Exhausted, Jiang Qingwan withdrew the formation and collapsed onto a rattan chair.
Qing Sui rushed over immediately.
"Your Highness, are you alright?"
"No problem!"
Jiang Qingwan helped her stand up and walk to the door.
Her small face, as white as rice paper, was devoid of color, even her lips had lost their luster.
Those eyes, however, were as clear and bright as stars.
"Mo Yunhan, bring the mastermind in. We'll go back to the capital tomorrow and question him in the palace. Why would you massacre a village in the dead of night without an imperial decree?"
Zheng Qing raised his weapon and pointed it directly at Sun Ke.
"And you, put down your long knife and get in here. Otherwise, I'll dismember your limbs."
Without the support of the archer squad, they couldn't fight against Mo Yunhan alone, let alone with reinforcements like Ye Qi.
Sun Ke knew he was no match for them.
He angrily threw the long sword to the ground.
Although unwilling, there is nothing that can be done but take it one step at a time for now.
Mo Yunhan picked up Mo Shaojun and threw him into the yard.
Li Dou found a rope and tied the two of them up tightly.
Mo Shaojun cursed angrily.
"Where did this filthy brat come from, daring to touch this prince? Let me go right now."
All the soldiers outside gathered together and unloaded their weapons.
In the darkness, the sound of a mechanism turning suddenly came to mind.
The metallic scraping sound was like a death knell.
Hearing this made Ye Qi's bones tingle.
All the guards climbed onto the walls and rooftops, carefully defending themselves.
Mo Yunhan said in a deep voice, "Mo Shaojun, did you bring other people with you?"
Mo Shaojun, who was tied up on the ground in a disheveled state, was also taken aback upon hearing this.
But then a thought suddenly struck him.
"Yes, I brought other people with me, so let me go quickly. When they arrive and see me being abused by you, I'm afraid even Ninth Prince will have a hard time explaining it when we return to the capital tomorrow."
He had barely finished speaking.
Suddenly, countless fine iron needles, as thin as cow hair, shot out from all directions.
Mo Yunhan couldn't care less about anyone else at that moment.
After shouting warnings, he immediately rushed to Jiang Qingwan's side and shielded her behind him.
But those iron needles did not shoot into the courtyard.
All the soldiers outside the courtyard fell to the ground in response.
In just a few breaths, they were all extinguished.
This scene was bloody and tragic.
The villagers in the courtyard were already dumbfounded.
Even Sun Ke and Mo Shaojun were completely bewildered.
"What...what's going on?"
"Your Highness, who are these people?"
Mo Shaojun had no idea that there really was someone like that.
My eyes widened, my mind went completely blank.
Ye Qi peeked out.
"Your Highness, the traps and hidden weapons have disappeared."
He and Li Dou went out to check.
Soon they came in carrying more than a dozen iron needle crossbow bolts.
"Your Highness, this thing is similar to the hidden weapons used by those remnants of the Sui Dynasty in Qingfeng Village."
Jiang Qingwan's expression changed drastically.
They immediately went forward to check.
The ability to launch so many iron needles at the same time suggests the use of a thousand-hole lock.
Could it be the second senior brother again?
She couldn't believe that her second senior brother was so ruthless with human life.
Knowing what she was thinking, Mo Yunhan immediately reached out and put his arm around her, whispering, "Take a close look at these iron needles. The curves of their edges are different from those in Qingfeng Village."
Ye Qi moved forward suspiciously.
"Aren't they the same? They look exactly the same to me."
His words made Jiang Qingwan's face turn even paler.
Mo Yunhan wanted to kick him to death.
I was just thinking of another reason,
Li Dou suddenly shouted.
"Fire!"
The villagers, who were quite frightened, finally came to their senses.
"Yes, there's a fire! There's a fire outside the courtyard wall, and the second brother's house next door is on fire too! Hurry up and put out the fire!"
Li Dou raised his finger and pointed.
"It's not the courtyard wall, it's over there."
Mo Yunhan and the others looked in the direction he pointed.
The firelight was quite far away.
The village chief suddenly slapped his thigh.
"Stone Village, that's the direction of Stone Village, could it be... could it have been massacred there too?"
All eyes turned to Mo Shaojun.
Mo Shaojun had already come to his senses.
Before he could even think of who the "mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind" was, he saw everyone's gaze and immediately shook his head in fright.
"No, everyone arrived at Xiahe Village first. I did not send anyone else to other villages."
Ye Qi said, "Your Highness, could it be those people who used the traps just now? Could it be that remnants of the Sui Dynasty are trying to create chaos near the capital and seize the opportunity to attack the city?"
Mo Yunhan gave him a look of utter disdain.
Then he looked down at Jiang Qingwan.
"Wan'er, you rest here. I'll take some men to check the situation."
Jiang Qingwan nodded.
"careful."
Mo Yunhan, along with Ye Qi and six bodyguards, quickly disappeared into the night.
Jiang Qingwan helped Qinghui walk to the courtyard gate.
Looking at the corpses flowing like a river of blood outside, his brow furrowed.
"These bodies must be moved."
The plague has just dissipated; we must not allow the death energy to linger here.
She turned to look at the village chief.
Are there any vacant lots around here?
The village chief quickly pointed in a direction.
“That area is a gravelly land, and we can’t grow crops there, so we’ve been worried.”
Jiang Qingwan nodded.
Li Dou led his men to carry all the bodies over.
The village chief then used water and soot to cover up the bloodstains on the outside.
An array was then set up around the corpse to prevent the death energy from leaking out.
Only after doing all this could I finally breathe a sigh of relief.
As soon as Sun Ke saw that Mo Yunhan had left, he immediately started shouting.
"You dare to kidnap a prince without permission? This is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of your family. Release us immediately, or you will all be finished when we return to the capital tomorrow."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a fist the size of a sandbag came crashing down on him.
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