a reason for Rong Xiu to put everyone on the ship in danger!

This evening, Rong Xiu suddenly came to find her and said that there was a fleet nearby. Although it was made up of gangsters, they were very trustworthy and the leader of the other gang was an old friend of her brother.

He also said that if they could get this fleet's escort, the safety of their trip would be greatly improved.

This person said at the time, "In order to save time, please go and discuss it in person, Princess." But when she got on the fleet, the "leader" she saw was the subordinates of Rong Xiu.

And this fleet is nothing more than merchant ships gathered together after receiving money!

In just one hour, the imperial troops who had stayed on the ship arrived one after another, under the pretext of: protecting the princess!

She was still wondering at first, but because she trusted Rong Xiu, she stayed in the merchant ship temporarily.

But just in the middle of the night, we heard that there was an accident on the boat. When we rushed over, we only saw the scene of the destroyed boat!

How could Princess Changle not be angry? In her opinion, Rong Xiu's behavior was just nonsense!

Hua Yuanzhao also felt puzzled and couldn't help but stare at Rong Xiu.

——What on earth are you up to?

"Princess, do you know how many people are watching us along the way?" Rong Xiu suddenly asked seriously.

Everyone fell silent and frowned. This...

"As far as I know, there are more than ten forces coming from the capital alone." Rong Xiu said slowly, "And it is only a matter of time before these forces take action."

"We have brought more than a hundred soldiers from the imperial city. Perhaps we are not afraid of harassment and assassination, but how can we afford to waste this time?" Rong Xiu asked, staring into Princess Changle's eyes.

Only those who grew up in a greenhouse would think the problem is so simple, believing that a hundred imperial soldiers are enough to protect them from assassinations by various forces.

But they didn't know that the only reason they were able to be peaceful for a few days was because the people in the capital were temporarily too busy to spare the time.

According to his understanding of the group of people in the capital, today is a limit. If they don't take action, only trouble and assassination will be waiting for them on the rest of the road!

"We have been riding on an official ship all the way, which makes us too conspicuous. Now that the ship is sinking, we might as well take the opportunity to split up into small pieces and travel light." Rong Xiu said.

Princess Lin'an looked at Rong Xiu blankly and silently hugged Hua Yuanzhao's arms.

"So, we are going to go separately and reunite after reaching Xiaoyaoshen Mountain?" Princess Lin'an asked, and then raised her voice and said, "Then I want to be with Sister Hua!"

Gongsun Li watched this scene coldly, and gradually realized that tonight's incident was just a play planned by the young general.

A game of deceiving all parties in order to seek peace!

What a pity, Gongsun Li thought, this famous young general was too conceited! That's why he came up with such a risky idea!

It's a good deal for him!

After these people were separated from the Imperial City Army, he sent a message to his brothers in ambush and captured all of them in one fell swoop!