slave like jade

Chapter 197 I owe you more
Since last year, Mu Lingzhi, as the son-in-law of the Qi State, went out on behalf of Da Qi and defeated Da Wei's 20 cavalry with 40 soldiers and horses. war situation.

Sima Rong, the Great Prince of Wei, who is also a general and genius, led the troops of the Great Wei in such a way that he defeated the State of Wu in less than three months, and went all the way south to attack Daqi.

He thought it would be easy to capture Wu, and it would be no problem to capture Daqi, the weakest small country among the four.

However, what Sima Rong didn't expect was that he fell into a big somersault at the hands of Da Qi——

The strongest country was defeated by the weakest country, which made Great Wei lose face and even Sima Rong's reputation. After all, the prestige built by his military exploits in Great Wei plummeted...

In fact, in the battle between Qi and Wei, Sima Rong was really defeated by Mu Lingzhi, so he put all the hatred on Mu Lingzhi.

At the same time, in order to regain the trust and value of the king of Wei and win the throne, Sima Rong decided to lead the army again after a year of recuperation.

This time, his eyes were not aimed at the weak Da Qi, but directly placed his vigorous ambitions on Daliang who had just experienced some turmoil.

One is to lay down a new territory for the Great Wei, and the other is to take the opportunity to find Mu Lingzhi to avenge the previous blood shame!
Daliang's time this time is indeed troubled, after many turbulences, the national conditions are not stable.

First, the sudden flood in the south, coupled with the death of the Empress and the King of Liang successively, as well as the downfall of the powerful minister Mu Xiang and the eldest prince, the power in the court was chaotic, the treasury was deficient, and the foundation of the new emperor ascended the throne was unstable. It is a good time for foreign enemies to take advantage of the vacancy.

However, these are all secondary. What makes Sima Rong most happy is that Mu Lingzhi - the patron saint of Daliang, the invincible god of war revered by the people of the world, resigned from all affairs at this time and returned his military power - went into seclusion!

Therefore, after learning all this, Sima Rong became even more unscrupulous.

But Sima Rong, who had fought against Mu Lingzhi last time and nearly died in a big somersault, did not dare to underestimate the enemy this time, and made a lot of preparations in secret.

First, they quietly garrisoned 50 cavalry in batches to the border of Daliang, and then secretly found out the valley where Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan lived in seclusion, and carried out the assassination.

He knew that the hidden guards around Mu Lingzhi were extremely powerful, so he came up with a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. He asked his subordinates to dress up as bandits to harass the people down the mountain. After Mu Lingzhi sent out the hidden guards to suppress the bandits, he sent people to the valley to assassinate Mu Lingzhi. .

As long as Mu Ling dies, he will have no worries at all, and he can boldly and confidently drive the iron cavalry into the Daliang area, attacking the city and looting the land, it is easy to turn his back!
However, he once again underestimated Mu Lingzhi's skill and martial arts. Instead of successfully killing Mu Lingzhi, the top killers he sent were killed one by one by him and the hidden guard...

Under humiliation and resentment, Sima Rong found out that Mu Lingzhi had found out that he was going to attack Daliang, so he killed two hidden guards who had gone out to inquire about the news and returned to the valley, and immediately ordered the valley where Mu Lingzhi lived to be heavily guarded. surrounded.

In order to prevent Mu Lingzhi from leaking the news, to clear the obstacles ahead, and to further the military order he had issued in front of the King of Wei, this time, Sima Rong decided to order Mu Lingzhi's life no matter what!

However, thinking of the assassination in the morning and the hidden guard who died in front of him now, and thinking of Wei's wolf ambitions towards Liang, Mu Lingzhi also didn't want to let Sima Rong go!
But now hearing the dark guard's report that the valley was closed, Mu Lingzhi's heart sank with a 'thud'...

His face was ashen, and he looked at the dark guard on the ground with cold eyes, and he understood Sima Rong's determination to kill him!
And how determined he is to kill himself shows how ambitious he is for Daliang this time!

Thinking that Xiao Dao and the court officials have not discovered the crisis at the border, Mu Lingzhi's heart darkened——

In any case, it is impossible for him to be trapped in this valley by Sima Rong, trapped to death by him, he must be breaking through his encirclement, spreading the news of Wei's invasion, and even more so trying to get Yu, who doesn't know anything, Ruyan sends it out...

However, there are many people on the other side, and there are only eight hidden guards beside him, plus he was injured, the most important thing is that he is worried about not letting Yu Ruyan get hurt.Therefore, this time he was in a desperate situation, which made him unable to think of a good countermeasure to deal with Sima Rong for the first time!

The remaining eight hidden guards knelt in front of Mu Lingzhi, and said in unison: "We are willing to fight a bloody road for the master and wife, and protect the master and wife to leave!"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's whole body shook slightly!
Last time, in order to return to the execution ground to save Yu Ruyan, he led his hidden guards to forcibly attack the city, and in the end most of them died under Mu Yunzhi's archers. Now, seeing how few are left, Mu Lingzhi's heart ached. A shudder!
His face was gloomy, and his deep eyes fixedly looked at the majestic green hills stretching around the valley, thinking of the wolves, tigers and leopards lurking there, his eyes flashed with fierce murderous intent——

He wants to protect the secret guards who have followed him for many years, and he protects the country of Daliang even more, and Yu Ruyan is not allowed to be hurt any more!

With such a decision in his heart, Mu Lingzhi was relieved instead. He raised his hand to get the hidden guard who was kneeling on the ground to stand up, and said calmly: "The defeated generals are not troublesome, you all get up, and find a place to bury them properly. - don't panic!"

After finishing speaking, he collected his mood, returned to the camp, sat back at the table and continued to help Yu Ruyan peel the shrimp.

With nimble hands, he peeled the shrimp cleanly and fed it into Yu Ruyan's mouth.

Ever since Yu Ruyan lost her eyesight, he has become used to feeding her with his own hands. Even now that her eyesight has recovered, he still can't help but feed her delicious food with his own hands.

Looking at the shrimp he handed to his mouth, Yu Ruyan's face flushed suddenly——

She thought, he did all the kitchen work that she should have done by herself, and she didn't even have to brush the bowls after each meal. These already made her feel ashamed, and now, where would she feel ashamed to let him feed her again? eat.

She couldn't help but blushed and said guiltily: "Well... my eyes are healed now, so I won't bother you... feed me again, I can peel the shrimp myself..."

Thinking of the many possibilities after today, Mu Lingzhi felt ashamed.But on the surface, he curled his lips into a smile and ignored her words. Although he stopped feeding her, he kept peeling shrimps for her without stopping.

After a while, the bowl in front of Yu Ruyan was already full.And he himself didn't eat a single one from morning till the end.

Seeing him peeling shrimps non-stop, but not chattering non-stop to herself like usual, Yu Ruyan felt that he was different from usual.

Looking at his slightly frowned brows, and thinking about the thrilling assassination this morning, Yu Ruyan thought, maybe he was still thinking about the morning.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but reminded her that he protected her like that in the morning, and when he thought of how he would make delicious food for her when his hand was injured, Yu Ruyan was very moved, and she couldn't help trying to comfort him. : "Why don't you eat yourself? Have you lost your appetite? Or...are you worrying about what happened this morning?"

The deep eyes hit Yu Ruyan's sparkling and moving eyes, and the softest part of Mu Lingzhi's heart was gently touched.He reached out to help her wipe off the oil stains on her lips, and said softly: "As long as you eat happily, that's my happiest thing... From now on, you have to take good care of yourself and stop being so picky about your mouth, no matter whether the food suits your taste or not." If it tastes good, you have to eat some. Eat more if it tastes good, and eat less if it tastes bad, but you are not allowed to eat it, and you are never allowed to starve yourself, can you remember it?"

A moment ago, he was still wondering that he stopped nagging today, but in a blink of an eye he started nagging again.

Yu Ruyan frowned and said in disgust: "I just lost my memory and forgot the past, I'm not a fool anymore, you don't have to worry about me like a child... But you, does the wound on your hand still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore!" Mu Lingzhi chuckled, and fixed his eyes on her. The familiar but never tiresome eyes made him reluctant to move his eyes away, but...

The hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly, and before he could speak out what was in his heart, Yu Ruyan asked him: "Who sent those assassins this morning? Are they your enemies? You...you are you?" Who? Are we really husband and wife?"

As she said, she just lost her memory but she wasn't a fool, so the assassination this morning still made her doubtful.

Mu Lingzhi froze slightly!
Ever since he told her what happened between him and her as a story.Every time she listened to it, her reaction was that she hated and refused to forgive herself in every possible way.So much so that before he captured her heart again, he dared not tell her that she was the fifth princess who had suffered many hardships, and that he was the third prince who made her teeth itch with hatred...

He half-closed his eyebrows, not daring to look at Yu Ruyan's probing eyes.After a long time, the chopsticks in his hand tightened, and he suddenly said, "Didn't you always want to go back to Qingyun Villa to see Big Brother... Now that your eyes are healed, I will send you back to Qingyun Villa early tomorrow morning!"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan was stunned——

During the few days when she left Yue Yu and came to the valley with Mu Lingzhi, she did murmur in front of him that she missed the days at Qingyun Villa.

But as time passed here, she got used to the quietness and tranquility in the valley.

The most important thing is that she is also used to Mu Lingzhi's care, and... getting along with him!

Now hearing him abruptly saying that he would send her back to Qingyun Villa, Yu Ruyan was a little ignorant and confused.However, before she could ask him again, he got up and said to her: "It's too early in the morning, go to bed and take a nap, I still have something to discuss with my subordinates!"

After all, he was already on his feet, as if he was running away!

Yu Ruyan sat in a daze for a long time, but was a little at a loss——

In her essence, she is not a person who likes to follow the crowd, so after getting used to a place, she doesn't want to change at will, so when she suddenly heard that she was going to leave here tomorrow and go back to Qingyun Villa, it made her panic all of a sudden .

However, when she thought of seeing Brother Da, she still felt a little joy in her heart.

He was her savior, and he healed her eyes with all his efforts.Now that she has regained her sight, it is also time to thank him and visit him.

She was also curious about what the big brother with the warmest voice would look like, and what the maidservants who had been with her for three months looked like. She also wanted to see if Qingyun Villa was as beautiful as the big brother described , is there beauty in this valley? !

But judging from Mu Lingzhi's tone just now, it seemed that he would not go back with her.

Thinking of this, she felt a little bit sad, as if she had lost something in her heart, she felt a little bit out of control!

Drowsiness hit her, she climbed into bed, thinking to herself, talk to Mu Lingzhi later in the evening, and let him go to Qingyun Villa with her!

She also thought that with his past obedience to her, as long as he opened his mouth, he would definitely agree!
Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan's worries dissipated, she ate well and slept extraordinarily sweetly...

When Mu Lingzhi returned to the tent again, seeing Yu Ruyan who was sleeping soundly, his heart ached, and he sat on the edge of the bed and stared at her obsessively, without moving his eyes for a long time.

Her eyebrows and eyes were lightly stroked by fingers, and she couldn't bear to take them away...

After a long time, he silently came to the desk, wrote a letter with a pen, and packed it in a leather bag.

When the paper was laid out and he wanted to write the second letter, he hesitated for a long time, unable to write for a long time...

Put the written letter together with the twelve pairs of his most cherished sugar figurines, and then go to the closet to tidy up Yu Ruyan's clothes.

After finishing everything, when he passed the hanger, his eyes suddenly flicked——

The silver-white coat he changed in the morning was clearly on the hanger, but now it's gone!

Almost subconsciously, Mu Lingzhi began to search around the house in a panic.

However, he searched all over the tent, but he didn't see the shadow of the shirt.

Mu Lingzhi was so anxious that he immediately went out of the camp to recruit the hidden guards, and asked if they put away his coat and cleaned it for him?
However, among the eight hidden guards, none of them had seen his precious coat.

This time, Mu Ling's anxiety was broken!
He had never been so anxious when he heard that Sima Rong had sealed off the valley, his brows were tightly wrinkled, his face was livid and gloomy.

At this time, a hidden guard remembered that he saw Yu Ruyan carrying a handful of things out of the tent before, and wondered if she had lost them?
Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi just remembered that maybe Yu Ruyan thought the clothes were too shabby, so she threw them away as unwanted clothes.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered eight secret guards to search around the camp.

And he himself was the first to search everywhere impatiently...

After Yu Ruyan woke up, she walked out of the tent, only to see a few elders frantically mending a tattered shirt.

Mu Lingzhi, on the other hand, stood beside him with frowned eyebrows, gesticulating, and kept reminding them to mend it better.

Yu Ruyan watched curiously, seeing how this group of elders, who usually wield knives and guns, are going to play with embroidery needles as thin as cow hair today?
Everyone was engrossed in watching the hidden guard in the middle mending his clothes, no one even noticed Yu Ruyan walking over.

Until she saw the dark guard who mended the clothes, with a lot of blood blisters on his hands, with a look of hopelessness on the verge of crying, she finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. There was a sound.

Hearing the noise, everyone raised their heads to look at her, but the dark guard who was mending his clothes was distracted and his hand was pricked again.

When he saw Yu Ruyan, he hurriedly said as if he had seen a savior: "Master, since Madam made this clothes for you, now that she wakes up, it's still troublesome... Please Madam, please mend it for you..."

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi blushed and became a little shy.However, before he could speak, Yu Ruyan took the clothes handed over by the hidden guard with a puzzled expression on her face, and looked at it, wasn't it the rotten clothes she had thrown away for Mu Lingzhi earlier?
Hearing that she actually made this shirt for him, she couldn't help but take the shirt in her hand and look at it carefully.

Looking at the unskilled and meticulous stitching on it, she really became more and more disgusted the more she looked at it, she frowned and said, "No way, this stitch is so rough... Are you sure I did it?!"

As soon as the words fell, she suddenly remembered that when she was in Qingyun Villa, she took the needle once. At that time, the maids laughed and said that they knew she was not good at being a female celebrity just by the way she held the needle.

There was a red cloud on her face, Yu Ruyan didn't say another word, and went back to the tent with her clothes in her arms...

It got dark before I knew it.

When Mu Lingzhi returned to the camp, Yu Ruyan was mending the holes in her clothes under the lamp.

In fact, although Mu Lingzhi likes to wear this silver-white shirt from time to time, he cherishes it very carefully when wearing it, for fear that it will be damaged.Therefore, except for the left sleeve being torn by the assassin's iron hook in the morning, the other parts are intact and do not need to be mended.

But Yu Ruyan, in order to save the face she just lost in front of everyone, tried her best to mend the gap in the cuffs to perfection, so after sewing it up and tearing it down, tearing it down and sewing it up again, she tossed and tossed for a long time without satisfying herself. His hands were pricked in several places.

Mu Lingzhi didn't say a word, just sat quietly watching her frowned and mended her clothes, feeling soft in her heart...

Seeing that she was about to use scissors to tear down the repaired place, Mu Lingzhi hurriedly stopped her.

While stroking her finger that was pricked by the needle, he gently persuaded her to push the hair hanging from her forehead behind her ear, and said with a gentle smile, "It's actually very good to sew it up like this. Your eyes are just right, don't Too long staring at needlework under a lamp."

In fact, when she was helping Mu Lingzhi mend this shirt just now, Yu Ruyan had a lot of thoughts in her mind.

All along, although she didn't know how she and Mu Lingzhi got along before she lost her memory, judging from the relationship these days, it seems that he has been taking care of her a lot, but she has never done anything for him.

Take this shirt as an example, the workmanship is so rough, but he keeps it by his side like a treasure, even if he throws it away, he will pick it up again.It can be seen from this that I am afraid that I have not made a few clothes for him.

Feeling guilty, she looked at Mu Lingzhi with some embarrassment, and said slowly, "Well...have I made other clothes for you before? No...it's not just this one, is it?"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi was taken aback at first, but then burst out laughing.Yu Ruyan understood right away, her face turned red again, and she couldn't lift her head with guilt.

Seeing her like this, Mu Lingzhi's heart throbbed, and his heart was filled with endless sadness. He couldn't help but took her hand and said word by word: "Although there is only this one thing, it is worth tens of thousands Ten thousand pieces, so don't feel sorry for me. I have always owed you more!"

These words touched Yu Ruyan very much.

In the Qingyun Villa before, I always heard the married servants chatting with the maids, most of them talked about the family's gossip, and among the parents' gossip, the most talked about were the husbands and relatives of each family.

Listen to what the servants said, most men in this world are ruthless and unlucky. They eat what is in the bowl and look at what is in the pot. Brothel and willow alleys sleep flowers and sleep in willows, but they come to the wives at home when they call them, and go away when they drink them. Few people know how to cherish and respect their wives at home.

So, seeing Mu Lingzhi treat her like this now, Yu Ruyan felt that he was very different from what she had heard before.

Regarding her, it seems to be the opposite of what the servants said. Her husband guards her every day and treats her very well, let alone shouting at her...

Thinking of this, she blushed and stammered: "In the future, when I have time... I will make more female celebrities... make more clothes for you..."

Mu Lingzhi felt sore, but still nodded in response, and said with a smile, "You're leaving here tomorrow, and I... have something to leave too. So, today's night is our last night here."

"I baked some delicious food outside, let's eat together, it's considered..."

With a choked throat, Mu Lingzhi couldn't say the last sentence, but took her hand and walked out to the fire outside the tent.

Pheasants and hares are roasted on the fire, and they are burnt brown and attractive, which makes people appetite.There are several jugs of wine next to it.

Mu Lingzhi cut off the roasted rabbit meat and put it on the plate in front of Yu Ruyan, but he picked up the jug and drank it sullenly.

Yu Ruyan felt that he was a little strange today, although he didn't say anything to her, but she felt the oppressive atmosphere in him.

She thought, perhaps, he was still upset about the assassination in the morning.

Thinking of this, she put the cup in front of Mu Lingzhi, smiled and said, "It's boring to drink alone, come, let me have a few drinks with you!"

Under the reflection of the firelight, her rippling eyes shone with a charming and intoxicating light.Against the backdrop of the sky full of stars, Qingcheng's face exuded a dazzling and moving brilliance. For a moment, Mu Lingzhi was so intoxicated that he couldn't take his eyes off.

It wasn't until Yu Ruyan lifted the glass up to his eyelids that he suddenly came back to his senses, looked at the glass in her hand for a moment, and finally poured wine into it.

The wine that Mu Lingzhi drank was the strong wine that he usually drank with the hidden guards when he was free, and it tasted spicy.After Yu Ruyan took a sip, she felt her throat burning, so she just followed Mu Lingzhi and poured a cup into her stomach...

Mu Lingzhi was about to stop her and tell her to drink more slowly, but after drinking strong alcohol, her throat felt a little burning, but it was warm all the way into her stomach, so Yu Ruyan asked Mu Lingzhi again Asked for a second cup.

Originally, I didn't want to give it to her anymore, because I was afraid that she would get drunk, but when I thought about sending her away tomorrow morning, maybe it's better to let her get drunk, so as not to be too sad when parting.

Thinking of it this way, Mu Lingzhi couldn't help feeling sad, and couldn't help pouring her another drink.

After the second cup, Yu Ruyan's mind sank a bit. She rested her chin and looked at Mu Lingzhi's handsome profile, and suddenly said, "Drinking alone is boring, otherwise, you'd better continue to give it to me." Let me tell you the story of the third prince and the fifth princess!"

Mu Lingzhi looked sideways at her, and grief flashed in his deep eyes.After a while, he said slowly: "Okay, today I will tell you all the way to the final ending of the third prince and the fifth princess!"

From Gu Qing'er's death and the fifth princess being locked up, to the third prince's suspicion that the fifth princess was in collusion with the assassin, to the final break between the two, the fifth princess left the palace and went far away...

Mu Lingzhi looked up at the starry sky and narrated to her. When his words finally fell, Yu Ruyan's eyes lit up with mist.

While Mu Lingzhi was telling the story, she drank three more glasses of wine unknowingly, and her head became more and more drowsy, but her mind was unusually clear.

She stared blankly at Mu Lingzhi who lowered her eyes, feeling pain in her heart, and said in a cold tone, "Are you sure, this is their final ending? The two... separated like this?"

Mu Lingzhi didn't dare to look back at her, but kept looking up at the starry sky, and said with a bitter smile, "Maybe, the fifth princess was hurt so deeply, how could she be willing to look back again... Maybe it's only because she doesn't look back..." That's right, you can also avoid more suffering and misfortune later..."

Yu Ruyan listened silently, but did not reply to his words, her gaze was glued to him all the time, as if she was staring at him, or she seemed to be thinking about her own thoughts, her expression was lost in the flickering light. In the firelight, I can't see clearly...

The moon was in the middle of the sky, the flames of the fire were slowly extinguished, but Yu Ruyan fell asleep in Mu Lingzhi's arms.

Mu Lingzhi carried her back to the big bed in the tent.When she was put down, her hands hooked his neck and did not let go. There was no way, Mu Lingzhi didn't want to wake her up, so he hugged her and fell asleep together.

Perhaps it was because of drinking, or because he knew that tonight was the last time he would spend with her, or maybe it was because it had been a long, long time since the two of them slept together hugging and embracing, Mu Lingzhi's mood was abnormally agitated. .

But thinking of the promise I made to her, before she regained her memory, I couldn't do anything wrong with her, so I gritted my teeth and endured it...

On the other hand, Mu Lingzhi gritted his teeth desperately to endure the burning of his body, but the person sleeping on his chest was not honest. She seemed to be hot from drinking too, so she always wanted to find a cool place to cool down. ...

Yu Ruyan dreamed that she was having a shameless and shy sex dream.In the dream, she and Mu Lingzhi did the things that husband and wife should do.

However, when she suddenly woke up from the dream and opened her eyes, she was shocked to find that the dream she had had was actually true...

(End of this chapter)