"Madam, the city lord has already led his troops to the patrol station. He asked you to wait with peace of mind." Gao Zangfeng came over specifically to deliver the message.

Ye Nuan asked: "How many people did your city lord bring with him?"

"Three thousand elite soldiers."

"How many people did Baili Zhuo bring?"

Gao Zangfeng scratched his head and said after a while: "One hundred thousand elite soldiers!"

Ye Nuan was choked and hesitated, "There are only 3,000 soldiers in the city?"

Gao Zangfeng said embarrassedly, "Normally there are only 2,000. The other 1,000 are people from the city who joined voluntarily." As if he was afraid that Ye Nuan would worry, he added, "The horse bandits outnumbered us before, but they were still beaten to a pulp. Besides, there's the poisonous forest. Even if they want to enter the wilderness, they will lose most of their men."

"I'd better go with you to take a look." Ye Nuan asked Xiaohu and Aya to take care of her mother and the farm, and she and Gao Zangfeng set off to the patrol post.

Gao Zangfeng tried to persuade them several times but failed, so he didn't say much. He and his group hurried to the battlefield at full speed. From a distance, they saw Qi Wuze and his men looking out from the patrol platform. They dismounted when they got closer, and Qi Wuze personally came down to greet them.

"Ah Nuan, why are you here?"

Ye Nuan followed him to the patrol platform and said as she walked, "Let's see how the battle is going."

Qi Wuze felt a pang of bitterness when he thought about Ah Nuan having once liked Baili Zhuo. "What's so good about this? They're still groping in the poisonous forest!"

Ye Nuan asked: "Has Baili Zhuo come out yet? Can he enter the Poison Barrier Forest?" It is known that the Poison Barrier Forest is useless to the heroine Ye Yuru, so does Baili Zhuo, the male protagonist, also have a special physique?

"Are you here to see Baili Zhuo?" Qi Wuze was so jealous that he almost bit off his back teeth.

Ye Nuan found it a little funny: her husband was arrogant, stingy, and very jealous.

"Just came to see if you killed that grandson!"

"Really?" Qi Wuze looked at her with a frown. Ye Nuan raised the corner of her lips and kissed him on the lips in front of everyone. His ears instantly turned red and he looked around nervously. Gao Zangfeng and the others looked up at the sky and pretended not to see.

Her husband was still very shy. Although he obviously liked her kissing him, his ears always turned red and he pretended to be calm.

Ye Nuan fished a monocular from her bosom and peered across the dense, poisonous forest at the camp opposite. Beichen's military flag fluttered in the blazing sun, its hundred thousand-man army arrayed in neat rows. A four-horned flying dragon graced the imperial chariot at the front. A sinister-looking man atop the chariot glared furiously at the dense forest stretching across a thousand miles.

"It's been a whole day, and there's nothing you can do? What's the point of keeping people like you? You can't even get into a broken forest!"

The generals who had come with him complained bitterly. Although the young emperor who had killed his brother to seize the throne was somewhat cruel, he was still very wise most of the time. However, whenever it came to matters concerning Concubine Ye, the decisions he made were often bizarre.

It's really outrageous to say that - you can't even think of such a ridiculous idea with your toes.

He ignored the drought, famine, and uprisings everywhere, and led an army of 100,000 all the way to the desert to personally lead the battle. It took a long time for someone to do such a thing, but no one dared to say it.

General Xu Yi stepped forward under pressure and said, "Your Majesty, the dense forest ahead is filled with miasma, and the trees within are aggressive, with most of the plants being poisonous. We've already lost a thousand soldiers entering before, so we should study this before making any plans."

Baili Zhuo frowned anxiously: "What are we still studying? If we can't get over it, just burn it down!" A fire can burn everything.

Xu Yi looked up at the dense forest and hesitated, "This is not good. The wasteland is always covered with dead grass. Setting fire may harm innocent people."

"Innocent? The wasteland is full of barbarians and criminals. How can there be innocence?"

"Do you have a better way than to light a fire?"

Everyone looked at each other and found that there was indeed no one!

Xu Yi waved his hand and gave a few instructions. His men immediately began piling up dry branches and grass, pouring black oil on them, and lighting them on fire. Thick smoke billowed into the air, carrying it far away on the wind. Gao Zangfeng, standing on tiptoe, looked out. Seeing the smoke, he shouted at the top of his voice, "City Lord, what should we do about that grandson over there setting fire to the forest?"

Once the wind fanned the flames, the fire would become a terrible mess.

Ye Nuan handed the telescope to Qi Wuze beside her and smiled calmly: "Why are you panicking? Just watch." She had thought about this problem when she built this forest. The outer layer of the forest was planted with camphor trees.

The biggest feature of this tree is that it can naturally extinguish fire. It contains a large amount of white liquid foam, which will erupt when it encounters fire. It is more useful than a fire extinguisher.

Piles of fire were lit, and the black oil rushed to the edge of the forest with the wind. Beichen's soldiers focused their attention on the fires, and one could imagine how powerful it would be when they started burning.

The flames climbed up the nearest tree trunk. Baili Zhuo narrowed his eyes and revealed a cruel smile, but the next second his smile completely froze on his face.

The flames, which had not yet grown strong, had just touched the trunks when a row of tall trees outside began to spit out foam and mucus. The poor flames were put out with a loud sizzling sound, curled up and died out, and even the smoke was covered up.

The soldier in charge of setting the fire had no time to run away and was sprayed all over his head and face, and he was stunned.

Damn, there are also trees that automatically extinguish fires. What the hell is this?

The hundred thousand soldiers began to stir. Baili Zhuo's face grew increasingly grim amidst the whispers. He lowered his voice and asked, "What's going on?"

Xu Yi rubbed his old eyes and said uncertainly: "It seems that the tree itself sprayed mucus to put out the fire."

Baili Zhuo: "Do you think I'm stupid?"

Xu Yi: I am stupid, why should I accompany His Majesty the Emperor to the war!

"Order more!"

Then it was extinguished again, set on fire again, and extinguished again. After repeating this seven or eight times, the 100,000-strong army was completely in chaos. They all felt that there was a demon at work, or that this forest was blessed by a god, otherwise why wouldn't the trees light up?

Xu Yi was a little overwhelmed and asked hesitantly: "Your Majesty, do you want more?"

Baili Zhuo: “!” The Braille words were stuck in his throat and he couldn’t pronounce them.

Qi Wuze looked at the miserable expressions of the people opposite him and laughed, "A Nuan, what kind of tree are you planting? It's so funny." The others seemed to have noticed the situation on the opposite side, and they all took the binoculars from Qi Wuze's hand to look.

Everyone burst into laughter after watching it.

"Madam is indeed foresighted!"

Otherwise, with an army of 100,000, it would be difficult for the city lord to defeat him even if he was very brave!

The most taboo in war is the demoralization of the army. Seeing the 100,000 soldiers behind him talking, Baili Zhuo got off the imperial sedan chair, holding the gun in one hand and shouted to the vanguard behind him: "Follow me!" He never believed in ghosts and gods, otherwise he would not have killed his brother to seize the throne. He only believed in the gun in his hand!

Seeing him personally leading people into the dense forest, Xu Yi hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, this is not allowed. Your dragon body is precious. You must not take any risks!"

Baili Zhuo sneered: "You come down too!"

Xu Yi: “.” He shouldn’t be so mean.

Gao Zangfeng reported the situation at the top of his voice: "Madam, they have entered the woods!"

Ye Nuan smiled slyly: "That's perfect, the forest is so much fun!" She looked at Qi Wuze and said, "Husband, can I take you to see it?"

Qi Wuze raised his eyebrows, put his hands on her waist, and jumped down from the patrol tower.

When going into battle with the army, one must bring poison-repelling pills. Previously, they had recklessly rushed into the woods, resulting in the loss of thousands of men. This time, before Baili Zhuo led his three thousand elite soldiers into the woods, he first gave them poison-repelling pills and covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs before cautiously entering.

The forest was thick with deep roots and dense trees, their branches tangled. Twenty or so Qilin Guards advanced ahead of Baili Zhuo. Their footing was slippery, and they stumbled forward, all watching their surroundings warily. The woods were silent, not even the chirping of insects or birds.

Ten meters ahead of us, past the camphor tree forest, a cluster of enormous flowers appeared, with another one every palm-sized space. The flowers had no stems or leaves, but were large, gorgeous, and stinking. The center pistil resembled a giant mouth, opening toward us.

This flower was new to them, and so strange that no one dared to approach it. Baili Zhuo stopped and waved his hand. The Qilin Guards, leading the way, bravely advanced, thrusting their swords at the flower.

The flowers showed no reaction, so Baili Zhuo was relieved and waved everyone through. However, when they stepped into the flowers, the previously open petals suddenly closed, trapping those who didn't dodge quickly enough, with their arms, feet, and heads trapped.

A highly corrosive mucus was secreted from the stamen, and screams erupted in agony. Baili Zhuo retreated swiftly the moment the flower closed, lifting the flower's stem with his Overlord Spear and smashing it against the opposite tree trunk.

"Hurry up and cut off the flowers!" he shouted. The people who were trapped finally reacted and started to cut the flowers. Even though the flowers were broken, the poison moved up through the wounds. There was no other way but to cut off the infected areas.

Just a bunch of flowers had cost them dozens of lives. Xu Yi hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, this forest is too strange. You should go back first. We will explore it first."

Baili Zhuo's face was grim. He ignored him and waved for everyone to continue moving forward. Although everyone was afraid, they could not disobey the emperor's order and continued to move forward.

However, they had only taken a few steps when they stepped into the area of ​​lacquer trees. These trees looked ordinary and no one paid attention to them, but the branches and leaves were so dense that they had to reach out and brush them aside to continue moving forward.

After they walked for a distance, they felt something crawling on their bodies. The first person couldn't help scratching, and then the second person started scratching. The fine scratching sounds became more and more frequent, and the itch seemed to penetrate into their bones.

The itching was so intense that he couldn't even hold onto his weapon. He dug his hands into his neck and clothes, scratching his head and face until they bled, but he still wasn't satisfied. Baili Zhuo realized something was wrong and shouted, "Stop scratching!"

The first person to enter had already started tearing off his own skin, wishing he could tear it off alive.

They didn't want to scratch, but they couldn't help it. Their screams, one louder than the other, were particularly eerie in the quiet forest. Baili Zhuo and his men retreated quickly, skirting another patch of woods. The wind rustled the leaves, and an eerie, melodious laugh echoed through the woods.

The laughter made everyone shudder.

Why is there laughter in the forest?

More than two thousand people looked up and around but couldn't find the source. Qi Wuze took Ye Nuanyin to a tree branch and asked softly, "Where does this laughter come from?"

Ye Nuan pointed at the tree above their heads and said, "This tree is the Laughing Tree. Whenever its leaves move, they make a sound similar to human laughter. Isn't it scary?"

"There are trees like this?" Qi Wuze was surprised. "Then why were they itchy all over just now?"

Ye Nuan explained, "They just passed through a lacquer tree forest. The branches, leaves, and fruits of the lacquer tree are incredibly itchy if touched. Even digging out bones is useless!"

Qi Wuze felt a chill and thought to himself: Ah Nuan was really good to him back then.

The faint rustling sound was heard again among the dense leaves of the forest. Everyone came back to their senses from their laughter and looked down at the ground. What they saw was shocking: tens of thousands of gorgeous spiders were rushing towards them, waving their eight hairy claws densely!

Although they had never seen this kind of spider before, everyone knew that the more colorful something was, the more poisonous it was. The remaining two thousand or so men lost control and screamed in panic, fleeing in all directions. Humans only have two legs, and in the jungle, no matter how hard they tried, they could never outrun an eight-legged spider.

Soon hundreds more died.

The forest was in chaos, and no matter how Baili Zhuo yelled, it was useless. As they fled in panic, vines suddenly emerged, catching their feet and yanking them upside down in the air. Screams continued. Qi Wuze gently covered Ye Nuan's ears, "What kind of tree is this?"

"The snake tree will automatically wrap itself around any living thing it touches."

"Will it haunt you then?"

Ye Nuan shook her head: "Of course not, you won't be attacked if you follow me!"

"Then I will cling to Madam and never leave her side."

Ye Nuan hugged his slender waist and said with a smile: "Husband, let's go down!"

Qi Wuze embraced her and leaped, appearing beneath the snake tree. The people entangled and hanging upside down from the tree were momentarily surprised when they saw them. Baili Zhuo, hanging upside down with disheveled hair, stared at Ye Nuan as she approached, his eyes filled with surprise and anger. "Ye Nuan? You're not dead yet?" His face was even more radiant than before!

She had only heard the name Baili Zhuo in books and from other people; this was the first time she had seen him in person. Ye Nuan studied him for a long moment. He had sharp features, a prominent nose, and thin lips; his appearance was excellent, but he was filled with a strong sense of hostility, revealing at first glance that he was a cold and unkind person.

Perhaps because her gaze was too focused, Qi Wuze unhappily reached out to cover her eyes and said angrily, "You look so cold and ugly, don't look at me!"

Ye Nuan took his hand away and coaxed him, "It's really ugly. I just want to see how miserable he looks. Husband, help me scratch his face!"

Baili Zhuo was furious: "Ye Nuan, how dare you!"

Ye Nuan sneered: "Why not!" He slashed her face indiscriminately, so it would be normal for her to slash back!

Qi Wuze drew the black gold blade from his back and walked casually towards Baili Zhuo. "Back then, you destroyed one side of my wife's face. Today, I'll destroy the other side and carve a turtle on your forehead. How about that?"

Baili Zhuo was the emperor, and no one had ever dared to humiliate him like this. His eyes were bloodshot, and he struggled violently to break free from the snake vines. The people hanging upside down shouted at him in panic, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Xu Yi struggled to speak to Qi Wuze, "City Lord Qi, please show some mercy. There are still hundreds of thousands of troops outside the forest. If you dare to touch the emperor, they will surely flatten the wasteland!"

Ye Nuan sneered at the right moment: "Let's talk about it after you can get out of this forest!"

Xu Yi: “.” How embarrassing!

At the moment when Qi Wuze's knife touched Baili Zhuo, the Overlord Spear in his hand suddenly flipped over, violently broke free from the snake vine, and rotated to pierce Qi Wuze's face.

Qi Wuze retreated quickly, swinging the Overlord Spear in his hand in an arc, directly cutting through the snake vines that trapped Xu Yi and the others. He shouted to the freed people, "Let the rest of you down, and trap Qi the thief and this vicious woman!"

He moved so quickly, his Overlord Spear wielding a powerful force like the wind, that in just a breath of time he had exchanged several blows with Qi Wuze. The swords and spears clashed, sparks flew everywhere, and Qi Wuze raised an eyebrow, quite impressed by his kung fu.

"His Kung Fu is good, but he's too insidious!"

Baili Zhuo pulled at his face and uttered a single, ambiguous syllable: "When it comes to being insidious, I can't compare to you two!"

While the two were talking, Xu Yi led his men to surround Qi Wuze and Ye Nuan. Qi Wuze didn't want to fight anymore, so he ran away to protect Ye Nuan. However, just as he jumped onto the tree, his legs were entangled by the snake vines that swung over.

Baili Zhuo grabbed the other end of the tree and shouted, "You want to leave? No way!" He was so strong that he dragged the two men down from the tree.

Qi Wuze, holding Ye Nuan, fell from the tree, slashing at the vines behind him. Baili Zhuo followed with his spear, attempting to force the two men toward the snake tree. If they got close to the tree, they would surely be entangled. His idea was a good one, and Qi Wuze and Ye Nuan followed suit, retreating toward the tree behind them.

Qi Wuze sent Ye Nuan to the thickest snake vine behind him. He said frivolously and ruffianically, "Nuan, wait and see how your husband beats him so hard that his mother can't even recognize him!"

Everyone froze when they saw the tree Ye Nuan was sitting on. The tree would strangle people, so how could she dare to sit on it?

She's dead!

Everyone was waiting to see the show, and Baili Zhuo also smiled triumphantly, but the smile froze on his face before he could retract it.

Ye Nuan held the trunk of the tree with her hands, and the vines quickly grew and bent, forming a natural cocoon that wrapped her up, even revealing a fist-sized hole through which she could see outside.

The woman took out a soft and warm blanket from somewhere and put it inside. She also placed a table in front of her and started watching the show with a fruit plate in her hand. While eating grapes, she said to Qi Wuze, "Come on, husband, blow his dog head off!"

This tree has become a spirit!

Where did this carpet come from? Where did the table come from? It doesn’t look like they can hide a fruit plate on their bodies!

Damn, this woman is a bit weird! Did she learn some kind of witchcraft or insect poison in the wilderness?

Qi Wuze was encouraged, and the blade in his hand flashed even more fiercely. Without dodging, he chopped at Baili Zhuo's head, cursing without restraint as he chopped, "You jerk who loves the new and hates the old, you bastard! You dare to come to the wasteland to provoke me? I will make sure you never return!"

His swordplay was incredibly powerful, almost non-stop, slashing horizontally and vertically, sending leaves flying wherever the blade passed. Baili Zhuo's Overlord Spear held his ground, and for a moment, the two men fought tooth and nail.

Qi Wuze rarely encountered an opponent of equal strength; his stamina was enduring, and he grew more and more ferocious as the fight went on. Baili Zhuo was able to parry at first, but as time went on, his movements became increasingly sluggish, his knuckles numb from the shock.

Seeing that he was no match for his opponent, Xu Yi shouted to the Qilin Guards who were still watching: "Hurry up and save me!"

Suddenly, hundreds of Qilin Guards rushed forward, which was clearly a lack of martial ethics and they were planning a gang fight!

Ye Nuan, who was sitting in the vine cocoon, was furious. She stood up and threatened the Qilin Guards who were charging over: "Are you sure you want to come together?"

Xu Yi glanced at her as if he was looking at a fool: Nonsense, who wants to fight alone when there are so many people!

Ye Nuan chuckled, set down the fruit bowl, and slowly placed her right hand over the snake vine. "Then don't blame me for being unethical!" The spiritual spring water poured directly onto the tree trunk, dripping onto the leaves and vines, and then dripping down the branches and leaves to the roots. The tree beneath her, along with the surrounding snake trees, suddenly grew rapidly.

They blocked the advancing Qilin Guards from all directions. Before they could react, they were all grabbed by the legs and tied up like dumplings. Xu Yi led the remaining Qilin Guards to break through the encirclement from both sides, looking at Ye Nuan in astonishment.

Was it she who did it just now?

How did she do it?

The snake vines grew more numerous and thicker, isolating everyone from the battlefield. After Xu Yi and the other Qilin Guards were unable to move, Ye Nuan let go and sneered, "I told you to watch the show, but you insisted on moving!"

Someone shouted, "Witch, she is definitely a witch!" How could an ordinary person control the trees to grow rapidly in an instant and trap them at will?

"Witch!" Ye Nuan's cold eyes darted around, "Who shouted that?"

No one replied to her.

"Very good, you don't dare to admit it, right?" She whistled softly, and poisonous snakes crawled along the bends of everyone's legs among the layers of leaves. The snakes did not bite them, but crawled to the top of their heads and actually started to slap them in the mouth with their tails.

"No matter who cursed you, I'll beat you until you foam at the mouth!"

Everyone was horrified: This woman can control trees and drive away snakes. Could it be that she was the one who manipulated all the previous events?

Even with such a powerful army of 100,000, I’m afraid they won’t be able to escape unharmed!

What's the point of fighting this battle? Everyone started to back off. After being whipped by the snake's tail for the 200th time, many people started crying and begging for mercy!

The sound seriously disrupted Baili Zhuo's rhythm. His arm was chopped once, and soon his back was chopped again. His hand movement was delayed for just a second before Qi Wuze kicked him in the abdomen and knocked him away.

"Your Majesty!" Xu Yi shouted.

After a hundred rounds of fighting, Qi Wuze was still energetic. In the blink of an eye, the blade came again. Baili Zhuo gritted his teeth and retreated. His eyes swept across the dense forest behind him, and he suddenly sneered: "Archers, shoot!"

In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, and bows and crossbows shot towards him with the force of breaking through the air. Qi Wuze was caught off guard and his cheek was scratched. The bright red blood dripped down his jaw and hit the back of the knife, sliding along the cracks on the blade to the tip.

Behind the dense forest, a large number of archers appeared in everyone's sight, cutting down trees and trampling wood all the way from south to north.

Baili Zhuo dodged through the intertwined vines and rushed into the archers. He stared at Qi Wuze and sneered, "Two fists are no match for four hands. I have an army of 100,000 soldiers, and even with their brute force, I can flatten this broken forest of yours!"

"Archers, get ready!"

The two thousand trapped people cried out, "Your Majesty!"

Xu Yi looked at the indifferent Baili Zhuo with some disbelief: "Your Majesty, we are still trapped!"

Baili Zhuo said calmly, "Those who accomplish great things don't care about trivial matters. You will all be buried with honor, and your families will be cared for!"

Xu Yi's heart sank. The emperor was planning to bury all of them together and shoot them indiscriminately!

"Your Majesty, I am a veteran of three dynasties, and my five sons all hold important positions in the court!"

Baili Zhuo was impatient: "If the king wants his subjects to die, they must die!"

"Archer, shoot!"

Arrows came flying towards the snake vine forest. Ye Nuan looked at Qi Wuze who was in the middle of the vines, and suddenly remembered the dream that night - Aze died to block the arrow for her!

[And what about Qi Wuze? How could he like a woman like this and be willing to take the blame for her?]

Will Aze die?

He will die! !

Ye Nuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and she suddenly rushed towards Qi Wuze who was also rushing towards her without hesitation...