Chapter 8 Chapter 8 She is seducing herself.
This time, Zhang Jingxian did not stand by and watch coldly. She took the initiative to carry Xie Yun to the couch to rest.
When her face was close to the man's chest, she could hear his heartbeat, deep and strong.
Xie Yun felt Zhang Jingxian's sincere flattery. He lowered his eyelids and smelled the stronger scent of grass on her body.
It smelled nice, but he didn't hesitate to remove the leaf that was hanging in her hair.
Now that his goal had been achieved, an ordinary peasant girl wasn't worth his attention. She was no different from the village elders in Xishan Village; she could be dismissed with a piece of jade.
The man's eyes changed from gentle to indifferent.
Zhang Jingxian was completely unaware. As soon as she put the person down safely on the couch, she couldn't wait to ask.
"Where will the people like my cousin who are going to Wuyang County be taken?"
Hundreds of people were conscripted from the entire Wuyang County. It was very unlikely that none of the hundreds of people were killed. She thought she could go from village to village to ask to confirm whether what he said was true or not.
At this time, Zhang Jingxian wanted to get more information about her cousin from him.
"Don't worry, Ah Xian. Doctor Meng diagnosed that I fell down the mountain. Not only did I injure my legs, but I may have also hit the back of my head on a rock. This is why my memory is incomplete. Please wait for me to slowly recall it."
Xie Yun held the leaf carelessly in his hand and told her that his head hurt a little, and that Doctor Meng would send some medicine to treat his body tomorrow.
"Tomorrow, please help me decoct the medicine, Ah Xian." He smiled, but the smile under the candlelight was not reflected in his eyes.
It seemed that once he found her weakness, he would be able to look down on her and control her for his own benefit.
It was the same in his previous life. When he realized that Zhang Jingxian was soft-hearted and had other thoughts about him, his gentleness began to be mixed with strong commands.
Zhang Jingxian would hardly refute him, and it only took four words from him to tell her to leave the place where she was born and raised.
"Come with me."
A chill rushed into her heart, and at this moment Zhang Jingxian seemed to see the silent dead self in her previous life.
She took a big step back, not daring to look at his face. "My dear, please rest in peace. If you need anything, you can call me."
Zhang Jingxian put up a higher level of defense and walked out of the house holding the candlestick. The moment she closed the door, she saw a pair of black eyes with endless scrutiny.
Xie Yun seemed to have doubts about her.
Zhang Jingxian walked quickly and unsteadily, putting the candlestick into the kitchen. Only when she was alone did she gradually calm down.
There were many neatly piled dead branches in a corner of the kitchen. Thinking about going into the mountains today, where she not only dug out vole holes but also climbed plum trees, she boiled hot water in a ceramic jar.
The door was shut tightly and bolted.
Zhang Jingxian took off her linen dress, sat quietly in a wooden basin filled with hot water, and washed herself.
She washed her long black hair first, and then splashed water onto her body little by little.
The mist was hazy, and the girl sitting in the wooden basin had a slender figure, but her fingers with light calluses and her skin that fit her bones perfectly all showed it off.
She is not weak and can live well alone.
The sound of water, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, came through the wooden wall accurately. Xie Yun quickly understood what the people in the kitchen were doing, and the pain in his body eased.
He calmly stroked the veins on the surface of the leaves, sometimes lightly, sometimes heavily.
When the sound of water disappeared, his fingers suddenly stopped, but the leaf had lost its original appearance and became sticky.
Xie Yun took a deep breath, then threw away the leaves in his hand with a cold expression. He looked up at the wooden wall with a dark and unclear gaze.
She had said before that a single man and a single woman couldn't be in the same room, but now they were openly separated by a thin wooden wall, which caught his attention again and again.
Xie Yun discovered the contradictions in her.
Mingming had only known this peasant girl for two days, but she gave him the feeling of being a close person. On the surface, she was polite and reserved in front of him, but she did not shy away from having physical contact with him at all.
Every move she made seemed intentional, not to mention what happened when he was unconscious.
Xie Yun was touched by the sedan chair she made, so she turned around and asked the village elders to take him home; he disliked the roughness of the two wheat cakes and did not eat a single bite, so she added soft and fragrant fried eggs to his meal; he decided to withdraw his attention from her, and the next moment she unscrupulously... seduced him through a wall.
In this case, he must find out what this peasant girl wants to do.
Xie Yun raised the corners of his lips and laughed sharply.
Once he finds out, if she really has ulterior motives, he will kill her.
The life-saving favor meant nothing to him. Zhang Jingxian had already repaid the debt the moment she accepted the black jade. That piece of jade was enough to buy several nearby hilltops, ensuring she would live a carefree life. Healing his legs was just an excuse.
Taking care of him while he recovered from his injuries was another part of their deal, and the message Xie Yun gave to her cousin from her uncle's family was part of the deal.
Although, from beginning to end, Zhang Jingxian had no idea.
Of course, she didn't know that as early as when Xie Yun was a teenager, his uncle, the current Prime Minister Xie Li, had made the most accurate evaluation of him.
This boy is extremely intelligent and will become a great man; but he is also extremely cruel, so stay away from him to avoid being hurt by him.
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Early in the morning, Zhang Jingxian was once again awakened by the big rooster in Liu Erbo's house.
She touched her smooth hair, which was completely dry, and tied it with a light blue hairband and let it fall behind her shoulders.
After a quick wash, she pushed open the door in the middle of the room, only to find that the couch was empty.
Zhang Jingxian was stunned, unable to believe her eyes. Was what happened yesterday just another illusion? Did Xie Yun not wait for her to return from the mountains, but instead went to the village elder's house?
At this time, the sun had not yet risen, there was fog on the mountain, and the air breathed into the chest was also cool.
But the chill she felt on her back was even stronger!
Zhang Jingxian's heartbeat was almost out of control. She bit her lip and slowly turned around. At the door, a man was sitting on a sedan chair, staring at her quietly.
His eyes were a deep black, but behind him was a thin white mist and blurry flowers, plants and trees.
It took a long time for Zhang Jingxian to find her voice again. She looked at the chariot she had made with her own hands, her eyelashes trembling slightly. "I never thought that after only one day, my lover would be able to use it alone."
His learning ability is terrifying. There was no bloodstain on the bed, so he must have mastered the skills of getting on and off the sedan chair.
Xie Yun stared at her intently and hummed, "I didn't find any clean linen in Ah Xian's room."
The next day, the linen bandage covering his legs with the powder should have been replaced with new ones.
Zhang Jingxian's eyes fell on his legs and told him that the linen was in another warehouse. "My dear, please wait patiently. I'll go get it."
She tried to ignore the gaze he cast at her from behind, walked into the warehouse where the linen was stored, and cut out a piece.
After hesitating for a moment, she took out a new set of clothes she had made for her uncle.
Zhang Jingxian can sew, but her tailoring skills are not very good. The clothes she made for her uncle were much larger and did not fit him well. But in his previous life, he looked acceptable in them.
Seeing the gray-blue linen robe, Xie Yun's expression paused slightly. He never wore other people's old clothes. However, before he could refuse, the woman seemed to have guessed it and said directly that this was a new piece of clothing that had never been worn.
"I made this for your uncle, but it doesn't quite fit. You can try it on. If it does, I'll give it to you on your uncle's behalf. Your uncle will no doubt be grateful to you too when he hears that your cousin is safe and sound."
Her eyes seemed to be shining as if last night, bright and clear, and you could see through them at a glance, allowing everyone to empathize with her joy.
Xie Yun suddenly felt a surge of restlessness in her body. She wanted to make her suffer and cry out in pain. Would she still pretend to say these words?
"Ah Xian's craftsmanship...is not bad." He took the gray-blue linen robe and praised softly.
Zhang Jingxian smiled and went back to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Steaming meat porridge, green steamed vegetable dumplings, and two fried pheasant eggs.
They were placed one by one on the table. Before she could call him, Xie Yun appeared in front of her silently. With a wooden hairpin and linen clothes, he looked like a famous hermit in the mountains, his elegance and grace undiminished.
It’s really strange, why doesn’t the wooden wheel make any noise? Was there any movement in the previous life?
Zhang Jingxian muttered secretly in her heart, handed him the neat wooden chopsticks, and buried her head in eating her breakfast.
After taking a bite, she seemed to think of something and casually asked Xie Yun when he would post a notice in the city looking for his family.
"I hope my husband can find his family soon, know the truth about the past, and heal his injuries soon. Doctor Meng will be here today, why not ask him for help?"
Xie Yun ate only one of the vegetable dumplings and left them alone. He finished the golden fried egg in two bites. Finally, he looked up and asked with a smile, "What did Ah Xian say just now?"
Zhang Jingxian knew that he was deliberately avoiding this question, so she stopped asking. After finishing her own portion of fried eggs and meat porridge, she found the tail feathers of the pheasant from yesterday.
After the feathers are washed, they are placed in baskets in the yard to dry.
Xie Yun watched as she sewed together several brightly colored pheasant feathers, picked out the largest and roundest plums, and carried them all out.
He called her, "Can I go out with Ah Xian?"
"If I'm not mistaken, Ah Xian is going to your uncle's house to tell him the news about your cousin."
"...Okay, my dear, come with me."
Zhang Jingxian couldn't refuse, so she walked silently in front of him, her light blue hairband swaying gently in the wind.
Xie Yun reached out, but caught nothing.
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