The horses and vehicles in the team were damaged a lot in the battle, and when they went back, except for the seriously injured who were in serious condition, the rest of them were on foot, even Zhao Ning was no exception.

Fortunately, the summer run came and went quickly, and now there is no rain falling. The heavy clouds melted, and the afternoon sun showed its face again, lazily looking down at the earth.

Although it is more than half a day's journey to Daizhou City, now that the team is moving at full speed, the foot is naturally much faster.

Although today's interception and killing caused the team to lose half of its manpower, the surviving cultivators were inevitably depressed. However, some strange things I saw today still made everyone can't help it, and they exchanged heads with neighbors in the middle of the road.

"You can see that it didn't, today's interception came quietly, obviously deliberately, but Childe was able to detect the abnormality in time, so that we could preemptively form a formation, so as to avoid being caught off guard. But Gongzi is the same as us, he clearly only has the Forging Body Realm, how did he discover the enemy? Even Uncle Ping of the Imperial Qi Realm didn't have the slightest vigilance!"

"That's not all, 'Jing Shui' and 'Qianjun Jue' are all extremely difficult exercises to cultivate, but Gongzi seems to have been practicing for one or two decades and is very proficient!

"Yes, I have long known that Childe is extremely talented in cultivation, but I didn't expect it to be so good! Childe broke through the enemy group like lightning, rushed up the hill like an arrow from the string, and knocked down the enemy leader, it was really majestic!"

"You haven't even talked about the point, you see, Childe has a horse and doesn't ride, but he is walking like us. Although the man on his horse was injured, but it was not to the point where he couldn't walk, for more than ten years, Childe has been a nobody, arrogant and uninhibited temperament, how could he ever look at us?"

"You're right, I always feel that today's son seems to be a little different......"

"Maybe that's what people often say, growing up and maturing overnight?"

The team's discussion was very mixed, some words Zhao Ning heard clearly, and some words did not. He didn't care, he just focused on thinking about how to find out the people behind the interception after returning to Daizhou City.

In the future, what should I do to let the Zhao family avoid the fate of ruining the family and protect their parents and relatives when the catastrophe comes.

Zhao Zhongping, who was following behind Zhao Ning, listened to the team's discussions, and did not interject all the way, as if he was thinking carefully about something. He looked up from time to time to glance at the back of the heir of the sole head of the Zhao family, his eyes were full of complicated colors.

This complexity, the later it gets, the more somber it becomes.

Seeing that he was about to return to Daizhou City, Zhao Zhongping glanced at the carriage, and although he was seriously injured, the leader of the attackers who was no longer in danger of his life, had a touch of ruthlessness in his eyes.

He heard that the team began to discuss in unison, who dared to attack the Zhao convoy, and if they were found, they would be crushed to ashes...... The ruthlessness in his eyes was replaced by panic for a moment.

Because it is an important border town, Daizhou City is built tall and strong, the city wall is more than four zhang high, the moat is nearly 100 steps wide, the arrow towers are numerous, and the city defense is tight.

When the sun set, Zhao Ning led the team back to Daizhou City, and before the city gate was closed, he and the last group of people who entered the city entered the city gate.

Although Daizhou City is located in the north, it is not lacking in prosperity and liveliness, and at the end of the day, there is a field opened by the imperial court, which is specially used to do business with the Saiwaihu people. This is one of the national policies of the imperial court to stabilize the north and communicate with each other.

Of course, in the mouths of those civil officials and scholars in Daqi who are accustomed to blooming lotus flowers, this is a gift from the Heavenly Empire to the barbarians.

Entering the city with Zhao Ning was a group of Beihu merchants, with strong figures, dark skin, and hair, and several leaders wearing corrugated hats, wearing satin shirts with a right collar, mopping the floor widely, and wearing a silk belt of gold and jade around their waists.

They had a lot of goods, loaded with seven or eight wagons, which were not very tightly covered, revealing the corners of some tiger fur fox martens, which looked pretty good.

Although Hu Shang was in front of the Zhao team when he entered the city, when he saw the Zhao banner, he hurriedly stood on both sides and bowed down, with an extremely respectful attitude.

When they entered Yongdao, when they saw Zhao Ning looking back at them, the Hu merchants immediately showed a sneer, as if saying that they absolutely respected the Qi people and admired the Zhao family.

The gates slowly closed, and the last rays of orange sunlight that spilled through the cracks in the doors faded, and the light of the corridors dimmed.

When the black tide surrounded him, he turned his head to look at Zhao Ning in front again, and with a glimpse of a different color from the corner of his eye, the fingers holding the knife moved slightly.

At that moment, he was ready to draw a knife and kill!

As the team moved forward, he walked out of the corridor and walked onto the street, the black curtain retreated inch by inch in the team, and the slight light of the neighborhood lights shone on Zhao Ning's face, making his face look half-dark and half-bright.

Zhao Ning knew that the current Daizhou City was not an absolutely safe place where the wind and waves were calm.

At least, for him.

The time of curfew had not yet arrived, but the officials who patrolled the streets were already wandering around. Of course, they will not get close to Zhao Ning, even if it is night, the team under the banner of the Zhao family can move unhindered in Daizhou City.

After a while, the team came to a courtyard with a high wall of Zhumen, and the plaque was marked with two big characters of "Zhao Mansion" with iron pens and golden hooks, which were vigorous and simple. This is the Zhao family's house in Daizhou, and the Zhao clansmen who guard Yanmen Pass will mostly return here to live temporarily when they are resting.

"Childe, why did you come back?"

The porter heard the movement of the carriage and horses, and was surprised when he saw Zhao Ning and the others, "Why are so many people injured?"

Zhao Ning waved his hand, he didn't plan to explain too much, "Let the housekeeper take care of the injured." ”

Zhao Zhongping took two steps and said to Zhao Ning with a friendly smile: "Childe, do you want to go to see Miss Yujie? It's not too early, today's battle is very laborious, how about those surviving attackers and their leaders, let their subordinates settle and interrogate?"

Miss Yujie.

These four words entered his ears, and Zhao Ning only felt that there was a knife cut on his heart and lungs.

She ...... I've been unwell for the past two days, so I'm not going to go tonight, and as for these attackers, ......"

Zhao Ning suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, paused when he said this, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, like a strong crossbow trigger that had been pulled, and his tone did not change in the slightest, "Uncle Lao Ping will be placed, and when I rest for a while, I will go over to interrogate." ”

Zhao Zhongping listened to Zhao Ning's words, and the joy in his heart was replaced by worry before he could rise. Just in the blink of an eye, he seemed to have made up some kind of determination, and bowed his head and clenched his fists and said yes.

Although it is only used for the rest of the clansmen, this mansion is also built very spacious, with five entrances before and after, and many other courtyards, among which there is no shortage of rockery lakes and garden fish ponds.

It's just that the decoration is simple, there is no luxurious arrangement, and there is a strong wind everywhere.

All the way to the main courtyard, Zhao Ning ignored the servants and maids, went straight into the house, closed the door and began to cultivate.

Tonight was a very bad situation, although his clothes had already been soaked with rain and sweat, and it was very uncomfortable to wear on his body, but he didn't have the heart to bathe and wash at this time.

There are a lot of people in this compound, but there are not many cultivators, and they are basically servants and maids. Zhao Ning's parents are both guarding Yanmen Pass, and now is not the day of rest, and the Zhao clan has not returned.

Therefore, there are few Zhao children in the house, and there are no serious masters.

In today's attack, Zhao Ning wanted to inform Yanmen Pass, it was not enough to let the Zhao clan go overnight, and no one knew if they would be intercepted and killed again on the road. You have to ask the government of the state to send someone over.

Zhao Ning was not in a hurry about this matter.

The forces that intercepted the Zhao team halfway today, and what they were planning, were far more complicated than others had imagined.

In his previous life, the master of the Zhao family of Yanmen Pass suffered heavy losses because of this incident, and even Zhao Ning's father, the main general of Yanmen Pass, was seriously injured, and since then he has not cultivated an inch!

Zhao Ning knows very well that the current crisis that has unfolded is related to Yanmen Pass, the Zhao family, and even the entire Great Qi Dynasty, and only by peeling off the cocoon from the bottom, step by step, and going against the trend, can we break the situation and win.

In addition, even if all the strong people of the Zhao family in the capital came, it would only allow everyone to survive the crisis on the surface, and it would be impossible to fundamentally solve the problem and change the future!

Several young and pretty maids in the courtyard didn't plan to come out when they saw Zhao Ning enter the door, and they couldn't help but look at each other, all surprised.

"Childe, is this going to rest? He didn't even go to Miss Yujie's?"

"Even so, you won't be able to bathe and change your clothes, right? Childe loves cleanliness the most. ”

"Wait, Childe is not resting, he is cultivating! Childe has always boasted of his poetry and romance, and he likes to talk to people about high theories, but he is not so diligent in his cultivation!"

"Okay, don't break your mouth, let's go into the house and stay, if you let Gongzi hear it, I'm afraid he will punish us!"

Zhao Zhongping placed several of the captured attackers in a secluded courtyard and told the guards to be on guard. Then I came to a garden planted with plantains, flowers and plants trimmed very carefully, and elegantly arranged.

"Uncle Ping?"

"Hurry up, I want to see Miss Yujie!"

The lights of the room near the lake are faint, the bamboo curtain is half rolled, and the night breeze with the fragrance of lotus flowers gently caresses it, swaying the candle shadow.

After the steaming water in the tea kettle, there are ladies with exquisite makeup who sit on their knees, thin shirts and golden mud phoenixes, sleepy waist and timidly clothes. She is like a fairy walking out of a painting, beautiful and moving, but also graceful and luxurious.

In the room, Zhao Zhongping lowered his head, stood with his hands tied, and did not dare to look directly at the lady who lifted the lid and added salt behind the small case and studied the tea ceremony by herself. It seems that this woman who is twenty-eight years old and has an elegant and poetic woman with every move, has the majesty of the head of the Zhao family.

Yan Yan finished the process in his hand, and the lady turned around and sat down, and then looked up at Zhao Zhongping, "In this way, Brother Ning is fine?"

"Except for the exhaustion of energy, there is nothing at all!" Zhao Zhongping hurriedly replied.

"Before the attack began, Brother Ning was aware of it?"

"I can't figure it out!" However, the key is Qianjun!"

"The long knife is a thousand jun, it is the Zhao family's strange soldiers, and it is naturally extraordinary. ”

"Childe's realm is still low in the end, and he just barely slashed out with a knife. At that time, if it wasn't for taking advantage of the surprise, and the other party didn't dodge, he might not be able to succeed. ”

"The two exercises of "Jing Shui Step" and "Qianjun Jue" are ...... I've never seen Brother Ning cultivate. ”

"Miss Yi's relationship with Childe was not known in advance......?! Since Miss hit entered the Zhao family, the son has been obsessed with Miss, and over the years, he can be said to be obedient and obedient.

"He will even give the cultivation resources allocated to him by the family to the young lady as they are, how can he secretly cultivate behind the young lady's back?"

Zhao Yujie didn't answer this.

The water in the tea kettle was already boiling, Zhao Yujie stretched out her fingers like onion roots, took out a scoop of tea soup, and slipped off her sleeve shirt by more than two inches between movements, revealing her wrist as white and tender as snow, which was crystal and attractive.

Zhao Zhongping hurriedly lowered his head.

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