C260

"The hold of the ship is flooded …"

"Not good, Your Highness! The cabin is flooded and the boat is about to sink! Someone is doing something!"

In the blink of an eye, King Lu abruptly stood up and walked out of the cabin, watching as the water gurgled in from the bottom of the boat. In the blink of an eye, it was below his feet and the boat slowly sank.

The advisor's face was ashen as he stared at the slowly sinking boat and whispered into King Lu's ear, "My lord, these people can't be trusted. Now that my lord has lost, these people probably have ill intentions towards my lord in order to escape from this sin."

When King Lu heard this, his dark and ruthless eyes swept over everyone. He discovered that his trusted subordinates' faces and expressions were so unfamiliar to him.

"My lord, the ship is about to sink. My lord, be careful!"

A great general leapt over and extended a hand in an attempt to prop up King Lu.

"Humph …"

King Lu let out a cold laugh, and his ruthless gaze swept over the general's face. The general's movements couldn't help but stop for a moment.

"Do you want This King to be captured alive to seek redemption? This King treated all of you well in vain. If you were to surrender and beg for forgiveness, This King would not blame you. This King should not have betrayed This King and come forth with the desire to capture and kill him. "You think that when your master is in danger, you will betray him and sell him out for glory? What other way do you think there is for you?"

The general who had come to support the Law King suddenly smiled and said, "Your Highness, which one of us wasn't coerced by Your Highness, and did everything we could to force us to follow you and seek treason? If not for this, how could we be willing to follow His Highness into the army, to the point that we are now burdened with the sin of conspiring against the enemy, and have our entire family wiped out? Now that Your Highness has reached such a state, rather than burying your status as an ancestor and looking down on others, why not stay in the Central Plains and atone for your sins? "

King Lu sneered a few times, but didn't say anything to these people.

Seeing these people pouncing towards him, he turned around and jumped into the river of cold water. He would rather bury his body here than be tied up and sent to see the Crown Prince.

When the advisor saw this, he hurriedly jumped into the river of cold water, causing waves to surge within the river.

"We cannot let him off. If we can capture or find his corpse alive, we can send it to the Mighty Heavenly Duke or the imperial court. They can definitely spare our families from being implicated."

Some fled, some watched from the sidelines, some searched for traces of the law king. It was unknown if it was to rescue and protect him, or if he was going to take the law king's life and atone for his sins.

In the distance, a white sail was raised. Helian Manqiu, who was standing on the bow of the ship, saw this scene and became extremely anxious. She looked through the telescope at the place where King Lu had fallen into the water.

"Come, brothers who are skilled in swimming must find King Lu and bring him back alive. When it comes to the Japanese military, the deaths of our late father will have to be made clear to the King of Law, and must not be neglected. "

"Yes."

"General, it's not good. A boat is coming over. I wonder who it is."

"Look, who are they?"

The lackeys of the Law King looked towards Helian Manqiu's boat. Seeing the extremely fast speed of her boat as it rapidly flew towards them, they all felt fear in their hearts and felt the desire to retreat.

Someone raised his voice and asked, "May I ask who are the people facing us? I am waiting here to search for traitors, please do not misunderstand in order to avoid conflict. "

Helian Manqiu was anxious in her heart. She was afraid that the Law King would make a mistake, so she ordered him to display the banner. Seeing that it was the banner of a Sky Duke, the people of the Law King felt both pleasant surprise and reverence.

Someone bowed to show that they were willing to surrender, as they had been coerced by the Law King and weren't willing to rebel. Now that they were pursuing the Law King, they hoped that they could break the record.

Helian Manqiu ordered the other party to stop moving. She put down her weapon and knelt on the ground to wait. Anyone who made a move would be killed without mercy!

She personally led people to search for the Law King on the cold water river. Not long after, someone secretly reported to her that they had found traces of him and rescued him from the water before quietly hiding inside the boat.

When he heard this news, Helian Manqiu hurriedly went to the ship that the Law King was hiding in. Right now, there were only a few people left beside him, and the Law King's face was ashen, his entire body dripping water nonstop. His face was gloomy as he leaned against the edge of the ship.

"Your Highness, how are you?"

Squatting in front of King Lu, she took out a silk handkerchief and wiped away the droplets of water on King Lu's forehead. Seeing that King Lu seemed fine and not drowning, she let out a sigh of relief.

"Qing Yu, I am sorry for what you have done to me. It is better that I am in your hands now than those unclean people's hands. It is better that I take it and ask the Crown Prince for meritorious services." This way, This King can be considered to have been defeated by a famous general hero of his generation. "

"Men, bring clean clothes for His Highness and his men to change, please first, do not think too much."

Some people brought clean clothes. The few people beside King Lu followed King Lu to change into dry clothes.

The boat turned around and headed straight for the Han River. Helian Manqiu leaned against the door of King Lu's room and waited for him to change his clothes. Someone opened the door and bowed to Helian Manqiu, inviting her in.

The King of Law's chest heaved up and down as he leaned back in his chair. His eyes were gloomy and dark. He raised his head to look at Helian Manqiu and asked, "What does Qingyu intend to do with this king now?"

Then, he waved his hand and his men left the room. Until now, he understood that if Helian Manqiu wanted to do something to him, there was no need to treat him so courteously when they found him in the water.

"Your Highness has thought too much. The cold water river runs straight to the Han river, and now it's headed for the Han river. Has Your Highness ever thought about whether you should go to the Northern Kingdom like Duke Ming and wait for the right time to wander around, or should you hide in the forest and live a carefree life from now on? "

"Haha …"

The Law King stared at Helian Manqiu and said, "Qingyu, this king and you have only met twice in a hurry. Now, even the person most trusted to this king has betrayed this king. You must know that if you let this king go, you will be considered a traitor. Your great future prospects will be ruined because of this. "

"Can anyone prove that I let His Highness go?"

Helian Manqiu walked over to the window, opened it and gazed at the cold river.

"Qing Yu, you're too young. Do you think you can hide it from the crown prince, or from the Heavenly Gonggong? Your people might keep this a secret for you and not spread the news of this matter, but those people won't hide it from you. They only want to capture This King alive and take the credit of this king to atone for their sins. "

"Is there anyone else?"

An indifferent and cold tone that was like smoke floated in the air next to King Lu's ear.

When King Lu heard this, he couldn't help but get up and walk over to Helian Manqiu's side to look at the river of cold water.

A thick smell of blood came from the wind. In that moment, King Lu couldn't help but furrow his brows and feel nauseous. The clear cold water river had turned red. The dark red river water reflected a strange and sad red under the sunlight. It was so beautiful that it was blinding!

His body could not help but stiffen. King Lu's gaze swept across the surface of the river, but he could no longer see one of his subordinates. The only thing visible on the surface of the river was the red spray, which then disappeared before his eyes.

The red color became paler and paler, and the thick smell of blood also gradually faded with the wind.

He shivered. He understood that his subordinates had been killed by Helian Manqiu's men and had been buried in the river of cold water, becoming food for the fishes and prawns. In this way, the only people who knew of his whereabouts were Helian Manqiu and the others.

"Are you really going to send This King away?"

"Your Highness is still a prince of Tiantang and a citizen of the Central Plains. Why do you need to learn how to go to the capital and seek refuge under other people? To live a carefree life in seclusion within the mountain forests, to idly look at the clouds and lie down and listen to the spring streams, how carefree and unrestrained you are. "

"Unofficial relationship with foreign races. Selling the country for honor. Conspiracy against the country. Wolf ambition … Did Qing Yu really not mind about all these crimes? Even so, this king does not know that with the enmity of the military region and the death of your father, it is difficult for this king to escape from this king's grasp. Why is Qing Yu treating this king with such kindness? "

"The person who assassinated my father, His Highness, should know about it. He should tell me now, there's no need to hide it anymore."

"At that time, This King had already besieged the Military Region and sent spies to wreak havoc in the Military Region. The ones who injured the Qingyu siblings were also my people. It was not my doing to conceal myself among the fresh and lowly people and assassinate General Helian. Why would I need to hide this matter now? Those people must have been done by the prince, but this king cannot confirm who they were. Qing Yu knows in his heart who will be the first to appear in the War Continent. "

"King Chen!"

Helian Manqiu asked in shock as she looked back at the Law King.

"Maybe it is the Crown Prince. He has always been following the Crown Prince. It is difficult for him to get away from it."

"Your Highness should rest first, calm your mind and think of where you should go next. The sea and the sky are vast, but does Your Highness really not forget the Northern Kingdom?" For the throne to be so attractive, to come and go like the wind, to live a free and unrestrained life, does Your Highness not want to experience it? "

After a long while, he sighed and said, "Qingyu is right. I am alone now and have no power or power, so I am a fugitive. Even if I go to the Northern Kingdom, I will only be like Duke Ming. I am a prince, so how could I be willing to rely on others to act based on their faces?

"Duke Ming was captured alive by me and has ordered his men to be escorted to the capital to be handed over to the Imperial Court."

"Why is Qing Yu so generous to me?"

Helian Manqiu gave a dazed smile and walked closer to the Law King to look for a moment. "You should eat and rest first. I'll accompany you when the time comes."

The boat had been sailing at a fast speed from the Cold Water River to the Han River. The news had been constantly relayed to Gan Zhixuan's big tent.

"Stop, all ships that pass by must be closely investigated. No one is allowed to disobey. This is the imperial edict, search for the fugitive Law King!"

Helian Manqiu's fleet was forced to stop. Every part of the Cold Water River had temporarily set up checkpoints to investigate the boats and search them closely.

Some information had still been leaked out, and a checkpoint had been set up everywhere as they searched for traces of King Lu.

"My Lord, those ships are Uncle Zhenbei's ships, but they haven't found any trace of King Lu or Uncle Zhenbei. It's possible that they've disembarked halfway."

"Tumbledown …"

When the carriage was on the road, Helian Manqiu suddenly woke up. Her body was soft and she lacked even the slightest bit of strength. She could not help but feel shocked in her heart.

"My wife, is your body not well due to your relapse?"

A malicious gaze and a familiar face appeared in front of Helian Manqiu. King Lu's lips curled up into a cold and sinister smile.