Chapter 383 Revenge

I've never hated it so much!

I've never wanted to tear a person into pieces so much!

That damn Jiao Zuotai! I hate him so much that I want to eat him alive!

Yun Chen was filled with anger and hatred, his mind full of the image of Ye Yan's wife hanging to death.

Through her tearful eyes, she seemed to be back in Ye Yan's courtyard.

Whenever they had a drinking party there, Ye Yan's wife would always give Yun Chen a big bowl full of rice, with the tenderest pieces of meat always hidden under the rice.

After knowing that Yun Chen was a girl, Ye Yan's wife immediately took on the role of mother and made many bras by hand and sent them to Yun Chen.

Having called her "sister-in-law" for so many years, the love and care in Hu's eyes for Yun Chen is no less than that for Ye Yan.

As for the two children, the lively scene of the hundred-day banquet is still vaguely in my mind, but now only their tiny bodies are left hanging in the air, their little fists clenched tightly, as if they are trying hard to endure the pain of that last moment.

Grief, heartbreak, hatred, anger...

Intense emotions were swirling in Yun Chen's chest, making her unable to see any obstacles in front of her. Her mind was filled with only one thought:

Revenge! Revenge! Kill Jiao Zuotai!

Hatred filled her heart, but it also made her nerves tense, her actions faster than usual, and her reactions more astonishingly agile.

After running wildly for a whole night, she abandoned her horse at the intersection of the two armies. When she was about to continue running on foot, the corner of her clothes was bitten tightly by the Cloud-Swallowing Beast, which refused to let go no matter what.

She was obsessed with revenge and had no patience for the Cloud-Swallowing Beast.

After several attempts, she simply took off her coat, pushed the Cloud-Swallowing Beast away, and ran quickly towards the Black Scale Cavalry's camp.

Under the cover of night, she kept searching at the edge of the camp, and finally sneaked in when the soldiers on duty were changing shifts.

She dressed up as a toilet-collecting servant as usual, and appeared silently outside Jiao Zuotai's tent. She jumped up as lightly as a dragonfly, clamped her legs around the neck of a guard and twisted it hard, while at the same time she cut the throat of another with a knife.

Under normal circumstances, she would not use the knife unless necessary, so as to prevent the blood from flowing to the ground and attracting other people's attention. Secondly, she had to arrange the two soldiers to sleep by the door to reserve enough time for her later retreat.

But at this moment, she didn't care about all this. She rushed into Jiao Zuotai's tent, tightly grasped the dagger in her backhand, and walked silently towards the bed in the inner tent.

In the dim light of the torch outside the window, she saw two figures on the couch.

Recalling the time when Jiao Zuotai often needed the company of military prostitutes before he could fall asleep, Yun Chen knew that there was a 50% chance that she would succeed and a 50% chance that she would kill an innocent person.

This is the only chance to kill.

At this moment, the long-standing loyalty and justice disappeared!

Without the slightest hesitation, she drew out her spare dagger.

Two daggers, one on the left and one on the right, flew towards the two figures on the couch like lightning, piercing their throats cleanly and efficiently.

But unexpectedly, the tip of the knife did not feel the familiar texture of flesh and bones, but was light and weightless.

Almost in an instant, Yun Chen realized that he had fallen into a trap!

No wonder it was so easy to sneak in! It's a trap!

She immediately ran away, but a dark shadow was faster than her. It jumped straight down from the top of the tent and kicked her to the ground.

Then, two big hands like palm-leaf fans hit her ears fiercely.

The sharp pain pierced through her ears, making her head buzz and dizzy, and blood spurted out of her mouth and nose.

I could hear nothing but the constant buzzing sound in my ears.

In the darkness, she could no longer rely on her hearing to determine the direction of Jiao Zuotai's attack, and soon she was at a disadvantage and was pinned to the ground by Jiao Zuotai.

At the moment she fell, with the help of the torches of the Black Scale Cavalry who came to support her, she caught a glimpse of the two "figures" on the couch who had just been stabbed in the throat by her two swords. She was shocked as if struck by lightning, and subconsciously muttered:

“Dad… Dad…”

At the same time, Jiao Zuotai also saw the face covered in blood under the firelight. It was not Ye Yan who came for revenge as he expected, but Yun Chen!

He was horrified and subconsciously threw Yun Chen out, causing her to fall between the two human-skin scarecrows on the couch.

Yan Shijiu never gave any order for Jiao Zuotai to give special treatment to Yun Chen.

He even repeatedly designed the most inhuman scenes, leaving Yun Chen with an indelible psychological shadow.

But as Yan Shijiu's most trusted general, Jiao Zuotai knew very well what purpose Yan Shijiu had behind his contradictions and madness.

There was no need to say how important Yun Chen was to Yan Shijiu.

Thinking of this, Jiao Zuotai felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

If it weren't for the fire just now, Jiao Zuotai would have mistaken Yun Chen for Ye Yan and killed him directly.

If that were really the case, although Jiao Zuotai could regain the dignity he lost when his ear was shot and still firmly intimidate the Black Scale Cavalry, under Yan Shijiu's rage, he would definitely be the next to die.

At this time, the Black Scale Cavalry who came to support after hearing the noise rushed into the tent, shouting and charging forward.

At the critical moment, Yun Chen picked up two scarecrows, broke through the window with brute force, fled a hundred feet, and dived into the nearest river.

The Black Scale Cavalry stopped their pursuit at the river.

One person asked, "General, shall we give chase?"

Jiao Zuotai did not speak until Yun Chen's figure completely disappeared from his sight. Then he slowly spoke:

"No need. Pass the order, assemble the entire army, and take advantage of Cloud Tiger's absence to wipe out the Lion Might Army!"

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Two days later, the Cloud-Swallowing Beast found Yun Chen, who was dying, on the bank of a river dozens of miles away.

Her body was blue and stiff, and she looked like she was dead.

If it were someone else, they would have been thinking about how to collect Yun Chen's body.

But the Cloud-Swallowing Beast doesn't care about that.

It stubbornly believed that Yun Chen was still alive, biting the corner of Yun Chen's clothes and dragging her out of the water little by little.

The moment Yun Chen left the water, the Cloud-Swallowing Beast saw two scarecrows made of human skin leave her body and begin to sink slowly, as if they had been holding on in this icy river for three days and three nights, and now they had finally reached the end.

The Cloud-Swallowing Beast didn’t know what a human-skin scarecrow was. It only knew that the two “people” had saved Yun Chen, so it had to save them. So it put its head into the water again and dragged them ashore.

Then, the Cloud-Swallowing Beast cried softly and repeatedly used its head to push Yun Chen's body, forcing her to roll back and forth and spit out the water in her chest.

In her drowsiness, Yun Chen seemed to hear the deep, old, and somewhat awkward voice calling her:

"Chen'er, Chen'er, Dad has always been proud of you."

Yun Chen trembled and slowly opened his eyes.

She struggled to turn over and get up, and saw flames rising into the sky dozens of miles away. The flags of the Black Scale Cavalry surged like mountains and forests, occupying the entire Lion Army camp.

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Tragic scenes continued to unfold in the Lion Army.

In contrast, Guangyuan City was peaceful.

Because Nan Lijun was found, the guards and palace maids of the East Palace were all relaxed, talking and laughing all day long. In Bu Yan's eyes, they looked like a group of ignorant, brainless, noisy and stupid ducks.

Buyan guarded Nan Lijun all day long. After all the battle reports were delivered, Nan Lijun would read them and then hand them to him without any hesitation.

So he knew clearly every battle of the Lion Army, knew that the Lion Army was losing ground and suffered heavy casualties, and also knew that his young master and good brothers were still alive.

He looked forward to the battle report every day, but was afraid to hear it.

Until three days ago, when the battle reports suddenly stopped, Bu Yan had a bad feeling that things were going badly.

Nan Lijun was also a little panicked. The palace people stopped laughing and chatting, and rumors began to spread in Guangyuan City: "The Black Scale Cavalry attacked at night and the Lion Power Army was completely wiped out."

Three days later, the rumors had spread throughout the city, and there was still no news from the Lion Army. Bu Yan could no longer sit still.

He fell to his knees in front of Nan Lijun with a plop:

"Your Highness! I'm willing to fight! Please allow me to go find the Lion Army!"

Nan Lijun frowned and looked at him, "I know you are worried, but don't tell me. What should I do if you leave?"

Bu Yan hesitated, but the next moment he became more determined. He kowtowed heavily on the ground, and when he raised his head again, his voice was choked with sobs:

"Your Highness, please forgive me... I, a humble servant, must go!"

He must go and find the Lion Army himself, whether alive or dead, he must see his young master and brothers with his own eyes!

If they were alive, he would fight with them, and if they died, he would carry them back on his back.

Nan Lijun saw the unspoken determination. She knew that the man in front of her regarded the Huo Gang as his home and valued his brothers more than his own life.

Even if she issued a death order not to allow him to go, I'm afraid he would still leave Guangyuan City regardless of the consequences.

By then, her relationship with Buyan would be over.

She didn't want to fail at the last moment, so she pondered for a moment and was about to nod in agreement when a palace servant came running in, shouting, "The battle report is here! The battle report is here!!".

Bu Yan suddenly became energetic and completely threw the rules to the back of his mind. Before the battle report was delivered to Nan Lijun, he urged the palace servants to open it quickly.

Following Nan Lijun's eye contact, the palace attendant hurriedly opened the urgent report and scanned it at a glance. Without having time to read it carefully, he exclaimed in surprise:

"The Lion Army suffered a surprise attack from the enemy, and the entire army suffered heavy losses! General Huo requested a 300-li retreat to Youzhou! The army has broken camp and evacuated, and is heading towards Guangyuan City!"

Nan Lijun was horrified. "How dare Huo Gannian?! I'm still in Guangyuan City! How dare he provoke a fight here?"

After she finished speaking, she immediately realized that she shouldn't have said this to Bu Yan's face, and she beat her chest and stamped her feet, saying sadly:

"They must have been unable to resist any longer, so they had to retreat. I don't blame them..."

Bu Yan didn't hear what Nan Lijun said at all. He was like a mess, shocked and frightened. He was looking forward to the return of Huo Gannian and Yun Chen, but he was also worried about how bad the battle situation would have to be for Huo Gannian, who never gave up, to retreat.

Retreating from outside Youzhou back to Youzhou means that it is about to be lost, and the Kingdom of Nan is in danger!

Thinking of this, Bu Yan suddenly calmed down.

If Youzhou really cannot be defended and Nan Kingdom is lost, then everyone will become the dead souls under the swords of the Black Scale Cavalry and Luojiang Touman's army.

Since this is the case, life and death are with our brothers, so what is there to fear?

Bu Yan's heart gradually calmed down. He even hoped that he would be the next to die. But when he saw those frightened eyes, he began to hesitate again:

If everyone dies, who will protect Nan Lijun?

The crown prince of the Nan Kingdom, the nation's last symbol and hope. As long as she is still around, the kingdom will eventually be restored.

Otherwise, the Kingdom of Nan might really disappear forever in the long river of history.