But then they saw that there was a sharp arrow stuck in his right arm, and the arrowhead did not go very deep.

Liu Yingying's heart immediately clenched again. Could this arrow be poisoned?

"Xue Ye, are you alright?"

She didn't bother to look at the group of people in front of her, and quickly ran to Xue Ye to check his injuries.

"I'm fine!" Xue Ye shook his head, sweating profusely.

He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he had come to really enjoy the various forms of care and attention women showed him.

But he would never admit it!

"Thank goodness...it's not poisonous!" Liu Yingying looked into his eyes and asked, "Can you hold on a little longer? I'll remove the arrow from your body in a bit."

"Um!"

After Xue Ye nodded, Liu Yingying turned around and looked at the man wearing a silver-white eagle mask and riding a horse with a hint of anger.

"Who are you people? We have no grudge against you, why are you so cruel to us?"

But the man did not answer her question immediately.

The eyes beneath the mask gleamed with a sharp and keen light as he arrogantly raised his chin to scrutinize her.

"I'm asking you a question! Are you deaf or mute?" Liu Yingying was furious.

One look at this person and you know he's no ordinary person, but even if he were the Heavenly King himself, he couldn't just kill innocent people like this.

I was just on my way, what did I do to deserve this?

The attendant beside the man shouted, "How dare you be so disrespectful to the young master!"

Young...Lord...

Liu Yingying was slightly taken aback. This person's status was indeed noble. No wonder he regarded human life as worthless!

"I don't care if you're a young master or a young mistress. My nephew and I have no grudge against you, yet we were almost shot to death by a hail of arrows. Although we didn't lose our lives, my nephew was injured. Can't I even seek justice?"

Even though she knew it was ridiculous to seek an explanation from such nobles, she just couldn't swallow her anger!

Then, displeased, she said, "What do you, a country woman, know? Those people were spies from an enemy country. If they really infiltrate Great Xia and obtain intelligence, who knows how many people will be dragged into the war..."

"If absolutely necessary, Young Master, we must err on the side of caution and kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free!"

Liu Yingying felt that his argument sounded very familiar. Wasn't this the typical argument of sacrificing a small number of people to protect the interests of the majority?

Screw it! That also depends on the small group of people who were sacrificed.

Are they willing to make sacrifices themselves?

She didn't want to!

At this moment, the young master finally spoke up: "There was a reason for what happened just now, we had no choice. As for your nephew's injury, I will make compensation!"

As he spoke, he took out a piece of high-quality jade from his pocket and tossed it precisely into Liu Yingying's hand.

Liu Yingying felt that her dignity had been trampled on, but after she estimated the value of the jade in her hand, she felt that she could still swallow this insult.

The other party was a young nobleman, while she was just a mere village lady. This was the greatest justice that Liu Yingying could fight for herself!

"Alright? Since your apology was fairly sincere, I'll let it slide. Can we leave now?"

"Go ahead!" the young master said indifferently, no longer looking at them.

Instead, he ordered his men to examine the bodies of the three men in black who had been riddled with bullets.

Liu Yingying thought to herself that this was a dangerous place and she couldn't stay there for long. She helped Xue Ye into the carriage and then got in herself.

With a flick of his whip, he galloped away.

When Xiaoxue saw the feathered arrow stuck in Xue Ye's arm, she was so frightened that she burst into tears, "Brother Xue Ye, are you alright?"

"Sister Liu, why don't you help Brother Xue Ye take the arrow off first?"

Liu Yingying flicked her riding whip and said without turning her head, "The arrow wasn't poisoned, so we won't die anytime soon. The most important thing right now is to get away from those living devils!"

Xiaoxue seemed to understand what she meant, and stopped asking questions, obediently returning to the carriage and sitting down.

After traveling seven or eight miles in one go, the carriage finally stopped in front of a grove of trees.

There happened to be a clean stream nearby, so Liu Yingying started a fire, boiled the stream water, removed the arrowhead from his wound, and bandaged it up.

"Alright, luckily you're quite muscular, so the arrow didn't break any bones or tendons, otherwise, the long-term effects would have been troublesome!"

The speaker may not mean anything by it, but the listener may take it to heart.

Xue Ye's ears instantly turned red, as if she had thought of something...

After resting for a while, the group hurried on and finally arrived in Jeju City before nightfall.

We found a guesthouse to stay in, and thankfully, the night passed peacefully.

The next morning, after a simple bowl of plain noodles at the inn, Liu Yingying took Xue Ye and Xiao Xue to the market to replenish their supplies before the three of them continued their journey to the capital.

Xiaoxue's emotions gradually stabilized along the way, and Liu Yingying, afraid of upsetting her, didn't ask her about her next plans.

Anyway, I'm not short of money right now, and I can afford to support a lazy person by my side. Besides, Xiaoxue is quite diligent...

After traveling for two days, we were about to leave Jizhou County on the third day.

Because the journey had been full of twists and turns from the very beginning, Liu Yingying was prepared to deal with all sorts of troubles.

As a result, the journey over the next few days went unusually smoothly.

On the fifth day, the carriage entered the territory of Jiangxia County.

In an inn in a small town called Weirui, they unexpectedly encountered the young master again.

However, this time the young master was not as spirited as he had been a few days ago.

He appeared to be sick or injured; his face was pale, and he looked weak and listless, needing his subordinates to support him.

When Liu Yingying and her two companions entered the inn, the young master also noticed her.

"What a coincidence, young master. I didn't expect to meet you again so soon."

"What's wrong with you... Did you eat something bad?" Liu Yingying asked with a hint of schadenfreude.

She is indeed a very vengeful person.

The young master's eyes, hidden behind his mask, seemed to be covered with frost; he really wanted to strangle this woman!

How come so many arrows didn't kill her that day?

"Thank you for your concern, Madam!" The young master practically spat out the words through clenched teeth.

In the Xia Kingdom, girls are expected to marry at the age of fourteen or fifteen, but Liu Yingying looks to be in her early twenties, so there's no reason why she hasn't married yet.

Therefore, it's perfectly acceptable to call her "Madam".

Liu Yingying only wanted to tease him a little and didn't intend to continue arguing with him. She asked for three private rooms at the counter and then took Xue Ye and Xiao Xue upstairs.

Just after Liu Yingying and the other two disappeared from sight, his guard, Grey Falcon, whispered in his ear, "Young Master, do you think the location and time of their appearance are too coincidental? Should I send someone to investigate them?"

"Hmm!" The young master nodded slightly.

They were secretly traveling to Beijing with intelligence reports from the northern frontier, but due to a traitor among them who leaked their whereabouts, they were targeted by numerous assassination attempts along the way.

And within just a few days, they encountered the trio twice in succession.

This is certainly suspicious, at such a crucial time when the war is at a stalemate.

The young master would rather kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free!