Expelled from the Duke's mansion, the fake heiress is richer than a country.

Seeing Yu Wanran approach, Xiao Ze breathed a sigh of relief. His eyes were filled with anticipation that Yu Wanran, also a woman, would quickly get rid of the shameless peasant girl in front of him so she wouldn't disturb the young master's rest.

In the blink of an eye, his pupils dilated!

Suddenly, Yu Wanran's expression changed, and she quickened her pace, rushing towards him. With a flying kick, she sent him flying, still completely bewildered!

Xiaoze flew backward and crashed into the door, slamming the half-closed door open with a loud bang.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ze, who was hanging upside down on the door, stared in disbelief as Yu Wanran and that peasant girl started fighting!

The peasant woman threw down the tray, shattering the bowls. She drew a belt from her waist, flicked it in the wind, and it turned out to be a soft sword. With a "whoosh," she thrust the sword out, snatching half of Yu Wanran's clothes.

Yu Wanran was not to be outdone.

He took a step back, quickly drew the precious sword given to him by Yan Cheng'an, and met the opponent's soft sword.

One was a reborn individual with over twenty years of rich combat experience, the other a female assassin meticulously trained by a certain organization. Their attacks were ruthless and deadly, resulting in a fierce and evenly matched contest!

Hearing the noise, Yan Cheng'an got up, put on his clothes, and pushed open the door to check what was going on.

Realizing what was happening, Xiaoze sprang to his feet. He shoved the young master back into the house, slammed the door shut, and shouted, "Young master, don't come out yet! There are assassins outside!"

Yan Cheng'an let out a low cry from inside the room.

Xiao Ze didn't care about anything else. Seeing that Yu Wanran didn't seem to be gaining the upper hand, he immediately drew his sword and stepped forward to help her.

"Watch out, her sword is poisoned!"

Yu Wanran took the time out of her busy schedule to remind him.

He glanced towards the west wing of the main house and saw the village head's family, as well as his own father and older brother, all coming out to see what was going on, looking dazed.

In a moment of panic, fearing that the female assassin would turn her attention to her family, she risked rushing through the enemy's sword net and seizing the female assassin's escape route.

But the female assassin was single-mindedly focused on storming the house and taking Yan Cheng'an's life.

Yu Wanran blocked her retreat, but she charged forward instead. Xiao Ze was no match for her and was forced back with a single sword strike. The female assassin kicked open the door and rushed into the room.

Yu Wanran and Xiao Ze were startled and followed closely behind, attacking the other party without regard for their lives.

But when the female assassin rushed into the house, she couldn't find Yan Cheng'an. With two swords following closely behind, she dared not linger. She immediately leaped through the window frame, jumped into the yard, and ran away.

Yu Wanran was about to chase after her when Xiao Ze, who was almost in tears, grabbed her arm.

"Miss Yu, my young master has disappeared! My..."

Yu Wanran helplessly pointed to the corner by the door: "Isn't your young master lying over there?"

Xiao Ze turned around, crying.

As expected, Yan Cheng'an was sprawled on the ground in a V-shape, looking extremely disheveled. This explained why the female assassin hadn't spotted him at first glance when she entered the room.

Ozawa belatedly recalled his earlier push, and sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

"My...my back..."

Yan Cheng'an was sweating profusely from the pain, letting out a weak groan. This was adding insult to injury—that brat Xiao Ze, once he recovered, he'd see if he didn't give him a good beating!

He shakily tried to move his limbs, struggling to straighten his body with Xiaoze's help. But he couldn't. His back felt like it was broken, and he was in excruciating pain.

Yu Wanran stopped Xiao Ze's reckless attempt to carry her young master. She squatted down to the side and instructed Xiao Ze to gently massage Yan Cheng'an's waist area first.

"Your young master has strained his back, and it seems quite serious. Don't move him yet; let him recover. Gently massage these acupoints, and once the pain subsides, then move him to the bed."

Xiaoze, completely bewildered, felt both ashamed and grateful.

"Miss Yu, it's all thanks to you."

As they were talking, the village head, Yu Man, and others rushed into the house. Seeing this scene, they were even more shocked and frightened.

"Did the thief injure Young Master Yan?"

Before the words were even finished, two screams of varying lengths rang out in the pitch-black night. Immediately, the village dogs were roused and began barking wildly. Everyone's expression changed drastically!

"Quickly, turn off the oil lamps in several rooms! Everyone, gather in this room!"

Yu Wanran dragged the bewildered Yu Man and his son into the house, made them stand in a corner, and then blew out the candle.

The others were terrified and no one wanted to go alone, so they all rushed into the house. It was Xiaoze who ran to the west room of the main house, extinguished the oil lamp, and then crept back.

After Yan Cheng'an massaged her for a while, she was able to lie back on the bed with everyone's help. Looking at the few blurry dark figures in the room, she identified Yu Wanran's direction and said with a hint of shame.

"I'm sorry, I've dragged everyone into this."

Yu Wanran remained silent.

This time, she truly suffered an undeserved calamity. However, even if she withdrew halfway, the assassins would still mistake her and her family for Yan Cheng'an's group and show no mercy.

There was no other way but to see it through and escort Yan Cheng'an all the way to the capital.

The village head didn't say anything.

In their village, these makeshift inns were frequent haunts of bandits, leading to mutual revenge. Being mistakenly killed was simply bad luck; after all, who told them to run such a risky business?

Besides, Zhenyuan Escort Agency always paid very generously, and there was even compensation if something went wrong. After dealing with them for over ten years, he still favored his old clients.

The sounds of fighting and clanging could be heard from outside, mixed with the clanging of metal. Occasionally, a couple of screams would pierce the spine.

Yu Wanran guessed that it was the remnants of the last group of assassins, who had not given up their evil intentions and had attacked again.

Because this was their last chance to ambush!

Leaving the small village, the further they went, the more densely populated the area became, until they reached the capital. After tonight, they would announce that their grand plan to prevent Yan Cheng'an from returning to the capital had completely failed.

But Yu Wanran and Xiao Ze patiently stayed inside and didn't go out to check. They remained huddled in their room, single-mindedly focused on protecting the people they wanted to protect.

The room was so dark that you could hear yourself breathing.

After a long while, the sounds of fighting gradually subsided. Someone entered the courtyard, the torchlight dispelling the darkness. Wu Jian's rough, urgent voice rang out: "Quick! Go see how Young Master Yan is!"

If anything were to happen to Yan Cheng'an, even if they killed all the bandits and assassins, they would still have lost. Their biggest fear was that the capital would shift the blame onto Zhenyuan Escort Agency, a burden they couldn't bear.

Yu Wanran, who had been standing guard by the window, casually took out a flint and lit the oil lamp on the table.

Wu Jian, covered in blood and holding a nine-section whip, strode through the door. Upon seeing the room full of people, his face immediately lit up with joy.

"Young Master Yan! Miss Yu! Thank goodness, you're both alright?"

After everyone was seated again, the village headman busied himself having his wife and children go to the kitchen to boil water for everyone to wash up. The group in the east room sat in a circle, discussing their next move.

“Miss Yu, it’s fortunate that you noticed something was wrong in time and sent me to check Aunt Fang’s house. Otherwise, with one oversight tonight, we could all have perished here. And the whole village would have been doomed.”

The other side was no ordinary bandit.

Not for money, but for lives!

"Miss Yu, how did you discover that the peasant girl was an imposter?"

Yan Cheng'an was very curious.

Once was a coincidence. But both times, Yu Wanran was the first to expose the spies' activities. Isn't that incredibly impressive?