Chapter 423 If Line-I Want to Save You Too
Wu Yingniang has killed people, robbed horses, and traveled alone in the world.
But in her more than ten years of life experience, she had never seen anyone complain in front of her and ask her to hug them.
And this person is Pei Lingyun.
He is Lord Pei, who is upright and honest in the daytime and a talented scholar famous in Chang'an.
But now, he looked up and stared at Wu Yingniang without blinking, with a layer of tears in his eyes.
Wu Yingniang was also panicked for a moment, not knowing what to do, and her ears felt a little hot.
She bent down and, with a somewhat rough gesture, stuffed Pei Lingyun into the quilt, wrapping him like a cocoon.
The drunk Pei Lingyun watched Wu Yingniang approaching and saw her open arms around him. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and obediently let Wu Yingniang play with him.
When Wu Yingniang wrapped Pei Lingyun tightly with a quilt so that he could not move, Pei Lingyun fell asleep.
"I should go." Wu Yingniang's voice was very soft.
I don’t know whether I want to say this to Pei Lingyun or to myself.
She turned and walked out of the house, jumped onto the roof, and rushed in the night wind.
Although it is hot in Lingnan, the wind on winter nights is still cool.
A cool breeze blew past Wu Yingniang's ears, blowing away the heat in her ears.
She knew that Pei Lingyun said those words because he was drunk, but Pei Lingyun was right.
She had indeed been avoiding Pei Lingyun during this period of time.
Wu Yingniang once thought that those noble young men from prominent families were all arrogant and conceited, with all appearance of splendor but little substance.
But Pei Lingyun showed her a side that was completely different from what she had imagined.
He doesn't like being threatened by bandits, but he is very sensible and knows his situation clearly and can bend and stretch himself.
He doesn't know how to do rough work, but he is willing to do it and never complains even if his hands are bruised or he falls.
He didn't know martial arts, but he knew how to govern a county and ensure that the people had enough food to eat.
Pei Lingyun lived in her house for two months. When they slept at night, they were separated by a straw curtain, and he never looked at her twice.
Occasionally, when they couldn't sleep at night, they would chat about random things.
Pei Lingyun's voice was very pleasant, especially at night, it sounded very reassuring.
Sometimes, listening to Pei Lingyun's voice, Wu Yingniang would slowly close her eyes and fall asleep.
Later, Pei Lingyun went down the mountain, but the straw curtains in Wu Yingniang's house were not removed.
It was obviously a very small room, but after Pei Lingyun left, it felt a little empty.
Sometimes when Wu Yingniang was half asleep at night, she would see the straw curtain and would vaguely think that there was still someone sleeping behind it.
Wu Yingniang noticed something was wrong.
She had some different feelings towards Pei Lingyun.
A feeling that cannot be expressed in words.
She was a bandit, and even if she changed her ways, she would still be a country bumpkin.
She had never been to Chang'an, but she had heard how prosperous it was and knew that the Hedong Pei family was a famous aristocratic family in Dayu.
Pei Lingyun came to Lingnan to be an official, and will eventually return to Chang'an.
A man like him would not get involved with a woman of the underworld.
People like her are unwilling to deal with those noble people.
The few times Pei Lingyun came to Black Bandit Mountain later, she deliberately hid.
She thought that people don’t have to be with anyone. It’s painful when you first break up, but after a while, you will naturally forget about it.
She was also very sad when her master died, but after a few years, she survived.
Qiu Jinyu asked her, "Yingniang, how long do you want to hide?"
Wu Yingniang couldn't answer.
She didn't know that when the day came when she no longer missed that person, she would stop hiding.
But life is unpredictable.
The more she hid, the more she couldn't let it go.
Today, Old Man Qin and Old Xu took some things to the county government office to see Pei Lingyun and asked her if she wanted to go with them.
She said she couldn't go.
When Old Man Qin and the others came back, both of them were sighing.
Wu Yingniang asked them what was wrong and whether something had happened to Pei Lingyun.
Old Man Qin said as he picked his earwax, "Alas, I asked you to go but you refused. County Magistrate Pei even went out of his way to ask about you. He asked if you were doing well, if you had enough to eat and clothes to wear. It was so depressing!"
Old Xu sighed and slapped his thigh:
"What do you mean by gloomy and sad? It's more than that! Yingniang, you didn't see that County Magistrate Pei has lost a lot of weight. His waist is only half the thickness of before, and his body is just skin and bones. I guess he hasn't eaten much, and maybe he even drank to drown his sorrows at night."
"Tsk, haggard, so haggard! If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself."
Wu Yingniang said, "What does it have to do with me?"
But at night, I couldn't help but go to the county town.
She went straight to the backyard of the county government office and happened to see Pei Lingyun drinking in the yard, so drunk that he was lying on the table.
Wu Yingniang carried Pei Lingyun into the house and stopped him from drinking.
She didn't notice that Pei Lingyun's waist had become thinner, but his face looked a little haggard.
She was not surprised that Old Xu and Old Qin lied, because they were not reliable to begin with.
But she was surprised that Pei Lingyun knew she was hiding and even had some feelings for her.
She didn't dare stay for long and ran away with the intention of escaping.
When she returned to Black Bandit Mountain, she saw Qiu Jinyu waiting for her at the door of her house.
Qiu Jinyu was holding a dim yellow lamp and looked a little lonely standing in the night.
Qiu Jinyu said to Wu Yingniang, "Since you've gone to see him, why not explain everything clearly? You're still young, and many things may not be impossible."
Wu Yingniang thought about it for most of the night and went to the county government office again the next day.
…
In the county government office.
Pei Lingyun woke up.
Because it is the Chinese New Year, I have a few days off and don’t have to deal with any official business.
It was rare for him to sleep until noon.
Maybe I drank too much last night, and I still felt a little dizzy in the morning.
As soon as he woke up, he heard that someone from home had sent some New Year's gifts.
Chang'an is far away from Lingnan, and the few days of rest during the New Year are not enough for me to rush back, so I spend the New Year alone outside.
The Pei family sent people to deliver a lot of things and family letters to Pei Lingyun early on.
The old servant of the Pei family entered the backyard and saw Pei Lingyun, and said repeatedly:
"Second Young Master has worked hard in Lingnan. Master, Madam, the eldest young master, and the young ladies are all thinking of him."
Pei Lingyun also asked about the situation of everyone in the family.
Finally, while chatting, they mentioned Pei Lingyun's marriage.
The old servant of the Pei family said: "The master and the mistress have already been looking for a wife for the second young master. Although the second young master is in Lingnan, he will eventually return to the capital. Especially since he has made great achievements in Lingnan this time, many families have sent people to inquire about marriage for him."
"The Second Young Master is a very elegant and graceful person. Madam will definitely find a lady from a famous family for him."
Pei Lingyun was a little perfunctory and just said, "No rush, let's talk about it when I return to Chang'an."
On the roof, Wu Yingniang listened silently for a while.
She originally came to see Pei Lingyun, but just then the old servant of the Pei family came, so she lay on the roof and waited for a while.
I didn't expect to hear these words.
Wu Yingniang suddenly found it ridiculous.
I must have been dizzy to come here again.
Yes, there are so many famous ladies in Chang'an who can recite poems, paint, make tea and embroider.
Only a noble lady like that is worthy of him.
Wu Yingniang looked north towards Chang'an.
The white clouds and distant mountains seem to have no end in sight.
Chang'an and Xunzhou are more than 3,000 miles apart.
The gulf between her and him is even wider than this.
A gust of wind passed by.
The roof was empty, as if no one had ever appeared there.
…
The days passed one by one.
The weather in Lingnan is cold for just a few days and then it becomes warm again.
Everyone was busy with spring plowing first, and then as the weather got hotter, they were busy with summer harvest.
In order to see the farming and harvesting conditions in various parts of Baiyun County with his own eyes, Pei Lingyun ran around outside every day.
When the summer harvest was over, Baiyun County welcomed its first bumper harvest in three years.
Pei Lingyun finally had a chance to catch his breath.
But before he could rest for two more days, bad news came again.
There have been heavy rains in Xunzhou area for the past two days, the river water has risen sharply, and some dams have collapsed. Some villages have already been affected.
Pei Lingyun immediately arranged for personnel to evacuate nearby villagers, who were temporarily moved to a safe area.
The heavy rain lasted for three days and finally stopped.
Pei Lingyun personally went to the collapsed dam to check the situation and thought about rebuilding the canal.
One day was not enough, so he came for several days in a row.
On the fourth day, when he was about to walk back from the half-collapsed dam, the weather suddenly changed and it started to rain heavily again.
The rain was heavy like a waterfall, and the bean-sized raindrops splashed into the river, making white foam.
"Sir, it's dangerous! Go away!" the bailiff shouted.
Pei Lingyun was instantly drenched, his vision blurred by the pouring rain.
There is a surging river under the dam, and you can fall in if you are not careful.
The ground was very slippery, and Pei Lingyun tried his best to walk steadily.
But no matter how steadily he walked, it was of no use. The embankment here had been in disrepair for a long time, and the section under his feet suddenly collapsed.
Pei Lingyun's body tilted, and in the blink of an eye, he was swept into the foaming river.
"My lord! My lord!"
“Oh no!”
"Master Pei fell into the water!"
There was chaos on the shore.
Those who throw ropes throw ropes, and those who throw driftwood throw driftwood.
Although Pei Lingyun could swim, the water was too turbulent and he couldn't get to the shore at all.
Fortunately, he held onto a tree in the water and managed to stabilize his body.
"Pei Lingyun!"
A hurried shout reached Pei Lingyun's ears through the rain.
A woman's voice, accompanied by the sound of horse hooves.
Pei Lingyun, who was soaking in the water, suspected that he had heard it wrong.
But he still looked in the direction of the sound.
It's raining heavily.
It was raining heavily and the river was flowing rapidly.
A figure jumped down from the shore without hesitation.
The shadow was getting closer and closer, his rain-soaked hair sticking to his face, his eyes burning.
It’s Wu Yingniang.
The water was rushing, but she was not just being washed over by the water. Pei Lingyun could see clearly that she was swimming towards him.
Pei Lingyun was overwhelmed with emotions at this moment, and his hands gripped the bark tightly around the tree trunk.
He always spoke calmly and with the air of a modest gentleman, but at this moment all his emotions rushed to his lips, and he threw all his gentlemanly manners behind his head, and shouted at Wu Yingniang like a madman:
"What are you doing here!"
"Are you trying to kill yourself?! Hurry up and get on!"
Wu Yingniang continued to swim towards this side, and finally hugged Pei Lingyun on the same tree.
Bang!
The tree trunks, which were hit by the water flow, broke and turned into driftwood, floating away along the water flow.
"Pei Lingyun!"
"Ying Niang!"
Pei Lingyun and Wu Yingniang held onto the driftwood in one hand and held each other tightly with the other, but were also washed away by the current.
In the blink of an eye, the two figures disappeared from everyone's sight.
They stumbled and fell in the river, not knowing how long they had been drifting or how far they had been washed away. Finally, they reached an open area where the current slowed down.
Wu Yingniang and Pei Lingyun swam hard towards the shore and finally reached it.
Pei Lingyun climbed ashore, but when he turned around, he saw Wu Yingniang struggling not far from the shore, exhausted and with a pale face.
Not far from the shore, Wu Yingniang's calf was hooked by some debris in the river and she was unable to free herself.
"Yingniang, catch her!" Pei Lingyun didn't care about anything else and directly pulled out his belt and threw it towards Wu Yingniang who was not far away.
Wu Yingniang grabbed the belt.
Pei Lingyun was almost exhausted at this time, but he held the belt tightly with both hands, gritted his teeth and pulled back.
The ground was muddy and slippery, and he almost fell, so he half-knelt to steady himself.
His hands were swollen and white in the water, and bleeding from being strangled by his belt. His face was grinning, looking ugly and embarrassed.
He doesn't look like the noble Young Master Lingyun at all.
He tied his belt to a tree stump on the shore, then walked towards the river, intending to wade into the current again to help Wu Yingniang untie the restraints on her legs.
Wu Yingniang glared at him and shouted angrily, "Don't come down! I can break free myself!"
She couldn't break free for the moment. If Pei Lingyun was washed away by the water again, she wouldn't be able to save him.
Pei Lingyun was still walking towards the water:
"You were the one who jumped into the river to save me."
Wu Yingniang shouted, "I am saving the people of Baiyun County and giving Baiyun County a good official!"
She knew that Pei Lingyun didn't know martial arts, but he knew how to govern and be an official.
Martial arts can often only save one person, but a good official can save many people.
"You are also a commoner! I want to save the people of Baiyun County, and I want to save you too!"
After Pei Lingyun finished speaking, he dived into the water.
It was raining heavily.
The embarrassed young county magistrate fell into the water again, covered in mud.
The heroine floating in the river had red eyes and the raindrops at the corners of her mouth tasted salty.
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