Outside the cave, there was a simple stone wall that had been built by hunters in the mountains. These things were usable space for them at this time.
Lin Xiuyan first helped Ye Junfei into the cave. She then sent out a guard who was good at creating illusions to lure away the pursuers and make them stall for half an hour.
Then he had the remaining guards gather some stones and cut down some trees and vines.
She then searched for medicinal herbs nearby, intending to make some more medicine for emergencies, but unexpectedly discovered a large area of "Three Steps Down".
As its name suggests, "Three-Step Fall" is a highly poisonous herb. Although those poisoned by it will not actually collapse after three steps, they will not live for long.
Although the Sage of Medicine did not teach Lin Xiuyan to use poison, she recognized many poisonous herbs.
After picking some of the herbs, she mashed them into juice and stored it in a water bag.
Wu Ge and his companions were highly skilled in martial arts, so they could easily handle things like vines. They also cut the trees to the size Lin Xiuyan needed and sharpened them to point.
She had barely finished doing all that when the Xuanzi Camp heard the commotion and came looking for her.
From her perspective, she could see dozens of fully armed soldiers from the Xuanzi Battalion approaching.
Lin Xiuyan's lips curled slightly: "They've come at the perfect time, just in time to test our new weapon."
Wu Ge and the others were extremely nervous because there were just too many people coming. If they were to rush over and surround them, it would be a fight to the death.
Moreover, the commotion here is too great and will attract more enemies, making their situation even more dangerous.
He asked softly, "Princess Consort, is this really alright?"
Lin Xiuyan shrugged: "I don't know, but it should work!"
Wu Ge: "..."
Why does she sound so lacking in confidence?
He was pondering whether he should carry Ye Junfei on his back and run away.
Ye Junfei leaned against the cave wall, watching them bustling around.
For him, this arrow wound was by no means serious.
In the past, he probably wouldn't have even frowned before leading Wu Ge and the others to find a way to break through.
But he rarely saw Lin Xiuyan care about him so much, and he couldn't bear to give up such an opportunity.
At the same time, he was also curious about what she would do and how she would rescue Ye Qingwan.
Lin Xiuyan said to them, "It might be a bit dangerous here later, let's go into the cave first."
As she spoke, she poured some of the juice from the herbs onto the pointed wooden sticks they had shaved.
Wu Ge looked at the thin vines and the wooden sticks that were far less sharp than bows and arrows, and he felt a pang of sadness.
Ye Junfei's voice came: "Listen to the Crown Princess."
Wu Ge responded and had no choice but to follow his instructions.
As soon as they entered the cave, they heard footsteps outside.
Lin Xiuyan glanced at the distance between the Xuanzi Camp soldiers who had surrounded them, and said to Ye Junfei, "Young Master, let me help you vent your anger a little."
Ye Junfei chuckled and said, "Alright."
He sat beside her, pale-faced, watching her calmly and composedly face the situation before her, a hint of amusement appearing in his eyes.
The killing intent around them was intense; they seemed to have reached a dead end.
However, Ye Junfei has been in dire straits many times over the years.
He wouldn't even consider situations that weren't particularly high-level or desperate.
Even if Lin Xiuyan couldn't hold on in the end, with him there, he would risk his life to get her out of there.
It was precisely because he was so confident that he remained exceptionally calm.
Lin Xiuyan raised an eyebrow, plucked a vine, and then saw dozens of wooden arrows fly towards the soldiers.
Ye Junfei had just overheard Lin Xiuyan's arrangements for Wu Ge and the others, and knew that she had made some simple repeating crossbows out of wood.
As soon as she pulls one button, it will immediately send out messages to the entire group.
These wooden crossbows were not very lethal, far less so than the crossbows she had made before.
However, all these crossbows were coated with poison, and anyone hit by it would die instantly.
The arrows fired from this batch of crossbows were incredibly accurate, each one hitting a soldier.
The soldiers didn't take it seriously and simply pulled the wooden arrows out.
But after they pulled them out, they all collapsed on the ground after only a few steps.
Wu Ge asked, "How did the Crown Princess manage that?"
Lin Xiuyan replied, "I don't know, maybe I was just lucky!"
Wu Ge: "..."
He wants that kind of luck too!
Lin Xiuyan smiled without offering any explanation. There's no such luck in this world; she had simply adjusted the orientation when she was setting up the crossbow.
Based on her past life's experience, she deduced how the soldiers would surround them, and simply set up crossbows in advance where they would appear.
She developed blisters on her hands from making these simplified versions of crossbows.
If her hand speed hadn't been far beyond that of ordinary people, it would have been impossible for her to make so many crossbows in such a short time.
The remaining soldiers were terrified by the sight and immediately opened fire with arrows.
They were all hiding in the cave, so the arrows naturally couldn't hit them.
Meanwhile, the soldiers were now closer to their cave.
Lin Xiuyan smiled slightly: "They're really obedient, rushing to their deaths like this."
After she finished speaking, she pulled on another vine, and more wooden arrows shot out, killing more than a dozen soldiers.
This once again provoked the soldiers to fire arrows in succession.
Lin Xiuyan and the others hid inside without showing themselves, and the arrows missed their mark again.
Ye Junfei noticed that the number of soldiers had decreased by about half, which was the size of a small detachment of the Xuan-character battalion.
Ye Junfei knew that although the Xuanzi Camp was supposed to be peaceful at night, the soldiers inside all had their own selfish motives.
Everyone in the entire Pingnan Prince's Mansion knew that Ye Jingxian wanted to kill Ye Junfei and seize the position of heir. Whoever killed Ye Junfei would have accomplished a great feat.
They were outnumbered today, and Ye Junfei was injured, making it the perfect opportunity to kill him.
So when this small team discovered his whereabouts, they did not notify the other teams, as they wanted to claim the credit for themselves.
Lin Xiuyan had clearly thought of this as well, and had Wu Ge and the others cut down trees and pull vines, deliberately making a commotion to attract the nearby small teams.
Then they lured the small squad over with very crude weapons.
Although a wave of soldiers in the squad had died, they knew that the others were inside and thought that their weapons were too crude and that they should not be able to put up a fight.
So even though nearly half of the people around them died, they still rushed this way.
She had a perfect grasp of these people's psychology.
The team quickly entered the area of the built stone wall.
They were afraid there might be other weapons, so they were very careful when they came in.
Lin Xiuyan felt they should speed things up, so she stood at the cave entrance and said, "Wu Ge, hurry, carry the young master and break out."
Wu Ge was stunned for a moment, and while he was hesitating whether to listen to her, the people outside heard the commotion and rushed in.
Lin Xiuyan's lips curled slightly as she tugged at the last vine...
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