“You,” Xu Yuehuai patted Aqi’s head, squinting her eyes and smiling, “in many situations, the ignorant are the happiest.”

On the other side.

The night was dark and desolate.

In the vast, dark night, a man in black drove a carriage to the desolate wilderness, and behind the carriage appeared two knights.

One of them is very fast.

As a result, Tie Xiong, who was wearing armor, was left far away by Qi Guze.

There, amidst a thick patch of tall grass, the horse quickly became unable to continue.

"Flank from both sides, quick!"

Qi Guze issued orders.

Tie Xiong responded from behind, his voice piercing through the clouds and splitting rocks.

The carriage sped along at breakneck speed, and every now and then a man would burst into maniacal laughter, shouting, "Come on, come on! The Crown Prince is right here with me. I'll tear him to pieces!"

Over the years, Qi Guze has been ordered to search the world for the crown prince.

Now they finally have a clue, but the crown prince has been captured.

In the distance is a fork in the road.

He knew he couldn't continue.

Qi Guze urged the horse on, and it quickly shot off like an arrow. The horse then approached the carriage, while Tie Xiong's massive black shadow gradually loomed over it.

"Release the Crown Prince immediately, or you will be killed without mercy."

Tie Xiong hadn't even arrived yet, but he had already made a preemptive move.

The carriage fell completely silent, even the candlesticks were extinguished, which was quite strange. Qi Guze's heart sank, and he quickly approached the carriage.

He then reached out and lifted the carriage curtain. Unexpectedly, the man inside burst into laughter, blew on the tinder in his hand, and threw it into the carriage with a clatter.

Qi Guze immediately smelled a strong, pungent odor of burning sulfur. "Oh no, run!"

No sooner said than done.

Just as Qi Guze reminded Tie Xiong to escape, the carriage was shattered into pieces, and crimson flames shot out from inside, forcing the two to lie down on the spot.

Despite their swift and agile reactions, the two were still caught in a deafening explosion.

The shockwave, carrying flames and dry branches, bounced over, injuring Qi Guze's arm.

Tie Xiong injured his back.

Once the storm had passed, the car was nowhere to be found, and even the soil on the ground had turned scorched black. Qi Guze, worried that the assassin might have some other schemes planned, helped Tie Xiong and they limped away to hide in the distance.

After a long, long time, under the moonlight, the two of them finally emerged from inside, panting heavily.

Despite the simple bandaging, the actual situation is not optimistic.

The two continued walking forward.

"It's all my fault. I was foolish and got tricked."

"What does this have to do with you? If we weren't so eager to save people, would we have fallen into this trap?" Both of them assumed the prince was inside the carriage, which was why...

"Your Highness," Tie Xiong stood by the river, listening to the roaring waves, and suddenly asked, "That Ah Qi seems to be..."

Qi Guze gestured for Tie Xiong to hiss.

Immediately afterwards, he turned around like lightning.

In that instant, Tie Xiong also saw the black-clad troops advancing in their direction. These warriors in black armor flowed like a spring. Tie Xiong gripped his broadsword and said, "Your Highness, please leave quickly. Leave this to me."

"Don't worry, we still have time."

Qi Guze is a genius.

He had studied the art of divination and the Thirty-Six Stratagems. Now, seeing the crowd surrounding him, he calmly began to use everything he had to set a trap.

This group had tracked them down and intended to capture both of them here.

The leader blew a loud whistle, and a group of people surrounded them from all sides, shouting in unison and firing crossbow bolts like locusts.

But at this critical moment, the person leading the team let out a piercing scream.

Immediately following, sobs began one after another.

Soon, a group of people died in the trap, and then the two of them teamed up to fight against the crowd...

Meanwhile, Xu Yuehuai had already asked Aqi a lot of questions.

Ah Qi said, "My father said Chang'an is the best place."

“Yes,” Xu Yuehua smiled gently, her eyes filled with longing. “A great city like Chang’an has everything. Once we get to Chang’an, we can really make a lot of money.”

Now, how to better survive is Xu Yuehuai's top priority.

Hearing this, Ah Qi smiled.

"Once I get to Chang'an, I'll have a way to find my parents."

"I'll lend you a hand."

"Thank you, Grandma."

The two were about to continue their conversation when they suddenly noticed several carriages moving with difficulty in the distance, as if there were heavy objects inside them.

Seeing this, Xu Yuehuai was completely puzzled.

"What are these people doing at this hour?"

Ah Qi didn't understand either, but the more he looked, the more curious he became.

"Shall we go down and take a look?"

Soon, the two reached a consensus.

She gracefully descended from the second floor of the inn to the long street.

At this moment, all six streets and three markets were closed, and a tranquil evening breeze brought comfort, but Xu Yuehuai seemed to detect a foul odor in the air.

That smell seemed to come from a decomposing corpse.

While she was still lost in thought, Ah Qi, who was beside her, had already half-squatted on the ground, curiously examining something frozen in the dust.

Xu Yuehuai looked closely and was extremely surprised, "These are blood beads."

good.

What had congealed on the ground were bright red blood droplets.

In the darkness of the night, the blood droplets were particularly conspicuous.

Xu Yuehuai pointed to the departing carriage, "It seems there's some unknown secret behind this."

"Should we go again?"

"Go, why wouldn't you go?" Although Xu Yuehuai knew that the future might involve turbulent waters, she was determined to go.

The carriage slowed down after leaving the city.

The carriage was driven by two elderly men, and there were several armed men nearby. These men were all well-informed and had their chests puffed out.

Everyone looked around, seemingly deep in thought.

After a short rest outside the city, the carriage continued on its way.

Xu Yuehuai and Aqi followed behind at a leisurely pace.

She discovered that Ah Qi's counter-surveillance skills were also quite good.

The two arrived at their destination quickly.

The place was filled with a strong stench.

The stench permeated from all directions. Xu Yuehuai retched his throat and covered his mouth and nostrils with his sleeve, but the putrid stench kept coming and went, making his efforts completely futile.

Ah Qi, on the other hand, had a gloomy face and looked into the distance with a fierce and ferocious gaze.

"You do your thing, I'll do mine. The sooner we die, the sooner we'll be reborn. We're none of your business."

As the old man chanted, he and his companion threw the corpse far away.

In the darkness, Xu Yuehuai could vaguely see a blurry parabola, followed by the dark, indistinct thing being thrown into the distant sea of ​​grass.

"What's that?" Ah Qi blinked curiously. "It's really strange, what are they doing in the middle of the night?"

"We don't know," Xu Yuehuai said in a low voice. "Don't speak, let's wait a bit."