slave like jade

Chapter 62

The visitor knelt down on the ground with a plop, hugged her legs and wept, "Princess, it's me, I'm Brother An!"

She accidentally touched Yu Ruyan's injured knee, causing her to groan in pain.When Brother An saw it, he quickly lifted up her skirt to take a look, and was shocked: "Princess, they tortured you?!"

Actually meeting her maidservant here, the shock in Yu Ruyan's heart made her forget the pain on her body, she quickly helped the people on the ground, picked up the lantern she dropped on it, and stared at that face for a long time, Only then did I believe that I was not dreaming.Excitedly, she hugged Brother An into her arms, and murmured: "It's really you, that's great, I thought I'd never see you again."

Brother An had already cried into a tearful man, crying uncontrollably: "Princess, princess, I finally found you."

She tore off her skirt and carefully bandaged Yu Ruyan's knee, and said with a heartbroken face, "How could they treat you so harshly, it's really hateful."

Then she frowned and asked, "Why did the princess appear here?"

"Why are you here?."

The master and servant asked each other in unison.

After Yu Ruyan was pleasantly surprised, she found that An Ge had lost a lot of weight. Her originally round face had become a pointed oval face, and her complexion was no longer round and smooth. The dress of a prostitute!

As smart as she is, she instantly understood what was going on. She felt a huge pain in her heart. She stared blankly at Brother An, who was full of tears, and asked with difficulty after a long time: "You...you...what the hell is going on? ?”

Brother An understood the pain in her eyes, she was suffocated, the pain of the past swallowed her scarred heart like a flood monster.She turned her head and didn't dare to look into Yu Ruyan's eyes, and said in a low voice: "It's a long story, and I won't be able to explain it clearly in a while, the princess wants to hear it, and I will tell you when I have time..."

Yu Ruyan grabbed her and forced her to look at herself: "Quickly tell me, what happened?"

Tears were about to burst out of the embankment but he gritted his teeth to hold back, An Ge lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Princess, this is not the time to talk about these things, you should quickly escape through the back door while everyone in the building is eating dinner in front go."

"Let's go together!" Yu Ruyan held An Ge's hand tightly and refused to let go. Although she didn't know what hardships she had suffered after leaving her, but now that she met her, it was impossible for her to let her stay like this The place.

"Yeah!" An Ge raised his head and smiled obediently at Yu Ruyan, tied a black cloak on her, and dragged her along the corner to run quietly to the back door of Qin Xianglou.

Along the way, Brother An held her hand tightly, for fear of leaving her behind. This reminded her of the time when she was in the harem of Qi State, she took Brother An to secretly read books in the library.At that time, she was banned by her father for three months for contradicting her sister, Yu Mingzhu. It was boring to be locked up in a small palace, so she encouraged An Ge to accompany her to steal books from her father's library, but was discovered by the guards At that time, they also sneaked back to the palace carefully along the wall just like tonight, but at that time, she was the one who held the hand of Brother An who was frightened out of his wits...

His eyes were extremely sore and uncomfortable. Looking at Brother An in front of him, he had only seen him for a few months. Why did she become like this?Why did she live in a brothel when she was allowed to escape from the barracks and return directly to the country of Qi?

The back door was close in front of her eyes, Yu Ruyan's hanging heart finally fell to the ground, Brother An looked back at her fixedly, and said softly: "Princess, when you get out of the hospital, just run to the west, don't look back .”

After finishing speaking, she tiptoedly opened the back door, and before the two of them had time to step out, suddenly, a piercing bell rang from the whole backyard, and Yu Ruyan was shocked, knowing that they had touched the mechanism on the back door and had been discovered.Without even thinking about it, she pulled An Ge and fled to the west. At this moment, An Ge suddenly turned around and pushed her forward forcefully, leaving Yu Ruyan behind, turned around and fled eastward alone.

Brother An's sudden action frightened Yu Ruyan, she fell down on the ground stupidly, and when she came back to her senses, she saw countless guards with lanterns pouring out of Qinxiang Building, one by one facing each other. Following the direction where An Ge escaped, he fiercely chased after him.

Qiu's mother shouted angrily: "The new girl has run away, we must catch her back!"

Seeing Brother An who was running desperately to the east wearing clothes of the same color as himself, lightning flashed across her heart, blood flowed backwards from Yu Ruyan's body, and she couldn't stop trembling. She is risking her life for her freedom!
Her feet were about to step out involuntarily, but the last remaining rationality told her that if she went out now, not only would she not be able to save Brother An, but she would also be imprisoned again. If so, wouldn’t it be a waste of Brother An’s sacrifice ?
Only by escaping can I have a chance to come back and save Brother An.

Thinking of this, she no longer hesitated, and while everyone was looking east, she quietly ran towards the west close to the corner.From time to time, the injured knee was bitten by the corner of the wall, hung by the branches, and the bandaged place was torn again, oozing blood.But Yu Ruyan didn't seem to feel the pain, her only thought was to escape, the farther away from Qinxiang Tower the better...
Brother An was quickly arrested, and Mother Qiu couldn't help being stunned when she saw it. Thinking of the deposit she had accepted from the benefactor three days later, her scalp numb, and she slapped her face heavily in anger, with a sound of hatred. Said: "I'll settle the score with you later." Turning his head to a dozen nursing homes, he said angrily, "That stinky girl hasn't escaped for a long time, and she has an injury on her leg. She should still be nearby if she hasn't walked too far. No matter what, we must find her and bring her back, hurry up!"

People held torches and searched around the street.The sharp-eyed nurse found the bloodstain left by Yu Ruyan, and chased after the bloodstain...
There was no one on the quiet street, only the sound of my own panicked footsteps could be heard.Seeing the lights from behind catching up, Yu Ruyan ran forward desperately, but her leg was injured, no matter how hard she tried, she was still discovered.

The people behind were chasing more and more closely, and she frantically looked for a place to hide, but the shops everywhere had already closed, and there was nowhere to hide in the empty streets, and she felt desperate.

She ran in a panic until she reached the edge of the moat. Looking at the rolling river below, a trace of cruelty flashed in her panicked eyes——

She would rather jump into the river than be taken back to Qin Xianglou by them!

The sound of footsteps was getting closer.Yu Ruyan stepped on the embankment railing with trembling legs, closed her eyes, took a deep breath of water, and prepared to jump into the river——

At this moment, there was a sound of wheels.She opened her eyes suddenly, and saw a carriage driving not far away, coming towards her.Without even thinking about it, she immediately jumped off the bridge railing, ran to the carriage desperately, and stopped in front of the carriage.

The boy driving the car was surprised to see the person who jumped out on the way, and before he had time to yell at him, Yu Ruyan quickly jumped onto the shaft of the car, lifted the curtain, and got in with a 'hoo'.

Inside the car, a young man dressed in white Shengxue seemed to be asleep with his eyes closed. He suddenly opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and his eyes met. Both of them were stunned.

The man's face was handsome and elegant, his jet-black eyes were shining brightly, and his long black hair was casually draped over his shoulders.He sat quietly, his jet-black eyes were as clear as a spring, like a piece of fine peerless jade, which made people look at it for a lifetime and never forget it.

He stared blankly at Yu Ruyan who suddenly barged in, his brows twitched imperceptibly.Yu Ruyan begged in a panic: "My lord, please save me, there are villains who want to arrest me, I beg you to borrow a carriage to let me escape."

She spoke in a hurry, for fear that the young man in white would drive her out of the car, so she knelt down in front of him with a plop, regardless of the injury on her knee.

The boy who drove the carriage came in, and drove her out of the carriage in dissatisfaction: "Where did you run out of the wild girl, you climbed onto the carriage without making a sound, my son is in poor health, if you collide..."

The young man in white waved his hand lightly to stop what he was saying, and took a quiet look at Yu Ruyan, and said slowly: "Qingcha, let's continue on our way."

The servant named Qingcha wanted to persuade him not to keep this woman of unknown origin, but because of his son's temper, he would not go back on his decision.He had no choice but to give Yu Ruyan who was kneeling on the ground a hard look, and went out to drive.

Hearing the young master's words, Yu Ruyan's high-hanging heart finally fell to the ground, and only then did she realize that the white-clothed young master's face seemed too pale and he was not feeling well, she said guiltily: "I'm really sorry for offending the young master, Please forgive me, my lord."

Unexpectedly, the young man in white smiled at her when he heard the words, and said gently: "Girl, don't panic, you don't need to kneel down because you have an injury on your leg. Get up quickly!"

Hearing what he said, Yu Ruyan realized that her knees were so painful that she was numb, and the oozing blood stained the snow-white carpet on the car.

Seeing that her legs were so badly injured, the slender eyebrows of the young man in white furrowed slightly, and just as he was about to speak, the carriage stopped suddenly, and there were noisy voices from outside. The next moment, Qingcha came in with a dark face, and glared at Yu Ruyan said angrily: "My lord, the carriage was stopped by people from Qin Xianglou, who said that a girl escaped from their building, and she suspected that she was in our carriage, so she wanted to get on the carriage and search." Yu Ruyan with a flustered face.

Hearing this, she hastily opened her mouth to defend herself, and the young man in white hurriedly signaled her to keep quiet, and said softly, "You just need to sit in peace. Don't worry, you'll be fine."

His words seemed to have a magical power to instantly calm down the flustered her.After the young man in white finished speaking, he got out of the carriage with the tea.

The nursing yard of Qinxianglou surrounded the carriage tightly, and Qiu's mother also rushed over.Just as he was impatient to lead someone to search the carriage, when he turned his head and saw the person slowly getting down from the carriage, his heart skipped a beat and his face turned pale unconsciously.

She never thought that the carriage she stopped was his, and she knew that she had caused a catastrophe, but after all, she had seen a man in a storm, so she hurriedly ordered people to get out of the way, nodded and bowed, and went forward to greet the young man in white.

Mother Qiu's charming phoenix eyes couldn't hide the fear, she carefully smiled and said: "So it's Mr. Yue, these dead slaves really have no eyesight and dare to stop your car, I will punish them well when I go back, and I hope you will be careful." Forgive me."

The young man in white stood quietly beside the car, he was noncommittal when he heard the words, and just smiled very lightly.

Qingcha at the side remembered how arrogant they were when they stopped the carriage just now, so he couldn't help feeling angry, and said angrily: "What? Just insisted that our son hid your girl, do you want to search the carriage now?"

Mother Qiu turned pale with fright, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Young master offended you because you were blind, please forgive me this time. Tomorrow, I will be the host and set up a banquet in Qinxianglou to apologize to you. I also hope that your lord will forgive me a lot this time."

"Bah! My son can go to such dirty places. If you don't want to open the door to do business, our son is willing..."

"Qingcha, don't say a few words." When the young man in white who was called Mr. Yue stopped Qingcha, his face was calm and his tone was slightly cool: "Since there is nothing wrong, let's continue on our way."

Seeing the carriage out of sight, Qin Xianglou's nurse said unwillingly: "Ma'am, the blood stains are gone by the side of the carriage, that girl is obviously hiding in the car, why doesn't the lady boss let us get in the car to search?"

Qin Xianglou is the largest brothel in the Eastern Capital, and the dignitaries and nobles in the Eastern Capital will give Qiu's mother some face if they go in and out of it.Relying on these relationships, Qin Xianglou has always acted in a high-profile manner in Dongdu, and many people dare not offend him, so they openly stop cars on the road to search, acting like a government office.

Qiu's mother looked at the carriage going away, feeling resentful but helpless, she spat at the nursing home, and said in a vicious voice: "I don't know the depth of things, and I don't want to see who that person is? Unless you don't want to be in the East They're all open for business, otherwise don't mess with this Yue master. I can't bury the whole Qinxiang Tower just for one person."

Nursing courtyard's brains turned tightly, and when she wanted to understand who the Mr. Yue was talking about, her expression also changed, and she couldn't believe it: "Could it be that the sick young man just now is the number one wealthy businessman in Daliang, rich as a country?" The head of the Yue family, Mr. Yue Yu?"

"Who else would it be?" Qiu's mother said coldly: "He is not just the number one wealthy businessman in Daliang, he has done all the business in the world, and his business is also well-known in other countries. He is better than the emperor. There is still money, that is what we dare to offend. Alas, this dead girl is also lucky, but it's a pity that all my wasted money was wasted."

The carriage stopped in front of an inn, and the shopkeeper inside rushed out to greet him when he saw the tea, and when he saw Yue Yu getting off the car, he stepped forward to salute in surprise, and said happily: "The big master is here, hurry up, take the last The good yard has been tidied up, send the head of the house in."

Finally out of danger, it was only at this moment that Yu Ruyan really breathed a sigh of relief.After getting out of the car, she bid farewell to Yue Yu and said gratefully: "Thank you for saving my life, my lord. In the future, my little girl will be repaid with a grass. But now I have to go back..."

"If the injury on the girl's leg is not treated, I'm afraid there will be sequelae." Yue Yu looked at her quietly, his eyes were calm, "Save people to the end. Since you got into my carriage, it means that the girl I have a predestined relationship with you. It's getting late, why don't you stay and heal your leg injury before going back."

Yu Ruyan's expression was hesitant, she knew the rules of the palace, if she didn't come home all night, she was afraid that someone who cared about her would deliberately make a fuss and kick herself out of the palace.Now that she is penniless and has no fixed place to live, she has to find a way to save Brother An. After much deliberation, she can only rely on Mu Lingzhi. Therefore, she cannot make a mistake at this time and be kicked out of the palace.

Yue Yu seemed to see her worry, and said softly: "I'm afraid that the people in Qin Xianglou won't give up so easily. If they are still guarding outside, wouldn't the girl fall into a trap when she goes back at this time? If the girl is really worried , you can repair a book, and I will ask Qingcha to send it back for you, so that your family can rest assured."

family! ?What kind of family does she have there?

Yu Ruyan finally agreed to stay, and she asked Qingcha to bring a message to Mu Lingzhi, saying that she was drunk and broke her leg, so she couldn't go back for the time being.

After Mu Lingzhi learned that Yu Ruyan had suddenly disappeared out of thin air, his heart felt stuffy, as if his chest was stuffed with cotton and he couldn't breathe.

He immediately took people to search around the street, but unfortunately they found nothing all afternoon, and he, who was always calm and wise, completely panicked.

Where does a woman who is too drunk go?Did someone kidnap her?Or did someone take her away out of curiosity?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Mu Lingzhi frowned and was at a loss. The copper coin on the side pouted and said, "Master, will the girl escape with an excuse like last time?"

Mu Lingzhi was startled when he heard the words, his heart sank with a thud.

It's not impossible, this woman often does things that ordinary people don't do, maybe the last time Gu Qing'er taught her a lesson made her want to quit, she didn't want to stay in the house anymore, so she deliberately pretended to be drunk and waited for an opportunity to escape... ··
Mu Lingzhi's face was gloomy and terrifying, and he said coldly: "Go and notify the gates of the city, and find that all the unidentified women have been captured and will not be released."

He gave her a chance to let her go, and he also warned her that if she dared to escape again, don't blame him for being ruthless! !
That night, Mu Lingzhi didn't go to any yard, and rested in the study alone.For some reason, there was an inexplicable emptiness in his heart,

For someone who is always full of confidence like him, he has never felt this way.But tonight, he was restless, bored and depressed, and his heart was empty, and he couldn't even read the book of war.

He was about to ask for copper coins to come in to play chess with him, when he suddenly saw him rushing in from the outside, and said happily, "Master, Miss Xiaoqing did not run away, she sent a message back just now, saying that she broke her leg after being drunk, Now he is recuperating at the Jinli Inn..."

Before he finished speaking, Mu Lingzhi got up and walked out, got on his horse and went straight to Jinli Inn.

Yu Ruyan obeyed Yue Yu's words and obediently lay down on the beauty chair and straightened her legs.Yue Yu gently opened the skirt, and when he saw the wound on his knee, he couldn't help but frown.

Rolling up his sleeves, he removed the cloth strip that An Ge had bandaged her briefly before, and carefully cleaned her wound with a clean cotton towel dipped in water.

Seeing him doing it himself, Yu Ruyan was surprised and said: "I didn't expect you to be good at medicine?"

He smiled softly, and while helping her to treat the wound, he replied: "You must understand the truth of becoming a doctor after a long illness."

He smiled quietly and spoke softly, but it was hard to hide the helplessness and sadness in his words.

Yu Ruyan's heart moved, she hesitated for a moment and asked, "May I ask, what's wrong with you, young master?"

The hand holding the cotton towel hesitated slightly, and there seemed to be a little spark in Yue Yu's dark eyes. The corner of his mouth curled up, and he said without hesitation: "It's nothing serious, it's all an old disease brought from the mother's womb, and the root cannot be broken. I can only raise it slowly. Thank you girl for your concern."

Compared to Mu Lingzhi who was like an ice cube, Yue Yu felt like the warm sun in winter, making her feel at ease.From the beginning to the end, he didn't ask a single word about Yu Ruyan's identity and her entanglement with Qin Xianglou, but he cared for her wound carefully, with a focused expression.

Staring in a daze at the gentle man who was doing all the work for her, Yu Ruyan's heart warmed, and she said sincerely: "Young master, my name is Xiaoqing, and I am a maidservant in the third prince's house. Haven't asked for your benefactor's name yet?"

"Just call me Yue Yu." He raised his head and smiled lightly. He didn't feel any discomfort because of her identity at all. He just focused on rubbing medicine on her wound, and he didn't forget to tell her carefully: "Your knee hurts badly. Do not get wet until the wound has scabbed over, and try to avoid bending the knee to avoid tearing the wound.”

After applying the medicine and carefully bandaging her with gauze, he was extremely careful during the whole process, trying not to hurt her.However, Yu Ruyan's whole knee was stabbed like a hornet's nest, no matter how careful he was, the pain still made her break out in a cold sweat, and her fingers pinched the edge of the chair tightly.

"Call out the pain, why hold it back?"

Yue Yu looked at her in pain, his eyes darkened, this girl seemed to be very similar to him.He told her not to cry out in pain, but he himself was always the same as her, never expressing pain...

A smile forced out of her pale face, Yu Ruyan was sweating coldly, and said with a weak smile, "I'm used to it."

got used to!
How much hardship did she endure to become as tough as she is today! ?

There was a trace of obscurity in Yue Yu's dark eyes, he didn't want to bring up her sadness, but raised his head and gave her a warm and understanding smile.

Although it was just meeting him for the first time, Yu Ruyan felt like a companion in him.If other people heard her answer like this, they would laugh at her even more, but he didn't say anything, his eyes were warm and sure, as if he understood her pain.

In the quiet room, the night wind passed through the hall, driving the elegant fragrance of flowers in the courtyard, and the candles were full of flames, outlining the handsome profile of the man.He raised his hand and handed a white jade porcelain bottle into her hand, and said softly: "This is a trauma medicine exclusively developed by me. You can use it. It's a pity that I only have this bottle with me. If you use it up, you can come and find it again." I."

"Where can I find you?"

"Why, the affair was settled so quickly!" Before he could answer, a voice suddenly sounded.

I don't know when the courtyard door opened, and a man dressed in a moon-white brocade robe came striding forward.His expression was not gloomy, and his face was full of frost. When he saw Yu Ruyan showing her legs in front of the man, her handsome face was completely black, as if it was about to freeze out of ice.

(End of this chapter)