Early in the morning, Li Xiu opened his eyes wide and stared blankly at the sobbing Yin Wenjiao.
As the saying goes, the dumbstruck fruit on the dumbstruck tree, you and me under the dumbstruck tree!
Wasn't I on the deck last night? Why was he in her bed now?
Could it be that the feeling of riding on the clouds last night was real?
" You scoundrel! I thought you were a good person, but it turns out that you're the same as that scoundrel! You bastard!" Yin Wenjiao cried and scolded, causing Li Xiu to frown.
"Shut up!"
Li Xiu said coldly at this moment. His sudden rebuke caused Yin Wenjiao to be stunned.
She was the daughter of the prime minister, and she had never been scolded like this before.
"This matter is a little strange. I was clearly resting on the deck last night. I don't remember how I came in at all!”
Li Xiu was now certain that he had been tricked. After thinking about it, the person who had tricked him was most likely someone from the Buddhist Sect.
After all, in a sense, he had destroyed the first of the eighty-one difficulties that the Buddhist Sect had set for Tang Sanzang.
So, the Buddhist Sect wanted him to take Liu Hong's place?
"Don't cry. Listen to me first. What was my state when I came in last night? Did you say anything?"
"Also, how much do you remember about what happened last night?”
Li Xiu's words finally calmed Yin Wenjiao down a little. Hearing Li Xiu's words, Yin Wenjiao frowned slightly.
Li Xiu's state when he came in last night was indeed a little strange. His appearance was as straight as a puppet, and she didn't seem to resist much.
By the time she regained consciousness, it was already early in the morning. However, the memory of her words last night was still in her mind.
At the thought of this, Yin Wenjiao blushed. How could she?
At this moment, Li Xiu had already put on his clothes and walked down.
"Madam, now that things have come to this, I have to say that we have been set up!”
"Someone set me up? Are you saying that you were framed? However, is there anyone else on this ship besides the two of us?”Hearing Li Xiu's words, Yin Wenjiao couldn't help but feel a surge of grief and choked on her words.
"What if he isn't human?"
"Furen might as well put on some clothes and come over to take a look!”
Li Xiu stood in front of the window and said indifferently.
Hearing this, Yin Wenjiao was stunned for a moment before she gritted her teeth and said,""You go out first!"
Li Xiu stood up and went outside the cabin. Not long after, Yin Wenjiao walked out.
"What do you want me to see?"
"Madam, look, we're already approaching Jiang Zhou's pier! Doesn't Madam find it strange?"
"If it was you and me last night, this ship would have been unmanned. But now, it has accurately arrived at the side of Jiang Zhou's dock. I wouldn't believe such a coincidence!”
"In fact, since last night, Liu Hong has been acting strangely. He is just a scoundrel without any knowledge. Where did he get the courage to assassinate an official of the imperial court and take his place in Jiang Prefecture?”
"Also, I've always been curious. With Madam's status as a mere prime minister's daughter, why did she only bring a servant and maid with her when she went out with the top scholar?”
"It was my husband who said that we should not be wasteful. We only need to travel lightly and arrive at Jiang Prefecture."
Yin Wenjiao's attention was successfully diverted by Li Xiu at this moment, and she said thoughtfully.
Li Xiu smiled." That's a coincidence. You just had to travel lightly to meet a daring thief like Liu Hong!"”
"On the other hand, if I was as vicious as Liu Hong, why would I kill them? If the three of us work together, wouldn't this matter be more successful?”
"I didn't cross the line with Furen previously, so why do I have to do this in the middle of the night! Let's not talk about anything else, but in my dreams, Furen only needed to be ruthless and she could stab me to death. But why didn't Furen do it in the end?”
Upon hearing Li Xiu's words, Yin Wenjiao couldn't help but recall some embarrassing scenes and was momentarily at a loss for words.
Li Xiu sighed and continued,""To put it bluntly, I'm afraid that last night, Madam and I did not have a choice. We were just puppets in the hands of the mastermind!”
"Could it be that you want to push this matter to the Ghost Deity?”Yin Wenjiao had already understood Li Xiu's hint, but she felt that it was too absurd to pin the blame on an illusory immortal.
"This world may not be as simple as Madam thinks. Perhaps there are immortals in the sky, Buddhas in the west, ghosts underground, dragons in the water, demons in the forest, and demons in the human world. Facing any of them, you and I are just mortals. How can we resist?”
"Your mouth is really eloquent!”Yin Wenjiao was furious. She wanted to retort, but she couldn't find a reason.
"Madam, please forgive me. Please listen to me!”
Li Xiu only wanted to get his reward safely, so he had no choice but to be patient and flirt with Yin Wenjiao.
"Tell me!" Yin Wenjiao said coldly.
"No matter what happened last night, it has already happened. If Furen is magnanimous, this matter can be known to the heavens, the earth, you, and me, and we can keep it in our hearts. You and I will treat this matter as if it never happened. After we go ashore, I will help you find the top scholar.”
"Or Madam, you can put me in prison and interrogate me when you reach the shore. However, when the time comes, Madam will be a woman without even a servant girl by her side. If some rumors spread out, Li Xiu will only die, but Madam and the reputation of the top scholar will probably be lost."
It was just a one-night stand, after all. Li Xiu was actually not afraid of such things. He was not at a disadvantage.
As for tricking a little white rabbit like Yin Wenjiao, to be honest, he could fool a little white rabbit like Yin Wenjiao with just the tricks he saw in the television dramas in his previous life.
As expected, after hearing Li Xiu's words, Yin Wenjiao began to weigh the pros and cons in her heart. In reality, after her death wish had passed, she wasn't that stupid anymore.
She was also a woman who had been well-versed in poetry and books since she was young, so she knew some of the principles of the human world. Just as Li Xiu had said, Chen Guangrui, who was by her side, had suffered such a calamity. If she really killed Li Xiu, could she really guarantee her own safety with her weak identity?
The outcome would probably be even worse than now!
"You have to swear to the heavens that not a single word of what happened last night will be leaked out. Otherwise, you will definitely die a horrible death!”
"Alright, I swear. But before I swear, I have one more thing to say!”
"Since we want to search for the top scholar, with just the strength of the two of us, even if we search for eight to ten years in this vast Xunyang River, we might not be able to finish searching!”
"How about this? I'll use Liu Hong's method to replace my identity as the top scorer and take up my post in Jiang Prefecture. Then, in the name of Jiang Prefecture's prefect, I'll gather many people to help me search."
From the moment Yin Wenjiao made him swear the oath, Li Xiu knew that Yin Wenjiao wouldn't seek death. Since that was the case, Li Xiu felt that his second option was already guaranteed to be completed.
With a guaranteed choice, he started to try option three. If he used a different method to " occupy " Yin Wenjiao and replace Liu Hong, would the System acknowledge that he had completed option three?
From the rewards for completing the mission and the difficulty of the mission, Li Xiu had reason to judge that option one was the easiest and option three was the hardest.
The same was true for the reward items. The Nine Transformations Golden Pill was the most ordinary, and the Joker Box was probably the best.
Therefore, under the current circumstances, Li Mengxiang wanted to see if he could complete option three in another way.
As expected, Yin Wenjiao hesitated after hearing Li Xiu's words.
Li Xiu did not just want to replace Chen Guangrui as the new magistrate. He had a clear plan to mobilize his men and even return the position of magistrate to Chen Guangrui so that he could escape.
The attendant replacing the magistrate, the magistrate disguised himself to observe the people's feelings, and so on. It was just like what was described in novels. In the future, the couple might have a story of a talented scholar and a beautiful woman.
He had even planned for Li Xiu to fake his death and escape from Jiang Prefecture.
This plan sounded like the most suitable method for Yin Wenjiao.
After standing there and thinking for a long time, Yin Wenjiao finally nodded with difficulty.""Sure, but you still have to swear not to lie!”
Li Xiu naturally had no objections and immediately raised the heavens to swear a poison oath.
Li Xiu didn't know that it was he who had sworn this oath to the heavens that had caused chaos in Journey to the West's heavenly secrets.
Outside the chaos, the six Saints who were ordered to be isolated by Hongjun opened their eyes at the same time.
On the other side, Li Xiu heard the system's tinkling sound.
The system has determined that the host has completed option 3 in advance. The Supreme Gift Box is about to be opened.
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