Chapter 3075 Where are my people?
As soon as she saw this person, Nan Yan opened her eyes wide in shock.
"Xiaoyu?!"
The person standing in front of her was none other than Ran Xiaoyu, who was soaked all over, leaving wet footprints with every step she took as she walked in. Water was even dripping down her hair and clothes. Her face was pale, almost bloodless, her lips were black and blue, and she stood in front of Nan Yan with an almost deathly aura.
"Is it you?"
Nan Yan still couldn't believe her eyes, and the moment she saw Ran Xiaoyu, her eyes turned red.
Ran Xiaoyu didn't look up.
She just kept her head down, with drops of water constantly dripping from her face and her wet hair. She stood there motionless, like a stone statue.
Nan Yan slowly walked up to her and looked down at her.
"Xiaoyu..."
Ran Xiaoyu didn't look at her or speak.
Only the pale lips stained with water were trembling slightly.
Nan Yan raised her hand and slowly placed it on her shoulders. She could feel how thin she had become, as if she was only wearing a thin piece of clothing covering a skeleton. She reached out and pinched her scapula, which was prickling her hand. It twitched slightly in her palm.
Nan Yan stared straight into her eyes: "Where are my people?"
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"Where are my people?"
Ran Xiaoyu lowered her head deeply.
At this moment, Nan Yan only felt her hands and feet were cold, and the blood in her body seemed to be frozen.
Ran Xiaoyu would never be like this.
There seemed to be a proud character in her body that would not bend no matter how hard anyone tried to break it. Even if she became his slave, even if she had risked her life for him for so many years, Nan Yan knew that it was only because she had decided on him in her heart. If she was willing, no one could force her to be subservient. Therefore, even when she was following him, Ran Xiaoyu had never been at a loss for words. Most of the time, Nan Yan was left speechless by what she said.
But now, she said nothing.
Nan Yan even had no doubt that if she drew her knife and stabbed it into Ran Xiaoyu's heart, she would not resist.
Nan Yan gritted her teeth, stared at her with red eyes, and asked again: "Where are my people?!"
Everyone in the room looked at them quietly.
At this moment, Zhu Chengjin also came back to his senses. He suddenly laughed and said, "So it's you. I thought the military advisor brought his brother across the river. However, this person is also our great hero. Without her, we wouldn't have won today."
When he said this, everyone in the room changed their expressions slightly.
Everyone knows that in today's battle on the river, not to mention how much effort the people of Xingluo Lake put in and how many people died, at least it was Xu Shizong who had been taking care of both internal and external affairs all along. He even personally went to the battlefield to supervise the battle when he was so ill. However, as soon as Ran Xiaoyu appeared, today's victory became all Ran Xiaoyu's credit.
Several deputy generals looked at Xu Shizong.
Xu Shizong was sitting on the bedside, his face even paler than Ran Xiaoyu's. When he heard this, his face showed no other expression. He just covered his mouth and coughed heavily for a while. Xiaoman hurriedly held the bowl of cooled medicine to his mouth: "Sir, please drink some medicine first."
Xu Shizong lowered his head and drank the bowl of fishy and bitter medicine.
At this moment, Nan Yan was still staring at Ran Xiaoyu.
Zhu Chengjin's face was filled with smugness as he said, "Although it's getting late, he's our great hero after all, so we absolutely can't neglect him."
After saying that, he turned around and said to the outside of the house: "Ye Zheng——"
Upon hearing these two words, Ran Xiaoyu's body, which had almost curled up into a ball, trembled slightly again.
Nan Yan also raised her head and saw Ye Zheng standing at the door. The pitch-black night outside was as if the entire imperial city was immersed in ink, and Ye Zheng's dark eyes were completely blended into the night.
He looked at Ran Xiaoyu quietly without saying a word.
Zhu Chengjin said: "I'll leave her to you to arrange."
After saying this, Zhu Chengjin turned to look at Xu Shizong, who was sitting on the bed, and said with a smile, "Military Advisor, you brought the person back. I will make this arrangement. I hope you don't have any objections, Military Advisor?"
Xu Shizong said: "No."
"That's good, Ye Zheng, you can take the person away."
“…”
At this moment, the whole room was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling could be heard. Ye Zheng walked in step by step from outside and walked behind Ran Xiaoyu.
He looked down at Ran Xiaoyu, his dark eyes covered by long eyelashes. Nan Yan even felt that even though there was a flickering candlelight in the room, not a single light could shine into his eyes.
After a while, Ye Zheng said, "Let's go."
After saying that, he turned and walked out.
Ran Xiaoyu stood there motionless for a long while before slowly raising her head to meet Nan Yan's red eyes. She immediately lowered her head again and whispered, "I'm sorry."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
Just as their backs disappeared outside the door, Zhu Chengjin, who was originally smiling, turned around and winked at his long-time attendant Ge Long. Ge Long immediately nodded and left.
At this moment, even though her whole body was cold and her mind was a mess, Nan Yan knew what he meant by instinct.
Zhu Chengjin handed Ran Xiaoyu over to Ye Zheng just to torture these two people.
It can be said that for him, there are no real heroes in this world, and there is no one he can truly trust. Whether it is Ye Zheng or Ran Xiaoyu, they were all people who had stayed with Zhu Feng in the past. Even now, these people are by his side, and he still takes pleasure in torturing them.
Therefore, letting Ye Zheng take Ran Xiaoyu away was just for torture.
But he didn't really hand Ran Xiaoyu over to Ye Zheng.
Now that he asked Ge Long to go down, he naturally had to instruct the people below to keep an eye on these two people at all times to prevent any accidents.
On this point, he will not let anyone go easily.
After Ge Long left, Zhu Chengjin walked up to Nan Yan again, looked down at her trembling face, who was trying hard to control herself but still couldn't stop, and said with a smile: "Will you still doubt it this time?"
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"Maybe I should ask Ran Xiaoyu to bring the body back."
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"But looking at her condition, let alone her body, even her soul may have been lost in Xiajiang Town."
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"But it doesn't matter. He is my uncle after all. When I recover Jiangbei in the future, I will naturally give you the opportunity to return to Xiajiang Town. Maybe I can even give you a chance to pay tribute to him if you behave."
He turned back to look at Xu Shizong and said, "Military Advisor, take good care of yourself."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out with a big laugh.
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