When Ye Chen came back, it was already past dinner time. Because of what happened last night, the mansion had added a lot of manpower, some sent by the emperor, and some secret guards who had been trained before.
Except for the girls, all the secret guards changed into the clothes of the servants in the mansion.
After last night, Xia Hanshan's people in Kyoto were basically wiped out. Now having these people in the mansion is a bit redundant.
But when I think about the thing that has not been done yet, this arrangement is not excessive now. The next thing will require more time and effort.
Ye Chen felt cold all the way back, and Chen Qiu came out of the house to help him undress.
Ye Chen raised his hand to stop him, then took a step back and said, "You are hot, don't let me catch a cold. I can do it myself. Go back to the house!"
Chen Qiu smiled and said, "Why are you so delicate? I just came back not long ago. I had dinner and sat with grandpa and grandma for a while. You haven't eaten yet, right?"
After saying that, he walked to the door and called Jin'er: "The Duke is back. Bring the dinner prepared in the kitchen."
When Chen Qiu turned around, Ye Chen hung the cloak on the hanger himself, rubbed his arms, and then walked to Chen Qiu and pulled Chen Qiu to sit down.
Ye Chen said: "Qiu'er, let me hug you."
Chen Qiu leaned her head on Ye Chen's shoulder, and the two of them didn't say anything, just leaning against each other.
No matter how tired he was outside, Ye Chen didn't seem to be so tired when he returned to this yard.
Things developed much faster than he expected. He didn't expect Wenxin to give him the distribution map of the Phoenix Order's branches. When he came back, he took a look at it in the carriage and was really shocked.
I didn't expect that the Order of the Phoenix was already so powerful at that time, and they were basically distributed all over the country.
However, based on his understanding of the previous life, this picture was somewhat different from what he knew. After all, what he knew was the distribution of the Order of the Phoenix a few years later. Could it be that there were adjustments later?
The picture shows that Jiangnan and his team have quite a few people, and it seems that Mu Qing and Mingyue are not having an easy time either.
Mu Qing, Ming Yue and their group, with the help of Magistrate Zhang, managed to store the food they had received. However, it was still a little short of what they had planned to collect.
So they could only go to a farther place to collect food. How could they not be noticed by the Order of the Phoenix with such a big movement?
Mu Qing and Mingyue brought food with them and this time they traveled by water. As soon as they arrived in Quanshui County, Mu Qing suddenly stood up from the deck.
Mingyue also sensed it, so she said to Pang Hu, "Brother Pang, just take the food and leave. Mu Qing and I will hold them back."
Pang Hu said: "If we have to delay it, I have to do it. I can't let you take any risks!"
Mingyue shook her head and said, "I'm good at Qinggong. Once you're out of danger, I can run faster, so just listen to me."
Before Pang Hu could say anything, arrows shot towards him one after another.
Mingyue drew the soft sword from her waist and began to resist. She and Mu Qing exchanged a glance and then jumped onto the river bank. Mingyue turned around and shouted to Pang Hu: "Let's go!"
Pang Hu did not dare to delay. After all, judging from Mingyue's appearance, the food was very important, so he shouted at the top of his voice: "Hurry up, speed up." Seeing the scene in front of them, the men who were rowing the boat also worked hard to row the boat.
After Mingyue and Mu Qing jumped ashore, they fought with the people who rushed out. What was strange was that these people just fought with them but did not chase the boat.
Mingyue jumped up and stood on one foot on someone's head, then kicked hard and jumped up again.
Sure enough, someone was lying in ambush. The masked woman from last time in Kyoto City was also there. Why didn't they attack together? Did they look down on her and Mu Qing, or did they have other motives?
Mingyue and Mu Qing exchanged glances, and while fighting, they approached the people who were lying in ambush. Those people obviously didn't expect Mingyue and the others to come towards them. Before they could recover from their surprise, Mingyue and Mu Qing were already in front of them.
The masked woman was Fuxia. When she saw Mingyue and the others coming, she drew her sword and rushed forward to fight with Mingyue.
The skills of these people this time are obviously not at the same level as those in Kyoto last time, because these people seem to be gathered together temporarily and have no strategy at all.
However, the other side had more people, and Mingyue and Muqing were soon injured. Mingyue was cut on the left arm, and Muqing was injured in the shoulder.
Seeing Pang Hu and the others walking away, Mingyue and Mu Qing tacitly chose to retreat, but just as they jumped out, they heard someone shouting from behind: "Catch them alive."
It was obvious that the woman recognized Mu Qing and Mingyue, and a group of people chased after them relentlessly, trying to lead them away.
Mingyue was also helpless. Every time she met this woman, nothing good would happen. The first time, she caused chaos in the Duke's Mansion for the whole night. The second time, she and Mu Qing were chased all the way. This time, they were chased again.
Mingyue felt a little amused as she thought about it, but also felt a little angry in her heart. Sooner or later, the situation will reverse and I will let you experience what it feels like to be chased by someone and have nowhere to hide.
Although the woman said that she wanted to leave the person alive, those people still used feather arrows. They didn't shoot at the upper part of the body, but only at the legs. How insidious they were.
Even though Mingyue and Mu Qing ran fast, these people, although not very skilled in martial arts, had good aim. Mingyue was accidentally shot in the calf of her left leg.
He stumbled and almost fell, and Mu Qing grabbed his arm. The two ran and fought all the way, and Mu Qing also suffered some injuries. This outing was really exciting!
The two ran to a village, not knowing whether they should go in. Later, Mu Qing gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go around to the back."
There is only one village, and those people will definitely go in to look for them. They may not be safe there, but they will definitely bring harm to the villagers inside.
The two ran all the way to the back of the village. The terrain here was very flat, and there was farmland behind them with no place to hide.
Mingyue pulled Mu Qing and pointed to one side and said, "Let's go over there. There is a ditch there. Let's see if there is a place to hide."
As expected, those people entered the village and searched house to house like a group of bandits.
Mingyue and Muqing poked their heads out of the ditch to look. Mingyue gritted her teeth and said, "Just wait. Sooner or later, I'll avenge this arrow."
Then he turned and said, "Mu Qing, help me remove the arrow and bandage the wound tightly. We must have left a bloodstain along the way. They will find us soon. We need to walk further along this ditch and see if we can find another hiding place."
Mu Qing looked at Mingyue and said, "Just bear with it for a while!"
Then he held the arrow on Mingyue's leg, glanced behind Mingyue, and said, "Madam?"
When Mingyue turned around, Mu Qing pulled out the arrow with force, and Mingyue gasped in pain.
Then Mu Qing tore off the cloth from his clothes and wrapped Mingyue's wound tightly. This series of actions was done in one go without any delay.
By the time Mingyue reacted, Mu Qing had already thrown her onto his back. Mu Qing said, "My legs aren't injured. We can get there faster if I carry you. I'll apply the medicine to you carefully once we're in a safe place."
Mingyue also let Mu Qing do as he pleased.
When those people followed the blood trail to the place where Mingyue pulled out the arrow, there was only a bloody arrow and some blood left.
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