Bai He's mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't want to get to know her.

He circled around her and began his routine questioning.

"Name and place of origin?"

Qin Yao would not turn a blind eye to the performance that needed cooperation, and she bowed honestly: "Your Excellency, my name is Qin Yao, and I am from Xialiu Village, Kaiyang County, Zijing Prefecture."

"Where are you going? What are you doing?"

Qin Yao: "Your Excellency, my husband is a scholar. In order to let him concentrate on preparing for the next spring exam, I plan to go to the capital in advance to make preparations."

"Really?" Bai He sneered, and suddenly drew his sword and pointed it at Qin Yao, "Tell the truth! Why did you come to Beijing?!"

Liu Ji secretly thought that it was over, he was exposed. Reason told him to protect himself and ignore her, as he could definitely deal with this evil woman.

However, his true feelings still prevailed, and he almost rushed out, but Awang held him in front of him and lowered his voice, "Master, don't be impulsive. Please trust Madam."

Liu Ji did not resist, but nodded in agreement, "I know, I know, Awang, you must control my body. My body is not listening to my brain right now, understand?"

Awang: “.” He will.

"My Lord, let's talk. There must be some misunderstanding!"

Qin Feng walked out in a hurry. He couldn't bear to see his sister being pointed at with a sword while he stood behind like it had nothing to do with him.

Bai He glanced at him unhappily, and Qin Feng immediately bent down and bowed humbly, "I am Qin Feng, the owner of the Qin Family Business in the northwest. I have some connections with Mr. Guo from the Ministry of Revenue in Beijing. Qin Yao is my younger sister. She has been naughty since she was young and likes to wield swords and sticks, but her skills are just mediocre. If you tell me about it, I will make you laugh."

Three-legged kung fu?

Bai He glanced at the woman who remained calm and didn't even move her eyelids when he pointed a sword at her neck. Did she look like someone who only knew a little bit of Kung Fu?

"I brought my sister, brother-in-law and their families with me all the way to the capital. We were together every day. The others can all testify to this. So I can guarantee my sister's character with my life and my entire business. She is definitely not the wanted criminal of the court that you want to arrest. I hope you can understand this!"

Qin Feng bowed deeply again and secretly made a gesture to his seventh uncle.

Uncle Seven understood and walked up to the guards with a shy smile, stuffing a round, heavy, and very heavy silver cake into each of them.

The guards' eyes lit up and they all looked towards Bai He.

Bai He's expression froze, and the guards' faces changed. They returned the silver cake like a hot potato, and threw it back into Uncle Qi's arms. Their eyes were fierce, and they were about to explode.

Qin Yao secretly cried out in bad faith and lost her patience to continue acting with Bai He, a guy who didn't know when to stop. She suddenly raised her hand, pinched the tip of the sword on her neck with her fingertips, and pushed it towards Bai He with all her strength!

"Master Crane——"

She opened her lips slightly, and the sound was not loud, but to Bai He's ears, it was like someone beating a drum next to his ear, with a thump, so loud that it caught him off guard and made his heart stop.

Coupled with the overwhelming force that suddenly came from the hilt of the sword in his hand, Bai He was terrified. He was going to die. This rude country woman was angry again!

He quickly mobilized all his strength to resist the fierce power of mountains and seas. His face suddenly became ferocious because of the force, and he looked very scary.

Although the guards did not know what exactly happened, seeing their lord in such a state, they all looked at Qin Yao vigilantly, who was holding the sword between her fingertips and forcing Bai He to retreat half a step.

Qin Yao narrowed her eyes. Bai He had already tried his best to resist, but she seemed to have used little strength. Her face was not red and she was not out of breath. She smiled and said:

"Sir, my brother is kind-hearted, why do you have to make things difficult for your men? Don't you deserve a good meal for following you through this in the middle of the night?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the guards' faces changed again, and emotions such as grievance, complaint, and unwillingness flashed in their eyes.

Don't be fooled by their impressive attire, but without it they are only slightly better than ordinary people.

The leader has strict discipline, so naturally his subordinates have no chance to make money. It is impossible to say that they have no complaints at all.

Bai He naturally did not miss the changing expressions of his men. It was as if he had never thought that they would have emotions, and he was stunned for a moment.

With just this one move, the sword was deflected by Qin Yao's finger. Although she moved her fingers lightly, the hidden force pushed the stunned Bai He back.

She left some room for herself, otherwise Bai He would have to repeat the tragedy that day in Lianyuan.

"Brother." Qin Yao immediately gave Qin Feng a wink.

Qin Feng was surprised and delighted by the call of brother, and immediately nodded in response: "Hey!"

He turned around and stuffed the silver cakes that had been thrown back into the hands of the guards with his Uncle Seventh.

The guards didn't answer and looked at Bai He first.

Bai He's palms were numb from the shock, and he gritted his teeth to hold back the shaking so as not to tremble too violently. He glared at Qin Yao hatefully, then nodded slightly to his men.

Seeing the surprise in his men's eyes, Bai He took a barely perceptible breath.

He raised his eyes to look at Qin Yao, she was also looking at him, and when the two looked at each other, people around them could immediately hear the crackling sound of sparks.

Seeing Qin Yao's dark face that looked like she hadn't slept well, Bai He really didn't dare to provoke her again.

Although he didn't ask why they were here, he could guess that they were definitely coming for Mr. Gong Liang.

Always leave a way out for everything so that you can meet again in the future.

Since she took the initiative to save his face, he also gave her some face this time. The two of them reached a tacit understanding with their eyes and kept to themselves.

Signaling his men to return the bow and arrow to her, Bai He glared at Qin Yao unconvinced, then said, "Let's go!"

Qin Feng and the innkeeper politely escorted the guests to the gate of the official post station, then ran back as if escaping for their lives and gently closed the door.

It was a false alarm and the guests were exhausted, so they went back to their rooms yawning.

Afterwards, Liu Ji was very attentive and asked Qin Yao about her well-being. He helped her carry the bow and arrow, personally delivered it to her room, wiped the bow and arrow from beginning to end with a clean towel, and carefully placed it at the head of the bed.

"My lady, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first?" Liu Ji asked in a low voice, controlling the volume just right so that no one could hear clearly and so as not to disturb her.

Qin Yao stood up from the stool and motioned to Si Niang, who was yawning, to go to bed first. Then she looked at Liu Ji and said, "Get lost."

Liu Ji responded with an "ah" and did not forget to criticize the culprit, "Damn fugitive, he didn't want to go to such a big place, but had to hide in this inn, he is really a disaster!"

His words reminded Qin Yao, who hurriedly told Liu Ji: "You and Erlang should be careful and close the doors and windows."

Liu Ji nodded to show that he understood, closed the door and left.

Qin Yao undressed and got into bed, blew out the candle, yawned, and lay down comfortably, thinking that she could finally get some sleep.

The next second, my sensitive hearing picked up a nervous breathing sound from under the bed.

Qin Yao's eyes, which had just been closed, opened instantly and her mentality exploded.

Damn it, can anyone still sleep well? (End of this chapter)