Noble First Daughter-in-law

"Brother Hua!"

Although they were enemies on the battlefield in Luoyang before, when he realized that he was the one who shot the most crucial arrow just now, Shan Tong'er was so happy that he didn't care about anything else and was about to pounce on him immediately. However, he stopped when he was only a few steps away from him.

It was not only Hua Ziying, who quietly took a step back, almost blending into the dark night again. It was also because Shan Tong'er saw that his shoulders were drooping at his sides in an almost twisted posture. Although he was still holding a bow in his hand, the posture did not look like he was holding a bow, but more like his weak fingertips were hooking the bow.

Sure enough, when his fingers lost the last bit of strength, the longbow immediately fell to the ground.

Shan Tong'er looked at the scene with eyes wide open in astonishment, then slowly raised his head and looked at him: "Brother Hua, your hand..."

At this time, Yuwen Ye, who was protecting Shang Ruyi, also came over and stopped at a distance from him. He just looked at his face, which looked particularly pale in the night, from a distance, and said, "You, shouldn't have..."

"..."

Hua Ziying didn't say anything, he just lowered his head and drooped his eyelids.

Shan Tong'er then said, "Brother Hua, didn't you leave?"

Since Hua Ziying was captured after being shot by an arrow on the battlefield in Luoyang, he was originally imprisoned with Xiao Yuansui and others. However, because Yuwen Cheng took Xiao Yuansui away in advance, he had been following Yuwen Ye and others, and was also taken back to Chang'an by them.

Afterwards, although his external injuries healed, the arrow that pierced his body injured his tendons and bones. The doctor told him that he might not be able to hold a bow again.

Yuwen Ye had no intention of killing him, and in this way he could no longer use him.

Especially after he learned that Xiao Yuansui had actually defected to the prince's side again, he completely lost confidence in Chang'an, or in the court, and decided to retire alone. Yuwen Ye did not force him to stay and really let him go.

I thought that the mountains are high and the waters are far away, and we would never meet again.

But I didn't expect to see him shoot another amazing arrow here, and save Shang Ruyi.

The person who was most shocked at this moment was none other than Shang Ruyi. Not only did the fear that she had been forced to hide by his arrows outside Xingluo Cang completely disappear, but she was even more surprised that compared to Yuwen Ye's powerful strength, Hua Ziying's archery was known for its lightness and swiftness. She didn't expect that he could also shoot such a domineering arrow.

Shang Ruyi slowly took two steps forward and looked at his hands that fell weakly at his side: "Thank you."

"..."

Hua Ziying glanced at her, hesitant to speak, and after a long while, he said in a dry voice: "I did it for him."

Shang Ruyi frowned slightly but said nothing, but Shan Tong'er had already understood. He looked back at Shang Ruyi's body which was covered in blood. He wondered how much of the blood was Xiao Yuansui's.

Shan Tong'er suddenly asked, "Brother Hua, have you been here all this time?"

"..."

"Were you there during the Imperial Horse Road?"

"..."

"Then why didn't you—"

Having said this, he regretted his words and immediately shut his mouth. However, Hua Ziying's eyes flickered for a moment, and he said to himself: "Actually, I could have saved him just now."

"..."

"I should have saved him."

"..."

"but I do not have."

Shang Ruyi asked: "Why?"

Hua Ziying's eyes were hollow, and he said in a deep voice: "I just feel that if he is allowed to continue living, he will not stop. He will keep rebelling, starting uprisings, and rebellion... His life seems to be like this, he has never been at ease and has no rest." "..."

"I just don't want to see him continue like this."

"..."

"As for saving you - I was grateful to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin for not killing you, and I also didn't want him to die in vain."

At this point, he said to Shang Ruyi: “So Princess, you don’t have to thank me. I saved you not for the sake of saving you.”

Shang Ruyi also nodded. There was no more gratitude in her eyes, only tenderness: "He was not at ease all his life, but you can; he took the wrong path, but after you leave, you can walk a path of your own."

"..."

"Hua Ziying, who can't even lift a bow, may be able to lift more things."

Hua Ziying's eyes flickered for a moment, and he finally looked down at the bow that had fallen at his feet. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he bowed to Shang Ruyi, Yuwen Ye and the others with difficulty: "Thank you. Goodbye."

After saying that, he turned around, and his agile yet lonely figure quickly blended into the darkness.

Shang Ruyi was still looking at the dark night, silent for a long time, then turned back to look at Yuwen Ye: "Are you really not going to keep him?"

Yuwen Ye shook his head calmly: "He is no longer useful to me."

"..."

"But he may have a bright future for himself."

Shang Ruyi nodded.

Yuwen Ye then turned around to look at Yuwen Cheng, who had already fallen to the ground and was no longer breathing, and waved his hand: "Take the King of Qi away and bury him with honor."

Several soldiers immediately took orders and went forward to lift up Yuwen Cheng's body.

No one dared to delay here. After all, the lights were still on in front of the Xuanwu Gate not far away. Hearing the sound of horse hooves and shouts coming from afar, they immediately mounted their horses and galloped back to the Xuanwu Gate.

Here, the outcome is already decided.

When Yuwen Ye killed Yuwen Qian and Shentu Tai killed Yu Dingxing, they almost defeated the two most important pillars of the enemy. In addition, Yuwen Cheng escaped with Shang Ruyi, and the remaining Xiaowei Army became a pile of loose sand. Some fled in the face of the enemy, some surrendered with weapons, and the rest who refused to surrender were all slaughtered after a bloody battle led by Shentu Tai, leaving no harm behind.

Even Shi Yuxin came back.

She led her team of men and rushed to the Xuanwu Gate. As they approached, everyone saw a bloody head hanging on the side of her horse. Upon closer inspection, they found that it was Su Changjing's!
Shang Ruyi was shocked: "What's going on?"

Shi Yuxin saluted the two of them first, then said, "After leaving Mingde Gate, I originally planned to come to the palace to meet up with the princess, but halfway there I found that although the Qi Wang's men had also come, Su Changjing was not there. I was worried that they would ambush, so I waited for a while outside Buzhengfang, and sure enough, I saw Su Changjing and his men retreating from the Qin Wang Mansion. They planned to take a detour to the other side of the Imperial Horse Road to meet up with the Qi Wang's men, so I took his life."

As soon as Shi Yutao saw her, he immediately came forward and said happily, "Sister, you are really amazing."

Shi Yuxin looked him up and down and nodded calmly: "You are not bad either."

Shi Yutao immediately laughed happily.

Just as they were talking, a tall figure ran over. It was Shentu Tai. When he saw Yuwen Ye bringing Shang Ruyi back, he immediately came forward, saluted Shang Ruyi, and then immediately said to Yuwen Ye: "Your Highness, go over and take a look."

Yu Wenye said: "What's wrong?"

Shentu Tai said: "Prince..." (End of this chapter)