Chapter 120 Who hired you to kill people?
Gu Nanxiao objected excitedly, noticing that Yunxi frowned in displeasure because his voice had been raised. He immediately softened his voice and said:
"Yunxi, now everyone in the capital knows that I only want to marry you, and they know that you are my woman. But you're going out with other men, wouldn't I be laughed at to death?"
Gu Nanxiao childishly pushed Qi Jinxiu aside and continued to persuade Yunxi, "The Emperor is already preparing to marry the Seventh Princess to Qi Jinxiu. At this time, you must not get involved with him, lest you get into trouble."
Upon hearing this, Qi Jinxiu became anxious. He went around to the other side of Yunxi, grabbed her sleeve, and explained, "Yunxi, please don't listen to his nonsense. I have never agreed to marry any Seventh Princess. I have already politely declined His Majesty's offer."
Yunxi fully understood Qi Jinxiu's intentions, so she couldn't give people false hope or play with their feelings.
Rather than getting entangled with Qi Jinxiu, it's better to stick with that bastard. Although I still don't want to forgive him, at least we do have feelings for each other and have been in that kind of relationship for a long time. It's really more suitable than following Qi Jinxiu.
After thinking it through, Yunxi brushed away Qi Jinxiu's hand that was tugging at her sleeve and earnestly advised, "I've heard that the Seventh Princess has a simple and honest personality and isn't spoiled at all. She might really be a good match for you. You're not getting any younger, so you should start thinking about marriage soon."
Yunxi's admonition was like a sharp blade, piercing directly into Qi Jinxiu's heart. He couldn't help but look up and glare angrily at Gu Nanxiao. It was all this guy's fault for bringing up the matter of betrothing the Seventh Princess for no reason.
But Gu Nanxiao, after hearing Yunxi's words, raised an eyebrow at Qi Jinxiu with a smug look on his face. His irritating expression was enough to make anyone's teeth itch.
In the end, Yunxi decided to go with Gu Nanxiao. She first bandaged Gu Nanxiao's wrist, then returned to the wooden house to pack her own belongings.
She didn't bring any daily necessities, but packed the wood carvings she had secretly taken back over the past three years, as well as the blackened cat wood carving with its face burned when she left the Prince Yong's mansion, into her bag.
Looking at Yunxi's wrist, which she had bandaged herself, Gu Nanxiao felt like he was being pampered by his wife again. He followed her attentively, intending to tell her she didn't need to bring anything, as he would prepare new things for her along the way.
But when he saw that Yunxi had packed only the little trinkets he had made, he was first quite surprised, then overjoyed. If he had a tail, it would probably be wagging away by now.
Before Qi Jinxiu could reach out, Gu Nanxiao snatched the bundle that Yunxi had packed, slung it over his shoulder without any hindrance, took Yunxi's hand with one hand, mounted the horse they had come from, and led the guards out of the city.
He calculated in his mind that if they acted quickly, they could catch up with the main group by tomorrow morning. At that time, he would change Yunxi into the most comfortable carriage.
While traveling north with my little girl, we can also enjoy the scenery along the way and travel through some mountains and rivers.
After watching Yunxi leave, Qi Jinxiu returned to the wooden house alone, lay down on the bed where Yunxi had slept for three years, buried his face in the brocade quilt, and greedily searched for Yunxi's scent.
His biggest regret now is that he confessed his feelings to Yunxi in order to keep her with him. He can sense that Yunxi has been intentionally keeping her distance from him ever since he said those words.
Although she said they could still be friends, she avoided him in every way, even suggesting he marry another woman. That feeling was more painful than if he had directly rejected him.
But Qi Jinxiu was only upset for a moment before ordering his guards to pack up all of Yunxi's clothes and bedding and ride out of the city at top speed to catch up with her.
As night fell, Gu Nanxiao and his group arrived at the only inn on the outskirts of the city. By then, Yunxi had already fallen asleep on horseback.
When they entered the shop, Gu Nanxiao carried Yunxi to the top-class room. He gently placed Yunxi on the bed, then slowly opened his cloak, covered her with the quilt, and crawled in himself, gently embracing Yunxi.
Although Gu Nanxiao appeared to have his eyes closed, his trembling eyelashes betrayed his inner turmoil. The joy of regaining what he had lost kept him awake, no matter how exhausted he was.
At this moment, he felt both relieved and apprehensive. Being able to hold Yunxi in his arms again finally put his long-held anxieties to rest.
But Yunxi clearly hasn't forgiven him yet, and that persistent Qi Jinxiu is also a huge hidden danger. How could he not worry?
When Yunxi was placed on the bed, she had just begun to wake up, but when she smelled that familiar scent of cold sandalwood again, she fell back into a peaceful sleep.
In truth, Gu Nanxiao's embrace was the place she cherished most. Initially, when the two had just separated, Yunxi often couldn't sleep at night. She thought it was just because she was used to being held by Gu Nanxiao to sleep, and suddenly being alone was simply a matter of not being used to it.
For three whole years since they separated, Yunxi had not had a good night's sleep. It was during these three years of separation that she gradually realized that even though Gu Nanxiao had his shortcomings, he had long since become an irreplaceable person in her heart.
Now that she's willing to go to his fiefdom with him, it can be considered a subtle expression of her own wishes. However, given the conflict they had last time, she still needs to observe further to see if Gu Nanxiao has truly changed his ways.
If he completely changes his domineering, chauvinistic ways, then spending the rest of my life with him is perfectly acceptable. But if he reverts to his old ways after a while, then no matter how much he begs, I will inevitably leave.
In the latter half of the night, Gu Nanxiao's excitement subsided, and drowsiness overcame him. Just as he was about to drift off to sleep, he felt a murderous intent approaching from behind.
Yunxi suddenly felt the man beside her tense up, turn around, and roll into the bed with her in his arms.
Then they heard the sound of two sharp blades striking the bed where they had been lying.
While lying on the bed, Gu Nanxiao swept his leg, knocking the knives out of the hands of the two men in black. Then, with two quick kicks, he knocked the two assassins to the ground.
Mo Yu and his group also heard the commotion and emerged from the shadows. They quickly subdued the two fallen assassins and, after removing their masks, discovered that they were two unfamiliar faces.
At this moment, Qi Jinxiu also captured an assassin dressed similarly and entered the room.
Three men in black were surrounded in the middle of the ground by two groups of countless bodyguards and two cold-eyed bosses. Even they, who were used to killing and seeing blood, couldn't help but tremble.
The youngest-looking assassin among the three complained in a low voice to the middle-aged man with a goatee, "Damn, is this a job that pays ten thousand taels of silver?"
"They said they'd only kill a defenseless, weak woman, but why didn't they mention that this woman was someone Prince Xian and Chief Minister Qi were protecting? This is absolutely outrageous!"
The assassins' words confirmed Gu Nanxiao and Qi Jinxiu's suspicions. These three assassins, whose skills were mediocre, were not secret guards or assassins trained by any family.
They're probably just a gang of assassins operating in the martial arts world. They only came to assassinate Yunxi because they received a job to kill her. If that's the case, things will be much easier.
Gu Nanxiao stared coldly at the assassin who had spoken, his words carrying a strong warning: "If you want to live, you'd better tell us the truth: who hired you to kill us?"
Upon hearing the question, the assassin who had spoken earlier and the other killer both looked at the middle-aged man with a goatee.
Knowing he'd kicked a hornet's nest, the man with the goatee swallowed hard when he met Gu Nanxiao's fierce gaze, then said tremblingly, "In our line of work, we can't reveal our employers' information; it's the rule..."
Qi Jinxiu gave Yun Yi a wink, and Yun Yi immediately took out the Heavenly Universe Token from his robes and showed it to the three of them. After seeing it, the three of them changed their previous stubborn refusal to speak, immediately kneeling down and kowtowing to the ground, pleading with Yun Yi:
"We were blind and didn't recognize your greatness. We had absolutely no intention of offending the people of Tianyu Pavilion. We were just trying to make a living. Please, sir, have mercy on us this time. We will not hide a single word of what you want to know."
Qi Jinxiu was satisfied with their reaction. He raised his hand to stop them from kowtowing and begging for mercy, and asked in a cold voice, "Speak, who hired you to kill people?"
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