Chapter 69
On the third day of the first lunar month, King Zhennan took his concubine and two ladies from the palace to Xiangguo Temple in the southern outskirts of the capital to offer incense.This is a custom that has been passed down for thousands of years in Chu State.

Xiangguo Temple once had a very powerful eminent monk who attained Taoism. It is said that going to Xiangguo Temple to offer incense from the second to the fifth day of the first lunar month can bless the whole family with peace and prosperity in the new year, which is extremely effective.

After offering incense, Zhennan Wang and his wife were invited by the abbot of Xiangguo Temple, leaving Zhu Mei with a group of servants and guards to guard Qin Luoyi and Qin Luohan.

Because of the noble status of Zhennan King, Xiangguo Temple specially vacated a very quiet courtyard for them to rest.

The small courtyard faces north, and the courtyard is extremely quiet, but because there are too many people offering incense in the past two days, Xiangguo Temple is overcrowded, so many people brought a lot of food and gadgets here to sell.

Although they could not see such a lively scene in the house where they stayed, they could hear the sound of shouting and selling from time to time outside.

Qin Luohan's face was covered with white gauze, and he looked out of the window, feeling a little moved.

"Sister, father and mother will definitely not come out for a while, let's go out together."

With a smile on Qin Luoyi's bright face, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at her: "I want to go out, but when my father left just now, he told us not to wander around. There are too many people coming to Xiangguo Temple today. Yes, fish and dragons are mixed together, it's not safe."

Qin Luohan stood up, walked to her side, held her hand very intimately and said in a charming voice: "My good sister, let's not go far, just take a look around."

Zhu Mei walked over, looked at her angrily, and said, "The princess is right, there are too many people coming to Xiangguo Temple today, so you can't go out. Han'er, you have to listen to the prince."

Qin Luohan went to hold her hand instead, shaking her arm and said coquettishly: "Mother, I really won't go far, just take a look outside."

Then he turned to Qin Luoyi and said, "Sister, let's go out together and call some guards, everything will be fine."

A look of hesitation appeared on Zhu Mei's face, and she looked at Qin Luoyi.

Qin Luoyi looked at her, and then at Qin Luohan, a slack appeared in his dark and crystal eyes: "Okay, we can't go too far."

"Of course we won't go far!" Seeing her agreeing, Qin Luohan raised his voice.

"You girl..." Zhu Mei nodded helplessly: "Go out, you have to take good care of the Princess, remember to come back early."

Qin Luohan responded with a smile one by one.

Zhu Mei picked out five of the guards with outstanding skills, and after giving some careful instructions, she asked them to escort the two sisters Qin Luohan out.

Outside Xiangguo Temple, there are huge crowds of people, there are fortune tellers, food sellers, and dough kneaders.

Qin Luohan pulled Qin Luoyi, looked at them one by one, and walked away without knowing it.

The five guards behind them are all venerables. No matter how many people there are, they always follow them step by step.

After turning two corners, the crowds gradually became thinner, but Qin Luohan's interest became higher and higher. He held her hand tightly and continued to walk forward.

Qin Luoyi's eyes flashed, but he didn't make a sound.

At the end of the road was a dilapidated courtyard. Qin Luohan looked disappointed when he saw it: "Unfortunately, there are no more."

As soon as the words fell, several cyan figures suddenly jumped out of the dilapidated house, holding cold sharp blades, and slashed towards the two of them fiercely.

"what!"

Qin Luohan screamed, and took a few steps back in an instant, angrily angrily said with a pale face: "Who are you and what are you going to do?"

"Princess, Second Miss, let's go!" The guards following behind them saw the change, immediately drew their swords, and quickly went up to them, protecting Qin Luoyi and the two of them tightly behind them.

The people in Tsing Yi who attacked were all masked, and their attacks were extremely ruthless. In a short while, one of the guards of the palace was beheaded, and the remaining four were injured to varying degrees.

"Sister, let's go, they won't last long!" Qin Luohan's face was pale, he held her hand tightly, and pulled her out of the courtyard.Then quickly ran towards the crowded place.

The target of the man in Tsing Yi was obviously them. Seeing them fleeing, a man immediately escaped from the small courtyard and chased them, blocking their way, holding up a bloody long sword, and slashing at them head-on.

"Sister, go!" Qin Luohan was shocked, pulled her and ran in the opposite direction.There is a trail going down the mountain.

The man in Tsing Yi chased after him fiercely again.

In a critical moment, a blood-stained guard jumped out of the small courtyard and greeted him with his sword raised.

The two of them looked back while running, they didn't know how far they had run, and finally saw no shadow of the assassin chasing them, Qin Luohan took a breath and stopped.

He lifted up his torn sleeves, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked around.There are high mountains all around, except for the chirping of birds and insects, there is no one in sight.

"Where is this?" Qin Luoyi also looked around and asked.

"I didn't know I ran around just now!" Qin Luohan shook his head weakly. He didn't feel any discomfort in order to get rid of the assassin just now. Now that he stopped, he realized that his body was in pain and his clothes were scratched. In several places, even the skin was scratched in some places.

Qin Luoyi looked at her embarrassed figure, and the cold light in his eyes flickered: "My sister used to come to Xiangguo Temple every year, right? Has she never been here?"

Qin Luohan bit his lips, and his black eyes exposed outside the white gauze were full of annoyance: "My sister has lost her memory, so I don't remember... We used to stay in Xiangguo Temple before, and never came out. .Today...it's all my fault..."

"What should we do now? We have to go back as soon as possible. If those assassins find us, we will be in big trouble." Qin Luoyi stomped his feet and said anxiously.

"Sister is very right." Qin Luohan nodded solemnly in agreement, looked around, his eyes suddenly lit up, and said in surprise: "Hey, there is someone there, let's go over and ask."

Hundreds of meters away from them, there was a group of men in brightly dressed bodyguards looking around.

"Hurry up, hurry up and find me, you must find me that beauty just now! Huh, I don't believe that she can escape from my palm!" She was dressed in a luxurious red dress, but she was about 20 years old. The man shouted arrogantly at the guard beside him.

With a cry, the guards behind him dispersed and searched up the mountain like wolves and tigers.Those with sharp eyes quickly spotted the two slender figures on the mountain path, and shouted excitedly: "Master, there!"

The man in red laughed loudly, his eyes full of pride: "Haha, I told you to run... Hurry up and catch him for me! I will give you a lot of rewards!"

"No problem, don't worry, my lord! She won't be able to escape!" The heavy reward made the guards very happy, and they laughed while rushing forward.

(End of this chapter)

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