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

Chapter 376 Entering Beijing
"Jiang Xuanyun is not an easy opponent." After a brief silence, Gu Liancheng sighed sincerely.

Liu Qi asked: "Have you ever fought with him?"

Gu Liancheng nodded slightly, his eyes flashing with reminiscence: "It happened many years ago. Junshan Island is not far from Qingcheng Mountain. I asked him for advice a few times. Although I only wanted to learn from him at that time and didn't fight to the death, from the first time we fought to the last time, Jiang Xuanyun defeated me every time after the twentieth move. In this way, I also knew that his martial arts were far better than mine, so I never asked him for advice again."

"This wind is too strong." Gu Liancheng gathered his slightly worn clothes and stood up slowly. "I am now living in the orphanage near the wall in South City. If you want to find me, just find a beggar on the street in South City, give him some food, and ask him to take you to see King Gu. He will naturally take you to find me."

After saying this, Gu Liancheng resolutely turned around without waiting for Liu Qi's response, walked away from the tea stall and plunged into the cold wind.

Liu Qi watched Gu Liancheng's hunched body walking slowly forward in the howling cold wind. When she saw Gu Liancheng from afar, she had already noticed that the true energy in his body appeared and disappeared from time to time.

Logically speaking, a top master's control over his own true Qi has already reached the point where the Qi can move at will and be released and retracted freely. Under normal circumstances, the situation in which Gu Liancheng's Qi appeared and disappeared just now would never occur.

This only means one thing, Gu Liancheng was injured.

According to rumors in the martial arts world, he was attacked by Xiu Shaoyang and Yue Qingyao in Jiangnan, and was seriously injured and fled.

Now it seems that the rumors are true.

"Hey!" Just as Liu Qi was pondering, the old man who had been busy behind the stove looked up inadvertently and saw that the seat opposite Liu Qi was empty. He rushed out and came to the table and clapped his hands fiercely, "The guest, you haven't paid yet!"

Liu Qi:......

Finally, amid the old man's grateful thanks, Liu Qi paid a silver ingot and walked out of the tea stall expressionlessly.

That night, the fireworks rising from the direction of the imperial palace dispelled the haze that shrouded the capital. Even the poor people in the south city who were suffering from hunger and cold, looking at the magnificent and brilliant picture in the sky, seemed to forget their hunger and cold at this moment and could not help but revealing satisfied smiles.

Liu Qi sat on the eaves of the restaurant, her legs dangling in the air boredly. She looked at the fireworks that kept blooming but disappeared in the sky. She didn't feel anything in her heart, but she felt that the smell of sulfur in the air seemed a little too strong tonight.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise behind him, and then Chunyan climbed onto the roof with a food box in her hand, and came straight to Liu Qi. After putting the food box down, she considerately poured him a full cup of steaming wine.

"Miss, Happy New Year." Chunyan placed the full wine glass in front of Liu Qi with both hands.

Liu Qi glanced sideways, then said "thank you" lightly, and reached out to take the wine glass.

Chunyan was flattered when she heard that. She suppressed her excitement and said respectfully, "Miss, if you have any other instructions, please let me know."

Liu Qi looked into the distance and shook his head: "That's good, you can go down."

"But..." Chunyan wanted to say something.

Liu Qi drank the warm wine in the cup in one gulp, and then his tone became a little more serious: "Go down."

Chunyan's heart trembled, and she heard the irresistible tone in Liu Qi's words, so she bowed and retreated from the roof.

Now only Liu Qi was left sitting alone on the eaves. She picked up the wine jug from the food box and poured herself another glass. Then she raised the glass and shook it gently towards the night sky which had turned dark again. Then her free hand unconsciously climbed onto the hilt of the knife at her waist.

On such a wonderful occasion, there is not even anyone to drink with.

This world is really boring.

……

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, at noon, the sun is high in the sky.

A carriage passed through the west gate. As soon as it entered the city, the curtains of the carriage opened a tiny gap. Behind the gap, a pair of bright eyes were looking at everything along the way with great interest.

"It turns out that there hasn't been any changes in the capital." Zhou Mi lowered the car curtains, then smiled and sighed.

"You've only been away for a short time, it would be strange if you had changed!" The red-shirted woman sitting opposite Zhou Mi frowned and snorted coldly.

"Xiaojiu, what's wrong with you today?" Zhou Mi was not annoyed when she heard this, but smiled meaningfully, "Is it because you are homesick? No, that's not right, the capital is not your hometown."

"Oh——" Zhou Mi suddenly stretched out her tone, "I know, it's because I'm afraid of being around people!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Liu Shijiu seemed to have his thoughts exposed. He straightened his body and said angrily.

Before she finished her words, Liu Nineteen suddenly frowned, her thin cheeks trembling slightly, she clenched her teeth and lay back again, until her back leaned against the carriage, the expression on her face relaxed a little.

Zhou Mi stopped smiling when he saw this and asked with concern, "Did you touch the wound again?"

Liu Nineteen had already lowered his head before Zhou Mi opened his mouth. When he heard this, his eyes moved slightly but he did not say anything in response.

Seeing Liu Nineteen's look, Zhou Mi could only sigh helplessly, and then murmured softly: "Fortunately, we have arrived in the capital. As long as we see Liu Qi, everything will be fine."

As soon as Zhou Mi finished speaking, the carriage that was moving slowly forward suddenly stopped. Zhou Mi's figure couldn't help but sway. She quickly steadied herself, then looked at Liu Shijiu with a worried look on her face. She saw that Liu Shijiu had straightened his body and was tense as a string. His hand was tightly grasping the dagger beside him, and his eyes were looking at the door with a serious look.

"Don't worry, there are Qing Huai and Qingcheng disciples outside." Zhou Mi quietly reached out and gently comforted Liu Shijiu's shoulder.

"I am Xu Qinghuai from Qingcheng. May I ask why this lord wants to block our way?"

Sure enough, Xu Qinghuai's voice greeting the other party was soon heard from outside the carriage.

"So you are the real master of Qingcheng Sect. I am so sorry for your disrespect."

When Zhou Mi heard the voice of the person who answered the question, her eyebrows suddenly frowned, and she felt that the voice sounded familiar.

"I am Xia Zhengze, Duke of Qing. I am here to greet you, Your Majesty, on the orders of the Emperor!"

Duke of Qing?
Zhou Mi's face changed slightly, and then he reached out to lift the car door curtain. At a glance, he saw the soldiers standing ready on the road ahead and the familiar figure standing at the head of the soldiers.

Zhou Mi smiled immediately, and then said loudly: "I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be Lord Qingguo."

When Zhou Mi mentioned the three words "Duke of Qing", he slightly emphasized the tone.

Yinglong narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, and then he leaned forward and bowed to the door of the carriage, saying: "Your Majesty, I respectfully welcome you back to the capital!"

Seeing this, Xu Qinghuai on horseback couldn't help but look back at Zhou Mi. After seeing Zhou Mi smiling and nodding at him, Xu Qinghuai seemed to understand something, so he raised his hand to signal the four Qingcheng disciples with stern eyes beside him, asking them to let down their guard for the time being.

Two streets away, Liu Qi stood on the roof of a four-story building, looking at a group of people in the distance, and then said to himself: "Xu Qinghuai is here too."

Liu Qi's gaze did not linger on them for too long, but quietly swept towards the position behind them, and then slowly scanned the four directions, his eyes almost covering every corner around him.

There was no sign of Jiang Xuanyun. From the second day of the first lunar month to today, Liu Qi had heard countless times from Chunyan about a small-time gangster who had encountered Jiang Xuanyun on the way to Beijing and received guidance from him. His ears were almost callused from hearing it.

Among these stories, almost all of them mentioned that there was a woman with a stunning appearance in the carriage accompanying Jiang Xuanyun.

So for a while, the whole world began to speculate about the purpose of Jiang Xuanyun's trip to Beijing.

The one that has the highest degree of recognition is that Jiang Xuanyun sent his daughter to the capital, intending to marry the current emperor Xiao Qifeng. Since then, when one of them dies, the two greatest emperors in the world will join forces. Looking around the world, no one would dare to have any objection to Xiao Qifeng's throne, even though he has admitted that he is not of the Xiao family's bloodline.

The emperor is the one with the strongest army and horses.

Xiao Qifeng and Jiang Xuanyun, such a combination is much more frightening than the four words "strong soldiers and powerful horses".

But where is Jiang Xuanyun?
The news we received was that Jiang Xuanyun was clearly at the nearest post station. How come he disappeared after entering the capital?

Could it be that he already knew that Liu Qi was going to challenge him, so he chose to avoid him?
Liu Qi instantly rejected this guess in his heart. A person who is praised as one of the two best in the world should not be so cowardly. How can a person who is afraid before fighting be worthy of the word "best"?

Seeing that Zhou Mi and the others were about to follow Yinglong, Liu Qi decided not to wait any longer. Her feet instantly hung in the air, and then her body rushed forward.

Yinglong, who was about to wave his hand to signal his men to march, suddenly raised his eyebrows, then turned his head abruptly, and saw a graceful figure floating in the air like a ghost.

"Who is it?" Dozens of officers and soldiers who had been guarding the carriage in the center also discovered Liu Qi's figure. They then raised their long and short weapons in their hands as if facing a powerful enemy, and watched Liu Qi slowly falling from the air with full readiness.

"Little sister!" Xu Qinghuai recognized Liu Qi at a glance, and was surprised and happy, and couldn't help but speak out.

Liu Qi had just settled down when she heard Xu Qinghuai call her sister. She immediately glanced at him lightly, then silently moved her gaze to look at Yinglong who was at the front of the team.

Ying Long met Liu Qi's gaze, and his heart suddenly trembled. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Miss Liu, I am here to take the queen back to the palace on the order of the emperor..."

Before he could finish his words, the curtain of the carriage behind him was suddenly lifted, and then Zhou Mi showed her face with a look of joy. When she saw Liu Qi blocking the front of the team, her face was even more overjoyed: "Liu Qi, you are finally here."

Liu Qi raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Mi, then said calmly: "Go with him, or go with me."

"Of course I'll go with you!" Zhou Mi replied without hesitation, and then a look of grievance immediately emerged on her face, and she puffed her lips, "You don't know how much we have suffered during the days you were away..."

Just as Zhou Mi was about to start complaining, Liu Qi interrupted her and said to Ying Long in a cold voice: "Duke Qing, you heard what she said."

Yinglong's eyes flickered for a while, and finally he nodded: "I understand."

After saying this, he waved to the officers and soldiers on both sides, and the officers and soldiers guarding on both sides of the carriage left with him.

Yinglong had just left when Xu Qinghuai dismounted and hurried towards Liu Qi.

Before he could say anything excitedly, Liu Qi asked first, "Where's Jiang Xuanyun? Didn't he come to the capital with you?"

Xu Qinghuai was obviously stunned for a moment, then he subconsciously replied: "The head master uncle separated from us in the suburbs of Beijing, saying that he was going to meet an old friend."

An old friend?

Liu Qi frowned, suddenly feeling someone was staring at him, so he raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the carriage, only to see a pale face exposed behind the lifted door curtain.

The two looked at each other, and Liu Nineteen's eyes suddenly dimmed. He lowered his head and avoided Liu Qi's sight.

Liu Qi stared at Liu Jiujiu silently for a while, then asked Xu Qinghuai: "Do you have a place to stay in Beijing?"

Xu Qinghuai was surprised and asked, "Little sister, aren't you prepared?"

Liu Qi raised her eyebrows. Why did she have to prepare it?

As if he had seen the dissatisfaction on Liu Qi's face, Xu Qinghuai touched the back of his head and smiled innocently: "I thought you were already prepared, little sister!"

It was estimated that Xu Qinghuai had just seen Liu Qi intervene and snatch them away from Duke Qing, so he thought that Liu Qi had already prepared a place for them to live in advance.

Liu Qi didn't think so much about it. She just didn't want Zhou Mi and the imperial seal in her hand to fall into Xiao Qifeng's hands.

No matter what miraculous effects this thing has, no matter what some people plan to do with it, since it is in her, Liu Qi's hands, won't it save a lot of trouble?

Liu Qi thought for a moment and instantly thought of a place, so he said to Xu Qinghuai: "Let's go, I know where to arrange for you to stay."

The group finally stopped in front of a house in the west of the city.

Xu Qinghuai dismounted and took a look at the gate of the house. He found that there were still six door seals on the gate.

"This is..." Before Xu Qinghuai could open his mouth, Liu Qi had already walked past him and headed straight for the door. Then he raised his hand and blasted the tightly closed door open. Xu Qinghuai was startled, and instantly lowered his voice and slowly said the second half of the sentence, "What's going on?"

At this time, Zhou Mi had also helped Liu Nineteen get off the carriage. Zhou Mi looked up at the house, then narrowed his eyes thoughtfully and said to Liu Qi who was standing at the door: "You really know how to choose a place."

This place was the former Liu Mansion, which was later occupied by Zhang Cheng. However, last month Zhang Cheng's body was found hanging at the door, so the house naturally became a haunted house and was sealed off by people from the Six Gates.

Zhou Mi and Liu Nineteen walked to the door. She lowered her eyes and saw the seal fragments scattered on the ground. Then she looked up at the expressionless Liu Qi and smiled: "What a lawless little bully."

Liu Qi ignored Zhou Mi and asked Liu Shijiu, who was pale and clenching his teeth to endure the pain, "What happened to your injury?"

Liu Nineteen slowly raised his head, a conflicted look on his face.

"Aren't you familiar with the guy named Liu Er from the Jinma Chamber of Commerce?" Zhou Mi said unhappily, "Xiao Shijiu was beaten by him."

Liu Qi's eyes shone: "What's going on?"

Liu Nineteen replied in a hoarse voice: "I don't know what kind of opportunity he encountered...Now his martial arts skills are terrifyingly high. I wanted to stay in Fengdu Ghost Cave to find those who attacked us, but he told me to get out without any explanation. I refused, and then...he attacked and injured me."

Whoosh!
Liu Qi suddenly stretched out her hand and placed it on Liu Nineteen's shoulder. As a stream of her true energy flowed into Liu Nineteen's body through her palm, Liu Nineteen's eyes slightly opened and he couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

"what--"

After this soft moan, Liu Nineteen's brows, which were originally furrowed due to pain, gradually relaxed.

Liu Qi quietly withdrew his hand from Liu Jiujiu's shoulder and said to her calmly: "You should thank Liu Er. He only hurt you, not killed you."

(End of this chapter)