Hu Lin stood alone in the middle of the road, with an empty carriage parked beside it.

Fu Jiuli's horse team surrounded the carriage and slowly stopped.

Qiao Da dismounted and approached Hu Lin, his face solemn. "What brings you here today?"

Hu Lin just stared at the direction of the carriage not far away and uttered a few words: "I want to see Miss Shen."

Qiao Da's eyes suddenly turned unfriendly: "You are a foreign man, what are you doing meeting our wife?"

Hu Lin acted as if he hadn't heard Qiao Da's question and repeated, "I want to see Miss Shen."

Qiao Da angrily brushed up his sleeves and said, "You kid, you don't understand what I'm saying, right? Our lady won't see you, so go away!"

Hu Lin stood still, still staring at the direction of the carriage. Suddenly, he raised his voice: "Nanxing, are you there? I am Hu Lin, I have something to tell you."

Inside the carriage, Shen Nanxing just glanced at Fu Jiuli and didn't have time to speak.

Then I heard Fu Jiuli say, "You are not allowed to go."

Shen Nanxing looked at him speechlessly.

Fu Jiuli immediately softened her voice, her eyes filled with grievance as she explained, "It's obvious he has bad intentions. You're clearly my wife, but he still calls you by your maiden name..."

As he spoke, his voice lowered: "If Madam must go, I will accompany you, okay?" His eyes were filled with caution, as if he was afraid that Madam would not take him with her.

Shen Nanxing twitched his lips: "Okay."

Fu Jiuli carefully carried his wife down from the carriage, and then carried her all the way to within three feet of Hu Lin before putting her down.

Whenever his wife expressed any objection during the journey, he would use the excuse that she was pregnant and could not work hard. In short, he did not allow her to go through the journey by herself as she wished.

Hu Lin looked at this scene, his hands hanging by his side almost tearing his robe, but he tried his best to restrain himself and maintain a calm expression.

He smiled and looked at Shen Nanxing: "Nanxing, can I have a word with you for a moment?"

Shen Nanxing held Fu Jiuli's hand and looked straight at Hu Lin: "Mr. Hu, my current identity is Fu Jiuli's wife. It is reasonable for you to call me Madam Fu."

Fu Jiuli's eyes lit up immediately, and he raised his chin proudly at Hu Lin. Feeling his wife glare at him, he calmed down a bit and stood quietly aside.

Hu Lin opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Shen Nanxing frowned slightly: "If you want to talk to me about something, please tell me quickly! We are in a hurry to get on the road."

Hu Lin's eyes flickered several times before he spoke again: "Can I have a word with you for a moment?" He couldn't bring himself to call her Madam Fu.

Shen Nanxing: "No need, there are no secrets between my husband and me. No matter what, we can tell him in front of him."

If she really agreed to let Hu Lin borrow her time to talk, the jealous people around her would explode...

Hu Lin clenched his hands at his sides into fists, took several deep breaths, and then said, "Fu Jiuli is now a wanted criminal by the imperial court. Are you willing to come with me?"

Fu Jiuli was immediately furious when he heard this: "Wishful thinking!"

Hu Lin was also furious. He looked at Fu Jiuli coldly, "You can't even protect yourself now, do you still want Nanxing to suffer with you?"

Fu Jiuli pulled his wife into his arms, his eyes cold: "My wife, I will protect her myself. As an outsider, what qualifications do you have to ask questions?"

"I can protect her!" Hu Lin's eyes were red, and he looked at Shen Nanxing again: "Nanxing, come back with me, I..."

Shen Nanxing interrupted him: "Hu Lin, I remember I once told you that I would only recognize Fu Jiuli in this life."

"But now he has committed a capital crime, he can no longer protect you..."

"I don't care!" Shen Nanxing's eyes were filled with extreme seriousness: "He and I are husband and wife, and we should share the joys and sorrows together."

She held Fu Jiuli's hand tightly and uttered a few words slowly: "If he lives, I live. If he dies, I follow."

"And..." Her hand gently stroked her abdomen: "I also have his child, and our family will never be separated no matter what."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Hu Lin again and said, "Hu Lin, go ahead. There are thousands of good women in this world. One day you will meet your soulmate."

Hu Lin looked at her with red eyes, his vision blurred: "No, Nanxing, you come with me, he won't live long. I will definitely protect you, and I will treat your child as my own, I..."

Fu Jiuli couldn't stand it any longer and suddenly threw Hu Lin to the ground with a palm: "You have coveted my wife time and time again, and now you dare to covet my child. Do you think I am dead?"

Hu Lin struggled to get up from the ground, his eyes gleaming with malice: "Aren't you afraid that I will inform His Majesty?"

"Casual!"

He knew that this guy named Hu was a bad guy. If his wife hadn't insisted on seeing him, he would have asked Leng Ye to kick him far away!

Fu Jiuli was extremely angry, but his movements were very gentle. He picked up his wife again and walked back steadily step by step.

Shen Nanxing buried her head in his chest and never looked at Hu Lin again. That was all I had to say. There was nothing more to say.

After returning to the carriage and helping his wife sit down, Fu Jiuli still looked unhappy.

Shen Nanxing took the initiative to kiss him on the cheek and coaxed him: "Okay, don't be angry. My husband is very generous, let's not argue with him, okay!"

Fu Jiuli pulled his wife into his arms, rubbed his head against her neck, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm not a gentleman, nor am I generous. I'm just stingy. Anyone who covets my wife, I want to chop him into pieces..."

Shen Nanxing laughed and stroked his black hair: "Okay, I am yours alone, forever."

I don’t know what the secret guards said or did to Hu Lin, but after a while, the carriage started running fast again.

Hu Lin was beaten up by the four men, and was thrown on the side of the road with a bruised face and nose, watching the carriage go away.

He held the flare tightly in his hand.

After a long time, I just held it.

Hu Lin lay there for a long time. When he felt a little better, he forced himself to stand up and prepared to drive back.

Just as he was about to climb onto the shaft of the cart, he heard a rumbling sound of footsteps. He looked closely and saw that it was Shi Lei, the Minister of War, who had arrived with two thousand guards.

Shi Lei spotted him immediately, stopped, and asked, "Mr. Hu, have you seen Fu Jiuli's men passing by here?"

Hu Lin: “I saw it.”

Shi Lei pointed to a fork in the road not far away: "Then do you know which way they went?"

Hu Lin also looked towards the fork in the road. He raised his hand and pointed to the intersection on the right: "They went in that direction."

Shi Lei waved his hand and said, "Chase!"

He led two thousand guards and quickly chased after them towards the road to the right.

Hu Lin watched the guards walk away and finally felt relieved.

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