Lin Zheng's face did not change, and with a slight flick of the hand in front of his chest, the dagger in Jiang Ning's hand made a crisp sound, and it deviated instantly.

The shock from the handle of the knife shook Jiang Ning's palms slightly, and his entire body fell to the side due to inertia.

The wild weeds almost grazed Jiang Ning's side face, leaving a hot touch, Lin Zheng's eyes were quick, and he grabbed her arm and helped her up.

"I'm sorry." His voice was low, but his gaze always stayed on Jiang Ning's side face.

She looked suspicious, and subconsciously looked in the direction of Lin Zheng's look, and a warm touch came from her fingertips, and she realized that her cheek was cut.

Jiang Ning waved his hand indifferently and raised his eyes to look at him, "How could you ......?"

Lin Zheng let go of the hand holding Jiang Ning's arm, "The minister just came from Qingshui County, and I happened to meet Niangniang alone in this wood, worried about Niangniang's safety, so I followed all the way." ”

She nodded slightly, probably guessing such an outcome.

She didn't feel too disgusted to be followed by Lin Zheng all the way, in this kind of inaccessible place in the deep mountains and old forests, it was better to have someone to protect than nothing.

Lin Zheng quickened his pace and gradually walked in front of Jiang Ning, he raised his sword to open a path from the weeds, but he didn't say anything to ask why Jiang Ning appeared in such a place overgrown with wild grass.

Does he know what he's here for?

Jiang Ning's heart couldn't help but tremble, if according to what Lin Zheng said, he met him by chance on the road and followed him all the time, then the other party should not know what happened, normal logic, shouldn't you ask the reason first?

"Niangniang, the soil on the right side of the front is relatively dry, it should be easier to find?"

Jiang Ning paused and looked up at the back of Lin Zheng in front of him.

"So you know that all this was planned by the emperor?"

Lin Zheng's back stiffened slightly, and he didn't answer.

"It's about the life of the queen." Jiang Ning's voice was faintly trembling a little bit that he hadn't even noticed.

Lin Zheng turned around slowly, looking at Jiang Ning with a complicated look in his eyes, and he didn't know what emotions he was.

"Since the emperor did that, then there must be a reason for him." Lin Zheng's voice was still indifferent, as if what he was talking about was just a flower and plant, not a living person.

Jiang Ning suddenly felt a nameless anger rise from her chest, suffocating in her chest, almost making her breathless.

She used to regard Lin Zheng as her friend, he saved herself from fire and water many times, and knew her true identity and what she had encountered over the years, so she naively felt that he was someone who could make her trust.

Until now, she saw the same indifference on his face as Mu Jingzhao.

Only then did she suddenly realize that she had actually been trapped in a cage tailor-made for her by Mu Jingzhao.

Everyone she could come into contact with around her was arranged by Mu Jingzhao and stood firmly on his side.

And what happened today is also a big drama that they planned together, everyone in it, only they don't know about it, only they are coaxed around.

Xu was stung by the fear and distrust in her eyes, and Lin Zheng took two steps forward hesitantly, as if he wanted to reach out and touch.

When his fingertips were about to touch the corner of the other party's clothes, Jiang Ning avoided it.

She had a thousand words in her heart, she wanted to scream, she wanted to go crazy, she wanted to ask what the truth was.

What is the reason for being destroyed all over the house? What is the reason why his own people are being forced into a dead end step by step? What about those who died innocently?

But in the end, she just took a deep breath and said in a sullen voice, "Find the herbs first." ”

There was a flash of astonishment in Lin Zheng's eyes, but then, he nodded, "Yes." ”

The two of them moved forward silently with each other, and the long sword in Lin Zheng's hand kept hitting the weeds with a rustling sound, and the weeds gradually came to an end unconsciously.

"Mother." Lin Zheng swung his sword vigorously and knocked out the last row of weeds, revealing the steep cliffs of the trees.

The two of them were just one step away from the cliff.

"What's the matter?"

Lin Zheng looked back at her, "Since you know that everything is arranged by the emperor, why do you insist on going up the mountain to find herbs for the queen's mother." ”

Jiang Ning stared at the stones under his feet, and sure enough, as Lin Zheng said, this place is full of stones, and the soil is very dry, so it should be a good place for the thistle to grow.

"Everything was speculated before, and I can't gamble the life of the queen mother just because I guessed for no reason."

"Now that you know it, why keep looking."

Jiang Ning shook his head, "I don't want any accidents to happen. ”

Lin Zheng was stunned.

In Jiang Ning's words, what was not concealed was his distrust of Mu Jingzhao.

She had no way to help her family fight for a way to survive because she knew that she was small and powerless and had no ability to compete with Mu Jingzhao.

But this time, she can only try to do a little bit of calculation, and try her best to use her own strength to redeem it.

Lin Zheng raised his head and was about to say something to Jiang Ning.

When he looked up, he saw that there was no trace of Jiang Ning in the open space in front of him.

His heart tightened, and he hurriedly looked left and right, and finally, at the end of the cliff, he saw the small figure squatting on the ground.

The cliff was about a step in front of her, and the surface was dry and thin, with the occasional few pieces of gravel rolling down with Jiang Ning's movements.

Jiang Ning's upper body leaned forward, as if he would fall down in the next second because of the unstable center of gravity.

"!"

Lin Zheng trotted forward, reaching out to grab Jiang Ning's arm and drag her back.

saw her turn around, and there was a faint anger in her watery eyes, "Look! ”

Lin Zheng subconsciously tugged on her arm and pulled it back a little, then poked his head out to look at the bottom of the cliff.

I saw that on the steep stone wall of the cliff, small purple flowers swayed in the wind, which was the big thistle they were looking for.

Lin Zheng looked at her, and finally there was a little more smile in his eyes.

He stood in front of Jiang Ning, stepped forward slowly, and stretched out his hand with all his might, trying to pick the big thistle back.

However, no matter how hard he stretched out his hand, no matter how hard he tried, his fingertips could only brush the tip of the little flower.

With Shen Qingrong's serious injury, the only possibility that could stop the bleeding was to uproot the entire plant.

Jiang Ning and Lin Zheng glanced at each other, and both of them saw a deep sense of powerlessness in each other's eyes.

Rao is Lin Zheng's martial arts, it is extremely dangerous to pick a grass on such a steep stone wall, and it is necessary to uproot it.

Jiang Ning took a deep breath, sat down on the ground in a daze, raised his head and shouted to the sky, "Ahh ”

I don't know if I'm scolding God or Mu Jingzhao.