Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 585

It was the first watch, and the streets were silent.

The backyard of the Shanyang County Government Office was quiet, and the lights were on in the main room and the side room.

Lu Jiying paced up and down distractedly in the center of the side room.

Abruptly, he stopped in his tracks, let out a heavy breath of pent-up air in his chest, took out the letter Yuan Fang left before leaving from his bosom, and stroked it gently with his hand.

The bell of the first watch came from outside.

Lu Jiying pushed the door and went out, and stopped hesitantly in front of the main room door.

After a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind and knocked lightly on the door.

inside the room.

Ning Shi was sitting alone in front of the couch, staring at the candlelight in a daze.

Hearing the knock on the door, Ning raised her head and said, "Please come in."

The door opened, Lu Jiying walked in, and said, "Sister Xian, I was afraid you had a rest."

Ning quickly stood up, stepped forward and said, "I can't sleep."

Lu Jiying nodded and said: "I, I can't sleep either, so I come to your place for a while. How is it? Are you still used to living here?"

Ning smiled and said: "Very good. I heard people say that this is the house you live in."

Lu Jiying said, "Exactly."

Ning said: "I'm really sorry to squeeze you into a side room."

Lu Jiying said with a smile: "What's the matter, I'm a side-looking person, and living in a side room is what I deserve."

Ning laughed: "Brother, sit down."

Lu Jiying nodded and sat on the couch.

A moment of silence.

It was Ning who spoke first: "Brother, do you have something to say to little sister?"

Lu Jiying looked up at Ning and asked strangely: "How do you know?"

Ning smiled and said, "You can guess it just by looking at your expression."

Lu Jiying sighed lightly, nodded and said, "Yes, I have no other relatives except you, and no one else can listen to me."

Ning asked, "What do you want to say?"

Lu Jiying took a deep breath and said, "Tomorrow, tomorrow is the time we agreed to meet with Jing Yang and Yuan Fang."

Ning nodded and said: "Yes. Before you came, I was thinking about this, and I was both excited and nervous. The excited thing is that I can see them tomorrow; the nervous thing is, what if, what if they Couldn't make it to the appointment..."

Lu Jiying's face changed color and said: "Shut up your salt sauce mouth, and just say something unlucky. I thought about it, Jing Yang and Yuan Fang's martial arts Jibian are both top-notch. Isn't Guan being played around by them? Don't worry, they will be fine."

Ning looked at him and said, "Aren't you worried?"

Lu Jiying shook his head.

Ning asked uncertainly: "Really?"

Lu Jiying nodded and said, "Really."

Ning was silent.

After a long time, Lu Jiying said, "Why don't you talk anymore?"

Ning raised her head, looked at him and sighed softly: "If you were really not worried, you wouldn't come here and tell me about this in the middle of the night. Brother, I know what you're thinking, you don't know what's on your mind. You want something reassuring out of my mouth, don't you?"

Lu Jiying was stunned. After a long time, he let out a long sigh, nodded slowly and said, "Yes. You are so smart, you can see through my mind at a glance.

Originally, I didn't want to nag you here, lest you worry.But, I won’t tell you who to tell.

To be honest, I was very uneasy in my heart. I was in the room just now, and when I thought of this, my palms were sweating non-stop.

You said, Jing Yang and Yuan Fang, he, they won't, yes, something's up..."

Ning took a deep breath and said, "Brother, saying it's okay is self-comforting. I'm also very nervous, but I believe in one thing..."

Lu Jiying hurriedly asked, "What is it?"

Ning said: "Do you still remember what you said in the woods last time?"

Lu Jiying nodded and said, "I remember."

Ning looked at the candlelight and said firmly: "I believe that lucky people are blessed by God!"

Lu Jiying nodded with some disappointment: "Yes, yes."

Ning said firmly: "I think Jing Yang and Yuan Fang will definitely attend the appointment tomorrow!"

Looking at her solemn expression, Lu Jiying nodded slowly.

……

This is a port branch of a tributary of the Grand Canal. The river channel is very narrow. In the center there is a Baiping Island with a radius of more than ten feet, surrounded by wormwood and reeds.

The midday sun shines on the water.

In the shimmering waves, a dark object floated slowly along the water, and stopped in the reeds beside Baiping Island.

It was a man who floated——Wang Mang.

Half of his body was soaked in the water, his face was swollen and pale, his eyes were closed, and he was motionless, as if he had no breath.

At this moment, a whistle came from the lower reaches of the river, and a fast boat sailed against the current, and in a blink of an eye, it arrived at Baiping Island.

On the bow deck, the sailor of the boat saw Wang Mang in the reeds at a glance. He was startled, turned around and shouted into the cabin: "Miss Xiaoqing, there is a man in the reeds!"

As he spoke, he tapped his penny, and the boat slowed down immediately. Hearing the sound, the helmsman at the stern swung the rudder, and the boat stopped.

The cabin door opened, and a beautiful woman about 20 years old came to the deck.

Surprisingly, this woman looks exactly like Yun Gu, the killer of the Iron Hands.

She ran to Shaogong's side and said, "Third brother, what's the matter?"

Shao Gong pointed to the reeds: "Look, there is a man there."

The woman looked intently in the direction of his finger, and saw Wang Mang floating in the prodigal son.

She waved her hand and said, "Call out the brothers, and save people quickly!"

Shao Gong agreed and rushed to the cabin and shouted: "Brothers, come out!"

Before the words were finished, seven or eight people dressed as bodyguards rushed out of the cabin: "Girl, what's wrong?"

The woman smiled and said, "Don't be surprised!"

She pointed at Wang Mang in the water and said, "Did you see it? Let's do it together and get him up!"

The thugs answered yes loudly.

Shaogong approached the boat, and everyone quickly put Wang Mang on the bow of the boat and laid it flat on the deck.

Wang Mang closed his eyes tightly and remained motionless.

The woman squatted down and reached out to check his breath.

Shaogong beside him asked, "Miss Xiaoqing, how are you doing?"

Xiao Qing shook his head and said, "He's not breathing, he's dead. You see, his face is swollen by the river water, and it looks like he's been in the water for many days. Oh, how pitiful."

Shaogong said: "Girl, what should we do now? Throw him back into the water again."

Xiao Qing frowned and said: "That's the only way. We can't run around with a dead man, I don't know, I thought we killed him."

Shaogong nodded, and said to the thugs beside him, "Everyone, let's do it."

Two bodyguards came over, turned Wang Mang's body over, raised his head, lifted his feet, and was about to throw him into the river when suddenly, Wang Mang made a crackling sound in his throat.

The two bodyguards trembled in fright, and threw Wang Mang on the deck again.

　Preview of the next chapter: After Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang are rescued by Xiaoqing, what will happen? Will they lose their memory?Stay tuned!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)