Chapter 360 Monster Hospital (Fifty-nine)
The young marquis was indeed born to go to the battlefield. In just a few years, he made great achievements in battle and became a popular general who quelled rebellions.
There is often news coming from the capital. Those former playmates have lost contact for various reasons. Only He Rongjing has a close relationship with them. They exchange letters. From him, I learned that Li Yan's playboys have had troubles in recent years.
Either he was seriously ill, or he was caught by someone for some reason and was taken to the yamen to be sentenced. When everyone was playing together before, there was no big trouble because there were two reliable people watching over them, the young marquis and Rong Jing.
But ever since the young marquis left Beijing, Rong Jing had not been involved with them much. Unexpectedly, in just a few years, things had already happened one after another. When the young marquis learned the news, he felt quite emotional, but did not take it to heart.
The war had reached its final critical moment. If they won this battle, they would return in triumph. However, the battlefield was dangerous. Even though the young marquis had been extremely careful, he was still seriously injured after defeating the enemy and was separated from his army.
The border is a desolate place. He has been struggling alone for several days, but has not seen any signs of reinforcements. If he were young, he might still feel that he has won the battle, the glory of the Marquisate will not decline, and his father should be very happy. Even if he cannot go back, he should be content.
But now that he is older, his father has never missed writing home every month. Although the other party has never mentioned it in the letter, the young marquis knows that his father wants him to return safely. Thinking about how his father was already old when he left Beijing, he still wants to survive.
Just as his consciousness became blurred and he was about to fall down, he seemed to see a figure. The figure seemed familiar, but he could not remember where he had seen it and fainted.
When he woke up again, he saw that he didn't know where he was but was well taken care of. He was stunned for a long time until a young woman walked in from the door.
"You finally woke up," the woman was carrying firewood on her back. She seemed to be used to doing this kind of heavy work and didn't feel the weight at all. She quickly picked up the medicine that had been boiled long ago from the stove and brought it to his mouth. "You should be a soldier from Daliang. You are seriously injured. I can't send you back. I can only take you back to my home temporarily. When you recover, you can go back by yourself. This is a small town not far from the border. Because it is located in a remote area and can rely on the mountains for food, it has escaped the disaster."
The woman did not hesitate and explained the actual situation. She was weak and dressed like a peasant woman, and no one recognized him as the general. The young marquis soon felt relieved.
However, Nan Huan and Bei Xi, who were not far from the screen, frowned and looked at each other for a long time, "Do you look like that girl?"
After all, the two of them were now in a God's perspective. To the young marquis, she was just a woman he had met a few years ago, but to the two of them, they had just met not long ago. The difference between the two was indeed quite large, so Nan Huan did not dare to recognize them for a moment.
Bei Xi looked at her carefully, but was not sure. "Whether it's her appearance or her gestures, they don't look like her. She was still very young back then, not yet fully grown, and she looked calm and composed. Now, this peasant woman doesn't look fake. According to the news we just heard, she left the capital after the incident and lived here in seclusion. The incidents of those playboys in the capital had nothing to do with her. Or she planned carefully, dealt with those people in the capital, and came here to lie dormant for so long, and finally she waited for this opportunity, and everything is logical."
Neither of them spoke, but they knew very well in their hearts that the first possibility was not very likely. Even if the woman at that time had no regrets in her heart, the world is so big, and there are so many places to live in seclusion, why did she come here? But just from the pictures they saw, it was difficult to judge what supported the woman to come thousands of miles for revenge. Moreover, if she had not rescued the young marquis and let him fend for himself, it would have been considered revenge. Why did she save him first?
So the two of them didn't figure out what the other was trying to do. They could only watch each other use the name Yunniang and spend some peaceful days with the young marquis in this deserted place. Finally, the two fell in love with each other.
"Or maybe it's just a conspiracy between the two of us, and she just has pure admiration for him?" This feeling of having a premonition of what will happen in the future is actually not a good one. "If it weren't for the young marquis, her father's body would have had no place to rest. Besides, it was the young marquis who rescued her in the teahouse, and he didn't know Li Yan's plan."
After all, the picture they saw was incomplete, so they could only judge based on the existing information.
"We can be sure of this because we can see the overall development. But Yunniang may not know as much as we do. From her point of view, the young marquis is very likely in cahoots with Li Yan."
"But the young marquis didn't seem to recognize her. If he could recognize her, he would have a chance to explain. But now," Nan Huan paused. She didn't seem to approve of Yunniang's revenge, so her tone was a little anxious. "I'm afraid the young marquis is sincere to her."
After spending some time there, the young marquis finally had to leave. He told Yunniang his identity and wanted to take her back with him.
"You have a distinguished family background and a great reputation for military exploits, but I am just a country woman. How can I be worthy of you?"
A look of shock flashed across Yunniang's face. She didn't know whether she was shocked by the other party's revelation of his identity or she didn't expect the other party to do this. She never expected the other party to offer to take her away.
"I'm telling you this not to make you worry, but you and I have been close for many days. I didn't reveal my identity to you for safety reasons at the beginning, which was already a big mistake. Now I'm hiding it from you on purpose. What fame, what prominence, I'm still me. If I say you deserve it, then you deserve it. You don't need to care about other people's opinions. You just need to tell me if you are sincere to me and if you are willing to leave here with me?"
"If you still have fellow villagers here and you are reluctant to leave them, I can also arrange for someone to take them to the capital after returning to the capital. I will definitely not let you be separated from your relatives, because the army and my father are waiting for the news of my safe return. I have to leave. I am sorry that I can't stay here forever, but I still want to take you with me?"
The young marquis spoke so sincerely that even a stranger would be moved, let alone Yunniang who was already obviously moved.
She looked at the young marquis with complicated eyes, and after a moment she murmured, "Are you really going to take me away? But sooner or later you will regret it..."
This sentence seemed to imply something else, but the young marquis did not understand it for a moment. He thought Yunniang was worried that he had let her down, so he quickly assured her, "Don't worry, Yunniang, from now on, you will be the only wife of the general's mansion, and I will never let you suffer any grievances."
In the end, Yunniang left with the young marquis. It seemed that some things were destined.
The army and the marquis's months of waiting were finally worth it. The general not only solved the urgent problem on the border and returned triumphantly, but also won the heart of the beauty after being injured and escaping death. It was simply a fairy tale.
After a few years, the young marquis finally returned to the capital. He was wearing armor and was famous. For the first time, he finally saw pride and honor in his father's eyes. Although his father's temples were already gray, the knot between the father and son for many years was finally untied.
As for his son bringing back a beautiful daughter-in-law, the Marquis did not interfere much even though she was not born in a wealthy family. It might be that since he was wronged a few years ago, he realized that his son had grown up long ago and he did not need to worry about him anymore. Besides, there was nothing wrong with this daughter-in-law with a clean background.
Now that the war had been settled, the young marquis could stay in the capital temporarily to get married. However, the only drawback was that Rong Jing died of illness in the capital not long before he fought his last battle. Because he was injured and missing, he did not know the news until he returned to the capital.
When he arrived at his house, he discovered that in just a few years, Rong Lubo had become older than his father, with all his hair turning white. Rong Jing had always been in good health, and had not mentioned any hidden illness in his correspondence with him over the years. He felt something was wrong when he suddenly passed away, so he wanted to come and ask about it.
But when I really arrived at the door and saw Rong Lubo's white hair, I couldn't say anything. After all, the person was gone, and saying anything more would be like breaking the old man's heart.
But it was not known whether the other party understood his intention, or simply because he had lost his beloved son in old age and had no one to share his grief, he chatted a lot with the young marquis, "Thinking back, the days when you and Jing'er and the others were playing and climbing trees in the yard seemed like just yesterday, but in the blink of an eye you've grown up so big, and those rascals got sick or passed away, and in the end you're the only one left. Your father is so lucky to see you get married and have children. Unlike me, my Jing'er is still so young..."
"He was seriously ill. I watched him die right in front of me..."
Rong Lubo couldn't hold back his tears and told the young marquis a lot of things over and over again. If he had heard the news about the other people besides Rong Jing before, the young marquis would have felt that they had done many evil things in their daily lives and deserved the consequences. However, Rong Jing had always been very well-behaved. He felt that something was wrong when he fell ill so suddenly. Moreover, they were all people he had a good relationship with before, and they died one after another. He felt that this matter was a bit weird.
"Do you think he can find out that something is wrong? After all, it's been so long since that happened, and he didn't investigate it deeply at the time. Now that he thinks something is wrong, he doesn't know where to start."
Although Nan Huan had a God's perspective, she was still so anxious that she scratched her ears and cheeks. She wished she could just go up and grab the other person's ears and tell him the truth, but she couldn't do it.
Bei Xi gently comforted her from behind, "Don't worry, you will know the answer soon."
As soon as Bei Xi finished speaking, time continued to fast forward, skipping the entire process and fast forwarding to the wedding night.
After all the noise passed, the young marquis returned to the bridal chamber. After the ceremony, he had just lifted the red veil when a dagger stabbed directly in the chest. Everything happened too suddenly. Nan Huan and Bei Xi didn't even have time to react. They only heard a "dang" sound, and the dagger seemed to have stabbed something hard.
Nan Huan took a deep breath and at first he habitually turned his head to look for the familiar golden light. Later, when he saw that there was no blood flowing from the young marquis' chest and he was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Yunniang was shocked at first, and then she smiled bitterly after seeing that the other party was on guard. "When did you know, or when did you recognize me?"
The young marquis's face did not show much expression. He just took out a jade pendant from the place where his left chest was stabbed. He did not intend to be on guard against the other party anymore. Instead, he showed the jade pendant in his hand to the other party and said, "I recognized you at first sight. At that time, I just thought that you ran to that remote and helpless place because you were lonely and helpless. I didn't expect that you were doing it for revenge."
These words shocked Yunniang very much. She didn't expect that after so many years, the other party would recognize her at first sight. She also didn't expect that if the other party recognized her, why would he marry her and go through so much trouble to expose her now.
But her eyes darkened when she fell on the familiar jade pendant. She didn't know what she remembered. The weak expression on her face was instantly restrained and replaced with an angry look, "Don't you deserve to die? If it weren't for you, my father would still be alive and well. Why do you people have the right to be born with luxurious clothes and delicious food, and you still treat us as if we are not human beings..."
When the young marquis was being scolded, his face remained calm the entire time, as if he had expected the other party to vent his anger in this way, or as if he just wanted the other party to vent all the resentment he had for so many years and say what he had not said for so many years. He waited until the other party's emotions were no longer so agitated before he spoke again.
"I found this jade pendant in Rong Jing's study when I went to Ronglu Bo's mansion after returning to Beijing this time."
These words contained a lot of information. Whether it was Yunniang, who was sitting opposite the young marquis, or Nanhuan and Beixi, they were all very surprised, because they had recognized that this jade pendant was the one that the young marquis had given to Yunniang's father, saying that if they encountered any difficulties, they could bring the jade pendant to the marquis's mansion for help.
Yunniang stared at the young marquis' face with disbelief and pain, trying to see if he was lying from his expression. The young marquis sighed and explained, "I didn't break my promise back then, because this jade pendant was never delivered to me. It was kidnapped by Rong Jing at that time. Neither you nor your father ever used the jade pendant to ask me for help, but the news never reached me."
"As for the time when I first met you in the teahouse, I also sincerely wanted to help. I didn't know Li Yan's plan at the time. In fact, I didn't know it for the past few years. It was not until I went to Ronglu's mansion that I started to investigate. At that time, Li Yan did say in the box that he had a woman he loved, but I didn't know it was you. They were all watching the fun. I was busy with my own things at the time and didn't care about your appearance at all. No one recognized you."
The young marquis actually felt a little regretful. He regretted that he did not take an interested look out the window at that time. Perhaps he could have recognized the person and Yunniang would not have suffered so much.
The facts he uncovered were so shocking that it was hard to believe. He couldn't believe that those things were done by people who were so close to him. He couldn't believe that if he had known these things at the time, he could have kept Yunniang away from them. He could obviously have avoided these things from happening, but he was kept in the dark.
Yunniang had been with him for some time, so she naturally knew what kind of person he was. So even though she had the opportunity to deal with him early on, she had been hesitant to do it and even waited until the wedding night in a weird way.
At first, she also suspected that the other party's personality changed drastically after joining the army, so the way he behaved was different from what she imagined. It was not until this moment that she realized that he was not aware of these things.
But now he already knew. Yunniang thought of something, her face suddenly became very embarrassed, and the words she spoke became extremely difficult, "You mean you didn't know the whole story before, and you didn't know that I was raped by Li Yan... Then since you knew it before we got married, why did you wait until now?"
"I was good at helping you back then. I didn't have the habit of bringing guards with me when I went out. I was used to being at ease. So when Rong Jing proposed to settle you, I didn't object. I didn't expect him to help the tyrant. He never mentioned these things in the letters he wrote to me. I found out that he did settle you well at the beginning. When Li Yan's people came to cause trouble, he also stopped them several times. But later, because Rong Lubo had a son who was an official and fell into the hands of Li's father and son, in order to rescue this person, he promised not to care about you and your father anymore, and intercepted my jade pendant to prevent me from knowing about this, which caused you to suffer. If I had been more cautious at the time and asked one more question, it might not have come to this point now..."
The young marquis had found out about these things some time ago. Whenever he thought of this, he was always heartbroken and always blamed himself for not asking more questions back then. Even when he met Rong Jing again later, he did not think of asking more about the situation of the father and daughter, until he saw only the body of Yunniang's father on the street again. However, his father was also framed at the time, so he naturally did not have any more thoughts on this matter.
"You asked me why I didn't expose you because I wanted to know why you didn't do it when I had so many opportunities to kill me from the time I was injured to the time I returned to the capital and got married. At the very least, if I was injured on the battlefield and you let me die, that would have been considered revenge. So why did you save me?"
The phoenix candle in the room flickered, illuminating the profiles of the two people. In the silence, they seemed to know each other's answer, or perhaps this silence was like some kind of tacit understanding that had answered each other's questions.
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