C11

The moment Luo Yi's warning was heard, Xu Heng's expression darkened. He quickly dodged the approaching dagger behind him and pulled Luo Yi's hand to prevent her from hurting Luo Yi because she couldn't even hold back her movement.

He knew they were being followed.

From the moment they appeared in the market, the shadows behind them had never stopped.

They hadn't been in the Northern Tribes for long, and there weren't many people who had a grudge against them. After all, the only thing that they were suspicious of was the Apothecary Guild.

Xu Heng glanced at the people who had been sneakily following him. His lips curled up as he picked up a silver hairpin and placed it on Luo Yi's head. "This hairpin looks pretty good."

"What kind of strange aesthetic is this?"

Luo Yi rolled her eyes at him.

Then, just like he expected, Luo Yi saw a few sneaky figures behind her through the mirror, so he dodged the attacks as per her warning.

However, the old man who set up the stall in front of them was not so lucky.

The booth was smashed to pieces by the person rushing over. Something that was originally precious had fallen to the ground and become broken pieces of trash. The old man cried loudly, but he didn't dare to step forward to let them pay the price. He could only hide in the corner and watch as a few figures appeared from nowhere, surrounding the man and woman who were standing in front of his stall.

What a sin …

He felt that it was a pity that these things were useless to him. Suddenly, two pieces of crushed silver were tossed in front of him, and he met the apologetic gaze of the man.

The old man was stunned for a moment, then he picked up the silver and hid it to the side.

Xu Heng threw some money and pulled Luo Yi behind him to protect himself. Then, he suppressed his voice and asked, "May I know who you are? But do you have a grudge against me? If it is not, then who sent it? "

The people surrounding them looked at each other, but didn't answer his question. They silently attacked without giving them any time to react.

Luo Yi didn't know any martial arts. Being protected by Xu Heng behind her, she was afraid that she would cause trouble for Xu Heng, so she resolutely followed Xu Heng's instructions. He told her to take a look and run, while no one was looking, Luo Yi ran out of the encirclement.

Whether they were merchants or passersby, all of them fled the moment they saw that something was wrong. Therefore, other than the few of them, no other living beings could be found on the street.

After finding a place to hide, those people seemed to be unable to see her. They focused all of their energy on Xu Heng and started getting more and more fierce, as if they wanted to kill him on the street.

Luo Yi watched for a while and gradually realized that something was wrong.

Her eyebrows were tightly knitted together.

Xu Heng didn't seem to be able to handle these people from the start. His whole body revealed the word "struggle" while fighting, and he also suffered a lot of injuries, but none of them were serious, so he didn't need to worry too much about it, but... Luo Yi just felt that something was wrong.

She always felt that Xu Heng shouldn't look like he was beaten to the point that he had no strength to fight back.

But then again, she had never really seen Xu Heng fight. That person could argue. His words could change mountains and rivers when he opened his mouth. Therefore, there was not much chance for him to fight. The only thing he got close to was the time when Xu Heng had performed his little Qing Gong.

However, there were a lot of people in this world who only knew lightness skills and were not good at fighting. It was probably because Xu Heng usually acted too confidently, that people mistook him for an omnipotent being.

Luo Yi's mind raced as she thought about how much of a chance she would have to live to meet the Li Kingdom if Xu Heng were to die here today. She didn't wait for her brain to give a concrete answer, she already rushed out one step at a time.

In the books she used to read, the protagonist would always howl before throwing himself in front of her as a shield. Not only did hitting the grass startle the snake, it often backfired, so she silently rushed forward until she rushed into the crowd to block Xu Heng's blade.

Xu Heng had a cub when he was young.

The wolf cub was given to him by a farmer who had been his benefactor. At that time, his wife was very ill and his family really didn't have any money to help her treat her illness. Thus, he had no choice but to commit this act of robbery.

Although Xu Heng was young, the farmer could tell with a glance that he was wearing top quality silk clothing. Thus, he hardened his heart and took Xu Heng away while the school was still in school. He didn't expect the child to have that much silver on him. While he was thinking about how to send news to his family members, Xu Heng, who hadn't opened his mouth since he was kidnapped, suddenly asked, "You want money?"

He blinked and looked at the farmer without fear or resentment.

It was like a lifeless rag doll. When looking at this world, one would not even have the slightest bit of emotion. However, he was clearly a living person with flesh and blood. Seeing that the farmer didn't say anything, he kindly repeated, "Do you want money?"

The farmer recovered from the shock.

Actually, he did not need to care about such a child. However, for some reason, when he heard the tender voice of this person, he could not help but nod his head.

Xu Heng saw the situation and spoke again: "If I give you the money, then let me go?"

As he spoke, he took out a handful of silver from a secret pocket inside his clothes and handed it to him. "Here."

The farmer took the silver tael with trembling hands. Before he could react, he saw that the boy had already started moving out. He moved faster than he thought and reached out to grab the child.

This time, Xu Heng was stopped, and his face finally showed a trace of panic.

Although he had followed his father around since he was young and he had some ability to recognize people, he was still a child after all. It was hard to avoid seeing things wrongly — he was able to calm down after seeing that the person was honest and honest. He only wanted money and no harm to others.

Xu Heng was already a schemer since he was young. He felt that this person must have seen money and must have had the guts to kill him to keep his mouth shut. His body stiffened for a moment. When he turned around, he saw that the farmer's face was still as honest as ever. The expression on his face was unpredictable. After a while, both of his knees bent and he kneeled down.

"Great kindness …"

He did not have any culture, so he could not figure out what the second half of the sentence was, but Xu Heng understood. Xu Heng waved his hand to indicate that he did not mind, but the farmer insisted on pulling him back, not knowing how to repay the gratitude.

His family was so poor that they couldn't even open the pot, so naturally, he didn't have anything to repay them. Xu Heng looked around and finally stopped at a skinny creature in the corner of the room that couldn't even tell what it was and said: "Then give it to me. Just treat it as something I bought."

After the little thing was carried home and washed clean, revealing its original brown fur, Xu Heng stared into its dying eyes and thought, so it's a puppy.

The servants and servants all thought that this small but unexpectedly fierce Little Black was a wild dog picked up from somewhere by their master. When it was free, they would tease it until Xu Shilian invited a good friend from the imperial court to dinner one day. Someone was surprised by Little Black, who was napping quietly in the nest of Xu Heng's arms, and spilled the wine in his hands, "Why are you hugging a wolf, young master?"

The moment he said that, other than Xu Heng, everyone else present was shocked.

Xu Heng looked at the adults around him curiously.

He didn't feel that there was any difference between a wolf cub and a dog cub. In any case, it was the same even if they were in their arms, but Xu Shilian was extremely nervous. Xu Shilian immediately called for someone, wanting to beat Xiaohei to death.

He stared blankly at it for a second and when he came back to his senses, he kept begging his father to save Blacky. However, no matter how much he begged, Xu Shilian remained unmoved. Wu Tie begged for mercy as he bit his lips and tilted his head to look at Blacky. When he raised his head, he took out a small knife from nowhere and slashed at his arm.

He was still young and did not understand that animal medicine was not the same as human medicine, so even if he coaxed his father to give him the medicine using this method, he would probably not be able to give the medicine to Blacky. However, he innocently hugged Blacky to his chest, waiting for the doctor to give him the medicine before secretly feeding it to Blacky. However, Blacky was probably frightened earlier. Now that it was stimulated by the smell of the blood, it bit down on Xu Heng's arm that was in front of it. Luckily, the servant at the side quickly pulled Xu Heng away, causing its sharp teeth to graze its flesh.

And after this incident, Blacky had even lost its last breath after being frightened by the crowd.

After applying the medicine, Father Xu didn't forget to teach him a lesson. "He's just a beast, it's worth it for you to put him in your heart!"

Xu Heng lowered his head and didn't say anything.

But since then, Father Xu could vaguely see the fierceness in Xu Heng's bones.

What he wanted to do, he did not care about the price, even if it hurt himself.

Therefore, Xu Heng had planned to get hurt from the beginning.

This group of people were obviously street hoodlums hired by the Innocent Medical Hall. Fighting skills completely depended on brute force, and although their attacks were fierce, no one dared to truly stab them in their vitals. Thus, Xu Heng understood that the infirmary didn't intend to put them to death.

At least not yet.

It wasn't that he couldn't defeat this group of people, nor that he couldn't sense the sneak attack from behind him. It was just that this scene had caused him to be deaf and blind. Who would have thought that the girl who always cared about her life would unhesitatingly charge out in this kind of situation and block the knife that should have landed on his back for him?

Xu Heng didn't know where he was for a moment.

However, even if his brain wasn't fully aware of the body's long-established response, it was still very fast. Xu Heng instinctively took Luo Yi who was softly in his arms. His previously emotionless eyes suddenly turned cold when he saw the bright red blood stains on her back. His pair of sinister eyes were like snakes as they wrapped around the person who ambushed him.

The man who was being stared at shuddered inexplicably.

Actually, that cut wasn't that serious, it was just a bit painful. When Luo Yi opened her eyes in pain, she could still pat Xu Heng's shoulder to remind him of the shadow that suddenly rushed over from behind.

Xu Heng hugged her with one hand and moved a lot slower than before. After dodging a dagger on the side, he definitely couldn't dodge the blade coming from the other direction. But no matter what, Luo Yi, who was under his protection, didn't receive any new wounds.

Luo Yi thought that maybe it was a bad thing for her. She raised her head and saw Xu Heng's lowered gaze. As if she saw through her thoughts, she suddenly smiled at her in a way that was different from before.

Luo Yi couldn't tell the specific difference, but she could clearly see the meaning of comfort from this look. As expected, the next second, Xu Heng bent over her face with a hint of gentleness in his voice: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Fortunately, he was still rational, and he knew that since the Alchemist Guild was going to probe them, they would be hiding nearby as well. Thus, he closed his eyes, forcing himself to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, and when he opened his eyes again, the surging killing intent in his eyes had already disappeared, replaced by a look of hatred and puzzlement.

He estimated the time in his mind and felt that it was about time to act. He recited the number three in his heart, and just as he finished his sentence, the sound of the Alchemist's deep voice came from the street corner not far away.

"Who is disturbing the peace here in broad daylight!?"

"..."

Even though she knew that they were not on the same side, Luo Yi still couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when she heard the voice of the Liangshi.

Xu Heng also noticed it and subconsciously tightened his grip on Luo Yi.

The delinquents that surrounded them immediately scattered when they heard the sound of the infirmary, and the infirmary directed them to go down to chase those people while supporting Xu Heng. He was obviously the one who called Xu Heng over, yet now he pretended to be righteous and asked him: "Brother Xin, you just arrived, how did you offend such a group of people?"

Xu Heng sneered inside his heart, but he looked at a loss: "I don't know …"

He coughed twice in a timely manner, causing the infirmary to strongly support him before continuing, "I don't know that group of people, nor do I know who exactly I offended … Cough cough … You must be joking, Brother Lian. "

The Medical Examiner was naturally well-mannered. Then, as if he had just noticed something, he let out a surprised cry: "Miss Luo is also injured? Is it serious? Let me see. "

With her face buried in Xu Heng's chest, Luo Yi only exposed her injured back. Now that the doctor had mentioned her name, just as she was hesitating whether she should lift her head to reply to him, she felt Xu Heng push her closer to his chest even more forcefully.

"No need." His voice instantly turned cold as he hugged Luo Yi while enduring the pain on his arm. Along the way, he avoided the hands of Luo Yi who wanted to help him, but when he bumped into Luo Yi's surprised gaze, his expression changed to one of gentleness for a second. "Don't worry, it's fine now."