After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

After a night of fierce fighting, He Jinzhan finally held out until reinforcements arrived.

Having failed to seize the opportunity, Lin Yuchuan, after killing the dozen or so scapegoats thrown out by He Jinzhan, used hundreds of wounded soldiers as bait and led the remaining Imperial Guards to break out in time.

They were losing their armor and weapons along the way, looking so disheveled that it seemed as if they were the rebels.

"Sir, if we keep chasing, we'll reach Jicheng." Seeing the remnants of the Imperial Guards scattered and even their banners lost, He Jinzhan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A coughing fit came from inside the airtight carriage, "Cough cough..."

"So be it. The road ahead is already laid with traps. Even if it's a fake defeat, I can make it real."

The speaker sounded weak and listless, yet his voice revealed an unusual cunning.

"Sir, your foresight is truly admirable."

Seeing the dignified young master of the He family being so obsequious, the black-clad envoy standing to the side couldn't help but sneer, "If Young Master He put in a little more effort, my master wouldn't have to worry about this."

"The black-clad envoy is right. I, He, still need to learn more from you, sir." Unexpectedly, He Jinzhan was not angry at all, but instead very respectful.

This gave the black-clad envoy an even greater sense of superiority, and even when he asked the people in the carriage for instructions, he did so with an air of arrogance, saying, "Master, it's almost time."

"Then go ahead."

"Yes"

The man in black turned and disappeared into the dense forest.

......

Bai Li Ce slept very soundly, and even the sudden appearance of the black-clad envoy and his men at the cave entrance, shouting loudly, could not wake her.

"Patriarch Wang, please come out yourself."

"To avoid the brothers going in and getting into a fight, which would look bad."

After touching Baili Ce's forehead and taking her pulse to make sure that the soothing incense wouldn't affect her mind, Wang Qingyan got up, straightened his sleeves, and walked out of the cave.

Outside the cave, a dense swarm of private soldiers had completely blocked all exits.

The leader, dressed in black, was arrogant and haughty.

Upon seeing Wang Qingyan emerge, his expression was filled with disdain, as if he were an ant. "Hmph, you know what's good for you..."

In the blink of an eye, his heart was pierced by what he thought was an ant.

“…” He trembled in disbelief, mouthfuls of blood gushing from his mouth.

Wang Qingyan calmly took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands.

In my eyes, I saw a series of rapidly falling figures reflected...

In no time, the private army outside the cave had all disappeared.

The ground, covered with weeds, was cleaned up wherever there was even a speck of blood.

When the "patriarch" Jiu Er appeared, he just happened to miss this scene.

"How about it?"

"all the best"

"The operation in the capital has also begun."

"Guard her well."

"Yes"

Wang Qingyan took two steps, then turned back. "She'll wake up in half an hour. Prepare some food and drinks in advance so she won't worry about me."

Where is he supposed to find food in this deep mountain forest?

Do you really think he can just casually hunt a few wild animals?

Moreover, Jiu Er did not think Bai Li Ce would be worried.

"Yes," he replied earnestly.

......

"Cough cough..." Inside the airtight carriage, Zhou Tianben helplessly patted himself to catch his breath.

He was so...frustrated with this body!

but......

He pulled up the hem of his trousers and looked at his festering feet, unable to contain his secret delight.

Soon, I'll be free.

Once He can leave this body, He will fear nothing and nothing.

By the time...

"Long time no see," Wang Qingyan's voice suddenly came.

Zhou Tianben was startled; even his soul couldn't help but tremble with fear.

"Whoosh—" Before he could instinctively flee, a sword light had already struck.

"Bang!" The sharp sword strike cleaved the carriage in two, slamming it heavily to the ground and exposing it to the sunlight.

“Ah…” Zhou Tianben screamed in terror.

"This is right"

Wang Qingyan picked up an umbrella from the shattered wreckage and opened it for Him, saying, "When close friends meet, they should treat each other with sincerity."

"do you think so?"

Even Zhou Tianben, who was scorched by the sun, never imagined that Wang Qingyan had become this strong!

He could only stammer in agreement, "Yes, yes..."

He tried again, but he couldn't get out of this body.

He Jinzhan and his private army were all around him, looking like corpses.

waste! !

Top-tier trash!!

He went to such lengths, yet...

"Do you think that even after all this scheming, these useless guys still can't take me down?"

Zhou Tianben froze, his face deathly pale.

"Don't worry," Wang Qingyan raised his eyebrows and extended his hand in a friendly manner, "I won't kill you."

"..." Looking at Wang Qingyan's outstretched hand, Zhou Tianben's fear had reached its peak.

But he dared not disobey him...

The moment he pulled him up, Wang Qingyan's eyes showed increasing kindness, but there was not a trace of pity in his breath.

Following behind, gritting his teeth, he walked until his legs were ulcerated and bloody, and 'Zhou Tianben' didn't dare to utter a sound.

He only secretly breathed a sigh of relief when Wang Qingyan found a pavilion to sit down.

But he could only stand before Wang Qingyan like a slave, trembling and keeping his head down.

"Please sit down," Wang Qingyan said in a gentle and tolerant voice.

"..." Zhou Tianben glanced at the stone bench next to him, not daring to sit down, fearing that the consequences of refusing would be even worse.

"If you don't want to sit..."

"Then kneel down."

"..." Zhou Tianben was stunned in horror.

A flash of resentment and humiliation crossed his eyes.

In the end, he could only slowly adjust his posture, kneeling down in pain, his face contorted.

Ah......

Wang Qingyan's gaze towards him grew increasingly condescending, as if he were trash. "Look at him, this is the arrogant Lord Heavenly Dao~"

Zhou Tianben remained silent for a moment, showing little sign of resistance, before pleading, "Please...please, let me go..."

“When you tortured me back then, I never begged for mercy even once.”

What he has given to the 'Zhou Tian Ben' and to this world is less than one-tenth of what he used to give.

"So, why did you go to such lengths to come here in person?"

Zhou Tianben avoided eye contact, hesitant to speak, stammering, "I, I..."

“…” Wang Qingyan looked at him with great patience.

There was even a faint smile on her lips.

"Baili Ce and... Zhou Tianben's birth charts are compatible, their five elements complement each other, it's... it's a destined marriage, if I... if I want to change bodies..."

Zhou Tianben hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "Of course... she's the most suitable."

"I see......"

Wang Qingyan was calmer than He had imagined. "What if you fail to change your body today?"

"...I will stay in this body forever."

"Isn't this great? Don't you love taking over other people's bodies and toying with their fates?"

"What, you don't like it now?"

Zhou Tianben was furious, but he gritted his teeth and held back.

If Wang Qingyan hadn't been pushing him so hard, why would he have chosen the sickly Zhou family back then!

"If I hadn't stopped you just now, who would you have temporarily taken refuge in?"

"Those wounded soldiers?"

"One of these private armies?"

"still......"

"Seventeen, whom you hid!"

"You..." Zhou Tianben had only uttered one word when his breath suddenly compressed.

"Who do you think you are, daring to make a move on her!"

Seeing his pale face turn purplish-red, and he was only a moment away from death, Wang Qingyan swiftly let go.

"Phew..." Zhou Tianben took a deep breath and it took him a while to recover.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Qingyan was once again in a gentle and composed manner.

"Actually, it's not that you can't leave if you want to."

"Anyway, there are plenty of weak-willed, ungrateful people in this world, and..."

Looking at Him, Wang Qingyan smiled and said confidently, "You won't die so easily either."

"You!" Zhou Tianben was furious when he realized he had been seen through.

Then it dawned on him: at Wang Qingyan's level, what else was there that he didn't know?

So I stopped pretending and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"You just said that her marriage to the real Zhou Tianben was a predestined one?"

Zhou Tianben immediately understood and quickly crawled to his knees at Wang Qingyan's feet. No matter what, he had to satisfy Wang Qingyan's perverted desires first.

"It can be changed! It can definitely be changed!"

"..." The smile on Wang Qingyan's lips gradually faded.

"You're disgusting."

But he has not yet found a way to completely kill the Heavenly Dao.

Secondly, keeping Him around can indeed save a lot of trouble.

"You misunderstood."

So-called destiny is nothing more than one's own incompetence.

His marriage is none of anyone's business.

"I want you to..."

......

It felt like he'd had a sauna and a traditional Chinese medicine massage; Baili Ce slept incredibly well that night.

After waking up and stretching, I yawned, "Mmm~"

The feeling of being reborn.

only--

"When did you come?"

Jiu Er bowed deeply, sword in hand, extremely respectful, “One hour ago.”

"And what about your family head?"

"The head of the family has some urgent matters to attend to, so please don't worry, young lady."

"Okay..." Actually, she wasn't too worried.

After all, Wang Qingyan's strength is terrifying.

"By the way, have any private soldiers been here?"

Jiu Er shook his head. "When I came here, there were only you and the head of the family."

"..." Baili Ceze tilted his head and carefully observed Jiu Er's expression.

It's not pretending.

In that case, Wang Qingyan most likely went to find Lin Yuchuan.

So, "Is there anything to eat?"

She was starving.

Jiu'er quickly presented the roasted bird, saying, "There's really nothing good to eat around here, and I'm worried about the safety of going too far. Would you mind having something to eat, young lady?"

“Yes, yes, absolutely.” Baili Ce took the cute little birds that were strung together.

He ate while simultaneously condemning himself.

"Any more?" She could eat ten skewers of this roasted bird.

Jiu Er immediately pulled out more than a dozen small clods of earth from the fire.

"I have homemade beggar's bird food; you can eat as much as you want."

"Hmm," Baili Ce nodded in satisfaction.

In their excitement, they also distributed some to the 92s.

"Goose! Goose! Goose!!!"

"Cuckoo cuckoo..."

"Your Majesty, please don't hurt the goose! The goose!"

He refused as if possessed by a spirit of a goose born in 1992.

Seeing that he was practically kneeling down to kowtow to her, Baili Ce had no choice but to retract her offer, "Alright then..."

She didn't mention at all that she smelled a faint scent of human blood in the air.