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The navy blue carriage moved steadily along the official road, with nine people on horseback guarding it from front to back.

One of them was a woman.

Qu Ling, who was comfortably holed up in the carriage with both hands holding a furnace, had a face full of displeasure as he asked: "Why did you let her follow?"

This shameless pervert, what did he mean by letting his love rival follow him out the door?

Speaking of Murong Shan, Xiao Jingyue also had a headache.

He couldn't drive her away, and he couldn't use violence either. Xiao San was still protecting her and speaking up for her, so he couldn't do anything to her at this moment.

Qu Ling saw that he did not make a sound, and said angrily: "I do not like her!"

Xiao Jingyue was startled, and then he laughed: "Mn, it's fine as long as I am your husband."

"I don't like you either!"

"You really don't like it?"

Qu Ling stared at him angrily, and secretly cursed at him for being shameless, and did not say a word.

Last night, before going to sleep, Xiao Jingyue had told her that he would first need to go to Huai River on this trip, before he could go look for Chun Yuan.

Although he had already sent the Eighth Prince to Huai River a long time ago to settle the matter of the river dam collapsing, it did not seem to be that simple.

Qu Ling had no objections to this.

As far as she was concerned, as long as she was allowed to go out and not be trapped in the manor, she could go anywhere.

The carriage reached the post station before dark.

They had visited this inn before, and because Xiao Jingyue had stayed here for three whole days due to the attack, they were rather familiar with the place.

Xiao Yi went to arrange the carriages and horses, the Xiao Er brought along a few Dark Guard s to defend the relay stations. Xiao San, on the other hand, was in charge of communicating with the stalls to arrange food and lodging.

As for Xiao Jingyue, after sending Qu Ling into the relay station, he turned around and left. The two of them stood at the entrance of the relay station's courtyard, talking about something.

Only Qu Ling and Murong Shan who had nothing to do sat down face to face around a table.

The two of them didn't like each other's looks, but neither of them wanted to go to another place. They just stared at each other.

Because there was no overnight caravan in the relay station, someone quickly brought up the hot dishes.

Qu Ling and Murong Shan both extended their hands towards the chopsticks, taking out a pair of chopsticks.

Almost at the same time, the two chopsticks caught the same vegetable.

Qu Ling glared at the lady in front of him in displeasure, "I pinched her first!"

Murong Shan stared back at him, "Obviously I was the one who pinched him first!"

No one was willing to allow him to do so. They were trying their best to pull the green vegetable towards them.

After Xiao Jingyue and Chen Linye finished their discussion and returned, what they saw was the scene of Chen Linye fighting over the vegetables.

The corner of both of their eyes twitched at the same time. Chen Linye could not help but ask: "What are you doing?"

The two women complained at the same time, "She stole my food!"

Chen Linye, "..."

Xiao Jingyue massaged the center of his brows, feeling a headache coming on, and was about to speak.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Murong Shan suddenly turn his wrist, as though he was using his Qi, and easily deflected the chopsticks in Qu Ling's hand.

The chopsticks fell onto the ground, making a "pa" sound.

Chen Linye lowered his head, his eyes opened wide as he looked at the two chopsticks by his feet, and opened his mouth: "This …"

Stealing a stalk of grass and using force? What sort of deep hatred was this?

Xiao Jingyue's expression darkened. Just as he was about to make a move, his wife quickly dug into his bosom and threw a green snake onto the dish.

Green Snake laid on the plate weakly, almost blending into the plate of green vegetables.

This time, the dish was completely inedible.

Ah!" "Snakes!" Murong Shan was most afraid of these slippery things. She immediately lost her chopsticks and screamed as she jumped up from her seat.

Qu Ling also stood up, he slightly raised his chin, and snorted: "Having inner force is truly amazing!"

Although this woman hadn't hurt her just now, that slight numbing feeling really displeased her.

When they heard the commotion, Xiao Yi, Xiao Er Xiao San and the others ran over. They looked at Qu Ling and Murong Shan, then looked at Green Snake, who was lying on a plate of vegetables with innocent eyes wide open.

Xiao San frowned, he suddenly took out the sword from his waist, with a light turn of his wrist, the sword tip pierced towards the green snake.

"Stop!" Qu Ling almost immediately laid down and protected Green Snake without thinking.

Seeing that the sword blade was about to touch Qu Ling's body, Xiao Jingyue's right hand released a burst of Spirit Qi and struck the sword body.

After a "ding" sound, the sword made a "weng" sound.

At the same time, the hand that Xiao San used to wield the sword became numb, and the sword hilt immediately dropped from his hand.

The sword body fell, just as it was about to smash onto Qu Ling's body, Chen Linye quickly extended his hand out and caught it.

All of this happened in the space of two breaths.

Chen Linye was still in a daze as he held onto the sword hilt, his heart was beating rapidly in his chest.

Luckily, he caught it.

If he was too slow, and the heavy sword was smashed onto Qu Ling's body, provoking the person beside him, the inn would be filled with blood today.

In an instant, the hall of the relay station was completely silent, and the atmosphere was very tense.

Just then, the green snake that was protected by Qu Ling suddenly scurried out, and fiercely bit on Xiao San's hand.

Xiao San let out a stuffy groan, and subconsciously wanted to pinch Green Snake's seven inches. He suddenly thought of something, and his movements suddenly stopped.

Green Snake immediately let go of his hand after he was done biting, and returned to Qu Ling's feet while twisting his body around her ankle, he stared at Xiao San with his green eyes wide opened.

The great hall became even quieter. Xiao Yi, Xiao Er and the others did not even dare to breathe loudly.

Xiao San didn't know if the green snake was poisoned, but he quickly pressed on the acupoints on his wrist to prevent the blood from flowing back. He suddenly kneeled and said, "This subordinate knows his wrongs, Master, please punish me."

With a cold expression, Xiao Jingyue walked to Qu Ling's side in a few steps and pulled her up from the table, sizing her up.

Qu Ling's clothes were stained with some juice, but he was not harmed in any way.

He then grabbed Xiao Jingyue's hand and comforted him: "I'm fine, I'm really fine."

Xiao Jingyue saw that she was indeed alright and heaved a sigh of relief. With a flip of his wrist, he wrapped Qu Ling's slightly cold hand tightly in his palm, then looked at Xiao San and coldly said, "Tomorrow morning, send Miss Murong back to Murong Villa. There's no need to follow me anymore, just directly return to the Southern Guarding Prince Palace!"

Xiao San's body stiffened, his eyes widened as if he did not dare imagine it.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Er, who were standing behind him, looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

He had said long ago that he wouldn't take his wife seriously and he wouldn't listen. But now, he had been chased back.

Murong Shan's body froze, he suddenly went forward to block Xiao San, and while holding back his anger, he bitterly said: "I'll be going back, there's no need for him to send me away, don't kick him out."

Xiao Jingyue squinted his eyes slightly, the corner of his mouth raised in a mocking curve, and said coldly: "When this general does things, when will you be able to point fingers at me?"

Murong Shan's expression changed slightly. He clenched his hands and lowered his head in embarrassment.

The atmosphere in the hall became terrifyingly stiff all of a sudden.

Qu Ling didn't really like the Xiao San who kept protecting her love rival, but she knew that Xiao Jingyue didn't bring many people this time.

Even though the two of them weren't really on good terms with her, they were sincere towards Xiao Jingyue.

Furthermore, she and Murong Shan were just playing around. In the end, neither of them spoke the truth and neither thought about hurting the other.

Thinking about this, she smiled merrily and discussed with Xiao Jingyue: "I can see that they were not doing it on purpose, and I have nothing else to do. If you're really angry, you might as well punish them to clean the toilet of the relay station."