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Duan Chengxuan held onto Qing Ze in his arms and seemed to understand something after looking at the chain in his hand.

"I only came out because I was looking at these people. Only my mother knew how to do this."

Behind him, Erya carefully raised his head to look at the tall man and clenched his hands. "I wasn't able to stop Qing Ze, so I could only follow him. I saw that there seemed to be something strange over there, so I didn't dare to let him pass."

"You did the right thing." Duan Chengxuan put Qing Qing down and lightly pushed the two of them on their backs. "Both of you should return to the courtyard house to rest first and wait for us to return."

"I can go home …" Erya's face turned red as she looked at her dirty shoes.

Duan Chengxuan finally understood why Gu Danyan was so intimate with his child. At this moment, he only rubbed her head and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for helping Qing Ze. Maybe you can accompany him more."

Erya nodded dumbfoundedly, then moved closer to Duan Cheng Xuan's side and whispered, "Not only was there someone staring at Qingze on the first day, but Big Brother said that someone had given him some silver previously, so the beggars nearby could help keep an eye on him."

Duan Chengxuan was slightly stunned as he sent someone to escort the two of them away. He finally understood why this beggar girl would wait for him at the door every day. It was likely that she only wanted to protect him.

The young man was still young and had been spoiled. How could he know that the world was dangerous?

He was sending people to investigate Gu Danyan's current location.

If Gu Danyan hadn't appeared just now and told him to look for Qing Ze, Qing Qing might have already left with the others.

The guards around him scattered in search of people who wanted to hurt him, but he could only aimlessly search for traces of Gu Pingyan. Surprisingly, he didn't find anything.

At the same time, Gu Daiyan had already jumped into the depths of the forest.

She hadn't been in the capital for long, so she rarely went out. She didn't know where she was due to all the twists and turns. Her legs were already hurting. Running any further would be seeking death.

The man under the tree wiped the dust off his face, swearing, "This woman can use poison?"

"The amount of gunpowder isn't that much. Stop nagging and hurry up to find someone." One of them kicked the man in black. The man staggered and the others scattered again.

Gu Daiyan sat on a tree, his feet trembling slightly.

It was unknown whether Duan Chengxuan had found Qing Ze or not.

She had to find a way to escape from these people.

She pulled down a few branches from the tree and waited until the man in black had left for the third time. Then she jumped down and poured all the gunpowder she had on these branches.

After a while, the flames exploded and smoke drifted into the sky.

"She's here." Someone's voice came from the woods, so Gu Pingyan could only run towards the direction he came from with his last breath.

The Two Elements of Creation Sect naturally knew to extinguish this fire. Even so, a wisp of smoke still drifted into the sky.

Duan Chengxuan's group had long since seen it, and he had no choice but to drive his horse over. However, all that was left here was a simple fire that had been extinguished. His heart sank as he sent some people to continue searching the surroundings.

At the same time, Gu Liuyan rolled onto the ground. She placed one foot on his abdomen and used both hands to hold onto her knife, barely able to stop the movements of the sabre. She was sweating profusely, "I didn't expect the business of the Two Elements of Creation Sect to be so successful."

"Cut the crap, leave a complete corpse." The man increased his strength.

Gu Danyan pressed her back against the ground, she could even hear countless footsteps approaching.

The white powder had exploded under her blade, and the fine gunpowder had struck her chest, causing her to feel pain. In the chaos, she only remembered to swallow the antidote into her stomach, bite her fingertip, and use the pain to stay calm, to find the place she came from.

She didn't know how far she ran until her legs couldn't run anymore. She found a hidden spot in the grass and squatted down while gasping for air. The wound that should have healed on her chest had opened up again.

She could only crush the other antidote and apply it onto her wound.

As the sun set in the west, she took another step towards the capital.

The light from the capital was right before his eyes, but the faint sound coming from behind him caused Gu Daiyan's body to stiffen. He brandished the knife in his hand, but his wrist was caught by someone, so he did not use much strength.

"It's me." Duan Chengxuan's voice sounded from behind as his other arm wrapped around her waist while his other hand helped her put the knife back into its sheath. He then held his horizontally and said, "I finished him off four hours ago."

"I actually hid for so long." Gu Liuyan chuckled and wrapped her arms around his neck. She suddenly felt relieved in her heart: "Is everything alright over at Qingze?"

"I almost lost it all because of that girl …" Duan Chengxuan originally wanted to continue speaking, but borrowing the thin moonlight, he noticed that her face was ghastly pale and his clothes were slightly open. He immediately changed the topic and asked, "What happened to you?"

"My legs are hurting." Gu Danyan buried his head into Duan Chengxuan's chest, causing cold sweat to rub on his clothes. "I hate you so much! Why did you like a bastard like Su Yu Wan! "

"My fault." Duan Chengxuan carefully pulled the person in his embrace closer.

"As long as I touch her, I'll be covered with wounds!" Gu Liuyan clutched his neck but didn't have much strength left. He only had a little bit of strength left in him to curse non-stop.

Duan Cheng Xuan sent her subordinates all the way to the infirmary. In order to prevent Su Yu Wan from finding any clues, he could only send someone to secretly find Qu Hao and have the Imperial Physician be sent to an outsider for treatment.

As expected, the doctors in the infirmary were helpless against the poison in her body. They could only express their helplessness towards her legs. "There's no other way. As long as we endure this period of time …"

Duan Chengxuan was just about to get angry when Gu Daiyan had already grabbed him and fiercely bit his lips. A trace of fierceness flashed across his pale face as he said, "You dare to be rash."

"I'm not angry." Duan Cheng Xuan could only patiently stuff this person who had almost no strength into his bed, but was pulled over.

"I need to go back. I just need to rest for a while." Gu Danyan shook his head.

"Alright." Duan Chengxuan simply picked up the blanket along with her, and the person in his embrace cutely leaned into his embrace as he blew on the cool breeze and gave him a heartless smile.

"I didn't expect to escape on my own this time, when will you arrive in time to help me?"

Duan Chengxuan's heart felt a sharp pain for no reason. When she was kidnapped by the people from the Mirage, he only thought of how to conceal this matter until she returned safely.

"I hope I won't have a chance to get there in time." Duan Cheng Xuan bent down and kissed her forehead. "I owe you more and more things."

"Then accompany me in acting properly." Gu Liuyan was still laughing heartless.