Confiscated my property and exiled me, I emptied the emperor's old nest to escape famine

"Finally left. It was so scary."

Lin Xue'e's whole body almost collapsed.

Ye Qingyun quickly supported her.

Lin Xue'e leaned on Ye Qingyun and looked at Ye Fei and Ye Ling with fear on her face:

"Fei'er, Ling'er, are you okay?"

Ye Fei shook her head. How could anything happen to her?

Ye Ling was a little kid but very smart and comforted Lin Xue'e: "Mom, don't be afraid, I'm fine."

As he spoke, he pressed his little face against the back of Lin Xue'e's hand and then the back of Ye Fei's hand.

Ye Fei looked at Ye Ling's pale face and knew what was going on.

Ye Ling had his house confiscated and was exiled at such a young age, and now he is experiencing a massacre by bandits. How could he not be afraid?

It’s just that Ye Ling is sensible and stubborn.

Thinking of this, Ye Fei also gently stroked Ye Ling’s little head in response to him.

Ye Ling suddenly looked more satisfied and dependent, leaning on Ye Fei.

The bandits' departure meant the danger was over.

The exiles who were just busy screaming and running for their lives all felt lucky to have been reborn after a disaster.

Everyone couldn't help but burst into tears.

Some people were frightened by the cruelty of the bandits.

For some people, it’s because too many people died around them.

Some people had family members hacked to death by bandits during this chaos.

Ye Fei estimated that it was only a quarter of an hour from the time the bandits ran out to kill people to the time they left.

But for the exiled people, this quarter of an hour was definitely like a year and full of nightmares.

Especially the exiles on Ye Fei's side, countless people were killed or injured in the attack by the bandits.

For a moment, all she could hear was the sound of crying:

"Mom and Dad, wake up..."

"Second brother, eldest sister, please don't die..."

"Mom, I'm scared."

"........."

From the cries of these exiles, Ye Fei heard their fear and anxiety about the road of exile and the future.

The bandits' ambush made these exiles feel like the sky was falling.

"How pitiful..."

"Is it so difficult to live?"

Lin Xue'e looked at the dead bodies and bright red blood all around her, and murmured softly with trembling lips.

She held Ye Fei tightly with one hand and covered Ye Ling's eyes with the other.

As a mother, Lin Xue'e's most direct reaction was to protect Ye Fei and Ye Ling.

She didn't even want the five-year-old Ye Ling to see such a bloody scene.

Just like before, Ye Qingyun had habitually stood in front of Ye Fei and the other three as a protector.

Ye Fei slightly turned his body and looked at the crowd.

A man in his fifties stood up and spoke with dignity:

"Okay, stop crying."

"The dead cannot be resurrected, so let them rest in peace."

"Everyone please help out and hurry up."

"Otherwise, when the escorts come back, I'm afraid we may not even have the time or qualifications to bury them."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, no matter how sad everyone was, they all started to take action.

The men were digging holes and carving words.

The women and children were sobbing and at a loss.

Fortunately, they could not help or cause any trouble. They all sat obediently around an old woman.

Ye Fei recognized him at a glance. This middle-aged man was the direct descendant of the Ye family, and the current head of the Ye family, Ye Qingfeng.

And that old woman was Ye Qingfeng’s biological mother, Ruan.

Ye Fei looked at the other members of the Ye family again.

Upon seeing this, Ye Fei discovered that most of the Ye family's direct descendants survived.

This means that many members of the Ye family's side branches died in this robbery.

"Qingyun, come and help."

Just then, someone called Ye Qingyun over.

Before Ye Fei opened her mouth to remind him, Ye Qingyun hesitated with difficulty: "This..."

Then, he said honestly, "I am the only grown man in our family, I really can't leave."

"Look, they are so scared that they have lost their souls."

As Ye Qingyun spoke, he also specifically pointed to Ye Fei, Lin Xue'e and Ye Ling who were behind him.

The Ye family member who invited Ye Qingyun, looking at the frail Ye Fei and Lin Xue'e and the five-year-old Ye Ling, did not force it:

"Forget it, just take care of them."

Ye Qingyun smiled honestly, and then continued to stay with Ye Fei and the others.

Ye Fei felt that Ye Qingyun was quite good at pretending, and his pretending was quite convincing.

Ye Fei felt that it would be more suitable if Ye Qingyun didn’t have a handsome face.

Ye Fei felt very discordant when she thought of Ye Qingyun with a handsome face and an honest expression.

What Ye Fei didn't expect was that after Ye Qingyun sat them down, he warned them cautiously and furtively:

"The Ye family's direct lineage is a big pit, we must never get close to it."

"When times are good and prosperous, the direct lineage cannot bring prosperity to us, the collateral lineage."

"When bad luck strikes, the direct line will also bring trouble to our side line."

"Now we are all exiled together, and all the collateral branches that were close to the main line are dead..."

"I think that the direct lineage can only bring prosperity to themselves."

"You all saw what happened today."

"When there is trouble, the direct descendants are all alive and well, and it is the collateral descendants who die."

Ye Fei nodded in agreement.

She felt that Ye Qingyun saw things very clearly.

Whether before or after exile, Ye Qingyun treated the direct descendants of the Ye family equally.

Neither please nor fawn.

Therefore, among so many branches of the Ye family, Ye Qingyun's family has a relatively low presence.

Otherwise, Ye Fei and his family would not have been arranged to live in a remote place in the Ye Mansion.

Ye Qingyun looked at the somewhat confused Lin Xue'e and Ye Ling, and continued to instill his own values:

"The road to exile is still long."

"You must remember that no matter how kind the direct descendants are to us, we must keep our distance from them, understand?"

"The closer you are to the direct lineage, the faster you die."

"If you want to live long, you must stay away from the direct lineage."

Ye Fei was the first to agree: "Dad is right."

"As long as our family lives in peace, that's all."

"It's better for us to have less dealings with the people from the direct lineage."

Today, the bandits rushed over and hacked and killed the exiles on their side.

Ye Fei was 100% sure that this matter was definitely related to the direct lineage.

In order to reduce trouble, Ye Fei thought that their family should just ignore the people on the direct line as before.

Anyway, before this, Ye Fei's family had basically no relationship with the direct lineage.

After Ye Fei spoke up, Lin Xue'e and Ye Ling nodded and kept Ye Qingyun's warning in mind.

At this moment, Ye Fei saw someone coming over and greeted Ye Qingfeng excitedly: "Master Ye, it's really you!"

"When I heard your voice just now, I thought I had misheard."

Ye Fei noticed that Ye Qingfeng seemed even more surprised after seeing the other party:

"Master Wang, why are you here?"

"As the imperial censor of the imperial court, you have the duty of giving advice to your superiors and monitoring all officials below you."

"Even if you say something out of line, you can still be exempted from responsibility."

"You...what crime have you committed to deserve being exiled by His Majesty?"