Chapter 301 How many Four Joy Meatballs do you want to eat? Big Brother will ask Nanny Chen to make them for you.

Not to mention Wei Si and Wei Ning, even if all the lives of people in the world were added together, they would not be as valuable as Xie Zhe.

Although extremely reluctant, Xie Zhe still gestured to withdraw his troops.

The army slowly made way.

The commander of the Imperial Guards brought his steed to Xie Guanlan, then cautiously stepped back a distance before saying, "We have already met all of the Crown Prince's demands. Can you release our Crown Prince now?"

Xie Guanlan tilted his head to glance at Xie Xuchi, a sinister look flashing across his narrow eyes. He lowered his voice and said, "How the Crown Prince treated my second brother back then? I will never forget it in the Zhenbei Palace."

Xie Xuchi didn't know what he was thinking. His face was pale, his eyes were lowered and he didn't say anything.

The next moment, Xie Guanlan used a hemp rope to loop Xie Xuchi's hands and tied him directly to the pony's tail.

The red clothes flew through the air.

Xie Guanlan jumped onto his horse nimbly and leaped out at lightning speed.

Seeing Xie Xuchi being dragged away, the guards' expressions changed drastically. They followed closely behind and wanted to shoot arrows, but considering Xie Zhe upstairs, they suppressed the urge to shoot.

Xie Guanlan was very fast and rode out of Mingzhu Palace in the blink of an eye.

On the Qiong Tower, Wei Si watched the figure go away, and then watched Xie Xuchi being dragged all the way. For a moment, she felt complicated and didn't know whether she was happy or sad.

The moment she was distracted, Xie Zhe suddenly grabbed her wrist.

The hairpin fell to the ground.

Xie Zhe pushed Wei Si aside and hurried downstairs with a sullen face. "Pass on my decree; seal the palace gates! Whoever can kill Xie Guanlan will receive a reward of ten thousand taels and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"

The whole palace was in an uproar.

The sound of trumpets resounded throughout the entire palace. As the eunuchs' chants rose and fell, the tall, majestic, red-painted palace doors slowly closed.

As if he was annoyed that Xie Xuchi was in the way, Xie Guanlan drew out his narrow knife and cut the hemp rope that tied him. The horse under him galloped out of the palace at an even faster speed, his red sleeves fluttering, almost turning into a shadow.

The last palace gate.

The eunuchs' calls of greeting reached here, and the imperial guards were slowly closing the palace gates.

On the palace tower, countless soldiers drew their bows and arrows and shot at Xie Guanlan without hesitation.

Xie Guanlan raised his eyes and looked at them.

——The heir of the Zhenbei Palace will only be my eldest brother. I will wait for my eldest brother to come home.

——If a temporary sacrifice can be exchanged for a happy and harmonious life for the rest of my life, Xie Ziheng, I am willing to do it... After going through so much, I found that I don’t like momentary joy. I am a very greedy person. What I want is to stay together forever, year after year.

The cold arrow illuminated Xie Guanlan's lacquered eyes.

He curled his thin lips, and the fighting spirit in his body was like a boiling and burning flame.

The narrow knife spun rapidly in his hand, and the countless arrows shot at him could not get close to him. They flew like pear blossoms and went straight into the throats of the soldiers on the palace building.

The palace gate is right in front of you.

The guards armed with spears were stationed in three layers inside and outside the palace, trying to keep him inside the palace gate.

Xie Guanlan leaned back on his horse, perfectly avoiding the stabbing spear.

"Catch him!"

"His Majesty has decreed that whoever can obtain Xie Guanlan's head will receive a reward of ten thousand taels and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"

"Kill him, kill him!"

“…”

The huge reward motivates every guard.

They almost risked their lives and rushed towards Xie Guanlan like a tide.

Warm blood splashed onto Xie Guanlan's face, which was as beautiful as a spring mountain.

The young man's thin, curved lips became increasingly red, like a ghost that suddenly appeared in broad daylight.

"The world only knows that I am a master of military strategy, but they don't know that I am even better at leading troops in person, making it seem like I am in an empty space amidst a vast army."

The low, hoarse, and magnetic voice revealed a hint of indifference.

It was as if the people in front of me were just ants.

The narrow knife in the young man's hand suddenly flashed with a cold light, and like a wild beast out of a cage, he reaps the lives of the guards wantonly and cruelly.

Everyone thought they had victory in hand, but the round-the-clock battle with more people than them turned into a complete slaughterhouse for Xie Guanlan. They didn't understand why Xie Guanlan didn't get tired and why he had inexhaustible energy.

Until the last moment before their death, when they looked at the solemn red robe, they vaguely understood why Xie Guanlan was able to take charge of the military power of Shu County at such a young age, and why Xie Guanlan was called the "Southwest Evil God".

At the last moment before the palace gate closed, the black horse neighed and leaped out.

The two heavy and majestic red-painted palace doors closed completely behind Xie Guanlan.

A ray of sunset light shone over.

Below the palace building, there were piles of corpses.

Blood splattered all over the city wall and slowly flowed through the cracks in the bricks.

At this moment, Xie Guanlan had already disappeared on Imperial Street.

The horse galloped into a remote alley. He dismounted, took off his bloodstained coat and stepped into the yard.

In the yard, Xiangjun, Fushan and others were already waiting.

Xiangjun handed Fushan a dark green robe, and Fushan presented it to Xie Guanlan, "Master, the Third Young Master has arranged a group of merchants. You will disguise yourself as a rich young man and sneak out of the city. The soldiers guarding the city are the Third Young Master's men, and they won't question or embarrass us."

Xie Guanlan put on a brocade robe and raised his hand to pull out the golden hairpin.

Xiangjun brought a tray, on which lay an ordinary jade hairpin.

Xie Guanlan casually tied up his black hair with a jade hairpin, "Where is he?"

Xie Zan stepped out of the door.

He was still dressed in that casual manner, with no clothes underneath, only a loose black feather-sleeved cloak, and the golden Buddha amulet on his chest was particularly heavy.

He handed Xie Guanlan a scroll of parchment. "A military deployment map of the counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After so many years of searching, I finally have it all."

Xie Guanlan looked at the parchment and then looked at him.

He took the parchment and took Xie Zan's hand, "Come with me."

Xie Zan smiled and said, "In the capital, there is someone I want to protect. Big brother, she can't leave me."

Xie Guanlan glanced at the golden Buddha amulet on his chest.

He paused, wanting to say something else, but Xie Zan spoke very slowly and seriously, "I know everything that Big Brother wants to say. Let's go quickly, don't waste time. There's a lot of time to come. Once we defeat Xie Zhe, you and I will have a lifetime to drink and reminisce about the past."

Xie Guanlan said no more and just hugged him.

The group walked out of the courtyard and Xie Guanlan mounted his horse.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned around and looked at Xie Zan, "Third brother, I promise that it won't be long before our family is reunited. When the time comes, I'll have Nanny Chen make as many Four Happiness Meatballs as you want."

The wooden door of the courtyard is old, and the red couplets posted on both sides are mottled and faded.

The yellow mud swallow's nest under the eaves is empty; the swallows from last year haven't returned for a long time.

Xie Zan looked at Xie Guanlan.

His Adam's apple rolled and his eyes were slightly red.

As if afraid that others would see his emotions, he laughed twice, wanting to say something but not daring to make a sound, for fear that he would choke as soon as he opened his mouth.

He turned around and walked in the opposite direction in a nonchalant manner, just waving his hand casually.