Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 368
Brother Seven? !
When they heard the name Shan Tong'er, everyone was shocked!
Isn't his seventh brother the seventh head of the Wanggang village, the brave general who is all over the world-Shen Tutai? !
Shang Ruyi opened his eyes wide and looked at the strong man in front of him, but before he had time to react, he saw the man suddenly raise his hand, and the fist the size of a vinegar bowl violently swung towards her.

"...!?"

At this moment, Shang Ruyi's heartbeat almost stopped.

Just when she opened her eyes wide in horror and watched the huge fist almost hit the door directly, the expected severe pain did not come, only the violent heartbeat made her feel a throbbing pain in her heart.

The fist stopped abruptly in front of her, but because of its strength, the wind from the fist made her hair fly up.

"Young lady!"

"Sister Ruyi!"

Mu Xian and Shan Tong'er on the side both screamed in shock and rushed over, but Shang Ruyi stretched out his arms and stopped behind him.

Then look at the huge fist that the man stopped in front of her, and he was actually carrying a cloth bag.

This is--

Shang Ruyi raised his eyes slowly, only to see the strong man asking, "Give it back to Shi Mi?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was like thunder, and everyone's ears were buzzing.

Shang Ruyi took a deep breath and said calmly, "Of course."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the wooden shovel and shoveled the rice. The man opened the rice bag and filled it with all the rice she shoveled—it’s just that someone else had to carry the bag of rice on his shoulders to take it away, but He held it in his hand, but it seemed like he was only holding a piece of dough. He weighed it, looked at Shang Ruyi again, and said, "Thank you."

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "You're welcome."

The man turned his head and looked to the side again at Shan Tong'er, whose eyes were wide open and stared straight at him. There was a hint of complicated emotion in his eyes. After a long silence, he said, "Old Nine, you finally found a ideas."

"..."

Shan Tong'er also seemed to have a guilty look on his face, but he still said softly: "I, I'm in Wanggangzhai, it's not good."

"..."

Hearing this, the man didn't say anything.

Shan Tong'er said again: "Seventh brother, don't you also—"

But before he finished speaking, the man interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and looked back at Shang Ruyi, his bright tiger eyes seemed to flicker, and then said: "You are the young lady of the Yuwen family, right? I once heard Hua Ziying mention you, saying that you are an extraordinary woman, seeing you today, you really deserve your reputation."

"...!"

Shang Ruyi was a little surprised, not because Hua Ziying mentioned her to him, but because she was an "extraordinary woman" in his mouth.

She thought for a while, then just smiled and said, "He's too much for the prize."

This Shen Tutai looked her up and down again, and then said: "Not at all, ordinary girls are rarely able to speak to me."

Shang Ruyi smiled.

Shen Tutai said again: "Is the purpose of you staying here for three days just to wait for those who are at odds with the second leader—who is at odds with him to leave Wanggang village, and then come to join you?"

Shang Ruyi was not surprised that he saw through their purpose at a glance, after all, their purpose was already on his face, so he said: "Good birds choose trees to live in, and if the people in Guizhai have no place to stay, You might as well consider the Duke’s Mansion. After all, Duke Sheng has already occupied Daxing City, and the future is just around the corner. I hope you heroes don’t miss this opportunity.”

What she said was a little too much.

In normal times, Shang Ruyi would not have said that "the great cause is just around the corner", that would be too ostentatious; but now, the situation is very clear. , Wang Shao and his brothers who are stationed in Jiangdu, and Xue Xian who occupies Longxi, these forces are already the biggest forces fighting for hegemony in the world, and the people who will rule the world in the future and create a new dynasty will definitely come from these few people.

Even if she hadn't had that unbelievable experience, she could still make such a judgment based on the current situation.

What's more, she knew the only answer.

And saying such words at this time is to let Shen Tutai and his subordinates understand that Sheng Guogong is their best choice.

However, she also saw that when Shen Tutai heard these words, his eyes flickered slightly.

He seemed to have other ideas.

At this moment, Shen Tutai suddenly said: "I have a group of brothers who really have nowhere to stay. If they come to seek refuge with Second Young Master, I don't know if they can get asylum."

When Shang Ruyi heard it, her heart skipped a beat.

Not only her, Shan Tong'er, Mu Xian, and even Tushe'er couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, and their breathing became short of breath—they stayed here for a few days, and dispatched fifty carts of grain to wait for This is the person, this is the sentence!
I didn't expect it to be real, it was going to come true!
Shang Ruyi collected herself and said solemnly, "Of course."

"..."

Shen Tutai looked at her for a while, and said, "Then, I will leave them to you."

"...?"

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat, but before she had time to say anything, Shen Tutai said again: "Tomorrow noon, they will meet you twenty miles west of the city, please treat me kindly." them."

Shang Ruyi thought for a while and said, "This is natural."

"Thank you."

After finishing speaking, Shen Tutai cupped his hands at her, looked down at Shan Tong'er again, turned around and left without looking back.

Soon, his tall figure blended into the night.

It wasn't until this time that the people got to know each other, and finally regained their breathing and heartbeat. Shang Ruyi took a deep breath, only feeling that her legs were a little weak, and Tusheer immediately stepped forward to support her, Surprised and delighted, he said: "Miss, have we achieved our goal? Are the people from Wanggangzhai coming to join us?"

Mu Xian on the other side said: "But I listened to him, it seems that he only entrusted some of his brothers to us, and he will not come by himself."

Shan Tong'er nodded: "It seems to be."

When Tusher heard this, she also became puzzled: "But, if he didn't come, he called some of his brothers over. What does that mean?"

Shang Ruyi also frowned.

Just when everyone was a little puzzled, a gentle and calm voice came from behind——

"He's testing us,"

Everyone hurriedly turned their heads, only to see Shen Wuzheng walking out of the temple slowly. Under the moonlight, his eyes were clear, revealing a kind of quiet wisdom, and he glanced at the direction where Shentutai disappeared, and then said: "Take a bag Mi, and let some of his brothers come to join us, it is throwing stones to find out the way, to see our true purpose and attitude."

Seeing him, Shang Ruyi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Brother."

Shen Wuzheng walked in front of her, looked her up and down, and said: "Just now, is it okay?"

Shang Ruyi smiled and shook her head: "No, he didn't even touch me."

Shen Wuzheng nodded, and said as if he was relieved: "I have heard that Shen Tutai is a brave man, and he never fights with women and children. But you shouldn't be too risky, in case there are bad guys in the queue What are you going to do if Li touches you?"

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "No."

Shen Wuzheng shook his head helplessly, then frowned slightly and looked around: "Where is Yu Wenye, why didn't he come over?"

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi hurriedly said: "He, he still has something to say to Dabo—the person sent by the Duke to meet us. He may have some...important matters, so let's ask."

Speaking of this, her eyes could not help but dim.

"What's important?"

Although it was just a slight change in his eyes under the weak light, Shen Wuzheng seemed to notice it, and frowned slightly, saying: "No matter how important it is, it's not as important as here, and it's even more important than your safety. What if something really happened just now?" Well, what can he do?"

"elder brother……"

As if feeling Shen Wuzheng's anger, Shang Ruyi smiled helplessly: "Our people are inside and outside Yanyue City, and there are 2000 people brought by Dabo just now. If someone really wants to do something to me, it is impossible There is no way to come to me."

"..."

This time, Shen Wuzheng didn't say anything immediately.

He just looked at Shang Ruyi with a solemn expression for a long time before saying: "Little sister, you—"

As if sensing what he was going to say, Shang Ruyi hurriedly interrupted him, and said softly: "Brother, you just said that Shen Tutai took a bag of rice and asked his brother to come here to seek refuge? So what is his plan?"

Seeing that she deliberately changed the topic, Shen Wuzheng had no choice but to sigh softly.

Then she followed her words and said: "It's very simple, this group of people in Wanggangzhai has just experienced Wang Quyi and Xiao Yuansui's cannibalism, brothers fighting against each other, they will not easily trust any one person, a single force; But now, it is imperative to leave Xiao Yuansui, so let some people join Yu Wenye first, so that we can see Yu Wenye's attitude and his true intentions towards them."

"..."

"on the other hand--"

Shen Wuzheng said: "Shen Tutai is also not willing to take refuge in someone who lowered his value."

Shang Ruyi frowned: "What do you mean?"

Shen Wuzheng glanced at her again, and then said: "Just now, you said that they 'have no place to stay', you hit their sore spot. Now this group of people really have no place to stay, that is to say, they They came here because they had nowhere to go, and they were at an absolute disadvantage. In this case, it can be said that their value will be greatly reduced. They have no combat achievements and no support, and they are no different from surrendering generals."

"...!"

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi came back to her senses: "I, I said something wrong."

Shen Wuzheng said softly: "Negotiation is like this. You have to infinitely lower the value of the other party and force him to create his own value, so that you can benefit yourself. You are not wrong."

His words were obviously meant to comfort him, and Shang Ruyi gave a wry smile.

She continued: "That is to say, Shen Tutai asked some of his brothers to join us first, to see our attitude, and then he wanted to find another opportunity to join us, and he wanted to find someone who would keep him from being at a disadvantage. Opportunity?"

Shen Wuzheng nodded: "That's right."

What they said made the people around them sometimes understand and sometimes not understand, and they were a little confused, especially Shan Tong'er scratched the back of his head, and looked like a monk Zhang Er was puzzled, pouted and said : "Sister Ruyi, I don't understand, my seventh brother is already so powerful, how can I improve my value?"

Shang Ruyi looked down at him and couldn't help laughing.

She said: "People's hearts are very complicated. Even if you can see through the world, you can't see through people's hearts. You don't need to worry about these now. In short, you can see those brothers in Wanggangzhai tomorrow."

Hearing this, Shan Tong'er laughed happily again.

Things were certain, and it was getting dark, so they immediately packed up the carriages, horses and food at the door, and returned to the temple one after another.Shang Ruyi thought about everything that happened just now, walked all the way back to the squatter room, opened the door, but saw Yu Wenye sitting alone by the table with piles of small stones on the table, and was taken aback for a moment.

This is like the scene of the night when I stayed at Banyan Temple last time.

He's making a map again?

However, this time Yu Wenye looked very strange. Although he was looking at the stones on the table, his eyes were a little erratic, as if he didn't know where to look. In the breath, I felt a trace of... heavy pain?
And that small stone was also pinched by his fingertips, and he didn't put it down for a long time.

Shang Ruyi gently walked to his side, and then sat down.

It wasn't until this time that Yu Wenye seemed to come back to his senses, looked back at her, and said, "I'm back."

Shang Ruyi looked at the stones on the table, then at the stone he was twisting with his fingertips, and said, "Just now, Shen Tutai came."

"I know,"

Yu Wenye put the pebble aside and said, "Someone has come to report to me."

After finishing speaking, he smiled at her again: "Did it scare you?"

Shang Ruyi shook her head and said, "It's just a bit of a surprise. I didn't expect him to come alone, and I didn't expect that although he wanted to join us, he still had such a plan. I thought he was violent and reckless. people."

Yu Wenye said, "Being irritable doesn't mean you're not smart."

"..."

"Besides, he has already suffered so many losses when he served in the imperial court. If he doesn't improve, then these years of setbacks will really be wasted."

Shang Ruyi nodded and said, "Then shall we leave tomorrow?"

Yu Wenye said: "Since we have agreed with him at noon tomorrow, we can leave early tomorrow morning."

"But the three days Shimi promised before—"

"Since you have made a promise, you can't break your promise. I will leave a group of troops and ten carts of grain, and the rest will be donated to this temple after the donation, which can be regarded as compensation for the disturbance these days."

Shang Ruyi said: "That's good."

Having said that, everything seems to be settled.

But Shang Ruyi looked at the map he couldn't put down after laying it down halfway, and then looked at the pebble that he put aside, but it was obvious that he had been pinching it with his fingertips for a long time, and it was even a little smooth. After thinking about it, Said: "What were you thinking just now? I think you seem to have something on your mind."

"..."

Yu Wenye was silent for a moment, then looked up at her: "Do you care about me?"

"...!"

Shang Ruyi's eyes suddenly became confused.

She wanted to deny it, but she felt that denying it at this time seemed to be covering up. If she didn't care, why would she have asked that question just now.

At the moment when she was hesitating, Yu Wenye moved closer to her and looked deeply into her eyes: "Are you caring about me?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi was silent for a while, then looked up into his eyes, finally sighed, and said softly: "Yu Wenye, we are still husband and wife."

"..."

"It's the same as when I stayed at Banyan Temple for the first time. I still want to make up with you. There is too much awkwardness between us. It is not good for you or me, nor is it good for the road we are going to take."

"..."

"But, that's all there is to it."

"..."

"There are some things, please, if I know it, I can't pretend that I don't know it. The me after I know it is different from the me when I don't know it."

"..."

"So, I can admit that I care about you, but what is my concern for, I think, you should understand."

"..."

Yu Wenye looked at her silently for a long time, then suddenly gave a wry smile, and said: "In the past, I always told you that people should live soberly, but now it seems that you are more sober than me before."

Shang Ruyi said: "Didn't you just say that if Shen Tutai suffers such a loss and doesn't make progress, all these years of setbacks will be wasted?"

"..."

"People always grow up."

"..."

"I can't, I'm not even as good as him."

Yu Wenye looked at her for a while, and sighed softly.

Shang Ruyi said: "Then, can you tell me now, what happened?"

Yu Wenye lowered his eyelids and looked at the stones on the table, was silent for a while, and then said: "There are many things that happened in Daxing City, which can be discussed later. But there is one thing, I think, I should tell you in advance. You If you are not happy, you can tell me directly."

This seems to be what they said just now.

But this time, Shang Ruyi didn't refute him, but just looked into his eyes intently, the pain he felt from the aura around him just now seemed to have been revealed from his eyes at this moment.

She said: "You say."

Yu Wenye said: "She...the queen committed suicide."

"what?!"

Shang Ruyi exclaimed in surprise, and subconsciously wanted to get up, but a mistake in the strength of his hand directly disturbed the stones that Yu Wenye placed on the table, countless stones rolled down to the ground, and there was a crackling sound. It was like she was completely flustered at the moment.Shang Ruyi stared at Yu Wenye with wide eyes in panic: "You, what are you talking about!?"

Empress Jiang——

Yu Wenye looked at her, but quickly said, "I've been rescued."

"...!"

Shang Ruyi's heart sank again.

The severe pain just now seemed like her heart was about to burst, and it was only at this time that she finally recovered, but even so, she was still pale from the pain, her teeth could not be clenched, and she was holding on to the edge of the table with one hand. , After a while, he said: "Why, how could this happen?"

Yu Wenye's face was gloomy, and he said solemnly: "She heard the news from Jiangdu Palace."

"..."

"After knowing that His Majesty is in heaven, she... drew her sword and killed herself."

　Today, because of something, the update is late, and the two chapters are merged into one chapter, please forgive me

　　
　
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