On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1869 Enemy or friend?

The reconstruction and construction of Xicheng District is in full swing.

After finding out the two major hidden dangers of Shan and Hua, peace was restored and everything went smoothly.

The old house is demolished and the useful items are temporarily sorted and put away so that they can be used when the new house is built.

Old and useless things can be used as firewood to recycle waste.

In short, everyone followed the princess's orders: proceed in an orderly manner, build safely, and eliminate waste.

The abbot also asked several scholars to write these words into large slogans.

Just two days after Xicheng District was razed to the ground, construction materials soon began to arrive, and a major construction project to transform the old city into a new one began in full swing.

Yan Ruyu handed batches of the copied safety helmets to the abbot, who then distributed them to everyone along with Governor Cao, ordering them to wear safety helmets when entering the construction site.

In a blink of an eye, a month has passed and the Xicheng District has taken shape. The proposal for the new city is like a shot in the arm, which has shocked everyone in Youcheng physically and mentally, as if they have also gained new vitality by following the Xicheng District.

There are many places to hire people in the construction of new cities. As long as you are willing, you can always find a job.

Everyone is earning more money and is willing to spend it, and business is also booming.

This summer, the whole city is full of vitality.

Yan Ruyu's mood was also changing. Sometimes Li Wanglin came back from the farm and gave the abbot a lot of seafood, so she would cook and make a big meal for everyone.

Everything went smoothly at the farm. After the mine was mined, Yan Ruyu asked Yinding to go and take a look.

Find an opportunity to ask the abbot to put the things back.

Xiang Guang made great contributions in the process of capturing Li Fangshan. After that, he returned to the manor and started the alchemy work again, which also went smoothly.

When he left the military camp, he took Xu Congshan with him. Xu Congshan is also in the manor now and is Xiang Guang's right-hand man.

Yan Ruyu thought that it would be a pleasure if she could be like she is now, busy but fulfilled, with many things to do but all in an orderly manner and proceeding smoothly.

Days like this are nice.

Huo Changhe has asked Li Yinfeng to return to his hometown and sent two guards to accompany him.

The two men took a carrier pigeon with them, and after returning to their hometown, they investigated the matter thoroughly and sent a letter via carrier pigeon with the truth.

What was said before was, after all, Li Fangshan’s one-sided statement and remains to be verified.

If it is true, appropriate assistance can be provided.

If it is false, turn back immediately, and Li Yinfeng can decide where to go as he pleases.

As for the others, those who should be killed should be killed, and those who should be imprisoned should be imprisoned.

People like the Yu brothers and sisters must pay the price for what they have done.

Mao Xiaowei became a frequent visitor to the palace. When Qi Dongqiang and Jiang Tangli were not there, she became good friends with Linlang and Luhu, and often went to visit the eldest lady.

The eldest lady liked her very much. She saw that all the goods in her shop were of good quality and the female soldiers needed things, so they would buy whatever she had from her.

Mao's parents also know how to be grateful. They often go to Xicheng District to volunteer, cooking mung bean soup and other things and sending them to everyone.

Her brothers also went to help with the accounting and record keeping, and were highly praised by Governor Cao.

Yan Ruyu was in the kitchen that day. The cooks were now very familiar with shrimps and were not afraid of them, so they prepared them quickly and efficiently.

Yan Ruyu had just put on her apron when Song Ping came to report.

"Princess, there is someone at the door, saying he is here to look for an old friend."

Yan Ruyu didn't care at first: "What old friend?"

"He said that he was a brother who shared life and death with him and had great ambitions."

Song Ping found this very strange. It would be fine if they lived and died together, but it was a bit too much to say that he had a lot of ambitions in his heart.

But Yan Ruyu understood it immediately.

She immediately stopped what she was doing and asked: "Where is the person?"

"Just outside the door."

"Take him to the front hall," Yan Ruyu whispered, "Remember, don't answer any of his questions, and don't let anyone come in contact with him in the front hall."

Song Ping was puzzled, but immediately realized that something was unusual.

"Yes."

Yan Ruyu handed the work in her hands to the cook and turned to walk out.

When he went outside, he met Yinding: "Is the prince back?"

"My princess, not yet." Yinding replied, "There are many problems with the city defense army, and the prince wants to help solve them."

Ever since the last incident, Envoy Li Cheng often came to Huo Changhe to ask him to help solve some problems in the army.

These were left over from when Shen Huaixin was in power. When Shen Huaixin was in power, he had prestige, and his trusted subordinates were all from the Shen Family Army, so the problem was not obvious.

But once he fell, those who were closely implicated with him were also dismissed from their posts or even killed.

Many institutional shortcomings began to emerge, and in a short period of time, Li Chengshi was really powerless.

Therefore, Huo Changhe often went to the army these days.

Yan Ruyu nodded without saying anything. Yinding asked, "Princess, do you want me to ask the prince to come back?"

"No need," Yan Ruyu waved her hand, "Don't disturb the prince. I'll talk to him when he comes back in the evening."

"Yes."

"Silver ingots," Yan Ruyu thought for a moment, "Go and call Lou Tingyu over. Don't let him show up. Let him stay outside the side door of the living room."

"Yes."

Yan Ruyu was not in a hurry and went for a walk in the garden. The flowers in the garden were in full bloom at that time.

Various flowers competed for fragrance and beauty, so she cut a few branches and brought them back to the front hall.

There was a man standing in the front hall, and Song Ping was guarding the outer corridor of the front hall.

Yan Ruyu entered the front hall and saw that this man was older than Lou Tingyu. He was wearing a blue gown and looked quite elegant.

He has a pale face and a beard, long eyebrows, single eyelids, bloodshot eyes, and a tired look.

Yan Ruyu's eyes switched states and glanced at him.

He had many wounds on his body, some of which had already scabbed over, while others had not yet fully healed.

Looking at his chest and abdomen again, they were covered with a white mist and could not be seen clearly.

Sure enough, it was the same as when I first met Lou Tingyu.

It seems that this is what Lou Tingyu said, coming to find his people.

However, more than a month had passed since Lou Tingyu talked about this matter.

The last time Lou Tingyu was suddenly injured, he said it was not because he was injured, but because there was a trace thread planted by the master of the family in his body.

This kind of thing can allow him to establish connections with other people, to have a sense of where they are, and to find them as quickly as possible.

Although it is not very accurate, it is very useful to have a general direction when looking for someone.

The trace-leaving silk not only has this effect, but also has some bad "symbiotic" effects. For example, if one person is injured, the others will also be implicated.

If one of them dies, the others will not be killed but will be injured. At the same time, the effect of the trace thread will end.

Once the trace-leaving silk is activated, it will only be effective for three days. If it fails, you have to wait twenty-one days to activate it again.

After failing three times, it will become completely invalid and will automatically terminate.

Although this thing has many drawbacks, it can coexist and have induction, which also makes Yan Ruyu interested.

When she first learned that someone was coming to see Lou Tingyu, she was a little excited, but then she got busy and forgot about it.

The person didn't come that time and had injuries on his body, so he must have encountered an accident.

This time...is he an enemy or a friend?