It was pitch black at the rockery.
Bailing walked out of the door and immediately tiptoed over.
“Snap! Snap! Snap!”
Unexpectedly, as soon as I got closer, I suddenly heard a strange popping sound from inside.
The lark immediately opened its eyes wide, pricked up its ears, and moved closer quickly.
She stuck to the rock, crouched, and walked lightly, like a thief, slowly walking towards the innermost part of the rockery.
When she came behind a large rock, she immediately held on to the rock, leaned her body sideways, quietly stuck her head out, and looked into the cave inside.
But it was pitch black inside and I couldn't see anything.
Moreover, the sound disappeared.
As she tilted her head in confusion, another head suddenly popped out from behind her, lined up with hers, followed her gaze and looked inside, saying, "What are you looking at?"
Bailing's body suddenly stiffened, and she slowly turned her head and opened her eyes wide.
"ah!"
She screamed and turned to run away, but at this moment, a pair of arms suddenly stretched out from behind her, picked her up, and walked towards the dark cave in front, saying, "Let's go in and take a look."
Bai Ling begged for mercy in a hurry: "Aunt...Uncle, spare my life..."
Luo Qingzhou carried her into the cave, pressed her against the wall, and said, "Tell me what you want to see, and I'll show it to you."
Bai Ling immediately cried, "Uncle, I... I don't want to watch anymore, I want to go home..."
Luo Qingzhou said: "Go home? Why go home? Isn't it nice to have my son-in-law accompany me?"
Bai Ling whimpered, "Son-in-law, Xiao Bai Ling was wrong, please spare my life..."
Luo Qingzhou rubbed her delicate face and said, "What's wrong?"
Bai Ling looked pitiful and said, "Little Bai Ling shouldn't... shouldn't laugh at my son-in-law being a little donkey... Woo woo..."
Luo Qingzhou pinched her tender face and said, "It's okay, I don't blame you. But how about you let me ride on your donkey for a while?"
"No... don't..."
"You don't want to be a donkey? How about a horse? Being a horse is fine too."
"Woo, uncle, I'll go and ask Chanchan to be your donkey or horse, okay?"
"That won't work. My uncle wants you to be the master tonight."
"Uncle, spare my life..."
Luo Qingzhou didn't bother to talk to her anymore. He just turned her body in a different direction and pushed her to lie on the rock in front of him. He said, "Lie down, I'll ride on you and sing a song for you, and then I'll let you go back."
Then he stroked her hair and said, "It seems like there's something missing, the reins..."
Bailing lay there, with her slender waist bent and her hips raised, whimpering, "Son-in-law, I'm weak and will get hurt if you ride me..."
Luo Qingzhou tied her hair with a rope and said, "No, Master will be gentler."
"Woo..."
Luo Qingzhou had just helped her tie her ponytail when he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the cave entrance.
Xia Chan held the sword and stood there silently.
Bai Ling seemed to have suddenly seen a savior, and immediately cried out in a crying voice: "Chanchan, help me, my uncle wants to ride me! Wuuwu..."
Luo Qingzhou didn't press her, but she still raised her hips and lay there pretending to be ridden.
Luo Qingzhou froze for a moment, then immediately took off the rope that tied the ponytail and put it into his sleeve. Then he slapped her on the buttocks with a "slap" sound and shouted in a low voice: "Get up!"
Bailing was startled and stood up immediately, holding her buttocks and whimpering: "Son-in-law, you...how could you hit me there..."
Luo Qingzhou ignored her and walked towards the cave entrance.
Xia Chan immediately turned around and left quickly.
"Chanchan, wait, my uncle has something to tell you."
Luo Qingzhou immediately chased after him.
But Xia Chan quickly ran into Lingchan Moon Palace and closed the gate.
Luo Qingzhou stopped outside the door and wanted to knock, but was afraid of being seen by Miss Qin, so he gave up.
He stood at the door for a while, and Bailing came over from behind, holding her buttocks and pouting, and said angrily: "Son-in-law, you hurt me so much..."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her and said, "It's okay, come here, I'll rub it for you."
When Bai Ling heard this, she immediately ran away again and hid behind a big tree not far away. She poked her little head out to look at him and whined, "Stinky son-in-law, bad son-in-law, lecherous son-in-law, always trying to bully me, humph!"
Seeing that it was getting late, Luo Qingzhou thought of important matters tonight, so he stopped teasing her and waved his hand, saying, "Uncle is going back. Remember to tie the reins and wait for him tomorrow night."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, blinking her big eyes and asked, "Sir, what reins?"
Luo Qingzhou ignored her and walked away quickly.
Bai Ling stayed there for a while, then pouted and muttered, "Bad son-in-law, I don't want to be a horse, but you are almost my horse, humph!"
After saying that, he hummed "Little Donkey" and jumped back to Lingchan Moon Palace.
When Luo Qingzhou returned to Meixiang Garden, Xiaodie hurried over and whispered to him, "Sir, Sister Zhu'er is taking a bath in the room. She is crying while taking a bath, saying that you are going to bully her tonight."
Luo Qingzhou glanced at the room over there and said, "Go tell her that I have something to do tonight, and I will bully her tomorrow night."
Xiaodie pouted and said, "Sir, why do you always deliberately scare Sister Zhu'er?"
"Who made her so talkative?"
Luo Qingzhou pinched her delicate face and said, "Xiao Die, if you talk too much next time, I will..."
Xiaodie immediately opened her eyes wide and looked at him expectantly.
"Go back to your room and rest!"
Luo Qingzhou stopped teasing her, rubbed her little head, and went into his room.
In the room, Miss Qin II, dressed in a plain white dress, was sitting on the couch, reading a book quietly. She looked so frail and weak that it made people feel pity and distressed.
Thinking of her illness, Luo Qingzhou couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He walked over and held her hand and said, "It's very cold by the river. Are you coughing again?"
Miss Qin shook her head and said softly, "Wei Mo thinks it's nice here. The sun shines from morning to night."
Luo Qingzhou sat with her, holding her in his arms, and said, "I have to think of a way to replace the Xuantian Jade Girl Tree in Prince Duan's Mansion. Otherwise, I have to go there once a month, which is very troublesome. And now, maybe we have become wanted criminals, and then we may not even be able to enter Prince Duan's Mansion."
Miss Qin sighed softly and said, "That Xuantian Jade Girl Tree should be very valuable, right?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "No matter how valuable it is, I have a way to get it, don't worry."
The two of them snuggled together and were quiet for a while.
Miss Qin Er asked, "Did you go to see your sister just now?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "I saw her, and I have already apologized to the young lady, and she even asked me to sing a song."
Miss Qin Er was surprised when she heard this: "Sing? My sister asked you to sing for her?"
Luo Qingzhou sighed, "I'm not singing for her alone, I'm singing for three people, and being laughed at by them while singing."
Miss Qin Er laughed and said, "Brother Qingzhou, tell me quickly, what song is it? Sing it for Weimo to hear."
Luo Qingzhou gave her a meaningful look and said, "Do you really want to listen?"
Miss Qin nodded and said, "I want to listen!"
Luo Qingzhou coughed and was about to speak when there was a sudden "boom" in the darkness outside, like the sound of a fist exploding!
His face changed, and he immediately stood up and said, "Second Miss, stay in your room, don't go out!"
After saying that, he immediately ran out of the room.
At this time, Zhu'er, Qiu'er, and Xiaodie all ran over and stood beside Miss Qin Er.
Luo Qingzhou left the Meixiang Garden and walked quickly towards the gate.
When he reached the front yard, Qin Wenzheng hurried over from the corridor beside him, glanced at him, and was about to ask him to go back to his room, but suddenly swallowed his words and looked at him and said, "It sounds like the sound of boxing."
Luo Qingzhou asked: "Second brother is practicing boxing?"
The two walked outside together.
Qin Wenzheng said in a deep voice: "Impossible. If that kid really dares to practice boxing like this in the middle of the night, he won't be able to come back today."
The two of them went out and walked towards the river in tacit understanding.
Under the moonlight, the river sparkles.
The water surface near the river bank was spreading with waves, and it was obvious that the sound just now came from there.
The two walked forward for a distance, then suddenly stopped at the same time, turned around and looked towards the house.
Luo Qingzhou paused and said, "It's okay, Xia Chan is in the room. And, is Bai Ling here?"
Qin Wenzheng glanced at him and said, "Bai Ling is very powerful?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "I don't know, anyway, she always bullies Xia Chan."
Qin Wenzheng's eyes flashed, he nodded and said, "It seems to be really powerful."
The two continued walking towards the river.
After a moment of silence, Luo Qingzhou suddenly asked again: "Father-in-law, has the young lady never practiced martial arts?"
Qin Wenzheng was stunned for a moment, looked at him and said, "Of course not, how could Jianjia practice martial arts?"
Luo Qingzhou looked at him and said, "What did she go through during those years when she was missing? Why did Xia Chan and Bai Ling follow her so devotedly and would rather be her maids?"
Qin Wen Zheng was silent for a moment, and then said, "We asked, but she didn't say anything, and then we didn't dare to ask again. I heard from Wei Mo that Jian Jia once saved Xia Chan. As for Bai Ling, I don't know."
Luo Qingzhou looked towards the river and said nothing more.
Qin Wenzheng looked at him and said, "Qingzhou, what are you doubting?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "I always feel that the eldest lady is a little mysterious, maybe because of Xia Chan and Bai Ling, of course, the eldest lady is too beautiful, and her temperament... is not like that of an ordinary person. I always feel in front of her... I don't know if it's because of the psychological trauma I had when I first married into the family, but every time I see her, I'm afraid of her..."
Qin Wenzheng narrowed his eyes, stared at him and asked, "Why, do you regret it?"
Luo Qingzhou froze for a moment, and said, "No, father-in-law, please don't misunderstand me. I only respect the young lady, and I don't have any other thoughts."
Qin Wen Zheng looked at him again and said nothing more.
Luo Qingzhou also fell silent.
The two came to the riverside.
Qin Chuan stood by the river, clenching his fists and staring at the deep river water under the moonlight with a vigilant look on his face.
Qin Wenzheng came to his side, looked at the river, and asked, "What's going on?"
Qin Chuan said solemnly, "Dad, there is a monster in the Yunwu River. When I was exploring nearby just now, I suddenly smelled a monster, and then I saw a person sitting on a small boat here. When I came over, the person on the boat suddenly disappeared, and a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the water. I punched it... but the black shadow disappeared."
Luo Qingzhou walked to the other side of him and looked at the river.
Qin Chuan turned his head to look at him, then immediately grabbed his arm and pulled him to the back, and said nervously: "Qing Zhou, what are you doing here? There are monsters in the water, be careful or they will catch you and eat you! Go back quickly."
Luo Qingzhou said: "Brother, are you seeing things? This Yunwu River is right at the foot of Lingxiao Sect's mountain. How could there be a monster? If there really is a monster, it might be a good one. Otherwise, how could the people of Lingxiao Sect let that monster stay here?"
Qin Chuan said solemnly, "Maybe because we just arrived not long ago, the people of Lingxiao Sect don't know yet. Anyway, I just saw it with my own eyes. Even if it's not a monster, it should not be a good thing. Qingzhou, you should go back quickly. Daddy and I are here. You should go back and accompany Weimo."
At this time, Qin Wenzheng on the side said: "Chuan'er, the monster didn't come ashore, right? Did it attack you actively?"
Qin Chuan said: "No, it ran away when the child came over."
Qin Wenzheng pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's go back first. You don't know the other party's strength, nor do you know how many of them there are. What's the point of staying here? What if the other party has no ill intentions? Why would you offend them?"
Qin Chuan said: "But the monster is right next to our house. If we don't find out, I won't feel at ease."
Qin Wenzheng looked at the river surface which had returned to calm, frowned and said, "Indeed."
Luo Qingzhou suddenly said, "Father-in-law, Second Brother, let's go back first. I will tell my friend about this tomorrow. He is from the Lingxiao Sect and will naturally come to solve it."
Qin Chuan turned his head and looked at him and said, "Qingzhou, is your friend Chu Feiyang?"
Luo Qingzhou nodded and said, "Yes."
Qin Chuan looked at him, as if he wanted to ask something. Qin Wenzheng said, "Let's go back. There are wild beasts in the back mountain. If the three of us men come out, it won't be safe for them to stay at home."
Qin Chuan heard it and immediately said, "Yes, don't fall for that monster's trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain. Daddy, Qingzhou, I'll go first!"
After saying that, his figure flashed and disappeared, as if showing off his speed.
Qin Wenzheng's eyes flickered, and he turned to look at the young man beside him and said, "Qingzhou, what do you think of your second brother's strength?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "Very powerful, one punch should be able to kill a tiger."
Qin Wenzheng smiled and said, "It's more than one tiger. Even if there are ten tigers, it's no problem."
Then he laughed and asked, "How many tigers can you kill?"
Luo Qingzhou thought about it carefully and said, "Five at most."
Qin Wenzheng's expression froze, and he said, "Oh?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "Five half-month-old cubs should be no problem. If they are one month old, it may be a bit difficult, after all, two fists cannot beat four hands."
Qin Wen Zheng froze for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.
Luo Qingzhou also laughed, and suddenly turned his head to look at the river behind him, and asked: "Long'er, how many tigers can you kill?"
After hearing this, Qin Wen Zheng was stunned for a moment, then startled and turned around abruptly to look.
The small boat moored by the river was empty just now, but at this moment, a figure appeared silently.
She was wearing a water green dress, her body was sparkling, she had a slim figure, a pretty face, a red dot between her eyebrows, and an odd and mysterious aura. She was actually the girl named Long'er.
Long Er laughed and said, "Sir, Long Er can kill all the tigers in the Yunwu Mountains."
Qin Wen Zheng froze in place, a look of confusion and uncertainty on his face.
Luo Qingzhou introduced: "Father-in-law, her name is Long'er. She is the master of this river and the dragon god who protects us. Of course, she is also the sister of my friend..."