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

Chapter 2129 We met, but my heart is dead.

Yan Ruyu spoke calmly, as if she didn't take his threat seriously at all.

Wu Kun's anger flared, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Otherwise, the men at my horse farm aren't pushovers either! With just one command, they can charge out immediately, and you won't be able to escape!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a muffled thud was heard, as if something heavy had struck the side of the carriage.

The carriage lurched violently, and Wu Kun's body involuntarily tilted to the side. The tip of the knife at his neck also moved, cutting his skin and drawing blood.

Just as he was about to reprimand them, he heard a familiar voice coming from outside the carriage, tinged with laziness and mockery: "Not vegetarian? Then what do you eat? Grass?"

Wu Kun was startled. That voice... it was Huo Changhe! How did he wake up? And why was he here?

The coldness in Yan Ruyu's eyes faded somewhat, replaced by a smile.

She pulled her wrist back, withdrew the knife, and then pushed open the car door and jumped out.

Wu Kun quickly steadied himself and peeked out as well. He saw Huo Changhe standing beside the carriage, the hemp rope and black cloth covering him nowhere to be seen.

His expression remained calm, as if he wasn't the one who had just been drugged and bound.

The subordinate who had been standing by the carriage was now lying motionless on the ground, his fate unknown.

"You... how did you get here?" Wu Kun's voice trembled slightly. He couldn't understand how Huo Changhe, who had been drugged and tied up tightly, could wake up so quickly and break free of his restraints.

Huo Changhe looked up at him, a faint smile playing on his lips: "The sleeping potion from Manager Wu doesn't seem to be very effective." He paused, then continued, "Besides, my men aren't pushovers either."

Wu Kun followed his gaze and saw several agile men dressed in black walking out of the woods not far away. Each of them had sharp eyes and long knives at their waists, and they were clearly skilled.

The two trusted men he had sent to guard Huo Changhe were now being held captive by these men, their hands tied behind their backs, their faces pale, and they had already been subdued.

The situation developed in a way that was completely beyond Wu Kun's expectations. He felt a sudden dizziness, and the secret letter in his chest seemed to become scalding hot.

Huo Changhe looked at Wu Kun with a more scrutinizing gaze: "Manager Wu, we have no grudge against you, so why did you drug us and tie me up?"

Wu Kun's face turned pale and then red. He knew that there was no point in hiding it anymore.

However, he did not panic completely. After all, this was his territory. Although his trusted men had been subdued, there were still quite a few people in the horse farm. As long as he could buy time, there might still be a chance for things to turn around.

He composed himself and said, "Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you anymore. I was just following orders. Someone told me to drug you and take you away. I had no choice."

"Acting under orders?" Yan Ruyu raised an eyebrow. "Under whose orders? The one who wrote you the secret letter?"

Wu Kun was startled. She even knew about the secret letter?

"I can't say," Wu Kun gritted his teeth. "If I leak information about my superiors, I'll only have one way out: death."

"A dead end?" Huo Changhe chuckled. "Isn't your current state a dead end?"

He took two steps forward, his eyes blazing: "Manager Wu, you'd better think this through. If you don't speak, you'll die right now."

A look of terror flashed in Wu Kun's eyes: "Who...who exactly are you people?"

“Who we are is not important,” Huo Changhe said. “What matters is your choice now.”

He sounded slightly impatient: "Make a decision as soon as possible."

Yan Ruyu walked up to him, and Huo Changhe stepped forward in perfect unison, pinching his chin.

Before Wu Kun could react, his mouth was pried open and Yan Ruyu threw a pill into it.

Wu Kun didn't even have time to taste what it was before he swallowed it.

Wu Kun clutched his throat, coughed a few times, and asked in horror, "What did you feed me?"

Yan Ruyu wiped her fingers: "Don't be nervous, they're just some little things that can poison people. As for whether they'll die well or badly, I'm not sure. I just grabbed them."

Wu Kun: "..."

Yan Ruyu smiled faintly, her eyes flashing with a cunning light: "Want to die, or want to live?"

……

The man in the black cloak had been standing at the agreed location for nearly an hour.

The temple was an abandoned local temple that had been abandoned for many years. Most of the courtyard wall had collapsed, revealing half of a broken stele inside. The inscription on the stele had been blurred by wind and rain.

The old locust tree in front of the temple is lush and leafy, with its thick branches stretching out in all directions like a giant hand that covers half the sky.

The wind rustled through the branches, causing the shadows of the trees on the ground to sway and shift like ghosts.

The black cloak had a hood pulled down low, covering most of his face, and he also wore a mask, revealing only a taut jawline.

Behind him stood four men, all tall and burly, dressed in dark short-sleeved shirts, with long, narrow curved knives at their waists, the sheaths rubbing against their trouser legs, occasionally making a soft, rustling sound.

The four stood firmly, their eyes scanning their surroundings warily, their breathing barely audible.

The man in the black cloak turned his head to the side, his gaze sweeping over the four men from beneath the hood. His voice was slightly hoarse: "When he arrives, follow my hand signals."

"Yes."

The man in the black cloak turned his gaze back to the path leading to the ruined temple.

His heart and soul are hidden in the horse farm, which is the only reason he stays here.

But now, everything has been exposed.

There is no need for us to stay any longer.

But there was no other choice.

The only option is to risk sending Wu Kun to retrieve the item and lead the people away from this dangerous place.

A faint sound of horses' hooves and wheels rolling on the ground came from the end of the road.

The man in the black cloak raised his hand, making a shushing gesture.

The men immediately understood and found a place to hide.

The man in the black cloak remained standing in the same spot, but his gaze beneath the hood had become even sharper as he stared intently in the direction from which the sound came.

The outline of the carriage gradually came into view; it was an unremarkable blue-canopied carriage.

"It's Wu Kun's car," the man in the black cloak muttered to himself, letting out a soft breath.

The carriage gradually approached and stopped in the open space in front of the dilapidated temple.

Wu Kun reined in the horses, and they snorted and lowered their heads to graze on the wild grass at their feet.

Wu Kun jumped out of the car, his forehead beaded with sweat and his cuffs stained with dust, suggesting he was in a hurry to get going.

He glanced around, his eyes filled with a hint of wariness and a barely perceptible panic.

When he saw the black cloak standing there, he managed a weak smile and quickly walked over.

The man in the black cloak took two steps forward to greet him, his voice still very low: "Was the journey smooth?"

Wu Kun nodded, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said in a slightly hurried voice, "It went smoothly, it went smoothly. It's just that something happened at the horse farm, which took a little longer than expected. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

His gaze unconsciously drifted behind the black cloak, and the panic in his eyes intensified.