Cypress Boat Floating

Chapter 154 Meeting

There was silence all around, and there were many guards patrolling the streets. This was where dignitaries lived, so public security here was particularly important, so the number of patrol soldiers sent here would only be more, not less.

Ye Jianqing had finally managed to sneak out of Prince Xian's Mansion to the National Master's Mansion that Lu Ci Qiu had mentioned to her. Her current external identity was that of a person who was about to die, so she dressed herself up before going out, avoided everyone, and sneaked out.

She stopped in front of the gate of the Imperial Master's Mansion. The night enveloped the entire mansion. The plaque above the gate was blocked by the eaves, and the words on it could not be seen at all. If an unfamiliar person came here, they would probably have no idea who this mansion belonged to.

The two lanterns in front of the doors of all the mansions in the surrounding area, no matter whether the status was higher than that of the Imperial Master, were still lit, at least allowing people to clearly see which household it was. However, the Imperial Master's mansion had long since extinguished the lanterns, closed the door, and ignored everyone, and there was no light at all coming out of the mansion.

Ye Jianqing swallowed her saliva. This place didn't feel like the Imperial Master's Residence but more like a haunted house. Although she was not afraid of ghosts, she felt that it was unnecessary to break into a haunted house alone in the middle of the night.

But she couldn't come in broad daylight. If someone found out that she, who had claimed to be dying, was alive and kicking on the street and coming to the Imperial Master's Mansion, her plan would be ruined.

Looking at the dark mansion, she thought over and over again and sighed deeply. In the end, there was nothing she could do. She could only hold the skylark in her hand for self-defense and go around to the side of the Imperial Master's Mansion to see if there was any wall that was not too high for her to climb over. After all, she didn't expect that someone would come to open the door for her if she knocked, so she preferred to be self-reliant and find a way to get into the house by herself.

The walls around the Imperial Master's Mansion were not that high. At least Ye Jianqing could climb over them quickly. After this period of training, her body had almost recovered to its original state. Now climbing over the wall was really a piece of cake for her.

She deliberately chose a wall without any obstruction, and heard the patrolling guards getting closer. Without thinking, she pushed herself against the wall with both hands and jumped down. Fortunately, there was nothing on this side, and the ground was just ordinary mud, which easily relieved her strength to jump down.

It was quiet here. Ye Jianqing could see the hall in the middle. On the left side of the hall there was a big tree. The lush branches and leaves of the tree blocked the moonlight that could barely illuminate the sky. Even Ye Jianqing could not see clearly what was under the tree when he stood there.

Ye Jianqing stopped here, and for a moment she didn't know where to go to find the Imperial Master. She had arrived at the Imperial Master's Mansion, but which house did the Imperial Master live in? She had no idea.

"You're so slow~"

Just when she was confused, a voice suddenly came from under the tree and scared her. She subconsciously grabbed the skylark with her backhand and got into a fighting posture.

It was the voice that guided her, Ye Jianqing recognized it.

"Come over if you're here. Aren't you here to see me?" the voice was inviting her over.

Ye Jianqing stared at the front. The other party obviously knew that he would come and was waiting for him there on purpose. Could that person be the imperial teacher?

Ye Jianqing didn't dare to let her guard down. She didn't know who the other person was, nor did she know whether he was a good person or a bad person or what he would do. She came here to find an answer, not to risk her life.

She never spoke a word, but walked cautiously towards the tree. She was afraid that someone might suddenly rush out and take her down, so the short few steps seemed like a long way to her.

After finally walking under the tree, she could see the scene in front of her clearly in the moonlight.

An old man with white hair was lying on a chaise longue with another one next to him. The old man was swaying back and forth, looking very leisurely.

"Are you the imperial teacher?" Ye Jianqing asked, but she kept her hands behind her back, ready at any time.

"Don't be so nervous, there are only you and me here." The Imperial Master smiled. He saw through Ye Jianqing's guard and tried to persuade her to relax a little: "I just called you here to chat with you. If I wanted to kill you, you would have died long ago."

Ye Jianqing pursed her lips tightly. She felt that there was indeed no danger around her. She was also sure that there was no ambush around as she had just walked along the way.

She put the skylark away and did not sit down. Instead, she stood and looked down at the Imperial Master and asked, "Why did you ask me to come to you?"

"Didn't I just tell you that I came here to chat with you?" The national teacher had an innocent look on his face. The palm-leaf fan in his hand never stopped, fanning himself gently. The weather has been getting hotter recently, and it has entered the dog days of summer.

"Don't be so nervous. Sit down and watch the moon with me." The National Master patted the chair next to him and motioned Ye Jianqing to sit down.

Ye Jianqing looked at him. Although he didn't know what he was going to do, his few words did make Ye Jianqing let down his guard a little. Come to think of it, he had already entered the other party's mansion. If he really wanted to harm him, wouldn't it be a piece of cake?

So she sat down as he instructed, leaning back on the chaise longue and looking up at the sky like the imperial teacher.

"Just say whatever you want to say." As Ye Jianqing's breathing gradually slowed down, his body gradually relaxed and was no longer so tense, the National Master spoke.

"What's the matter with stealing lives?" Ye Jianqing asked. She wanted to find out who was trying to harm her. She would not be able to rest in peace until she found the murderer.

"Why don't you think about who you have offended?" The national teacher did not answer her directly, but guided her to slowly find the answer herself.

"House of God." Ye Jianqing said without thinking.

The Imperial Master leaned back in his chair, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Don't you know all this?"

"Then why did you ask me to come to you?" Ye Jianqing naturally knew who she had provoked, but Shenwu was not just one person. Behind him was the Shenling Cult. What she wanted was the entire Shenling Cult.

"Do you know why your life was stolen?" asked the national teacher.

Ye Jianqing shook her head honestly. What she learned from Lu Ci Qiu was that stealing lives was an extremely complicated matter. They might have arranged it long ago, so they deliberately led her to the theater that day and also deliberately let the man fight with her so as to get blood from her.

"Your fate is special. You don't belong here, but you came here anyway."

The shaking chair stopped, and Ye Jianqing pulled the skylark out of his sleeve and held it in his hand. His body, which had relaxed a little, tensed up again, and he rushed towards the national teacher with a bit of murderous intent.

"Don't be so nervous." The national teacher seemed unaware of it. He was still walking calmly with a smile on his face.

This sentence was too devastating to Ye Jianqing. After all, the only two people who knew that she did not belong to this world were herself and Jiang Wanyin. Jiang Wanyin herself was a time traveler, and she did not know the Imperial Master, so she would definitely not tell everything to others.

Then this national teacher is very suspicious.

Ye Jianqing knew that ancient people were quite good at observing the sky at night, but she couldn't have figured out that she was from the modern era. She didn't believe that the national teacher had this ability.

"What do you want to say?" Ye Jianqing assured that if the national teacher said something wrong, then her knife would definitely appear on his neck.

"I want to make a deal with you." said the national teacher.

"What deal?" Ye Jianqing didn't think that she had anything to trade with the Imperial Master. She had no money and only her life, so he couldn't take her life.

"Do you know the guy named Arnold in the Heavenly Prison?" the Imperial Master said again.

This time Ye Jianqing did not answer. She didn't know what the national master was planning, but she didn't want to drag Arnold into it.

"I want you to protect Daan."

Ye Jianqing looked at the National Master in shock. Why did the National Master feel that he had the ability to protect Da'an? And the requirements for protecting Da'an were too high. She didn't think she could do it. This kind of thing should be done by others. She didn't have this ability.

"Why?"

"Da'an will face a disaster in the next few years. This disaster concerns its national destiny, and you happen to be the solution to this disaster. As long as you promise me, I can unconditionally agree to your three requests." Since it was a matter of national affairs, the national teacher also sat up straight and looked at her sincerely.

"How can a little girl like me interfere with the world's affairs? The decline and rise of each era has its own reasons. I can't interfere."

"No, Da'an is not destined to die, otherwise why would God arrange for you two?" The Imperial Master's words were mysterious, but Ye Jianqing, who was involved in the situation, knew them all. However, she didn't want the Imperial Master to know that she knew them, so she had to pretend that she didn't know.

"Two of us?"

"You and the Eighth Prince are closely related to the fate of Da'an. If you live, Da'an lives. If you die, Da'an dies." The words of the national master hit Ye Jianqing one by one. The weight of each word was too heavy for Ye Jianqing to bear.

"We can't live forever."

"As long as you can live past the age of nineteen, Daan can be born."

Ye Jianqing was shocked. Nineteen years old... She had never lived past the age of nineteen in her previous life, nor in the several times she was reborn.

So what the Imperial Master meant was that before she was nineteen, his and Lu Ci Qiu's lives were linked to Da An's? This was a very serious problem, a very serious matter, and she couldn't bear it. She didn't understand why her life was linked to Da An's.

"How long do you want me to protect Da'an?"

"lifelong!"

"It's not enough to exchange her entire life for only three requests." Ye Jianqing smiled bitterly. It would be too much of a waste to exchange her entire life for three requests.

"What do you want?" asked the national teacher.

"What do you want me to do? How do I protect you?"

"It's up to you."

Ye Jianqing sank into deep thought, this was a very unprofitable deal for her, all she knew in her life was to lead troops in battle, women were not allowed to enter government offices, she also could not be Lu Ci Qiu's counselor, and Lu Ci Qiu would not compete with his brother for the throne.

"Let me think about it." Ye Jianqing didn't know how to protect Da'an, and she couldn't agree to the Imperial Master's request so quickly.

"it is good."