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Chapter 295
"Since we met, how can we not help Miss Zhang?" One person grabbed Zhang Qilan and dragged her to the side, ready to use means to interrogate her.

Zhang Qilan struggled desperately, but after all, she was just a weak woman in the boudoir, how could she be against those rough warriors, she was forced to follow them into the depths of the dense forest, and the remaining girl in a skirt fell to the ground in a panic.

"If you dare to touch me, aren't you afraid that my father will kill you?" Zhang Qilan screamed.

The two sneered, and said disdainfully: "We are ordered to censor, no matter how powerful your father is, can you still compete with our master?"

Zhang Qilan's heart sank, and then she lost her mind. She understood that this was because the people behind it wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Her tears flowed down again, she knew she shouldn't have exchanged clothes with the daughter of the Ye family.

"Let go of me, let me go—" Zhang Qilan begged desperately.

At this moment, there was a sound of hoofbeats, and everyone followed the sound, only to see a fine horse galloping in the mountains and forests, its mane fluttering, and its hooves fluttering. A black scabbard sword hangs in the middle, and the cold and handsome face is full of chilling intent.

"Let her go!" The steed stopped a few feet away, and the man was in front of him within two breaths of performing lightness kung fu.

Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect that someone would intervene in this situation.The middle-aged man raised his hand lightly, and the people beside him couldn't help but let go of Zhang Qilan's grip.

Zhang Qilan lost her strength for a moment and almost fell to the ground. Ji Sinian, who was flying towards her, leaned over to support her, but met an unfamiliar woman's face.

"You..." Ji Sinian glanced at the begonia red dress on her body, and then at her face, full of surprise in his heart.

Zhang Qilan was also shocked, she stared blankly at the man in front of her, her head was buzzing, her heart was beating violently, her eyes were round, as if she couldn't believe her eyes, "You, you are..."

This person descended from the sky like a savior, but she never had such an outstanding young man in her memory.

"Who are you?" The leading middle-aged man questioned. He could see that this young man was a member of a family who participated in the autumn hunt. More importantly, this man was very skilled. For a while, you can't tell the difference between high and low, and even expose the movement.

"Jiangnan Ji's family." Seeing that he had found the wrong person, Ji Sinian had already let go of Zhang Qilan's hand and began to look around.

He found a clue that those people were very likely to set up a trap on this road, so he rushed over.

Suddenly, a horse's neighing came to the ear, and a bay red horse under a tree in the distance was neighing in pain, as if it was seriously injured.

This is Ye Zhaoyan's horse.

Ji Sinian's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly thought of something.

When he got close to the tree and took off the reins, the bay red horse refused to leave and kept sneezing. Ji Sinian sniffed it intently, and unexpectedly smelled a stronger smell of blood coming from the side. Looking up, it happened to be I saw a white under the tree not far away hidden among the leaves.

Judging from the figure, it should be a woman hiding there.

He didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly led his own horse and took the horse to pretend to leave, "This horse is injured, it is not suitable to stay for a long time, please forgive me for not being with you."

"Didn't you come to save me? Why did you leave me alone?" Zhang Qilan still wanted to stay.

Ji Sinian had already turned around on his horse, and a cold voice came from afar, "Please send Miss Zhang home."

Seeing that Ji Sinian did not compete with them, the middle-aged man felt a little strange, but they were in a hurry to return and did not dare to delay too long, so they simply took Zhang Qilan and left.

After the crowd dispersed, Ye Zhaoyan's arms were already stiff behind the tree. She gritted her teeth to resist the pain, and slowly slid down from the tree. Her arms were numb and she almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, someone reached out to support her, "Are you okay?"

Ji Sinian didn't go far, he handed over the claret horse to Yu Luyu's family, and rode back.

"It doesn't matter." Ye Zhaoyan just opened his mouth, when a whirlwind hit him, his eyes turned black, and he almost fainted.

Ji Sinian hugged her shoulders, looked carefully, only to find a pool of dark brown blood on the ground, it seems that she not only stayed here motionless, but also lost a lot of blood.

"Get on the horse first, and I'll take you home."

Ye Zhaoyan shook his head and refused, "No need, I'll go back on my own. I have something to ask you, please pay attention to where Zhang Qilan was taken for me."

This has something to do with who is behind the calculations, and only by figuring this out can she proceed to the next step.

Ji Sinian frowned, looked at the desolate scene around him, and felt extremely worried.

Ye Zhaoyan had already torn off his cuffs and bandaged the wound, and regained some energy, "Don't worry, I'm fine. When I go out a little more, I can meet the guards of the hunting ground."

"Really?" He looked at her suspiciously.

Ye Zhaoyan nodded vigorously, trying to maintain his composure, "I can still lie to you, let's go."

Seeing that Ji Sinian was motionless, she moved closer and urged in a low voice: "Have you forgotten why I was trapped here?"

Accompanied by a vague breath, the voice fell gently beside his ears, like a feather brushing against his skin, causing a tingling numbness.

The reminder in the words couldn't be more clear, Ji Sinian didn't hesitate anymore, he gave Ye Zhaoyan his mount Changfeng, and disappeared into the dense forest with lightness kung fu.

Ye Zhaoyan watched him gallop away, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, he turned the horse's head and headed another way.

She always felt that something was different around her, as if there were a pair of eyes observing her in the dark.

However, she rode Changfeng through the silent mountains, and suddenly heard a few neighing from the horse behind her, Ye Zhaoyan tightened the reins and stopped, turning her back to the bushes behind her, pretending to be defenseless.

Sure enough, a moment later a figure was lurking not far behind her, and her thoughts turned, she pulled out the soft whip she was wearing on her body, and the whip tip swept towards the figure in a long wind. The other party obviously didn't expect her to make such a move Unable to avoid it, a hole was cut in the robe instantly.

"Stop!" The man hurried out from under the bushes.

Ye Zhaoyan couldn't help being a little surprised when he saw the face of the visitor, "Mr. Lu?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Wenyuan, the concubine son of a writer of the Hanlin Academy.

Lu Wenyuan walked up to her and said apologetically, "I just heard a noise from here, and thought I had encountered a wild beast, so I hid. I didn't expect it to be a misunderstanding."

Lu Wenyuan is twenty years old this year, has just passed the Jinshi examination, and is currently on duty in the Ministry of Rites, and is an editor of the Imperial Academy.He was born with a dignified appearance and a gentleman's style, and he is quite famous in Jindu.

Ye Zhaoyan glanced at the torn robe, put away the soft whip, "It turned out to be Mr. Lu, thanks to you speaking in time, otherwise, I'm afraid I'd hurt an innocent person by mistake."

Having said that, the smile in her eyes was cold.

She couldn't believe that it was a coincidence that this person appeared here.

"Where is it, Miss Ye is an upright person, how could she accidentally hurt a good person." Lu Wenyuan smiled slightly, as warm as jade.

　No update tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)