Snowy Chang'an Road

Seeing the opportunity, Pei Ying was not polite. She quickly took out the dagger from her sleeve and stabbed the man in black at the back of his neck.

The poison and blood merged rapidly, and the man in black struggled a few times before falling to the ground.

Seeing him fall, Pei Ying was still worried, so she pricked his legs a few more times. When she saw that he had died and stopped struggling, she slumped aside.

Wei Shao and the others were still dealing with the men in black. When the fight was in full swing, dozens of men in black suddenly covered their hearts with their hands, fell to the ground, and died after struggling for a few times.

Faced with this sudden change, Zhong Yang and Xiao Shen walked to the man in black to check.

Deng Zhao said from behind: "Don't look at it. These dead soldiers have already taken poison before going out. If they can complete the task and rush back before the poison is released, they can take the antidote. If they can't rush back, they will only die."

Hearing Deng Zhao's words, Zhong Yang couldn't help but cursed: "His grandma, this is all a dirty trick thought up by some grandson. Even the dead men in Chang'an only swallowed poison after being caught to keep the secret." , How can this be the case? This grandson’s mind is too vicious.”

Wei Shao ran to Pei Ying. She was sitting quietly next to the body of the man in black. Seeing Wei Shao approaching, she didn't care much and threw herself into Wei Shao's arms. She pressed her forehead against Wei Shao's chest. But this time she didn't cry, she just hugged Wei Shao tightly. Wei Shao could feel her beating heart and trembling body.

He hugged her tightly, stretched out a hand, patted her slender back, and comforted her.

"Wei Shao, I killed someone."

"You didn't kill anyone. How could you kill someone if you are so weak?"

"But he's dead."

"That's because the poison on your dagger is powerful."

Hearing Wei Shao say this, Pei Ying hugged him tighter.

After glancing at the two people not far away, Deng Zhao said: "Bai Zheng, ride to the army and dispatch two hundred soldiers to clean up this place. You should be more vigilant tonight and arrange your manpower to patrol all night."

"Yes."

"Find the widows in the army and let them do the autopsy overnight."

After that, Deng Zhao walked over to Xiao Shen who was inspecting the body. He also squatted down and carefully searched for clues on the man in black.

Looking at the mountains of corpses outside, Wei Shao said softly to Pei Ying: "It's late at night and it's very cold outside. You go back to your room and rest first. I'll go back to find you after I finish my work here."

Pei Ying nodded. Wei Shao sent her into the room, took off her shoes, covered her with a quilt, and lit the candle in the room. He opened the door halfway and looked back at Pei who was lying down. Ying, just went out and came to a few people.

Zhong Yang asked with concern: "Are my siblings okay?"

"It's okay. It's her first time to kill someone. It takes some time to accept it."

"Sister-in-law is very courageous and reacts quickly. It is not easy for a woman to be able to do this."

Wei Shao said: "She followed me and suffered."

Wei Shao has always felt very guilty for her. After what happened tonight, this guilt continued to increase and has turned into deep guilt for Pei Ying.

In the past, he just felt that Pei Ying was always in danger after marrying him. At that time, he was full of guilt and blamed himself for causing her trouble.

But today, seeing her, a weak woman, killing someone to protect herself, Wei Shao felt deeply guilty. For a moment, he even hoped that Pei Ying was not the Princess of Peking. He had too many enemies who wanted to take his life. There are so many people.

The Princess of Peking, for her, is a disaster rather than a blessing. In his world, he has long been accustomed to such sneak attacks and assassinations, otherwise he would not sleep with his sword in his arms.

But now that Pei Ying is involved, she is involved in danger for no reason. This situation is not what Wei Shao wants to see.

Seeing that he was not in a high mood, Deng Zhao patted Wei Shao on the shoulder and comforted him: "Shao'er, don't blame yourself. Do you feel that you owe Pei Ying something?"

Wei Shao didn't speak, his silence was his answer.

"If a husband and wife want to get along for a long time, they must always feel that they owe each other, so that they can make up for it. Only by going back and forth many times can they have a deep love for each other and stay together forever. In the final analysis, the affection between people is all through a series of events. It was gradually established after doing one thing after another.”

"Brother, I'm fine. You don't have to worry. When I sent her back to her room just now, I saw that she was much better. We were attacked tonight and everyone was disturbed. We need to quickly find out the identities of these men in black and see. Who wants to kill us in Nancang Kingdom?"

"it is good."

Wu Zuo was looking at the body, and Wei Shao and others had been looking for clues.

Suddenly, Wei Shao touched a hard object the size of a finger in the arms of a man in black.

He moved the torch closer and observed it carefully. It seemed familiar to him, as if he had seen it before somewhere.

Wei Shao's brain was running rapidly, and a memory appeared in his mind.

This is the tribute that Liu'an Kingdom presents to Chang'an every year - Jinzhai Ganoderma lucidum, which he had seen in his mother's palace.

Liu'an Kingdom, is it Yunzheng?

Hearing this speculation, everyone was surprised. According to the information Han Zhu gave them, Yun Zheng should be in Xiang County, but this place is nearly a thousand miles away from Xiang County. How could Yun Zheng be here?

But this Jinzhai Ganoderma lucidum is unique to Lu'an. Could it be possible that Yun Zheng didn't escape to Xiang County at all, but hid it somewhere not far from here.

What puzzled Wei Shao was why Yun Zheng wanted to kill him?

The plan to help him escape and the note that contained the plan were passed to Yun Zheng by his dead men. There was no reason for Yun Zheng to harm him.

Although he still had doubts in his heart, Wei Shao still said: "If my guess is correct, Yun Zheng should be nearby. He sent dead soldiers to assassinate us tonight, which is a declaration of war to us. It seems to be a fierce battle. It’s inevitable.”

"Yes, Shao'er is right. The enemy is hiding and we are hiding. The situation is not good for us. However, good and bad are interdependent. We also know the whereabouts of the enemy, so there is no need to go deep into the territory of Nancang Kingdom and disturb the peace of King Nancang for the time being. , which is a good thing for us.”

"What brother said is true, Xiao Shen, our previous exploration was in the wrong direction. Recall your eyes and ears, and then send out spies from the army to find it inch by inch. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will still be able to defeat Yun Zhenghe." The tens of thousands of county soldiers in his hands were found."

"Yes."

After struggling for half a night, Wei Shao returned to the room at three o'clock in the morning. The candlelight was still flickering. When he came to the bed, he saw Pei Ying's eyes open.

Wei Shao asked gently: "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"I'm waiting for you."

Wei Shao smiled and took off his boots and lay down next to Pei Ying. He took the initiative to stretch out his arms this time.

"Here, put your pillow on my arm."

Pei Ying was like a docile kitten at this moment, diving into Wei Shao's arms.