My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

"Hand out your hand, let me feel your pulse."

Su Yunwan said to Jiang Xiaoliu who was holding a cane.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaoliu hid his left hand behind his back and said, "Thank you, madam. I just have a broken leg bone. I just need to recover slowly."

Wu Shaohan on the side frowned slightly and looked at him expressing disapproval.

But Jiang Xiaoliu looked at the sky and the earth but refused to look at him, and refused to take his pulse.

Su Yunwan saw this and said, "Then let me see your leg injury."

This time Jiang Xiaoliu felt happy. He sat on a wooden stake and stretched out his injured right leg.

After Su Yunwan looked at it, he said: "You are recovering well. Keep up the good work. This is a bone injury recovery pill that I developed myself. You can take one pill in the morning, noon and night to help you recover faster."

She took out a small medicine bottle from her sleeve pocket (space) and handed it to Jiang Xiaoliu.

Jiang Xiaoliu accepted with a smile: "Thank you, madam."

"If you want to thank me, thank Wu Shaohan. He has been thinking about your injury, and it was he who invited me here." Su Yunwan said with a chuckle.

Just now, Wu Shaohan saw Jiang Xiaoliu holding a cane and looking at each other from a distance. He immediately walked up to Su Yunwan and asked her to help Jiang Xiaoliu.

Su Yunwan had agreed to this matter a few days ago, but there were too many things to do when he returned to the team, so he didn't take care of it for a while. After Wu Shaohan mentioned it, Su Yunwan immediately got up and went with him to see Jiang Xiaoliu.

She originally wanted to use the cover of checking his pulse to deliver healing power to Jiang Xiaoliu, speeding up his recovery by at least half the time, but Wu Shaohan's request was not in vain.

However, she was rejected by Jiang Xiaoliu. Although she didn't know why, she didn't take the liberty to explore.

When Jiang Xiaoliu heard this, he immediately looked at Wu Shaohan. There seemed to be a flame hidden in his eyes, bright and passionate.

Wu Shaohan seemed to be burned and avoided his gaze.

Jiang Xiaoliu didn't care, and said excitedly: "Brother Wu, if you have a chance in the future, you can teach me martial arts."

If he had strong martial arts skills, he would not be easily injured.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shaohan replied seriously: "I don't accept apprentices."

All his abilities came from the Shadow Guard Camp, and most of them were ruthless killing moves, which were not suitable for Jiang Xiaoliu at all. Moreover, he cannot teach others the martial arts learned in the Shadow Guard Camp.

"...I don't want to ask you to be my teacher either." Jiang Xiaoliu choked and felt heartbroken.

He just wanted to let Brother Wu practice as he did last time.

Su Yunwan looked at the two of them and burst into laughter: "Once a teacher, always a father, you two brothers are so good, it is really inappropriate."

Wu Shaohan and Jiang Xiaoliu looked at each other, their eyes containing inexplicable meanings.

Just then, there was a noise in the distance.

An official who went shopping a few days ago came back. He was sweating profusely and panting, shouting: "Where is the boss? Something happened!"

Zhong Wei strode forward, supported his running subordinate with his eyes rolled up, turned around and shouted: "Bring water!"

The man said anxiously: "Our goods have been robbed, and so have our brothers, who want a ransom..."

"Tell me what's going on." Zhong Wei had expected it, so he was not surprised. However, he was worried about the safety of those people, and his serious face showed a faint look of anxiety.

After the man drank a few mouthfuls of water, he told the story of the robber in detail.

It turned out that most of the people in the towns they went to had already migrated, and they couldn't buy enough supplies, so they went further to get supplies. After finally returning home with a full load, I got caught while staying in a wild inn.

When he woke up, he found that he and several brothers were tied up and locked up in a woodshed. Four people from the Qin and Chu families were missing.

After a long period of time, the four missing people were also sent to the woodshed.

They were dragged through the door, their bodies covered in blood and unconscious.

Later, because of his thin appearance, he was assigned by the owner of the black shop to deliver letters.

The owner of the black shop asked them to use money to ransom the person. Each person would pay a ransom of 1000 taels of silver notes. They had to go to the inn tomorrow at noon to hand over the money with one hand and the person with the other. They would tear up the money after the deadline.

"Boss, what should we do now!" the man cried sadly.

Zhong Wei immediately asked him where the inn was and learned that it was near Heifeng Mountain. He immediately looked at Qin Junyi and Chu Shao on the side.

Qin Junyi immediately sent someone to send a signal and stopped the three response personnel sent before lunch, so as not to be captured again because he was weak and weak.

Zhong Wei clenched his knuckles tightly and said, "They are forcing me to lead the exile team there."

To rescue the trapped people, he would have to send dozens of elites, and the huge reduction in the number of guards would inevitably cause the prisoners to escape.

If he only had the power to resolve the situation, he could only pull the entire team over.

Chu Shaodao: "I think the other party has already set up a dragnet, waiting for us to fall headlong into it."

Qin Junyi thought for a moment and said: "There is also a possibility that the opponent will use kidnapping to remove some of our personnel and then kill them one by one. No matter what the possibility is, we will use the trick, so..."

*

"Everyone, listen to the order, break camp and set off in a quarter of an hour!" The official's voice came and went, and many prisoners wailed.

Their food intake has been reduced by half in the past few days, and they are already weak from hunger, and they don't have much energy to walk at all.

However, their resistance was ruthlessly suppressed and they had to leave.

Those who had handed over the money for the purchase were crying and demanding that the officials retrieve the stolen supplies.

Their money is worth every penny spent, and they simply cannot afford to waste it.

For a moment, the camp was in chaos.

In the Qin family, Qin Junyi said to Wu Shaohan: "Go and see Ling Qi."

Wu Shaohan took the order and left.

Su Yunwan, who heard the voice, looked puzzled: "What happened to Lingqi?"

Qin Junyi hesitated for a moment and told her the truth: "He failed the mission and went to receive his punishment."

Su Yunwan frowned, and after a moment's thought, she figured out the mystery of the banquet: "Did Mr. Chu recognize the substitute?"

"That's right." Qin Junyi nodded.

Su Yunwan's face was full of disapproval: "Then we can tolerate it and then punish him. How can we weaken the strength of our own people after all this time?"

Qin Junyi explained: "We didn't know about Heifeng Village at that time. Ling Qi's main task was to be a substitute. Even if he was punished, it wouldn't be much of a hindrance."

"It's easy to put it simply. Once the enemy attacks and puts him in danger, his performance will be affected if he is injured."

"Since he is my substitute, he will naturally be protected."

Su Yunwan knew there was some truth in what he said, but she still didn't agree: "At this special moment, we should be treated specially. If the shadow guards have not made fatal mistakes, they can be tolerated and punished later. Besides, Mr. Chu is not an ordinary person, so you should have I just guessed that he might find out."

Qin Junyi showed rare patience and explained again: "Wan Wan, it was indeed Ling Qi's disguise that showed flaws, and Chu Shao saw through it. The emperor has many capable people, if there is a next time, they will see through it again. , you know how serious the consequences are."

"But after a punishment, there will be no more flaws?" Su Yunwan replied.

Qin Junyi: "...Wan Wan, he is a shadow guard. If he failed in his mission, he should follow the rules of the shadow guard camp."

A bleak autumn wind rose from the ground, and the fallen leaves on the ground swirled and made a rustling sound.

Su Yunwan felt the biting cold all over her body, tightened her cloak, and asked in a solemn voice: "What will happen to those who fail the mission?"

Qin Junyi: "..."

He didn't want to tell Wan Wan about the harshness, cruelty and bloodiness of the Shadow Guard Camp.

When Su Yunwan saw that he didn't say anything, the rumors about the shadow guard suddenly rang in his mind.

In order to enhance their own defense power, most of the royal family members and high-ranking officials will train Shadow Guards privately.

These shadow guards earned a way to survive in the training of fighting each other, became humanoid weapons, and were driven by their masters for the rest of their lives.

The tasks they perform are required to be completed 100%. Once the task fails, what awaits them is direct execution at worst, or torture that is worse than life at worst.

Only a shadow guard who devotes himself to warming his master's bed can seek mercy from his master and reduce his punishment.

As far as she knew, Qin Junyi couldn't be more straight, and there were no female shadow guards. There was definitely no such special situation.

In other words, none of the Qin family shadow guards can escape severe punishment as long as their mission fails!

The scene of Wu Shaohan enduring the pain under Qingxuan's whip that night emerged in Su Yunwan's mind, and a thought came to his mind: "I want to have a relationship with you."