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Lin Xiao's cold rebuke immediately caused the expressions of Yu Yingjian and the other powerful figures of Yu Prefecture to change drastically.

They were all filled with suppressed rage, and Yu Yingjian's face turned especially red.

Lin Xiao naturally saw this; this was exactly the effect he wanted.

If everyone was on friendly terms, how could he kill anyone?

Seeing Lin Xiao backing her up, Yu Yingying finally regained some composure.

"General Lin, please follow me."

The girl didn't even care about riding a horse and started running directly toward the city.

It was only after Mu Wanying reminded her that she jumped onto the carriage to lead the way for everyone.

Lin Xiao observed closely and discovered that Yu Yingying was not only good at business but had also practiced some martial arts.

No wonder she had a good relationship with Xie Juner; the two of them likely shared similar interests.

[Ding! "Eye of God" has been used over 50,000 times, meeting the advancement conditions. Proceed with advancement?]

Lin Xiao was stunned. Had the Eye of God really been used fifty thousand times?

The last advancement was at five thousand uses. It seemed that after it became an area-of-effect skill, he had inadvertently opened too many "boxes."

[Ding! "Eye of God" advancement successful. More character information added.]

Lin Xiao tried it on Yu Yingying again.

[Yu Yingying, 21 years old, daughter of Earl Yushan, Aptitude: mystic grade]

[Ancestral Home: Yu Prefecture City. Marital Status: Unmarried.]

Oh, for goodness' sake!

Lin Xiao couldn't bear to look directly. How could it even check someone's marital status now?

If this continued, would it eventually be able to see if someone was a virgin or not?

It made him feel quite embarrassed!

He looked at his several women beside him. Aside from Xiao Qingxuan being "Married," the other three were indeed "Unmarried"!

Logically speaking, he and Xiao Qingxuan hadn't registered with the government; they had only performed the wedding ceremony.

It seemed that in this world, couples didn't necessarily have to register.

Especially for those in the martial world, many were considered married once they bowed to Heaven and Earth.

Being "unmarried" wouldn't do; it made him feel like he was acting like a hooligan.

Lin Xiao felt he needed to find a day to officially enter the other women into the Lin family household register.

As Lin Xiao's carriages entered the city, several local nobles gathered around Yu Yingjian.

"My Lord Earl, why did you let the Second Young Lady out?"

"This brat knows martial arts. Do you think she's that easy to keep locked up?"

"Things have already come to this, so that's not important anymore. The key is that we cannot let the Marquis of Linyuan know what's happening here!"

Yu Yingjian snorted coldly. "What are you panicking for? That Lin Xiao and the Linyuan Marquis Mansion have always been at odds."

"Otherwise, since the Emperor already bestowed the marriage, why would he be so indifferent toward Xie Juner?"

"Don't forget, the unprecedented first time a founding Marquis was fined, it was his doing!"

When everyone heard this, it did indeed make sense.

"But on the surface, Xie Juner is still his fiancée after all."

"And did you see? Lin Xiao's tone just now showed he didn't care about us at all!"

Several nobles were gnashing their teeth in anger.

"This kid, relying on the fact that he commands a heavy army, is even more arrogant than Prince Bai was!"

Yu Yingjian said coldly, "Everyone, calm down. This is Yu Prefecture. Since the founding of Great Gan, our Yu family has always had the final say here."

"If Lin Xiao is polite to us, we can all make money together. But if he is heartless, then don't blame me, Yu Yingjian, for being ruthless!"

The group of nobles' eyes lit up, and their spirits rose as they thought of the Earl Yushan family's signature specialty.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiao had already arrived at a small courtyard within a deep residence.

Several guards from Earl Yushan's Mansion were standing at the door. Seeing Yu Yingying get down, they habitually stepped forward to block her.

"Second Young Lady, you cannot enter!"

"Move aside! Do you know who this..."

Before Yu Yingying could finish, the four guards were struck by an internal energy shock and fainted on the spot!

Lin Xiao pushed open the door as if no one were there and strode inside.

Yu Yingying's mouth hung open, her face full of shock and uncertainty. What had just happened!?

Is this the man who unified the Northern Frontier in just six months?!

"Miss Yu, it's alright. Go on in."

Xiao Qingxuan woke her from her daze with a gentle smile.

Only then did Yu Yingying remember that her good friend was still suffering inside, and she ran in quickly.

Inside the house, which was in the shade, there wasn't even a single brazier.

A haggard woman was shivering and huddled under the covers. Her lips were cracked, and her messy hair was completely dull.

The moment Lin Xiao saw Xie Juner, his heart felt incredibly heavy.

He never imagined that this proud commandery princess would end up in such a wretched state.

Not even giving her a charcoal brazier and locking her in such a cold, cramped room—they were clearly leaving her to die!

"Lin... Lin Xiao?"

Xie Juner happened to be awake at that moment. Seeing the man before her, she immediately showed a look of panic and buried her pale face in the quilt.

Lin Xiao didn't say a word. He went forward, pulled back the quilt, and helped her up.

"You... don't touch me! I've caught the plague!"

Xie Juner tried to push the man away, but she had no strength left.

Lin Xiao exchanged for a yellow grade Qi-Nourishing Pill and fed it to the woman first.

For an expert like him, this pill's effects were almost negligible, but for an ordinary woman like Xie Juner, it could quickly restore her strength.

Sure enough, Xie Juner's complexion rapidly improved, and her breathing became smoother.

Lin Xiao had Xiao Qingxuan bring a pot of water, intending to give Xie Juner a Cephalosporin pill.

To his surprise, when Xie Juner saw the Cephalosporin, tears began to fall uncontrollably.

"What are you crying for? You'll be fine once you take it. With me here, you won't die."

Just as Lin Xiao asked, Yu Yingying beside them also covered her face and started crying.

"I'm sorry... Juner..."

Lin Xiao frowned. "What exactly is going on?"

Yu Yingying calmed herself and gave a general account of the events...

It turned out that because the "divine medicine" Xie Juner brought from Cang Province had immediate effects, it wasn't long before the local nobles of Yu Prefecture, led by Earl Yushan's Mansion, forcibly took it all.

This was because many local nobles and gentry in Yu Prefecture had also contracted the plague and were offering high prices for the medicine.

But the Cephalosporin Lin Xiao had given was limited; there wasn't enough to go around.

Xie Juner was furious because of this. After all, the children of those wealthy families could generally survive the plague with other expensive medicinal materials even without Cephalosporin.

In contrast, those ordinary commoners were coughing up blood until they died without being allocated even a single drop of Cephalosporin solution.

Because Xie Juner fought against the nobles led by Earl Yushan for the Cephalosporin, the guards around her all "accidentally went missing."

Later on, she unfortunately contracted the plague herself and was subsequently locked in this courtyard.

"Outrageous!"

Mu Wanying couldn't listen any longer. "She is a commandery princess conferred by the Imperial Court and a member of the Xie Family. Have you nobles of Yu Prefecture grown tired of living?!"

"Don't scold Yingying; she couldn't do anything either."

Xie Juner gave a self-mocking smile. "If I had listened to her advice and not come to Yu Prefecture, I wouldn't have ended up like this..."

"No! How can you blame yourself, Princess?"

Yu Yingying choked out, "You brought people here to deliver medicine and taught everyone how to prevent and treat the plague, saving countless lives. It is our Yu family that has wronged you."

Lin Xiao felt it was absurd. "Does your Earl Yushan's Mansion really intend to make an enemy of the Marquis of Linyuan?"

When he asked this, Yu Yingying bit her lip, not knowing how to answer.

"A powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake. I imagine Earl Yushan must have some sort of backing?" Zhao Caiwei guessed.

Just then, someone outside shouted, "General Lin, Prefect Fan Hai requests an audience!"

The inspector general, Prefect Fan Hai?

Lin Xiao was a bit puzzled. This fellow had been submissive just now, not daring to say a word. Why was he taking the initiative to come find him now?