Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1008 Why should I save Xiazhou?
When he heard her speak, a complex emotion flashed across Ashina Zhuxie's eyes, but he still waved his hand calmly, repelling the soldiers who were pressing forward from behind him, and then turned to those people and said, "Stay where you are."

The soldiers immediately began to set up camp.

Ashina Zhuxie then turned around and looked at Lei Yu, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I won't go against your wishes."

"..."

"Unless - someone seeks his own death."

Lei Yu's face was gloomy, but she didn't say much. Ashina Zhuxie reached out and pressed her shoulder slightly, saying, "I know you and her have met again after a long time, and you must have a lot to say. You can stay here and talk to her for a while. Come back later."

After saying this, he turned and walked towards the camp surrounded by his soldiers.

Leaving with him was Wang Shaoqiu, who had been silent all the time. Although he had said nothing, his eyes had been fixed on one person since he walked into the bright place. Even though he had left, the illusion of being burned still remained on Lu Xiao. Although she could not see the other person's eyes clearly and had never figured out this man's mind, the disgust she had for Wang Shaoji naturally extended to his brother. Besides, this man was not a good guy to begin with, so she glared at Wang Shaoqiu's back fiercely, threw the reins of the horse she had just ridden to a guard next to her, and walked to the campfire on the other side and sat down.

It was not until this time that Shang Ruyi and Lei Yu finally looked at each other again. There seemed to be thousands of words in their flashing eyes. They wanted to say something several times but stopped themselves. The two looked at each other for a long while but couldn't say a word.

Finally, Shang Ruyi chuckled.

She simply took Lei Yu's hand and led her to sit in front of the campfire, then said, "I don't know what to say to you."

It was not until this time that Lei Yu finally seemed to have calmed down. She looked up at the area around the campfires. The tents next to each other were naturally built early by Shang Ruyi's men. There were also several soldiers patrolling around the camp with torches, alert for any wild wolves approaching. At this moment, on the other side of the camp, the people brought by Ashina Zhuye had quickly fenced off the land and started to build tents. Although the two sides were very close, they were full of hostility when facing each other.

She retracted her gaze and looked at Shang Ruyi with complicated eyes: "Why did you come here?"

Shang Ruyi was picking up a branch and preparing to throw it into the fire. Hearing this, he paused for a moment, still throwing the branch into the campfire, and then looked at Lei Yu: "What about you?"

Lei Yu frowned: "Aren't you doing this for Xiazhou?"

Faced with her straightforward nature and deep gaze, Shang Ruyi remained silent for a while longer before saying, "Of course."

"then you--"

"What about you?"

Before Lei Yu could say anything, Shang Ruyi interrupted her and picked up a slightly longer branch and broke it in half. With a "crack" sound, people's hearts trembled slightly in the quiet night. Her soft voice continued: "Don't you want to save Xiazhou?"

Lei Yu had a strange look on his face. He was silent for a moment before he asked, "Why should I save Xia Zhou?"

"..."

“That’s the territory of the Eastern Turks.”

Shang Ruyi looked up at her for a while and said, "That's right."

After saying these two words, the atmosphere between the two people suddenly became a little dull.

Even if two people who once depended on each other, even on life and death, have not seen each other for a while, the bond that connects their lives cannot be easily severed, and reunion after a long separation can make the two people closer; but once two people are unwilling to get close easily, the distance created by the separation will become a real gap, which both parties can feel, and the depressing atmosphere will gradually make people feel suffocated.

On the other side, seeing that his soldiers had already set up several tents, Ashina Zhuxie stood up and walked to the other side of the camp.

The sky was as dark as ink, and the stars were colorful. He looked up at the dark sky above his head, and the faint and countless stars inlaid on it, like night dew sprinkled on the grassland. After a long while, he lowered his head and looked forward.

Apart from the firelight in the two camps behind him, the surroundings were pitch black. He could only rely on his sharp eyesight like an eagle to look at the huge black shadow in front of him that was so tall that it seemed to cover the sky and the sun. It should be the Tianding Mountain reported by the previous visitor.

This is also the destination of Shang Ruyi's trip.

Just as he was trying his best to peel off the outline of the mountain from the darkness, he heard footsteps behind him. Turning back, he saw it was Wang Shaoqiu. He lowered his head and seemed to be walking here aimlessly. After taking two steps, he looked back.

"What are you looking at?"

"Ok?"

Wang Shaoqiu was startled when he heard a voice in front of him. He looked up and saw Ashina Zhuye standing in front of him. He breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression was still very cautious. He said, "So the Khan is here."

Ashina Zhuxie stared at his face and said, "The Special Envoy seems to be worried."

Having said that, without waiting for Wang Shaoqiu to respond, he looked over his shoulder at the graceful and beautiful figure sitting by a bonfire not far behind him. Wang Shaoqiu also subconsciously looked back, and the gloom in his eyes deepened a little.

Ashina Zhuxie suddenly asked, "Do you hate her?"

"..."

Wang Shaoqiu was silent for a moment and said, "Of course."

Ashina Zhuxie asked again: "So, you want to kill her?"

Wang Shaoqiu was silent for a while and said, "Of course."

After saying this, he looked at Ashina Zhuye cautiously again and said, "Why is the Khan asking this?"

Ashina Zhuxie slowly walked to his side and said, "I just thought that it was because of this woman's betrayal that you lost Taiyuan and I almost died in the battle. Now she is in front of me, no one will let her go easily."

Wang Shaoqiu said: "But she is now with Shang Ruyi."

"..."

"If Shang Ruyi and she really have clues about Zuo Gong's suspected tomb, then we can't turn against them completely for the time being."

Ashina Zhuxie looked at him for a while, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."

"..."

"Then I will let her go for now."

After saying that, he slowly walked back. When he passed by Wang Shaoqiu, he patted his shoulder meaningfully and said, "I hope that the special envoy will be more sober."

Wang Shaoqiu frowned, but before he could say anything, Ashina Zhuxie had already walked away.