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And so it went until the night of the following day.

It seems my senior brother was right; today is indeed a rally to rouse our troops.

Since morning, there have been constant noises, sometimes greetings, sometimes the clanging of equipment, sometimes...

"Damn it, why hasn't your senior brother arrived yet?" Old Wang next door seemed a little anxious.

After all, this afternoon, someone came to them and said that they would be taken to the rally tonight for trial.

They're all sensible people, don't they understand what this means? Isn't it just about making an example of someone to scare others and boost everyone's morale?

That's why Old Wang got anxious.

Xiao Ran is alright. Even if her senior brother doesn't come, given his personality, he will do his best to protect her even if he goes to the conference.

...unless he is not present.

"Hey! You're here, you've finally arrived..." Old Wang from next door suddenly shouted.

Xiao Ran looked over and saw her senior brother, wearing a cloak, opening the door and coming in just like yesterday.

However, the senior brother under the veil did not glance in her direction or say anything. Instead, he went straight to unlock the cell of Old Wang next door.

Getting the cell key wasn't a problem, since my senior brother said he was going to save them, but why did he go straight to Old Wang's cell next door?

Judging from my senior brother's personality... no!

"Old Wang! Run!" Xiao Ran suddenly turned around and shouted to Old Wang next door.

But it was too late. The man had already walked up to Old Wang, who was still smiling at him, thinking about how to thank the man in front of him.

But in just a moment, Old Wang suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

He stared in disbelief as the knife in his chest sank deeper and deeper.

"You, you..." Old Wang pointed at 'Senior Brother' with a trembling finger, then turned his head slightly to look at Xiao Ran.

She didn't understand the meaning in those eyes.

With the loud thud of Old Wang falling to the ground, a string in Xiao Ran's mind snapped.

Who...who is it?

How did this person know his senior's plan? Why did he have the key to the prison cell? Why... did he kill Old Wang?

Is he the big boss? Impossible... He's definitely presiding over the meeting right now.

None of those leaders could possibly be in charge.

Xiao Ran suddenly remembered what her senior brother had said to her before he left yesterday.

"Alas... The First Boss was weakened by what happened with the Fifth Boss, and our Master has difficulty walking, so neither of them participated in the arrangements for the oath-taking ceremony. Therefore, the affairs of the stronghold are managed by the Third Boss and the Sixth Boss."

"However, the sixth leader goes to the mountain for quiet meditation on the 10th and 20th of each month, so this oath-taking ceremony was mainly organized by the third leader."

Xiao Ran's thoughts drifted back. Thinking it over carefully, it seemed no one would have time to harm her, but...

No! What if someone is lying?

Seeing that the man pulled the dagger out of Old Wang's chest, blood immediately splattered onto his hands.

He wiped the blood off his hands with the corner of his robe as if he were disgusted.

This action... seems to overlap with a previous scene.

After wiping himself clean, he slowly walked to Xiao Ran's cell and looked at her through the wooden bars.

Xiao Ran remained calm and uttered a name that surprised everyone.

"Sixth Master".

Upon hearing her words, the man suddenly chuckled and then slowly lifted the hood of his cloak that covered his face.

Xiao Ran looked closely and realized that it was indeed the sixth leader.

His eyes were filled with admiration: "The daughter of the General Who Protects the Nation is indeed very clever."

Xiao Ran was shocked to hear this. How could this person know her identity? She had never revealed her identity in the valley.

But she quickly realized that there was only one possibility: her identity was known only to those above her, meaning that this person had connections with those above her.

"You conspired with the Third Leader and the people behind him to persecute Liuyun Village, didn't you?" Xiao Ran asked sharply.

"Third Master..." The Sixth Master scoffed, his eyes full of disdain, but he quickly regained his composure.

"You don't need to know that, after all, the dead don't need to know that much."

After saying that, Xiao Ran's cell chains were unlocked, and the cell fell heavily to the ground, creating an echo.

Xiao Ran retreated step by step until she reached the wall, where there was nowhere left to go.

The cold wall gave her a jolt.

The person behind the Third and Sixth Leaders is the one who corresponded with the Third Leader, the one named 'Yuan'. He must be at the Summer Palace right now, hosting a banquet for one of the officials, which is why he knows she fell off the cliff.

But how could that person be so sure she wasn't dead?

Moreover, before today, the Sixth Master did not know her identity. Why did he find out today?

Her senior's words echoed in her ears once again.

I will go up the mountain for a period of quiet meditation on the 20th...

No! He wasn't in seclusion; he was exchanging intelligence!

But why did the person behind this want her dead? She didn't have so many problems in her previous life, so why is she facing life-or-death choices almost every time she's reborn?

Xiao Ran collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted. Unable to express the devastation in her heart, she screamed hysterically.

"who is he!?"

The sixth leader did not answer her question, but instead approached her with a ferocious expression, holding a dagger, and then swung it down forcefully.

The dagger was swift...

He was only five inches, three inches, two inches... one inch away from her!

Xiao Ran closed her eyes tightly.

But instead of the expected pain, a sticky liquid was splattered on her cheeks.

She suddenly opened her eyes and saw that the person in front of her had been pierced by a short sword. The Sixth Leader's eyes were full of disbelief.

The sixth leader wanted to turn around at the last moment to see who was behind him, but he suddenly felt weak all over. It turned out that the person behind him had drawn his sword.

The sixth leader collapsed to the ground with a whoosh, and the faces of the people behind him were suddenly revealed.

The person stood quietly in the moonlight, their long, dark shadow casting a shadow that perfectly covered Xiao Ran's trembling body.

A gust of wind suddenly blew through the open door, causing her high ponytail to sway gently in the breeze, but he remained unmoved, only looking at her with his deep eyes.

...Is it him?

The boy who broke his promise?

Seeing that Xiao Ran seemed frightened, the young man simply walked over to her and tried to help her up.

Sensing the boy slowly approaching, Xiao Ran spoke first, asking, "...What are you doing here?"

"Keep your promise."

Perhaps provoked, her voice, which was about to ask a question, turned icy as she said, "Two days have passed. This isn't keeping your promise; it's breaking it."

The young man, who was supporting her, paused for a moment, then regained his composure and said in a low voice, "Something unexpected happened, so I'm late."

He helped Xiao Ran up, and seeing that she didn't ask any further questions, he said, "Let's leave first, they might come at any time."

But his hand, which was supporting Xiao Ran, suddenly felt cold. He saw Xiao Ran use all her strength to break free from him and then run in a disheveled state to the cell next door.

She knelt down in front of Old Wang and saw that his eyes were still open.

She silently closed Old Wang's eyes with her hands, then took a bamboo dragonfly from Old Wang's tightly clenched hand next door.

Old Wang's last look seemed to be telling her something.

She held the bamboo dragonfly tightly.

Does he want her to take good care of his grandson?

Xiao Ran put the bamboo dragonfly into her sleeve and silently walked to the door.

The boy guarding the door made no move to leave; instead, he handed her a handkerchief.

Xiao Ran accepted it calmly, and only when she felt a cool touch from the soft handkerchief did her serious expression soften slightly.

The bloodstains that had just splattered on her face were wiped clean, and the white handkerchief was immediately stained red.

"Let's go."