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"Little gongzi, you're back." The village chief smiled as he welcomed Su Ruo.

Su Ruo frowned and said to the village head, "Village head, they can't stay here."

The village chief was speechless. He looked at the handsome young master and then at Su Ruo, in a dilemma. He had promised to let them stay the night, but Surou had said no. He knew that there must be a reason why Su Ruo would never say something that didn't make sense.

Hearing Su Ruo's words, the handsome young master sized up Su Ruo. On her fair and delicate face was an indifferent expression that was different from her age. She wore a blue dress and her long hair was tied up with a silver ring with birds and beasts carved on it.

The corner of his mouth curled up into a faint smile. Interesting, he was clearly a girl, but he had to pretend to be a man instead. Judging from her temperament, she did not seem like a person from the wilderness of this mountain village.

When the errand boy at the side saw Su Ruo walking away, he said unhappily, "I'm only staying with Young Master for one night. We'll leave after resting. There's no need for Young Lady to chase us away."

Su Ruo shot a glance at the errand boy. Her skin was tender and her nails were trimmed neatly. Her clothes were smooth, and her voice was sharp. When she stood up, her back was slightly arched.

"Our village's small temple cannot accommodate the Great Buddha, please change your direction. Where did you come from? Do not bring disaster upon innocent people."

Hearing Su Ruo's words, the handsome young master and the errand boy were slightly stunned. The two of them looked at each other, and just as the handsome young master was about to speak, Su Ruo took a deep breath, her expression suddenly changed. She walked behind the handsome young master, extended her index finger and slipped it on the back of his clothes, then placed it on her nose and smelled it.

Her expression was somewhat serious. "Black Pine Flower."

Others might not understand what this Black Pine Flower was, but Su Xiaoyi had been with Su Ruo for ten years and had gotten to know most of the strange flowers and plants. He sucked in a breath. Black pine is a colorless, tasteless flower of the Western Regions, but this flower attracts a rare bee. Therefore, many people specially trained the bees, using the black pine pollen to sprinkle on people's clothes, letting the bees track them. As long as the pollen from the Black Pine Flower didn't disappear, they would be able to track that person, be it at the ends of the earth or in the upper world, unless that thing was burned.

If the Black Pine Flower pollen were to touch the clothes, they would cause the clothes to emit a slightly sour smell similar to sweat. If one wasn't an expert, they would be unable to discern the difference.

Before the handsome young master could understand what Su Ruo meant, Su Ruo shouted loudly, "Quickly take off your clothes and burn it."

The handsome young master frowned, what was going on with this woman?

At this time, the errand boy next to him said, "Is this person retarded? Why did he let my master take off his clothes and burn him?" "Could it be that he has taken a fancy to my young master's attire and wants to take it for himself?"

Su Xiaoyi flew into a rage when she heard that, "You're the one with a screw loose! My Young Master is trying to save you two, you two fools have been tricked and you do not even know about it! "

"What?" The handsome young master and the errand boy looked at each other. This handsome young master not only knew who they were, but he also knew that they were being followed.

At this moment, Aunt Hua rushed in, out of breath, and said, "Village Head, little gongzi is in trouble. Something bad has happened." She took a breath and continued, "Outside, a squadron of Steel Cavalry has surrounded the village."

"What?" The Village Chief immediately started to panic. The village had been isolated from the world for so many years, how could there suddenly be an Armoured Cavalry coming to this place? His gaze fell on the handsome young master and his errand boy. Right! They must have provoked him! No wonder the little gongzi didn't want him to take them in!

He said to the handsome young master and the errand boy, "Leave quickly, those people must be looking for you."

Su Ruo stopped them, "No, their identities are sensitive. If they walk out like this, our village will suffer." She decisively said, "Xiao Yi, burn this young master's clothes immediately. Village Chief, bring the two of them and hide them in the vegetable cellar right now. "

When the handsome young master and the errand boy heard about the large group of people outside, their expressions changed slightly. Hearing that Su Chen wanted to save them, the handsome young master stood up and wanted to thank him.

Su Ruo glanced at him and said indifferently, "If you're being unreasonable, we'll talk about it when you're still alive."

Su Xiaoyi knew he had to be fast. Without caring about his image, he stepped forward and pulled off the handsome young master's clothes.

The village chief had always listened to Su Ruo. He knew that Su Ruo was right, so he quickly brought the handsome young master and the errand boy to the vegetable cellar in the backyard.

Su Ruo walked to the courtyard and clapped, "Ladies, remember my words. There has never been any handsome young master or errand boy in our village."

All the girls in the village knew the seriousness of the situation, otherwise they wouldn't have seen Su Ruo's serious expression. Last time she showed such a serious expression, it was because a storm was coming, so she advised everyone to hide in a nearby safe cave. Fortunately, they had listened to her words. Otherwise, the entire village would have been flooded. They would have reported this to Yama Minamiya a long time ago.

"Hurry up and find out who they are. Don't let any rumors leak out. I will deal with the Steel Cavalry outside."

The girls quickly moved out of the way. Before leaving, Aunt Hua warned Su Ruo, "Little gongzi, be careful."

Su Ruo slowly walked towards the village entrance. According to her calculations, the Steel Cavalry outside had two purposes. One was to find the whereabouts of the prince from that family, and the other was to silence them by killing them. Or perhaps there was a third purpose? Forget it, let's just deal with it.

Before they had even reached the village entrance, they could already see the glittering silver light from far away.

Su Ruo slightly frowned. It looked like the village was already surrounded. She glanced at a soldier who was a little closer to her, and suddenly she knew.

This armor either belonged to someone else, or it belonged to the Prince of Tian Clan.

She was more inclined towards the latter. Otherwise, with such a grand battle looking for the Prince of Tian Clan, how could she not be afraid of the actual situation? The royal family's struggle was always more terrifying and dark than what they knew. She had experienced it, so she knew the muddle.

In front of the village entrance, three men in azure clothes and a man in blue clothes were riding horses. The man in the lead was riding a Ferghana Horse.

Su Ruo's gaze fell on the blue-clothed man. For a moment, she was dazed. His eyebrows were very similar to the person she longed for. It was just that the temperament between his brows was far inferior to the person she thought of. Her he was like a cool wind on a warm spring day, while his was ice and snow on a cold winter day.

After a long while, Su Ruo regained her senses. She sized up the blue-clothed man, and her handsome and dark face made people shudder. Her graceful and calm demeanor, and her pair of elegant black eyes that could captivate a person's soul, were as shiny and profound as obsidian. She wore a gold and jade crown made of purple satin, and a brocade robe made of blue silk. His body exuded an elegant and noble aura akin to that of a peony, and he had a cold aura akin to that of a sleeping wild beast.

Su Ruo frowned, she couldn't see through him! She couldn't tell what kind of person he was in any detail. When she met his eyes, the light in them was like a deep pool that was about to suck her in and then spin with the vortex.

For the first time in more than three hundred years, she couldn't see through a person's emotions or heart.

Either this person was too good at camouflage, or this person was too good at hiding, hiding his true self.