In the imperial capital, Ding Qin, like many others, was just a strange face.

Not many people know him, or even very little. So, until he was about to walk out of the city gate, he didn't feel that anyone was paying attention to him.

Including the bone soul, no one was found to be following.

This is a good thing for Ding Qin. After all, he is one of the most critical factors in the suppression of the Changmao rebels. If it was really some people who came to take revenge or kill people, resulting in the destruction of the entire province directly under his direct jurisdiction, Ding Qin would be covered with a layer of guilt that was difficult to remove.

"Hey, that kid in front, wait a minute. As soon as he left the city, Ding Qin suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.

The voice sounded unfamiliar, but it didn't seem to have any malice. Moreover, this is a female voice.

Ding Qin stopped, but did not look back. He was not curious about who this person was at this time, but his heart was full of caution.

for many went out with him at the gates. Among the many people who come and go, he doesn't have much special.

After a while, I heard a group of eager footsteps. At the same time, a hand put on Ding Qin's shoulder, "Hey......"

At the moment when he was touched, Ding Qin's sense of defense was completely aroused. He grabbed the hand at great speed, and with a twist of his body, the other hand directly grabbed the opponent's neck.

To Ding Qin's surprise, the other party did not resist in this process!

"What are you doing, let me go, are you sick?" the other man's tone was full of surprise and puzzlement, but there was no superfluous movement on his body.

Ding Qin took a closer look at this person. Female, about the same age as herself, with her hair just over her shoulders, does not seem to be very carefully combed. The facial features are very upright, and the eyes seem to be childish, but there is not much panic on the expression.

"Have you finished reading, let me go when you're done!" the woman's brows furrowed, and dissatisfaction began to appear on her face.

Ding Qin also frowned. If the other party is only unintentional, of course he doesn't want to hurt people. But there are two points that make Ding Qin feel that this woman is not simple.

The first is her composure. In this case, if someone suddenly counters it, the reaction of ordinary people will definitely be panicked, either shouting indiscriminately, or struggling with their hands and feet. But this man, no.

She didn't have too many movements in her hands and feet, as if she knew that if she had too many movements, she might be attacked by Ding Qin.

The second point is that there is no one else around her. Although Ding Qin is a person, he is a man. And this person is a woman. Although there are women of this age, although there are people who go out to do errands by themselves, it is rare for a person to leave the outermost layer of the imperial capital.

Because the imperial capital is full of people, fish and dragons are mixed. Beyond the outermost gate, there is a world of restlessness.

"Let go, I'm going to shout if I don't let go. It's not far from the city gate, aren't you afraid that the officers and soldiers will come to arrest you?" When the woman spoke, her tone was still very light, but it already had a somewhat threatening flavor.

Ding Qin looked at this person again, and after making sure that at least for the time being, it didn't look like the person who was chasing him, and slowly let go of his hand. "Who are you, what do you want me to do?"

The woman snorted with a little dissatisfaction, "What's the matter, you can't call you yet?" I called you, patted you on the shoulder, and you treated me like this, right?"

Ding Qin was speechless. What this woman said does make sense. Objectively speaking, I just reacted to some allergies. "If you recognize the wrong person, or if there's nothing wrong, then I'm leaving. By the way, I want to apologize to you for my actions just now. Excuse me. However, I hope you don't pat someone on the shoulder from behind like this in the future. ”

With that, Ding Qin turned around and left. He didn't want to have anything to do with this woman, first, he didn't know this person, and second, this person's origin was unclear.

"Hey, wait. The woman ran up quickly, "Wait, I have something to ask you." ”

Ding Qin stopped again, but still didn't look back, "Ask me?

"Are you from Kaiyuan City, do you want to go back to Kaiyuan City?" she asked these two questions very seriously, and there was no taste of half-skin.

Hearing this name, Ding Qin couldn't help but feel a slight tightening in his heart.

How could she know the name Kaiyuan City? More importantly, how could she directly ask herself, is it from Kaiyuan City?

Seeing that Ding Qin didn't answer for a while, the woman asked again, "Speak, what about you?"

Ding Qin did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "How can you judge? You have seen me before?"

The woman shook her head, "I don't know you. But I know the shoes you wear. ”

"The shoes I'm wearing?" Ding Qin was even more surprised. Because on his feet, it is just an ordinary pair of shoes.

The woman said, "That's right. What you are wearing is the black hemp shoes from the Qimazi shoe shop in Kaiyuan City. Although black hemp is cultivated in many places, it is rarely used to make shoes. Kaiyuan City Qimazi shoe shop is one of them. Moreover, the shoes of the Qimazi shoe shop have a feature, the root of each pair of shoes, there are special green hemp markings, which are very eye-catching. The point is that his family's shoes are only sold in Kaiyuan City. ”

Ding Qin couldn't help but admire this woman's observation from the bottom of his heart. She was right, what she was wearing was the shoes of the Qimazi shoe shop. When I arrived in Kaiyuan City a few days ago, I happened to be wearing too old shoes, so I went to the store to buy a pair.

Ding Qin exhaled softly, "Even if I'm wearing Kaiyuan City's shoes, what does it matter if I go to Kaiyuan City or not?"

The woman said, "If you're going to Kaiyuan City, I want to be with you." Because I'm going to Kaiyuan City too. It's a long way to go, and I'm a girl's house, so it's too unsafe. ”

When she said this, Ding Qin was a little skeptical. "Why do you want to go by yourself when you know it's not safe? Besides, you're not afraid to be with me, and it's even more unsafe?"

The woman shook her head, a slight loss on her face, "Because I have no one to accompany me." I'm the only one in the house now. I came to the imperial capital, and I came alone. If you want to go now, you can only go alone. ”

The doubts in Ding Qin's heart were even heavier, and he even said that he was more vigilant. He looked at the woman and asked, "What are you doing in Kaiyuan City?"

The woman said, "I...... I went to my father. A few months ago, my father separated from me. He said that he would come to the imperial capital first, and then go to Kaiyuan City, and come to me when the matter was completed. However, the so-called friend he entrusted to me was not good to me at all, so I simply came out to find him. However, I searched around the imperial capital, but I couldn't find it. So I want to go to Kaiyuan City to try. ”

Ding Qin was shocked in his heart! This woman, the things she said were so similar to herself. She was looking for her father!

For a moment, Ding Qin couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in his heart. But soon, he forced the thought again.

What if, this is a tailor-made statement for yourself?

A person who can come to the imperial capital by himself, a person who dares to go to Kaiyuan City by himself, a person who can face being choked by someone, and who can not change his face and heart without beating, will definitely not be an ordinary citizen, will not be an incompetent person.

What's more, she's a woman!

Seeing that Ding Qin didn't respond again, the woman said again, "Are you talking?" I'll ask you if you want to go to Kaiyuan City, if you go, I'll go with you, and I don't ask you for anything, I don't need you to take care of me, just to prevent the gangsters from seeing me walking by myself and looking for trouble." If not, then forget it, don't be so grinding. ”

The woman's slightly pungent crispness came up again, and there was a slight dissatisfaction between her eyebrows.

Ding Qin was indeed a little hesitant. He was afraid that this person was an enemy who deliberately came to approach him, and he was afraid that because of a momentary error in judgment, a woman would be attacked by gangsters at that time.

Affected by the affairs of the province directly under him, his heart was already uncomfortable enough. And now that this person has a request for himself, if he causes some trouble because of his own concerns, this feeling will be even heavier.

Because I really want to go back to Kaiyuan City. He looked at the map, and if he wanted to go to Chiyan Mountain, he had to enter the Star Empire through the Star Glory Sea. And the only port of passage between the Xuantian Empire and the Xingyao Empire is in Kaiyuan City.

If you choose other routes, the sea conditions are not familiar, and the ships are difficult to find, and there will be a lot of trouble.

"Speak, are you going to Kaiyuan City!" the woman asked again, as if she was a little impatient.

"Don't go. Under her urging, Ding Qin became even more uneasy, and replied directly.

"If you don't go and say it sooner, you just can't say it sooner. Why waste so much time. You're such a ......."

Before the woman finished speaking, Ding Qin turned around again and walked forward directly. The woman shouted twice more behind Ding Qin, "Hey, hey, hey......" but Ding Qin didn't respond.

Although, Ding Qin walked very contradictory. But this woman, there are too many places to doubt.

Coming out of the imperial capital, within a hundred miles, it belongs to a relatively prosperous area. In order to get rid of the woman behind him, Ding Qin deliberately quickened his pace, and when it was close to noon, he had already walked fifty or sixty miles. It happened that there was a small town on the road ahead, and there was an inn at the entrance of the town, and Ding Qin decided to eat and rest there.

Sitting down and ordering some food, Ding Qin listened to what the people around him were talking about while eating. Now, the rout of the Changmao rebels is naturally a hot topic. And there was another thing that caught Ding Qin's attention.

"Hey, I heard that two days ago, there was an accident in Wuyangyu again. ”

"Wuyangyu, what's the matter?"

"What else can I do, it's still the same as before. It is said that there was a woman who was traveling alone and was raped and killed, and the scene was terrible. ”

"That's weird. There have been no less than five or six cases of such a thing in that status, why haven't the officials found out the murderer?"

It seems that the government sent people to guard there for four or five days, but there was no movement, and not long after they left, something happened again. Let's just take this morning. ”

Hearing this, Ding Qin's heart sank.

He knew that Wuyangyu.

It was the only way to get here from the imperial capital, about ten miles away from this town. As these people said, although it is close to the imperial capital, it is a relatively remote place because of the mountains.

I don't know why, he thought of the woman who was going to Kaiyuan City. And the murderer's target is precisely this kind of person!

He took a deep breath, wrapped up the contents on the table, and walked straight out the door to go back.

Although he didn't want to take that person with him, he didn't want to put any more burden on his heart.

Then go back and wait for the woman to pass Wuyangyu safely.