After leaving the East Palace, Shang Ruyi sat on the eaves carried by a few little eunuchs and walked all the way out, as he had done every time he left before.

This time, no one stood in their way.

Walking out of the Xuanren Gate, the eaves slowly fell to the ground, and when Gonggong Lu smiled and helped her out, she was still a little incredulous, and got into the carriage, and then returned to Yuwen Mansion, until she saw Tusheer lying in the snow and they came up to help her, and saluted and thanked Gonggong Lu, her heart finally fell back to the same place.

I couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

Grandpa Lu also seemed to understand what she had been worried about, and said with a smile, "Madame can rest assured now."

Shang Ruyi reluctantly smiled and said, "Along the way, I'm tired of my father-in-law."

Grandpa Lu smiled, "Don't dare. Madame has also worked hard for a long time, so hurry up and go in and rest. Our family has to go to the city gate to spread a message, and tomorrow the lady can take people out of the city."

Shang Ruyi said gratefully, "Thank you, father-in-law."

Father-in-law Lu only waved his hand, then turned around and got into the carriage and left.

As soon as he left, Tushe'er helped Shang Ruyi and immediately asked, "Miss, are we going out of the city tomorrow?"

Shang Ruyi nodded.

Wo Xue said, "Young lady, what are we going to do when we go out of the city?"

Shang Ruyi walked inside, and said unhurriedly: "Didn't I say before, I have to go over and settle the people and things on the Zhuangzi, and when I just entered the palace, I mentioned it to Niangniang, and Niangniang asked me to go early and return early, so as not to be unable to follow Your Majesty to set off."

Wo Xue said: "That's right, the Zhuangzi is far away, and it takes a day or two just to go back and forth."

Shang Ruyi said, "You guys go in and hurry up and pack your luggage. Don't pack a big bag, just enough for these days. And then there's—Chang Wan, you command them to go down and let them prepare the carriage."

Chang Wan immediately said, "Yes."

She turned around and left, Wo Xue also went to pack her things, Tu She'er helped Shang Ruyi into the room to sit down and rest, and poured her a cup of hot tea to warm her hands, and then smiled: "I thought that Miss was going to ride a horse to Zhuangzi, but it turned out to be a car."

Shang Ruyi held the teacup, was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "Why can't I take the carriage?"

Tusher smiled, "That is, Miss usually prefers to ride a horse rather than a carriage."

Shang Ruyi said, "The weather is so cold, it is easy to catch a cold when riding a horse. The queen mother just caught a cold by accident, so she can't go south with Her Majesty this time."

"Ah...... That's right."

"You guys should be careful, the weather has been getting fast lately."

"The slave knows."

So, that night, the few servants left in Yuwen Mansion were busy, preparing for the young lady's upcoming trip, and early the next morning, Shang Ruyi set off after breakfast.

The carriage came to the north gate, and there were many people coming in and out, and the soldiers guarding the city saw her carriage at a glance and immediately met it.

One of the captains bowed to her, "Is it Mrs. Yuwen?"

Shang Ruyi lifted the corner of the curtain and nodded calmly: "Exactly."

The man said, "Madame went out of the city, why did she only take these few people with you?"

Shang Ruyi smiled faintly and said, "Just go to the Zhuangzi outside the city to have a look, and come back in three or five days, and it's not a move, so you don't have to hug each other."

….

The man smiled as well and said, "Madame is really free."

After speaking, he waved his hand: "Let go."

So, the soldiers in front immediately moved the wooden fence, and just as the carriage was about to pass through the city gate, Shang Ruyi looked around, and suddenly said, "In the past two days, it seems that there are many people who have entered the city."

The man also subconsciously glanced around - indeed, the rich people in the Eastern Capital City left one after another, and then the common people, like ants moving, when they closed the city gate at night, they couldn't help but joke that if it went on like this, the Eastern Capital City would be empty, and even the city gate would not have to be closed again.

It's just that in the past two days, somehow,

But the number of people who came into the city increased, and they were all young men.

The man laughed, "yes, there's a bit of life in the city."

Shang Ruyi smiled, glanced around, and then waved his hand, and the carriage staggered forward.

In order to inform Jiang Kesheng that they went to Xingluocang to help Yu Wenye, she rode a horse night and day a round, and this time she took the carriage, but it was faster than before, but looking at the surrounding scenery, no one's mood was relaxed.

Although it is an official road, the depression on both sides of the road is worse than before.

After walking all day, there were hardly any pedestrians in the village.

Finally, at dusk, they saw the outline of a house at the foot of the hill in front of them in the afterglow of the setting sun, it was the Zhuangzi of Sheng Guogong, there was a river running through it, and in the sound of gurgling water, crows rose and fell from time to time, stepping on the snow on the dead branches, and the noise made the place even more silent.

Because they came here temporarily, they didn't notify the people in the village in advance, and when Shang Ruyi sent an entourage to report it, Jiang Kesheng hurriedly greeted him with a few people.

They respectfully bowed to Shang Ruyi: "Young lady."

Shang Ruyi got out of the carriage, looked at them, and then smiled at Jiang Kesheng, "I came here suddenly, so I didn't disturb your rest."

Jiang Kesheng hurriedly said, "The young lady said this, the little ones don't dare to take it. We've just finished practicing and haven't stopped yet."

Shang Ruyi said, "At this time, also practice?"

Jiang Kesheng said: "Guogong's previous orders, three times in the morning, noon and evening, dare not slack off."

「……」

Shang Ruyi heard this and nodded lightly.

Sheng Guogong really governed the army strictly, and even these ordinary entourages in his own family maintained the habit of training in the army, thinking about it, if there was no such diligence and hard work, the last time they were in Xingluocang, they would not have been able to attack the army of the imperial court so easily and save her and Yu Wenye.

So he said, "Okay."

After a few simple words, Jiang Kesheng welcomed them in. As soon as the sun set, it was dark in Zhuangzi, and Shang Ruyi could only hear a few dogs barking and roosters in the distance, but there was no human voice, it really looked like a well-disciplined military camp. Jiang Kesheng held a torch and welcomed them to the gate of a compound along the largest main road in the center of the Zhuangzi, and said, "Every time the prince and the prince come to the village, they live here. Young lady, please rest assured, there are people here to clean up from time to time, and it is not dirty."

….

Shang Ruyi smiled, "You're too worried."

She walked in, it was indeed very clean, but it was also very simple, in line with the common appearance of Yuwen's home from Taiyuan to Dongdu, Jiang Kesheng immediately asked people to go in to make a fire and incense, and Tusheer They also walked to the inner courtyard with their luggage, to prepare Shang Ruyi's bedroom.

Shang Ruyi walked to the lobby, looked at the surrounding scenery, and then sat down and said to Jiang Kesheng, "How many people are there here?"

Jiang Kesheng immediately said: "It was originally two hundred people, but in the previous battle of Xingluocang, seven people were killed and twenty-five people were injured, of which twenty-two injuries have been healed, and the remaining three can no longer practice martial arts, and only work with others in the village. So, it was a hundred and ninety people."

Shang Ruyi nodded.

Jiang Kesheng said, "Do you want the little ones to come over to meet the young lady? Or—see you again tomorrow?"

Shang Ruyi waved his hand and said, "There is no need for false courtesy."

She took out a few silver tickets and handed them to Jiang Kesheng, and said, "This is the place where the dead and wounded brothers are placed, you distribute them according to the routine, if it is not enough, come and ask me."

Jiang Kesheng didn't say much, and stretched out his hand to take it: "I thank the young lady for them."

Shang Ruyi nodded, and then said, "I still have some things to tell you to do."

Jiang Kesheng didn't seem surprised, and immediately said, "Young lady, please speak."

Shang Ruyi said: "Now half of the 190 people under your command are transferred out, and the branch will go south by three roads to Lingnan."

"Lingnan?"

Jiang Kesheng was slightly stunned, but immediately understood, and said, "The young lady wants us to pick up the Shen family's master?"

Shang Ruyi nodded and said, "They have now received an amnesty from His Majesty and are going back. But it's not a good way to go, so I want you to pick it up. But now, the situation in the south is also unstable, and His Majesty the Emperor is going to tour the Jiangdu, and perhaps the situation there will be more complicated than in the north. Therefore, you are divided into three roads, all the way by water, all the way by Tongcheng Road, and all the way by the official road."

Jiang Kesheng immediately understood what she meant, and said, "Okay, I'll go down and order."

He just turned around, but after thinking about it, he stopped again, turned back to Shang Ruyi and said, "Young lady, if you receive the old lady of the Shen family, where are you going next?"

「……」

Shang Ruyi's eyebrows frowned slightly.

In fact, this is also a question that she has been thinking about all the way, and even now, the answer is still tangled in various thoughts and cannot be clearly removed.

Jiang Kesheng thought for a while and said, "Do you want to go back to the Eastern Capital directly?"

Shang Ruyi immediately shook his head: "Liang Shide's men and horses are not far from here, even if they can't defeat them, when the time comes, the situation here is not optimistic. My aunt and uncle have managed to leave Lingnan, and I don't want them to be in danger again."

Jiang Kesheng said, "Then, go to Taiyuan?"

「……」

"After all, Guogong is still in Taiyuan."

Shang Ruyi shook his head: "Dad, I won't always be in Taiyuan."

Jiang Kesheng glanced at her, a gleam flashed in his eyes, but he didn't answer, he thought for a while, and said, "Or do you want to find a place to stay in the south for a while?"

Shang Ruyi still shook his head: "As I said, the situation in the south is also unstable. Besides, when His Majesty arrives in Jiangdu, the situation over there will become more complicated."

This time, even Jiang Kesheng was silent.

In fact, these three places are already the safest places they can think of now, and the rest of the places are either occupied by the rebels or coveted by the rebels, and there seems to be no place in the world where people can live in peace.

Just when the atmosphere in the lobby fell into a kind of almost suffocating dullness, Shang Ruyi suddenly said, "Let's go to Daxing."

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