When the two were rescued from the quicksand pit, it was already dark, and the temperature in the desert dropped sharply to freezing point as the sun set.
Xue Yu's face was pale and she sat on the ground with her hands struggling to support herself. Although she could knock over a cow with one punch, she was not able to withstand any blows at all.
Lin Mu's blow must have injured her internal organs. Previously, she had been buried in the sand, feeling something pressing against her chest, and she had only felt a slight discomfort. Now that the pressure was gone, her internal organs felt as if they had been shattered, a burning pain.
Lin Mu patted the dust off his body, took off his coat and put it on her, and asked caringly: "Xiao Yu, are you cold?"
He wanted to pick up the snake that she kicked away, but he saw Xue Yu frown and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Lin Mu was horrified and quickly supported her falling body. He asked her in a panic, "What's wrong with you?"
He suddenly felt his head buzzing. She had just agreed to be his wife, and she was already vomiting blood.
Could it be that no woman who gets close to him will have a good ending?
He was the fifth child of the Lin family in Xiling City. As the younger brother of the Xiling City Lord and the most handsome of the six brothers, there was no shortage of girls looking for him to marry.
The reason why he is still unmarried at the age of 27 is simply because any woman who gets close to him will inexplicably encounter misfortune.
Whether it's his childhood sweetheart Miss Wang, or Miss Qian and Miss Liu who have proposed marriage to his family...as long as they meet, something bad will happen.
Even Miss Xie, who had never been kissed, was bitten by his snake and lost an arm.
He chased her and said he would support her for the rest of her life, but Second Miss Xie has kept her away from him since then.
Lin Mu said sadly: "Xiao Liu, shouldn't I come out to harm others?"
"Fifth brother..." Lin Liu seemed a little embarrassed and didn't know how to comfort him. Although his fifth brother was handsome, he was extremely unpopular among girls in Xiling City.
After all, who would want to date a weirdo who carries snakes around to communicate with animals all day and has been broken off twice?
He finally met a girl he liked, who cried, made a scene, and acted like a spoiled child to him, and was willing to marry him. How could he let this kind of thing break his heart and persuade him to give up?
Lin Liu stammered, "It must be my fault for being clumsy. I accidentally hurt myself when I was dragging my sister-in-law up here. It has nothing to do with you.
Besides, you've already touched her and kissed her, so you should be responsible for her."
Xue Yu leaned weakly in Lin Mu's arms and said angrily, "You, you have been watching from the beginning... You have been peeking for so long, how could you watch us sink and not come out to save us!"
Lin Liu's face flushed instantly, and he stammered, "No, no, I didn't see anything. I just found you not long ago, and I only heard a little bit of your conversation..."
He quickly changed the subject and said, "Fifth Brother, take her to town for treatment first. It's almost dark."
Lin Mu quickly carried Xue Yu onto the horse, and the two of them rode together and quickly rushed to the town for negotiations.
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In the lobby of the only post station in the desert town, Xue Yan sat at the table, looking a little anxious.
He was still very confident in Xue Yu's martial arts, but it was getting dark and it was easy to get lost in the desert. Captain Song and Li Guan had gone out to look for her and had not returned yet, which inevitably made him look worried.
Lin San and Lin Si on the opposite side were also worried. When their fifth brother was kicked off the horse by the opponent's guards, they knew that things were not that simple.
Although Lin Liu was asked to go out and look for it, he should have returned long ago if he had not encountered any danger.
Xue Yan broke the silence, "You said that your messenger had not yet reached this town and disappeared while fetching water.
I suspect he was kidnapped. Did you see who kidnapped him?"
Lin San shook his head solemnly, "I didn't see his appearance clearly, but he was wearing a blue helmet and blue armor, so he must be from your Haoyue Nation.
They split into two groups at the fork in the road, and we went in pursuit, but soon lost them and were pursued by the Beihai cavalry. Judging from their equipment, they were all military personnel.
Xue Yan stroked his chin and thought for a long time. "I think Yang Yihu and Beihai Kingdom are colluding. So, was your envoy taken abducted to Beihai or Haoyue Kingdom?"
"I don't know. We lost them very quickly and didn't see clearly which group took the messenger away."
Xue Yan and Song Lin exchanged a glance, and Song Lin nodded knowingly. He took out the piece of mulberry paper from his pocket, spread it on the table, and explained, "In fact, we intercepted the secret report from the North Sea Kingdom three months ago.
The Beihai Kingdom had long planned to collude with a high-ranking official of our country to ambush your envoy in this cliff corridor.
But they acted very secretly. We only intercepted this secret order and did not obtain any new clues.
Our Lady Prime Minister sent us to negotiate this time to remind you."
Lin San and Lin Si looked at the mulberry paper on the table, but they couldn't recognize the words on it. They looked at each other in confusion, "So, Uncle Ling was abducted to Beihai Kingdom?"
"We have already reported this matter to the imperial court. If the person was detained by your Haoyue Nation, we hope you can hand him over as soon as possible and in good condition."
Song Lin questioned, "Since this is a three-party negotiation, we're already quite late. Why hasn't the envoy from the North Sea Kingdom arrived yet?"
Lin San sighed, "In fact, we received a tip-off during the day that the envoy from the North Sea Kingdom was also assassinated on his way.
They have now returned to their Yunshi tribe for treatment, and their current status is uncertain as to whether they are alive or dead.
If the North Sea Kingdom's envoy is confirmed dead, you will be in a very passive situation."
Xue Yan's face was solemn. Because the Yang family of Haoyue Kingdom had ulterior motives, he didn't dare to guarantee that they were not the ones who did these things. Since there were too few clues, he couldn't guess what their real motives were.
The secret report was intercepted three months ago, when Master Hua was still in power. No one could have predicted that the war would be ended so quickly by the female prime minister.
If the Jiangling Yang family wanted to collude with the Beihai Kingdom to assassinate the envoy of the Yanyang Kingdom, then what was his purpose?
Whether he led the Beihai cavalry or the Xiling army into the pass, it would not benefit his Jiangling City at all.
If it was a scheme designed by a certain force to monopolize the gold mine, what conditions did he offer to make the other two countries willing to cooperate in this scheme?
Song Lin pointed out the crux of the matter, "Then why did the three countries meet in such a dangerous place to negotiate? Who proposed it?"
Lin San and Lin Si looked at each other. This negotiation location was chosen by the Yanyang Kingdom. They were not quite sure who chose it, but it was an order issued by the imperial court.
Xue Yan replied, "This is the closest intersection to the three countries. It was chosen by Yanyang Country, and all the countries agreed."
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