six

"I hope you are well, Seventh Prince."

Ling Junyan snorted coldly, "Prince Yu is very cunning."

The masked man in the lead raised his hand and said, "Hey, don't talk nonsense. After all, you have too many enemies. Who can say for sure?"

After saying this, he glanced around, briefly checked the number of masked men lying on the ground, then turned around and said, "After killing so many of our brothers, you must be out of energy, right?"

Ling Junyan's hand holding the sword trembled slightly, but he remained calm and composed in the face of a group of masked men.

Even if it was true as the other party said, he would not be able to show any of it.

"Just you guys?" Ling Junyan's eyes were sharp, and he slowly raised his sword. "I'll kill as many as you can."

The masked men were indeed stunned by him for a moment, and looked at each other. Not to mention Ling Junyan, they were all tired of fighting. If this man could still fight, wouldn't it be suicide to go up?

The masked leader was still hesitant at first, but he had to do it for the sake of his reputation since he was hired by someone. So he shouted loudly: "Then give me your life!"

Ling Junyan's heart sank. It was already difficult to lift the sword just now, and he was injured. Now he was afraid...

Just when I was feeling discouraged, I suddenly heard a shout from a distance.

"Wait a minute!"

The masked man stopped in his tracks upon hearing the voice and turned his head to look over. Ling Junyan also looked in the direction of the voice, and at the same time, his sword-holding hand dropped.

Yun Qi was riding his horse and galloping towards this side. He ran right between Ling Junyan and the group of people, grabbed the reins, jumped off the horse, and smoothed the horse's fur. Then he came in front of the masked man and stood with his hands behind his back.

The masked man looked him up and down. "Who are you? Why are you wearing a mask? You're not going to be seen by others."

Yun Qi adjusted the mask he had carefully selected with some pride, "Brother, you are so weird. You are clearly wearing a mask, but you say I am shameful. I think the one who is really shameful is you, brother."

Ling Junyan, who was behind him, recognized him at a glance. He was a little surprised, but also seemed relieved. He silently followed their conversation.

"Stop talking nonsense, tell me what you're doing!"

Yun Qi cleared his throat and said, "I planted this tree, I built this road. If you want to pass through here, you have to leave me some money."

"Robbery?"

"That's right." Yun Qi raised the corner of his mouth and looked at the masked man in the lead with a smile.

The masked man didn't expect that this was the first time he encountered such a situation while carrying out a mission.

"How dare you rob us alone? Do you know who we are? I think you are not here to rob us, but to cause trouble!"

“That’s the correct answer.”

The masked man realized he had been tricked and roared in anger, "Kill him."

The masked men rushed forward, Yun Qi turned around and snatched Ling Junyan's sword, causing Ling Junyan to stagger and almost lose his balance.

He stepped forward and engaged the masked man in a fierce fight. (Imagine the process)

After all the masked men fell to the ground, Yun Qi breathed a sigh of relief and commented, "What a bunch of idiots and generals."

But it's a bit hard to fight...

But Yun Qi could only complain about these things in his heart. After all, Ling Junyan was standing behind him, and he couldn't lose face.

Yun Qi turned around and found Ling Junyan staring at him, and a wave of dissatisfaction surged in his heart.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you leave quickly?"

Ling Junyan didn't say anything, his face becoming paler.

Gradually, Yun Qi also realized that something was wrong with him. Just as he was about to ask, Ling Junyan fainted.

"Why?"

Yun Qi threw the sword aside and hurried forward to check, only to find that he had multiple wounds on his body. It seemed that he fainted due to excessive blood loss and exhaustion.

Yun Qi looked around. This was not a solution. It was not safe to continue staying here. No one knew whether that group would send more people. Besides, the injury needed to be treated in time.

He sighed, turned around to look at the fallen man and muttered, "You owe me again."

After saying that, he carried Ling Junyan on his back and walked towards a cave.

At night, a fire was lit in the cave. Yun Qi kept adding firewood. The fire illuminated half of the cave, adding a bit of warmth to the dark night.

Ling Junyan opened his eyes in a daze, and the first thing that caught his eye was Yun Qi's back. Then his gaze moved and he saw bottles of medicine on the ground next to him, and a mask that looked a bit ugly.

At first, Yun Qi didn't notice that the person behind him had woken up. It was not until Ling Junyan moved his body slightly and the pain in his wound came, and he groaned, that Yun Qi realized it.

He turned around and looked at him first, and for a moment there seemed to be an awkward atmosphere in the air.

Ling Junyan didn't say anything either. Judging from his expression, he didn't even want to speak first. He had fallen into such a situation, could he still want to be arrogant?

Yun Qi rolled his eyes at him in his heart, but finally compromised. He coughed lightly and said, "Hmm..."

Oh my god, what should I say?

Unexpectedly, before Yun Qi could figure it out, Ling Junyan actually spoke.

"Thank you very much."

These two short words made Yun Qi fall silent. He turned his head to look at the fire, stared at it for a long time, and said "hmm".

Then he added, "If you really want to thank me, put 749 jars of wine in that cave. Good wine."

Ling Junyan lowered his eyebrows. He knew where the cave pointed to, so he asked from the bottom of his heart, "Do you hate me?"

Yun Qi looked at him and said seriously, "Actually, I should hate you, but I can't."

After saying this, Yun Qi stood up. He was no longer as serious as before, and his tone became relaxed and casual.

"Logically speaking, I am your subordinate, and my life should be yours. You decide when to take it. Now, most people in Prince Sheng's Palace must also take this as their motto, including me in the past. I might even be grateful if I lost my life."

Yun Qi paused, "But I don't think so now, because it's too light, lighter than sand, lighter than a feather, fallen in regret, lost in distrust."

Yunqi's voice became weaker and weaker, and it seemed that he was lost in his own thoughts as he spoke.

What he said stabbed into his heart like a knife, and also into Ling Junyan's heart.

"So, I can only try not to hate you. Of course, Your Highness Prince Sheng, who is so high above you, doesn't need to pay any attention to what I say. I am just a useless person, but you are going to accomplish great things."

Yun Qi smiled calmly.

Ling Junyan's expression suddenly turned cold.

Yun Qi took a closer look and said suspiciously, "You're not still planning to kill me, are you? I advise you to be cautious. Your life is in my hands now. I suggest you return to Prince Sheng's Mansion, or at least enter Mutian City before considering this matter."

After saying that, he raised Ling Junyan's sword and said, "Did you see it? You..."

"I have never thought of killing you, nor have I ever distrusted you." Ling Jun blurted out in a firm tone.

Yun Qi was slightly stunned and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

"What did you say?" Yun Qi almost suspected that he had heard it wrong.

“This King…”

"Wait a minute." Yun Qi raised his hand to interrupt him, "Then let me ask you, what were you doing before?"

"I..." Ling Junyan changed his address, but as expected, he was interrupted again.

"Wait, are you explaining this to me?"

Ling Junyan was deflated and stopped talking, simply waiting for him to finish speaking.

Yun Qi then started to argue again, "What's wrong? You don't want to explain anymore?"

Ling Junyan: "..."

Yunqi couldn't help laughing when he saw his frustrated look.

Then he said leisurely: "Okay, I'll be sentimental for a moment. Since you still consider me a brother, I'll give you a chance to explain."

Ling Junyan sighed, "Actually, I don't know what happened either. It seemed like... it wasn't me that day."

Just after saying this, Ling Junyan looked up and saw Yun Qi's extremely complicated expression, "Are you telling me a ghost story? It's not a good time to do that so late at night."

Ling Junyan knew that he probably wouldn't believe it, but he had to finish what he said.

"To be precise, I have memories of that time, and what I did then might not seem strange to outsiders, but it was not my personal wish."

Yun Qi brainstormed for a while and barely understood it. He recalled that when he knew the existence of the male and female protagonists, he had more or less changed his behavior concepts. He wondered if these two things were related.

While he was thinking, Ling Junyan saw that he was lost in thought and thought that he felt that he was trying to coax him with stories, and he didn't hold out much hope of being understood.

"Okay, I get it. I forgive you." Yun Qi said after thinking it over.

Ling Junyan looked at him in disbelief, but Yun Qi didn't want to discuss the matter further.

One possibility is that Yun Qi truly believed it, but didn't fully understand the situation. The other possibility is that by forgiving him, he was actually letting himself go. After all, one's heart couldn't lie, and the position of the person before him in his heart had never changed, which was also a pretext for easing the relationship.

"Do you really believe it?" Ling Junyan couldn't help but ask again.

"I believe it, because I think Prince Sheng wouldn't have the time to make up stories for me. What do you think, Your Highness?"

This is an undeniable reason.

"We have to pack up and leave here as soon as the sun rises tomorrow. I don't think those guys will give up. Besides, my horse is still tied there, don't lose it."

Ling Junyan tilted his head and asked, "What are those medicines on the ground?"

"I took it from your house."

"You're quite good at it."

"Stop making fun of me." After Yun Qi put the medicine into his bag, he reached for the mask again.

Seeing this, Ling Junyan stopped him and said, "Don't bring that."

Yun Qi was a little curious and turned around to ask, "Why?"

“Ugly.”

“…”