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Night came.

Dark clouds covered the moon, and only wisps of moonlight seeped through the gaps in the clouds, illuminating the thin ice along the wide river and the sky grass along the shore.

Shen Lingjue, Feng Ningyan, Chu Zhao and Nangong Xingyao were all dressed in black, and were hiding in the grass around their waists deep. In the middle of the night, he finally noticed some movement.

The sound of water splitting and the flapping of sails came closer from afar.

The four people's expressions changed as they gazed at the surface of the river.

In the darkness, an official ship with red lanterns hanging from its bow could be vaguely seen.

The thin layer of ice that had just formed was once again smashed into pieces by the bow of the ship. The fragments followed the river and flowed eastward.

Looking at the depth of the ship that was as deep as water, Shen Lingjue suddenly frowned and said, "This ship is wrong."

Feng Ningyan looked at Chu Zhao, and Chu Zhao also looked at the boat, and said in a low voice: "That's right, this is the boat that we are staring at."

At this moment, he suddenly realized that the height of the ship as it entered the water seemed to be different from before!

"Hey!" "Could it be that those thieves have already unloaded their concealed weapon midway?"

The moment he said this, the four of them were shocked.

Jieyu Pavilion should not have made this kind of mistake, but Shen Youhuang was extremely cunning, if he wanted to transport the concealed weapon, the rod hand, into the capital, he would have definitely prepared many plans in advance to deceive people, and ordinary people might not be able to see through his plans.

"If you want to know, you have to get on the boat." Shen Lingjue said in a deep voice, "The four of us here have the best lightness skills, let's go together! The person who is lying in ambush has been instructed not to act rashly in order to avoid alerting the enemy. "

"Viper." Feng Ningyan added.

The four of them used the grass as cover and slowly approached the boat along the river.

On the ship, there were two guards patrolling at the bow of the ship, but they couldn't be seen at all. In the reeds that covered the sky, two people were jumping onto the ship like lightning.

Shen Lingjue's Qing Gong was as fast as a ghost, and although Chu Zhao was a little weak, it was still easy for him to not notice anyone's movements.

The two of them jumped onto the back of the boat, one on the left and one on the right, simultaneously attacking. A cold light flashed, and the two of them fell like a pile of mud.

Seeing that they had eliminated the patrolling guards at the stern of the ship, Feng Ningyan and Ah Yao threw out their hawk hooks and jumped onto the boat.

Just as the four of them were about to enter the cabin, they suddenly heard a loud bang. The cabin window was slammed open and a few figures came out. One of the sailors pointed his sword at the man in black who jumped out first and shouted, "Capture him!"

What was going on? Someone else got on this ship?

The four of them quickly hid behind the wooden box as they observed the situation.

In the time it took for a spark to fly off of a piece of flint, the masked man in black had already engaged in an intense fight with the people on the boat.

Although the man in black was alone, he was still powerful. Even after dozens of rounds, he still had the upper hand against a few sailors.

Seeing that they were getting further and further away from the cabin, Feng Ningyan said softly: "Should we go in now?"

Shen Lingjue was thinking about the possible situation inside the cabin, when he suddenly heard a person not far away roaring: "Wow, there's still that little thief's accomplice here!"

The man whistled and five or six armed men came running out of the cabin and attacked without a word.

"There's no other way. Let's fight!" Feng Ningyan laughed, "It's been a long time since I last trained, it's time to move around!"

Initially, the four of them only intended to sneak up to take a look. However, before they could even enter, they were discovered. They had no choice but to slaughter their way out.

At that moment, the sounds of metal clashing rang out in the hall.

Shen Lingjue's sword light was sharp, like a swimming dragon's flash, he caught everyone off guard and pierced through their chest.

Feng Ningyan held onto the sword in his hand, he unleashed different techniques as he prepared for both offense and defense, with one person controlling the two of them, and with a "sou sou" sound, he pushed the two of them into the river.

As they were fighting, the masked black clothed man who had taken the lead to rush over to them and shouted, "You shouldn't stay here for long! "Hurry up and leave!"

When Feng Ningyan heard this, he could not help but hesitate for a moment. Why did the black-clothed man tell them to leave? Was he an enemy or a friend?

She quickly looked at Shen Lingjue, only to see Shen Lingjue nodding his head: "Withdraw!"

Feng Ningyan did not expect Shen Lingjue to believe what the black-clothed man said so easily, and shouted at Chu Zhao and Nangong Xing loudly, "Stop fighting! "Let's go!"

Chu Zhao and Nangong Xingyao forced the enemy to retreat with a single move, and with a flip of their bodies, they leaped towards the reeds.

Shen Lingjue pulled Feng Ningyan back, and with a light leap, they had already landed tens of meters away.

At this moment, a world-shaking explosion was heard from behind him!

The cabin directly exploded into the sky, and the boat also exploded into two. None of the martial arts crew members on board were able to escape.

The wreckage of the ship soared into the sky, gradually fragmenting into countless wooden planks and fragments, blocking the flow of the river in the blink of an eye.

Nangong Xing Yao looked at the burning boat in the middle of the river and could not help but exclaim, "No wonder Big Brother Black told us to leave. It was actually the boat that was about to explode … The crew didn't run, which meant that the explosives were detonated by outsiders? I never thought that Big Brother Hei was even a chivalrous hero! "

Shen Lingjue looked around at the reeds and searched for the figure of the person.

Feng Ningyan asked doubtfully: "Strange, this ship acts secretly, other than us, no one should know what they are transporting, why would anyone bomb a salt ship?"

Before he could finish his words, the reeds on the side suddenly parted and the man in black walked over. He took off his mask and knelt down on one knee.

"Greetings to Your Highness, Princess!"

The four nearly jumped up when they saw this.

It wasn't out of fear, it was out of joy!

Ah Yao cried out involuntarily, "Brother Jing!"

"Jing Qi!" Feng Ningyan could not help but shout, he stepped forward and pulled Jing Qi up from the ground, and he was so happy that he cried tears, "You're still alive! You're really still alive! Your Highness, our Jing Qi is back … "

As she spoke, she was already choked with sobs.

Shen Lingjue and Chu Zhao walked to Jing Qi's side from left to right, and Chu Zhao fiercely punched Jing Qi on the shoulder: "Big Brother, where did you hide to enjoy life? It's fine if you didn't bring your brothers, but you didn't even send a letter to the prince or the princess.

Jing Qi looked at Shen Lingjue, and said apologetically: "That day, Jing Qi was not well enough to protect you, causing the Duke and his wife to be injured, please forgive me."

Shen Lingjue patted his shoulder. "Don't say any more words. It is only because you sacrificed your life and fell off a cliff that Princess Hua-Yang and I can be saved. Jing Qi, your injuries are so heavy, how did you survive? "

Jing Qi looked at Shen Lingjue and Feng Ningyan excitedly as he cupped his fists and replied, "Reporting to Your Highness and Royal Concubine, it is all thanks to this subordinate's good luck. After falling down the waterfall, I was hooked by a branch to the side, saved by a passing axman …"

Hearing Jing Qi's words, everyone just realized that after he was saved by the local villagers, he was still burning with high fever that night, and there was no hope for him anymore.