The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Cangyue Country - Nanlai - Shunyang County

After a restful night, Ye Ling prepared to set off early in the morning of March 15th. She wanted to get to Nanlai as soon as possible.

Shopkeeper Zhou greeted the people coming down with a smile: "Sir, are you leaving now?"

"Yes, we are in a hurry to travel, so let's calculate the cost of the hotel!" Ye Ling said.

"Haha..." Shopkeeper Zhou said cheerfully, "Young Master Xue has already given it to you, so you don't need to give it to me again."

"What?" Ye Ling turned to look at the person coming down the stairs: "You gave it to me, so what?"

Xue Jingchuan also smiled and said, "You treated me last time when we stayed at the hotel, so this time it's my turn. I'm just like you, I don't like to take advantage of others!"

"Last time I asked you to do me a favor and it was to repay you for the free information."

"When you are away from home, don't be so fussy! Let's go, it's time to set off. If we delay any longer, the flower thief will be caught, and I will have made a wasted trip and have to pay for the travel expenses." Xue Jingchuan said and went out.

Several people rode out of the city quickly, trotting all the way. Xue Jingchuan was also talking: "Miss Ye, we are friends now, right?"

"I guess so. Don't call me Miss Ye from now on. Just call me Ye Ling. Names are for people to call. Hello..." Ye Ling said.

"Okay, Ye Ling, then don't call me Blood Prince anymore, just Jingchuan, go..."

"No problem, Jingchuan, you are the first friend I made in this world." Ye Ling said this, but thought in his heart: You, old man, must have a hidden identity, let's see how long you can pretend.

"Really? Then I'm really lucky." Xue Jingchuan said this with a guilty conscience. He was afraid that Ye Ling would kill people directly after knowing his identity in the future.

"Master" Meng Meng couldn't stand it anymore: "Mr. Xue is not a bad guy, you always talk about him behind his back."

Ye Ling disagreed and replied in her mind: You, a heartless elf, don’t know shit. Nowadays, there are few good men, especially men like Xue Jingchuan who are good-looking and can coax girls. They are even less good.

Mengmeng had no choice but to shut up. The four of them ran all the way and came to a stream at noon. They stopped and planned to take a short rest.

Ye Ling sat on a rock by the stream, staring blankly at the flowing water, thinking to herself: Mengmeng, today is March 15th, the day in the book when Ye Yun and I entered the Crown Prince's Mansion together. She was Consort Ping, and I was the Crown Princess. I really don't know what your previous owner was thinking—she was so idiotic! She's the most chaste, utterly useless time-traveling heroine I've ever seen.

"Master, don't be angry. You've changed the storyline now! We're far away from the capital, Master. Shall we go straight up the mountain?"

Ye Ling threw a stone into the water and continued to speak in his mind: No, let's go to the farm first and deal with those old women. Your former master is an idiot. She had the opportunity to travel through time only because the mistress was abused to death. In the end, she didn't even avenge her. She even said something about leaving a way out for her so that we can meet again in the future. It's ridiculous. What's the point of meeting her?

"Master, don't be angry. You're the only one who'll get hurt."

"Angry? What makes me most angry is that she is so desperate to marry..."

"Haha..." A sharp laugh interrupted Ye Ling.

Two men in strange clothes appeared not far behind Ye Ling and his companions.

"Miss, the Northwest Twin Devils," Jiuyou said.

Ye Ling slowly stood up: "No wonder they are called the Twin Devils, they are so ugly."

"Ye Ling, do you want to do business?" Xue Jingchuan asked quickly.

"No need. Is it worth spending money on these two little trash?" Ye Ling spoke loudly, afraid that the other party couldn't hear him.

"Damn, little girl, you're not that big, but you're so arrogant," one of them said, and then looked at Xue Jingchuan: "You kid, are you still alive?"

"How can I die if both of you are alive?" Xue Jingchuan said with a smile.

"Do you know each other?" Ye Ling asked.

"Once I was guarding a convoy and they came to rob me. I beat them so badly that they were pissing and shitting themselves on the ground," said Xue Jingchuan.

"Boy, don't be so arrogant. It was us brothers who underestimated the enemy last time. This time, you will die with this woman!" another man said.

Ye Ling was speechless: "Are they mentally ill? Two of them can't beat you alone, and now Jiuyou has added another one, and you still dare to show up? No, they have a helper."

"Oh! The little girl is quite smart."

As the man finished speaking, a burly man holding an axe in both hands walked out from behind the tree and looked at everyone ferociously.

"Xue, the reason why Grandpa didn't kill this little girl earlier was because he saw you. Today, let's settle all the old and new grudges together."

"I understand. You are afraid of Jingchuan, so you dare not take action. You can only call this... uglier one to join us." Ye Ling was not panicked at all.

"His name is Li Ba, and his martial arts skills are quite good." Xue Jingchuan said in a low voice: "Jiuyou, you hold back the Northwest Twin Devils, I will kill Li Ba first."

"Li Ba? Wearing a pair of big earrings, he really thinks he is Li Yuanba." Ye Ling complained, and suddenly realized something: "Jingchuan, you can't ask me for money! They are here for you too."

Xue Jingchuan smiled: "Okay, okay, I won't charge you any money."

"Ah~" Li Ba launched the attack first and rushed straight towards Xue Jingchuan.

"Ye Ling, go hide behind the tree." Xue Jingchuan drew his sword and flew out as he spoke.

Ye Ling and Jiu You looked at each other, and Jiu You immediately took action and started fighting with the Northwest Twin Devils.

Ye Ling spoke slowly, "Qianqing, go hide behind the tree."

"Miss, this servant..."

"Stop talking nonsense. Have you forgotten what I told you? Don't hold back."

"Okay." Qian Qing didn't dare to say anything more and quickly ran to hide behind a tree.

While Xue Jingchuan was fighting, he had to check from time to time to see if Jiuyou could hold on. It was because of his distraction that Li Ba had the opportunity to take advantage of him.

Just as the axe was about to fall on Xue Jingchuan's shoulder, a butterfly dart flew towards him, forcing Li Ba to dodge. Xue Jingchuan escaped injury, but when he looked in the direction of the dart, he saw only Ye Ling, and was immediately puzzled. However, before he could think about it, Li Ba began to attack again.

On the other side, Jiuyou was fighting two people at once, which was a bit strenuous. After more than ten moves, one of them broke through Jiuyou's defense line and rushed straight towards Ye Ling.

"Ye Ling, be careful," Xue Jingchuan reminded loudly. He was really anxious. He thought that he had underestimated the enemy today and had not arranged any helpers.

Ye Ling looked at the person rushing towards him and felt strangely excited. The corners of his mouth curled slightly: "Have you thought about how to die?"

The person was less than two meters away from Ye Ling. He was stunned for a moment: "Are you talking about yourself? What a pity, you look good..."

Before the man could finish his words, Ye Ling quickly drew his sword and defeated the enemy with one move, ending the battle. He then said slowly: "The villain dies because he talks too much. I like this saying the most."

The man killed by Ye Ling was still standing. He never dreamed that the other party knew martial arts, so he was completely unprepared. By the time he reacted, he was already dead. Blood slowly seeped out of his neck, and then he suddenly fell to the ground.

"Second brother" another screamed in pain, and then began to fight with Jiuyou desperately.

Ye Ling felt that the killing just now was not challenging at all. Jiuyou also quickly dealt with the other one, and now only Xueying was left.

"Miss, are you okay?" Jiuyou walked over and asked.

Ye Ling looked at the two people fighting in the distance: "This Li Ba is more powerful than the two idiots put together!"

"Li Ba has been famous for a long time. He is a big villain. He likes killing people all his life. No matter who he kills, he will do it as long as he is paid," Jiuyou explained.

"You go help Jingchuan, we still have to hurry on our way." Ye Ling said and turned around to search for the bodies of the Northwest Twin Devils.

"Miss, what are you doing?" Qian Qing watched from afar, trembling with fear.

"Find some money! I've always wondered why in TV dramas, after killing someone, they don't search the body or take away the money." Ye Ling said as he searched, counting the silver bills in his hand, put the two halves of the bag of silver together, and threw it to Qian Qing: "Take it, you can stay in a hotel on the way and eat and drink."

Qian Qing walked over, poured all the change on the ground, then picked it up and put it into her small bag. She didn't want to use a dead person's wallet, it would be unlucky.

On the other side, Li Ba ordered Jiuyou and Xue Jingchuan to attack from the front and back, and sent them away with one sword each.

Ye Ling hurried over to search, but after searching for a long time, she only found a hundred-liang silver note. She stood up and kicked Li Ba: "Poor bastard, you still want to kill people."

Xue Jingchuan stared at Ye Ling: "Do you know martial arts?"

"No!" Ye Ling looked innocent.

Xue Jingchuan held the butterfly dart and said, "This thing is yours. I saw you wiping it the day before yesterday. You said it was made of cloth, right?"

Ye Ling snatched his dart and said, "I just have naturally strong wrists."

"How did that man die?"

"I don't know. He walked right in front of me and suddenly committed suicide," Ye Ling said without changing his expression.

Xue Jingchuan laughed in anger. He walked over to the corpse, examined it with the tip of his sword, and said, "Ye Ling, you are indeed a master. You defeated the enemy with a single move! No wonder you didn't let me help you. With your skills, you can easily deal with the Northwest Twin Devils on your own."

Ye Ling also laughed. She had no intention of hiding it, she was just teasing Xue Jingchuan. She counted the banknotes as she walked, "This is only 6,500 taels. These two grandsons spent half of the 10,000 taels. Everyone who sees it gets a share. The three of us each get 2,000 taels. The extra 500 taels should be mine because I found the money."

"Miss, I don't want them. They are all yours," Jiuyou said.

"Okay, take it. This is ill-gotten gains. Let's divide it among everyone! Qianqing, even though you didn't help, I will still give you two hundred taels. Take it." Ye Ling happily divided the spoils.

"Thank you, Miss." Qian Qing was very happy. For the first time in her life, she had her own money.

Jiuyou also accepted it obediently. Xue Jingchuan looked at the banknotes in his hand, then looked at Ye Ling: "This trip was not in vain. The government doesn't catch this many flower thieves."

"Just think of it as a way to earn some extra money while traveling," Ye Ling said with a smile.

Several people came to the river, Jiuyou and Xue Jingchuan washed their weapons. Unlike in TV dramas, they put the weapons back into the sheaths directly after killing people. If they did that for a long time, human blood would easily become smelly and disgusting, so they had to wash it thoroughly.

Ye Ling had already placed her weapons in a special disinfection cabinet in the space for automatic cleaning, which was definitely cleaner than manual washing.

After the cleaning was completed, Xue Jingchuan and Jiuyou dragged the three bodies into a pit behind a tree and threw them down. Otherwise, there was an official road next to them and it would be troublesome if someone saw them.

After everything was settled, the four of them continued on their journey.