"It's my cousin, young master. My cousin is still alive."
Liu Zhang glanced at Gu Tingchen excitedly and hurriedly ordered the crossbowmen hiding in the woods, "Hurry up and put away your crossbows. Don't hurt your cousin."
There were tears in Gu Tingchen's dark eyes. He had been marching for three days in a hurry for fear that something might happen to his cousin. Now he finally saw her appear in front of him in good health.
He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes calmly, and then he drove his horse to Ye Wanshu. Looking at the dusty figure, who was soaked all over, his heart ached.
With a sinister look in his eyes, he pointed his sword at Yan Jin and said angrily, "Is this how you take care of people?"
Yan Jin was about to explain with a bitter face when Ye Wanshu spoke first: "Gu Tingchen, what are you trying to do?"
"Wanwan, Qizhou is very dangerous now. Come back with me."
Not wanting to frighten his cousin, Gu Tingchen quickly put away his sword and ordered someone to come forward: "I have prepared clean clothes for you, and a carriage. Go change your clothes in the carriage, and we will set off."
"Gu Tingchen, are you kidding me?" Ye Wanshu glared at him coldly. "My family's servants and the farmers are all in Baixiang County. Prince Yongning is leading the Yingzhou army in a bloody battle against the pirates. How could I abandon them and go back alone?"
"How can you resist the invasion of pirates with just the few people behind you?"
Gu Tingchen patiently counseled, "Prince Yongning overestimated his own capabilities and caused the Yingzhou army to go to Qizhou and die. Are you going to follow suit?"
Knowing that she couldn't bear to give up the Ye family's fortune, Gu Tingchen continued, "Wanwan, just follow me back to Lin'an. I promise I will build you a bigger fortune. If you want to make incense, I can summon all the incense makers in Daye Dynasty to Lin'an and let you use them."
"You're dreaming," Ye Wanshu said unhappily, "If the Censor isn't here on business, then please get out of the way immediately."
After saying that, he signaled Yan Jin to move on.
"Wait."
Gu Tingchen waved his hand, and dense figures emerged from all directions, drawing their bows and arrows, aiming at the Yingzhou army.
"Wanwan, you are the daughter of the Prime Minister and my fiancée. For both public and private reasons, I must bring you back to Lin'an safely."
Gu Tingchen said solemnly, "Yingzhou troops, listen up! The Pacification Commissioner Xue Jiu disregarded the safety of the people and fled the city. He has been brought to justice by this Censor. I will take temporary control of the Pacification Commissioner's troops. I order you to quickly retreat to Yuzhou and join forces to resist the pirate invasion. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy."
"this……"
Yan Jin looked at Ye Wanshu anxiously, "Miss, if we retreat to Yuzhou now, not only Baixiang County, but even His Highness will be in danger."
"Gu Tingchen, you are using your power for personal gain."
Ye Wanshu angrily scolded, "Since you've already reorganized and taken over the Pacification Commissioner's troops, you should have brought your men to the rescue of Qizhou immediately. Do you know that if Qizhou is lost, the entire Yuezhou will become a target of invasion by pirates?"
"Wanwan, don't think I don't know what you're thinking."
Gu Tingchen sneered, "You just want to rescue Fu Mingchi? I tell you, it's too late. He has already been killed by the pirates. You have no choice but to come back with me."
As soon as he finished speaking, he ordered Liu Zhang: "Take my cousin back to the carriage. Any Yingzhou soldiers who disobey orders will be shot on the spot."
"Let's see who dares."
As a low and loud voice was heard, everyone looked up and saw Ji Yuan coming with his men, exhausted.
Behind him followed the reinforcements led by Zhu Wencai.
"Big girl."
Tingfeng rode up quickly on his horse, looked Ye Wanshu over carefully, and then glared at Gu Tingchen angrily: "Did Young Master Gu hurt you?"
Ye Wanshu stared at Ji Yuan in surprise. She never expected that her adoptive father would come here suddenly.
Seeing him gripping the reins with great discomfort, his whole body covered in mud, it made people feel quite distressed.
"My dear, the master is worried about your safety, so he specially asked His Majesty for leave to come to Yuezhou to visit you."
Seeing that the girl was looking at the master, Tingfeng hurriedly explained.
"Wanwan, you and General Zhu, take your men to Qizhou immediately. My father is here, so this brat won't dare to act recklessly."
Ji Yuan rode his horse to Ye Wanshu. Although he felt sorry for her running in the rain, he also knew that she was worried about the man in Qizhou and did not dare to stop her.
Gu Tingchen's anger intensified, and he raised his sword and pointed it at Ji Yuan. "Old man, do you really think I dare not kill you? For Wanwan's sake, I can respect you a little. If you continue to make trouble here, I don't mind starting with you."
Zhu Wencai's thick eyebrows trembled as he watched. He drew his sword in anger and pointed it at Gu Tingchen: "Your Excellency, you have absolutely no regard for the law. Do you really think you can do whatever you want in this world? You even ignore the Prime Minister."
"No problem."
Ji Yuan glanced at Zhu Wencai calmly: "Anyway, this isn't the first time I've been treated like this."
After hearing this, Zhu Wencai and Yan Jin were both choked and didn't know how to respond.
"Gu Erlang, think it through."
Ji Yuan said slowly, "The 20,000 Divine Mighty Army behind General Zhu are the guards assigned to me by His Majesty. If you are not capable of annihilating them all, then let them go immediately and lead your troops to support Qizhou. Otherwise, I will definitely accuse you of treason when I return to Lin'an."
Upon learning that the emperor had asked Ji Yuan to bring his only personal army to Yuezhou, Gu Tingchen was stunned, and even Ye Wanshu was quite surprised.
"General Zhu, my daughter's safety is in your hands."
Ji Yuan smiled at Ye Wanshu and immediately said, "Wanwan, go quickly. Father will be here soon."
Ye Wanshu was worried about the safety of Qizhou City and Fu Mingchi at the moment. She didn't act pretentiously, but signaled to Yan Jin and quickly rode away.
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