Xie Tingzhou put Ye Zhen down, took her hand, and the two of them left the Marquis's residence using their light-footed skills.
Once outside the city, Xie Tingzhou had prepared horses in advance.
Two horses.
One black and one white.
Under the moonlight, its white fur shone brightly, and Ye Zhen fell in love with it at first sight.
She tried touching the horse's neck, and seeing that it didn't resist, Ye Zhen then touched its face.
"This horse is really beautiful."
Xie Tingzhou laughed, "It's called 'Ring-Horned Horse.' It's a wild horse I caught on the border. It took me a whole month to tame it. Give it a try."
It was also one of the good things he had collected for Ye Zhen.
Why is it called "Holding Rings"?
The name sounded a bit strange, and Ye Zhen felt a surge of curiosity.
Xie Tingzhou's eyes were deep as he mounted his black horse. "Catch up with me, and I'll tell you."
After saying that, the black horse shot off like an arrow.
Ye Zhen became interested and also got into the ring.
Yin Jiuniang stopped there after following them this far.
The brat knew to prepare two horses and didn't take advantage of her by riding together, which shows that his character is not bad.
I felt a little sour inside. Even though I was just watching the sunrise, I had this strange feeling that my hard-earned cabbage had been tricked into running away with a lecherous man.
She leaped up a tall tree and watched the two figures disappear into the moonlight until she could see nothing at all.
Just as she was about to climb down the tree and return to the Marquis's residence, she subconsciously looked towards the east, and her hand unconsciously touched her flat stomach.
After a long while, she seemed to be talking to herself, "Zhen'er is my child, and I have enough for her."
Ye Zhen was unaware of her master's thoughts. She finally caught up with Xie Tingzhou, who slowed down to wait for her.
The horse with the ring is a first-class horse, but the black horse Songzhi has been Xie Tingzhou's warhorse for many years. The horse and the rider have a tacit understanding. Ye Zhen is riding the horse with the ring for the first time, and both the horse and the rider need to adapt, so he is inferior.
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Xie Tingzhou dismounted, walked to Xianhuan's side, and extended his hand to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen jumped off the horse with his help and was led by him up the mountain.
“We’ll walk up to the top of the mountain, and by then it will be almost sunrise.”
He wanted to take a walk with Ye Zhen. Usually, the two of them would meet at Menghua Pavilion or Mo Courtyard, avoiding outsiders.
This was the first time the two had ever walked hand in hand in public.
Xie Tingzhou took each step steadily, thinking that he needed to settle his own affairs as soon as possible so that he could openly hold Ye Zhen's hand in front of others and grow old together.
Ye Zhen had only come out with him to relax, so she naturally wouldn't refuse.
Moreover, after her rebirth, she was mostly busy with revenge, and rarely had such leisure time.
As Xie Tingzhou said, when the two reached the top of the mountain, a golden line appeared on the horizon, and the sun had just peeked out, dyeing the entire mountaintop dark red.
The two stood side by side, watching the dark red sky and earth slowly turn into a radiant gold.
Ye Zhen was shocked by the scene before him and felt an indescribable emotion. Looking at the brand-new sunrise, it was as if his heart was also filled with infinite hope.
Xie Tingzhou also felt that the gloom in his heart had been dispelled by the new sun, and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Ye Zhen watching the sunrise and sunset side by side.
He pulled Ye Zhen to sit down on the rock, his eyes sincere.
"Zhen'er, there's something I need to tell you. If you're angry, hit me, but please give me time to finish what I have to say, okay?"
His serious expression made Ye Zhen feel slightly uneasy. "What is it?"
Ye Zhen thought about many things in an instant: should he talk about his identity, his original engagement, or their future?
Xie Tingzhou held Ye Zhen's hands together in his palms, even more anxious than Ye Zhen herself, as if afraid she would run away at any moment.
"When I met with misfortune in the capital, all my subordinates sacrificed themselves to protect me. Assassins relentlessly pursued me. I had raised some people on the border in my early years, so I fled all the way to the border."
But my injuries were too severe, and I was rescued when I was on the verge of death. During my time with that person, I developed feelings for her.
I thought that if I survived, I would marry her and live the life she wanted.
But another group of assassins came, and I had no time to say goodbye before I was back on the run.
This also put her in danger. I've been searching for her all these years. Just now you asked me why that horse was named "Holding a Ring."
He noticed his hand stiffen in his palm, so he quickly tightened his grip, unconsciously applying some force. But then, feeling that this was restrictive, he relaxed his grip slightly.
He said to Ye Zhen, word by word, "Xianghuan is taken from the grace of being saved, and it means to tie grass to hold a ring."
"Zhen'er, I'm so sorry about what happened back then. I carelessly hid that vegetarian crab roe, which caused you a lot of trouble."
The hand in his palm could not hold him back, and Ye Zhen suddenly stood up.
"Are you that person?"
Xie Tingzhou also stood up, "Yes."
"But I saw him die with my own eyes."
Ye Zhen didn't know how she felt. Just as the sun rose, she had been longing to spend every day with the person beside her.
But in an instant, the other party told him that he was the one who caused him to be hunted down and prevented him from rushing to save his mother and master.
The young girl, innocent and naive, fell in love for the first time, only to be abandoned and betrayed, even though he said he had his reasons.
"The assassin came too suddenly; I only had time to hide the vegetarian crab roe under the thatch."
I planned to lure them away, deal with them, and then come back for you, but I didn't expect her to send so many assassins; I simply couldn't kill them all.
Ye Zhen's reaction was within Xie Tingzhou's expectations, but it still made him uneasy.
Explanations cannot erase the harm caused to Ye Zhen back then, and also smack of sophistry and shirking responsibility.
But if he doesn't explain, there will only be more misunderstandings, and Xie Tingzhou is afraid of losing the girl he loves.
"Ye Zhen, the one who wants my life is my own mother. I still had some hope for her, so I underestimated her determination to kill me."
She thought the assassins were only those who went to the temple, but she didn't expect there to be so many more; she even hired a number of assassins from the martial arts world.
If Xing Ze hadn't arrived with his men, I would indeed be dead. But at that time, most of Xing Ze and his men were just untrained teenagers, no match for those people at all.
To prevent more innocent lives from being implicated, I had no choice but to fake my death to escape the pursuit. Ye Zhen, believe me, I didn't mean to expose you.
He took her hand and said, "I know how much trouble I've caused you. I've been looking for you all these years."
Ye Zhen shook him off, "No, you don't know."
She lightly touched the ground with her toes and used her light-footed skill to quickly leave.
When Ye Zhen ran away, Xie Tingzhou's heart clenched, and his body reacted faster than his mind, quickly following after her.
She rushed all the way and found Qingxu Temple outside the city, the place where she was imprisoned in her previous life.
Xie Tingzhou said he knew how much trouble he had gotten himself into; no, he didn't know.
Because of dealing with those assassination attempts, she delayed finding her master and mother, and she felt guilty about it all the time.
In her previous life, she willingly chose to live as a widow, both to repay her parents for giving her life and to punish herself.
Ultimately, they were outmaneuvered by the Liu family and the Ye family.
She stopped in front of the Taoist temple, gazing at the overgrown courtyard and the abandoned gate.
A bitter smile tugged at the corner of her lips. The place she had stayed in for several years felt so unfamiliar.
Because she was brought in blindfolded, and because she was chained by the neck like a dog, the only place she could move was the small area of the room.
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