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But Wei Tingyu, that guy, didn't show any mercy even when he saw that the other person was crying. He really has no conscience at all!
Thinking of this, Ren Ruyi even felt indignant on Yang Ying's behalf.
The embarrassment she felt when Yang Ying watched her up close earlier had completely vanished from her mind!
"Hmm..." At this moment, Yang Ying, who was half asleep, also heard Ren Ruyi's words. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she opened her eyes, looking at the two of them with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Lord Marquis! Sister! What are you talking about?"
Judging from her weak and feeble voice, it was clear that the girl barely had the strength to speak.
"She didn't say anything! Go to sleep!" Wei Tingyu was naturally worried about Yang Ying at this moment, so he quickly smiled and said.
"Get some rest! We have to travel early tomorrow morning!" Ren Ruyi nodded. At this moment, she felt that Yang Ying was no different from her own sister.
"Oh!" Yang Ying responded softly, then pouted and drifted back to sleep.
Tonight, she finally has someone she belongs to, and the future that has been weighing on her heart for so long, which she doesn't know where it is, has finally settled down!
Yang Ying's mind was much calmer, and it could be said that this was the most restful night's sleep she had ever had since she was old enough to understand things!
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The next morning, Wei Tingyu naturally enjoyed being dressed by Ren Ruyi without any hesitation. Yang Ying, seeing this, was not to be outdone and insisted on serving Wei Tingyu along with Ren Ruyi.
Although Ren Ruyi felt sorry for Yang Ying, who had endured too much love last night, and wanted her to lie in bed a little longer, she couldn't refuse her request to get up and help.
Princess Yang Ying naturally had servants from a young age, so she didn't need Ren Ruyi to teach her how to serve others.
The only problem was that she didn't know anything about men's clothing, but fortunately she learned very quickly and soon mastered the essentials. This scene made Ren Ruyi sigh inwardly.
This girl is truly born to serve men! If only she had this kind of comprehension when she was learning from me in those books, that would be perfect! I could have saved so much effort!
Of course, Ren Ruyi also took this opportunity to talk to Wei Tingyu about serious matters! Now that Yang Ying had become a true sister to Ren Ruyi, she was also one of Ren Ruyi's own people, so she had no need to hide anything from her.
"My lord!" Ren Ruyi asked from behind, straightening Wei Tingyu's clothes. "We're getting further and further away from Wudu now, and I'm afraid those people hiding in the shadows are about to start making their move!"
"Is there an assassin?" Yang Ying, who was kneeling in front of Wei Tingyu adjusting his belt, was stunned when she heard this and quickly asked.
She's a blissful woman now, and she hasn't had enough of this kind of life! So she's even more afraid of the assassin than before.
"There definitely is!" Ren Ruyi nodded and said, but then she peeked out from Wei Tingyu's side and smiled at Yang Ying, saying, "But don't worry, Sister Ying! No matter what kind of assassin, they won't be able to get past me!"
After saying that, she glanced at Wei Tingyu, who had kept his eyes closed and remained silent, then turned to Yang Ying and raised her eyebrows, saying, "Besides, there's also the Marquis! He certainly won't allow any guest to harm my sister!"
"Mmm!" Yang Ying blushed slightly upon hearing this, then nodded shyly. Her gaze towards Wei Tingyu was filled with admiration and adoration.
Especially now that she's kneeling in front of Wei Tingyu, with her head tilted back and a face full of adoration, she looks exactly like a super fangirl!
Looking at the sky from the ground! Gazing at the moon from the stars! These two idioms, which describe a wife's subservience to her husband, now seemed to have a concrete manifestation in Ren Ruyi's eyes!
"It's not just assassins!" At this moment, Wei Tingyu opened his eyes, smiled at Yang Ying who was looking at him with admiration, and then reached out to lift her chin while saying, "There might even be an army!"
After all, this matter also involves Yang Xingjian, the Prince of Danyang, who also has his own power in the army of Dawu!
Besides, didn't the original novel also include a plot where the army participated in the attack on the imperial envoy?
Therefore, Wei Tingyu had considered this possibility long ago!
"The army?" Ren Ruyi was taken aback when Wei Tingyu said this! Then her eyes darted around and she realized that this possibility was indeed very high, and she hadn't considered it before.
But if the military really gets involved, then Na will be in trouble!
Not to mention himself, even Wei Tingyu would find it difficult to stop!
No matter how skilled you are in martial arts, when faced with thousands of troops swarming forward like ants, you will eventually run out of strength!
However, when Ren Ruyi looked at Wei Tingyu's expression, he didn't seem flustered at all, because at this moment he was focused on flirting with Yang Ying, who was kneeling in front of him!
Ren Ruyi was speechless! It seemed she had been overthinking things! Her lord must already have a backup plan or even a countermeasure, so why was she worrying?!
But Yang Ying, that girl, was completely unmoved by what she had just said?
All she could see was Wei Tingyu, her ideal husband. Other matters, even something as important as his life or death, seemed to be out of her mind at that moment!
Thinking of this, Ren Ruyi could only roll her eyes inwardly in silence!
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"They really came!" Wei Tingyu looked at the two letters in his hand and sneered.
He had just received two messages sent by carrier pigeon. After opening and comparing them, he found that the contents were almost identical, and immediately confirmed that the message was real and accurate!
At this moment, Ren Ruyi and Yang Ying, who were riding in the same carriage with Wei Tingyu, also looked at him, their faces full of doubt.
"Lord Marquis?" Ren Ruyi couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
"You can see for yourselves!" Such a big matter could not be kept from Ren Ruyi and Yang Ying, so Wei Tingyu handed the two letters directly to the two women.
They took it and glanced at it, their expressions immediately changing drastically!
These two letters were clearly not written by the same person, but both were reminding Wei Tingyu that an army of about a thousand men was now following behind the camp's troops!
The purpose of this army was naturally to abduct and kill Yang Ying and Wei Tingyu!
"What is this?" Ren Ruyi frowned, glanced at Yang Ying, whose face had turned pale with fright, and then asked.
“Two messages! One from the Empress! The other from the Six Paths Hall!” Wei Tingyu smiled slightly, then said, “So it should be credible!”
Having already read the plot, he knew that this encounter between the armies was probably unavoidable.
Having received messages from both Xiao Yan and Yuan Lu via carrier pigeon, they mutually confirmed the credibility of the news.
Of course, Xiao Yan and Yuan Lu's loyalty was also proven in Wei Tingyu's heart at this moment; at least they did not disappoint him!
"We can abandon the carriages and supplies, ride fast, and shake off the pursuers!" Ren Ruyi thought for a moment, then offered a suggestion.
Because the procession welcoming the emperor was quite large, with more than a dozen carriages alone! The speed of their journey was actually very slow, not much different from a picnic!
However, if Wei Tingyu travels light with Ren Ruyi, Yang Ying, and six Golden Shadow Guards, they can definitely leave those thousand pursuers far behind!
"No!" Before Wei Tingyu could speak, Yang Ying shook her head and said, "What about the gold? Without these 100,000 taels of gold, how could Anguo release my brother?"
"Is gold more important or your life?" Ren Ruyi frowned upon hearing Yang Ying's words and scolded her, "As long as you're alive, you can still find a way. But if the envoy to welcome the emperor dies on the way, then your emperor brother will be completely out of hope!"
In her opinion, no matter how skilled Wei Tingyu was in martial arts, it would be impossible for him to protect Yang Ying from the siege of a thousand pursuers. After all, everyone eventually gets exhausted!
Moreover, these thousand pursuers might just be the vanguard used to hold off the advancing troops; there are many more to come! If they get surrounded, it will be all over!
Currently, besides Wei Tingyu's Golden Shadow Guards and himself, there are only fifty or sixty soldiers in the welcoming envoy's party who can participate in the battle! This number is fine for fighting off bandits who rob on the road, but it is absolutely impossible to fight against a fully armed army of thousands!
"Well..." Yang Ying was taken aback when she heard Ren Ruyi's words, but then she also felt that what Sister Ruyi said made a lot of sense.
However, she still turned to look at Wei Tingyu, wanting to hear his final decision! No matter what decision he made, Yang Ying would be fearless as long as she stayed by his side!
"We absolutely cannot give up on the gold!" Wei Tingyu thought for a moment, then a confident smile appeared on his lips as he said, "Send the order! We're not going to Shuzhou anymore, we're turning towards Tianxing Gorge!"
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Half an hour later, on the high slope at the entrance of Tianxing Gorge, Wei Tingyu, along with Ren Ruyi and Yang Ying, stood there observing the terrain.
"The pursuing general is named Zhou Jian, a confidant of the Prince of Danyang!" Wei Tingyu said with a cold smile, "He can't wait to make a move even within the territory of Dawu! The Prince of Danyang is truly audacious!"
“He’s afraid that it will be even harder to make a move once he’s away from Wujing!” Ren Ruyi sneered, just like Wei Tingyu, and then spoke up.
"I really didn't expect that my brother, Prince Danyang, would actually do such a thing!" Princess Yang Ying frowned, but her face was full of determination.
After half an hour of internal struggle and Ren Ruyi's explanation, she finally accepted the conclusion that the Prince of Danyang was a big bad guy!
"I will never acknowledge him as my brother again!" Thinking of this, Princess Yang Ying raised her little pink fist and shook it fiercely at the sky, making an expression that showed she was irreconcilably opposed to Prince Danyang, Yang Xingjian.
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Wei Tingyu and Ren Ruyi exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of relief in each other's eyes.
It's really not easy to raise this little girl!
It seems that people learn slowly from others, but experience teaches people everything in one go! This statement remains an eternal truth no matter what kind of world you're in!
“Tianxing Gorge is indeed a good place for an ambush! Lord Marquis, you have made a good choice!” After Ren Ruyi finished speaking, she looked at the terrain below and nodded. However, she then looked at Wei Tingyu with a worried expression.
"However, even though we have the advantage of terrain, we only have fifty or sixty men. How can we possibly ambush a pursuing force of over a thousand men?"
This was a question that not only Ren Ruyi was baffled by, but even Princess Yang Ying, a young girl who knew nothing about military affairs, had come to this conclusion.
"Who said we only have fifty or sixty people?" Wei Tingyu smiled faintly and then answered.
I've been saving up money since the very first day I transmigrated! And now, it's finally coming in handy!
According to the system's binding, the warehouse of the Marquis of Jining's residence is the entry point for system recharge!
With just a thought, Wei Tingyu could recruit the real gold and silver in the warehouse and exchange them for soldiers in the system's barracks to appear beside him!
Aside from the dowries his wives and concubines brought when they entered the mansion, Wei Tingyu had already earned 300,000 taels of silver from his perfume business!
After winning over Empress Xiao Yan and Princess Yang Ying of Wu Kingdom, he achieved another accomplishment: "Royal Sisters-in-Law"! His system barracks leveled up to level six, allowing him to recruit an elite soldier for 300 taels of silver!
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All that wealth accumulation and system barracks upgrades over such a long period of time have been for this moment!
With the wealth of 100,000 taels of gold, how could Wei Tingyu possibly feel distressed about the expenditure of 300,000 taels of silver?
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At this moment, at the intersection where Wei Tingyu had previously ordered a turn, the pursuing Zhou Jian and his thousand soldiers were standing there.
"General!" The scout quickly ran to Zhou Jian's horse, clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "According to the original plan, Prince Li's convoy should have been heading towards Shuzhou! But now there are no tracks leading to Shuzhou!"
"On the contrary, the ruts are much deeper towards Tianxing Gorge!"