When the prince is reborn, he will only hit me if he doesn't hit the wall!

Qin Yuechuan quickly took her to a shaded place.

The two men hid at the base of the wall, with only two heads poking out, one above and one below.

Xu Xinyue whispered: "This should be the Biwu Courtyard marked on the blueprint."

Qin Yuechuan bowed his head and replied, "Yeah, not bad."

Xu Xinyue didn't look at him, but kept looking out, muttering:

"Last night I saw on the blueprint that the courtyard where the body is stored is located in Changhui Courtyard in the southeast, and the current Biwu Courtyard is in the northwest corner, so we need to find a way to get from here to there..."

Qin Yuechuan added: "I have studied it and the blueprints show that during this period, the shortest route with the least number of patrols is sixteen courtyards. There are eight patrol teams, and each team patrols two courtyards as one circle. It takes about a quarter of an hour for each team to patrol a courtyard completely."

Xu Xinyue understood: "That means the time we take to go from one courtyard to the next cannot exceed a quarter of an hour at most."

Qin Yuechuan nodded: "To be precise, the best way is to control it within half a quarter of an hour to be absolutely safe."

Xu Xinyue said, "I saw the markings on the blueprint. The distance between the courtyards of Prince Su's Mansion is about the same as that of Prince Rong's Mansion. For my walking speed, a quarter of an hour is the limit."

Xu Xinyue turned her head and looked at Qin Yuechuan above, and gave a calm and serious order: "Now it all depends on you to pass the patrol, you..."

Qin Yuechuan looked back at her with a steady gaze: "Don't worry, Princess. I will never let you down. Half a quarter of an hour is definitely enough for me."

Xu Xinyue smiled slowly, turned around and looked outside again, and said to herself, "This is the best. But I have lost a lot of weight recently, so I shouldn't be too much of a burden to you."

Qin Yuechuan stared at her slender back in amazement, his eyes dimmed: not to mention that ten of her were not a "burden", he would rather bear such a "burden" than see her become thinner here.

Xu Xinyue stared at the situation outside without blinking, watching the patrol team reappear from a distance.

I have completed a full tour, which took exactly a quarter and a half hours.

A new round of inspections is about to begin.

Qin Yuechuan and Xu Xinyue looked at each other and nodded seriously.

"Princess, I'm offended."

Qin Yuechuan held Xu Xianyue horizontally in his arms, tightened his arms, and firmly protected her in front of him, and stepped out of the shadows steadily: "Princess, we are leaving now."

"Ah."

As soon as the patrolling guards disappeared, Qin Yuechuan moved as fast as the wind and as fast as a ghost. He jumped and flashed out of the Biwu Courtyard.

Qin Yuechuan's eyes were cold and resolute, his steps were silent, and he was extremely alert and listened carefully throughout the journey, not missing any movement around him.

Xu Xinyue could do nothing but try her best to steady herself, clinging to his shoulders and keeping an eye on what was happening behind him.

In order to control the time accurately, every time Qin Yuechuan landed at the next group of courtyards, he would wait until the patrol guards had completed a complete circle and reset the time before setting off for the next target.

Everything is under control.

They stopped and went back and forth in this regular cycle. Now they had passed through the eighth courtyard and were halfway through the journey. As long as they could avoid four more patrol teams, they would reach Changhui Courtyard in the southeast. Today's goal would be almost half achieved.

Qin Yuechuan thought about this in his mind, but his steps did not slow down at all. He pursed his thin lips into a tight line and continued to run to the next courtyard.

However, on the way from the eighth courtyard to the ninth courtyard, something unexpected happened.

According to the originally planned time, it would take nearly a quarter of an hour to complete a full patrol of the ninth courtyard, so now should be a patrol break.

But for some reason, when we were about to reach the ninth courtyard, we suddenly heard footsteps of the patrol guards not far away coming from the corner of the wall. From the sound, it seemed that they were about to turn the corner and walk towards this side.

He actually ended a patrol ahead of schedule!

Qin Yuechuan was forced to stop. This place was empty. There was not even a low wooden beam to hide his figure within a radius of twenty steps. It was too late to turn back to the eighth courtyard. The time had already been missed. It was just in time for him to complete the tour and meet him.

The current situation is a dilemma.

The footsteps were right in front of him, and it was impossible to change direction and hide somewhere else. Qin Yuechuan stood under the bright moonlight and had no way to escape.

His eyes were fixed on the guards who were about to turn the corner in front of him. His breathing slowed down and his whole body was on high alert. He quietly supported the weight of Xu Xinyue in his arms on his left arm, freed his right hand to reach for the sword at his side, preparing for a life-and-death battle in the next second.

Xu Xinyue naturally also heard the sound of orderly and powerful footsteps, and sensed the changes in Qin Yuechuan's physical condition. The hands that were clinging to his shoulders unconsciously intertwined and clasped their fingers together, not daring to breathe, knowing that there might be a tough battle ahead. If things went wrong, the guards nearby might also be attracted here.

Qin Yuechuan looked straight ahead, watching the situation calmly. Even at this moment, he still tried to comfort Xu Xinyue: "Don't be afraid."

The hard leather shoes and boots stepped out of the corner first. At this moment, a sharp sound broke the silent night sky, like the scream of a raccoon or the sound of weapons.

The Prince Su's Mansion never kept any cats.

The figure that was about to step out of the corner suddenly retracted and ran hurriedly in the opposite direction with neat steps.

"There's some movement over there, go check it out!"

Qin Yuechuan was surprised, but he didn't have time to think about it. He slowly approached the corner of the wall, and after confirming that there was no one here, he didn't dare to relax at all. He calculated in his mind that not much time was wasted, and if he kept the time, he should be able to catch up with the patrol of the next courtyard.

In the shadow of the corridor in the distance, another dark figure strode out, staring at Qin Yuechuan's figure disappearing around the corner in an instant, and holding the orange cat slave in his arms, he said in a calm voice: "Little Ah She, you performed well. Now, it's up to Big Ah She."

Although Qin Yuechuan's progress was disrupted, fortunately he arrived in time and the rest of the journey went smoothly. The two finally arrived at Changhuiyuan.

Qin Yuechuan carefully put Xu Xinyue back to the ground.

Xu Xinyue patted her chest and took a deep breath. "It was really thrilling just now. My heart almost jumped out of my throat. I almost thought I would die here tonight. I was afraid that I would be separated from my father and the others forever."

"No, I have said that I will do my best to protect the princess."

Xu Xinyue was still frightened and smiled: "Thanks to you tonight, Xuan San, I will give you a raise when I get back."

Qin Yuechuan laughed. If he was really Xuan San, his monthly salary would have gone up and down, down and up in her words. Now it should have remained the same, neither rising nor falling.

Before the patrol returned here, Qin Yuechuan took Xu Xinyue and climbed into the inner side of Changhui Courtyard.

The Prince Su's Mansion had been uninhabited for a long time, and Changhui Courtyard was also dead silent.

There are only three houses in the whole courtyard, one main room and two side rooms, which is really not very eye-catching.

"I thought that since there were so many bodies stored here, it should be the most important place in Prince Su's Mansion and must be protected urgently. How come——"

The surface is much simpler than I imagined.

Qin Yuechuan glanced at the main house with a frown on his face, and continued, "In Qin Liexing's eyes, living people are worthless, and are just ants and livestock. What's more, it's just a body. In his eyes, what's the difference between it and a corpse?"

Xu Xinyue lowered her voice a lot: "Those under his control are really nothing..."

Qin Yuechuan realized that he had spoken out of turn. Xu Xinyue was also deeply restrained at the moment, so he quickly added: "The princess is different from them. As long as we find what the princess wants, we should have a chance to break free from the 'restraints'."

Xu Xinyue stopped talking and walked to the door of the main house. When he pushed the door, he found a brass lock tied to the door knocker. Xu Xinyue tapped the door lock and moved aside tacitly. Qin Yuechuan drew out his sword and did not need to use much effort. With just one move, the lock ring was cut in half.

He put his hands together and held the copper lock fragment in his palm without making any sound.

The door opened, and a gust of cold air rushed in.

The night at the end of winter was still chilly, and Xu Xinyue shivered unexpectedly when she saw the ice bed in the house reflecting a cold light.

The two of them quietly closed the door again, held up the fire starter, and carefully examined the situation inside the house.

To put it bluntly, this place is a "morgue".

This room, with all unnecessary partition walls removed and doorways opened up on both sides of the room, appears extremely wide and deep.

Many bodies were lying side by side on giant ice beds, men, women, old and young, arranged in a disorderly manner without any pattern, as if they were just thrown there at random.

The ice bed beneath him probably only served to delay decay.

Xu Xianyue couldn't tell for a moment whether the eerie cold air came from the ice or the "corpse."

Xu Xinyue counted the number silently, there were about fifty of them.

Even if we exclude the male bodies, there are still about 30 female bodies, mixed and laid out side by side. The light is dim, and if we want to identify them one by one in such a tight time, we don't know how long it will take to find them.

Xu Xinyue made a decision, and said to someone among the many bodies: "I will temporarily give my body to you. You quickly find your body, and I will take it away tonight."

Qin Yuechuan stood beside her, frowning as he listened to every word she said.

Xu Xinyue turned her head and smiled at him, "Xuan San, you don't have to be afraid. I may change my appearance in a while, but it doesn't matter. She doesn't know how to fight. Everything will be left to you for the time being."

Qin Yuechuan frowned even tighter, and clenched his five fingers. After a long while, he finally squeezed out a low, hoarse single syllable from his throat: "...Okay."

He watched Xu Xinyue slowly close her eyes, and in an instant, all the strength and vitality seemed to be drained from her body. Like a dehydrated flower that quickly withered, she fell softly backwards.

Qin Yuechuan's breath seemed to be taken away along with her life.

He hurriedly leaned over and held her in his arms, steadying her body, and with trembling fingers, he slowly approached her nose, little by little.

But without waiting for him to feel her breath, Xu Xinyue opened her long eyelashes again. It was clearly the same pair of eyes, but in her usually gentle and clear pupils, there was a hint of indescribable feminine charm. When she raised her eyes to look at him, there was no warm and gentle smile in her eyes, but only ruthless and cold hatred and disdain.

She pushed his chest hard and said in a most familiar voice:

"let me go."