frightfiction Chapter 169 This is what he knew from his dream.
Chapter 169 This is what he knew from his dream.
Qin Wan didn't dare to interrupt, and just listened quietly to him.
"Although the woman successfully saved herself, her family seemed to have changed towards her because of some things, and even became physically abusive. I knew she didn't want to live with her family anymore and wanted to escape, so I devised a plan to arrange a marriage with her. I was her final destination."
"But my dream told me that things weren't going so smoothly. With the return of my second brother, Yunzhou became his base. Those bandits were just a smokescreen for him to raise a private army. He couldn't let others discover his secret, so he plotted to frame everyone who went there..."
Hearing this, Qin Wan was certain that the woman he was talking about was her.
But he learned that the future seemed different from hers; she was reborn, while he was a dream.
Qin Wan then asked, "When did you find out about these things?"
Xiao Jingyan saw no doubt on Qin Wan's face, so he knew that she believed him, which made him very gratified.
"I learned about this in a dream a few days ago!" Xiao Jingyan moved his stool and sat down next to Qin Wan, his gaze sincere and without any deceit.
"Every time I spend time with you, I learn about the future in my dreams!"
Qin Wan didn't understand how she had any connection to this, but his words were so convincing.
If she hadn't experienced rebirth, she might have thought he was crazy. But she had experienced something as absurd as rebirth, so how could such a dream-like thing not be real?
"This dream is not a good one. In the dream, I learned that Qin Ye was not missing, but had led the soldiers who went to suppress the mountain bandits to join my second brother. When Father found out about this, the entire Marquis's mansion was implicated and the whole family was executed. You were not spared either!"
She wasn't spared either?
If everything goes according to plan, she will die soon?
Seeing Qin Wan's face turn pale, Xiao Jingyan grasped Qin Wan's hand and said.
"Wan'er, don't worry. Now that I know about this, I won't allow it to happen. You gave me all of this, and I am the one destined by heaven to protect you. I won't let anything happen to you!"
Qin Wan remained silent, processing the truth she had learned; it was all too outrageous.
In her previous life, until her death, there was no news of the Marquis's mansion colluding with the Second Prince.
But things have changed in this life.
Perhaps all of this is connected to her in some mysterious way. If Qin Lang had not sent her to Xiao Jingyu's bed, Xiao Jingyan would not have plotted to send Qin Lang to Yunzhou to suppress bandits.
Qin Ye wouldn't have followed along for the sake of merit, and thus wouldn't have encountered the Second Prince, Xiao Jingyuan.
The Marquis's mansion will not be implicated as a result.
Qin Wan always felt that all of this was pushing her toward her death.
Qin Wan's unease resurfaced, and she asked again, "When was the Marquis's mansion in your dream beheaded?"
"Qin Ye was discovered a year later. During the period in which time his fate and whereabouts were unknown, Father Emperor sent people to investigate after he was discovered. They uncovered the truth, and the execution of the Marquis's family occurred the following winter!"
Next winter?
Qin Wan looked terrified, her body drenched in cold sweat.
The following winter, the same winter that she died at Leishan Temple last time.
Although she didn't know if the dates would match, without Xiao Jingyan's notification, she would still have died the following winter, the year she turned eighteen.
Qin Wan's face turned deathly pale, and she didn't know what to say.
She was given a second chance at life, and she refused to accept her fate this way; she was unwilling to accept it.
She wanted to fight against fate, and Xiao Jingyan's ability to know the future was her breakthrough.
"Wan'er, don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you, I will..."
Xiao Jingyan was speaking in Qin Wan's ear, but she couldn't hear what he was saying at all. She was thinking about how to get her out of this incident unscathed.
No, not just her, but also her grandmother.
She could ignore the Marquis's mansion, but not her grandmother; she couldn't just stand by and watch her grandmother be implicated in Qin Ye's affair.
What is she going to do?
"Your Highness!" Qin Wan suddenly spoke, interrupting Xiao Jingyan.
Would you be willing to help me?
Xiao Jingyan nodded in agreement without hesitation.
......
Two days later.
The army was on its way to Yunzhou.
"His Highness has ordered us to set up camp where we are. We will not travel today and will depart early tomorrow morning!"
"Yes!"
The army halted and began setting up camp.
Qin Huai, seeing that the sky was not yet completely dark, stepped forward and advised, "Your Highness, it will be at least another half an hour before it gets dark. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to set up camp here? Yunzhou is waiting for us..."
"My lord, on this mission, I am the commander-in-chief, and you are only here to assist me. Could it be that you have been away from the military camp for so long that you have forgotten even these military regulations?"
Qin Huai was speechless for a moment. Looking at Xiao Jingyu's departing figure, he felt angry but could not vent his anger.
His son was still waiting for him to search for him. If the three thousand troops set off without sleep, they could probably reach Yunzhou the day after tomorrow.
However, along the way, they had to stop and rest for half an hour every two hours.
We set up camp before dark, and after two days, we haven't even covered half the distance.
At this rate, it might take ten days before they reach Yunzhou.
Qin Huai was frustrated. If he hadn't run out of capable men, would he have submitted to his tyranny?
Once the tent was set up, Yuan Song followed Xiao Jingyu inside.
"Your Highness, I am also puzzled. This pace is really a bit slow!"
Xiao Jingyu sat down at the low table, unfolded the map, and pointed to a spot on it, saying, "Yunzhou is here. The reason we're moving so slowly is to create opportunities for others!"
A scout from Yunzhou reported that Qin Ye's troops had been ambushed and wiped out, but the bodies of the soldiers did not match the reported count.
Although the number was correct, the age was wrong; although the corpses were burned, they could still be identified as elderly people.
None of the soldiers led by Qin Ye were over forty years old.
This is enough to show that there was something wrong with that ambush.
He wasn't stupid; he had already sent scouts to deliberately delay their journey, just to create an opportunity for the real mastermind in Yunzhou.
Yuan Song was puzzled, but did not press the matter further.
"Your Highness, do you wish to explain this to the Marquis?"
"Ignore him. Pass down the order: anyone who dares to leave the ranks and follow Marquis Pingding ahead will be killed on the spot!"
"Yes!"
As expected, Qin Huai was at this time trying to persuade some soldiers to defect, attempting to get them to go to Yunzhou with him first.