Traveling through the ancient times

After the man and his sister were captured, they were first sent to the yamen, where Lord Zhou interrogated them in public. The man confessed that he had killed all the other women.

Lord Zhou interrogated him about the reason why he kidnapped the girls. The man said that he just wanted them to play with his sister. He couldn't stand the girls' crying, so he killed them. This made all the onlookers curse him.

The parents and relatives of the abducted girls fainted immediately. The men confessed where the girls were buried. Lord Zhou sent yamen runners to take the girls' relatives to bring back their bodies for burial. Lord Zhou failed in his duty, and each family sent compensation money to arrange the girls' funeral.

Lord Zhou announced in public that the man would be beheaded as a warning to others! The people cheered and the haze that had been shrouding Qunan City dissipated.

Lu Mingqian doubted the man's identity. How could an ordinary man living in a small mountain village have such amazing Qinggong skills, which were even better than his?

Before the execution, the man was taken back to the dungeon of the Third Prince's Mansion and interrogated by Lu Mingqian himself.

The man said that his master was a strange knight who traveled everywhere and lived in a thatched hut on the back mountain of their village. The man learned martial arts from that man when he was very young. Later, that man left and they were driven out of the village with nowhere to go, so they moved into that house.

After Lu Mingqian left, the housekeeper came forward with a red-hot iron in his hand, "Which hand grabbed our Miss Nian?"

The man had just been whipped and had his head lowered, unable to speak back.

"You don't want to talk, right? If you don't want to talk, then hit me from both sides!" The man's wailing was incessant. Every time he fainted, he would be woken up by a basin of cold water and then the next one would take over.

"I heard that you captured the young lady and those women and brought them back to let them play with your sister?"

The man raised his head when he heard the housekeeper mention his sister. "My sister is innocent, please let her go!"

"Aren't those girls you brutally murdered innocent? Why did you kill them?"

The man was speechless when asked, "My sister is sick..."

"When you are sick, instead of going to see a doctor, you kidnap a good girl and bring her back?" The butler was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and used rows of torture instruments on him one by one.

His Highness said that the man must be beheaded in public and cannot die here. Their methods are sophisticated and they will not let him die so easily, but they will make his life worse than death.

As for the little girl, she had been sent to the mine by Lord Zhou to wash clothes for the workers there.

After Lu Mingqian finished the work at hand, he went to the warehouse, packed up all the precious medicinal materials in it, and brought them all to Nian Chuhua's house.

Looking at the girl lying weakly on the bed, Lu Mingqian felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. Sitting sideways on the bed, Lu Mingqian gently held Nian Chuhua's hand in his palm and pressed it against his cheek.

Sensing the movement, Nian Chuhua gently opened her eyes and saw that it was Lu Mingqian. She smiled and said, "You're here!"

"Well, does your body hurt a lot?" Lu Mingqian spoke softly, fearing that he would disturb her if he spoke too loudly.

"Much better. Don't worry about me too much. You've lost weight." Nian Chuhua stroked Lu Mingqian's face with her fingers.

"I'm sorry, I failed to protect you!" Lu Mingqian felt that the people he sent were incompetent, which was why she was abducted so easily.

"However, this is not your fault. I only blame myself for being unlucky and willful. Hua Ling advised me not to go out, but I insisted on going out. It's me who made you worry." Chushunihua didn't blame anyone but herself!

If this person is unlucky, even drinking water will get stuck in her teeth, not to mention that this city has been experiencing troubles for a long time. She was also hoping for a lucky break, thinking that with Hua Ling following her, she would also learn some kung fu.

Who knows that there is always someone better than you? Her skills can only be used in open fighting. If the enemy attacks her secretly, she will be of no use at all. It is a blessing that she can save her life.

"Don't blame yourself. I will send two people to protect you tomorrow." Nian Chuhua needed to go out frequently, so Lu Mingqian decided to send two more people from the dark guard camp to be with Nian Chuhua. Even if it was clear and sunny, it would still be dark, and there would be two more people in the light.

"No need. Hasn't the thief been caught? It's okay. Besides, I have the flower spirit."

"It's hard for Hua Ling to take care of everything alone, so having two more people will be more secure."

Chu Nianhua wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Lu Mingqian. "Be obedient, it's settled. Otherwise, I won't be able to rest easy.

I have other things to do and I can't stay by your side to protect you all the time. Do you know how scared I was when we first found you and you were dragged out by him lifeless? My heart was broken."

Nian Chuhua looked at Lu Mingqian's frown and raised her hand to smooth it out for him, "I'm sorry..."

"I don't mean to blame you, I'm just worried about you." Lu Mingqian was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he hurried to explain.

"I know you are all doing this for my own good. You all genuinely care about me and I will listen to you." Nian Chuhua looked at Lu Mingqian and smiled brightly.

The two chatted for a while, and Nian Chuhua was yawning continuously. He didn't know if it was because of the medicine he took for his injury, but Nian Chuhua was always particularly sleepy. He just woke up for a while and felt very sleepy again.

"Go to sleep if you're sleepy!" Lu Mingqian tucked the quilt for her.

"Then you should go back and rest too. You look so haggard!"

"I'll wait until you fall asleep before I leave. Go to sleep!"

Nian Chuhua smiled at Lu Mingqian and closed her eyes.

After a while, he could feel Nian Chuhua's even breathing. Lu Mingqian kissed the back of Nian Chuhua's hand, gently put her hand into the quilt, stood up, closed the door quietly and went out.

Hua Ling and Hua Hua stood at the door and saluted, "She is asleep, you can go in later and take good care of her."

The two said yes, and Lu Mingqian left the yard and rushed back to the Prince's Mansion. He hadn't rested for three days and three nights, and he really needed a good sleep.

When the housekeeper saw Lu Mingqian returning home, he quickly ordered hot water to be brought. After Lu Mingqian washed up and ate a few bites, he fell into a deep sleep.

Lu Mingqian had an uneasy sleep. He had several dreams in succession. They were all about Nian Chuhua being in danger and on the verge of death. Lu Mingqian was once again awakened by a nightmare.

Touching the cold sweat on his head, Lu Mingqian sat up and calmed down.

After getting out of bed and putting on his clothes, Lu Mingqian called the guards waiting at the door, "Your Highness has an order!"

"Send a message to the Dark Guard Camp and ask Feishuang and Tianxing to come see me."

The guards took the order and quickly went down to deliver the message. After a while, Feishuang and Tianxing came to Lu Mingqian and knelt down.

"Master, why do you summon me here? What do you want me to do?"

"You two followed me to Nian's mansion. From now on, your master is Miss Nian."

When Feishuang and Tianxing heard this, they became anxious, "Your Highness, what have I done wrong? Your Highness wants to expel the two of us from the Dark Guard Camp?"

"I'm not going to expel you from the Dark Guard Camp. I want you to help me protect Miss Nian. You will be Miss Nian's maids from now on and you can no longer use your identity as a Dark Guard. You must protect her well and not let her make any mistakes again. Do you understand?"

The two of them heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this. They had heard from others that Miss Nian would be their future prince's consort.

"Yes, I understand!"