Ye Junfei turned to Lin Xiuyan and said, "Don't follow us. Go back to the Lin residence first."
Lin Xiuyan's expression changed slightly when she thought of Ye Qingwan's matter, and she quickly said, "I'll go with you."
Seeing Ye Junfei's brows furrow, she chuckled and said, "How could I be left out of a fight like this?"
Her martial arts skills weren't particularly high, but she always carried a variety of weapons, and many martial arts masters who were more skilled than her couldn't defeat her.
Before Ye Junfei could agree, she spurred her horse forward, shouting, "Stop dawdling, let's go!"
Ye Junfei's peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, and he said no more about keeping her here.
He knew she was not the weak woman he knew; she was a woman who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him and look down on the world with a smile.
He immediately spurred his horse to follow, and the group sped off toward the village.
They were too late; when they arrived, the village was already filled with corpses.
The corpses included ordinary people, guards left behind by Ye Junfei, and men in black; the entire manor was filled with the smell of slaughter.
Lin Xiuyan also saw the village head's corpse, and her eyes filled with murderous intent.
When she first arrived at the village, the village head found her a fishing net, and she even stayed overnight at his house.
She took a few more steps forward and saw the body of the village head's grandson.
A few days ago, the village head's grandson brought her some corn, and she gave him a bag of candy. He followed her around calling her "sister this, sister that."
She is a lively and adorable child.
Lin Xiuyan felt a surge of anger rising to the top of her head, and cursed, "These beasts, they don't even spare children!"
She had never met Ye Qingwan in her previous life, and knew that she might be in danger.
After they moved into the manor, under Ye Junfei's arrangement, a group of men in black were killed, and she thought that the danger to Ye Qingwan was over.
However, when they left, Lin Xiuyan left some weapons for Ye Qingwan as a precaution.
In addition to the regular guards, Ye Junfei also left behind Wu Dao.
However, at this moment, Ye Qingwan still encountered danger.
After looking around the manor, Ye Junfei discovered that there were hundreds of people who had rushed into it.
Even if Ye Qingwan and Wudao were incredibly powerful, they couldn't possibly withstand such a large number of people.
His eyes reddened, and he tightened his grip on the knife.
The poison the emperor gave him was triggered by Princess Anle's previous use of medicine. Although Lin Xiuyan helped him temporarily suppress the poison last time, it was not completely eliminated.
At this moment, the sight of blood and gore triggered his emotions, and the poison began to flare up again.
Lin Xiuyan sensed something was wrong with him and reached out to grab his hand: "Your Highness!"
As soon as she approached, the murderous aura surging in Ye Junfei's chest dissipated considerably, the redness in his eyes gradually faded, and his eyes regained their clarity.
Seeing Ye Junfei like this reminded Lin Xiuyan of something:
In his past life, was it because he couldn't suppress the killing intent in his heart, or because he never got rid of the residual poison in his body, that he massacred the city and killed everyone he saw?
She said softly, "I didn't see the princess, nor did I see Wu Dao. They might still be alive!"
Ye Junshan said coldly, "They have mobilized the Xuan-character battalion."
"The fighting strength of this army is second only to the Heavenly Battalion and the Earthly Battalion in Liefeng Prefecture."
The Pingnan Prince's army consists of thirteen units. Apart from the last thirteen battalions given to Ye Junfei, the front units are arranged according to the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow zodiac signs.
Starting from the fifth battalion, they are arranged in numerical order.
The higher the rank of the barracks, the stronger their combat effectiveness.
The Xuanzi Camp was entrusted to Ye Jingxian by the Prince of Pingnan when he was ten years old, representing the deep fatherly love.
In recent years, Prince Pingnan has also spent a lot of money to help Ye Jingxian upgrade the weapons and equipment of the Xuanzi Camp, truly a case of fatherly love and filial piety.
The Prince of Pingnan always believed that Ye Junfei could not possibly return to the Prince of Pingnan's mansion alive, so he did not leave any place for Ye Junfei in the mansion.
The emperor had allowed Ye Junfei to return to the Prince of Pingnan's residence six months prior, thus disrupting the Prince of Pingnan's plans.
The father and son had not seen each other for many years and had never been together; they had no feelings for each other whatsoever.
The Prince of Pingnan was not happy that Ye Junfei had returned safely; he only found Ye Junfei a nuisance.
Given his status, it was inconvenient for him to directly kill Ye Junfei. If it were convenient, he would have done it himself long ago.
Ye Jingxian suffered a great loss at their hands this time. The people he really wanted to kill this time were them, not Ye Qingwan.
Lin Xiuyan gritted her teeth and said, "That bastard Ye Jingxian, I'll kill him sooner or later!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the ground began to shake, and a large number of cavalrymen surrounded them.
Ye Junfei said in a deep voice, "They are from the Xuanzi Camp!"
With just a little thought, he could understand why the Xuanzi Camp had returned to fight at this moment.
After the Xuanzi Camp entered the manor and slaughtered the entire manor, they did not find Ye Junfei or Lin Xiuyan.
They pushed Ye Qingwan and Wudao to their limits.
Wu Dao was ordered to protect Ye Qingwan. Seeing that she was in danger, he had no choice but to release fireworks to signal for help.
After Wu Dao sets off the fireworks, they will most likely spare Wu Dao and Ye Qingwan's lives, using them as bait.
After they arrived at the manor, Ye Jingxian led his men to surround them.
After climbing onto the roof and surveying the surroundings, Wu Ge exclaimed urgently, "Your Highness, we are surrounded!"
"All those coming are armored cavalry. They only need to charge in, and even if we are skilled in martial arts, we will be wiped out."
Cavalry are extremely powerful in combat. Once they charge into battle, their speed and ferocity mean that without equally good equipment, it's basically a death sentence.
If things go wrong, they might be trampled into mincemeat by the charging soldiers.
Ye Junfei didn't have many guards to begin with, and this time he only had a dozen or so guards with him.
Their manpower was no match for those well-prepared cavalry.
Moreover, although their estate has fish ponds, the overall terrain is very open, which is convenient for horses to run and allows cavalry to maximize their speed.
Most of the houses in the village had already been destroyed by them.
They could then ride off and kill them; these houses would offer them no protection whatsoever.
Ye Junfei said in a deep voice, "Wu Ge, you take the Crown Princess away immediately, I will hold them off."
Wu Ge said urgently, "Your Highness, we are already surrounded. Given Ye Jingxian's actions, he will definitely not let us leave."
"Furthermore, if you stay here like this, I'm afraid..."
“Don’t be so pessimistic,” Lin Xiuyan interrupted him. “While cavalry may be formidable, we are not lambs to be slaughtered.”
Wu Ge looked at her, and she said in a deep voice, "We need to go to the pond right now."
Wu Ge looked at Ye Junfei and asked Lin Xiuyan, "How confident are you?"
Lin Xiuyan laughed and said, "How can I be sure about that? I only know that when two people meet on a narrow path, the brave one will win."
"I hate the pain of separation and death, so I want to live, and I want the people around me to live too!"
"I don't need anyone to cover my retreat, nor do I need anyone to leave me any hope of survival. I can protect myself, and I can even kill!"
"Whoever wants to kill us, we'll kill them first!"
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