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

Chapter 1604: The Illusion Reappears

Yan Ruyu originally thought that since she was only half a day later than Huo Changhe, it would not be too difficult to catch up with him.

But once we were on the road, we realized that we had been thinking too simply.

Huo Changhe must be concerned about the Sima family, and since he is leading Xiang Guang and others, he must be traveling by forced march.

It was not easy for her, a modern person with average riding skills, to catch up.

After riding for more than an hour, I felt pain all over my body and the inside of my thighs were rubbed badly.

If you think about it carefully, you have never traveled in such a hurry. Even when you were in exile before, you mostly rode in a horse carriage.

Jiang Paopao didn't care and was quite excited. Along the way, he talked to Yan Ruyu about the interesting things that happened when Huo Changhe was in Shencheng, and how to win by surprise in a war.

Yan Ruyu listened to this and felt relieved of a lot of her hard work, and she felt very proud.

He secretly sighed again, fortunately she came and arrived in time, otherwise it would be just as Taoist Xuanqing said, the Huo family would be too miserable.

As it got dark, the two men dismounted to rest for a while and eat some dry food.

Jiang Paopao finished his portion, still looking at Yan Ruyu with eager eyes.

Yan Ruyu secretly laughed. For a boy of his age, his appetite was truly amazing.

She handed the rest to Jiang Paopao: "Here, for you, eat it."

Jiang Paopao said without pretense: "Princess, you take a rest for a while. I'll go ahead and explore the way ahead."

Then he asked, "Can you do it yourself?"

"Yes, go ahead."

Jiang Paopao ran happily. He was originally a vanguard officer, and he loved charging in the front and exploring the way.

Yan Ruyu took this opportunity to take a break. The starling ate on the branch where she was resting and observed the surroundings.

Not long after, the space shook.

Yan Ruyu entered the space and connected it. The abbot's voice mixed with the sound of Guo's crosstalk rushed in.

"Ruyu, how are you? Did you see the prince?"

"Not yet. Your Majesty is too fast. I haven't seen anyone yet."

"Don't worry too much," the abbot consoled. "Everything is fine at home. You don't have to worry."

As he said this, he turned off the crosstalk and lowered his voice: "I'm telling you, I'm going to go out of town in a while, too, to see how the road is."

"Then you should be careful too. Let Jin Ting accompany you," Yan Ruyu reminded him. "When you are working at night, look around first and don't let anyone see you."

"Also, if you decide to carry out construction at night, go and say hello to Governor Cao during the day so that he can be mentally prepared."

Yan Ruyu said solemnly: "Don't let anyone take you away and burn you to death as if you were a monster."

The abbot swallowed his saliva. He didn't care much at first, but when he heard the word "burn to death", he immediately took it seriously.

"Okay, I'll remember that. Don't worry, I promise to do as you say."

"When I'm not around, you need to be more low-key in all aspects and stop bringing out modern things."

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Yan Ruyu thought for a moment and thought of something: "Look at your map and see if you can see any small paths or mountain roads."

After waiting for a while, the abbot said affirmatively: "Yes, although the distance is too far to locate, the map function is still good."

"Okay, then let's keep in touch. I may need you to look at the map."

"no problem."

Just as they were talking, Jiang Paopao came back. Yan Ruyu exited the space and handed him some water.

Jiang Paopao took the spring water and drank it in one breath.

"Princess, I have explored it. The road ahead is not difficult to walk, but I did not find any trace of the prince."

"The prince should also travel overnight, let's go."

After drinking the spring water, Jiang Paopao felt refreshed. He was not tired at all, and this short distance was a piece of cake for him.

After walking for more than an hour, it was almost twelve o'clock and Yan Ruyu could no longer hold on.

Forget it, let me take a rest first. I still have to travel tomorrow. I can’t waste tomorrow and be unable to move.

There was a small forest on the roadside ahead, and Yan Ruyu decided to rest there.

He took out the small rest items he had prepared and gave one to Jiang Paopao, who tossed them over and over with delight.

Yan Ruyu leaned against the pillow, closed her eyes, let her consciousness enter the space, and took the time to rest.

She fell asleep quickly. Without her knowing it, a wisp of mist slowly rose up around her, like a strand of mist torn off the clouds, wandering silently and growing quietly.

Yan Ruyu seemed to be dreaming. In the dream, she walked to a village. Suddenly, a noisy sound rang in her originally quiet ears, as if someone was reciting something in a low voice. It was not like the Buddhist scriptures that made people feel at ease. On the contrary, a heavy pressure fell down, like a mountain pressing down on one's head.

At the same time, there were cries, shouting, and the sound of burning fire.

She didn't want to move forward, but those low voices seemed to have magic, driving her forward continuously. The view in front of her suddenly opened up, smoke was rising, fire was blazing, the houses in the village were on fire, and countless people were crying and running.

She was about to go over to help when she saw a panicked woman coming towards her. She was running and looking back, as if something scary was chasing her.

She was running with a swaddled baby in her arms when suddenly a large banner fell from the sky. It seemed to be covered in blood and had strange words written on it.

The woman was horrified and shouted to Yan Ruyu: "Save my child!"

She looked up, and in the light of the fire, Yan Ruyu saw her face clearly, and it was exactly the same as her own.

Yan Ruyu's heart was shocked and she stretched out her hand to take it. A man in a black robe chased out from the smoke. His face was blurry and could not be seen clearly. He was holding a small drum in his hand.

The sound of the small drum seemed to hit people's hearts. The woman looked painful and blood oozed from the corners of her mouth.

Yan Ruyu saw that the black-robed man's hand holding the drum had a black tattoo extending from the wrist.

Yan Ruyu screamed and rushed over to save the mother and son.

She opened her eyes suddenly and everything disappeared.

It was just a dream.

She exhaled heavily, her heart still pounding. The dream was so real, as real as if she were in it.

Looking around, there was no smoke, let alone fire.

She calmed her thoughts but was not too optimistic, as she always felt that this matter was a little unusual.

Especially the woman who looked very similar to her.

The last time she met "her" was in the secret room in the manor. She seemed to have seen an illusion, a similar scene.

The burning village, the running woman with a child in her arms, had a face similar to hers.

There was also the man in black robe. I couldn’t see his face clearly. I only remembered the drum in his hand and a little tattoo on his wrist.

If it was a dream, why did I dream about it again?

Moreover, she noticed one difference this time from last time.

The last time I dreamed of that woman, she looked about 70% similar to me, but this time, she looked 90% similar.

If she didn't speak, didn't move, and just stood there, Yan Ruyu would feel like she was looking in the mirror.

This feeling made her very uneasy.

Although she was still tired, she couldn't fall asleep.

After moving around in the space for a while and eating a red fruit, I felt a little better.

Before I knew it, it was getting dark.

I don’t know if I can catch up with Huo Changhe today.