The one I met a long time ago.

At that time, he was curled up on the ground, being beaten to death by a group of people led by Prince Chengguo, and he thought that he might die.

He was just like a nobody. If he died, he died. Who would care? Who would dare to stop him?

Didn’t they see that the city gate was so quiet that no one was around? The soldiers guarding the city all hid themselves, as if he were a plague and anyone looking at him for even a second longer would be deadly.

In fact, he didn't want to live anymore. There was no point in living. He was in a daze when he heard the sound of horse hooves, accompanied by the woman's scolding and the cursing of Zhu Zan and others. The area in front of the city gate became noisy and bustling.

His eyes were swollen into slits, and he looked over with difficulty. The girl on the horse was swinging the whip in her hand. He couldn't see her face clearly, but he could sense her aura strangely clearly.

She was as bright and dazzling as the sun.

This was his glance, and then the person fainted. When he woke up, he was lying in his own home, and a doctor came to apply medicine to treat his wounds.

"You are so lucky." The gatekeeper who sent him back said, shaking the jade token in his hand, "Do you know who saved you?"

Although he had not been well educated, he recognized the words on the jade tablet: Jiuling.

Jiuling, this name is really nice.

"This is the youngest daughter of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Princess of Nine Ages, a royal concubine."

"She is the only one who dares to take action against the Prince of Chengguo."

The city gatekeeper kept on talking, but he didn't say anything more about the nine-year-old princess.

A city gate clerk, although he was of higher status than him, was no different from him in front of the royal family and the rich and powerful. They were all like grass. How much information could he know about the royal nobles who were so high and mighty?

The gatekeeper left, and the doctor left after leaving the medicine, but he didn't care. Only when the jade tablet was taken away did he stare at it closely.

"Can you give it to me?" He finally couldn't help asking for it. "I'll go and thank her and return it to her."

The gatekeeper spat at him.

"Who do you think you are? You want to see the princess." He said, as if he had seen through his thoughts, with a mocking disdain, "You little bastard, don't even think about climbing up the social ladder. Take a piss and look at yourself."

He really didn't want to climb the social ladder; he just wanted to thank him in person. On the contrary, he knew very well that the city gate clerk was the one who wanted to climb the social ladder.

The city gate official will definitely take the jade token to the princess to ask for credit.

But what can he do? Just as the gatekeeper said, what can a little bastard like him do? He can't even decide his own life or death, let alone get anything.

He watched the gatekeeper walk away with the jade token in his hand, and felt a little regretful that he had not touched the jade token. It would have been helpful if he had picked it up and touched it.

The noise beside his ears interrupted his trance.

It is still a city gate, but he is no longer the little bastard who is bullied at will.

What he wanted was not just to touch the jade token humbly.

He looked at the woman riding the horse and waved his hands behind his back.

"Take it." He said calmly.

At this time, there was a crowd of people in front of the city gate, laughing and talking loudly, and people were running towards them from afar. In broad daylight, Lu Yunqi uttered these two words, crisply and directly.

I don't know whether it was because of the anger he had accumulated over letting the woman leave the capital and solve the smallpox problem, the anger he had accumulated over her escape, or the emotion of meeting her again.

No matter what the reason was, no matter how ridiculous the order was, Captain Jiang did not hesitate at all and drew his sword.

"Catch him." he shouted.

Following his order, more than twenty Jinyiwei emerged from the darkness of the city gate, clashed the Xiuchun swords in their hands, and moved forward to surround the enemy.

The people around them only then noticed the appearance of the Golden Guards, and immediately began to hide away in fear.

There was chaos in front of the city gate, but in this chaos, the Jinyi Guards still surrounded Miss Jun steadily, accurately and quickly.

They moved quickly, and Chen Qi was not slow either. He and the employees from Deshengchang blocked Miss Jun behind them.

A standoff broke out between the two sides, and it all happened in a flash. Miss Jun was even still riding on her horse and did not get off.

The noisy city gate fell into silence.

"What do you want to do?" Chen Qi shouted, looking at Lu Yunqi.

Lu Yunqi still stood in the darkness of the city gate, looking at Miss Jun with a wooden expression.

"Catch him." He said calmly.

"What are you arresting her on? What did Miss Jun do wrong?" Chen Qi shouted angrily.

The people around also began to murmur, and some even raised questions bravely.

"Yes, what did Miss Jun do wrong?"

"Miss Jun went out to solve the smallpox vaccination problem, which was a great achievement."

The Royal Guards ignored it.

"Whatever it is, just take it down and ask, and you'll know." Lu Yunqi said.

This is a really ridiculous answer, but it is also the style of the Jinyiwei, which is righteous and unreasonable.

"You dare!" Chen Qi shouted, his expression unable to hide his anxiety.

Who would have thought that Lu Yunqi would show up? Well, it wasn't surprising that he showed up, but no one would have thought that he would dare to arrest someone without saying a word.

The problem was that they didn't know Miss Jun's whereabouts in advance and they were not well prepared with enough manpower.

None of these guys now can be a match for the Royal Guards.

As for the common people... Chen Qi saw their terrified expressions out of the corner of his eye.

Even if there are a lot of people, we can't count on them.

Lu Yunqi didn't even bother to respond to Chen Qi's question, and Captain Jiang just waved his hand.

"Anyone who dares to obstruct will be killed without mercy." He said coldly.

The Imperial Guards mean real killing when they say they will kill, no matter if they are rioters or ordinary people.

The people around retreated in fear again, and Chen Qiyi gritted his teeth and was about to move forward.

Miss Jun dismounted to stop him.

She could see the madness in Lu Yunqi's eyes, and he was really willing to kill anyone who stood in his way.

He must have been irritated by her expression and eyes just now.

Yes, this time when she came back, she no longer concealed her attitude and mood that belonged to Chu Jiuling, just like when her parents were still alive, she would travel long distances to return to the capital every year.

This capital city is her home, and she is the ninth-year-old princess of the Great Zhou.

She was not driven away from the capital, she was just leaving temporarily. She could come back at any time without fear.

She knew that Lu Yunqi would definitely show up, so she was not afraid of being caught by Lu Yunqi. She could even take the opportunity to try to kill Lu Yunqi. She believed that if she killed Lu Yunqi at this time, she could also fight for a way to survive.

In broad daylight, it is inevitable that the rebels kill the perpetrators.

Miss Jun tightly gripped the whip in her hand and looked at Lu Yunqi.

"If you want to take me, come on," she said.

Lu Yunqi looked at her, curled his lips, and took a step forward.

"Sir." Jiang Qianhu couldn't help but speak out to stop him.

He no longer dared to underestimate this woman.

Lu Yunqi ignored her and just looked at Miss Jun. He walked towards her, meeting her gaze and moving forward step by step. He was not afraid of the mountains of swords or the sea of ​​fire ahead, nor was he afraid of her angry and obscure eyes.

He only wants this person, he must have this person, and then he will peel her apart to see who she is and why there are two of her in the world?

The situation in front of the city gate fell into a strange stagnation. This strange situation was a fusion of stillness and movement: the still Jinyi Guards, the servants, and Miss Hejun, and the moving Lu Yunqi.

"What are you doing? What are you looking at?"

A clear shout rang out from the side, instantly breaking the stagnation.

At the same time, a sound broke through the air.

Lu Yunqi seemed not to hear anything and continued walking forward without any intention of dodging.

"My Lord, be careful."

Lu Yunqi went crazy, but Jiang Qianhu didn't dare to go crazy too. He had to rush forward, hold Lu Yunqi and retreat.

A dagger brushed past Jiang Qianhu's ear, and with a thud it stabbed into the city gate, almost going in.

This is really a murder.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Captain Jiang's forehead.

The people over there had also rushed over, rushing in like a gust of wind, tearing apart the Jinyiwei who were surrounding them.

Jiang Qianhu only felt his vision blurred.

What made me dizzy was not only the speed of the person, but also the clothes he was wearing.

This man was tall, but he was wearing a large, fat robe with colorful flowers, which made him look very strange.

Captain Jiang almost didn't recognize who it was at first, but the people around him had already started shouting.

"It's the prince!"

"It's the Prince of Chengguo!"

"My Lord!"

"My Lord!"

It's like water poured into a frying pan, instantly it starts to crackle and become hot.

Zhu Zan spread out his hands with a bit of pride, looked around, and just as he smiled, he heard another shout from the crowd.

"Sure enough, wherever Miss Jun is, there must be the Prince!"

Zhu Zan's face suddenly fell.

"Hey, hey." He pointed at the group of people who were talking and said with a glare, "You can wear whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."