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"Tap, tap, tap …"

In the deep night, the sound of rapid horse hooves broke the tranquility of the rainy night. It was already late at night. A group of people on fast horses were approaching from afar.

"Damn the weather. There's still someone coming out at this time. I wonder who it is."

The soldiers wearing raincoats who were hiding in the corner of the building next to the gate were startled by the sound of the horses hooves. They stuck their heads out of the corner of the building and looked into the distance.

It was a dark night, and the dense rain shrouded the entire world, making it impossible to see anything clearly. He could vaguely see a cavalry unit approaching from afar. The reason why he believed them to be cavalry was because, in the dead of the night, there was still such a troop of troops flying through the rain. They could only be the soldiers of the Southern Champion army.

"Could it be that the Fukuhara War is getting out of hand?"

A soldier next to them, his eyes hazy, slackened in the rain, and they hid for a while.

"Open the door!"

One of them held onto a token as he shouted, "If there's an urgent military report, open the door!"

A soldier ran over to check the token in the man's hand. Seeing that there were no problems, he turned around and shouted, "Open the gate!"

"Creak … Creak …"

The city gate was slowly opened, and before the gate could be completely opened, the soldiers in their rain cloaks galloped past the gate and out of the city.

"What urgent military situation? Even the city gates cannot be completely opened?"

He was in a trance. Under the dim light of the city gate, he seemed to see the two horses in the middle side by side. One of them seemed to be holding onto the other's waist with his hands.

In the darkness, the cavalrymen swept past, causing a splash of muddy water that caused him to hastily hide behind the city gates. A moment later, those people disappeared into the rainy night outside the city gate.

After leaving the city gates, Li Hantian grabbed Ji Tian Ning's waist and used his strength to lift Ji Tian Ning up and place her in front of his horse.

Ji Tian Ning wiped the rain off her face. She didn't know how to ride a horse. She had been riding Hateful Sky the entire time. When they reached the city gate, in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the guards, they put Ji Tian Ning on the other horse.

It was a good thing that Ji Tianning didn't feel uneasy at all. He felt extremely safe as he hid within the embrace of this super handsome brother of his, Li Hantian. She turned her head to look at the golden armor beside Li Hantian. If the golden armor wasn't mentioned, she really wouldn't have recognized it. The general who had narrowly escaped death had already become as thin as a skeleton.

Shang Qiuyuan had long since arranged for Hateful Sky to live in seclusion not far from the Li Palace, waiting for an opportunity. After waiting for a long time, he finally got something out of it.

After Ji Tian Ning escaped from the palace, she had unexpectedly arrived at the place that Shang Qiuyuan had told her about, and coincidentally met Li Hen Tian and the Golden Armor. As soon as the few of them met, they took advantage of the night to leave. Ji Tian Ning had a token in her hand, so she used it to leave the city gate. The sky was clear.

After the Golden-Armored Army returned to the Ancestral Dragon City, they went to Li Hantian's residence and waited together for an opportunity.

"Where are we going?"

Ji Tian Ning whispered to Li Hen Tian, hugging him tightly. Only at this moment did she heave a sigh of relief. She looked back at the blurry Ancestral Dragon City.

"He's finally left!"

Li Hantian lowered his head as he sniffed the faint, peculiar fragrance coming from his body. His heart was beating rapidly. He had waited far too long for this day.

Now that he was in her arms, he gently lowered his head and whispered into Ji Tian Ning's ear, "Wherever you want to go, Li Hen will follow you and protect you."

Ji Tian Ning's heart was moved. Leaning against Li Hantian's arms, she turned her head to look at the golden armor. The storm was too heavy, so it was inconvenient for her to speak.

"Let's go to this place first. I promised Tan Zi that I would go to his hometown to see his parents."

"Who's that?"

A sour feeling rose in Li Hantian's heart. Who was it? He actually allowed Ji Tian Ning to meet his parents and family?

"It's a little eunuch from the imperial harem. After entering the palace, he was asked by me to come over and stay by my side until …?"

Thinking of Tsui Zi, his heart was filled with sorrow. How could he tell Tsui Zi's parents that the child had been killed so miserably?

Hearing that it was the young eunuch who served Ji Tian Ning, Li Hen's aching heart was finally relieved. He felt that it was funny. Why would he have such a feeling? However, at that moment, he had unconsciously felt something like that. Smelling the intoxicating scent of the woman in his embrace, he only wished that time could be frozen at this moment forever.

"Golden Armor, where is Shang Qiuyuan now?" How is he? "

"Miss, the marshal is doing well. He is fighting in Fengyuan right now." At the end of the day, the marshal was entering the army with the intention of launching a surprise attack on the capital city. Great Marshal has lost his life, so you must save this lady and send her to a safe place. "

"Thank you for your concern, Feng Yuan, but you haven't forgotten about my matter."

"The marshal has never forgotten about the matters regarding the lady. Where does the lady plan to settle to now?" If you don't, you'll go to Fengyuan with me. Your highness isn't familiar with this place. Tomorrow, the Emperor will send people to secretly search for your whereabouts. "

"Why in the dark?"

Ji Tian Ning's bright eyes widened as he turned to look at the golden armor. His eyes were brimming with vigor as he gazed into the rainy night, causing the golden armor to be moved.

"Does the great marshal have feelings for Miss Ji Tian Ning?" "It's no wonder that the great marshal would be tempted by such a woman who stands out from the masses."

The Golden Armor secretly guessed at Shang Qiuyuan's thoughts. Suddenly, it had the idea of bringing Ji Tian Ning to Fengyuan and handing her to Shang Qiuyuan.

His heart ached for Shang Qiuyuan, he had sacrificed too much for revenge. First of all, he was willing to sacrifice his life for them. Now, in order to be able to enter Fengyuan without any obstruction, he had become the son of the King, and had gained the trust of the King.

Presently, the matter of Shang Qiuyuan paying homage to the King as his father had already been discussed and discussed, and he had become the laughingstock of the five empires.

Who would have known that the bitterness in Shang Qiuyuan's heart would hurt every time he saw the silver-haired marshal and the sorrow deep in his eyes?

"This lady doesn't know, since the emperor has already issued an edict to put this girl on the execution platform, it is unlikely that he would go after this lady in broad daylight, lest it arouses the displeasure of the officials. At present, the Emperor will still open the execution platform. To the outside world, it is said that he has already executed the young lady, and secretly sent people to search for the young lady's whereabouts. "

"Hehe, it's a pity that he won't be able to find me again. Now that I've entered the sea, it's hard to find me again. The world was big, so where couldn't he go? I will traverse the famous mountains and rivers of the five nations, traveling around the world! "

In the rain, she recalled that she once had a wish to travel around the world. In that world, she had failed to fulfill this wish, but now she had the chance.

There are no more subjects to learn, tests to learn, and books to learn. Here, she could fulfill her wish and do what she wanted. As long as he left Zu Long, he would be considered to be very safe. If he left the Southern Champion City, the White Horse Emperor would not be able to reach him, and he would not be able to catch her.

Li Hantian glanced at the golden armor. He didn't know what the relationship between Ji Tian Ning and Qiu Yuan was. However, after he left the palace and found Shang Qiuyuan, he began to pay attention to this person.

Before he left the palace, Ji Tian Ning had placed into his palm a piece of paper with Shang Qiuyuan's name and a piece of beautiful jade on it. The beautiful jade was left for him to use for his daily needs.

He hadn't been able to move and had meticulously worn it in front of him.

Shang Qiuyuan arranged for him to live not far from the Imperial Palace and discussed some matters regarding Ji Tianning with him. Therefore, Li Hen and the Heavens followed Shang Qiuyuan's arrangements and stayed in the Ancestral Dragon City, waiting for the opportunity to repay the gratitude.

If that wasn't the case, he would have long since left this dangerous Ancestral Dragon City and headed off into the distance. After all, it was possible that the young master of the harem would come looking for trouble with him again.

The golden armor also glanced at Hateful Heavens. It didn't have a good impression of this Hu'er. He could see the feelings he had for Ji Tian Ning from Li Hantian's eyes. In his own heart, he hoped that Ji Tian Ning would be compatible with Monk Qiu Yuan.

The rain continued to fall, and Ji Tian Ning's group continued to gallop without stopping. They were all riding a horse, and they had a horse with them. This was what the Golden Armor had been prepared for when he returned from Fengyuan. It was now being used for great purposes. Changing horses in the middle meant that their speed wouldn't be affected. They had to leave Dragon City in the shortest time possible.

"Tap, tap, tap …"

The sound of galloping horses came from afar. Golden Armour turned his head and listened carefully, "It's a troop of cavalry. There are hundreds of them. Be careful, brothers. Get ready to fight." We'll head north and try to avoid them. "

"Brother Jin, are you trying to scare us? Even if someone were to come, they might not be facing us. Brother Jin, there's no need to be so nervous."

The Golden Armor coldly glared at Li Hantian and did not reply. It turned its head and whispered to the people beside it, "If anything happens, protect Lady Ji and leave this place first."

"Yes sir!"

A portion of these cavalrymen had been brought back from Fengyuan in golden armor, while a few others had been arranged with Hateful Sky to wait for Ji Tian Ning's rescue before Shang Qiuyuan's departure.

These people were the ones who had followed Shang Qiuyuan to surrender to the Southern Champion Kingdom. Many people had received the kindness and saving their lives from Ji Tian Ning. They were all elites that had been through hundreds of battles.

After the great battle, only five thousand men out of one hundred thousand men remained. They were Shang Qiuyuan's personal guards. If not for Ji Tian Ning, Shang Qiuyuan would not have allowed these people to leave his side.

His hand secretly held onto the weapon hanging on the saddle, feeling the cold of the weapon. His piercing gaze pierced through the wind and rain, looking towards the night.

"Golden Armor, is there anything wrong?"

An ominous omen appeared in his heart. He could faintly feel that the sounds of hooves suddenly echoed in the rainy night.

"Golden armor is the enemy."

She tightly grasped Hateful Heaven's lapel, her heart sinking. She had just escaped from the Imperial Palace when she was discovered by the White Horse Emperor? No one had expected the pursuers to arrive so quickly.

Golden Armor was stunned for a moment. He was only doing this for the sake of safety, so he and the others had already made their preparations. He did not know who those cavalrymen were or why they were here. However, he had never doubted Ji Tian Ning's words.

"Turn around to the northeast and prepare for battle. No one is allowed to harm Miss Ji."

No one said a word. The group of people gripped their weapons and prepared to fight. He urged the steed, bent over the horse, and changed direction, speeding towards the northeast.