The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#391 - That person

After touching all the eunuchs of the Pure Character Guard, Lu Jing didn't forget about Li Feilong, whom he had thrown out earlier.

The dignified master of the Heavenly Dragon Gate was now a corpse, floating on the river surface, yet surprisingly, few people noticed the death of this martial arts magnate.

Everyone's attention was focused on Lu Jing, until Lu Jing found an oar and fished Li Feilong's body onto the boat, that some of the Heavenly Dragon Gate gang members burst into loud cries.

Although the Heavenly Dragon Gate had a bad reputation in the capital, Li Feilong was quite good at managing his subordinates, with clear rewards and punishments, and he was willing to share meat and soup with everyone.

Therefore, he held an extraordinary position in the hearts of the Heavenly Dragon Gate members, and many people were saddened by his death.

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Consequently, those people then turned their hateful gazes towards the eunuchs of the Pure Character Guard.

Everyone had witnessed the great battle just now; before Lu Jing threw Li Feilong out, the latter, although looking pale, didn't seem to have any major physical problems.

Therefore, what ultimately killed him was still the punch from that eunuch of the Pure Character Guard.

Li Feilong's screams after being hit could be heard clearly even on the shore, and many Heavenly Dragon Gate gang members glared at the eunuch who threw the punch at the time, but they didn't expect that Li Feilong, as a first-rate master, would actually die like that.

In fact, even now, some people still refused to believe everything before their eyes.

Lu Jing turned Li Feilong's body over, first reaching into his arms and searching around, but whether it was because Li Feilong didn't love money that much, or because he, unlike those eunuchs, didn't feel secure unless he kept the silver notes on his person, Lu Jing only found a few taels of loose silver and an eight-hundred-tael silver note.

This sum of money was undoubtedly a huge amount for ordinary people, but it was somewhat unworthy of Li Feilong's status as the head of a faction.

Moreover, that silver note had been soaked by the river water, but fortunately, it hadn't been soaked for long, so the ink on it could still be roughly seen.

And upon seeing the bank where the money was deposited, Lu Jing immediately revealed a cold smile. Very good, it was the Taiping Bank again, so this money definitely had to be cashed out.

Apart from that, Li Feilong didn't have any other valuable items on him, which made Lu Jing a little unwilling.

However, since Li Feilong was already dead, Lu Jing couldn't blame him for not bringing enough silver when he went out.

After searching again without success, Lu Jing had originally planned to get up, but then he thought of something and his heart stirred.

It was rumored that some merchants who traveled the martial arts world were accustomed to stuffing large amounts of silver notes into their boots, so he reached out again and took off Li Feilong's two boots.

Unexpectedly, he really found something in the right boot, but it wasn't a silver note; instead, it looked like a map, drawn on a small piece of calfskin.

Unfortunately, Lu Jing wasn't familiar with the vicinity of the capital, and after looking at it for a few moments, he couldn't tell where the place on the map was.

He could only put it away for now.

He had originally planned to put it in his arms, but then he felt it was a bit uncomfortable.

So he tore off a piece of silk from the lapel of a eunuch who was still cursing incessantly, and wrapped the map up.

After that, Lu Jing stepped on the wooden board he had previously thrown into the river and drifted ashore.

Seeing him walking towards them, the Heavenly Dragon Gate gang members all subconsciously retreated, making way for Lu Jing to go upstairs.

And Lu Jing didn't stand on ceremony, and just walked up to the second floor in the fearful gazes of the crowd, returning to the room he had been in earlier.

At this time, the three women had already sat back in their respective positions, and Jieyu had also brought her zither back.

Seeing Lu Jing enter, she smiled charmingly and said, "I have long heard of the great hero Lu's name, but unfortunately, I have never had the chance to meet him. Only after seeing him today did I realize that what Qing Nvxia said was true. Jieyu is moved by the heroic posture of the great hero Lu fighting the heroes on the river alone, and would like to play a song of heroic orders for the great hero Lu. I wonder if that is possible."

After Jieyu finished speaking, she also looked at Lu Jing with expectant eyes.

You must know that as the top courtesan of Qingyun House, it was not easy for people to hear her play a song in the past. The appearance fee alone was at least one hundred taels of silver, and it also depended on her mood.

But facing Lu Jing, she not only took the initiative to offer to play a song, but also didn't charge a penny. It could be said that she had lowered her posture very much.

Coupled with her charm, Jieyu believed that no man in this world could refuse.

But she didn't expect that after Lu Jing heard it, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, "How about… next time."

Sure enough, after that, he saw the zither-playing woman speak again, "Do you know who I am?"

"Miss!" Qinglan said anxiously upon hearing this, as if trying to remind the zither-playing woman not to expose her identity, but the latter just waved her hand, telling her not to worry.

Lu Jing first shook his head, "I don't know."

After saying that, he paused, and then said, "But I have guessed a little."

The zither-playing woman gestured for Lu Jing to continue.

So Lu Jing no longer concealed it, "The people who fought with me just now were a group of eunuchs, and the eunuchs in the capital all serve that family, so the person who is targeting me must also be a member of the royal family. Judging from the meaning revealed in your previous words, you and the person who is targeting me should also be very familiar. With this deduction, you are of course also a member of the royal family, maybe even a princess or something."

"I am Princess Fu'an," the zither-playing woman said.

"Princess Fu'an?" Lu Jing was no stranger to this name. Gu Caiwei had mentioned it to him many times, and as the sixth daughter of the current emperor, she also had a high reputation among the people.

Gu Caiwei was not the only one who had been helped by her, but what Lu Jing thought of at this moment was another matter. If the person in front of him was really Princess Fu'an, then wouldn't that mean…

Seeming to know what he was thinking, Princess Fu'an nodded, word by word, "That's right, the person who is targeting you is that person."