At the mont, although the sound of rain outside continued, the room suddenly beca quiet.
Shang Ruyi even held her breath.
Xue Xian’s provisions were burnt?!
All these days, they had been trying to locate his provisions and wanted to burn them to force him into an offensive position and secure final victory in the war, but had been unsuccessful.
Unexpectedly, his provisions were burnt in one night!
However—
The joy of achieving what they desired hadn’t even begun to spread before it was crushed by a sudden surge of anxiety. Shang Ruyi imdiately turned her head to look at Yu Wenye, who had both hands on the table and whose coarse fingers were pressed with such force that the knuckles turned white, making faint popping sounds, yet remained silent. His eyebrows were furrowed.
This is indeed a good thing, but happening at this mont, it may not necessarily be good.
Shang Ruyi asked, "Who set the fire? Was it the villagers?"
Mu Xian shook his head and said, "After the fire last night, Xue Xian imdiately led his troops over, afraid of alerting them, so our people backed off and couldn’t investigate further. But based on the reports sent back, it shouldn’t be the villagers who did it."
"Why?"
"All those villagers have been subdued. Even if so managed to escape, it would only be two or three, and they are all just ordinary folks, not capable of setting such a fire easily. And one fire managed to burn all of Xue Xian’s stockpiled provisions to ashes."
"..."
"This kind of capability is not sothing ordinary civilians can possess."
Hearing this, Shang Ruyi also fell silent.
If it’s not the ordinary people, then it must be—
Shang Ruyi thought for a while, then asked, "Then, what is the current situation in the Xue Xian Army?"
Mu Xian said, "The morale is in chaos."
"..."
"They traveled from afar, and provisions were their top priority. Having lost the previous battle, their morale is low, and they haven’t had ti to regroup when their stockpiles were completely burned. Even with so remaining rations in the army, it won’t last more than two days."
"..."
"It’s heard that desertions have already begun."
"Oh..."
Shang Ruyi, upon hearing this, didn’t say anything more, but turned to look at Yu Wenye, seeing his deep gaze as if he had been pondering sothing. At this mont, he finally raised his head and asked, "What about Shantong’er and Nie Chong?"
Mu Xian said, "The past few days, they have been training the troops, not slackening for a mont."
Yu Wenye nodded and said, "Tell them to prepare the army for battle, armor must not be removed."
"Yes!"
Mu Xian responded and imdiately got up to leave.
Watching his silhouette disappear out the door, Shang Ruyi’s brow furrowed, she looked at Yu Wenye again, expecting him to ponder a while longer or say sothing. Instead, he handed her the empty bowl on the table, "Give another bowl of porridge."
"...?"
Shang Ruyi was dumbfounded.
But seeing his calm deanor, not as if joking, Shang Ruyi silently took the bowl and filled it with another large serving of porridge, handed it back to him, and also gave him so vegetables. Yu Wenye quietly finished eating, then set down the bowl and chopsticks, getting up to return to the inner room.
Shang Ruyi followed him in and saw Yu Wenye go directly to the bedside and sit down.
Then, he began to untie the belt of his clothing.
Shang Ruyi said, "What are you—"
Yu Wenye said, "I’m going to sleep for a while, don’t let anyone disturb . Keep lunch as usual, but rember to have them prepare so oily dishes."
"..."
Shang Ruyi vaguely felt sothing but didn’t ask further, just nodded, and stepped forward to hang his coat on the clothes rack by the bed. After Yu Wenye lay down, she personally lowered the canopy for him, tidied it up, then turned and exited the inner room.
And so, Yu Wenye slept half the day.
By noon, the kitchen t her request, delivering a table full of dishes. Though for Yu Wenye’s still recuperating body, there wasn’t too much greasy food, there was still fish and at. After Yu Wenye got up, he was very satisfied to sit down and ate two bowls of rice; most of the at and vegetables were consud by him.
After eating, he walked under the eaves for a while, then returned to the room to sleep again.
During this ti, Shang Ruyi didn’t say much, just stayed by his side. As he fell asleep, she closed the door and quietly sat alone under the eaves, staring at the droplets of rain falling from the eaves — starting as a stream, then into dense raindrops, and after a while, crystal-clear droplets fell one by one, creating a series of soft sighs on the bluestone slabs.
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