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After finishing up dealing with his matters, Mu Ying was returning from the military camp. The weather was hot, so he found a place to sit and drink his tea. However, he suddenly heard a few women talking about it.

It wasn't that Mu Sheng didn't want to listen to what they had to say, but their voices were too loud, making it impossible for him not to listen.

"Do you know? I heard that Xue Xiang, Xue Duan Sheng and the others encountered pirates in the past … " a woman said.

Mu Sheng's ears pricked up.

"I heard that the eldest daughter, Xue Luoyun, the fiancée of the conquest king, was taken by pirates."

"What?" Is that true? " The other person was astonished.

"Of course it's true! This is what my cousin's third aunt's uncle heard! I've heard it to be absolutely true!"

"That was really tragic, what's so tragic about that? I heard that it was her fault for showing off. Otherwise, how could everyone else have escaped? She was the only one left."

"When these people heard Mrs Zhao's words that turned black and white, they all believed it to be true and felt it was Xue Luoyun's fault.

"How pitiful, I didn't expect her to be in such a state."

Hearing them say this, Mu Ying turned pale with fright. He hurriedly rode his horse back to his mansion, and at this moment, the dark guards had already been waiting for a long time.

Seeing the strange expression on his face, Mu Ying was even more worried. He simply said, "Hurry and report this."

"Miss Xue, something happened to her!"

"What happened?" Although he had just heard that something had happened to her, he still held onto a glimmer of hope that it was just a rumor spread by a few commoners. When he heard the dark guard say the same thing, his heart clenched.

"According to the scouts, when they reached the vicinity of Mount Poyang, they were robbed by pirates. At that time, there were a lot of pirates, and in order to save her family, Miss Xue Muyun was willing to risk her life. Only by being held hostage by pirates could she exchange them for her family's escape. "At that time, there was only one dark guard who was unable to fight against the pirates. That's why we have been travelling day and night together. We have to call for reinforcements."

Hearing this, Mu Ying's face turned pale with fright. He angrily slammed the table, and in an instant, the sturdy table exploded into pieces. His eyes were burning with anger, and veins were popping out on his forehead. He picked up his sword and prepared to leave.

"Conquering King, don't be rash. You can't go alone." The shadow guard hurriedly stopped him. Now that he no longer had any military power, it would be useless to go alone, let alone in danger.

"Let go." Mu Sheng angrily unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the Dark Guard's neck.

However, the secret guard was very sincere and would not let Mu Sheng die. As a result, he did not move an inch.

Mu Sheng was unable to do so and could not retract his sword.

"The only thing we can do now is to report this matter to the emperor as soon as possible. Tell him to send troops to destroy the pirates. " The guard suggested.

That's right, only then did Mu Ying calm down. When he heard that Xue Muyun was in trouble, he was thrown into confusion for a while. Now that he heard him say this, he felt that it was reasonable, so he hurriedly rushed into the palace.

Among the people escorting Xue Duan Sheng and the rest, two of them were Mu Zheng's spies. At this moment, they also received news. Knowing this matter, Mu Zheng was extremely regretful in his heart. If he had known this earlier, he would have risked his life to protect Xue Ruoyun and not let her go so far. However, right now, it was already too late to regret. The most important thing right now was to be grateful for saving Xue Luoyun.

At this moment, a eunuch came to pass saying that Mu Ying had requested an audience. Mu Zheng knew he was here for Xue.

"Tell him to come in."

Mu Zheng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking worried. When he saw Mu Ying enter, he quickly stood up to welcome him.

"Royal brother, Royal brother, have you heard?" Mu Ying said anxiously.

"I've heard about it." Mu Zheng nodded in agreement without waiting for Mu Ying to finish his words.

"Then what should we do now?"

"Hmph, these pirates have been acting so arrogantly for a long time. I've been looking for a chance to kill them all. Now that they dare to touch my men, I'll definitely destroy them." Mu Zheng's face darkened.

"Then what are we waiting for? Please send the troops, royal brother." Mu Sheng kneeled on the ground.

"But, who should I send?" Due to the cunning and treacherous nature of the pirates, Mu Zheng had once sent troops to encircle and annihilate them. In the end, both sides had suffered heavy losses and had not been able to come out for a long time. He had to find someone strong to do it.

"Let my little brother go." Mu Ying requested.

It wasn't that Mu Zheng hadn't thought about Mu Sheng, but now that he had handed over the military power, he could be considered a idle prince. If Mu Zheng were to send him there now, it wouldn't be good. However, he could not find a suitable person for now.

"I heard that the Emperor wants to dispatch troops to eliminate the pirates. Father, let this son go." Hearing their conversation, Mu Zhuo, who had rushed over, kneeled on the ground and asked for troops.

Mu Zheng glanced at him, knowing that he still couldn't let go of Xue Ruyun.

However, Mu Zheng had to think for the country. As the Crown Prince of a country, he could not let Mu Zhuo risk his life to cause unease in the government and for the princes to fight for power. Coupled with Mu Zhuozhi's youth and inexperience, this group of pirates was not easy to deal with.

"Royal brother, don't hesitate, just send me. "If we wait any longer, it will be too late." Mu Ying requested once again.

Mu Zheng was also very anxious. After thinking about it, he still felt that it was most appropriate to send Pai Mu to win. He couldn't care less. Thus, he gave Mu Ying some military power and asked him to lead the troops to eliminate the pirates.

Xue Ruyun had already been on the island for a long time. During this time, she had witnessed the happy lives of the people on the island, so she liked this place more and more. The people here were all sincere and united. They stood together bravely, and each of them was outspoken and generous. They were all simple and honest and kind. Compared to the scheming and scheming at the Xue Residence, she was the complete opposite. Xue Ruoyun was really tired of living like that.

These few days, Wei Duhong and the others went out again. At times, Xue Luoyun could not understand why they lived such a good life on the island, but why did they still go outside to rob and do things like robbers?

He had discussed this with Wei Duohong before, and remembered him smiling. "This is our job. To be a pirate, you have to be a professional pirate." How can you become a proper pirate without robbing? " Wei Duohong teased.

In fact, not everyone would take all the boats that passed by. They would only take those who appeared to be rich and luxurious. The money they took did not have much of an impact on the rich. But they also used the stolen money to help the poor, and sometimes it could save lives. And to maintain life on the island.

"There are many ways to do good deeds. Why do you insist on being a pirate?" Xue Ruyun could not understand. They clearly had good intentions and did good deeds, but why didn't they use a different method?

"Isn't it better to be a pirate? Let's see what you think." Wei Duhong laughed.

From what he had said, Xue Ruyun understood that in this world, there were not only black and white. Everything, everyone's way of seeing it, their thoughts would be different.

"I was stupid." Xue Ruyun felt like he was being taught a lesson again.

On this day, while Xue Ruoyun was reading in his room, he suddenly heard a wave of noise coming from outside.

"What's wrong?" When Xue Ruyun came out, he saw Yun Zhi hurriedly running in.

"Miss, I heard that pirates have arrived? Aren't we pirates? " Xue Luoyun smiled.

"No, small pirates from other places. Hearing that the King and the others have all left, we took the opportunity to make our move. "

"What? Most of the people on the island are women now, child. What should we do?" Xue Ruyun was shocked.

"Let's go." Xue Ruyun called Yun Zhi over, quickly arriving at the meeting hall.

As he walked into the meeting hall, he saw a few brothers discussing about how to deal with the invasion of the pirates.

"I remember that the pirates had an agreement with each other. If they wanted to invade us, they would have to attack us when we have the enemy's forces." Xue Luoyun said.

"There is indeed such an agreement, but these villains are intentionally betraying their word, and are intentionally taking advantage of the fact that the King and the others are not on the island, hoping that the sneak attack will succeed." One of them, called Xiujie, said angrily.

"Then how many troops do we have left?" Xue Luoyun asked.

"Most of the people here are women and children. Although they still have more than half of their troops, they can't move because they need to protect every corner of the island. If all of them are mobilized, the other pirates might take the opportunity to attack elsewhere." When the time comes, we will face enemies from all sides. That will not be good. " The other one was called Wei Kai.

"Then other than the regular guards, how many other people are still available on this island?" Xue Luoyun asked.

"This time, the King received news that several arms and foodstuffs were going to pass through here. There were so many people that they sent out so many soldiers. Now that he thought about it, it must have been the other pirates that had received the news that the King would come out at full strength, which was why they had launched such a sneak attack. "It seems they've been planning for a long time." The one called Gu Tong said.

"Aiya, no matter how much it is, let's just rush out and fight it out with them." The other, Meng Meng, was more impulsive. He raised his saber and was about to charge forward.

Xue Ruyun stopped him, "Don't be rash. Let me think about this." As Xue Luoyun spoke, he unfurled the map.

"How many of them are there?" Xue Ruyun asked as he read.

"It's the small pirates next to us. Around a hundred of them have made their move. It looks like they're determined to win this time."

"We only have a dozen or so people left. We do have some troops to the north, but it's too late to call them over now." One of them said in frustration.

"No need, just a dozen people is enough." Xue Luoyun looked at the map for a while, then made some gestures. He was quite confident.

"Do you have a way?" The others looked at Xue Muyun with suspicion. Although she had already seen her powerful martial arts on the boat last time, it was difficult for two fists to fight against four legs, not to mention the fierce and beefy pirates. How could a weak girl like Xue Ruyun do?

"Believe me, I definitely have a way." Seeing that everyone was a bit suspicious, Xue Luoyun emphasized his words again.

"Fine." After all, they didn't have any other better ideas.

Everyone gathered around the map and began discussing.

Although we've heard that we don't have any troops on this island, we can't be 100% sure. First of all, we have to pretend that we have sufficient troops to defeat their confidence. Secondly, there were some mechanisms that needed to be set up. Xue Ruoyun was the most adept at it. And...

After Xue Ruyun assigned the tasks, everyone began to move out separately.