"Young master, you go ahead! Weāll cover our retreat!" Ye Er was the first to react.
Ye Wu added, "Young master, with us here, itās enough. Although there are quite a few of them, their martial arts skills are just average."
"No need, weāll stick together," Ye Ziāan responded with composure, showing no fear of these men. "It seems youāve all forgotten that I too am skilled."
Once these words were spoken, both Ye Er and Ye Wu were indeed taken aback as they truly had forgotten this fact.
It appeared that Ziāan had mentioned it before, but he had never used his skills, causing them to forget and assume that he didnāt know martial arts.
"Hmph, Ye Ziāan, hand over the item and the banknotes you took today. If you do, Iāll let you off on account of our colleagueship; otherwise" Peng Lide glanced at a nearby earth mound, "See that? Thatās where youāll end up."
"Pfft, Peng Lide, spare your nonsense. Who will end up where is still uncertain."
Seeing this, Peng Lide stopped talking and waved to his men, "Take action, capture him alive!"
As his hand dropped, a group charged toward Ye Ziāan.
However, when Peng Lide realized that Ye Ziāan knew martial arts, his expression soured, and it grew even worse when he saw that Ziāanās skills were far from clumsy.
Especially Ye Er and the others, their movements were definitely not something ordinary guards could match.
Seeing this, Peng Lide narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hand behind him, and one of his close followers handed him a bow and arrow.
Nocking the arrow, drawing the bow, exerting strength, an arrow tore through the sky.
Ye Er was the first to spot the arrow shot at Ye Ziāan, instinctively blocking it with his sword, but then a second arrow was fired.
"Young master..."
The arrow pierced into Ye Ziāanās shoulder.
Seeing that his men couldnāt compete with Ye Er and his group, Peng Lide prepared to leave, but out of nowhere another group of people joined the fray, clearly also targeting Ye Ziāan.
Realizing they were obviously outnumbered by the newcomers, Ye Er and his group grabbed Ye Ziāan and fled.
"Chase them! We must capture them alive!"
Seeing Ye Ziāan was injured, Peng Lide hastily ordered his men to pursue.
The black-clothed figures that appeared also didnāt stop, continuing the chase from behind.
Ye Er looked back, saw the pursuers drawing near, took out his sleeve arrows, and fired six shots.
The two in the lead were hit in the legs of their horses.
Seeing this, Ye Wu also took out his sleeve arrows and shouted loudly, "You take the young master and go ahead, Iāll cover the rear. Ye Yi and Ye San are aheadātheyāve been overseeing the work at Stone Village."
Upon hearing this, Ye Er nodded and rode ahead with Ye Ziāan. Ye Ziāan had been wounded in the right shoulder and could no longer ride a horse; he had to be carried.
As Ye Er rode, he called out loudly, having grown bored with a day of overseeings, Ye Yi and Ye San had found an open space to practice their moves.
Unexpectedly hearing Ye Erās voice, they walked forward a bit and indeed saw Ye Er approaching on horseback.
"The young master is injured!"
Hearing this, Ye Yiās expression changed abruptly, "What happened?"
"Itās a long story, quickly get someone to escort the young master back to the government office!"
Ye Yi and Ye San immediately went to fetch horses and followed.
By the time they reached the county town, it was late into the night. Yang Chuxia had just awakened from a nightmare when someone knocked on the door.
"Madam, the young master is back!"
Yang Chuxia hurriedly put on her outerwear. Mingcui, who was sleeping in the outer room, had already gone to open the door, "Quickly tell the madam, the young master is injured."