Chapter 348

The people detained for mistakes in the Prince Su's mansion are located behind a bamboo grove.

There are two rows of houses.

Each small room is filled with torture instruments.

Zhui Yu rubbed their buttocks and said, "I'm an old hand here; luckily each time I only get a beating, hehe."

He is impulsive and sometimes unreliable.

Fortunately, Your Highness never dislikes him; each time it's just a minor punishment serving as a warning.

Frankly, he can keep his position as one of the four chief guards beside Prince Su only because of old ties.

Now that Sha Lei is dead, it's impossible to say he feels no sorrow at all.

But he doesn't worry that it will happen to him.

Because Your Highness absolutely still trusts those three, believing they are wholly loyal to him.

Elder Wu let out a cold snort: "Not ashamed, but rather proud."

Just now, why didn't Your Highness mention him?

Boo-hoo, he's actually been by Your Highness's side for several years!

Partial Your Highness, he knows he hasn't yet entered Your Highness's heart… boo-hoo!

Elder Wu is filled with resentment.

Zhui Yu: "What do you want? Hit me, hit me!"

Elder Wu flicked his whisk and rolled his eyes: "Childish!"

"Just watch, I won't beat you to death—"

The two jumped around behind them, completely unrestrained.

Duan Rongshi also ignored them.

Li Qingluo listened ahead and found it amusing.

Unexpectedly, she thought the Prince Su's mansion would be dead and gloomy, but it actually has some liveliness.

No wonder, he still has someone like Zhui Yu with such a personality by his side.

Li Qingluo several times tried to quietly pull her hand free, but Duan Rongshi kept gripping it tightly.

This is the Prince Su's mansion; where did she think she could hide?

Yesterday at her Xiuli Jiangjun Fu, did he really think he hadn't noticed her intention to retreat?

There's no time now; once he restores her current appearance, let's see how he'll properly deal with her!

Duan Rongshi lowered his head several times, giving Li Qingluo a warning look; she was truly helpless, so she could only let him keep holding her hand, walking all the way to the end, where Elder Wu and Zhui Yu finally fell silent in unison.

The end is a small courtyard.

Qin Ling and Li Yunchu are both detained in this courtyard.

Zhui Yu's expression suddenly turned grim: "Po Feng is still inside; otherwise this old thing would have had it easy!"

Po Feng was bitten by a flower poisonous snake.

At that time he grabbed Qin Ling, letting the bitter purslane run; because of that he only took a few steps before collapsing to the ground.

His face turned purple, he vomited white foam, and he nearly died on the spot.

Qin Ling is crafty; seeing he couldn't escape, he quickly said, "I can save his life, sirs; please let this commoner save him!"

Qin Ling gave Po Feng a pill, then drew a knife and cut open the flesh on Po Feng's leg where the snake had bitten, letting the poisoned blood drain out; only then did Po Feng's complexion improve somewhat.

However, he still couldn't revive him that quickly.

The other guards who had followed quickly escorted them back to the Prince Su's mansion.

Po Feng was thus temporarily settled here.

Now, not only Qin Ling, but also Divine Physician Luo and Doctor Du, along with the other famed physicians throughout the mansion, are still researching in this courtyard, unable to fully pull Po Feng back from the gates of death.

He doesn't even know the name of that snake, Qin Ling says.

But now that they're back in Jinling, they no longer need him.

He and Li Yunchu crouched together in a corner, whispering.

Li Yunchu: "Husband, will we be all right?"

Qin Ling: "What's there to fear? Although this is the Prince Su's mansion, Prince Su is still the princess's cousin; could he really kill us?"

Li Yunchu: "But… but Li Qingluo that lass… I really fear it's her."

"You don't know how vicious she was when she dragged me and Zhu'er out; she sliced my mother's hair off with a knife."

"Afterward, she quietly made me take a beating… this lass's methods are vicious!"

"If we had known, we wouldn't have let the tiger return to the mountains; for my second and third brothers, if they truly lost their lives, it wouldn't be worth it…"

Qin Ling: "She, she's just a village girl returning from the mountains; could she really stir up trouble in the Prince Su's mansion?"

"It's not that I look down on her; I always feel our arrest this time has nothing to do with her."

"Just think, she's lost her face, her voice is now like that; even if she returns to Jinling, who would still recognize her?"

"Just based on her mouth, do you really think people would believe what she says?"

"She'd probably get beaten to death first!"

"Moreover, even if we wanted to save your two brothers, we don't know how much effort it would take; these seven days have already been enough of a hassle for her—where would she find the time to straighten out her own identity?"

"Don't go scaring yourself first."

Li Yunchu nodded, yet still felt uneasy.

"Why would Prince Su's Highness arrest us?"

Qin Ling: "This… how would I know?"

"In any case, it definitely couldn't be Li Qingluo! Unless she no longer wants her original beautiful face."

And still…

Li Qingluo: "What else? Why don't Doctor Qin say a bit more? I, this young lady, would also like to hear."

Li Qingluo suddenly also squatted down beside them, frightening Li Yunchu and Qin Ling into a simultaneous scream: "Ah——!!"

They both fell to the ground, and upon seeing her appear, their faces instantly drained of color.

Li Qingluo gave a cold smile.

Ignoring their faces full of disbelief, she raised a finger, and the two assassins who had followed her stepped forward and directly took Li Yunchu away.

Li Yunchu trembled all over from fright, unable to even let out a startled cry, only able to utter "ah ah" twice, then looked at Qin Ling: "Save… save me… husband——"

Yunniang!

Yunniang——

Qin Ling shouted and lunged forward, but Zhui Yu kicked him away with one foot.

"You scoundrel! Is this the good deed you did?"

"You still dare to impersonate the young lady's parents—what kind of thing are you!"

"Today I, Zhui Yu the young master, will show you how to deal with you, you beast!"

Zhui Yu raised his hand and gave Qin Ling a brutal beating first.

Qin Ling's miserable scream frightened Li Yunchu, who had just been dragged out of the courtyard, so much that her eyes rolled back and she fainted while still being dragged.

Qin Ling, with a bruised nose and swollen face, was also lifted and dumped in the middle of the courtyard.

Luo Shenyi just came out, wiping his bloody hands.

Seeing Qin Ling in that state, he let out a "yi": "Indeed, you deserve a beating. You shouldn't have messed with anyone, but you dared to touch our Luo'er's head! I'll kick you twice!"

The usually refined Luo Shenyi, thinking of how Xiuzhen had suffered these days from worry and anxiety, felt his anger well up from nowhere, stepped forward and actually gave Qin Ling a few kicks.

"Being beaten to death like this is totally deserved!"

Qin Ling looked at the handsome young man with a head of white hair, unknown real age, and angrily shouted: "Who are you?! What gives you the right to also kick me twice?!"

Luo Fan: "It's been years since we left the sect, and you don't even recognize your senior brother?"

"Qin Ling, you and your master haven't been lacking in doing evil deeds aiding the tyrant these years, have you? Since I, Luo Fan, have encountered you today, both publicly and privately, cleaning up the sect is appropriate."

Qin Ling took a close look and realized: this isn't the favorite disciple of the sect head's uncle?

How could it be him?

His face instantly turned pale.

"Luo Fan, it's really you?"

"I, my master has already passed away many years ago, don't drag me into false accusations! Besides, what evil deeds aiding the tyrant have I done?"

"Also stop using the tiger's might to act big here; I and my master have long left the sect, you can't control me!"

Luo Shenyi stared at him with a cold expression, having nothing more to say.

Li Qingluo then walked over to him: "That day under the pagoda tree at the west city gate, that girl—was she killed by you?"

Qin Ling shouted: "Of course not me!"

"I am after all a doctor, I have saved countless lives these years; why would I kill a girl? What harm could she do to me?"

Li Qingluo: "Then you also know who it is!"

Qin Ling closed his mouth and said nothing.

Li Qingluo knew that pressing him now would yield nothing.

So she temporarily ignored him and instead looked toward Luo Shenyi.

"Grandfather Luo, how is Po Feng?"

Duan Rongshi had just gone in to check on Po Feng.

Behind him, Doctor Du walked out.

Doctor Du was sweating profusely, yet a faint smile appeared on his face.

"It's still Luo Shenyi's superb medical skill; just now he let Po Feng's guard release the heart's blood, and now the person's complexion has fully returned."

Zhui Yu and Elder Wu were so happy they almost jumped up.

Leng Dian, as soon as he returned, rushed into Po Feng's room, so he's still inside now.

Luo Shenyi: "Your Highness Prince Su, Luo'er, rest assured; with me here, the Po Feng guard won't be able to leave even if he wants to."

Hearing that Po Feng had escaped death and was no longer in mortal danger, everyone's faces looked much better.

When the gaze turned to Qin Ling again, his whole body tensed.

Could it be that it's his turn now?

Qin Ling was also taken away and locked in another cell not far from where Li Yunchu was held.

After everyone had finished breakfast, Li Qingluo then went to see Li Yunchu again.

Zhui Yu and Elder Wu hurriedly followed to watch the commotion.

Duan Rongshi, who was supposed to assign them other important tasks: ……

Li Yunchu, seeing her come, was frightened and scrambled under the table with a gurgling sound.

"Don't, don't cut my hair, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong."

"Luo'er, I dare not scheme against you anymore, please spare me……"

She was truly afraid.

He also fully understood Li Qingluo's methods, knowing she was someone he could never scheme against or retaliate against no matter what.

Moreover, this time it wasn't her who actively wanted to catch her!

Wuwu……

Li Qingluo, who hadn't said anything yet: ……

She never imagined that she had once left such a big shadow on Li Yunchu.

However, perhaps this demeanor is merely an act she put on; her sinister cunning—Li Qingluo has never underestimated it.

She walked over, bent down, grabbed Li Yunchu in one hand, and dragged her out bodily.

Old Wu: "Hey! Miss, you've got quite the strength!"

Zhui Yu: "That's right! Being Jinling's strongest woman is no exaggeration."

Their tone held no mockery.

Instead, they were full of pride and a hint of excitement.

Just like two door gods, each standing on one side of the doorway, they squeezed Li Qingluo's own guards out of the way.

Duan Rongshi, who was listening to the aides speak not far away, thought the two were utterly embarrassing and an eyesore.

Li Qingluo seized Li Yunchu's collar and hoisted her up: "Those two days you hit me—you weren't going all out, were you?"

"Now why are you afraid?"