Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Liar!
Uncle's reply!
Zhang Jingxian's eyes lit up with surprise, and she reached out to take the letter. She missed her family so much, especially after their death.
Her fingertips brushed against the envelope. Zhang Jingxian looked at Xie Yun's raised arm in disbelief, and stood on tiptoe to reach it, but failed.
She was a little angry and glared at him.
Xie Yun's dark eyes looked back at her calmly, and he took a step closer to her. "Ah Xian, don't deny your debt, and don't play dumb in front of me. You know exactly what I want."
Only if he did what he wanted, would the letter from Xishan Village finally reach her hands.
Otherwise, with a slight force from Xie Yun's long fingers, this cheap and rough paper would be destroyed too easily.
He was never soft-hearted towards anyone.
Zhang Jingxian opened her lips, lowered her tiptoes, and yielded to his threat. She whispered softly, "Since your sleeves are wet because of me, I'll go to the tailor shop in Jiankang City and buy you some new clothes, okay?"
She has no shortage of money and food now, and she can also take the opportunity to test him and see if she can leave the Xie family.
Almost instantly, Xie Yun remembered her sister Xie Fuyun's suggestion. She opened her thin lips slightly and asked her softly, "Ah Xian, do you want to go somewhere else?"
It's not that he was unwilling to let her leave the Xie family, but the timing of her proposal was too wrong, which made him wonder if she had said something to her elder sister.
Xie Yun stared down at her, his cold gaze seemed to pierce into her heart and capture her true thoughts.
"Yes," Zhang Jingxian nodded honestly. When she was in Wuling County, she had always stayed at the Cai family and had no chance to go out and see the world. "My dear, this is my first time in the capital, and I want to see more of the world."
From beginning to end, her eyes never left the letter in his hand.
Xie Yun was unmoved. This was not what he wanted to hear from her.
"...But I'd be scared if I went to a place I'm not familiar with alone, and the capital is too big. If you have some free time, could you please stay with me?"
Zhang Jingxian said two words earnestly, "Please."
The tone of weakness and the look of sadness and expectation blended together, as if it was the peasant girl's most hateful show-off and the most outrageous seduction.
Xie Yun suddenly grabbed her shoulders and pressed her against the closed inner door.
"Ah Xian, I've taught you that asking for help is more than just talk."
He was talking about how she had pleaded for Cai Shu before.
Zhang Jingxian knew it all. With her back against the solid door, she raised a hand and, with a slightly trembling hand, touched the side of his face. She said calmly, "My dear, you haven't been happy these past few days, have you?"
Whether it was what Uncle Jian had said to him, or the neglect he had received from his biological parents and the betrayal he had experienced from his older brother, or even the changes he had noticed within those few rooms over the years, they all seemed to hang over him like a cold mist.
He was unhappy and in a gloomy mood, she could see it.
"Jiankang City is filled with gorgeous clothes, delicacies, fine wines, and rare treasures. I have several large boxes of gold and coins. No matter what you want, my dear, I will buy it for you."
Unlike when she was in Xishan Village, she was very busy every day and had little money or food. When she went to Wuyang County, she only brought back a few cheap, gray and unsellable robes and cold meat patties.
"At that time, my uncle paid for the meat pie. He asked me to put it in a rattan basket and keep it for you, my dear."
When Zhang Jingxian said this, her expression revealed a sadness that she herself couldn't describe or escape... It was a kind of pain that was rooted in her heart.
But at this moment, she did forget for a moment that her purpose was to please him and get a reply from him from her uncle.
Xie Yun discerned her every expression, his dark eyes motionless.
And when the peasant girl carefully touched his cheek with her fingertips and wanted to retract them after saying a few words, he seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then his blood boiled.
He grabbed the retreating hand, slowly moved his thin lips over it, and then began to lick and kiss it enthusiastically.
Completely out of control, his traces were left on the thin calluses on the fingertips, on the bluish knuckles, and on the wrists where the delicate blood vessels were visible.
Just as he had initially thought of this peasant girl, when she carried him down the mountain, the thing he stared at the longest before he lost consciousness was her hand.
Because of the force, her ten fingers were white and light blue.
...The door frame made an unbearable creaking sound. When the yellow bird perched in the tree canopy wanted to fly over to see what was going on, Zhang Jingxian received a letter in a trance.
She lowered her head and gasped for breath, her hand completely lacking the strength to open the thin letter.
Seeing her like this, someone seemed to chuckle in her ear, and said with difficulty, "I'll help Ah Xian."
Without waiting for Zhang Jingxian's response, he opened the envelope, unfolded the letter paper, and then read out the contents extremely slowly.
"Ah Xian, my daughter," the man's Adam's apple couldn't help rolling when he read the first sentence. "My daughter, knowing that you are safe and sound, my heart is so relieved."
The low and hoarse voice came into Zhang Jingxian's ears word for word. She listened to what her uncle wrote in the letter, which contained words of comfort, concerns, reproaches for her handing back the gold jewelry, detailed instructions, and finally mentioned her mother's condition.
"Clean Jinniang's grave as you wish, and burn incense to tell her spirit in heaven to keep my daughter safe. Remember, return."
The word "return" was silently uttered between the man's lips. Zhang Jingxian suddenly looked up, took the letter from his hand, and read it again carefully.
Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely come home.
She said silently in her heart.
"Have breakfast first. There will be a banquet at noon. After the banquet, I will take you out of the house to see it." Xie Yun held her hand again. It was pitifully covered with his marks. He stared at her intently.
"I...will have breakfast alone. My dear, you should go and accompany the Third Lady after changing your clothes." Zhang Jingxian felt his hot gaze and subconsciously retracted her fingers, looking at the wet marks on his sleeves and said.
Although she knew that trying to hide her behavior would only make it more obvious, she still insisted on keeping as much distance from Xie Yun as possible in front of others.
"Yes." After a moment's silence, Xie Yun agreed and stroked her blushing cheek. "Ah Xian, if you have any other requests, you can tell me."
Today, no matter what Ah Xian asks for, he will satisfy her.
Today's Ah Xian is even more charming and more...lovable than Ah Xian in Xishan Village, and even more charming than Ah Xian who came to rescue him after knowing that he was in danger.
cute.
Zhang Jingxian's heart moved slightly, and the words of wanting to meet Prime Minister Xie were almost on the tip of her tongue. However, she quickly realized that this should not be the case. Everything she had just done was just a temporary measure.
It was just to get a letter from my uncle, just to confuse him and lower his vigilance, just to get away from him as soon as possible.
"I am already very satisfied to be able to visit Jiankang City. My dear, please let Xie and Yu come with me. I also want to buy some things to thank them for taking care of me these days."
Hearing this, Xie Yun frowned and said indifferently, "Okay."
He couldn't go back on his words just now. Even though, he really didn't want to say those two words at all. Tsk, wasn't it because of him that they cared about her?
At this time, Xie Yun felt a little displeased with his loyal followers, and immediately decided to let them follow him secretly.
Before leaving, he glanced at the four big words hanging on the wall, leaned over and kissed Zhang Jingxian on the cheek, and whispered that he felt better.
Because of this peasant girl, Xie Yun's heart is now warm.
After he walked away, Zhang Jingxian read her uncle's reply again, her body slowly slid to the ground, and she muttered something silently.
"fraud."
In his previous life, he ruthlessly deceived her, and now she has gradually become a liar.
However, she had no regrets, because compared to death, everything she had done to him was nothing. Even becoming a liar was only to save herself.
In both lives, Zhang Jingxian could confidently say that she had completely lived up to him. So, without feeling guilty, she simply had to stick to her plan and find a chance to leave him.
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After changing into a long robe, Xie Yun went to the front hall and asked the expert in Jiankang City to re-diagnose his legs.
His aura was calm and gentle, making it very easy for the expert to diagnose him. He just said whatever he wanted to say, secretly thinking that Envoy Xie was worthy of being a member of the Xie family, raised by Prime Minister Xie, and was much more approachable than other aristocratic families in Jiankang City.
"Your Excellency is truly fortunate to have taken the herbal formula early on. Judging from what I've seen so far, the medicine is working perfectly."
Xie Fujun was also there. When he heard the master say that his brother's legs had recovered well, he let out a long sigh of frustration.
"The wound medicine made with Wang Buliuxing is very popular in Jiankang, which shows that it is not widely sought after. I happened to bring some here today, Qilang, you must carry it with you at all times in the future."
She asked the maid to bring the ointment in the jade box, and after showing it to the Saint Hand, she asked Xie Yun to accept it.
"The herba vacciniae I use doesn't look like this." Xie Yun looked at the jade box quietly, with surging emotions rolling in his eyes.
What does it look like? Drooping, covered in dirt, like a weed.
"Isn't it the herb Ophiopogon japonicus that Shiyilang brought?" Xie Fujun was smart since childhood and realized that there might be a hidden story behind it.
However, Gong Chengyue was not a good drinker and he got drunk after just a few drinks with her in the hut. She had no way to find Gong Chengyue to ask for advice.
I can only wait until next time to ask him.
Xie Yun looked up at her sister who had drunk several glasses of wine without changing her expression, raised her eyebrows, and said bluntly, "Yue is a waste."
It is really shameful for a counselor who can't drink much.
"Seventh Brother!" Xie Fujun scolded him with an angry look on his face, "Shiyilang is still young, it's normal that he can't drink much."
If Xie Yun's injury hadn't worried her, she would have had a few drinks with him if she had gotten drunk.
"How much alcohol can Madam Zhang drink?" Xie Fujun thought of the woman who made her feel comfortable and asked again.
"She," Xie Yun recalled that smoke-filled night, his cold heart suddenly warming up, and he chuckled softly, "not so good."
Not as good as Gong Chengyue, who got drunk after just two cups.
After getting drunk, she snuggled in his arms, obedient and quiet.
Xie Yun pondered the matter for a long while before suddenly standing up with a cold and indifferent expression. "Since Gong Chengyue is drunk, and my brother-in-law and Ah Shou are not outsiders, please tell mother to cancel the lunchtime banquet."
He has never been a person who follows the rules, and he directly told Xie Fuyun that he was not in the mood to attend the so-called welcoming banquet.
Xie Fujun was stunned for a moment when she heard this. When she came to her senses, her brother was gone.
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The author has something to say: Muah, when you feel sweet, it is also the most painful time.
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