Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

That night, a few figures flashed out from the back door of the county government office. After getting into the carriage, they headed straight for the outside of the city.

The person who had been staring in the dark immediately followed after seeing this.

The carriage was traveling in a hurry, and bumps were inevitable along the way, and the people inside were delicate, so they couldn't help coughing after a while.

Immediately afterwards, the servant girl's concerned voice sounded: "Girl, are you okay? Are you sick again?"

The girl leaning on the side looked elegant and elegant, her brows were slightly frowned, her face was flushed abnormally, her light-white fingers were tightly pinching the skirt of her clothes, and she had difficulty breathing.

She took a few breaths, lifted a corner of the curtain, and said to the driver: "Daddy, where are we going?"

Zhao Guanglin changed out of his graceful and luxurious clothes, and now he was wearing a low-key blue-gray round-neck robe and a bamboo hat, covering most of his appearance.

On this side, when he heard his daughter's weak voice, he turned his head hastily: "Yueyue, bear with me, go to sleep first, we will be there when you wake up."

The girl called Yueyue was Zhao Guanglin's only apple of the eye. She was weak and sickly since she was a child, and she had been raised in a deep boudoir.These years, father and daughter have depended on each other for life. Although Zhao Guanglin has done a lot of foolish things, he treats this daughter as a treasure and does not want her to suffer a little bit.

If it hadn't happened suddenly, he wouldn't have the heart to let his daughter wander with him.

Zhao Zhiyue supported the side of the carriage, and was a little dizzy from being shaken by the carriage: "Father, what happened? What made you go out of the city in such a hurry?"

Zhao Guanglin didn't say anything, just sighed: "Don't ask any more questions, everything will be fine with Dad here."

After the carriage left the city, it flew far away, and the sound of trampling horseshoes was particularly noisy in the silent night.Those shadows hiding in the dark no longer hid, showing hideous and terrifying faces one after another.

Zhao Guanglin knew that he was doomed, but he still had a daughter.

The Cai family wanted his life, and he could give it to him, but no one could touch his daughter in the slightest.

Seeing more and more tails behind him, Zhao Guanglin gritted his teeth, drove the carriage out of the official road, and got into the woods.

This sudden move caused the carriage to shake violently. The maid supported Zhao Zhiyue and comforted her in a panicked voice: "Miss, don't be afraid, this servant will protect you."

Zhao Zhiyue felt uneasy, and quietly lifted the curtain of the car, just in time to see a pair of cold and fierce eyes protruding from the piercing darkness, her face turned pale with fright, and she immediately withdrew her hand.

"Girl, what's wrong?"

Her face was pale, her thin shoulders trembled slightly, she opened her lips and could not speak a word.

Zhao Guanglin didn't dare to relax at this time. Hearing the footsteps getting closer, his palms were slightly sweaty. He didn't expect them to catch up so quickly.

The guards following him had long since disappeared. The trees in the forest were criss-crossed, and it was difficult for the carriage to walk inside. There was no way to go any further.
In the depths of the woods, the speed of the carriage gradually slowed down, and the chasing shadow also slowed down, slowly approaching here with a knife in hand.

Feeling the killing intent from all around, Zhao Guanglin couldn't help swallowing, and drew a knife from the side, ready to fight him to the death, but someone jumped ahead of him.

The sound of fierce fighting echoed in the quiet woods, and two unknown groups of people fought together.

Although I don't know who stopped those killers, it gave Zhao Guanglin a chance to breathe.

He opened the curtain in a panic, and said to his daughter: "Yueyue, Dad has been confused all his life, but he only remembered your mother's last words. Now that you have grown up, I can be considered worthy of your mother. Come after me, hurry up and go!"

"Daddy, what are you doing?" Zhao Zhiyue grabbed his sleeve and refused to let go, her eyes were red, no matter how indifferent she was, she also knew that he was explaining the funeral.

Zhao Guanglin also couldn't bear it, but the situation was urgent, he could only wave his daughter's hand away cruelly: "Let's go, don't look back!"

After finishing speaking, he jumped out of the carriage and slapped the horse's buttocks hard.

The horse suffered from pain, neighed sharply, and raised its hooves to go deeper into the forest.

"Daddy!"

Zhao Zhiyue turned her head in tears and saw her father rushing into the shadow with a knife in hand. Bright red blood spurted out all of a sudden, dyeing the night red, and then there was no life left.

Zhao Guanglin died, and the fire in the county government was almost destroyed, and all the evidence was completely burned.

Most of the killers, who had suffered casualties, looked at the carriage going into the woods, but finally lost the strength to catch up, so they had to stop and retreat.

The rest of the people counted the corpses, and then someone asked: "Although Zhao Guanglin is dead, his daughter is still alive. Do you want to take her back?"

The leading man thought for a moment and said, "Take it back, maybe she will know something."

Zhao Zhiyue, who had just escaped not far away, was brought back to the prefect of the same state.

When her father died, Zhao Zhiyue was terrified all the way, and only dared to carefully wipe away her tears.

She was well protected by Zhao Guanglin, she never knew about those dirty things, and she didn't know who he provoked to bring about her murder.

When the sky was turning pale, the news of Song Yinian's and Zhao Guanglin's deaths reached Shen Xuhuai's ears at the same time.His expression was as usual, and he was not surprised. He simply asked, "Did you bring the body back?"

Wen Sheng replied: "It was brought back. In addition, Zhao Guanglin's daughter was also brought back."

"Alive?" Shen Xuhuai raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes, it's in the cell right now, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Go and have a look." After saying that, he got up and went to the cell.

Zhao Zhiyue was terrified all night and went through a bumpy road. At this time, she was shaking violently. The cold air in the cell was overwhelming. Her body was always weak, and her consciousness was a little blurred.

In a daze, she heard the sound of the chain being opened, and tried to open her eyes, only to see a scarlet corner of the clothes.

My father said that I can only wear scarlet official robes for officials of the fourth rank or higher.

She raised her hand with difficulty, trying to grab his robe, but before she could touch him, the other party took a step back, and said in a flat voice with the alienation and indifference that strangers should not get close to: "What's your name?"

Zhao Zhiyue was shivering from the cold, she couldn't see his face clearly, but just by hearing his voice, she knew he was a young man.

After a while, I said: "Master Hui, Mr. Hui, my daughter Zhao Zhiyue, my father is the county magistrate of Yuan'an County, Zhao Guanglin."

Shen Xuhuai glanced at her with downcast eyes, saw that her face was pale and trembling, she didn't say much, and continued to ask: "Before Zhao Guanglin left, did he say anything to you?"

Zhao Zhiyue didn't understand what he was asking, but when she remembered her father's last words, the tears couldn't stop falling, she was choked up and couldn't speak.

Shen Xuhuai frowned: "Why are you crying?"

Asked by him, Zhao Zhiyue cried even harder.

Even though Zhao Guanglin is not a good person, in her heart he is a kind, gentle and good father. Her mother left early, and her father raised her alone.

Now that the only person in the world who loved her was gone, she was naturally sad.

Looking at the situation, Shen Xuhuai knew that there was nothing to ask, so he didn't intend to stay any longer.

Just when he was about to leave, his hand suddenly shook, and when he looked back, he saw Zhao Zhiyue said to him with red eyes: "My lord, my father was killed, please make the decision for him."