Chapter 691 Debut - Arrival
The man never imagined that after years of being surrounded by women, he would one day die at their hands.
His pupils widened, his eyes filled with disbelief and terror.
Sun Ruoyun pulled the hairpin out of her hand only after seeing that the man was completely dead.
Because the people guarding outside were sent away, Sun Ruoyun easily slipped out of the room. However, she had to change her clothes before she could leave the restaurant.
Finding a servant's outfit in the backyard, tucking her hair into her hat, smearing soot on her face, and following the busy people in the kitchen, Sun Ruoyun escaped from the city quite smoothly.
What Sun Ruojun didn't know was that no sooner had she escaped from the restaurant than yamen runners came to the restaurant to look for the man.
As Gu Renjie's decree was issued, the county magistrate was dismissed for hoarding grain and not distributing it to the people, and even selling it at high prices. Naturally, the magistrate's son was also summoned.
What no one expected was that before the authorities could convict him, he was killed first.
The yamen runners gave a perfunctory inquiry and then returned to the government office to report back to the people who came down last year.
As for Sun Ruoyun, because of what happened that day, she never dared to go into the city to buy supplies again.
Having changed into a servant's clothes, Sun Ruoyun rode her horse all the way, eating wild fruits and vegetables from the mountains and catching fish in the river, sometimes full and sometimes hungry, and finally arrived in the capital in mid-April.
According to her original plan, Sun Ruoyun should have made sure that she was safe before sending a message to the person who had asked her to come back.
However, due to a sudden change in the journey, Sun Ruoyun not only failed to arrive in the capital as planned, but also ended up looking like a beggar.
Nowadays, there are places for resettling displaced people outside the capital, so people like Sun Ruoyun naturally cannot enter the capital.
But there were no shops outside the capital where she could change her clothes, and all the money she had was lost during the bumpy journey.
With her home just around the corner, Sun Ruoyun was blocked outside the city gate.
All her perseverance along the way turned to humiliation at this moment. No matter how strong Sun Ruoyun was, she was still just a girl, and all her hopes turned into grievances.
She was driven to a corner of the city wall by the soldiers guarding the city. Watching the people coming and going, Sun Ruoyun burst into tears for the first time.
Passersby were drawn to her voice, but only uttered a pitiful sigh before falling silent.
"Why, why can't you let me in? Why can't you tell them my real identity?"
Sun Ruoyun's spirit collapsed at this moment. Although she was approaching twenty, Sun Ruoyun was still a pampered girl. After experiencing so much along the way, how could she not be heartbroken to be stopped outside the city?
She traveled thousands of miles between the Wei Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom, thinking that she had experienced hardships and weathered many storms.
But it was only at this moment that Sun Ruoyun realized that she, too, needed to be cared for.
She didn't know how long she cried under the city wall, until it got dark and the city gates closed, but she was still sitting under the city wall.
After venting her emotions, Sun Ruoyun stood up again.
She remembered that the man had said that the city's moat led out of the city, and because repairs were inconvenient, many parts of it were wide enough for people to pass through.
Sun Ruoyun was afraid of arousing suspicion during the day, so she dared not go there rashly. But now that it was already night, perhaps she could go and take a look.
At the Yun residence, Gu Shuyan was discussing with Yun Yichen how Sun Ruoyun would enter the city.
Their men had been following Sun Ruoyun, so they naturally knew that she had already arrived outside the city.
“The capital is heavily guarded. Sun Ruoyun is a weak woman who doesn’t know martial arts. If she doesn’t have anyone to help her, she probably won’t be able to get into the city at all.”
Yun Yichen said this.
"That's not necessarily true!"
Gu Shuyan denied Yun Yichen's words. Because of his lightness skill, Yun Yichen habitually transformed his thoughts into his own.
However, as a weak woman who also lacked martial arts skills, Gu Shuyan would naturally not choose such an impossible method if she wanted to enter the city.
Moreover, in her previous life, Gu Shuyan knew a way to enter the city.
"Could it be that Shushu has already figured out a way for Sun Ruojun to enter the city?"
Gu Shuyan was never one to jump to conclusions. Seeing how quickly she refuted his words, Yun Yichen was certain that Gu Shuyan knew something.
Sure enough, Gu Shuyan nodded and whispered a few words in his ear.
"Then I'll send someone over to keep an eye on it."
"No need, this time I want to go and see for myself."
Gu Shuyan didn't want to see how disheveled Sun Ruoyun was; she just wanted to know who Sun Ruoyun most wanted to contact at this time.
It is said that after experiencing hardship, people will choose to see the person they care about most as soon as possible.
Gu Shuyan always felt that Sun Ruoyun must have someone very important to her, and that she would be willing to do anything for that person.
Just as Gu Shuyan stood up to leave, Yun Yichen pulled her back.
"You've only just started to feel better, and you're already trying to run around so late at night."
Gu Shuyan had been suffering from morning sickness since the beginning of her pregnancy, and her appetite had only improved in the last two days. Yun Yichen was not about to allow her to go through this again.
“Brother Yun, if I don’t go see it, I won’t be able to sleep all night.”
Even though the two already have children, Gu Shuyan still likes to call Yun Yichen "Brother Yun" when she's being affectionate.
Yun Yichen, however, still found it hard to resist this title.
Seeing Gu Shuyan's big, blinking eyes staring at him so expectantly, Yun Yichen finally gave in.
"That's settled then, you'll listen to me over there."
Yun Yichen relented, and Gu Shuyan naturally agreed with a smile.
After changing into night clothes, Yun Yichen led Gu Shuyan out of the Yun residence using their lightness skills.
Sun Ruoyun walked along the city wall for about half an hour before finally reaching the moat.
The moat was much deeper than Sun Ruoyun had imagined. If it weren't for the fact that she had been forced to learn to swim by that person, she probably wouldn't have been able to get back up once she went in.
Swimming along the moat, and after searching for a while under the city wall, Sun Ruoyun finally found a place where she could pass through.
Seeing this, Sun Ruojun, whose heart had been filled with gloom all day, finally felt a new hope.
Sun Ruojun dared not delay and quickly swam into the city along the passage.
Yun Yichen and Gu Shuyan were already waiting at the only place on the moat where they could get ashore.
As the moon rose higher and higher, Gu Shuyan couldn't help but yawn a few times. Just as she was about to doze off, the two finally saw Sun Ruoyun swimming slowly towards them.
"They're here! They're here!"
Gu Shuyan couldn't contain her excitement.
Seeing this, Yun Yichen couldn't help but look at her with affection, then turned his attention to the area around the moat.
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