That evening, a room in the inn was filled with the warmth of spring.

This made the person next door unable to sleep, tossing and turning in bed, and ended up going for a stroll in the street with dark circles under their eyes.

Those two have made up and are now all lovey-dovey, sometimes not caring that he, an outsider, is there. It seems he won't be able to stay at any of the inns anymore; he'd better find an inn outside to sleep for the night.

Jun Jianchou knew very well that sometimes forgetting someone meant getting away from her and making sure she never appeared in his life again. Unfortunately, he couldn't control his heart. Even though he was thousands of miles away, he would always wonder if she was doing well and if she was unhappy.

Fine, since I can't let go, I can only torture myself.

"Oh dear! Is Miao territory really doomed? The Zhu and Lu families are at odds again, and they're saying that Young Master Zhu has disappeared from the Lu family's residence."

"That's right. They're still making trouble at a time like this. These nobles have nothing better to do than fight all day long."

Jun Jianchou, sporting a constipated look, had just appeared on the street when he overheard two old men talking as they headed home.

When Jun Jianchou was in a bad mood, he liked to join in the fun, so he grabbed one of the old men and asked him:

"What were you talking about just now? What happened in your Miao region?"

"The Zhu family brought more than a dozen strong men and went to the Lu family to cause trouble, saying that the eldest son of the Zhu family had disappeared after going to the Lu family, and they insisted on finding the young master of the Lu family. The Zhu family has been causing trouble in Miao territory for many years because they are nobles, and now they have started again. The Lu family is really unlucky."

The old man glanced at Jun Jianchou and thought he was probably a good person, so he explained.

"Oh, I see! Thank you, sir."

Jun Jianchou uttered a sentence in Miao language, and then disappeared in a flash.

"That person actually speaks Miao language! And he disappeared so quickly. Old Fang, do you think it's because the mountain gods here have appeared and sent a celestial being to solve the great calamity for us Miao people?"

“It’s possible. We were communicating in Miao language just now, and he didn’t seem to misunderstand at all. Besides, that man was exceptionally handsome, dressed in flowing white robes, truly like a god. I hope it’s as you say, that he’s here to solve our Miao people’s predicament. Hurry home, my wife and children are waiting for me.”

Old Fang looked in the direction the man had disappeared, nodded in agreement, and then urged everyone to go home.

The affairs of the Miao Palace are not something ordinary people like them can interfere with, so it's best not to speculate.

"Let's go home! My wife and son are waiting for me. I hope we'll all be alive after everything settles down."

The old man sighed, hunched over, and walked away.

Zhu Changde, the second son of the Zhu family, entered the Lu family and immediately ordered his men to smash the Lu family's belongings.

After smashing everything, he looked at Lu Duling and Tian Ying with an extremely arrogant gaze:

"Where did you take my brother? Tian Ying, have you no shame? How can you be so shameless as the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family? You'd better get out of here right now, or I'll kill you."

"Hmph! You say she's your daughter-in-law, so what? Where's the proof? My father is dead, and your father is dead too. Zhu Changde, what makes you think I'm part of your family? If you can't prove it, then like your brother, you should get out of the Lu family immediately."

Since she had already fallen out with the Zhu family, Tian Ying was no longer afraid to speak her mind. Her usually clumsy tongue suddenly became incredibly sharp, as if it had been blessed. She had only one thought: to sever all ties with the Zhu family, even at the cost of her own life.

“Zhu Changde, Aying’s marriage agreement with your Zhu family was just a verbal agreement between the Second Elder and the Fifth Elder. Now that the two elders have passed away, and Mother Tian has no intention of marrying Aying to the Zhu family, she really has no relation to your Zhu family anymore. Moreover, she has already consummated her marriage in Miao territory, so she is already husband and wife.”

“Tian Ying and I consummated our marriage the day before my father died. She is now a member of the Lu family. So your demands are unreasonable. Considering that you broke into our Lu family because you couldn’t find your brother, we will not pursue your responsibility for causing trouble. Take your people and leave.”

After Tian Ying finished speaking, Lu Duling lay down in front of her, facing Zhu Changde directly.

"Shameless brat, he even dared to steal my brother's wife, and now he's still so arrogant, he really thinks he's something special."

“Yes! The Tian family, they are truly shameless. Our old man just passed away, and they are already denying this marriage. Since they refuse to listen to reason, son, you should give them a good beating and kill both of them. The Zhu family cannot lose face in the slightest.”

After Zhu Changde finished cursing, the old woman dressed in Miao ethnic clothing next to him had a terribly gloomy face, and every word she uttered was vicious and sinister.

"Don't worry, Mother. Since they don't want to be my daughter-in-law, then kill these two people and find my brother."

After Zhu Changde uttered these words, he quickly released his natal Gu, and the eleven people he brought with him did the same.

Almost instantly, the scene that had just occurred that afternoon began to unfold again, and the scale of the event was ten times larger than the one Zhu Changqing had created.

"Brother Lu, this...!"

"It's alright! You focus on dealing with the Gu worms. They probably don't know how powerful the internal martial arts of the Central Plains are yet. Let them see it today."

After giving her a reassuring look, Lu Duling, just like in the afternoon, focused his inner strength on the hilt of his sword. Then, with another shout, the cold sword, like an ice dragon, weaved through Zhu Changde and the eleven men he had brought.

Then, like ice flowers exploding, those people collapsed with a crash.

Jun Jianchou, who was not far away, saw this scene, raised an eyebrow, and suddenly looked at Lu Duling with new respect.

That's a brilliant move to defeat the enemy!

Once a person dies, the released Gu worms instantly lose their aggressiveness, and they all become listless and droopy.

Upon seeing this, a look of joy appeared on Tian Ying's round and adorable face.

She quickly released her natal Gu, and at the same time summoned some white snakes, taking all the spoils on the ground for herself.

"You...! You all..."

All the people the Zhu family brought that night collapsed to the ground in an instant. When Zhu's mother saw this, she wanted to curse loudly, but in the end, fear overcame her anger. Her calves trembled uncontrollably, and she only managed to utter three words before fainting and collapsing among the corpses of the Zhu family.

"Brother Lu, what do we do now?"

Tian Ying was stunned by what she saw, including the sight of Zhu's mother lying on the ground.

"Later, I will have the servants of the Lu family send these corpses back to the Zhu family. I believe that after this outcome, they will not dare to come to cause trouble for you and me again."

Lu Duling glanced coldly at the corpse in the courtyard and spoke calmly.

"Won't this cause trouble? Will anyone come after us?"

This was the first time Tian Ying had experienced such a scene, and she was instinctively very nervous.