Before dawn the next day, Qin Shu was called up.

They were in a mountain villa, and it was so dark that they couldn't see the surrounding environment clearly.

After leaving the manor, Qin Shu leaned out of the car window, put her hand on the window sill, and asked the guard on horseback next to her, "Brother, which direction are we going?"

The guard answered subconsciously, "Nan."

"presumptuous!"

A sharp and thin scolding sounded behind him.

Zhang Cheng, wearing a long robe with wide sleeves, took small steps and walked towards this side quickly like a duck with drooping wings.

The guard saw this and immediately dismounted and knelt on one knee, "General, the Gatekeeper..."

With a crisp "slap" sound, Zhang Cheng slapped the guard, making him stagger. "Who allowed you to talk to the girl?"

Qin Shu sneered and said, "General, I am just a weak woman, powerless, surrounded by dozens of masters like you, can I fly away with just one word?"

Zhang Cheng had a gloomy face, and his drooping eyelids made his eyes into sharp and sinister triangles. "Girl, you'd better behave yourself, so that we can all have less trouble."

Qin Shu snorted and retracted her head.

Zhang Cheng waved to the guards holding torches behind him.

The guard came over and carefully searched the ground around the carriage, but did not find anything extra.

Qin Shu sneered and said, "General Jianmen is really too cautious. Does he think Qin Shu will leave a mark and wait for others to rescue her?"

Zhang Cheng didn't say anything, but his attitude said it all.

Qin Shu said, "Hasn't the general sent people to search for me countless times to see if I have anything on me? If it's not mine, even if I throw it on the ground, my people won't be able to recognize it. Isn't that a waste of time?"

"General Jianmen, you are so nervous that you start a war over a small incident. Isn't that a waste of time?"

Zhang Cheng said ruefully, "You are so sharp-tongued. Let's go!"

Qin Shu smiled slightly, and after the carriage started moving, she simply leaned her head out, placed her hands on the window sill, rested her face on the back of her hands, and squinted her eyes slightly.

It's as if I'm feeling the cool morning breeze at the turn of spring and summer, gently brushing across my forehead.

She seemed to enjoy the feeling, tapping her fingers lightly on the car, feeling comfortable and relaxed.

Zhang Cheng followed behind the carriage, staring at her without blinking.

Qin Shu suddenly turned around and asked with a smile: "General, Qin Shu has never been to the capital, let alone the palace. The journey is boring, why don't you tell Qin Shu about it?"

Zhang Cheng was not fooled and said in a shrill voice: "Outside officials are not allowed to talk about the royal family. This is the rule. If the girl is curious, she will know it naturally after entering the palace."

Qin Shu frowned and said, "If Your Highness sends Qin Shu to the palace, then in the eyes of others, Qin Shu will be considered Your Highness's person, right? If Qin Shu accidentally violates any taboos, won't it cause trouble for Your Highness?"

Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, his body swaying as the horse moved forward. After a while, he replied, "When the young lady enters the capital and the Ning Wang Mansion, His Highness will send a nanny to teach her the rules."

Qin Shu suddenly realized and said "Oh".

Before she could speak again, Zhang Cheng warned her: "Young lady, you'd better sit still. Otherwise, we will have to make you travel a little further."

Qin Shu sat back as she was told.

Zhang Cheng looked at the slightly swaying car curtain, feeling an indescribable weird feeling in his heart.

But I don't understand where this weird feeling comes from.

Qin An Ning rode forward, approached Zhang Cheng, and whispered, "Master, I always feel that this damn girl is weird."

Zhang Cheng subconsciously glanced at him and snorted, "Has she ever raised dogs or falcons before?"

Qin An Ning shook his head, "No."

Zhang Cheng's lips didn't move as he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Let the one behind touch the ground carefully to see if she will leave any marks."

Qin An Ning responded in a low voice, ran back a few steps and conveyed Zhang Cheng's order.

Less than two quarters of an hour later, Qin Shu poked her head out again and just as she said "Hey" to Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng frowned and shouted, "Someone come here!"

Qin Shu was startled, and when she raised her head, she bumped it against the car window. She cried out "Ouch!" and touched her forehead, scolding, "Why are you yelling? What's wrong with me getting some fresh air?"

Seeing the storm on Zhang Cheng's gloomy face, Qin Shu had no choice but to shrink her head. "Okay, okay, if you don't want to talk, then don't talk. You are so fierce. When I enter the palace and gain favor, I will be the first one to ask His Majesty to punish you."

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but sneer.

The team did not take the official road, but walked through mountainous and dense forests.

Starting from the Yin hour and walking until the end of the noon hour, the group finally stopped at a gentle slope.

All the guards dispersed, drew their swords, and patrolled and stood guard.

Qin Shu was also allowed to get off the carriage and stretch her arms and legs.

But no matter where she went, there were at least four guards and two maids following her.

She walked around in the woods and saw Zhang Cheng sitting at the foot of a slope, so she skipped over and sat down beside him.

Zhang Cheng glanced at her and said nothing.

In the woods in the afternoon, because some people were resting there, the roosting birds were startled and the chirping insects were silenced, and the woods were eerily quiet.

Qin Shu was dressed in white, and looked particularly eye-catching in the lush green forest.

She looked a little bored, with her hands crossed in front of her knees, pointing her fingers rapidly.

Zhang Cheng looked at her and sneered, "Girl, do you look very happy?"

Qin Shu nodded seriously, "The weather is really nice today."

Zhang Cheng said: "Last night the girl seemed to be very reluctant to enter the palace. Why did she suddenly come to her senses today?"

Qin Shu said, "Now that we are here, we should make the best of it. What's wrong with entering the palace? He is the emperor, the supreme ruler of the world. Being able to serve the emperor is the greatest blessing for women in the world."

She smiled and looked at Zhang Cheng. "Besides, when Qin Shu enters the palace and is favored, we can ask the emperor to order a re-investigation of the murder of my parents. We must find the real culprit behind the scene and cut him into pieces!"

Zhang Cheng's face twitched and he snorted loudly.

Qin Shu smiled and was about to say something else, but suddenly——

A sharp whistling of arrows came towards the crowd from all directions like locusts in autumn.

There were continuous sounds of "pu pu pu" as the flesh was penetrated, and screams were heard one after another.

Before Qin Shu could react, Zhang Cheng grabbed Qin Shu's wrist and dragged her towards the carriage beside him.

He pushed Qin Shu under the carriage and followed her in.

After hiding, Zhang Cheng quickly pulled out a dagger from his boots, put it on Qin Shu's neck, pressed hard, gritted his teeth and whispered, "Did you lead them here?"

Qin Shu lowered her eyes and looked at Zhang Cheng sideways, sneering: "General Jianmen's words are strange. Qin Shu has been staying in the carriage, how can she lead people here?"

Zhang Cheng pushed the dagger down again.

Qin Shu felt a pain in her neck, and a stream of warm liquid flowed down her neck into her collar.

She said carefully, "General, please don't shake your hands. This dagger is very fast. Qin Shu hasn't entered the palace yet, and hasn't seen the emperor yet. She hasn't enjoyed wealth and glory yet, and she can't die at the hands of General."

"Also, General Jianmen said right away that Qin Shu had led the people here. God knows, those arrows don't have eyes. Didn't General Jianmen realize that those arrows were attacking indiscriminately?"

Zhang Cheng said fiercely: "Shut up!"

Why haven’t I heard Qin An Ning say before that this damn girl talks so much nonsense?

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