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Lin Ye gently placed the little bag on the ground.

She stood there blankly, her beautiful big eyes wide open, staring unblinkingly at the familiar figure lying there quietly, as if just asleep.

"Father...?" she called out again, with a cautious, tentative tone.

Tears streamed uncontrollably down her wide-open eyes, tracing the lines of her pale face.

She took a small step forward, then stopped, raised her teary eyes, and looked helplessly at Lin Ye beside her.

Lin Ye crouched down to meet her gaze. His red eyes held a deep, overwhelming sorrow, yet he managed to force a gentle, encouraging smile at her.

He nodded slightly, his voice hoarse: "It's Little Douzi's father. Little Douzi, go see him, he... has been waiting for you for a long time."

This sentence was like flipping a switch.

"Wow—Daddy!!!"

Xiao Douzi finally believed the incredible yet undeniably real scene before her eyes.

Years of longing, resentment, fear... all emotions erupted like a flood bursting its banks!

She let out a heart-wrenching, piercing cry, and her small body staggered toward the peacefully sleeping body.

"Daddy, waaaaah, Daddy! Little Douzi has finally seen you again, Daddy! Little Douzi missed you so much, waaaaah..."

She collapsed beside Ye Fan's cold body, her small hands frantically reaching out to touch his face and grab his hands.

The touch was cold and stiff, devoid of any warmth of a living person.

Although she knew her father was dead, she couldn't help but hope for a miracle to happen, just in case.

What if Father is just asleep?

Little Douzi couldn't help but call out in a trembling voice, just like before: "Daddy, wake up, Daddy! The sun's already high in the sky, Daddy..."

However, the person in front of him still did not react at all, and his cold hands remained hanging limply at his sides.

He didn't open his eyes helplessly like before, but instead gently stroked her hair with his large hand.

He smiled and said he understood, and then got up, telling Xiao Douzi to stop bothering him.

"Daddy, waaaaaah..."

The child's desperate, heart-wrenching cries were like the sharpest knife, piercing the hearts of everyone who witnessed or heard the scene.

The cries echoed through the mountains, mingling with the sobbing wind, adding to the endless desolation and despair.

……

"Wait, the eldest princess's father? Isn't that Lord Ye... Lord Ye!? That's Lord Ye!!!??"

Under the sky, someone was the first to tremble and scream.

Like a spark igniting a prairie fire, it instantly set off the barrage of comments in the bottom right corner.

[Commoner Wang Le: It's Lord Ye! It really is Lord Ye Fan! I recognized that face when he came to our village to control the floods! There's no mistake! Absolutely no mistake!]

[Commoner Zhao Xian: That's right! That face! I'll remember it even in death! It was Lord Ye who saved my whole family! It was Lord Ye!]

[Commoner Lin Yang: How could Lord Ye... how could he die!? And his body is left in that godforsaken place!? What on earth happened!?]

[Commoner Zhang Ma: Your Honor! Lord Ye, you died such a tragic death! Who on earth killed you?!]

……

At this moment, the entire Great Flame Kingdom was plunged into immense grief and boundless rage!

The Lord Ye they admired, who was honest and dedicated to serving the people, has not disappeared, nor has he retired!

Instead, they had already been murdered by villains, and their remains were abandoned in mass graves, where they were kept company with wild dogs and rats, exposed to the wind and sun until they turned into withered bones!

If it weren't for Immortal Lin using his extraordinary abilities to find him and restore his former appearance,

They will never know that the Lord Ye they have been waiting for all these years is already dead and his body is not even a complete corpse!

"Who on earth was it?! Which heartless beast harmed Lord Ye?! Find him! He'll be torn to pieces!!!"

"Lord Ye repaired canals and controlled floods for us, reduced taxes, and punished wicked gentry... He is like a second parent to us! He is an incredibly good person! How dare they! How dare they!!"

"Revenge! We must avenge Lord Ye!!"

"Yes! Revenge! Find the murderer! Pay with blood!"

"Avenge Lord Ye!"

"Avenge Lord Ye!!"

Grief-stricken roars and blood-cursing curses erupted in countless towns and villages!

People rushed into the streets and gathered in front of the monument erected in honor of Ye Fan, their eyes bloodshot, beating their chests and stamping their feet.

Some people tore off pieces of their clothes and tied them to their foreheads; others took out their treasured simple wooden plaques, which Ye Fan had distributed during his inspection tour and which represented "one year of tax exemption," and wept bitterly while holding them in their arms.

The grief and indignation spread like wildfire across the country.

Countless people who had received Ye Fan's kindness were now enraged by the horrific scene that had previously ensnared the skeleton.

They may be humble, they may be powerless, but at this moment, the grief and indignation of millions of people have come together to form a powerful force that almost changes the color of the sky and earth and frightens the powerful and wealthy.

……

Qingfeng Mountain, halfway up the mountain.

"Da da da da!"

The rapid, chaotic sound of horses' hooves approached from afar, breaking the heartbreaking grief and deathly silence that permeated the mass grave.

Shu Jingwei rushed ahead, afraid that Lin Ye would run away. She didn't even bother to look at the sky and missed the miraculous sight of Ye Fan's bones and muscles regenerating.

She led hundreds of elite guards and charged up the slope littered with bones.

The moment Shu Jingwei got closer, she saw Lin Ye kneeling beside the boulder, Xiao Douzi sobbing uncontrollably over a "corpse," and she also saw...

The appearance of that "corpse".

When that familiar yet unfamiliar, handsome yet pale face came into view, Shu Jingwei suddenly tightened the reins, and her warhorse reared up, letting out a neigh.

The murderous intent, anger, and madness on her face suddenly froze in that instant, as if frozen by ice, turning into a blank and incredulous astonishment.

"Ye... Ye Fan?" she cried out, her voice sharp and off-key due to extreme shock.

Her eyes were wide open, staring intently at the face on the ground, her mind a complete mess.

Ye Fan? Didn't he "disappear" several years ago?

How did I end up here? And I've become a... corpse?

Who killed him? And left him here?!

After a brief moment of shock and confusion, a surge of inexplicable rage suddenly rushed to Shu Jingwei's head!

Ye Fan!

Even if she no longer loves or wants this man who was once devoted to her and gave her whatever she wanted, he is still hers!

Who gave him the guts to die? Who dares to touch her people?!

And to leave his body in such a filthy place, how can she, and the royal family, maintain their dignity?!

"Who is it?!" Shu Jingwei turned her head sharply, her fingers, stained with bright red nail polish, suddenly pointing at Lin Ye. Her phoenix eyes blazed with terrifying anger and ferocity, and her voice trembled with extreme rage.

"Was it you! Was it you, you monster, who killed him!?"

Yao Jingyuan, accompanied by several trusted confidants, arrived breathlessly.

When he saw the body on the ground, restored to its original state, a body that anyone who had seen Ye Fan would recognize, there was no possibility of misidentification.

His pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints, and a chilling coldness shot from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head, almost causing him to lose his balance.

It really is... Ye Fan!

That fiend Lin Ye, he actually found him!

They even used this unheard-of sorcery to restore the skeleton to its former appearance!

How is that possible?!

How could such heaven-defying methods exist in this world?!

Boundless fear, like an icy tide, instantly overwhelmed Yao Jingyuan.