Perhaps it was because Liu Hu's loud shouting was too intimidating, but "Swish, swish, swish", several sharp sounds of breaking wind suddenly pierced the forest, and there were really feather arrows flying towards them like lightning, one after another.

Liu Hu was already on edge, and at this moment he was even quicker. While the masked men were turning around in panic and frantically raising their swords to block the rain of arrows, he took a step forward and got into the carriage.

Without saying a word, he stretched out his big hand, pressed Xiao Lan and Fang Qingqing down hard, and protected them with his body.

"Kill!" Immediately afterwards, an angry shout like thunder shook the mountains and forests.

Xiao Lan and Fang Qingqing huddled in the corner of the carriage, tightly protected by Liu Hu. They could only hear the sharp sound of metal colliding outside the carriage, which was the sound of swords rubbing against each other and fighting fiercely.

The three of them were still tense, listening nervously to even the slightest movement outside, when at this moment, the curtain of the car was suddenly opened without any warning.

Liu Hu was blood-thirsty at this moment. Instinctively, he swung the long sword in his hand horizontally without thinking. The sword flashed like a silver lightning.

"Stop!" Xiao Lan couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw who was coming.

The sharp blade stopped abruptly just a millimeter away from Su Ze's neck.

Liu Hu took a closer look and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He was terrified and shouted at Su Ze, "Can't you make a sound? I almost killed you!"

Su Ze knew that he had acted rashly, but the situation was critical, and he had no intention of arguing with Liu Hu. He glanced at Liu Hu, and even at this tense moment, he saw that one of his hands was still tightly wrapped around Xiao Lan's shoulders, and a subtle flash of complex emotions flashed in his eyes. He gently raised his hand and pushed away the big knife that Liu Hu had pressed against his neck. With a stern look on his face, he said to Liu Hu in a deep voice: "The prince is here, come down."

In just a moment, the noisy shouts and cries of killing outside the carriage had ceased, leaving only the dull sound of dragging corpses.

Su Ze took the lead and jumped off the carriage a little slowly, followed by Liu Hu. Looking around, he saw a group of soldiers in shiny armor outside, quickly clearing the battlefield and picking up the bodies scattered all over the place.

Not far away, a luxuriously decorated carriage, surrounded by a group of guards, slowly drove over. It must be the prince's carriage.

Fang Qingqing was terrified, her face pale. She slumped in the carriage, speechless, and completely reluctant to get out. The thought of the bloody scene outside made her stomach churn. But when she heard the words "Prince is coming," it was like a savior descending from the sky, giving her a chance to survive.

Xiao Lan couldn't wait to lift the car curtain and get out. Seeing this, Su Ze hurried forward, opened his arms, and wanted to carry her down.

But at this moment, Xiao Lan's eyes accidentally swept across the bright red on Su Ze's shoulder, where blood was slowly seeping out. Her heart tightened and she blurted out, "Are you hurt?"

"It's okay." Su Ze's lips were as pale as paper, without any blood color, and beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead. It was unknown whether it was because the wound hurt so much or he was worried about Xiao Lan.

"Don't you feel any pain?" Xiao Lan stared intently at the wound that was still bleeding. "Go get it bandaged. Don't try to hold on."

"Carry you down!" Su Ze insisted stubbornly, his eyes fixed on Xiao Lan, with a complex and incomprehensible look surging in the depths of his eyes.

Xiao Lan naturally noticed something, shook her head slightly, and said softly: "I'm fine, don't worry." As she spoke, she gently raised her hand, took Su Ze's uninjured arm, and used the force to stand up.

At this time, Liu Hu also hurriedly stretched out his arm from the side. Seeing this, Xiao Lan put most of his strength on Liu Hu's side, and walked down the carriage step by step, slightly staggering, holding one person in each hand.

The prince's carriage stopped, the guards put the carriage seat in place, and the prince slowly got out of the carriage.

"Su Ze, I asked you to ride in a car with me, but you insisted on riding a horse. Don't you know it hurts?"

The prince looked at Su Ze, who was staring at the woman beside him, and couldn't move his eyes away. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Are you worried about your sister-in-law?"

"Sister-in-law?" Liu Hu paused, glanced at Su Ze, and then his face turned cold after a sudden realization. "Your Highness, you must have made a mistake. How can there be a sister-in-law? I'm not your brother."

The prince looked at Liu Hu, curled his lips, and only looked at Su Ze, "Come with me in the carriage. My father was worried about you and asked me to come with you. It turned out that it was right to follow you."

But Xiao Lan couldn't wait. To the prince and the marquis, this was just a merger between chess pieces, but to Xiao Lan, it would bring disaster to the whole family.

"I need to get back as soon as possible. I'll ride on horseback."

Xiao Lan had just looked at the prince's carriage. Although such a large carriage was pulled by four horses, it couldn't move very fast.

"Can you ride a horse?" Su Ze turned to ask Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan bit her lip. "No, but Liu Hu can. He took me for a ride. It's not far from here to South City. We can get there by horseback. Please take care of Fang Qingqing!"

When Liu Hu heard this, he led the horse that the masked man had left behind and said, "Ride this one."

Su Ze put his arm across and said, "I'll take you."

"No, your arm is injured. If you don't bandage it in time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to heal in the future."

"Don't argue at this time, and tell your wife to go back quickly. There is Xue Wu in the city who can help. You go back with the prince and bring this group of people to make the final appearance!" Fang Qingqing got off the carriage at this time, and seeing the stalemate between the two, she hurriedly opened her mouth to persuade them.

Su Ze said nothing. He was definitely not as fast as Liu Hu in riding the horse with his arms. If anything happened on the road, he would not be as good as Liu Hu in protecting Xiao Lan.

"Don't hesitate, it's settled!" Xiao Lan said, looking at Fang Qingqing. "Bandage him up, don't delay. If you don't come with me, I'm really worried I won't be able to handle it!"

Fang Qingqing nodded and reached out to pull Su Ze, "Come on! I'll bandage you!"

Su Ze avoided his hand without leaving a trace, and only looked at Xiao Lan, "Be careful on the road, I'll be there soon!"

Xiao Lan nodded solemnly and handed his hand to Liu Hu who was already sitting on the horse. Liu Hu pulled her onto the horse and held the reins tightly with both hands to protect Xiao Lan in front of him.

"gone!"

When Su Ze saw the horse galloping away, he turned around and was the first to get on the carriage.

The prince showed a playful smile behind him. Fang Qingqing saw it sideways but didn't dare to say much, after all, he was the prince.

"Sir, I'll get in the car then?"

The prince took one look at her and thought she was quite bold and amused. "A maid like you is just going to leave your wife to a man like that?"

"I don't know how to ride a horse!" Fang Qingqing shrugged indifferently.

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Liu Hu and Xiao Lan rode their horses at lightning speed all the way, changed horses at an inn near Nancheng, and finally returned to Nancheng on the same day.

When Xiao Lan arrived at the dock, she found that the cargo ship had already been loaded. The huge anchor was slowly rising with a dull sound, preparing to set sail. She clearly saw Xiao Cheng and Xiao Xuan standing side by side at the bow of the ship.

Xiao Lan lived in seclusion, and the dock workers had never seen her. Seeing her so anxious, they could only advise, "Madam, bring the goods next time if you have any. You won't be able to make it this time!"

"Who allowed you to sail the boat?!" Xiao Lan asked angrily!

"You are such a..." The dock worker didn't finish his words.

"I am Xiao Lan, the head of the Xiao family! Who allowed you to sail the boat?!" Xiao Lan said it again, and this time everyone felt that something was wrong.

"It's...it's Madam Xiao!"

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