The next day, just after dawn, Ye Feng took Xiaoyu and continued on his journey.
By daybreak, they had already arrived at Zaozipo, only half an hour away from Yecheng.
"Xiaoyu, are you okay? Can you still hold on?" Ye Feng asked.
Although Xiaoyu felt exhausted, she knew that Yecheng's affairs could not be delayed at all, so she said, "Master, let's go, Xiaoyu is fine! Let's go back to Yecheng to rescue the master, the third master, and Miss Luo!"
"Yeah!" Ye Feng nodded, holding Xiaoyu and quickly ran towards Yecheng.
On that morning, Master Lan Huo, who had obtained the white jade key, brought with him the mysterious state teacher, as well as more than a hundred blue-armored guards including Lan Qing, and tied up Luo Ying, and left Ye City, heading straight for the Luo family treasure.
Also on that morning, Murong Wentian interrogated Ye Long and Ye Tian for a whole day and night but found nothing, so he ordered the guards in the mansion to take Ye Long and Ye Tian to the execution ground in Yecheng on false charges and execute them immediately.
On the streets of Yecheng, many Yecheng citizens had sadness on their faces when they saw Ye Long and Ye Tian, covered in scars and chained and trapped in a prison van as they passed through the streets.
They were sighing at how the once-famous Ye family could end up in such a situation. They all remembered how good Ye Long had been to them, so when Ye Long passed by them in the prison car, they all stood up and shouted sadly, "Master Long, we are all here to see you off!"
"Rest in peace, Master Long!"
"Master Long, you are a great hero, a great hero!"
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When someone on the street took the lead in calling out Ye Long, almost all the citizens of Yecheng gathered on both sides of the street. They all had sad faces and shouted loudly, "Master Long, rest in peace."
When someone suddenly knelt down, all the citizens of Yecheng who were gathered on both sides of the street, regardless of gender, age or status, knelt on the ground to bid farewell to Ye Long.
The scene made the seven-foot-tall man Ye Long burst into tears. He said, "Fellow villagers, please get up quickly. I, Ye Long, cannot protect you. I feel really guilty about it!"
Just after Ye Long finished speaking, the two people at the front of the beheading team were suddenly blocked by two citizens of Yecheng.
The two people blocking them were both middle-aged, one of them holding a bowl of wine and the other holding a roast chicken.
When the two stopped the team, they said to the leading guard of Murong Mansion: "Please let us see Master Long off and serve him the last bowl of wine!"
Originally there were only two people blocking them. When all the people gathered on both sides of the street saw this scene and heard the last bowl of wine being served to Master Long.
The number of people blocking the team increased from two to three, then to ten, and then filled the entire street.
"Please let us serve Master Long a last bowl of wine to bid him farewell!"
Everyone shouted at the same time, shaking the entire street.
They were originally going to scold and drive away the two civilians who were blocking the road, but when they saw all the civilians filling the streets and all of them pleading for Ye Long, the guards from Murong Mansion in the team did not try to stop them.
Because suddenly, they were also deeply moved by the scene before them.
Then the voices coming from the guards of Murong Mansion were heard.
"Go and report to the Prime Minister immediately!"
"Yes!" After the words fell, a guard from Murong Mansion turned his horse around and hurried towards Murong Mansion.
At this moment, all the people's faces brightened when they saw a guard from Murong Mansion returning on horseback. That was the power brought by hope.
Two people holding wine and roast chicken walked to Ye Long's prison car.
"Master Long, we are unable to repay your great kindness to us people of Yecheng. We only hope to offer you the last bowl of wine and the last meal of meat!" The speaker was a sturdy and strong man, but when he brought the wine to Ye Long's mouth, he could not help but shed tears.
Looking at the scene in front of him at this moment, Ye Long's heart was deeply touched. His face was full of emotion and he said, "I, Ye Long, have no regrets in dying because you all sent me off. Thank you, thank you, everyone!"
After finishing speaking, Ye Long put his mouth to the wine bowl, gulped down a big gulp, then took a bite of the roast chicken and said, "Ye Long thanks everyone, everyone go back!"
After they gave Ye Long wine and meat, they also gave Ye Tian a bowl of wine and a bite of roast chicken.
Just then, the sound of hurried horse hooves was heard. It was not just the sound of one horse, but of at least three.
At this moment, the sudden sound of horse hooves seemed as if every step of the hoof was stepping on their hearts, and every sound of the hoof was ringing in their hearts, making them nervous and full of expectation.
Because they hoped that the sound of horse hooves would bring them good news that Ye Long would not be killed.
Oh...
When the running horses appeared in front of everyone, they suddenly stopped. They saw that on the backs of the two more horses, one was sitting on Murong Wentian, and the other was sitting on Jiang Xiao.
When the three fast horses arrived, before the dust from their hooves had dispersed, Jiang Xiao shouted sternly, "Prime Minister's order, kill without mercy!"
When the words "Kill without mercy" spread throughout the street, the faces of all the people gathered on the street suddenly turned pale and their eyes were filled with fear.
After the words "kill without mercy" were spoken, the guards of Murong Mansion began to evacuate the people who were crowding the streets.
Although the people on the street hoped to rescue Ye Long and Ye Tian, they were, after all, ordinary people with no martial arts skills. Although they wanted to, they were powerless and could only allow themselves to be pushed away by the guards.
In the blink of an eye, the crowded streets returned to normal and the prison van carrying Ye Long began to move forward again.
The common people had not yet left, and gathered on both sides of the street, shouting loudly: "Master Long, have a safe journey, have a safe journey!"
The prison van moved forward, and the people followed behind it without any prior agreement.
They cried out in a loud voice, "Master Long, we will see you off. We will see you off for the last time!"
Not long after, the prison van arrived at the execution ground, which was a round stone slab more than two feet above the ground.
On this round stone slab that had been beaten by wind and rain, countless dead souls remained. Ye Long and Ye Tian were escorted out of the prison car and pushed onto the round beheading platform.
All the people were also standing beside the gallows. When they saw Ye Long and Ye Tian being taken to the gallows, regardless of gender, age or status, their eyes were filled with tears and their hearts were deeply saddened.
Jiang Xiao kicked Ye Long onto the beheading platform with a ferocious look, and then kicked Ye Tian onto the beheading platform as well.
"Jiang Xiao, you are a bully! You have no right to kick my father!" Ye Tian shouted at Jiang Xiao.
Jiang Xiao looked at Ye Tian with disdain and said, "Really? You're not qualified, right? Then I'll show you if I'm qualified!"
After saying that, Jiang Xiao kept kicking Ye Long with his right foot, looking at Ye Tian with disdain, and said: "Ye Tian, do you think I am qualified?"
Seeing Jiang Xiao kicking and hitting his father, Ye Tian desperately opened his eyes and rushed towards Jiang Xiao, shouting angrily: "Jiang Xiao, Jiang Xiao, I'm going to kill you!"
Bang bang bang!
Jiang Xiao easily stopped Ye Tian and slapped him on the face countless times.
Bang bang bang!
Ye Tian was knocked to the ground by Jiang Xiao's slap, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing Ye Tian being knocked to the ground and spitting blood, Jiang Xiao squatted down and snorted coldly: "Fight with me! Don't you even look at who you are! You are just a kid from the Ye family, how dare you!"
After he finished speaking, he kicked Ye Tian in the right abdomen again.
Ye Tian was kicked more than ten meters away. With old injuries and new wounds added to his own, he lay on the ground dying, his body curled up into a ball and unable to move.
Seeing Jiang Xiao beating Ye Tian like a dehumanizing person, Ye Long's pale face showed anger and he said, "Jiang Xiao, do you still have any humanity?"
Hearing Ye Long say the word "humanity", Jiang Xiao narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Humanity, not only Ye Tian is a dog in my eyes, even you, Ye Long, are a dog in my eyes. Do you still need humanity for a dog?"
After he finished speaking, he shouted angrily, "Someone take them to the guillotine!"
After the words fell, the guards of Murong Mansion escorted Ye Long and Ye Tian step by step towards the guillotine.
When the people surrounding the guillotine saw Jiang Xiao beating Ye Long and Ye Tian, they all shouted angrily: "Are you still human? Are you still human..."
At this moment, Ye Feng and Xiaoyu, who arrived at Zaozipo when it was bright, had already arrived at the gate of Yecheng.
The two blue-armored guards guarding the city gate stopped Ye Feng.
A tall blue-armored guard holding a spear stood in front of Ye Feng and said arrogantly: "Who are you! How dare you trespass into the Tiger Country!"
There was also a short guard who stared at Xiaoyu with evil eyes and said, "Wow! What a charming beauty! Come here and let me take a good look at you!"
Seeing the two blue-armored guards being so arrogant, in the blink of an eye, there were several loud bangs.
The tall blue-armored guard crashed into the city wall and died on the spot. The short and stocky guard was knocked out by Ye Feng, hit a rock and spit out blood, also dying on the spot.
When the people entering and leaving the city gate saw Ye Feng killing two blue-armored guards, they all applauded and cheered loudly.
"Good! Good fight!"
"Good! Well done, well done!"
One of the middle-aged men recognized Ye Feng. He ran to Ye Feng and said hurriedly, "You must be Ye Feng, the eldest son of the Ye family!"
Ye Feng nodded silently.
After confirming that the boy was Ye Feng, the middle-aged man said urgently: "Ye Feng, go to the execution ground quickly. Murong Mansion will bring your father and your brother to the execution ground and behead them!"
Before the middle-aged man could finish his words, Ye Feng ran out with a whoosh, heading towards the execution ground at the fastest speed in his life.