On our wedding day, I castrated my fiancée's white moonlight.

The Imperial Palace of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Li Youruo sat on the dragon throne, with a thick stack of memorials piled up in front of her.

"Your Majesty! The coastal areas have suffered heavy losses, and the people are filled with resentment! I believe that we should send envoys to Japan to apologize and restore friendly relations!"

A civil official knelt below, his voice booming.

Behind him stood seven or eight officials, all echoing his sentiments.

"Indeed, Your Majesty! The Great Xia's national strength is limited; why should we make enemies of Japan?"

"They're just a few envoys. A little compensation can settle things, and a new letter of pledging peace can be sent. Why make the common people suffer along with them?"

"The Prince of Zhenbei was young and impetuous; his momentary impulse led to this disaster! Your Majesty should prioritize the greater good!"

Li Youruo's expression grew increasingly cold.

"An apology?"

She stood up, her phoenix eyes sweeping over the group of people below!

His voice was chillingly cold: "Anyone who dares to propose peace again will be treated as a traitor to the Japanese!"

"His Majesty--!"

"Drag him away, give him thirty strokes of the cane, strip him of his official rank, and never employ him again!"

The imperial guards rushed forward and dragged away the leading civil official.

Screams came from outside the hall!

The court fell silent!

But Li Youruo knew that this quiet wouldn't last long!

The numbers on the memorials are shocking!

Coastal trade routes were paralyzed, and tax revenue plummeted!

Fishermen dare not go out to sea, and three ports have been shut down!

She held the vermilion brush, her beautiful eyes weary.

'Ye Fan... what should I do next?'

……

The Ye family's array repair work is progressing faster than expected.

Although Ye Zhenxi was impatient, he was quite talented in array formations. With Ye Fan's assistance, the stone gate array that had protected the reclusive Ye family for hundreds of years had regained its faint light in half a day.

The light was much dimmer than before, like a lamp that was about to run out of oil!

Ye Zhenxi was surprised: "Ye Fan, when did you learn formations?"

"I've studied the art of formations for over forty years to reach where I am today! And you, kid, know more than I do?"

Ye Fan did not answer.

The 108 stone tablets within the chaotic space contain numerous insights into array formations!

He only glanced at them briefly, but he already understood the general idea. Ordinary array runes were no challenge for Ye Fan at all!

"Wang Danian".

"Your subordinate is here."

"Take men and bury these ten feet deep, outside the seven nodes of the formation!"

Ye Fan took out a box of modified hand grenades from the chaotic space!

He engraved simple delay and trigger runes on the bottom!

"If someone launches a strong attack on the formation, the shockwave will reach the nodes, and these will explode!"

far away.

Ye Fu sat in a wheelchair with a blanket covering his legs.

Hearing this, his lips moved, but he ultimately didn't say anything!

But those cloudy eyes never left Ye Fan's busy figure!

Ye Fan entrusted the task of laying mines with Wang Danian, and then instructed Ye Zhendong to reinforce the valley gate watchtower!

Let Ye Zhennan handle the funeral arrangements for the deceased clansmen properly!

He then went to the back of the mountain and found a secluded spot!

Enter the chaotic space.

The furnace of heaven and earth hummed, and spirit stones were poured in like flowing water!

He needs more grenades, more grenades, and AK47s.

These will all become the new teeth of the reclusive Ye family!

Suddenly, a teleportation talisman that travels thousands of miles vibrated within the storage ring!

With a single thought, Ye Fan took out the Thousand-Mile Transmission Talisman!

Li Youruo's suppressed voice immediately came from the other end!

Even through the jade talisman, one could sense the tension: "Ye Fan! When are you coming back?"

"What is it?"

"The capital is in chaos!"

Li Youruo took a deep breath: "Officials incited thousands of people to surround the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion! They...they called you a traitor! A usurper! They even said they wanted to purge the court of corrupt officials and kill the treacherous ministers!"

Ye Fan frowned: "Is it related to the Japanese pirates?"

"Yes! The Imperial Guards are surrounded inside the palace and cannot move!"

"Dozens of servants in the Prince's mansion are being cursed at by their own family members over the wall, and they've already cried and wanted to quit!"

"Consort Xiao Rong and Consort Xiao Ya are barely managing to hold things together, but..." Li Youruo's voice was hoarse, "Those are common people, Ye Fan, they are ordinary people! I cannot order their suppression!"

"I see."

Ye Fan answered calmly, his tone showing little emotion.

Only deep within his eyes flashed a chilling coldness!

Japanese pirates?

Haha, they really haven't given up their wicked intentions! In his second life, the Japanese pirates owed China a huge blood debt!

In this life, Ye Fan is determined to wipe out the Japanese pirates completely!

This race is inherently evil!

As Ye Fan walked out of the Ye Family Valley, he glanced back to check the formation. After confirming that there were no problems, he bid farewell to Ye Fu.

"Leaving already? Not staying a few more days?"

"Your father grew up here, and there are many things... many things that I can tell you slowly..."

"And your mother, she also lived here for a while." Ye Fu's eyes were filled with hope, hoping that his grandson could stay and spend a few more days with him.

Ye Fan smiled and said, "Grandpa, it's not like I'm not coming back."

"But there are still some matters to attend to in Daxia Longdu, so I have to go back! Besides, I haven't healed your leg yet."

"Okay, take these!" Ye Fu took out a storage ring that he had prepared beforehand.

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment.

Upon closer inspection, it was filled with various pills, martial arts techniques, spirit stones, weapons, and so on.

"grandfather?"

Ye Fan was about to refuse.

Ye Fu shook his head firmly: "You need these things more than we do! The Ye family's fortunes have declined by the time they reached me."

"Now you are the only hope for the Ye family, Xiao Fan. Grandpa is sorry... I failed to protect you. Consider these things as compensation!"

Seeing this, Ye Fan said no more. If he didn't accept it, the old man probably wouldn't be able to sleep soundly!

……

In front of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion in the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Crowds of people.

Not only ordinary people, but also many farmers and vendors dressed in hemp clothes were mixed in, their emotions running high, and their shouts almost overturned the stone lions in front of the palace.

The gates of the Prince's Mansion were tightly shut, and the area within the high walls was eerily quiet.

When Ye Fan's cavalry appeared at the end of the long street, the clamor of the crowd suddenly fell silent, and then erupted into an even louder noise!

"Ye Fan is back!"

"Traitor to the country!"

"You've completely disgraced your father Ye Zhengrong's illustrious reputation!"

"Traitor! Colluding with Japanese pirates, you have caused untold suffering and death along the coast of our Great Xia!"

"Give me back my son's life! My son went to sea yesterday, the ship wrecked, and everyone died. It's all your fault!"

Curses, cries, and the dull thud of stones hitting the horses' hooves blended together!

Wang Danian gripped the hilt of his sword, his face ashen, while the imperial guards around him stared in fury!

But they didn't move, and their swords remained unsheathed!

Ye Fan reined in his horse, his gaze sweeping over the throng of heads!

His face was calm, almost expressionless!

"Who's the leader?"

Ye Fan's voice wasn't loud, but it immediately silenced the scene!

An old farmer, dressed in a coarse cloth jacket and with a weathered face, squeezed out from the front of the crowd.

He stiffened his neck, his finger almost poking Ye Fan's nose: "It's me, old man! What? You want to kill me to cover it up?"

"Is the Prince of Zhenbei planning to commit murder in front of the entire city?!"

Ye Fan dismounted and said with a faint smile, "Old man, do you have any evidence to prove that I colluded with the Japanese and harmed the country?"

"Evidence? Pshaw!"

The old farmer spat, "You killed the Japanese envoy, and the Japanese pirates immediately invaded the border. How many people died along the coast!"

"This isn't evidence?! You dare to argue like that!"

The crowd behind them was indignant: "Yes! The evidence is conclusive!"

"The Prince of Zhenbei, for his own personal grudge and momentary pleasure, disregarded the safety of the people. What else could he be but a traitor to the country?"

Sudden.

A voice echoed in Ye Fan's mind: "Master, this old man is a martial artist!"