Chapter 94 Chapter 94 "If this is my punishment."...
Xie Yun doesn't like rainy days.
Especially after his leg was injured, the constant dampness of the rain often meant needle-like pain that penetrated deep into the cracks in his bones.
Therefore, even when he saw that thin and tall figure in his dream, Xie Yun's brows still frowned gloomily.
At first the raindrops were scattered, not enough to wet the ground, but she walked in the rain without an umbrella in her hand or a raincoat on her shoulders.
"Ah Xian, don't you see it's raining?"
Xie Yun stretched out his long legs and quickly caught up with her in just a few steps, raising his wide sleeves to shield her from the raindrops.
As a result, the peasant girl just kept walking forward with her eyes downcast, as if she didn't hear him at all and didn't notice his existence.
The raindrops passed through his dark sleeves, as if they were nothing, and fell stubbornly into her hair.
After a while, her cyan hairband turned a wet green.
Xie Yun raised one arm and suddenly realized that she was in a dream. She could not feel anyone following her, and the wet raindrops also ignored him.
But he did not give up and continued to shield her from the rain. His dark eyes looked at her quietly, inch by inch, capturing her appearance in his dream.
With clear eyebrows, a small light-colored mole, tightly pursed lips, and a bag and a bow and arrow on her back, she looked no different in the dream than in reality.
"Ah Xian, where are you going alone?" Xie Yun opened his thin lips and asked her softly.
No one answered. She walked alone in the rain, feeling lonely and deserted, with a faint sadness all over her body.
Xie Yun followed her and saw that her eyelashes had become moist and her cheeks were cold and pale. He suddenly lowered his eyes in anger.
This is not the remote Xishan Village. The wide and smooth official road under your feet only appears near the county town with a larger population.
Wuling County, Ying County or Changling County?
Who had left her to walk alone in the rain? Where was the carriage? Not even a simple ox cart.
When he noticed that the rain was getting heavier, Xie Yun's face became more and more gloomy. Although he knew that she couldn't hear him, he still called her name over and over again.
He said softly, "Ah Xian, stop."
Amidst the illusory sound of rain, the woman, who was busy hurrying along, seemed to finally notice that her clothes and hair were soaked. She gave a wry smile and said, "I should have known better than to refuse Xie's kindness. At least I won't get wet if I sit in the carriage."
Xie! It's related to him.
Xie Yun raised her eyelids slightly, and there seemed to be ice in her dark eyes. Unbeknownst to him, Xie had done something to her.
He forgot it was just a dream.
"Let's hide from the rain first, and then go to the next town to buy a carriage." She muttered to herself, and followed several people who were also in a hurry to a thatched pavilion to hide from the rain.
The thatched pavilion was not big, and there was a cool breeze blowing all around. Xie Yun saw her shivering, and the pain in his heart surged like a tide.
Why was she still unhappy in the dream? Was she in such a hurry to get home? What was so special about that little mountain village that she had to go back alone in the rain?
Xie Yun was quite displeased. Several people who were hiding from the rain in the thatched pavilion asked for his help, "Where are you going with your bag on your back, my lady?"
When you go out, you must be on guard against others, but these people, young and old, male and female, with wrinkled faces and dark skin, are typical farmers.
Then he heard her smilingly answer, "I've been away for many days, and the fields at home are almost barren. I'm anxious to return home so that I can plant a new season of bean sprouts in the fields."
"Otherwise, by autumn, I won't even be able to collect the land tax." Her worried look made those who listened to her worried as well.
Everyone talked about this year's autumn taxes, and everyone had a tense expression on their face.
Having just experienced a massive war, would this year's autumn tax be higher than in previous years? The population had decreased, but the land tax remained the same, and if it were spread evenly across everyone, it would be a heavy burden.
The old man was worried about the harvest, and the young man was worried that the high taxes would not be enough to feed himself. The atmosphere in the thatched pavilion was temporarily depressed.
Xie Yun didn't take it seriously at first. After all, it was just a false dream. However, from the intermittent stories told by several people, a cold look gradually gathered between his brows.
He was sure that this place was not far from Changling City, because the accents of these people were very similar to those of the people in Changling City, but the war they were talking about was not the one that broke out four years ago.
"Everyone, rest assured. You are in Changling. Envoy Xie has followed the rules and regulations, so this year's autumn tax should remain unchanged."
The woman listened for a while and then comforted the farmers. Her words further confirmed Xie Yun's guess.
The time was not four years ago, and this peasant girl also left Changling.
Xie Yun's pupils shrank sharply, and his eyes became slightly sore and swollen. The breath he exhaled was cold. Even if he married her, would he still not be able to trap her?
Even if it was a dream, even if she was caught in the rain, she still insisted on leaving where he was.
Xie Yun ignored the other people in the pavilion, laughed briefly, his eyes full of paranoia, and stood in front of the woman, staring at her motionlessly with his eyes lowered.
Even if it was a dream, he wouldn't allow her to leave him. "Ah Xian, I will follow you. This isn't over between us." He smiled, stretched out his arms, pretending to hug her, and wiped the wet marks on her cheek with his fingertips, which were out of reach.
Gradually, the rain became lighter, and a few farmers who had been hiding from the rain said goodbye and continued on their way. Their homes were not far from here.
Only a peasant girl and a passerby in the dream were left in the thatched pavilion.
She remained silent for a while longer, then made a small fire with the flint she had with her and roasted the wheat cakes on it.
On the way, a bird flew over to take shelter from the rain, and she broke off a small piece and gave it to the bird.
"There is a yellow warbler living in the tree at my home. Your feathers are not as bright as its."
She talked to the bird hiding from the rain. The bird chirped strangely, flapped its wings hurriedly and flew back into the rain.
The next moment, Xie Yun and she heard the sound of galloping horses.
The woman in the thatched pavilion carefully put out the fire and held her bow tightly. However, she didn't show any panic on her face, because she was in Changling now, where the law was strict and few people dared to cause trouble.
She carried some gold and silver in her bag. Once she left Changling and bought an ox cart or a horse carriage, she would prepare to return to Wuyang County along the endless mountains.
She is more at home in the mountains.
However, a scene happened that made Xie Yun shocked and angry, and his anger soared, but he was powerless to do anything about it.
A sharp arrow flew through the air and pierced straight into the thatched pavilion. Even though the woman in the pavilion reacted quickly, she had no time to escape from the hail of arrows and was surrounded by weapons flashing with cold light.
She calmly looked at the unfamiliar faces surrounding her, and blurted out without hesitation that she was a distinguished guest in Envoy Xie's mansion, and if they hurt her, they would be going against Xie Yun.
She was betting that this was Changling.
Sure enough, when they heard Xie Yun's name, a hint of hesitation flashed across these people's faces.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, she used her toes to stir up the recently extinguished fire. While the flying sparks disturbed the people's vision, her thin figure quickly flew into the rain.
Bean-sized raindrops hit the ground, and Xie Yun's heart was suddenly gripped by a big hand, almost suffocating him. He saw with his own eyes that she was blocked by an oncoming carriage and fell awkwardly in the muddy ground full of rain.
"Madam Zhang, if you had known better, you might have survived."
The door of the carriage was opened, revealing half of a blurry face. It was an adult man with a cold and deep voice.
Xie Yun's expression was ferocious, with traces of blood in his eyes. He watched her shoot an arrow at the man in the carriage, but the people who came later broke the bowstring and tied up her arms.
Soon, she looked dying, as if she was about to disappear from the world.
The hairband that used to be always clean and tidy was left in the muddy soil and gradually lost its original color.
But he could do nothing. The rain penetrated his body, as if completely turning him into a spectator.
His pain, his breathing, and even his glance were excluded.
In just a moment, Xie Yun's body was suddenly torn apart by the violent rain, and this all-too-real dream was silently shattered.
He opened his eyes and returned to reality. The pain that was enough to shatter his soul was still there, so painful that veins on his forehead popped out and cold sweat broke out.
But his bloodshot eyes were staring straight at one place. In his arms, his Ah Xian was still sleeping peacefully with rosy cheeks.
The paleness and dullness on her face in the dream were fake.
Just a dream.
Xie Yun slowly lowered his head and buried it in her neck, greedily sniffing the warm and tranquil fragrance, the smile on his face twisted to the point of horror.
"Ah Xian, if this is my punishment, I am willing to accept it. But I hope you will never know, and never... enter my dreams."
He murmured softly, the pain in his chest was severe.
It seemed as if an intuition told him that this dream was not over yet.
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I couldn't breathe, and every part of my body was tightly restrained.
This was Zhang Jingxian's first feeling after regaining consciousness. She slowly raised her eyelids and met a pair of gentle black eyes that seemed to drown her.
"Ah Xian."
Xie Yun smiled at her, breathing heavily, and couldn't wait to kiss her earlobe.
Zhang Jingxian's body trembled uncontrollably, and just this slight reaction caused a light to appear in his bottomless eyes.
As if to confirm that she was a living person.
"Ah Xian."
He called her again in a hoarse voice, with restrained joy.
Zhang Jingxian finally remembered what had happened to her in the past two days. He had deceived her again, forced her to marry him, and threatened her with her home and the entire Yangshan.
From now on, she will never be able to get rid of him.
She pursed her lips and, for the first time in her life, bit his neck hard with hatred.
Zhang Jingxian tasted the blood and didn't let go even when she was tired of biting.
"Ah Xian." Xie Yun's body tensed up, and a sigh of comfort came from his throat as he called her for the third time.
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