The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

According to Zhao Yu's message and the words of the soldiers guarding the city gate, Jiang Lin arrived in Xiliang a few days earlier than them.

"Then the question is, where should we go to find him?"

Song Ningyan turned her head and saw Li Qingqian taking out a millet cake wrapped in oil paper from his arms and was breaking off a piece and putting it into his mouth.

Seeing her looking at him, Li Qingqian said a little embarrassedly: "I'm hungry."

Song Ningyan curled the corner of her mouth and said, "Okay, pregnant women get hungry quickly, I can understand that."

Li Qingqian swallowed a piece of cake in his mouth and said slowly: "Don't worry, I think it's almost done."

Before Song Ningyan could understand what she meant, she was startled by a Xiliang falcon that suddenly flew towards them.

She subconsciously wanted to protect Li Qingqian who was beside her, but the person concerned had no intention of hiding. Instead, he stretched out his other hand towards Ying Falcon.

Fortunately, the falcon had no intention of hurting them. Song Ningyan then saw that it was holding a small piece of letter in its mouth.

After taking the letter, Li Qingqian waved at it, indicating that it could leave temporarily.

She glanced at the stunned Song Ningyan, shook the letter in her hand, and whispered, "If I can't control this thing myself, how can I train my Tan Yi secret guards in the future?"

Song Ningyan swallowed unconsciously. This was completely different from the Li Qingqian in Xiaoyan's memory. How many surprises did she have that she didn't know about?

In her previous life, Li Qingqian had planned many plots to assassinate Jiang Lin. Some of them failed, and some were inexplicably not accomplished, but she still knew some tricks like training eagles.

Although the process of picking up what she learned in her previous life was somewhat complicated and unknown to others, fortunately she learned it silently.

"Humph, this kid still has some brains. He knows to run to Nati City."

Li Qingqian had a smile on his face as he looked at the crumpled piece of paper in his hand with sarcasm.

Song Ningyan was a time traveler from the future, so she didn’t know as much as the Dawei people she was born and raised in. She asked curiously, “Is there anything special about Nati City?”

Li Qingqian recalled in his mind what he had learned about Xiliang in his previous life.

"There is actually a local legend about Nati City in Xiliang: Deep in the Tianshan Mountains in the city lives a mountain guardian god who is ignorant of worldly affairs. His magic power is weak, but at the moment of concentration, he can kill anyone he wants without leaving a single one alive."

"The former Lord of Xiliang had a princess who was exceptionally beautiful. However, when the princess was born, a witch predicted that she would be doomed, so the former Lord ordered her to be hunted down."

“The god’s peaceful life was disrupted because of this—he found the injured and unconscious princess in front of the mountain. But once the god showed compassion, he would no longer be the most fair being in Tianshan. But even so, he still took her back.”

When he said this, Li Qingqian couldn't help but stuffed another piece of millet cake into his mouth.

Song Ningyan was even more curious because of the sudden end of the story: "What happened next?"

Li Qingqian shook his head helplessly: "I can't remember more. I only know that for some reason, the princess's father, the former ruler of Xiliang, offended the gods of Tianshan Mountain, and the gods used their divine power to destroy the former Xiliang. It was not until several years later that the current Xiliang regime was established, so the people of Xiliang now believe that they are all children of the gods of Tianshan Mountain."

Song Ningyan nodded half-understandingly, "So even if the city of Nati where Tianshan is located is not the capital of Xiliang, it is still a sacred place in Xiliang that cannot be violated?"

Li Qingqian raised an eyebrow and looked at the remaining pieces of paper in his hand. "But I still have to go to Nati City, and I don't want Jiang Lin to be able to leave there at all."

Song Ningyan, who was standing by, curiously leaned over and saw only a small black lotus pattern on it.

"Does this lotus have any special meaning? It looks a bit strange and seductive."

The lotus in the Central Plains doesn't look like this, and Xiliang probably doesn't produce a lot of lotus either. She can understand why it is painted like this.

But the lotus that looked strange in Song Ningyan's eyes was an unspoken code in Li Qingqian's eyes.

The Western Region wizards in the previous life liked this kind of lotus the most.

It was almost noon, so they found a restaurant.

Seeing Li Qingqian filling a bag of naan and putting it in her pocket after finishing her meal, Song Ningyan regretted that she did not carry a portable space like the legendary time travelers.

Li Qingqian called the falcon back and said, "Nati City is not too far from here. Let's follow it and try not to delay on the road. If nothing goes wrong, we will arrive in three to five days."

Song Ningyan was worried about her health and refused to ride on a fast horse with her, but insisted on riding with her.

Li Qingqian did not argue and agreed readily.

Following the soaring falcon, their speed couldn't help but increase, but Li Qingqian didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

On the contrary, the closer she got to Nati City, the more comfortable she felt.

Until the first day in Nati City.

*

They had some progress, but things were not going so smoothly for Li Zhen.

That night, they stayed in an inn in another city.

After confirming that no one was at the door, the long-servant Chuanwu closed the door and came to Li Zhen, whispering, "Sir, we haven't even reached the capital yet, and we've seen the attitude of the people of Xiliang along the way."

Li Zhen put down the book in his hand, looked at him, and then looked back at the book.

The original visit of the envoys was not a secret. The reason why it was made public was not only to give enough face to Dawei, but also to ensure the safety of the envoys.

If they died in Xiliang, another war would be triggered.

Today's Xiliang cannot withstand Dawei's torture, but Jiang Huairong was sent to Beiyuan to marry.

So after learning their identities, the people of Xiliang were very polite on the surface.

But it's different behind the scenes.

He sent a few unfamiliar people to move around in the crowd, but once they saw that they were from Dawei, the people from Xiliang changed their faces and became very sarcastic, and even insulted them in Xiliang dialect.

Humph, such despicable behavior.

"They are so shady and rampant now, just because they think they have climbed up the high branch of Beiyuan. But what Beiyuan is thinking of them, I am afraid they themselves know it very well."

"They hate Dawei, but they don't have the ability to confront him head-on; they are afraid of Beiyuan, but they think Beiyuan is their backer. These Xiliang people, they could still be called simple and honest a few years ago, but now they are so stupid."

Li Zhen looked at the glass full of wine in front of him with a smile on his face, but he reached out and overturned the glass.

"But there can only be one master of this world, and that is Dawei."

They have been in Xiliang for several days. If nothing unexpected happens, it won't be long before people from the royal capital come to greet them.

Under the moonlight, the purple-red wine flowing out of the glass glowed with a cold light.