There was no point examining the corpses on the ground; they wouldn't yield anything of value. Judging from their martial arts style, they were from Daqian, but not Qingchen's men.
Xiao Yunjing guessed they were sent by a family from Huayang County. The order must have come from Qingchen. Qingchen should have received news immediately after Xiao Yunjing captured Huayang County. However, likely unable to spare the personnel or time to deal with him directly, Qingchen had to send these lackeys to cause him some trouble. Their orders were probably to kill if possible.
Afterwards, several more waves of attackers came, but Xiao Yunjing decisively killed them all.
Two and a half days later, Xiao Yunjing and his group arrived at a small hill outside Red Leaf Villa.
"Master."
Yun No. 4 and Yun No. 5 greeted him along with the others.
"No need for formalities. What's the situation now?" Xiao Yunjing raised his hand, signaling for everyone to stand up.
