Chapter 23 Beautiful Scenery
On both sides of the mountain road, small yellow and white wild chrysanthemums are in full bloom.
When Wen Wan asked this question, she was too embarrassed to look at his face.
Shen Yu's eyes fell on her profile. Under her curled eyelashes, her eyes were like gemstones gleaming with light, clear and bright.
He hesitated for a moment and said calmly, "Don't be so self-indulgent. I still need you to find the ancient tomb. I'm just worried that you'll take the opportunity to escape."
When Wen Wan heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then puffed up her cheeks in anger.
"I knew you weren't that kind!"
Shen Yu sneered and strode ahead.
With his back to Wen Wan, the smile on Shen Yu's face gradually faded.
Gao Ling was right. He couldn't pay too much attention to a concubine of a merchant.
*
I don’t know how Shen Yu contacted his people.
In short, as soon as it got dark, a dozen craftsmen came to him.
Wen Wan looked at these craftsmen carefully and found that they were all strong young men. They did not look like real craftsmen, but more like well-trained soldiers.
Shen Yu gathered everyone together and gave them some instructions. Wen Wan was far away and didn't hear anything.
"You're such a black-hearted person! You're even on guard against me."
Wen Wan sat under a big tree, picked up a branch and drew circles, "I curse you to eat grilled fish without salt, to have no umbrella on rainy days, and to have no bowl for eating..."
When Shen Yu came back, he heard her mumbling.
"What are you talking about?"
Wen Wan threw away the branch and put on a flattering smile, "Nothing, just counting ants."
Shen Yu looked at her feet suspiciously, and there really was a bunch of ants passing by.
He glanced at her with disdain, "Silly."
Wen Wan stood up and shouted, "Who cares?"
"Heh," Shen Yu chuckled, "You have quite a bad temper."
When Gao Ling arrived on horseback, Wen Wan and Shen Yu were having a fight.
Wen Wan was short, and when Shen Yu pulled her hair, she jumped up and counterattacked. The fight looked quite intense, with both sides fighting back and forth.
Gao Ling was suddenly shocked.
"What a change of character overnight! This childish, boring, childish thing, a general commanding a large army actually enjoys doing it?"
Gao Ling frowned, dismounted and walked towards the two of them.
Shen Yu: "Did you bring the things?"
Gao Ling nodded, took something from the horse's back and threw it over.
Shen Yu caught it quickly and stuffed it into Wen Wan's arms.
"Go behind the tree and change into it."
It was a small package. Wen Wan felt it was heavy in her hand. When she opened it, she saw that it was indeed a gold-wire soft armor.
This is good stuff.
Wen Wan raised her eyes and asked, "Are you sure you want me to wear it?"
"Nonsense." Shen Yumu said with a serious expression: "We are still waiting for you to lead us brothers to find tombs and make a fortune. Of course, you can't make any mistakes."
Hearing this, Wen Wan laughed dryly twice, didn't bother to be polite with him, and turned to go behind the tree.
Gao Ling pulled Shen Yu aside and asked, "You asked me to make this special trip just to give her this?"
Without waiting for Shen Yu to answer, he continued to speak out.
"Golden Silk Soft Armor, we only have this one, and it's worth a fortune. It's only natural for you to use it, but isn't it a bit too much to give it to her?"
Shen Yu's expression didn't change, but his voice became much colder. "It's just a piece of soft gold armor. Even if it's worth a million dollars, can it compare to what we're looking for?"
Gao Ling was speechless after hearing his question, but her face was still full of worry.
"I'm afraid you'll get carried away by your emotions."
Shen Yu: "Don't worry, I know my limits."
Gao Ling frowned and hesitated for a moment, but didn't say anything more at this juncture.
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Wen Wan didn't expect that she would come to the temple of the Goddess of Fertility three times in two days.
None of the pilgrims who came to burn incense were as sincere as her.
The master heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Shen Yu had indeed kept his promise and returned.
He returned the jade pendant with both hands, gave some more instructions, and then went to rest yawning.
Shen Yu directed the "craftsmen" to put up a temporary curtain to cover the entire area around the collapsed side hall.
They had a clear division of labor, some kept watch, while others picked up shovels and started digging.
Wen Wan borrowed a small stool from the young master, sat next to a craftsman holding a lantern, and watched them digging the soil by candlelight.
She took out a small paper bag from her bosom and opened it to reveal a pile of melon seeds and peanuts.
"Little brother, would you like some melon seeds?"
Wenwan asked the "craftsman" holding the lantern politely.
The tall young "craftsman" twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at her in surprise, as if he had never seen anyone in the mood to eat snacks in such a situation.
"No, thank you." The young man politely declined.
Wen Wan didn't force it. They were working and she could understand.
Digging is physical work after all. The young men began to sweat after working for a while, and their clothes were soon soaked with sweat.
They are all strong young men in their twenties, with better figures than college students from sports schools. When they work, they exude youthful hormones from their whole bodies.
Sure enough, men at work are the most attractive.
Wenwan was eating melon seeds and admiring the beautiful scenery, her expression full of satisfaction and happiness.
When Shen Yu looked up, he saw Wen Wan, who was not sleepy at all in the middle of the night, and was still watching the digging very energetically...
He followed her gaze and saw that one of his subordinates was uncomfortable with the sweat sticking to his body, so he had opened his robe, revealing the faint lines of his muscles.
Shen Yu: “…”
She wasn't just looking at the digging; she was clearly looking at the person digging the soil!
Shen Yu's blood vessels pounded, and he strode over and patted the young man holding the lantern on the shoulder, "Give me the lantern, you go over and help."
"Yes." After handing over the lantern, the young man bent down to pick it up and prepared to leave.
"Wait." Shen Yu stopped him, "Tell everyone to pay attention to their appearance and not to go shirtless like a gangster."
The young man was puzzled. In the past, when they sweated during training on the training ground, they took off their clothes before fighting. The general never said that they looked like gangsters.
Why did you issue such a strange order today?
The young man was confused, but didn't dare to ask more questions. He turned around and went to convey the order.
Wen Wan was watching with great interest. She saw that the young man in the distance had taken off half of his outer robe and was about to show the breathtaking scenery, but the young man who had been holding the lantern walked over and closed his clothes.
The boy holding the lantern pointed in this direction and whispered something.
The young man looked confused, but he resolutely followed the order and tied his belt tightly so that no muscle was exposed.
Wen Wan realized it later and turned around to see Shen Yu standing beside her with a cold face.
"You're depriving me of my happiness, aren't you?"
Her resentful accusation.
Shen Yu snorted coldly and scolded in a deep voice.
"Women should be reserved. Hasn't anyone taught you that staring at a man is something only sluts do? A person should have a sense of shame. Don't you understand this principle?"
Slut?
He actually used this word to scold her?
Wen Wan was really furious. She threw the melon seeds in her hand and rushed towards Shen Yu.
"I'm an orphan who was sold as a merchant's concubine. No one taught me any sense of shame. So what?"
"You said I had no shame, but I just had to watch it till I was satisfied!"
"You won't let me look at others, okay, okay, I'll strip you today and let me look at you, okay?"
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