After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

"So, what scared you so much that you ran all the way to me today?" Zhong Ning looked at him leisurely.

Fang Ping touched his nose and said:

"Actually, I chased those two people away today. I even fired a gun today..."

"But I was worried about further attacks, so I took this opportunity to come here..."

"Did you hit the target?" Zhong Ning asked!

"One of them missed. When the bullet flew in front of that person, there seemed to be some kind of protective shield around him, and the bullet dropped immediately upon impact. It shows that he does have a system protecting him..."

"The other one, I think, hit him right in the chest..."

Zhong Ning suddenly looked up, his eyes icy, a bloodthirsty smile rising from the corner of his lips: "In this case, we only need to compare who in the city has a chest injury to know who the murderer is?"

Fang Ping nodded and continued, "Then, who is that man with the system's golden finger? How do we find him?"

Zhong Ning glanced at him and said, "No need to look for him. He will come forward on his own. Let's see who is the most prestigious in this imperial examination. You should know that Gu Mingzhe is the top candidate. If that person is targeting me, I will definitely find a way to pull Gu Mingzhe down from the altar..."

Fang Ping: .....I see!

"Well, Aning, I, I don't want to go back to live in the mansion anymore... but I don't want to be too far away from you either. I'm still a visiting lecturer at the Academy of Sciences..." Fang Ping looked at Zhong Ning pitifully and said.

"Well... OK..." Zhong Ning sighed slightly and said to the outside of the door, "Come here, go prepare a guest house and send two more people to take good care of Master Xiao Fang..."

"I was frightened today... I must have had trouble sleeping. Can I, can I just sleep on the floor in your room..." Fang Ping looked at Zhong Ning with a droopy face and begged.

"Heh..." Zhong Ning curled the corner of her mouth. Why do all the men around her end up like this?

If you treat me a little nicely, I will take advantage of you.

The abacus beads were about to fall on her face.

Zhong Ning smiled faintly, took a step forward towards Fang Ping, and asked in a low voice:

"Frightened?"

"Uh-huh."

"Can't sleep well?"

“Hmm…” Fang Ping nodded like a chick pecking at rice, but he took an uncontrollable step back.

The reason is simple: Zhong Ning looks very aggressive at this moment.

"I have a way to make sure you have a good night's sleep!" Zhong Ning waved her hand. Fang Ping didn't understand why and thought she wanted him to get closer.

Then, Zhong Ning swung his knife back and chopped him on the back of the neck. Fang Ping's eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Zhong Ning caught him steadily and threw him onto the two guards. "Take him to the guest room and take good care of him!"

The two guards nodded in agreement and carried Fang Ping straight to the guest room.

Zhong Ning watched Fang Ping being carried out unconscious before muttering, "I'm really smart. Now I can sleep well, right?"

After seeing Fang Ping off, Zhong Ning returned to her bed, ready to fall asleep again. Su Xin saw that she didn't seem to be sleepy at all, so she asked softly, "Your Highness, it's a cold night. There's ginseng chicken soup simmering in the small kitchen. Would you like a bowl?"

Zhong Ning shook his head and waved his hand for her to leave.

It's around midnight now. If she has a bowl of chicken soup, she will probably get excited and do another sword dance.

How can I sleep?

But who exactly is this other man in black that Fang Ping mentioned?

That system guy, because he has the help of the system, his martial arts skills must be very high, at least around the seventh or eighth level.

But the other man in black was able to fight him back and forth.

It can be seen that the man’s martial arts skills are not that low!

In her impression, the only person who could master this technique and know Fang Ping was Qi Yu.

But it's unlikely.

Qi Yu is still checking accounts in Jiangnan. Although he will be back soon, he is still not back and has an alibi.

But what if he sneaked into Beijing first?

Zhong Ning lay on the bed, his thoughts flying. If it was really Qi Yu, then why would he go to Fang Ping in his nightgown?

Zhong Ning always felt like he had overlooked something.

Suddenly, the tip of her ears moved slightly, and she felt the secret guard on the tree outside the window changing his posture while keeping watch.

Zhong Ning sighed silently, then sent a voice message out the window: "Go to the next room and rest. I don't need you to stay outside..."

The secret guard hiding in the tree heard Zhong Ning's order, then jumped down from the tree with a light leap, and quickly slipped into the next room.

He looked at the bedding prepared in the next room, then lay down on the bed with his clothes on and pulled the quilt over himself.

The quilt touches the body, generating endless heat that gradually dispels the cold that has penetrated into the body.

Wrapped in such warmth, he gradually fell into a light sleep...

On the other hand, Zhong Ning suddenly realized something.

That is, she is now at the high ninth level, so her internal force perception can cover a wider range, but Qi Yu is also an eighth-level master.

He must also know how to use his inner strength to perceive. As long as he wants, he can hear all sounds within his perception range.

And that day, when Fang Ping came to the mansion, Qi Yu was standing outside the house...

Zhong Ning sat up suddenly. She thought about the topics she had discussed with Fang Ping at that time. They were about the other world, about going back, about the "Da Yong Weekly", about leaving this place...

If, if Qi Yu really heard all this, what would he feel?

Would he treat himself and Fang Ping as monsters, split them up, and then attack them unexpectedly to prevent them from messing up this world?

Or are you worried that she really wants to leave, so you try every possible means to stop her?

Her identity seems to be becoming more and more transparent!

Not only Shen Yan knew it, Gu Mingzhe probably guessed it as well, and even Qi Yu probably knew it too.

What about my father?

The emperor should have seen her identity information a long time ago. Fang Ping even took the initiative to confirm to him that all the poems came from another world.

The emperor must have known long ago that she is not the real Zhong Ning!

He was so tolerant of me, perhaps because... he considered me a visitor from the immortal realm. Fang Ping had said that the court rejected his resignation because they believed Fang Ping was a poet from the immortal realm who had descended to earth...

So in Emperor Yong's view, he, like Fang Ping, came down to earth from the immortal realm.

Although this is a bit far-fetched, ancient rulers have always respected these.

In this way, it makes sense as to why Emperor Yong was so accommodating to her.

As for Qi Yu.

Zhong Ning was a little unsure of what he meant at this time.

However, whether the man in black was actually him remains to be seen.

Even if we want to confirm it, we have to wait until he officially returns to the capital!

Zhong Ning slowly fell asleep in such vague speculation.

In her dream, she saw a man in black, flying in the night sky with one hand covering his chest.

Only when they reached a safe place did they take off the veil from their faces.

It was Qi Yu.