Even at top speed, it would take at least seven days to reach Tongzhou.
On the third day, the group camped out in the wild.
The fire from the pile of firewood blazed brightly. Xiao Changqi leaned against the tree trunk, his silver spear planted beside him. The cold, sharp tip of the spear reflected the flickering firelight, but it could not dispel the bloody stench and sadistic nature emanating from the spearhead.
Sun Jianchou distributed the dry rations to Xiao Changqi, then casually sat down next to him, looking at the fire and asking, "Is Your Highness thinking of Xiao Yuanyuan?"
Sun Jianchou noticed that the bead Xiao Changqi was stroking in his hand was the same bead that the little bird often carried.
When I first saw it, the bead was pitch black, as if it were covered with a thick layer of dust. Now, the black skin on the outside of the bead is slowly fading away, turning into a dark reddish-black color.
Sun Jianchou took a swig of wine and sighed, "Little Yuanyuan is such a strange little bird."
Xiao Changqi gave him a cold look: "What do you know?"
"Your Highness, Yuanyuan is your pet bird. How could I know something you don't even know?" Sun Jianchou said with a smile, avoiding the main point.
Ghost Doctor Valley has a rule: if a person from the valley goes out into the world, they must not reveal their identity, and they can only make a living by their medical skills. They are not allowed to look at other people's fates at will.
Sun Jianchou's repeated spying on Xiao Changqi and Xiao Yuanyuan's destinies has already violated the rules of Ghost Doctor Valley.
It will shorten your lifespan.
Sun Jianchou was invited out of the valley by the Valley Master of Ghost Doctor Valley precisely because of his rebellious nature and unconventional behavior.
Saying they invited him was already giving Sun Jianchou face; to put it bluntly, he was kicked out.
Ghost Doctor Valley did not want to get involved in the power struggles between the imperial court and the martial arts world, so it has always remained in seclusion.
Sun Jianchou was a rare genius in the valley. He was not only proficient in medicine, but also learned the mysterious arts that were not passed on to outsiders in the valley.
But as the saying goes, heavenly secrets should not be revealed.
Peeping into the secrets of heaven comes at a price.
Sun Jianchou didn't care about any of that. After returning home that day, he set up an array to examine Xiao Yuanyuan's fate.
All they could know was that Xiao Yuanyuan might come from another world.
I know nothing else.
"But Your Highness, rest assured, Xiao Yuanyuan is born with a life of wealth and honor. Even if something happens to you, nothing will happen to her."
Xiao Changqi glanced at him expressionlessly.
Sun Jianchou quickly said, "Your Highness, your fate is fraught with misfortune, and it clashes with Xiao Yuanyuan's, but..."
Even so, Xiao Changqi and Xiao Yuanyuan were still firmly bound together by the threads of fate.
Sun Jianchou even wondered if he had misread the situation, or if the God of Love had made a mistake in matching couples.
"But what?" The Gan King, who had never believed in ghosts and gods, gradually began to believe in these superstitious things after raising a strange little bird.
Sun Jianchou spoke slowly and deliberately: "But you and Xiaoyuanyuan are destined to be together."
Xiao Changqi frowned: "Is it Yuanyuan? Not New Year's Day?"
"The fourth young lady of the Yuan family? What is her relationship with her..."
The last note abruptly ended.
Sun Jianchou also recalled the red thread that he had seen connecting Xiao Changqi to Yuan Dan when Yuan Dan was alive.
The red line should have been on the little bird's claws.
“Your Highness…” Sun Jianchou was also stunned, and looked at Xiao Changqi with a probing gaze.
Xiao Changqi didn't speak. He put the bead into a hidden compartment in his clothes, then reached out and picked up the silver spear.
"when--"
The arrow, which seemed to fly from nowhere, was stopped by the silver spear.
"An assassin!"
"Protect the prince!"
After a moment of panic, the soldiers, who had been conserving their energy, calmed down and surrounded Xiao Yan and Xiao Changqi.
One was the commander-in-chief, and the other was the supervisor; both were of high status, and neither could bear the responsibility if anything happened to either of them.
Therefore, everyone instinctively protected Xiao Yan and Xiao Changqi.
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