After a seven-day trek, the Royal Academy finally arrived at Yancheng, the capital of Beiqiu Kingdom. After arranging the accommodation of the Royal Academy and his party in the First Academy, Paine took Pan Yue, who had been sullen all the way, back to the palace to resume his life.

For Pan Yue's cowardice along the way, Gu Lingzhi is very understandable. After all...... Leaving the Xia Kingdom means separating from Qin Xinran. Thinking of the sincere smile on Qin Xinran's face when he learned that Pan Yue was leaving, Gu Lingzhi mourned for Pan Yue for a few seconds.

Due to Rong Yuan's special status, after assigning the residence of several people, he was picked up by someone sent by the Beiqiu royal family to the banquet. Feeling sorry for Gu Lingzhi who had been on the road for so many days, Rong Yuan gave up the idea of asking her to go with him, left the expedition and Wei Hanzi by her side to protect, and left with a few attendants.

Wei Hanzi is the woman who disguised herself as Gu Lingzhi in the Royal Academy before. It is said that the Korean character in her name is her mother's surname. This also shows the love of her parents. It's a pity that due to the vendetta in the rivers and lakes, her parents died early, leaving an orphan girl who no one wants to adopt. It just so happened that the royal family was selecting and training dead soldiers for Rong Yuan. This orphan girl whose parents died and was kicked out of the gate by her relatives was chosen, and after a series of cruel training, the original orphan girl also became a sharp blade under Rong Yuan, and her combat effectiveness was not lost to several captains of the Silver Armor Corps.

After receiving the task of disguised as Black Thorn, this quiet and excellent woman fulfilled her duty without a single doubt. In order to better dress up as Black Thorn, she also specialized in studying Gu Lingzhi's behavior and habits. After half a month, if you don't know clearly that you are the real "black thorn". I'm afraid that Gu Lingzhi will think that this is the descendant of the Spirit Clan that the Beiqiu royal family is eager to get rid of.

"Master, do you need to rest now?" Wei Hanzi said. The voice was very familiar to Gu Lingzhi, and he was dressed as a black thorn after taking the drug, but Wei Hanzi just controlled the way he made his voice, and his originally low and hoarse voice was perfectly transformed into a black thorn.

"No, it's rare to come to Beiqiu once, wouldn't it be in vain not to take advantage of this place to stroll?" Gu Lingzhi was a little helpless about Wei Hanzi's name.

Wei Hanzi is smart and loyal. But it's too brain-wrenching. When they get along in private, they refuse to call themselves by their own names, and always call them their masters. There were too many times, and Gu Lingzhi didn't bother to correct the other party.

"Then I'll go and prepare the carriage. After saying this, Wei Hanzi wanted to turn around and leave, but Gu Lingzhi stopped her: "You don't need a carriage, just walk around casually." Calling Xiao Jin, let's have fun together. ”

The word of the master is an oracle, to be obeyed unconditionally. Wei Hanzi, who had received the education of dead soldiers since he was a child, immediately changed his direction and went to Tianfeng Jin's room. I plan to follow Gu Lingzhi's order and call the heavenly wind to go shopping together.

Looking at the back of Wei Hanzi leaving, Gu Lingzhi looked at the expedition helplessly: "Why are they all Rong Yuan's subordinates, and your personalities are so different?"

Hearing this, the expedition grinned: "Miss Gu, Han Zi received the education of a dead soldier, and the purpose of her existence is to protect the safety of her master, which is equivalent to a living humanoid weapon." As for me, I am a promising young man with a sound mind, and my personality is naturally different. ”

"But isn't it too cruel to live like this?" After getting along for a period of time, Gu Lingzhidu felt a little distressed for Wei Hanzi's emotionless state.

"It's not cruel at all. The expedition replied very casually.

"If you want something, you have to pay the same price. Wei Hanzi, who was still seven years old, promised to become a dead soldier of His Royal Highness, and his request was to recover his parents' inheritance and drive those relatives who forgot their interests from her home. And the royal family did it, and she naturally had to fulfill her promises. What's more, the royal family of the Xia Kingdom is still very humane in selecting the dead. When they reach adulthood, there is one more chance to choose. Be a guard in the sun or a dead soldier in the shadows. She herself chose the latter. ”

Listening to the expedition's nonchalant explanation, the corners of Gu Lingzhi's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

How can a seven-year-old child be held accountable for his actions? And that choice, when he was educated by the dead from an early age, is also a null and void. If you don't even have basic emotions, how can you tell the difference between good and bad?

But Gu Lingzhi just complained a little in his heart. There is a saying that the expedition is right, in terms of treating the dead, the royal family of the Xia Kingdom does have a lot of humanity.

In a high position, which of the descendants of a big family does not have a few dead guards around them, and usually the selection of dead soldiers is mandatory. It is indeed very merciful to be chosen by men like the royal family.

During the time when the two were talking, Wei Hanzi had already brought Tianfeng to him.

Wei Hanzi, who was wearing a mask of imitation black thorns, seemed to have changed during this time, a layer of warmth welled up in his cold eyes, and he looked at Gu Lingzhi and quipped: "Lingzhi, I invited Xiao Jin, can you go?"

"Well, let's go. Gu Lingzhi nodded slightly and smiled cooperatively.

Tianfeng Jin also smiled, when she first saw the Black Thorn in Gu Lingzhi's dormitory, she still had some doubts about the truth of the other party's words, but now she didn't doubt it at all. The warmth in Gu Lingzhi's eyes couldn't be faked, and the faint pity when he looked at the "Black Thorn" was also in line with what the "Black Thorn" said, Gu Lingzhi couldn't bear her being chased and killed by the enemy, so he let Rong Yuan shelter her.

She was also very happy to be able to meet her two most important friends. It's just that occasionally there will be a faint weirdness in the face of black thorns, but I can't say where. can only blame the knot left by her previous misunderstanding.

The group of three took the expedition to protect the flower messenger, and after a little thought, they went to the most lively east city in Yan City.

And Rong Yuan, who was a diplomat in the Beiqiu Palace, also received a report from his subordinates and grinded his teeth in frustration. In order to let someone have a good rest, he came to this boring banquet by himself, but after someone walked on his front foot, he happily asked his friends to go shopping together, it seems that next time he can't be too considerate, when she should be tired, she must not be soft-hearted!

A certain prince secretly made a decision in his heart, laying a solid foundation for someone's sexual well-being life in some kind of river crab sport in the future.

But resentment is resentment, Rong Yuan has not forgotten that he is now in Beiqiu's territory. If Paine did it, it would be much more convenient than in the Xia Kingdom. Letting the person who delivered the letter remind Wei Hanzi to protect Gu Lingzhi strictly, Rong Yuan's eyes darkened.

Let Wei Hanzi appear in front of everyone as a black thorn, partly to avoid suspicion of Gu Lingzhi, and partly ...... It is his selfishness.

Growing up in the royal family, he is used to seeing dirty things, but he is not as soft-hearted as Gu Lingzhi.

Wei Hanzi was his dead soldier, and his life was all under his control. Let her replace the identity of Black Thorn, but also so that she can sacrifice herself at the cost of Gu Lingzhi's peace in times of crisis. But he couldn't tell Gu Lingzhi about this.

Besides, Gu Lingzhi on the other side rushed to the streets of Yancheng with great anticipation. But before he had gone far, he noticed that there was an extra tail behind him. This tail is none other than Yan Liang, who has been sent out by Rong Yuan to do tasks under various pretexts since the start of school.

Although the Royal Academy does not require students to do tasks, it is a different matter if it is a special task assigned by the instructor.

"Senior Yan, what a coincidence. Seeing Yan Liang following behind him silently looking at him without speaking, Gu Lingzhi could only say hello awkwardly.

But obviously, Yan Liang's EQ has been low to a certain extent, and he didn't know how to hide it when he was found to be following him, but replied a little sneeringly: "Unfortunately, I just followed you." After saying that, the roots of his ears turned red because of shyness. His expression was cold and hard, and if he didn't look at his ears, he wouldn't see anything wrong.

Seeing this, the rest of the people couldn't help but shake their faces, and Gu Lingzhi laughed twice and said, "Hehe, it turns out that Senior Yan is also going to Dongcheng for a walk." ”

"Well, I'll go wherever you go. Yan Liang's voice was a little cold and hard. Then he seemed to realize that his words were a little inappropriate, and then explained: "This is not Xia Guo after all, you must be careful." ”

Gu Lingzhi pursed his lips when he heard this, and his heart was slightly sour. It's not that she doesn't understand Yan Liang's intentions, and she has clearly refused, but the other party's brain is as rigid as his character. If you decide it, you will never look back, even if you know that you have no hope, you have to wait silently behind her. made Rong Yuan eat a lot of flying vinegar.

It's one thing to be moved, it's another thing to be emotional. With Rong Yuan in her heart, she can only avoid the other party as much as possible, hoping that he can think about it as soon as possible and focus this energy on others.

"Yan Liang, you don't have to worry about this, with my expedition, I won't let the princess's hands be hurt at all. Yuanzheng smiled and interjected into the conversation between the two, and deliberately bit the word "princess" very clearly, intending to remind the other party that Gu Lingzhi was already a famous flower. Yan Liang's persistence is also in his eyes, but it is related to the lifelong happiness of his master, and he must not be soft-hearted!

"One more person is one more strength, be careful, it's always right. Yan Liang pursed his lips and said. Without the well-spoken Lu Feng to express for him, to cope with the expedition, he only had to repeat the sentence "be careful".

In the end, Yan Liang still relied on his persistent attitude of not entering the oil and salt, and joined Gu Lingzhi's group to visit Dongcheng. It took half an hour to go from the north city, where the first academy is located, to the bustling east city.

If the first college in Beicheng is a scenic line in Yancheng, then the bustling Dongcheng is the eye of Yancheng. Only such a prosperous eastern city can withstand the needs of so many high-level spirit warriors in Yan City.