In a somewhat cramped room, the heat was steaming and the water was rattling.

In the diffusing heat, a middle-aged woman walked in from behind the screen, holding a set of coarse cloth clothes in her hand and putting them on the low stool by the bathtub, and said politely, "The clothes are here, wear them yourself."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

As soon as the door closed, only Shang Ruyi in the bathtub was left in this room, she slowly raised her head, and her eyes were full of vigilance and solemnity.

Last night, after several lives and deaths, she finally failed to escape the pursuit of the people in the dark, and was captured and taken away by them.

But fortunately, these people were polite to her, not only did they not hurt her, they imprisoned her, and when they saw that she was covered in blood, they also prepared a hot bath for her, as well as a change of clothes. After these days of trekking and last night's life-and-death struggle, she really needs to cleanse up, and even more so she needs time to relax at this moment - but even so, she doesn't dare to relax completely.

Here, after all, it's Xingluo Cangcheng!

Thinking of this, even if he was a little tired from the warm bath soup, Shang Ruyi shook his head vigorously to sober himself up.

At this time, there was a sound of conversation outside the door-

"Sister-in-law, that one in the house, is that the general's wife?"

"That's right."

"It's strange, aren't the people who are fighting with us the lackeys of the court? Why don't you kill her and bring her back?"

"Well, who knows. That's what the great treasurer commanded."

"If you want me to say, you shouldn't bother with this, her man has been making trouble for us these days, until now, Brother Lu and they are still looking for him with people outside."

……

Shang Ruyi couldn't listen to the latter words.

Looking for him?

The people of Xingluocang are also looking for Yu Wenye?

She was uneasy, and the bath soup was a little cold, so she hurriedly walked out of the tub. There was no one around to serve her, so she took a dry handkerchief to wipe the water off her body, and reached for the clothes that the woman had brought.

As soon as I stretched out my hand, I found that there was a pair of earrings on the top of the clothes.

It's strange, these people are already very polite to change her clothes, why, and give her something to groom and dress up? But even if you dress up, what can you add to a pair of earrings?

Besides, at this time, she didn't have that mind.

So she put the pair of earrings aside, and changed into only clothes—just ordinary blue cloth dresses, and washed white, obviously worn by others, but at this time she had nothing to be picky about, and carefully arranged her neckline and belt, and prepared to go out.

However, as soon as he reached the door, he heard footsteps outside.

This is not a footstep sound, it is very steady, and it is different from ordinary people when you hear it.

Shang Ruyi subconsciously stopped in the door, held his breath and listened, only to hear a young man's voice sound: "You guys, okay?"

A middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Brother Hua, why did you come here in person? It's almost okay, it's almost okay, hmph, that official's wife is in trouble, and it's still grinding to take a shower, so I'm going to urge her."

"Not necessarily."

"Ziying, why don't you lock this woman up?" ….

"Yes, we don't have time to take care of the eagle dogs and lackeys of the imperial court."

"Go and tell the big shopkeeper that you've killed her."

As soon as he heard that he was going to kill himself, Shang Ruyi's heart couldn't help but tremble, but the next moment, he heard the young man's calm voice say, "Although we came out of Wanggang Village, do you still remember the rules of the village? Don't kill the old and weak, don't kill women and children, this is an iron law! Don't let me hear such things again!"

Although he was young, he had a loud bearing as soon as he opened his mouth, and the people around him immediately did not dare to say anything.

Then the voice spoke to the closed door, "Madam, if you are ready, come out."

「……！」

Shang Ruyi's heart skipped another beat.

Didn't think about it

When she arrived, although this person was talking to people outside, her ears were very sharp, and she probably heard herself standing in the doorway, so she took a deep breath, pushed the door and walked out.

Outside the door stood two guards guarding the door, and a middle-aged woman who had just come in to bring her clothes.

And then there's the young man.

He was dressed in a blue suit, carrying a quiver and a longbow on his back, his appearance was handsome, tall and capable, he looked no more than twenty years old, but his temperament was very calm, obviously the sharpshooter who rescued her from Kou Yunliang's military camp last night with one arrow and one arrow at another, and forced her close to Xingluocang with one arrow at a time.

Just now, I heard people call him Brother Hua, Ziying, it seems that he is Hua Ziying, who is known as "Xiao Li Guang" in Wanggang Village.

This Hua Ziying looked up and saw her, her eyes flickered, and she immediately bowed and said, "Madam, if you are ready, come with me."

After speaking, he raised his hand and made a gesture of please, Shang Ruyi didn't say anything, and left directly.

After all, this Xingluocang City was built by the imperial court, and it is obviously different from ordinary cottages, and the specifications and layouts are much higher. It's just that now, the people guarding the various passes are no longer the people of the imperial court, but these people from Wanggangzhai, their eyes are full of hostility, and they have been watched by hundreds of thousands of eyes along the way, and there is also an illusion of countless blades rolling around them.

As soon as he finished bathing, Shang Ruyi was already in a cold sweat.

"Madame, don't worry."

Hua Ziying, who was walking in front, suddenly spoke, Shang Ruyi was startled, and hurriedly looked up, but saw that he didn't look back, he still walked forward slowly, and said as he walked: "Our people really don't have a good impression of the imperial court, but you are a woman, and our people from Wanggangzhai will not embarrass women."

"Oh?"

When Shang Ruyi heard this, he thought about it again, and deliberately dragged out his voice and said, "Don't you embarrass the girl?"

Hua Ziying also seemed to hear the ridicule in her mouth, stopped, looked back at her, but saw Shang Ruyi staring at the arrow and the longbow on his back.

Hua Ziying was not stupid, and immediately understood that she was referring to the arrow she forced to stop last night.

So he said, "Madame, don't worry, if I dare to shoot an arrow at Madame, I will be 100% sure that I will not hurt you."

"Really?"

"Madame, isn't she unharmed now?"

「……」

However, no amount of explanation can compare to the facts in front of us. ….

Shang Ruyi was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Your archery skills are very good."

Hua Ziying looked at her, and the light in her eagle-like eyes exploded: "I don't know, how is it compared to Yuwen Gongzi, who can shoot back a Turkic army of 100,000 with one arrow in Yanmen County?"

「……！」

Shang Ruyi's heart moved.

From last night, the moment she realized that the person who shot the arrow in the dark was a marksman, she unconsciously compared this person with Yu Wenye in her heart, even she would think like this, and Hua Ziying herself would inevitably think like this.

After all, it is a man's instinct to be competitive.

Especially when a certain skill is perfected and almost reaches the peak, you can't help but compare yourself with other masters to prove that you are the peak.

Although Hua Ziying looks mature and steady, she is a man after all, and she is a young man.

Shang Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "Do you want to compare with him?"

Hua Ziying took a deep breath, and her handsome face showed a little expectation, even a look of impatience, and said, "If there is such a day, I will look forward to it."

"Do you think there will be such a day?"

"If we find him, maybe this day will come soon."

"Find him?"

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi's heart skipped another beat.

Hua Ziying turned around and continued to walk forward, saying as she went, "I think you also know that your husband is missing, and with his soldiers and horses, he suddenly disappeared into the Luo River Valley."

"You went out last night

Moving, actually, to find him?"

"Not bad."

"That's—"

"Haven't found his whereabouts yet,"

Hua Ziying said, his footsteps also stagnated, and said, "But maybe, he will appear."

Shang Ruyi frowned when he heard this, but after thinking about it again, he understood, and said, "That's why you arrested me back? Do you think he'll show up if you catch me?"

Hua Ziying said, "Aren't you his wife?"

「……」

This time, Shang Ruyi didn't speak again.

It's not that I have nothing to say, but I feel in my heart that it's a little funny.

It seems that this is Yu Wenye who is so sober and plays a competent husband in front of everyone - good fortune? Or rather, the consequences?

Even people who have only seen them once will think that they have a deep relationship between husband and wife, and feel that as long as they arrest her, Yu Wenye will appear.

But will he show up because of himself?

Shang Ruyi didn't even want to think about the answer to this question.

But I don't know why, even if I don't think about it, this problem is just in front of me, there is still a faint pain in my heart, like rising water gradually submerged her, she has some difficulty breathing, subconsciously took a deep breath, and at this moment, Hua Ziying, who was walking in front, stopped.

Shang Ruyi also stopped immediately.

When they looked up, they found that they had walked to the door of the most central and largest council hall in the city.

The door was open, and there were a few braziers inside, but because the place was too big, there were not many brazier torches, and the light was still not so bright, in Shang Ruyi's opinion, it was like a dark cave, and he didn't know what was waiting for him.

Hua Ziying stopped at the door and said, "Please."

Shang Ruyi glanced at him, and also settled down, raised his feet and stepped over the high threshold and walked in, while Hua Ziying behind him had already retreated without saying a word.

As soon as you walk into this council hall, the first thing you feel is darkness.

Although she was standing near the gate, the sunlight from outside could still shine on her, but when she looked up, in front of the council hall, several stairs led to the high place, it was so dark that she could barely see a large table on it, and a person sat behind the table, looking seriously at a map that covered the entire table.

It wasn't until he heard her footsteps that the man slowly raised his head.

In the dim light, the already familiar and shining pupils looked at her again.

There was even a happy smile in his eyes.

"Young lady, long time no see."

Shang Ruyi also took a deep breath and said into those eyes, "Young Master Xiao, it's been a long time."

Cold green shirt