CHAPTER XXVIII
The "little brother" on the side suddenly showed a surprised expression, but Shen Ruyu felt that his surprise was probably not the same as his mother's surprise, he looked at his mother in confusion and asked, "-Auntie?" Do you know her? β
The "eldest sister" ignored him, she walked down from her seat quickly, and personally untied the rope for Shen Ruyu, with an apologetic smile on her face. "Oops, oops, this is a misunderstanding."
Several female bandits who were guarding Shen Ruyu looked at this scene dumbfounded-as soon as their leader grabbed the hand of the "hostage" they had kidnapped, and patted it very eagerly, "I have long heard of the name of Ruyu Niangzi, who was famous all over the world when she was young, and I also knew that she was a beautiful woman with outstanding style, but she had never had the opportunity to meet, and when I really saw it today, I knew that the real person was more beautiful than those rumors!" It's just that I didn't expect to see each other like this, and I'm really ashamed. β
Shen Ruyu herself was stunned for a moment, "This ...... Madam? She smiled tentatively and asked, "You know me?" β
"Just call me Aunt Wei," the "eldest sister" said very kindly, "I naturally know each other." I am afraid that all literate people in this world know the name of Ruyu Niangzi. The people under my command are all rough people, unreasonable, if there is anything inconsiderate along the way, I hope that the jade lady will not be as knowledgeable as them. β
She personally helped Shen Ruyu and took her to the first position of the head to sit down like a distinguished guest, and then beckoned to the young man who was still sitting on it, and introduced to her: "This is my son Wei Nan, who is sixteen this year. Mountain village Nodo, there are no rules, let the boy show his head, such as the jade lady, don't be surprised. β
Although Shen Ruyu didn't know what was going on, it didn't prevent her from smiling politely at Wei Nan, but maintaining a calm smile was already her limit, and she really couldn't say anything against her will.
Would it be nice if you were unfortunate at all!!
But seeing her smile, Aunt Wei seemed to be a little relieved.
"Hey, this kid is too naughty, he's almost seventeen years old, and he dances with swords all day long," Aunt Wei was very satisfied with Shen Ruyu's cooperative and interesting attitude, so she sat down beside her, and discussed with Shen Ruyu about the shortcomings of the family as if chatting with the family, "I'm not afraid of Ruyu Lady's jokes, although I am here, I hope that this child can have a normal life." Which boy from a serious family is not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, gentle and courteous? That's it, I originally wanted to find a scholar who reads and understands etiquette to take care of him, but the people under me are all rough people, too reckless, I heard that I want to find a reader for Nan Ge'er, so I went down the mountain to rob people regardless of the three seven twenty-one. β
Shen Ruyu heard this, as if she was explaining to her, but at this moment, Aunt Wei stopped talking, only looked at her with a silent smile, obviously waiting for her to make a statement.
- This is the rhythm that Shen Ruyu will let her go if she is not ready to investigate!
Shen Ruyu immediately smiled and continued, "Actually, seventeen years old is not too old," she praised sincerely, feeling that she had suddenly returned to the same time as when she had celebrated the Spring Festival in her previous life, and was sitting with her relatives chattering, "There is nothing wrong with dancing and playing with swords, and it is not bad for boys to be heroic." β
Wei Nan, who was sitting on it, suddenly turned his head to look at her.
And hearing Shen Ruyu praising her son, Aunt Wei seemed very happy, "Oh, Ruyu Lady, you are really polite, I don't know what virtue my son has?" After she said modestly, she frowned at the righteous sister who was standing aside, "You guys, what are you still doing there!?" Why don't you come over and apologize to Ruyu Niang? β
Sister Yi opened her mouth in a daze, "Dao, apologize?" β
"It's really blind and deaf to your dog's ears! I can't recognize such an outstanding character as Jade Niangzi, and I haven't heard of the name Luohe Shen Family, Shen Family's Sanniang, and Shen Ruyu! The gentle-looking Aunt Wei suddenly turned her face and scolded people, but she was also full of momentum. Shen Ruyu sat on the side, almost startled by her suddenly fierce tone.
The righteous sister immediately apologized to Shen Ruyu uncontrollably, until Shen Ruyu sighed slightly, saying that it didn't matter, that Aunt Wei waved her hand and asked the righteous sister to retreat.
And after watching the righteous sister run away in a panic, Aunt Wei looked at Shen Ruyu with a gentle look, and said gently: "If you don't dislike it, just sit on our Qifeng Village, I have heard the name of Ruyu Lady for a long time, and I have the fate to see it today, please let me entertain you well to show my gratitude." This time, we surprised our guests and hoped to give us a chance to make amends. β
Seeing that they were so polite, Shen Ruyu suddenly understood, this Aunt Wei had heard of her name, and she thought more and saw farther than Sister Yiyi and others-
She won't kill her, as long as she is cooperative enough to say that she won't be held accountable, she will probably be put down from the mountain soon.
It's just that this group of people doesn't know how long they have been entrenched here, how many merchants they have looted, and whether they have harmed people's lives, even if Shen Ruyu heard the story of Liangshan Bo Han Yi Bo Yuntian in his previous life, he can't stand the fact that those people are essentially a group of underworld people who violate the law and discipline - there is also a black shop inside, even if she opens a black shop, she still sells human flesh!
Shen Ruyu is now wearing the official skin of an invisible deposed envoy, although it doesn't mean that he must be a peerless good official like Bao Qingtian, protect the territory and the people, and give the common people a bright future, but he doesn't have the reason that he was robbed by bandits, and he still turns a blind eye and listens to it, right? If it's just a civilian who has been robbed, can he not be prosecuted, and a policeman who has been robbed will not be prosecuted?
And it seems that the life of this group of people here can be described as living and working in peace and contentment, she has lived in this era for a long time, and she probably understands the psychology of the government - as long as it doesn't make too much trouble, it doesn't matter how much easier it is to manage.
Since the government is usually reluctant to take care of it, but now that she has been arrested, this is probably what God means to let her take care of it?
Shen Ruyu silently calculated the time in her heart, guessing that with the foot strength of that white horse, Mingxi should almost arrive in Julu County now.
She believed that the county guard of Julu County would never sit idly by and ignore her arrest, and she was not only the daughter of the Shen family, but also blessed by the aura of the emperor's majesty......
The army that came to the rescue will probably come soon.
It's just that in this era, mobilizing the army to prepare for battle, no matter how fast it is, is limited, and if Julu County can send troops by this time tomorrow, it will already be able to move the whole country.
And she stayed here to eat, so that Aunt Wei would believe that she had nothing to do, and that she would be let go by the afternoon at the latestβso that she should have been safely in the post station when the government sent troops.
With this confidence, Shen Ruyu suddenly became more and more calm. "What Aunt Wei said," she said with a polite smile, "When I was at home, my mother often said that there are many strange people in the people, and when I saw Aunt Wei today, I knew that what she said was true." β
"Where is such a fallacious praise?" Aunt Wei looked at her fearless bearing, and the more she looked at it, the more appreciative she said, "Speaking of which, although our Qifeng Village is relatively remote, the scenery is very good, Ruyu, why don't you let my son take you around?" How is it? β
β¦β¦ As long as you can go down the mountain after eating, it's easy to say.
Shen Ruyu smiled at Aunt Wei, "Then it's troublesome." β
Wei Nan had been sitting impatiently on the side, listening to them smiling hypocritically at each other, politely talking nonsense without nutrition, but when he heard his name being mentioned, he suddenly turned his head and looked at his mother in disbelief, and the expression on his face completely revealed what he was thinking: "Why do you want me to take her?" You want her to see you take her! β
But Aunt Wei didn't seem to see his reluctance, she smiled and turned her head to look at her son, as if she was asking for his opinion, but there was a hint of sternness in her eyes, Wei Nan paused slightly, then stood up angrily, and walked towards the door, only when she passed by Shen Ruyu, she dropped a sentence stiffly, "You come with me!" β
"This kid!" Aunt Wei suddenly showed a look of displeasure, and looked at Shen Ruyu apologetically, "I'm really embarrassed, this kid is so old, but he still doesn't understand at all." β
Shen Ruyu didn't bother to entangle with them, so she didn't care, and only smiled at her at the moment, "It's okay." β
Although Wei Nan looked reluctant, when Shen Ruyu walked out of the door, he saw that he was still waiting outside the door, but when he saw her from a distance, he walked forward with a snort before she approached.
β¦β¦ No wonder his mother thinks that he can't get married and wants to rob people up the mountain......
This time and space, such a character, is probably similar to the so-called "tigress" in the time and space where Shen Ruyu used to be, right?
However, probably because Shen Ruyu's values are not quite the same as those of the people here, she thinks that the boy's personality is a little more "wild".
She walked slowly behind Wei Nan, while observing the surrounding terrain in the name of enjoying the scenery, occasionally raising her eyes to pay attention to the young man in front of her to prevent her from being lost.
Along the way, they met several bandits one after another, and they all looked at Wei Nan with surprised and ambiguous eyes, and then after getting a stinky face, they passed by Shen Ruyu with a smile.
Shen Ruyu smiled at her one by one.
After walking for a while, when they passed a courtyard, Shen Ruyu suddenly stopped and shouted, "Wei Nan? β
The young man frowned and turned his head, he looked at her unhappily, but his expression was obviously asking, "What's the matter?" β
Shen Ruyu pointed to the side courtyard where the road leads, and said gently, "I want to see there." β
Wei Nan looked at her fingertips, and finally said the first sentence after they were alone together, "-Yanwutang? β
His voice was a little low, not the clear timbre of an ordinary teenager - this was also quite similar to Li Cong.
Shen Ruyu raised her eyebrows, and couldn't help but smile and said, "You finally spoke." β
Wei Nan suddenly showed a very embarrassed and repulsive expression.
β¦β¦ This inexplicably reminded her of the little girls who looked at boys with disgust when they were just developing in their previous lives.
Why do you hate boys?
For the girls at that time β because they were boys!
Such a reason is sufficient.
When you think about it, this guy is pretty cute.
She patiently asked again, "Can you go and have a look?" β
Wei Nan stood in place and hesitated for a while, before he used the expression of "Since you have asked so repeatedly, then I will take you to see that the woman is really troublesome", and slowly walked towards this side, the closer he got to Shen Ruyu, the more stiff his expression became, and finally when he passed by her, he looked nervous.
Shen Ruyu looked at him curiously, "...... You," she pondered for a moment, "hate women?" β
Wei Nan glared at her viciously, "Don't talk to me!" β
Shen Ruyu wasn't angry, she just shrugged her shoulders at him, and then quietly followed him and walked towards Yanwutang.
It seemed that it was almost lunch time, and there were not many people in the Yanwu Hall, and when they saw them come in, these people immediately retreated with a smile.
Shen Ruyu didn't have time to remember these would-be prisoners who were destined to be imprisoned in the future, and she observed this placeβthe bandits here had carved out a large open space, with weapon racks and stone piers to practice arm strength placed in the corners, and even arrow targets erected.
They actually have bows and arrows?!
Shen Ruyu couldn't help but think in surprise in her heart.
- Da Jiang does not prohibit martial arts, but some weapons are forbidden to be used by the people, such as bows and arrows, horse swords, and other dangerous weapons.
But she didn't reveal anything on the surface, as if she had picked up the bow hanging on the wall, and then put on the long arrow, as if she had found a toy of interest, and aimed it at the target.
An arrow is fired.
Right in the middle of the heart.
Shen Ruyu frowned slightly, in order to hide her expression, she lowered her head and lowered her eyes, and reached out to pluck the bowstring.
β¦β¦ Very well maintained and looks like someone uses it a lot.
This shows that there are at least a large number of archers in the armed forces of this cottage.
But who gave them these bows and arrows? Or is there a secret collusion between them and the quartermaster of the government? Officials and bandits collude?
She thought about these questions, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Wei Nanzheng looking at her with a surprised expression, "Aren't you a scholar!?" β
Shen Ruyu laughed inexplicably, and replied in his tone, "Can't a scholar be able to shoot arrows!?" β