Chapter 100 Chapter 100 He has a family now.
Her alienation was obvious.
Xie Yun seemed unaware and even laughed. Every inch of her skin bore his mark. Her bright red eyes hadn't recovered yet, but she wanted to cool down with him.
"When Ah Xian no longer feels tired, we will leave the house." He looked at her and answered in a gentle tone.
Zhang Jingxian felt that his consideration was a bit fake and remained silent.
It was obvious that he was the one who chewed her up and swallowed her. Last night, she climbed onto his arm many times in unbearable pain, asking him to let her go, but he picked her up and held her in his arms again.
Zhang Jingxian neither looked at him nor spoke. Just then, the maid brought in the steaming hot meal. She sat down without any hesitation and picked out the food she liked and ate until she was full.
Among them, there was a small jar of bean cake sprinkled with a layer of osmanthus honey. She ate it all up and did not leave a piece for Xie Yun.
After finishing her meal, she found Prime Minister Xie's collected works and read through them, learning the rare characters within. Throughout this process, she and Xie Yun didn't even make eye contact.
Although she can't leave or escape, Zhang Jingxian will never compromise herself and will only do what she wants to do.
However, in the face of her deliberate coldness, Envoy Xie was not angry at all. He took a sip of the osmanthus honey from the empty pottery jar.
It was very sweet. He narrowed his eyes, but felt a little happy. He asked, "Is the bean cake delicious?"
Zhang Jingxian was trying to identify a word in a book. When she heard him ask her, she didn't even look up and replied calmly, "It's delicious, but it's gone."
She ate them all up, and there was a hint of provocation in her words.
"Really? Let me try it." Xie Yun stood up calmly, hugged her from behind, and kissed her lips while the woman looked a little angry and embarrassed.
After counting deeply, he nodded calmly, breathing lightly in his throat. "It tastes really good. I'll ask the kitchen to make more next time."
Zhang Jingxian shot herself in the foot, closed her eyes, put down the collection of essays and walked out the door.
"Where is Ah Xian going?"
"I'm well rested."
The person who remained silent became Xie Yun. He pretended not to understand what she said, casually picked up the collection of essays she put down, and flipped through it in his hands.
Zhang Jingxian choked and couldn't help asking him whether they were going on horseback or in a carriage.
Xie Yun smiled and pointed at the rare character that she had been trying to identify for a long time, explaining the ancient meaning of the character to her.
"I want to go to the barracks. Also, I'll leave you a piece of bean cake next time."
...After a moment of silence, Xie Yun quietly closed the collection and held her hand. "If we ride a horse, I'm afraid Ah Xian won't be able to handle it."
In the end, he took Zhang Jingxian into a carriage, but Xiaoju still got the chance to go out and followed the black horse driving the carriage closely.
There were many people going to the military camp this time. Through the car window, Zhang Jingxian not only saw Shu Jian, Chen Junshou, Cai Shu's father Cai Gong, but also saw Weng Liangguan.
She knew that Changling County was busy collecting autumn taxes. While taking a break halfway through her journey, she seemed to accidentally find the grain official Weng and asked him if she could save the two bushels of millet and wheat since she and Xie Yun were getting married recently.
"Two hu?" Grain Officer Weng was a little surprised. Was the grain penalty in Wuling County too heavy? Here, any woman who was over the age of marriage and still unmarried was fined one hu.
"Envoy Xie is over the age of coming of age and is not young anymore." She subconsciously included Xie Yun in the two hu of fine grain she mentioned.
"Who in the whole world dares to collect the fine grain from the envoy? Madam, you are joking." The wrinkles on the grain official Weng's face were squeezed together with laughter, indicating that even though he was over the age of coming of age, Envoy Xie had never paid the fine grain.
The same was true for Gongcheng Yue. The people who were levied with fine grain never included powerful and influential nobles, even if these people did not need food at all.
Zhang Jingxian pursed her lips. In her previous life, one of the reasons why she sent wild geese to propose to Xie Yun was that she was really reluctant to pay so much fine grain.
It turns out that people of higher status don’t even have to pay fines.
"I checked the historical records and found that the late emperor issued an order a few years ago, strictly prohibiting the transfer of mountains, rivers and streams to individuals. Is this true?" Relying on the fact that the old man, Weng Liangguan, was old enough to be her grandfather, Zhang Jingxian asked him some questions without hesitation.
"It is true. Madam is well-read and knows a lot." Grain Officer Weng did not notice anything strange and explained to her in a gentle voice the reason why the late emperor issued this order.
Since the dynasty's migration to the south, some individuals have recklessly scrambled for power, dividing up profits for themselves, damaging the very foundations of the empire. To maintain stability, the late emperor curbed this behavior.
Zhang Jingxian nodded seriously, thanked Grain Officer Weng, and returned to the carriage. She wrote down Grain Officer Weng's explanation with a pen.
Compared to before, her handwriting has improved a lot, and it no longer looks childish when she writes.
Xie Yun glanced at her, taking in the few words she had written down. He told her to stop without any expression, "The person sitting high in Jiankang Palace today is not the late emperor. His Majesty is apologizing on behalf of his brother, Xiao Chongdao. I only mentioned it casually, and he eagerly approved my request."
Xie Yun thought that the peasant girl in front of her was silly and cute. It was a fact that Yangshan was in his hands, and she could not change it no matter what method she used.
Zhang Jingxian pinched the white paper with her fingertips and quietly wrote the last word. She looked up at him and said, "Etiquette and rules are actually ridiculous, right?"
The emperor's will is not counted, and sometimes the law is meaningless.
Xie Yun looked at the extremely serious expression of the peasant girl and sighed happily, "Ah Xian, I've told you before that profit comes first in everything, and there is no exception."
Those high-sounding words are nothing but a trick to fool people, especially the common people who cannot read or write.
Zhang Jingxian folded the paper thoughtfully. Apart from the life-saving grace before, she shouldn't be able to bring any benefits to Xie Yun, right?
On the contrary, if she understood that she had harmed Xie Yun’s interests… “If I, your wife, am not good for you, will you let me go?”
She knew he would go crazy, so she asked directly and calmly.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that Ah Xian is not included. You are above those interests. You are not a woman who can be abandoned at any time, nor are you an existence that can be measured by interests."
Xie Yun asked her softly, "Are you happy to hear this answer?" From the very beginning, he had never considered her in the context of interests, so when Gong Chengyue tried to persuade him to take her as a concubine, he flatly refused.
Zhang Jingxian's body stiffened slightly, and she closed her eyes. If she had heard these words in her previous life, when she knew nothing, she would certainly be happy, but now she felt only dejection.
This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work, am I going to die helplessly again?
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After about an hour, they arrived at the barracks.
At this time, Zhang Jingxian came out of the carriage and saw Cai Shu sitting in the carriage as well. Perhaps because the atmosphere here was quite serious, her behavior and demeanor were quite cautious.
Seeing Zhang Jingxian from afar, she hesitated and did not go forward, but followed obediently behind her father, Mr. Cai.
Zhang Jingxian wanted to explain to her that she was not deliberately teasing her and Xiao Chan when they met by chance that day, so she took a few steps towards Cai Shu, but a strong murderous aura interrupted her thoughts.
They all looked and saw a flag with mountains and rivers painted on it flying high in the sky. Soldiers in armor rode up on horseback, opened the wooden barrier with spikes, and welcomed them in.
Zhang Jingxian looked at these people. They were not unfamiliar to her. She had met them several times in her previous life. However, due to her status, they did not know much about each other.
This time was obviously the same. Everyone was very polite to her, but they never even looked at her twice.
When Xie Yun ordered people to count the millet, wheat and medicinal herbs brought by the Cai family, one of the men with a slightly more elegant appearance asked if she and Cai Shu should go to a separate tent to rest.
"Commander-in-chief, the army is full of blood and anger, and I'm afraid it will scare the lady."
Xie Yun will then reorganize the barracks and check the results of their training as usual.
Zhang Jingxian wanted to see it, so she stepped forward and said it was not necessary. She told General Yu, "I was once a guest of yours, and I have shot and killed people with my own hands."
Having killed someone, one is naturally not afraid of blood and evil spirits. Hearing her speak, General Yu raised his eyebrows in surprise. He also attended the governor's wedding, and he only knew that the governor's wife was of commoner origin.
In response to his silent question, Xie Yun nodded lightly.
He has indeed killed people and is quite courageous.
"That girl from the Cai family also killed...an enemy with her own hands." Zhang Jingxian struck while the iron was hot and spoke up for Cai Shu as well.
Across the crowd, Cai Shu looked at her gratefully.
General Yu laughed when he heard this and no longer mentioned things like resting in the tent.
He called all the newly arrived soldiers to a large open space, and ordered the elite soldiers to form a battle array and face each other with their spears.
Thus began a drill invisible to others. Gong Chengyue, Shu Jian, and the others chatted, offering their thoughts on the shifting formations below. Zhang Rushan and the other soldiers watched with veiled excitement. This was the Northern Army!
At this time, only Zhang Jingxian took out a piece of paper and a pen. She carefully unfolded the paper and wrote a large "伐" (defeat) on it with a brush.
One side is the north, the other side is the south. Either you die or I live.
However, not long after, a hand reached out, snatched the pen from her hand, and drew a few simple strokes in the center of the two sides, and a magnificent river appeared on the paper.
"This battle must be swift and effective, but most importantly, we must not be defeated."
After saying that, Xie Yun coldly stopped the soldiers and generals who were confronting each other. After disrupting one side, he ordered them to rearrange their camps, while the other side remained as it was.
As expected, the disrupted side lost.
Xie Yun's order was to cooperate skillfully, and no matter what kind of military formation, there must not be the slightest panic.
Zhang Jingxian stared blankly at the attack of thousands of troops as if they were one man under his command. Her heart was beating fast. In her previous life, he was able to lead a large army to defeat a larger force with a smaller one. He really lived up to his reputation.
In this life, she believed that he would win again.
She suddenly looked at him intently.
"If you can let me go, no matter how many times I go through this, I will never regret saving you."
Xie Yun raised his eyelids, pinched her wrist, and chuckled, "Ah Xian, you don't have to tell me this. Whether you regret it or not, you are in my hands."
It's been so many times, why is she still not awake!
Zhang Jingxian lowered her head, the jade hairpin in her hair shone with a soft luster, and she stopped talking.
There's no point in saying it anyway.
On her way back, she met with her cousins and gave them the military formation she had drawn on paper to ponder. "I'll come over as soon as I have a chance. Don't worry about me, and don't let me worry."
Zhang Rushan looked at her carefully and agreed.
Not far away, Xie Yun looked at the brother and sister with a cold gaze. Gong Chengyue came over waving a feather fan and asked him lightly what he thought.
Is it worth it to cut off your own path for a peasant girl who doesn't love him?
Gongcheng Yue regretted that he had not tried harder to help Prime Minister Xie to send her far away.
Xie Yun ignored Gong Chengyue and walked straight over, asking the peasant girl to go home with him.
Back to their home.
Even though he had painful dreams every night, he was satisfied with the reality that he and this peasant girl had a home.
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The author has something to say: Muah, Xie Yun has nightmares every night! And then it becomes reality~
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