After the mind-reading and gossip-eating incident, officials in the imperial city were demoted one a

Unable to walk after Chapter 162

Ye Chengzhu was terrified when he saw that the black bear was not eating the old woman and was chasing after him. He spotted Ye Jingyang bringing people over and ran in his direction.

However, Zhui was a pampered scholar who couldn't outrun the black bear at all and was slapped to the ground.

"Roar..." Perhaps it was too excited to catch up with the person, the black bear roared excitedly.

"Help! Help me! Help me!" Ye Chengzhu cried out in terror when he realized he couldn't move.

Hearing the cries for help, the three siblings looked over and saw Ye Chengzhu lying on the ground. A black bear in front of him patted itself twice happily. The three siblings tacitly looked away.

I didn't see it, and I didn't hear it!

"Ah..." Then came a scream.

Ye Chengzhu watched helplessly as the black bear bit his legs, and the excruciating pain shot through him, yet he remained conscious for some reason.

The black bear raised its paws to strike him again. Ye Chengzhu was gripped by fear of death and deeply regretted his decision when the black bear was shot by an arrow and staggered back a few steps.

It was Xin Chuli who shot it. She then shot two more arrows at the black bear. The black bear roared, pulled out the arrows, and attacked her.

Xin Chuli dodged the black bear's attacks with a bow and arrow, and Ye Li'an rushed over to help her fight the black bear. At this moment, in Ye Chengzhu's eyes, they were fighting side by side, a match made in heaven.

The excruciating pain struck again, and she finally succumbed to unconsciousness.

A sound of hooves approached, and a carriage bearing the mark of the Prince Jing's Mansion drove up. The guards of the Prince Jing's Mansion, each carrying an arrow, drew their bows and shot down the wild beasts that were still fighting with the people.

"Thank you for your help, Prince Jing."

After calming down, Ye Jingyang walked to the carriage and thanked them.

"Young Master Ye, our Prince went hunting but didn't see any wild beasts. It seems they all came here. You've suffered quite a loss!"

Lian Jin looked at the corpses scattered on the ground and sighed at how difficult it had been for the Ye brothers.

"Sigh! Bad luck, I'm probably being targeted and harmed again."

"How arrogant! This needs to be thoroughly investigated. Fortunately, you are all alright. You should head back now; it's getting late. Farewell!"

Qin Jingyu sat in the carriage without saying a word, and a wad of paper popped out from inside.

Ye Jingyang took it and opened it, and saw the words "The Emperor's Instructions" written on it.

"Chengzu, how is he?" With the crisis over, Old Madam Ye, her legs too weak, crawled over.

"Still alive, but this leg..."

Ye Li'an examined Ye Chengzhu's injuries. He was still alive, but his leg was probably ruined.

When Madam Ye saw Ye Chengzhu's leg, which was covered in blood and missing a large chunk of flesh, with the bone still visible, she fainted.

Ye Yaoyao felt relieved and thought to herself:

[Hmm! Ye Chengzhu let you bully your elder brother after he became disabled. What goes around comes around, and now it's your turn to get your comeuppance.]

[Host, the karma for your scumbag father and his mistress's family has begun.]

After quickly bandaging Ye Chengzhu's wounds, they helped him onto the carriage, and the group set off on their journey back.

Inside the carriage, Xin Chuli gazed at Ye Li'an for a long time.

"Ah Li, is there anything you want to say?"

"If you have martial arts skills, why don't you say so?"

"That's right! Big brother, I had no idea you knew you were skilled in martial arts. You've been hiding it really well!"

Ye Yaoyao only had the system investigate Liu Yunshu in order to investigate Ye Mian; she didn't look at the other family members. She never expected Ye Li'an to have this secret.

“Jingyang is active, so he learns martial arts, while my father wants me to learn literature. So the two of us are a perfect match, one for literature and the other for martial arts.”

My second brother and I were actually taught martial arts privately by the same master, who told me to keep our martial arts skills a secret.

"Big brother, who is your master?"

“I’m not really sure either. He always wears a mask when I see him. We started learning martial arts when we were five years old. My master was probably not even thirty yet at that time.”

"Your master is very mysterious!" Xin Chuli looked at his waist.

"No wonder I saw you touching your waist several times; it turns out you were hiding a sword there."

“Yes, this is my secret weapon,” Ye Lian said with a smile, touching his waist.

At the Ye family home, several people were waiting for news. As darkness fell, they waited anxiously at the door.

This time, Liu Yunshu wasn't as flustered, while Xue Ruoxue paced anxiously to the side.

Not long after, Ye Jingyang appeared on horseback, followed by two carriages. He shook his head at Liu Yunshu, indicating that the children were alright. Liu Yunshu smiled.

Before the carriage had even come to a complete stop, Xue Ruoxue ran over, calling out repeatedly:

"Inheriting the legacy, inheriting the legacy."

Receiving no response, Xue Ruoxue became even more panicked.

"Mother, we're back." Ye Yaoyao jumped off the carriage and walked towards Liu Yunshu.

"You're back just in time. Mother is waiting for you to have dinner."

"Aunt Xue, Brother Chengzu is injured and unconscious, and Grandmother has also fainted from fright. We must find a doctor quickly!" Ye Jingyang said.

"what?"

Xue Ruoxue was incredulous, then subconsciously looked at Liu Yunshu's children and realized they were all unharmed, wondering if her son had been murdered by them.

What happened to my older brother?

"What happened to Chengzu?"

Ye Mian and Ye Yuanru asked in unison.

"He was bitten on the leg by a black bear, and the injury was quite serious."

"How could there be a black bear?" Could it be that they didn't encounter an assassin this time?

"Mother, when we came back, we were first robbed by bandits, and then more than ten hungry tigers, wild boars and black bears came out and attacked us."

We fought for a long time, but fortunately, Prince Jing happened to pass by and ordered his men to shoot the beast dead.

As Ye Yaoyao was speaking, Ye Chengzhu was carried out of the carriage, his legs appearing to be soaked in blood.

"Ah! My son, my son..."

"How could this happen? How could it be that Chengzu is injured? Quickly carry him inside to see a doctor."

Ye Mian's eyes were bloodshot as he roared.

The crowd hurriedly carried Ye Chengzhu into the house.

Xue Ruoxue shouted at the brother and sister standing to the side, "Did you two cause Chengzhu's death?"

Ye Yaoyao angrily put her hands on her hips and shouted back loudly:

"Don't you know what's going on? Stop making baseless accusations."

The situation was critical; we were all fighting desperately. Who knew your son would get hurt?

In reality, what I was thinking was:

At most, we would just stand by and watch him die; we'd be lucky to let him live.

Liu Yunshu looked coldly at Xue Ruoxue.

“My children are fine because they are capable. Your son was bitten by a black bear, why are you yelling at them?”

"He's so precious, don't let him go out."

"Liu Yunshu, it's not like your son got hurt, so stop making sarcastic remarks."

"What does your son's injury have to do with us? We're already being generous by sending him back alive," Ye Jingyang said unhappily.

"Enough, stop arguing!" Ye Mian roared. "Push me in to see Chengzu's injuries."

Ye Yuanru quickly pushed him inside, and Xue Ruoxue followed him in.

"Ignore them, let's go inside and eat." Liu Yunshu called her siblings inside, not forgetting to invite Xin Chuli as well.

"Ah Li, come in and have your meal with us."

An hour later, Ye Chengzhu's leg injury was treated.

"Doctor, how is she?"

"I survived, but the bite was so severe that I won't be able to walk again."

"No, no, he's young and still has to take the imperial examinations. Doctor, please save him."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ruoxue swayed and almost fainted, but Ye Yuanru quickly supported her.

Ye Mian's face was gloomy, as black as the bottom of a pot, his eyes were sinister, and he was plotting something in his heart.

"I can't help you, please find someone else!" The doctor shook his head, packed his things, and left.

Xue Ruoxue slumped to the floor and yelled at Ye Mian:

"I'm not telling him not to go, so why won't he listen to me? Didn't you send people to protect him?"