Running desperately in the dark night, they finally returned to Zhuangzi at five o'clock.
Fortunately, Shang Ruyi asked Jiang Kesheng and the others to come back first and make preparations. Therefore, when they returned to the village, the people here immediately came to respond and prepared rooms, braziers and wound medicine. Soon, this group seemed to have just People who had wandered from the underworld were settled.
When everything settled down and I finally breathed a sigh of relief, it was already the beginning of the month.
Shang Ruyi sat in her room, looking out the window at the deep darkness. Although there were lights from far and near, the weak light was not enough to illuminate the room where she was. She still seemed to be in an endless night.
Until the door was pushed open with a creak.
She hurriedly looked up, but it was Tusheer who walked in holding a candlestick and a food box in his hand. He said softly: "Miss, you haven't slept yet. I asked the kitchen to prepare some hot soup." And food. You can eat and then go to bed. Let’s talk about the next thing after you have rested.”
"……Um."
Shang Ruyi ignored the disappointment in his heart and slowly stood up and walked to the table. Tusheer lit the candlestick in the room and took out the food in the box one by one.
The food is very simple, and at this time, it is really impossible to make a more sumptuous meal.
Shang Ruyi had no appetite at all. He just looked at the steam coming out of the bowl and asked, "How are the others settling in?"
Tusheer said: "Everyone has settled in."
"..."
Shang Ruyi was silent for a while and said, "Is anyone injured?"
Tusheer looked at her through a candlelight, his eyes flickering slightly, and he said softly: "Only, only my uncle, was hit by three arrows in the back."
"..."
"But fortunately it's not too deep. I heard Mu Xian say that that Hua Ziying probably kept his hand on purpose."
"..."
"He might want to catch them..."
Shang Ruyi was silent for a while, and then asked: "Where is the queen... where is the empress?"
The expression on Tusheer's face became even weirder. He looked at her and said softly: "The Queen is fine."
"Nothing happened at all?"
"No."
"..."
Shang Ruyi smiled softly and said: "Sure enough, sure enough..."
At this time, Tusheer finally couldn't restrain her doubts, especially when she saw her young lady deliberately suppressing herself. She couldn't help but feel distressed, so she asked: "Miss, why...why do you protect the Queen so much?" ah?"
Shang Ruyi raised his head and glanced at her.
It seems that she felt that Shang Ruyi's eyes were too calm, but she also felt that she should not be calm at this time anyway. Tu Sheer said in a panic: "Slave, I know that these things are related to the queen, I shouldn't talk nonsense... But I, I just feel strange, miss, why does he care so much about the Queen? His wounds had just been bandaged, and he didn't even have time to take medicine before he went to the Queen's place again."
"..."
"He, why didn't he come to see you?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi's eyes gradually dimmed under the shining candlelight.
After a long time, I heard her say slowly in a voice with almost no warmth: "I also want to know why."
….
At this time, it seemed that the uneasiness in her heart was gradually turning into reality. The look on Tu Sheer's face gradually became serious. She frowned and was about to say something, but she heard Shang Ruyi said lightly: "Okay, you also You must be tired after working for so long. Go down and rest."
"Miss……"
"I'm tired and want to be alone for a while."
"..."
Hearing what she said, Tusheer had no choice but to look at her reluctantly and exit the room.
Shang Ruyi sat quietly at the table, staring blankly at the swaying candlelight. After an unknown amount of time, she picked up the warm soup and rice on the table and took a big sip, letting herself relax a little.
With a little strength and a little heat, he stood up and pushed the door open and walked out.
After experiencing a moment of panic, Zhuangzi became quiet again.
The darkness before dawn is the heaviest, like a black curtain wrapped around people's hearts. It not only makes people unable to breathe, but also makes people unable to break away. Shang Ruyi slowly walked forward along the corridor in such a depressing atmosphere. The lights in those rooms were turned off and quiet, except for a separate courtyard at the front, where light still shone through the doors and windows of the house.
Shang Ruyi endured the chill and walked over slowly.
Just when she was a few steps away from the door, she suddenly felt that the scene in front of her was somewhat familiar.
After thinking about it again, she remembered that she went to see Yu Wenye after he was injured in Yanmen County. At that time, she also slowly approached his room alone, and saw him sitting injured on the bed, while the Crescent Moon Princess sat in front of him, crying with heartache.
At that time, her heart ached for the tenderness he showed.
But looking back now, what he showed at that time was clearly the tenderness of an elder brother, kind yet distant. In fact, he had always had that attitude towards Princess Crescent Moon.
It's a pity that she didn't understand it at all at the time. Only now did she understand what the true tenderness in his heart looked like.
Who is it for.
In fact, we should have understood a long time ago that true tenderness is not a smiling expression or words of concern. Everything can be faked, but the determination and sacrifice of caring for a person and not even allowing her to be hurt, then That's true, deep-seated tenderness.
Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi's footsteps slowed down.
She suddenly felt that she didn't need to come.
At this moment, a low, sad sigh sounded in the room with closed doors and windows. When she heard that familiar gentle tone, Shang Ruyi would usually feel like a spring breeze, but at this moment, she was standing in the cold wind, The blood all over his body seemed to be frozen.
She heard Queen Jiang say in a deep voice: "Fengchen, why are you so stubborn?"
"..."
"As long as you don't care about me, you will be able to take them away safely. Why do you have to bother yourself? You are so tired that you have suffered these injuries."
There was silence in the room for a long time.
Then, I heard Yu Wenye whisper: "I cannot ignore your safety."
Shang Ruyi's ears buzzed and he couldn't hear anything.
The cold wind howled around her, and snowballs as big as fists kept hitting her face hard. It was like someone was hitting her face hard, but she didn't feel anything.
….
After a while, she slowly regained consciousness and subconsciously reached out and pinched her fingers.
Then she laughed again.
At this time, she even forgot that her little finger had no feeling in the first place, and she shouldn't pinch her little finger even if she wanted to. So, her hands hanging by her sides slowly clenched her fists, clenching them tighter and tighter, until her nails, which were not long, dug into her palms. The tiny stinging pain finally made her find herself again.
Then, she heard Queen Jiang let out a long sigh in the room.
"You kid..."
The person opposite her didn't know how she felt hearing these words at this moment, but Shang Ruyi seemed to be able to feel it, so she almost held her breath and followed the person in the room in silence for a long time before speaking. I heard him say in a deep voice: "My queen, please have a good rest."
Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of footsteps inside, getting closer and closer.
Then, the door opened.
The twinkling candlelight in the room clearly outlined his tall and muscular figure, and even the sadness on his face and the shock when he suddenly raised his head to meet Shang Ruyi's eyes were clearly illuminated, but he immediately turned back. Close the door and walk to Shang Ruyi.
"What are you doing here?"
Shang Ruyi raised his head and saw that his cold eyes had returned to normal. He did not feel embarrassed about being caught eavesdropping, but said calmly.
He said, "I heard that you rescued the Queen without even risking your life. Let me come and take a look."
"..."
Yu Wenye's brows furrowed.
He looked at Shang Ruyi and seemed to feel that "the person who came here is not good", so he said: "If you have anything to say, go to my room and say it." Read a book
After saying that, he was about to walk away.
But Shang Ruyi didn't move, just looked up at him: "Why can't you say it here?"
Yu Wenye said: "She is very tired. I want her to have a good rest."
"..."
The cold wind was like a sword, piercing Shang Ruyi's body from the chest.
Although her whole body was so cold that she lost consciousness, she still shook because of the severe pain. She looked at Yu Wenye and swallowed something hard. Although there was nothing in her mouth, she seemed to feel it in her throat. A little fishy taste. When her anger finally subsided, she said, "Let's go."
So, the two of them left the quiet courtyard and went to Yu Wenye's room.
There was not even a brazier prepared in his room.
There was a smell of blood in the air. After lighting the candlestick on the table, Shang Ruyi saw the blood-stained gauze piled on the ground. There was a copper basin at his feet. The water in it had been dyed red with blood. It was obviously As soon as he returned to Zhuangzi, he immediately treated his arrow wound here.
He was hit by three arrows, and they were not penetrating wounds.
Pulling out arrowheads, suturing wounds, applying medicine, and bandaging could kill half a person's life, but he didn't even take a moment's rest before going back to caring for others.
Shang Ruyi turned around again and saw that although he was wearing a thick fur coat, he clearly only had a close-fitting underwear underneath, and the thick gauze wrapped around his body could be faintly seen.
And his face was also pale, with no trace of blood on his lips.
Shang Ruyi felt distressed, but at this time, she didn't know whether she felt sorry for him or for herself.
She asked, "Does it still hurt?"
"..."
Yu Wenye's eyebrows twitched slightly, as if this question was not only unprovoked, but also caught off guard. He looked down at Shang Ruyi and said in a tight tone, "It doesn't hurt."
"oh……"
Shang Ruyi nodded gently.
Then, she looked up at him again. Under the dim candlelight, her bright eyes were as sharp as blades, looking straight into his heart.
She asked, "Is it worth it?"
Leng Qingshan
