C49 Tang Ruyu

After bidding farewell to little mister Fang, Pei Hongqing abandoned his black night clothes at the side of the road and brought Yun Shu down the mountain.

Because she still remembered what Pei Hongqing had said in the cave earlier, Yun Shu had been busy observing the surroundings when she left the mountain. There were several times where she almost tripped over a tree vine that had reached up the mountain path.

However, she wasn't so lucky the last time. The tree branch she kicked was so thick that she didn't even have time to react before she fell forward and directly pounced on Pei Hongqing's back. Luckily, Pei Hongqing had managed to grab hold of the nearby tree trunk and pulled her back as he did so; otherwise, she would have already rolled over to the foot of the mountain to wait for him.

Pei Hongqing lowered her head and angrily brushed away the few leaves that had fallen from the tree due to his impatience. "What are you doing?" she asked.

With an apologetic expression, Yun Zhui carefully glanced at the side of his face. "Are you trying to see if someone is ambushing us …"

Pei Hongqing rolled his eyes at her and lightly patted her head, "..." I was trying to scare you with those words. Not long after I left the Jia Residence, I left those pursuers behind. "

"Oh." Yun Shu raised her hand to rub her head. The bit of apology in her heart had completely disappeared after being slapped by this slap. Instead, there was a bit of resentment in her eyes as she stared at Pei Hongqing.

When they arrived at the entrance of the cave where they had dismounted earlier, Yun Shu originally wanted to ask Pei Hongqing to go with her to the temple at the west gate. However, Pei Hongqing glanced at the gray sky, said "It's too late," and directly rode the horse towards the direction of the Yifan Pavilion.

Yun Shu had no choice but to ride on the horse that Little Master Fang was riding before to catch up. When they were almost to the center of the city, they jumped off the horse and took several turns to avoid the patrolling soldiers before successfully arriving at a small door of Yi Fang Pavilion.

Before long, a middle-aged man with two baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables knocked on the door. After the chef brought the middle-aged man in, the two men got up and slipped in through the door that they had never closed before.

When they finally reached the second floor, where the girls lived, the door of the third room to the right of the corridor was pulled open from the inside. Pei Hongqing quickly turned to the side and before Yun Shu could react, he grabbed her shoulder and pressed her against the wall to the left. Almost at the same time, a "swoosh" sound rang out in his ears — Pei Hongqing had flung away the fan in his hand, perfectly blocking the side of their face.

The person who came out of the room was obviously shocked, "Aiyo, my mom! "This is in broad daylight …"

"Little Anji, what's wrong?" This familiar female voice came from behind the door that had yet to be closed. Yun Shu couldn't help but feel a little happy, as she temporarily forgot the awkwardness of being so close to Pei Hongqing.

The little girl who was called Little Ani immediately closed the door: "Nothing. "Miss, wait in the room. I'll bring you your breakfast right away." With that, he lowered his head and walked around them, heading downstairs.

Once again, only the two of them were left in the corridor. However, someone who was only a fist away from her and had a hand on her shoulder didn't seem to want to separate from her. Instead, that person's face seemed to get closer and closer to hers.

She only felt her heart beating much faster than usual, as if she could clearly hear the sound of the beating.

She finally fell into an unprecedented panic …

She knew she should push him away — before his mouth touched hers. However, her hand seemed to have lost all of its strength. She could not even lift her hand. She was like a sculpture that had its own thoughts.

There was confusion and distress in the expression on her face, and more things she didn't quite understand, and she was panicking. Her lips tightened unconsciously, and her head tilted to the side, but the next moment a light laugh came from somewhere, and a hand reached down to her head and pulled down a leaf. "You don't think I have any intention of doing anything to you, do you?"

"How is this possible?" Yun Shu coldly stared at the leaf in his hand, pushing him away, "I know where the person we're looking for is now."

"Eh? Didn't you already know that you haven't started searching? Could it be that you're a deity? "

Yun Zhui wanted to roll her eyes, but the next sentence that followed made her stagger and even forget to roll her eyes.

"No wonder he has a face that's hard to distinguish between a male and female, but he's still good-looking." He looked at her and smiled.

Yun Shu felt her entire body become uncomfortable. She turned her gaze away from him. "I'm not joking. The person who spoke in the room just now was Lady Ruyu."

"I'm not lying at all." Pei Hongqing spoke very calmly.

Yun Shu was about to say something else when the door in front of them was pulled open. Ru Yu stood behind the door and looked doubtfully at the two people who were coincidentally standing in front of the door.

Yun Shu and Pei Hongqing, "…"

At this moment, the sound of someone climbing up the stairs could be heard. Pei Hongqing immediately pulled Yun Shu into the jade room. "My apologies for disturbing you." He took the bolt from the side and bolted it.

At the same time, Yun Shu held onto Ruyu, who wanted to run out of the door, and reached out to cover her mouth with her hands: "Miss Ruyu, I'm sorry, I don't want to do this, but we won't hurt you, we just want to obtain the things that City Lord Jia entrusted us to take from you. If you can guarantee that you won't be in danger, then I can let go."

Ruyu hesitated for a moment, but still nodded in the end.

Only then did Yun Shu let go of him, retreating to the side.

Ruyu turned around and looked at them, the wariness in her eyes gradually disappearing, "How could City Lord Jia allow you two to go to a brothel lady like Ruyu to take something away? Could you two have remembered wrongly?"

Pei Hongqing said, "Castellan Jia said Lady Ruyu is the descendant of an old friend."

Ruyu's complexion slightly changed, but before she could say anything, someone knocked on the door.

Ruyu turned to look at the door that was latched to the side. "Who is it?"

"Miss Ruyu, I am. "Before, when I asked you to help me manage the matter of Yifan Pavilion, have you considered what I should do?" Yun Shu and Pei Hongqing immediately recognized who it was.

"Young Master Xiao is the new Pavilion Master of Yifang Pavilion. Ruyu naturally follows the Pavilion Master's arrangements." Ruyu slightly frowned, as if she was unwilling.

"Then, this one will discuss some management details with Miss. I wonder if Miss Ruyu can let me in for a while?"

Yun Shu quickly shook her head at Ruyu.

Ruyu understood tacitly: "How about you wait in the hall for a moment, and then wait for Ruyu to wash before going to the hall to meet with the Pavilion Master?"

"That's fine."

Immediately, the sound of footsteps could be heard outside the door.

Only then did the three of them heave a sigh of relief.

Pei Hongqing said, "Thank you very much, Lady Ruyu."

"You're welcome." When she finished speaking, Ruyu turned to look at Yun Shu at the side, "However, Ruyu remembers that when young lady helped Young Master Xiao win the second round at Yifang Pavilion back then, why are you doing this now … This young lady does not wish to meet Young Master Xiao? "

Yun Shu was a little surprised that Ruyu was able to recognize that she was the woman from that day, but now that Xiao Heng was downstairs, Yi Fang Pavilion was no longer considered a relatively safe place: "This matter is a long story, if there is a chance, I'll explain it in detail to Miss Ruyu. But the situation now is not suitable for us to discuss about this. We need to quickly retrieve the letter that City Lord Jia left here.

Ruyu gave them a deep look, and finally nodded: "Please wait for a moment, I'll go look for them."

Very quickly, she found the letter she had placed at the bottom of the box and handed it over to Yun Shu without the slightest hesitation. They opened the letter and took a look. The signature on the letter was indeed the Great Liang Empire's Imperial Jade Seal.

Just as the two of them were about to leave, someone knocked on the door again.

"Who?" Ruyu asked loudly.

"Miss, I've brought back the breakfast." It was obviously little Anji's voice.

The two extra people in the room subconsciously wanted to find a place to hide, but Ruyu shook her head at them and opened the door with the bolt.

When the young lady saw these two unfamiliar faces, she was unexpectedly not as shocked as she was in the corridor. Instead, she was stunned for a moment, and Ruyu directly pulled them in and closed the door: "These two are my guests."

Xiao Yu nodded and sized the two of them up once or twice. Then, as if she suddenly thought of something, she immediately pulled Ru Yu to the side and began to talk about something.

Ruyu smiled and lightly poked her forehead: "Your brain is full of nonsense. No wonder Little Qiao said she didn't want to go shopping with you."

Xiao Ani pouted, feeling wronged. "Did I see it?" After she finished speaking, she glanced at Pei Hongqing and Yun Shu a few times, as if she was making a silent accusation against them.

The confused Pei Hongqing and Yun Shu asked, "?"

Ruyu took the basket of breakfast that was in his hand and placed it on the table, then pulled him over, "Young Master Xiao, please wait in the hall. Ruyu is willing to help you two lead Young Master Xiao out of the hall if it is not convenient for you to meet Young Master Xiao."

Pei Hongqing: "I did not expect Lady Ruyu to be willing to help the two of us to such an extent. We cannot thank her enough." But why did the lady believe us so easily? "

Ruyu opened the door once again and said, "Since you two know that my father and Uncle Jia Shi are old friends, then I will believe 90% of your words."

"Then what about the remaining ten percent?" Yun Zhuang asked with a smile. It's impossible for you not to know how important City Lord Jia's letter is, right? "

Ruyu opened the door with a smile and turned to look at her, "The remaining 10% of your trust is for you. Ruyu heard that you helped Young Master Xiao up for free that day. I, Tang Ruyu, have seen all sorts of people, and seeing things wrongly has nothing to do with me. "See you later."

When she first saw Tang Ruyu, she could only see her country and heaven's beauty on the surface, but she didn't expect her opponent to be such a wonderful person. Since ancient times, there were countless extraordinary women. However, she never would have thought that one day, she would meet one of them. This was truly a joyous event in her life.

She could not help but smile as she replied, "See you later." If things went well, they would meet again soon.