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

Chapter 1925 Two Courtyards

Yan Ruyu listened to Yu Fei's words and recalled the time when she met Ding Hengshou.

I secretly sighed that people really do change.

Regardless of his past, Ding Hengshou is really not worthy of being an official now.

Yu Fei sighed, "After Governor Ding's wife passed away, he never remarried, but there were always women in his mansion, and many businessmen even sent him women."

Huo Changhe asked: "Did you hear this, or did you see it?"

Yu Fei pursed his lips slightly: "I've mostly heard about it, I've only seen it once or twice."

"One of them is the original owner of the Jingnan Shipping Company."

"The original owner?" Yan Ruyu was surprised. "So it wasn't Liu Balang?"

"No, the original family had some background. I heard they had a relative working in the government shipping office, so they had a lot of advantages. Later, when Liu Balang wanted to do this business, he started looking for ways to get involved. The original owner tried to find a way to get help from Governor Ding."

"He sent two women to Governor Ding. I saw it with my own eyes," Yu Fei said, blushing slightly. "I also encountered some difficulties at the time. I tried to walk around, but I couldn't get through the door."

"I saw it just as I was leaving."

Huo Changhe's expression couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, which made Yu Fei feel uneasy.

He never imagined that the people who were imprisoned with him were the Prince of Zhennan and his wife.

At that time, I could see that they were not ordinary people, but I didn't think about it that way.

This is the Prince of Zhennan!

Who in the world doesn’t know this?

Even though Rongzhou is some distance away from the northwest, everyone knows about the deeds of Prince Zhennan.

Even though I knew that the prince and princess were kind, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when I replied at this time.

Yan Ruyu nodded and said, "Yu Fei, thank you very much."

Yu Fei was flattered: "I don't deserve it. It is a blessing for me to serve the prince and princess. If I can change the current situation in Rongzhou, it will be a blessing for the people of Rongzhou. I should thank the prince and princess."

It was getting late, so Huo Changhe asked someone to send Yu Fei back.

Yinding and Wu Liang also changed their clothes and makeup, preparing to go to the grove outside the city.

They set off, and Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe also prepared to go to the house where Cao Shu stole things.

That house is strange. Instead of sitting and thinking about it, I might as well go and see it for myself.

This house is much quieter and darker than the governor's office.

There are many trees in the yard with dense branches and leaves. The light is already dim at night, and this makes it even more eerie.

Yan Ruyu remembered Cao Shu saying that this was where Ding Hengshou kept his daughters, but after walking around, she couldn't see any daughters.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard, and Huo Changhe took her and climbed up to the treetop.

A man walked slowly down below. He was an old man, pushing a small cart with some miscellaneous items on it.

Yan Ruyu raised her eyes slightly and looked at his car carefully.

There were some women's clothes, a few embroidered shoes, some handkerchiefs and other miscellaneous items on the cart. He walked over slowly, and Yan Ruyu looked in the direction he came from.

"My Lord, go over there."

There are many courtyards here, one next to the other, with wooden signs with numbers written on them hanging on the gates.

From one to nineteen.

Huo Changhe whispered, "This should be where the women live."

Yan Ruyu nodded.

The doors were half-open and the yard was quiet, with only the occasional sound of the wind blowing past.

You don't need to go in to know that no one lives there at this time.

Yan Ruyu walked in lightly, and the fallen leaves on the ground rustled softly. She felt every step and seemed to be able to imagine the scene of those women living here.

They certainly didn't do it voluntarily.

With so many courtyards and so many people, they must have been taken away in batches. Where did they go?

The room was simply furnished, with some simple utensils on the table.

Among them was the small incense burner that Cao Shu had stolen.

When I heard Cao Shu talk about it at that time, I felt it was incongruous and unimaginable, but now it seems to be true.

There is nothing else except these decorations.

Yan Ruyu twirled her fingers lightly. "There's already a thin layer of dust on the table. It must have been empty for a while."

Huo Changhe nodded: "I'll go to another courtyard to take a look."

Just as he was about to leave, he stopped again: "Let's go together."

Yan Ruyu smiled faintly: "Your Highness, don't worry. There are no traps or people here. There will be no danger."

Huo Changhe then nodded: "I'll be back soon."

After a while, he came back: "I looked at several courtyards. The layout is the same, and the situation inside the house is the same. There is only one courtyard with no gray tips. It must be someone who has lived there recently."

Yan Ruyu thought for a moment, and Huo Changhe said, "Go find that old man?"

"it is good."

The two of them followed the same path they had taken to look for the old man pushing the cart.

When I got to the waterside, I saw him lighting a fire.

It was the clothes and the like that were burned.

While burning, he muttered.

"Go reincarnate, don't be a human in your next life."

Huo Changhe asked coldly, "Why?"

The old man was startled and looked up at them.

He didn't seem too panicked and fanned the fire a little more, so that the food would burn more thoroughly.

"What's so good about being a human? It's too hard, and these women suffer even more."

Yan Ruyu asked, "Who are you?"

The old man stared at the fire and said, "I have long forgotten who I am. I am just a wandering soul in the world."

"Where have all these women gone?"

"Some died, some were taken away. I don't know where they went. I'm just an old slave who does odd jobs, just trying to survive and make a living."

Yan Ruyu observed him carefully. He looked old, had no weapons, and had no damage value at all.

"Do you want to leave?"

The old man looked up at her and said, "Where are you going? I'm old, like a withered grass. It doesn't matter where I live. I'll just end my life here."

Huo Changhe asked again: "What is your relationship with Ding Hengshou?"

The old man lowered his eyelids again, his wrinkles like bark in the firelight: "It doesn't matter. He is the governor and I am an old slave. What difference does it make?"

"Didn't he ask you to work here?"

"Of course not. He doesn't care about these things. He is the manager here. He took pity on me and gave me a place to stay."

The old man put out the ashes, pushed the cart and slowly walked away.

I didn't ask who they were.

Yan Ruyu exhaled lightly: "Let's go too."

When they reached the intersection, they saw the old man stopped there, as if waiting for them.

The two exchanged glances, and the old man said in a deep voice, "Hurry up and leave. Don't linger here any longer. This place is fine. Don't go to the west courtyard."

After saying that, he pushed the cart away again.

West Courtyard?

Don’t go yet?

If you are not allowed to go, then you have to go.

When they arrived at the West Courtyard, Yan Ruyu realized that they had been hanging around in the East Courtyard.

Before we got close to the east courtyard, we saw people guarding it with torches lit.

Judging from the situation, there must be important people or things here.

No matter what it is, Yan Ruyu must find out.

Although the defense is tight, it is nothing to Huo Changhe.

He took Yan Ruyu to the rooftop to avoid the defense.

Yan Ruyu gave him a telescope and asked him to see what was happening around him.

Huo Changhe was shocked when he saw this.