The Prince of Jin would not easily let go of anyone he wanted to kill, especially in such a desolate place, far from any village or shop, which was the perfect place for assassination.
Assassins don't kill with a higher level of skill killing a lower level of skill; otherwise, they wouldn't need to be assassins.
Their most common methods are surprise attacks and assassinations; at the very least, they will use numbers to kill fewer people.
Pei Yunxi added, "If I were Prince Jin, I certainly wouldn't choose to make a move here. Firstly, it's too close to Jinxi, and if something happens to us, it will inevitably affect them. Secondly, this place is flat and unsuitable for assassination."
Jing Zhe nodded: "Okay, so at least it's safe today, right? Then we can enjoy some alone time together without worry!"
Pei Yunxi didn't answer, her face slightly flushed.
Because the weather is getting colder, cotton quilts were specially prepared in the carriage when we left the city this time, in case we couldn't find a post station at night and needed to stay overnight.
Jing Zhe, who was leaning against the edge of the carriage, took it out and covered himself with it. He patted the person next to him and said, "Fourth Sister, come and sit down. Let's talk for a while."
"say what?"
Pei Yunxi said warily.
The car wasn't very spacious; if you sat in it, you'd be right next to Jing Zhe.
"Of course, I'll talk about what happened between me and my parents in Pengzhou. After that, I'll also hear about how my fourth sister is doing in Kunlun Mirror."
Upon hearing "father and mother," Pei Yunxi's heart softened instantly, and without further hesitation, she was pulled into Jing Zhe's arms as soon as she sat down.
At first, he tried to struggle a bit, but then Jing Zhe spoke up, "When we first arrived in Yongzhou..."
Having exhausted all strength to resist, she leaned on Jing Zhe's shoulder and listened intently.
Time always flies when you're talking. They ate some dry food and drank some water, and before long it was afternoon. The two of them fell asleep in each other's arms.
...
When Jing Zhe woke up, he found that Pei Yunxi had already woken up and was looking at him carefully. When she noticed that he had opened his eyes, she immediately closed them and pretended to be asleep. Her silly appearance was quite cute.
I opened the carriage curtain and looked out. It was still a deserted road, and it was getting late. I estimated that it would be dark in less than an hour.
At this moment, Pei Yunxi pretended to stretch out her hand, opened her eyes, yawned, and looked at Jing Zhe, saying, "You're awake!"
Perhaps because she had never acted before, her acting was a bit clumsy, but Jing Zhe pretended not to notice and laughed, "Just woke up. By the way, Fourth Sister, are there no inns along the way?"
There are many post stations along the way from Jingzhou to Jinxi; on a fast journey, you might encounter two in a day.
Pei Yunxi smiled after hearing this, "There aren't many post stations between Jingzhou and Jinxi to begin with, but they were built temporarily to accommodate people coming from all over the country when you came during the martial arts tournament. As for the road from Jinxi to Liangzhou, few people travel it, so there are even fewer post stations. However, there is a post station ahead of us."
"Oh? Really? How much longer?"
Pei Yunxi thought for a moment and said, "If we ride horses, it will take about an hour, and we can arrive just as it gets dark. If we use a carriage like this, it will take two or three hours."
According to Pei Yunxi, they wouldn't be able to reach the post station tonight, and it wouldn't be suitable to continue their journey after nightfall.
After thinking for a moment, Jing Zhe stepped out of the carriage and said to Hanhan, who was leading the way on horseback, "Hanhan, you ride ahead on horseback!"
"Young village master, I..."
“My fourth sister said that it takes about an hour to get to the post station by horseback. It will be dark when you get there. There are quilts in the carriage. My fourth sister and I will sleep in the carriage tonight. There is no room for you to stay.”
"..."
Inside the carriage, Pei Yunxi's earlobes turned bright red upon hearing this from behind.
"Young village master, I..."
"Stop with the 'I' and 'I'! Go to the inn and rest for the night, just wait for us there!"
"Oh, okay..."
Hanhan glanced at Jing Zhe again: "Young Chieftain, be careful!"
After saying that, he rode away.
He never actually said "I must protect the young chieftain," because he now realized he was too embarrassed to say it...
There were two level-six experts in the car. Who was he protecting?
If he really encountered danger, they would protect him, so Hanhan didn't insist anymore and left directly.
Watching the simple-minded figure recede into the distance, Jing Zhe increasingly felt that his last words, "Be careful," were unusual. A lone man and woman spending the night in a carriage—they really needed to be careful…
"That son of a bitch!"
Jing Zhe spat.
"What did you say?"
Pei Yunxi lifted the carriage curtain and asked.
"Oh, I was saying that the silly guy rides a horse and runs as fast as a dog!"
"Horses are naturally faster than dogs!"
Pei Yunxi rolled her eyes at him and then shrank back into her seat.
...
This time, Jing Zhe acted as the coachman, sitting outside and talking to Pei Yunxi as he drove. Before long, it gradually got dark.
Jing Zhe found a relatively flat spot to stop. There were many withered grass and branches in the surrounding area. Jing Zhe got out of the car and picked up a lot of them, then took out a tinderbox and lit them.
As night fell, a bonfire was lit beside the carriage, its flames towering high and casting a rosy glow on everyone's faces. Pei Yunxi also got out of the carriage and sat around the bonfire with Jing Zhe.
The bright moon shines in the sky, and the stars are dazzling.
A bonfire blazed on the ground, and people moved about.
This time, Pei Yunxi took the initiative to snuggle up to Jing Zhe and tell him the story of leaving the Jing family and living in the Kunlun Mirror, creating a beautiful scene.
As night deepened, the branches and leaves that Jing Zhe had gathered had almost burned away, and the campfire gradually thinned. Once the flames died down, Jing Zhe used a stick to spread out the embers and then drove the carriage over.
The embers underneath the carriage, which had burned all night, made sleeping inside feel like being on a fire pit, so one wouldn't get too cold.
"Fourth Sister, let's rest!"
"Um…"
Jing Zhe got into the car and reached out his hand, wanting to pull Pei Yunxi up, but Pei Yunxi didn't reach out.
"Fourth Sister, why aren't you up yet?"
"..."
Pei Yunxi did not reply. Whether it was from the heat of the campfire or something else, her face was flushed and looked as if it could drip water in the bright moonlight.
"Fourth Sister?"
Jing Zhe asked another question.
"Zhe'er...you go in first!"
"ah?"
Jing Zhe was taken aback for a moment: "Fourth Sister, we've been in the same car for half a day, are you still shy now?"
Jing Zhe thought Pei Yunxi was shy because she wanted to "spend the night with him".
"no…"
Pei Yunxi waved her hand, her face turning even redder: "No...it's not because of that..."
"Why is that?"
Jing Zhe asked curiously again.
"Yes... Oh, stop asking, just go in yourself, why all the nonsense!"
Pei Yunxi instantly reverted to her previous irritable nature, putting her hands on her hips and speaking angrily, but the confidence in her anger was not very strong. An ordinary person probably wouldn't have noticed, but Jing Zhe did.
So he said seriously, "It's dangerous for someone to be out alone in the middle of nowhere, late at night. I certainly can't go in by myself!"
"..."
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