Chapter 295: The Eldest Brother's Life Hangs by a Thread! Luo'er Has Found the Missing Aunt?

Deng Mama could only hold onto Hudie, then let Li Qingluo carry Jingchuan alone down the mountain.

Although it was strenuous, fortunately the mountain path was not too difficult to walk, and halfway up they encountered Nan Gongdi and a few others who were leading people to search up the mountain.

Nan Gongdi saw his disciple safe and sound, was about to sigh in relief, but then heard Li Qingluo say: "Master, Luo'er must return to Jingyun Shan Zhuang once more!"

Nan Gongdi:?

What lively event is she going to join again?

Li Qingluo: "Master, I promised this young master; I cannot go back on my word."

Nan Gongdi could only sigh: "Master will accompany you, let's go!"

Nan Gongdi came over, grabbed the nearly unconscious Jingchuan and helped him up; seeing his state, he simply hoisted him onto his back.

The group hurried down the mountain.

"Who is this person?"

Nan Gongdi found carrying him quite easy; it was just strange that this person was so tall yet so light.

Like a feather.

Li Qingluo: "He has deep ties to Jingyun Shan Zhuang."

As for that matter which has not yet been confirmed, Li Qingluo dare not speak recklessly for now.

Nan Gongdi frowned slightly: "If you still insist on personally sending him back, aren't you afraid he'll collude with insiders and outsiders to scheme against you again?"

Li Qingluo: "That possibility does exist."

However…

"As a disciple, I only seek to have a clear conscience."

Upon hearing this, Nan Gongdi laughed "haha": "Good disciple. We won't do anything against our conscience, nor fear trouble; we only seek to have a clear conscience."

"Master today, I finally truly accept you as my closed-door disciple. From now on, follow me and train diligently."

"Wherever Master is in this life, I will surely protect your safety."

Li Qingluo happily knelt on the spot: "Disciple thanks Master for your teachings!"

Jingyun Shan Zhuang.

In the midst of carnage, buildings in the manor caught fire and quickly turned into a sea of flames.

Li Qingluo's group sneaked into Jingyun Shan Zhuang again in the darkness, seeing corpses strewn across the ground and blood staining the earth, their hearts could not help but tremble.

Prince Su took this opportunity to avenge the previous siege by the Lotus Sect; thus tonight, aside from the Night Assassin Sect that Li Qingluo wishes to probe, all else are troops secretly deployed by the court.

As for how these troops came to be, how a prince confined to closed-door reflection could mobilize them, Li Qingluo will not ask, and Duan Rongshi will not say.

To avoid accidental injury, Li Qingluo had no choice but to shake Jingchuan awake.

"Young Master Jingchuan, Young Master Jingchuan?"

Once Jingchuan just came to, Li Qingluo immediately asked: "Where should we go to find your medicine? Speak, and we'll take you there!"

Seeing her indeed bring him back into Jingyun Shan Zhuang again, Jingchuan's eyes filled with shock.

"You... you actually did it..."

"Why?"

He stared at her, bewildered.

They had only met twice; why would she, for someone like him, willingly risk her life to return?

Li Qingluo: "Our meeting counts as fate; I won't just watch you die. Speak quickly, or it'll be too late!"

Flames raged everywhere; if we delay any longer, Li Qingluo fears even any medicine would be burned to nothing.

Jingchuan burst into another fit of violent coughing.

He first glanced around, then pointed in a direction: "Over there, please..."

However, at this moment, frenzied Lotus Sect disciples spotted their trail and lunged at them with knives.

Nan Gongdi waved his hand, and the nearby guards all drew their weapons and charged out.

Deng Mama could not control the nearly hysterical Hudie; seeing her leap out, she hurriedly gave chase.

Nan Gongdi hastily hoisted Jingchuan onto his back again, and together with Li Qingluo the three rushed like a gust of wind toward the place Jingchuan indicated.

However, Jingyun Shan Zhuang is truly too vast.

Along the way, Li Qingluo killed two obstructors and received a few pointers from Nan Gongdi.

When encountering government troops, Li Qingluo's trio could only hurriedly evade.

With difficulty passing a pitch-black courtyard, the extremely weak Jingchuan managed to say: "We... we've arrived..."

Fortunately, the house he pointed to had not yet been reached by the fire.

Just as the three were about to enter the house, a loud shout came from behind: "Who goes there!?"

Li Qingluo and Nan Gongdi quickly turned back.

Seeing a woman brandishing a knife approaching, Nan Gongdi narrowed his eyes.

"Is it her?"

"Master, you do recognize her."

Nan Gongdi coldly curled his lip and set Jingchuan down on the ground.

"Luo'er, hurry and take him inside to get the medicine; I'll handle things here."

The woman saw Jingchuan's complexion change: "What have you done to him? I'll kill you——"

Saying this, the woman angrily lunged forward.

Jingchuan could not utter a word, only able to weakly shake his head.

"Don't... hurt her..."

Li Qingluo glanced at the woman, then at Jingchuan.

Both showed each other very urgent concern.

If you claim they don't know each other, you must be blind.

Strangely, Li Qingluo shouted, "Zheng Wanshou!"

The woman quickly lifted her head, her sharp, fierce gaze glaring at her.

It really is her!?

Li Chao Jing's missing Aunt Zheng!

In the faint moonlight, Li Qingluo could see she was indeed beautiful; although now a middle-aged woman, she still could not hide the remnants of her youthful beauty.

So, could this Young Master Jingchuan really be……

Moreover, the more Li Qingluo looked at his face, the more she felt he resembled Zheng Lingzhou somewhat.

Could he really be her half-brother born of a different mother?

The male twin infant who almost died at birth at the hands of his own mother!?

Li Qingluo's heart pounded wildly as she watched his face grow paler, his breath seeming to weaken; despite her struggle, she first helped Li Jingchuan up from the ground, then hurried inside.

Inside, she rummaged through boxes and cabinets, finally finding a pile of medicine bottles.

She brought them all over and asked Li Jingchuan, "Which one? Which one can save your life?"

But Li Jingchuan had already lost consciousness and could not be awakened no matter what.

Li Qingluo could only shout loudly: "Master, stop fighting! Quickly let that woman in to save him!"

Nan Gongdi and Zheng Wanshou burst into the house.

Nan Gongdi's martial arts were naturally far superior to Zheng Wanshou's.

Today she had no followers beside her, so she had long been completely suppressed by Nan Gongdi, unable to fight back.

Seeing this, Li Qingluo hurriedly shouted: "Stop fighting first—he's about to die! Which bottle of medicine should he take?!!"

"No! Xiao Chuan——"

In desperation, Zheng Wanshou took a blow from Nan Gongdi, then finally found a chance to escape, clutching her wound as she lunged over.

"Which one?"

Li Qingluo pushed the scattered bottles aside, and Zheng Wanshou, even more anxious, immediately began rummaging through them.

"This, this one, and that one, these, all……"

Zheng Wanshou's voice was full of sobs.

Li Qingluo hurriedly opened nearly ten medicine bottles one by one.

Then she poured them all into her hand and fed them to Li Jingchuan pill by pill.

"Water!"

Li Qingluo shouted loudly, and Nan Gongdi quickly handed over the water kettle.

Li Qingluo no longer cared about propriety, directly pouring the water from the kettle into Li Jingchuan's mouth.

"Swallow it, hear me? I want to save you—you're not allowed to die!"

"Otherwise, wouldn't all this be for nothing?"

"I finally made up my mind with great effort—don't make me regret it!"

"Did you hear me? Young Master Jingchuan, Young Master Jingchuan?"

In Li Qingluo's incessant chatter, Zheng Wanshou trembled so much she couldn't utter a word, only able to keep turning her head to glance at her.

Finally, Li Jingchuan swallowed the medicine.

And his breathing and pulse gradually steadied as well.

Only then did Li Qingluo breathe a sigh of relief, when fighting outside had already reached them.

Nan Gongdi: "Luo'er, it's time to go."

Li Qingluo looked at Zheng Wanshou, then rose to her feet in silence.

"Let's go."

She knew Zheng Wanshou could no longer stop her, so she left with Nan Gongdi decisively.

However, before they had even reached the door, Zheng Wanshou loudly called out to her: "Stop!"

"Since you've saved him, why not go all the way?"

"Take him with you as well!"

Li Qingluo: "Take him? What else do you want to do?"

"Zheng Wanshou, you already know who I am, right? I also know your identity—do you dare let him go with me?"

"And what else do you and Zheng Lingzhou want to scheme against me?"

"And who exactly is he?"

Li Qingluo pointed at Li Jingchuan and loudly questioned.

Zheng Wanshou: "He's nobody. Just some unlucky fool that I and Ah Ling captured and brought back."

"He has something we're after, so we imprisoned him."

"If you don't believe me, wait until he wakes up and ask him yourself!"

"Nobody?"

Li Qingluo naturally didn't believe it.

However, someone outside had already noticed someone in the house; Zheng Wanshou rushed out with a knife: "Do as you please! Let him keep lying here waiting to die, or save him thoroughly—either way, I won't care about his life or death anymore!"

After saying that, she disappeared into the crowd, killing any officials she saw.

Li Qingluo made no decision, but suddenly another plan came to mind.

She looked at Nan Gongdi: "Master, I have a request for you."

Nan Gongdi's brow twitched, and he knew this disciple had been scheming all day.

"He said."

Li Qingluo smiled: "My disciple wishes to ask Master for help to seize her and bring her back. Also, for now, do not harm her life."

Nan Gongdi: "What's so difficult about that?"

As long as it's not asking him to pluck the moon, this isn't that difficult, is it?

After saying that, Nan Gongdi rushed out again.

Li Qingluo watched as her master blended into the crowd, quickly locating Zheng Wanxiu, who was wreaking havoc in all directions, and soon they became entangled in combat again.

She also walked out the doorway, looked toward the darkness, and whistled.

Soon, three dark figures who had heard the sound and come from nearby silently landed before her.

Li Qingluo pulled out the Night Slayer Sect master's jade pendant, flashing it before their eyes.

"Do you all recognize this?"

The three dark figures exchanged a glance, then quickly all knelt down.

"Subordinates, greet the sect master!"

Li Qingluo gave a slight smile: "Very good."

This Night Slayer Sect is really useful.

However, relying solely on a jade pendant to recognize a master—if the pendant were lost later, wouldn't that mean one could simply turn around and be pointed at to be killed?

Li Qingluo set this question aside for now and immediately gave the three an order: "Take the sect master and withdraw from here at once!"

Regardless of how fierce the battle at Jingyun Shan Zhuang tonight, Li Qingluo, under the guidance of her three new subordinates, swiftly withdrew together with Li Jingchuan.

Looking back, the manor was still ablaze, with fighting everywhere.

Upon reaching a relatively safe forest edge, Li Qingluo had the Night Slayer Sect assassins first lay Li Jingchuan on the ground, then went to meet up with Deng Mama and Nan Gongdi.

The three dark figures then swiftly vanished into the night.

Li Qingluo had just wanted to sit down and rest when suddenly a melody drifted from the woods behind her...