The wind whistled in Lin Yanyu's ears. She turned around and saw Huang Batian swooping towards her with a machete in his hand.

He was extremely fast and in an instant, he was about to rush to her face.

Lin Yanyu's heart suddenly tightened, her pupils shrank slightly, and her body seemed to be under a spell of immobilization.

She didn't even have time to react before she heard the sound of cloth tearing, and smelled a strong smell of blood and a faint scent of cypress.

In a flash, Li Yanqi grabbed her into his arms.

Then he kicked Huang Batian in the abdomen, knocking him back several steps, then he rolled on the ground holding her and knelt on one knee.

He held the dagger across his body. There was dark liquid on his right arm, which dripped onto the ground and gathered into a small dark puddle.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Huang Batian covered his abdomen and took two steps back, laughing wildly as if he didn't feel any pain, "No wonder this beauty didn't want to go back to the state capital with me. I didn't expect you to be such an infatuated man. I really got it right!"

His face was filled with satisfaction as he looked at Li Yanqi's right arm with confidence.

"My knife is coated with a special numbing powder. Is your right arm starting to go numb? Don't worry, just wait a little longer and you won't even be able to pick up a blade of grass! When I see that, you still have no right to be arrogant!"

Lin Yanyu's face turned pale, and she turned her head to look hurriedly, and saw that Li Yanqi's right arm was indeed trembling slightly.

"Li Yanqi, no matter how powerful you are, your strength will eventually run out. When your arm is completely immobile, there will be at least 200 soldiers present, if not 300! Do you think we will let you leave alive?!"

Huang Batian was very proud.

Lin Yanyu took out a handkerchief and tried to tie up Li Yanqi's bleeding arm. Tears streamed down her face and she was about to cry like a tearful person.

Li Yanqi held her slender waist tightly with his left hand, entwining the two of them together like a vine. He lowered his dark eyes to look at the girl who was hugging his arm and crying with heartache.

He asked, "If I die, will you stay with me?"

Lin Yan suddenly tilted her head, and the slight itch of her nose brushing against the tip of her nose caused ripples in her heart.

Those expressive black eyes were looking at her, like a pool of dark and deep water, as if they were going to suck her in.

Lin Yanyu hesitated and turned back, looking around. Huang Batian's smug and distorted face looked hideous and terrifying under the firelight.

She imagined what would happen to her if Li Yanqi really died.

Li Yanqi is a scoundrel and a tyrant. It would be nice if I could die with him.

At least she won't be bullied by other ghosts.

Lin Yanyu didn't know why she could still laugh when thinking about these things in this situation?

She nestled herself in Li Yanqi's arms, closed her eyes and pressed tightly against his chest, and as she closed her eyes, a string of tears fell.

She smiled faintly and replied, "Yeah."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Yanqi's eyes lit up and he said yes three times in a row.

After saying this, he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, a laugh that was both proud and arrogant.

Huang Batian frowned upon hearing this and sneered, "Li Yanqi, you are about to die, yet you can still laugh!"

Li Yanqi ignored him and just looked at the girl in his arms, teasing: "You haven't given me a daughter like you yet, I can't bear to give her up!"

Lin Yanyu suddenly opened her watery eyes, her face flushed with shame, and looked at him, full of confusion.

Li Yanqi raised his eyebrows: "Listen carefully."

His words silenced everyone.

As night falls, everything is silent except for the rustling of leaves in the breeze.

Those with good hearing had their faces suddenly changed.

Huang Batian didn't wait for the Ma Fei San to take full effect. He rushed over with a knife and chopped at Li Yanqi.

Li Yanqi leaped forward holding the girl in his arms, raised his sword to block, and a few sparks flew when the weapons collided. He took the blow firmly.

Huang Batian was knocked back a few steps by the force. He looked at Li Yanqi's malicious eyes, sweat dripping down his face, and muttered, "Impossible, this is impossible...you..."

Li Yanqi's thin red lips curled up: "Who told you that I can only use my right hand?"

Huang Batian was suddenly in great confusion. Li Yanqi leaped forward and Huang Batian raised his sword to try to resist.

But Li Yanqi turned his left wrist at a tricky angle and pierced Huang Batian's palm in one stroke. He then kicked him again, causing him to spit blood and fall several feet away.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was approaching.

Hu Ruiqi and Hu Ruilin were the first to rush to the scene with the patrol battalion and surrounded everyone present.

Hu Ruiqi looked around at the corpses on the ground with a look of surprise on his face.

"Sir, we just entered the city when we received a message from Lai San saying that something happened in the county lieutenant's family. What happened?"

Li Yanqi didn't answer him. He picked up Lin Yanyu and carried her to the courtyard, leaving only one sentence: "Keep an eye on her."

The two brothers looked at each other, watching Li Yanqi's figure disappear at the door, and had a vague premonition that something big was about to happen.

Lin Yanyu had been through a whole night of dangers and her mind was extremely tense, with her emotions fluctuating greatly. After she was out of danger and relaxed, she became drowsy.

Li Yanqi took off her clothes, gently put her on the bed, covered her with the quilt, brushed all the girl's soft hair behind her ears, and kissed her smooth forehead with pity.

"Have a good sleep, and you'll forget everything when you wake up."

When Li Yanqi walked out of the room, Chen Ermu had already been untied by the people from the patrol camp. When he saw him, he immediately had a sad face and lowered his head.

"Brother, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I shouldn't have eaten anything randomly..."

Li Yanqi didn't even glance at him and gave five ingots of silver to the soldiers of the patrol camp.

"Send Mrs. Liu from the courtyard to Huichun Hall. I just saw that she should be fine, but I still want Doctor Huang to see her in person. Send the remaining silver to Mrs. Liu's husband."

After giving the instructions, he turned around and walked towards the path at the door.

Hu Ruilin was squatting on the ground, holding a branch in his hand, poking Huang Batian who was lying on the ground like a dead dog.

"Hey, I'm asking you a question. You said you were a grain transport officer from Chongzhou, so why are you at the county lieutenant's house? Could it be that the grain is at our county lieutenant's house? Speak."

Huang Batian's chin was covered with dried blood, and his chest was also covered with blood. He felt humiliated by Hu Rui's interrogation, but suddenly he saw Li Yanqi coming over. He was immediately like a rat in the gutter seeing a cat.

He pushed back with all his limbs, threatening: "Li Yanqi, I am Cai Zhang's man, you can't kill me! If you kill me, not only Cai Zhang, but also the prefect of Chongzhou will not let you go! As long as you don't... Ugh!"

The words contained a huge amount of information. Before the two brothers of the Hu family could figure out the situation, Huang Batian's neck had been pierced by a dagger.

"Oh... Chongzhou Prefecture and the government office will not let you go..."

Huang Batian's eyes widened, his legs and feet twitched a few times, and then he was silent.

Hu Ruiqi and Hu Ruilin were suddenly startled, looked at each other, saw each other's eyes were about to pop out, and swallowed.

"Hey!"

Another burst of hurried horse hoof sounds was heard, and the group of soldiers heading to Yuhua County also arrived one after another.

Ma Xigui rushed to the scene first. He first looked at the corpse on the ground, then looked at the Hu brothers who were shocked, and there was a moment of silence.

Li Yanqi turned the dagger around and pulled it out, then wiped the blood off the blade on Huang Batian's collar with a nonchalant look on his face.

"I plan to leave Yunlong Town."

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