Chapter 374 The Mysterious Money Bag
Despite facing the raging flames, Shang Ruyi still felt a chill rise from her heart when she heard Shen Wuzheng's seemingly casual remark.
If it's not Liang Shide, then it must be—
She couldn't help but look up at the front.
The section of road from the Yi River to Tongguan Pass is neither within the territory of Luoyang nor under the control of the newly formed court in Daxing City. Therefore, it is a power vacuum, belonging to no one, but at the same time, anyone can send people here.
If it's not Liang Shide, then it can only be—Daxing City!
The people of Daxing City want to kill Yuwen Ye?!
Just thinking about it made the chill spread throughout her body, and Shang Ruyi suddenly shivered.
Yuwen Ye immediately asked, "Are you cold?"
"..."
Actually, it wasn't cold at all in the August night, with a campfire in front of her, even in the wild. But Shang Ruyi still felt a chill all over her body. However, she didn't want the other person to discover her thoughts, so she just said softly, "Maybe it's because the rain is too damp."
Yuwen Ye looked at her for a while and said, "Let Tushe'er bring you a coat to put on."
Shang Ruyi said, "I'll go myself."
After saying that, she got up and walked towards Tushe'er, who was sorting out the large and small bags of luggage that she had taken off the carriage.
Watching her figure disappear into the distance, the two men sitting by the fire slowly turned around. Shen Wuzheng looked at Yuwen Ye through the flames. Although his expression was calm, his eyes were filled with a burning heat because of the flames.
He asked, "Do you know who it is?"
"..."
Yuwen Ye was silent for a moment, then said, "Mu Xian hasn't returned yet, and there are no clues."
Shen Wuzheng said, "Without clues, you have no answers?"
Yuwen Ye glanced at him again, remained silent for a while, and then said, "I just don't want to presuppose an answer and make wild guesses, because that would affect my judgment."
"..."
This time, Shen Wuzheng didn't say anything more.
After a long silence, he said in a deep voice, "I don't want my little sister to be too close to this kind of thing in the future."
"..."
Yuwen Ye's eyes flickered for a moment. He looked at him, then at Shang Ruyi on the other side, and said, "I understand what you mean."
At this moment, Tushe'er also took out a blanket from her bundle and draped it over Shang Ruyi, saying, "It will get chilly at night, Miss, you can still cover yourself with some blankets. Although you are much better now, you still can't catch a cold."
Shang Ruyi had gotten used to her nagging these days, so she just smiled and took the wrapping and put it on herself.
Actually, it wasn't so cold anymore at this point, but the expression on his face was still somewhat solemn, especially when he turned around and glanced at Yuwen Ye's deep and cold eyes illuminated by the firelight.
He seemed to have something on his mind.
Tushe'er suddenly said, "Miss, won't it be more troublesome if we go to Daxing City?"
"...?"
Shang Ruyi turned to look at her in surprise: "More? Why do you say that?"
Tushe'er bit her lower lip and said, "I can't quite put my finger on it, but that's just how I feel."
"..."
"We haven't even reached Daxing City yet, and such a huge rock is already pressing down on us."
At this point, her eyes flickered as she looked at Shang Ruyi and said softly, "Also, Young Master Yuwen, he's back now... It'll be so troublesome when you all meet; and there's Aunt Hui, and that whole family..."
Seeing her troubled by these things, Shang Ruyi was both amused and exasperated.
He said, "You think too much."
"How could I not think more about you, Miss?"
Tushe'er said, "Miss, ever since you married into the Yuwen family, you've been constantly plagued by both big and small troubles, and you've been getting injured all the time. This time you even bled—"
Seeing Shang Ruyi's expression darken, she immediately shut her mouth.
Shang Ruyi glanced at her, but didn't say anything. She just smiled bitterly to herself and said, "Didn't you say before that Yuwen Ye was very good to me? Why are you suddenly saying these things now?"
Tushe'er pouted and said, "It's only right that the young master treats the young lady well, and it's also only right that he risked his life to save her. It's just that I can't bear to see the young lady suffer."
Hearing her defend her so fiercely warmed Shang Ruyi's heart.
But she just smiled and said, "But, as husband and wife, how can we only share the good times and not the bad?"
"..."
Tushe'er was taken aback by what she said.
Shang Ruyi sighed and said, "Since he is good to me, it is only right that he risked his life to save me. Then, I should face the situation of the Yuwen family in Daxing City with him. This is a responsibility, understand?"
Tushe'er nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "However, with you here, I won't suffer anymore, right?"
Tushe'er immediately puffed out her chest: "This servant will protect Miss!"
Shang Ruyi laughed.
Just then, footsteps sounded in the night ahead. It was Mu Xian leading the scouts back. Shang Ruyi saw this and hurried over. Mu Xian had already walked up to Yuwen Ye and Shen Wuzheng and bowed to them: "Second Young Master, Young Master Shen."
Yuwen Ye immediately asked, "How is it?"
Mu Xian said, "We went up the mountain to investigate, and there's no one there anymore."
"……oh?"
Yuwen Ye frowned and said, "Judging from what you're saying, there must be someone above you?"
Mu Xian said, "Yes, your subordinates found some messy footprints on the mountaintop."
At this moment, Shang Ruyi also went over and sat down. She happened to hear what he said, thought for a moment, and said, "Since you can still see the footprints, it means that there were still people there after the rain stopped. The stone was probably pushed down by someone."
Shen Wuzheng nodded and said, "That makes sense."
Yuwen Ye glanced at her, a hint of a smile appearing in his eyes, but he didn't say anything more. He then turned to Mu Xian and asked, "Besides the footprints, what else did you find?"
Mu lowered his head, took something out of his pocket, and presented it to him.
"We searched the area and found this in the bushes. It must have been lost by the people above when they left in a panic."
Yuwen Ye took it and saw that it was a black bag.
The bag was about the size of a human hand and was made of jet-black satin. It looked like a money bag, and the satin used was of the highest quality. However, instead of the names or floral and bird patterns that people usually embroider on money bags, there was only a circle embroidered with moon-white silk thread.
What does this mean?
Yuwen Ye looked down at the seemingly ordinary yet slightly strange money pouch, puzzled, when he suddenly heard Shen Wuzheng say urgently, "Ruyi, are you feeling unwell?"
Yuwen Ye looked up and saw Shang Ruyi beside him staring intently at the money pouch in his hand, her face pale, her body trembling, and her forehead and nose covered in cold sweat.
Yuwen Ye hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?"
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