Something happened upstream.

"Master, we..." Faced with this situation, Qi Yuan's first reaction was to retreat and leave.

Murong Yue waved her hand, "The teacher said that danger is there, and we must face it bravely. Let's go up and take a look!"

Qi Yuan: ? ? ?

The Imperial Advisor actually said something like that?

Ah Hao said calmly, "The original text is, 'The mountains and rivers seem to block the way,'"

Qi Yuan: ...

His Majesty was about to go up, so he made a gesture to someone in the shadows, and the Imperial Guards followed.

Several people were left behind to guard the body.

The situation was unusual, and they didn't try to hide it from Ahao and Li Chi.

Ah Hao's heart was at ease; she knew that Qi Yuan was reliable.

Li Chi wished he could gouge out his own eyes and pretend he hadn't seen anything.

Lieyan followed after them, leading his carriage.

Despite the steep mountains and slopes, Murong Yue walked as if on flat ground, while Ah Hao struggled to keep up.

Li Chi was hesitating whether to offer help when he saw Qi Yuan jump over.

“Oh, good girl, let me carry you.”

"ah?"

Ah-hao was so surprised that she forgot to breathe.

Carrying it on your back?

Isn't that a rule that men and women shouldn't touch each other?

“No, no, that’s not appropriate. Lord Qi is not yet married,” Ah Hao quickly whispered, forgetting Qi Yuan’s pseudonym in her haste.

Qi Yuan, however, looked righteous and said, "The situation is urgent. If something goes wrong, it will endanger Master's safety."

"Besides, everyone here is one of our own, no one will tell anyone."

“Yes, yes, we’re all on the same side,” Li Chi quickly echoed.

When he spoke, Ah Hao's face turned even redder.

But looking at the dark mountains and dense forests around him, and then at His Majesty in front of him, he gritted his teeth, reached out and grabbed Qi Yuan's sleeve.

Qi Yuan grasped A-Hao's arm through his clothes, and with a swift movement, lifted him onto his back.

Ah-hao's heart was pounding, and the feeling of floating on clouds made her uncomfortable.

But for His Majesty's sake, she had to endure it.

At the same time, he secretly vowed in his heart that he would also learn martial arts after returning home.

They don't need to be incredibly skilled, but at least they need to be able to run and jump, so they won't become a burden in this situation.

Once the idea is set, the mind is set.

She then realized how broad Qi Yuan's back really was...

The river branches off at the top of the mountain.

It splits into two small streams and a small mudflat.

Murong Yue looked up, sniffed the air, and immediately chose a direction.

The Imperial Guards, hidden in the shadows, gathered rapidly in this direction like ants returning to their nest.

Birds fluttered through the woods along the road, causing a commotion.

The higher you go, the narrower the road becomes.

"Blazing Flame, wait here."

Murong Yue turned around and called out.

Flame immediately stopped and obediently led the carriage to a stop in the pile of weeds.

Qi Yuan also said to Li Chi, "You wait here too."

"Yes," Li Chi said. Although he really wanted to follow, he knew that he was already struggling to keep up, and he would only be a burden in the battle to come.

Of course we must listen to Lord Qi.

For the next stretch of the road, only Murong Yue, Qi Yuan, and Ahao were visible.

Finally, near the top of the mountain, several small wooden cabins appeared and disappeared.

If we hadn't specifically tracked them here, these wooden cabins in the woods would probably have been hard to find.

The smell of blood was coming from there.

The sound of whips striking people could also be heard.

"Your master trained you to make money, and now you're like this, sleeping with a man and causing trouble?"

"Who gave you the audacity?"

"Tell me, who exactly instigated this?"

Then came the sound of whips cracking and a woman crying and begging for mercy.

"We really don't know anything!"

Murong Yue approached quietly, and Qi Yuan followed with Ahao on his back.

Ah Hao originally wanted Qi Yuan to put her down, but it was clearly not the right time to speak.

She could only continue to be carried on Qi Yuan's back.

The wooden houses are one meter off the ground to prevent snakes and ants from entering; there are five houses in total.

The area is surrounded by woods, which are lush and green with the arrival of summer.

This made the mottled red on the open space in front of the house even more glaring.

Based on her years of experience with zombies, Murong Yue assured that the blood on this ground was the color of blood from killing people for at least five years.

In low-lying areas, the blood has accumulated over the years and has turned almost black.

Two tall, burly men, with deformed features and trembling, fleshy faces, kept waving their whips.

Six women were kneeling at their feet, their feet and arms bound with heavy iron chains.

They were all thinly dressed, covered in blood, and lying on the ground, barely alive.

"You won't talk, huh? If you don't talk, we'll all be used as fertilizer!"

"You slut! You slut!"

A frail old man sat on a chair nearby.

The old man stood up and casually stroked a corner of the room. "One of them is dead. This place is no longer needed. Get rid of it all."

He looked up and around, then gazed at the wooden houses, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

"What a pity, it's so close to the capital."

"A perfectly good place, just like that, ruined."

"well."

A shrill, duck-like voice makes one feel uncomfortable all over.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan immediately realized that the two men were actually eunuchs.

"Take care of everything. I'm too old to bear the sight of blood. After cleaning it up, take care of the house as well."

"yes."

"And, uh..."

Who is it?

The old man squinted and finally spotted Murong Yue standing casually next to a big tree.

Then I saw Qi Yuan.

When did these people appear? The old man paused for a moment.

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