The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 35 Jiangnan Chase
Zhao Ti saw the coldness in the girl's eyes and sneered: "Where did I lie?"

"You are not from Dali!"

Zhao Ti shook his head: "Where did I say I was from Dali? I am from the Song Dynasty. I came out to travel and heard that Dali has beautiful scenery, so I came here to enjoy it."

The girl's sword did not move: "Where in the Song Dynasty are you from?"

Zhao Ti thought to himself, if I said it was Suzhou, I'm afraid you would stab me with your sword. Although you can't stab me even if I give you a hundred chances, you will be in trouble if I give you one chance, but how can I say that.

He said, “I’m from Tokyo.”

The girl showed a hint of doubt: "The capital of the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Ti nodded: "Of course it's the capital, has the girl been there?"

The girl slowly retracted her sword: "I haven't been there, but your accent doesn't sound like that..."

"Not like what?"

The girl snorted coldly: "Nothing!"

Zhao Ti said, "Miss, you want me to go out, and if I don't go out, you're going to fight me. If you don't ask me to go out, you're going to fight me. Miss, what do you think I should do now?"

The girl looked at him for a moment and said, "If you stay here, even if I don't kill you, you will still lose your life in the end."

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "What do you mean?"

The girl said, "Once the outsiders break in, they will not spare any grass or tree in this yard, let alone a living person like you."

Zhao Ti touched his chin and said, "Isn't that death either way? But there are a lot of people outside, so it's better to stay."

The girl looked at him and said nothing more. She just stood there facing the courtyard gate, but no one outside dared to come in, not even raising their heads.

Zhao Ti knew that people outside were afraid of Mu Wanqing's sleeve arrows. The sleeve arrows were fired from a machine, fast and fierce, and contained a deadly poison. Once touched, even if it was just a scratch, one would lose his life.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Ti said, "It's not too late yet. If it gets dark, they will definitely attack the courtyard. However... it will be easier to escape then."

The girl said, "Do you want to escape at night? There are ambushes everywhere outside. If you go out at night, the enemy will be in the dark and you will be in the light. Wouldn't it be easy for you to be killed? I think it's better to escape during the day."

Zhao Ti rubbed his forehead: "Then why don't you leave now?"

The girl sneered: "If you dare to say another word, I will throw you out of this door immediately and let them do whatever they want to you!"

Zhao Ti sighed, "I'll wait until night before leaving." Then he stood up and ran to the stable.

The girl asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhao Ti said, "I like the horse, so I'll take another look at it."

The girl said calmly: "Although you are not with them, you are not necessarily a good person. It is better to stay here and don't move!"

Zhao Ti showed a hint of sarcasm. The girl held a long sword and confronted the outside world. The sky gradually darkened. The maid came over cautiously and said, "Miss, I'll go make some food."

The girl said, "You better be careful."

Zhao Ti said, "What's the point of being careful? Your yard is not small. It's okay now. If they climb over the wall after dark, what can you protect?"

When the girl heard this, her face changed drastically under her veil and she remained silent for a long time.

Zhao Ti couldn't see her expression and said, "Don't you have any friends to help you?"

The maid whispered, "Miss, over there in the valley..."

The girl said, "Don't say anything, and don't make anything. Just get some dry food and water."

The maid nodded, then hurried away.

Zhao Ti was bored, so he used his Phantom Yin Qi, and for a moment his temperament became a little feminine.

The girl suddenly asked, "Are you very good at martial arts?"

Zhao Ti thought for a moment and said, "It's just fancy fighting, but it's not worthy of being performed in a formal setting." The girl sneered, "You have some self-awareness. If I leave at night, what will you do?"

Zhao Ti said, "Miss, sell me the horse and I will go by myself."

The girl said, "I knew you had such a plan. You saw that I had a horse, and you wanted to go there before. Were you trying to steal the horse and run away?"

Zhao Ti nodded: "I have thought about it."

The girl was stunned for a moment, then she pondered, "Why admit it?"

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "Why can't I tell you this? In this critical moment, we should be honest with each other and overcome this difficulty. If I lie, it will only create estrangement, which will be detrimental to the current situation."

"If it wasn't a crisis... then you'd be lying?" The girl's voice turned cold.

"That's possible." said Zhao Ti.

"Why do you want to admit it again?" The girl was stunned again, and looked at Zhao Ti with a pair of dark eyes.

"It is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid danger. If the situation is not critical, the horse thief can escape the encirclement here. If the girl finds out and interrogates me, and I answer truthfully, I'm afraid she will attack me with a sword." Zhao Ti said with a smile.

The girl pointed the sword again and said, "I hate lying men the most. Since you admit that you lie, I will no longer believe what you said before."

Zhao Ti thought, you don't hate men who lie, you hate all men, right? Didn't your master Qin Hongmian say that all men in the world are heartless and ungrateful?

He said, "The girl has never told a lie?"

The girl was slightly stunned, then thought about it, her family also said that when she was a child, she played in the mountains for a long time, and was afraid of being scolded by her master when she returned, so she also talked about this and that. Even her master said that, not to mention the distant past, just recently, when she went to Suzhou to kill the woman from the Wang family, she didn't tell many truths to outsiders along the way.

But she was unwilling to admit it at this moment: "I didn't!"

Zhao Ti smiled without saying anything. He watched the sky turn dusk. The setting sun in the west looked like blood, and its light splashed down, illuminating the courtyard with a red and yellow color, which was extremely beautiful.

Seeing Zhao Ti enjoying the scenery, the girl suddenly became angry and swung her sword, thinking of teaching him a lesson. But at this moment, a scream came from the inner courtyard behind her. It turned out to be the voice of the maid.

"Let's do it..." Zhao Ti frowned.

The girl said nothing, but drew her sword and rushed back.

Zhao Ti stood up and followed slowly. It was pointless to stay here in the first place. It wasn't like the terrain was strategic and one man could not hold back ten thousand. He didn't know what Mu Wanqing was thinking.

When they arrived in front of the house in the backyard, they saw a maid shivering beside her. Two men dressed in martial arts clothes had been stabbed in the vital parts of their bodies with swords and had already died.

The girl saw him coming and said, "Why don't you run away for your life?"

Zhao Ti glanced at the gate and said, "There are so many people outside. Going out now would be like committing suicide. Let's wait until it's completely dark."

The girl was silent: "What you just said is true, they really want to come in at night."

Zhao Ti shook his head and said, "It's a little earlier than expected."

The girl glanced at him, then led her maid into the hall of the inner courtyard, turned on the lights inside, and saw dim figures.

Zhao Ti then entered: "Why do we need to light candles? Isn't this giving the enemy an opportunity?"

The girl said angrily, "I knew you were going to come in. Are you asking me to get along with a man in a dark room? It would be better to ask them to do it outside and save us so much trouble."

Zhao Ti said: "It is no good for you to think too much, young lady."

The girl looked at him for a while, sneered, and went inside to sit on a chair.

Zhao Ti looked around the hall for a moment and found it was very spacious and extremely long from east to west, so he went to the flower table over there and took a fruit to eat.

After eating for a while, he sat down here and closed his eyes to rest.

I don't know how much time had passed, but it was completely dark outside. Only the night wind was blowing outside the window. There was no sound of insects, and the atmosphere was dark and gloomy.

After a while, I suddenly heard noises coming from all directions. I didn't know how many people there were. After more than ten breaths, they were getting closer and closer, and seemed to have reached the window.

(End of this chapter)