Rebirth of the scholarly lady

Chapter 628 Assassination
"I just asked her to choose food that not only suits Daqin's taste, but also suits your taste." Ya nodded.

"You are really caring." Nan Surou praised without hesitation.

"I've always been very attentive to you." Ya also confessed without shame.

"Then I'll eat more tonight." Nan Surou dropped this sentence and got into the tent.

The weather is getting colder, and night falls much faster than usual.

The forest they were in was located at the border between the Heavenly Holy Dynasty and the Western Regions, and the middle of the vast forest was run through by the sacred Shuiyue River.

By the time all supper was ready, it was quite dark.

Nan Surou stood at the door of the tent, admiring the eerie night, while gnawing on the roast chicken.

The crispy grilled chicken made a crackling sound in Nan Surou's mouth.

The pitch-black forest in front of him is not as scary as going to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Nan Surou has long since lost that childlike fantasy mentality and the fear of ghosts.

However, Nan Surou felt that there was a strange factor in the wind tonight, and there seemed to be some unknown danger lurking under the shadows of the trees in all directions.

The gloomy night wind made the nearby trees rustle, and the shadows of the trees looked like hideous creatures.

From the moment she entered this forest, Nan Surou felt that she was being watched by something cold and inexplicable that had no kindness towards her.

The reason why it is said to be inexplicable is because that feeling does not come from a human being, and it is most likely some kind of beast.

It is very natural that there are one or two jackals, tigers and leopards in such barren mountains and mountains, and there is nothing strange about it.

Even so, it was impossible for Nan Surou to order the resting team to leave camp immediately.

This is not an official road. Walking at night is not as smooth as during the day. The forest is too dense, and you can't see your fingers. You can only rely on torches to barely illuminate it. Just identifying the direction is a bit difficult.

Nan Surou no longer struggled, and after entering the tent, she lay down on her own soft couch.

The soft couch was filled with feathers, which was extremely soft and warm.

Ya is on the side, a tent is prepared for two people's couch, it seems a little narrow.

Nan Surou looked unsuspecting, but Ya dared not do anything.

So, Nan Surou lay down to sleep, but Ya started to take out the paintbrush and start painting.

The nights in the forest are long and extremely cold.

Nan Surou was lying on the soft couch, covered with a brocade quilt, breathing evenly with her eyes closed, she seemed to be asleep.

Ya also gradually felt sleepy, and the hand holding the paintbrush also began to feel weak.

Ya put down the brush and was about to lie down and rest. However, when he was tidying up the canvas, the easel suddenly broke and made an abrupt sound, which woke up Nan Surou, who was in a light sleep.

Nan Surou's eyes widened, she looked around, and saw Ya anxiously walking over, sitting next to her and whispering softly as if comforting a baby, she sighed.

However, after Nan Surou practiced martial arts, her five senses were much sharper than ordinary people, and she clearly smelled a bloody smell.

It's as if some demon... is prowling in this camp.

Is it a hallucination?

No, it's not the sense of sight, but the sense of smell, and her sense of smell is even more sensitive when she just woke up.

Nan Surou ignored Ya's words, like an elegant cat, raised her head and sniffed, a slight smell of blood mixed with the smell of paint on Ya's body.

Nan Surou frowned and said, "Ya, did you kill someone just now? Or is your paint made from blood?"

This inexplicable question stunned Ya, "What are you talking about? Why do I have to kill people? And why should the paint be mixed with blood? It's no good."

Hearing this sentence, Nan Surou's complexion instantly sank: "It smells like blood..."

Ya Ning listened attentively and said, "There is nothing."

Before Ya could react, she felt that her body suddenly floated in the air. It turned out that Nan Surou led him to perform lightness kung fu and quickly escaped from the tent.

A saber cutting knife was inserted into the tent from the top of the tent, nailed exactly where the two men were standing just now.

The saber pierced through the tent and reached the ground. It drew a circle in place and quickly invaded every corner of the narrow tent, leaving a mess everywhere it went.

Ya wanted to exclaim, but found that she had already landed again, and the landing point was already outside the tent.

Nan Surou stood beside him, staring warily at the slender figure on the top of the tent.

"Celeste?" Ya looked at the person standing on the top of the tent, her eyes instantly turned into spikes.

Although the human face could not be seen clearly, among the people Ya knew about such saber-slashing and indiscriminate attacks, only Celeste Aga, the captain of the Royal Guard of the Queen of Qin, was the only one Ya knew!
Celeste Aga is not only the captain of the queen's guard, but also a killer in his own right. He is an elite in the military force of the Great Qin Palace, but he directly obeys the queen's orders.

Now, is it—

As soon as she thought about it, Nan Surou grabbed Ya again and retreated. Under the night, a silver light flashed from her nose.

Immediately afterwards, with a click, a big tree next to it was cut off in the middle, and with a creak, it fell towards Nan Su's gentle and elegant direction.

Nan Surou hurriedly dragged Ya away again.

In the light of the calcium carbide flame, the man who swung his weapon recklessly with his thick long arms let out a scream.

Two delicate figures walked out of the darkness, and they rushed out like swords, only to hear a "bang--", and the saber fell down in response.

And that figure didn't like to fight, and instantly hid his figure into the darkness, and threw away the saber.

In the darkness, Lou Xinghua and Dongliu walked out one after another.

Nan Surou stared at them, and said indifferently: "It really is you."

Dong Liu choked suddenly, but didn't say anything.

Lou Xinghua said in a low voice: "Miss, I couldn't sleep, I came out to look at the stars and saw something unusual, so I called Dongliu to deal with this matter, my servant used a hidden weapon, that person escaped."

Nan Surou nodded, no longer looked at them, but turned to look at Ya who was pale.

Nan Surou affirmed, "You know that person."

"Yes, the Queen's Royal Guard." Ya sneered, "The Queen doesn't want us to go back to Daqin."

"Didn't she treat you as her son?" Nan Surou asked puzzled, "Why did she kill you?"

"Because of you." Ya said with lowered eyes.

"I have no grievances or enmities with her." Nan Surou said calmly.

"Maybe the wizard said something again." Ya sneered, "She doesn't want me to marry you, that cheating wizard may have done a lot of unexpected things during my absence in the country."

"The heretical words can actually affect the queen's judgment, and the women in your palace and harem are no more than that." Nan Surou sneered.

(End of this chapter)