"Gather the troops! Set off immediately!" Xia Jingsheng drove his horse back to the palace, followed closely by Xia Jingxuan and Xia Jingchen, with anxious eyes.
Not long after leaving the military camp, Xia Jingyan disappeared!
The officers and soldiers immediately went out first, cleared out the people wandering on the streets in the capital, and drove them away temporarily. The common people hid on both sides of the avenue and talked about it. Just when they didn't know what was going on, they saw thousands of sergeants in dark blue robes driving their horses out of the city.
The sergeants all wore masks of green-faced fanged ghosts, making it difficult to see their faces. They had long swords on their left sides, bows and arrows on their backs, and the iron chains on their bodies and on their horses jingled.
The common people knew that this was the highest level of the Xia Family Army, but they just didn't know what to do.
Normally, this group of people would not go out unless there was a major event like a mutiny. Each of the blue-robed soldiers was an official of the central government, and the total number was only five thousand. Today, there were three thousand who left the city.
In less than three minutes, all Xia's troops had arrived at the barracks. Zhao Qiechen came out to greet them and knelt down to plead guilty.
"Get up and go find Yan'er. If nothing happens to Yan'er, take it easy. If Yan'er is hurt in the slightest, you know the consequences!" Xia Jingsheng growled at Zhao Qiechen.
Xia Jingsheng has always trusted Zhao Qichen, and Zhao Qichen has always been brave. Xia Jingsheng handed Xia Jingyan to Zhao Qichen, but he didn't expect that such a mistake would happen. He had used his old minister for so many years, and he was really a confidant. After all, he was soft-hearted.
, if it had been anyone else, Xia Jingsheng would have let him ascend to heaven on the spot.
"All the troops listen to the order! Attack the villa! Find the princess and rescue the princess at all costs!" Xia Jingxuan ordered to the army.
"Yes!" the troops responded.
"Let's search separately." Xia Jingchen led a group of troops to go first, while Xia Jingsheng and Xia Jingxuan each led a group of troops to go up the mountain in two directions.
On the other side, Xia Jingyan, Lu Chaoya and Yan Yu were pushed into prison by numerous bandits.
They locked the fence door, rubbed their hands and smiled at the three of them. Except for Xia Jingyan, the other two were frightened and collapsed on the ground. When Xia Jingyan saw the dozen people in the prison, he made a plan in his mind and grasped it from his sleeves.
The sword in the hairpin pierced the wrist of the first bandit the moment he pounced on him.
"Ah!" The bandit screamed, and was immediately kicked aside by Xia Jingyan.
The few remaining bandits were frightened, surprised, and angry. They rushed up, armed with sticks and angry.
Xia Jingyan held the sword in his hand and stood in front of Lu Chaoya and Yan Yu. He swung the sword several times and bright red blood spurted out from the bandit's neck.
But there were too many people, and Xia Jingyan couldn't resist them. He couldn't protect himself, but he couldn't protect Yan Yu and Lu Chaoya.
The stick with wooden thorns hit Lu Chaoya. She had no time to dodge. Yan Yu subconsciously blocked it. The wooden thorns penetrated half an inch from her back. Dark red blood flowed down her arm. Yan Yu felt piercing pain.
, fell on Lu Chaoya.
"Sister Yanyu!"
"Yan Yu!"
Lu Chaoya and Xia Jingyan shouted at the same time, and just as Xia Jingyan turned around, a bandit stabbed Xia Jingyan with a knife.
The plan changed. The mountain bandits no longer planned to save Xia Jingyan's life. They had received news from Qin Suan and wanted the mountain bandits to retreat immediately. Xia's army had already attacked the mountain.
"Master, be careful!" Lu Chaoya noticed the man and shouted eagerly.
Xia Jingyan had no way to escape, but at the last moment when the tip of the knife was about to touch her, a long sword pierced the bandit's chest from the back, and the surrounding bandits also fell one after another.
"Yan'er! Let's go!" Zhou Ranzhuo took Xia Jingyan's hand and ran out, but the bandits continued to surround him one after another.
Gu Yun followed closely with a long spear, and while fighting, he asked Lu Chaoya and Yan Yu: "Can you still run?"
"It can be done!" Lu Chaoya replied immediately, put Yan Yu's hand on his body, and followed Gu Yun.
"Chao Ya!" Xia Jingyan was worried, broke away from Zhou Ranzhuo's hand and ran back.
Gu Yun was unable to defend himself, and a knife flew towards Lu Chaoya. Lu Chaoya dodged in a hurry and fell to the ground, rolling aside along with Yan Yu.
"Hurry up! It's too late! The bandits are going to set fire to the mountain!" Zhou Ranzhuo also rushed back, picked up Xia Jingyan and ran out, refusing to let her go no matter how much she cried and fought.
"Quickly go!" Gu Yun dragged Lu Chaoya, but Ke Yanyu was still on the haystack. She was injured. This stab wound would have been better if it had been a man. But Ke Yanyu was a delicate girl who was born delicate, how could she
To endure such pain?
"You go first and leave me alone!" Yan Yu woke up Gu Yun with one sentence: "Everyone who can leave is one!"
"Sister Yan Yu... I won't leave..." Lu Chaoya cried, reaching out to pull Yan Yu, and Yan Yu also extended her hand.
"Let's go! If we don't go, we will all be burned to death!" Gu Yun forced Lu Chaoya to run away, but Yan Yu and Lu Chaoya were finally pulled away.
"Hurry up! The king is going to burn the mountain!" A cry came from the bandits.
At the same time, Qin Suan had also set up a haystack and lit a fire. The bandits who rushed out of the prison had no time to stop and crashed into the fire one by one, screaming one after another.
There were only five bandits left in the prison who had not escaped. The mountain fire was about to break in, and they would definitely die. They could wait for a while if they didn't run away, but they were all about to die anyway. Looking at Yan Yu, they unleashed their most primitive wildness.
"Death under the peonies, you can be a ghost even if you die!"
Yan Yu looked at the bandits who were surrounding them with wild smiles in horror, and fell into despair.
It would be worse to be beaten to death by Yan Li!
Among the cries of people being burned, another kind of cry was added.
Xia Jingsheng led his troops up the mountain and fetched water to extinguish the fire. When the fire gradually subsided, he immediately led a small group of men and horses into the villa, leaving the remaining men to clean up the prisoners.
As soon as they entered the prison, they saw several beasts eager to pounce on their prey, but before they could enjoy it, Xia Jingsheng cut the neck of Yan Yu while he cried.
"Yan Yu..." Xia Jingsheng stepped forward to call Yan Yu, but Yan Yu seemed to be frightened, closing her eyes and slapping randomly around.
"Yan Yu!" Xia Jingsheng forcibly controlled Yan Yu's hands and shook them several times.
Yan Yu recognized Xia Jingsheng's voice, and when she opened her eyes, it was true that she gradually became quiet, sobbed softly, and tentatively called: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty?" She was afraid it was just a dream.
"This is me, the king. Where is Yan'er? Where are Yan'er and the others?" Xia Jingsheng tried his best to calm down in order to prevent Yan Yu from being frightened again.
"Your Majesty!" Yan Yu was immersed in her own world and couldn't hear what Xia Jingsheng was asking. She even threw herself on Xia Jingsheng, hugging her tightly, abandoning all the past rules and etiquette.
Xia Jingsheng was really shocked. He had always stayed away from his niece since he was born until now. Yan Yu was really the first person besides his mother and sister to boldly "molest" him. However, Xia Jingsheng quickly regained his senses and caressed her gently.
Yan Yu's back made Yan Yu slowly feel at ease.
"Yes! Princess! Princess and Chao Ya..." Yan Yu suddenly pushed Xia Jingsheng away and said in a panic, while gesticulating with his hands:
"The princess and Chao Ya, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Gu have rescued them, but there are still people chasing them. Your Majesty, please go and save them!"
Xia Jingxuan and Xia Jingchen barged in at this moment and happened to hear these words.
"There are still people chasing you!" Xia Jingxuan exclaimed, worried about Xia Jingyan and Lu Chaoya, and also began to doubt the origin of the bandits. Ordinary bandits could not gather so many people.
"Brother Wang, second brother! I'm going to save Yan'er!" Xia Jingchen never thought so much.
Xia Jingchen only wanted to save Xia Jingyan. Before Xia Jingsheng could say anything, he had already run away. How could he care about where he came from?
"Jing Xuan, let's search separately. Ask Zhao Qichen to search quickly. I'll take Yan Yu back to the camp first." Xia Jingsheng said and picked up Yan Yu.
Although he was extremely worried about Xia Jingyan, he could not ignore Yan Yu. After all, Yan Yu had contributed to the suppression of bandits for the people. It was obvious that Yan Yu's injury needed urgent treatment.
"Okay!" Xia Jingxuan ran out and led a group of people in pursuit down the mountain.
In order to find Xia Jingyan, they can do everything they can.