Xia Ning felt that the bravest thing she had ever done in her life was catching a cicada with her bare hands last year when she went on a spring outing with her mother and a group of wealthy ladies.
In the capital, which young lady wasn't reserved, quiet, and elegant? To put it bluntly, they were all timid and well-behaved young ladies from wealthy families.
People like Lili, who are so uninhibited, courageous, and resourceful, are truly rare!
Lili's image immediately became much more impressive in Xia Ning's mind.
Xia Ning took Li Li's hand, her genuine admiration evident in her eyes: "Li Li, you're amazing!"
Lili was overjoyed to be praised by the pretty little girl, and even the unpleasant feeling that her eyes had been stained by something dirty just moments before vanished.
At this moment, a series of noisy footsteps finally sounded outside the courtyard.
"Quick, the master is still inside!"
The prefectural officials have arrived.
Xia Ning immediately hid behind Li Li and asked her nervously, "What should we do, Li Li? Someone's coming."
Lili comforted her, "Don't worry, Brother Zhuifeng will help us solve it."
Zhui Feng smiled helplessly. What could he do? He had to do as his master ordered.
Seeing how much Lili trusted this man, Xia Ning also extended her trust to him.
If Lili says it's okay, then it's definitely okay!
After all, Lili is the kind of person who dares to chop up even the prefect...
Seeing that neither of them seemed nervous, Xia Ning felt at ease staying behind Lili, clinging tightly to her.
Xia Ning had completely come to regard Lili as the person she trusted most in this foreign land.
It was the name "Chasing the Wind" that made Xia Ning feel this person looked familiar. Where had she heard that name before?
Dozens of armed soldiers, led by the hastily arriving steward and advisor, surrounded the small courtyard. At the same time, just as the local soldiers thought they had the "assassin" in the courtyard under control, a well-equipped cavalry unit clad in silver armor surrounded the entire prefectural government office. The government soldiers appeared incredibly weak in front of this hundred-man squad riding tall and powerful horses, and they kept retreating.
The officers and soldiers in the government office immediately recognized that the horses these people were riding were military horses, and the best ones at that!
This squad of one hundred men were all elite soldiers, a truly elite force!
The galloping hooves came to a halt, and a handsome young man dismounted. Dressed in a bright yellow robe with cloud and dragon patterns, the young man, with a sullen face, coldly surveyed the surroundings before gazing meaningfully at the plaque that read "Prefectural Governor's Office".
When the officer in charge saw the pattern on Gu Ziyi's body, he broke out in a cold sweat and knew something was wrong. He secretly sent someone in to inform Master Wang.
However, Han Xi, Gu Ziyi's personal guard and the leader of the hundred-man squad, killed the man with a hidden dart and pulled out a token representing the Crown Prince: "His Highness the Crown Prince has come in person, you all should immediately disarm!"
The officer and soldier leader looked ashen-faced, put down his sword, and knelt down in worship.
Inside the courtyard, Zhou Wukui and the others, who were completely unaware of the situation, still believed they had the upper hand. Zhou Wukui felt empty and was in excruciating pain. When he saw his trusted confidant arrive, he only wanted to get medical treatment as soon as possible and was eager to know if he would still have a chance to show his prowess.
Zhou Wukui glanced coldly at the "brothers" who had fallen beside him, feeling both hatred and anger: "Hmph, I gave you a chance, but you didn't want it. Now you can wait to go to hell with these two little devils."
When Master Wang and Steward Wang saw their magistrate being so humiliated, they were both shocked and furious. They were restless outside the door, waiting for Zhou Wukui to give the order.
Zhui Feng quickly pulled the sword from Zhou Wu Kui's leg.
Zhou Wukui thought he had regretted it, but unfortunately, Zhou Wukui never gave people a second chance!
Zhou Wukui: "Guards! Seize these thieves at once!"
After saying that, Zhou Wukui felt completely drained.
The pain in my legs is nothing compared to the pain in my groin.
Zhou Wukui had been in so much pain that he was delirious after saying so much. If he hadn't been forcing himself to deal with this person, he probably would have passed out long ago.
Now that his men have arrived, he no longer needs to force himself to talk to this person. He can just wait for Master Wang to lead his men to kill these two wretched little bastards and this ungrateful thief.
Zhou Wukui was delirious and lay helplessly on the ground, waiting for good news from his confidant.
However, what Zhou Wukui received was neither the terrified screams of the child he had expected, nor the thief's regretful pleas for mercy.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Zhou Wukui suddenly opened his eyes. How could it be that half of those dozens of soldiers had already fallen into the pool of blood in the short time it took to close his eyes?
Even his most trusted advisor, the royal advisor, had his throat slit with a sword, dying with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
Zhou Wukui: "???"
Something's not right!
He never expected that this person's martial arts skills would be able to take on dozens of people by himself. Zhou Wukui reacted extremely quickly. Seeing that his men were about to be killed, Zhou Wukui dragged his painful body to grab the two little devils behind him.
Even if I die, I'll take two people down with me!
Lili was covering Xia Ning's eyes to comfort the gentle young lady who was seeing such a scene for the first time when she caught a glimpse of a lump pounce on her out of the corner of her eye, and almost screamed like a groundhog.
Lili grabbed Xia Ning and dodged away. Then, taking advantage of Zhou Wukui's missed attack, she grabbed a porcelain bottle from the small table next to her and smashed it hard on his head.
Zhou Wukui's vision went black and black again, and there was no end to the blackness. His body was already in pain, and now he was dizzy.
Lili grinned and made a face at him: "Hehehe, you'll trip and fall when you get up!"
Then, he grabbed Xia Ning and ran out the door without looking back.
First, he was told he would be childless, then his head was smashed. How could Zhou Wukui bear such humiliation from a child, especially since he was always the one humiliating others in the past!
Zhou Wukui gritted his teeth and got up from the ground, feeling dizzy as he tried to chase after the person. But before he could even stand up straight, he fell flat on his face again.
Exhausted, Zhou Wukui could no longer climb. Before fainting, he shouted, "Whoever catches that little brat will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"
Where there's a high price, there are bound to be brave men. Those who survived the one-sided slaughter by Zhui Feng changed their targets the moment they heard about the thousand taels of silver. They went from dodging Zhui Feng's attacks to capturing Li Li who ran out of the door.
Lili was a little speechless. While nimbly pulling Xia Ning around the yard, she said to the lucky girl who rushed towards her,
"You fell!"
You slipped!
"You're having a cramp!"
"You twisted your ankle!"
"You fell down too!"
Suddenly, the whole yard was in chaos, with chickens and dogs running wild. Besides Lili's slightly panting breathing, there were also cries of people falling down.
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