Chapter 454 Why, it’s the general?
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 mumbling something and walking in holding a basin of water. She woke up and immediately said: "Madam, you are awake, the water has been brought."
"Yes."
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, but Fortunately, there was no vomiting that night, and he woke up several times to check on his breathing, but there was no suffocation.
At least, it can last for two days.
Thinking about this, Shang Ruyi looked at him quietly for a while, then turned and walked out.
She went to wash her face. As soon as she raised her head, Wuxue handed the towel to her hand. Shang Ruyi wiped the water on her face and looked at the originally charming and charming picture in front of her. But his face looked particularly dull, with some scratches and burns left on it from yesterday's struggle in the fire.
Shang Ruyi said: "Why don't you apply the medicine?"
Wuxue was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that she was asking herself, lowered her head and whispered softly: "No need."< br>
Shang Ruyi looked at her cautious look and said softly: "It's 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 I still get married?
Looking at her shocked look, Shang Ruyi smiled and said: "You will never think that I will let you stay unmarried for the rest of your life, just stay with me and serve us."
"...I, can you?"
"Yesterday, you saved my life and the general's. The things before - have been written off long ago."
"..."
“If you want to get married in the future, it’s natural that you can "
Wuxue's eyes suddenly turned red, but she was too embarrassed to show anything. She could only quickly take the towel in her hand, lowered her head, and choked for a while before speaking softly. : "Thank you, Madam."
Shang Ruyi said: "The previous things have been written off, but you still have to do what you should do in peacetime. Neither the Second Young Master nor I will treat you badly."
"Yes! Thank you, 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 again, brought another wooden bucket over, and poured out the remaining water in the basin. Pour it in.
Shang Ruyi said: "What are you doing?"
Wuxue said: "The water in the city is tight now. I thought this water is not dirty. Maybe I can save it. If it can be put to some use, it will not fail.”
"Water is tight?"
As soon as he heard these four words, Shang Ruyi was surprised: "What's going on?"
Wuxue said: "Young lady doesn't know, right? Today The people in the city were in a commotion. I heard that the water trucks had not been distributing water along the street, so everyone had to rely on a few people in the city. There are tens of thousands of people in the army, so the officials and the army are the first to use it, and the common people can't be ranked."
"..."
"Moreover, , 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 more water here."
Business Ruyi frowned when she heard this and said, "How could this happen?"
While thinking, she looked up at the sky again.
Although it is still early, the sun has already risen from the east, emitting a 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 to change clothes, and then ordered: "Wuxue, you guard the general here. I will go out for a while, and I will come soon Come back."
"Yes."
Shang Ruyi left. When they came out of the yard, they 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 said, "Where are you going, young lady?"
Shang Ruyi said : "I heard that there is a water shortage in the city, so 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 Tong'er handed over the patrolman to Cheng Qiao , he went down to eat happily, while Shang Ruyi took Mu Xian out of the second door, and soon arrived at the meeting hall in front. As soon as I got close, I heard an already familiar angry voice coming from inside -
"In this case, it's better to fight them!"
As soon as I heard this tone and meaning, I was shocked. I know, it's Ma Xu.
The two took 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 Yu Wenye.
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 angrily. At this moment, he stood up and said angrily: " before you They talk about fortifying the city, but now, they are going to cut off our water source, why don't we fight?"
"..."
No one answered the call for a while, but Everyone looked hesitant.
Song Yu said: "Eldest Young Master, look -"
Yu Wenzhen's expression also showed a bit of solemnity, and when he raised his head, he saw Shang Ruyi outside the door, and he smiled slightly , said: "Brother and sister, you are here."
Everyone also turned around. 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. On the contrary, Yin Changyue and the others stood up to greet her and said: "Madam is here, she is a general. What’s going on over there?”
“It’s okay”
Shang Ruyi came in with Mu Xian. He nodded to Yuwen Zui, 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 trouble because of the lack of water, so I came here to ask, I don't know what happened. ."
Ma Xu immediately sneered: "What's the matter? It's not a military order from the general. That's a good thing."
Yin Changyue immediately said: "General Ma!"
Shang Ruyi remained calm and raised his head to look at Yuwen Sui: "Brother, can you tell me?"
Yu Wensuo said: "I'd better let you act on your behalf. "Tell me about it."
Shang Ruyi then turned to look at Dai Junliang, who had a solemn look on his face, sighed softly, and then said: "Madam, It's like this. The general has previously ordered that water in the city should be sourced from wells. 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. Get water for the people in the city."
Shang Ruyi glanced at the soldier standing in the center of the meeting hall, and knew something in his heart.
She said: "What then?"
Dai Junliang said: "Since yesterday, the people they collected 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 running low. 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 now very anxious and are clamoring for the government to provide water, otherwise they will open the city gate and let them go to the river to get water. .”
“……”
"It's just that once the city gate opens, I'm afraid the Longxi Army will take the opportunity to attack."
"..."
"But if they are not allowed to get water, in this weather, people will I can’t stand it either.”
Yin Changyue said: “Otherwise. , let’s go downstream to get water. It’s farther away from Xue Xian’s military camp. He definitely won’t be able to stop our people there.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Wensu and Shang Ruyi came to the rescue almost at the same time. Immediately said: "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 Master, why not?"
Yu Wenzuo coughed lightly, and then said: "I just arrived in Fufeng and I'm not familiar with the situation here, but since my second brother He must have had his intention to issue such a military order before he fell ill."
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 it doesn't work, it's better to go out of the city to fight, even with It would be better for Xue Xian to fight to death than to stay in the city and die 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.
So, he looked at Shang Ruyi hesitantly.
At this time, Shang Ruyi also frowned.
After being silent for a long time, 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 lady, what on earth is this? Why? ”
Shang Ruyi said: "The old doctor who treated the general before said that the palace outside the city was built with the corpses of 80,000 soldiers——"
Speaking of this, originally The aggressive Ma Xu couldn't help but feel short of breath at this time.
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?"
As soon as this was mentioned, others did not speak, but followed Behind Shang Ruyi, Mu Xian, who had been silent all this 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 -"
"... ..."
Shang Ruyi glanced at him for a while, 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, there was nothing else No one is sick?”
“…”
“Why, it’s the general?”
“…”
Shang Ruyi looked at him, he hesitated to speak, his expression became more and more serious.
(End of this chapter)