Chapter 35 Where to touch?
Xie Tingzhou slept late last night and it was already bright when he woke up.
The sun is shining brightly today, making the snow glow white.
Xie Tingzhou didn't see Shi Yu.
The father-in-law sat under the eaves and teased Dahuang. He threw a bamboo ball out and Dahuang went to fetch the ball back.
As soon as the old man saw Xie Tingzhou, he propped himself up and said with a smile, "There's still hot rice in the pot. I'll go get it for you."
"That's no trouble. We can just eat together at noon." Xie Tingzhou said.
The old man had already turned his back and walked towards the kitchen, mumbling: "Yes, you must eat well when you are young..."
The father-in-law suddenly stopped talking, realizing that he was nagging him as if he were his own child.
Xie Tingzhou seemed more easygoing than yesterday. He was a slow-moving person. "It's okay. Go ahead."
The old man said, "If you don't take care when you are young, you will suffer when you are old and suffer from illness."
Xie Tingzhou nodded. In fact, he had been suffering from illness for many years. The pain had almost become a part of his body, and he had long been accustomed to it.
He looked outside. "Where are the others?"
The father-in-law knew who he was asking about, and said, "You mean Xiaoyu? He left as soon as the day broke, saying he had something to do in town."
"Oh, right," the old man slapped his head, "Look at my memory. He told me to tell you that I must be back before dark."
The sun rises and sets, and as it passes over the mountain, the sky gradually darkens.
Shi Yu hasn't come back yet.
The father-in-law was worried and said he wanted to look for him along the way. He was concerned that Shi Yu had lost his way and was afraid that something might happen to him on the road alone. Xie Tingzhou persuaded him to go to sleep.
The moon was at its zenith. Dahuang pricked up his ears in the firewood pile, listened for a while, and then ran towards the gate of the yard.
Xie Tingzhou heard the sound, he pushed open the door, and saw a thin figure walking towards him in the moonlight. The moon cast a small shadow under his feet.
Dahuang had already run over excitedly, wagging his tail, rubbing against Shiyu's legs and walking parallel to him.
"Why haven't you slept yet?" Shi Yu asked Da Huang, "Are you waiting for me?"
Dahuang wagged his tail excitedly and ran around him in a circle.
A smile appeared on Xie Tingzhou's lips. It seemed that it was just as he said. Not only was he likable to people, but even dogs liked him.
Unlike Xie Tingzhou, Dahuang would always tuck his tail between his legs and dare not move every time he saw him. In some ways, dogs are much more sensitive than humans. He is indeed not a good person.
When Shen Yu reached the gate of the courtyard, she found a person standing under the eaves.
she
Surprised, "Why didn't you sleep?"
"Why is it so late?" Xie Tingzhou asked, returning to the room and lighting the oil lamp.
"I was a little late because I had a lot to do," Chen Yu spread out her bag on the table.
In addition to medicine and herbs, there was also a set of clothes.
Chen Yu said: "The material of this dress is rough, so I can only make do with it for now."
Xie Tingzhou was wearing such an elegant and luxurious outfit that it was too eye-catching. After all, they were in the village and there were many households there, so it was easy to be exposed.
Xie Tingzhou took it and accidentally touched it with his fingertips, which felt cold.
"Where did you get the money?"
Chen Yu was slightly pleased with herself, "I told you I have a way, it wasn't stolen anyway."
Xie Tingzhou glanced at him and said, "My father-in-law left some rice for you in the pot."
Shen Yu was hungry, so she hurried to the kitchen, not forgetting to say, "Wait for me to come back and apply medicine to you."
Upon hearing this, Xie Tingzhou put the medicine he had picked up down again.
When Shen Yu came in after dinner, Xie Tingzhou was still sitting at the table.
She closed the door and walked over to give him medicine for his wounds, first his back and then his arms.
There was no stove in the room, and a gust of wind came in through the crack in the door.
Chen Yu looked at the goose bumps on Xie Tingzhou's arms and said hurriedly, "It will be healed soon."
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and saw his eyelashes move slightly, then he calmly turned his gaze away.
The room was too quiet, so Chen Yu tried to find a topic to talk about. "Do you think I came back so late because I ran away secretly? Or did I defect to the enemy and tip them off?"
In fact, such a thought did flash through Xie Tingzhou's mind just now.
But it's just a habit.
His position meant that he couldn't trust anyone easily, because too many people wanted to kill him, but for Shi Yu...
He pondered for a moment, then looked down at Shi Yu's face. There seemed to be a hint of inexplicable trust, but his body's instinct was rejecting this trust.
Chen Yu didn't hear his answer. While applying the medicine, she explained, "It was already afternoon when I arrived in town. After buying things, I went to get some information, so I came back so late."
"What news?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
Chen Yu said: "Someone who came back from Huaitang County said that the Huaitang County Magistrate is looking for someone now. From what I heard, he should be looking for Your Highness. We can go to the county town tomorrow, and then the Huaitang County Magistrate will send someone to escort us to the capital."
Xie Tingzhou was silent, thinking for a while, and then said: "I can't go."
"Why?" Shen Yu
Just as he finished bandaging the wound, he looked up and asked.
Xie Tingzhou said, "There are at least 300 people who came to silence us this time. Huaitang is not a big city. It is impossible for the county magistrate not to know about such a large number of people passing through the county."
Chen Yu was awakened by him, "So you suspect that Huaitang County Magistrate is the other party's man."
Xie Tingzhou looked down at his arm. It was no longer the rag that had been torn off before. This time it was replaced with gauze and bandaged well.
"Bandits are rampant in Huaitang County. The government has launched several rounds of encirclement and suppression, but they have not yet been completely eradicated. Why?"
He paused and continued, "Every time they encircle and suppress the bandits, they only arrest a few bandits symbolically, which cannot shake the foundation. The bandits and the county government share the spoils, and the county government turns a blind eye. Such people can be pushed as long as there is profit."
Shen Yu nodded, "Then what should we do?"
Xie Tingzhou looked at the moonlight coming in through the window, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Let's set off after two days' rest, and take a detour to Pingtan."
Chen Yu thought for a moment, "If we take a detour from Pingtan County, we will have to travel hundreds of miles. Now we have no means of transportation. Can your body bear it? Your wounds..."
When he was changing the dressing just now, the wound looked scary. I really don’t know how he could endure it.
"It's okay," Xie Tingzhou stood up and said, "Go to sleep."
Xie Tingzhou was already awake, but Chen Yu still remembered that he was the prince of Beilin, so she didn't dare to ask him if he could sleep with her when he was awake.
Xie Tingzhou naturally wouldn't take the initiative to invite her to sleep with him, so Chen Yu lay on the table all night last night.
During the day, Xie Tingzhou talked to his father-in-law for a few words, and his father-in-law found a piece of wood to widen the bed.
Chen Yu understood as soon as she saw the bed, "Will I sleep with you tonight?"
Xie Tingzhou stopped taking off his clothes and said, "If you want to continue sleeping on the table, you can."
Chen Yu was tired after a day's work, so of course she wouldn't be hard on herself, so she quickly went out to wash up.
When she entered the room, Xie Tingzhou was already lying outside the bed.
There was still a large empty space inside, but the problem was that she had to step over Xie Tingzhou to get on the bed.
Chen Yu hesitated for a moment and blew out the oil lamp.
The light suddenly dimmed, and she had not yet adapted to the darkness, so she could only tiptoe towards the bed.
Guessing that she should have reached the bed, she stretched out her hand, trying to climb over Xie Tingzhou and flip over on the bed.
As soon as she made her move, she thought to herself: It's over!
Sure enough, the next moment, Xie Tingzhou snorted and asked in a cold voice: "What are you doing?!"
Then Shen Yu's hand was pulled away by him.
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