Chapter 104: I Miss You
Jian Yi looked at Shiyi’s confused and curious eyes for a second and said, "I found out that Duan Qinwang is the mastermind behind these mountain bandits. Also, these bandits are not ordinary mountain bandits but well-trained soldiers disguised as bandits. Can I fight against tens of thousands of well-trained soldiers by myself? You really overestimate my abilities."
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him in surprise. Shiyi was silent for a moment and then asked, "Commander, what are your plans now?"
Jian Yi was silent for a few seconds and said, "With our current number, we can’t confront them head-on. The best we can do right now is delay their plan to buy more time until Master and our brothers arrive."
"Commander, do you know what their plan is?" A secret guard asked curiously.
Jian Yi’s eyes darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Yes. Last night, I stole a secret letter sent by Duan Qinwang for the bandit leader. From the secret letter, I could guess their overall plan, but not their motives and goals."
When the secret guards saw Jian Yi’s frowning face, they knew that Duan Qinwang’s plan must be bad news for them. Shiyi and the other secret guards waited for Jian Yi to continue speaking. After waiting for a long time, they saw Jian Yi closing his eyes and saying, "Get some rest. We will make plans after we regain our strength."
Seeing that their commander had already closed his eyes, the secret guards closed theirs to rest. As they rested, the night deepened, and the sky slowly changed color.
Under the darkness, a man in black wearing a silver mask covering half of his handsome face came to Yunshan Village. He followed his memory and went toward the foot of Yun Mountain. When he saw the dilapidated thatched house in the distance, his heart beat faster and faster as his excitement spiraled out of control.
A few minutes later, Xuan Ruiquan stood in front of the dilapidated thatched house and looked at the shabby but tidy courtyard silently. He remembered the first time he met Duan Yixin in his previous life. At that time, she had already married Tang Zizheng. But for some unknown reason, she still lived in this dilapidated courtyard while her husband lived with another woman, who later became the empress.
Despite being abused and living in poverty, Duan Yixin took him home and saved his life when she found him unconscious in the forest after falling from a cliff. In those days, she endured hunger but never let him starve, even for a day.
Because she had no money to buy medicine, she went to the forest to find medicine for him. But when she came back, she was covered in injuries. Recalling her bloody look at that time, Xuan Ruiquan’s heart still feels like it was stabbed by countless sharp swords.