Chapter Thirty: The Eve (Continued)

  The duke tightened the cloak wrapped around his body, feeling a bit chilly from the spring night breeze. He looked at those who were still shouting and fighting, and felt a little guilty, saying: "For one woman, I've made such a big deal out of it, am I being too excessive?"

  Ye Feng patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Actually, this is nothing. There are several big shots in our place who have messed up more than you, and they've even lost the country. But almost all women are crazy about them because every woman has a heroic dream in her heart, hoping to be able to bring disaster to the country and harm the people for their own sake, and men do things better for themselves."

  The two women beside him stared at him with wide eyes.

  "Is that so?" The duke sighed and looked up at the night sky, saying: "I don't even know how Laura is doing, will she hate me?"

  "Laura?"

  "The Duke said with some embarrassment: 'It's just Madame Dolabella.'"

  Nina glared fiercely at the duke, if there were no outsiders present, she would have gone crazy. The manor had already been fighting to the point of no return, everyone didn't even have time to pull out their own horses, yet he still had the leisure to think about other people's wives.

  "Don't worry, she will thank you."

  "Huh?" The duke looked at him in some surprise.

  He pointed to the crowd that was fighting and said, "You've created such a big scene for her, which fully demonstrates her charm. Will she not be grateful to you? Just like mentioning Troy makes people think of Helen, from now on, whenever people mention her, they will first think of this group fight. I believe those women will be jealous when they hear her name and wish they were the female lead themselves."

  Nia and Diana couldn't help but roll their eyes wildly.

  At this moment, a small episode appeared on the battlefield. A group of people were defeated by another group and fled in disarray towards this side.

  Because it was dark and everyone was too tired, no one noticed that a group of people had run over, and under unguarded circumstances, they were rushed by these defeated troops. Everyone was scattered, and some were even taken away by those people.

  Diana was shocked and hastily stood up, wanting to command everyone to reassemble.

  A dark figure took advantage of the chaos and crept up beside her.

  Diana was busy running around looking for people and didn't notice at all.

  The black figure took advantage of Diana's inattention and chopped a hand knife on the back of her neck. Diana struggled to turn around, looking at him incredulously. Then everything went black, and she fainted.

  The dark figure hastily stepped forward and hugged her. He glanced around cautiously to see if anyone had noticed what had just happened. He didn't notice that the only hair ornament on Diana's head had fallen off during the collision.

  He gazed at Diana's delicate face, illuminated by the distant flames, and hesitantly reached out his hand to gently touch her. His heart skipped a beat with excitement.

  The sound of hurried footsteps came again, and another group of people ran over. The man hastily bowed down, hiding in the grape bushes, avoiding the sight of the crowd.

  After the group of people ran far away, he stood up from the thicket, hesitated to look at Diana who was unconscious, thought for a moment, and finally kicked his foot, carried Diana on his back, and disappeared into the night.

  When the Duke and others gathered together again, they found that many people were missing when counting the number of people, and Diana was also gone.

  Nina's heart suddenly rose and she loudly asked the soldiers: "Who saw Captain Diana? Which direction did she go?"

  Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads one after another.

  Oola said carelessly: "Nia, don't worry too much. Diana is so formidable that few people can beat her."

  The duke shook his head, looking around at the situation with furrowed brows. "Something's off," he said ahead of time. "Given Diana's conscientious personality, even if she didn't come to find us, she would be waiting here for us to meet up with her."

  Ye Feng was taken aback, his expression turned solemn. He picked up a torch and walked to where Diana had been standing, crouched down on the ground, and carefully examined the floor by the light of the flame.

  Before long, Ye Feng walked back with a small object in his hand.

  He handed the hair ornament to Nia and asked, "Is this hers?"

  Nia looked at it and her heart skipped a beat, nodding slowly.

  "It seems that she must have had an accident. The footprints on the ground are deeper than usual, and she must have been knocked unconscious and carried away by someone."

  Everyone was shocked and exclaimed in unison:

  "What should I do?"

  "Whoever did it, dared to lay hands on our captain."

  "Flay him alive!"

  Ye Feng waved his hand to stop everyone's noise and said, "I understand everyone's feelings, but making such a fuss can't solve the problem. Let's do it this way."

  He said to Nia: "You take the guards back to Xinya first, I'll go after Diana's trail."

  Nina frowned with worry and said, "Can you be alone?"

  Yefeng smiled and said, "Don't forget, I've hunted in the Dark Forest before. Tracking down something like this is hardly a challenge for me."

  The duke nodded and interjected, "Very well. But are you sure you don't want to bring a few more helpers?"

  Ye Feng shook his head and said, "No need, there are too many people and it's easy to cause trouble. I can handle it myself."

  The duke nodded and said, "Very well, Diana's matter is now in your hands. We won't bother you either, the shorter the time, the greater the chance of finding her."

  Ye Feng waved his hand and turned around, following the deep footprints left by Poseidon.

  He chased out for a distance and found that the footprints disappeared, replaced by a group of messy horse hoof prints on the ground, along with two deep wheel tracks.

  Ye Feng saw it, frowning. The other party changed to a horse-drawn carriage. His speed would be greatly increased, and for his own pedestrian pursuit, the distance between the two would be greatly widened, which was very unfavorable.

  Just then, he looked up and saw several torches appearing in the distance. There was also a faint sound of horse whinnies coming over. Ye Feng's heart was greatly delighted, and he hastily walked over.

  As he approached, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a little surprised. It turned out that those people were all pale and dirty, almost everyone was injured, and from the way they were bandaged, their injuries were not light, with some even having fresh blood constantly seeping through, staining the bandages red.

  They looked like they had been through a fierce battle, and were no less injured than the defenders when the pirates attacked.

  Those people saw Ye Feng, and their faces all revealed angry glances. Ye Feng felt a bit strange, he took a look at the emblem on those people's bodies, they were members of the Aphrodite Dance Troupe.

  Ye Feng walked over and asked: "Everyone, did you just encounter a group of people in a hurry, driving horse-drawn carriages?"

  A burly man riding a horse coldly said: "There is."

  "Then do you know who they are and where they went?" Ye Feng asked hastily.

  That big man turned his head and looked back, sneering: "Aren't we?"

  Ye Feng's heart was burning with anxiety at this time, and after hearing his words, he couldn't help but get very angry. He said: "I didn't provoke you, I just kindly asked you a question, if there is then there is, if not then there isn't. What are you trying to do with your ambiguous tone?"

  "That big fellow sneered: 'Didn't provoke us? How could our song and dance troupe reach this point today?'"

  "Shut up." Afu heard the conversation outside while sitting in the carriage, and hastily came out to stop her subordinates. The big man grunted twice, unwillingly closing his mouth.

  It's not surprising, in the midst of the chaos caused by the duke, some quick-witted and shameless guys thought to take advantage of the situation and win over the beauty. Perhaps, as YY said, after the tyrant's bow is broken, the beauty will hold onto the outdated and rotten feudal ideology and surrender herself.

  So they had no choice but to engage in a fierce battle with those rascals. Fortunately, they managed to escape and coincidentally bumped into Ye Feng here.

  Everyone in the song and dance troupe knew this famous Western knight, and they knew he was in cahoots with the duke. And it was that very duke who didn't appreciate the performance, didn't understand art, and caused such big trouble.

  They patted their buttocks and ran away, leaving the trouble to the song and dance troupe. Now the song and dance troupe is like a dog in mourning, tucking its tail and running out.

  They were all stars, accustomed to being welcomed with open arms wherever they went. The treatment they received in Sichuan was unprecedented.

  Afu Luo turned her head and smiled at Ye Feng, saying: "Sorry, sir. This is my fault in teaching, please forgive me."

  Ye Feng saw that the big man still looked unconvinced and angrily said: "You little brat, be more careful with your words in the future, or else you might get killed one day."

  Afura hastily changed the subject and asked: "Lord Ye, where are you going?"

  Ye Feng thought for a moment and felt that he was already partners with her, so he didn't hide anything and roughly told Aphrodite what had happened.

  Aphrodite pondered for a moment, then turned to the people beside her and asked, "I recall that just now we met a horse carriage on the road, do you know whose it was?"

  The maid beside her thought for a moment and replied: "It should be the Oshu family."

  Ye Feng heard the maid's words and was taken aback, asking: "Oswald?"

  Aphrodite also frowned and said, "Lina, you didn't see it wrong, did you? This is a major matter that concerns Captain Diana's safety. Don't speak carelessly."

  Ye Feng only then realized that the maid was actually the one he had bullied before.

  Lina saw Ye Feng looking over, widened her big watery eyes, glared at him hatefully, and puffed out her full chest. She said indignantly: "How could I have been wrong? The person driving the carriage is Lord Poseidon, whom I've seen a few times before. Miss, do you remember? He's the one who came to find us after watching our performance of 'The Black Sorcerer' and asked for love potion."

  Afro heard it and couldn't help but smile.

  Ye Feng saw her speak so solemnly and knew she wouldn't be deceiving him. He asked: "Do you know where he went?"

  The maid pointed to a distance and said affirmatively: "That way. They went that way."

  Afro thought for a moment and said to Ye Feng: "It seems that there won't be any mistake. I remember that the Oshus family has an olive garden on that side."

  Ye Feng said thank you and turned around to leave.

  Afura hastily stopped him and said, "Lord Ye, if you go like this, it will take a long time to get there. How about I lend you a horse?"