Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

"I am sure that there is only one Rong'er, the one you just drew." Duanmu Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "She looked like this when she left. Ten years have passed, and she is more beautiful and generous, but she has not changed much."

"So, there are a lot of stories between you two?" Yang Ling heard the deep meaning in Duanmu Yu's words and asked tentatively.

Duanmu Yu was a smart man, so he naturally understood Yang Ling's intention. He didn't keep the secret, but nodded and responded directly: "There are indeed many stories, but not all of them are good. If you want to hear them, I am willing to tell you."

Yang Ling did not respond, but poured a cup of tea and handed it to Xu Fu, then motioned Duanmu Yu to continue. Duanmu Yu took the tea and fell into memories...

At the gate of Yangling Villa in Xianyang City, Rong'er tidied her clothes and hurried in. Unexpectedly, she bumped into Xiang Yu who was about to go out.

"Miss Rong'er, where are you going in such a hurry?" Xiang Yu was knocked back two steps and asked with a frown.

"I just encountered a wild dog outside, I have to go back and clean it up." Rong'er said a few perfunctorily and left in a hurry.

Xiang Yu watched Rong'er leave with a curious look in his heart. He said to himself, "You wouldn't be so panicked if you met a wild dog, right? Why does Miss Rong'er smell like blood?"

However, no one answered his doubts. At this time, Rong'er was standing by the backyard pond and jumped in without hesitation. If someone was on the shore, they would find that the water in the pond was quickly turning red.

Rong'er knew this very well, so she set up barriers around the pond to ensure that outsiders could not peek.

Then, she found a rock to sit on and tore the cloth off her arm. A three-foot-long scar was so deep that the bone was visible, but Rong'er's face showed no pain at all.

She quickly poured a pot of strong liquor on the wound, and then took out a handful of spiritual herbs from her Qiankun bag and applied them. The spiritual herbs could not be absorbed immediately, so Rong'er took a few more pills that Yang Ling left for her, and only then did she barely recover some strength. She circulated her spiritual power to help the medicinal power of the spiritual herbs penetrate into the wound.

Although the wound on her arm was serious, it was not a serious injury. After a period of breathing exercises, Rong'er had almost recovered. She changed into clean clothes and left Yang Ling's house in a hurry as soon as it got dark.

"Miss Rong'er, it's already dark, where are you going?" When Xiang Yu came back, he met Rong'er who was in a hurry to go out, and couldn't help asking one more question. But Rong'er didn't answer him.

When Rong Er appeared again, she was already in the heavily guarded Qin Palace. When the news that General Meng was assassinated and seriously injured reached the Qin Palace today, Ying Zheng's first reaction was to strengthen the defense of the Qin Palace. He was not afraid of death, but he could feel that this assassination was not simple, and the other party's real target might not be Meng Tian.

Ying Zheng's premonition was accurate, the person who injured Meng Tian was Rong'er. And her real target was indeed not Meng Tian, ​​but Ying Zheng who caused her family to be destroyed.

Tonight, Rong'er can't wait to sneak into the Qin Palace. She can't wait any longer and vows to kill Ying Zheng and avenge her family. The Tian family was innocently implicated in the last massacre of the alchemists by the Qin soldiers. The whole family was killed just because they spoke up for the alchemists. Although everyone in the Tian family is talented, in that cruel era, the power of an individual can't beat the surging sea of ​​people.

As the only descendant of the Tian family, Rong'er was secretly sent to southern Xinjiang when the head of the family had a bad feeling. At that time, she was already eight years old, and she had a vague understanding of love, hatred, and vengeance in her heart, and she knew who had torn her family apart.

She had placed her hopes on the Duanmu family. As an old friend of the Tian family, she thought she could get help. However, when she stepped into the Duanmu family's gate, she found that everyone there was the Qin King's lackeys. No one was willing to uphold justice for her, let alone help her get revenge. So Rong'er resolutely decided to leave and embark on the road of revenge alone.

Deep in the mountains, she lost her way and went through many hardships before, by chance, she followed the sound of the avenue and went deep into the forest. There, she was attacked by a poisonous snake, but was saved by a young man with a fairy-like appearance and escaped.

Now, Rong'er sneaked into the Qin Palace among the palace maids, and took the opportunity to clean the bedroom to hide behind the dragon bed. As Ying Zheng's figure gradually approached, the hatred in her eyes became stronger, and the dagger in her hand was quietly unsheathed. However, at that moment, Yang Ling's figure appeared in her mind, making her hesitate.

With Ying Zheng in sight, Rong'er struggled internally. She wanted to kill her enemy immediately, but she was well aware of the consequences. If she did so, she might be able to avenge her family, but she would also put herself in danger, and might even implicate the young master who cared so much for her. As time passed, she became more and more anxious.

Just as she was hesitating, Ying Zheng's voice suddenly sounded, obviously he had noticed her presence.

Rong'er made up her mind, and immediately mobilized her spiritual power to stab the dagger out fiercely.

Ying Zheng was prepared and flew into the air, avoiding the fatal blow.

However, Rong'er's spiritual power turned into a sword, which still left a deep wound on his arm.

"Your cultivation is so profound, no wonder you were able to sneak into my bedroom without anyone noticing." Before Ying Zheng finished speaking, he felt something strange in his body, the poison spread rapidly, and the pain was unbearable. He realized that the sword was poisonous, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the Black Ice Terrace to capture Rong'er.

However, Rong'er was faster. She swept out a sword energy and her figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.

The Qin Palace was suddenly thrown into chaos, with the Black Ice Terrace soldiers searching everywhere, while Rong'er cleverly blended into the patrol team and sneaked all the way to the cold palace.

At this time, Yang Ling in southern Xinjiang had already learned of Rong'er's life experience and whereabouts.

He knew Rong'er's determination and courage, and saw the pure qualities in her.

Although Rong'er's choice surprised him, he was not panicked. He understood that since Rong'er had chosen this path, she must have been prepared.

Xu Fu was worried about Rong'er's safety, but Yang Ling seemed unusually calm.

He knew very well that neither Rong'er nor Ying Zheng needed them to rush over to help at this moment.

Rong'er was his maid, and Ying Zheng would definitely consider his presence before taking action.

Moreover, since Rong'er chose to take action when he left Xianyang, she must have made all the preparations.

Duanmu Yu noticed Yang Ling's indifference to Rong'er, but in fact, this was just Yang Ling's protective color. He knew that Rong'er's identity had been exposed, and only by reducing her presence and importance could he ensure her safety.

Therefore, he deliberately showed his indifference to Rong'er in front of Duanmu Yu in order to mislead those who might be harmful to Rong'er.

Finally, Yang Ling asked Duanmu Yu about the rumors about Rong'er's identity.

Duanmu Yu said that Rong'er was not welcome in the Duanmu family and her identity was rarely mentioned.

However, Yang Ling was skeptical about all this.

He knew very well that Rong'er was not a loner and was not someone that people would dislike.

Why did she become someone that no one likes in the Duanmu family?

Perhaps only Rong'er herself can explain the reason behind this.

Yang Ling didn't even need to ask this question himself, Xu Fu had already taken the lead, looking at Duanmu Yu curiously and asked, "There seems to be something wrong with the old man outside the city, I have sent people to investigate his identity." Duanmu Yu had expected Yang Ling and the others to ask such questions, so he had already arranged for the investigation on the way back.

However, this matter was just given not long ago and the result will not be known in a short time.

"Once there is any news, I'll have to trouble Young Master Duanmu to make another trip." Yang Ling was not in a hurry. After all, they still had to stay in southern Xinjiang for a while.

"Sir, you are too kind. I never feel tired to be able to serve you." Upon hearing this, Duanmu Yu immediately bowed respectfully in response.

Xu Fu always felt that Duanmu Yu was better at pleasing Yang Ling than he was, so he was reluctant to leave the two of them alone.

At this time, the business was almost over, so he walked up and said to Duanmu Yu: "Master wants to rest, young master, please go back."

After Rong'er hid in the cold palace, the Qin Palace was immediately surrounded and every inch of land was carefully searched.

The cold palace did not attract any attention at first, until the next day, when the priests who had found nothing gathered at this only place that had not been searched.

"This place has been abandoned for a long time. It's so remote and desolate. Who would escape here?"

"That is to say, this place is so dark and spooky, who would come here?"

"Did you find anyone else?"

The previous lively discussions and disdain were silenced by the last question.

Finally, the door of the cold palace was knocked open by armored soldiers, and a smell of decay filled the air.

Several priests took two steps back, handed over the task of searching to ordinary Qin soldiers, and stayed outside to watch.

Only the priest who had raised the irrefutable question at the beginning walked in and searched with the Qin soldiers.

Xiang Yu was also notified to enter the palace to arrest the assassin of the King of Qin. Although he arrived a little late, he still caught up with the priests who were searching the cold palace the next morning.

Xiang Yu didn't care about the dust in the cold palace and went in directly to search carefully.

He searched more diligently than anyone else, but not for the King of Qin, but to find the "hero" and let him go.

Rong'er, who was hiding in the cold palace, had no idea of ​​Xiang Yu's purpose.

Therefore, whenever she was almost discovered by Xiang Yu, she would carefully move to a deeper position.

The cold palace was vast, and these people searched for an entire morning but found no trace of the assassin.

Just when they were about to give up, Rong'er accidentally rubbed the old wound on her arm and began to bleed.

The bloodstains on the ground were discovered by Xiang Yu and another Qin soldier. The Qin soldier was about to step forward to check, but Xiang Yu got there first and stepped on the bloodstains.

He looked at Qin Bing calmly and said, "I just checked here and there is nothing. Go check somewhere else."

"Yes, Lord Yan." Qin Bing immediately responded respectfully.

"I don't think there's any way to hide people here. Let's stop wasting time and go somewhere else. Otherwise, people will say we took the bribes but didn't do the job."

"Yeah, we've been here for quite some time, and the people outside still think we haven't done anything."

"Let's go to the next place..."

Xiang Yu's words were heard by several other priests. They didn't want to come in to search in the first place, and now seeing that Xiang Yu had been so serious and still couldn't find anyone, they were even more unwilling to stay. Under the urging of everyone, the people who had insisted on coming to the cold palace to investigate had no choice but to give up and asked everyone to leave.

Hearing the footsteps gradually fading away, Rong'er breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not dare to come out of her hiding place.

At the same time, the team sent by Ying Zheng to search for the assassin found nothing, but the team sent to the southern border for help had already arrived at the main city. Holding Ying Zheng's token, they had no obstacles all the way until they were stopped at the gate of Duanmu Mansion.

"We are here in Southern Xinjiang to ask the master to return to Xianyang on the orders of His Majesty the First Emperor. Who dares to stop us?" The rescue team stood in front of the Duanmu Mansion, holding tokens and staring at the guards. However, the guards were not intimidated and had no intention of letting them in.

They didn't make way until the guard who had gone to report came back with Duanmu Yu and the head of the Duanmu family. When leading them into the mansion, the head of the Duanmu family couldn't help but whisper to Duanmu Yu: "Didn't you say that no one knew about the return of the master? Why did these people chase us?"

"No one knew when we left Xianyang. I don't know how these people found us." Duanmu Yu was even more confused than the head of the Duanmu family. When they left Xianyang, they didn't even alarm Meng Tian who was guarding outside the gate of Yang Ling's house, let alone other people.

The attitude of the rescue team had always been tough, but they immediately became respectful in front of Yang Ling and even knelt down.

"Master, His Majesty has an urgent matter and asks you to return to Xianyang. If you want to come back later, he will personally arrange it." The leader of the rescue team wrote the news of Ying Zheng's assassination on a letter and handed it to Yang Ling. Although the Duanmu family in Southern Xinjiang is dependent on the Qin State, the fact that they invited Yang Ling here also shows that they are not as harmless as they appear. Therefore, the news of Ying Zheng's assassination must not be known to them.

Seeing the contents of the letter, Yang Ling raised an eyebrow, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Rong'er acted faster than he expected.

After reading the letter, Yang Ling handed it to Xu Fu who was standing beside him. Xu Fu frowned after reading it carefully. He didn't expect Rong'er to really do it. He looked at Yang Ling who was still indifferent beside him, and was a little undecided. So, he asked tentatively: "Master, should we go back first, or stay in Southern Xinjiang and wait for the result?"

Yang Ling hesitated for a moment and replied indifferently: "It's better to go back and take a look."

Xu Fu nodded in agreement. Duanmu Yu, who was standing by, saw Yang Ling was about to leave and couldn't help but said anxiously, "Master Yang Ling, are you leaving now? Didn't you say you would help us solve the problem?"

Yang Ling glanced at Duanmu Yu with a half-smile, then took out a bottle of elixir from his Qiankun bag and handed it to him. "I have something else to deal with, so I won't help you. But thank you for your hospitality during this period of time, this is a thank you gift."

Duanmu Yu carefully took the medicine bottle and asked hesitantly, "Master Yang Ling, I wonder what the effect of this medicine is?"

"It's just an ordinary elixir. After taking it, it can only increase your strength by about 30% to 40% at most." After saying that, Yang Ling ignored Duanmu Yu and left Duanmu's house with Xu Fu and the leader of the rescue team. (End of this chapter)