Famine and exile: I brought the Spirit Spring to save the entire Marquis's mansion.

Anyway, all the black-armored guards will be his sooner or later.

Yan'er, you mustn't disappoint your grandmother.

The Imperial Palace Training Grounds.

Hua Buyan began to test his team.

Only then did a slight excitement appear in his eyes.

His grandmother gave him half of the four thousand black-armored guards, which shows that she was really considering what he said.

Perhaps, perhaps soon, when she realizes that the Yan family empire has collapsed and cannot be salvaged, she will follow the tide and lead the Hua family and other prominent families onto a new path.

"Your Highness, I can finally see you openly and honestly."

The man in black clothes and a black mask removed the openwork mask from his face, revealing a young face.

"Your subordinate, Qi Bai, greets your master."

Once they joined the Black Armor Guard, they no longer had names, only numbers.

Unless one becomes a leader like Lu Xun.

But ever since he was rescued by the Crown Prince after being wounded and waiting to die, he said that a person is not an inanimate object and needs to have a name.

So he reverted to the name he had before he was ten years old.

His name is Qi Bai.

From then on, his life consisted of only three words:

Flowers do not speak.

Hua Buyan looked at him seriously and nodded: "Okay, Qi Bai, I'll remember you."

He moved on to the next one.

"Your subordinate is twenty-eight. Greetings, Master."

"If you didn't have a previous name, then use the surname Hua. I, the young master, will give you one."

In an instant, all the black-armored guards turned their heads.

They will soon have names!

The usually disciplined Black Armor Guards suddenly became slightly agitated.

Instead of making a sound, they stared at each other in shock.

"Your subordinate, Ling Zhou, greets your master."

"Ling Zhou, I'll remember you."

"I have no name; please bestow one upon me, Master."

"Hua Changshi. I'll remember you!"

The boys walked past one by one, and every black-armored guard's eyes held a hint of anticipation.

They discovered that the names chosen by the Crown Prince were all auspicious and had very good meanings.

Flowers bloom, flowers endure, flowers are carefree, flowers never fade...

They have a new owner, and it's as if they've been reborn.

From now on, the Black Armor Guards will no longer be just those who fight their entire lives for their masters and die silently.

They have names now!

Their eyes shone with a starlight-like brilliance, no longer cold and indifferent.

Two thousand people.

Hua Buyan didn't give a perfunctory answer.

He didn't just pass by.

It's true, they are all remembering their faces.

Remember them as individuals, as warriors.

"I will remember you."

……

After the Grand Princess stabilized the palace, the first thing she did was agree to allow the Huo family army to pass through.

The second thing was to capture Song Chan.

Song Chan thought that reporting Yan Mingyu as a Northern Mongol was a great achievement, and that she could stay by the Grand Princess's side and become her confidant, working for Prince Hongkang.

Unfortunately, how could a wild and untamed Gu woman like her possibly understand the mind of the Grand Princess, who had spent her entire life immersed in power struggles?

Now that the eldest princess is going to support the young emperor, she won't keep anything dangerous, no matter how useful it may be!

She wasn't that fool Yan Mingyu, who needed a lowly Gu woman to control the court officials.

Song Chan never expected that the Grand Princess would be so ruthless.

Not only did he fail to stop the Huo family army from passing through, but he was also about to be strangled by the Grand Princess!

The attempt to control them using flying Gu also failed.

The Grand Princess carries a medicinal powder that the Gu worms fear!

At the critical moment, fortunately, Old Liu brought a group of poisoners who rescued her.

“We can’t stay in the Central Plains, we can only go to the Southern Frontier,” Song Chan said.

She brought a poison doctor back to Hongkang; Hongkang shouldn't be too angry, right?

"Old man, I don't care where I go, as long as you provide me with medicine people. However, I'm puzzled. Aren't you witch doctors supposed to avoid getting involved with the powerful and wealthy? Why are you working so diligently for that old bastard Hong Kang?"

Old Liu squinted his triangular eyes, a mixture of sinister intent and curiosity in them.

“My daughter is in his hands.”

"I don't think so, do I? I've never seen you care about your daughter."

Song Chan ignored him and started to walk away.

But Liu Laodu grabbed her.

“Song Chan, I, Liu Laodu, am not someone to be trifled with. If you want to hang someone, you have to give them some meat first, right?”

"I'll let you go to southern Xinjiang, but you have to make it clear, isn't Hongkang your lover?"

"No!" Song Chan shook off his hand, her eyes filled with disgust.

"Ha, then I need to find out more, just in case I get sold out there!"

"How much can an old thing like you fetch? Even wild dogs wouldn't eat you if you were thrown into a mass grave!"

"It's not that I don't want to eat, it's that I'm afraid to eat."

Old Liu grabbed Song Chan's veil and yanked it off.

"Old Poison Liu, what are you doing!"

"Tsk tsk, you witches seem to age incredibly slowly, you look no more than thirty. Song Chan, if you want me to pledge allegiance to Hong Kang, you'll have to pay me something."

As he spoke, he grabbed Song Chan's clothes and tore them off.

"Old Poison Liu! Aren't you afraid I'll let my Gu poison devour you!"

"Hahaha! You've already released all the Gu poison, haven't you?" Old Poison Liu's eyes gleamed as he looked at the exposed snow-white skin.

Like a greedy wild dog, it was almost drooling.

"Your eyes aren't as red anymore, and you smell less. I've said it before, we're both involved with drugs, so we know each other well."

"Have you used up all the Gu in your stomach?"

However, refining Gu worms is not as simple as preparing poisons; it takes time.

"You're not allowed to touch me!"

Song Chan struggled violently. She was wrong. Liu Laodu was not a person she could control at all. She was not taking him to Southern Xinjiang!

Just as the two were tearing at each other, a flying knife came whistling through the air and pierced Liu Laodu's back.

"kill!"

A low command was given, and a group of people surrounded them.

"So it was Yan Hu!"

Old Liu pulled out his knife, took out a handful of poison, and stuffed it into Song Chan's hand.

"Let's find the right opportunity and charge out together!"

Song Chan took the poison and scattered it as she rushed out.

The poison-wielding men were few in number and were quickly wiped out by Yan Hu.

Song Chan pierced her own stomach, and flying insects flew towards those who tried to stop her.

And so, a hole was created.

She rushed out without looking back, and why would she care about Liu Laodu behind her?

When Liu Laodu was held at knifepoint, he only saw Song Chan's back.

The flying insect gu is extremely powerful, and no one dares to approach it. If she were to take him with her, they could both escape!

"Bitch!"

His mouth was pinched shut, and a bowl of medicine was forced down his throat.

Old Liu's body contorted in agony.

He was skilled at preparing poisons, and over time, his body also became poisonous.

Therefore, he is immune to all poisons.

However, it is most afraid of good medicines for detoxification.

For him, the drug entering his body was like poisoning for an ordinary person.

"Old Liu, you harmed my third young master! Today, I'll let you taste what it's like to be a drug addict!"

Yan Hu had three bowls of medicine forced down his throat, and Liu Laodu wailed incessantly.

Until he was completely exhausted and the effects of the medicine wore off, Old Liu was already half dead.

"I'm too lazy to waste time here."

Yan Hu vented Huo Qiuye's anger and decided to get rid of this old scourge completely.

"Yanhu...you're really stupid...do you know that the witch doctor from earlier was the real culprit! You actually let her get away!" Old Poison Liu was panting heavily, his gloomy eyes filled with schadenfreude.

"What did she do?" Yan Hu asked.

"Hahaha, it all started because of her! The old emperor, Huo Zhennan, the dignified Marquis's mansion... hahaha, all manipulated by a lowly witch!"