Qingfeng smiled casually. Kang Keren gradually stopped walking, as if he wanted to see what he was thinking from his eyes.

"You follow the princess around every day, so you must be affected by it, right?"

After being questioned by Kang Keren, Qingfeng seemed a little panicked.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Qingfeng avoided her sharp questions and scrutinizing eyes and walked straight forward.

"You don't have to hide it from me. In fact, we both know very well what each other is thinking. Now I choose to protect the princess, and you choose to forget the love of your heart. In fact, we are the same kind of people." As a woman, Kang Keren understands Qingfeng's thinking better than anyone else.

"Don't think you understand me very well." Qingfeng said this coldly and stopped walking side by side with her. Kang Keren's eyes were like a bright moon in the night sky.

On the other side, Gu Yunru snuggled in his arms. She didn’t expect that the lakeside was so cold. If she had known in advance, she would have brought more clothes.

"I have suggested that Xiao Su Li take care of you. You just happen to be in need of a personal maid." Rong Zhen's voice was gentle and magnetic. Gu Yunru slowly closed her eyes, but her ears were perked up. She really enjoyed the quiet feeling by the lake, as if she was in a realm far beyond the mundane world.

"I don't need Xiao Su Li. She is a child herself." Gu Yunru didn't want a child to serve her.

"How are you doing with the few moves I taught you?" Rong Zhen knew that she would encounter some troubles when she went out alone, so he taught her a few moves by example, but he didn't know how she was doing with them.

"It's okay. Although my talent is not very good, my reaction is still very quick." Gu Yunru hugged him tightly. Rong Zhen looked at her shivering appearance, took off his coat and put it on her shoulders.

A night passed and there was no noise by the lake.

The villagers not far away moved the platform to the lakeside and began to hold a sacrificial ceremony.

Gu Yunru rubbed her relaxed eyes. She didn't expect that these villagers were so persistent.

"A Zhao...we can't let them be sacrificed." Gu Yunru grabbed his arm with a worried look on her face. Yunyun was such a cute and well-behaved girl.

"Don't worry, I won't." Rong Zhen gently stroked her face, put on his hoodie, and flashed into the crowd with a mysterious look on his face.

Before the crowd noticed, Yunyun had already been taken away by a man in mysterious attire.

Everyone was crying and wailing. This was their gift to the Kappa. If it was taken away, they might be in trouble again.

The sacrifice was ruined again, and everyone knelt devoutly by the lake, as if they needed to apologize. Gu Yunru looked at the sick look of everyone and shook his head helplessly. Now no one believed what they said, and they were more certain of the Kappa incident.

The news reached the palace, and even the Queen Mother knew about it. She called the Emperor to discuss the matter, and made sure to appease the people, and not let these supernatural things pollute the ears of the people, so that no one would take this opportunity to interfere in the government.

The emperor was shocked, so he sent Cheng Shaoyuan to find out the truth.

"I will never obey the emperor's trust!"

Cheng Shaoyuan had just heard about the incident involving the Minister of Revenue Cui Ping this morning. He had not expected that even the body could not be found. When the official's boat capsized into the river, the river was filled with a smell of blood. No one survived and the scene was extremely shocking.

On the other side, Rong Zhen handed Yunyun over to an old lady in the village, gave her some silver, and asked her to take good care of her.

Before leaving, he turned around and took a look. Rong Zhen left first.

"What should I do? The Kappa is going to be angry."

Everyone knelt by the lake, watching as a whirlpool gradually formed on the surface of the lake. Suddenly, the waves became turbulent. They mistakenly thought that the kappa was about to get angry, and everyone was terrified.

"what to do!"

Everyone was looking for Yunyun when they suddenly saw a little girl of seven or eight years old running near the village. She was caught by someone and thrown into the lake roughly. When Gu Yunru saw this, he rushed over, but was still a step too late. He happened to see Qingfeng coming towards him, so he ordered him to jump down to save the child.

With a splash, Qingfeng dived in and finally rescued the child. However, he saw a very strange scene in the river. He was so scared that he stepped back repeatedly, spitting bubbles from his mouth, and simply rescued the child.

Seeing that the people were about to riot again, fortunately Cheng Shaoyuan came with a team and dispersed everyone, thus avoiding a major disaster.

Seeing Qingfeng coming up with the child, he immediately helped him up. Then he saw that his calf was bitten by something and his clothes were torn. He frowned curiously.

"Take the child away first." Cheng Shaoyuan ordered the servants to take the child away first. Gu Yunru rushed up, looked at Qingfeng's injuries, frowned, and carefully observed his wound. A piece of flesh had been bitten off, as if there was some extremely ferocious beast in the river. It was so shocking to see.

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"Ah..." Qingfeng didn't feel any discomfort before he went ashore. After he got out of the water, he felt that the wound was as painful as if it had been torn apart. The pain was so severe that he was in agony.

"Qingfeng..." Gu Yunru was panicked. Rong Zhen, who was not far away, rushed over and understood what happened.

"Take him away first." Cheng Shaoyuan ordered two clerks to carry him away first. They came to a spacious thatched house, and everyone gathered nearby.

"Don't move yet. Just bear with the pain." Gu Yunru could only cut off the bitten flesh, but she didn't bring Ma Fei San with her, so she had to let him grit his teeth and bear the pain. Otherwise, if the degree of necrosis of the flesh increased significantly, the whole muscle would wilt and stink.

After Gu Yunru disinfected the scalpel with candlelight, she cut off his rotten flesh. The scene was extremely bloody and cruel. Cheng Shaoyuan saw this and retreated to the door with a look of pity.

Seeing Rong Zhen standing at the door, he immediately stepped forward and bowed, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"No need to be polite." Rong Zhen responded with a deep look in his eyes.

Qingfeng was an extremely patient person. Even when his flesh was cut off, he never said a word.

"Your Highness, I have sent people to fish in the lake to see what kind of monster it is that is so ferocious."

"Don't act rashly. Wait until Qingfeng wakes up and ask him." Rong Zhen didn't want to take human lives lightly. Since so many people died in the lake, there must be something that they dared not approach. If he acted rashly, it might bring disaster.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I believe Your Majesty already knows about Lord Cui's affairs."

Cheng Shaoyuan looked at Rong Zhen who looked thoughtful and continued to ask.