Yan Ruyu looked at Linlang who was kneeling on the ground and sighed softly.

"Get up and talk."

Linlang wiped her eyes, slowly stood up, lowered her head and said nothing.

"What are you going to do out of town?"

Linlang's lips moved, but before she could speak, Yan Ruyu asked again, "Holding the mindset of dying? That must be a big deal."

Linlang wanted to kneel again, but Yan Ruyu held her arm and said, "Since this is a matter of life and death, how can I let you take the risk alone? You are mine, and I have the final say on your life and death."

Linlang raised her head, her eyes red. "Master, I am sorry. I have said that I will be loyal to you till death and I will never have second thoughts! But this time..."

"Do you think I'm here to stop you?" Yan Ruyu smiled faintly.

Linlang was surprised: "Isn't it...?"

"I told you that I can't let you take the risk alone, so I will naturally go with you."

Linlang's eyes widened and she clenched her hands: "Master, but..."

"No buts, I have to do something. Otherwise, if I stay up late at night and sneak out with you, wouldn't it be a big loss for me?"

Linlang's eyes narrowed and tears fell down: "Master, you are so good to me."

"Then tell me what happened. You haven't been in a good mood since you returned home today."

Linlang wiped away her tears: "I... was on the way back home, driving the carriage, and saw two people."

Huo Changhe asked: "Did the carriage stop suddenly because it saw them?"

Linlang blushed: "Indeed."

"I'm sorry, Master. I lied. There is no cat at all."

"Go on, who is that person? Why did he make you lose control of your emotions?" Yan Ruyu asked.

Linlang clenched her fists, tears still gleaming in her eyes, and a fire of anger burst out.

"They are the ones who killed my entire clan."

Huo Changhe took off his mask and said, "Kill your entire clan? Didn't you say that the people who killed your entire clan were our army?"

When they first met, Huo Changhe recognized that Linlang was not a Han Chinese and warned her privately. At that time, Linlang swore to Changshengtian that she would never betray Yan Ruyu and would serve him loyally.

At that time, Huo Changhe was still puzzled. As a garrison defender, how could he not know about sending troops to exterminate the entire tribe? Linlang mentioned Yogyakarta, but at that time Huo Changhe was ordered to return to Beijing, so he didn't know.

He didn't ask any further questions afterwards.

After such a long time, the matter was brought up again and he still remembered it vividly.

Linlang nodded and said, "Yes, the army that exterminated our entire tribe did wear Central Plains uniforms. After I ran away, someone chased me. The leader spoke the grassland dialect. I guess that the Han army was able to march straight in because someone must have led the way and leaked the secret."

She gritted her teeth and said, "I was deeply impressed by the two people I saw this afternoon. One of them had a scar on the right corner of his forehead. That scar was from my brother. There should also be a tooth mark on his left wrist. It was from me."

As she spoke, she slowly touched her right arm and said, "I've also had a broken bone here. It was caused by another person."

Yan Ruyu stepped forward and gently touched her head: "Hit you? That's not okay? Let's go and seek revenge on them."

Linlang looked up at her, her eyes were full of tears, shining brightly.

"Don't cry. You can't cry when you're taking revenge. You can't lose your momentum," Yan Ruyu wiped away her tears, "Go through the city gate."

"But, Master, I heard that they are in the Dacheng Army, and I'm afraid... they will bring you trouble."

Yan Ruyu turned around and looked at Huo Changhe: "My Lord?"

Huo Changhe said: "There is no trouble that I cannot handle."

"Did you hear that?" Yan Ruyu asked with a smile.

Yinding took off his mask, revealing a fat, smiling face: "And your brother Tuotuo, no matter what trouble it is, I have been through so many times in the Dacheng Army."

"Your brother Beibei wanted to come too, because he was thinking about you, but he's not good at martial arts, so I knocked him out."

Linlang burst into laughter and said, "Thank you, Master, thank you, Prince, and thank you, Brother Tuotuo."

Yan Ruyu led her to the city gate and asked, "How did you know that they were in the Dacheng army? Are they soldiers?"

"That's not the case. They were indeed wearing Dacheng military uniforms, but they were speaking the grassland dialect at that time."

"The one with the scar on his right forehead said that being in the army all day was boring, and it was better to be in the city. The other said that we were disguised as a caravan, so why not go into the city? It would be boring to be with those soldiers."

Yan Ruyu paused: "Caravan?"

"That's right." Linlang nodded. "As for why there is a caravan in the Dacheng Army, I don't know...but I must have heard it wrong."

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe looked at each other.

They were still puzzled by the caravan's affairs and at a loss as to what to do, but Linlang actually knew two of them.

As Yan Ruyu walked, she thought quickly about what would be the safest way to handle this matter.

Just as I was thinking about it, a fast horse came running in the front, running fast in the snow, the horse's hooves kicked up the flying snow, splashing every particle.

"Who's in front? Get out of the way!"

Although there is no curfew in Youcheng, it is cold and gets dark early, so most people go to bed early and no one walks on the streets. Especially tonight when it snows heavily, people who can walk in the snow will mostly be suspected of having bad intentions.

As soon as he heard the man's shout, Yinding recognized the voice.

He stepped forward and raised his voice: "Is that Brother Cui?"

Cui rushed forward and stopped his horse. When he saw Yinding, a look of joy appeared on his face: "Brother Yinding, it's you!"

"I was just about to go home, why are you here?"

"Not only me, but also the prince and princess. What do you want?"

Cui Chong looked behind him carefully, then quickly stepped forward to greet him: "Your Majesty, Princess."

"Is there anything important that I can ask you, Lord Governor, to see me so late at night?"

Cui Chong nodded: "Your Highness is right. It was Tang Yibai who went to see you and said that he was leaving."

When Huo Changhe heard this, he thought, this wasn't an extremely urgent matter, so was it worth coming in so late at night?

Cui Chong added: "At this time, Tang Yibai was in the adults' house. He went there late at night, and the adults were about to go to bed. They thought he had something important to do, so they met him and he asked to leave."

"He also said that he would leave early tomorrow morning."

"Your Excellency finds this matter strange, but can't find a reason to stop them. They have indeed stayed long enough, so you asked me to come and ask for your instructions, Your Excellency."

Huo Changhe suddenly realized what was going on.

"You're leaving early tomorrow morning? Did you tell me why?"

"It was said that the princess was worried and dreamed of the Emperor Dacheng. In the dream, he asked her where she was going and told her to always put the friendship between the two countries first and not to delay her journey."

Yan Ruyu almost laughed out of anger. It was pure nonsense.

They met the Eighth Princess, who had not had any dreams at all. She also mentioned the caravan, reminded them to be careful, and said that they should delay for two more days to see if they could get to the bottom of the matter.

The Eighth Princess also said that she overheard Tang Yibai discussing leaving with others.

But Yan Ruyu didn't expect it to be so fast.

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