The river water in winter was so cold that Chen Ji's thoughts seemed to freeze. The cold river water seemed to pour into Chen Ji's body and freeze his heart.

The moment he jumped into the river, he looked up from the water and saw the sunlight shining into the river. The light pillars formed by the Tyndall effect were like crystals, but they had no temperature.

Someone wanted to take advantage of the cultural gathering at Luhun Villa to ambush Bai Li and the Crown Prince here, and then take the opportunity to frame the victims of the banditry in Dragon King's camp.

The opponent's plan was very good, but he missed Prince Jing's patrol in disguise, and also missed a small medical apprentice.

Who wants to kill Bai Li and the Crown Prince?

Concubine Yun or Concubine Jing?

The old traces floated to the surface of the river, and while swimming to the other side, I looked back.

The fisherman on the awning boat took off the bamboo hat on his head and slowly took off his coir raincoat, revealing his strong figure.

The middle-aged man stood at the bow of the boat, like an experienced hunter, staring at the river.

On the awning boat, there was a piece of yellow talisman paper, with mysterious and complex symbols drawn with cinnabar. A swift wind pushed the awning boat, and it sailed very fast even without an oar.

The wind blew the talisman paper loudly, but it seemed as if the talisman paper was nailed to the canopy of the boat and could not be blown off.

Bai Li, the Crown Prince, and Zhang Xia swam forward crazily.

The blood, life, and sword light stimulated their adrenaline rush, and their lips began to tremble with fear.

But the white carp was swimming, and suddenly she felt something was wrong. She turned around suddenly, and there were no traces of figures behind them. Only the killers were left crossing the water with knives in their hands, and murderous intentions were all visible on the awning boat.

She shouted loudly: "Chen Ji, where are you?!"

The prince also floated on the river and roared: "Old traces?!"

However, no one responded to them, and the shouts seemed to sink to the bottom of the river.

Bai Li took a deep breath: "He's back."

Zhang Xia was surprised and asked: "Going back? What do you mean? What is the difference between going back at this time and committing suicide?"

The prince said solemnly: "He must have gone back to buy time for us."

Zhang Xia hesitated. She didn't understand what the prince meant. The medical apprentice who everyone said was a gambler actually swam back to buy them time?

But she discovered that Bai Li and Shizi never suspected that Chen Ji had drowned or escaped alone.

Zhang Xia thought for a while: "Then should we go back to rescue him? He certainly can't face so many killers by himself."

The prince made a move to swim back, but Bai Li held him tightly: "Let's continue swimming to the other side!"

Zhang Xia was puzzled: "Are you going to leave him behind?"

Bai Li suddenly looked at her and said in a solemn voice: "If we don't leave now, all the time he bought for us will be in vain!"

Zhang Xia asked: "What if he is killed?"

The white carp didn't answer, turned around and swam hard to the other side.

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The killers swam with knives in their mouths, and in the blink of an eye they discovered that there was one less prey in front of them.

"Find him!"

The killer got into the water to look for him. The moment he looked from the river into the water, Chen Ji's thin and calm face suddenly appeared in front of him!

The killer was horrified, and his heartbeat seemed to have missed a beat.

Before he could take the long knife out of his mouth, Chen Ji had already reached out and grabbed his bun, pulling the two of them closer!

A flash of light flashed across the water, and the short knife in Chen Ji's hand neatly cut the opponent's throat.

Bubbles and blood surged out of his neck, and the killer felt that the air in his lungs was no longer under control and was rushing away.

However, Chen Ji didn't stop, he instantly cut open the arteries in the opponent's arms and stabbed into the heart with another knife.

A large amount of blood dyed the river water red and turned it turbid, making it difficult for anyone to see clearly what was happening here.

Chen Ji quickly stopped his hand, turned around and kicked the killer in the chest, knocking him into the bottom of the river.

After death, a person will quickly sink to the bottom of the river and will not float until three to seven days later due to the gas produced by the putrefactive substances in the intestines.

When the killers saw bubbles on the river surface, they got into the water and swam towards this place. They searched for traces of figures in the rich blood, but when the blood was washed away by the river, there were no traces of people there.

One of the killers turned around and looked around, only to see traces clinging to the bottom of the speeding awning boat, and the short knife in his hand was cutting into the bottom of the boat along the wooden texture.

Only then did the killer realize that Chen Ji’s purpose from the very beginning was to destroy the ship! Among the people who needed to be killed, this one was obviously the most inconspicuous, but this one was the most troublesome!

Every time the short knife in Chen Ji's hand struck the bottom of the boat, it would cut off a lot of wood chips. Suddenly, he pushed hard with his legs and came up to the surface for air.

The moment he just emerged, he saw a paper talisman flying towards him. He suddenly dodged, and the yellow paper talisman cut a gash in his left arm like a knife.

Chen Ji ignored the officer on the boat and resolutely sank to the bottom of the boat to dig up the boat.

After waiting for a few breaths, he didn't see the official entering the water to pursue him. Chen Ji suddenly realized that the other party did not dare to enter the water rashly!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Sawdust scattered.

However, before the traces were dug through, the black-topped boat stopped chasing Bai Li and the Crown Prince. Instead, it turned around and sailed towards the more than 20 killers with the traces!

The killers sank into the water, took out the long knives from their mouths, and waited for Chen Yi to fall into the trap.

Getting closer and closer to each other, the eyes of the more than twenty killers were stern.

In a hurry, Chen Ji tried his best to cut, and the short knife he brought from the medical center broke from the middle, and the tip of the blade sank to the bottom of the river.

He suddenly turned his head to look at the killer who was waiting with bated breath, his hair on his forehead and temples floating in the river.

The midday sun casts into the river, like the brilliance of the last moment of life.

The killers suddenly stopped moving when they saw the traces.

Have you given up?

No, they found that the medical apprentice was particularly calm.

The killers were waiting for Chen Ji to come to their door, and Chen Ji was also waiting.

Wait for the roar for a moment.

The next moment. The fire in Chen Ji's body burned vigorously, one, two, three... fifteen!

The fires seemed to make a roar that only he could hear. The roar came from thousands of years ago across the long river of time.

During these ten thousand years, the seas turned into mulberry fields, and the mountains and rivers collapsed into plains.

The world is broken, but I will not be extinguished.

Chen Ji punched the hole dug in the bottom of the boat with all his strength, and a crack was created in the broken wood with just one punch!

As the river water poured into the boat, he did not hesitate to get out of the bottom of the boat, floated to the surface of the river to take a breath, and then immediately dived into the bottom of the river again, swimming towards the killers like an arrow.

As soon as they came into contact with each other, a killer slashed at him with a knife, but as soon as the blade reached Chen Ji, it was caught in the palm of Chen Ji's hands, and he snatched the long knife away with only a slight shake.

Before the killer could react, the long knife had already grazed his neck.

Just when Chen Ji wanted to kill again, he saw a yellow talisman shot into the river, as straight as a blade.

He turned his head vigorously, and the yellow talisman scratched across his cheek, leaving a fine wound, and blood gushed out from the wound.

The yellow talisman didn't stop being castrated, but it was nailed straight into the dark bottom of the river.

Chen Ji was shocked and immediately swam deep into the river, no longer wanting to fight.

On the river bank, Bai Li, the Crown Prince and Zhang Xia stepped on the cobblestones and slowly walked up to the bank. The cold wind seemed to blow into the bones.

They did not leave, but turned back to look at the middle of the river. The scholars on the other side of the river were covering Prince Jing, fighting and retreating in the direction of Yichuan County.

The scholars surrounded Prince Jing so tightly that no killer could get close. Prince Jing wanted to rush into the river, but was held tightly by a scholar.

Prince Jing shouted to Bai Li across the wide river, but they were too far apart and Bai Li couldn't hear what his father said.

On the other side, Chen Wenxiao ran wildly in the direction of Luhun Villa alone, while Chen Wenzong followed pantingly with Wang Daosheng on his back. There was no killer to waste time on them.

At this time, Zhang Xia asked in confusion: "Look, why is that awning boat parked in the middle of the river?"

Bai Li said softly: "Chen Ji."

Zhang Xia looked at Bai Li in surprise.

The prince shouted: "Look, the ship is tilting and seems to be sinking!"

"There is blood in the river!"

Bai Li pursed his lips and watched this scene. Chen Ji must have thought of a way to sink the ship.

But what about the traces?

Is the blood in the river old?
To be continued...