Jiang Jiu had no idea when Lu Yunyang came in?

Just like a gust of wind, Lu Yunyang appeared beside her and snatched her away from Zhao Li's hands in an instant.

Then he slapped Zhao Li with a palm. Fortunately, Zhao Li reacted quickly and blocked it. The two separated in an instant.

There were some cracks on the wall at the back door, and a branch was broken off from a tree not far away.

"What are you doing? He is still injured." Jiang Jiu pushed Lu Yunyang away angrily and ran straight to Zhao Li.

In front of the two of them, he ripped open Zhao Li's clothes and touched his chest. Only after seeing that no blood was seeping out did he put his clothes back on.

He turned around and protected Zhao Li behind him, glaring at Lu Yunyang and angrily scolding him.

"What are you doing? You're so reckless."

Lu Yunyang was completely stunned. For a moment, he felt anger boiling in his heart. His peach blossom eyes suddenly became sharp, shooting out a knife-like gaze, staring at the man behind Jiang Jiu.

"who are you?"

Unexpectedly, before Zhao Li could answer, Jiang Jiu answered first: "He was just a passerby who was injured and fainted in front of the temple. I happened to save him."

Lu Yunyang narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly: "It's just a passerby, why are you so nervous?"

Jiang Jiu glanced around with clear eyes. Although her martial arts skills were not very high, she could intuitively tell that the area was full of experts. As long as Zhao Li dared to harm Lu Yunyang, they could kill him with one move.

"I'm not nervous, I just don't want you to slander people randomly."

Lu Yunyang slowly took two steps forward: "Come here."

His already noble temperament became even more awe-inspiring at this moment, emitting indescribable majesty.

Just as Jiang Jiu was about to turn back, someone suddenly pulled her arm back forcefully, and she felt a chill on her slender neck.

"Don't move, or I'll kill her."

Zhao Li kidnapped Jiang Jiu.

Now even Jiang Jiu was panicked. He opened his mouth but couldn't even shout for help. He looked at Lu Yunyang helplessly and annoyed.

But she found that Lu Yunyang's sharp eyes were filled with indifference, and a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his lips: "She saved you, and you want to kill her? Good, very good, you are really a hero."

Zhao Li ignored Lu Yunyang and forced Jiang Jiu to go back with him to the recuperation room. As soon as he entered the room, he bolted the door tightly.

"What are you doing? He doesn't even know you, why are you doing this?"

After Jiang Jiu was freed, he immediately rushed to the door and wanted to leave.

Zhao Li stood directly behind him, looking at Jiang Jiu with complicated eyes, and suddenly asked, "Don't you know his true identity yet?"

Jiang Jiu was slightly stunned. Whose real identity was it? Lu Yunyang?

The puzzled look made Zhao Li think that Jiang Jiu was still kept in the dark.

"He is the current emperor's younger brother, the ninth prince, Prince Qi, Zhao Zhuoxi."

It turns out that his real name is Zhao Zhuoxi, which sounds like a very sunny name, and has the same meaning as the word Yunyang.

But she already knew the identity of the Ninth Prince.

But who is this man in front of her? She has no idea about his background.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Li continued, "It was him who schemed to kill your mother and forced you, the daughter of a prime minister, to wander the world."

What? Jiang Jiu felt his brain suddenly wasn't enough.

My mind went blank.

"Who are you? How do you know all this?"

This man has been so mysterious from the beginning, but Jiang Jiu's intuition made him half-believe and half-doubt what he said.

Zhao Li refused to reveal her identity and simply explained, "Don't worry about who I am. Anyway, I won't hurt you."

Jiang Jiu looked up and down at the man in front of him, took a few steps back and remained alert.

"I don't believe you. Even if you want to slander others, you need evidence. Without evidence, I won't believe a single word you say."

Zhao Li snorted coldly, "I didn't slander him. When you arrive in the capital and meet your father, you'll know the truth. To tell you the truth, the only reason he didn't kill you now is because you hold the secret of Yiye Guzhou in your hands."

Jiang Jiu took out the sharp dagger from his boots and held it in front of him.

"I am the heir of Yiye Guzhou, but I have already disbanded Yiye Guzhou, and the secret has long been made public. Now I am no longer of much use to him. You are trying to undermine my trust in him just for money. Just tell me the amount and I will give it to you."

I thought I was saving someone, but I ended up being kidnapped.

Zhao Li lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly: "I did it for money? What a joke, Miss Jiu, you are right. For so many years, I have always been by your side, protecting you, watching you grow up, watching you do everything, is it just for money?"

Jiang Jiu actually always felt that there was a pair of eyes next to him, and thought it was an illusion, but he didn't expect it to be real.

"You've been following me this whole time? Who are you?"

Seeing Jiang Jiu's strong vigilance, Zhao Li took out a jade pendant from his bosom and said, "Have you seen this jade pendant? Your mother gave it to me before she died. Every month, she would have someone deposit 100 taels in my bank account."

Jiang Jiu took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully. To be honest, this jade pendant was very familiar.

As for the rest, Jiang Jiu still said the same thing: without evidence, she wouldn't believe a single word of it.

"So, it was Mother who hired you as my bodyguard? But in all these years, you've never shown up?"

Zhao Li laughed contemptuously: "How could there not be? You were kidnapped, wasn't it me who saved you?"

Jiang Jiu finally matched the person in his memory: "It turned out to be you."

Zhao Li nodded: "Even if you don't believe me, you should believe your mother."

"I believe you." Jiang Jiu answered decisively, "But how did you get the injury? Also, besides being my bodyguard, don't you have any other identity?"

Zhao Li smiled bitterly. "As expected, you're getting smarter and smarter. Nothing can be hidden from you. Besides being ordered to protect you, I'm also a killer. Cang Jiu, do you know this organization?"

"I'm one of the assassins. As long as there's a mission, every assassin in the organization can take it. Each time, I can get 50 taels of silver to more than taels."

Jiang Jiu asked in confusion: "Doesn't my mother give you 100 taels every month? Logically, you don't need money, so why do you still want to be a killer to make money?"

Zhao Li sighed quietly, "It's because I still have a sickly old mother. My father died young, and she raised me alone. She's ruined her health at such a young age. I need to make money to treat her illnesses and buy medicine. Over the years, if it weren't for those expensive herbs, she would have passed away long ago."

Hearing this, Jiang Jiu almost gave up his vigilance towards Zhao Li, and a sense of sympathy rose in his heart.

"You are truly a filial child. Generally speaking, people who are kind and filial in their hearts are not bad people."

Zhao Li continued, "The Ninth Prince killed your mother and even tried to steal your silver. Now that you're of no use to him, there's no guarantee he won't murder you."

"Come with me. I will take you to the capital to find your father. With him here, even the emperor won't make things difficult for you."

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