With the cannon fodder script in hand, it is easy for the king to change his fate

After leaving the inn, I walked onto a sparsely populated road.

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar and soon appeared in Azhen's sight. On each of the two horses sat a tall man with his face half-covered. The one in the lead had a scar on his face and was clearly not a good person.

The horse galloped, kicking up a cloud of dust on the road. It was about to rush past the carriage where Azhen was sitting when, for some reason, it suddenly stopped.

"Brother, what's wrong?" asked the man on horseback who was half a step behind.

The scarred man in front chuckled, picked up the knife at his waist, and lifted the carriage curtain: "I suddenly smelled a girl's fragrance. There must be a beautiful young lady inside."

As she finished speaking, the carriage curtain was lifted, revealing Azhen's appearance.

“I knew it.” The scarred man laughed heartily. “Where are you headed, young lady? The journey has been fraught with danger. Would you like to rest at my mountain village?”

"No need," A-Zhou refused.

The scarred man was clearly not someone to be trifled with; a simple refusal wouldn't suffice.

Sure enough, he sneered, but before he could speak, the man behind him said, "Brother, why waste words with her? Just take her away. She'll have no choice but to admit it."

The scarred man burst into laughter and jumped off his horse: "Miss, then I'll have to offend you."

Just as he was about to rush into the carriage to grab Azhen, a knife suddenly flew from a distance and blocked the scarred man's path.

"Who dares to ruin my plans?"

The two men with scars instantly became alert, no longer caring about Azhen in the carriage. They turned around and looked elsewhere, finally spotting a carriage slowly approaching in the distance.

When the carriage was not far from Azhen, a pleasant voice came from inside: "It is not the work of heroes to bully a young woman. Today, I, this young master, have encountered such a thing, and I must intervene."

"Either you two leave, or you fight with my men."

"What do you mean, 'playing the hero'? The pretty girl in the carriage is my dream girl. I'm going to take her back to the village to be my wife. Kid, if you know what's good for you, get lost. I might let it go, but otherwise... I'll show you what death is." The scarred man snorted twice, his hand on the knife at his waist, clearly not intending to let him go.

"Make your move." A young man's voice came from inside the carriage. The guards obeyed the order and quickly engaged in combat with the two men with scars. After a short while, two screams were heard, followed by the sound of someone falling to the ground.

Azhen heard the footsteps approaching slowly, and then the carriage curtain was lifted again, revealing a handsome young man in red, who was none other than Shen Si'an, whom she had seen at the inn yesterday.

"Miss, it's alright." Shen Si'an reassured her with a smile. In his past life, he was a notorious womanizer, and charming women was a piece of cake for him. He had used countless similar methods in his previous life.

Most of them were successful. After all, he was handsome and had a certain status. Even if he didn't use such methods, many women would be willing to follow him if they knew his identity.

However, having learned his lesson from his past life, he will never go to brothels again in this life, lest he contract a disease and suffer unbearable pain.

It's better to find a respectable woman.

He must have Qin Zhen, in particular.

With Qin Zhen by her side, even if her health isn't good, it should be able to recover. Thinking of this, Shen Si'an felt a surge of excitement.

"Where are those two bandits?" A-Zhen peered outside.

Shen Si'an said nonchalantly, "He was taken care of by my men."

"Thank you, young master." Azhen got out of the carriage, looked at the two bandits, and then walked over to them. She stared at the two scarred men on the ground and carefully observed them. "Could they be faking their deaths? I've heard that bandits are very cunning. They look so strong, and one of them is even the leader of the stronghold. It's unbelievable that he's dead like this."

"To avoid any accidents, young master, it would be safer to have someone finish the job," Azhen advised earnestly. "It would be better to stab the heart, but even that's not entirely foolproof. It's said that some people's hearts are on the right side, so stabbing the left side won't kill them. The safest method is to cut off the head." Everyone present was stunned. Shen Si'an was almost dumbfounded, staring at Azhen in astonishment. It was truly unimaginable that such a delicate-looking girl could utter such cold and ruthless words, decapitating someone so readily.

“The bandits are truly despicable. I hate them so much. Please don’t mind, young master.” Azhen said with a look of deep hatred. “These people do all sorts of evil deeds. They only know how to bully us unarmed people. Every time we go down the mountain, we live in fear and never have a good day.”

Shen Si'an snapped out of her surprise and realized, "So that's how it is."

That makes sense. Mountain bandits are inherently detestable, and it's fair to say that no ordinary person doesn't despise them.

But... these two aren't bandits; they're his men in disguise. They definitely can't be killed.

Before Shen Si'an could think of a solution, A-Zhan gave him no chance. She quickly pulled out a guard's knife and used it to sever the scarred man's head with one stroke and another man's head with the other.

The people around Shen Si'an are no good; they've done countless things like coercion, bribery, and bullying men and women.

Blood splattered everywhere instantly, and the people around hadn't even had time to react.

By the time they realized what was happening, the two people on the ground had already been separated from their bodies, and there was no way to bring them back together.

Shen Si'an truly lost his composure this time. These two were his capable subordinates, and yet they had their heads cut off like this?

Shen Si'an was furious. If this person hadn't been Qin Zhen, he probably would have ordered his men to kill her right there.

bang-

The knife in Azhen's hand fell to the ground, and the courage she had just mustered seemed to vanish in an instant.

"Thank you very much today, young master, otherwise I was afraid I would have been in trouble."

"May I ask your honorable surname, young master?" Azhen asked again.

Shen Si'an finally regained some of her composure, but she couldn't bring herself to smile: "Shen Si'an."

"Qin Zhen." After exchanging names, A-Zhen quickly boarded the carriage.

Shen Si'an glanced at the corpses of his two capable subordinates on the ground with a grim expression, took a deep breath, and gave the guard a look.

The guards nodded slightly, glaring angrily at Azhen's carriage. If it weren't for their young master's plan, they would have rushed into the carriage to avenge their brother.

"Where is Miss Qin headed? The journey is not safe. If you are going the same way, you can travel together and look out for each other."

“If Miss Qin doesn’t mind, please come to my carriage,” Shen Si’an said.

After thanking her profusely, Azhen declined.

Shen Si'an returned to the carriage with a livid face.

He lost two men, but the other side didn't seem to be very grateful, which was different from what he expected.

Having patiently followed along the way, Shen Si'an had lost her patience. She leaned lazily against the carriage, looking displeased.

"If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences!" He casually tossed the item aside and beckoned to his guards. "Go back and take the man with you."

He had no interest in playing these games with Qin Zhen anymore. Since she was being unreasonable, he simply arrested her; after all, she was just a lowly village girl. (End of Chapter)