"Okay, you can stay!"

Yin Jin'an's words immediately brought tears to Gu Bahuang's eyes.

He then went to find Gu Yonglin's former subordinates, and in just three days, he found four of Gu Yonglin and Gu Yongfang's former generals and junior officers.

Yin Jin'an selected two men to guard the southern border and two others to train the newly recruited 10,000-strong righteous army.

With someone guarding the border, he could confidently march back to the capital.

Otherwise, if he fights one day and the Uyghurs reap the rewards the next, wouldn't he be doing all the work for the Uyghurs?

With Gu Bahuang around, Yin Jin'an could focus on making clay pot thunder, which was his greatest reliance and source of confidence.

Gu Bahuang and Wang Can searched everywhere for raw materials to make clay pot grenades, hauling cartloads of iron nails and broken porcelain shards to the government office.

While the group worked tirelessly to make clay pot grenades, Jiutian and Kuangren Chu were also busy.

Jiutian said to Kuangren Chu, "My second uncle wants to fight his way back to the capital. He has so many people to feed, what will he do if there isn't enough food?"

Madman Chu is a man who only cares about himself and his family. He is only obsessed with poisons, and now he is fanatically in love with martial arts. He has no interest in whether others starve or not.

But he couldn't bear to see his master worried.

"That's easy, let's rob some silver notes and buy grain."

"How can you just rob someone's banknotes? That would damage your merits."

"Shall we rob bandits? Or perhaps corrupt officials?"

"Hey, this is good."

Having received confirmation, the madman Chu immediately took action.

He, who never bathed, unusually cleaned himself up and borrowed a set of brocade robes and boots from Wang Can, wanting to be a refined Robin Hood-like old knight who robbed the rich to help the poor.

"Here you go." Wang Can handed him a thick, dark blue brocade cotton robe and asked, "Jiutian, are you friends with the Madman Chu Zhen?"

The madman Chu proudly declared, "She is my master."

Wang Can didn't quite understand why the madman Chu would take Jiutian as his master.

He warned the madman Chu: "His Highness is going to do great things. Don't ruin your reputation by exhausting yourself, as that would be detrimental to His Highness's great cause."

Madman Chu said impatiently, "I know, would I cheat my master? You officials are all so cunning."

He carried Jiutian on his shoulder, used his lightness skill, and flew away.

Let's go rob the bandits!

Yin Jin'an has been busy these days, working intensively to manufacture clay pot mines, recruit soldiers, train them, and find people to manage the city's affairs.

Fortunately, he was already used to managing a city in Shian City, so he didn't panic.

Wang Can and Gu Bahuang, one a scholar and the other a warrior, helped Yin Jin'an quite well, and their teamwork was surprisingly harmonious.

His Highness the Crown Prince is the chosen one to rule the world, and Wang Can decided to follow Yin Jin'an wholeheartedly for the rest of his life.

On December 14th, Yin Jin'an said, "The affairs in Ganzhou are on track. Tomorrow is the 15th, so I'll give you a day off. Then, we'll prepare to set off."

Wang Can was overjoyed. He had followed Yin Jin'an out and hadn't sent any letters home for over half a month. He guessed that Madam Hu and his elderly father must be very worried.

On December 15th, heavy snow fell.

Snowflakes danced in the wind, stinging your eyes as you walked.

Yin Jin'an closed his doors to visitors.

Unbeknownst to outsiders, only Jiutian and Yin Jin'an knew that it was another night of the full moon.

Fortunately, it snowed heavily that day.

In the morning, Madman Chu was still thinking about taking Jiutian to rob bandits, but Jiutian gave him a day off.

"Crazy Chu, I'm taking a break today. Go find somewhere to have fun by yourself."

Madman Chu was dumbfounded. No way, he's an adult, not a child. Why would he need a holiday?

Jiutian said, "I need to cultivate, don't disturb me."

Yin Jin'an and he stayed indoors, enduring the night of the full moon.

Longmen Town is not peaceful either.

Yin Jin'an left Longmen Town on November 20th. The pile of corpses on the street frightened the nearby people so much that they dared not go out.

Zhu Lizheng reported the incident to the authorities. Xiao Hongli and Chu Bunu were in a deep coma, and the rest of the guards and secret agents were dead.

When Xiao Hongli and his group arrived, they concealed all their identities. Magistrate Li visited many people in Longmen Town, but no one knew their identities.

Zhu Lizheng said to Magistrate Li, "Someone saw these people trying to kill the young man in brocade before they were struck by lightning, and the young man in brocade has disappeared."

Magistrate Li consulted Landlord Wang, who said that Jin Yi had returned the key to him and left with the child, and he didn't know where they went.

There were eyewitnesses on the street that day who said that Zhang Xiangliang was carrying the fool Jinyi out when they were chased by that group of people.

Magistrate Li immediately ordered Constable Xue to arrest Zhang Xiangliang.

But Zhang Xiangliang had already lost his mind. When asked who was struck by lightning, Zhang Xiangliang could only kowtow repeatedly, begging for mercy, "Don't kill him, don't kill him, he's just an idiot..."

Chu Bu Nu was struck by lightning and had his limbs chopped off by Yin Jin An. He bled too much and couldn't hold on for two days before dying.

Before dying, he vaguely called out, "Father, Aunt, Your Highness..."

Nobody knows what that means.

Xiao Hongli remained unconscious.

Unable to find any clues, Magistrate Li offered a reward in the town for information.

However, after several days of offering the reward, no one answered the call.

Aunt Zhang knew the truth, but she hated Xiao Hongli and his gang to the core. She hoped their families would never find them, never receive timely medical treatment, and would all die.

The Zhang family didn't want the reward money, and Magistrate Li couldn't find anyone with inside information, so the case stalled.

As for Ye Ting, Aunt Zhang had already arranged for her to be divorced and sent back to her parents' home.

She was struck by lightning and looked like a demon. She didn't die, but her face was disfigured and she lost an arm.

Aunt Zhang, along with Zhang Tiezhu, Zhang Xiangshan, and a strong young man from her own clan, abandoned Ye Ting to Ye Xuyang and left the divorce papers at the Ye family home.

Ye Ting clutched the hem of her clothes, her only eye pleading as she cried pitifully, "Grandma, I've been motherless since I was little, and everyone bullies me. I treat you like my own mother, so why can't you tolerate me?"

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