It took three whole days to raise the spirit, carry out the funeral, and then go to Banyan Temple to send the spirit.

And when the final spirit sending ceremony was over, the day they stayed at Banyan Temple happened to be New Year's Eve, but everyone was no longer in the mood to celebrate the festival. Everyone just had a hearty vegetarian meal in silence, and then went back to the temple.

Resting in the Jushi Forest in the back mountain.

Since it is a dormitory in Jushilin, it is naturally very simple. After Shang Ruyi finished taking a bath, he walked into the dormitory and saw that the room was spacious. It was divided into two rooms, inside and outside, with only a gauze curtain in the middle, but there was only one bed.

The inner room is against the wall, and the outer room only has two low tables and a few blankets, and no other decorations.

Shang Ruyi suddenly frowned——

How do you want them to sleep?

However, when she raised her head and looked around, she found that Yu Wenye was not there. Logically speaking, he should have gone to bathe and change clothes first, and he should have gone back to his room first. Why was he missing instead?

Could it be that he went to sleep in another room?

But when we just had our fast meal, the abbot of Banyan Temple came over and said that the dormitories in Jushilin were not enough, so even Aunt Hui and Jinyun had to squeeze into one room. As husband and wife, he and Yu Wenye, they even

It is impossible to arrange them separately.

Shang Ruyi thought about it and didn't dare to lie down first. After all, she had learned from that night and she really didn't want to show any signs of panic in front of Yu Wenye again.

So, she put on a coat, opened the door and walked out.

Everyone was really tired after being busy for the past few days. They closed the door early and went to bed. In the entire lay forest, there were only some chirping of insects and birds in the forest. On the contrary, it made the night more quiet, and even her gentle footsteps seemed a little faint.

unexpected.

Shang Ruyi walked twice in the yard. As soon as he reached the gate of Jushilin, he heard the voices of two people talking on the long bluestone road outside -

"So when he came to stay overnight six months ago, it was the last time you saw him?"

"yes."

"Where did they go after that?"

"Second Young Master, please forgive me. The Eldest Young Master's whereabouts have always been elusive and he is alone. We cannot inquire about him at will."

"Alone..."

The voices were Yu Wenye and Zen Master Duhai, the abbot of Banyan Temple. The tone of their words was neither high nor low, and it didn't sound like they were having a secret conversation. But when Shang Ruyi heard these words, he subconsciously stopped and spoke again.

I thought, and immediately turned around and went back to the room.

And even after closing the door and approaching the brazier beside the bed, she still felt chills rising from the soles of her feet.

Just when she was in a daze, the door of the dormitory was pushed open.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Yu Wenye walking in with a cold moonlight, and he seemed to be holding a cloth bag stained with mud.

Shang Ruyi suddenly became a little nervous. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at him with her back stiff.

Yu Wenye also looked at her.

After a while, a faint sneer appeared on his face and he said, "Don't worry, you can sleep on your own."

After saying that, he did not go inside, but walked to a low table outside and sat down. He poured the cloth bag in his hand on the table and poured out a bag of stones, which rolled all over the table.

Shang Ruyi was stunned - what is this for?

At this time, she couldn't lie down to sleep, nor could she go out to look. She could only sit by the bed and watch through the curtains. Yu Wenye ignored the mud on the stones, either gathering them or scattering them, and arranged them into various shapes.

shape, then moved a few more, looked again, and moved a few more.

It's like a child playing a game.

After playing with it for a while, he seemed to feel Shang Ruyi's gaze. He turned around and looked at her with a tired look on her face and still refused to lie down. For some reason, her face became even more ugly. He sneered: "Why, you want to let people

You can rest assured if I are tied up?"

"No, it's not."

Shang Ruyi probably knew what he was referring to that night. Although it was clearly his fault, but for some reason, when she brought it up now, it seemed like she had a high opinion of herself and was being sentimental. She didn't want to get into too much trouble with him.

, after all, Guan Yunmu had just passed away, and this mother was really not bad to him.

So she picked up a blanket from the bed and walked out, handing it to him.

"If it's cold, put it on."

"..."

Yu Wenye only raised his head and glanced at her without saying anything. He took the blanket and placed it coldly at his feet.

After doing all this, Shang Ruyi did not turn around and leave, but still stood beside him, looking at the different shapes of the stones on the table. Yu Wenye was silent for a while, and then said: "Why don't you go back?

sleep?"

Shang Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "I will not apologize to you for what happened that day, because I was right."

"snort."

"But, I want to make peace with you."

"..."

Yu Wenye took a breath and looked up at her again, with a faint throbbing in his eyes.

After a long while, he said: "Why?"

Shang Ruyi slowly sat on the blanket, looked straight into his eyes and said to him: "You once said that we are in business, not confrontation. It will not do any good for us to continue to be hostile like this. In any case, in the eyes of outsiders,

We are still husband and wife, aren’t we?”

She has been busy these days, but her mind is thinking clearly.

Although she only regards being the daughter-in-law of the Duke of Guo as her greatest support in life, after all, it is impossible for the Duke to be by her side to protect her all the time. At home, without the help of her husband Yu Wenye,

As a young lady, she will still have a hard time doing it.

For example, that day, she couldn't even recruit anyone under Mu Xian, which was evident.

"..."

Yu Wenye looked at her, and his originally calm breathing became rapid now.

Even his chest heaved violently several times.

After a long while, he seemed to be angry, but also looked relieved and smiled lightly, and said: "You remember my words very clearly."

Shang Ruyi remembered that she had used his words to deal with him several times. Sometimes it was a dispute, and sometimes it was a relief. She couldn't tell what kind of relationship he was referring to at the moment, but he still said sincerely: "Let's make peace."

Okay, okay?"

"..."

Yu Wenye looked at her for a while, then suddenly turned his head and snorted: "I didn't fall out with you."

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi couldn't help but smile a little.

This is what reconciliation means.

She breathed a long sigh of relief in her heart, and her whole body relaxed. She couldn't help but look at the stones on the table, and asked softly: "What are you putting here?"

Yu Wenye didn't look back at her, fiddled with a few more pebbles and said, "Look, see if you can see it."

"..."

Shang Ruyi looked at it for a while: "Are you arranging troops?"

Yu Wenye was startled and turned to look at her: "Do you understand?"

Shang Ruyi shook his head: "I don't understand, but when I was young, my father would play with the stones in the yard like this at home when he had nothing to do."

Yu Wenye looked at her with twinkling eyes for a while, without saying anything. He still turned around and continued to play with his. Shang Ruyi also looked at her for a while and murmured: "But what you are playing with is not the terrain of Xingluocang."

"...!"

Yu Wenye didn't look back at her this time. He just paused his fingers slightly and said, "Why do you think I will arrange a formation for Xingluocang?"

At this time, tiredness had gradually set in. Shang Ruyi felt his eyelids getting heavy for a while, but he still managed to summon up the energy to answer him: "Your Majesty is obviously not a normal reward for canonizing you at my mother's funeral this time.

It is more like an emergency call, and being canonized during the funeral should give you a period of time to prepare; plus Xingluocang, such an important place is occupied by Wang Gang's army, the imperial court will definitely send troops to conquer. To deal with both sides, I

Guess, I might send you there."

Yu Wenye was silent for a long time, then coldly snorted: "So you're not stupid."

He said this, but the movements of his hands were much slower than before. Firstly, his thoughts were blocked, and secondly, there seemed to be something else intruding on his thoughts, making him unable to arrange his troops with peace of mind.

.

After being silent for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "You know His Majesty's character very well."

"..."

"You and him, in the end-"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulders.

He turned around and saw that Shang Ruyi had fallen asleep at some point, with his head tilted on his shoulder.

Suddenly, his whole body froze, and a pebble in his hand fell to the table with a clatter.

Shang Ruyi had been sleeping lightly. She frowned subconsciously, but she was still confused when she felt a warmth on her ears. Suddenly, she could no longer hear any sounds, and a warm breath surrounded her. She felt a

With a reassuring sense of tolerance, he slowly fell asleep again.

After a sleep, it's the next morning.

It was rare for Shang Ruyi to sleep so sweetly, especially when he could smell the scent of sandalwood and feel the warmth of the iron on his body, and even felt reluctant to wake up.

However, her instinct still made her slowly open her eyes.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she was shocked again. She suddenly sat up and realized that she was sleeping on the bed in the back room, still covered with the blanket she handed to Yu Wenye last night.

However, there was no figure of Yu Wenye beside him. When he turned around and looked outside, he saw that there was no one at the table either.

Even the stones are gone.

After experiencing the last Zhanping River Station, she also knew that she must have fallen asleep next to him and then been carried to bed by him. Although there was not the sudden closeness and skin-to-skin contact that made her uneasy like the previous few nights, she could

She still couldn't help but blush, holding her head in regret.

Why, fell asleep again!

Fortunately, Tushe'er and the others came to help her get up quickly, and Shang Ruyi did not dare to neglect it. Today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it was also the day when they were going home after the funeral. She hurriedly got up and packed everything, and waited for half a day.

Yan Si, Yu Wenyuan and the others are all ready and the family is going home.

In the crowd, Shang Ruyi saw Yu Wenye, who was dressed in plain clothes and had a calm face, standing out like a flock of chickens.

The two of them looked at each other, and her face suddenly felt a little hot.

It was not easy to say anything, so he followed the others down the mountain. But when he got on the boat at the ferry, Shang Ruyi suddenly thought of something when he looked at the sparkling river, and his steps suddenly sank.

At this time, a familiar breath approached from behind.
Chapter completed!