I have suffered enough in my previous life, my cousin will never marry me

Chapter 105 Return
Fu Mingchi and his personal guards inspected the camps along the east coast. They were busy for three days before rushing to the port where the Pacification Commissioner's Office went out to sea.

Just as they were about to reach the port, they suddenly saw Zhu Wencai catching up with them, exhausted.

Seeing his tired face, Fu Mingchi guessed that something serious must have happened in Yuzhou, and asked quickly, "What happened?"

Zhu Wencai hurriedly reported, "Your Highness, Liu Zhang, the commander of the patrol battalion under Young Master Gu, sent someone to Taowu to take Miss Ye away."

"Gu Tingchen came so quickly?" Fu Mingchi frowned slightly.

According to the distance, it would take him at least four or five days to enter Yuezhou. It was a bit puzzling that he came in such a hurry.

Is he anxious?
"Return to Yuzhou immediately."

Thinking about the girl's safety, Fu Mingchi quickly mounted his horse without hesitation.

"Your Highness, I heard that Xue Jiu has gone out to sea and found traces of pirates. If we rush back to Yuzhou now, I'm afraid our efforts will fail." Yu Bai said worriedly.

"I have never expected Xue Jiu to eliminate the maritime threat. He has been nurturing the pirates for years. This time, I just wanted to use him to find the whereabouts of the pirates. Now that my goal has been achieved, why should I care about what he does?"

Looking towards Qizhou, Fu Mingchi smiled faintly, "My king was right. Xue Jiu will use his old tricks again this time to feign defeat and return. Years ago, I secretly ordered the Qizhou army commander to set up a defense line along the east coast. Once Xue Jiu leads the pirates into the Qizhou army's pocket formation, it will be easy to annihilate them in one fell swoop."

"It turns out that His Highness had already made arrangements."

Yu Bai's eyes showed admiration: "In this case, Xue Jiu can either choose to join forces to fight the enemy, or wait to go back to Lin'an to report on his work."

Although arrangements had been made in advance, this naval battle was related to the situation in Yuezhou for the next few years. Fu Mingchi originally wanted to come and supervise the battle in person, but Gu Tingchen arrived in Yuezhou ahead of time, so he had to change his plan and rush back as soon as possible.

Whenever Fu Mingchi thought about the aloofness in that girl's eyes and the smile that never reached her eyes every time he saw her, he felt particularly uncomfortable.

If there was someone in this world who truly loved and protected her, so that her eyes were filled with sunshine and she could see only the beauty of the world, perhaps she wouldn't be so wary of everyone.

This time, he would never allow anyone to disturb her peaceful life again.

"Rush to Jikang County at full speed. Even if it costs the entire Yongning Palace, I will protect Miss Ye to the end."

At Fu Mingchi's command, dozens of horsemen turned around and rushed towards Yuzhou.

Zhu Wencai followed closely behind, suddenly feeling a little worried: "Your Highness, the Chifeng Battalion remains in Taowu. You have few guards around you, and the journey back to Yuzhou will be difficult. How about we first go to Qizhou and dispatch a light cavalry to escort you?"

Fu Mingchi just kept on hurrying forward: "It will take two days to go to Qizhou and back. If Gu Tingchen takes Miss Ye back to Lin'an, it will not be easy for her to escape from the Duke's Mansion again. I can only feel at ease if I rush back as soon as possible."

Zhu Wencai knew that Gu Tingchen's intention was not good, so he asked the entire patrol camp to go to Taowu to invite Miss Ye to join the Pacification Commissioner's Office. This was clearly house arrest, not a treat.

Thinking of the uneasy looks of the Concubine Dowager and the young princess before leaving, Zhu Wencai dared not think of anything else and said loudly: "Your Highness, don't worry. I failed to protect Miss Ye. This time, even if it costs my life, I will help Your Highness rescue Miss Ye."

Everyone started to gallop on their horses, riding non-stop for two days. By the second night, most of the horses were exhausted and collapsed to the ground.

Fu Mingchi had no choice but to order everyone to walk quickly to the post station, have a quick meal, change horses and prepare to continue their journey.

But just as they mounted their horses, they saw countless arrows flying in the dark night, and several guards fell off their horses before they could react.

"There are assassins protecting His Highness."

Zhu Wencai shouted, rushed forward first, and drew his sword to block the flying arrows.

"Your Highness, I will protect you and rush out first." Yu Bai also quickly protected Fu Mingchi.

Sensing the immense power lurking in the shadows, Fu Mingchi forced himself to calm down and ordered, "I will hold the assassin back here. You will take this opportunity to escape and reunite with Yan Jin. Lead the Yingzhou troops to encircle the Pacification Commissioner's Office. Don't let Gu Tingchen take Miss Ye away."

Yu Bai refused to leave in this situation. He was about to protest when Fu Mingchi whipped his horse hard with his whip, sending both Yu Bai and his horse hurtling into the night. Fu Mingchi snatched a silver spear and plunged it into the ground, shouting into the darkness, "I am here. If you dare, come and take my life."

All of a sudden, dense figures emerged from the darkness and headed straight for Fu Mingchi.

"Give Yu Bai a little time to get him out."

At Fu Mingchi's command, Zhu Wencai led the guards and charged forward bravely.

But the other side had obviously made sufficient preparations this time. There were at least a hundred assassins rushing towards them from the front. Each of them was agile and quickly dispersed the guards and scattered them in various places.

Arrows continued to fly in the dark night, aiming directly at Fu Mingchi.

While Fu Mingchi was struggling to resist the arrows coming from all directions, a large number of assassins appeared around the inn, quickly surrounded him and attacked him from behind.

Several assassins were hit by stray arrows as soon as they jumped down from the roof, falling to the ground like meteors.

Such a crazy assassination, without distinguishing between friend and foe and without fear of life or death, just to take his life, is probably not the work of pirates.

Fu Mingchi speculated silently and guessed that it was Gu Tingchen who did it.

With the cover of feather arrows, dozens of assassins successfully surrounded Fu Mingchi, and the shining swords and knives were heading straight for his tall figure.

Fu Mingchi raised his spear and just as he was repelling several assassins who were rushing towards him, several arrows shot towards his face.

Fu Mingchi held the silver spear with both hands and jumped lightly. Arrows flashed past his body. Suddenly, he heard three or two assassins wailing and falling down.

Just as he was secretly breathing a sigh of relief, several large swords came down silently from above his head and chopped down towards his face.

Fu Mingchi was startled and quickly moved his body to cleverly avoid the attacking assassin, but several arrows shot out accurately in the night.

Fu Mingchi was unable to dodge and an arrow pierced his chest and abdomen.

Not far away, Zhu Wencai fought desperately against the assassins for a while, then realized something was wrong and found that the assassins were rushing towards His Highness like crazy. However, in the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by dozens of assassins.

"Your Highness." Zhu Wencai rushed out of the blockade in a hurry and fought to the death to get to Fu Mingchi.

Seeing the arrow stuck in his chest, Zhu Wencai turned pale with fear. Just as he was about to scream, Fu Mingchi calmly broke the arrow and shouted at Zhu Wencai, "The assassin's strength is unknown. Don't fight. Everyone, follow me and charge out."

In an instant, the remaining guards began to scramble for horses and rushed forward in the dark night with arrows flying everywhere.

I don't know how long they walked. As the sky in the distance turned pale, waves of sharp pain came from their chest. Fu Mingchi finally couldn't bear it anymore and tightened the reins.

Just as he tried to take a deep breath, his whole body went limp and he fell off the horse.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Wencai quickly pulled out the two arrows from his shoulders, stepped forward to support Fu Mingchi tightly, and cried hysterically: "I am incompetent. I failed to protect Miss Ye, and I failed to protect the safety of His Highness."

"Why are you crying? Cheer up."

The corners of his mouth trembled and blood continued to seep out. Fu Mingchi forced himself to stand up straight. "The Concubine Dowager and the Princess are still waiting for me to return and take charge of the situation. Help me mount my horse and hurry on my way."

Zhu Wencai choked up and tightened his tear glands. He and the guards hurriedly helped him onto his mount, and accompanied him fearfully as they continued on their journey to Yuzhou.

(End of this chapter)