After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife married the living devil

"Lie down."

Li Yanqi lifted the hood of the black cloak in his arms, covered Lin Yanyu's snow-white face tightly, and patted her soothingly.

The sound of horse hooves clattering could be heard.

It was already late at night, and the guards at the city gate who were supposed to take over had not yet arrived, and the ones who had been there during the day were already exhausted.

From the hour of Xu onwards, basically no one left the city. At this time, they were dozing off in groups of three or four against the city walls, and only one or two were still awake.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves approaching, he vigilantly woke up those who were dozing off.

Before the three horses arrived, two guards blocked the city gate and shouted with frowns, "Who are you? Why are you leaving the city so late at night?"

Li Yanqi pulled the reins, made a "tsk" sound, and said with a smile: "Sir, we are one family."

The two guards looked him up and down hesitantly. The tall guard turned around and asked the guards behind him. They all looked at him a few times and shook their heads, saying they didn't know him.

The tall guard couldn't help but get even more angry, and shouted at Li Yanqi: "Who said you were one of us? Who are you? If you can't explain clearly, I will treat you as spies sent by Xiahou Yuan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards surrounded him with tense faces.

"Tsk." Li Yanqi poked his back teeth.

He was very impatient. According to his style, he would just wipe away these small things and call it a day. He lowered his head to feel the warmth in his arms, just to be safe.

He raised his eyebrows, curled his lips and smiled: "Don't be angry, sir, I really am one of you."

As he spoke, he reached his hand into his clothes, and the guard was so frightened that he half-pulled out his knife.

The sound of the weapon being unsheathed frightened the girl wrapped in the black cloak and made her shrink back.

Li Yanqi patted him in a consoling manner and said with a smile, "I was the escort for the grain and grass that came with Chongzhou. I was unable to go back with the Chongzhou grain transport officer."

He handed the certificate in his hand to the tall guard and said, "My two cousins ​​are stranded in Qingzhou. I have spent some time looking for them. Please take a look, sir."

The tall guard took the certificate and saw that it did have the seal of the Chongzhou Jiedushi. His brows immediately relaxed and he put the steel knife back into the sheath.

"So you are Lord Cai's man. We are sorry for offending you. I wish you a safe journey, Lord."

As he said this, the guard took a half step back and was about to move away.

"Close the city gate quickly!"

A man and a horse first appeared in everyone's sight, with several figures faintly visible behind them. The guards were a little stunned and had not yet reacted.

He shouted again: "Close the city gate quickly!"

Before the guards could make any move, several people had their throats pierced by needles that were thrown casually, and they fell to the ground, strangling their own necks.

Li Yanqi pulled the reins and was about to rush out of the city gate when he heard a sound of breaking air behind him.

He moved his body very nimbly, and a cold arrow whizzed past his side and fell into the night.

Li Yanqi sneered and was about to leave.

Then I heard an angry shout from far away: "Don't leave! Qingqing!"

The voice was so familiar that Lin Yanyu knew who it was instantly. She began to tremble uncontrollably and pulled down her hood to look back.

Before he saw anyone, the man above him took his hood back and pressed it into his arms.

Ma Xigui tightened the reins, looked up at the thin figure, and asked in confusion, "Brother?"

The implication is why don't you leave?

But at this moment, Li Yanqi turned his horse around.

The man who first shouted to close the city gate and also shot the arrow was now close. He led a few cavalrymen to surround the three horses.

He had already put the bow back on his back and was staring at Li Yanqi fiercely. The big black mole at the corner of his mouth was trembling uncontrollably.

"You are the one who killed Liu Wei?"

The man with the black mole, Liu Quan, was filled with tremendous hatred.

Because he had many unconventional ideas, he helped He Zhiyuan a lot since he followed him last year, and thus gained more and more respect from He Zhiyuan.

He Zhiyuan took the Qingshan Road matter very seriously. He privately wanted to teach He Zhiyuan to look up to his brothers, so he sent his cousin who had been very agile since childhood.

Facts have proved that he was right. Liu Wei did a great job every time, except for the last thing, when he killed the man in black in front of him.

Liu Quan's eyes looked as if he wanted to shoot out knives, but the person in front of him didn't even notice it.

Instead, he looked behind him.

He Zhiyuan was in a dishevel. His dark blue brocade robe was covered with dark stains. His hair was disheveled and his forehead was covered with sweat. There were also a few gray streaks of sweat.

He appeared in front of everyone with a messy group of people.

The two men's eyes met.

No one spoke for a while, only the chaotic sound of horses' hooves and panting.

Li Yanqi rubbed his chin on Lin Yanyu's head, raised his eyebrows, and looked at He Zhiyuan with the whites of his eyes.

"What the hell was that dog barking about?"

He changed his mind. He wanted to kill He Zhiyuan, the thief who dared to covet his treasure again and again, and this time he was so bold as to kidnap him.

It would be better to just kill him and get rid of it once and for all.

His previous plan was to just take his people away. With his skills, if he wanted to leave, few people at the city gate would be able to stop him.

The only thing he miscalculated was.

Li Yanqi tightened his arms around the girl's belly. If there were pursuers behind them and they fled back to Chongzhou, the adult would be fine, but what would happen to this piece of flesh and blood that was not yet firmly attached... ?

He already had the intention to kill, and he was not the only one who had the same idea.

"Li Yanqi." These three words came out from between He Zhiyuan's teeth.

His gaze was like a poisonous snake, spitting out poisonous tongues, and he said in a cold voice: "This day next year will be the anniversary of your death, and Qingzhou will be the place where you will be buried."

"As long as you return my body to me honestly now, I can consider leaving you an intact body."

Li Yanqi was so angry that he laughed out loud.

"Your people? Since you are about to die, I will tell you one last time."

He pulled the reins, drove the horse back a few steps, and spoke sternly.

"Lin Yanyu is mine in life and in death. You bastard, don't even think about having any desire for her, even if you are dead, let alone alive."

Before He Zhiyuan could launch an attack, he first shot hidden weapons at the people surrounding them, patted the horse's back with one hand, and flew towards He Zhiyuan who was protected by the guards in the middle.

"Xiaogui Ermu, protect my sister-in-law."

He Zhiyuan's pupils constricted and he immediately drove his horse back.

The two guards closest to him waved their swords to fend off Li Yanqi's approach, but after a few moves they were slashed in the neck and fell off their horses.

He suddenly jumped up, and before anyone could react, several guards were killed. Only then did they start to shout in panic, "Protect the lord!"

The guards immediately stood in front of He Zhiyuan. Liu Quan dodged the hidden weapon and flew forward to join the melee.

Ma Xigui jumped off his horse and quickly placed Lin Yanyu and her sister at the foot of the city wall far away from the battlefield.

Lin Yanyu stood under the city wall, anxiously looking for Li Yanqi.