Chapter 170

An hour later.

Xiao Heng sat at the table, the already dim candle had burned to the end, the flame flickered violently.

A low voice reported from outside the door.

"General, Miss Qiao has set off."

She really couldn't wait a moment.

"I know." Xiao Heng replied lightly, the candle flickered on his cold and cold face, showing a bit of chill.

In his mind, all he could see was her striding away from him just now.

So resolute.

No nostalgia.

Since when did she have no nostalgia for him?

Xiao Heng's eyebrows were gloomy, and he seemed to be confused.

Obviously, she liked to pester him the most...

His eyes fell on the index finger of his right hand inadvertently.

There was a long scar crawling there, which was cut by the Turkic sword on the battlefield two years ago.

If he hadn't reacted quickly, his entire palm would have been chopped off...

Thinking back to what happened two years ago, he felt that it had been a long time.

Then, what about her?

Has it been a long time since she liked him and pestered him?

A panic welled up in his heart for no reason.

Xiao Heng's eyes became more and more gloomy. He shouldn't have let her leave like this...

The candle finally burned out at this moment.

The gloomy face finally sank into the darkness.

Qiao Nian didn't take Jing Yan on the road alone.

Xiao Heng sent ten people to follow her so that they could take care of her along the way.

The carriage was found by the coroner and was specially used to pull coffins.

Qiao Nian sat next to Jing Yan's coffin, looking at the road ahead in the night with a calm expression.

Except for the first time when she collapsed after seeing Jing Yan's corpse, Qiao Nian has always been so calm and indifferent, which is more worrying than crying.

The soldiers following the carriage did not dare to speak.

The group of people walked in the dark night guarding the coffin. Just watching from a distance made people feel weird.

In the forest by the roadside, several dark shadows noticed this scene.

"Carrying a coffin in the middle of the night looks really evil!"

"Hey, look at the steps of those people, they don't look like ordinary people's guards, but like soldiers."

"Could it be the group of people who fought on the mountain last night?" Someone felt uneasy and walked forward for a while unconsciously, observing the people next to the coffin carefully in the moonlight.

Then, they finally recognized them, "Damn, it's them!"

In the night, the eyes of several people were filled with hatred, "Who is in the coffin? It's late at night, this is the direction to the capital!"

"It should be the captured deputy general! The one who was killed before, wasn't the body fed to the dogs? Xiao Heng went up the mountain in the middle of the night just to save this one!"

"Is that woman his widow?"

"Who cares who she is! Damn it! She killed so many of our brothers, we can't just let it go!"

"Yes, we can't just let it go!"

Several people were furious, and their murderous intent was revealed.

At this time, a soldier walking in front of the coffin suddenly raised his hand.

Seeing this, the team stopped immediately.

Qiao Nian was puzzled, just watching the soldier vigilantly observing the surroundings, and couldn't help asking, "What's the matter?"

The soldier did not answer immediately, but drew the long sword at his waist and walked into the forest on the side of the road.

Seeing this, the other soldiers also drew their long swords and waited for battle.

The soldier had just walked a few steps into the forest when he heard a rustling sound. He immediately swung his sword and stabbed it, but he didn't expect that he actually cut off a snake head completely.

He was so shocked that he took two steps back.

Another soldier stepped forward to see this scene, and couldn't help but frowned and said, "Now that spring has arrived, these snakes, insects, rats and ants will come out to look for food. It's not a big deal."

Hearing this, everyone nodded and put their swords back.

Qiao Nian also breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked at the snake head.

Under the moonlight, the small snake head was broken on the side of the road, still struggling and twisting.

She felt inexplicably that this seemed to be a foreshadowing of something.

So everything went smoothly on the road for the next two days.

The soldiers were used to marching and traveling, and they only slept for two hours a day. They also took good care of Qiao Nian along the way.

This made Qiao Nian gradually forget the uneasiness in her heart that night.

Unexpectedly, the road was blocked on the second night.

Looking at the several large rocks on the road ahead, the soldiers couldn't help but frown.

"How could such a big rock be in the middle of the road?" Not to mention the carriage, even people might not be able to pass through.

A soldier looked at the top of the mountain by the roadside, "Maybe the rocks have fallen. Come here and follow me to move the rocks. You stay here to take care of Miss Qiao."

With that, six soldiers followed to move the rocks.

Yongbei has many mountainous cities, so it's not surprising to have fallen rocks on the road, but I've never seen such a big one.

Qiao Nian didn't think much for a while, until a soldier standing behind her suddenly spit blood on her.

The sudden warmth made Qiao Nian stiffen all over. She turned her head and saw that the soldier was cut on the neck from behind, and blood gushed from the wound, splashing all over her.

"There's an assassin!" One person exclaimed, followed by a flash of swords and shadows.

The soldiers who were moving stones also hurried to protect Qiao Nian, but they didn't expect that several men in black would come out of the forest halfway and block the way of those soldiers.

The enemy's number was not more than theirs, but they had the upper hand because of the surprise attack.

Qiao Nian stood on the carriage, watching the soldiers on the same road being killed one after another in horror. Just when he was at a loss, he saw a bandit jump on the carriage.

The bandit had a ferocious face and a treacherous smile on his face, "Oh, I didn't expect there was such a beautiful woman! It's just right, go back with me to be the wife of the leader!"

The wife of the leader?

Qiao Nian was shocked, "You, you are bandits!"

"I know!" The bandit smiled coldly and was about to approach Qiao Nian, but he didn't expect a long sword to block his way.

He only heard the soldier next to him shouting, "Miss Qiao, run!"

The bandits were extremely vicious. If a man was caught, the worst that could happen was the word "death".

But, if a woman is caught, she will suffer more torture!

Qiao Nian finally reacted, jumped off the carriage and ran towards the forest.

Behind her, there was a cold light and blood everywhere. Qiao Nian knew that she could not be caught, but she didn't expect that the sound of fighting behind her stopped after running for a while.

Her footsteps suddenly stopped.

The sound of fighting stopped, which meant that the group of soldiers guarding her had been killed.

But...

Jing Yan is still there!

Jing Yan is still on the carriage!

The group of bandits who were wiped out in the village will definitely hold a grudge against Jing Yan!

They will not let Jing Yan go!

Thinking of this, Qiao Nian could no longer move forward.

She knew what it would mean if she turned back, but...

She couldn't leave Jing Yan behind!

Taking a deep breath, Qiao Nian finally turned back.

Unexpectedly, the bandits had already caught up.

Seeing that Qiao Nian was standing there in a daze and didn't run anymore, the bandit couldn't help but feel puzzled. Then he laughed and said, "That's right. It's so dangerous in the forest. Why don't you follow me? I will take good care of you! Hahaha..."