59 Recovering from injury
◎Don't be shy.
Lying on the couch, Tian Nongxi stared lazily at the candlelight.
She was dressed simply and her face was still very pale. The wounds on her wrists, ankles and right shoulder were all properly bandaged with white cloth.
There were three or four storybooks piled up next to the pillow, and the corners of the books were wrinkled.
She was only unconscious for two days, but she lay on the bed for at least ten days.
During the days she was bedridden, Wen Tingluan took care of her day and night.
Two days ago, Tian Nongxi saw with his own eyes that he took away her underwear, and when he brought it back after dark, it still smelled of the warm sunshine.
She stopped him tremblingly, but didn't say anything.
Wen Tingluan looked at her with his dark pupils, and said lightly that it was he who wiped her body and changed her clothes when she fainted.
"You were injured because of me. It's my responsibility to take care of you. Don't be shy."
No, must, be shy, and embarrassed.
Tian Nongxi was struck by lightning and has been avoiding him for the past two days.
Of course, she couldn't get off the bed.
The so-called hiding was just closing his eyes and pretending to sleep as soon as Wen Tingluan came in. If there was no time, he would frantically raise the storybook above his head and stare a hole in it before giving up.
Wen Tingluan didn't let go when he fed her medicine.
"Is this part exciting?" Wen Tingluan reached out to wipe the residue from the corner of Tian Nongxi's mouth, and there was no emotion in his tone.
Tian Nongxi choked for a moment, and his mind shifted from the people around him to the book.
Chapter 108 of "The Charming Widow and the Pretty Widower".
Title: A widow breaks into the widower's house at night and accepts his favor, enjoying the pleasure under the moonlight.
The first paragraph of the main text: The widow was pushed to the rockery by the widower, her expression of reluctance and willingness extremely seductive! The widower's thing coiled around his waist like a giant dragon, already...
Tian Nongxi closed the book with a snap and threw it aside.
She said righteously, "As a prince, how can you read such a book?"
Wen Tingluan said innocently: "It was given by Xiaoxi."
Tian Nongxi blinked and said, "It's confiscated."
After saying that, she ignored the churning in her stomach and lay down directly, turning sideways without saying a word, her posture clearly showing that she was trying to drive someone away.
The footsteps gradually faded away, and then the sound of the door closing was heard.
Tian Nongxi sat up, his eyes filled with mixed emotions.
The two of them spent the past few days together day and night, but neither of them mentioned that night.
She was terrified after escaping death.
In her imagination, she had scolded him to the point of spitting blood.
Even if he wasn't the culprit, even if she was desperate and didn't wait for him.
She still wanted to complain a few words and get him to comfort her.
But...why didn't he ask anything?
Because she killed his brother?
Tian Nongxi hugged the pillow and wanted to tell Wen Tingluan Pufa.
That's called self-defense, okay?
After rehearsing it in her mind, she was not ready yet when there was a knock on the door.
Tian Nongxi cleared his throat and said, "Come in."
A slender figure approached carrying a mahogany tray.
"Greetings, Crown Princess." Fuque lowered her eyes and bowed, "I'm here to apply medicine to Your Highness."
Tian Nongxi said weakly: "Don't call me Your Highness..."
She handed over her hand, and Fuque immediately began to change the dressing skillfully and gently.
Tian Nongxi coughed lightly, "Where is your prince?"
"His Royal Highness is taking medicine."
"?" Tian Nongxi was surprised and moved his arm slightly.
Before she could even ask, he told her the whole story from the beginning.
It turned out that on the day Tian Nongxi was kidnapped, Wen Tingluan was also ambushed and hit by an arrow in the left shoulder.
"Don't worry, Princess. The man has been apprehended."
Tian Nongxi was stunned. "Is that guy very powerful?" She had seen Wen Tingluan's skills with her own eyes. It would probably take a truckload of people rushing over to hurt him, right?
"That's right." Fuque stuttered inexplicably.
As she lowered her head to change Tian Nongxi's dressing, she kept muttering that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should have followed the doctor's advice and stayed in bed to recuperate for the next few days, but he ignored the advice and took care of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess himself. They were all very worried.
As soon as he finished speaking, a shout filled Tian Nongxi's ears.
She looked up at the door.
Wen Tingluan appeared at some point, his handsome face as gloomy as iron.
Fuque quickly bowed and confessed his guilt.
"You go down, I'll come." Wen Tingluan took the medicine jar from her hand.
"Yes." Fuque retreated and closed the door.
Tian Nongxi: “?”
She felt a sense of something wrong that she couldn't explain.
But he still said nothing, straightened his back and grabbed Wen Tingluan without saying a word.
After signaling him to sit down with his eyes, he pounced on him like a hungry wolf.
Because her hands had not fully recovered, she was not very skilled in taking off people's clothes.
He took a step and rested for a while, still grinning as if he had touched boiling water.
Wen Tingluan held her hand and took off half of his clothes.
Although the arrow wound on his left shoulder had been bandaged, the wound was quite deep and a lot of blood had already flowed out.
"Hiss." Tian Nongxi frowned and couldn't say a word for a while.
Wen Tingluan held her hand carefully, lowered his head, and didn't know what he was thinking.
After a while, he said:
“The temple has already sent people to repair it.
"Grandma also sent someone to check it out."
Tian Nongxi hummed softly and asked, "Does it still hurt?"
Wen Tingluan looked at her deeply, then shook his head.
"I was late."
Tian Nongxi bumped into his obscure gaze and said firmly, "Yes." She patted his other intact shoulder and said, "It's okay, I'm smart."
"Yeah." Wen Tingluan nodded solemnly.
"You're not bad either." Tian Nongxi touched his head. "If it weren't for you, I would have died from excessive blood loss."
"……nonsense."
Tian Nongxi was grinning and wanted to say something, but Wen Tingluan touched her forehead and kissed the corner of her lips.
She knew he had something to say, so she stopped and tilted her head to look at him.
"Don't be afraid, he's dead. You did a great job. He died without a complete body. I'm afraid he'll meet King Qi face to face on his way to the underworld." Wen Tingluan laughed mockingly, looking into his shiny black eyes, his tone stubborn, each word emphasized, "No one can get close to you now."
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The next day, Tian Nongxi tried to stay at the hotel.
Three days later, Tian Nongxi continued his activities as usual.
She went to the shop first to check and replace Bu Qin.
Bu Qin came to see her these days, and she cried bitterly every time, as if she had an incurable disease.
After Bu Qin left, Tian Nongxi always had to look at herself in the bronze mirror, even though Wen Tingluan said she had a rosy complexion.
After she woke up, she was in a daze for several hours, and when she regained consciousness, she told him about Bu Qin.
She only asked Bu Qin to help for one day, but ended up delaying her for several days, and she felt extremely guilty.
Wen Tingluan said that he had found someone to replace Bu Qin and told her not to worry.
Therefore, when Bu Qin visited him later, Tian Nongxi was confused for a while and thought he was still dreaming.
He didn't laugh until he saw Bu Qin's red eyes and choked up saying that he would not leave Qingdu County and would take care of her.
"You're finally well again, but I'm heartbroken. Master Lin said you needed to rest, so I could only endure it again and again. I have to persuade myself for three hours every day to stop bothering you."
Let’s go to the backyard again, Bu Qin said, touching the scar on Tian Nongxi’s hand that was still visible.
Tian Nongxi: "..." She glanced at Wen Tingluan, who was sitting beside her with a normal expression, and laughed awkwardly.
"Ji Yin has the best Ningxue Cream, which is perfect for removing scars. I'll write to him and ask him to send it over."
Bu Qin's touch made the wound itch a little. Tian Nongxi said nothing, "No need, I have it here too."
She took out a piece of thin paper from her bosom and handed it to Bu Qin, getting back to the point: "You've been working hard these days. I clearly said I would only bother you for one day, but you've delayed you for more than half a month. I thought about it and gave it to you as a thank you. You must accept it."
Bu Qin took it carelessly, looked carefully and then slammed the table, "You are so polite to me?!" She pointed at the title deed that was slammed on the table and roared, her voice alarmed the waiter in the front hall. Seeing that there was no fight in the backyard, she slowly lifted the curtain and left.
"No, you're welcome." Tian Nongxi was startled.
During the days when she was ill, the system announced that the fifth-level reward had arrived.
Tian Nongxi called out to it and asked it to temporarily seal the reward in the system space.
The mechanical female voice agreed.
Tian Nongxi thought that for him, the only thing he could use to express his gratitude was money.
Bu Qin's shop was rented, so she asked someone to buy the shop as quickly as possible, which also put Bu Qin's worries to rest.
The person in front of me was in tears, "Your shop is rented, why are you buying it for me?"
Tian Nongxi curled his eyes and said, "I will buy it in the future." But he felt that it was unnecessary to buy it when he just opened the business and didn't know whether the business would be successful.
She glanced at Wen Tingluan, swallowed the words "If Ji Yin really licks blood to death on the tip of his knife one day, at least you are rich and won't be too sad", and patted Bu Qin soothingly.
"No, no, it's too expensive." Bu Qin kept shaking her head and stuffed the deed back into Tian Nongxi's hand.
"The money you earn also includes a portion of mine, so how can it be valuable?"
"No, no."
"But I've already bought it." Tian Nongxi pushed it back, "Okay, take it. If you don't like it, return it to me." She is used to talking nonsense.
Wen Tingluan, who had been silent all this time, put down his teacup and added just the right amount of help to Tian Nongxi.
The two looked at each other, and Tian Nongxi smiled, "We have to go."
"Ah... okay." Bu Qin stood up and told her not to overwork herself.
Tian Nongxi responded with a smile and said, "Be careful on your way back." She used to think that this sentence was just a polite way of making small talk, but now her tone was serious.
After leaving the shop, Tian Nongxi got into the carriage.
She heard a familiar voice, lifted the curtain and glanced, only to meet Fan Changliu's shocked eyes.
Ah Xiu was licking the candied haws while calling her, and was picked up by Fan Changliu.
Tian Nongxi saw the anger in his eyes and felt a little embarrassed.
She smiled and pulled the curtain wider, nudging Wen Tingluan's shoulder.
The latter nodded rather dignifiedly, greeting him as if offering alms.
Tian Nongxi pulled the man away and waved at Ah Xiu with a grin.
With a "whoosh", the carriage slowly set off.
When leaving the city gate, check as usual.
Tian Nongxi was kneeling down to read the Suk Jinyu book she had bought in the bookstore that day, when the person who had been pinching her fingers suddenly stopped.
She subconsciously looked up, only to hear Ting Luan ask indifferently, "Your new friend?"
Realizing who he was talking about, Tian Nongxi was shocked and she hummed dryly.
Wen Tingluan: "Stay away from him."
"Why?" Tian Nongxi suddenly realized, "Oh, you remember."
"Well, he broke into the house and stole something."
"..." Tian Nongxi chuckled and explained to Wen Tingluan that it was called making friends.
Wen Tingluan said slowly, "I see." There was no surprise in his tone, nor any regret for losing a friend.
"He said you stayed in Qingdu County for a long time?" Tian Nongxi turned his head to look at him.
"I came here when I was a little girl, and returned to the palace when my hair was tied up." Wen Tingluan recalled, "About ten years."
"Half of your life is gone." Tian Nongxi sighed, and feeling the gaze, she asked why again.
This question was too personal, but she felt that Wen Tingluan would tell her the truth, so she asked it without thinking.
Seeing Wen Tingluan hesitated, he waved his hand quickly.
"I can't just say it."
Wen Tingluan took out the medicine jar and said, "I was seriously ill when I was young and I am recuperating here."
"Oh." Rest for ten years?
Tian Nongxi extended her hand and watched him lower his eyes and roll up his sleeves, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
The carriage gradually stopped and the driver's voice was heard.
"Sir, we're here."
Tian Nongxi got out of the car.
She looked back first and saw that the mountain road was winding.
He took a deep breath and then looked straight at the temple in front of him.
The memories that had been forcibly erased all along suddenly became clear at this moment, and Tian Nongxi could almost smell the blood remaining on his body.
In a trance, she saw Wen Lang's horrified expression before his death, and her body couldn't help but shake.
When I couldn't help but tremble slightly, I felt strength in my shoulders.
Wen Tingluan dodged the wound and supported her weakly.
He said nothing, just looked at her worriedly.
Tian Nongxi forced a smile and said, "This place is very close to Qingdu County. It seems that I was kidnapped as soon as I left the city."
Wen Tingluan said seriously, "There was a drug in the car, and the driver is in jail."
"Go in and take a look."
That night, Tian Nongxi didn't pay attention to the situation outside the temple, so he couldn't see any changes in it.
After stepping into the temple, I sighed with genuine emotion.
In just a dozen days, the changes here can be described as completely new.
The spider webs were cleared away and the piles of hay were gone.
The altar in front of the Buddha statue is filled with fruit offerings, and the burning incense is quiet and pure.
His eyes fell on the apple that rolled out. Tian Nongxi bent down to pick it up and raised an eyebrow at the crooked tooth marks on it.
She suddenly said, "This temple used to be very popular and crowded with believers."
Wen Tingluan looked over and asked, "Then how did you end up in this situation?"
"Young children from nearby villagers came in groups of three or four to steal the offerings, and a strange thing happened on their way home..." Tian Nongxi lowered his voice, and before he finished speaking, there was a "clang" sound, and another apple rolled out from under the offering table.
"I can't make it up," she said.
As soon as he finished speaking, a skinny little girl crawled out from under the altar.
She cried loudly, wiped her tears, crawled onto the cushion in front of the Buddha statue and kowtowed heavily.
Another little boy followed out and stood aside timidly, holding the corner of his clothes.
The two of them didn't even glance at Tian Nongxi and Wen Tingluan.
Tian Nongxi frowned.
She originally thought that this was just a child who was greedy and playful and did not really need fruit offerings.
Until his eyes fell on the two children's shockingly thin bodies.
She brushed past the boy's loosely threaded linen shirt, looked into his eyes, walked closer, squatted down, and asked, "Why did you steal food?"
The little boy didn't look at her and spoke hesitantly and unclearly.
The little girl who had just been kowtowing stood up, pulled the boy behind her, and looked at Tian Nongxi in a defensive posture. "What's wrong with eating something? This temple is owned by your family."
"No." Tian Nongxi shook his head honestly.
The little girl turned her head and glared at the boy who was half a head shorter than her. "You're dead! They're trying to scare you. It was you who was exposed."
"I, I didn't mean to say that. They're going to starve. It's all my fault."
"It's all your fault!"
Tian Nongxi interrupted their endless conversation, "Is there anyone else?"
The little girl looked at her with her chin raised, her eyes full of distrust.
The two were in a stalemate when Wen Tingluan approached with a fruit.
Bending down, he handed it to the little girl and said, "Eat it. It's okay."
"You are in the same group!" The little girl didn't respond and slapped the little boy's outstretched hand away.
She was right, they were indeed in the same group.
Tian Nongxi nodded in agreement.
"I just lied to you. It's okay if you eat it." She smiled. "If they want to eat, you can take more. If it's not enough, let this brother buy more."
"We haven't taken it." The little girl wiped the residue from the corner of her mouth, her eyes red.
"Oh, oh." Tian Nongxi touched his neck, stood up and said, "That's a pity. We were entrusted by the government to handle these offerings. Oh, my, there are still so many left. What should we do?"
Wen Tingluan replied, "Take it back and feed the fish."
"Not bad." She withdrew her hand, threw the fruit into the offering plate, and picked up the plate together.
Wen Tingluan took it and his tone suddenly turned cold, "Your injury hasn't healed yet, what's the matter?"
Tian Nongxi was ashamed.
Before she could think of a response, the little girl spoke.
"Wait, let's just help you with that."
Tian Nongxi stood in front of Wen Tingluan, and the little girl's outstretched hand almost touched her.
She squatted down and looked at the little girl level. "Okay, but you have to tell me why you want to take the offerings."
“…”
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After half a month, all the matters that were taken over were handled properly.
In late autumn, the temperature gradually turned colder. Tian Nongxi had some free time and thought of Wen Tingluan's birthday.
She asked Xun, and he said it was at the beginning of winter every year.
During this period, Wen Tingluan traveled back and forth between Qingdu County and Ruiyang County, following him closely. She had no chance to prepare a surprise for him.
There is no chance to prepare a surprise, and I don’t know what to prepare.
Tian Nongxi was very worried.
That morning, she looked at Wen Tingluan who showed up at her door early in the morning without fail. She choked for a moment, but still let him in.
Tian Nongxi once asked Bu Qin why her friend knew a man who had refused to enter her room no matter how much she invited him, and why he would later stand at the door waiting for her without changing his expression.
Without even putting down her chopsticks, Bu Qin said in a profound voice, "Men will change."
Oh, that's nothing.
Even more perfunctory than those masters who pretend to have ten years of experience on the Internet.
Before Tian Nongxi could complain, Bu Qin said, "The friend you're talking about is you, right?"
She was startled and stopped asking the question.
So I still don’t understand it until now.
Tian Nongxi looked at Wen Tingluan who was wholeheartedly giving her the hairpin and said, "I'll go by myself today."
Wen Tingluan paused, adjusted his jade hairpin, and looked deeply at Tian Nongxi in the bronze mirror, saying indifferently, "Okay."
"It just so happens that you have something to do. Let's split up into two groups."
Tian Nongxi looked at him and felt that he had heard "divide the troops into two groups" as "go their separate ways."
So she stood up and kissed him on the cheek.
He rubbed it again and said, "While I'm away for the day, oh no, half a day, you have to eat more meat. It doesn't feel very good."
Wen Tingluan held her swaying waist with both hands and said, "Remember to apply the medicine."
"Okay." Tian Nongxi's wound had healed long ago, but the new flesh growing was inevitably itchy. After talking to Wen Tingluan, he found some medicine to suppress it from somewhere and applied it three times a day.
When Wen Tingluan took the medicine jar from his body, Tian Nongxi pretended to ask him casually what he was going to do in a few days.
"I have to go back to the palace." Wen Tingluan opened her palm and put the medicine in it, saying lightly, "Birthday."
You don’t have to go back during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but you must go back on your birthday.
There is some truth to this.
Tian Nongxi thought about it with the little relevant knowledge he had and accepted it well.
But the two of them had been together all this time, and Tian Nongxi had forgotten that they would ever be separated.
After thinking for a while, she said:
"I'm going back too."
After leaving the house, he headed straight to the suburbs.
The once desolate temple is now bustling with activity, but it’s not because of the pilgrims.
Tian Nongxi rolled up his sleeves and just carried down a box of fruit when the children in the temple ran out to help.
"Come one by one!"
The little girl who was speaking was called A Shuang. She was one of the children Tian Nongxi met in the temple some time ago, and she was also the leader of this group of children.
Whatever she said, no matter whether they were older or younger than her, no one disobeyed her.
Tian Nongxi smiled and greeted Ah Shuang. Ah Shuang ran over to her, said "Huh?" and asked, "Sister, why are you here alone today? Did you move all this by yourself?"
"No, someone helped me." Tian Nongxi wiped his sweat and said, "Brother is going to help you get justice."
These children are all orphans, without parents and helpless.
Yanchao also has a place similar to an orphanage. Logically, they should be able to eat and dress warmly like Tiannongxi. Apart from the lack of parental love, they are no different from other children.
The problem lies in the venue.
The imperial court allocated tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, but because the emperor was far away, the money was all taken away, and not a penny was left for those who should have received it.
After Ah Shuang finished speaking that day, the two of them realized the problem.
After checking, they found that it was closely related to the sudden death of King Qi.
After his death, the people below were thrown into chaos and even the most basic clothing and food were no longer provided.
This move is truly chilling.
Tian Nongxi felt that she had a strong connection with these children and was willing to provide them with resettlement.
"We ate so little today!" Another kid we met that day, named Xiaopang, ran over and said anxiously.
Tian Nongxi smiled and patted his head, "Because tomorrow you can go to a new place together."
As soon as he finished speaking, the long-lost crackling sound of electricity rang in his mind.
"…Detected that the host has completed the side quest, now issuing a reward."
"Host, please choose from the following rewards..."
【Author’s words】
Why did Sang Biao call you Mimi? (I am so exhausted from writing that I can hardly keep my eyes open. I feel like there is not much space left. The main story will be finished in no more than 100,000 words. Well, it’s probably, it’s probably, it’s probably, although no one cares but I will still try my best not to spoil it)
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