After hearing what Chen Qiu said, Hongling lowered her head and said nothing, just kicking a stone under her feet.
"Can you tell me how you got to know my brother?" Hongling has always been a carefree person. Chen Qiu looked at the girl who was shorter than him, thinner than him but always more energetic than him. She was kicking the stones under her feet and looked a little pitiful, so he asked in a low voice.
"Oh, it's... it was two months ago. The second in command of my village, the Lv Liu you met, poisoned me and wanted to kill me two months ago. I was rescued by Hong Gu and carried down the mountain. He helped me detoxify and took back the village. I liked him at that time, but I didn't know whether he liked me or not, so I came to ask you." After listening to Hong Ling's words, Chen Qiu remembered that it should be Chen Yue, who helped her by the way when she passed by here on her way back from Kyoto.
"Well, Hongling, well, you don't have to repay a life-saving favor with your body, right?" Chen Qiu didn't know what to say. He really couldn't make the decision for Chen Yue.
The two people were talking here, and they didn't notice that there was a person hiding behind them. Both of them were masters, but they didn't notice the existence of that person.
"I know, but what can I do? I just want to marry him. I can't think of a better way to repay him than this. I'm a man of the world and I don't like beating around the bush. You go back and tell him my feelings. If you're willing, come to Honghe Cloth Shop in Qi County to find me in a month. If you don't want to, you don't have to come. I will wait for three days, and then I will know his feelings. You tell him not to worry, if he doesn't come, I will never mention this matter again." Hongling said, and she changed from her pitiful look just now to her original appearance. The original appearance suited her better.
"Can I ask another question?" Seeing Hongling's expression, Chen Qiu didn't want to discourage her, but he had to ask clearly, otherwise he would feel guilty for delaying such a good girl.
"you say."
"Did my brother do something? Or said something that made you want to marry him? I can't imagine that there is anything about my brother that is so wooden that you can be moved." Chen Qiu touched his chin. He knew his brother well. If that wooden brother had not done something to warm the girl's heart, or said something to warm the girl's heart, who would be attracted to him?
This Hongling is different from Fang Yu. She can live well on her own. There is no need for her to sacrifice herself for the life-saving grace. After all, there are many ways to repay a favor. Trapping herself in a wealthy family for the life-saving grace would be something that not only a woman of the world like her, but even someone like her who was born in a wealthy family would feel resistant to.
Then her wooden brother must have done something to make this girl fall in love with him.
After hearing what Chen Qiu said, Hong Ling turned around again and stopped looking at Chen Qiu. Chen Qiu knew at a glance that she was shy, because when she was teased by Ye Chen and felt shy, she would hide her face, thinking that others would not know.
"That's right, that's right... He gave me drugs. I was stabbed here by the poison needle. He was the one who gave me drugs." Hongling's voice became lower and lower.
Chen Qiu walked up to Hong Ling and asked, "Where?"
Hongling pointed to her left chest, and Chen Qiu's eyes widened, "Here? How could you be stabbed here? Or this place? Then... wouldn't that mean they had physical contact?" Hongling was pointing to her chest. The other party intended to stab her heart directly, but she dodged it and the stab was deflected a little, and landed right on her chest.
The hidden person left after hearing this, and shook his head with a secret smile before leaving. If Chen Qiu saw him, he would find out that the person was Old Man Qian, the leader of the Fire Army.
"Yes, at that time I... Well, anyway, I saw everything I should and shouldn't have seen. I will not marry anyone but him. You can go back and ask him if he is willing. If he is not willing, forget it. I will still be the king of the mountain." Hongling simply put aside the awkwardness in her heart. Who cares? If he is not willing, she will learn from the first leader of Honghe Village and snatch him back. There is nothing wrong with making him her own wife.
Chen Qiu swallowed hard, "I'll go back and ask for you. Don't worry, I'll definitely deliver your message to you word for word. It's going to be at Honghe Cloth Shop in a month, right? Today is June 13th, which means it's June 13th of next month, right? I'll definitely deliver it."
"Well, think carefully about the issues I mentioned before. These are problems that you can't avoid." Chen Qiu reminded Hong Ling one last time.
"By the way, I also need your help with something. I'm taking advantage of someone's misfortune now, but I can't care about so many things now." Chen Qiu immediately said seriously.
"You tell me, I'll do my best as long as it doesn't harm Honghe Village."
"It's not a big deal. A lot of food will be transported to the northwest through here. As long as you don't take the food, it's fine. These are relief food for the northwest. The people in the northwest rely on these food this year." Chen Qiu looked at the fire on the opposite bank.
"I know there's a locust plague in the northwest. I thought the court wouldn't take action until winter, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon."
"Of course, because of my husband." Chen Qiu praised very naturally.
"Should I?" Chen Qiu looked at Hong Ling and asked again.
"Yes," Hongling answered clearly and loudly. The two smiled at each other, then jumped to the other side of the river.
When the two returned to the military camp on the other side of the river, the soldiers were already sitting together with the bandits brought by Hongling, chatting and talking. Most of the people in Hongling's Honghe Village were women, including widows, women with five families to return to, and those who had escaped from brothels. They were now all members of Honghe Village. They were not particular about trivial matters, and the generosity of those men and women was not worth mentioning to them. They just wanted to be happy, but under Hongling's constraints, they never overstepped the line.
Suddenly, Chen Qiu had an idea: to give these women their own homes. Would that solve the problem of her brother and Hong Ling? They were all alone, and only when they came to Honghe Village did they hug each other for warmth. If there was someone who understood their needs, would they be willing? Now, she could only think about it herself; they might not be willing.
"How is Qiu'er? Is she okay?" Ye Chen walked to Chen Qiu, looked around Chen Qiu, and was relieved only after confirming that Chen Qiu was not injured. Those who were originally laughing stopped and looked at them. Some of the women had disdain in their eyes, while others were envious.
"I'm fine. Hongling just asked me for a favor. I also asked Hongling for a favor. It's okay now." Chen Qiu said and smiled at Hongling.
"Everyone from Honghe Village has left. Let's go back." Hongling raised her hand and led the way. Everyone behind her, regardless of gender, from Honghe Village, followed Hongling. When they stood up, they did not forget to brush the dirt off their buttocks, as if they came out this time to reminisce with old friends, not to rob.
Ye Chen and Shen Qiu watched Hong Ling and her group leave. "Commander Wang, let the soldiers rest for another two hours. It's almost dawn, so we should set off early."
Then the two of them went into their own tent together.
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