Chapter 162 Do You Regret It?
Perhaps because of his youth and good physical condition, Xie Zhan's injuries have almost healed after about a month of recovery.
He was pondering the current situation. After all, it wouldn't be long before they would reach Lingnan. Once the Xie and Zhao families arrived in Lingnan, how would they establish themselves? These questions were pressing.
Thinking of these difficulties, Xie Zhan had a headache. Lingnan was too far south, and their Xie family had rarely set foot in this land before, let alone manage it. As a result, it was difficult for him to take advantage of the past influence now.
He heard someone walking towards him, and when he looked up, he saw his wife Zhao Yutan bringing him a basin of water.
"Shall I wash you?"
"Thank you, I'll do it myself. You're tired too."
When they heard these words, it sounded like they were feeling sorry for each other, but they both knew in their hearts that Xie Zhan's words were actually very distant.
To be honest, Xie Zhan couldn't explain how he felt about his wife Zhao Yutan.
All the current disasters were caused by the changes in the marriages of the four of them. She was the one who first created the opportunity. If it weren't for this opportunity, he probably wouldn't have gone with the flow and finally broke off the engagement with Lu Songli.
Xie Zhan knew that the tribesmen were very dissatisfied with her, but he really didn't have the energy to care about it.
He would not vent his anger on her, but he certainly did not have any sympathy for his wife.
Zhao Yutan looked at him and thought to himself, does the mature, elegant, considerate and affectionate Zhan Lang in the dream exist?
Because of this doubt, she blurted out, "Do you regret our marriage?"
Xie Zhan frowned, "Why do you ask?"
He tried to keep his voice gentle, but inside he was filled with confusion and impatience. Why bother to dwell on what you've already done and can't change? Regret is the most worthless thing; it means you've done something wrong.
In addition, Xie Zhan didn’t understand, didn’t she know what time it was?
How could she turn a blind eye to the obvious predicament faced by the Xie and Zhao families, such a realistic problem? At this moment, they should be working together and worrying about the future of both families, rather than worrying about the emotional problems between them.
In a word, in the face of reality, who can still care about their own emotions?
"I just want to know!" Zhao Yutan said stubbornly.
"Then what kind of answer do you want to hear? Regret or not regret?" Xie Zhan asked her softly.
Before this question arose, he didn't want to say he regretted it. But now, he was truly troubled. Lü Songli was in prison, still trying to find a way to bring down the Xie and Zhao families. He didn't expect her to be as powerful as Lü Songli, but at least she shouldn't act so foolishly, making him constantly feel like he was blind.
Now he really couldn't help but wonder, could she be the daughter of their Xie family's enemy?
Zhao Yutan was speechless. In fact, she didn't know what kind of answer she was expecting.
The conversation eventually came to nothing.
Elsewhere in their campsite, two children from the Xie clan were chasing and playing. They were young and naive, the kind of children who were rather hardy and not very sensible.
The two chased each other and made a lot of noise.
When they ran past a certain place again, they were tripped by the outstretched foot of Zhao Liang, the third son of Zhao.
The two children were startled and started crying loudly. One of them even knocked out a baby tooth and blood was flowing.
The child's crying immediately attracted the adults.
Mrs. Luo was the first to notice what was happening. She exclaimed, "Third brother, what are you doing?" Before anyone else could react, she stepped forward and pulled them away. "How did these two children offend you? Do you know that this will provoke conflict between the Xie and Zhao families? And then your eldest sister and brother-in-law will also have a hard time doing things?"
Exiled together, the two families were quite filthy, as they only had so many resources. Under such circumstances, any talk of the two families sharing weal and woe and working together was empty talk.
Along the way, many elderly and children in the Xie family have died. Now the children of the Xie family are very precious. If the people from the Xie family find out what Zhao Liang has done, they will definitely make a fuss.
Zhao Liang said indifferently, "These two kids are too noisy." He had already told them three times not to run away. Three times is the limit, so don't blame him for being rude in the end.
"As for my eldest sister and brother-in-law, it's difficult for them, so what? It's not difficult for them, but I'm the one who's having trouble."
Luo Shi was so angry that she slapped him twice, "If you get caught later, just say you were careless, you hear me?!"
As it was getting dark, Zhao Yutan unconsciously walked to the Zhao family's territory.
The Zhao family was having dinner at this time. Each person had two steamed buns. They were hard and could break your teeth if you took a big bite. A small piece took a long time to chew and was tasteless.
Zhao Erlang Zhao Biao was chewing on the steamed bread when his temper suddenly flared up and he threw the steamed bread in his hand away. "Damn it, how long are we going to have to live like this?!"
Zhao Dalang, Zhao Minglou, stepped forward, silently picked up the steamed bread, and stuffed it into his hand. "Eat it, it will be good when we get to Lingnan."
This time Zhao Biao didn't throw it away. After all, if he didn't eat it, he would be hungry early tonight.
When the Zhao family met Zhao Yutan, their attitude was also very cold.
Luo pulled her over and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Zhao Yutan hesitated for a moment, then nodded. The food at the Xie family was better than that at the Zhao family. She ate multi-grain steamed buns at night.
"Atan, why are you here?" Zhao Minglou asked. His sister was obviously not in a good state and seemed absent-minded.
In fact, he didn't want to pay attention to it, but the fourth brother's previous experience was still before his eyes, so Zhao Minglou didn't dare to ignore her.
Family members know each other well, and stabbing is too deadly.
Zhao Yutan hesitated. She had never told anyone about the prophetic dream she had recently, not even her family members. She was not that stupid.
Whenever she thought of that dream, she felt so regretful. Wouldn't her family go crazy when they heard that the Qin family had finally arrived at Chang'an City and was very likely to seize the Song family's territory and establish a new dynasty?
Telling it out loud would do her no good at all and would only lead to her being blamed. It would be better for her not to say anything at all.
Zhao Wenkuan looked over at her and felt that she looked very familiar, so he asked, "Did you have that prophetic dream again?"
Zhao Wenkuan felt that his daughter's dream was half true and half false, and was unreliable. It made the Zhao family jump from one pit to another, and ultimately could not escape the fate of exile.
But he still asked, "Tell me, what did you dream about?"
The three Zhao Minglou brothers already knew that the reason their sister had planned that incident, breaking off the engagement with the Qin family and marrying Xie Zhan, was because of a prophetic dream. In the dream, the Qin family was exiled for their crimes, while the Xie family survived two dynasties.
But now it seems that this dream is not entirely correct.
Zhao Yutan bit his lip and still said nothing.
The Zhao family members could see that she was in a difficult situation, and they couldn't help but think, why was she so hesitant, was this a bad dream?
"Tell us," Zhao Minglou urged first. "Tell us, so we can at least be on guard."
Although no one knows what went wrong that led to the exile of both the Xie family and their Zhao family, her predictive dream still has certain reference value.
"Our family is already in this state, and you still want to hide it?"
"If you don't tell us, we won't be able to make any preparations, and the entire family will become passive. Once the things in your dream happen, our Zhao family will definitely not be well."
"Tell me, it can't be worse than in your dream."
Looking at her family members who were interrogating her one by one, Zhao Yutan simply said, "I dreamed that the Qin family rebelled, Qin Sheng became a young general admired by everyone, and Qin Heng led his troops westward and finally reached Chang'an."
"What?!"
Before Zhao Yutan could finish his words, he was interrupted by the shocked and angry shouts of several Zhao family members.
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