170 Quiet Guardian

Bai Xijing was stunned when he heard the words and lowered the corners of his eyes slightly. The worry on his face was self-evident: "Siyuan, do you know, is Du Kang... dead?"

The light in Fang Si's distant eyes suddenly flashed, but he didn't say anything. He just sat on the chair with Bai Xijing on his side. Then he raised his head and looked directly at Bai Xijing's eyes and asked, "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Bai Xijing didn't want Fang Siyuan to say that. For a moment, he was a little angry and didn't dare to come out. He could only look at Fang Siyuan and then nodded vigorously.

Fang Siyuan sighed slowly and said, "I knew you have such a temperament, so I don't want to tell you that Du Kang was too seriously injured. If he worked with us, it would definitelylei us, so... He didn't want to be with us and deliberately concealed his whereabouts from you."

"Is he a fool? It's unpleasant to say such words at this time, isn't it?" Although Bai Xijing was moved when he heard the words, he was inexplicably angry at the thought that Du Kang was seriously injured and had to try his best to avoid Ye Lin's pursuit. However, he was not only angry that he did not know how to cherish himself, but also that if it was not because of his carelessness, Du Kang and Fang Siyuan would not have to take such a big risk for her.

Try to make yourself stronger little by little, but in the end, can't you protect the people close to you? Fang Siyuan is the same, and so is Du Kang.

As if he knew what Bai Xijing was thinking, Fang Siyuan suddenly stretched out his index finger and pointed at Bai Xijing's eyebrows: "He frowned worriedly. How could he make such a fierce look?" Fang Siyuan finished talking, and then continued, "I'm afraid a man will do this. It's really damaging to his pride if you scold him like this. Since he has always wanted to hide it, you have accepted this. Besides, he is seriously injured now, and I'm afraid he is not suitable for long-distance travel.

Although Fang Siyuan said this, thinking about Bai Xijing's worried look for Du Kang, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous. He actually reached out and pinched Bai Xijing's cheek. Bai Xijing's eyes were quickly covered with a layer of water: "Don't worry too much. I have also arranged it on his side until he is healed. Naturally, it will catch up with us."

What can Bai Xijing do? He can only nod his head. However, the next moment, she suddenly raised her head and asked Fang Siyuan a strange question: "Is Du Kang... still hiding something from me?"

Fang Siyuan was stunned when he heard the words, but he sighed helplessly: "You'd better ask him directly about this sentence. Isn't it better to listen to him say something in person?"

Thinking of Du Kang's expression before entering the palace and his sentence, "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid that she won't forgive me", Fang Siyuan did not intend to tell all the truth to Bai Xijing at this time, not to mention, even if Bai Xijing knew the secret?

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They changed their appearance with Fang Siyuan all the way and hid for nearly a month. Bai Xijing and his party finally arrived at the border of Ye. As long as they crossed the border, they were safe, so they lived more carefully these days at the border.

There is only one small town in Tai'an on the border of Ye Guo, and only by crossing Tai'an and going south for more than ten miles can it be regarded as Ye Guo. Tai'an Town is located in the middle of the valley, with steep mountains on both sides, so Bai Xijing and others have to rest in Tai'an Town for one night due to the situation.

"You mean staying in an inn?" Bai Xijing looked at Fang Siyuan in surprise. As soon as their carriage turned around the gate of Tai'an Town, Fang Siyuan ordered the driver to park the carriage at the inn. You should know that staying in the inn is too conspicuous, and this is the only place to go through the country, and there must be a lot of Ye Lin's eyeliner.

Fang Siyuan gave Bai Xijing a slightly restless look and calmly explained, "The most dangerous place is the safest place."

Yes, who would have expected that they would dare to stay in the inn in this so-called must-have place? Besides, the two of them are so ordinary that they can't recognize themselves even if they look in the mirror.

Thinking of Bai Xijing's heart, he felt a little relieved, so he nodded to Fang Siyuan with a faint smile and said, "Okay, stay in the inn."

She hasn't bathed well for a few days. If she lives in the inn, it's much more convenient, and... the inn is the most crowded place, which means that this is the source of information.

and Fang Siyuan entered the inn. They first asked for a room, and then sat in a corner of the lobby downstairs, ordered some small dishes, and listened carefully to the conversation of those people.

"Have you heard that King Ye officially posted a war post to the State of Bai, saying that he would take the State of Bai within half a year?" A man dressed as a scholar in gray said. When he said this, he looked around and deliberately lowered his voice.

"You boy, just blow, how is that possible? During the war between the two countries, no one dares to say anything like this. Even if the king finally attacked the White State, he said this to him. I'm afraid that the White people will be unconvinced, and it is impossible to wait for the opportunity to rebel. The king is so wise that he will never say such words. A middle-aged uncle, who looked a little older, said with disapproval with the wine jar in his arms.

In a sentence, the scholar just said that he was a little resentful. Seeing that the people around him were unwilling to take care of him, the gray scholar seemed to feel a little unable to let go and couldn't help but say again, "Do you know that King Ye killed Ma Yuan?"

"Ma Yuan? Who is Ma Yuan? A group of young people with short beatings asked puzzledly.

When the man in gray saw that someone didn't know, he immediately raised his head proudly and shook his head and said, "Ma Yuan is..."

"Oh, isn't Ma Yuan the general of the border city of the White State? When the king attacked the State of Bai, he asked Ma Yuan to continue to manage the people. Ma Yuan verbally promised very well. Unexpectedly, in order to please the king, he collected the people's oil everywhere and wanted to send rare treasures during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The king knew about this matter. Even if he ordered Ma Yuan to be executed, he returned all the things collected by Ma Yuan to the people. Is that what you want to talk about? The middle-aged man said faintly, saying that he finally took a big sip of wine, and he looked a little lazy.

The angry scholar who wanted to get ahead almost bit off a pair of silver teeth.

However, the middle-aged man seemed to not feel the scholar's mood. He suddenly bit his head and sighed a few times, "It's a pity, it's a pity", which made everyone around him gather around him and ask what a pity.

"It's a pity that Bai Guo said that he was quite strong, but there was a person like Ma Yuan. It's a pity, it's ridiculous." The middle-aged man smiled, then grabbed the edge of the wine jar with one hand and looked up and took two bites.

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard the words.

Fang Siyuan subconsciously grabbed Bai Xijing's hand and was afraid that she would do something too much, but he didn't expect Bai Xijing to shake his head slightly and whisper, "What are you doing to hold me? Are you afraid that I will go up and hit them?"

Fang Siyuan saw that although her face was a little hesitant, her eyes were still clear, so he knew that she had calmed down. Then he withdrew his hand and smiled faintly and said, "There is no need for Jinger to do it. If you want to hit me, just let me know."

Jinger is Fang Siyuan's recent name for her. I don't know why he resolutely refused to call her Xi'er like others. Xijing couldn't resist him, so he had to let him call himself Jing'er.

Bai Xijing's face slowly softened: "Although I'm angry, I can't see the situation clearly. I'm afraid that many people now think that Ye Lin is benevolent, but they don't know that this matter is his plan from beginning to end.

Fang Siyuan nodded with approval, but deeply admired Ye Lin's good means: "First of all, he left Ma Yuan to establish a good image for himself, rather than a tough takeover, and then deliberately closed his eyes and let Ma Yuan do whatever he wanted. When the people were angry, he turned into a hero to save the people. Ma Yuan, I have to say that Ye Lin is very smart and well-in-reed.

Bai Xijing just smiled bitterly, picked up the tea in his hand and took a sip, but did not answer.

I stayed in the lobby for a while, but I didn't hear any more news, but Bai Xijing and Fang Siyuan had to focus on the middle-aged man who was drinking. His words were not ordinary and always impenetrable.

Seeing that the middle-aged man suddenly got up and walked out of the lobby, Fang Siyuan quickly handed his guard a look, and the man followed the middle-aged man and left.

"Let's go back to the room first and don't act rashly." Fang Siyuan meditated for a while and suddenly frowned and said.

"Well, okay." Bai Xijing did not object and followed Fang Siyuan back to his room.

Bai Xijing sat in the room nervously, while Fang Siyuan was leaning against the window and fighting. He seemed to have been paying attention to the movement outside. Bai Xijing did not dare to disturb her, so he could only drag his skirt and not say anything.

It was nearly three hours, and it was already evening that Fang Siyuan's guard returned to the inn. When he saw Fang Siyuan and others, his expression remained unchanged for ten thousand years with a trace of solemnity.

Fang Siyuan suddenly had a bad feeling: "What do you find? Let me know as soon as possible."

The guard shook his head and said, "The man seemed to know that I was following him and took his subordinates around the city all afternoon, and then suddenly disappeared, but he dropped this thing on the ground. His subordinates thought that he had deliberately left it."

After saying that, the guard took out a jade pendant with a missing corner, but wrapped it in a white handkerchief, as if he was afraid that it would be poisonous.

Bai Xijing looked at the jade pendant, but didn't see any clue, but he didn't expect that Fang Siyuan's face suddenly turned pale at the moment he saw it.