Yang Zijin smacked her lips and saliva flew out. She wiped her mouth with Shuo Ling's sleeve. Feeling very embarrassed, Shuo Ling jerked his hand away.

Yang Zijin wet Shuo Ling's sleeve with her saliva.

Yang Zijin was awakened by his sudden movement. She thought it was someone going to abduct her again and jumped up from the bed. But when she saw Shuo Ling, she relaxed and was about to lie onto the bed again.

Shuo Ling watched her with affection and said in a soft voice, "It's time to get up."

"Oh." Lying on the bed, Yang Zijin stretched herself and then got up.

Their journey could not be delayed because of her.

Shuo Ling went out, holding Yang Zijin in his arms, and the escort troop had already gathered outside the door of the inn, including Runyu.

Xiao Mu was checking out with the innkeeper.

When Xiao Mu took out silver, the innkeeper smiled, "Thank you, Young Master. Next time you'll enjoy a discount at my inn."

After Xiao Mu paid the innkeeper, he went over.

Yang Zijin had been worried that if she kept riding the horse on the bumpy road, it would take a long time for her ankle to recover.

However, she saw a carriage among the troop. Yang Zijin felt her heart warm and leaned her face against Shuo Ling's chest.

Shuo Ling was very content with Yang Zijin's reaction.

He held Yang Zijin, walking to the carriage. Xiao Mu went over to lift the curtain of the carriage.

As Xiao Mu lifted the curtain, Yang Zijin thought she should look at Marquis Shuo with new eyes.

She never thought that Shuo Ling, who used to be aloof, could be so considerate.

The carriage was carpeted with quilts. Apparently, Marquis Shuo knew how to take care of her.

But she was the only one that he would take care of.

Shuo Ling put Yang Zijin into the carriage and took off her shoes.

When Shuo Ling's attention was on her shoes, Yang Zijin pinned him down and kissed him.

Shuo Ling was clearly shocked by Yang Zijin's "sudden attack".

However, he enjoyed it. He responded to her kiss and forgot those who were waiting outside for the departure.

After a long while, Yang Zijin let go of Shuo Ling, lying on his chest and smiled, "I love you."

This simple sentence was what Shuo Ling had been waiting to tell her. He didn't expect that Yang Zijin naturally spoke it out.

"You are luring me. If I have sex with you here, don't you afraid?" Shuo Ling teased her.

However, Yang Zijin answered him confidently, "No, I don't."

Gazing at her delicate face, Shuo Ling turned over to pin Yang Zijin down and went on kissing her.

At this point, Xiao Mu spoke outside, "My Lord, it's time to go now."

"I know." Shuo Ling reluctantly let go of Yang Zijin's lips.

Then he looked down at Yang Zijin, "Tell me if you are uncomfortable."

Yang Zijin nodded.

He gave her one more kiss and got off the carriage.

Xiao Mu led Shuo Ling's horse here. Shuo Ling took the reins and mounted the horse.

He drove the horse to the front.

Xiao Mu shouted, "Let's go."

The troop went on their way to Jiandu.

They had a peaceful day, but Shuo Ling didn't let down his guard.

Although Chushi Youtian's men won't attack again, there were other people coveting the card.

There were three- or four-days’ journey before they reached Jiandu and they mustn't let anything go wrong in between.

In Chushi Youtian's bedroom.

Chushi Youtian was going to sleep when he heard the noise. He quickly got up.

Luofeng and the other two guards stood before Chushi Youtian.

Chushi Youtian asked, "Have you made it?"

"No." Luofeng answered.

Chushi Youtian didn't look good. He rose his voice, "No? Last time you failed, but that's understandable. This time, so many of you failed again!"

"Your Majesty, we're almost there, but Ghost Immortal saved Her Highness." Luoyu explained.

Chushi Youtian frowned. He had heard of this person, "Ghost Immortal? A man of Jianghu?"

"Yes. Her Highness seems to get along well with him." Luofeng added.

Chushi Youtian narrowed his eyes, "I belittled Qingcheng. I didn't think she has such a good relationship with those men of the world. You've missed the boat this time, and it will be more difficult to make it next time."

"Your Majesty, we've got something after all. Please have a look." Luoyu handed the parchment scroll to Chushi Youtian.

Chushi Youtian took it over, "What's this?"

"We found it in Her Highness's package." Luoyu added.

Chushi Youtian unbent his brows. He thought this blank scroll was indeed the treasure map of Beiling's Emperor.

Chushi Youtian was pleased, "God blessed me. God blessed me!"

As the leader of this country, he must take good charge of the disaster relief work in Jiandu. However, he had appropriated the fund in national treasury for his mausoleum and the national treasury was empty.

Now he had this treasure map. If he found the treasure left by Beiling's Emperor, he could fill the treasure in the national treasury and rearm his military to unify the land.

When Yan He, Beiling's Emperor was on the throne, Beiling was prosperous and its treasury was full. He found his younger brother Yan Ji plotting to usurp the throne, so he hid many treasures of Beiling in a secret place to prevent his rebellion. It was said that there were many traps in the hidden place.

The mechanics and those who knew the place were all killed.

Later, Yan He's brother usurped the throne. He tried to force Yan He into telling him about the hidden place, but Yan He didn't tell him the whereabouts of the card and the treasure map.

Yan Ji went through the Palace after ascending the throne, but he failed to find them.

Chushi Youtian didn't know this at first, but this secret accidentally met him.

One day, when he exited the Imperial Study, he wandered about and saw a strange man went out of Suhan's residence. At that time, Suhan was unmarried.

Chushi Youtian was puzzled. He knew Suhan was a moral woman that she won't have secret communication with strange men. In order not to jeopardize her reputation, Chushi Youtian asked his men to investigate that man.

He later learned that that man was the son of Yan He, Beiling's Emperor, who survived and came to Suhan to ask for her help. Chushi Youtian's man overheard about the card and the treasure map.

At that time, Chushi Youtian had just ascended the throne and was at his ambitious age, so he desired to gain the card and the treasure map.

However, it also gave Chushi Youtian a headache. He knew Suhan wasn't his sibling, but she treated him as if he was her biological brother.

He didn't know how to start and shelved his plans, but he didn't give up.

He waited until Suhan got married and gave birth to Infanta Qingcheng. In that year, Suhan went to Beiling to worship her biological parents.

Chushi Youtian thought about blocking Suhan halfway to rob the card and the treasure map, but he couldn't bear to do that.

Later, his scout told him that imperial concubine Xiao had sent killers to intercept Princess Royal on the road.

Chushi Youtian got furious because of imperial concubine Xiao's secret action. It seemed that imperial concubine Xiao had betrayed him.

He commanded the scout to protect Princess Royal. However, he stopped the scout before he went out of the door.

Finally, Chushi Youtian chose the former one between interests and family.

He decided to gain the card through imperial concubine Xiao, so he could profit from this as well as deceive himself that he hadn't harmed his sister.

However, imperial concubine Xiao didn't find the card.

Chushi Youtian didn't want to attract more attention. Imperial concubine Xiao found a scapegoat and he took the easy option to declare that person guilty.

But now, the card appeared, and the treasure map fell into the clutch of him.

God helped Dongling.

Chushi Youtian said, "You can leave now. See about the card later."

"Yes." They disappeared in the darkness.

After they left, Chushi Youtian quickly hid the parchment scroll into the secret chest in his bedroom.

The next thing was to visualize the characters on the scroll. Now that it was in his hand, he had a lot of time to study it.

...

In a courtyard inside the city.

Lan Ruojing was wiping his sword with a piece of cloth.

Si hijacked a group of bound people over, pushing them to Lan Ruojing, and then shouted, "Get on your knees!"

"Young Master, this is all of them. We made great efforts to find them." Si reported to Lan Ruojing in front of him.

Lan Ruojing put his sword on the table and looked at those kneeling people, "Tell me, who sent you to create the disturbance at the gate?"

"Spare me, Lord! Spare my life, Young Master! We are paid to do this." Someone replied and kowtowed.

Lan Ruojing picked up the sword and lifted his chin with the point of the blade, "You mean you are manipulated?"

"Yes, Young Master. That woman hired us to make trouble at the gate with an ingot of silver." That man confessed.

Lan Ruojing narrowed his eyes, "Do you know who she is?"

Those people shook their heads.

Then Lan Ruojing removed the sword from that man's chin, "If she appears again, can you recognize her?"

"Young... Young Master, we... we can." They quickly promised.

Lan Ruojing counted those people kneeling on the ground grimly, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. I give you seven five days to find this woman."

He said as he rose to his feet, then crouched in front of them, and sneered, "Let's play a game."

The seven people shuddered and Lan Ruojing continued,

"Tomorrow, you three will go to look for this woman on the street. If you can't find her on the first day, I'll kill one of you. The second day, two of you... What do you think?" He pointed at three men in the front.