Pei Yuan hadn't slept all night, and his chin was covered with blue stubble. His eyes were bloodshot and murderous.

He dragged his heavy sword along the road, the blade rubbing against the ground, leaving a winding trail on the rammed earth road. No one dared to approach him as he passed by, and they all pointed and talked at him.

Someone whispered, "Did he do what happened six years ago? He ran into someone's house in the middle of the night, set the house on fire, and stood at the door with a sword. When someone ran out, he stabbed them to death... blood splattered all over the wall. He was only twelve years old at that time!"

The younger ones didn't know what happened back then. Looking at Pei Yuan's back, they shrank back into the house and said, "Who is he going to kill this time? Look at his face, there's still blood on it."

"Who knows... Just stay away. If he can't see you, you'll be fine."

"Am I afraid he will come back to find me? What if he doesn't like me and kills me with a knife? Who can I complain to? He's a prince. He can kill people... Didn't he almost kill his father some time ago?"

Someone said angrily, "A beast in human clothing!"

"You can't say that." The older man looked at Pei Yuan's back and sighed, "I have a sister who used to work in the palace. She said that the Fourth Prince's current situation is related to his mother. His mother died in a tragic way. She was a beautiful woman with a peerless appearance. There was no one else like her among the many concubines in the palace... They said that the Fourth Prince was originally a good person, but he was a little depressed and perverse. It was not until he saw his mother's corpse that he went crazy. The case of the extermination of the Luo family happened during that time. The emperor felt guilty about him and always doted on him, so even though the Fourth Prince committed treason some time ago, he was still fine."

There was silence for a moment, and suddenly someone asked, "I heard that the Fourth Prince got married?"

"Yeah..." There was a sound of "tsk tsk" in the crowd, "I don't know which girl is so unlucky. The Fourth Prince has a weird temper. If he is in a bad mood one day, a little girl can't beat him. She will be cut into eight pieces and eaten."

After the words fell, there was a commotion, and people looked at Pei Yuan with bright eyes. No one disliked bloody and exciting things, as long as it didn't happen to them.

Many people began to secretly look forward to the appearance of the Fourth Prince's wife.

...

Pei Yuan could hear the discussions behind him, but he didn't say anything, because he was indeed a madman.

It was Xu Guang who made him crazy.

Every word of Xu Guang's words pierced his heart like a steel needle, even though the house was demolished and no trace of Baoning was found, even though Xu Guang's subordinates who were captured later said that they saw Baoning escape. Pei Yuan still felt pain.

He couldn't control his brain, and couldn't help but describe the tragic scene according to what Xu Guang said.

How could his Baoning endure that?

Even if it was fake, he couldn't accept it.

Pei Yuan thought, if he still couldn't find Baoning today, he didn't know if he could control his hands. He might go to the Shaofu Prison and chop Huang Ji into pieces with a knife, or go to the East Palace and dig out Pei Xiao's heart and chop it into meat paste.

Anyone who might harm Baoning, don't even think about living!

He only had a little hope in his life, and it was destroyed by others. He didn't think there was any meaning in living. At worst, they could die together and fight for victory or defeat on the road to the underworld!

The violent factor was stirring in his heart. Pei Yuan turned around and scanned the faces of everyone on the street with a gloomy look. He thought darkly, if they were all dead, skinned, boned, and pulled out, the wind would smell of blood, wouldn't it smell good?

After all, he was a madman, and everyone thought he was crazy, so he would show them how crazy he was!

Rubbing his thumb on the rough handle of the knife, Pei Yuan tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his lips suddenly opened, revealing a weird smile.

He was good-looking, with narrow and long phoenix eyes, a high nose, and a natural bandit air. If it were normal, the girls on the street would blush when they saw him.

But with such a smile, everyone who saw it felt their hair stand on end, screamed, and fled in all directions. Madman, just like a demon crawling out of hell to eat people!

...

"Baoning!" Ji Anlu pushed open the door and rushed in, her face showing fear, "Did you see, the fourth prince, the fourth prince is downstairs!"

She clenched the handkerchief in her hand, her wrist trembling: "Baoning, what should I do, have you heard those rumors? Will he really kill people?"

"No!" Baoning turned around and dropped her

head to the ground. Her eyes were a little red, not sure if it was because she was blinded by the wind when she opened the window, or because she saw Pei Yuan's smile.

It was just one night since they last met, how could he make himself so sloppy and smile so ugly.

Baoning felt sad.

She reached for the clothes on the bedside and put them on: "I'll go downstairs to find him now."

"Are you crazy?" Ji Anlu was horrified and grabbed her: "What if you get hurt? Who knows how he became like this? Is his mind still clear? No, I can't let you go."

Baoning's nose was blocked and she cried heavily: "He must be like this because he is looking for me. He is anxious. I will go down now and he will be fine when he sees me."

Ji Anlu said: "What if? Baoning, don't be so confident. Look at the fourth prince now. Aren't you afraid?" Baoning

lowered her head. She looked at the tip of her shoes. Was she afraid? If she said she was not afraid at all, it would be a lie, but there was a voice in her heart telling her that Pei Yuan would not hurt her.

Pei Yuan said it himself, after that rainy night, he said: I won't hurt you.

He also said: You can trust me, anytime.

Bao Ning thought, Pei Yuan is such a trustworthy person, he values ​​dignity so much, he won't lie to her.

Bao Ning looked up at Ji Anlu: "I want to take a gamble."

"Don't be silly..."

Bao Ning quickly put on her clothes, and before Ji Anlu finished speaking, she walked around her and ran down the stairs.

Ji Anlu also ran out, leaning on the railing anxiously and calling her: "Baoning, be careful!"

"Okay, don't worry." Zhang Heyu approached, patted her on the back, and comforted her, "Baoning looks dazed, but she is smart in her heart, she knows her limits."

...

Everyone on the street saw that a woman suddenly rushed out from the door of Gujing Restaurant.

She was wearing a light pink skirt, with long braids hanging down her shoulders. She was fair and slender, with gentle eyes and eyebrows. She was the kind of girl who had no offensive power at first glance.

She ran towards Pei Yuan.

Everyone gasped and stared at her, waiting for what would happen next.

Pei Yuan was standing five steps in front of her.

Bao Ning looked at his back. He was still tall, with broad shoulders, but she didn't know if it was her illusion, Pei Yuan's back, which was always straight, now looked a little bent.

Bao Ning dug her fingernails into her palm, took a deep breath, and shouted to him loudly: "Pei Yuan!"

There was a burst of laughter.

Someone called her softly: "Girl, girl, are you crazy? Come back quickly and stay away from him, aren't you afraid that he will attack you!"

Bao Ning didn't move.

Pei Yuan didn't move either.

The wind blew over, bringing a faint smell of blood, but Bao Ning didn't notice it at all, and shouted to him again: "Pei Yuan! Look back at me, I am Bao Ning!"

Pei Yuan turned his wrist, and he seemed to have finally heard it, and turned around stiffly and little by little.

Bao Ning suddenly wanted to cry.

She wiped her tears, ran a few steps, came to him, stretched out her hand to pull his sleeve, and said hoarsely: "What's wrong with you? How did you get yourself into this state, wearing tattered clothes and dirty everywhere... Walking around the streets with a knife in broad daylight, are you really going to cut people or something? If people see it, they will think that I didn't take good care of you, abused you, and kicked you out..."

Baoning couldn't control her nagging.

Pei Yuan looked down at her, his eyes fixed, and didn't say anything.

Baoning saw the blood on his face. She frowned and wanted to tiptoe to wipe it off, but the blood had dried up and couldn't be wiped off.

Bao Ning panicked and touched his face, but saw no wounds. She then touched his chest and arms: "What happened? Whose blood is this? Did Xu Guang hurt you? Is it serious?"

Pei Yuan still maintained that posture, and did not speak, just staring at her. Bao Ning could not help it and hit him: "Speak!"

"Bao Ning..." Pei Yuan raised his hand and grabbed her shoulder, gritting his teeth and said, "Where on earth did you run off to!"

He released one hand, pressed her back, and pressed her tightly to his chest, as if he wanted to use this action to press Bao Ning into his body. The force was so great that Bao Ning was about to suffocate.

Until she turned her head and saw Pei Yuan's wrist in horror. The part where his sleeve slipped down was densely covered with black meridians. The red poison that was originally only the size of a soybean had grown to the size of a fist.

Bao Ning called him with a trembling voice: "Pei Yuan..."

Pei Yuan suddenly loosened the hand that was restraining her, knelt on one knee on the ground with the knife in his hand, gasped a few times, and spurted out a large mouthful of poisonous blood with a "wow" sound, which fell on Bao Ning's feet.

"What's going on!" Ji Anlu rushed out, anxiously worried, "Why did he vomit blood?"

"He has injuries..." Bao Ning sniffed and reached out to help him stand up.

Pei Yuan was too heavy for Bao Ning to help. Ji Anlu wanted to help in a hurry, but before she touched Pei Yuan's arm, he swung it away and almost fell out. Zhang Heyu hugged her from behind.

Bao Ning looked at Ji Anlu apologetically and asked in a low voice: "Let's go to the Third Sister's store to take a break, okay?"

"I'm not going anywhere." Pei Yuan raised his head. He was exhausted, his face was as pale as a dead person, there was bright red blood at the corners of his lips, and he looked weak, "I want to go home."

The road was too far, Bao Ning wanted to persuade him again, Pei Yuan frowned and repeated again: "I'm not going anywhere, I want to go back to my home!"

"Yeah, okay!" Bao Ning knelt on the ground, holding his face, tears welling up, "Be obedient, let's go home now."