There are woods near Guanyin Temple. Where there are woods, there must be game.

The hare that Vice General Zhou had caught earlier was found in the grass behind the Guanyin Temple. Now, after Yang Ruoqing walked around the area, she had two more pheasants in her hand.

Under the moonlight, I cleaned up the pheasants with nearby drinking water and took them back to the Guanyin Temple. By this time, the fire had been lit again.

Yang Ruoqing smeared the pheasant with some salt that she brought with her, then skewered it on the fire and roasted it.

When Daan and Yeyi were eating pheasant, Yang Ruoqing said to them: "Fengtang will lead the troops to capture Wu Xiong. It won't take a day or two for him to come back."

"Originally, he asked us to wait for him at the Guanyin Temple, but now the plan has changed. I suggest that we can't wait here either," she said.

"Sister, what do you think we should do?" Da'an asked.

Yang Ruoqing said: "I suggest you escort the Ninth Princess back to Beijing first."

"Okay, okay, I just want to go back to Beijing. I can't stay here any longer," Qi Aoshan said.

Daan was very sensitive and quickly said: "Sister, what about you?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "Of course I am going to find your brother-in-law."

"Sister, you must not do it. There is a big battle there, the swords have no eyes, and it is chaos." Da'an said.

He grabbed Yang Ruoqing's hand nervously: "Sister, you come with us, we will take you to the boundary of Wanghai County first, and then you go home, and we will escort the Ninth Princess north!"

Yang Ruoqing shook her head: "No, I have to find your brother-in-law."

"What's the point of fighting? It's not like your sister and I have never been on the battlefield with your brother-in-law!"

Vice General Zhou also said: "Madam, please think twice. The general will hand you over to his subordinates, and they will be responsible for your safety."

"If Madam insists on going to find the general, I must go with you! Otherwise, if the general finds out, he will punish him according to the military law!"

Yang Ruoqing's head was full of black lines, "Deputy General Zhou, you must rest assured, I can be responsible for my own safety."

"I will make it clear to your generals that this is my own decision and has nothing to do with you!"

In the end, a group of people could not defeat Yang Ruoqing. After everyone had eaten and drank water, Vice General Zhou led a few soldiers to personally guard the outside of the Guanyin Temple.

In the Guanyin Temple, Yang Ruoqing found a warm corner for Qi Aoshan and spread it with soft grass for Qi Aoshan to sleep.

At first, Qi Aoshan disliked the dirty grass, and Yang Ruoqing didn't have the patience to coax her, let alone take off her coat to cushion her.

Da'an said to Yang Ruoqing: "Sister, there is another baggage roll in my carriage, how about..."

"No need!" Yang Ruoqing said in a low voice.

Inside Da An's bundle, apart from the pair of shoes she gave Da An, there were also two sets of winter clothes sewn by Xiao Hua herself.

How could it be possible to take out brand-new clothes and give them to the Ninth Princess? That was Xiaohua’s hard work!

"When a person cannot change the environment, he must work hard to change himself to adapt to the environment." Yang Ruoqing said.

Pulling Daan back to sit by the fire, the two siblings talked quietly.

At first, the Ninth Princess was still chattering a little irritably in the back corner, but Yang Ruoqing ignored her.

After a while, there was gradually no movement behind.

Yang Ruoqing turned around and saw that the ninth princess had fallen asleep on the haystack at some point.

Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled. Human beings were no different from animals at first. It was acquired wisdom and progress that allowed humans to live more refined and more sophisticated lives than animals.

When all these are stripped away one day, human beings are still instinctive animals. They obviously hate the haystack to death, but when the sleepy people come over, they can still fall asleep.

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When the sky was bright, Yang Ruoqing parted ways with Daan, Ninth Princess and the others.

The ninth princess took Yang Ruoqing's hand and said reluctantly: "Mrs. Luo, next time you go to the capital, remember to come see me!"

Yang Ruoqing smiled and nodded: "Well, have a nice trip, princess."

The Ninth Princess turned around and got into the carriage. Here, Daan came to Yang Ruoqing, his eyes still discouraging.

"Sister, can you think about it again? I'm worried about letting you go find your brother-in-law alone..." he said.

Yang Ruoqing raised her lips and smiled, saying: "Where there is your brother-in-law, there must be your sister."

"You don't have to worry about me. Your sister is very capable. When you get to a nearby county, let the officers and soldiers escort you back to Beijing."

Da'an is an imperial envoy, and he carries a token representing his identity given by the emperor.

If you need help from the local government when you pass through prefectures and counties along the way, show your token and see it as if you were seeing the emperor.

So Yang Ruoqing is not worried about them.

"Sister, I'm not going home this time. I have to escort the princess back to Beijing first, and then return to the emperor," Da'an said.

Yang Ruoqing said: "Well, that's how it should be. In ancient times, Dayu controlled floods and could not enter the house three times. Now you are also carrying a heavy responsibility and cannot enter the house even if you pass the house. Xiaohua will understand."

Da'an forced a smile and said: "Sister, I'm leaving then, please take care of yourself!"

Yang Ruoqing raised her hand to straighten his clothes, smoothed the wrinkles on her shoulders, and then nodded with a smile: "Let's go, I'll go back later and extinguish the fire inside, and then I'm leaving."

Vice General Zhou left a horse for her, which was the same horse she rode when she came from Changping Village.

It is the family horse, no matter where it goes, it cannot be lost.

Moreover, horses are very spiritual animals. The horse at home and the King of Horses often play together. With it around, maybe it can lead her to find the aura of the King of Horses and reunite with Luo Fengtang.

Seeing Da'an and Ninth Princess' carriage drifting away, Yang Ruoqing turned back to the Guanyin Temple and put out all the remaining sparks from last night.

Then he led the horse away and galloped towards Tianhai County.

After just one night, the city has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city were missing, and the city was full of wounded people or people fleeing in panic.

Smoke came from the direction of the annex, and most of the street connecting the annex was burned.

Adults shouted, children cried, and the whole street was in ruins.

Yang Ruoqing led the horse and walked on the ruins, especially when she came near the courtyard and saw the dilapidated building in front of her that had been burned to the point of collapse.

I can't believe that at this time yesterday, she was still admiring the scenery in the courtyard.

In just one night, because of some people's greed and power struggle, everything was ruined.

It is really a crime to let the people outside suffer the consequences!

However, there is no absolute peace in this world. Whenever you live peacefully and peacefully, it is because someone is carrying the burden for you.
Chapter completed!