Top-notch Little Horseman

Qin Mengyao held the knife in both hands and chopped off the squad leader's head.

Seeing this, Ye Chen was immediately ashamed.

Qin Mengyao was picked up by the original owner of the body two months ago while cutting grass for horses on a hillside.

At that time, Qin Mengyao was pale and thin, on the verge of death. If she hadn't met Ye Chen, she probably wouldn't have survived.

Upon further inquiry, it was learned that she was a young lady from a wealthy family who had been separated from her family due to the war and had been starving for three days and three nights.

The original owner was kind-hearted, so she gave her food, took her back to her residence, and settled her down for the time being.

However, not long ago, news that Ye Chen had picked up this young and beautiful woman reached the ears of his superior, the centurion of the horse herders.

Qin Mengyao was a stunning beauty, and the lustful centurion Mei Rende immediately harbored evil intentions. He found Ye Chen and forced him to offer Qin Mengyao to him as a concubine.

The deadline is in two days, and it seems like one problem after another is arising.

"Excited?! I'm excited right now!"

Enraged, Qin Mengyao swung her machete and began hacking wildly at the squad leader, one strike, two strikes, three strikes…

Chu Fan stared at the fierce Qin Mengyao, momentarily stunned.

In the past, Qin Mengyao was aloof and dignified, gentle and virtuous, with the demeanor of a lady from a prominent family.

But at this moment, he seemed like a completely different person, his eyes filled with boundless rage and ferocity.

Ye Chen sighed softly, stepped forward, and gently patted her shoulder, saying, "He is dead."

Qin Mengyao's delicate body trembled slightly, and she collapsed to the ground, panting as she looked at Ye Chen.

"Brother Chen..." Tears streamed down her face. "You're still alive...that's so wonderful..."

"Since the King of Hell wouldn't take me, he let me come back." Ye Chen smiled and helped Qin Mengyao up.

Qin Mengyao wiped away her tears and looked at Ye Chen, saying, "It's good that you're not dead, it's good that you're not dead..."

As she spoke, she seemed to remember something, looked at Bian Jun lying on the ground, and continued.

"So many people have died... what are we going to do?"

"We need to bury them now." Ye Chen said, turning around and finding a patch of soft soil.

He used a steel knife to dig the soil and quickly dug out a large pit.

Qin Mengyao voluntarily helped drag the body away. While others were engaged in farming and weaving, they were burying the body together.

"Brother Chen, what should we do next? So many people have died, they'll definitely find out, and..." Qin Mengyao paused, wanting to ask Ye Chen what had happened, but ultimately didn't.

She was just a weak woman; even if she knew, what could she do?

Moreover, Ye Chen's cervical vertebrae were broken, so how could he have survived? That's just too unbelievable.

As if remembering something, her delicate body trembled slightly, and her voice trembled as she spoke.

"Brother Chen, how about... how about we run away..."

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Escape...where can we escape to?"

"There's chaos and war right now, where can we escape to... Don't worry, everything will be alright, I'll handle it. Let's go home first."

He already had a plan in mind: to survive in this chaotic world, he needed to have his own armed force.

He was a modern-day elite soldier, after all; how could he be bullied by these uncivilized ancient people?

"Alright, let's go home first. Anyway, if you die, I'll be buried with you, so you won't be alone on your journey to the underworld."

Qin Mengyao nodded, a resolute glint in her eyes; she had made up her mind to follow him through thick and thin.

"Don't worry, no one can kill me, not even the emperor." Ye Chen's eyes gleamed with determination.

It took Ye Chen and Qin Mengyao a full hour to bury the soldiers.

Ye Chen took out five taels of silver from them, presumably the reward money Gou Qianhu gave them for cleaning up their mess.

Now, these five taels of silver have become Ye Chen's capital. He will use this first pot of gold to knock on the door to survival in this chaotic world.

The two returned to their residence. Ye Chen closed the doors and windows tightly. Today's events were quite significant, and he needed to plan them carefully.

In this chaotic world, survival is the only way to stay alive, but I've already made enemies the moment I arrived.

If you're afraid of trouble, don't cause trouble; if you want to cause trouble, you can't be afraid of it.

Gou Qianhu's full name was Gou Chenghu. He was a renowned and fierce general in the border army, with a promising future.

As a commander of a thousand men, he wielded considerable power in the border army; in fact, one could say that Ye Chen was nothing more than an ant in his eyes.

He was always surrounded by bodyguards. He was ruthless and merciless, and it took more than just courage to fight against him.

Let alone Gou Chenghu, even Ye Chen's superior, Liang Kun, the head of the horse herdsmen, is not someone he can contend with in his current state.

Don't underestimate Liang Kun just because he's a herdsman and not even a border soldier. He has five hundred men under his command and manages many warhorses at Yanmen Pass.

He's practically the local tyrant of the horse-breeding system, and he has powerful connections above him, so dealing with him won't be easy.

In this chaotic world, to achieve something great, you need either money or connections, but Ye Chen has neither right now.

If you want people, you first need money; the most important thing is to make money.

In this chaotic world, only money and provisions can truly win people's hearts and quickly build up an armed force, and this path to wealth is already in our hands...

Yanmen Pass is one of the most important border fortresses, and an independent city was built here.

Ten thousand border troops are stationed here, along with various miscellaneous soldiers in units of a thousand men each, totaling about twenty to thirty thousand people.

The most important strategic resource is a thousand warhorses. In this chaotic world, resources are of utmost importance, and pasture is one such strategic resource.

At Yanmen Pass, ordinary people and merchants could not go out of the city to harvest hay themselves; if they wanted to use it, they had to register with the border troops and purchase it.

Pasture became a strategic resource for the border troops, and could even be said to be their lifeline.

If Chu Fan wants to make money, the fastest way is through hay, but selling hay isn't that easy.

After all, this is military material; how many people would dare to take it?

I'm afraid that only Qian Wansan could handle and dare to take on this situation at Yanmen Pass.

Qian Wansan was a man who could sit side by side with the General of Yanmen Pass and drink together; he was a figure who could command the wind and rain at Yanmen Pass.

In Yanmen Pass, he is known as the God of Wealth!

Getting to see Qian Wansan isn't that easy, and if things go wrong, you could lose your head.

In any case, I will go into the inner city tomorrow to see this God of Wealth. Only by talking to him can we find a way out.

It's late, so I'll get some rest tonight and make some plans for tomorrow.

"Brother Chen..."

In the middle of the night, Ye Chen vaguely heard a woman's soft moan.

"Tonight... I will give you my first time."

You could tell from her voice that she had made a lot of decisions; her tone was full of determination.