slave like jade

Chapter 196 Trapped in the Valley
Hearing the noise outside, Yu Ruyan couldn't help walking to the door, and lifted the curtain, and was frightened by the scene in front of her for a moment——

Outside the camp, the heavy rain had not stopped. In the open space of the valley, under the heavy rain curtain, a silver-white figure, holding a long sword, was fighting with dozens of masked men in black.

And the two guards guarding the door saw Yu Ruyan lift the curtain and said anxiously: "Madam, please go in, it's too dangerous outside!"

Yu Ruyan was willing to go there, looking at the white figure in the rain, countless familiar images flashed in her mind...

It seems that there is a man in white armor with a silver spear in his hand, riding majestically on a tall horse. The silver spear in his hand is like a dragon emerging from the water, brave as a god; people……

The brain felt like a needle prick again, and at this moment, the silver figure turned around and saw Yu Ruyan standing at the door with a pale face. He was anxious and shouted at her: "Go in quickly, don't come out!" !"

The moment the four eyes met, even though there was a heavy rain curtain, even though the man's face was savagely washed by the rain, and his black hair was already wet and sticky to his head, but with just one glance, Yu Ruyan already recognized him. It turns out that he is the sugar man who is with her sugar man, and is also her husband Mu Lingzhi.

Her heart skipped a beat, looking at Mu Lingzhi's deep red eyes, Yu Ruyan felt endless panic and pain in her heart, as if something was about to burst out from the bottom of her heart, she couldn't restrain herself for a while, and covered her eyes. He held his chest and panted heavily.

And it was precisely because of worrying about her that while Mu Lingzhi was distracted, his arm was already hooked by the assassin's iron hook.

He didn't wear any self-defense armor, only a silver-white casual suit, so the sharp iron hook smoothly hooked into his flesh.Yixi, the assassin who successfully hooked him, quickly used this to pull his left arm, immobilizing his left arm, so as to reduce his lethality, so as to finish him early to complete the order of the lord...

Seeing that Mu Lingzhi's left arm was tightly caught by the iron hook in the assassin's hand, he couldn't shake it off for a while, but the other assassins saw that Mu Lingzhi was under good restraint when he couldn't get close to him, and immediately bent his hand even more desperately. The knife and iron hook stabbed at him...

Yu Ruyan's heart was about to suffocate...

Suddenly, a mist of blood burst out from the rain curtain, like a strange and beautiful blood flower blooming!
Screaming stuck in her throat, Yu Ruyan subconsciously covered her eyes, she couldn't bear to look at the terrifying scene in front of her, almost subconsciously, she thought that Mu Lingzhi, who was being brutally suppressed, was doomed.

However, the next moment, she heard a scream, and the scream was even more weird and incomprehensible, and it didn't come from Mu Lingzhi.

She pulled her hands away in a daze, and opened her eyes to look, but it was Mu Lingzhi who saw through the assassin's trick, and without looking back, she cut off the man's arm connected to the iron hook with a backhand sword.

With a scream, the assassin's arm fell to the ground, but the iron hook was still tightly held in Mu Lingzhi's arm.Seeing that Mu Lingzhi was wounded, the other assassins let out a strange roar, and the scimitar and iron hook in their hands flew towards Mu Lingzhi desperately...

From the moment Mu Lingzhi was injured, Yu Ruyan's heart suddenly ached, her heart was so tense and suffocated that she couldn't breathe, she looked at Mu Lingzhi's injured arm anxiously, and said to the two secret guards who were guarding the door of the camp: "What are you still doing here, why don't you hurry up and help him!?"

The dark guard was also anxious when he saw Mu Lingzhi was injured, but when he thought of the death order he had issued, he could only grit his teeth and hold back the long sword in his hand tightly, but he did not dare to move.

Because Mu Lingzhi's death order to them was - no matter what happened, they must stick to the camp and try their best to protect Yu Ruyan's safety.

And he knew from the very beginning that these assassins were coming for him, so in order to protect Yu Ruyan, he risked himself and led all the assassins alone...

The dark guard said with a pale face: "Master, let us keep Madam safe, and nothing else is allowed! Madam should go in quickly, it's too dangerous outside..."

"Are you guys stupid?" Seeing the two of them guarding the door like two iron towers and refusing to step forward to help Mu Lingzhi, Yu Ruyan was so angry that she cursed directly.Looking at Mu Lingzhi who was surrounded by killers, she was so anxious that her heart jumped out. She looked around anxiously, and said in a hateful voice: "When I'm not busy, I see so many people guarding here. Why don't you just wait here today?" You two are left, what about the others? Those flying around?"

The two secret guards secretly wiped off their cold sweat, and said anxiously, "The other eight brothers were divided into two groups, six of them went out of the valley and down the mountain to help the villagers suppress the bandits, and the other two went to the border gate to inquire about the news...so in the valley Only the two of us are left on duty."

Yu Ruyan jumped up anxiously, pushed the two hidden guards outside, and said ruthlessly: "If he dies, I will immediately kill myself in front of you and see how you can protect me! Go!"

After hearing her words, the two hidden guards were stunned. After looking at each other, they said in unison: "Leave you here to protect the wife, and I will help the master!"

After all, the moment the voice fell, the dark guard on the left turned into a black light and rushed into the fighting crowd...

The joining of the dark guards instantly eased Mu Lingzhi's predicament of being attacked by enemies.This time, it made the assassin who saw hope become manic again...

The leader of the assassins who surrounded Mu Lingzhi, a tall masked man, also spotted Yu Ruyan in the tent, raised his eyebrows, and with a move, he led a few killers towards the tent to kill him. come over.

Seeing the menacing killer, the remaining hidden guard immediately pushed Yu Ruyan into the tent, swung the long sword in his hand, and resolutely blocked the entrance of the tent.

Yu Ruyan, who was pushed into the camp by the hidden guards, didn't have time to get up, and saw the dark blue curtain in front of her eyes being splashed by streaks of blood, making a sound like rain, splashing on the curtain. Dark blood stains were left on the ground, and then flowed down to the ground, Yu Ruyan was shocked to see.

The sound of fighting rang in her ears, Yu Ruyan didn't know how long the remaining hidden guard could last.She frantically searched around the tent, trying to find a place to hide, or it would be good to find a weapon for protection.

She searched in the tent in panic with her eyes, and a voice in her heart said to herself, she can't die, her eyes have just recovered, and there are still many doubts about her life experience in her heart that have not been solved, how can she not understand at this time? Did you lose your life for nothing? !
But the tent is big and spacious, with a clear view, there is no place for her to hide, and the weapon...

Suddenly, she saw a big bow hanging on the wall in her eyes, and without thinking about it, she hurried over and picked up her heels to get the big bow.

But when she approached and touched the big bow with her hand, there was a flash in her mind, and another light flashed...

Almost involuntarily, she actually had a strong sense of disgust for this big bow in her heart, she was even very afraid and timid, she didn't want to see it, let alone dare to touch it again.

Just as she was hesitating, the sound of fighting outside gradually subsided, and Yu Ruyan was filled with panic and fear, and at the same time was full of despair——

There is almost no doubt that the outside party was killed. Nine times out of ten, it was the small and weak Mu Lingzhi and the two hidden guards.

Thinking that Mu Lingzhi might have died under the assassin's scimitar, Yu Ruyan felt a tearing pain somewhere in her heart. Thinking of how anxious and worried she was before letting her hide in, she even disregarded her own safety. , only allowed the dark guard to guard her safety, but not allowed the dark guard to step forward to help him, completely putting his own life and death aside to protect her well...

It wasn't until this moment that Yu Ruyan believed that her husband really liked her, if she didn't, how could she risk her life to protect her like this!
Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan's eyes filled with tears, she couldn't stay still any longer, mustered up her courage, and ran out of the camp again.

She thought that if they were all dead, she would definitely not be able to survive. Instead of being killed, she might as well go out and die with him.

However, when she opened the curtain again with a determined face, she was dumbfounded when she saw the scene outside!

The heavy rain finally stopped at some point, and the humid air after the rain was filled with a strong smell of blood, which made people suffocate for a while.

There were corpses lying on the ground. However, the ones lying in the blood were not those of Mu Lingzhi and the dark guard, but the killers and assassins all over the place.

Her flustered eyes happened to meet Mu Lingzhi's gaze.

He stared blankly at her who was standing pale at the door of the camp, with relief in his eyes.

Since the six hidden guards at the foot of the mountain rushed back in time, within a short while, they had already killed all of these brutal killers, leaving no one alive.

With a wave of the long sword in Mu Lingzhi's hand, he lifted the black cloth off an assassin's face. When he saw the descriptions and appearances of those assassins, his guess became more certain. Throwing these corpses to the back mountain to feed the wolves, put the sword back into its scabbard, and walked towards Yu Ruyan.

He didn't know that her eyes had completely recovered. He walked up to her with his bloody left hand, raised his right hand that was still numb from the tiger's mouth, fondled her hair, and sighed: "Fortunately, your You can't see clearly, or you will be scared."

After finishing speaking, he took her cold hands and walked into the tent, sent her to sit on the warm couch, touched her forehead with the palm of his hand, frowned worriedly and said, "Aren't you scared? You usually don't wake up at this hour, but today Get up early."

After that, he thought of something again, and said, "That's right, it's so noisy outside, you can still sleep there. Do you want to lie down again?"

There was silence in the entire camp, Mu Lingzhi squatted halfway in front of Yu Ruyan, his body was covered in blood, and the flesh of his left hand, which was scratched by the iron hook, was opened, it was very scary!
He kept asking Yu Ruyan if she was frightened, but the latter just looked at him in a daze, staring at him for a moment, with a dazed expression, but a huge wave was churning in his heart——

During the month of being with Mu Lingzhi, she had guessed his appearance and demeanor countless times in her heart, wondering what he looked like?
Before she knew what he looked like, she had been worried that a man who likes to cook in the kitchen every day, a man who likes to sleep beside her like a puppy, would he look too feminine?Or, is it a weak scholar who can't carry his shoulders or lift his hands? !

However, looking at the handsome and resolute face in front of her, as if carved by a knife and axe, and the heroic spirit that she saw with his own long sword just now, killing all directions like a god, she dared not at all He was associated with the man who took advantage of him every day and took advantage of him.

This is simply unbelievable.

Shock flashed in her eyes, she hesitated and stretched out her hands tremblingly, gently wiped away the blood stains on his cheeks, and said in a trembling voice, "You...do your hands hurt?"

Mu Ling didn't notice anything strange about her at the beginning, but he was afraid that she would be worried, so he quickly took the cloak from one side to cover the bloody wound on his left hand, so as not to scare her.

It wasn't until he turned around, took a cotton towel and carefully wiped the blood on her hands, that he suddenly thought of something, and looked at her gentle water eyes that were as clear as crystal clear spring water in shock, and stared at her in disbelief. With big eyes, he stretched out his hand to caress the part of his face that Yu Ruyan touched just now...

The next second, he jumped up excitedly, cupping Yu Ruyan's cheeks with both hands, his voice was so trembling that he could hardly utter a complete sentence——

"Yanyan, your eyes...you can see...you can see me...that's great, it's great!"

Mu Lingzhi was pleasantly surprised that Yu Ruyan's eyes finally recovered.But Yu Ruyan has been in the shock just now and can't recover. She feels that his identity and her own identity are just like what she guessed before, and they are far from being as simple as she thought.

Forcibly suppressing the doubt and shock in her heart, she smiled bitterly: "Well, my eyes are healed, I can see things, and I can see you too!"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's eyes instantly turned red, and he hugged her tightly into his arms excitedly, and said in a trembling and choked voice: "Finally...finally your eyes have recovered..."

A seemingly simple sentence, but it expresses the torment, guilt and sadness in Mu Lingzhi's heart——

No one knew how desperate and painful he was when he was forced to blind Yu Ruyan's eyes. He really complied with the words, pain in your body, pain in my heart...

Also from that moment on, when he thought of the arrow he shot her during the marriage, and then thought of another sword stabbing her in the eye, under the despair of all thoughts, he felt that only by dying for her could he repay everything he owed to her...

Even later, when her grievances were cleared up one by one, she forgave him, but whenever he saw her open eyes, his heart felt like a thousand arrows piercing through his heart, and he was filled with self-blame and guilt. ...

Now, finally looking forward to seeing her eyes again, one can imagine Mu Lingzhi's mood.

Finally, he couldn't help breaking the agreement with her, and before her memory recovered, he kissed her eyes excitedly...

This kiss was exciting and affectionate, and along the eyelids, it couldn't help but reach the tip of the nose and lips...

Yu Ruyan's whole body was shocked, and she came back to her senses in an instant, her face was flushed, she pushed him away from embarrassment, gasped heavily, and was about to reprimand him again when the curtain was lifted, It was a hidden guard who bandaged Mu Lingzhi's wound with a medicine box.

Seeing this, Yu Ruyan had no choice but to shut her mouth resentfully, and sat on the side watching the hidden guard bandage Mu Lingzhi's wound.

Although he had just experienced a life-and-death battle, Mu Lingzhi's mood was beaming with joy after learning that Yu Ruyan's eyes had recovered, not to mention the bloody wound on his left hand.

When the hidden guard helped him to bandage him, he didn't feel any pain at all, he just looked into Yu Ruyan's eyes with a smirk, and his heart was filled with joy.

While bandaging the wound, another hidden guard came in, knelt down in front of Mu Lingzhi, and said guiltily: "Master, this subordinate is not good enough to protect the master, please punish me!"

Mu Lingzhi looked at Yu Ruyan's eyes and indulged in joy to the extreme, but when he turned to the dark guard, he immediately changed into a cold and serious look, and said coldly: "Who told you to go back to the valley early? , can the bandits who gather the people under the mountain be wiped out?"

The dark guard's face sank, and he said with hatred: "This subordinate is about to tell the master that the bandits at the foot of the mountain are fake. When we rushed to kill them, we found that those bandits were not from Daliang at all, nor were they from Daliang. People from Qi, but just like those assassins outside, are from Great Wei!"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's eyes turned cold, and a cold and murderous look appeared all over his body. He said coldly, "The person who went out to inquire about the news has come back?"

The dark guard lowered his head and said, "I haven't come back yet!"

Mu Lingzhi pondered for a moment, his heart became clear, his eyes turned cold, and he said coldly, "Let them come to see me as soon as they come back!"

He wanted to say more when he suddenly saw Yu Ruyan who was sitting on the side, thinking of something in his heart, his expression froze, he quickly waved his hand to let the hidden guard go down, and said: "If there is anything to do, I will talk about it later, I will let you go down to the river to catch the shrimps Can you catch it?"

The dark guard was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, he certainly didn't expect his words to change so quickly, he nodded quickly and said in the next moment: "Return to the master, the subordinates have caught more than half a bucket of shrimp... and are raising them in the kitchen, if there are not enough , the subordinates will catch it again..."

"It's almost there!" Mu Lingzhi looked back at Yu Ruyan, with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "You haven't eaten breakfast yet, I'll go to the kitchen to cook fresh shrimp porridge for you, and I'll make it for you at noon Make spicy shrimp! Do you like it?"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's stomach groaned twice in unison, and swallowed with a gurgle of saliva, unconsciously nodding her head in cheerful agreement.

During this period of time, Yu Ruyan's mouth and stomach have been raised by Mu Lingzhi to be extremely picky. She will eat when the time comes, and she can only eat the meals he cooked. Therefore, due to the delay this morning, her stomach has already Sing the empty city plan.

And the guard who had just bandaged Mu Lingzhi's wound heard that his hand was so badly injured and he had to go to work in the kitchen, and was about to ask him to rest, but he gave him a cold look, and immediately shut his mouth timidly.

Quickly boiled a pot of delicious fresh shrimp porridge for Yu Ruyan to eat, Mu Lingzhi didn't stop for a moment, and went to the kitchen to make spicy shrimp for her lunch.

Living in this valley for so long, Yu Ruyan came to the kitchen for the first time.

She stood at the door and looked in, and saw that Mu Lingzhi was busy in front of the stove, washing fresh and tender shrimps one by one, putting them into the pot and stir frying them with spicy peppers and other seasonings, and the aroma immediately overflowed!

Turning around and seeing Yu Ruyan standing outside the door, Mu Lingzhi smiled at her and said, "Don't worry, just add more water and boil it, and it will be ready to eat soon!"

While he was talking to her, he kept his hands moving, and he was stirring the food in the pot with extraordinary deliberation. That description, he was actually three points more proficient than the average chef.

The nasal voice is full of seductive fragrance, but Yu Ruyan is enmeshed in her memory...

Seeing Mu Lingzhi busy in the kitchen, she half-knocked her eyelids, and once again tried her best to search for the memory of deja vu in her mind, because this scene, like before, also made her feel familiar, as if he I also cooked my own meals like this...

After a while, she walked into the kitchen, and finally couldn't help but ask: "You... Did you often make delicious food for me before?"

Could it be that after they got married, he was in charge of the kitchen at home?

When this thought came out, Yu Ruyan was really shocked——

How can the work in the kitchen be done by the man who is the head of the family!

But thinking that it was Mu Lingzhi who took care of her food and everything recently, Yu Ruyan silently wiped off her cold sweat.

Mu Lingzhi didn't notice that she was blushing, and she looked a little embarrassed. He just poured water into the bowl seriously, put the lid on it, and ordered the hidden guard to turn down the heat.

After finishing all this work, he turned back to her words: "Before... I didn't cook for you often... But from now on, I will cook for you every day!"

White smoke billowed up from the kitchen. Yu Ruyan, who was standing at the door, listened to the most ordinary but most touching words, stared blankly at the handsome man smiling happily towards her in the smoke, and felt a throbbing in her heart...

Her face suddenly turned red, not wanting Mu Lingzhi to find out that she was blushing and shy, Yu Ruyan hurried back to her house and returned to the tent.

She sat in front of the table, propped her chin, and thought carefully about what she was responsible for as a wife.

He has contracted the kitchen work, so she can clean up the house and help him wash his clothes.

By chance, she saw the blood-stained silver-white coat that he had taken off and put on the hanger.

Yu Ruyan went forward to pack up the outer shirt, unfolded it, and saw the big hole on the left sleeve that was torn by the iron hook, and then looked at the blood-stained outer shirt, she thought for a while, His clothes were so tattered, he probably wouldn't want them anymore, so he packed them up, took them out of the tent and threw them away...

At noon, Mu Lingzhi was happily eating shrimps in the camp with Yu Ruyan, when the two dark guards who went out to inquire about the news came back. His face was unusually serious.

After glancing at Yu Ruyan, Mu Lingzhi finally got up and went outside the tent, but when he saw the two bloody corpses lying on the ground, his heart sank suddenly.

The next moment, he asked coldly, "Who sent them back?"

The leader of the dark guard said solemnly: "They were thrown at the valley entrance, and we found them and lifted them up. When we found them... already..."

Blood flashed in the deep eyes, and Mu Lingzhi's voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, without a trace of warmth, he said coldly: "Si Guangrong really doesn't have a long memory, after suffering a loss once, dare to come again? This time, I want the head on his neck to pay homage to my brother's life!"

However, before the words were finished, a figure came running from a distance, knelt down in front of Mu Lingzhi with a 'plop' sound, his face was pale, sweat dripped down, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, it's not good, The valley is surrounded by those accomplices who assassinated this morning, and now we have no way to spread the news of the Great Wei garrison on the Liang border to Dongdu, let alone get out of the valley..."

(End of this chapter)