A life of ups and downs is pure joy

"Miss Xiao, I hear the sound of a large number of people and horses ahead." Hei Yu stopped everyone and said.

"What should we do then? Is he heading straight towards us?" Xiao Qiannan was a spoiled little girl after all. She was especially afraid of seeing Lin Ancai and Hong Qi if she continued walking, especially after seeing traces of fighting and so many corpses along the way. Thinking of this, tears started to flow again.

"It's coming towards us. Let's lie in ambush in the woods first and then react accordingly." Hei Yu said. Because he was wearing a mask, his expression at the moment could not be seen.

"Okay!" Xiao Qiannan nodded, and then the two of them took several teams of people and hid in the woods, listening anxiously to the sound of horse hooves getting closer.

Luo Fenghou Mansion.

"Grandma, I don't know what happened to Qinghuan. I'm so worried." Lin Qingyi paced back and forth anxiously, and Lin Qingru was afraid and kept hiding in Grandma Lin's arms.

"According to the time, Lielong should be here soon." Grandmother Lin patted her granddaughter in her arms and said.

"Grandma, is Uncle Lie coming to save us?" Lin Qingru looked up at Grandma Lin and asked.

"Grandma, what should we do if Heiyu and Nan'er are caught?" Lin Qingyi said anxiously.

"Don't be afraid, this is no big deal. You are children of the Lin family, there is nothing to be afraid of!" Grandmother Lin said calmly.

"That's right, there's nothing to be afraid of, but I'm worried about Qinghuan." Lin Qingyi's voice softened in an instant after she had just regained her momentum.

Grandma Lin looked at her and then frowned. It was this child that she was most worried about now. She was really afraid that this group of reckless people would do something outrageous to her.

Chen Jingshu's yard was eerily quiet. Lin Qinghuan tightly grasped the hairpin in her sleeve, staring intently at the door that was about to be opened.

"What do you want to do?" Lin Qinghuan looked at the two soldiers walking towards her and couldn't help but tighten the hairpin in her hand.

"Don't come over here, my father and husband will kill you." Lin Qinghuan shouted in fear.

"Miss Lin, I'm sorry." Two soldiers stepped forward and grabbed Lin Qinghuan out of the yard.

Xiao Qiannan, who was hiding in the woods, opened his eyes wide and saw clearly the man on horseback Shang Dayuan, then stood up.

Da Yuan heard some noise in the woods and quickly ordered his men to defend themselves and surround the carriage. Xiao Yi also lifted the curtain of the carriage to check the situation.

"Who is hiding in the woods and what are they doing?" Da Yuan shouted.

"Brother Dayuan, it's me!" Xiao Qiannan ran out crying excitedly.

"Master, it's Miss." Da Yuan hurriedly said to Xiao Yi when he heard Xiao Qiannan's voice.

Hei Yu also came out of the woods with several teams to meet up with Xiao Yi.

"Big brother, you are not dead, wuwuwuwu... I thought you were dead, it scared me to death, but brother Ancai is still alive." Xiao Qiannan got on the carriage and burst into tears as soon as she saw Xiao Yi.

"Okay, it's okay. Why are you here?" Xiao Yi patted Xiao Qiannan's back to comfort her. Only then did Lin An cover his arm and look at her strangely.

"Ah! Big brother, Prefect Chen ordered people to surround the Marquis' Mansion and also took my sister-in-law away." Xiao Qiannan suddenly remembered and quickly stopped crying and said.

"What did you say?" Xiao Yi couldn't help but grab her clothes, and Lin Ancai and Hong Qi also became anxious.

"Grandmother Lin sent Heiyu and me out to ask for reinforcements. General Lie has already gone to Luofeng. I came here to rescue Brother Ancai. Along the way, I saw that all the people we brought from Jinhan were dead. I thought you were also..." Xiao Qiannan glanced at Lin Ancai and finally felt relieved.

Xiao Yi stood up immediately after hearing this. Xiao Qiannan shouted anxiously, "Big brother, where are you going?"

"Dayuan and I will go there on horseback first. You take good care of them." After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he got off the carriage and rode away on fast horses with Dayuan Heiyu.

"This is a life-threatening move. The eldest master's injuries are still very serious." Liu Xi jumped off the carriage anxiously and shouted from behind.

"Hurry, hurry, let's go." Lin Ancai hurriedly urged Liu Xi to get in the car.

On the city wall, Prefect Chen stood there watching the army slowly approaching from a distance. The leader of the army was Lie Long, Lin Mutang's right-hand man.

"Bring the person up." ordered Chen Zhifu.

All the female members of the Lin family were brought here.

"Chen Li, do you really not want any way out?" Grandmother Lin looked at him and asked.

"Ancestor, I didn't want to hurt you because of our old friendship, but you didn't give me a way to retreat and asked Lielong to besiege the city." Chen Li said angrily.

"If you have a repentant heart, open the city gate now, and I can guarantee the lives of your whole family," said Grandmother Lin.

"It's too late. Your good grandson-in-law took something that would take my life. You are the only thing that keeps me alive now. Tie them up." Chen Li's face changed and he said immediately.

"Where is Qinghuan? What did you do to Qinghuan?" Lin Qingyi said anxiously while resisting.

"Hmph." Chen Li glanced at her, then kept looking into the distance, hoping that the man would keep his word and bring people to save his life, or protect his wife and children.

When Xiao Yi arrived at the foot of Luofeng City, Lie Long had been confronting Chen Li above for a long time.

"Chen Li, if you release the women of Lord Lin, I will spare your life." Lie Long shouted towards the city wall.

"How can I believe you?" Chen Li began to panic and said.

"I'm here, believe it or not?" Xiao Yi rode his horse from behind the queue to the city, and then shouted towards the city gate with the letter in his hand.

"You, you ask someone to bring those up." Chen Li recognized that the envelopes were his, and then shouted anxiously.

"I promise you, you untie their ropes first." Xiao Yi shouted.

"Okay!" Da Yuan took the letter from Xiao Yi's hand and took a few people into the city and onto the city wall. He exchanged the women of the Lin family with Chen Li, and then quickly took them out of the city.

"Lord Xiao, where is the other one?" Chen Li looked around and found that the most crucial letter was missing.

At this moment, Xiao Yi also discovered that Lin Qinghuan was not among them.

"Huan'er is still in his hands." Lin Qingyi said anxiously.

"Xiao Yi, you are really insidious. Fortunately, I have a trick up my sleeve. Bring him up here." Chen Li narrowed his eyes and smiled, then saw Lin Qinghuan being brought up to the city wall.

"It's Huan'er." Lin Qingyi shouted.

"Lielong, tell your men to put down their bows and arrows. I don't mind being shot as a target along with Lord Lin's beloved daughter." Chen Li shouted.

"Grandma!" Lin Qinghuan shouted in fear.

Lielong quickly ordered his men to put down their bows and arrows.

"Don't hurt her, I will spare your life and prepare a fast horse for you. You can run to Nanbang by yourself. I guarantee that no one will dare to touch you!" Xiao Yi shouted.

"Hmph, hand over the letter by yourself, and I will return the girl to you." Chen Li said. He knew that Xiao Yi was seriously injured.

Xiao Yi jumped off the horse.

"Young Master, you can't do that." Da Yuan shouted.

Xiao Yi ignored him and went into the city. Lin Ancai, Hong Qi and Xiao Qiannan also ran over from behind.

"Grandma." Lin Ancai stepped forward and supported Grandma Lin.

"Where is big brother going?" Xiao Qiannan asked fearfully.

"Qing Huan is still in his hands." Lin Qingyi said angrily, looking at the tower.

"Sister-in-law..." Xiao Qiannan covered her mouth and began to cry.

On the city wall, Xiao Yi looked at Chen Li with a gloomy face and sharp eyes. The sword wound on his body had opened again after running all the way. The blood had soaked his inner clothes. The sweat from enduring the pain had soaked his clothes. Moreover, he could not use any internal strength at all.

"Husband." Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi with tears in her eyes, her hand hidden in her sleeve tightly grasping the hairpin.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan, and his eyes immediately became tender.

"Sir Xiao, please unfold the letter and let me see if it's real." Chen Li said.

Xiao Yi opened the letter and showed it to Chen Li.

"This is it! Hurry, give me the letter." Chen Li said excitedly.

The people around Chen Li stepped forward and took the letter from Xiao Yi's hand.

"Give her back to me!" Xiao Yi said to Chen Li.

"It's not the time yet. Go south and prepare fast horses and silver for me along the way..." Chen Li put the letter into his arms and then said.

"Sir..." A maid's crying voice came from the stairs of the city wall.

"Why are you back?" Chen Li asked in a panic when he saw the woman.

"My lord... Madam and the young ladies... were murdered." The woman knelt on the ground, her face covered in blood.

"Who is it, who is it?" Chen Li asked with wide eyes.

"It's the man from the mansion." The woman looked up and cried.

"Where is Jingshu?" Lin Qinghuan asked anxiously.

"The second young lady was kidnapped by them and her life or death is unknown!" said the woman.

"No...no...it won't be like that!" Chen Li let go of Lin Qinghuan and staggered several steps, instantly becoming like a deflated soccer ball.

"It's all your fault. You've destroyed my family!" Chen Li suddenly looked at Xiao Yi, drew the sword from his waist and stabbed at Xiao Yi.

"No!" Da Yuan, who was standing under the city wall, shouted and immediately ran into the city. "The eldest young master was seriously injured and can't even lift his arm." Xiao Qiannan and others also hurriedly followed.

Chen Li's sword stopped in front of Xiao Yi's chest, and then he fell to the ground. The woman next to him screamed in fear. Lin Qinghuan was trembling on the spot with blood on her hands. There was an undecorated hairpin stuck in Chen Li's neck. Chen Li looked at Lin Qinghuan with a pair of disbelief eyes. He would never have thought that this weak woman would give him a fatal hairpin. She died soon after.

Xiao Yi stepped forward and hugged the trembling Lin Qinghuan.

"I killed someone..." Lin Qinghuan said with a trembling voice, tears falling from her eyes.

"Huan'er, it's okay, you saved me." Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan and hugged her tightly in his arms, the blood completely spreading through his outer clothes.

"Husband, why are you bleeding so much?" Lin Qinghuan felt that Xiao Yi's body was getting heavier and heavier. Dayuan and Lielong supported him at the last moment before Xiao Yi fell.

The group returned to the Marquis' Mansion, and Lie Long led his men to capture all of Chen Li's rebels. The letter of treason and corruption in his arms was also stained with the blood of this man who had been the prefect of Luofeng for ten years.

The next day, Lie Long bid farewell to Grandmother Lin and Xiao Yi, and returned to Tianshui County with his men.

In Lingzhu Garden, Taohua came out of the house holding a medicine bowl.

"Don't move. Liu Xi said your wound is very deep. Just lie down obediently." Lin Qinghuan pressed down Xiao Yi who wanted to get up.

"I'll get you some water." Lin Qinghuan said as she tried to get up, but Xiao Yi pulled her back. Lin Qinghuan quickly supported herself on the bed with both hands.

"Nonsense, what if I press on your wound?" Lin Qinghuan said angrily.

"It's okay. I don't feel any pain at all when I see you." Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan and said.

"I'm not leaving. I'll stay by your side and take good care of you." Lin Qinghuan said coquettishly.

"Huan'er, let me hug you." Xiao Yi let Lin Qinghuan lean against him and hugged her.

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say. Just stop holding on to the wound." Lin Qinghuan kept looking at the area where Xiao Yi was injured, fearing that he would bleed profusely like last night.

"Are you worried about me?" Xiao Yi kissed Lin Qinghuan's face, then looked at her and asked.

"Hmph, I'm not worried about you. I told you to be obedient and bring people with you, but you didn't listen to me..." Before Lin Qinghuan could finish her words, Xiao Yi's kiss blocked her mouth again. Lin Qinghuan closed her eyes and held Xiao Yi's arm, responding to Xiao Yi's kiss affectionately.

"Huan'er, I swear I will never let you be in danger again." Xiao Yi touched Lin Qinghuan's little face and said gently but fearfully.

"Husband, Huan'er thought she would never see you again." Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi, then hugged him tightly. Perhaps, this man had occupied her heart without her knowing it. The moment Xiao Yi walked up to the city wall, Lin Qinghuan's mood had completely changed.

In Jingde Hall, Xiao Qiannan chased around the table to apply medicine to Lin Ancai.

"I don't want you to apply medicine. Qibao's hands are much more delicate than yours. No, no." Lin Ancai shouted as if he was running for his life. The last time Xiao Qiannan changed his medicine, he almost died of pain.

"I'll be gentler, Brother Ancai, don't run away." Xiao Qiannan chased after him, shouting while holding the medicine bowl.

"No, no, you are even more careless and clumsy than Lin Qingyi. I don't want it. Where is Qibao?" Lin Ancai shouted anxiously outside, but the maids and servants in the yard pretended not to hear.

"Hmph!" Xiao Qiannan angrily placed the medicine bowl heavily on the table, then began to cry.

"Oh, she's crying again." Lin Ancai hid at the door and looked at Xiao Qiannan carefully. After observing for a while, he found that she was really crying, and then he walked over helplessly.

"You despise me. I'm obviously so worried about you, but you still hide from me." Xiao Qiannan looked up with tears in her eyes and said complainingly.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. Please apply the medicine!" Lin Ancai really couldn't do anything with her, and he didn't know why the eldest lady of the Xiao family had to pester him.

Xiao Qiannan burst into laughter and then picked up the medicine bowl on the table.

"Okay, it doesn't hurt this time. I told you I didn't know how serious it was the first time." Xiao Qiannan put on Lin Ancai's coat, then looked at him happily and said.

"It's okay, much better than last time." Lin An glanced at her and said.

"Hehe...what do you want to eat? I'll go to Wangyue Tower and buy it for you." Xiao Qiannan said, supporting her cheeks with her hands while looking at Lin An.

"Why are you, a little girl, going there by yourself? Just ask Qibao to go." Lin Ancai said.

"The food Qibao bought is definitely not as delicious as the one I bought. Tell me what you want to eat. What can help heal this area?" Xiao Qiannan asked, pointing at Lin Ancai's arm.

"Shaw's braised chicken legs!" Lin Ancai said.

"Brother An Cai, do you have anything else to pursue besides chicken legs?" Xiao Qiannan looked at him with contempt.

"But I just like chicken legs." Lin Ancai said unconvinced.

"Okay, okay, chicken legs, chicken legs. I have to go to Lingzhu Garden first. Sister Liuxi gave me some medicine and asked me to give it to Young Master Hongqi! It's really strange, why do you call Sister Hongqi Young Master." Xiao Qiannan muttered.

"Go ahead, go ahead. Her injury is more serious than mine." Lin Ancai said while holding the teacup.

"Then wait for me to come back."