"Young Master!"

As the swords were about to pierce the carriage window, Ah Hao used his body to block the window and roared with all his might, "You must not harm the young master!"

But it was all in vain; these people seemed determined to kill Pei Zhi.

Suddenly, the carriage window was flung open. Pei Zhi glanced at the coachman, who was already lying in a pool of blood, and her face showed a look of utter confusion. "Who sent you to kill me? Was it my elder brother?"

While in the carriage, Pei Zhi saw many faces in her mind.

She was going to Dayu, and the people of Dayu had no reason to kill her. It would be better to keep her as a hostage. Since the Qin family was willing to let her go, they wouldn't kill her at this time.

She had no grudges against the Sun family or the Gong family, only against the Pei family...

"Young Master, since things have come to this point, we might as well let you die knowing the truth."

Despite being assassins trained by the Pei family, the leader still showed Pei Zhi some respect, even after so many years with their young master.

Seemingly certain that Pei Zhi and A Hao, two weak women, could not cause any trouble, the assassins stopped wielding their swords, and the air instantly became quiet.

"A wise man?"

Pei Zhi's eyes narrowed sharply. Did she understand? Could it be that it wasn't her elder brother who sent them to assassinate her?

Who else in the Pei family could possibly have the authority to mobilize these assassins?

An almost impossible idea slowly surfaced in Pei Zhi's mind. Pei Zhi took a few steps back in disbelief. "Father?"

Seeing that the leader remained silent, Pei Zhi burst out laughing.

"Is it really my father? Hahahaha!" Pei Zhi laughed loudly, her hairpin falling to the ground and her hair cascading down, making her look like a terrifying madwoman.

“Young Master, don’t blame the Patriarch. You knew Mei’er was the Patriarch’s person, yet you still helped the Qin family get rid of her. This is already a betrayal of the Pei family.”

Those who betray the Pei family will only die.

A gust of wind blew by, and Pei Zhi's hair danced in the wind.

“The young master is the patriarch’s own child. How could the patriarch order you to kill him?” Ah Hao’s voice rang out. “It must be the eldest young master. You came here on his orders.”

"In the entire Pei family, only the patriarch can command us."

The leader gave Pei Zhi a deep look, "Now that the young master knows the truth, you can prepare to set off."

"I remember your name is An Yi, right?"

Pei Zhi slowly sat down on the ground, raised her eyes to look at the leader, "Back then, when Father was seriously ill, my elder brother wanted to kill you to establish his authority, but I saved you. You owe me a life."

Upon hearing this, An Yi lowered her eyes. "Young Master, even if you hadn't intervened back then, the Patriarch wouldn't have allowed the Eldest Young Master to kill me."

But it was because of the "life-saving grace" he had shown her back then that he told her the truth before the young master died.

“That’s true. Father’s so-called serious illness back then probably wasn’t real, was it?” Pei Zhi laughed self-deprecatingly. “I’m probably the person in the entire Pei family who understands the patriarch the least.”

The title is no longer "father," but "head of the family."

"The patriarch's orders to you were to kill me and let my maid leave. She has nothing to do with these things." Pei Zhi's words reached A Hao's ears. A Hao's eyes turned bloodshot, and she stood motionless in front of Pei Zhi, blocking her way. "Young Master, if anyone wants to kill you, they will have to step over A Hao's dead body!"

"Okay, this is an order."

Pei Zhi watched Ah Hao's retreating figure, a slight smile curving her lips. "Listen to me, don't die with me, live well."

"Boss, we can't delay any longer."

Seeing this, the man in dark robes drew his sword and shouted, "Kill them all!"

......

Just at this critical moment, a "tsk tsk" sound rang out in the air, and the group in dark clothes instantly became alert. "Who!"

"I'd like to learn a few moves from the Pei family's top assassin."

Ling Ku swaggered out from behind an old tree, glancing seriously at An Yi, "But you didn't even notice me lying in the tree for so long, so your strength seems average."

"Kill this person first."

At An Yi's command, all the assassins rushed towards Ling Ku. Seeing this, Ling Ku spat out the foxtail grass in his mouth, "What a nuisance, it's better if they all come at once."

A quarter of an hour later, all the assassins fell to the ground one after another. The one in dark clothes was the most seriously injured and was spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

Ling Ku walked around these people and shook his head. "I think you're nothing special. The Pei family head has been supporting you, but he doesn't really have any use for you. Even the sharpest knife will become dull."

“Miss Pei, my name is Ling Ku.”

Ling Ku walked up to Pei Zhi, glanced at A Hao's injuries, and waved in a certain direction. Immediately, Lingxiao Pavilion's secret guards appeared.

When the assassins saw that Ling Ku still had a backup plan, they all showed expressions of despair.

"Are you from Dayu?" Pei Zhi helped Ahao up, her blood seemingly running cold.

"Miss Pei, rest assured, we will definitely escort you safely to Dayu." Ling Ku took the gauze handed to him by the person next to him and quickly bandaged A Hao's injuries.

Why did you save me?

"Because Miss Pei is valuable."

Ling Ku's words were extremely blunt: "If it weren't for that, Miss Qin wouldn't have let Mei'er's matter go so easily, and the Pei family would have been disgraced long ago."

"What exactly does Da Yu want from me?" Pei Zhi looked down at her disheveled state. "I'm someone even the Pei family is hunting down now. What value do I have?"

Her biological father, who used her and deceived her, is now... going to kill her.

“We need Miss Pei to save someone. You’ll know once you arrive in the capital.” Ling Ku’s expression became more serious. “Therefore, I request that Miss Pei travel by fast horse.”

The guards from Lingxiao Pavilion quickly led Pei Zhi and Ahao toward the capital of Dayu. Ling Ku glanced at the assassins around him, then with a swift stroke, all the assassins were killed.

"In the next life, remember to follow the right master."

The horse galloped swiftly, and the whistling wind never stopped in Pei Zhi's ears.

When they reached a hillside, Pei Zhi suddenly exerted force, causing her to tilt to the side of the hill. If she fell from there, she would inevitably roll down the hillside and endanger her life.

However, the guards behind Pei Zhi seemed to have anticipated this and quickly grabbed her. The two of them fell off their horses at the same time, but they did not roll down the hillside.

Ah Hao was terrified when she saw this. "Miss, Miss, are you alright?"

"Why can't I just die like this...?"

Pei Zhi murmured blankly, "Why can't you just let her be free?"

She simply couldn't accept that her beloved father of over a decade was going to kill her.