"My family was all killed by Ying Yuan." The Snow Girl's voice trembled, filled with endless sadness and hatred.

Gai Nie was silent. He finally understood why Xue Nu wanted to save him, why she wanted to take him to Yan State, and why she wanted him to assassinate Ying Yuan.

He looked at the thin back of the Snow Girl, his heart filled with sympathy and pity.

"I can help you." Gai Nie said.

The Snow Girl turned around and looked at Gai Nie, with a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Are you really willing to help me?"

"Yeah." Gai Nie nodded, "I owe you a favor."

The Snow Girl smiled, with a hint of bitterness in her smile: "Thank you."

Gai Nie walked up to the Snow Girl and gently held her in his arms.

"I will help you get revenge." Gai Nie whispered in Xue Nu's ear.

The Snow Girl's body trembled slightly, and then she hugged Gai Nie tightly.

Outside the window, the wind and snow are still blowing, but the wooden house is filled with a warm atmosphere.

The next morning, Gai Nie and Xue Nu left the valley, riding two fast horses and galloping towards the State of Yan.

Along the way, they encountered many Qin army patrols, but they all cleverly avoided them.

A few days later, they finally arrived at the border of Yan State.

"After crossing this mountain, we will reach the State of Yan." The Snow Girl said, pointing to a high mountain in front.

Gai Nie nodded, then spurred his horse and galloped towards the mountains.

At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot from a distance and hit Gai Nie's shoulder.

Gai Nie groaned and fell off his horse.

"Gai Nie!" The Snow Girl exclaimed, quickly dismounted and ran to Gai Nie.

"It's okay." Gai Nie gritted his teeth and said, "It's just a little scrape."

The Snow Girl checked Gai Nie's wound and found that the wound was not deep, just a superficial injury.

"Who is it?" The Snow Girl raised her head and looked around vigilantly.

A group of men in black rushed out of the woods and surrounded them.

"It seems that we are being followed." Gai Nie said coldly.

The black-clad men were well-trained and approached quickly. Gai Nie endured the severe pain in his shoulder, protected the Snow Girl behind him, and drew his sword. With a flash of sword light, he forced back the first two who rushed up.

"It looks like they are Luo Wang's minions." Gai Nie said in a deep voice with cold eyes.

The Snow Girl frowned: "I didn't expect they would chase us here." The Flying Snow Jade Flowers in her hand blossomed, and the crystal clear ice flowers shot towards the men in black like sharp blades. Several men in black who were close to them were instantly frozen into ice sculptures.

However, the black-clad men were numerous and brave enough to fight back. Although Gai Nie was an excellent swordsman, the injury on his shoulder affected his performance and he gradually fell behind.

"This won't work." The Snow Girl whispered, "You cover me, I'll try to break through."

Gai Nie nodded, and the sword danced more fiercely, forcing back the besieged enemies and creating opportunities for the Snow Girl. The Snow Girl was light and shuttled between the black-clothed men, like a dancing snowflake, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

Just as the Snow Girl was about to break through, a burly man in black suddenly appeared and blocked her way. The man had a mask on his face, revealing only a pair of sinister eyes, and held a strange-shaped scimitar in his hand, emitting a cold murderous aura.

"Want to leave? Not that easy!" The man in black grinned and swung his knife at the Snow Girl.

The Snow Girl dodged quickly, but the scimitar was so fast that it grazed her arm, leaving a trail of blood.

"Snow Girl!" Seeing this, Gai Nie's heart tightened, and he tried his best to push back the besieged enemies and wanted to rush over to support them. However, more men in black rushed up and surrounded him, making it impossible for him to escape.

"Gai Nie, you'd better take care of yourself!" The burly man in black sneered and swung the scimitar in his hand again, forcing the Snow Girl to retreat again and again.

The Snow Girl gritted her teeth, endured the pain, and fought with the man in black. But she was no match for him and gradually became exhausted.

"Go to hell!" The man in black grinned, raised his scimitar high, and chopped it down hard on the snow girl's head.

At the critical moment, a sharp arrow flew through the air and hit the black-clothed man's wrist. The scimitar flew out of his hand, and the black-clothed man let out a scream.

The Snow Girl was still in shock. She looked up and saw a man in a black dragon robe walking slowly towards her not far away.

"Ying Yuan!" Xue Nu and Gai Nie exclaimed at the same time.

Ying Yuan walked up to the Snow Girl and glanced coldly at the black-clothed men around him, with a hint of disdain in his tone: "A bunch of ants dare to be so presumptuous in front of this emperor."

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura burst out from him, sweeping over like a tidal wave. The surrounding black-clothed men were blown away one after another, spitting blood and falling to the ground.

The burly man in black covered his injured wrist and looked at Ying Yuan in horror, his eyes full of fear. He never thought that he would meet the emperor of Daqin here.

"You... who are you?" the burly man in black asked tremblingly.

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"I am the Emperor of the Great Qin, Ying Yuan." Ying Yuan said lightly, with a hint of majesty in his tone.

“Ying Yuan…” The burly man in black had a pale face. He knew that he had no way to escape today.

Ying Yuan ignored him and turned to look at the Snow Girl, with a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

"Why do you want to assassinate me?" Ying Yuan asked, with no emotion in his tone.

The Snow Girl was silent for a moment, then raised her head, looked directly into Ying Yuan's eyes, and said, "Because you killed my family."

A trace of pain flashed across Ying Yuan's eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

"I have never killed your family." Ying Yuan said coldly, "You must have been used by someone."

"No, I was not used." The Snow Girl said firmly, "I know it was you who killed my family. I saw it with my own eyes."

Ying Yuan was silent, he didn't know how to explain. He didn't kill Xue Nu's family personally, but their death was indeed related to him.

"I can give you a chance to explain." Ying Yuan said, "but not now."

He turned around, looked at Gai Nie, and said, "Gai Nie, what about you? Why did you help her assassinate me?"

Gai Nie hesitated for a moment, then said, "I owe her a favor."

Ying Yuan sneered: "Humanity? How ridiculous. Do you think that you two can assassinate me?"

"We know it's hard," Gaini said, "but we have to try."

"Stupid!" Ying Yuan said angrily, "You don't know what you are doing!"

He waved his hand, and the guards behind him immediately stepped forward and surrounded Gai Nie and Xue Nu.

"Take them back to Xianyang." Ying Yuan said coldly, "I want to interrogate them personally."

The guards took orders and took Gai Nie and Xue Nu away.

Ying Yuan stood there, looking at their departing backs, with a complex emotion flashing in his eyes. He didn't know whether what he did was right or wrong, but he knew that he had to do it.

He turned and left, his figure gradually disappearing in the wind and snow.

...(End of chapter)