Chapter 454 Why, it’s the general?

Author: Leng Qingshan

This night was spent in silence and a somewhat dull mood.

Early the next morning, Shang Ruyi woke up on the couch in the side room. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Wuxue muttering something and walking in with a basin of water. When he saw her waking up, he immediately said

: "Young madam, you are awake, the water has been brought."

"Um."

Shang Ruyi got up, but walked into the inner room first and looked at Yu Wenye on the bed. He was still asleep, his face was gray and his lips were white. He was no better than before. Fortunately, there was no improvement this night.

He vomited and woke up several times to check his breathing, but there was no suffocation.

At least, it can last for two days.

Thinking this, Shang Ruyi looked at him quietly for a while, then turned and walked out.

She went to wash her face, and as soon as she raised her head, Wuxue handed the towel to her hand. Shang Ruyi wiped the water on her face, and then looked at the originally charming face in front of her, but now it looked particularly dull.

, there are still some scrapes and burns left on it from yesterday's struggle in the fire.

Shang Ruyi said: "Why don't you apply medicine?"

Wuxue was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that she was asking him, lowered his head and said softly: "No need."

Shang Ruyi looked at her cautious look and said softly: "It is important for a young girl to be beautiful. Otherwise, how will she marry Mr. Ruyi in the future?"

"...?"

Wuxue looked up at her with wide eyes, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

Can you still get married?

Seeing her shocked look, Shang Ruyi smiled and said: "You never think that I will let you stay unmarried for the rest of your life, just stay with me and serve us."

"……Can I?"

"You saved my life and the general's life yesterday. What happened before has been written off long ago."

"..."

"If you want to get married in the future, of course you can."

Wuxue's eyes suddenly turned red, but she was too embarrassed to show anything, so she could only quickly take the towel in her hand, lowered her head, choked for a long time, and then whispered softly: "Thank you, young lady."

Shang Ruyi said: "The previous matters have been written off, but you still have to do what you should normally do. Neither I nor the Second Young Master will treat you badly."

"Yes! Thank you very much, madam!"

Wuxue was so excited that her voice trembled a little. She hurriedly picked up the basin and was about to walk out. But after thinking about it, she stopped, brought another wooden bucket over, and poured the remaining water in the basin into it.

Shang Ruyi said: "What are you doing?"

Wuxue said: "The water supply in the city is tight now. I thought this water is not dirty, and maybe it can be put to some use if I keep it, so I won't pour it out."

“Stressed on water?”

Upon hearing these four words, Shang Ruyi was surprised: "What's going on?"

Wuxue said: "Young lady, you still don't know, but the people in the city are in a riot today. I heard that the water trucks have not been distributing water along the street, so everyone can only rely on a few wells in the city to live, but the army

There are tens of thousands of people, so we will first use them for officials and military personnel, and the common people will not be able to get a place."

"..."

"Besides, it has not rained in Fufeng for almost a month, and the water in the tanks has almost been used up."

"..."

"There were originally a few tanks of water here at the government office, but yesterday they used them to put out the fire, so now we have to save some water here."

Shang Ruyi frowned when he heard this and said, "How could this happen?"

While thinking about it, he looked up at the sky again.

Although it is still early, the sun has already risen from the east, emitting dazzling light like a fireball, and the surrounding temperature has gradually begun to rise. There is no doubt that today will be another hot day.

If there is no water in such weather——

Shang Ruyi thought for a while, then went into the house and changed some clothes, and then ordered: "Wuxue, you stay here to guard the general. I will go out for a while and I will be back soon."

"yes."

Shang Ruyi walked out of the yard and happened to see Mu Xian and Cheng Qiao coming to change shifts with Shantong'er. When they saw her, they all came forward to salute. Mu Xian asked: "Where are you going, young lady?"

Shang Ruyi said: "I heard that there is a shortage of water in the city, and I wanted to go over and ask what happened."

Mu Xian said: "I will go with my wife."

Shang Ruyi glanced at him, thought about it again, and nodded. So Shan Tonger handed over the patrolman to Cheng Qiao, and went down to eat happily, while Shang Ruyi took Mu Xian out of the second door.

, and soon they arrived at the meeting hall in front. As soon as they got closer, they heard an already familiar angry voice coming from inside——

"In this case, it's better to fight them!"

As soon as he heard this tone and meaning, he knew it was Ma Xu.

The two of them walked a few steps forward, and sure enough they saw Yin Changyue, Dai Junliang, Song Yu and Ma Xu all sitting there. Sitting directly above the hall was Yuwen Ye.

In the center of the hall, stood a panting soldier with a lot of dust and blood on his body. Apparently he had just come to report something, which made Ma Xu roar. At this moment, he stood up and said angrily: "

You talked about fortifying the city before, but now, they are going to cut off our water source, why don't you still fight?"

"..."

No one in the hall answered the call for a moment, but everyone looked hesitant.

Song Yu said: "Eldest Young Master, look -"

Yuwen Sui's expression also showed a bit of solemnity, and when he raised his head, he saw Shang Ruyi outside the door. He smiled slightly and said: "Brother and sister, you are here."

Everyone also turned back one after another.

As soon as they saw her, Song Yu and Ma Xu looked at each other, a trace of panic flashed in their eyes, but no one said anything more. Instead, Yin Changyue and the others stood up to greet her, saying: "Madam is here, she is a general.

What's going on over there?"

"fine."

Shang Ruyi came in with Mu Xian, nodded to Yu Wenzai, and then said: "I just heard from the people below that there is not enough water now, and the people in the city are also making troubles because of the lack of water, so I specially

Come and ask, I don’t know what happened.”

Ma Xu immediately sneered: "What's going on? It's not a military order from the general. Well done."

Yin Changyue immediately said: "General Ma!"

Shang Ruyi remained calm and looked up at Yuwen Cun: "Brother, can you tell me?"

Yu Wenzuo said: "Let's let Mr. Dai talk about it."

Shang Ruyi then turned to look at Dai Junliang, who saw a solemn expression on his face, sighed softly, and then said: "Madam, it's like this. The general had previously ordered that the city use well water as much as possible.

If you want to get water from the river outside the city, you must go upstream. We have always followed the general's instructions and sent water trucks to the upstream every day to collect water for the people in the city."

Shang Ruyi glanced at the soldier standing in the center of the meeting hall, and vaguely knew something in his heart.

She said: "Then what?"

Dai Junliang said: "Since yesterday, their people collecting water have been sniped by the Longxi Army. Until now, not a single cart of water has been brought back."

"..."

"Right now, the water storage in the city is almost exhausted. Although there are several private wells, there is no way to supply so many people in the city. Therefore, the people in the city are very anxious now, and they are all clamoring for the government to provide water, otherwise they will open it.

Gate, let them go to the river to get water."

"..."

"It's just that once the city gate is opened, the Longxi Army will take the opportunity to attack."

"..."

"But if they are not allowed to get water, people will not be able to bear this weather."

Yin Changyue said: "Otherwise, let's go downstream to get water. Wherever it is further from Xue Xian's military camp, he will definitely not be able to go to that place to stop our people."

As soon as he finished speaking, almost at the same time, Yu Wensu and Shang Ruyi said immediately: "No!"

The two were stunned for a moment and looked up at each other.

Everyone also looked at them, and the atmosphere was a little strange for a moment. Fortunately, Song Yu immediately said: "Eldest Young Master, why not?"

Yu Wenzhen coughed lightly and then said: "I have just arrived in Fufeng and I am not familiar with the situation here, but since my second brother issued such a military order before he fell ill, he must have his intention."

Ma Xu said from the side: "Sir, that's what I said, but now the people in the city are dying of thirst, what's the use of listening to this military order?"

"..."

"If it really causes civil unrest, it won't be as easy as Xue Xian calling."

"..."

"If you really can't do it, it's better to go out of the city and fight. Even if you fight to the death with Xue Xian, it's better than staying in the city and dying of thirst."

Although he usually didn't pay much attention to his words, at this time, Dai Junliang couldn't hold on anymore. After all, in such a hot weather, they didn't say that they were uncomfortable. If the people in the city continued to make trouble like this, what would happen to them?

If the people are in chaos and Xue Xian attacks the city again, Fufeng will be in real danger.

Therefore, he looked at Shang Ruyi hesitantly.

At this time, Shang Ruyi also frowned.

After a long silence, she still said: "No matter what, you must not go downstream to get water."

Everyone was a little surprised by her persistence. Yin Changyue said: "Young madam, why is this?"

Shang Ruyi said: "The old doctor who treated the general before said that the temple outside the city was built with the corpses of 80,000 soldiers——"

Having said this, Ma Xu, who was originally very aggressive, couldn't help but feel short of breath.

Shang Ruyi did not look at him and continued: "Now that the weather is hot, the corpses have begun to rot, and the corpse water and blood have long flowed into the river. This kind of water source is very easy to be infected with diseases."

"Epidemic?"

When this was mentioned, others did not speak, but followed Shang Ruyi. Mu Xian, who had been silent all the time, suddenly thought of something and looked at Shang Ruyi with wide eyes: "What the young lady means is that the general's illness may also be caused by Shang Ruyi.

——”

"..."

Shang Ruyi glanced at him for a long time, then nodded gently.

Mu Xian gasped.

But immediately, he frowned again and said: "But, I remember that after the general came here - he didn't even drink a sip of water. He went out of the city to fight as soon as he settled down. Even if he drank water, no one else fell ill.

?”

"..."

"Why, it's the general?"

"..."
Chapter completed!