The morning light is faint.The sun poked its head out from the clouds, and the warm light shrouded Rong Ling's figure driving away.

In the middle of winter, it is very comfortable to meet such a warm sun.

Qiao He paused slightly when he heard the words, but he didn't turn his head to look at Rong Bian, and shook his head imperceptibly.

Lin Yao didn't say anything more about the so-called upright official's difficulty in breaking up housework.

Then Qin Zhi led Lin Yao and Qiao He rode a horse alone, and galloped into the barren land.

Xuan Die, who had stopped on Lin Yao's shoulder, flew up with fluttering wings, and took the initiative to lead the way for the three of them.

With Xuan Die around, they didn't receive any attack this time, and they quickly walked out of the barren land smoothly.

Beyond the barren land was a wide and swift river, and horses could not cross it, so Qin Zhi and Qiao He let the horses go back to Liu Kingdom.The poison in the Badlands does not attack these animals.

The three of them crossed the river, looking at the dense jungle on the opposite bank and the invisible Ryu Kingdom, they couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

The land on the border of the Qin Dynasty is desolate and uninhabited, with weeds everywhere, and there are many mountains and mountains as far as the eye can see.

The carriage that Lin Yao came in and the horse that Qin Zhi rode had long since disappeared. The three of them looked at the endless deserted road, their eyes were a little dazed for a moment.

It was already past noon, and before leaving, Xiao Wei ordered the imperial dining room to prepare a lot of dry food and water for them, and the three of them had already filled their stomachs with this.

Qiao He pondered and said: "Your Majesty and the Empress are waiting here for a while, and I will go nearby to see if I can buy some horses."

Qin Zhi nodded and said good, he is fine, but now that Lin Yao is pregnant, it is not suitable for a long journey.

After Qiao He finished speaking, he turned and walked forward, preparing to go to a higher hillside to look around.

Qin Zhi took out a piece of crispy candy and fed it into Lin Yao's mouth.

Lin Yao obediently rolled the crispy candy into his mouth, sipped it, and in an instant, a strong fragrance spread on the tip of his tongue.

Qin Zhi touched Lin Yao's swollen abdomen again: "How does Yao Yao feel?"

Lin Yao was playing with Xuan Die at this time. He found that Xuan Die was very human, and would play hide-and-seek with him, deliberately flying above or behind Lin Yao's head, so that Lin Yao could not find him.And if Lin Yao gives up looking for it, Xuan Die will show up uncontrollably.

It will also rub Lin Yao intimately with its tentacles, as if acting like a baby with him.

Hearing Qin Zhi's words, Lin Yao teased Xuan Die and said, "It's fine, I'm fine. The baby is really good, not naughty at all."

While he was speaking, Xuan Die also flew and landed on his abdomen, the tentacles lightly touched the baby through the belly.

Lin Yao suddenly said in surprise: "Look, Xuandie also likes babies very much."

Qin Zhi smiled and said "um", Lin Yao's smile was very contagious, allowing him to easily forget his troubles.

Qiao He didn't come back after leaving for a long time, Qin Zhi and Lin Yao were about to find a high place to have a look, when someone came towards them not far away.

The man was wearing coarse clothes, with a swarthy face, and waved at the two from a distance, smiling all over his face, looking simple and harmless.

"I came here specifically to look for you." The man approached and said with a smile, "Your friend Qiao He has already gone to the stables with my brother and asked me to pick you up. Do you need horses?"

Qin Zhi and Lin Yao looked at each other, and they were wary of each other.

Qin Zhi asked, "Where is Qiao Heren?"

"He should be at the stables soon."

"Then we'll wait for him here."

The man was a little anxious when he heard the words, and persuaded him: "The stable is not far ahead, and he told me to pick you up. There is an inn over the stable, where you can eat and rest. Even if you are not tired, you have to think about your wife Bar?"

The man tried to persuade them again and again, as if he was afraid that they would not follow.

This time Qin Zhi was sure that there was something wrong with this person, so he pretended to agree. He wanted to see what kind of tricks this person was trying to play.

He took Lin Yao's hand and followed the man forward, pinching Lin Yao's hand to signal him to be careful.

Lin Yao also pinched Qin Zhi's hand and said that he knew.

Xuan Die flew in front of the two, the scales on the wings were colorful under the sun, but they were all highly poisonous.At this time, as long as Lin Yao gave an order, Xuan Die could easily take the life of that person in an instant.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, Lin Yao asked, "How far is it?"

At this moment, they had come to a ravine, and looking around, they couldn't see any stables or inns.

"It's not far away." The man pointed to a slope in front of him: "Go down there and you'll be there."

The slope he was referring to was not high, but from the perspective of Lin Yao and the two of them, the back of the slope could not be seen at all, and it was really the best place to hide and ambush.

Although Qin Zhi wanted to find out where this person came from, he didn't want Lin Yao to be in danger, so he signaled him to let Xuan Die do it.

Xuan Die got the order, and quickly flew to the back of the man's neck, and dropped the poisonous scale powder on the back of the man's neck.

Because he still didn't know the other party's purpose, Lin Yao didn't let Xuan Die kill him, but just let him poison that person.

Xuandie's poison was so strong that the person didn't even know what happened, and he quickly fainted on the ground.

Just as the man fainted, a dozen assassins with swords jumped out from behind the slope.These assassins were all masked, and came straight towards Qin Zhi in a menacing manner.

Qin Zhi's eyes were slightly cold. Although he had a premonition, he was still a little puzzled.

Not many people know the news of his going to the barren land, why would someone lie in ambush here?How did these people know his whereabouts?

But this time is obviously not the time to think about these things. These dozen or so assassins have fierce swordsmanship, and their moves are deadly. Obviously they really want to take Qin Zhi's life.

Qin Zhi didn't leave Lin Yao too far. Although these assassins were good in martial arts, they were not his opponents.

Just because he had to protect Lin Yao at all times, it was inevitable that Qin Zhi felt a little restrained when he moved his hands.

But soon Qin Zhi realized that he didn't need to protect Lin Yao.Without Lin Yao's order, Xuan Die will actively attack those who try to harm Lin Yao.As long as those people are stained with Xuandie's scale powder, they will quickly become poisonous, and Lin Yao can't do anything about it.

Watching several assassins poisoned, the rest of the assassins couldn't help looking at Lin Yao with hesitation and fear, and dared not approach him again.

Seeing this situation, Qin Zhi boldly raised his hands with confidence.

His sword moves are superb, and his internal strength is deep, those assassins combined are not his opponents, and he was quickly defeated by Qin Zhi.

The swords Qin Zhi used were picked up at random, and these swords were naturally not comparable to his. At this time, under the blessing of Qin Zhi's internal strength, they were faintly broken.

After Qin Zhi dealt with the assassin, Xuan Die flew back to Lin Yao, with a proud expression on his face, circling around Lin Yao, as if waiting for Lin Yao's compliment.

Lin Yao naturally didn't disappoint him, and boasted without hesitation: "Our Xuanxuan is really good, we beat the bad guys to the ground in a few strokes!"

Xuan Die flew around Lin Yao several times quickly after hearing the words, obviously very happy to be praised by Lin Yao.

Qin Zhi's eyes were sharp and his face was full of frost. With the tip of his sword, he picked up an assassin's mask and said coldly against his throat, "Say, who ordered you?"

Lin Yao had also walked to Qin Zhi's side at this time, frowning slightly and looking down at the assassin.

The assassin kept his mouth shut and stared fiercely at Qin Zhi. If he hadn't been pointed at his vitals, he might have jumped up and bit Qin Zhi a few times.

"Don't say?" Qin Zhi's voice was filled with murderous intent.

He suddenly stretched out his hands to cover Lin Yao's eyes, his movements were gentle.Lin Yao felt his eyes go dark, and when he opened his eyes again, the assassin was dead.

Immediately afterwards, when the other assassin was still silent and refused to answer the question, when Qin Zhi was going to catch Lin Yao's eyes like before, Lin Yao shook his head and refused.

"It's okay." He looked at Qin Zhi with a firm expression.

Qin Zhi hesitated for a while, and finally chose to trust Lin Yao.He raised the sword resting on the assassin's throat slightly, and then pierced the assassin's heart.

After he stabbed and drew out his sword, scarlet blood gushed out from the wound, soon staining the ground red.

After doing this, Qin Zhi turned his head to look at Lin Yao, and Lin Yao smiled at him.

He knew that if he couldn't find out who was behind these assassins, there would be more assassinations like this in the future.

"It's Qin Yao!"

At this moment, a sharp and ear-piercing voice suddenly sounded: "It is Qin Yao's wronged soul who has come to seek revenge on you!"

Lin Yao quickly followed the sound, and saw that the person who spoke was the leader of this group of assassins.He was wounded by Qin Zhi's internal force. At this time, he barely supported himself with his sword and half-kneeled on the ground, staring at Qin Zhi with red eyes, filled with vicious malice and anger.

Qin Zhi's face changed suddenly, he didn't expect this person to mention Qin Yao.

But in an instant, his expression returned to normal, and he sneered coldly: "It is Qin Yao's ghost who came to me, so why should I be afraid? Besides, Qin Yao was hacked into pieces by me and fed to wild dogs back then. He is not as good as alive." I, now that I am dead, what can I do with it?"

The leader stared straight at Qin Zhi, with a strange expression on his face: "You are finished! Qin Yao will kill you! Hahahaha. Do you remember..."

As he spoke, he imitated the cry of a young child.

"Please, please save my mother, give her a medicine, you can ask me to do anything..."

"Mother—mother! You don't want to die! Zhi'er doesn't want you to die! Wake up."

"It hurts...I hurt so much! Who can save me? Who can save me!"

"..."

His cries were so sharp and piercing that it hurt people's eardrums.

Lin Yao didn't hear what he was saying at first, but soon realized it.

This person was obviously imitating Qin Zhi when he was young, and he even mentioned Qin Zhi's mother, which was Qin Zhi's taboo, an existence he could not allow anyone to defile.

Lin Yao's heart was full of anger, he picked up the sword and wanted to kill the leader.

Unexpectedly, before his sword touched the leader, the leader fell down first, with black blood still flowing from the corner of his mouth.

He stared at Lin Yao, and cursed viciously, "Everyone who follows Qin Zhi will die, and you are no exception."

"Qin Zhi! He was able to play with you and applaud you before, and he can do it now!"

He opened his eyes wide after speaking, and swallowed his last breath.

Lin Yao threw away the sword, and couldn't help but kicked the man a few times to vent his anger.If you dare to bully Qin Zhi, I will kick you to death!

He kicked several times before he stopped, and then turned to look for Qin Zhi. The imperial doctor just said to tell Qin Zhi not to have too much emotional ups and downs, but he turned around and encountered such a thing.Lin Yao was heartbroken thinking about it.

"Are you okay?" Lin Yao looked at Qin Zhi and asked worriedly.

Qin Zhi's face was pale and his lips were bloodless, but he still raised his lips and smiled when he looked at Lin Yao: "It's okay."

Lin Yao was still worried when he heard the words, so he stretched out his hand to hold Qin Zhi, and persuaded him patiently: "Don't listen to him, he just said those things on purpose to irritate you. If there really were ghosts, the world wouldn't be in chaos. He's just Seeing how powerful you are, there's nothing I can do about you, I can only play tricks. This kind of person is the most treacherous and hateful. Just listen to it, and don't take it to heart."

"I know." Qin Zhi smiled: "I won't be hurt by his little tricks. But through his words, I do have some clues."

Lin Yao asked curiously, "What clue?"

Qin Zhi squatted down to check the cause of the leader's death, he looked very carefully, stood up after a while and said, "His death method is exactly the same as the right minister Zheng Xiukai, he also died of being infected by a gu."

"You mean, the person who ordered Zheng Xiukai to rebel is the same person who sent these assassins to kill you?"

"En." Qin Zhi's eyes were deep and cold: "And that person has a deep relationship with Qin Yao, and he is very trusted by Qin Yao, otherwise how would he know about those old things."

Lin Yao was originally worried that Qin Zhi would be affected by the assassin's verbal attack, but now seeing that Qin Zhi could analyze calmly, he immediately felt relieved.

"Can you think of who it is?"

Qin Zhi thought and shook his head: "Everyone related to Qin Yao has been dealt with, who escaped death, we need to go back to the palace to investigate the matter thoroughly."

Lin Yao nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

While the two were talking, Qiao He had already led the horse to look for him, and he was shocked when he saw the corpses all over the ground.

Lin Yao briefly told him about the attack, and then asked Qiao He what was going on.

When Qiao He went looking for horses, he did meet a man who claimed to have a stable, and he enthusiastically led Qiao He there.

The man didn't lie to Qiao He, and led him a long way, and he really saw a stable.After that, to delay the time, the man said he wanted to feed the horse, and asked Qiao He to have a rest.

Qiao He felt that something was wrong, so he rode away and came back to find Qin Zhi and Lin Yao.

The purpose of that gang of assassins was very clear, even Qin Zhi, they lured Qiao He away just for convenience, and never thought of taking Qiao He's life.

It's just that they didn't expect that Lin Yao who stayed by Qin Zhi's side was actually more dangerous than Qiao He.

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