Chapter 81
Fan Changyu turned around and looked at Xie Zheng, whose half face was hidden in the light and shadow.
Because of the backlight, I couldn't see the expression on his face at this moment, but his voice was much deeper than usual: "I said harsh words to you before, I'm sorry."
He has been proud for half his life, and it is rare that he would humble himself on his own initiative.
Fan Changyu still didn't say anything, he just opened the curtain and went out.
Xie Zheng looked at the curtains that were still swaying, his lips gradually tightened.
A moment later, Fan Changyu came back with the kettle. Steam was coming out of the mouth of the kettle, obviously it had just been filled with hot water.
She ignored the momentary confusion on Xie Zheng's face, picked up the wooden cup on the table, poured a glass of water and handed it to him: "Would you like to drink?"
Xie Zheng took the cup. The water was boiling hot. He didn't bring it to his lips. He held it in his hand and said a belated thank you: "Thank you for finding the cloak."
Fan Changyu glanced at the red velvet cape he was wearing, but still didn't answer. He just asked, "Have you changed the medicine?"
Most of Xie Zheng's face was immersed in the hot steam rising from the cup. His long eyelashes were like fans. He hesitated for a moment and shook his head. His face was pale with coldness, like a cold moon hanging in a frosty forest, desolate and cold. There was a world-weary alienation engraved between his eyebrows, as if he was going to survive and perish here.
Fan Changyu thought that this was probably the advantage of being born with a good appearance. Seeing him like this, she felt inexplicably reluctant.
She thought there were too many injured and the military doctor couldn't take care of him, so she got up without saying a word and went to find the military doctor to get medicine.
After today's big battle, there were indeed many more casualties on the mountain. Several military doctors were running around in the camp. The military doctor who treated Xie Zheng was supposed to change his dressings on time, but Xie Zheng said, "Go see other soldiers first," so he left.
The military doctors all knew Xie Zheng's temper. The medicine he was wearing had just been changed last night, so they did not insist. But when they saw Fan Changyu coming over, they actually breathed a sigh of relief and quickly gave Fan Changyu the herbs and medicines that needed to be changed today.
After returning with a few packets of medicine, Fan Changyu looked at Xie Zheng, who was sitting at the head of the bed, and said stiffly, "Take off your clothes."
Xie Zheng looked at the medicine in her hand, didn't ask any questions, and obediently took off the single piece of clothing on his body.
Compared to when Fan Changyu first picked him up, he was now obviously much stronger, with clear-cut waist and abdominal muscles, but the scars, some deep and some shallow, were still eye-catching.
Fan Changyu, with a stern face, helped him to remove the gauze that was wrapped diagonally from his shoulders to his ribs, but he tried to move as gently as possible.
The innermost gauze was stained with herbal juice and blood, and the smell was not very pleasant. When Fan Changyu saw the wound, which was slightly better than before but still very painful, he felt mixed emotions and turned away.
She took the herbs and was about to apply them, but someone held her hand. The warm touch from the back of the hand made her scalp tingle, and the blood in her entire arm seemed to flow backwards. She frowned and looked at Xie Zheng.
There seemed to be many emotions in the other person's eyes, but none of them were clear. He just said calmly: "It's a bit scary, I'll do it myself."
When Fan Changyu heard this, the corners of his lips shrunk, and he exerted a little strength with his hands to apply the herbs on him. Xie Zheng glanced at his freed hand, and lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
After applying the medicine, Fan Changyu wrapped the wound with clean gauze and said gloomily, "I'm not afraid of your wound."
Xie Zheng was distracted by Fan Changyu's words. Before he could say anything, Fan Changyu said, "Push the hair off your left shoulder."
Because he had been bedridden for many days, his hair had become messy and a lot of it was hanging down. When the gauze was to be passed over his shoulders, the loose hair had to be brushed away, but Fan Changyuteng did not help.
Xie Zheng brushed it away as she asked, but some hair streaks were still left.
Fan Changyu passed the gauze around and continued, "I'm afraid you'll die."
Xie Zheng raised his long eyelashes slightly, and there seemed to be a hint of daze in his eyes that were like cold stars.
The girl in front of him murmured: "It was such a serious wound, it almost pierced my internal organs, it must have been very painful at that time..."
Xie Zheng stared at her eyes without blinking, and he felt as if a tree with hooked branches had grown in his heart. Every time the roots grew an inch deeper into his heart, he would feel a sour pain. However, the branches extending from the top of the tree made him feel a kind of lingering tenderness, so they grew branches and leaves more wildly.
He said, "I will not die."
How could he bear to die when he hasn't even married her?
Fan Changyu seemed to be born without the ability to lie. His clear almond-shaped eyes looked at the man in front of him who was still handsome and fierce even though he was weak, and said, "Everyone will die."
Xie Zheng smiled and said, "I know."
When he actually laughed, it was extremely dazzling. Fan Changyu didn't know why he laughed suddenly. She was dazzled by his smile, frowned and continued to wrap the gauze for him.
Xie Zheng asked her, "Are you not angry with me anymore?"
Fan Changyu paused for a moment and said, "I wasn't angry in the first place. I'm not from the military and I don't know the rules. What you said is not wrong."
The words sounded reasonable, but Fan Changyu felt a little embarrassed when he thought of his previous behavior.
She was indeed angry, but she didn't understand why.
After she went down the mountain to grab salt and solve the top priority on the mountain, she took two cloaks and was thinking of Yan Zheng and Chang Ning.
But when she returned happily, what she was greeted with was a severe scolding. She knew that Yan Zheng was right, but she still couldn't help feeling uncomfortable in her heart, and had a feeling of being wronged.
If it's wrong, it's wrong. Why should I feel wronged?
Fan Changyu felt that he had become very strange, even a little unlike himself, so he quickly hid away.
In the past, she would not have been so picky with Yan Zheng. After all, Yan Zheng had been disdaining and despising her for a long time.
Now she would feel bad because of what he said.
Fan Changyu didn't know what went wrong. She seemed to have become bad. It was right for her to admit her mistakes and correct them.
Xie Zheng was slightly stunned when he heard her words, and then he said: "I was a little harsh before. You did not act rashly when you went to the back mountain. On the contrary, you discovered the thieves' trick. Your merits far outweigh your faults."
Fan Changyu just smiled shyly. He lacked the intimacy and casualness that they had in the past. He was even a little more polite and distant, as if he was treating an outsider.
After bandaging him, she stepped back and sat on a round stool, lowering her eyes and said, "Someone will bring you medicine tonight, remember to drink it. I will also ask Brother Xiaowu to come over tomorrow to change the bandages and wipe your body, you should rest well, and if you need anything, tell Xiaowu. I heard that you and he were originally in the same group, so it would be good if an acquaintance could take care of you."
Xie Zheng finally realized something was wrong and frowned. "What do you mean?"
Fan Changyu made up an excuse: "There are more and more injured soldiers on the mountain, and the military doctors are too busy. I went to help and can't spare time to come here. I asked Ning Niang to stay in the tent by herself for the next two days and not go outside."
Xie Zheng didn't say another word until Fan Changyu left.
Fan Changyu also felt uncomfortable, so she ran to a secluded low hill and sat there in a daze for a while.
She knew that Yi Yanzheng was too stubborn to let her take care of him anymore. Even if he misunderstood that she might be disgusted with him because of his injuries, she would not ask any more questions.
But she was really in a mess right now. Fan Changyu didn't know what was wrong with her. The only solution she could think of right now was to stay away from Yan Zheng.
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It took Gongsun Yin an entire afternoon to accept the fact that the girl Xie Zheng liked was a freak like him. When he went to discuss the next war with Xie Zheng, in order to avoid being caught in the crossfire, he first asked Xie Wu, who had been hiding in the dark and standing guard. He learned that Fan Changyu had visited Xie Zheng and changed his medicine. He thought that Mao'er should be cured no matter what.
As soon as he entered the tent and saw Xie Zheng's expression, Gongsun Yin wanted to turn around and leave immediately.
This dead face doesn't look like it has smoothed hair at all; it's like the hair has been smeared with paste!
The sight was so cold that ice chips could fall off!
Gongsun Yin coughed lightly and asked, "I heard that Miss Fan was here?"
As soon as Xie Zheng turned his cold gaze towards him, Gongsun Yin suddenly felt that the clothes he was wearing tonight were too thin. The spring chill was so cold that it penetrated into his bones.
He rubbed his arms and asked, "Are you guys fighting again? No, I went to Huotouying and said a lot of nice things to you. Xie Jiuheng, you are a man of eight feet tall, can't you just give in and appease others?"
Xie Zheng sat back in his armchair, with unfinished documents on his desk. His expression was full of gloom and self-loathing. “I apologize.”
Gongsun Yin said: "As a girl, you must be humble and courteous. Don't apologize to others with a sour face..."
As soon as Xie Zheng came over, Gongsun Yin fell silent.
After a while, Xie Zheng said, "I apologized very much, and she said she wasn't angry, but she also said she wouldn't come over again."
Gongsun Yin said with almost absolute certainty: "It's obvious that he's still angry!"
Seeing Xie Zheng still looking a little confused, Gongsun Yin couldn't help but say, "Aren't women always like this? She said she wasn't angry anymore, but she was actually angry! She said she wouldn't come over for the next few days, didn't you hear that?"
This was the first time in Xie Zheng's life that he liked a girl. He didn't understand her thoughts, so he asked, "How can I make her calm down?"
Gongsun Yin thought for a moment and said, "In fact, Miss Fan is not without reason to be angry. She is good at martial arts. Before coming here, she asked the anti-bandit scout to investigate the construction of the dam upstream of Jizhou. She had the courage to cross Wuling alone on a rainy night to kill the scout. This morning, she went hunting and hunted a bear alone. There are not many generals under your command who are as brave as her. From what Xiaowu said, Miss Fan decided to pursue the anti-bandit after finding out the enemy's military strength. Not only is she wise and brave, but this action also achieved real military exploits. You ignored her and scolded her. How can Miss Fan not be angry?"
Fan Changyu was afraid that Xie Zheng would worry, so she only mentioned her experiences in Jizhou in a few words, and Xie Zheng didn't know about her deeds.
After hearing this, and knowing that she went bear hunting alone, he was somewhat surprised, but he became even more silent.
Gongsun Yin sighed when he saw this, "Miss Fan is not an ordinary woman. I know that what you said that day was out of good intentions, but don't treat a swan as a sparrow in the future. Although I haven't had much contact with Miss Fan, I can feel that she is a very soft-hearted girl. For now, why don't you show some weakness."
Xie Zheng's handsome face showed a hint of confusion: "Showing weakness?"
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On the second day, Fan Changyu went to help the military doctor as he had said to Xie Zheng yesterday.
The news of her stealing salt and killing a bear had spread throughout the army last night.
As soon as she arrived at the wounded soldiers' tent, many soldiers came to greet her and were surprised to find that she was a pretty girl.
The military doctor knew Fan Changyu's identity and was afraid to let her bandage the wounded, so he sent her to boil medicine.
A wounded soldier said, "It's a pity that Miss Fan is not a man, otherwise with her martial arts skills, she could have become a general with her military achievements!"
There have been female generals in this dynasty, but they were all from military families.
For an ordinary woman, even if she has good martial arts skills, she cannot even join the army, let alone kill enemies and win military merits in the battlefield.
A man said, "I don't know which brother will be lucky enough to marry Miss Fan in the future. There will be more than smoke coming out of the ancestral tomb, it will be on fire!"
Someone immediately elbowed the man and whispered, "What are you talking about? Miss Fan already has a husband!"
Those who didn't know asked hurriedly, "Is Miss Fan married?"
Xie Qi said he came to help, but his main purpose was to secretly protect Fan Changyu. He came in with a pot of freshly boiled medicine and heard a group of people talking about Fan Changyu. He immediately became angry for his family and said, "Miss Fan came all the way to this mountain just to find her husband."
Immediately, a wounded soldier asked, "Who is Miss Fan's husband? Have you found him?"
Xie Qi raised his head in a proud manner and was about to answer, but a wounded soldier who had heard something about the incident interrupted him and said, "We found him, but I heard he was almost dead, only hanging on for a breath."
Xie Qi: “…”
Everyone sighed at first, then started talking at once, and some even calmly adjusted their hair when Fan Changyu came in.
Their eyes were so earnest, as if they were hoping that Fan Changyu's husband, who was "still holding on to breath," would stop struggling and die soon.
After leaving the wounded soldiers' camp, Xie Qi couldn't help but rush to find Xie Zheng to report him.
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On the other side, just as Fan Changyu boiled the medicine sent by the military doctor, Xie Wu came to find her in a hurry: "Miss Fan! It's bad! Your husband suddenly coughed up blood, you should go back and check on him!"
Fan Changyu was also startled and asked hurriedly, "Why are you coughing up blood?"
Xie Wu didn't dare to look into Fan Changyu's eyes. He just cried and said, "I don't know either. When I went in to deliver the medicine, I found that he was coughing so hard that his bedding was covered in blood!"
Fan Changyu thought that such a coughing was unacceptable, so he quickly called the military doctor who had previously treated Xie Zheng to go back with him to check it out.
The soldier who was decocting medicine with her was the young man who was thrown out of the siege by her before.
The young man looked at the backs of Fan Changyu and the military doctor who hurried away, and sighed, "Is Sister Fan's husband really going to die?"
The author has something to say:
Xie Hou (gritting his teeth): I’m not dead, I’ll never die in this life!
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I'm very sorry, my dears. The stupid author is still stuck when writing the love line. I have deleted thousands of words in the draft. Finally, I wrote it, but it's too late. I will give you 100 red envelopes~
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