Chapter 65 Chapter 65 A warm and surging feeling came from...
Ji Yanlang held Fang Ying's hand tightly and asked, "Isn't this county magistrate going to have a bad end?"
Fang Ying nodded and replied with a smile, "After my uncle said this, within two or three days, Wei Ruzhen's men outside became impatient and announced that whoever kidnapped the magistrate and surrendered would receive a reward."
"Then shouldn't we all attack together?" Ji Yanlang also smiled.
"Well, the people trying to kidnap him nearly brought the county government office down." The story was almost finished, and Fang Ying, wanting to quickly shake off the emotions of the moment, deliberately added a humorous tone. "However, Wei Ruzhen's men didn't kill the magistrate on the spot. Instead, they treated him like a slave, tying him to the back of their horses with a rope and dragging him north. He died before reaching Chang'an."
Ji Yanlang snorted, "He deserved it. If I had known this would happen, I would have said 'For the sake of one man, don't embarrass the people' when the army besieged the city, and then committed suicide on the city wall. I could have left my name in history."
"He doesn't even want to leave his name in history!" Fang Ying laughed. "He clearly just wants to get promoted and make a fortune."
Ji Yanlang patted his forehead lightly. "I was confused. After Wei Ruzhen's troops withdrew, did you leave Huxian County smoothly?"
Fang Ying nodded, and Ji Yanlang breathed a sigh of relief. He then asked, "How many days were you trapped in total?"
"Later, my mother said it was eight days, but I always felt it was longer than that. Maybe I was too young and too scared at the time."
Ji Yanlang also stretched out his other hand, clasped his wife's soft hand with both hands, and said in a soft voice: "I didn't expect you had such an experience in your childhood." No wonder she dared to argue with him for General Wu shortly after she was taken to the Ji Mansion. Presumably, at that time, General Wu was a god-like figure in her heart, and no one could offend him.
"Why else do you think I was so righteous back then?" Fang Ying guessed what he was thinking by looking at his expression and asked back with a smile.
Ji Yanlang chuckled twice and didn't answer.
Fang Ying didn't think he was funny, so she squinted her eyes and said, "Ah, I see. You must have always thought I was unreasonable and weird..."
Ji Yanlang interrupted her quickly: "That's not true. It's unfair! I just... told you not to be angry."
Fang Ying: "Tell me about it first."
"...I won't say anymore." Ji Yanlang didn't want to "test the law with his own body." "Like you said, this matter has been discussed a long time ago, so it's better not to mention it. Why don't you tell me more about your childhood?"
"What else is there to say?" Isn't it enough to have this kind of experience once in a lifetime?
Ji Yanlang said, "I'm not talking about being trapped in Huxian County. You said you grew up in the Fang family's hometown until you were five years old, but you don't have any unforgettable childhood memories? What kind of place was that? Did you have playmates? Did you get into trouble and make your mother-in-law angry?"
"Being naughty and causing trouble?" Fang Ying pulled her hand away and gently patted the back of his hand. "I didn't. Don't judge others by your own standards. I heard from mother that you were spoiled by the First Lord in the Shu Palace, and you caused father a lot of trouble when you returned home."
"Trouble?" Ji Yanlang smiled and shook his head, self-deprecatingly saying, "Actually, you meant 'trouble', right? Why did mother even tell you all this? You don't even give me some face."
"Even if mother didn't tell you, your deeds are well-known in Yangzhou..." Fang Ying spoke quickly. When she said this, she suddenly remembered that she had said bad things about him behind Lichun's back and he heard it. She stopped talking and picked up the tea to drink.
Ji Yanlang also recalled what happened that year. Seeing her sipping tea while glancing over the top of the cup, he seemed a little guilty. He couldn't help but smile and teased her, "Yes, that's even more unfair! You know everything about me, but I don't know anything about yours. No, you have to tell me everything in detail."
Fang Ying had rarely told anyone about the years she lived alone with her mother - firstly, she was too young at the time and didn't remember much, and secondly, those were the few memories she had about her mother, and they were not something she could easily talk about.
But today, she had even talked about the things she least wanted to recall in detail, and it didn't seem so difficult to talk about her childhood.
Fang Ying put down the teacup and said as she recalled, "I don't remember exactly what my hometown was like. I only remember that there was a big mulberry tree in our yard. My mother raised silkworms, and I often volunteered to pick mulberry leaves to help her feed them."
"You were so sensible when you were little?" Ji Yanlang joked, "You never did anything bad?"
Fang Ying glanced at him sideways: "I was naughty, yes, but I wasn't as brave as you when I was a kid, and I never dared to cause trouble..."
Ji Yanlang's eyes widened: "Who do you say is brave? No matter how brave I am, am I braver than you?"
"..." Fang Ying wanted to refute, but when the words reached her lips, she remembered the few times she had dealt with him before, when it seemed that she was indeed not timid. She had to choke back and looked at him and asked, "You just wanted to say that I'm stupid and bold, right?"
Ji Yanlang shook his head and chuckled: "I'm thinking of one word."
"One word?" Fang Ying instinctively felt that this was not a good thing, so she simply stopped asking and reached out to pick up the dice on the chessboard and threw it, "Play chess."
Ji Yanlang: “…”
However, the game of chess never came to a conclusion, because the boatman soon came to say that they were about to reach the best scenery along the Bian River and asked if they should slow down the boat.
The two of them came here to cruise the river and enjoy the scenery, so of course they wanted to slow down and take a closer look. So they gave orders, and when the boat slowed down, Ji Yanlang held Fang Ying's hand and stood side by side beside the pavilion fence.
"The peach tree is young and tender, its flowers are bright and beautiful. The daughter is getting married, and she is a good match for the family."
The boatwoman's singing could be heard again from below. Ji Yanlang couldn't help but smile as he listened, "This song is really appropriate for the occasion."
The lyrics were from the poem "Three Hundred Miles of Poetry". Fang Ying had read it in her early years and knew it was a congratulatory message for a newlywed. She and Ji Yanlang had only been together for less than two months after their marriage, so they could barely be considered newlyweds. At this moment, the peach trees on the shore were lush and the flowers were gorgeous, just like what was sung in the song. It was indeed very appropriate for the occasion.
The musician played the music cheerfully in order to match the original meaning of the lyrics. Ji Yanlang listened to it and remembered that he was not there at the wedding and could not welcome Fang Ying in person. He suddenly felt a little regretful. Thinking about that time again, although the wedding was held solemnly and perfectly, there was definitely no festive atmosphere, which made him feel even more distressed.
He held her hand tightly, leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I will never let you suffer any injustice in the future."
Fang Ying had no idea that he was thinking so much. She was stunned: "Huh?"
Seeing his wife's puzzled face, Ji Yanlang suppressed his regret and heartache and said with a smile, "Don't you think we are made for each other? You admired General Wu because of the siege of Hu County, and couldn't bear to hear others speak ill of him, which led to our first meeting; I was stranded in Jiaozhi, and because of your words that day, I endured the anger and despair and finally came back alive to be your husband and wife..."
He was embarrassed to talk about his feelings, so he wanted to say something like "they were made for each other" to joke with Fang Ying, but the more he talked, the more he felt that it was true.
Every major experience in their past pushed them together and into marriage, and each time, they were pushed forward by providence or fate.
Fang Ying was taken into the Ji Mansion because of his mother's death. She quarreled with him in the Ji Mansion not out of recklessness but out of admiration. Later, they met again by chance in the Bian Jing Mansion because she was grateful to the Ji family and spoke up for them. In the end, he fell into the water in Jiaozhi and his whereabouts were unknown. His family invited Master Lu to tell his fortune, which was something no one could have predicted.
The two of them are really like being tied by the red thread of the matchmaker. No matter how far apart they are, they can be pulled together. Otherwise, why is it that Fang Ying's horoscope is suitable and she has already fallen in love with him?
There is really no other explanation except that it is God's will.
Thinking of this, Ji Yanlang couldn't help but feel truly moved, and even his eyes became red unconsciously.
Fang Ying was surprised when she saw this, and she didn't understand what was wrong with Ji Yanlang - his words didn't touch her at all, because the first half was her own experience, and the second half was discussed in the bridal chamber. She really didn't understand why she had tears in her eyes.
Is it because I just heard about her childhood experiences and felt that they were too miserable, so I felt sympathy and pity for her?
"What are we doing? We are obviously here for fun, why are we reminiscing about the good and bad times?" No matter what the reason was, they were now on a pleasure boat, with no shelter around them and maids serving them, so it was not appropriate to continue the conversation. Fang Ying smiled and changed the subject, pointing to the scenery on the shore for him to see.
Ji Yanlang was still overwhelmed by the feeling of "God's will in all things", especially when he thought that Fang Ying married him out of love, he felt even more heartbroken and unable to control himself. A warm and surging emotion arose from the bottom of his heart, and in an instant he was completely submerged in it.
He was suddenly filled with joy. He wanted to hug Fang Ying tightly, kiss her a few times, and spin around a few times. He also wanted to shout out his feelings to the peach and willow trees on the bank so that all the plants and trees along the Bian River would know how happy he was at the moment and how perfect a match he and Fang Ying were.
Unfortunately, he couldn't do any of these. Ji Yanlang forced himself to suppress his impulse and didn't even dare to speak, for fear that he would say something stupid, which would offend Fang Ying and ruin the atmosphere. So he just smiled and nodded, and didn't respond.
Seeing that he was grinning foolishly with his eyes still shining, Fang Ying wondered what good thing he was thinking of. She simply saved her energy and didn't say a word, just listening quietly to the boat girl singing.
By the time Ji Yanlang calmed down and regained his composure, the pleasure boat had already resumed its original speed and was about to reach the mooring downstream.
"My lady, what do you think of this scenery?" He turned his head to look at his destined wife and asked with a smile.
"It's beautiful." Fang Ying answered sincerely.
Peach blossoms and weeping willows are not rare flowers and trees, and can be seen everywhere, but seeing them stretching endlessly is quite interesting when viewed from a boat. What is even more rare is the freedom and comfort. There are no high walls around to block the spring breeze, and no heavy eaves above to block the blue sky, which makes people feel relieved.
"Then I'll take you out when I have time next time." Ji Yanlang's voice was softer than ever.
Fang Ying couldn't help but turn her head to look at him. Seeing that he seemed to be possessed by a demon, his eyes were full of tenderness, and she was stunned for a moment.
Ji Yanlang thought she didn't believe him, so he shook her hand and said with a smile, "I mean what I say."
Fang Ying certainly wouldn't refuse such a good thing, so she smiled and nodded, "Okay."
She smiled with her eyebrows curved and her red lips curled up. She looked so lively and charming that the peach blossoms on both sides of the river were instantly eclipsed.
Ji Yanlang's heartbeat suddenly became chaotic. He didn't know why, but felt a little embarrassed. He turned his head and pointed upstream, saying, "After we get off the boat, I'll take you to the restaurant we mentioned last time. Their side dishes are really good. One of them is the braised duck, which you can never get tired of..."
He talked incessantly, but his mind was distracted and a thought came to his mind: So this is what it feels like to be in love with someone.
I want to treat her well with all my heart, accompany her to see all the beautiful scenery and taste all the delicious food, just to make her smile happily - like now.
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The author has something to say: Ji Yanlang: There is a divine will in the dark (touched
Fang Ying: You’re right (We must not let him know the truth…)
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