Chapter 39 Chapter 39 He is getting better. (2 more)...
"I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have called you Madam Zhang."
"The envoy will be leaving tomorrow. Has Madam Zhang packed her luggage?"
"Before you leave, Madam Zhang, please take a closer look at this place. It might be difficult to come back in the future."
"Madam Zhang, why are you here in the front yard? This is where the envoy holds meetings. The women in the back house are advised to stay away to avoid being disturbed by outsiders."
"This is the envoy's wife, Mrs. Zhang, your savior. You must not disrespect her."
"Madam Zhang is intelligent and studious, well versed in etiquette, but unfortunately her family background is somewhat low. However, I have an idea. How about adopting her as the daughter of a noble family? The Gongcheng family can assist with this."
"Madam Zhang, please understand the Envoy. With war imminent, the great families cannot afford to have disagreements. Marriage is the only option. Even if victory is achieved, the Envoy cannot refuse the marriage. You will understand the reasons later."
"Mrs. Zhang..."
The gentle and elegant young man held a white feather fan in his hand and called her Madam Zhang over and over again, never getting tired of it, and always with a decent smile on his face.
Finally, the day before Zhang Jingxian chose to leave Xie Yun, she found Gong Chengyue and said to him solemnly, "Mr. Gongcheng, please don't call me Madam Zhang anymore. I have my own name, you can call me Ah Xian."
"Ah Xian." Gong Chengyue realized something, sighed, and gave her the feather fan in his hand.
Mrs. Zhang became Ah Xian, but Zhang Jingxian was not happy, and she did not take the feather fan away.
If she wants to leave, she should leave cleanly. She is not one who likes to drag things out.
But when she heard the word "little madam" from Gong Chengyue's mouth again, Zhang Jingxian realized that those memories had never faded. She left cleanly, but her heart was not clean.
At this moment, she didn't even have the energy to argue or explain. She didn't even want to see Xie Yun and Gong Chengyue, and walked away in boredom.
Behind her, Xie Yun seemed to say something to her gently, but Zhang Jingxian didn't listen at all and walked back to the village like a wandering soul.
Her uncle was waiting for her at the intersection early and touched her head silently.
"Uncle, the nobleman told me that my cousin and the villagers were secretly transferred to the nobleman's brother and are considered his private soldiers. They will not be sent to the battlefield, and their chances of returning home alive are very high."
The treatment of the Xie family's private soldiers was still good. In order to reassure her uncle, Zhang Jingxian once again cited Yi Yu as an example.
Hearing his niece say this, Zhang Shuanghu's brows relaxed. He didn't care whether they were government soldiers or private soldiers, as long as the people were safe and sound, it was enough.
Moreover, the person was with the noble man's brother, and the noble man had some connection with their Xishan Village, so it was a blessing no matter how you looked at it.
"Okay! Uncle believes what the noble man says!" Zhang Shuanghu laughed heartily. Yesterday, he and the village elders welcomed the carriage and horses coming from Xishan Village. They also figured out the true identity of the noble man.
He had heard about the battle between the Huai River and the Di people four years ago. It turned out that the vanguard commander at that time, Xie Shijun, was a noble man and a truly talented person of the time.
He praised Xie Yun highly. Zhang Jingxian had no expression on her face when she heard it.
"Uncle, I had a nightmare last night and I'm so tired now. Please tell everyone about this. I really want to go back and get some sleep."
All the rouge she had applied was wiped off, except for the excessively red tip of her nose. Her little face was pale and looked listless.
Zhang Shuanghu felt sorry for his niece, so he agreed immediately and accompanied her home. He told Chun'er and Xia'er not to disturb her, and then he left with his wife Liu Pingniang.
Zhang Jingxian lay on Chun'er's bed, gently touched the tip of her nose, and forced herself to close her eyes.
Go to sleep. After waking up, she will no longer remember the word "love".
-
Xie Yun got into the carriage. It was the first time in many days that he left Xishan Village and headed for Wuyang County.
The villagers who had just learned the news had no time to thank him. They watched the majestic and spacious carriage disappear into the distance with mixed feelings.
"Are you leaving now, my lord?"
"It's time to go, too."
"It's like a dream."
"Who says it isn't?"
…
While Zhang Jingxian was curled up on the bed, breathing quietly, Xie Yun personally came to the place she mentioned, a shop with the words "Gongshu" written on it.
The owner of the shop was a thin middle-aged man with rough fingers covered with sawdust.
Hearing that Xie Yun came for a sedan chair that could be moved by hand, the man was silent for a while, first looked at his height and leg length, and then found a piece of linen to give to him.
"The one who gave me the linen was a girl. If you can describe her appearance, I will give you the chariot."
The man knew that he was wasting his time. Since the man could find him to order a custom-made chariot, and his height and legs were exactly the same as the one the girl described, there was no doubt that the man in front of him was the owner of the chariot.
Although it looks like his legs are intact now.
"She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with lively features, almond-shaped eyes, a delicate, straight nose, and a small mole on the tip. Her fingers had calluses from archery practice, and around her wrist was a colorful string with a green stone hanging from it."
Xie Yun spoke calmly and leisurely, and it was at this moment that he found that he didn't even need to think about it, as a picture of her appeared in his mind.
"She had black hair, tied up with a cyan headband that hung down behind her. When she walked... the headband would flutter."
He still remembers the surge of heat as the hairband wrapped around his finger bones.
Xie Yun suddenly smiled, and the tenderness in his eyes diluted the suffocating feeling he gave people. Seeing this, the middle-aged man secretly relaxed. Now he was a normal person.
At the beginning, it always makes people feel uneasy.
"This is the chariot custom-made by Madam Zhang. I made the axles denser as she asked, to ensure that even a small stone would have difficulty getting stuck in them." The middle-aged man walked to a place in the shop and lifted the hanging linen cloth, revealing the true appearance of a brand new and imposing chariot.
Xie Yun stared motionlessly, his heart suddenly beating violently.
He likes this gift very much.
"Xie, give him a piece of gold."
"What? Gold? I can't take it. Madam Zhang has already given me money and silk."
"You don't have to refuse so quickly. This piece of gold is not payment, but a reward from my envoy. The envoy is very satisfied with the chariot you made."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man reluctantly accepted the gold. Finally, he couldn't help but ask Xie Yun, "You are so rich, but why is Madam Zhang so frugal?"
When Zhang Jingxian came to the shop, she was wearing a linen dress and cheap straw sandals covered in mud.
"After leaving Wuyang County with me, she won't have the chance to live a simple life even if she wants to." Xie Yun didn't get angry because of the middle-aged man's question. On the contrary, his expression became warm, and he became less and less like the frightened Envoy Xie.
This time, Xie noticed this change and kept it in mind.
Madam Zhang is indeed unique. She is not just a simple farm girl. She is definitely the first and only one who can make the envoy undergo obvious changes and lose his gloom.
However, Xie was a little worried. While the changes in the envoy's behavior seemed positive, the outcome was still unclear. If everything went as the envoy wished, everyone would be happy. But if something unexpected happened, the envoy would return to an even more gloomy state.
In front of the middle-aged man and his followers, Xie Yun sat calmly on the new chariot and pushed the wooden wheels underneath with his hands.
The mechanisms of the chariot are ingeniously integrated, so it can travel effortlessly even on uneven roads.
"Where is the shop that sells women's clothing in the city?" After thinking for a while, he raised his thin lips and asked the middle-aged man.
"They're all on this street. Just walk along it and you'll find it in half a minute." The middle-aged man answered enthusiastically.
Xie Yun nodded slightly and said goodbye to him.
-
After waking up from a long sleep, Zhang Jingxian heard that the nobleman living in her house had left. She packed up her things and returned to the small fenced courtyard with a sense of relief.
The two sisters Chun'er and Xia'er followed her happily. Their mother had finally forgiven their elder sister, so how could they not go to her home to take a look?
They haven't been there once in four years.
Three people, two adults and one child, walked briskly along the stream towards the higher ground.
Suddenly, Xia Er pointed at a tree and shouted, "Big sister, sister, look, look, there is a little monkey over there!"
Zhang Jingxian followed Xia'er's gaze and couldn't help but smile slightly. It was the little monkey that hit Xie Yun and was scared away by him with a branch.
She hadn't seen it for a few days. It turned out that it was also waiting for Xie Yun to leave here.
"Huh? Why is there someone in front?" Chun'er also exclaimed.
But this time, when Zhang Jingxian looked at it, the smile froze on her face.
Gong Chengyue, why didn’t he leave with us?
"Madam Zhang, I'd like to talk to you about the envoy. Is that convenient for you?"
Gong Chengyue waved his feather fan and spoke slowly.
-----------------------
The author has something to say: Muah, countdown to Xie Yun going crazy~
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
