On the way, Yan Sijin was in low spirits. Yi Zhici noticed and pulled her into the carriage to sit with them. It wasn't crowded with the three of them - Yi Zhici, Yan Sijin and Ye Cong'an - in the carriage.
Ye Cong'an chattered non - stop. "Sister Yan, you didn't choose the Marquis's heir, right? Looking at your low - spirited appearance, you must not take a fancy to the Marquis's heir, right?"
In the end, Yan Sijin ran out of patience. "Shut up. No one's competing with you."
Yi Zhici sighed. "Cong'an, don't your family members find you annoying?"
Ye Cong'an: "..."
"Bang!"
The carriage stopped out of the blue, and the three of them almost toppled over.
There was a commotion outside, and even the sounds of swords clashing. Yi Zhici sensed something was wrong. Just as she was about to get off the carriage to take a look, someone let out a scream and fell in front of their carriage.
A bad premonition welled up in Yi Zhici's heart. She quickly jumped off the carriage. "Zhong Qing! Zhong Yi! Where are you?"
Yan Sijin failed to hold her back and got off the carriage too.
Outside the carriage, it was a mess. The servants were fighting desperately in blood, the servants without martial arts skills were lying on the ground everywhere, and several carriages had overturned.
Yi Zhici shouted like crazy for Zhong Qing and Zhong Yi, looking around, but there was no sign of them.
However, not far away, someone was raising a knife at Qin Zhiyin.
The bad premonition in Yi Zhici's heart grew stronger. This assassination was probably aimed at the Princess of the Northwest. If the Princess of the Northwest died in Guyue, then the Fanguo Kingdom would have enough reason to send troops to Guyue, and this war would surely break out.
Because of the matter of the Nine - Yu Star in the Southern Border, Guyue had a bit of a rift with the Xinyi Kingdom. If the two countries openly sent troops to Guyue, Guyue would be aggrieved and have nowhere to vent.
Without even thinking about a way to protect herself, Yi Zhici rushed over.
She kicked the assassin away with one foot and then grabbed Qin Zhiyin and ran. Qin Zhiyin seemed surprised that Yi Zhici would come to help her and gave her a surprised look. But since it was a matter of life and death, Qin Zhiyin still followed Yi Zhici and ran. From this point of view, Qin Zhiyin still valued her own life.
Hiding behind a carriage, Yi Zhici said to her in a hurry, "Take off your clothes."
Qin Zhiyin looked at Yi Zhici in disbelief. "...... Ah?"
Yi Zhici didn't have time to explain. She reached out and took off the headband on Qin Zhiyin's head and put it on her own, then took off her own outer robe.
Qin Zhiyin understood and took off her own outer robe too. After a moment of silence, she said softly, "...... Thank you."
"I'm not doing this for you. But if you know to thank me, find a place to hide well by yourself."
Yi Zhici quickly put on Qin Zhiyin's outer robe and ran to an open area. "Protect my brother, protect this princess! Are you all useless!"
Then she turned around and ran away quickly.
The assassins all seemed to have locked onto their prey and chased after Yi Zhici.
Yi Zhici was familiar with such a scene, but the problem was that in the past when she encountered such a situation, her senior sister Haitang and senior brother Culi would be with her to help her escape. But now she was on her own!
Yi Zhici was a bit panicked.
Martial artists had better hearing than ordinary people. When Lin Yuan heard the sound of swords, he got off the carriage and immediately went to look for Yi Zhici.
But after searching all the carriages behind, there was no sign of Yi Zhici. Lin Yuan frowned.
Not far away, he saw Yi Zhici's clothes. Among the female guests, only Yi Zhici wore a neat - sleeved outfit. It looked very good, and it had attracted the attention of many young masters from noble families in the morning. He had been in a bad mood about it for a while and wouldn't mistake it.
The figure was also dodging around, as if looking for a place to hide.
He couldn't help but smile a little. It was good that she knew how to protect herself. It made him feel a bit more at ease.
Just as he was about to go over, when he got closer, he found that it wasn't Yi Zhici's face. Lin Yuan's expression turned cold. "Where is the Princess of Yuyang?" His deep voice was chilling.
Qin Zhiyin was at a loss. "She ran away..."
Without saying a word, Lin Yuan immediately turned around and left. In an instant, he disappeared.
Qin Zhiyin felt a bit aggrieved. She had been pampered since childhood in Fanguo and had never been treated coldly by anyone. Just now, Lin Yuan's imposing manner made her feel scared. Not only scared but also very aggrieved.
Was it just because she wasn't Yi Zhici? What was so good about Yi Zhici? Not only did her own brother talk about her all the time, but even this Lin Yuan was always thinking about her. Where was she inferior to Yi Zhici?
Qin Zhiyin's expression turned indignant.