Chapter 32 Chapter 32 "No!"
In Xie Yun's eyes, Xishan Village, a remote and quiet little village, is a cage that trapped Zhang Jingxian.
If she doesn't want to become a mayfly that lives and dies in a day, she must get out of this cage and see the wider and more prosperous world outside.
And he was willing to give her this opportunity, even... as long as she spoke up.
Xie Yun's pupils were pure black, as if on fire, staring at her deeply and passionately, waiting to devour her completely.
There was no way she would give up such a good opportunity, even though she had been angry at herself for having been deceived not long ago.
"No, I just want my cousin and the villagers to be safe."
Zhang Jingxian shook her head slightly and answered him seriously. She had no other request.
The fire in Xie Yun's eyes suddenly froze, and she asked her expressionlessly to think about it again. If she missed the opportunity now, she would never be able to say it again for the rest of her life.
"But I really can't think of any other requests." After a long silence, Zhang Jingxian said again.
Her tone was firm, yet also a bit helpless.
God has given her a second chance at life, and the last thing she should have is greed.
The unexpected answer made Xie Yun's mood plummet. He looked at her with dead eyes.
He thought the prey he had set his eyes on was within his grasp, but he didn't realize that the prey was too stupid and just circled in the same place without even raising its head.
"go out."
For the first time in his life, Xie Yun gritted his teeth and drove the person away with a cold face.
"oh."
Although this was her own house, Zhang Jingxian was obedient and didn't care. She hung her head and turned to walk out.
Finally, she was considerate enough to close the door again.
Unfortunately, at the moment of closing the door, her wrist was suddenly grabbed and her chin was pinched and lifted up by a large palm.
Zhang Jingxian's back slammed hard against the wooden door, closing it tightly. The last ray of light was extinguished, and she was forced to scream.
"My Lord, what are you going to do?"
Xie Yun's index fingertip flicked the soft earlobe lightly and heavily, and he was very interested to see her trying to hide but unable to.
He didn't answer her question at all. He kneaded that earlobe until it turned red and hot, then said in a deep voice, "Xiangzhi is the name my uncle gave me. My real name is Xie Yun, and I'm the seventh child in my family. There was nothing wrong with asking Ah Xian to call me Qilang."
His mother, sister, uncle and others called him Qilang.
"Your name... has nothing to do with me." The discomfort in her earlobe made Zhang Jingxian bite her lips unbearably. She finished her words while panting, gathered strength in her hands, and pushed him away.
Fortunately, Xie Yun had an injury on her leg and had just received acupuncture, so Zhang Jingxian bought herself some breathing space.
With just this movement, several plants of Vaccaria that she had carefully placed on her body fell down and landed at Xie Yun's feet.
His gaze paused slightly as he looked down, and his expression became gentle. Although she was angry, she still did not forget to find medicine for him when she went to the mountains.
Forget it. This peasant girl is dull and sometimes even a little silly. It's normal that her brain is slow and she can't think of the request she should really make. Why should he be angry about it?
There was a dark light in Xie Yun's eyes again, and he said softly, "Ah Xian, come with me."
Xie has already come, and even if his leg injury has not healed completely, he will not stay here any longer.
There was only one doctor, Dr. Meng, in Wuyang County. His medical skills were mediocre and he could not help much with his leg injury.
Xie Yun planned to stay for a few days and then return to Changling County, where he had his residence and personal soldiers, and it was completely within his sphere of influence.
When he returned to Changling County, there would be doctors with more advanced medical skills to treat him, and she would no longer have to focus on finding medicine and paving the road in the yard with wooden boards.
"Come with me, to Changling County."
Xie Yun said it again with a smile.
The same words as in her previous life poured into Zhang Jingxian's ears. Her head felt like it was hit hard and was buzzing. If it weren't for the wooden door behind her, she would have fallen to the ground immediately.
In the dim light, Zhang Jingxian's face was as white as paper.
She managed to steady her breathing, raised her head, and said one word clearly and stubbornly.
"No!"
She would not go with him, would not leave Xishan Village, ever.
"My dear, this is my home. Why should I leave here just because of your words?"
Why? Her voice was clear.
Xie Yun's expression was gloomy and unclear, and the words that she hadn't said this morning were almost on the tip of her tongue. Why? Because she liked him.
But his reason and pride told him that he couldn't let her get too far. If he offered to take her away just because he discovered that she liked him, she would think that she was the one taking the initiative.
Human greed is endless. If it is not restrained from the beginning, trouble will surely arise in the future.
"If you don't leave with me, do you want to stay here for the rest of your life, paying a hu of fine grain every year, or marrying someone at random?" Xie Yun asked her in a calm tone.
These are the two foreseeable outcomes of staying: either living alone and paying fines, or getting married, having children and becoming an ordinary peasant woman.
"Yeah." Zhang Jingxian honestly accepted the future. If you are not a fish, how can you understand the joy of a fish?
"This is my home, I will not leave. If you leave, I wish you a safe journey."
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The door was opened and Zhang Jingxian walked out slowly. When she saw Yi Yu, she smiled faintly.
"There lived a yellow oriole in the peach tree. It sang every day."
Yi Yu subconsciously looked towards the peach tree in the courtyard, and with his excellent eyesight, he indeed spotted the golden feathers. But he was a little puzzled as to why Madam Zhang was telling him this, and just as he was about to ask, the cold gaze of the eunuch inside the door fell on his face.
Yi Yu's heart trembled, and he quietly disappeared.
Zhang Jingxian was not disappointed when she saw that he ignored her. She looked quietly at the peach tree with lush branches and leaves and imitated the call of a yellow oriole.
The golden bird flew out of its nest and enthusiastically threw a caterpillar on her.
The caterpillars are food caught by the oriole, and it kindly shares them with its human friends.
"I've said it many times, I don't eat bugs." The girl helplessly and powerlessly threw the caterpillar to the ground and sighed.
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The cooking skills of Xie Yun's subordinates are very good. In the evening, Zhang Jingxian was full, so she went to the backyard to pull weeds to help digest the food.
She no longer needed to cook the medicine, and with a sense of relief, she went from the backyard along the stream to the village again.
The purpose is simple, to tell the village elders and uncle the good news about the noble person.
His trusted followers came over, and the nobleman also recovered his "memory".
Upon hearing this news, the village elder was surprised and delighted, and kept asking for details. Of course, he wanted to know the true identity of the noble man the most.
"My surname is Xie, my name is Yun, I'm the seventh in my family, and my courtesy name is Xiangzhi."
Zhang Jingxian told the story vaguely. Obviously, the remote little place of Xishan Village had not been able to spread the names of the Seventh Son of the Xie Family and the Envoy Xie of Changling Hou. The village elder thought for a while and the focus was still on the surname Xie.
Wang, Xie, Chao, Zheng, and Xiao, these five surnames are people that you absolutely cannot mess with.
They are the noble families and royal families, as well as the people who rule over them, the common people in this land.
"It turns out to be the young master of the Xie family. He is truly noble." The village elder sighed, looked at Zhang Jingxian's uncle Zhang Shuanghu, and asked her if they could go to pay a visit to Mr. Xie tomorrow.
"Uncle asked me, but I don't know either." Zhang Jingxian whispered that after the nobleman regained his memory, he was more difficult to approach than before. "Those followers also have a fierce aura. The adults in Wuyang County only dare to respect them."
"Is it them?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Shuanghu's expression changed, and he immediately suggested that his niece pack two sets of clothes and temporarily live in his house.
Ah Xian is an unmarried girl, but there are more than a dozen strong men living in her house. What's going on?
"Okay, I'll listen to my uncle." Zhang Jingxian was well-behaved and went back to the yard to take away her straw mat.
That night, she and her cousin Chun'er squeezed into the same couch. Although her aunt's face was cold, she didn't ask her to leave.
Xie Yun did not sleep all night.
In the darkness, he stared at the wooden wall, unable to sleep. Every night, he could hear the peasant girl's even and steady breathing.
When she first fell asleep, her breathing was heavy, but once she was sound asleep, it became lighter. If her breathing was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, accompanied by barely audible mumbling, then she was having a nightmare.
Xie Yun has been arrogant since childhood. Although he never considered himself a gentleman, he would not do such a shameful thing as breaking into a girl's bedroom at night, unless she had a nightmare.
Unless, she did something that displeased him during the day.
Or maybe she didn't wake up at the usual time...
But now, the space separated by a wooden board was empty, without the sound of breathing or the faint scent of grass.
Xie Yun was very uncomfortable, and felt irritated deep in his body and even in his bones. He called Xie to light the candlestick, wrote a letter, and asked someone to deliver it to Gong Chengyue.
"Wait for Gong Chengyue to arrive, and then we can discuss returning to Changling."
"yes."
Xie responded respectfully and left the room with the letter.
Xie Yun suddenly called him over again, his tone indifferent, "Yu Shan is rushing to attack, let him go and send him off."
"……yes."
Xie walked out of the room and handed the letter directly to Yi Yu. At the end, he told him to avoid appearing in front of the envoy after returning, and "don't talk to Madam Zhang either."
Yi Yu realized it later and looked stunned. He asked hesitantly, "Could it be that Madam Zhang was the envoy's concubine?"
Xie shook his head, his expression troubled. "No, there is nothing wrong between Madam Zhang and the envoy."
Madam Zhang is so ordinary. There are so many women in Changling County and Jiankang City who are more beautiful, dignified and generous than her. Is it because she saved the envoy that she treats him differently?
Xie couldn't figure it out, so he could only place his hopes on the resourceful Mr. Gongcheng.
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Early in the morning, Zhang Jingxian opened her eyes next to her cousin Chun'er. She was still a little dazed at first. When the roosters in the village started crowing one after another, she put on her shoes.
Chun'er was still sleeping, her cheeks flushed.
Zhang Jingxian quietly pushed open the door and walked out, and found that her uncle and aunt had already gotten up and were busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
"The noble man is the young master of the Xie family, Ah Hu. He will definitely be able to find Ah Shan." With her back to her, her aunt's words made Zhang Jingxian stop.
She opened her mouth and wanted to go forward and tell her aunt that she had made a request to Xie Yun, and he promised to keep her cousin and the villagers safe.
However, another sentence from her aunt made her suddenly speechless.
"Let her kneel down and beg you, no matter what, we must see Ashan."
Zhang Jingxian didn't listen to what her uncle said next. She quietly walked out of the place where she had lived for more than ten years.
In fact, she knew in her heart that from the moment she was kicked out, this was no longer her home.
Her home only consisted of that small fenced yard.
But she couldn't go back either.
Finally, Zhang Jingxian sat down by the stream and muttered to herself to the fish in the water, "When will he leave? It better be soon."
"Who is this "he" that Ah Xian is talking about?"
Silently, Xie Yun appeared behind her and asked with a smile.
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