Her guards

Chapter 269 Being a Bad Guy
The morning light peeked through the rugged cliffs into the cave, gently caressing the face of the boy lying on the ground, dancing lightly.

The boy, annoyed by the sunlight, raised his hand to chase it away. As he did so, he hissed twice and opened his eyes.

Mo Zheng glanced at her arm.

The injury wasn't serious, so much so that she forgot about it while she was asleep.

But an injury is still an injury, and it will hurt when it's aggravated.

Mo Zheng propped herself up and sat up, seeing that there was no one else in the narrow cave and that it was quiet outside as well.

This has been the case for the past few days.

She glanced again at the stones placed beside her...

It seems to have been beside her ever since she woke up after being shot by an arrow.

Polished stone.

Although it was very rough, it carved out a hollow, which was now half-filled with water.

There is no water source in this canyon, but rainwater drips from the cracks in the sand and rocks inside the cave.

She finished the water she filled up before going to bed last night, and now it's full again...

Mo Zheng watched quietly for a moment, then picked up the stone bowl and drank it in one gulp.

"Wei Jiao, Wei Jiao," she called softly.

There was no response from outside.

But she knew that Wei Jiao was still outside.

The shadow cast on the cliff face on the ground faintly revealed a human figure.

She said that the reason she tricked him into leaving Longxi City was to prevent him from going to his death with her. After cursing her as a dog, Wei Jiao never spoke to her again.

He neither approached her nor left, but squatted on the cliff outside, seemingly turned to stone, oblivious to the outside world.

He didn't speak, so Mo Zheng spoke on her own.

“Wei Jiao, I didn’t just lie to you, I’ve been lying to people all along, Yang Luo was also lied to by me.”

"Why was Yang Luo in Zhao County back then? It was because I tricked him into going there."

"She thought I was doing this for her own good and protecting her, but actually I was using her identity to take revenge and kill the Li father and son."

“I didn’t just lie to her at the beginning. Even now, after I’ve told her my true identity, I’m still lying to her.”

"I tricked you into coming back to the capital, and she didn't know that I was leaving this time."

She leaned against the wall and smiled as she said this.

"She was waiting to gain great merit by pacifying Wei Cui this time, and then, after the emperor discovered my identity, she would use that to obtain a pardon, save my life, and let me live a normal life from then on."

"She's too naive."

"How could that be? Someone of my status is not even as good as people like Wei Cui and Sun Shu."

“Those who commit treason might be able to live as criminals if they follow their clansmen, but not for someone like me.”

"Because I am innocent, and I am also orthodox."

"Furthermore, I will not entrust my life to others, nor will I live in fear and trembling under their control."

"Furthermore, I even lie to the people closest to me."

“My companions who went to Xirong first all thought I would really go with them, but I wasn’t sure at all.”

"Anyway..."

"That's the kind of person I am. I lie to people every day, I lie to everyone."

"Commander Wei, you're the best. Even after being tricked, you still came to me..."

"Since I am inferior to you and have fallen into your hands, you can do whatever you want with me."

She shouted it out loud.

The wind howled outside, but there was no other response.

Mo Zheng leaned against the wall and stood up.

"Wei Jiao, if you have nothing else to say, then I'll be leaving now—"

She said this and walked outside.

"...Although I was prepared to die, since I'm still alive, I'll give it another try."

The cave in the canyon was shallow; I emerged in three steps and stepped into the sunlight. Suddenly, a rock, accompanied by a strange gust of wind, hurled at me, grazing my toes and embedding itself in the ground…

Mo Zheng looked up to the side, where Wei Jiao was coldly watching her from the cliff face.

Mo Zheng looked at him, raised her hands and clasped them together in front of her, and blinked: "Senior brother, don't be angry anymore."

……

……

Uncle Hei, who was lying prone on the canyon wall in the distance, was about to rush out when he saw the rocks falling towards Mo Zheng, but was held down by the two people next to him.

"Don't do anything yet."

"He's too close to the young master—"

"It provoked him so much that he attacked us, and we couldn't save him in time."

Fortunately, Mo Zheng was not injured; the stone only landed at her feet. Wei Jiao did not make any further moves and remained standing on the cliff.

They remained frozen in place, watching the two people not far ahead who were also frozen in place.

……

……

No matter whether she called him "Captain" or "Senior Brother," Wei Jiao didn't react; he just stared at her coldly.

Mo Zheng didn't care and continued talking to herself.

“Besides you, I’ve also fooled all the other senior brothers. When their identities are revealed, they will probably be implicated.”

"Although I told the chief priest his true identity long ago, I guess he will still be implicated."

He finished speaking and smiled wistfully.

"I don't know what to do next."

Upon hearing this, Wei Jiao, who had been silent all along, finally spoke.

"Don't know?" he said coldly. "How could you not know? Let me kill you, and Prince Mo will die in Longxi. Then all the past will turn to ashes, and everyone related to you will be safe."

Mo Zheng looked at him and sighed softly: "How could I ask someone who knows I would never kill me to kill me? That would be too shameless, too much, and too hurtful."

Wei Jiao laughed heartily, his dark eyes seemingly swirling with countless vortexes. "Good, good, good," he said, "You're so amazing, you know everything. In your eyes, we're all just dogs being played by you."

He leaped down from the cliff and stood in front of Mo Zheng, his clothes, adorned with animal skins and feathers, flying wildly.

He looked at her.

"Is this face still disguised?" he suddenly asked.

Mo Zheng raised her hand and wiped her cheek: "It's gone, it was just real dust."

Wei Jiao's gaze slowly slid across her face, as if he wanted to say something, but he hesitated to speak.

Mo Zheng didn't say anything more, she just looked at him.

The two remained locked in this stalemate, letting the wind of the canyon pass between them.

Just when Mo Zheng thought time had stood still, Wei Jiao turned and walked away.

Mo Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously took a step forward: "Hey."

Wei Jiao neither turned back nor stopped walking.

"Wei Jiao, you..." Mo Zheng called out again, almost blurting out "Where are you going?"

But he swallowed the words back down his throat.

She had driven him away before, but he didn't do as she planned and reappeared.

Now that he's finally leaving again, it's to her liking once more.

What else does she want to ask?
Should we keep him?
You can't be so shameless.
Mo Zheng watched the young man's back slowly walk away. Even walking in the middle of the canyon, under the sunlight, he looked like a rock.

"Wei Jiao".

She heard a voice calling.

Was it her who shouted?

Mo Zheng raised her hand and covered her mouth.

I can feel my lips are dry and cracked.

Yes, that shallow pool of water with stones is simply not enough to drink.

"Wei Jiao!" she shouted, "There's no water here."

The young man ahead seemed deaf to their presence, walking along the winding canyon, about to disappear from sight at any moment.

Mo Zheng kicked away the stone that Wei Jiao had just thrown down in front of her feet.

"I'm not going to be a good person anymore!" she shouted, leaping forward like a swallow on her toes. "I did a good deed once, driving you away and sparing your life, and now I'm getting my reward—"

Wei Jiao heard shouts behind him and the sound of people rushing towards him.

Rewards.

Does it refer to him running back, appearing just in time, and shooting her with an arrow?

Wei Jiao sneered.

The thought flashed through his mind, and the wind whistled past his ears. He turned his head slightly and saw Mo Zheng pull out a cloth belt from her waist, which suddenly turned into a soft whip and rolled over.

"...Since you've walked right into our trap, you're not getting away!"

Wei Jiao raised her hand and grabbed the whip that was being brought towards her, coldly looking at the person behind her: "What do you want?"

"I'm going to kill Wei Cui and head to the Western Rong." Mo Zheng stared at him, her eyes gleaming. "I want to live freely and rule as a king!"

Wei Jiao suddenly shoved her away.

The person was thrown out and crashed into the cliff face, where sand and stones rolled down.

"What does this have to do with me?" Wei Jiao sneered and stepped forward again.

But the whip lashed out again the next moment—

“You are Wei Cui’s son—” Mo Zheng said in a deep voice, “Of course I’ll use you to blackmail him, and then make you watch as I kill your father. That’s the kind of bad person I am—”

As Wei Jiao turned around, he used the momentum to throw Mo Zheng, who had just wrapped around his arm, away again.

"Then you might as well grab a dog and use it to threaten him, that would be more effective—" he sneered.

Having said that, he continued forward.

The person rushed at him again, accompanied by the sound of the wind. This time, he tried to dodge but failed, and the whip wrapped him and her tightly together.

A hand reached out from behind and hugged his waist.

"You and I have bowed to heaven and earth."

"I originally thought that if you lived, you could continue to watch the night sky for me."

"But I've changed my mind."

"You walked right into our trap!"

"You gave me the opportunity to be the bad guy!"

"Wei Jiao, you'd better live and die with me."

"While I am alive, you are my husband; when I die, you are my deceased husband."

……

.......
You've changed your mind?

Are you willing to live and die with him?
Wei Jiao chuckled inwardly.

Think beautiful.

But he didn't shake her off.

This does not mean that he accepted it.

He just wanted to seize this opportunity.

This bastard treated him so cruelly before, deceiving him time and time again, so of course he had to deceive her once more.

just wait.

He will retaliate.

……

……

Behind a few rocks in the canyon not far away, Uncle Hei and the other three huddled together, looking at the two people in front of them who were hugging each other and not moving. They also froze.

"So it seems," Uncle Hei slowly managed to say, "that it's now the young master who's taken Wei Jiao hostage."

(End of this chapter)