Martial Arts Universe: With a single command, 100,000 iron cavalry will sweep across the martial wor

Suddenly, a member of the Song family shouted. Su Qingfeng and Hua Wuque looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large ship in the distance, half-submerged in the sea, with people jumping overboard to escape. After watching for a while, Hua Wuque said, "Brother Su, that looks like a merchant ship. I wonder which country it's from. It seems to be heading to the Sui Dynasty. I wonder how many people will die."

"What's meant to be will be, natural disasters and man-made calamities, there's no escaping them," Su Qingfeng replied casually, rubbing his dizzy head. Hua Wuque nodded seriously, "Brother Su is right, I was just worrying unnecessarily." Su Qingfeng thought to himself: Has Hua Wuque been fooled by me these past few days? He actually took a casual remark seriously? I hope Yaoyue and Lianxing won't come looking for trouble when they find out…

At this moment, Song Zhi had already directed the boats to rescue the people, and Hua Wuque had also gone to help. Su Qingfeng felt unwell all over and slumped in the rocking chair, unwilling to move. A guard in black approached and offered tea: "Young Master, have some tea."

Su Qingfeng glanced at the unfortunate guard, Su Ming, and asked, "How many more days until we arrive in the Great Sui Dynasty?"

These guards had been knocked unconscious by Yaoyue and spent the night feeding on mosquitoes outside the inn. Now that they'd been exposed, Su Qingfeng decided to take them with him. Su Ming replied, "About two more days. Can Young Master hold on?"

"It's alright, you'll probably get used to it in a day or two. Have all the bodyguards arrived?"

"They set off two days earlier than us, and should have arrived in the Sui Dynasty by now."

"That's good. Contact me immediately upon arrival and bring all the information I need."

"Yes, young master."

Su Qingfeng leaned back in her chair, feeling drowsy. She had been vomiting badly for the past few days and hadn't been sleeping well.

Meanwhile, the Song family guards rescued more than ten people who had fallen into the water; most of the others had already drowned. Song Zhi recognized one of them and exclaimed in surprise, "Li Shimin? What are you doing on that boat?"

He never expected to rescue Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin, and he couldn't understand why the other party was returning to the Sui Dynasty on a merchant ship—there must be something secret going on this trip. When Li Shimin saw that it was Song Zhi, he quickly bowed.

"So it's Uncle Song. I'm so grateful to you this time; otherwise, I'm afraid I would have perished at sea." Song Zhi looked at Li Shimin and asked calmly:

"No need for formalities. Li Shimin, where are you headed by boat?"

Li Shimin pointed to a beautiful woman beside him and replied with a smile:

"Second Uncle Song, I was taking my fiancée on a trip to the Ming Dynasty, but unexpectedly, something happened on the way. Where are you headed?"

Song Zhi glanced at the woman and nodded:

"I see. I just brought Yuzhi to the Song Dynasty to see the world of martial arts. You two go and change into dry clothes first."

"Thank you, Uncle Song."

After Li Shimin and his entourage left, Song Zhi frowned. This second young master Li wasn't telling the truth; they definitely weren't returning from the Ming Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty. Li Shimin must have met with someone or some force near the Song Dynasty. It was an open secret that the Li clan was planning an uprising, and Song Zhi felt that Li Shimin's trip must have been to unite with some power; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to the trouble of having the second young master of the Li family personally involved.

Inside the cabin, Li Shimin and the others changed their clothes and emerged one after another. Li Shimin, accompanied by his fiancée Changsun Wuhou, went to the deck and saw that a meal had been prepared on board. Changsun Wuhou asked in a low voice:

"Shimin, won't the Song family find out what you've done?"

Li Shimin pondered for a moment:

"It's hard to say, let's wait and see. Wuhou, I'm sorry to have startled you this time."

Changsun Wuhou smiled gently:

"It's alright, you can't be blamed for the accident that ran aground."

Li Shimin glanced at the group of people beside Song Zhi, then walked over with Changsun Wuhou. He also wanted to find out the Song family's purpose in going to the Song Dynasty. Now that the Sui Dynasty was on the verge of chaos, the powerful clans were all gathering troops in preparation for a coup, and Li Shimin was worried that the Song clan was going to the Song Dynasty to seek help.

"Second Uncle Song, I'm sorry to bother you."

"Shimin, there's no need for such formalities. Come, let me introduce you—this is Lu Xiaofeng of the Ming Dynasty, known as Four Eyebrows; this is Hua Wuque, the young master of Yihua Palace. Brother Lu, Young Master Hua, this is Li Shimin, the second son of the Li family of the Sui Dynasty, and beside him is his fiancée."

"Li Shimin greets Master Lu and Young Master Hua."

Li Shimin was secretly alarmed. Lu Xiaofeng was famous throughout the land, and known to everyone in the Sui Dynasty. He was not only a grandmaster, but also associated with many highly skilled martial artists. Li Shimin had not expected that Song Zhineng could persuade Lu Xiaofeng to go to the Sui Dynasty.

Looking at Hua Wuque again, he was even more shocked. The Yihua Palace had two Grandmasters in charge, yet the Song family had managed to establish connections with Lu Xiaofeng and the Yihua Palace? What exactly were they plotting?

Lu Xiaofeng glanced at Li Shimin and said to Song Zhi:

"Brother Song, dinner is ready."

Lu Xiaofeng was in no mood for words at the moment. After finishing his meal, he still had to mock Su Qingfeng—he hadn't held back in his teasing of Su Qingfeng these past few days.

Now that Su Qingfeng is seasick, wouldn't it be a huge loss if we didn't take the opportunity to say a few more sarcastic remarks?

Seeing that everyone at the table was a man, and that it was inappropriate for Changsun Wuhou to be present, Li Shimin asked her to eat at a nearby table. Hua Wuque glanced at Su Qingfeng and said to Lu Xiaofeng:

"Brother Lu, aren't you going to invite Brother Su along this time?"

Lu Xiaofeng patted Hua Wuque, who had been tricked by him and Su Qingfeng these past few days, and laughed:

"Little Bai, even if Brother Su comes, he can't eat. Let him vomit there, hahaha!"

"That's true, Brother Su has really suffered this time."

Hua Wuque felt a little helpless when Lu Xiaofeng called him "Little White". Su Qingfeng called him "Pretty Boy", and Lu Xiaofeng called him "Little White". He felt that Su Qingfeng was right - "Little White" sounded like calling a cat or dog, and "Pretty Boy" was better.

"Let's eat first, then we'll go find Su Qingfeng to brag."

"it is good."

Although Li Shimin found their conversation strange, he didn't press them for a moment because he saw how quickly they were eating.

Seeing that there were too many dishes on the table for one person to finish, Changsun Wuhou wanted to bring a plate to Li Shimin.

She had only taken a few steps when the boat suddenly lurched, and she lost her balance and fell to the side.

"**! Who is it...? You're crushing me... Uh, sorry, I didn't touch anything."

Su Qingfeng was resting on a chair when suddenly someone pressed heavily on him. He was seasick and felt even worse, so he immediately tried to push the person away.

He reached out to push her away, but then he was embarrassed—the person pressing down on him was a woman, and the softness he had just touched made him forget to pull his hand away.

Changsun Wuhou was also stunned. She only intended to deliver vegetables to Li Shimin, but the boat rocked and she ended up falling onto someone resting nearby.

She was about to get up and apologize when the man harassed her and even hit her. Changsun Wuhou was stunned.

Su Qingfeng's guards were dumbfounded. They had noticed that the woman didn't know martial arts when she passed by, so they didn't stop her. Who knew that she would actually step on Wu Xiangjun?

"Captain, what should we do?" one of the guards asked anxiously when he saw that the woman was still holding Su Qingfeng down.

Su Ming was extremely conflicted—they had failed in their duty this time. He frowned as he looked at the woman, unsure of what to do.

"How should I know what to do? Everyone in the 210 unit, be more alert! We've failed in our duty this time. What if that woman is an assassin? Wouldn't His Majesty be in danger? Go back and await your punishment."

"Yes, Captain."

Li Shimin, Lu Xiaofeng, and the others stood to the side, staring blankly at Changsun Wuhou and Su Qingfeng.

They saw Changsun Wuhou lying on top of Su Qingfeng, while Su Qingfeng was actually pushing her away with both hands, which made Lu Xiaofeng and the others steal glances at Li Shimin, whose face was ashen.

As soon as Su Qingfeng opened her eyes, she hurriedly urged, "Get up quickly, how much longer are you going to keep me pinned down?"

"Ah! You bastard!"

Changsun Wuhou snapped out of his daze, yelled, and dumped the vegetables he was holding directly on Su Qingfeng's head before getting up and hiding to the side.

"**!"

When Su Qingfeng saw that she had grabbed a headful of vegetables from his head and run away, he quickly stood up to wipe his head, looking extremely disheveled.

Looking at his clothes covered in food stains, he complained dejectedly:

"What the hell is this?"

Li Shimin walked to Changsun Wuhou's side and asked with concern:

"Wuhou, are you alright?"

At this moment, Li Shimin was furious—his fiancée, whom he had only ever held hands with, had been defiled in public by this bastard, and so many people had seen it.

"Men, kill this bastard!"

"Yes, Second Young Master!"

More than ten guards behind Li Shimin immediately drew their swords and rushed towards Su Qingfeng.

"Li Shimin, tell your men to stop!"

Song Zhi was caught off guard by Li Shimin's intention to kill Wu Xiangjun, and hurriedly shouted as he tried to rush over to save her.

Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Wuque remained standing still. They knew Su Qingfeng's guards were nearby and wanted to see how Su Qingfeng would deal with the approaching guards.

On the second floor of the ship, Yaoyue and Lianxing were watching the farce unfolding below with great interest. They had seen everything clearly from beginning to end.

Lianxing chuckled and said to Yaoyue, "Sister, this is just too ridiculous."

Yaoyue suppressed a laugh, and said with a hint of annoyance:

"That damn bastard deserves it. Lianxing, remind Wuque later that Su Qingfeng has managed to extract all our secrets from us. Wuque is too honest; expecting him to investigate that bastard's background is hopeless."

"I understand. This guy is too much. If he's with Lu Xiaofeng, he'll probably corrupt Wuque."

Yaoyue merely frowned, offering no further reply, her gaze falling upon Su Qingfeng downstairs.

As Li Shimin's guards were about to kill Su Qingfeng, Su Qingfeng didn't even look at them, only focusing on patting her clothes.

Su Ming glanced coldly at the guards and made a hand gesture. Two bodyguards immediately drew their short blades and rushed forward.

Before Li Shimin's guards could react, two assassins appeared like ghosts, slitting their throats one after another. In the blink of an eye, more than ten guards had fallen to the ground.

Seeing his guards die instantly, Li Shimin felt a surge of fear. These guards were all experts at the seventh or eighth level of the Acquired Realm, yet they were so easily dealt with by just two opponents.

Changsun Wuhou stared dumbfounded at the corpse on the ground. When Li Shimin was about to kill that man, she had wanted to stop him—after all, she was in the wrong first, and the man seemed to have only touched her because he wasn't fully awake. But now there was no need to stop him; she should be more worried about Li Shimin's safety.

Song Zhi looked at Su Qingfeng's guard in disbelief. Both were clearly at the Acquired Realm, yet Li Shimin's guard had his throat slit in the blink of an eye. Hua Wuque exclaimed in surprise:

"Brother Lu, Brother Su's guards are like assassins! Their lightness skills are unpredictable; anyone of the same cultivation level can't defend against them, they're all killed with a single strike." Lu Xiaofeng was equally astonished. He had originally thought these guards were just ordinary acquired cultivators, but now it seemed Su Qingfeng's identity was far from simple. "Brother Su is unfathomable; even I can't figure out his background." Hua Wuque nodded in distress.

"My aunt also said he's no ordinary person, and she even told me to find out about Brother Su's background. But all I know so far is that his surname is Su, and I can't get any other information." Lu Xiaofeng almost burst out laughing—Hua Wuque hadn't found out anything about Su Qingfeng, but that clever Su Qingfeng had gotten a thorough understanding of Yaoyue and Lianxing's affairs. If this continued, Hua Wuque might be led astray by Su Qingfeng.

Su Qingfeng was also somewhat surprised. The person who wanted to kill him was Li Shimin? What was he doing here? Su Qingfeng suddenly remembered the sunken ship. This second young master of the Li clan appearing at sea by ship—could he be returning to the Sui Dynasty after completing business overseas?

He immediately thought of the Dongming Sect. Li Shimin must have gone overseas to order weapons from the Dongming Sect, and he must be carrying the order ledger. Should he seize it to threaten him? Killing him now would be pointless, since it's the Sui Dynasty that's in chaos, not the Song Dynasty.

Su Qingfeng glanced at the woman beside Li Shimin and wondered: she didn't know martial arts, so she shouldn't be someone sent by Cihang Jingzhai to protect him. Then who was she?

At that moment, an angry shout rang out: "Fine! I've only been gone a short while, and you lecherous scoundrel are already trying to abduct a woman? Get off the Song family's ship right now!"