Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1013: Alarming the Snake
Lu Xiao was still a little confused when she heard this, but she gradually came to her senses. She still looked at Shang Ruyi in disbelief, and whispered after a while: "Are you really after the so-called treasures in Zuo Gong's Tomb?"

Shang Ruyi looked at her and smiled, "People die for money, and birds die for food."

"..."

"Even the Khan of Western Turkic and Wang Shaoqiu gave up attacking Xiazhou and helping Luoyang for the sake of Zuo Gong Yi's tomb. How can I be the same?"

Lu Xiao said, "As the Princess of Qin, you are not short of money. Besides, didn't you say that you have been living a life of luxury and comfort over the years? Even if I only lived in the Shen Mansion for a while, I know that after you gave birth to a child, the Emperor doted on you very much and gave you rewards every now and then."

"..."

"You are already so rich, why are you still coveting this little bit of money?"

Shang Ruyi said, "Miss Lu Xiao, you don't understand. Although my life in the palace is rich, it doesn't cost much money. The most expensive things in the world are raising soldiers and fighting wars. Compared to these two things, everything else is nothing."

"Raising troops? Fighting wars?"

Lu Xiao looked at her with increasing confusion: "Why would you, a woman, raise an army? Why would you fight a war?"

Shang Ruyi glanced at her and said nothing.

Lu Xiao felt even heavier in her heart. She originally thought that Shang Ruyi was only concerned about Xiazhou, but she didn't expect that she had other plans in her mind. Now she was going up the mountain with the Turks and Wang Shaoqiu and the others. Who knew what would happen?
Those two people are not good people.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps nearby. Looking up, it was Lei Yu walking towards them. Shang Ruyi subconsciously pursed her lips, and seeing her alert look, Lv Xiao also looked away. Lei Yu walked over, and looked at Shang Ruyi with the same puzzled expression as Lv Xiao: "Ruyi, are you really going to look for Zuo Gongyi's tomb?"

These words are exactly the same as what Lu Xiao said just now.

Shang Ruyi said: "Yes."

Lei Yu frowned even more tightly: "You, what are you thinking about?"

Lei Yu was not unaware that although the two were still close, they were actually in the enemy camp. Even so, she still wanted to protect Shang Ruyi. Before coming, she guessed that Shang Ruyi released the news about Zuo Gong's Tomb in order to lure Ashina Zhuxie and Wang Shaoqiu, and she was worried that the two would not get what they wanted and would attack Shang Ruyi, so she ruthlessly let go of He Du and insisted on following.

Unexpectedly, although Shang Ruyi brought people here, she did not do anything to deal with the crisis in Xiazhou. Judging from her words and actions, it seemed that she really wanted to find Zuo Gong's tomb.

This made Lei Yu a little unsure.

Seeing that she was also so confused, Shang Ruyi said calmly: "In fact, in the past two years, I have been trying to find the tomb of Zuo Gong. It would be a pity if such a large amount of money was left to rot underground."

"..."

"And using this opportunity to lure Ashina Zhuye here and give Xiazhou some time to delay the war is like killing two birds with one stone."

"..."

"That's all." She spoke very frankly, but Lei Yu's brows furrowed even deeper.

She said, "Do you really need money for Xiao Shangong's burial?"

Shang Ruyi glanced at her and said nothing. The two good friends who had once depended on each other for life and death and could talk about anything were now speechless, and the atmosphere became awkward and dull.

Everyone drank water, ate, and after a meal, they regained their energy.

Shang Ruyi stood up and said, "Let's go."

At the command, everyone stood up silently and followed her. Shang Ruyi seemed to have become the leader of the team. Following the winding path that was faintly visible in the lush bushes, the group began to climb towards the mountain where the immortal had set foot.

Just as she said, the road leading up the mountain is in the shade. Although the sun is shining brightly and it is hot, the sunlight does not shine here, so the road is overgrown with weeds and dense vines. Even without the tall trees surrounding it, it still blocks out the sun. Every step you take requires you to push aside the branches sticking out on both sides of the path and the layers of weeds under your feet. Sometimes it takes a long time to find a way out. Even if you find the way, you will occasionally see some green, red, or even colorful, seemingly dangerous snakes and insects wandering in the grass, which scares people to death.

They were only halfway through the journey when several Turks had already been bitten by snakes.

The first two were only bitten by ordinary ribbed snakes and were still able to walk after a simple bandage. But one was unlucky. The snake that bit his leg had a black body and silver rings, and was obviously poisonous. After being bitten, the man immediately foamed at the mouth and fell into a coma. Ashina Zhuxie could only immediately let the first two people who were bitten by the snake escort him down the mountain and hand him over to the other half of his team who stayed at the foot of the mountain for treatment and rescue.

As a result, everyone was more cautious and walked very slowly.

Gradually, the setting sun slanted down, and the high peak opposite was illuminated by the fiery red sunlight, like a red-hot pillar.

And when the sun was about to set, they finally saw the path in front of them, which extended to the top of the mountain, and there was a faint shadow of a roof protruding from it.

The man in front of Shang Ruyi's team who was leading the way immediately said, "There is a house! Is anyone living there?"

Upon hearing this, the Turkic people who were following them and had been suffering terribly became excited immediately. Ashina Zhuye's eyes also lit up. He quickly pushed aside the people in the middle and walked forward to take a look. As expected, he saw the corner of the house on the top of the mountain. He quickly turned his head and looked at Shang Ruyi: "That, is that Zuo Gong's Tomb?"

Shang Ruyi was also somewhat surprised. After all, he did not expect to find some useful traces so quickly. But after thinking about it carefully, he said, "The mausoleum should be buried deep underground, not built on the ground."

"Oh?"

"That eaves looks more like a house where people live."

When Ashina Zhuxie heard this, he frowned.

Shang Ruyi added: "However, if Zuo Chen'an's tomb is really in Tianding Mountain, the people living here will know some clues. Let's go up and take a look first."

After saying that, he used the stick in his hand to clear the dense weeds in front of him and continued walking forward.

At this moment, everyone could only listen to her and follow her. But just after taking two steps forward, Wo Xue, who was following Shang Ruyi closely, suddenly shouted, "Princess, be careful!"

In a flash, a slender black shadow suddenly jumped out from the grass, circled up along the stick in Shang Ruyi's hand, and suddenly stung her hand!