After being reborn, I became the apple of my enemy's eye.

I didn't expect him to come during the day too?

The other person threw the dagger directly onto the table in front of Yan Yun, somewhat impatiently saying, "I'm not your master." He always said this.

Yan Yun recognized the voice and looked down at the dagger stuck in the table.

Even if she tried her best, she could only pierce the tip, but he stabbed it in easily. She looked down at the exposed blade of the dagger under the table and felt even more impressed by his skill.

Before Yan Yun could even look up, the person above had already jumped down and sat on the other side.

"So you've been locked up. It seems that being a young lady of the Zheng family isn't as easy as you thought."

Yan Yun tried to pull the dagger, but unfortunately he couldn't pull it out.

The other person reached out and grabbed her hand, holding it on the handle: "You need to use your wrist strength. You can push and pull it back and forth a few times, and it will come out."

Following his instructions, Yan Yun pulled out the dagger in one go. Before he could even feel happy, the other man took out a small bamboo tube from his pocket and placed it on the tea table. "Try this. It was just made recently."

Yan Yun put down the dagger and went to get the things he had placed on the table.

His hand pressed down on Yan Yun's palm.

"Be careful, don't face people."

The words fell.

Yan Yun pulled off the hemp rope on the back of the bamboo tube, and five silver needles instantly shot out from the tube, a row of long silver needles piercing straight into the wooden window.

Yan Yun looked at the person opposite him in surprise: "This!!"

If the person opposite hadn't turned around in time, that row of silver needles would have landed on his face.

Yan Yun was surprised. He had never seen this object before, nor had anyone mentioned it. Moreover, most people would not be on guard against it. It was something made entirely for the purpose of ambush and murder.

Yan Yun ignored the other person, got up and walked over, retrieved the silver needles from the wooden pillar, placed them aside, and examined them carefully.

Then the person sitting down reminded them: "These things often have poison powder on them, so don't touch them with your hands."

Yan Yun was caught in a dilemma: whether to withdraw his hand from the silver needle or not.

“You have this too?”

"The one you have is naturally not poisonous, but I don't know if it was made by someone else."

Yan Yun was relieved and put down the silver needles.

She never expected to see something like this. Now that she had finished looking at it, she held up the items and prepared to return them.

The other party refused and told Yan Yun.

"Keep this with you for self-defense."

Yan Yun looked at the dagger, still thinking it was better: "I'll be fine with the dagger."

"There's not much a dagger can do. It's better to strike the opponent unexpectedly first, which will be more effective."

Just as the two were about to continue talking.

Ru Qing's voice came from outside the door: "I want to bring something in for Miss? Is that not allowed?"

"The nanny said that no one else is allowed to go in unless it is her."

"I am Miss's maid, I should go in and serve her."

Ru Qing and the maids were arguing.

Yan Yun got up to talk to Ru Qing, but as she touched the door, she glanced back. If someone discovered that there was a man in her room, it would naturally cause trouble.

The person who was just sitting next to the stool has disappeared.

Yan Yun looked up, but there was no trace of him on the roof beam.

However, Yan Yun heard his voice clearly.

"Changgu City will soon be in chaos, so protect yourself."

Is Changgu City about to descend into chaos?

Yan Yun was still pondering the meaning of those words.

The manager's voice could also be heard coming in from outside.

"You're all outside, who's going in to take care of the young lady?"

"Granny..."

"If anything happens to the young lady, none of you will escape."

The manager appeared, and Yan Yun knocked on the door from inside. Ru Qing was let in. She carried some snacks, looked at Yan Yun, and said with some worry, "Miss, the money exchange is closed."

Yan Yun was locked inside the house, so he naturally had no idea what was happening outside.

She looked towards the door and, seeing that the maids hadn't followed her in, whispered to Ruqing, "The money exchange?"

"Yes."

Ru Qing placed the snacks on the table and briefly told Yan Yun what had happened. The bandits on the mountain had become completely unscrupulous, not only killing people in the city but also openly robbing things.

Yan Yun knew all of this.

"If they enter the city to kill people, won't the city lord and the government officials intervene?"

Ru Qing said that this was the important thing.

"The entire family of Ji, a government official, was wiped out overnight, with nearly sixty members of the family being exterminated."

Yan Yun immediately clenched his fist.

"What did you say?"

As Ru Qing spoke, sweat beaded on her forehead and her hands trembled: "Lord Ji was a government official, and his entire family was wiped out by those guys. The city lord has already fled with his family; I heard they escaped from the city in the middle of the night."

Yan Yun understood the bandits' ruthlessness, but to attack government officials? Did those guys have such audacity?

"Could it be that the government officials..."

Ru Qing was referring to this very matter.

With Lord Ji dead, the government is now without a high-ranking official, and is in disarray. The stewards of the powerful families are even secretly hiring government soldiers to protect them, so there are very few guards left to defend the city.

Closing the money shop was Lu Yan's idea, and the old lady agreed.

Yan Yun recalled the message his master had just delivered to him: the words "Changgu City will soon be in chaos" lingered in his ears.

She looked at Ru Qing and, after listening to her, said, "You shouldn't go to the money exchange either. You should be careful."

Ru Qing said they couldn't go. Those bandits were now moving through Changgu City like it was their own backyard, and they didn't dare to go out at all. The Zheng family was only spared because Lu Yan had found guards to protect them.

But Yan Yun was uneasy; she always felt there was no safe place.

"Any news from the school?"

"Miss, you don't know, but the imperial examinations are about to begin a few days ago, and many people have already set off."

Yan Yun then understood why the bandits had chosen this time.

Did Yun Yi leave as well?

"What about Yun Yi?"

Ru Qing shook her head; she didn't know either.

They even killed government officials.

Yan Yun couldn't quite articulate her worries, but she had a vague feeling that something bad was about to happen.

As she thought.

In the middle of the night, the bandits attacked the Zheng residence.

Yan Yun didn't sleep at all; he couldn't sleep.

I heard a noise outside.

Yan Yun woke Ru Qing up.

Lu Yuan ran over, unlocked the door, and pushed it open. "Miss Zheng, leave here quickly."

The moon was exceptionally round and bright that day.

Even without the oil lamp lit, Yan Yun could clearly see the blood on Lu Yuan's face.

His face was filled with fear and panic: "Miss, run!"

Ru Qing asked him in a panic, "W-what's wrong?"

"Those bandits have broken in."

Ru Qing immediately looked at Yan Yun.

"Walk."

Yan Yun's lips moved slightly, and he took Ru Qing without taking anything and was about to leave.

Lu Yuan went inside, took a long dress from Yan Yun, and followed behind Yan Yun and Ru Qing.

Yan Yun almost spoke up, asking why they were still using clothes at a time like this. Even though he found it strange, he didn't say anything.

The moment they left the hospital.

Screams came and went.

The cries for help from the servants and maids reached my ears.

"Help! Help me!!"

"Who's going to save us?"

"what!"

"Do not kill me."

Those desperate cries for help were so powerful that they made people unable to move.

Yan Yun grasped Ru Qing's hand. She was much shorter than Yan Yun, but after exerting force, he pulled Ru Qing away. Yan Yun had never seen such a hell before, but his instinct was to survive. Ru Qing was so afraid because she had experienced it once before.

The bandits who stormed into Zheng's mansion committed all sorts of atrocities, burning, killing, and looting. They took everything they could see, and killed any survivors they encountered, regardless of age or gender.

Just as Yan Yun and the others were about to leave the backyard.

Someone chased after them: "Over here, someone's running away. It must be that Miss Zheng."

Lu Yuan pushed Yan Yunhe's Ru Qing towards the door.

Speaking very quickly: "If Miss Zheng is able to survive, please be more lenient with my third young master."

After saying that, he closed the backyard door.

Yan Yun glanced back and saw that Ru Qing was already pulling her forward.

Right there in the alley, there was a lookout. He saw Ru Qing and Yan Yun run out, and walked over with a knife in hand. Ru Qing led Yan Yun to change direction.

The man chased after them from behind.

Ru Qing protected Yan Yun.

"Miss, you should run."

Yan Yun has already abandoned Lu Yuan, but Ru Qing cannot be abandoned.

The man raised his knife and was about to strike Ru Qing.

Yan Yun took out the bamboo tube he always carried, aimed it at the other person's eyes, and pulled the rope, sending out a silver needle with a "whoosh".

Caught completely off guard, the other person immediately screamed in agony: "My, my eyes!!"

His knife fell to the ground with a thud.

Yan Yun grabbed the knife. "Ru Qing."

Ru Qing also got up from the ground.

"Little, miss."

"Come on."

Yan Yun threw the other person's knife directly onto the roof, grabbed the roof, and jumped up. The movements were swift and fluid, the result of countless hours of practice. She handed the knife to Ru Qing.

"catch me."

Ru Qing did not reach out.

"Miss, hide well, I'm going to find help."

Ru Qing knew that with her size, following Yan Yun would only be a burden. She thought that it would be better if her mistress didn't take her along, given her mistress's skill.

The person on the ground covered their eyes and stood up again.

He noticed Ru Qing.

"You won't live either."

He covered the silver needles in his eyes and rushed towards Ru Qing.

Yan Yun couldn't stand idly by. She looked at the knife beside her. She didn't want to die here like before, unable to do anything.

She bent down, grabbed the knife beside her, and jumped down towards the people below.

Just as the other party grabbed Ru Qing and was about to insert the silver needle, the other party grabbed her.

Yan Yun's knife pierced his neck first.

Before the other person could even turn around, they released Ru Qing's hand and collapsed to the ground.

Yan Yun grasped Ru Qing's hand, recalling all her loneliness.

"Don't say things like 'Let me run away first'."