Yun stepped forward, "Master, we've finally found you."
"I'm fine. How was it last night?"
"Yun Er asked a few Hu people, and they said that they came out this time mainly to find Wudati. They were surrounded by a pack of wolves in the forest and then driven to the mountain village by the wolves."
Yun Mo nodded slightly, quickly glanced at the Lin family villagers who had come out to search, and said, "Go back and bring the magistrate here to ask him why he left the county office."
"good."
When Yun Yi saw that his master's cloak was on Miss Lin, he hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not ask.
Lin Yinan spotted the Lin brothers, Lin Yiheng and Lin Yizhang, in the crowd and waved to them, "Brothers, I'm here!"
Seeing her return home unharmed, Lin Yiheng breathed a sigh of relief.
“I turned around last night and couldn’t see you. Where did you go?” he scolded.
Lin Yinan told him about the pursuit of Udahan.
Lin Yizhang's eyes lit up as he looked at the tall and imposing Yun Mo with admiration, wishing he could become as powerful as him!
Lin Yiheng was shocked and touched her forehead with his hand, somewhat helpless.
"You! You are really audacious. How could a barbarian general be killed so easily? If it weren't for Young Master Yun's appearance, you would probably have died there."
"The snow was heavy last night. If it weren't for Young Master Yun stopping me, saying that Young Master Yun would be fine with me there, I would have gone to find you right away."
"You're such a worry. If Mom scolds you later, I won't help you."
"Fortunately, you didn't encounter any wolves."
After listening to his rambling on and on, Lin Yinan knew he was genuinely worried about her, so she didn't dare to interrupt and listened quietly.
Among the villagers who followed, several people glanced at Lin Yinan's cloak with cryptic eyes.
Lin Yinan pretended not to see it. The cloak was put on her by Yun Mo after she felt a little cold outside the cave.
Coming to his senses, Lin Yiheng noticed that his younger sister was wearing a floor-length cloak, so he quickly pulled her aside and took off the cotton robe that their mother had given them before they left.
“Anan, it’s warmer to wear your brother’s cotton robe.”
Lin Yinan took the cotton robe, untied the cloak and handed it to him. He put on the cotton robe, knowing that gossip was a powerful force to be reckoned with, so he had to be careful.
The group quickly returned to the mountain stronghold, passing by the magistrate's camp, which was in complete disarray.
In this incident, more than half of their personnel were killed or injured. If it weren't for the timely intervention of the Yun family's secret guards, they would have been wiped out.
Yun Mo told the villagers of Linjia Village to go back first, and he would go and ask the county magistrate.
Lin Yinan tugged at Lin Yiheng's sleeve, and the siblings followed in perfect unison.
The magistrate lay in the tent, one arm tied to his side, occasionally groaning, "Ouch, ouch."
Upon seeing Yun Mo and the others suddenly burst in, he opened his mouth to shout, but when he saw who it was, he looked like a defeated rooster, completely dejected.
He only recognized Yun Yi, who had been cleaning up here last night, and said weakly, "Hero Yun, thank you for coming to see me."
Yun Yi didn't waste any words with him and asked directly, "Magistrate, I want to ask you, did you receive any news before you went into the mountains?"
The magistrate's heart tightened, and he hurriedly denied it outright.
"No, the county's grain is almost gone, and the higher-ups aren't sending any reinforcements. I really couldn't hold on any longer, so I ran away."
Yun Mo stepped forward, staring at him coldly, his eyes flashing with a chilling light.
"The horses we brought back last time were obtained by killing a cavalry unit in the forest twenty miles away from here. Last night's Hu people were brought by a fierce Hu general named Udahan."
His voice was indifferent, as if he were talking about something trivial, but to the magistrate it was as chilling as ice.
The magistrate hurriedly got up and kowtowed to him, crying, "Great hero, save me!"
"You're about to die, and you still won't talk?"
The magistrate nodded vigorously, "Speak! I'll speak! I've received news that the mixed Hu (non-Han) allied forces have captured Qingdao County and will soon attack Gudao County, so..."
He was too ashamed to continue speaking; as a local official, he had abandoned the people and run away first.
The lives of ordinary people are lives, and so is his.
"The people outside the city don't know?"
The magistrate looked up and argued, "If the people know, I won't be able to leave."
Seeing his sharp, sword-like gaze, as if it could pierce through him, the magistrate quickly lowered his head.
Yun Mo stopped arguing with him and turned to leave.
When those in power fail to act, the common people become victims of injustice.
Walking on the street, Lin Yinan felt only a bone-chilling cold.
Stepping through the gate of the mountain stronghold, Li Shulan rushed out with red eyes and hugged Lin Yinan tightly.
"You little ungrateful brat, your mother is so worried about you."
Lin Yinan comforted her, "I'm perfectly fine."
Seeing the villagers whispering around them, Lin Yiheng quickly said, "Mother, it's cold outside. Let's talk about it when we get back."
Li Shulan let go of Lin Yinan, took her hand, and started walking back.
Just as they were about to turn onto the path home, Su Yunzhi rushed over, followed by Zhu Jinhui and her daughter Yu Suqin, who had come to watch the commotion.
Seeing her return, Su Yunzhi's eyes lit up, and her voice was clear and loud, "Anan, you're back. Are you hurt?"
Lin Yinan glanced at Zhu Jinhui behind him, nodded perfunctorily, and said, "Yeah, it's alright."
"The third young master of the Yun family hasn't returned all night. Are you really chasing after the Hu general, Anan?" Lin Qiutao said sarcastically.
Yu Suqin looked Lin Yinan up and down, her gaze scrutinizing her as if she wanted to bore a hole through her.
"I heard that when he came back, he was still wearing Young Master Yun's clothes."
Li Shulan quickly shielded her daughter behind her and jumped out to defend herself, "You're talking nonsense. The clothes that Anan is wearing are clothes that I made for her."
"Isn't that a man's outer robe she's wearing?" Lin Qiutao kindly reminded her, her eyes full of surprise.
Lin Yiheng's fists clenched so tightly they cracked as they falsely accused his sister.
"Enough! Stop causing trouble here. Open your dog eyes and see clearly that my sister is wearing my clothes."
"A-Nan didn't come home all night, and she spent the night with another man." Zhu Jinhui's tone was as if she were trying to confirm something.
Lin Yinan had no choice but to get involved in this filth.
She can forget about ever having anything to do with Yunzhi in this lifetime!
Upon hearing her mother's words, Su Yunzhi's face immediately darkened. "Mother, Anan went out to eliminate a major threat to the mountain stronghold. How can you speak of her like that?"
"A man and a woman alone together, who knows what might happen?"
Yu Suqin twirled the handkerchief in her hand in an affected manner.
"You're talking nonsense!"
Li Shulan was so angry that her face turned red, and she wanted to tear her mouth apart.
Su Yunzhi glared at her angrily, "Aunt Yu, this concerns a woman's reputation, please be careful what you say!"
Lin Yinan has never cared about reputation, and seeing these people jumping around like clowns.
Her cold gaze swept over the group, finally settling on Zhu Jinhui.
Zhu Jinhui's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at her nervously, thinking that Lin Yinan was about to say something, but she saw her pull Li Shulan and turn to leave.
"Let's go, Mother. Why bother with these clowns?"
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