After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

Ning Ruyan shook her head hastily: "It's nothing."

Jiang Yan touched her head and looked at Gong: "Tell me."

"My cousin's name is Wu Peng, he is my mother's...nephew." Gong licked her lips, "Yes, can you give me a sip of water?"

Jiang Yan was silent for a while and then signaled to the jailer.

A jailer brought a glass of water over, pinched Ms. Gong's chin and gave her two sips. The action was so rough that Ms. Gong choked and coughed.

The entire prison was filled with the screams of the inmates next to them and Gong's coughing.

"Noisy." Jiang Yan said lightly.

Li Wu went straight over and slashed at the screaming prisoner. The man's body was instantly separated. The body was still hanging on the wall, but his head rolled down.

What a coincidence, that head rolled right in front of Gong.

Gong opened his mouth and was scared to cough.

Ning Ruyan closed her eyes, and her whole body was shaking uncontrollably. However, Jiang Yan hugged her hard and patted her back gently until she calmed down, then he stopped.

"Say." Jiang Yan looked at Gong.

"He...his parents died young and he lived in my house since he was very young. We grew up together as childhood sweethearts. He said he would marry me, but then he left without saying goodbye. We don't know where he went. , after waiting for more than a year, there was no news. Just in time for me to take the initiative, I married Jiang Bowen. But later, when something happened in the General's Mansion, I was worried about being implicated, so I went back to my parents' home with Li, but my cousin came back. But my parents didn't agree, so we eloped in the end, but we only went out for two days before he took away all my money and disappeared."

"Wupeng is from Beiyuan, did you know?"

"What?" Gong was stunned for a moment, but soon his eyes flashed, and then he shook his head, "No... I don't know."

"Gong Zhizhi, do you think your father or your cousin from Bei'anbo can still rescue you? I'm afraid they can't even save themselves."

"you……"

"Bringing you here means that this commander has grasped Wu Peng's true identity. Do you really think he can escape?" Jiang Yan said and stood up while hugging Ning Ruyan, "Since you don't want to say anything, , then don’t talk about it from now on.”

"I said, I said it all." Gong was really scared, "He...he asked me to come back. He asked me to pay attention to all the developments in the general's mansion."

"and then?"

"He asked me to go to Xihong Teahouse once a month and put the message on the tea table in the second private room."

"How many times did you pass it on?"

Gong shook his head hurriedly: "No, I haven't been there yet. I was arrested just after I returned to the general's mansion. Sir, I have really said everything now. Please spare my life."

However, Jiang Yan had already left the dungeon with Ning Ruyan in his arms, leaving Gong's cry for help behind him.

When she got outside, she felt the cool breeze and breathed in the fresh air. Ning Ruyan felt that her whole body seemed to have relaxed, but her legs and feet were still soft.

Jiang Yan looked at the woman who was still hanging on him, and the corner of his mouth curled up: "Is it more comfortable if I hold her?"

Ning Ruyan was not pretentious. After all, she was really scared: "I'll just take it easy for a while." "You're right, you didn't vomit when you saw a dead person..."

"Ugh!" As soon as Jiang Yan finished speaking, Ning Ruyan turned her head quickly, opened her mouth and spat it out.

Jiang Yan:......

Ningren only returned to Wutong Courtyard in the evening. She had no choice but to vomit so much that her eyes were filled with stars. If she hadn't been stubborn, she might not have been able to come back today. After she came back, she would take a shower and change clothes and then go to bed. bed.

"Miss, you..."

"I'm fine." Ning Ruyan waved her hand hurriedly to interrupt Zisu's worries, "Go to the Xihong Teahouse and see if anything special happens."

Zisu nodded, turned and left.

Ning Ruyan didn't wait, but went straight to sleep, but her dreams were not stable either. They were all about the prisoner's head being dislocated, or Gong's screams. However, just when she felt like she was about to collapse, At that moment, someone suddenly hugged her and patted her back gently. Miraculously, the fear slowly dissipated, and those terrifying things seemed to become blurry...

The next day, Ning Ruyan slept until noon for the first time, but still woke up hungry.

Pinellia and Angelica lucidum helped her get dressed and start eating, and they were used for breakfast and lunch.

In the afternoon, I took a nap. When I woke up, I heard Zi Su's voice and hurriedly called people in.

"Miss, I found someone from Beiyuan coming and going at Xihong Teahouse."

Ning Ruyan nodded. The Gong family's cousin must have colluded with the Beiyuan people, otherwise Jiang Yan would not have been alerted to take action. From this point of view, the Gong family was doomed.

However, these were not things she could participate in or solve, so she simply put them aside and started preparing birthday gifts for the eldest princess.

Recalling the heroic spirit with which the eldest princess drank at the palace banquet, she suddenly thought that she might be able to brew a wine that was not available on the market as a gift.

So, Ning Ruyan went to the winery the next day, preparing to brew a peony nectar from Ning's Thirteen Fang Li.

The main material for brewing peony nectar is the dew on peonies. However, this is not the season when peonies are in large bloom, so it is difficult to collect dew.

"Miss, it's all dew from flower petals. Maybe it has the same effect?" Shopkeeper Ninth donated a jar of last year's plum blossom dew that he had stored.

Ning Ruyan thought it made sense, so she stayed in the winery and started following the steps on the recipe, experimenting one by one. Not to mention, after failing five times, a jar of dew was almost finished. At that time, I finally succeeded and used the remaining dew to brew half a jar of plum blossom nectar.

"Although there is no record of the rich aroma of peony nectar, the cold aroma of plum blossoms is also very distinctive." Ning Ruyan took a sip, "And the entrance is soft, and slowly starts to become stronger, and finally brings out... It has a hint of sweetness and the fragrance of plum blossoms, and it’s a little stronger than the green plum wine that everyone usually drinks... It’s worth the three days of effort I spent on it.”

"This wine needs to have a beautiful bottle." Shopkeeper Ninth suggested, "It's best to use colored glass."

"Yes." Ning Ruyan nodded, "I have a pair of glass bottles in my dowry."

The glass bottle is translucent. After pouring the wine, you can see a faint powder.

After returning to Wutong Courtyard from the winery, I took a hot bath and slept again, and then I felt that my whole body had relaxed.

"Miss, the master met the Wu mother and daughter yesterday and confirmed that they were indeed the ones raising Gu." Bai Zhi hurriedly came over to report, "He was even sure that they were raising love Gu." (End of Chapter)