Yu Ruoxu originally planned to take a break for a day or two and then set off to return to the capital, but he didn't expect that his hands were cut and his feet were frostbitten, and he couldn't even get off the ground, let alone take a carriage back. She asked Pei Changyuan to write a letter to Yu Zhongjun, briefly talked about the current situation, and said that she would leave as soon as the injury was healed.

Liang Jin would come to talk to her every day, while Tie Niang was responsible for taking care of her daily life. In the first few days, she has been groggy, and I heard from Tie Niang that General Yang and Miss Yang have come to see her several times, but unfortunately she is asleep, and it is inconvenient to meet guests.

A few days later, Pei Yuanyuan, whose left arm was wrapped in a bandage, appeared in front of her. Yu Ruoxu was startled and asked urgently, "Why did you get out of bed?" Is the injury getting better? ”

Pei Changyuan nodded and said, "The small one is just a skin injury, and it's almost better." ”

Yu Ruoxu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, you take care of it carefully, don't fall into any disease." ”

Pei Changchang heard her say this, and hurriedly knelt down, "The little one bears the instructions of the adults, and he didn't protect the young lady well, and the young lady was injured......

Yu Ruoxu was half-sitting on the bed, her hands and feet were wrapped in gauze, and she couldn't move, so she could only sigh, "Why are you so polite?" If you hadn't pushed me out at the time, I would probably be in that Yama Hall by now!" The situation was urgent, and you shouldn't think about it. “

"Miss......" Pei Changyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Those assassins are ruthless and deadly, it looks like they came to take Miss's life." “

"I know." Yu Ruoxu thought thoughtfully, "Did you find anything special about fighting them?" ”

"A special place?" Pei Yuan thought for a while and shook his head, "The moves, weapons, and dresses are all the most ordinary killers, but the small ones are a little strange, and their daggers are used very well, as if they have a set of special knife techniques." ”

"Haven't you seen this set of knife techniques?" Yu Ruoxu asked.

"Nope." Pei Changchang frowned, "They mixed the sword techniques of various families, and finally made a four-like one." But this kind of unconventional card play is not like the knife method, so that people never know what the next move is. That's why it's so powerful. “

Yu Ruoxu raised her eyebrows, "Did you sue the prince of the world for this?" ”

"Actually, that's not what I said." Pei Changyuan scratched his head with his other hand, "It was Brother Qiao who sued me when he came to save me that night." He also said that I should also use chaos to fight chaos, so that I can kill the enemy without leaving a single piece of armor. ”

"Chaos against chaos?" Yu Ruoxu chuckled, "This Qiao Huanyan is also a little smart." ”

Pei Changyuan nodded, "Yes." Brother Qiao is a shrewd person, although the little one doesn't talk to him much, but I can feel that he has a lot of insights into martial arts and the art of war, but it's a pity that he has ...... recently"

"What's going on lately?"

"The little one also heard later, after the young lady was injured that day, the prince reprimanded him severely, and the people in the house said that they had never seen the always gentle prince have such a big temper, and it is said that he was almost dealt with by military law." Pei Changchang said, "Later, it was Miss Yang who stopped her, so she said that it was changed to a fine for half a year and sent to the barracks to be a pawn." “

"What?!" Yu Ruoxu's eyes widened, "Pawn? “

That's the lowest soldier!

"Brother Qiao didn't argue anything, kowtowed to the prince, and left without saying a word." Pei Changyuan shook his head, "Miss don't need to panic, the little one thinks that this may be in line with Brother Qiao's heart." When he was leaving, he also said to the little one that the manly husband still had to go to the front line to experience it. ”

Yu Ruoxu was stunned, "...... It turned out that he had such a mind. ”

On the snowy night when the assassination came, the moment Qiao Huanyan decided to go to the East Courtyard to rescue Liang Jin, he knew that there would be such an end.

Yu Ruoxu couldn't help but wonder a little, was he intentional, or simply loyal?

"What about you?" Yu Ruoxu asked lightly, "Do you also want to go to the front line?" ”

"Little ......" Pei Changyuan didn't expect her to ask him directly, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "The responsibility of the little one is to protect Miss, not to go to the front line." ”

"But you still want to go." Yu Ruoxu saw him hesitate for a moment, and knew in his heart, "You said that you want to be a hero like General Yang, guarding the Quartet, and serving the country and the people." But at the moment, I am trapped next to a boudoir woman like me, and there is always someone who is unwilling. ”

"Miss, little ......" Pei Yuanyuan's face turned red, and he couldn't say anything when he opened his mouth, "Little ...... Small ......"

"That's it." Yu Ruoxu smiled, "I don't mean to embarrass you, I said before that I would send you to learn martial arts, and I will definitely do what I say." It's just that now, I have to be wronged for you to stay by my side for a while. “

"It's a small blessing to be able to stay by Miss's side, where is there any grievance that is not wronged." Pei Changchang looked sincerely frightened, "Miss, don't say such things in the future." “

"That's it, you go back first, I'll call you if there's something." Yu Ruoxu leaned on the pillow, as if she was a little tired, closed her eyes and began to take a nap.

Pei Yuan glanced at her, "The little one is retired." “

Yu Ruoxu's mind was a little confused, thinking of the strange knife technique that Pei Changyuan said, she couldn't help frowning-

"Miss Yu, our young lady has come to see you, I wonder if Miss Yu is convenient?" Tie Niang's voice came, Yu Ruoxu was excited, and quickly opened her eyes, "Quickly invite Miss Yang in." “

It came at the right time. Yu Ruoxu thought to herself. She doesn't know how to use swordsmanship, but Yang Yuqing definitely does.

Yang Yuqing is wearing ordinary daughter's clothes today, but she still can't hide the feminine temperament in her bones, "Miss Yu is better?" ”

"Miss Toyang's blessing is much better." Yu Ruoxu smiled and said, "Tie Niang took very good care of me, Ruoxu thanked Miss Yang and General Yang here." ”

"You're welcome. As I said before, the guests of the prince are also my guests, and now that you have suffered such a catastrophe, it is a matter of course to take more care of you. Yang Yuqing smiled faintly, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes.

Hearing the sentence "The prince's guests are also my guests", Yu Ruoxu suddenly understood a little in her heart, "I have really caused too much trouble to the prince recently, and I will leave for Beijing when I am healed here." ”

"Miss Yu finally came to Liaodong, but she didn't expect to encounter such a thing." There was some tentative hint in Yang Yuqing's tone, "It's rare for the prince to have a close friend like Miss Yu." “

Yu Ruoxu smiled, "I am a confidant with the prince, and when I was in the capital, the prince helped me a few times. ”

Yang Yuqing smiled faintly, "I see." ”

She is a boudoir woman, who traveled thousands of miles from the capital to see Liang Jin, in the eyes of outsiders, I am afraid that the two have already received it privately, so they will visit Liaodong regardless of the danger.

Yu Ruoxu was in a hurry at that time, and originally thought that he would return immediately after passing the message, but he didn't expect to meet the assassin that night, and he didn't expect to alarm the Yang family.

"By the way, there's one more thing I want to ask Miss Yang." Yu Ruoxu didn't have much thought to ponder Yang Yuqing's intentions for Liang Jin now, "Miss Yang is proficient in martial arts, do you know that there is a kind of knife technique that mixes the strengths of various families and does not play cards according to common sense?" ”

"A mix of the strengths of each family?" Yang Yuqing didn't expect Yu Ruoxu to ask such a question, and was stunned for a while, "Do you say it's a knife technique?" ”

Yu Ruoxu nodded, "That's right, and they are all short weapons, such as daggers, short knives and the like." ”

Yang Yuqing understood, "Miss Yu is talking about this assassination." ”

"I can't hide anything from Miss Yang." Yu Ruoxu's expression was calm, "The assassin's clothes and weapons this time are very ordinary, but the knife technique is weird, it is said that it is a mixture of the four different sword techniques of each family, I don't have much research on martial arts, so I want to ask Miss Yang ......"

Yang Yuqing lowered her head and thought for a while, "I can't think of it for a while, you wait for me to go back and check the military book, if there is, I will definitely sue you." After saying that, he stood up, and without even saying a word of farewell, he quickly left the house.

Yu Ruoxu was a little dumbfounded, she didn't expect Yang Yuqing to do things so quickly, which was very different from her cautious and tentative attitude before.

Liang Jin came back very late today, she didn't know what was going on, after seeing Liang Yuqing, her spirit became surprisingly good, and she took a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War and was fascinated. It wasn't until the time passed that Liang Jin's figure appeared in front of her.

"What's going on today? Is something wrong? Yu Ruoxu saw him standing at the door, looked at her in a daze, and hurriedly put down the book clumsily and asked.

"I thought you were asleep." Liang Jin walked into the house, "I didn't expect you to be awake." ”

"I don't know what happened today, my spirit is better than usual, and it seems that the doctor's new medicine has helped." Yu Ruoxu smiled, seeing his uncertain expression, his heart suddenly became nervous, "...... Is there something wrong with Xianbei? ”

Liang Jin frowned, "It's not that Xianbei has an accident, it's our side that has an accident." “

"What's wrong?" The word "epidemic" suddenly popped up in Yu Ruoxu's mind, "Could it be that those soldiers ......?"

"Suddenly there are a lot of blood-sucking flying ants on the grassland." Liang Jin's eyes showed a look of pain, "A large area of black pressure flew towards the military camp, and the suburbs of Bingzhou City have been affected, General Yang ordered the city gate to be closed today, and also built a tall protective fence to stop the flying ants outside the city." ”

"What!" Yu Ruoxu was a little surprised, "Flying ants? ”

Liang Jin showed a fierce look, "That's right." The spies in front came to report, saying that the Xianbei people had dug up the nest of flying ants that were dormant under the grassland, and then sent someone to quietly throw it near the camp in Bingzhou. Those flying ants are extremely large, and they can also suck human blood, and many soldiers have been bitten and fainted today......"

"So strict?" Yu Ruoxu frowned, "Then the next step, the Xianbei people should be preparing to attack the city." “

"Our combat strength is already insufficient, and I am afraid that the chances of winning like this are quite small." Liang Jin was a little worried, "We tried setting fire today, and found that those flying ants are not afraid of smoke at all......"

Yu Ruoxu suddenly remembered something, and her eyes lit up, "Do you remember the locust plague in Henan and Hebei?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"On my way to Liaodong this time, I heard that the blood-sucking locusts reported by the governor of Zhili at that time were flying ants from the grassland." Yu Ruoxu analyzed carefully, "I don't know if there are any victims from Henan and Hebei in the barracks?" Maybe they'll know how to deal with flying ants, and they'll be able to use dead horses as live horse doctors......"

Liang Jin was stunned, and a big smile appeared on his face, "This is an idea, and I know that there is a ready-made Hebei person." “

"Who?"

"Qiao Huanyan."