My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

This war against Di made the already declining Northern Di Kingdom even worse off. Within ten years, it no longer had the military strength to launch a war against the Great Zhou.

After returning to Liangzhou, Qin Junyi held a grand celebration banquet, announced on the spot the reconstruction of the Zhenbei Army to garrison the northwest, and rewarded people according to their merits, in an unprecedentedly enthusiastic manner.

Some of the Pingnan troops who participated in the war against Di joined the Zhenbei Army, and some returned to the command of King Pingnan.

King Pingnan and Marquis Xuanping began to implement Qin Junyi's original strategy of taking the capital as the core, unifying the west, and then gradually advancing eastward, and led the Pingnan Army to conquer all directions.

Of course, Qin Junyi had no choice but to send his trusted aides to serve as military supervisors and other important positions in the Pingnan Army to ensure that his military orders were carried out without obstruction.

On the official road of Liangzhou, the Qin army's expeditionary army marched towards Youzhou in a mighty manner.

Wherever they passed, either they fought or surrendered, and all became part of the Qin family's territory.

Qin Junyi left the army and, under the protection of Wu Shaohan and other members of the Guard Division, he rode day and night at full speed, just to return to the person he loved as soon as possible.

On this day, a group of eight people wearing masks rode on horseback to the foot of a mountain called Jiufeng Ridge.

From a distance, the sound of fighting could be heard coming from the front.

Wu Shaohan immediately went on alert and asked, "Master, please stop for a moment and allow me to go and take a look."

Qin Junyi didn't want to waste time: "No need, let's go together."

Not long after, they saw from afar a group of a dozen bandits robbing people on the road.

Among them, several big men were fighting with a veiled woman in green clothes, and the fighting sounds were made by them.

The woman was holding a soft sword and was outnumbered. She had several bloody wounds of varying depths on her body and was already at the end of her strength.

Next to them, several men fell to the ground with serious injuries, howling in pain, and were dragged out of the battle circle by their companions on the periphery.

Further away, there was a woman in white with a veil on her head being escorted by two bandits, moving up the mountain.

"Let me go... Help me..." The woman in white kept struggling, but to no avail.

Hearing the somewhat familiar voice, Qin Junyi's face suddenly darkened and he raised his hand to make an attacking gesture.

Shiyi and his men immediately drew their swords and stepped forward, quickly capturing all the bandits.

These bandits took advantage of the situation and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy: "Sir, spare my life! I have no choice but to become a bandit. I have children to take care of and old people to take care of. I cannot die..."

Qin Junyi's mouth twitched, and he changed his tone and said, "If you want to be a bandit, you should be prepared to die in an accident."

"I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again..."

No matter how the bandits begged, Qin Junyi remained unmoved and looked at the master and servant who had already reunited.

The woman in white bowed and said, "Thank you very much for your help, sir. I am very grateful."

The woman in green also saluted with her sword in hand, but did not say anything.

Qin Junyi nodded: "Let the two girls take care of these people."

"Ah Man, kill them." The woman in white said hatefully.

"Yes, ma'am."

The woman in green responded, raised her sword and swung it down, killing all the bandits without mercy.

They were Yin Ruoshu and A Man, the master and servant.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Qin Junyi did not linger any longer: "The world is not peaceful, please take care of yourselves, ladies."

"Wait, I want to ask you, sir, how far is this place from Liangzhou?" Yin Ruoshu walked closer to Qin Junyi and bowed again.

Qin Junyi's pupils shrank suddenly: "May I ask, young lady, why are you going to Liangzhou?"