Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 203: Two Cunning Confrontations

It was the first time I felt Xia Liang's feeling, and my butt was leaking some air when I walked.

I limped along, and although there wasn't much bleeding and the pain wasn't excruciating, the pain was unbearable if I ran a little faster, and I almost wanted to die...

She didn't sigh or groan, but she remembered the look of the man who shot her in the buttocks. Sooner or later, she would make him pay double.

The lackey followed the white tiger carefully. If it had not been caught, Lord White Tiger would not have been injured because of it.

It wanted to help Lord Baihu pull out the arrow, but Baihu told it not to move and that it only needed its lackeys to follow it closely and prevent the arrow shaft on its butt from hitting any obstacles.

She definitely couldn't go out now, and could only wait quietly in the deep mountains and forests for Brother Qin Bingrui to come find her.

Xia Liang thought for a long time about why she was shot by an arrow. She felt that they were now overly dependent on Brother Bingrui's predictive dreams. This actually had advantages and disadvantages. She had to be more cautious in the future. These ancient people were not stupid old men, especially His Royal Highness Prince Ning, who was worthy of being a man with eight hundred thoughts coming out of the palace.

Xia Liang can no longer sit with his hind legs half-squatting and his front legs upright. He can only lie down when he has nothing to do. If he accidentally touches the arrow shaft while sleeping, he will be in so much pain that he will not be able to sleep well all night.

Fortunately, I can eat and drink now, so I'll just hang on for a few days.

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Two days later, there was still no sign of Baihu making any noise at the Imperial City Office.

Yan Xuan volunteered and said that he would take the troops to the mountains to look for the white tiger. They believed that the white tiger must have hidden somewhere after being injured. They could not just sit and wait, so they had to seize the opportunity to catch the white tiger and then heal its wounds. Only then would the white tiger willingly follow them to the palace.

Ye Yucheng's pupils twitched slightly, and he agreed with his words and decided to go there in person. This time, they must successfully capture the white tiger.

On a night in mid-September, the wind was blowing, the cold air penetrated the body, and the mountains and forests were secretly covered with frost and dew without knowing when.

A group of people from the Imperial City Division, holding torches, walked into the dense forest until He Yuan pointed to a valley in the distance and shouted, "There's a cave over there. We've been here before. I wonder if the white tiger is in the cave. The smell of dead animals is quite strong around here, and there are also many traces of wolves moving around."

"Okay, let's split up into two groups, and the other group will surround us from the other side."

Ye Yucheng gave the order and everyone immediately took action separately.

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In the "Creation" courtyard of Prince Ning's Mansion.

At the beginning of the afternoon on this day, Luo Yu had no mood to write his storybook, so he made some modern improvements to the "Zhuge Crossbow" he had drawn. Not only could it fire up to ten arrows at a time, it could even fire ten arrows continuously. It also changed the traditional bulky model, and with movable wheels, it only needed one person to operate it smoothly.

In addition to large repeating crossbows suitable for defending cities, Luo Yu also designed a repeating crossbow that can be operated by one person. Although its power is not as great as that of a crossbow, it is easy to operate and can be fired multiple times in a row. It is no problem to shoot two or one arrow at a time. This type of crossbow is more suitable for chasing groups of enemies during combat.

Luo Yu handed a thick layer of drawings to Mr. Lin. The old man's eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't expect that Miss Bai was really a good drawer as Miss Qin said, or in other words, her drawings were more detailed and professional.

Old Master Lin sighed with emotion: "I've only heard of this 'Zhuge Crossbow'. It's been lost for a hundred years and no one has ever made it. Our Ministry of War has been researching it for years, but we haven't come up with anything yet. I never thought a girl like you could easily draw the principle of a crossbow, and what's more, you can draw it so well. You are a real talent, you are a real talent!"

"Mr. Lin, you're too kind. These diagrams are all based on the principles our master taught us, and they may not be truly achievable. We need to conduct more experiments to know if they are feasible."

"No problem. I've already rented a few acres of wasteland outside the city. I can fence it off and use it as an experimental site."

Luo Yu had to admire these rich people who were so proactive in pursuing a hobby. It turned out that one had to be rich to change one's destiny easily.

"Miss Bai, you don't mind if I show the picture to King Ning, right? I've noticed that you two haven't been talking to each other much lately, and the atmosphere is really a bit awkward."

Luo Yu smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, you're worrying too much. His Royal Highness Prince Ning and I are just acquaintances, not close friends. Why do we have to talk to each other every day?"

"Then you communicate with this old man like me quite a lot."

Prince Ning's resonant voice came: "Because you talk too much, old man!"

It's rare that Song Si is not following Prince Ning. I wonder what he is doing going to the courtyard alone?

Although there were several scholars writing storybooks in other rooms in the courtyard, Prince Ning rarely came to inquire about them. As long as the storybooks passed Luo Yu's standards, they could be published smoothly.

Luo Yu frowned, and Prince Ning saw it.

"Miss Bai, don't you welcome me?"

"This is your residence. You can come whenever you want. You don't need to ask anyone."

"It seems that the young lady is still upset about the king shooting the white tiger."

Luo Yu: I didn't want to talk about this, why did he have to bring it up? I don't know how Xia Liang is doing now. If the arrow really has barbs, as Qin Bingrui realized in his dream, then I'm afraid it will be impossible to pull out. Xia Liang must be in great pain!

His Royal Highness Prince Ning didn't just want to drive away the White Tiger as Old Master Lin said, he really wanted to kill the White Tiger...

This guy seems to be kind-hearted, elegant and polite in front of others, but he is actually very cunning, cruel and vicious in secret.

After a while, she said, "I dare not."

Old Master Lin immediately took out the blueprints for Prince Ning to review.

He praised her vigorously: "Miss Bai is not only beautiful and skillful, but also extremely intelligent."

Zhu Jinyou took the drawings and looked through them one by one, the light in his eyes becoming darker and darker.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Although Mr. Lin was not afraid of his cousin on normal days, he felt that his presence was a bit redundant now that he and Miss Luo Yu were at stake, so he said to the two of them that he had something to do and hurriedly took his leave.

After leaving, he patted his chest and muttered quietly: "It's better for me, an old man, to not get involved in the affairs of young people. If I become a target for either of them, or if I take sides with either of them, there will be no good results."

Let these two fight it out...

When Prince Ning saw Old Man Lin leave, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"He's the one who's good at avoiding trouble."

Then he put down the blueprint in his hand and asked Luo Yu directly: "Miss Bai, did you really make these engineering drawings?"

"Of course. If Your Highness Prince Ning doesn't believe me, I can draw it for you right here."

"It's not that I don't believe it, but with Miss Bai's abilities, it's really a waste of her talent to keep her in the palace."

Luo Yu raised his eyes and tried to remain calm: "Your Highness Prince Ning, do you want to recommend me to the Imperial City?"

Because Xiao Tao was sent by the Queen, Ye Yucheng reported every word to Prince Ning.

She escaped from the palace and had evaded the Queen's pursuit many times before. He actually knew it very well.

"Miss Luo Yu, are you really just an ordinary maid who escaped from the palace? Is it because you don't like the palace and are afraid that I will send you back again?"

Although King Ning suspected that the white girl in front of him was Concubine Ying, he really couldn't find any evidence. Their handwriting was completely different. Could it be that she deliberately changed her handwriting so that no one would notice? This kind of perseverance is not something that ordinary people can do. What's more, she writes frequently. What if she makes a mistake?

Or was it that her handwriting was fake when she was in the palace?

This woman never shows any emotion and is very scheming.

For the first time, King Ning felt that he had met a strong opponent.

Besides, the person that King Ning sent to Wangzhou City to inquire also came back to report the situation. The Jiang Qiu Ning described by Jiang Qiu Ning's sister did look different from the girl in front of him. Could it be that Miss Bai was really just an ordinary maid beside the queen before?

Of course, there is also a possibility that Jiang Qiuning's sister is lying.

It seems that the only way to find out the truth is to ask the Queen, but the current Queen should be in cahoots with Miss Bai.

"Your Highness Prince Ning is such a joke. If I really like the palace, I don't need you to send me there in person. I will return when it's time."

"Oh, you don't plan to look for your master anymore."

"That depends on how long His Royal Highness Prince Ning wants to keep me."

"Makes sense."