At the foot of the mist-shrouded barren mountain there was a gloomy forest, and among the trees there was a dark lake with a thatched house by the lake.

In the early morning, the gray dust slipped silently from the sky, gently drifting in the flower beds by the lake, the daisies in the flower beds withered and withered, and the wrinkled petals were broken off by the dust and buried in the cracked earth. The calm surface of the lake did not have a single ripple, like dark pupils, covered with dark red blood.

Ji Zheng opened the wooden door of the thatched house and leaned out, only a thick fog in front of him, and he shouted Hana's name loudly, but he couldn't find it.

At this moment, the outline of a small boat slowly emerged on the surface of the lake with thick fog.

Ji Zheng saw a person sitting on the boat, and the figure was Hana, he shouted anxiously, but Hana couldn't hear it at all.

Suddenly, Hana seemed to see Ji Zheng, Hana's outline gradually became clear in the thick fog, Hana smiled at him, tilted her head, revealing her snow-white neck, her long hair slipped from her shoulders, and she dipped into the lake, and the dark water suddenly shimmered with dark red light from the bottom of the deep lake, the yin wind struck, gasping for blood, the lake began to tremble, churning out uneasy foam, the dust in the sky began to dance wildly in the wind, in the valley, in the dense forest, there were ghosts crying wolves everywhere.

Ji Zheng didn't have time to think about it, so he plunged into this pool of blood and swam towards Hana.

He finally swam to the side of the boat, grabbed the side of the boat and pushed it to the shore, he felt that his strength was insignificant, and even with all his strength, the boat remained still. He felt hotter and hotter, the pool of blood was almost boiling, the foam around him was tumbling wildly, and the smell of blood was strong and pungent.

He was anxious, but there was nothing he could do, he looked up at Hana, Hana also looked at him, her beautiful face was always smiling, Hana stretched out her jade-like arm and gently stroked his head.

He grabbed Hana's hand, pressed it tightly to his chest, and kissed Hana's arm affectionately.

Suddenly, the touch in his hand became nothing, and through Hana's arm, he actually saw the tumbling blood, he raised his head in horror, but saw that Hana's smile gradually became blurred and transparent.

He tried his best to grab and hug, but Hana's figure still inevitably dissipated.

He helplessly wrapped his arms around him, hugged the afterimage that he couldn't hug at all, and silently shed tears, Hana's arms passed through his chest, and he also hugged him into his arms, and the two hearts were tightly intertwined.

Hana's image still disappeared completely, Ji Zheng spread his hand and let himself sink into the lake, he saw that the lake turned into a sea of fire, daisies burned to ashes, houses burned to broken ruins, and himself, in the boiling blood water, melted into a pool of dirty blood.

In the end, in the chaos, only one sentence kept echoing, "Promise me to live, this is the promise you made to me......"

"I promise! I promise! ”

Ji Zheng shouted in surprise, suddenly opened his eyes, only to find himself lying on the warm bed, his head was in sharp pain, his body was hot and feverish, sweat stained the bedding, he wanted to sit up, just moved, but immediately felt a sharp pain.

"Mr. Ji, you're awake." Qingmen, who had always been on the side, said.

Ji Zheng didn't answer, just lay motionless, the dream just now reminded him of the fact that he had lost Hana, he realized that his eyes were full of tears, although he tried to avoid this cruel thought, but all the afterimages of Hana still appeared in his mind.

"Mr. Ji, you have been asleep for four days and three nights."

Ji Zheng remembered that he and Qingmen climbed out of the courtyard wall, and Qingmen took him to hide in a house, and then they avoided the search of the guards and escaped from Gusu City overnight, and then the memory was very vague.

Ji Zheng looked out the window, and the afterglow of the setting sun fell into the house through the window, sprinkling a layer of golden powder on the simple and old household goods.

"Where am I?"

"We are now in a small mountain village south of Gusu City, and it is safe here."

Ji Zheng tried to sit up, but it was still painful and difficult to get up.

"Mr. Ji, please rest assured, you are seriously injured, the doctor said that you can only survive if you are strong and healthy, and if you change ordinary people, you will not be able to survive at all."

Ji Zheng didn't speak again, just stared blankly at the beam above his head.

"Mr. Ji, you must be hungry, I'll get you something to eat."

Ji Zheng shook his head, although he was indeed hungry, he didn't have the heart to eat at all, he even felt that he should suffer from pain and hunger, maybe only in this way, his grief heart could be comforted a little.

"Mr. Ji, I know you are very sad, but you can only avenge Miss Hana if you take care of your body."

Hearing Hana's name, Ji Zheng's blood suddenly boiled, and he turned his head and glared at Qingmen angrily.

"Sir, I'm ...... ...... shouldn't have been mentioned."

"Get out!"

"Whoa."

Aoto said yes and turned to leave the room.

Ji Zheng took a deep breath, and the tears rolling in his eyes flowed down the corners of his eyes to his temples.

Not long after, Qingmen pushed open the door again, holding a bowl of chicken soup in his hand, and walked to Ji Zheng's bedside.

"Get out!" Ji Zheng shouted angrily again.

"Sir! Let's eat something! You are too weak! Is this what Miss Hana wants to torture yourself like this? Mr! You have to recover as soon as possible to avenge Miss Hana! ”

"Revenge...... Avenge! Ji Zheng gritted his teeth and repeated the word vigorously.

"Sir, I'll help you up." Aoto put down the bowl and wanted to go to Fu Ji Zheng.

"No, you don't! I'll get up myself! Ji Zheng said that, he lifted his arm up, intending to support his upper body, but the moment his right hand was forced, the sharp pain in his wrist threw Ji Zheng on the bed again.

"Sir!" Aoto reached out again to help Himemasa.

"I can get up myself!"

"Whoa."

Ji Zheng pressed his elbow against the bed board, and struggled to prop his body up, his body kept shaking, his forehead was oozing sweat, he gasped, every rise and fall of his chest was accompanied by severe pain, and it took a lot of effort before he sat up.

Only then did Ji Zheng find that his body was wrapped with thick gauze, which wrapped the knife wound on his back and the arrow wound on his chest, and the wound seemed to have just scabbed over, and the blood stains on the gauze were still some bright.

Qingmen hurriedly leaned the pillow against the head of the bed and supported Ji Zheng's back.

"Sir, I'll feed you."

"No, I can come myself."

Ji Zheng stretched out his left hand to take the bowl, pinched a spoon softly with his right hand, and put the spoon into the bowl with a trembling hand.

It was then that he realized how weak his right hand was, how difficult it would be to use even such a small spoon, and he could not believe that his strongest and nimble arm could become a useless hand. So, he exerted all his strength and squeezed hard, but immediately there was a sharp pain in her wrist, and her wrist shook, and the spoon fell into the bowl.

"Sir, I'll come."

Ji Zheng ignored it, just picked up the bowl with his left hand and drank the chicken soup to his mouth.

"Another bowl."

"That's enough, you go out, I'll rest for a while."

"Okay, sir, rest and rest, I'll come back later."

Qingmen helped Ji Zheng lie down, covered the quilt, and left the room.

More than ten days later, Ji Zheng's injuries have healed a little, and he can barely move on the ground, Ji Zheng came to the courtyard, and waved the sword lightly in his left hand a few times, these days he has been lying down, he feels that his muscles and bones are going to rust.

Qingmen was still on the sidelines, staring at Ji Zheng inch by inch.

"Sir, what's next?"

"Revenge."

"But Huang Yun is the queen's brother in the end, and he is in charge of the Praetorian Guard, and there are guards with swords and armor to follow him all day long, if Mr. wants to assassinate, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

"Then try it too, if you don't take revenge, I swear not to be a human being!" Ji Zheng said, stabbing his sword into the wooden stake on the side.

"Sir, Qingmen has witnessed everything, and he only hates that he came too late, so deep hatred, I will definitely help Mr. to revenge! However, as an assassin, Qingmen knows the way of assassins best, and if he wants to assassinate Huang Yun, it is indeed impossible, not to mention that Huang Yun knows that Mr. will come to seek revenge, and he will definitely take strict precautions. ”

"Even if I fight for my life, I will take Huang Yun's dog's head!"

"Sir! Qingmen is shallow and lonely, but Qingmen feels that it is not enough to count this revenge on Huang Yun alone! ”

"What do you mean?"

"Who does it mean to rob Miss Hana? Even if Huang Yun had a grudge with Mr., he would never dare to snatch his wife in broad daylight under the pretense of King Wu's name. Qingmen believes that everything Huang Yun did was instructed by King Wu, so this feud must be counted as King Wu! ”

"Humph! I know what you mean! Say no more! Revenge is my business, and I don't need you Yue people to worry about it! ”

"Sir! King Wu and Huang Yun are relatives, so they are naturally complicit! Mr.'s deep hatred, these two can't hide from it! What's more, it is impossible for Mr. Now to assassinate Huang Yun, if you want to take revenge, you must destroy the Wu Kingdom! And our Yue and Wu are incompatible, which can help Mr. avenge this great revenge! What other reasons does the gentleman have for not switching to the country? The king of my family has always admired Mr. and has long wanted to compete with Mr. for domination of the world! ”

"Humph! That's your Yue King's business! What do you have to do with me! I'll only kill Huang Yun alone! ”

"Without King Wu's instructions, would Huang Yun dare to do that?!"

"I don't need you to bewitch me! I know exactly what you mean! ”

When the two were arguing, there was a sudden knock on the door outside, and Qingmen felt that he was a little excited just now, so he apologized to Ji Zheng, "Sir, forgive me, it's rude." ”

Ji Zheng ignored Qingmen, just turned his head and stopped talking.

Qingmen walked to open the door, and as soon as the door opened, Qingmen immediately knelt down and saluted: "King! Fan-sama! ”