People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

The Marquis of Blood Robe will return to the city today to report on his duties. For now, he will observe whether Nightfall and Purple Orchid Pavilion will engage in further conflict, so that he can reap the benefits.

Unfortunately, he had no skilled fighters around him, only his adopted son Qiancheng who was capable, so he couldn't do much more.

After the court session.

"Ninth brother, well done. You've finally done something that has impressed Father and Fourth Brother." Han Yu said earnestly, "However, you must be careful. Xinzheng is not peaceful."

Han Fei felt a warmth in his heart. "Thank you for the reminder, Fourth Brother. I will be careful."

Han Yu nodded and said, "You're all grown up now, your fourth brother can't control you anymore. If you need anything, you can ask your fourth brother for help. In short, everything is for the sake of Korea."

"Yes, for South Korea."

Han Fei watched Han Yu board the carriage, sighing inwardly, "Fourth Brother, oh Fourth Brother, are you doing this for the sake of the State of Han, or for the throne...?"

He discovered from the intelligence gathered by Zi Nu that his fourth brother had frequent dealings with Ji Wuye. Combined with the changes in Korea in the past two or three years, he suspected that his fourth brother might have had some close business dealings with Ji Wuye.

Zhang Liang approached Han Fei and whispered, "The Marquis in Blood Robes has arrived thirty miles outside Xinzheng City."

"how many people?"

"Three hundred personal guards in ice armor followed him."

"The newcomers are hostile; these are turbulent times..."

Han Fei glanced at the clear blue sky, wondering what his brother Cao had gone to do. Wasn't his sister enjoying herself? Why hadn't she come to the palace for several days…

Uh, Han Fei shook his head repeatedly. He must have lost his mind. It would be best if this guy never bothered his sister again. What brother-in-law? Bah!

Qingfeng Restaurant.

Li Kai was still wearing that tattered hemp clothing, with a hood covering his face.

Madam Hu lifted her veil, looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Li Kai, and sighed softly.

Li opened his mouth and said, "I...are you alright?"

Madam Hu subconsciously tightened her grip on Cao Ze's hand, then involuntarily looked at Cao Ze's calm face. "I'm fine."

Li Kai remained silent for a long time before saying, "It's my fault that you've all been wronged. I'm so sorry."

Madam Hu shook her head slightly, "You don't owe us, mother and daughter, and we don't owe you anything. From now on, we'll just consider you dead, and as for the past, let it be the past."

Cao Ze glanced at Madam Hu slightly. He thought that only a kind-hearted sister-in-law could calm down like this. If it were his younger sister, Hu Meiren, Li Kai would probably not be able to leave alive.

Li Kai managed to say with difficulty, "...I can do anything for you, even risk my life..."

"No, you shouldn't!" Madam Hu immediately refused, clinging to Cao Ze's arm and saying, "I already have someone I like, please don't bother our family of three anymore."

Cao Ze put his arm around Madam Hu's soft waist and said, "Li Kai, I have already promised to take care of them, mother and daughter. Now everyone thinks you are dead. As long as you leave Xinzheng, everything will be settled."

"And if you continue to stay in Xinzheng, both your sister-in-law and Nongyu will face unforeseen dangers."

Li Kai was lost in thought for a long time before finally giving up. "I understand. I'm leaving now, leaving South Korea, and never coming back..."

Madam Hu nestled in Cao Ze's arms and looked at Li Kaidao, saying, "I hope you can keep our affair a secret."

She was about to bring Nongyu back and didn't want to cause any gossip at this time, which might give Nongyu a bad impression of her.

"……it is good."

Li Kai looked at Cao Ze and said again, "Take good care of them for me."

Madam Hu pressed herself even closer to Cao Ze, her heart pounding with nervousness.

Cao Ze smiled and said, "Brother Li, don't worry, I will take good care of your wife and Nongyu."

"Thank you..."

Cao Ze seemed to remember something, took out three gold coins and placed them on the table, saying, "Brother Li, take them."

Li Kai shook his head and refused: "No need."

Cao Ze said earnestly, "Nightfall Birds already knows what you look like from the Scorpion Sect. Now that Vulture is dead, given Nightfall Birds' style, even if they think you're dead, they'll still find your body to confirm if you're really dead. So you can't linger on the road for too long."

He wasn't making this up; in the original story, even though the vulture had been dead for a long time, Bai Feng and Mo Ya still managed to find its body and even had a big battle with the Corpse-Driving Demon.

Li Kai paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "I understand."

He took the gold coins one by one and carefully put them away.

Li Kai, hunched over and leaning on a rough wooden stick he'd picked up somewhere, limped out of the restaurant.

The waiter at the restaurant entrance fanned himself with disgust, his face contorted with revulsion. Had it not been for the request of the distinguished guests inside, he would have already chased the beggar away with a stick.

Cao Ze looked down at Madam Hu in his arms and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you should go back and put on your mourning clothes and white hat. Don't let Brother Liu Yi die with regrets."

Madam Hu blushed and whispered, "Why wear that? It's so unlucky."

She still couldn't understand why her young lover would have such an interest.

They insisted on making her wear a funeral dress there.

Cao Ze grinned. Madam Hu seemed to have no idea of ​​the joy of mourning a widow.

……

Li Kai kept his head down, carefully avoiding the pedestrians around him. To outsiders, his appearance was very humble, no different from that of an ordinary beggar.

One of the lookouts at the city gate spotted the man behaving strangely and perked up slightly. "Keep an eye on that person, follow him, and don't let him get lost."

After saying this, the spy left the city gate and ran like the wind towards the pavilion 500 meters away.

"Chief, the person has appeared."

Even on sunny days, the man in the straw raincoat still wears a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, making his face impossible to see.

"Heh, he's really not dead."

The man in the straw raincoat rubbed his fingers together. At this moment, Ji Wuye had not yet reacted and had not investigated to confirm whether Li Kai was really dead.

It was because he had managed intelligence for many years and was very perceptive that he realized the news of Li Kai's death was based on hearsay, not actual witnesses.

Based on his experience, either Li Kai was not dead and was still lying low, or Li Kai had been captured by some force and was secretly spreading false information.

In retrospect, both Liu Yi's death and the news of the Baiyue treasure were the work of Li Kai alone.

He truly deserves to be called the Right Sima, who was the most promising candidate to become the Great General of Han and a rising star in Han.

The man in the straw raincoat unusually picked up his longsword. "Take me to him."

He was very interested in the Baiyue treasure. If the rumors about the Baiyue treasure were true, and he could obtain it, he wouldn't need to feign compliance with Ji Wuye and Xueyi Hou; he could simply reclaim what rightfully belonged to him.

"Yes."

A hundred meters outside the city gate, at the horse market, Li Kai tilted his head slightly, the sunlight so bright that he couldn't help but squint.

How wonderful it would be to die in the warm sunshine of my hometown...

Li Kai took out a gold coin, intending to buy a horse for his journey.

The horse trader revealed a greedy look and was about to cause trouble when Li Kai gave him a beating.

Li Kai silently mounted his horse, flicked his whip, and seemed to have returned to his former spirited self.

The horse trader spat, "Damn it, are all martial arts practitioners so fond of pretending to be beggars these days?"

Before he could utter a few more curses, the man in the straw raincoat dismounted, walked up to him, and said in a kind tone, "Young man, have you seen someone dressed in tattered hemp clothing whose face you can't see?"

The horse trader was furious upon hearing this, spitting as he cursed, "What the hell? Will buying a set of clothes make you poor?"

The man in the straw raincoat smiled, mounted his horse, cracked his whip, and sped off after Li Kai.

Is someone secretly helping Li Kai? Who could it be?

Several names flashed through the straw-cloaked man's mind.

If I were to ask who in Xinzheng is most likely to help Li Kai leave, I would only think that it is my kind-hearted cousin Han Fei who would easily let Li Kai go.

The King of Han would only kill Li Kai to silence him, the Nightfall would only capture Li Kai and torture him severely, and the Fourth Prince Han Yu would only imprison Li Kai as a bargaining chip.

After years on the run, Li Kai vaguely realized that someone was following him.

Is it Cao Ze?

Li Kai felt a bit gloomy, but then he thought that if Cao Ze wanted him dead, he wouldn't be able to leave the Poison Scorpion Sect's dungeon at all.

Is it nightfall?

Li Kai's expression suddenly changed, and he turned his horse around to another horse path.

The man in the straw raincoat, several hundred meters away, glanced at the marks on the ground, snorted, and said, "You guys, take the back road and force him onto the main road, so he has nowhere to hide."

"Yes!"

The thunderous hooves thundered through the woods. Li Kai tried to turn around several times, but was forced back each time, and gradually got onto the main road.

Li Kai clashed with his pursuers again, and the hempen hood that had been covering his body was torn off, revealing his scars all over his body and his ferocious face.

The man in the straw raincoat called out from about twenty meters away, "Brother Li, please wait!"

At this moment, he did not disguise his voice, and he harbored the intention of getting closer to Li Kai.

Li Kai was slightly taken aback; the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

As if remembering something, he couldn't help but smile bitterly; fate was truly cruel.

Soon, the man in the straw raincoat caught up with Li Kai. Instead of arresting him directly, he treated him like an old friend meeting for the first time, with a sigh of emotion.

"You were so full of vigor back then, but now you've fallen into such a miserable state."

Li Kai said hoarsely, "Brother Han, don't chase after them."

The man in the straw raincoat smiled faintly and said, "We haven't seen each other for many years. I would like to catch up with Brother Li and learn some things. I hope Brother Li will do me the honor."

Riding his steed, Li Kai knew that although his steed was strong, it was not as fast as a military horse, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape today.

Just as Li Kai hesitated, a chariot slowly approached from not far away, followed by three hundred elite soldiers dressed in silver armor and wielding silver spears.

The man in the straw raincoat narrowed his eyes slightly, suddenly remembering that Bai Yifei was returning to the capital to report on his duties today. He hadn't expected such a coincidence; things were going to get bad.

Bai Yifei, draped in a blood-red cloak, stood on a bronze chariot with a six-foot canopy, his hands resting on the armrests. He could see the man in the straw raincoat dozens of meters away, as well as the man next to him whose face was disfigured.

"stop!"

The orderly, rhythmic footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

In terms of absolute discipline, Bai Yifei's Ice Armor Guards are unparalleled in South Korea.