"Why are you here?" Qin Yao asked puzzledly.

Liu Ji walked up to her and helped her lead the horse, while looking her up and down.

The person couldn't be nicer. Not only did he have a ruddy complexion, but he also had a bow and arrow on his shoulder that looked very valuable.

Liu Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Yesterday, when he heard Liu Zhong, who had just returned from the county town, say that the county government had dragged back fifteen bodies of bandits, his heart tightened.

When Liu Ji heard that this matter seemed to be related to the case of Concubine Pan in the city's brothel, he became very nervous.

He didn't even need intuition to be sure that these fifteen so-called corpses of bandits must be related to the evil woman in his family.

One against fifteen! Song Zhang, you are not a human being!

Of course, Liu Ji didn't dare to show these thoughts at all. He didn't want the evil woman to know that he was worried that she was dead.

No, he just wants to live off his wife for the rest of his life!

"I heard that Lady Pan will be tried in court today. Everyone came to watch the fun. I'll come over to take a look and broaden my horizons."

Liu Ji explained while giving Qin Yao a flattering smile, "By the way, I'll wait for you to go home together."

Qin Yao taunted him, "You're going to take the provincial examination soon. Why are you running to the county town to watch the fun instead of staying at home to discuss your lessons with your teacher?"

Liu Ji cried out that he was innocent, and quickly took off the book box on his back, took out the imperial examination documents inside, and stamped a huge official seal on them.

"Papa" he shook it in front of Qin Yao's eyes, with a sly look on his face, "To be honest, my lady, I actually went to the county to handle the documents for the imperial examination, and watching the fun was just a sideline."

Qin Yao thought, should I just bear with it?

No, I can't stand it!

He raised his hand and slapped the handsome and cocky guy in the face. Liu Ji was horrified, screamed, and dodged quickly.

The nails brushed across his earlobe. Although his handsome face was protected, his ear felt a burning pain.

Liu Ji wanted to cry but had no tears. He was afraid that passers-by would notice him, so he covered his mouth and sobbed, not daring to make a sound.

But after being hit, he became much more obedient, and no longer acted like a jerk in front of Qin Yao. He carried the bookcase on his back, led Old Huang by the hand, and said pitifully:

"Old Huang, Old Huang, how did you get hurt like this? Did someone bully you? Tell the master and he will take care of it for you. Beat him to death!"

Qin Yao looked back and answered for Old Huang, saying coldly, "He's dead."

Liu Ji raised his eyebrows in horror, urged Lao Huang to walk faster, caught up to Qin Yao, tilted his head and asked curiously:

"My lady, did those fifteen bandits hurt you? I see your knife is missing."

Qin Yao smiled evilly at him, "Do you think if they had that ability, they would still be lying in the morgue of the county government office?"

His colorful expressions greatly pleased her. Qin Yao said softly with evil humor: "As for the knife, it was broken when it was used to chop people."

"But don't worry!" She patted his arm and said with a smile, "Song Zhang will make it up to me."

He raised his chin back and showed off his new equipment.

Liu Ji made a wooden sound, as if he was frightened, and agreed with her awkwardly: "Those people are really tough, they didn't make you tired, did they?"

As he said this, he patted Old Huang's butt and let it walk on its own. Then he started to massage Qin Yao's shoulders and arms, attentive and considerate.

Qin Yao looked up at the gorgeous sunset in the sky, squinted her eyes comfortably, slowed down her pace, and was in a good mood.

But at this rate, I won’t be home until midnight.

Qin Yao felt that the massage was almost over, so she signaled Liu Ji to stop, bent her fingers and put them in her mouth to blew a whistle. Old Huang, who was following slowly behind her, was shocked and immediately ran up, lowering his head obediently in front of his master.

Qin Yao ordered Liu Ji: "Get on the horse."

Liu Ji agreed with a sigh, and thinking about the scene of the two of them riding together and running in the sunset, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise wildly.

However, just as he was about to mount his horse, a figure suddenly rushed in front of the couple like a gust of wind.

"Plop!" A man knelt down in front of Qin Yao. When he raised his head, half of his face covered with scars was revealed.

Liu Ji's eyes widened instantly, and he dodged behind Qin Yao with a start, holding her shoulders tightly with both hands, and shouted, "Ghost!"

Qin Yao sighed tiredly, and patted Liu Ji on the backhand, signaling him to open his eyes and see clearly, it was clearly a person.

The palm of the hand hit his side.

Hmm? The feel is surprisingly good, moderately soft and hard, have you practiced secretly?

Qin Yao turned around and glanced at him. The man was trembling with fear, so she pinched him a little more and he didn't even notice.

He raised his eyebrows and withdrew his hand, feeling a little unsatisfied.

However, when his eyes fell on the person kneeling at his feet, they instantly turned cold.

"Yin Le, what are you going to do?"

Yin Le, who was blocking the road, raised his hands high and bowed, "Please accept me as your disciple! From now on, Yin Le will treat you as my own parents, sincerely fulfill my filial piety, and serve you for the rest of my life!"

There was a natural sweetness in the woman's sincere tone. Liu Ji's ears twitched and he looked up in surprise. The scar was particularly obvious. He was frightened and quickly buried his head behind Qin Yao, shouting in his heart: Retreat, retreat, retreat!

Qin Yao understood Yin Le's meaning and found it a little absurd.

"What can I teach you?" She believed that she did not have any skills worthy of being accepted as a disciple.

"Do you have nowhere to go and want to find a place to stay?" Qin Yao asked tentatively.

Song Zhang had taken her to see the women who were rescued earlier, but she didn't think Yin Le's situation was the same as theirs.

At least she is strong enough inside and ruthless enough to herself, so the rumors in the village can't hurt her at all.

She could have returned to Xinghua Village, or left Kaiyang County and started a new life in a place where no one knew her origins.

Yin Le's answer was beyond Qin Yao's expectations.

She replied with a fierce look in her eyes: "Lady Pan was just a pawn. The person who really killed Shaoyao was Zhao Da who left the inscription. I don't know who he is, and the county magistrate won't tell me, but I can find out for myself and avenge Sister Shaoyao with my own hands!"

Qin Yao's temple twitched. Yin Le's words sounded so naive to her that it gave her a headache.

"What will you use to take revenge?"

"That's why I want to ask you to accept me as your disciple and teach me martial arts!" Yin Le looked at Qin Yao with anticipation. This was the best solution she could think of.

Qin Yao asked her, "You don't even know the other person's identity. What if he is already an old man half buried in the ground? By the time you learn martial arts, he will have already been buried. What revenge can you take?"

"Besides, I will not teach my apprentice to become a killer driven by hatred and impulse."

"Get up and go back."

Qin Yao pulled out Liu Ji, who was hiding behind her and watching the show, and lifted him onto the horse's back. She then climbed on the horse herself and urged Lao Huang to leave.