The long-awaited reinforcements did not come in the end. When Chu Zhiyao and Ji Rufan were taken away, they had different thoughts in their hearts.But no matter who it is, they are thinking in their hearts, who is leading all this.

"Don't be afraid, I'm with you."

The two of them were not tied up, they were taken away by hanging on horseback, and they were still sitting in the carriage when they came.It's just that the driver and those surrounding him are no longer members of the Chu family.The horse thief didn't want to cause trouble in the outskirts of Nancheng, but tied up the guards of the Chu family and threw them into the nearby woods without killing them.

"I'm not afraid, but I've hurt you." Ji Rufan smiled back consolingly, but with a sense of powerlessness.

Chu Zhiyao didn't even think about it, so he reached out to shake his wife's hand.The temperature in the palm of her hand passed through in an instant, and only then did she realize that the woman who had been keeping calm all this time turned out to have cold hands.

"It's all like this, are you still trying to be brave with me?" Chu Zhiyao's tone was very soft, with a slight smile at the end, like a feather caressing Ji Rufan's heart.

"This time, I don't know if we can escape safely." Although Ji Rufan has seen many big scenes, but when he is really in danger, he will still feel frustrated and scared.

"Anyway, I'm buried with you, what are you afraid of?" Chu Zhiyao was more calm, encountering bandits on the way, this was not the first time she had experienced it.

Ji Rufan glared at her, signaling that she shouldn't say such unlucky words.

Chu Zhiyao leaned his head against the carriage, tilted his head and grinned and said, "I am born with a big life, and it seems that I will never die."

After a while, she said sadly again: "Maybe it's because of my hard life, always killing those close to me."

Ji Rufan knew that Chu Zhiyao remembered the scene of his parents being killed when he was young.Min Yu had mentioned this matter to her before, it was to make the couple strengthen their relationship, for fear of accidentally touching Chu Zhiyao's sad things after marriage.

"I don't know if you are lucky, but I know, you must have a big head!"

"Huh? Why do you say I have a big head?" Chu Zhiyao was puzzled.

Ji Rufan poked Chu Zhiyao lightly on the head, and sighed: "You are a person who likes to think wildly all day long. You said that if it wasn't because your head was too big, where would you have so many weird ideas!"

Only then did Chu Zhiyao realize that the lady was teasing her.But she wasn't angry, she actually felt that what the lady said was quite reasonable.Sometimes, she does think too much, but it's a pity that these thoughts can only be hidden in her heart, and she can't find a suitable person to confide in.

As they spoke, the tense atmosphere in the carriage began to ease, and the expressions between the brows of the two gradually became more relaxed.If it weren't for the horse thieves surrounded by the carriage, Chu Zhiyao would still feel that they were on the way to Guanyin Temple in a trance.

The gang of horse thieves did not use violence against them. Apart from verbal intimidation, they did not do anything too outrageous physically.When Chu Zhiyao and Ji Rufan were taken off the carriage, they had different moods.This kind of stockade looks like a lair of horse bandits, but it is clearly not too far from the outskirts of Nancheng.

"I didn't expect that there are so many horse thieves living around us." Chu Zhiyao said softly to the people around him.

Ji Rufan frowned more and more, she was very familiar with this architectural style.In her previous life, this was the place where her nightmares started, but she knew clearly that this was not Mawang's lair.But Ji Rufan couldn't help but feel trembling all over when touched by the scene.

Chu Zhiyao noticed the change of the lady's mood, and quickly supported her, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Ji Rufan shook his head, pursing his lips tightly.Now her emotions are very strange and complicated, anger mixed with fear, panic mixed with unwillingness.She almost lost the energy to stand up, but fortunately there was Chu Zhiyao by her side, who she could rely on with confidence.

"I'm actually a little scared." With difficulty, Ji Rufan finally admitted his inner fragility.

"Actually, I'm also afraid." Chu Zhiyao whispered, looking at Ji Rufan all the time, and said: "But I will protect you."

Ji Rufan knew that Chu Zhiyao's words came from the heart, not just lip service.Because along the way, Chu Zhiyao suppressed his fear several times, not only kept taking care of his emotions, but also cared about his body.In such a situation, people who can still do this can be said to really have themselves in their hearts.

"We protect each other." Ji Rufan got strength from Chu Zhiyao, raised his head and smiled at her.

"The young couple are really clingy!" After shutting them into the room, the horse thief left without looking back.

There were guards outside the room, so the two people in the room were not tied up.

"This group of people is quite confident. They feel that if we are locked up like this, we can't escape." Chu Zhiyao took the lead in wandering around the room.

Ji Rufan stood there without moving, just glanced around with his eyes.

The room is not too big, but it is quite clean.Horse thieves were actually not that poor, but they had no taste after all, and the decorations made of the skulls of various beasts looked a little scary at this moment.Ji Rufan has learned riding and archery since he was a child, and has seen a lot of these.But Chu Zhiyao seldom touches these things, and now he is in such a room, and his heart is unspeakably gloomy.

"I think it won't be long before someone will take us to meet the mastermind behind this time." Ji Rufan thought for a while, then spoke slowly.

Chu Zhiyao has already visited the whole house, which is much smaller than the size of Chu's house.Moreover, the decoration style of the room really made it difficult for her to stop, so that when she got to the back, she only dared to stick her head out to look around the corner, for fear that if she made a sudden turn, she would be frightened and cry by the head of the antelope.

"Who do you think is going to arrest us? What is the purpose? Is it really because of Ma Wang?" Chu Zhiyao asked three times. In fact, these questions have been circling in her mind for a long time.

Ji Rufan looked at her and nodded slightly.

Chu Zhiyao quickly walked back to Ji Rufan and said, "Mawang is so wicked? Other people's daughters-in-law still miss it!"

Ji Rufan was amused by Chu Zhiyao's appearance, and the two of them were facing each other and were very close, so the change in Chu Zhiyao's expression was more clearly seen.

"Whose daughter-in-law?" Ji Rufan asked knowingly.

Chu Zhiyao looked at the person in front of him like he was looking at a fool, and said, "Of course it belongs to my family! In the whole Nancheng, who doesn't know that you are the young mistress of the Chu family!"

Ji Rufan covered his lips and smiled, and sighed: "But you and I both know that I am not the young mistress of the Chu family."

Chu Zhiyao's mind seemed to be blocked by something, and he rushed to say without thinking: "Who said that! I think you are!"

After saying this, Chu Zhiyao belatedly realized that there seemed to be something wrong, which could easily cause ambiguity.He quickly turned his eyes away to avoid embarrassment.But in my heart, I kept thinking about how to explain it, so that I could perfectly resolve what I just said.

Therefore, when she looked away, she perfectly missed the change in Ji Rufan's face.How well Princess Yu knows how to read people's hearts and minds.If she was not sure about Chu Zhiyao's behavior in the previous relationship, then now, she can almost be sure that Chu Zhiyao treats herself completely differently from when they got married.

If it wasn't for the current situation, Ji Rufan really wanted to have a good talk with Chu Zhiyao.Because she had already discovered that she didn't dislike or resist Chu Zhiyao's attitude, and sometimes she even felt a little joyful.Even she herself didn't understand what kind of emotion this was, but she didn't want to escape, didn't want to turn around and blur it.

"I think, at this time, Grandpa should have received the news that we were tied up." Chu Zhiyao suddenly started another topic.

Ji Rufan wasn't too optimistic either, since the horse thief would take them away like this, there must be another way.

"We may soon be sent to another farther and more hidden place. At that time, I'm afraid it will be really difficult to escape." Ji Rufan recalled the tragic experience in his previous life, almost crying.

A soft and warm embrace enveloped her, and before she could think about it, she heard a gentle breath coming from her ear.

"So before we are taken further afield, I must let you go."

"Chu Zhiyao, what do you mean?"

"Their target is you, but even if they tie me up, they will definitely not let me go. Since it is difficult for me to get out of the body, it is better to save you."

"Stop it!" Ji Rufan seemed to realize what Chu Zhiyao wanted to say, and stopped him immediately.

Just thinking of Chu Zhiyao having to suffer for herself made her heart ache uncontrollably, and it became more and more painful.From the faint dull pain at the beginning to the obvious tearing pain afterwards, Ji Rufan couldn't breathe.

"Let's go, let's go together. Don't say anything about living alone, and I don't want anything to happen to you either." Ji Rufan's voice was not loud, but if you listen carefully, you can hear the trembling in her voice.

This is not fear, nor is it polite, this is genuine shyness and excitement from the heart.This was the first time in Ji Rufan's life that she said such affectionate words to someone who was neither relatives nor relatives. She didn't even realize that she was willing to live and die with Chu Zhiyao.

When night fell, Chu Zhiyao and Ji Rufan sat back to back on the thick carpet, neither of them felt sleepy.

"My lady, if we can't escape this time, do you have any regrets?" Chu Zhiyao took off his mask and faced Ji Rufan who was in trouble with his truest self.

"Yes, there are many." Ji Rufan said calmly.

"Actually, I have it too. I will regret that I didn't honor my grandfather well, and I was always naughty and made him angry." Chu Zhiyao said with a bitter smile.

Ji Rufan thought for a while, and said, "There are many things I haven't been able to do in time, so I will be very worried. But the most regrettable thing is that I haven't had time to understand one thing."

"Huh? It sounds so profound. Ma'am, sometimes you speak hard for people to understand."

"Whatever you want to know, you can actually ask." Ji Rufan knew that usually Chu Zhiyao didn't understand, but didn't want to understand.

Chu Zhiyao paused for a moment, then asked, "Lady, your family is in the capital, isn't it for business?"

Ji Rufan was a little surprised, but remained calm and said, "Why do you say that?"

Chu Zhiyao smiled and said: "Actually, when you do business, many of your ideas and practices are not the usual practice in the business field. Although your ideas are more careful and your plans are more organized, they are not like us businessmen. Same."

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