Chapter 314 Which one is your husband?

Xie Qi chuckled wickedly, "What kind of sentimentality is there between us?"

He kicked up the sword he had thrown at his feet along with his clothes, held it horizontally in front of him, and said, "You want to fight? I'll take you on to the end."

Lu Yuan could no longer tolerate it and attacked with his knife.

The two immediately engaged in a fierce battle, fighting fiercely and evenly matched.

The area was open, and the people around didn't understand what grudge they had, so they quickly dispersed to avoid being implicated.

Only Brother Ning and Sister-in-law Ning stood by worriedly, trying to persuade him, "Hey, let's talk this out and calm down!"

"What exactly happened? Girl, you need to talk to your husband!"

These words only made Lu Yuan's attacks more ferocious, his eyes turning bloodshot as if he were ready to fight Xie Qi to the death.

Jiang Zhi stepped forward to try and stop them, but the two men's attacks were airtight, and in order not to hurt her, they fought and retreated, and had already reached the middle of the farmland, so Jiang Zhi had no way to intervene.

Lu Yuan's Embroidered Spring Blade was ruthless, each strike aimed straight for vital points. With a flash of cold light, a large swath of unharvested wheat ears was snapped in half, and straw flew everywhere.

Xie Qi's longsword moved with sweeping, powerful strokes, flashing silver light as it cut through the wind and stirred up waves of mud.

Jiang Zhi shouted for a long time to stop, but the two seemed not to hear her and continued their fierce fighting, neither of them giving an advantage.

Brother Ning looked worried. "What... what should we do?"

Seeing that the two were not going to be able to determine a winner for the time being, Jiang Zhi lifted her clothes and sat down on a rock under the shade of a tree. "Never mind them. I will compensate for all the damaged farmland."

“Brother Ning and Sister Ning must be hungry too, let’s have a meal first.”

Ignoring their astonished expressions, he moved the food away from the dust raised by the fight.

Brother Ning and Sister-in-law Ning had no other choice, and they were indeed hungry and had to work in the afternoon, so they stopped refusing and sat down to eat with Jiang Zhi.

Jiang Zhi was lost in thought, eating her food absentmindedly, when suddenly a stinging sensation came from her throat. She paused, picked up the tea beside her, and took a sip. The stinging sensation only intensified, and her eyes involuntarily reddened. She couldn't help but cough.

"Are you alright, little sister? Did you get a fishbone stuck in your throat?" Sister-in-law Ning patted her back. "Quickly, use some steamed buns to press it down."

Lu Yuan and Xie Qi also noticed what was happening to Jiang Zhi, and they stopped fighting immediately.

"How are you? I'll take you to see a doctor." Lu Yuan pushed Ning's sister-in-law aside and gently patted her back.

Xie Qi then squatted down and handed Jiang Zhi a glass of water, saying, "Zhi Zhi, hurry up and take a nap."

Jiang Zhi swallowed a few bites of the biscuit and then drank some water. The stinging sensation in her throat finally subsided. "It should be better now."

Lu Yuan frowned and pinched her chin, wanting her to open her mouth to check if there were any fish bones left.

Xie Qi slapped his hand away, saying, "What are you doing, touching me like that?"

Lu Yuan pursed his lips and gave him a cold glance. "You still want to fight?"

"Fight if you want, who's afraid of who?" Xie Qi refused to back down.

"That's enough," Jiang Zhi cleared her throat, her voice still a little hoarse. "Sit down and eat."

Xie Qi snorted, obediently sat down on the ground next to Jiang Zhi, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and even raised his eyes to give Lu Yuan a provocative look.

"Uh, sorry, we only brought enough bowls and chopsticks for four people, we don't have any extras." Sister-in-law Ning looked apologetically at Lu Yuan's cold and aloof aura.

“Sister-in-law Ning, there’s no need to apologize,” Xie Qi raised an eyebrow. “Some people come uninvited, so naturally there’s no place for them.”

After saying that, he shoveled a big mouthful of rice into his mouth and chewed it.

"It's alright." Lu Yuan didn't mind and kept his eyes on Jiang Zhi.

Jiang Zhi ate a few bites and then put the food down.

"Are you full?" Lu Yuan asked.

Jiang Zhi nodded.

Lu Yuan then naturally took the bowl and chopsticks from Jiang Zhi and ate the rest of her food without any hesitation.

"Let me get you another bowl," Jiang Zhi said, a little embarrassed.

“No need,” Lu Yuan said without changing his expression. “It’s not like it’s the first time I’ve eaten it. I don’t mind.”

Jiang Zhi remained silent.

Brother Ning and Sister-in-law Ning looked astonished, shoveling rice into their mouths with their heads down, but their ears were perked up.

Xie Qi's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth, "Despicable."

Why didn't he think of that? Lu Yuan got lucky!

Lu Yuan still had that unmoving, deadpan expression.

Seeing that he had finished eating, Jiang Zhi reached out to get him more food, but Xie Qi stopped her, saying, "This is from Sister Ning's family. He didn't do anything, so why should he eat so much?"

A sinister smile appeared on Jiang Zhi's face. "Don't worry, you'll have your turn to do the work."

“If you dare to ruin the crops, none of you will leave until you have cleaned up the land that Brother Ning’s family destroyed today.”

Brother Ning immediately smoothed things over, saying, "It's alright, it saves me the trouble of tilling the land."

Brother Xie seemed relatively kind, but the other person was sinister and terrifying, as if he wanted to kill someone. How could he dare to let the other person do things for him?

Lu Yuan nodded, "A-Zhi is right, I will take care of cleaning it up."

So after the meal, Xie Qi and Lu Yuan, two powerful figures in the capital who were untouchable, were now bent over, hoes in hand, doing farm work for others without complaint.

If this scene were to occur within the Kyoto elite circle, it would absolutely shock everyone.

Xie Qi often led troops in the field, and he would also lead troops to cultivate land and grow some grain in Yaocheng, so he was very good at this kind of thing.

However, Lu Yuan was only skilled in interrogation; he possessed great martial prowess but had never personally performed such an act.

However, he always had a photographic memory. After a few quick glances at Brother Ning, he immediately got to work, and he and Xie Qi began to subtly compete with each other.

Xie Qi was shirtless and covered in sweat. Lu Yuan initially took off his outer robe out of consideration for his status, but in the end, it was too hot, so he simply took off his shirt as well and wrapped it around his waist.

The few peasant women who had been keeping their distance just moments before now pretended to be nonchalant and surrounded them, their eyes shining. They were so dazzled that they didn't know who to look at, and lewd remarks poured out of them as if they were free.

Good heavens, my goodness!

"I can't imagine what I should do if both of these men proposed to me at the same time."

"Lock me and him together, and don't save me no matter what I make."

"The sun is so bright today. I wonder if it's that big where they are."

...

Sister-in-law Ning had to go back to cook and do chores, but before leaving, she couldn't resist her curiosity and whispered to Jiang Zhi, "Sister, tell me the truth, which one of them is your husband?"

Jiang Zhi shook her head. "Neither."

"Huh?" Sister-in-law Ning was stunned.

Jiang Zhi gave a wry smile and said nothing more.

As the sun began to set, the people who had finished their day's work in the fields gradually returned home.

Lu Yuan, Xie Qi, and Jiang Zhi had dinner at Ning Da Sao's house, secretly leaving them some money before returning to Xie Qi's villa.

Xie Qi naturally didn't want Lu Yuan to stay, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Lu Yuan sneered, "Fine, then I'll take A-Zhi away."