After being reborn, I hugged the villainous boss tightly.

Before long, it got dark.

Ye Xiaoran climbed onto the roof and looked out. The inn was situated on a high elevation, offering a panoramic view of the entire town of Huai'an.

Just as he was intently observing the movements outside, he suddenly heard a noise. He turned around and saw Ye Zhuxi struggling to climb up. Perhaps because she was wearing a skirt, her movements were clumsy and slow.

"Ah~~"

Just as she was about to climb up, she stepped on the hem of her skirt, and her hand slipped, almost causing her to fall.

Ye Xiaoran frowned, quickly reached out and grabbed her, then bent down and whispered, "What are you doing?"

Ye Zhuxi smiled awkwardly: "I also want to help..."

Ye Xiaoran's eyes darkened. He didn't speak, but pulled her up with a force.

Ye Zhuxi didn't notice that she was suddenly flying up and then landed steadily in the man's arms.

"..."

She propped herself up on Ye Xiaoran's chest with her elbows, and her eyes met his as he lowered his gaze.

Ye Xiaoran looked at the woman so close to him. At such close range, he could even see her long, delicate eyelashes trembling slightly. Her face was exquisite and beautiful, and her small mouth was gently pursed. The most beautiful thing about her was her almond-shaped eyes, which always seemed to be filled with water, sparkling as if they contained the stars and the sea.

Seeing that she kept her hands on his body, Ye Xiaoran's face flashed with a wicked smile, and his eyes were playful as he teased her in the ear, "You're addicted to touching me!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhuxi remained expressionless and calmly got up and sat down to the side.

Not hearing her reply, Ye Xiaoran was not annoyed. He smiled and looked away from her, his gaze falling elsewhere.

……

Half an incense stick later, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar.

The sound wasn't far from them. They exchanged a glance and instinctively bent down and lay on the roof beam.

Sure enough, a large group of people arrived shortly afterward, seemingly heading in their direction.

A large group of people stormed into the house next door. After a while, screams came from there, from both men and women.

From Ye Zhuxi's perspective, a woman dressed in blue was dragged out violently. When she saw that her parents had knives held to their necks, she was instantly terrified. After regaining her senses, she knelt down with a thud, crying and begging for mercy.

"I beg you, please spare my parents."

"I promise I'll never run away again, please!"

She cried her heart out, her face pale, but the man who had dragged her out showed no mercy. He coldly looked at the woman pleading at his feet, then with a wave of his hand, the two of them fell to the ground.

The woman stared wide-eyed, speechless with shock, as she stared blankly at her parents lying motionless on the ground.

"Daddy!"

After a while, a heart-wrenching cry rang out.

In the end, the girl was forcibly dragged away. After leaving the house, the bandits set the entire courtyard on fire. As the fire grew larger, the leader laughed loudly.

"Let's see where you can run to now."

"Let's go, take her back to the village and get married!"

As he spoke, the group of people rode away on their horses, satisfied.

After the bandits left, there were still a few servants in the courtyard. They were tightly tied to the pillars and could only wait to be burned to death in the fire.

The people around who heard the noise covered their ears, not daring to speak or make a sound. Even though the fire had spread to the surrounding area, no one dared to go out to rescue people.

Ye Zhuxi dared not alert the bandits, and could only watch helplessly as they set the fire and then arrogantly took the people away.

After everyone left, before Ye Zhuxi could speak, Ye Xiaoran had already jumped into the courtyard, and his men who were lying in ambush elsewhere also jumped in and quickly rescued the others.

After rescuing them, Ye Xiaoran hurriedly instructed his men, "They are all witnesses, you must heal them!"

Ye Zhuxi stared blankly at the burned man, feeling very angry. She couldn't believe that the bandits here were so lawless, with burning, killing, and looting being commonplace. She couldn't imagine what kind of life the people here lived every day.

Hearing the wailing from inside the house, the people below couldn't bear to watch any longer.

"Young master, they are just bandits. Why don't we just charge in and wipe out their entire hideout?"

"Yes! We are the most powerful generals in the Great Qi Dynasty. It is really not right for us to hide in the shadows and watch in such a cowardly way."

"..."

More and more people spoke up, but Ye Xiaoran remained silent, his eyes cold.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the others also shut their mouths and dared not speak.

At this moment, a man with burned legs spoke up. He gritted his teeth and said, enduring the pain from his wounds, "Don't rush in so recklessly. Nightwind Stronghold is not as simple as you think!"

“A certain adult came to Huai’an Town. He saw that the people were being bullied by the bandits of Yefeng Village, so he thought of leading his men to wipe them out. However, before they even reached the bandits’ den, they were tricked by the bandits and all of them died on the way up the mountain. None of them came back.”

"Nightwind Village is located in a strategically important area, and it is impossible for anyone unfamiliar with the terrain to take it down. Over the years, those bandits have taken advantage of this to kill many people. Not to mention, they have also colluded with Magistrate Wu. No one in the capital knows anything about the situation here!"

"..."

Ye Zhuxi fell silent. She glanced at Ye Xiaoran, who was expressionless, and instantly understood his hesitation. It turned out that he already knew about the situation at Yefeng Village!

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent for a moment.

Ye Zhuxi frowned and thought for a while before speaking, "Everyone, don't panic. Tomorrow we can go and find out the terrain of Nightwind Village. Once we have a clear understanding of everything, we can rush up and take them down, which will prevent more people from getting hurt."

Ye Xiaoran: "...Okay!"

the next day.

The two disguised themselves, changing their gorgeous clothes into linen ones. To further conceal their identities, Ye Xiaoran even wore a fake beard, making it impossible to tell their true appearances without close inspection.

Before leaving, Ye Xiaoran also took a bottle of fine osmanthus wine.

After everything was ready, they quietly arrived at the foot of Nightwind Mountain and inquired about the route to get there.

"Should we just walk up?" Ye Zhuxi turned to look at the disheveled man and couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaoran looked down and saw that her face was very fair and pink. He frowned, did not answer her, but bent down, picked off a clump of mud, and then, under her shocked gaze, smeared it little by little on her face.

As he wiped his mouth, he said, "Didn't that person say yesterday that he was getting married? To curry favor with them, there will definitely be a lot of people coming to congratulate him today. If we take some wine to Nightwind Village now and say we're congratulating the newlyweds, they certainly won't object."

After finishing, Ye Xiaoran clapped his hands in satisfaction: "That's more like a country couple!"

"..."

Ye Zhuxi raised her hand and touched the dirt on her face.

"Then what identity should we use to go in?"

Ye Xiaoran smiled and said, "Didn't we say we were a rural couple?"