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

Chapter 2059: Just Silencing

As soon as Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe stepped into the courtyard, the noise from inside floated over.

Beibei was holding up an oil-paper bag and leaned over to Ma Liyu, smiling, "Brother Song, do you still remember that I like to eat this candied fruit? I mentioned it last time at the palace."

Ma Liyu slapped his hand away and stuffed another package into Feng Shao's arms: "Don't fight over it. Everyone gets a share. Song Ping specially prepared it based on the number of people."

He looked up and saw the two people at the door, and immediately stood up. The others also stood up, and the circle that was originally sitting there instantly dispersed.

"Your Highness, Princess." Ma Liyu stepped forward with a smile on his face. "I was just telling everyone about the palace."

Yan Ruyu nodded, her eyes swept over the packages and scattered snacks on the table, and she walked over to the table with a smile: "It's quite a lively conversation."

She turned her head to look in the direction of the kitchen: "I'll go to the kitchen and add some dishes for you."

Everyone was delighted: "Thank you, Princess. We are here to help."

Yan Ruyu moved quickly. She took out everything in the space and made some home-cooked dishes.

Huo Changhe gave an order, and everyone stopped being polite and sat down around him.

It was the first time in so many days that everyone sat together and had a lively meal.

After everyone put down their chopsticks, Yan Ruyu asked, "Ma Liyu, you said you arrested two people on the road. Where are they now?"

Ma Liyu immediately put away his smile and said seriously, "I asked two brothers to watch over it. It's in the woodshed in the backyard."

"Take us over to have a look." Huo Changhe said.

Ma Liyu responded, stood up and led Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe to the backyard.

In the woodshed, two men were tied to pillars. When they saw someone coming in, they struggled a little, their eyes full of vigilance.

Ma Liyu stepped aside. Yan Ruyu walked up to the two of them and looked at them calmly: "Tell me, who sent you here?"

The man on the left stiffened his neck and said nothing, while the man on the right had flickering eyes and moved his lips, but no sound came out.

Huo Changhe pulled out a dagger from his waist. The dagger shone coldly in the dim light. He slid his fingertips lightly across the blade. Without looking at the two people, he said to Yan Ruyu, "Some people need a little reminder before they are willing to tell the truth."

As soon as he finished speaking, the man on the right shuddered and said in a trembling voice, "It's... the chief constable of the governor's mansion sent us here."

The man on the left suddenly turned around and glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm not talking nonsense!" the man on the right hastily defended himself. "It's come to this, why are you still hiding it? We've been caught now. If we don't speak up, we might suffer some punishment!"

Yan Ruyu looked at the man on the right and continued to ask, "What are you being sent to do?"

"He...he asked us to find those people who filed the complaint, and after finding them...kill them." The man on the right said this, lowering his head, not daring to look into Yan Ruyu's eyes.

"Does he know where those people went?" Yan Ruyu asked again.

"I don't know." The man on the right shook his head. "I only know they ran away from Rongzhou to file a complaint, but the chief constable told us to find them and kill them to silence them. We thought we'd just find them, kill them, and come back to report. We didn't think about that..."

As he finished speaking, his voice became softer and softer, and the man on his left did not object anymore, obviously agreeing.

Huo Changhe put away the dagger and looked at the two of them: "Did he say anything else to you?"

They both shook their heads. The one on the right said, "That's all. He only told us to do this one thing, and said if we couldn't do it well, we'd have a bad ending when we got back. We had no choice but to take this job."

Yan Ruyu looked at Ma Liyu and said, "Keep a close eye on them. Don't let them die, and don't let them escape. At the critical moment, we have to take them out and let Governor Ding take a look."

"Yes, I will let my brothers take turns watching and will never let anything go wrong." Ma Liyu replied.

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe turned and left the woodshed. The wind in the backyard was a little chilly. It was almost evening, and the distant sky was tinged with a light orange.

The two walked towards the Su Mansion. When they passed by the lake, Yan Ruyu suddenly stopped and looked at the willow tree not far away.

There was a man standing under the tree. It was getting dark. The man stood there motionless, his figure a little blurry in the shadow of the tree.

Yan Ruyu took a closer look and recognized it as Li Lingshi.

Huo Changhe followed her gaze and was silent for a moment.

Yan Ruyu continued, "I searched her room last time and found an old bundle filled with old things. They didn't look special, but I always felt that those things must have a deep meaning."

Huo Changhe's eyes fell on Li Lingshi's back. He stood there for a while, deep in thought, before he said to Yan Ruyu, "Go back to the courtyard and tell me exactly what those things look like."

Yan Ruyu nodded without moving. She glanced at the figure under the willow tree again before following Huo Changhe back. "Okay, it just so happens that I took pictures of the things last time."

The two returned to the courtyard and lit the lamp. Yan Ruyu made two cups of fruit tea before she began to elaborate, "The cloth of the bundle is almost worn out. You can tell it's been used for a long time."

As she spoke, she took out the photos she took at that time.

"look."

Huo Changhe took the photo and looked at it carefully. When he saw the leaves and dried flowers on it, his brows furrowed.

Yan Ruyu asked, "Why? Your Majesty, do you recognize these flowers?"

Huo Changhe murmured uncertainly: "It looks familiar, but I can't be sure. I'll have the secret guards check it out tomorrow and we'll tell you once we're sure."

Yan Ruyu did not ask any further questions. It must be important, otherwise Huo Changhe would not have done so.

"I think Li Lingshi is very strange. She treated Su Jingzhuo for a long time. If she really wanted to kill him, Su Jingzhuo would have died long ago."

"But her treatment method doesn't seem to be making Su Jingzhuo better."

Huo Changhe stroked the photo gently: "There must be a hidden secret that we don't know."

As he was speaking, a strange noise was heard from the courtyard outside the door.

Huo Changhe pushed open the window, and the secret guard landed lightly on the corridor.

"Your Highness, Princess," the secret guard said, "Longyin Island is ready. I've come to report this."

He was one of the secret guards who stayed on Longyin Island.

"Okay," Huo Changhe nodded, "Just wait patiently until the 15th, when they go to take the monsters, and then proceed according to the plan."

"Yes."

The secret guard was about to leave, Yan Ruyu lowered her eyes slightly and saw something on the hem of his clothes.

"what is that?"

The secret guard lowered his head and noticed that there were some not only on the hem of his clothes, but also on the edges of his boots.

"Princess, this is the mud I stepped on on the island."

Yan Ruyu's mind moved slightly: "Wait a moment."

As she spoke, she took out a handkerchief and handed it to the secret guard: "Scrape some of the dirt off your body and put it here."

The secret guard didn't understand why, but did as he was told. He pulled out his dagger, carefully scraped the dirt into the handkerchief, and handed it to Yan Ruyu with both hands.