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◎The first snow in Lingnan County◎
On the other side, Ye Yunzhao, who was still in prison, was also in a good mood. This matter started last night.
Last night the sky was dark and her wounds became more and more horrible, and she fell to the ground in a half-conscious state.
Who would have thought that later all seven or eight jailers in the prison left, leaving only one, who was sitting crookedly inside the prison gate.
It was a long time before Ye Yunzhao realized that the person who had left behind was the one who had secretly passed him a message two days ago. This time, the person who had passed him a message was not a message, but a porcelain bottle the size of a bird's egg.
The jailer handed the porcelain bottle to Ye Yunzhao openly. A hint of doubt flashed across her eyes. The jailer whispered, "This is the medicine powder someone outside asked me to give you."
As he spoke, he pointed his chin towards her right hand and said, "Bandage it quickly."
Ye Yunzhao nodded slightly and did not mention Chen Jingshan's name. She was in prison now and had to be on guard at all times. She could not say a single name.
She gently sprinkled the powder on the wound. It was not as painful as she had imagined, but rather a refreshingly cool feeling, like melted snow seeping into her wrist, relieving the burning sensation of the burn.
Ye Yunzhao raised his head slightly, wanting to thank the jailer, but he watched helplessly as he took out a roll of snow-white gauze from his arms.
"This is?"
The jailer sighed and said, "The wound needs to be bandaged, otherwise the powder will be scattered all over the place."
"That makes sense." Ye Yunzhao nodded blankly.
He handed in the gauze: "Wrap it up quickly."
"It's just..." Her expression froze as she tried to speak. "It's just that I'm in prison now. Where would I find the gauze? If the prefect found out, it would definitely implicate you."
The jailer froze while handing over the gauze, and stammered, "This... but I didn't take anything else..."
"fine."
Ye Yunzhao smiled with a pale face, and with a "swish", she tore off a piece of her clothes.
She wrapped the wound with a tattered cloth. After bandaging it briefly, she looked up and asked, "What's going on at the government office tonight?"
The jailer scratched his head and said, "I can't tell you this, but... never mind, just don't tell anyone else..."
He glanced around with a sly look, and after making sure no one was eavesdropping, he whispered, "Everyone's gone up the mountain to suppress the bandits tonight. I wonder if they..."
Ye Yunzhao was stunned and asked hurriedly: "Suppress the bandits?"
The man threatening her suddenly flashed before her eyes. If he was a bandit, where did the official sword come from? Could it be that he and the Yuezhou prefect... had some shameful secret?
The jailer murmured a few more words, and seeing that she was absent-minded, he thought it was because of the effect of the medicine, and then left.
Ye Yunzhao tossed and turned and could not fall asleep all night.
At dawn, Tian Tongpan, who had almost tortured her before, came again, but this time his attitude was completely different from last time.
He winked at the jailer and scolded him, "Hurry up and open the door!"
When he came in, he saw Ye Yunzhao's right hand wrapped like a dumpling: "How do you do things! I have repeatedly warned you that County Magistrate Ye is here to question you, not to take you prisoner!"
He looks so friendly now, as if he had not done those things before.
"County Magistrate Ye, please."
Ye Yunzhao slowly stood up and looked at him in confusion: "Where are you going? Are you trying to torture me again?"
Tian Tongpan immediately said: "Your Excellency, of course, we should leave the government office."
"Leaving the government office?"
Ye Yunzhao was stunned and looked at him in disbelief. He was so aggressive a few days ago, but things turned around overnight.
"Exactly. Please, sir."
Ye Yunzhao had no intention of arguing with him about the injustices she had suffered in the past few days. In this dynasty where it was very easy to get away with killing someone, she wished to immediately distance herself from the matter and quit while she was ahead. She just wanted to stay away from these things as far as possible for the rest of her life.
Tian Tongpan originally thought that she would curse and blame him, but he never expected that after hearing the news, she actually bowed slightly and turned away.
He was stunned and quickly returned a salute to Ye Yunzhao's back.
The window in the prison was very small. When Ye Yunzhao suddenly came out, she felt as if she had never seen such a bright sky. She raised her hand slightly and covered her eyes, but her heart was relieved.
free--
Long-lost freedom——
Although it was cold in winter, her wound did not fester, but the injuries that had not been treated for many days still caused her body temperature to rise.
The joy of being free after a long time and the alternating hot and cold sensations in her body controlled Ye Yunzhao. She forced herself to leave the government office and staggered down the stairs.
She lowered her head and looked at the steps beneath her feet. She felt that they were stacked together so tightly that there was no place to step. She lowered her head and shook it, trying to determine the direction of the steps.
Suddenly, a chill fell on his exposed neck. Ye Yunzhao instinctively shrank his neck. Another chill, another chill...
She raised her hand to her neck and felt something cool and wet.
Ye Yunzhao's cheeks were red with a sickly red. She frowned slightly and raised her head, angrily saying, "Where did this little bird come from? How dare you go to me——"
It was not until this time that she noticed that sporadic white snow was floating down from the gloomy sky. She raised her hand gently, and snowflakes fell into her palm, instantly turning into a pool of snow water.
Ye Yunzhao murmured, "It turns out it's snowing."
She looked at the first snow of winter with great satisfaction, but her feet went weak and she stepped on empty air and fell straight onto the bluestone slab in front of the government office.
But the pain she imagined did not come, instead a warm "stone" came.
Ye Yunzhao felt dizzy and her head was swollen. She looked up blankly and saw a familiar face. Before she could call out the name, she suddenly felt her neck was itchy from being rubbed by something.
She raised her hand and dialed again and again, but after several unsuccessful attempts, she angrily said, "Chen Jingshan, you are so annoying!"
Chen Jingshan looked down at her, watching her get angry without knowing the reason; watching her lose patience with her hair, tugging at it mischievously; watching her put away her usual sternness and fall into his arms like the day they first met...
He couldn't help but chuckle, raised his hand and pinched the tip of Ye Yunzhao's pen, and on that snowy winter day, he uttered the words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time:
"Ye Yunzhao, you are so cute."
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