I glanced up at him.

His face was not too gentle, the corners of his eyes were red, and his eyes could not hide his cruelty, but his voice was a little hoarse, and even with a strange tenderness in this hoarseness, seeing that I was looking at him, he repeated it again-

"Don't be afraid."

“……”

At this moment, I couldn't speak, and I didn't know what I could say, but I felt his hand gently slap behind his back, and the originally tense breath finally slowly eased.

But this relaxation, I immediately felt a sharp pain in my shoulder come like a tide, and I couldn't help but let out a low sigh.

He immediately looked at me with wide eyes: "Qingying! ”

Li'er next to him heard his voice, turned around and saw me sweating profusely, and hurriedly walked to my side, and said cautiously: "Mother, how are you?" ”

I gritted my teeth and shook my head vigorously.

As I struggled with the scarring pain in my shoulder, the sound of swords outside slowly subsided, and I subconsciously looked up, and I heard a sound of footsteps walking outside the closed door, listening, and then there was a knock on the door.

A voice rang out: "Master, the assassin has been captured. ”

“……”

"Please show me the way."

“……”

The person behind me hadn't spoken yet, but I was subconsciously relieved.

The Assassins have been captured, which means we are not in danger.

Turning her head to look at Li'er, who was standing beside me with a look of horror on her face, she was obviously frightened, but as long as there was no danger and no one could hurt her, it was better than anything.

Pei Yuanhao didn't move in the slightest, and he didn't even secretly breathe a sigh of relief like the guards around him, he just gently helped me and let me sit on a chair, with one hand behind my shoulder until I sat down steadily.

He looked down at me and said, "Are you alright?" ”

I was silent for a moment and nodded.

He also nodded, and did not say anything more, but straightened up, turned and walked out.

Through the shaking bead curtain, I saw him walking to the door, and under the steps, there were the guards who had captured the assassin after a hard battle, each with a little blood on their faces, and some even had injuries, they pulled five or six people covered in blood over, and pushed hard, and all of them knelt under the steps and knelt in front of Pei Yuanhao.

Pei Yuanhao stood in front of them with his hands behind his back.

I could only see his tall back, not his expression, but I could also feel the cold temperature emanating from his body.

The captured assassins, their faces covered in blood, struggled to look up at him.

I thought Pei Yuanhao would say something, but he didn't say anything, just put his hands behind his back and looked at them calmly.

However, it was such a calm gaze, and five of the six assassins began to tremble, and their faces, which were originally stained with blood and looked extremely terrifying, showed timidity, and they all lowered their heads to avoid his gaze, and only one person, who seemed stronger than the others, still looked up to meet his gaze.

And then—

I could hear him snort coldly almost clearly.

At this moment, I suddenly felt uneasy, and almost subconsciously wanted to reach out and hug Li'er, but the sharp pain in my shoulder made my movements stop immediately, and even made my whole body tremble, and the next moment, I heard Pei Yuanhao's cold and ice-like voice sound-

"Kill the five of them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the guards standing behind the assassins pull out the swords that had been sheathed, and there were still blood stains on them, and when the steel knives were raised, the blood and the cold light of the blades formed a terrifying light mark in the air.

Hand up and knife down!

The next moment, blood spurted out, and several heads fell to the ground.

I didn't have time to look at the miserable situation outside, but looked at my daughter beside me, there was no expression on her face anymore, but on her pale face, the eyes were extraordinarily dark, as if because she was standing here, the sunlight outside couldn't shine into her eyes.

I gritted my teeth and said, "Li'er! ”

She didn't seem to hear and didn't move.

I accentuated my voice again: "Li'er! ”

"......" She was silent for a moment before slowly turning her head and looking at me with those dark eyes.

I gritted my teeth and tried to make my voice as gentle and calm as possible: "Come here, come to my mother's arms." ”

“……”

She paused again before taking a step forward, stretching out her cold hands to wrap her arms around my waist, and automatically buried her face in my arms.

I lowered my head and pressed my chin against the top of her head, feeling a slight tremble.

I don't know if it's hers or mine.

When I raised my head again, Pei Yuanhao still didn't look back.

In front of him, there was only one kneeling, who did not avoid his gaze when he looked at him just now, and at this moment, seeing that his companion had become a headless corpse, and the blood had sprayed all over him, he looked at Pei Yuanhao fiercely, still without the slightest fear.

Pei Yuanhao said coldly: "Lock him up." ”

"Yes."

The guards received the order and immediately picked up the man and took him away.

It was only at this time that he turned around and walked back slowly.

At this time, even if he didn't speak, the evil aura in his body was enough to suffocate the surrounding oppression, and the teahouse owner and those guys who were already cowering in the corner in horror had fainted directly for several times.

Then, he walked in slowly.

Every step he took was very steady, but I seemed to see that every step he took left a bloody footprint.

Finally, he stopped at the doorway outside the private room.

The beaded curtain was still swaying gently, obscuring his gaze, but there were still sharp eyes looking through the gap in the beaded curtain.

I raised the hand that still had a little strength, and tried hard to protect Li'er in my arms.

Then look at him.

He looked at Li'er trembling in my arms, looked into my eyes again, was silent for a long time, and said in a dumb voice: "She must accept it." ”

“……”

Yes, your daughter, must accept your one qiē.

As the princess of Li, as they call it, sooner or later, they will face this qiē.

So—

I couldn't speak, I just slowly lowered my head and hugged Li'er's thin body more tightly.

This assassination was more violent and more impactful than yesterday's.

Speaking of which, anyone thinks that after an assassination has just been carried out, and after the assassination fails, those people will be like frightened birds, unable to dodge, and it is impossible to risk being discovered or even cleaned up, and immediately plan a second assassination against the emperor the next day.

Unexpectedly, they just carried it out!

But what he didn't expect was that Pei Yuanhao was not disturbed by that kind of thinking at all, even after experiencing an assassination just now, he still went out to play with Li'er, and he did not relax his vigilance at all, and carried out strict protection against this assassination.

It's just -- this time the accident was the butcher.

It was Gu Ping's recklessness that exposed the guards he placed among the civilians in advance, which caused the chaos of the Praetorian Guards, and gave those people a chance.

But thankfully, no more damage was done.

Greater ...... Harm......

The corpse outside the door had been dragged away, leaving a trail of blood, I frowned slightly, lowered my head again, and looked at me lying in my arms, slowly raising my head at this moment, looking at me with dazed and fearful eyes flashing.

"Mother......

I said softly, "It's okay." ”

“……”

"It's okay."

I tried to reach out and stroke her hair, but as soon as I lifted my hand, the sharp pain in my shoulder hit me again.

"Mother!" As soon as she saw my painful appearance, Li'er immediately said, "What's wrong with you?" ”

She hugged me anxiously, but inadvertently pulled my shoulders, which made me break out in a cold sweat and couldn't even speak. At this time, Pei Yuanhao stepped forward from behind, stretched out his hand to gently support her shoulder, and said, "Li'er, don't touch your mother again, she is in pain." ”

"Huh?!"

Li'er suddenly woke up and looked up at me, Pei Yuanhao was already holding her arm, gently helping her to the side, and then walked up to me, leaned over, and gently stretched out his hand to my shoulder: "Does it still hurt?" ”

I was afraid that he would touch my shoulder, but his hand stopped a little distance from my shoulder, and he looked at the cold sweat that kept falling from his forehead, and his eyes became fierce in an instant, and I even heard the sound of him grinding his teeth, and his hand slowly clenched into a fist.

That strong killing intent, even if he didn't touch me, I could clearly feel it.

I subconsciously said, "You-"

With just this sound, it seemed that the tide had suddenly receded, and the killing intent in his eyes had receded in an instant.

He looked at me, struggling to move, and said, "Don't move. ”

“……”

"It probably hurt the bones."

“……”

Before I could speak, he straightened up again and said coldly, "Someone." ”

Wu Yanqiu immediately stepped forward with a few people from the Praetorian Guard: "Master." ”

"Immediately bring me all the doctors in the vicinity, as well as the doctors in the state capital!"

“……”

Sensing the slightest hesitation from those people, he said coldly: "Immediately! ”

As soon as the words fell, Wu Yanqiu didn't dare to hesitate any longer, hurriedly turned around and waved his hand, and those guards hurriedly walked out, while Wu Yanqiu stood at the door and looked at their backs, turned around, looked at the small teahouse, and the teahouse owner and buddy who had become a frightened bird, frowned, and slowly walked back.

He walked up to Pei Yuanhao and said softly, "Master, it's not necessarily safe here. ”

"And please master-"

Before he finished speaking, he was blocked by Pei Yuanhao's hand.

He didn't look at him, just stared at my pale face and the beads of sweat on my forehead, and said coldly: "Let's finish her injuries first." ”

"But—"

Just when Wu Yanqiu was about to say anything more, I suddenly raised my head and looked out of the gate.

The sky is getting dark.