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This was a notice of demotion. Because many cities in Huixi County were lost, the Huixi County Magistrate Wu Zhengfeng was blamed. During the accountability period, Wu Zhengfeng was found to have committed many crimes such as embezzlement, bribery, and leaking military intelligence. Now his entire family was arrested. Wu Zhengfeng and all the adult men in his clan would be beheaded in three days. The women and children would be made military prostitutes, and the children would be demoted to official slaves.

Seeing this notice, Si He felt complicated, but she was really lucky. The original owner had died in an accident, and when she arrived, she had been carried out of the city as a dead person. Otherwise, she would not be able to escape the fate of marrying into the family, and this end...

I don’t know which sister of the Si family got married there?

"what happened?"

Ning Ji walked up to her and glanced at the notice.

Si He came back to her senses, looked at him, and shook her head, "Let's go."

After they left the crowd and moved away from each other, she finally said to him, "Originally, the Si family wanted to marry me to the governor of Huixi County as a concubine. Fortunately, I escaped."

She had never told him about her life story. She didn't tell him before because she didn't care about the Si family and there was nothing much to say.

She thought about it carefully. In fact, even if the original owner had not been choked to death, she probably would not have been able to marry smoothly. As far as she could remember, many people in the Si Mansion were jealous of this marriage.

Ning Ji didn't say anything, just listened to her quietly, but she keenly noticed that there seemed to be a hint of coldness in him.

She couldn't help but turn her head to look at him and smiled faintly, "Am I lucky?"

Noticing her scrutinizing eyes, he subsided his coldness and replied, "Yeah."

She was about to look away when she heard him say, "From now on, no one will be able to force you."

She blinked her eyes. There seemed to be a hint of seriousness in his tone. After a while, she smiled softly and said, "Yeah."

Now, she has many ways to defend herself. She is no longer a weak woman who can't even tie a chicken, and ordinary people can't force her.

After returning to the inn, Si He practiced self-defense as usual, and only washed up and went to bed when the night grew darker.

……

The next day, after breakfast, the two left the city and headed towards Gucheng, while searching for some herbs that Ning Ji needed in the mountains and forests along the way.

Everything was going well, but when we were almost at Gucheng, we saw a group of people from afar on the official road.

When Si He saw the outfits of that group of people, her heart seemed to skip a beat.

They are from the Jiang family!

Si He subconsciously pulled the cloth wrapped around her face, her eyes fixed on the carriage in the team.

It's true that enemies meet in a narrow road. The world is so big, and yet we meet again?

Did they come out of Tianshan so quickly?

Thinking of Old Man Jiang's keen perception, she didn't dare to look any longer for fear of being discovered, so she lowered her head again, feeling uneasy.

She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the group of people went away.

"What's wrong?" Ning Ji turned around and saw that she looked strange.

Si He swallowed, secretly adjusted her breathing and expression, and shook her head at him, "I just feel a little uncomfortable, it's okay."

Ning Ji looked her over and asked, "Do you want to take a break?"

"No need, let's go back to the city." After Si He finished speaking, he subconsciously glanced at the troops in the distance in front of him, and his heart sank.

There was a fork in the road ahead, so the team did not continue forward, but turned to Gucheng!

She looked up at the sky. It was almost dusk, so they probably had to stay in Gucheng for one night.

Ning Ji followed her gaze and looked at the group of people in front of them. She suddenly looked so uneasy. Was it because of those people?

But he didn't ask any more questions, still holding the reins and slowly walking towards Gucheng.

After entering the city, Si He kept his head down, holding the saddle tightly with both hands, and his mind was a little flustered.

It was not until she returned to Ning Ji's house that she felt a little relieved. Everything should be fine. As long as she didn't go out recently and stayed in the house honestly, she would be safe after they left. Old man Jiang didn't have a dog's nose, so could he find her by smelling her?

Ning Ji helped her get off the horse, considering that she was feeling uncomfortable.

"Thank you, cousin."

"You're welcome." He silently looked at her expression, and seeing that she was fine, he led the horse into the house.

Si He followed him and walked behind.

However, after entering the door, the two immediately found something wrong.

The front yard is a bit messy, obviously someone has been there. Has it attracted thieves?

Ning Ji frowned slightly, but Si He's heart skipped a beat.

cellar!

She immediately lifted her skirt and ran to the cellar, but when she saw the cellar door was opened, her face turned pale.

There were some food and her package stored in the cellar. It wouldn't matter if the food was gone, but if her package was gone...

Si He's heart was pounding and she hurriedly climbed down to the cellar.

The cellar was deep and pitch black, but she could see clearly and see everything at a glance.

The food and bags that were stored before are gone!

She stood there, closed her eyes, clenched her fists, and her breathing became heavy!

If she had known earlier, she should have burned the parchment scroll. Keeping it would only harm people!

And it was lost at this critical moment!

Now that Old Man Jiang's team has entered the city, Old Man Jiang is most likely in that carriage. If that damn thief leaks the information about the parchment and Old Man Jiang gets to know about it, he will definitely follow the clues and come to find him!

By then, she will definitely suffer, and Ning Ji will be implicated as well!

This damn thief!

Her breathing became rapid, and Mo Mo on her wrist poked his head out and looked at her, seemingly confused.

At this time, Ning Ji climbed down into the cellar. He was a little worried because he saw that she had been silent since she came down.

However, as soon as he came down, he saw her standing in the darkness. In this quiet cellar, her slightly rapid breathing was clearly audible.

It was obvious that she was upset because her things were lost.

"Is the thing important?" he asked.

She opened her eyes, slowly calmed her breathing, and after a while she said, "It's very important."

The contents of the parchment were too shocking. Even if the news had not yet reached Old Man Jiang's ears, sooner or later, someone with ulterior motives would come and find them, and they would still be in trouble.

If the matter gets out of hand, that old man Jiang will find out sooner or later. After all, he is the imperial teacher of the Great Yan Dynasty, and he holds a high position of power and has many eyes and ears.

Now she could only hope that the thief was not well-educated and could not recognize the words on the parchment, so that he could delay the disclosure of the news.

"Cousin, I have to get my things back as soon as possible, otherwise we might get into big trouble." She turned around and said to him seriously, "Also, we can't stay here for the time being, because I'm afraid that trouble will come to us at any time. I'm sorry for getting you into trouble."

He asked, “What is missing?”

Si He hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "A parchment scroll containing a shocking secret. If it were revealed, someone would die."

She was not exaggerating. That old man Jiang was no ordinary person. He was extremely powerful. Even the powerful giant snake was seriously injured and killed by him. Anyone who faced him would be seeking death!