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Chapter 390: The Chivalrous Woman and the Romantic Young Prince (24)

Yan Xue frowned and asked, "What's going on? Why do I see blood in the peach blossom forest?"

Steward Li sighed, "Someone broke into the peach blossom forest last night, but they were all strangled by the killing array in the peach blossom forest."

Bai Yuheng was surprised and said, "Didn't Third Senior Brother say that the formation he set up can only trap people, not kill them? I didn't expect that his level has actually improved."

Yan Xue coughed lightly and did not answer, but continued to ask the housekeeper,

"Do you know who did this?"

"From the way he's dressed, he looks like a member of the Green Gang."

Yan Xue looked at her fourth senior brother. She had some impression of the Qing Gang. She seemed to have heard from her eldest senior brother that the one who finally competed with him for the position of leader of the martial arts world was the leader of the Qing Gang.

But his senior brother was more skilled, so the leader of the Green Gang did not succeed.

"Uncle Li, if you don't want to live here, you can come with me to Jiangzhou."

Butler Li shook his head and said, "Miss, my family has lived here for more than 20 years and we really don't want to leave. I will stay here to look after the house for you.

We won’t go out either, and we are not afraid no matter who comes looking for us.”

Yan Xue nodded, "Okay then."

"Miss, what brings you back this time?"

"Oh, I brought my husband to pay respect to my parents."

Butler Li looked at the man standing next to him. He was indeed good-looking. Suddenly he thought of something and knelt down quickly. "Greetings, Prince."

Duanmu Ci straightened his chest and said, "No need to bow. You don't need to bow at home anymore."

"Thank you, Prince."

Butler Li stood up and said to their young lady, "I sweep the master's grave every day. It's late now.

Miss, please take your son-in-law to rest first. I will arrange for someone to prepare food for you."

"Ah."

The next morning, they had a simple meal and came to the cemetery on the back mountain with the candles and paper money they had prepared.

Yan Xue stood in front of the tombstone, looking at her parents' joint tomb, feeling sad. After all, she inherited the original owner's memories and emotions.

She knelt down and kowtowed three times, silently saying in her heart, "Father, Mother, I'm sorry that I came to see you only now. Although I am no longer your daughter,

But don't worry, I will continue to live well for your daughter.

Protect us Yan family members from being bullied by foreign enemies and help the people live a good life to the best of our ability."

Yan Xue kowtowed three times, but unexpectedly Duanmu Ci next to her also knelt down.

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, I am your son-in-law Duanmu Ci. I will take good care of Xue'er in the future, so you can rest assured." After saying this, he actually kowtowed three times.

Yan Xue was deeply moved. After burning paper money and placing offerings, they slowly walked down the mountain.

The two stayed in the villa for two days and left on the third day. However, they did not return to Jiangzhou, but went to Huzhou instead.

Along the way, we saw many refugees from the disaster heading south.

"Xue'er, what are we going to do in Huzhou? Although we have disguised ourselves, it will still be troublesome if we are discovered by someone with ulterior motives."

Yan Xue looked at the man and said solemnly: "Duanmu Ci, don't you think this cautious life is tiring?"

Duanmu Ci was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I know, but this is to protect them, and to protect ourselves."

Yan Xue sighed and said, "You have been living a life of debauchery for so many years just to make them relax their vigilance against you and to protect the 20 Black Armored Army behind you.

But when will this kind of life end? We always live cautiously, treading on thin ice?" Her eyes were filled with worry.

Duanmu Ci held her hand tightly and comforted her softly: "Xue'er, I know you are worried, but this is a responsibility we must bear. Maybe one day..."

Yan Xue shook her head, tears flashing in her eyes, "If there is no such day, when you are old, what will happen to our children and grandchildren?

Is it possible to be just a dude? Have you ever thought about these questions?"

Duanmu Ci rolled his throat, held the girl's hand tighter, bit his lip, and said, "Xue'er, you have suffered with me.

When my father died in battle, I really wanted to go back and wonder why, why the man who fought so hard could not dispel his worries,

But my mother held me back. She knelt in front of me and begged me, saying that your father had expected this day to come and that man would not be allowed to live any longer.

My mother told me that I was not allowed to join the Black Armor Army anymore, or I would be the next person to die in battle.

I am not afraid of death, but after I die, the 20 Black Armored Army will be slaughtered. That person has been looking for the military talisman for these years.

The purpose is to let the Xuanjia Army kill each other one day.

That's 20 lives and 20 families. How can I...?"

Yan Xue looked at him sharply, "Have you ever thought about rebelling?"

Duanmu Ci laughed miserably, "Why didn't I think of it? I thought of it when I knew that my father was shot in the back, but how could I rebel? Just rely on 20 black armored soldiers?

I can't drag them to be buried with my father. There is only one iron mine in the whole Jiangzhou, which is barely enough to forge weapons for the Black Armor Army.

As for taxation, although Jiangzhou is rich, there are disasters and droughts from time to time, and the people are hungry. How can I bear to oppress them?

Maybe I am not ruthless enough, so I may not be suitable for that position. Besides, that person has 60 troops, while I only have 20. I cannot defeat him.

Moreover, if they rebel, it will mean the destruction of all people. I don’t want the people to live in misery because of my selfishness.”

Yan Xue sighed in her heart. She looked at the man and asked, "Did you bring the map?"

Duanmu Ci nodded, took out a parchment scroll from his arms, and placed it on the table.

Yan Xue looked at the map. This one was much clearer than the one that the third senior brother had found.

In fact, she had studied the map of Yuancang Kingdom before, and it was similar to the map in her previous life, except that there were about seven or eight countries around it, and wars would occasionally break out.

She said to Duanmu Ci, "Jiangzhou is here, Huzhou is here, and Huzhou is close to Weijiang. I mean, can we make all the territory from here to the south ours?"

As she spoke, she looked up at the man, and her fingers traced along Wei Jiang's path, "Then we don't have to worry about that person's hand stretching too far.

We don't have to worry about our personal safety, and we have the ability to protect our people so that they won't starve to death or die without grass.

And of course for our future children.”