Chapter 4

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⠀⠀That morning, Su Yunchu said a simple farewell to the man and went on her way. In the evening, several people came to the courtyard. As soon as they entered and saw the man, two men knelt down toward him, “Your Majesty, your subordinates are late, please punish our sins.”

The man simply waved his hand, “Get up, it was not your fault, no need to ask for forgiveness.”

It was true that it wasn’t the two’s fault; they had encountered the enemy after they had split up, leading to what happened. But apparently, the two still refused to get up, believing they were the ones who protected the Lord unfavorably, and now that this happened, it was right to punish them.

Instead, another man who also followed them over, with laughter in his voice said, “Say, how long will you two kneel? Murong Yuan clearly doesn’t want to pursue this with you, so you shouldn’t be in a hurry to ask for a punishment.”

Nevertheless, his words didn’t make the two men waver in any way, as Mu Yang and Mu Han remained on their knees, refusing to get up.

This wasn’t the first time Yan Yishan had been ignored by them, and with a cold snort, he spoke, “If Murong Yuan won’t punish you, I can help him punish you. Since you’re so eager to be punished, go back and stay at Blue Eagle for a while!”

That’s when Murong Yuan spoke up, “Get up first.”

Although Murong Yuan was looking at them, it was clear that his eyes had little focus, and it was only then that the two recalled the original fight, when powdered medicine flew at him and hastily asked, “Your eyes, my lord?”

Murong Yuan this time faintly said, “No hindrance.”

Yan Yishan, who was originally somewhat cranky, also changed his previous attitude when he heard Murong Yuan’s eyes were injured. There was worry evident in his voice, “Your eyes are hurt?”

He had heard the original situation from the two brothers earlier, but thought that with Murong Yuan’s martial arts skills, he should have been able to evade that time. Who would plot against him? He disregarded the matter, opening his mouth to say, “Motherf**ker, I’ll gouge their eyes out one by one.”

At Yan Yishan’s vulgar and violent expression, Murong Yuan didn’t even bother to address it, only saying, “I’m almost fully healed now. In two more days, I’ll be able to see clearly.”

Yan Yishan was a bit surprised, “Do you want to just let that bunch of bastards go?”

Murong Yuan raised his eyebrows, “Is benwang* such a benevolent person?”

“You’re not…but why do you say that?” Saying he was healed so indifferently, as if he wasn’t going to investigate it.

Murong Yuan already didn’t want say any more, he only wanted to tell them the situation so that they wouldn’t have to worry blindly.

But Yan Yishan was a person who obviously wouldn’t be that easily calmed down. From when he had first entered the barracks, he had followed Murong Yuan south to fight in the Northern Expedition. In the beginning, he refused to accept him, but now followed by his side and had brotherly affection for him. Seeing Murong Yuan’s eyes, the worry in his heart naturally did not disappear, “Did you meet someone who healed your eyes?”

“Mm.” Murong Yuan was clearly reluctant to say.

But Yan Yishan just wanted to ask some more, “What kind of person is confident to treat your eyes, there won’t be any problems after healing, right?”

Although it was blurry, Murong Yuan turned his line of sight to Yan Yishan, “Benwang was lying on that bed ten days ago. Do you think benwang will be okay?”

The situation was indeed a bit more serious than Yan Yishan had thought, but at this time, seeing that Murong Yuan was no longer in any serious trouble, he was also slightly relieved. “What kind of person saved you, their medical skills must not be bad.”

“I only know that it was a woman, followed by two women and a man, and that man’s skill is comparable to yours.” At that time, although they had spent more than ten days together, Murong Yuan and Su Yunchu did not reveal too much of their respective matters to each other. Thus, Murong Yuan hadn’t even heard the three names of Fu Ling, Yu Zhu, and Ying Li.

But Yan Yishan brightened up when he heard Murong Yuan say that Ying Li’s skills were comparable to his. Although he wasn’t an master at martial arts and was incomparable to Murong Yuan, hearing such words, he couldn’t help but feel a little intrigued, “Who was it?”

“Don’t know.”

“Don’t know? You don’t even know who your savior is?”

This time, Murong Yuan really didn’t want to say anything more to him. He didn’t reveal anything to the other party, and it was obvious that the other party didn’t want to reveal anything to him either. In the end, the relationship between the two was just limited to cooperation.

Murong Yuan had already stopped paying attention to Yan Yishan and entered the house straight away.

The inside of the house had already been packed up the night before, with no trace of anything left behind by the four people at all. But after Yan Yishan entered and skimmed through the entire courtyard, he asserted, “It was a woman.”

Him saying that so certainly and assuredly made Murong Yuan’s mouth somewhat agape, “Ben wang doesn’t know but General Yan’s energy is focused on such things?”

“Oh my, Murong Yuan, Daxin’s famous War God, rumored to be not close with women that no woman dares to get close to him, has now finally let someone break down this image now.”

He laughed at the other’s misfortune, not taking heed of Murong Yuan’s merciless sweep of a palm, and the handsome, almost somewhat flirtatious face also turned ugly and green, “Trying to kill me, huh? I was just saying one word.”

“You’re too noisy, benwang doesn’t like people who are scum around.” He said, another palm striking over.

This time, Yan Yishan had no choice but to flee outside to escape, incessantly shouting that Murong Yuan was ungrateful. He had traveled all the way without sleep in vain, the death of a few horses to find him was in vain, that he did not expect to end up being treated by him so heartlessly.

The two men who were still in the courtyard, Mu Han and Mu Yang, had to go up to persuade Yan Yishan, “General Yan, don’t challenge wangye’s divine authority.”

Yan Yishan snorted coldly, “In vain, I have taken care of you guys usually, but now that you have met Murong Yuan, you have forgotten about me.”

The two brothers of the Mu family bowed their heads and remained silent. Taking care of us? You only take care of us if you have nothing better to do.

So the two Mu brothers were determined to be silent together.

Although Yan Yishan, Mu Yang and Mu Han had searched for Murong Yuan and also found him, because of Murong Yuan’s eyes, they had to continue staying here for another two days. Firstly, to return to the capital at this time, even if they weren’t afraid of further schemes, it still couldn’t be risked. Secondly, Murong Yuan’s eyes were important, and in case there were any possible accidents along the way, the middle of nowhere was a good place to be. Otherwise, once it became known that there was something wrong with the eyes of the Daxin’s War God, it would usher in a new wave of turmoil and unrest.

Thus, Su Yunchu and her entourage continued to walk for another six or seven days, and were nearing the boundaries of Qingzhou.

On this day, when they reached the outskirts of a forest, Yu Zhu told Su Yunchu, “Miss, after going through this forest and the canyon in front of you, we will enter Qingzhou. The journey will be a bit easier once we enter Qingzhou, and I don’t think it will be as bumpy and tiring as it has been these past few days.”

“Mm.” Su Yunchu echoed, lifting a corner of the curtain to look out of the window. The forest was lush and full of life. In this heat, with the carriage being in the middle of the woods, there was an extra unexpected hint of coolness.

The days of hurrying also made Su Yunchu feel a bit worn out. After all, a vehicle like a carriage, even if it was well made, the vibrations were still too much. Even though she was used to it, it ultimately could not compare to her previous life, not to mention the combined days of hurrying.

But then, unexpectedly, there was a shout from Ying Li, “Miss, be careful!”

Su Yunchu’s reaction was swift and she subconsciously moved sideways, the arrow grazing her shoulder and shooting straight into the carriage.

At that moment, Fu Ling and Yu Zhu also took a protective stance, while outside the carriage, Ying Li was fighting with a group of people.

Su Yunchu lifted the curtain, only to see more than ten black-clothed men fighting with Ying Li and another few were approaching the carriage. The other party was ruthless, were they trying to put them to death?

“You guys go down and help Ying Li.” Su Yunchu commanded Yu Zhu and Fu Ling.

“But, Miss…”

“No buts.” Su Yunchu’s voice was no longer ominously gentle and clear like normal but carried a hint of authority.

Helplessly, Fu Ling and Yu Zhu knew that no matter what the situation was, as long as Su Yunchu made a decision, they had to abide by it with clenched teeth, “Miss, be careful.” They also flew out of the carriage to Ying Li, helping him fight.

Ying Li was a little dissatisfied with the appearance of the three, “Why are you guys here, not protecting Miss?”

“Don’t talk nonsense, finish these people off first.” Fu Ling’s voice had some impatience in it.

But a sneer came out from among the black-clothed men, “Finish us off? This little b*tch doesn’t look like much, but she has a big mouth, Lao San. Will we take care of them or will they take care of us?”

The one called Lao San, though he was in the middle of a fight, still didn’t forget to say back, “Brother, there’s no need to ask this us brothers this, naturally we will finish them off.” At the end, he didn’t forget to take a look over at Fu Ling, “I think this little b*tch is hot. When the time comes, we’ll have to leave it to the brothers to have some fun!”

Hearing him say that, other lustful laughter floated over.

Fu Ling was already a girl with a hot temperament, and hearing the words of such a crowd obviously made her heart even hotter, “Bunch of sons of b*tches. If I don’t slaughter you today, this great aunt will write her name backwards.”

Yu Zhu was also a bit angry when she heard the obscene words earlier, but she was more calm than Fu Ling and she couldn’t help but quirk the corners of her mouth when she heard this scolding from Fu Ling at this time.

For a while, the fight was fierce.

The three on Yu Zhu and Ying Li’s side were busy, but Su Yunchu’s side was also surrounded by several people.

Su Yunchu didn’t learn ancient martial arts but since she had spent time in the special forces, her skills were naturally not bad. Unlike Ying Li and the others who danced with large swords, she was either barehanded or fought with short weapons like daggers. Combined with close-range combat martial arts, she clearly had the advantage against this group of people who relied on ancient martial arts.

Despite that advantage, seeing that this group of people had just been defeated, another group of people came out from the forest. Even if Su Yunchu was able to fight, she was still somewhat depleted of strength at this time.

The three people on Ying Li’s side looked at Su Yunchu and could only be secretly anxious since they were unable to pull themselves away.

Seeing that the long sword of a black-clothed man behind Su Yunchu was about to pierce her, the hearts of the three rose to their throats and they shouted in unison, “Miss, be careful!”

benwang: i (how a prince refers to themselves)

lao san: old third, sort of a nickname for the third oldest

wangye: title for princes, the highest imperial authority below the emperor

learning to count in chinese is pretty handy for ancient c-novels bc they like things in order. lil mini lesson: yi, er, san, si, wu, liu, qi, ba, jiu, shi (1-10)

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