CHAPTER 22
Lu Shaoyou originally thought that Song Yuanzhi was going to settle the score with him for concealing his identity, but unexpectedly, after arriving at Song Yuanzhi’s yard, Song Yuanzhi apologized to him first, which shocked Lu Shaoyou. He was not sure what Song Yuanzhi was doing. He couldn’t bear it. He tensed up and asked her, “You didn’t do anything wrong, so why should you apologize to me? It should be me who should apologize to you. I’m sorry for hiding it from you for so long.”
Song Yuanzhi had thought before that she would talk about this matter with Lu Shaoyou, but later, seeing how Lu Shaoyou tried his best to defend her, Song Yuanzhi slowly calmed down, and after thinking about it, she felt that she was more wrong.
Ever since time travel, Song Yuanzhi has always had the mentality of treating the people around her as NPC’s. No matter how disgusting the Song family is, she doesn’t take it to heart. She will separate with them whenever she gets the chance, regardless of the consequences, so as to make them lose face. She will definitely give them a hard time if she has the chance. No matter what, she must take this step for the original owner.
(NPC is an acronym that stands for “non-player character.” A non-player character is a character in a game that’s not controlled by the person playing the game.
Although the plot of the original work has been completely ruined by her, Song Yuanzhi just deeply analyzed her own heart and found that she still has a sense of superiority in knowing the plot.
This sense of superiority coupled with the hidden mentality of treating people around her as NPCs made Song Yuanzhi a little bit arrogant, and she was calculating before making decisions.
If Lu Shaoyou hadn’t come back, Song Yuanzhi wouldn’t have noticed such a big change in her mentality.
In previous life, Song Yuanzhi’s uncle was a soldier. As the only girl in the Song family, Song Yuanzhi was naturally very favored. She often lived in their compound for a while when she was a child. Because of this, Song Yuanzhi also learned about the difficulties of soldiers from her uncle.
Her uncle fought against floods and rescued people from disasters. He went wherever there was danger. Every time he came back safely, he felt very depressed. The young Song Yuanzhi also saw her uncle secretly wiping tears while looking at some photos.
Later, she learned that the people in the photo were all her uncle’s comrades who unfortunately died during the rescue.
All are martyrs.
Song Yuanzhi grew up listening to the stories of soldiers in the army. She had pride, blood, and tears, and she had a deep-rooted respect for the soldiers.
However, what did she do after traveling through time? Taking the martyr Lu Shaoyou, who guarded the border as an NPC, after feeling sad a few times, she calculated how many benefits she would get from marrying him. How did she become such a person? How heartbreaking would it be if her uncle found out?
Song Yuanzhi bit her lip slightly, with deep disgust for herself in her eyes. She raised her head after a while, looked seriously into Lu Shaoyou’s eyes, and apologized to him again, “It’s my fault. Knowing that the Song family intended for me to marry into the Marquis Mansion, I just felt sad for a few times and began to consider the pros and cons of marrying into the Marquis Mansion. You were fighting bloody battles at the border, but I was calculating your reputation and how many benefits I can get. This makes me feel disgusting. ”
Song Yuanzhi quickly wiped away her tears and bowed deeply to Lu Shaoyou, “I’m really sorry.”
Lu Shaoyou looked at the guilt in her eyes without any impurities, and those clear eyes became more warm after being washed by tears. His lips were almost pursed into a line, and his heart and eyes were full of self-disgust. His whole person suddenly changed from a vibrant little peach to a wilting dried peach, listless and pitiful.
However, Lu Shaoyou felt that Song Yuanzhi at this moment was more warm than ever. He couldn’t help but want to reach out and touch her tender and smooth face. It took a lot of effort to stop his hand that was about to move, so he coughed lightly and said,This is not a big deal; don’t take it seriously.”
Song Yuanzhi looked at Lu Shaoyou with clear black and white eyes and said seriously, “This is a big deal for you to protect your home and country and let the people of the Rong Dynasty have peace. The glory gained with blood and war for saving lives is not something for other people to be used for their benefits!”
Lu Shaoyou felt as if a small paw was scratching his heart; it was so soft and itchy, he couldn’t help it anymore, and he stretched out his hand to rub Song Yuanzhi’s head and chuckled, “Idiot.”
Song Yuanzhi was angry; it was too much; he has just rubbed her own head like a dog and even called herself a fool. Who is stupid? A certain marquis who is still happy to be plotted by her must be stupid!
Lu Shaoyou saw that she had regained most of her energy and smiled again, “Why aren’t you stupid? No matter how many calculations others have in their hearts, they will still label themselves as saints. But you obviously don’t have any such plans; still, you want to turn yourself into a villain. If you are not stupid, then who is stupid?”
Song Yuanzhi pursed her lips; she just couldn’t get over the hurdle in her heart. If Lu Shaoyou’s character was flawed, it would be nothing more than her plotting the other person’s marriage and considering the benefits of marrying the other person. But Lu Shaoyou always protected her. When she thought back to her original plan, she felt twice as ashamed and lowered her head in silence.
Seeing this, Lu Shaoyou reached out and touched Song Yuanzhi’s bun again and said softly, “You only see your own calculations; why don’t you think about it? If there are no such benefits, why would the Marquis Mansion let a good girl marry in and stay widow for the rest of her life??”
There is no one in the world who doesn’t care about gains and losses. Even Lu Shaoyou himself didn’t make any noise after he came back, planning to kill them all in one fell swoop and make Emperor Yongkang feel more guilty towards him.
Regarding Song Yuanzhi’s apology, Lu Shaoyou felt soft-hearted but also found it funny. How could there be such a serious girl in the world? Since he has become a military general, guarding the territory is his lifelong duty. Even if he dies in battle, it is the honor of a military general. Not to mention that the status of military generals has always been lower than that of civilian officials, and they were considered vulgar. When he decided to join the army, he was also beaten by his own father.
But this girl felt from the bottom of her heart that the soldiers had suffered a great crime. Lu Shaoyou could see that Song Yuanzhi truly respected the soldiers. Because of this respect, she doesn’t want to have any plans against the soldiers. This is where her sense of disgust just came from.
Lu Shaoyou only felt as if his heart was soaked in warm water and became incredibly soft and bubbling from time to time. It was such a beautiful feeling.
Song Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment and subconsciously said, “That’s different.”
“Why is it different?” Lu Shaoyou’s eyebrows were flying, and he pinched Song Yuanzhi’s face and then nervously hid his hands behind his back. Only then did he clear his throat and explain, “You feel that you have plotted against me, and you feel guilty. But you didn’t know that I was still alive, but you chose to accept this marriage. In the final analysis, the Marquis Mansion respects you. Besides, if the soldiers really die in battle, to have a wife who sincerely respects them like you, I think they will be very happy to protect their wives with the honor they left behind.”
Seeing Song Yuanzhi want to refute, Lu Shaoyou stopped her words with his eyes and then said, “If there was really no hope, my mother would not arrange a marriage for me who died on the battlefield. A good girl will be a widow for the rest of her life. If she were your daughter, would you be willing to do so?”
Song Yuanzhi thought after a moment’s thought and shaking her head subconsciously.
Lu Shaoyou breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and said, “So this matter is originally because the Marquis Mansion was not honest. Those things like fame and fortune—even if you enter the Marquis Mansion, what will you get? With the status of a widow, many things must be avoided. No one will invite you to ordinary banquets; you cannot wear bright clothes, and you are not allowed to have fun in the three-acre field in the backyard all day long. ”
Seeing Song Yuanzhi’s eyes widen, Lu Shaoyou smiled again, stretched out his hand, and tapped Song Yuanzhi’s nose. “Tell me, compared with these things, do you still think you are taking advantage of your plotting and planning ?”
Song Yuanzhi said calmly, “Madam Qin is not that kind of person. ”
“That’s because my mother is kind-hearted. But life is not easy for other widows.”
After solving Song Yuanzhi’s knot, Lu Shaoyou raised his lips slightly, then changed the subject, looked at Song Yuanzhi seriously, and said seriously, “I heard that. When my mother arranged a marriage for me, she felt sorry for the girl, so she wanted to make an effort to annul the marriage. But then I found out that the person who was arranged to me was you, so I changed my mind.”
His eyes were firm and gentle; when looking at Song Yuanzhi steadily, Song Yuanzhi’s figure was clearly reflected in his eyes, as if Song Yuanzhi were the only one in his eyes.
Song Yuanzhi’s heart skipped a beat, and a blush slowly appeared on her face.
Lu Shaoyou didn’t let her go and deliberately joked, “I didn’t know who it was, but she praised me in front of me again and again and firmly said that she would marry me.”
With such a coaxing sound, Song Yuanzhi’s face instantly blushed, and she became extremely embarrassed; this was all her own dark history. Thinking of how many times she had unconsciously confessed her love to Lu Shaoyou before, Song Yuanzhi wished she could turn back time and cover her mouth.
Seeing Lu Shaoyou smiling with a bit of teasing in his eyes, Song Yuanzhi felt ashamed and annoyed, so she raised her foot and stepped on him hard.
Lu Shao You didn’t dodge, he hissed and chuckled. ” What? Are you murdering your husband?”
Song Yuanzhi’s face turned red. “You are the majestic Marquis of Zhenbei; you are invincible; how come you can’t dodge my attack?”
” Of course it’s because…” Lu Shaoyou slowly prolonged his voice, and Song Yuanzhi couldn’t help but raise her head to look at him. As soon as she raised her eyes, she saw his gentle eyes, and then she heard his gentle and smiling voice, ” I don’t want to dodge.”
With a coaxing sound, a honey jar seemed to explode in her heart. Song Yuanzhi felt that her heart and mouth were full of sweetness, and she couldn’t hide the joy in the corners of her eyes. Lu Shaoyou’s eyes became darker and darker while his adam’s apple moved slightly. He wanted to look away and calm down, but he didn’t want to.
Song Yuanzhi noticed Lu Shaoyou’s hot gaze, and the blush on her face deepened. She glared at him fiercely and pretended to be calm. “Don’t look at me like that. You concealed your identity before, and I haven’t settled the score with you yet!”
In Lu Shaoyou’s eyes, she was full of anger and laughter and was indescribably charming, even though she was pretending to be arrogant in her words of guilt, and because of her soft voice, she seemed to be coquettishly speaking.
Lu Shaoyou chuckled; his heart was so soft that he surrendered obediently, “It’s all my fault; you can punish me however you want. It’s up to you.”
Song Yuanzhi tried hard to suppress the corners of her lips that she wanted to raise in disobedience, but they betrayed herself. “Who would have thought the Marquis of Zhenbei, who frightened the enemy, could one day surrender obediently?”
Unexpectedly, Lu Shaoyou suddenly approached her, and the hot manly breath hit her face, making Song Yuanzhi’s heart tremble, and she couldn’t help but want to take a step back, but there was a big hand on her shoulder to stop her movements, and then Lu Shaoyou’s enlarged handsome face suddenly appeared in front of her eyes; his gentle phoenix eyes stared at her steadily, and his voice was as gentle as water. “From now on, I will only be your prisoner alone.”
Song Yuanzhi was so embarrassed that she even wanted to shrink her toes. As a peony, facing the handsome brother’s cryptic confession and feeling his hot breath, Song Yuanzhi felt that her heartbeat seemed to be beyond the normal range. Her brain was also lacking oxygen, and her breathing was also a bit rapid. Her panicked eyes were flying around, looking left and right but not daring to look at Lu Shaoyou’s eyes. She always felt that there is some kind of seductive magic in his eyes, and if you look at it one more time, you will be addicted to it and cannot extricate yourself.
Lu Shaoyou just felt that she looked so pitiful and couldn’t help but want to get closer to her.
Song Yuanzhi, who finally came to her senses, immediately backed away like a rabbit with a red face and said fiercely, “If you have something to say, then say it. Why are you coming so close?”
Lu Shao you chuckled lightly. “I’m just teasing you.”
Song Yuanzhi’s heart was in a mess, and she was trapped in the difficulties of life. There seemed to be two villains having a debate in my mind. One said, “Hey, I’m so angry. I treat him as a brother, but he is confessing to me.”
The other villain was very unconvinced and jumped to his feet and shouted, “He protected you in every possible way and saved you several times. He also asked for an imperial marriage decree. He is so sincere; do you really just regard him as a brother?”
Song Yuanzhi covered her face and sighed, blushing terribly.
Seeing this, Lu Shaoyou laughed secretly and was not in a hurry to poke her turtle shell. Instead, he started talking about business: “You made such a fuss today; Mr. and Mrs. Song will definitely not let it go. You will have to live in the Song family before you get married. Even if there are people from the Marquis Mansion protecting you, you still have to be careful.”
Song Yuanzhi suppressed the throbbing in her heart and said calmly, “Don’t worry; since I’ve already broken up with them, I won’t give them the chance to hurt me. Song Yan knows the current affairs best. You just threatened him with his future. He doesn’t dare to act rashly.”
“Song Yan knows the current affairs best, but others don’t know much about them.” On the other hand, he also analyzed the temperament of several people in the Song family and silently reminded Song Yuanzhi, “Your sister seems to be not very clear-minded; if you aren’t self-aware, she will harm you any minute.”
Song Yan and Madam Liu’s hearts are poisonous, but they are still somewhat rational enough to distinguish them. Seriously, Song Lilan is different. She combines their shortcomings; she is stupid and vicious, and no one can accurately predict the idiot’s next move. Stupid and vicious people always do things regardless of the consequences, so she has to be on guard.
Song Yuanzhi nodded in agreement and finally came back to her senses. She curiously asked Lu Shaoyou, “They all said that you disappeared into the desert, and there was no good news. How did you come back?”
This question was not malicious, just out of curiosity. After all, although the plot of the original novel was ruined a lot by Song Yuanzhi, according to the nature of the plot, major events that should happen, regardless of whether the timing is the same, must basically be repeated.
Judging from this, Lu Shaoyou is the biggest bug in this original novel. The Marquis of Zhenbei, who died at the beginning, was able to come back alive. It seems that something is wrong.
Lu Shaoyou recalled the dangers of the battlefield with many emotions: “I don’t know which god touched the head of the Rongdi people, but they made many magical weapons. The clairvoyant who can see clearly ten miles away—you saw it last time, and you said it was a telescope—is also a suitable name. In addition, there are magic weapons like Tianlei, which sound like thunder and explode into pieces. We did not find out the enemy’s situation, but we suffered a big loss.”
Song Yuanzhi stared slightly. His eyes were wide open and full of doubts. It sounded like the other party had used gunpowder? Are there any weapons that use gunpowder these days? Judging from Lu Shaoyou’s attitude, there should be no such thing. Why did the Rongdi people make gunpowder one step ahead of the Rong Dynasty?
It’s not that Song Yuanzhi looked down on the Rongdi people; it was just that the Central Plains was the pinnacle of economic development among the nearby countries. Generally speaking, such advanced things should have been made by the Central Plains.
Is it because this is a bloody novel was written by Yu Ling and hence the logic is nonsense, so these basic laws were not mentioned?
Song Yuanzhi couldn’t help but be confused, but according to the original plot, Xuanyuan Yu later led his troops to fight a battle with the Rongdi people. After the victory, the strength of Prince Wu’s line was even stronger. Then Emperor Yongkang died, and Prince Wu successfully ascended the throne.
In that battle, was gunpowder mentioned?
Song Yuanzhi was shocked and confused, not knowing what amazing change had occurred. Even if it was the butterfly effect brought about by her transmigration, it wouldn’t be like giving an idea to make the telescope and gunpowder, right?
Thinking like this, Song Yuanzhi couldn’t help but have a bold guess in her heart. Could it be that there is another fellow transmigrator here who came earlier than her?
Still on the Rongdi people’s side. Then she really wants a fellow transmigrator to meet another fellow transmigrator,
But they cannot be friends if their countries have different positions.
Song Yuanzhi didn’t know how strong the other party was. As she was thinking about it, she heard Lu Shaoyou continue, “Although the thunder sound was scary that day, it was actually not that powerful. It can’t kill people, but it can cripple people’s arms and legs. As long as you pay a little attention, you can still avoid it. But the horses were easily frightened, and many soldiers were not killed by the thunder but died under the horses hoofs.”
Song Yuanzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the other party didn’t do anything too outrageous. The gunpowder that occurred was not particularly powerful. Is it considered a mine or an enhanced version of the mines ?
Song Yuanzhi thought about it and found that Lu Shaoyou’s ability to survive should be due to the butterfly effect brought by the other party. In the original novel, the battle in which Lu Shaoyou died on the battlefield did not use gunpowder. This time gunpowder appears, so maybe the decision-makers on the Rongdi people’s side have also changed. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. The battle without gunpowder in the original novel put Lu Shaoyou to death completely. This time, Lu Shaoyou got a glimmer of hope. He struggled to survive in the desert and then marched eastward to the capital.
In the end, she met him on the mountain behind Xuanyuan Imperial Courtyard and he escorted her for a ride, which became the beginning of the fate between him and herself.
After thinking about all this, Song Yuanzhi was filled with emotions for a while. She didn’t expect that the person who gave Lu Shaoyou a chance of survival in the end was actually the Rongdi fellow who developed gunpowder and telescopes and wanted Lu Shaoyou’s life.
This is really a coincidence.
I don’t know if the other person is like me, knowing that I have traveled into a book and also knows the plot of the original book.
Song Yuanzhi thought about it and felt that the other party should be happier if he didn’t know. If he knew the plot, he would be angry to death.
Thinking of this, Song Yuanzhi became happy again. She took a deep look at Lu Shaoyou and felt that it was really an eye-opener for her to save his life.
The tips of Lu Shaoyou’s ears were reddened by her gaze, and his slender eyebrows were slightly raised. He was about to speak, but Song Yuanzhi suddenly came over, hugged him quickly, and ran away quickly, leaving only one sentence in the air: ” It’s great that you came back alive!”
Lu Shaoyou almost laughed at Song Yuanzhi; this girl can only tease others, not be teased by them.
Thinking of Song Yuanzhi’s quick movements just now, Lu Shaoyou secretly regretted in his heart: Why was he so dazed? Otherwise, how could he have let her run away so easily?
