Noble First Daughter-in-law

This night was spent in silence and a somewhat dull mood.

Early the next morning, Shang Ruyi woke up on the couch in the side room. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Wo Xue muttering something in her mouth and walking in with a basin of water. Seeing her wake up, she immediately said: : "Young Madam, you are awake, the water has already been fetched."

"Ah."

Shang Ruyi got up, but walked into the inner room first, looked at Yu Wenye on the bed, he was still sleepy, his face was pale, his lips were pale, and he hadn't improved at all compared to before, but fortunately, there was no sleep this night. Vomiting, woke up several times to check his breathing, and there was no suffocation.

At least two more days.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi looked at him quietly for a while, then turned and walked out.

She went to wash her face, and as soon as she raised her head, Lyu Xue handed the towel to her hand, Shang Ruyi wiped the water from her face, and looked at the face in front of her that was originally delicate and charming, but at the moment it looked particularly dull , with some scrapes and burns from yesterday's struggle in the fire.

Shang Ruyi said, "Why don't you apply the medicine?"

Lying Xue was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that she was asking herself, she lowered her head and said softly, "No need."

Shang Ruyi looked at her carefully, and said softly: "Young girls, beauty is also very important. Otherwise, how will you marry Mr. Ruyi in the future?"

"...?"

Lying Xue opened her eyes wide and looked up at her, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

Can I marry myself?
Seeing her stunned look, Shang Ruyi smiled and said: "You never think that I will let you never marry for the rest of your life, so just follow me and serve us."

"……Can I?"

"Yesterday, you saved my life and the general's life. What happened before - has long since been written off."

"..."

"In the future, if you want to marry someone, it's naturally possible."

Lying Xue's eyes turned red all of a sudden, but she was too embarrassed to show anything, so she could only hurriedly took the used towel in her hand, lowered her head, choked for a long time before softly saying: "Thank you, Young Madam."

Shang Ruyi said: "The previous things have been written off, but you still have to do well what you should do. Neither the second son nor I will treat you badly."

"Yes! Thank you, Young Madam!"

Wo Xue was so excited that her voice trembled a little, she hurriedly picked up the water basin and was about to go out, but after thinking about it, she stopped again, took another wooden bucket, and poured the residual water in the basin into it.

Shang Ruyi said, "What are you doing?"

Lying Xue said: "Nowadays the water in the city is running short, the servant thinks the water is not dirty, maybe it can be used for some purposes, so I won't pour it."

"Water shortage?"

Upon hearing these four words, Shang Ruyi was surprised: "What's going on?"

Wo Xue said: "Young Madam, you don't know yet. The people in the city are making a fuss today. I heard that the water trucks have not gone along the street to distribute water. Everyone can only rely on the few wells in the city to live, but the army There are tens of thousands of people, and the officials and the army will be used first, and the common people will not be able to rank up."

"..."

"Also, it hasn't rained in Fufeng for almost a month, and the people's water tanks are almost used up."

"..."

"There used to be several tanks of water at the government office, but they were all used to put out the fire yesterday, so now we have to save some water here."

Shang Ruyi frowned when she heard this, and said, "How could this be?"

While thinking, he looked up at the sky again.

Although it was still early, the sun had already risen from the east, emitting a dazzling light like a fireball, and the surrounding temperature began to rise gradually. There was no doubt that today would be another hot day.

If there is no water in this weather--

Shang Ruyi thought for a while, then went into the house and changed into another clothes, and then said: "Wuxue, you stay here to guard the general. I'll go out for a while, and I'll be right back."

"Yes."

Shang Ruyi walked out of the yard, just in time to see Mu Xian and Cheng Qiao coming over to change shifts with Shan Tonger. When they saw her, they all came forward to salute her. Mu Xian said, "Where are you going, young lady?"

Shang Ruyi said: "I heard that the water in the city is in short supply, so I want to go over and ask what happened."

Mu Xian said, "I'll go with Madam."

Shang Ruyi glanced at him, thought for a while, and then nodded. So, Shan Tonger handed over the patrolling people to Cheng Qiao, and went down to eat happily, while Shang Ruyi took Mu Xian out of the second door. , and soon arrived at the meeting hall ahead.As soon as he got closer, he heard a familiar angry voice coming from inside——

"In this case, why not fight them!"

As soon as he heard the tone and meaning, he knew it was Ma Xu.

The two walked a few steps forward, and sure enough, they saw Yin Changyue, Dai Junliang, Song Yu and Ma Xu were all present, and the one sitting directly above the hall was Yu Wenye.

In the middle of the hall, there stood a panting soldier with a lot of dust and blood stains on his body. It was obvious that he had just come to report something, which caused Ma Xu to shout angrily. At this moment, he even stood up and said angrily: " What you said before is to hold on to the city, but now, they are going to cut off our water source, why don't you fight?"

"..."

No one answered in the hall for a moment, but everyone seemed hesitant.

Song Yu said: "My lord, look——"

Yu Wenzhen's expression also showed a bit of dignity, but when he looked up, he saw Shang Ruyi outside the door, he smiled slightly, and said, "Sister and sister, you are here."

Everyone also turned their heads.

Seeing her, Song Yu and Ma Xu looked at each other, and there was a flash of panic in their eyes, but neither of them said much, but Yin Changyue and the others stood up to greet her, and said, "Madam is here, General Is there anything else going on over there?"

"fine."

Shang Ruyi walked in with Mu Xian, nodded to Yu Wenzhen, and then said: "I just heard from the people below that there is not enough water now, and the people in the city are also making troubles because of the lack of water, so I specially came to Come and ask, I don't know what happened."

Ma Xu immediately sneered: "What's the matter, it's not the general's military order, it's well done."

Yin Changyue immediately said: "General Ma!"

Shang Ruyi remained calm, and looked up at Yu Wenjian: "Brother, can you tell me?"

Yu Wenwen said: "Let Dai Dai talk about it."

Only then did Shang Ruyi turn to look at Dai Junliang, only to see that the latter had a dignified expression, sighed lightly, and then said, "Ma'am, it's like this, the general has ordered before that the city should use well water as much as possible. If you want to fetch water from the river outside the city, you must also go upstream. We have always followed the general’s instructions and sent water trucks to the upstream every day to fetch water for the people in the city.”

Shang Ruyi glanced at the soldier standing in the center of the meeting room, and knew something vaguely in his heart.

She said, "And then?"

Dai Junliang said: "Since yesterday, the people who fetched water have been attacked by the Longxi Army. Up to now, they haven't been able to bring back even a single truckload of water."

"..."

"Right now, the water storage in the city is almost used up. Although there are a few private wells, there is no way to supply so many people in the city. Therefore, the people in the city are very anxious now, and they are clamoring for the government to supply water, otherwise they will open it. Let them go to the river to fetch water."

"..."

"It's just that once the city gate is opened, people from the Longxi Army may take the opportunity to attack."

"..."

"But if they are not allowed to fetch water, the weather will be unbearable."

Yin Changyue said: "Otherwise, let's go downstream to get water, where is farther away from Xue Xian's barracks, he will definitely not be able to go there to stop our people."

As soon as his words fell, almost at the same time, Yu Wenjian and Shang Ruyi immediately said: "No!"

The two were taken aback for a moment, and looked up at each other.

Everyone also looked at them, and the atmosphere was a bit weird for a moment, but fortunately Song Yu immediately said, "Young Master, why not?"

Yu Wenzhen coughed lightly, and then said: "I just arrived in Fufeng, and I'm not familiar with the situation here, but since the second brother issued such a military order before he fell ill, there must be his intentions."

Ma Xu said from the side: "Young master, that's what you said, but now everyone in the city is dying of thirst, what's the use of listening to this military order?"

"..."

"If it really caused civil unrest, it would not be so easy for Xue Xian to call."

"..."

"If it really doesn't work, it's better to go out of the city to fight, even if you fight Xue Xian to death, it's better than staying in the city and dying of thirst."

Although usually he hardly cares about what he said, but at this time, Dai Junliang couldn't hold on any longer. After all, he didn't say anything in such hot weather, let alone their own discomfort. If the people in the city continue to make trouble like this, they will really If there is civil unrest, if Xue Xian attacks the city again, then Fufeng will be really in danger.

Therefore, he hesitated and looked at Shang Ruyi.

At this time, Shang Ruyi also frowned.

After a long silence, she still said: "No matter what, you must never go downstream to fetch water."

Everyone was a little surprised at her persistence, Yin Changyue said: "Young Madam, why is this?"

Shang Ruyi said: "The old doctor who saw the general before said that the Jingguan outside the city was built with the corpses of [-] soldiers—"

Speaking of this, Ma Xu, who was originally aggressive, couldn't help being short of breath at this time.

Shang Ruyi didn't look at him, and continued: "The weather is hot now, and those corpses are beginning to rot, and the corpse water and blood have already flowed into the river. This kind of water source is easy to be infected with diseases."

"Plague?"

As soon as this was mentioned, the others did not open their mouths, but followed behind Shang Ruyi. Mu Xian, who had been silent all this time, suddenly thought of something, and looked at Shang Ruyi with wide eyes: "Young Madam means that the general's illness may also be caused by -"

"..."

Shang Ruyi glanced at him, and then nodded slightly after a while.

Mu Xian gasped.

But immediately, he frowned again and said: "But, I remember that after the general came here - he didn't even drink a sip of water. He went out of the city to fight as soon as he settled down. Even if he drank water, no one else fell ill. ?”

"..."

"Why, the general?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi looked at him, hesitated to speak, and his expression became more and more serious.