Chapter 105 Chapter 105: Cut open his heart.
Drops of water dripping from the ends of her hair soaked Zhang Jingxian's back. She felt a surge of discomfort, took a deep breath, and whispered, "Meeting me won't change anything."
For her, meeting him was a misfortune.
Since her rebirth, she has tried very hard to escape this misfortune, but he has used various means to block her escape route and hold her lifeline in his hands.
Zhang Jingxian lowered her eyes indifferently, having lost interest in asking questions. After all, she was the real weak one. It sounded ridiculous for a weak person to sympathize with a powerful person in a high position.
She stopped thinking about it, lifted up her wet long hair with her hands, and prepared to dry it by the fire.
"My uncle said that Ah Xian has a very true and sincere heart." Xie Yun looked at her steadily, and the ice in his eyes melted away, and the warmth in his eyes was even hotter than the stove in the room.
As long as she is willing to give him her heart, he can certainly change and become whatever she likes.
Zhang Jingxian paused, and as soon as her eyes met those expectant eyes, she was hugged tightly.
This hug was different from the previous ones, always with a sense of coercion, more like a kind of... plea. He lowered her noble head to accommodate her, warming her wet hair with his cheek; she was slightly lifted up, her wet feet stepping on his shoes.
Zhang Jingxian's arms stayed in mid-air, and she looked calm on the surface, but the rapid vibrations in her heart made her irritable.
What means did he want to use to seduce her?
"Ah Xian, let me hug you and be closer to your heart." Xie Yun ignored the cold water stains on his body and spoke in a gentle tone as if asking.
It even sounds a bit humble.
Zhang Jingxian felt the kiss on her wet hair and felt that he was having an attack again. It didn't seem like him at all. She was more accustomed to Envoy Xie who threatened and forced her.
She closed her lips tightly and didn't speak, not knowing what to say. Finally, she said two words helplessly and weakly, "Head, it hurts."
Her head really ached.
Xie Yun raised his eyes, touched the back of her neck, carried her to the stove, and placed her back and wet hair in front of the steaming charcoal fire.
The feeling of the coolness being dispelled by the fire was very comfortable, and with the slender fingers combing her wet hair at a moderate pace, Zhang Jingxian soon became drowsy and leaned on his chest with her eyes closed.
She was busy from morning till night today, so it's impossible not to be tired.
It looked like the peasant girl was asleep.
Xie Yun's palm stroked her neck from time to time. The person in his arms was extremely obedient, and the hard and irritating bones were now soft. He was in a good mood, and with a smile on his lips, he talked about an experience in his childhood.
"At that time, even the most promising chicks were just babies that could be strangled to death with a little effort. There were dozens of babies, so who would care if one died?"
After the dynasty moved south, the royal family, which had always been considered incompetent, did not fail to produce talented people. The late emperor Xiao Heming was both skillful and scheming, and despite being ill, he managed to suppress the Grand Marshal Chao Liang.
Chao Liang held the military power, but was still forced by the late emperor to be restrained and dared not act rashly. He could only restrain himself and wait for the late emperor to die.
The late emperor's health showed that he would not live long, so the two sides competed secretly. As if guessing that Chao Liang was waiting and enduring, the late emperor began to suppress the aristocratic families on a large scale. Xie Li retired during that tense time.
On the surface, the Xiao family of the royal family was more powerful than the aristocratic families, and the Grand Marshal Chao Liang had to swallow his anger. However, a secret strangulation against the Xiao family had already begun.
An autumn hunting event was held in the mountains outside Jiankang City. Participants included royal family members and aristocratic families. Among them, the seventh son of the Xie family, who was known for his precocious wisdom, came on behalf of the Xie family.
"I am my father and mother's legitimate son, and I was also raised by my uncle. I have many friends in Jiankang City. Not only Gong Chengyue, but also several young men from the Wang family, Jiulang from the Zheng family, and... the seventh prince Xiao Chongdao are all my good friends."
When talking about the Seventh Prince, Xie Yun laughed mockingly.
"The Autumn Hunt was led by the royal family. The Crown Prince, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, and the Seventh Prince, all of whom were favored by the late emperor, participated in the hunt themselves. Only the Sixth Prince, who was equally frail as him, remained in the palace."
The result was obvious. The nobles took ruthless action and did not hesitate to use their own blood as a barrier. A fire directly burned down an entire mountain, and the crown prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince all died.
Several sons of the Wang family, Chao Liang's nephew, Zheng Jiulang, and many small clans and branches of the royal family were also buried with him.
"Originally, I was the price given up by the Xie family, but my uncle has always trained me to be a military commander. I also lived with him in secluded mountains for a year, so I am the only one of the aristocratic family who survived."
Not only that, the young Xie Qillang also tried his best to save his good friend Xiao Chongdao, but when they finally escaped to the city after a narrow escape from death, the late emperor had already died of anger and rage.
The nobles declared their victory and supported the sickly Sixth Prince to ascend the throne, who is now His Majesty.
"I thought I was the admired prodigy of the Xie family, but reality has proven that I am a trampled and discarded pawn, sent out to be buried with the deceased."
His life was insignificant in the eyes of the nobles' interests. After surviving through untold hardships, he was ultimately met with a look of surprise in front of his family.
Xie Yun's long fingers were entangled with a strand of hair, and his teeth felt a little itchy, so he moved to the collarbone of the woman in his arms and bit it gently.
Zhang Jingxian's eyelids twitched, but she didn't wake up.
"My father patted my shoulder, and my mother said I had worked hard. Only my sister hugged me and cried for no apparent reason. I didn't think about anything and fell asleep. Then Xiao Chongdao found me and wanted to kill me again."
Xie Yun's expression suddenly turned cold. The long hair between his fingers tightened, but he didn't feel the slightest pain. "He said that I should die too. I shouldn't live. I should be buried with his brothers."
"But Xie Qilang is dead. The one who is alive is Xie Yun, and me."
He raised his head, his face expressionless, his black eyes staring quietly ahead, as if he was looking into the eyes of the dead Xie Qillang.
Zhang Jingxian shivered in his arms and still didn't wake up.
The man who noticed her slight movement averted his gaze, his dark eyes looking down, a smile on his thin lips, and asked her, "Ah Xian, why didn't I meet you earlier?"
If he had met a truly sincere heart earlier, he would have become a gentleman, not been so suspicious, would not have used cruel means, and would not have had to... force her to stay by his side.
The wet hair in the palm of his hand was about 80% dry. After Xie Yun smoothed it with his fingers, he pushed it aside and lowered his head again. This time, the place he bit was no longer the collarbone.
He bit the heart of the peasant girl who was pretending to be asleep, through the soft and fragrant flesh. If he could be hardened and use a little more force, he would be able to taste what a true and sincere heart felt like.
Xie Yun guessed it should be bright red, beating with vitality and sweet. Unlike his heart, which was not only pitch black in color but also extremely poisonous.
"Stop biting...you...don't bite there." Zhang Jingxian could no longer pretend to be asleep, and she curled up and hid. Those people had let Xie Qilang down, so she should go and take revenge on them, not her.
She is the most innocent.
After hearing her intermittent words clearly, Xie Yun bit her tongue and smiled, then raised her eyelids and told her, "Ah Xian thinks I'm sick and asked me to find a doctor, but the medicine that can save me is Ah Xian herself."
"Please save me, Ah Xian."
"Please."
His tongue rolled, sucking on her body again and again. Xie Yun felt that she was a little crazy and smiled very charmingly.
The temperature in the room continued to rise. Zhang Jingxian opened her eyes in a daze, staring blankly at him who was begging her, unable to understand why things between them had developed into what they were now.
Her fingertips touched his forehead hesitantly, her mind in a mess, could she really walk away from him?
He treated her as his medicine but never asked her if she was willing.
"Or... find a doctor. If they have a magical medicine like Vaccaria officinalis, they must have other precious medicines that can cure you."
Xie Yun seemed unaware, his lowered eyes hiding a deep gloom.
He also wanted to ask why, why even after he had opened his bloody heart to show her, she still resisted him and was unwilling to let him get close to her heart.
What exactly should he do? Does he have to do what he told her, to resurrect the dead and reverse the passage of time?
Xie Yun tasted an unprecedented bitter taste in his mouth, and the strong hatred that surged in his heart prompted his actions to become crazy.
However, he sadly discovered that when the peasant girl looked at him with her brows furrowed and tears in her eyes, he could no longer be cruel or hateful.
"Ah Xian, only I can make you better and better, you should love me."
"I love you."
After hearing his last words, Zhang Jingxian bit her fingertips tightly.
She firmly believed that he was a liar and this was a way to deceive her.
"Xie Yun, please don't go crazy, okay? I promise I will help you cure your illness."
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Since the head of one village was arrested first, the situation in other villages became much simpler. They hurriedly divided the land according to the law, and in the end they were only charged with negligence.
Zhang Jingxian didn't bother with them. She only relied on the title of the envoy's wife. If she went too far, she was afraid that others would gang up on her.
However, County Magistrate Shen of Yanping County and his promoted confidants were still replaced, and Xie Yun gave the order.
According to Yi Yu and the official who accompanied him, they only removed Magistrate Shen from his post and did not take his life, which was already a gesture of mercy from the envoy.
"He was too old. Killing him rashly would have caused controversy in the village. However, he died of old age and frailty, and it has nothing to do with me."
In the carriage returning to Changling, Xie Yun flicked his sleeves lightly, and the expression on his face was almost invisible.
They didn't mention what happened that night again, but Zhang Jingxian knew very well that he would get a real answer from her sooner or later.
Why didn't she accept him?
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