After lunch, the muddy and slippery ground had been dried by the sun, and Qin Yao and his group set off again.
The next post station was thirty miles away. In order to arrive before dark, the carriage ran at full speed, almost making Jin Dou, who had just recovered, vomit.
Looking at Liu Ji, who was reading aloud with a book in his hand, his body rising and falling with the carriage, and Qin Yao, who was sitting as still as a mountain on the shaft, Jin Dou wondered if he was too weak and had the illusion that the carriage was too bumpy.
He looked at the scorching sun outside the window. Who could have thought that in such weather there would be heavy rain at night, and for several days in a row?
Jin Dou covered his mouth and tried his best to resist the churning in his stomach. He was already worried about the next journey.
We set out after noon every day and have to catch the next post station before dark, so the schedule is indeed a bit tight.
But sleeping outdoors is even more dangerous.
So, just be patient. You have already endured it all the way from the capital until now, so two or three days won’t be a big deal.
Jin Dou had many complaints in his heart while traveling during the day.
But when he checked into the post station at night, he was extremely glad that he had acted rashly and spent two hundred taels of silver to hire Qin Yao as a bodyguard.
The enemy behind the scenes is truly extremely rampant!
I sent one person the day before, but he didn’t return.
Tonight, a team of five people came.
In the middle of the night, Jin Dou was suddenly awakened from his murderous intent, and saw that the small guest room was crowded with people.
Amidst the lightning and thunder, five sharp knives were dancing in front of the bed.
However, these deadly moves were all blocked by one person.
Qin Yao noticed that the person behind her had woken up, and glanced back, feeling a little annoyed. How could she let the customer be frightened? !
When he turned around and faced the five killers, he thought that since everyone was awake, there was no need to restrain himself.
Murderous intent suddenly rose in his eyes, and he changed his previous carelessness. He pulled out the long sword from the scabbard, swung it forward with the force of sweeping away thousands of troops, and harvested two lives.
The remaining three people noticed this horrifying change and were shocked. Just now they thought that they had more people and this woman could barely handle her. They never expected that she was just teasing them and was not using her full strength at all.
At this moment, the domineering aura of Qin Yao enveloped them, and the remaining three people were shocked and began to consider retreating.
It's not that they are afraid of death, but the target person is much stronger than expected, so they must immediately bring this news out and inform their master.
Qin Yao saw at a glance that the remaining three people were planning to retreat, and immediately chopped them down with the long sword in his hand.
Because the power disparity between the two sides was too great, even if they were nimble and agile in dodging, all their moves were in vain under the overwhelming force of absolute power.
The blade smashed down, and the huge impact force knocked all three people away!
After three muffled sounds, there was a horrifying crisp sound of the cervical vertebrae being broken.
Qin Yao dealt with three people in a row, caught their bodies that were about to fall to the ground, and gently placed them on the ground, ending this counterattack without any suspense.
"Five, twenty-five taels of silver. If you order ten or more, I'll give you a 20% discount."
Qin Yao took out a small abacus and calculated the price for burying the body. She handed it to Jin Dou's wide-eyed eyes and waited for his confirmation.
"Thank you for your hard work." Jin Dou hesitated for a moment, then swallowed his saliva and nodded reluctantly.
Qin Yao put away the abacus with satisfaction and smiled happily at him, "It's okay, it's not hard, you continue to sleep, I will clean the house now."
After saying this, he bent down and carried away the two people who had been stabbed to death by the bed.
In less than half a minute, they returned quickly and dragged out the three with broken necks.
Liu Ji, who was dug out of bed by Qin Yao in the middle of the night, yawned, came in with a bucket and a rag, cleaned up the bloodstains on the ground skillfully, left silently, and closed the door considerately.
Finally, he sprinkled a handful of spices he had received from his junior brother, which he usually didn't want to use, to cover up the smell of blood so that the employer could sleep peacefully.
During the whole process, Jin Dou just sat on the bed, holding a thin quilt. He didn't even need to get out of bed, and the trouble was solved.
Sniffing the lotus fragrance in the air, Jin Dou let out a long sigh, thinking that he had been traveling during the day and it didn't matter if the carriage was a little rocky, so he fell asleep soundly.
The rain gradually subsided in the second half of the night, and the sky cleared up at dawn.
The sun rose and the slippery ground slowly dried up. At noon, the four of them set out on their journey again.
Today seemed to be going smoothly, and they were very close to Kaiyang County. Qin Yao felt like she was in her own territory, and most of the passers-by were familiar faces.
Even if they can't call each other's names, they will nod and say hello.
The carriage was bumpy all the way, and when they arrived at the post station, everyone had a simple dinner and then went to rest.
Unexpectedly, I was not disturbed on this rainy night and slept soundly until dawn.
The rain became much lighter and the ground dried up after being exposed to the sun for a morning.
Qin Yao decided to set off early so that she could enter Kaiyang County before the city gates closed.
If everything goes well and they are quick, after delivering Jin Dou to the county government office, they will still have time to leave the city and return to Liujia Village.
Therefore, as soon as they saw the ground was dry, everyone set off immediately.
The sky was blue and the clouds were white. There was a gentle breeze on his face. The air was mixed with the fragrance of rice wafting from the fields. As his health gradually improved, Jin Dou had a rare moment to enjoy himself.
But in such a peaceful environment, his heart was still uneasy. Although victory was just ahead, he always felt that something bad would happen in this last short journey.
Liu Ji replaced Qin Yao and came to the shaft of the carriage to drive with Song Yu, calculating in his mind how much money he had earned from burying the bodies in the past two days.
The evil woman agreed to give him half of it. The first two times she buried six people, each getting five taels of silver, so half of it would be fifteen taels of silver.
Thinking of this, the sadness of losing five taels of silver in the inn in the city was completely gone!
Unfortunately, it’s calm today, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to make more money.
When Liu Ji was feeling sorry, he suddenly felt a chill on his head.
Looking up, I saw that the carriage had left the unobstructed road and entered a quiet forest.
At this time in the afternoon, there were no visitors in front and no merchants behind, only their carriage driving alone in the woods.
Liu Ji was inexplicably excited. Wasn’t this the best time for assassination?
He glanced back at his employer who was half-lying in the carriage and dozing off, then turned back and glanced at the surrounding woods. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to hear some rustling noises.
Inside the carriage, Jin Dou, who was pretending to be asleep, suddenly opened his eyes and called out to Qin Yao, who was actually taking a nap, "Qin Yao, wake up!"
She slowly opened her eyes.
At this time, the carriage had stopped.
Song Yu and Liu Ji were looking suspiciously at a group of people riding horses towards them from the other side of the woodland path.
They were not well-trained killers in uniform, but a group of young and strong men in ordinary clothes riding ponies of various colors.
The first one, Liu Ji, looked so familiar that he couldn't recognize him - it was Song Zhang.
Qin Yao looked at the person coming over strangely, then turned back to look at Jin Dou who suddenly showed a look of surprise in the carriage, frowned and asked, "Who did you call?"
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