Chapter 648: I Don’t Mind the Dust on Him (1)
Behind the bandit camp hall, in the chief boss's yard.
There was a bean-sized oil lamp in the main room, and the light was dim and yellow.
The eldest brother, who had no time to attend the family banquet, sat at the table, drinking alone under the lamp with a pot of wine and a dish of peanuts. He had a gloomy face and no one knew what he was thinking.
"The matter with Manager Ma is over. He was carried away and received more than ten lashes." The second in command walked into the hall, sat down across from the man, and poured himself a glass of wine. "Ah Xian seems to really like that boy and protects him very closely. She got married on her own and even decorated that shabby wedding hall herself... You too, since you're already in the village, why not go and have a drink at the wedding?"
The eldest boss avoided answering, "Hasn't he found out the details of that boy?"
"I can't find out. We're bandits, and our business is shady. We have limited abilities, so we can't really investigate people's backgrounds. We can only hope Ah Xian has better eyesight." The Second In Command took another sip of wine, remembering how Ah Xian had beaten Manager Ma so hard at the wedding hall, and chuckled. "I don't know who Ah Xian inherited that personality from. A bit of cleverness, a lot of aggressiveness... But they're married after all. As long as the boy behaves himself, there's nothing wrong with that, right?"
The eldest boss was silent for a long time, then said, "Let her go down the mountain."
"What?"
"Tell her to leave the mountain within ten days, take that gigolo away with her, and never come back."
"The government is going to start suppressing bandits again?"
"One of the piglets we sold last time had a maternal uncle who was a clerk in the government office."
"Fuck." The second in command nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll take care of it."
When the bandits cannot escape being wiped out, it is better for Ah Xian to leave as soon as possible.
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Ah Xian spent the entire wedding night sitting by the bed.
When Huo Ziheng woke up, it was already dawn and Ah Xian's face was even darker than the night before.
"That bastard named Ma ruined my good deeds. We have a grudge against each other!" Seeing the man wake up, Ah Xian's first words were to scold Manager Ma.
Before Huo Ziheng could decide whether to say anything, the woman turned her anger on him and started cursing him, almost poking him in the forehead with her finger.
"And you! Do you think you are Tathagata Buddha or a cat with nine lives? You pick up the drugged wine and drink it just to show off your ability? Or do you feel that you have been robbed by my lady and have become the bandit's husband with no desire in life, so you are willing to die rather than surrender? If you want to, you should say it earlier! Of course, it's useless to say it! Anyway, we have already sworn in marriage and slept together, you can't run away no matter what, my Ah Xian's words must count, you are mine and I have to be responsible for you, even if you want to die, you have to get my approval before you can die - you, what are you laughing at!"
Ah Xian was scolding him when the bastard lying in front of her suddenly smiled beautifully.
Ah Xian cursed in her heart, but she couldn't continue to curse out loud, so she could only try her best to keep up appearances.
Huo Ziheng laughed softly. For some reason, he looked at the fierce woman in front of him as if he was looking at a cat with its fur standing on end, baring its teeth and claws at him but not hurting him at all.
Kind of cute.
After drinking that bowl of wine last night, although he fainted, he was not completely unconscious.
At that time, the sound of whips cracked fiercely in my ears, the mad cry of Ma Guanshi begging for mercy was still ringing in my ears, and she roared in anger, "If you touch my man, you touch me, Ah Xian. If anyone dares to help him today, I will fight him to the death!"
She is obviously not a stupid girl. She speaks and acts skillfully. Even when she is unreasonable, she always has her reasons. Why does she have to make a loss-making deal with him... Is she so stupid?
"You know I'm very weak," he said, his smile subsiding. His eyes returned to calmness, and his tone remained steady, like a spring breeze passing by your ears. "So many people came last night. If you had fallen, I wouldn't have been able to protect you if anything happened. You can't drink as much as I can of that bowl of wine. No matter what, the result is good, don't you think?"
Ah Xian moved her lips. What he said made sense, but it made people feel uncomfortable.
But she couldn't figure out what made people feel uncomfortable.
Huo Ziheng stared at the woman's troubled face, smiled faintly, and said no more.
With his broken body, he didn't know which would come first, death or tomorrow. Maybe once he closed his eyes tonight, he would never wake up again after dawn.
No matter what kind of poison is in that bowl of wine, he will be the first to drink it.
He is a man after all. How could he hide behind a woman to survive and watch her being embarrassed?
It’s a pity that he is no longer the Huo Ziheng he used to be. He no longer has a family background and he no longer has unlimited glory.
All I could do for her was to rush and drink the bowl of wine.
"You're right! We're already husband and wife. Husband and wife are birds of a feather, so we should share joys and sorrows, life and death!" The woman over there seemed to have figured it out. She slapped the solid wood beside the bed. Her hand didn't hurt, but it shocked Huo Ziheng's pupils. "Forget it this time. I forgive you this time! There can't be a next time! You're already weak enough. If you get hurt by the medicine pestle again, I can't expect you to carry me on your back to make a living, right? You should behave yourself!"
Huo Ziheng, "..."
The next sentence of "Husband and wife are birds of the same forest" is "When disaster strikes, they fly away separately."
girl.
But Ah Xian didn't think about it that way. She thought that she had said harsh words to the man, so she could save face and was happy again.
She was just a pretty girl with an easy-to-understand face... Huo Ziheng curled up the corners of his lips unconsciously. Such a simple and easy-to-understand look made people feel at ease.
"By the way, man, what's your name? We're already husband and wife, should I keep calling you man?" The girl beside the bed remembered something again and stared at the man with her eyes wide open.
She was really so fascinated by the beauty that she kissed him but didn't even ask his name from his mouth.
Huo Ziheng pursed his lips, closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened his mouth again, "My surname is Huo, and my name is Ziheng. My family was once a wealthy family, but later fell into poverty, and now I am the only one left. In addition..."
He opened his eyes and looked at the woman who was listening to him attentively. "Miss Ah Xian, I am a fugitive being secretly pursued by the court."
Ah Xian, "Oh, don't stay in bed now that you're awake. Can you get up? I'll go make breakfast, and you can set the dishes aside and get ready to eat."
"I said I was a fugitive—"
"I heard it, I heard it. Is this going to stop? You're a fugitive, and I'm a bandit. What a perfect match! You're talking as if neither of them is someone the imperial court wants to catch."
Huo Ziheng, "..."
His newlywed wife happily went to prepare breakfast, chattering non-stop, making the room lively and lively.
"Man, what kind of food do you like to eat? Are there any dietary restrictions? Let me tell you, I'm not only a good fighter, I'm also a great cook!
Don't feel ashamed to be my concubine. I will really treat you well! I can make money too!
Words are not enough to prove anything. I am not bragging. If you don’t believe me, just wait and see. I will make sure to make you fat and plump!
Hey, man, we are a family from now on. I am your relative and you are my relative, hahaha!
I have a family now, I have a family, it’s so beautiful to think about living together, hey! You have beauty and I have talent... we are a perfect match! "
The sounds of busy work outside the house were heard, and the woman's voice was endless, revealing a hint of the worldly atmosphere that he had long missed, full of vitality and freshness.
Huo Ziheng lay there, and smiled softly unconsciously, with a hint of color in his dark and deep eyes.
After his family was destroyed, he fell from the clouds to the bottom of the valley, became stained with filth, and never saw his former glory again.
Those who used to flock to him now avoid him like the plague, fearing they would be implicated if they even mentioned him.
The woman outside the house "snatched" him back.
Don't think he is useless.
Don't mind that he is covered in dust.
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