Chapter 55 Miaojiang Dreams of the Dead
His fingertips were like butterflies flying through flowers, and the waves they stirred up made her unable to resist. She could only lean softly on his arms that were around her waist.
Yun Si's hands were very beautiful, with distinct knuckles, as if carved from jade.
Jiang Li often felt dazed: Why do such a pair of hands do such bad things?
He placed his palm on her waist, and the warmth of his palm could be felt through the fabric.
Her breathing was ragged, a hazy mixture of shame, anger, and throbbing excitement. The rustling of clothes and the faint sound of voices beyond the curtains only made the air in this small space seem thinner and the temperature even higher.
Yun Si's aura enveloped her, and his eyes, which were always smiling, were now so deep and frightening, as if he wanted to take in every bit of her hesitation.
Jiang Li bit his lower lip silently, but tears flowed uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes.
He sighed softly and kissed away the moisture from the corners of her eyes.
Like a swimming fish, like lighting a fire, like depicting a longing that is unwilling to be acknowledged.
The carriage was still moving, and the bumps occasionally pushed her harder into his arms.
She trembled slightly under his control, like a bird trapped in his palm, her wings trembling, but unable to escape the gentle and irresistible cage.
…
She nestled in the warmth, her eyelids heavy and her mind a bit hazy. She vaguely heard something about a mist, something about an illusion.
She wanted to open her eyes, but her whole body fell into a strong sense of weightlessness...
Everything in front of me is hazy.
She even saw a woman, a woman who had never appeared in her mind before.
No one told her, but she just knew that this person was her mother.
The mother I have never met...
Jiang Li thought that when she saw her mother, she would hug her excitedly and burst into tears. But she just stood there, looking at the figure calmly.
She is very beautiful, and there is a certain similarity between their eyebrows and eyes, with a gentleness and tenacity that Jiang Li does not have.
Jiang Li's eyes were stubborn.
"You..." Jiang Li was about to speak, but the scene in front of him disappeared, leaving only empty darkness.
Her eyes were hot and moist uncontrollably.
The darkness was eroded bit by bit, and the person in front of him turned into Tu Niang.
Tu Niang's tone was filled with resentment: "Bad luck!"
One sentence awakened her sealed memory.
Because she had never heard any abuse since leaving Cangshui Village, she almost forgot the cold stares she had encountered.
The scar on her wrist ached slightly, and her heart skipped a beat.
Jiang Li rarely curses, she is too lazy to waste her breath.
She guessed that she was probably dreaming.
She said to Tu Niang, "I killed Lin Hai too."
As she watched, Tu Niang's expression gradually became ferocious, and finally disappeared...
After falling into darkness again, the scene in front of me no longer changed.
"Ali." The calling voice echoed in her ears.
Extreme tenderness, full of love.
Then, she suddenly felt a warm touch on her face.
That's a caress.
But there is clearly no shadow in front of me...
In an instant, tears welled up in her eyes... and flowed down her cheeks.
When she was young, her impression of the role of mother came from the women in the village. They were energetic and capable of plowing the fields and cooking in the kitchen.
They seem calm, but they are always out of control.
He always acts kind to outsiders, but when it comes to his own children, he either beats or scolds them...
She thought that all mothers in the world were like this.
She pretended to fill her empty heart and told herself: I don’t have to be beaten or scolded, and others can’t even envy me.
The lies she told when she was young were exposed.
The bitterness in her heart that had never been filled and that she had tried so hard to hide suddenly burst out.
…
When Jiang Li finally woke up, he was still in the carriage, and Yun Si beside him was reading a letter with his head down.
Before she could completely come out of her trance, a warm hand gently covered her fingertips.
"It's so cold..." He whispered, as if he was confused and concerned.
Perhaps it was because of the dream, Jiang Li felt a little lonely. But the warmth from his palm seeped into her skin inch by inch, quietly melting into a silent warmth.
Yun Si noticed that something was wrong with him and quickly turned to look at Jiang Li: "What did you dream about?"
Jiang Li remained silent.
Yun Si didn't force it, muttering to himself, "Just now the carriage passed through a maze of trees, and now we're in Miao territory."
Jiang Li suddenly woke up and quickly pulled open the curtain to look out the window.
The view outside the window was completely different from that of the Central Plains. Ancient trees towered, vines draped like curtains, and distant mountains shrouded in mist. The air was filled with the scent of damp grass and trees, faintly mingled with the sweet and luscious fragrance of a flower I had never smelled before.
Jiang Li was lost in thought when she suddenly felt her fingertips tighten. Yun Si didn't let go of her hand, but instead closed his fingers, enveloping her entire hand in his palm.
"There's a lot of miasma in Miaojiang. Don't breathe too much in." He had moved closer to her, and his voice rang in her ears. Jiang Li shuddered slightly, but didn't pull her hand away.
At this moment, she finally understood why Yun Si was so certain that she couldn't escape Miaojiang...
The snake that quietly climbed up from the crack of the carriage door startled Jiang Li so much that he trembled suddenly.
Seeing this, Yun Si quickly pulled off a piece of silver jewelry and stabbed it directly into the snake's body with a flick of his finger. At the same time, because he was worried about Jiang Li's fear of snakes, he secretly observed her reaction.
"I forgot, there are many snakes and insects in Miaojiang..." Yun Si sighed, took out a few poisonous insects from his arms, crushed them, put the powder in his purse and handed it to Jiang Li, "Wear it, it can ward off insects and snakes."
Jiang Li reached out to take it and said perfunctorily, "Thank you."
"Why be so formal?" Yun Si retracted his hand and reached towards her waist, "I'll put it on for you."
Jiang Li had long since grown accustomed to such matters. As long as she wasn't asked to serve Yun Si, she would be fine with anything.
After tying it up, Jiang Li glanced at his waist.
Yun Si: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Li: "Ugly."
“…”
It took several more hours to get from the Miao border to the palace.
This was the first time the carriage stopped along the way.
"Who?"
The groom replied, "Yes, Young Master."
A voice came from outside the car, and Jiang Li looked at Yun Si with doubt: "Aren't you the Miaojiang Gu King?"
"Oh... the inheritance ceremony hasn't taken place yet." In front of Jiang Li, Yun Si naturally wanted to show off his high status.
"How old are you?" Jiang Li frowned. After all, she had zero trust in Yun Si. "You're not lying to me, are you?"
"Seventeen!" Yun Si blurted out.
Seeing Jiang Li's eyes, he added: "One month away from seventeen, really!"
Jiang Li smiled, but rolled his eyes inwardly: "You've probably forgotten some of the truths you said. You even told me before that you've never killed anyone!"
Yun Si smiled and said, "Really."
He certainly didn't kill anyone, he usually just tortured them. If someone died from the torture, it wouldn't count as murder, right?
Jiang Li didn't bother to pay attention to him and opened the curtain again.
The carriage suddenly stopped, and Jiang Li fell forward, caught off guard, and was caught by Yun Si. Outside the carriage came the uneasy neighing of horses and the panicked shouting of the driver.
"What's going on?" Yun Si lifted the car curtain.
A man in armor and holding a big sword stood in front of the car.
"Greetings, young master! The Witch King wishes to see you."
It had only been a short while since we entered the Miaojiang Palace. This Master Witch King was truly well-informed...
Yun Si sneered, "Does he deserve it? The Witch King... what the hell is that?"
Then, without caring about anything, he told the groom to continue riding: "Go straight back. I'll take responsibility for whether that blind man in front of me gets hit or trampled to death."
The groom was Yun Si's attendant, and he just replied, "Yes!" He immediately tightened the reins and rushed forward.
Only a fool would seek death. Seeing this, the man quickly dodged. But the Witch King said that he must bring Yun Si back! Looking at the carriage in front of him, he suddenly had an idea.
Then, he picked up the big knife in his hand and smashed it hard at the carriage.
The big knife cut the axle, and the carriage shook.
Jiang Li's arm hit the car wall hard, causing her to cry out in pain. Yun Si hurriedly checked the injury and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that it was nothing serious.
The carriage stopped, but the entire body of the carriage had tilted and could no longer be used.
Yun Si took a deep breath, stood up and walked out of the car.
Although the man's attack was bold, his opening words were extremely cowardly: "Young Master, please meet with my Lord Wizard King."
Yun Si stared at him intently, his lips without any curve, his eyes dark and frightening: "I've been away from Miaojiang for too long, have you forgotten my temper?"
He put his four fingers together and bent them!
The man fell to the ground with a thud, and then began to twitch all over.
"If I stop my car, even if I lend you my life in the next life, it won't be enough."
Yun Si turned around and looked at the damaged carriage.
The attendant said, "This place is not far from the sleeping palace. Why don't I go there first..."
"No need." Yun Si walked straight to the front of the carriage and said to Jiang Li, "The carriage can't move."
After hearing this, Jiang Li in the car stood up and got out.
Yun Si was waiting at the place where she got off the car. When she reached out to lift the curtain, he unexpectedly pulled it, and Jiang Li fell directly into his arms.
She was about to open her mouth to accuse him, but Yun Si reached out and picked her up: "Although the car is broken, the people are not broken."
Yun Si held him tightly and walked steadily, so Jiang Li didn't feel any bumps at all.
The expressions of the people along the way were more exciting than each other...
Shock, fear, confusion, disbelief... so many expressions appeared on the same person.
Yun Si walked for a while and then stopped. Jiang Li saw a room that was exactly the same as before.
She was stunned...
Yun Si continued, "The exterior and interior of this place are the same as the previous house."
"Are all the same?"
Just as Yun Si arrived, the Witch King sent someone over again: Young Master, the Witch King wants to see you.
Yun Si finally managed to talk about a topic that Jiang Li was interested in, but was interrupted again. At this moment, his eyes were sharp...
"Get out." Just a light word, but the man felt a tingling sensation all over his body.
Yun Si refused to even glance at him: "I'll spare your life. Go back and tell Yun Yuan that I'll kill anyone I send. If you want to see me, it depends on my mood."
After hearing this, the man crawled away.
Jiang Li did not take the repeated disturbances to heart, but instead his mind was on the palace.
Yun Si actually knew everything. These blind people were used by Yun Yuan to provoke him!
He turned to look at Jiang Li and immediately put on a smile: "You've been traveling so long, sister, why don't you go back to the house and rest?"
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