"Mommy~ Mommy, why are you only coming back now? Waaaaah~~"
Li Lanzhen was deep in thought when she was startled awake by this loud shout.
Turning around, they saw a group of people holding sticks, surrounding them.
And who else could be shouting "Mother, Mother!" but Han Mingjiang?
Han Mingjiang opened his arms and came towards Li Lanzhen. When Li Lanzhen saw that he wanted to hug her, she forcefully knocked one of his arms off and glared at him.
"What are you yelling and screaming for? Be a man and stop crying! There are so many children here, aren't you ashamed!"
Han Mingjiang awkwardly lowered his outstretched arms, wiped away his tears, and looked at Li Lanzhen with resentment.
Li Lanzhen glanced at him again and saw that Han Mingjiang's head was wrapped in a black cloth, and his forehead was a darker color, indicating that he was bleeding.
Xue Laohu sheathed his broadsword, smiled, and stepped forward, saying...
"Father-in-laws, you're back! It's so good to see you back! It's so good to see you back!"
When Li Lanzhen saw this, she noticed that his left arm was wrapped in thick cloth and was slung around his neck with a rope.
She guessed that it must be an arm injury.
Looking around, almost all the guards from Forget-Me-Not Valley were here, and everyone was injured.
She quickly asked Han Mingjiang.
"Second brother, something happened in Forget-Worry Valley? Are your grandparents alright? What about the children? Is your sister-in-law alright? Did bad guys get into Forget-Worry Valley? Has Forget-Worry Valley been damaged?"
A barrage of questions left Han Mingjiang speechless for a moment.
Xue Laohu glanced at Han Mingjiang and said with a smile.
"Don't worry, my dear in-laws, the elderly and children in the family are all safe, and everyone else in Forget-Worry Valley is also fine. The soldiers haven't discovered Forget-Worry Valley."
However, our guards encountered soldiers from Youzhou City during their patrol.
Almost everyone was injured, but the injuries were minor, mostly superficial.
Han Mingjiang immediately continued.
"Mom, we're all fine, but my father-in-law, he was slashed in the left arm by a captain while saving me. The skin and flesh were torn open and he bled a lot."
Han Mingjiang talks too much!
Xue Laohu stopped him from saying anything more and spoke to Li Lanzhen.
"We led the two teams of soldiers from Youzhou City who were searching the mountains deep into the western mountains. They did not find the Valley of Forgetfulness."
"Dad, does it still hurt? Did you break any bones?"
Upon hearing that Xue Laohu's arm was injured, Xue Bao rushed over and gently touched Xue Laohu's arm, asking him questions.
Xue Laohu looked up at Xue Bao and said gently.
"Dad's alright. Sons, are you all alright? Why did it take you so many days to come back?"
Xue Bao glanced at Li Lanzhen and shook his head.
"It's alright, Aunt Lanzhen and I are doing very well!"
Xue Laohu looked at the group of children surrounding Li Lanzhen.
There were no questions asked, just a reminder.
"In-laws, let's go inside quickly, sit down, and talk things over!"
Li Lanzhen led the children into the Valley of Forgetfulness.
The children's eyes are not enough to keep up.
Upon entering Forget-Worry Valley, you'll see a waterfall and the pool below it.
A road leads all the way to the back of the valley.
On both sides of the road are patches of land.
The land has been planted with sweet potatoes, potatoes, and vegetables.
It's growing well now, a lush green expanse.
The children walked along the edge of the field.
His face was full of smiles, and the panic he had felt when he was surrounded by the Forget-Me-Not Valley guards was completely gone.
There was also the tense atmosphere of hearing about the battle between the guards and the soldiers of Youzhou City.
Also, their unease when they saw the guards looking at them with puzzled, unsmiling expressions.
Han Mingjiang stayed by Li Lanzhen's side the whole time.
Talking incessantly.
"Mother, did you not see the children or adults in the Valley of Forgetfulness?"
They're all hiding in their own caves.
During our patrol, we discovered that more than 20 people were coming down the mountain, and their destination was Forget-Worry Valley.
So my dad told us to send a signal to Forget-Worry Valley.
Everyone went on high alert.
It turned out that Li Lanzhen and Xue Bao had led Shi Tou and the others into the mountains.
The soldiers and officers of Youzhou City began searching the mountains.
Xue Laohu and Han Mingjiang were about to go down the mountain to pick up Li Lanzhen and Xue Bao when they encountered a search party.
Xue Laohu and Han Mingjiang, along with a dozen or so soldiers, began to wander around the mountains.
They were led away from the Valley of Forgetfulness.
Fearing danger in Forget-Worry Valley, the two men shook off the soldiers and returned there.
After discussing with the village committee and the security team, they began to plan security measures in Wangyou Valley.
One team surveyed the outskirts of Forget-Worry Valley, but everything that could reveal that there were people inside was rearranged, dismantled, or concealed.
A team searched the Valley of Forgetfulness, filling in and blocking all the cliffs, caves, and even cracks in the mountains that could lead into the valley.
The old village chief gathered everyone together and gave them a warning.
Everyone should take good care of their own children and elderly relatives.
Recently, please refrain from going up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables or pick wild fruits.
We will notify everyone when the alert can be lifted. If any family disobeys orders and attracts the enemy, they will destroy Forget-Worry Valley.
They are the sinners of the Valley of Forgetfulness!
During the day, everyone does their farm work quietly.
The children also realized the seriousness of the situation.
They all started whispering to each other.
Safety arrangements have been made in Forget-Worry Valley.
Xue Laohu and Han Mingjiang went out to look for Li Lanzhen and Xue Bao.
They evaded the government troops' search teams and went to the city gate of Youzhou every day.
As a result, they were nowhere to be seen for several days.
He started to get anxious, and every night when he returned to Forget-Worry Valley, his family, relatives, and the village chief would come to ask if he had found them.
The night before last, Xue Bao and Han Mingjiang returned, but there was still no news of Li Lanzhen and Xue Bao.
However, Xue Laohu brought bad news.
That is, in Youzhou City, the emperor's brother-in-law, also known as the imperial brother-in-law, had his limbs cut off by an assassin. He survived for two days before dying.
Therefore, Youzhou City was leaderless and in complete chaos.
The garrison in Youzhou City, under the guise of searching for assassins, carried out a large-scale arrest of men in the city.
The search teams have increased several times over.
It became even more difficult for Xue Laohu and Han Mingjiang to go down the mountain to find Li Lanzhen and Xue Bao.
Yesterday morning, before dawn, they and the eleven-member guard team left Forget-Worry Valley for their routine mountain patrol.
Just as they were descending the mountain and had reached the halfway point...
More than twenty soldiers rushed out of the woods and surrounded them.
Shouting, "Catch the assassin!"
The two sides then began to fight.
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