After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

This sounds like a cliché.

The man in black chuckled and said, "Princess, you needn't trouble yourself with that. There's only one defense map. Would you like it?"

Xie Xing turned and glanced at Jun Lanjin.

Jun Lanjin crossed his arms, met Xie Xing's gaze, and then slowly said, "What you want is hard to come by for the Southern Kingdom."

"The princess was merely asking a few questions, what kind of attitude is this?"

"Disrespecting our princess?"

As Jun Lanjin spoke, a chill emanated from his body.

The man in black relaxed and quickly said, "Of course not."

"This is a very important matter, so it's normal for us to be cautious."

The man in black quickly opened the deployment map. Xie Xing looked at it intently and saw that the map was quite well-made and had marked many base points.

Even though Xie Xing couldn't understand it, he felt that this thing must be very important.

I just don't know if this defense map is real or fake.

The man in black said, "Well? Did you get a good look?"

In the darkness, Xie Ansheng clenched his fists.

Traitor!

He suppressed his anger and could only stay in the shadows, waiting for his chance.

Jun Lanjin took out the gold medal from his arms again.

"Bring it here."

The man in black stared intently at the tiger tally. After tossing the defense map to Xie Xing, he immediately stepped forward to snatch the gold medal.

At that moment, Xie Ansheng drew his sword and shouted, "Kill!"

In an instant, countless officers and soldiers surged out from the shadows.

The man in black's expression changed drastically.

He was furious.

"Where did these soldiers come from?!"

The man in black turned to look at Jun Lanjin in annoyance.

Jun Lanjin readily accepted the suggestion and put away the gold medal. With a long arm, he pulled Xie Xing, who hadn't yet reacted, into his arms. With a light tap of his toes, he used his light footwork to quickly run into the woods.

The man in black was shocked.

He hasn't won the gold medal yet!

He shouted, "Don't even think about running!"

Immediately, the man in black chased after Jun Lanjin, trying to catch up.

In an instant, the sounds of swords clashing and fighting rang out.

Xie Ansheng's gaze was fixed on Jun Lanjin, and in the thick darkness of the night, Jun Lanjin's tall figure moved through the woods.

He was also carrying a woman in his arms.

Judging from the thoughts I just heard, the woman in Jun Lanjin's arms is definitely his daughter!

Xie Ansheng shouted, "Where do you think you're going?!"

He immediately drew his sword and gave chase.

"Father!"

Xie Yuhe was protected by the guards. He watched anxiously as Xie Ansheng jumped up and followed, so eager that he wished he could lift his robe and follow along.

It shouldn't be him following along at this time; it should be Xie Tongchen, who has been learning martial arts from Xie Ansheng since childhood.

But this man is incredibly stubborn, and considering Xie Mingzhu pleaded for him last time, Xie Tongchen now wishes he could tear his heart out to Xie Mingzhu.

Xie Ansheng was extremely disappointed in Xie Tongchen and locked him in the ancestral hall, making him reflect on his actions in front of the ancestors.

Xie Yuhe then followed.

But I never expected to encounter such an explosive thing.

Xie Yuhe was extremely worried and quickly ordered several of his bodyguards to follow.

The night is rich.

Xie Xing felt the gusts of wind around her face, stinging her skin.

The wind was so strong that she couldn't open her eyes.

Just then, Jun Lanjin suddenly exerted force, picked the person up horizontally, placed his long legs on a leaf, and lifted him up, his figure reflected in the moonlight. Xie Xing looked up and just happened to see his chin.

The skin beneath the ghost mask was incredibly white, even whiter than Xie Xing's hand, which had been dead for three days.

Xie Xing found that jawline strangely familiar.

Her high ponytail billowed in the wind, swaying in a beautiful arc in the night sky. Just then, the man in black behind her caught up and thrust his sword toward Jun Lanjin's back.

Jun Lanjin turned around gracefully, kicked the black-clad man's sword, and knocked it off course, causing it to land precisely on the small slope where the two of them had just stood.

Jun Lanjin, carrying Xie Xing, flipped onto the horse's back, squeezed his legs against his stomach, and rode away.

Throughout the journey, Xie Xing was like a rag doll being casually carried around. She sat on the horse's back, and the flesh on her face jiggled as she was jolted along.

She subconsciously turned her head to look and saw Xie Ansheng and the man in black fighting behind her as they sped past.

Tonight is indeed an unsettling night.

From the moment Jun Lanjin tricked him into giving him the defense map to the moment he escaped unscathed, Xie Xing felt that he had already planned everything perfectly.

They tricked the goods out of us without losing a single soldier.

After an unknown amount of time, Jun Lanjin finally stopped.

Xie Xing looked up and stared wide-eyed.

It was at the foot of a mountain, and to her shock, a palace was hidden halfway up the mountain.

The palace stood halfway up the mountain, appearing as a dark shadow from afar, like a triangular tower. Xie Xing was practically dragged up there by Jun Lanjin by the collar.

When the two arrived at the entrance of the palace, Xie Xing's face showed a look of astonishment, as if he had never seen anything like it before.

[A palace built halfway up a mountain? What the hell? What school of thought is that?]

Xie Xing couldn't help but complain.

She suddenly felt like she had jumped from a political intrigue novel to a martial arts novel, creating a cross-world connection.

However, Luo Hanfeng, the male protagonist of the novel, is also a famous master of a palace in the martial arts world.

Who is this person in front of me?

Xie Xing was still thinking when the person holding her by the collar suddenly let go.

Xie Xing fell to the ground with a thud.

"Your Highness!"

When she came to her senses, two swords were already held to her neck.

Xie Xing's face turned pale.

She dared not move.

The sword rested against her neck by two people also wearing ghost masks, clearly the masked man's henchmen.

The two men addressed the masked man respectfully as "Lord," then looked at Xie Xing with murderous intent and asked, "Should we kill this man?"

After Jun Lanjin returned from outside, he sat in the main seat, casually crossed his long legs, and swung them around. He rested his chin on one hand, looked at Xie Xing with a leisurely air, and then lazily said, "Don't kill him yet."

Xie Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

The sword was removed from his neck.

Xie Xing swallowed hard. She didn't dare to be so arrogant in front of the masked man now, so she could only obediently say, "Lord, Lord."

"Didn't you say before that you would let me go after I helped you?"

While saying this on the surface, Xie Xing was already constantly communicating with the system in his mind:

You're saying that people like that don't actually exist in the story?

I don't believe it! He's at least a villain!

It looks very gloomy.

It looks really bad.

[Moreover, this person also possesses a tiger tally; if he were truly a member of the martial arts world, how could he possibly know so much about matters of the imperial court?]

The system looked completely bewildered. [The features are so obvious; there's no way they wouldn't be in the story.]

Is there a bug?

Speaking of bugs, Xie Xing suddenly realized something. Her mind raced, and she boldly voiced her guess: "Is it possible that this bug caused the plot to go astray?"

System: QwQ? ?

The system was momentarily stunned.

The system fell into deep thought.