I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 327 Chaos arises
After not receiving any secret letters from Chu Xingbai for three consecutive days, Liu Qi knew it was time for her to set off.

However, before leaving, an unexpected guest came to the Governor's Mansion.

"Wang Pu?" Liu Qi heard the doorman come to report that there was a man who called himself Wang Pu outside asking to see her. After thinking for a while, she finally remembered that this man was the doctor who treated Xu Xinshan after she had an attack of poison last time. Moreover, the other party claimed that his medical skills were taught by the miracle doctor Yuan Tong.

Wang Pu had come here several times before, but he was always received by Liu Qi's parents or uncle.

This time, the other party asked to see Liu Qi through the doorman.

Liu Qi had just returned from sword practice in the martial arts arena. Before she even stepped into the yard, she ran into the gatekeeper who came to report.

After a moment's silence, Liu Qi nodded slightly to the doorman and said, "Bring the person here first, and send someone to inform the master that the doctor who treated Xinshan is here."

The concierge received the order and withdrew respectfully.

Liu Qi immediately walked into the yard and returned to his room. He simply washed his face, then placed the wooden sword hanging from his waist horizontally on his hands. After staring at it for a while, he slowly placed it on the knife rack on the counter.

Not long after, hurried footsteps were heard outside. Then, Liu Qi, who was sitting at the table drinking water, heard someone outside the yard say respectfully, "Miss, the person has been brought here."

"Let him in."

Wang Pu was still dressed like a weak scholar. He stood at the gate of the yard, a little at a loss. Suddenly, he heard a light voice coming from the yard. He was startled and stood there in a daze. He didn't come to his senses until the doorman beside him pulled his sleeve. Then he quickly picked up his robe and trotted up the stairs.

After entering the yard, Wang Pu looked up and saw that the door was wide open. He immediately lowered his head to adjust the hem of his clothes and cuffs, then walked into the room.

Liu Qi, who was drinking water, saw someone walk into the room from the corner of his eye. He asked without even looking up, "What do you want from me?"

Such a direct question made Wang Pu, who was about to salute, freeze in place.

Seeing that the other party did not respond for a long time, Liu Qi slowly raised his head and saw Wang Pu, who was at a loss, so he patiently asked again: "Since you treated Xinshan, I will give you another chance. Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"I... I... congratulate Miss Xu on her victory!" Wang Pu hesitated for a long time and finally said this dejectedly.

Liu Qi leaned on one hand and looked at Wang Pu calmly for a moment, then said lightly: "I have received your congratulations, you can leave."

Then Liu Qi seemed to think about it, and continued: "Before leaving the house, go to the gatehouse to collect twenty taels of silver and say it was my order."

I have come specially to congratulate them, it would be bad to let them go away empty-handed.

Twenty taels of silver is already a lot!
When Wang Pu heard Liu Qi send the guest away directly, he immediately became anxious: "No...no...I don't want any money."

Liu Qi said seriously: "If you don't want money, just go."

Wang Pu clenched and unclenched his hands repeatedly, and after hesitating anxiously for a while, he finally said frankly: "I, I do have something that I would like to trouble Miss Liu for a favor."

"Ha!" Liu Qi sneered expressionlessly, "I told you long ago to just talk about it. It's a waste of time to be so nagging!"

Wang Pu's face flushed immediately, and then he said evasively: "In fact, this matter is also related to the life and death of the young lady in your house."

The young lady that Wang Pu mentioned refers to Xu Xinshan.

Liu Qi narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and after thinking for a moment, he said bluntly: "Have you found out the whereabouts of your master Yuan Tong?"

Wang Pu had mentioned before that the reason he agreed to let Sun Jiyun come to Jiangnan was because Yuan Tong's junior fellow apprentice Ouyang Longcheng and Sun Jiyun had a close relationship. Sun Jiyun promised to help Wang Pu find out the whereabouts of his master Yuan Tong through Ouyang Longcheng.

"Miss Liu, do you still remember?" Wang Pu said bitterly, "Now I'm on the pirate ship and can't save myself. I'm afraid Governor Sun's promises can't be fulfilled."

Liu Qi didn't say anything when he heard this, but just silently took a sip of the cold water in the cup.

It only took her a word to get Wang Pu out of the Governor's Mansion. She believed that Sun Jiyun would not offend her for a small doctor.

But why should I help?

Wang Pu couldn't cure Xu Xinshan's poison, and every time he visited her, her parents paid her enough for the consultation.

However, looking at Wang Pu's expression, Liu Qi seemed to have no intention of using him to escape from Jiangnan.

Sure enough, after some deliberation in his heart, Wang Pu finally raised his head and said to Liu Qi in a low voice: "Miss Liu, I want you to help find the whereabouts of the old master. With his medical skills, he will definitely be able to cure your young lady."

Liu Qi just looked at Wang Pu quietly like this, until Wang Pu felt a little scared and quietly looked away.

Liu Qi just said slowly: "If you want to get out of Jiangnan, just ask me. Considering your careful treatment of Xinshan, if you ask me for help, I might just give in out of pity."

Wang Pu's eyes lit up a little when he heard this, but then they quickly turned into a gloomy look. He then whispered back, "Governor Sun still needs me to treat his troops. As long as I behave myself, he won't do anything to me."

“But Master may not be able to wait any longer!” Wang Pu’s voice suddenly became louder, and he said anxiously, “I met with the leader of the Ouyang gang last night. He…he…”

Wang Pu began to hesitate again, but when he looked up and saw Liu Qi's gradually cold eyes, he couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, and then he quickly said: "I think that Gang Leader Ouyang might be... bad for Master!"

"Aren't they fellow apprentices?" Liu Qi asked calmly, "What evidence do you have for saying that?"

Wang Pu replied hesitantly, "Last night I saw that Gang Leader Ouyang looked pale, and there was frost on the wine glass he touched. He also had a special fragrance coming from his body. I guess he might have been hit by Master's unique magical skill, the Snow Piercing Cloud Palm."

Piaoxuechuanyun Palm, I seem to have heard of it somewhere.

Oh, right!

The guest official of the Jinma Chamber of Commerce named Ye Su.

Although he did not die directly at the hands of Liu Qi, he had been seriously injured by Liu Qi before being killed by the old man sharpening the knife. He could be regarded as the first top master to fall into the hands of Liu Qi.

Moreover, Liu Qi at that time had not yet reached the top level.

The past is really like a painting!

Just as Liu Qi was feeling emotional, Wang Pu seemed to open up and began to talk in detail about his meeting with Ouyang Longcheng last night. According to Wang Pu's description, after hearing that Wang Pu had only worked as a medicine boy for Yuan Tong for a few days, the leader of the Daxia Gang never treated Wang Pu well and even scolded him, saying that he shouldn't cheat people in the name of Yuan Tong's disciple.

When Wang Pu was kicked out of the banquet last night, he thought Ouyang Longcheng was too arrogant, but after a night of hard thinking, Wang Pu gradually realized that something was wrong.

Then he carefully recalled the details of their meeting last night, and was surprised to find that this Gang Leader Ouyang had most likely fought with his master, and was also hit by the Piaoxue Piercing Clouds Palm!

"Master once said that the Grandmaster has a strange personality. Although he possesses many unique skills, each disciple can only learn one from him. After learning, he will be expelled from the sect and will never see each other again."

"But this set of Piaoxue Piercing Cloud Palm was the only one that Master secretly learned. However, because he did not learn the complete internal energy method, and because the internal energy that went with this set of palm techniques was too cold and overbearing, Master usually took a spiritual medicine called Dragon Blood Grass to suppress the coldness in his body. People who take Dragon Blood Grass all year round will have a very special fragrance in their true energy, and most people cannot smell this fragrance. Only a very small number of people with special talents and most animals can smell it."

"That's why I concluded that Ouyang Longcheng was hit by Master's Piaoxue Piercing Cloud Palm."

"Although Master has a weird temper, he is a very kind person. He would even take good care of injured dogs and birds." Wang Pu gritted his teeth and said, "To force Master to hurt people, Ouyang Longcheng must have done something unjust!"

……

Wang Pu left Xu's house before lunch.

When Liu Qi came to the lobby to prepare for dinner, he ran into his uncle Xu Yongyuan who had a sad face.

Before Liu Qi could ask, Xu Yongyuan raised his eyes and saw his niece. He frowned and said, "This is great. Jiangnan is not in chaos yet, but Yuedong and Cangnan are in chaos first!"

Xu Yongding, who came with his wife, Tao, also heard what his elder brother said, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Brother, didn't you go to the government office? Why are you back?"

Xu Yongyuan looked at his family members, then shook his head dejectedly: "Let's go in and have dinner first."

Everyone had something on their mind and looked uninterested in eating the food on the table. Even Zhou Mi, Liu Shijiu and Xu Xinshan, who were unaware of the cause and effect, felt uncomfortable eating. Only Liu Qi was still eating like a god.

Xu Yongyuan, who was sitting in the main seat, glanced at everyone, and finally took a deep look at Liu Qi who was enjoying his meal, and then sighed softly: "The news I just received today is that the Xiangwu Cult has gathered more than 100,000 followers to start an uprising in two provinces. Now six prefectures have fallen into the hands of the thieves, and even the Governor of Cangnan died in Cangzhou!"

Xu Yongding and Tao were so surprised that they were speechless when they heard this.

Only Zhou Mi suddenly frowned, looking as if she was thinking about something.

I don’t know if it’s because the Great Qi had been peaceful for decades, but the sudden chaos made it difficult for Xu Yongyuan, Xu Yongding, and the Tao family, who were related to the court, to accept it for a while.

Just when everyone in the mansion was in panic, Zhou Mi quietly approached Liu Qi.

"You should be very familiar with the Xiangwu Sect!" Zhou Mi stood at the door of the room, looking at Liu Qi lying on the couch, and asked softly.

Liu Qi narrowed her eyes slightly, and then she replied: "It seems that the queen did put a lot of thought into investigating me back then!"

Cangzhou was Liu Qi's transit station before leaving Xiliu Villa and entering Beijing. It was also there that she completed the first task assigned to her by the Black Prison Gate, executing the former Lord of the Seven Killings.

The former leader of the Seven Killings Order went to Cangzhou in order to find the genius doctor Yuan Tong to remove the Seven Deadly Heart-Eating Pills in his body.

It was because Ouyang Juncai, the young leader of the Daxia Gang, was also in Cangzhou at that time.

The reason why Ouyang Juncai was in Cangzhou was because there were people from the Xiangwu Sect causing chaos in Qizhou, where the headquarters of the Daxia Gang was located. As a gang spanning two states, Cangzhou and Qizhou, the Daxia Gang had an obligation to assist the court in handling this matter.

Zhou Mi smiled and said, "I always trust people I employ. It's Yinglong and Bai Ze who insist on doing this."

Zhou Mi walked slowly to the couch, stretched out his hand to push Liu Qi's legs inward, sat down in the vacant seat, and then asked Liu Qi with a puzzled look: "I remember that the person in charge of handling the Xiang Wu Cult was Lin Shengchuan, the current chief constable of the Six Gates, and the report to the court at that time clearly stated that all the leaders of the Xiang Wu Cult had been brought to justice. How come the Xiang Wu Cult could grow to more than 100,000 people in just a few months?"

Liu Qi had closed her eyes and was taking a nap. It was not until Zhou Mi rubbed her calves twice that Liu Qi slowly replied, "If the reports from the local government to the court are 30% true, it means that the local officials are loyal."

"But..." Liu Qi suddenly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Sun Jiyun just did this in Jiangnan, and the Xiangwu Cult suddenly started a rebellion. Moreover, Ouyang Longcheng came from afar. His Daxia Clan's headquarters is in Qizhou, and now it has fallen into the hands of the Xiangwu Cult. Isn't he in a hurry?"

"Chu..." Liu Qi originally wanted to ask Chu Xingbai to check it out, but just after he called out a word, he suddenly remembered that Chu Xingbai had been invited to the fairy boat as a guest.

Zhou Mi saw what Liu Qi was thinking, so he whispered, "How about letting Nineteen check it out?"

Liu Qi shook his head: "Forget it, no matter if it's a mess or not, it won't affect me anyway!"

Then she closed her eyes again.

Zhou Mi bit her lips lightly when she saw this, looked at Liu Qi's peaceful sleeping face, muttered a few words in a complaining tone, then stood up and left the room.

At night, Liu Qi asked Nineteen to go to the Governor's Mansion to inquire about Wang Pu's news.

Soon Liu Nineteen brought back the news.

Wang Pu had been escorted into the military camp outside the city during the day. According to people from the Governor's Office, Wang Pu had been officially appointed as an army medical officer. Before he left, the government held a banquet to celebrate for him.

This is not a promotion, it's clearly a death warrant!
But Liu Qi also knew that Wang Pu had no choice.

For Wang Pu, his life and death was just a matter of a word from Sun Jiyun.

So at the dinner table, Liu Qi was the last one to put down her bowl and chopsticks. Just as everyone was about to get up and leave, she slowly said:

"I decided to set off tomorrow and head to the East China Sea."

Although we had already planned to go to the East China Sea, tomorrow seemed a bit too rushed.

Upon hearing this, father Xu Yongding frowned and was about to speak, but was suddenly pulled by his wife Tao beside him. Turning around, he saw his wife winking at him, so Xu Yongding quickly shut his mouth.

After seeing her husband shut up, Mrs. Tao smiled softly at her daughter and said, "Mother, ask someone to prepare now. We will set off on time tomorrow morning!"

Liu Qi raised her eyes slightly, looked at Tao and said softly: "Mom, I remember that you and Dad are both good at riding."

(End of this chapter)