The porridge shed that Wen Wen was in charge of quickly started serving porridge in various places in Pingcheng. Sure enough, the refugees rushed back to Pingcheng after hearing the news.

The pressure outside the imperial city finally eased a lot.

"The queen's plan is really useful." A Shang leaned on the window of the carriage and looked at the number of refugees who had decreased significantly outside in surprise.

Wen Ziyu didn't speak, his eyes fixed on the wall of the blacksmith's shop by the side of the road, on which hung a dilapidated heavy crossbow.

He suddenly said, "Stop."

When Che Niang heard the sound of pulling the horse, Ah Zhu turned to look at him and asked, "Your Highness?"

Wen Ziyu directly reached out and pulled the purse from his waist, "Go back and return it to you, wait for me in the car."

"Hey, Your Highness! Be careful."

Wen Ziyu waved his hand, got out of the car and walked straight to the blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith in the shop stood in front of the stove, beating the heavy hammer in his hand constantly, shaking the whole room as if it was shaking.

"Master, master?"

Wen Ziyu yelled several times, and the woman who was concentrating on blacksmithing heard it and put down the hammer.

"Young master, what are you looking at?" The blacksmith wiped his hands on his body.

Wen Ziyu pointed to the heavy crossbow on the wall, "Is this for sale?"

"This?" The woman looked at him in amazement, with some doubts, "This is a crossbow, why do you want to come here as a son?"

Wen Ziyu showed a shy smile, and said with an excuse: "The head of the family is interested in this."

The woman suddenly nodded, and said: "This crossbow is an old thing, and it can't be used for a long time. If you want it, you can give me five yuan and take it."

Wen Ziyu counted five cents from his purse and handed it to her, taking the heavy crossbow.

Although it is an old item, it still has some weight in the hand and requires some effort.

Wen Ziyu got what he wanted and walked towards the carriage contentedly.

After walking a few steps, suddenly a foul-smelling figure rushed to his feet, screaming with his hands raised.

"Young master! Give me something to eat, I haven't eaten for three days."

Wen Ziyu was taken aback, wanted to run away but felt it was wrong, so he took out a few copper coins from his pocket and threw them to her.

Just as he was about to leave, the man grabbed his trouser legs again, "Young master, give me some more, I'm going to starve to death."

Wen Ziyu was really a little scared now, he grabbed his clothes and wanted to pull his legs out.

"I've already given it to you. I really don't have any money."

He didn't bring any money with him when he came out, there wasn't much money in Azhu's purse, he really didn't have any.

Wen Ziyu was a little anxious, looked at the carriage in the distance, and wanted to get out quickly.

Unexpectedly, the man didn't listen at all, and even attracted other refugees while shouting.

Seeing other dirty refugees in the vicinity rushing towards him, Wen Ziyu couldn't help but raise his heart in his throat, and the hairs stood on end.

The dense crowd exuded a strong stench like rotten food, and those unkempt women stared at him as if they were staring at a piece of meat and bone.

In the end, no matter how deep his thoughts are, he is just a young highness who grew up in the palace, and he has never encountered such a thing.

He kept on his hind legs, trying to hide to the side, but accidentally stepped on a wooden stick piled up at the door of the store, instantly lost his balance and fell back.

"what!"

He subconsciously closed his eyes, feeling that it was over, and it would be better to let him die if he was caught by these refugees.

Suddenly, the shoulders were grabbed by a pair of strong hands, and I felt the familiar body temperature, and the next second my body suddenly flew into the air.

Wen Ziyu opened his eyes in astonishment, and saw that the person protecting him... was his nominal wife.

Gu Lanyi landed steadily in front of the carriage with light work, and carried the person into the carriage.

With a calm voice, he ordered: "Mother Che, go home."

"okay."

The carriage moved slowly, Wen Ziyu was a little at a loss, and he didn't know why he suddenly felt guilty.

Gu Lanyi looked him up and down, and made sure he was fine before saying, "Why don't you stay in the mansion and come out, how dangerous was it just now? Why didn't you take Azhu and Ashan with you when you got off the car?"

A Zhu and A Shang stood in the corner silently shutting their mouths, watching their Highness being scolded by his wife very disrespectfully.

It was the first time Wen Ziyu was educated in this way at such a young age, and he was still touched at first, but now he turned away angrily and did not look at her, "I want you to take care of it."

He felt a little wronged for no reason, he came out today to pick up Gu Lanyi home, although there was a reason why he didn't want to see those people's ugly faces, but Gu Lanyi dared to educate him!

How dare she?

Gu Lanyi looked at the angry little Highness and felt a little headache, and noticed that he was holding an object in his hand, and asked, "What's in your hand? Let me see."

Wen Ziyu still ignored her, put the crossbow by his side, and sat at the farthest point from Gu Lanyi.

Gu Lanyi rubbed her nose, she just arrived in time after hearing the notification from the system, she was a little surprised why the system was silent again.

[System, check Wen Ziyu's mood value. 】

[Target mood value 40%]

She is really surprised now, her mood value has not changed?

She looked at the angry figure on the other side, as if she understood something.

Stretching out her hand to poke her shoulder, the other party shook her body, shook her fingers away, and still turned her back.

He grabbed his sleeve again, stretched out his hand and tugged lightly, but was pulled away forcefully by the other party.

Gu Lanyi laughed silently, and the awkwardness continued until the carriage stopped at the gate of Gu's residence.

"Your Highness is still angry?" She reached out to pull his wrist, but was knocked off by His Highness without accident.

"Hey, it hurts. Your Highness really doesn't know how to pity and cherish jade."

Wen Ziyu turned around abruptly and stared at her, "Are you considered Xiangyu?"

Gu Lanyi was injured, "Am I not counted? Am I not beautiful?"

Wen Ziyu's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "You are a woman, do you want to show some face?"

Cough, Gu Lanyi rubbed her nose, almost forgetting that men and women are reversed in this world.

She didn't pay attention to her abnormality just now, she just thought that Wen Ziyu, who was pretending to be angry, was a little cute.

"Okay, come down quickly, Mother Che is still waiting."

She reached out to help someone, but was knocked off again.

Wen Ziyu jumped out of the carriage and went straight into the mansion with a crossbow in his hand.

Alas, she is really the most worthless wife.

"Xiaoyu, walk slowly, don't your feet hurt?"

Thinking about Wen Ziyu's possibly sprained foot just now, Gu Lanyi hastily took a few steps to follow.

Suddenly a faint smell of rouge penetrated her nose, and the two of them slowed down.

"Sister, why did you come back? Parents have been waiting for you."

A gentle voice sounded, and Gu Mo in a blue dress stood at the gate of the main courtyard.

Gu Lanyi hugged Wen Ziyu's shoulders, but this time she was not slapped away.

"What are we waiting for?"

Gu Mohui: "Wait for you to come back for dinner."

He turned around and opened the door to go in. Gu Lanyi and Wen Ziyu looked at each other and followed them in.

Gu Lanyi wondered in his heart, what kind of monsters are these people going to do, why did they suddenly remember to wait for them to eat together?

Stepping into the room, Gu Yannian and Cao Shi were sitting in front of the exquisite wooden table, and Gu Mo was sitting on the other side.

"Father, mother."

Gu Lanyi greeted and took Wen Ziyu to sit down on the other side.

Mrs. Cao always pretended to be good in front of Gu Yannian, but now she smiled softly, and raised her hand to ask people to serve vegetables.

Plates of delicate and delicious meat and vegetable dishes were brought up steadily and arranged carefully, attracting Wen Ziyu's attention.

At this time, Cao Shi spoke.

"Lan Yi, why did you come back? Your mother has been waiting to have something to say to you."

Gu Yannian coughed and said, "Let's eat first, and talk to me in the study later."

Gu Lanyi hummed and ate quietly.

There was a dish of poppy milk fish on the dinner table, with a layer of fresh soup poured on the white and tender meat, which was particularly attractive to Wen Ziyu.

But Yu's position was a little far away from him, in front of Cao Shi.

Cao took the serving chopsticks and kept picking them into Gu Mo's bowl, "Mo'er likes this, eat more, boys should not be too thin."

Gu Mo put down the bowl helplessly, "Father, don't hold it for me, I can't eat so much."

Wen Ziyu lost his appetite in an instant, and stuffed food into his mouth dullly.

I didn't want to think about how to catch the fish, I just wanted to finish eating and go back.

After dinner, Gu Lanyi and Gu Yannian went to the study, and Wen Ziyu walked to their small courtyard alone.

"Zi Yu." Gu Mo's voice sounded behind him.

Wen Ziyu froze instantly and stopped in his tracks, "Mo'er, although I'm younger than you, you should call me brother-in-law, right?"

Gu Mo stood still, "I came here to let you tell the second emperor that we will take back the military power, so that she doesn't have to spend so much time and use dirty tricks."

Wen Ziyu raised his eyebrows, "You? Who are you with?"

Gu Mo laughed, with a little sweetness on his face, and quickly withdrew it, "I will marry Ah Wen next month, and the military power is only temporarily kept by Gu Lanyi, you don't really think that marrying her will get the military power ?”

Wen Ziyu also laughed in his heart, laughing at Gu Mo's self-righteousness, did they really think that he married Gu Lanyi to win military power for his stupid sister?

He thought so in his heart, but he couldn't deny it on his face, and even showed a little panic on purpose, and then saw the complacent look in Gu Mo's eyes with satisfaction.

On the other side, Gu Lanyi, who was listening to her mother in the study, received a reminder from the system in a daze:

[Target mood value 50%]

After getting rid of Gu Mo, Wen Ziyu was in a good mood, and it was impossible to remind him. He wished that Wen Wen and Wen Dan would fight, and the more fierce the fight, the better.

After returning to the house, Wen Ziyu immediately dismissed the servants and asked Ah Zhu to stay.

"Have you found the person I asked you to find?"

Azhu replied: "I found it. It's a master blacksmith in the south of the city. She used to forge arrows for the military camp."

"Well, you tell her to cast ten first, and I'll give you the blueprint later."

"Okay, Your Highness."

Wen Ziyu nodded, and took out the old crossbow bought today from the box. There was dust on the crossbow, and he gently wiped it off.

"Is the young master making arrows what you want to use this crossbow for?" A Zhu asked.

Wen Ziyu lowered his eyes, pressed his fingers on the body of the crossbow, and stroked it from the head to the tail.

"Master used this kind of crossbow to save me from the assassins."

A Zhu knew about Wen Ziyu having a master, but he had never seen it before, so he often felt that this person might be imagined by His Highness himself.

After all, how can a man enter and leave the harem without anyone noticing?

Wen Ziyu didn't know what was going on in A Zhu's heart, so he carefully studied the heavy crossbow in his hand.

The heavy crossbow has a short range, but is fast and powerful, and can kill with one blow, but it requires high arm strength and accuracy.

When Master was around, he would often study with Master's crossbow, which was roughly similar to the one in his hand.

"Master never reveals his identity, but this kind of crossbow is only available in the army."

He clenched the old crossbow tightly, and his gaze was firm. How could he possibly be trying to help Wen Dan get the military power? He was clearly trying to use Gu Lanyi's identity to find that man who looked like Songzhu, and ask him why he missed the appointment back then... …

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