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  "Damn it!" Chen Yuan cursed in his heart. Now practicing martial arts and traveling the world? Chen Shimei is already 27 this year! Can those bones still be practiced? This path will definitely die faster than the previous two.

  Chen Yuan was helpless, and with a final resort, tears streaming down his face, he knelt before the woman's bed: "Heroine! Spare my life, I have an eighty-year-old mother at home with no one to care for her! Two children who are not yet three years old, the younger one just born, I haven't even seen their faces! Is there a fourth way out?"

  The girl was furious: "Yes! The fourth road is where I will kill you right now!"

  "Let's just say it's the fifth item!"

  "Either kill me, or marry me, or roam the world with me, or I'll kill you right now! Choose for yourself!"

  No matter which one, it's a dead end for Chen Yuan. In comparison, the first one still has some chance of survival.

  He wanted to say he chose the first option, but then thought again. The woman had already sobered up and although she was still seriously injured, relying on Chen Shimei's scholar body, if the woman didn't want to lie there and let him kill her, there was some risk involved.

  "Alright, since all the paths given to me are dead ends, it's no wonder I've become ruthless! Chen Yuan is evil and wants to get rid of this woman. He lifted his head and put on a smiling face: "Why don't we take a break first? Everyone can calm down, things can be discussed slowly tomorrow, let's just focus on recovering from our injuries for now. How about it?"

  The girl nodded: "Okay, let's talk about it after I'm healed. The path I gave you can be chosen at will, and I won't force you."

  "You really have a sense of humor!"

  He finished speaking and lay down on the floor. Although he had already lain down, Chen Yuan's heart could not calm down. He was secretly thinking about how to make his move. At the same time, he also regretted it very much, if he had known that things would become so troublesome, why did he have to save her?

  Take advantage of her being asleep to make a move? No, from the start, I didn't dare kill anyone. What if at the crucial moment my hand goes soft and I fail to kill her, only to be struck down by her sword instead? Wouldn't that be unjust?

  Go report to the authorities? It doesn't seem like it would work either, and now I'm even more unclear about what's going on.

  Is there a secret report to the Grand Tutor's residence? The Grand Tutor's residence has already spread the news, as long as someone provides information about the assassin, they will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver. One thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, but Chen Yuan is afraid that he won't have his life to spend it.

  It seems like there's no choice but to poison!

  Poisoning is great! No need to see blood, just put the poison in her food and serve it to her, then go collect the body later.

  Wait until things are done, take her out of the city yourself, and set a big fire to burn her! Nothing is left!

  Chen Yuan thought of this and finally smiled again: "Alright, let's do it that way. Tomorrow, go buy some poison."

  Just as he had made up his mind, he suddenly heard the woman ask a question: "Hey, scholar, what's your name?"

  Chen Yuan replied very politely: "I am Chen Shimei."

  The girl listened and after a while whispered: "My name is Hu Jing, I'm seventeen this year." Then there was no more sound.

  Chen Yuan naturally knew what it meant for a woman to voluntarily tell her name and age, and he felt a bit annoyed in his heart: "I didn't ask, why did she say it herself?"

  But then I thought, why bother with all that, just find an opportunity to poison her, whatever name she's called doesn't matter, seventeen this year? From now on, every year will be seventeen, brother will make her youth eternal!

  Suddenly, Hu Jing whispered: "There is someone on the roof!"

  Chen Yuans heart suddenly burst with surprise. He had just been about to make his move, and yet they were giving him another day's time. Wouldn't even this one night be gone?

  She pricked up her ears, but didn't hear any movement, and couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. She glanced at Hu Jing's pale face - could this girl have seen through her own thoughts and be deceiving herself?

  That's impossible! My own thoughts are in my own head, how could she know?

  Just then, a loud laughter was heard from the rooftop: "Haha! It turns out that there's not just one person who likes to appreciate the moonlight on rooftops. Since you're all here, I have a jar of fine wine downstairs, would you like to come down and share a drink?"

  Listening to the sound, it was indeed Bai Yutang, the white jade mouse!

  Chen Yuans heart couldn't help but secretly rejoice, with this noble god here, tonight should be safe, right?

  "Bai Yutang! You've committed a grave offense by killing an official and stealing treasure, a crime punishable by death! Come quietly with us to see Bao Zheng!"

  Bai Yutang continued to laugh: "Everyone knows that I have committed an unforgivable crime, how could I possibly go quietly with Bao Xiangye?"

  That person immediately said: "In that case, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

  Chen Yuan had not yet heard Bai Yutang's response when he heard a hoarse voice coming from another corner, saying: "So it's the White Five of Trap Island! I've always admired you, sir, and now that I've met you, it's truly a blessing in three lifetimes! Sir, my master also has great respect for you. Don't worry about these two constables, they're nothing. If you just give the word, I'll take care of them right now!"

  It seems that there are at least four people on the roof of this small inn, Bai Yutang, two catchers, and that hoarse voice should belong to someone from the Taishi Fu.

  Bai Yutang retorted, "Oh? This hero, although the capture of Kaifeng Prefecture is fierce, but after all, it's an official, killing him is like rebelling, isn't the hero afraid?"

  That hoarse voice chuckled: "Haha, don't mention killing these few captors, even if we killed that ignorant thing Bao Zheng, my family's old master can still afford it!"

  As soon as the words were finished, Bai Yutang let out a loud shout: "Get down!"

  Then there was a clear sound of kicking someone's body, followed by the rolling of tiles on the roof, and then a cry: "Ah!"

  "Thud!" A loud noise of something heavy hitting the ground came from inside.

  "Bai Yutang! Don't be shameless! You've provoked my family's master, beware of our Empty Island!" The voice had already come from downstairs, and it was clear that he was out of breath. This person must have been seriously injured.

  "Hmph! The Five Rats of Trap Island fear no one! Let alone a Taishi, even in the imperial palace's inner court, our Fifth Master can come and go as he pleases! Remember this, I am different from these rat scum. My goal is to slaughter that cat, as for what kind of person Lord Bao is, I have my own understanding!"

  "Bai Yutang! Wait for me!"

  The hoarse voice gradually faded away, and there was a temporary silence on the rooftop. The three people didn't say a word.

  After a moment, Bai Yutang smiled and said: "You two aren't going to capture me? Why haven't you made a move yet?"

  The voices of the two men were apparently friendlier, and one of them said: "Bai Yutang is not a man who cannot be forgiven for his ten evils. I advise you to follow me to see Master Xiang, perhaps there is still a turning point in this matter."

  Bai Yutang didn't bother with them: "If the two of you don't make a move, I won't be polite!" As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yuan only heard a clash of weapons by his ear, followed by two muffled cries. Apparently, this one exchange had already left the two constables injured.

  The sound of clashing weapons stopped, and Bai Yutang said from the rooftop: "Are all the constables of Kaifeng Prefecture of this kind? Let's go down ourselves!"

  Bai Yutang had just finished speaking when Chen Yuan heard another voice: "White Five Brother, I've come to apologize."

  Chen Yuan came to find Lao Hei and said, "Brother Hei, take me to beg for tickets, today is Monday!" Lao Hei looked at him and shook his head, "It's better to go back and sell wine. This begging thing won't work out, everyone knows you have a bad reputation." After that, Lao Hei shouted towards the house, "Qin Xianglian! Qin Xianglian! Bring the two kids who are dressed in tattered clothes and come with me to beg for tickets!"

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