Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1229 Melee
Upon hearing this, both of their eyes lit up.

Yuwen Ye asked, "Who is leading?"

Mu Xian said, "It was the commander of the Right Guard, Su Changjing, who brought a group of people to the palace to report on their work and express gratitude. When they were leaving, they met the general of the Left Thousand Bull Guard, Shang Shoufei..." When he said this, he looked at Shang Ruyi cautiously. Seeing that Shang Ruyi frowned slightly, but did not express anything else, he continued boldly, "I don't know what the two sides said, but they ended up fighting."

Yuwen Ye asked, "Did you use a knife?"

"Not yet. But when the news came, it didn't stop."

"Oh."

Yuwen Ye and Shang Ruyi looked at each other. Neither of them seemed surprised by the news, especially Shang Ruyi, whose bright eyes flickered slightly, as if he was expecting something.

Yuwen Ye took the handkerchief offered by Chang Wan and wiped his mouth, then stood up: "I'll go take a look."

On the other side, Shang Ruyi also stood up. She instinctively wanted to accompany him, but as soon as she stood up, she immediately felt her legs sink. She looked down and saw, as expected, that fat boy pounced on her and hugged her.

Little Yuanqian raised his chubby little face, rubbed her legs and mumbled in a baby voice: "Mom... I won't leave..."

Not to mention feeling soft-hearted, Shang Ruyi's legs even went weak.

She immediately reached out to protect her son's back and rubbed his face. Yuwen Ye also looked back, with a smile on his face, and said, "You stay at home with him. I'll be back soon."

Shang Ruyi wanted to follow again, but her legs were held by a pair of small hands. She had no choice but to whisper, "You know, Su Changjing..."

Yuwen Ye nodded at her and left in a hurry.

After watching his back disappear outside the dining hall, leaving only a hurried, warm breeze, Shang Ruyi sighed softly, then looked down at her son who was clinging to her like a vine, squatted down and pinched his face unhappily: "If it weren't for you, how much work could mother do?"

She was soft-hearted and couldn't bear to use any harsh force. Little Yuanqian's mouth was twisted to one side by her twisting, but he still giggled happily.

Shang Ruyi said: "Why don't you call your father?"

"Cluck, cluck, cluck."

"Little burden!"

"Giggle cluck..."

"Humph!"

Although Shang Ruyi was angry, she reached out and hugged him helplessly.

On the other side, in front of Yong'an Gate, there was already a scene of grief. On the corridors inside and outside the palace gate, dozens of people were lying or sitting on both sides, with scars on their faces and blood on their hands, all of which showed the fierceness of the melee that had just taken place.

But the melee is not over yet.

Right in front of the palace gate, the two groups of people were still facing each other, and a few men with northern accents shouted the loudest -

"You Qianniu Guards are nothing but idlers who eat ready-made wine bags in Chang'an City. We have all rolled through swords and guns, so why should we be afraid of you?"

"You, you dare to scold our Qianniu Guards!"

"So what if I scold you?" "That's right, a bunch of losers who can't even hold a knife, and you dare to act arrogantly in front of a man!"

"Come on, chop these barbarians up for me!"

The person who made the last roar was none other than Shang Shoufei, whose eyes were red in the crowd. His chin was bruised and there was blood at the corner of his mouth. He was obviously beaten in the melee just now. After hearing his order, the Qianniu guards behind him could no longer hold back, and naturally rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward.

Standing opposite them were naturally the Right Guards.

These men were big and strong, and their fierceness was even more intimidating than the swords in their hands. After all, they had just returned from the bloody battlefield of Hulao Pass not long ago, so they would not suffer any loss if they fought.

But when the other side rushed forward, these people retreated almost at the same time.

As he retreated, he shouted, "Be careful! Protect the general!"

The person they were protecting was none other than the Right Guard General Su Changjing.

Compared to the Qianniu Guards who were just scolded by his subordinates as "taking advantage of the ready-made situation", he was the one who had never been on the battlefield. He was directly promoted to the commander of the Right Guards just because he was the general of the Left Guards and the son-in-law of Wushan County Duke Yu Dingxing. Moreover, he got such a big bargain not long after taking office and received such a large group of people from Shentu Tai.

He was very excited, but also cautious under Yu Dingxing's reminder.

These people were all brought back by Yuwen Ye from Hebei and other places. They were strangers who had arrived in a strange place and were suddenly transferred to his command. They were bound to be uneasy. That day at Yu Mansion, after the Crown Princess left, Yu Dingxing reminded him more than once that comforting them was the most important thing.

"You have just taken command of the troops and do not know the ins and outs of the military. But as the saying goes, fortune and disaster go hand in hand. If you are given so many people, there will be more troubles than this. If you do not lead them well, there will be a big mess."

These words are still fresh in my mind.

Su Changjing did exactly that. He had spent most of the past few days resting in the military camp, eating and sleeping with these people. He just wanted to build relationships with them as quickly as possible and make them truly his own.

However, he did not expect that when he led a team of these people into the palace today to report on their work and express his gratitude, he would meet people from the Qianniu Guards. He did not expect that Shang Shoufei, who was obviously in the same camp as them, would actually provoke them.

Under normal circumstances, Su Changjing might have reluctantly swallowed his anger and then went back to talk to Yu Dingxing about the details, but today, he couldn't bear it anymore.

Because on the way back from Yu Mansion that day, Yu Mingzhu complained to him with red eyes, and he knew that she had just been ridiculed by Crown Princess Yu Mingyue at home - although they were all the Crown Prince's people and should follow the lead of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, but since the day he married Yu Mingzhu, Su Changjing had vaguely known some old stories in their family, and also knew about the discord between the two sisters of the Yu family.

If it was a business matter, he could naturally tolerate it, but when his wife was bullied, Su Changjing became extremely angry.

Today he suddenly met Shang Shoufei - this person was originally the brother of the Princess Qin, but he became a disciple of the Crown Prince. Originally, the two of them had no grudges against each other, and they didn't even have much contact, but when he suddenly provoked him like this, Su Changjing immediately realized that it was probably the Crown Princess who was behind it again.

In this way, he could not bear it, and even stood up to confront the Qianniu Guards when his men were insulted by the other side. From the quarrel to the fight, many people were injured, and this scene was completely beyond his expectations.

Su Changjing was angry and a little panicked at the same time, especially when he heard the people around him shouting to protect themselves. When he saw the other party rushing towards him like a wolf or a tiger, he subconsciously raised his arms to block in front of him.

But the people of Qianniu Guard were already burning with anger, and they didn't care about anything else. Several of them rushed forward and beat Su Changjing up. In a panic, Su Changjing felt a black screen before his eyes, and was hit in the face. Then he was hit several times in succession on his body, which made him see stars.

In a panic, he sensed something was wrong and shouted, "Stop!"

But who would listen to him at this time? People from both sides had already started fighting together. Even those who had already fought and collapsed on the ground due to exhaustion jumped up again. Seeing that the situation was not right, someone drew the knife from his waist.

Just as another melee was about to break out, a deep and rich voice suddenly sounded:

"Stop it all!"