"Your Highness, now..."
Zheng Ye asked for instructions.
Xie Zhun's gaze was serene, yet he exuded a sharp, piercing aura...
It sends chills down your spine.
"Have the people who went to investigate the landslide site returned?"
Xie Zhun's voice was cold; instead of answering, he asked a question.
"not yet."
Zheng Ye answered truthfully.
"Send more staff and treat their families well."
Xie Zhun gave a brief order, which Zheng Ye understood. He exchanged a glance with his uncle Zheng Chengguang and immediately accepted the order and left.
In an instant, the sounds of bandits' families weeping could be heard from behind and on the mountainside.
Xie Zhun remained expressionless and ordered those behind him, "Xuan Shuang, Xuan Dian, go and provide support..."
"Make sure no one is left alive!"
Although Haitang and Aoxue rarely faced the prince directly, due to his health condition, most things were arranged by Eunuch Xu and the two generals...
Therefore, my impression of the prince was limited to his social status.
But the order the prince had just given suddenly filled the two of them with fear.
Your Highness, when it comes to making decisions, you are in no way inferior to the young lady...
Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye escorted the servants, guards, and attendants from the Prince's Mansion and the Duke of Huguo's Mansion who did not know martial arts to this side of the house, and arranged for dozens of guards to take the bandits' families down the mountain.
You Yong and the others had their hands tied behind their backs and were kept in place.
Because everyone was worried about Ning Xi'er's health, Zheng Chengguang, Zheng Ye, and others maintained control of the situation...
Unbeknownst to them, one person was missing from the scene.
Suddenly, several cries of alarm came from the bandits' families on the mountainside!
The bandits who had been kneeling all rose to their feet, struggling to break free of the encirclement...
The situation became chaotic, and the bandits seized the guards' swords and began fighting amongst themselves.
Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye did their best to stabilize the situation, and it was clear that the guards were escorting the bandits' families down the mountain without any danger...
There were still sentries and patrols at the foot of the mountain, and no formidable enemies came to visit from the mountain...
Several bandits' families were killed by stray arrows, causing chaos at the scene...
When the guards escorting the bandits' families came up to report to Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye, the bandits who rushed over to fight heard it and immediately exploded!
"Brothers! We're going to die anyway, what's there to be afraid of?!"
"They didn't even spare our wives, children, and elderly parents. Are we just going to surrender without a fight?!"
......
After being incited, the bandits on the scene were roused to fight, and their fighting power was so overwhelming that they seemed capable of crushing the guards of the Prince's Mansion and the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion...
Seeing that the situation was not good, Eunuch Xu sent his guards to provide support.
She, along with Bai Zhi and Gan Cao, stayed by Xie Zhun and Ning Xi'er's side.
The bandits' families were terrified and fled in all directions, while stray arrows continued to fly, and the guards who came to see them off dared not slacken their efforts in the slightest...
They searched everywhere for traces of the arrows, but could not find the mastermind behind them, and were powerless to provide support to the mountaintop.
Hearing the sounds of fighting on the mountaintop, the families halfway up the mountain panicked even more. They dragged the elderly and children and desperately rushed down the mountain to avoid being captured and used to blackmail their leader...
The scene was incredibly chaotic, but this was a gamble that had to be taken.
Amidst the frenzied fighting, both the bandits and the guards of the two prefectures suffered casualties.
The bandits suffered even greater losses due to the addition of Xuanfeng and three other guards.
Zheng Chengguang was originally dealing with You Yong alone, but as he got older, his strength began to wane, so Zheng Ye quickly went to help him...
Under the overwhelming power of Xuanfeng and his group, the others were all cut down and killed...
In an instant, the air was filled with the stench of blood.
Ning Xi'er's abdomen, filled with spiritual spring liquid, finally began to function...
Ning Xi'er, who was in a coma, was awakened by the urge to urinate...
Under the influence of the spiritual spring liquid, the color of her lips and fingertips gradually faded, leaving only faint purple marks.
Ning Xi'er opened her eyes and saw a magnified image of her stunningly beautiful face.
My heart was pounding...
From this angle, it's an absolute beauty bomb!
Xie Zhun never worried about what was behind him; he always kept an eye on Ning Xi'er's movements.
Seeing that she was awake, he suddenly frowned and pursed his lips.
Does he seem... a little angry?
Ning Xi'er was puzzled, but the spiritual spring liquid filling her abdomen reminded her that she had to get up quickly...
Xie Zhun ignored her unbearable expression, glancing indifferently at her protruding belly...
He reached out and pressed her shoulders onto his legs.
Ning Xi'er almost jumped up!
She tried to call out for angelica and licorice, but found her voice hoarse and weak...
Ignoring Xie Zhun's icy gaze, Bai Zhi and Gan Cao "snatched" Ning Xi'er from his hands...
They quickly carried it to the back of the house, to the makeshift outhouse...
While Bai Zhi was holding Ning Xi'er, Gan Cao was on high alert...
With the outside world in such chaos, it's inevitable that some malicious individuals might take the opportunity to attack...
Just as Bai Zhi was carrying the exhausted Ning Xi'er out, she suddenly heard Gan Cao's puzzled voice...
"Atractylodes?"
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