Hearing what he said, Shang Ruyi's heart suddenly felt warm again. The warm feeling even made her face feel hot, but she didn't say much and just said "hmm" in a low voice. A sound.
Yu Wenye smiled slightly at her.
But in the depths of his deep pupils, there seemed to be a cold light that was not easy to detect, and it flashed away.
At this time, they returned to the room.
Because he had been interrogated for more than half a month, the imperial court was "sympathetic" to the general who served the country and granted him five days of leave to recuperate at home. Moreover, because the interrogation covered all the details of the war, it was reported directly to the Ministry of War. Yu Wenye doesn't have to go back to the Ministry of War to report on his duties. These days are the days when he can rest comfortably.
Shang Ruyi asked him: "What are you going to do today?"
Yu Wenye said: "The snow has stopped. You can go out and relax. Don't worry about me. I want to look at the map again."
After saying that, he picked up the map from last night and laid it on the low table, sat down and started reading.
After just watching for a while, he felt a heat around him. When he turned around, he saw Shang Ruyi sitting next to him. Yu Wenye couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you doing?" Qian Qian
Shang Ruyi said, "I'll watch it with you."
"Do you understand?"
"I don't understand, won't you teach me?"
Yu Wenye said angrily: "I don't have enough time, so I don't have the time to teach you. See for yourself, and ask again if you don't understand."
After saying that, he ignored her and seemed to be minding his own business.
However, although he ignored her, Shang Ruyi remained quiet, but he became distracted and couldn't help but look sideways at the little woman beside him. She was looking at the map very seriously, her long eyelashes covering Her bright eyes were silent for a while and trembled slightly for a while, as if she could guess where she saw just from this little movement.
It's a "good show".
And just when Yu Wenye was looking at her eyelashes, Shang Ruyi suddenly said: "Second brother——"
Yu Wenye quickly looked away, then pretended to look back just now: "Huh?"
Shang Ruyi said: "You just said that more than forty envoys from various states and counties failed to return to the court in time to report on their duties, and more than half of the remaining ones were intercepted and killed by the rebels."
"Hmm. What?"
"Last year, the nearest rebels I heard about were Shuduan who my father wiped out in Longmen; this year... they were Xiao Yuansui's rebels in Xingluocang that you just defeated. The rebels seem to be getting closer to Luoyang. .”
"..."
"Do you know how many rebels there are across the country now?"
"Ask this? Are you not afraid?"
"What's there to be afraid of?"
Yu Wenye's originally smiling eyes slowly lost their smile and were replaced by a coldness and solemnity belonging to a warrior. He was silent for a long time, then looked at the map on the table and sighed.
Then he pointed to a place on the map and clicked three dots: "Here, do you know where it is?"
Shang Ruyi lowered his head and looked: "Wujun, Wuxing, Kuaiji."
Yu Wenye nodded, and then said: "The year before last, Zhu Yuanjin, a native of Yuhang, rebelled, with more than 20,000 followers. Last year, the prefect of Wu County and his subordinate Gao Ke led 50,000 people to rebel against the court. This year, the court sent people to attack, and they were defeated and divided. Dao, but each still led tens of thousands of people to flee to Kuaiji. The number of people who have increased can no longer be counted. This year, rebels appeared in two more places in Jinling. Although the identity of the leader has not been reported, it is said that those who surrendered There are quite a few people.”
….
After speaking, he lowered his head and looked at Shang Ruyi: "In Sanwu alone, the total number of rebels is close to one hundred thousand."
"..."
"Tell me, can you imagine how many rebels there are across the country today?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi only felt that his hands and feet were cold.
Now, she even regretted asking this question. She was in her boudoir and had a powerful father-in-law and husband. Why should she worry about it? What are you asking these questions for?
It's fine now, it's just this small place
, there were so many rebels. Looking back at the map of the entire Daye Dynasty, she suddenly shuddered when she thought of the densely packed rebels and who knew when one would rush into Luoyang City and kill them.
Seeing her face suddenly turn pale, Yu Wenye knew that she must be frightened.
But he didn't comfort her, he just asked: "Are you still asking?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi still didn't speak, only looking down at his pale face, looking a little dazed.
Yu Wenye considered himself not a very compassionate person, but seeing her like this, his heart seemed to be softened. He sighed softly and took her into his arms.
He said softly: "Are you scared?"
Leaning on his chest, listening to his firm and heavy heartbeat, Shang Ruyi gradually seemed to be comforted.
After a while, she slowly raised her head, looked at the handsome face in front of her, and whispered, "Have you ever thought about what will happen to us in the future?"
Yu Wenye's expression condensed slightly and he said, "I've thought about it."
"what does it look like?"
"I can't think of that."
"Why?"
"The most difficult thing to predict in this world, apart from world affairs, is people's hearts. However, everyone's future is closely related to these two things. Any changes in world affairs and any turmoil in people's hearts will have far-reaching consequences. So, who I can’t predict what my future will be like.”
"..."
"The only thing I can do is prepare for the worst and make the best arrangements."
Worst case scenario, best plan?
Hearing these words, Shang Ruyi seemed to be relieved. In fact, the future she chose for herself seemed to follow this principle. Then he smiled and said, "No wonder you look at the map when you rest."
Yu Wenye glanced at her: "Then you are still disturbing me?"
Shang Ruyi immediately tightened his mouth and said, "I won't speak anymore. You can continue reading."
Seeing how she was well-behaved but stubborn in his arms and refused to leave, Yu Wenye shook his head and smiled, still holding her in his arms and looking at the map seriously.
But his eyes gradually fell to the north of Luoyang...
Time passed quietly, and in a blink of an eye, the sun set.
A mountain road winds and stretches on a mountain. This mountain is not considered deserted, and there is an official road open, but there are far fewer people passing by than usual. The snow on the mountain has not even been trampled flat. Under the fiery red sunset, the snow on the mountain reflects the bright red color. The light is like a burning flame.
A carriage drove onto this fireworks-like road.
It was the carriage that Yu Wenyuan was riding in.
Probably because the weather was still cold, the doors and windows of the carriage were tightly closed without even a single gap. It was as tight as a sealed box. Not only could the wind not blow in, but even human eyes could not penetrate.
….
Because at this moment, there are many eyes staring at this carriage.
At the top of this mountain road, halfway up the mountain, a few sneaky figures poked their heads out, and then lowered their heads carefully, for fear of revealing any trace of their whereabouts, but in fact, the people on the carriage did not even lift the curtains. Open a little wider and you'll be less likely to see them. However, these people were still very careful and watched the carriage slowly approaching, almost right under their noses.
One of them whispered: "Are you sure?"
"It's confirmed, this is Duke Sheng Guo's carriage."
"How come Duke Sheng Guo's chariot doesn't even have a guard? This is wrong."
"I heard from the news in the city that he returned to the Eastern Capital against the order this time, so he was alone. When he left, he asked his family to change the carriage, but for some reason, he still didn't take anyone with him."
"Probably, I'm still afraid of being blamed by the superiors."
"Huh, he's quite brave."
"No matter what, this is an advantage for us."
After several people finished speaking, their eyes gradually showed strong murderous intent, especially when the carriage had already
As they reached the section of road below them, the monotonous sound of wheels even sounded in their ears.
The time has come!
The one who looked like the leader suddenly opened his eyes wide, a cold light burst out, and said in a deep voice: "Do it!"
His voice was not high, but it caused a burst of birds to fly on this quiet mountain road. The driver below immediately felt something was wrong. When he looked up, he screamed in fright.
Above his head, he saw countless arrows flashing with cold light flying towards his carriage.
One of them hit the center of the road in front of the carriage!
The rest of the arrows rained down like rain, all nailed to the carriage, and countless snatching sounds were heard. Although they did not penetrate the carriage board, they suddenly shot the carriage into a hedgehog.
The horses were frightened and stood up with a long neigh. The carriage hurriedly tightened the reins and the carriage swayed to a stop.
The next moment, a rumbling sound like muffled thunder in the sky rang above the head. The coachman raised his head with a pale face and saw a huge boulder rolling down from the mountainside, crushing countless snow and ice along the way. Withered Branch, his eyes were so frightened that he jumped off the carriage with a scream, and rushed forward in panic.
But the carriage is still parked in place!
At this time, there was no time for anyone to react and escape. The huge boulder fell with a roar, smashing the entire carriage into pieces!
The horse neighed and turned into a pool of flesh and blood!
When the people hiding on the mountainside saw this situation, they were all ecstatic, and a few of them even said happily: "It's done!"
They immediately stood up from behind the snowdrift they were hiding in. The leader among them was still calm and said to the people on the side: "Go and capture the driver - no need, just kill him, don't let the news out."
Someone nearby took the order and left.
A few of them walked down the rugged mountain road until they reached the boulder. The fragments of the carriage were scattered all over the road, and even the blood of the horse flowed down and dyed the large snow red.
Several people's faces were full of ferocious and satisfied smiles, and they all celebrated. This operation went so smoothly.
But at this moment, the leader suddenly frowned and said: "It went too smoothly..."
Others looked at him: "What do you mean?"
"It seems a bit——"
Leng Qingshan
