At this time, Shi Lei had been living in the City Lord's Mansion for more than a year. At this time, he was lying comfortably in the garden, enjoying the warmth of the sun.
He had long been accustomed to the maidservants peeping at him. In any case, they did not dare to disturb him.
Half a year ago, he had discovered that the black token was no longer of any use to him, and after living for such a long time, he was no longer able to use it. After living for so long, the panic of losing his memory was not as strong as before.
Of course, what made him feel at ease was that the stalk-like thing had been trapped outside his house some time ago and was now beginning to drill in his direction.
He estimated that after a period of time, he would be able to completely open a small hole in the house. At that time, he would be able to return to normal.
When Yi Le saw his reaction, she also found some traces, which made her feel even more encouraged.
Just when she thought that the beautiful days were coming, a person broke into her house and broke the peace.
On this day, as usual, she was in the front hall giving orders when she suddenly saw her housekeeper rushing in. His footsteps were flustered and his face was filled with uncontrollable fear, as if he had encountered something very unusual.
Yi Le directly interrupted her arrangements and dismissed the people below, leaving only her and the housekeeper in the room.
She knew that the housekeeper would not interrupt her for no reason. His ancestors had been living here for generations, so if there was no important matter, he would not be so improper.
"Miss Yi, a strange person just came and broke into our backyard. He handed this to Master, and then Master hurriedly told me to give this note to you." The housekeeper took out a somewhat wrinkled note from his sleeve and handed it to Miss Yi.
Miss Yi opened the bloodstained note. There was only a short sentence on it, but it revealed a strange message.
"The Imperial Tutor wants to kill you. Run!"
She recognized this handwriting. It was thick and mixed with a trace of spiritual energy. It was written by the youngest princess, and no one could imitate it.
She was also her best friend, but why did she write such a letter to her?
It was obvious that when she wrote this letter, she was somewhat anxious, and the last word was even a little distorted.
"Where is that person? I want to see him. "Yi Le said with a grave expression.
"When that person came in, he was already seriously injured. Before he could say a few words, he had already died."
The housekeeper's words made Yi Le's body suddenly turn cold. Although the sun was shining outside and the whole room was as warm as spring, he felt as if he was in an ice cellar. Waves of cold air were attacking him.
Yi Le felt his left eyelid start to twitch, and a warning sound rang out in his mind. Even his head started to hurt. This was clearly a bad sign.
"Hurry up and inform the elders and my father to gather in the back hall. Also, send some reliable people to inform the people outside to be careful. Try to hide as much as possible and don't come back. It's best to hide for a while." Yi Le covered his eyes and said hurriedly.
"Miss Yi, is there a misunderstanding? Why would the State Preceptor come to kill us? You have to know that we have contributed a lot to the country." The butler hesitated for a moment. This was his humble way of saying it.
Actually, the entire rebel army was defeated by Miss Yi Le's army, and they relied on Yi Le's strength.
With his status, they naturally wouldn't hide these notes from him. Even he himself was shocked when he saw the contents of the notes.
"It's really important. Hurry up and go." Yi Le's tone became stern when he said the last sentence.
"Yes, yes." The butler was shocked. The last time he spoke so sternly was when the rebel army had just appeared. The butler immediately left and passed down Yi Le's words.
Yi Le also hurriedly called for a guard and passed down his orders secretly.
Because the remnants of the rebel army had been discovered, the city would be sealed for three days starting tomorrow.
As for herself, she first went to the back hall and carefully combed through what had happened.
However, there was too little information. Although she knew that this matter was true when she saw the note and that it wasn't a joke to scare her, she still couldn't figure it out.
However, no matter how much he thought about it, he still couldn't figure out why he had done this to them. In the end, he could only think of two important pieces of information.
Her side had led the army to eliminate the rebel army. Especially when they were outnumbered, her family's contribution was huge, and it aroused suspicion.
Although the State Preceptor's appearance made all the rebel army's actions into a joke, she couldn't deny that her side's timely response had reduced the losses.
There were praises from the people. In addition, her family had always been considerate of the people's hearts. Even though she had been very low-key and deliberately didn't care about some of the family's matters, she didn't expect that it would still arouse fear.
It was because she brought Shi Lei home that rumors flew. In addition, she didn't explain herself and some people in her family added fuel to the fire. It seemed that she had found a gigolo.
Previously, her father had vaguely mentioned her marriage with the royal family. Now that she had this matter, the other party felt that she was indecent and damaged the royal family's reputation.
It seemed that these two points made sense. However, she clearly didn't cross the line. How could it cause such a big reaction? If she was alone, the princess wouldn't have let her run.
She was warning her that there was a disaster on her side that could lead to the extermination of her family. She was telling her to run quickly.
She had already burned the note and it wouldn't cause her any trouble.
She had taken such a big risk. If someone found out, she wouldn't have an easy time.
Her father and some elders quickly came to the back hall. They had always been at home when they were in charge of Shi Lei.
Basically, everyone who decided on the family's matters had arrived. Yi Le simply explained the news in the letter to see if everyone's thoughts were the same as hers.
Some of them had already heard the news. When they came, they began to ponder the reason.
After hearing her guess, one of the elders raised an objection.
"How can you be so sure that it's the princess' letter just because it's the princess' letter?"
When they heard this news, at least half of them didn't believe it because it was too ridiculous. Everyone's expression became serious when it came to a matter of life and death.
This was a matter that concerned the family's fate. Everyone had to be cautious.
"Although I didn't dare to believe it when I heard the news, it's true." Seeing that everyone had expressed their opinions, Yi Le spoke out her guess.
"This, this is too ridiculous." Even so, a small portion of them still didn't dare to believe it. Wouldn't it chill everyone's hearts if such a meritorious person had such an ending?
However, many of them had already looked at each other. Everyone knew Yi Le's intuition. Since she said so, it was basically right to be listed.
"Then what should we do next?" Yi Le's father asked the question that everyone wanted to ask.
Their family had a lot of properties. Once they gave them up, it would be too painful. This was also the reason why several people didn't want to believe the news.
"Evacuate overnight. You have to know how powerful the State Preceptor is. He's a true immortal. If we're late, we won't be able to leave. What's the use of worldly possessions when a person is dead?" Yi Le stood up and looked around and said slowly.
After hearing that, several people who had other thoughts were also shaken. When a person was dead, no matter how many things they had, it would be useless. In the current situation, how could worldly possessions be more important than their lives?
Although they didn't completely believe that the State Preceptor would treat them like this, it was better to be safe than sorry. After all, Yi Le's intuition was exceptionally accurate.
In the final battle a year ago, although she was led away by the other party's tricks, she still saw through the other party's scheme with her intuition. She even beat them at their own game and caught all of them in one fell swoop. It was hard not to believe.
"Leave today? Can't it be a day later? There are still many people outside and they don't have time to pack their things. "An elder asked.
"We'll leave tonight. If we weren't worried that the other party would monitor us during the day, we would leave now. We'll go to the neighboring country, Haiyue Country. There's still a merchant association there. It'll be enough for the Men's family to settle down temporarily." Yi Le said decisively.
Because if the other party wanted to make a move, they wouldn't do it on the spur of the moment. They must have been monitoring the situation here for a long time.
"Understood." Everyone discussed with each other for a while before leaving. Now they had to make the best use of their time and take as many things as they could.
Slowly, the City Lord's Mansion started to become noisy. Many people didn't understand what was going on and they didn't explain. Only those who were in the know did their best to instruct their men to pack up the valuables.
At this time, Yi Le also found Shi Lei in the backyard. Seeing him leisurely close his eyes, he knew that he wasn't asleep.
He smiled bitterly in his heart. He sat beside him and told him everything in detail.
Because he had brought him out, there was already a portrait of him outside. It could be said that he had implicated him. He didn't expect this outcome.
Now his whole family had to escape in a sorry state. He didn't know how many innocent people would be sacrificed.
The curtain of night quickly fell. A large group of people had already gathered in the courtyard. Under Yi Le's lead, they walked out from the rear.
As for their things, they had been scattered outside. At this time, the city gate was under the control of their personal guards. There was no need to worry about the news being leaked.
Three days later, when some people realized that something was wrong, they would have already entered the territory of Haiyue Country. Then the State Preceptor would definitely not chase after them.
In terms of strength, Haiyue Country had an immortal overseeing it. Because the easternmost part of Haiyue Country was the East Sea, there were still some immortals living in seclusion on the islands.
And that immortal was someone that Haiyue Country paid a high price to hire. However, it was indeed effective. Some of the East Sea monsters that ravaged the seaside had at least decreased a lot.
Everyone didn't make a sound and quietly left the city. Then, some of the personal guards stayed behind and waited for dawn to change positions with the soldiers stationed there. They left without anyone knowing.
The entire City Lord's Mansion was now empty except for those maidservants who didn't know about it.
Not long after everyone left, the personal guards who had been waiting by the lake for a long time came out with dozens of carriages.
"General Yi." A man in full light armor stood up.
"Well, everyone get ready to go." Yi Le ordered.
These personal guards could be said to be connected to them. If they stayed here, they would definitely be punished. It was better to take them with them.
However, only a few people knew the inside story. They were absolute confidants. The others only knew to escort important people to avoid leaking the news.
Soon, the group of people disappeared into the night. They didn't know that there was a pair of eyes watching their movements, and there was another one behind them.
In the group of people, except for Shi Lei, no one else noticed. However, Shi Lei didn't feel any malice towards him, so he didn't say anything.
Huacheng Lake was very calm. Because of Yi Le's notice, no one noticed anything wrong.
The next day was as usual. At noon on the third day, an explosion came from the City Lord's Mansion, attracting everyone's attention.
A man in black stood on top, looking down with a gloomy face. Except for a few unimportant servants, there was no one else important.
Yi Le saw that some arrays were set up to prevent people from coming out. After three days, the arrays would automatically disappear.
It was very effective on these ordinary people, but those with a little cultivation could see through it.
When he found out, he found that there was no one inside. It seemed that they had already received the news and escaped.
He was so angry that he directly destroyed the cover inside. However, he knew his limits. He was just venting his anger. With his identity, he couldn't kill people.
He was furious. Did that guy inform the other party in advance?
However, did they think they could escape? Fortunately, he had prepared a backup plan in advance. He wasn't afraid of them escaping.
Under everyone's gaze, his figure flashed and disappeared in the air.
Everyone still hadn't recovered from the disappearance of the figure. That was an immortal. At this time, the servants of the City Lord's Mansion came out with even more important news.
It turned out that General Yi Le had already escaped a few days ago. Moreover, the city gate was sealed not to search for the remaining people, but to cover his movements.
Everyone understood what was going on. Although everyone wanted to help such a good City Lord, and their family's governance was very popular, they only dared to talk about it in private out of fear of immortals. They hoped that Yi Le would escape quickly.
They would always remember who was kind to them.
The man in black ignored other people's opinions and went to the place where his subordinates were hiding. He smoothly found the traces left behind and followed the marks directly.
On the other side, Yi Le and the others had already entered the territory of Haiyue Country last night. This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
At this time, everyone knew the truth of the matter. However, they had reached this point and could only go all the way. As long as Yi Le was there, everyone would not lose the confidence to rise. This was very important.
"Let's go to the small lake in front and take a rest." These days, everyone was trying their best to hurry. Basically, they had to get up after resting for a while. Although they were all in the carriage, the horses were very tired.
Now that they were a long distance away from the border, Yi Le decided to let everyone rest for a while.
There was a burst of cheers, and even the horses' pace quickened a little. It seemed that they also knew that they were going to rest for a while.
This place was close to the sea, so there were many rivers and lakes. There was only a small lake in front of them, and the area was not very big.
When they reached the lake, everyone couldn't wait to get out of the carriage.
Shi Lei also didn't get out of the carriage. Although the journey was bumpy, it didn't affect his rest at all.
What puzzled him was that yesterday, the stem had clearly come in front of him. He had already reached out his hand and could feel the other party. The distance between them was just a little bit of a wall.
However, he couldn't come over. He couldn't even get rid of a piece of debris here. The other party seemed to be a little tired after such a long time and simply stopped moving.
It gave him the feeling that it wanted to rest for a while and break through this barrier in one go.
However, Shi Lei was full of depression. He was so close to breaking through the barrier, but he was stuck here, which made him a little anxious.
However, he couldn't fall asleep. He only had so much time every day.
Shi Lei also came to the lake. Looking at the clear lake water, he reached out his hand and splashed the water on his face like the others. It was indeed much more refreshing.
The current Shi Lei, if you looked at him, was no different from a normal person. Other than not speaking like before, you wouldn't notice at all.
"Mute, you go over there. I want to take a bath here later." One of Yi Le's family members squatted beside him and said.
Because he didn't like to speak, many people called him mute behind his back and mocked him. They were jealous that he had taken Yi Le, which shattered the dreams of some distant relatives.
In their minds, no matter what, it was better to marry into the royal family than this mute. Especially after this incident, their hearts were filled with resentment.
One had to know that in the past, they didn't dare to say this directly. Now, it seemed that the resentment in their hearts had risen to the extreme.
They had always thought that Shi Lei was just a normal person. Even if some people suspected it, after careful observation by their own brothers, he was just a normal person. His body didn't have any aura at all.
Everyone sighed behind their backs. What was wrong with Yi Le? He actually caused his own family to be like this because of him.
They didn't know how many of their clansmen would suffer because of this, especially their own country's network of connections and merchant associations. Those were the foundation of their lives. Their good days in the future would come to an end.
Shi Lei could feel the other party's dissatisfaction, but he didn't care. Just as he was about to walk away, he suddenly noticed some movement below the lake.
Shi Lei instantly pushed the person beside him to the ground, and he also tightly lay on top of him.
The person was startled. He thought that he wanted to attack, but he wasn't afraid of him. He felt an explosion coming from the lake in front of him, and water splashed out in all directions.
"Enemy attack." Yi Le's voice resounded in the air. He quickly ran towards the lake because he felt a faint hostility there. The enemy was hiding below.
Right now, the lakeside was a complete mess. No one knew where the enemy was. It was a mess, like a headless fly.
Everyone panicked. They didn't know what to do and kept running back and forth. The screams of injured people were endless.
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