Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1289 One Arrow

Just now, when Yuwen Ye appeared on the Xuanwu Gate Tower, everyone was shocked, and Shang Ruyi's heart was also beating like thunder. She subconsciously reached out to touch her chest, as if trying to calm her heartbeat, but suddenly felt her shoulders sink.

Yu Wencheng, who was originally standing beside her, stepped back behind her and put one hand on her shoulder, pushing her in front of him.

Shang Ruyi frowned and turned to look at him, only to see Yuwen Cheng sneer, "Second sister-in-law, don't move."

"..."

"There are swords and knives everywhere. If you move, it will easily cause a big mess."

"..."

Shang Ruyi's face darkened.

At this moment, she almost instinctively wanted to resist, but she was surrounded by the Xiaowei Army. She had no room to resist at all. Moreover, seeing Shentu Tai and others appearing in front of her, Yuwen Cheng's breathing and heartbeat became noticeably rapid. He suddenly raised his hand and placed the dagger that he had just taken from Shang Ruyi across her neck.

This was originally the trick he used to save his life tonight.

But now seeing the situation ahead, he knew he could no longer hesitate, so he immediately took Shang Ruyi hostage and walked step by step to the front of the team.

This scene immediately shocked the people in front, especially Shen Wuzheng. He clasped his hands tightly on the parapet, leaving blood marks on his fingertips.

"As one wishes……"

Although his expression could not be seen clearly at the moment, as soon as he saw the army in front of him suddenly stop, and Yuwen Ye's figure seemed to tremble slightly in the firelight, Yuwen Cheng knew that he had grasped the most critical point in the chaos again. He sneered and clasped Shang Ruyi's shoulders tightly, his fingers almost pinching into her skin, and slowly pushed her forward two steps.

"Second brother..."

He was very proud, but cautiously hid his entire body behind Shang Ruyi, revealing only a pair of eyes flashing with cunning, and sneered: "You seem to have forgotten that your Qin Wangfei, the majestic lady, is still in my hands."

"..."

"You, don't you even care about her?"

"Yuwen Cheng!"

This time, it was not Yuwen Ye on the tower who spoke, but a childish roar from below the tower. Looking closely, it was Shan Tong'er. He was riding on a horse, holding two huge copper hammers in his hands, staring at the front with a sullen face: "If you dare to hurt the Princess of Qin, I, we will definitely tear you into pieces!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Hearing his roar, Yuwen Cheng laughed calmly, then stared at him fiercely: "If you dare to act rashly, I guarantee that she will be the first one to die in front of Xuanwu Gate today!"

"..."

This also stunned the good boy.

Not only him, even Shen Tutai, Shi Yutao and others hesitated and dared not step forward. If it was a normal battlefield, they would have rushed forward to kill until the sky was dark and the sun and moon were dim, but unfortunately, the Princess of Qin was in the hands of the enemy - more importantly, they all understood that the Princess of Qin was not just a princess to His Royal Highness the King of Qin.

These two people have been together since the beginning, whether it was Xingluocang, Wanggangzhai, Dongdu, Jiangdu, Fufeng, Taiyuan, or even the most dangerous Hulao Pass and the bloody battle of Luoyang, they accompanied each other and never gave up.

No one dared to bet on what would become of Yuwen Ye after losing Shang Ruyi.

What's more, Shang Ruyi without Yuwen Ye is not meaningless to these soldiers - she is not only the Princess of Qin, but also a dignified and majestic lady. Almost everyone in the army has witnessed her perseverance and courage, and they all admire her character and methods. In the hearts of these soldiers and generals, her status is no less than that of Yuwen Ye.

It is impossible to ask them to give up her!
As a result, the situation immediately came to a standstill.

On the battlefield, military morale is very important. As the saying goes, the first attack is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted. Seeing that the momentum of the crowd was about to be suppressed by Yuwen Cheng's threat of Shang Ruyi's life, and even when Yuwen Cheng began to laugh wildly in triumph, suddenly, his laughter choked, and he stared at the situation in front of him with wide eyes.

On the Xuanwu Gate, the man with thousands of lights gathered on his body slowly raised his hands, and in his hands, he held a bow!

Yuwen Ye actually drew the bow and aimed the arrow at the bottom!
At this moment, Shen Wuzheng was stunned. He immediately stepped forward to stop him, but Pei Xingyuan on the other side rushed over and grabbed him tightly, whispering in his ear: "You have to believe him!"

"I--"

Shen Wuzheng gritted his teeth, looked at him, then looked at Yuwen Ye, his eyes wide open almost red.

And as everyone was looking on in shock and disbelief, Yuwen Ye stretched out his arms and almost easily pulled the bow in his hand. The arrow was filled with strength, like the thunder that was faintly rumbling and flashing in the thick clouds. Once it broke free from its restraints, it would be filled with a thousand pounds of force and cut through the sky.

At this moment, the arrow flashing with cold light was aimed at the bottom of the city wall.

Because they were too far away, no one could see clearly who the arrow was aimed at, but at this moment, everyone understood that Yuwen Ye was aiming at only one person.

Thus, at this moment, hundreds of eyes were focused on Yu Wencheng.

In other words, it was on Shang Ruyi.

Because as soon as Yuwen Ye appeared, Yuwen Cheng pushed her in front of him, and the cold light flashed downwards and almost pierced into Shang Ruyi's eyes at this moment.

She slowly frowned but said nothing.

"Second brother, do you want to do it?"

At this time, Yu Wencheng's teasing and even somewhat provocative voice sounded again from behind her.

Although at this time, his hand holding the dagger trembled slightly, and he felt frightened in his heart, after all, Yuwen Ye was different from ordinary people. Yuwen Ye who picked up a weapon was even more different from the usual Yuwen Ye. Anyone who had seen him sweeping through thousands of troops on the battlefield with his invincible bravery would not doubt that for Yuwen Ye, such a feat as taking the head of a general among millions of soldiers was almost effortless.

But as soon as he saw Shang Ruyi, who was firmly held in his hand, Yuwen Cheng immediately calmed down. If Yuwen Ye wanted to kill him, he had to kill Shang Ruyi first. But even if he really shot Shang Ruyi to death with one arrow, when he shot the second arrow, it would be enough for Yuwen Cheng to dodge.

Of course, if he still had the Divine Arm Bow in his hand, he could also shoot two people to death with one arrow, but Yuwen Cheng had long known from Xiao Yuansui that Yuwen Ye's Divine Arm Bow was destroyed in the battle of Hulao Pass. At this distance, with an ordinary bow and arrow, even Yuwen Ye could not shoot two people to death with one arrow at the same time.

not to mention--

Is he willing to do so?
If it were someone else, Yuwen Cheng might not have such confidence, but over the years, he saw the relationship between Yuwen Ye and Shang Ruyi too clearly, and he also understood that his second brother, who seemed cold and heartless, and even almost beat him to death just because he hit those lowly beggars on the roadside, was actually a fool who was greedy for beauty. He couldn't even care about his wife having a private relationship with other men outside, and he was still wholeheartedly doting on her.

How could such a person have the qualifications to compete for the position of crown prince and become the emperor of the Dasheng Dynasty?

Now, he has Shang Ruyi in his hands. Even if he doesn't have control over the overall situation, he still has a kind of pleasure of pulling the other person's heart. He likes to see other people's conflicts, entanglements, pain and despair, especially Yuwen Ye, who has always been high and mighty, as if no swords, spears, or halberds can hurt him at all.

Thinking of this, Yuwen Cheng felt even more proud, especially after he shouted out those provocative words. Seeing that the opponent's arrow, which had been full of power for a long time, was still on the bowstring and had not been shot out, the cold light reflected from the tip of the arrow was trembling slightly, and it seemed that the rock-steady hands of the person holding the bow were also beginning to tremble. Yuwen Cheng felt even more pleasure in his heart.

Sure enough, Yuwen Ye was reluctant to shoot Shang Ruyi.

Shang Ruyi, who was in his hand, was also shaking constantly. It was not known whether it was because of fear or something else. But no matter what the emotion was, Yuwen Cheng was very satisfied.

So he sneered, still carefully curled up his whole body behind Shang Ruyi, and shouted again: "Second brother, you have to think carefully. Your princess has suffered a lot in the city for you. She just fought bloody battles on the Imperial Horse Road. Do you want to kill her first?"

"..."

"Oh, I see. You must have known about her affair with Xiao Yuansui, right?"

"...!"

Hearing this, the soldiers on both sides all let out low cries of astonishment, especially Shan Tong'er, who was sitting on horseback and was so angry that his face turned blue. He wanted to rush up and bite Yuwen Cheng and tear off a piece of his flesh. At this moment, he immediately raised the copper hammer in his hand and roared at him: "You, you fart!"

Yuwen Cheng didn't care about this kid at all. When everyone's faces changed drastically, especially the vulgar and barbaric soldiers around him, they looked at the tall figure on the tower with frivolous and contemptuous expressions, teased and joked, and even started to say some dirty words, he shouted again: "Second brother, you may not know yet, Xiao Yuansui is dead!"

"..."

"This traitor just died in our hands. But he didn't surrender. He died in a bloody battle for your wife, the Princess of Qin!"

Shang Ruyi's face darkened.

Having been married into the Yuwen family for so long, she had already witnessed Yuwen Cheng's lies, but she never expected that he would dare to talk nonsense in front of so many people at this time. On the Imperial Horse Road, Xiao Yuansui had fought to the death, and in order not to die at the hands of these villains, he finally chose to be killed by his own hands, but in his mouth, it became that he died for him.

Perhaps, this is true...

However, what is important is not how he died or at whose hands he died, but what he called his "affair" with Xiao Yuansui.

There is no need to explain how important military morale is when two armies are facing each other. However, he actually made up a lie about the affair between the Princess of Qin and the rebels at this time. This was to humiliate the enemy commander in front of all the soldiers. The more unbearable the words were, the greater the blow to the enemy's prestige. Once the morale of the army was defeated by him——

"Shut up!"

Shang Ruyi growled and was about to open her mouth to refute him, but the dagger in Yuwen Cheng's hand immediately tightened around her neck.

Another bloodstain appeared on the snow-white neck.

Although he had been carefully hiding himself behind her, at this time Yuwen Cheng still leaned close to her ear, carefully revealing one eye to look at the cold light that was still flashing in front of him, and the eyes that seemed to be about to be swallowed by the darkness behind the cold light - he could almost imagine how angry Yuwen Ye was when he heard these words!
Even if he had to take the risk, he wanted to see it with his own eyes.

At the same time, he whispered in Shang Ruyi's ear: "Second sister-in-law, don't get excited and don't talk nonsense. As soon as you open your mouth, my hands will become unstable. If my hands are unstable, I don't know what I will do."

Feeling the chill on his neck, Shang Ruyi choked up and dared not speak anymore.

This made Shen Wuzheng even more angry.

He has learned a lot in his life, not for his own benefit, but for the benefit of the world. However, no matter how he has made achievements and cared about the people, he always has one biggest wish in his heart, which is to protect his little sister, to make her worry-free and away from all pain and troubles. This time, letting Shang Ruyi stay in Chang'an City was the thing he was most worried about, so when Yuwen Ye proposed to return to Chang'an in advance, he immediately agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Now, hearing what Yuwen Cheng said, he didn't care about any personal feelings at all. He only heard the other party talking about the bloody battle on Yuma Road, and saw Shang Ruyi covered in blood in the firelight, as if he had just walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. His heart felt like it was being twisted by countless knives, making him heartbroken!

"Yuwen Cheng, you——"

Just as Shen Wuzheng took a step forward, pointed at Yuwen Cheng and roared, there was a "whoosh" sound, and a cold light suddenly shot out in the direction of his finger!
"...!?"

Shen Wuzheng turned around in panic, only to see a flash of lightning!
It’s Yu Wenye!

Just when everyone was only listening to the dirty words coming out of Yuwen Cheng's mouth and all their attention was attracted by Shen Wuzheng's roar, Yuwen Ye suddenly shot an arrow at this moment!

Thunderous lightning comes from the sky!

At this moment, Shang Ruyi also opened his eyes wide, staring at the cold light in front of him that was flying towards them at lightning speed. The arrow had not arrived yet, but the arrow light had already arrived.

Yuwen Ye really wants to——

Just as this thought flashed through her mind, Shang Ruyi's mind suddenly became clear. She held her breath, and when the lightning-fast light was about to fly in front of her eyes, she slowly closed her eyes.

The scene in front of me immediately became pitch black, and the sounds of fear and panic around me were also blocked out in an instant.

Then, a gust of wind, carrying the chill brought by the cold light, suddenly blew on her face!
The strong wind blew past my ears, and my hair flew flying.

At the same time, a shrill scream sounded beside my ears——

"Prince!"