Lin Qingwan looked at the four corpses on the ground, her face cold.

  Lu Su and Zhou Shi's faces were also very solemn, and Zhou Shi immediately said: "I will report this to the Emperor at once."

  They originally wanted to wait for confirmation before speaking, but now it's clear that things have exceeded their expectations. They didn't think the other side would be a desperate man.

  Lin Qingwan's eyes were heavy and she stared at the corpse without saying a word.

  Lin Runze felt a chill run down his spine, his face pale as he asked, "Will Yu'er and the others also be pursued by the assassins?"

  His grandfather had only one grandson, Lin You, and thinking of his widowed aunt, his face turned somewhat pale.

  "Miss, with Xu Jin by Young Master You's side, nothing should happen."

  Xu Jin was sent by Lin Qingwan to protect Lin You, he was carefully trained as a dark guard, and should not fail to protect a single Lin You.

  But it would be difficult to protect Lu Yu and the others again.

  But as a Dark Guard's first principle is that the master's safety takes precedence over everything, at critical moments, Xu Jin knew how to make sacrifices.

  Lin Run heard this and secretly let out a sigh of relief, Lu Su lowered his eyes, the Lu family naturally also sent guards to follow the three brothers of Lu Yu, but it was unknown how they were doing now.

  Luyu and his group are now trapped in a small mountain village, Luli is seriously injured, others have more or less injuries on their bodies, and they can't rush to the road at all.

  The most critical thing is that their main guard Xu Jin was also seriously injured. Even if they had the heart to go to Beijing, they didn't dare leave the village at this time.

  Otherwise, they would have been chopped by those who were chasing them, and it wasn't until then that they deeply realized the kung fu they had learned before was completely useless.

  He had thought their swordsmanship was quite good before, but he hadn't expected that they couldn't even withstand three moves under the hands of those pursuers.

  Lu Yu sat dejectedly under the thatched roof, anxiously gazing up at the sky which was drifting with fine rain. Although it was clearly summer, he somehow saw an autumnal bleakness in it.

  Luckily, the Lu family had assigned three guards to them, and with Xu Jin there, they were able to keep their lives. But thinking of the soldiers still struggling on the front line, Lu Yu was filled with worry. He couldn't help but go find Lin You, "Brother Lin, why don't I go out first? The situation in Hongzhou is urgent, we must send out the news as soon as possible."

  Lin You hurt his hand and frowned upon hearing this: "They're probably afraid that there are checkpoints all along the way into the capital, making it difficult to enter."

  Lu Yu said: "I won't go to the capital, I'll go to Lingzhou."

  Lin You widened his eyes, "Lingzhou?"

  Lu Yu nodded, with a resolute glint in his eyes: "The Lingzhou Governor is from the Lu family of the capital. We are related by marriage on both sides. If they can stop me, how can they also stop Governor Lu?"

  Lin You's spirit lifted, and he said: "Take a guard with you, tidy up a bit, and try to avoid people on the way. Once Lu Li and Xu Jin's injuries are mostly healed, we'll continue on to the capital. One side or the other will surely be able to get the message out."

  "It's not bad, and there are still Shang brothers and Zhou brothers, now I don't know where they went." Lu Yu sighed, originally everyone thought it was a good idea to split up, one team went to the capital to attract the enemy, and the other team returned to Suzhou to recruit reinforcements. Thinking that within three or four days, one of the teams would be able to send out news, but unexpectedly they were trapped in the Ezhou area for seven days."

  At that time, they saw someone chasing after Shang Mingjie and Zhou Tong, so they didn't know what happened to the two of them either.

  The two of them had agreed, and Lu Yu began to prepare for his departure. Their guards and servants tried to dissuade him, "Young Master, it's really too dangerous to go out at this time. Why don't we wait a bit longer?"

  "We have waited, but the border generals cannot wait any longer." Lu Yu said: "My mind is made up, you don't need to persuade me anymore."

  Lu Li and Lu Rui were worried but didn't stop him, they just told him to take care of himself.

  Xu Jin lay on the bed nursing his wound, withdrawing his sorrowful gaze, silently suppressing the helplessness in his heart, as long as Lin You didn't run out, it was fine.

  He felt this was his biggest failure since he started working on tasks.

  Don't look at him being only twenty-three, but he has been working for eight years, starting from the age of fifteen as a servant by his master's side.

  Every day, apart from training, it's protecting the old master. Occasionally, I'm also ordered to carry out missions, and I've killed quite a few people. Naturally, I've also carried out tasks to protect others.

  At least so far, he has never failed, one is that he is indeed formidable, and the other is that he cooperates well with his companions.

  This time's mission was the first solo protection mission apart from assassination missions, although it was his first time, he wasn't nervous at all. Anyway, as long as he protected Lin You's safety, that would be fine.

  But he didn't expect his master to be stupid enough to get himself lost, and still a group of talented scholars who were going to take the imperial examination. Can the country really not be destroyed if it falls into the hands of this group?

  It wasn't until then that he regretted not studying hard when he was younger, so he couldn't become like Yi Han, who was well-versed in both ancient and modern times, familiar with geography, and able to lead troops. So they took a detour on the road, but he didn't know that.

  As a bodyguard responsible for protecting his master's safety, he just needs to stick close to his master.

  One wrong step leads to another, Xu Jin closed his eyes and continued to lie in bed pretending to be dead.

  Anyway, this village is still relatively safe, those people won't find their way here for a while, he should tend to his wounds first.

  As a bodyguard, he cannot interfere with his master's decisions, so no matter whether Lin You plans to continue going to the capital, return to Suzhou, or even go to Ezhou to throw himself into danger, he has to follow him. Anyway, before Lin You dies, he must die first.

  Lin You didn't know what Xujin was thinking, he was trying hard to think of a solution, and finally pulled Lu Rui: "We'll write letters, after we get down the mountain, we'll find a post office to send them. We'll send two copies from each post office, I don't believe they can intercept all the letters."

  This method is clumsy, but it will definitely give the other party a lot of trouble. Maybe the letter will be sent out.

  Lu Ruidao said: "There is also the government office. Every time we pass through a place, we give a sealed letter to the local county magistrate. I don't believe those people dare to kill the county magistrate too."

  Lying on the bed, Lu Li couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Why don't you just send letters to all the rural gentry as well?"

  "This method is good," Lin You clenched his fist and said, "So many letters have been sent out, I don't believe they dare to take action and kill people. In that case, the person who receives the letter will be even safer."

  Lu Li: ...He's just talking nonsense, don't take it so seriously?

  But Lin You and Lu Rui started taking out paper to write letters. Without enough envelopes, they folded them up and put them aside for now, to be dealt with later when they went out.

  Xu Jin turned his head and stared blankly at the roof for a while, then continued to stare with wide eyes. Forget it, waiting for rescue from Suzhou is more realistic anyway.

  Lu Yu had already disguised himself and quietly left the small mountain village with a guard, avoiding people on his way to Lingzhou.

  Lin You and Lu Rui were writing furiously in the thatched hut. By the time Xu Jin and Lu Li's injuries had improved a bit, they had used up all the paper on their bodies. The letters were piled up, divided into three portions, wrapped in oil paper, and stuffed into their bags.