This path is really difficult, and no one knows what lies at the end. He could be like the Chu Jiaoping of the original novel, with a path full of flowers, or he could be like the original Xie Jingyuan, whose veins and tendons were shredded and he died shackled.
Chu Xinian’s calm voice rang in Xie Jingyuan’s ears, but it was like a heavy hammer, “I am only loyal to my own heart.”
He is not a person of this era, he has no national hatred, no wolf ambition. He does everything he wants to, not out of loyalty to anyone.
This was a somewhat rebellious statement, for in ancient times there were few truly free people. They were bound by family, troubled by loyalty, trapped by fame and fortune, or imprisoned by hatred. They all had something they could not leave behind.
When Xie Jingyuan heard these words, it was as if something had stabbed his heart, causing him a hidden pain. It was at that moment that he realized Chu Xinian’s peculiarity, and after staring at him for a while, he slowly said, “But your brother is loyal to Prince Jin.
Chu Xinian’s expression did not change, raising his eyebrows, “But the General is also loyal to the Crown Prince.”
One was his biological brother and the other was his marriage partner. Just as Xie Jingyuan may suspect Chu Xinian because of Chu Jiaoping, others may also suspect Chu Xinian because of Xie Jingyuan.
In other words, Chu Xinian was now in a difficult position on both sides.
“…”
Xie Jingyuan finally said slowly after a while, “Chu Xinian, I will trust you once, but if you dare to betray me in the future, not only will I kill you, but I will eliminate everyone in the Maquis Quyang Manor, do you dare?”
Xie Jingyuan’s trust was precious, and the cost was also high. One life was not enough to buy it, and it would take hundreds of lives, plus Chu Xinian’s.
Chu Xinian asked in turn, “Why wouldn’t I dare?”
The two of them stood very close to each other, their breaths mingling, indistinguishable between each other. When Chu Xinian turned his head slightly, he could touch the cold mask on Xie Jingyuan’s face, he smiled like a spring breeze and said in a low voice, “I will meet the General’s expectations.”
In his heart, Chu Xinian thought that Xie Jingyuan should consider himself lucky that he was not a person of Prince Jin. Otherwise, if he had given his trust so easily, following the development of the original story, his fate would still have been destroyed.
Xie Jingyuan did not hear clearly what Chu Xinian was saying. He felt dazed and thought that when the other person said that sentence, he was so close to the mask on his cheek that he transmitted heat through it.
At that moment, there was a light knocking on the outer door, it turned out to be Wan Jimiao’s assistant, who had come to give acupuncture to Xie Jingyuan. In his hand was a tray filled with three bowls of black medicinal concoction.
Xie Jingyuan frowned, “Where is your master?”
The little helper greeted chubbily, “General, Master is old and tired, so he went back to rest first. He instructed me to stay to perform the daily acupunctures on the General.”
It was not difficult to perform acupuncture, there was no need to bother a white-bearded old man to run back and forth.
Xie Jingyuan looked at Chu Xinian, then looked away, stood up, and walked towards the inner room, and the little helper followed after him. As he walked towards the shadow, there seemed to be a shining powder on Xie Jingyuan’s sleeve, but it was barely visible.
Seeing this, Chu Xinian stopped, stood up, opened the curtain to follow him, and said with a smile, “General.”
Xie Jingyuan was undressing, and when he heard the frivolous voice, he quickly got dressed again, “What are you doing here?”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Jte Wlcljc kjixfv yftlcv tlw, ibkfgfv tlr nblmf, jcv rjlv wjaafg-bo-ojmais, “Rjaegjiis, P’w ublcu ab ecvgfrr atf Xfcfgji.”
Wlf Alcusejc’r ybvs rtevvfgfv ja tlr kbgvr, yea yfobgf tf mbeiv wjxf j rbecv ab rabq tlw, tf rjk atja Jte Wlcljc’r tjcvr tjv jigfjvs qjrrfv tlr kjlra, jcv klat j delmx aklra bo tlr olcufgalqr, tf ecalfv tlr yfia. Ktf beafg gbyf ibra lar tbiv jcv lwwfvljafis ofii ogbw tlr rtbeivfgr, gfnfjilcu j ifjc, raegvs ybvs.
Xie Jingyuan did not know why, but his heart fluttered, and he unconsciously squeezed Chu Xinian’s hand.
Chu Xinian laughed softly, “General, don’t worry, I’m not like Dengtu Zi“.
As he spoke, he couldn’t help but look down for a moment. Xie Jingyuan was coughing up blood due to poisoning and his face was always pale. The body was wheat-coloured, covered with wounds and scars, with slender proportions and a strong, slim waist, very much in keeping with the aesthetics of later generations.
Good body.
Chu Xinian did not know from whom he had heard a vulgar and obscene saying before, that people with this kind of figure were undoubtedly excellent in bed.
However, he was not interested in this kind of thing, and the memory came out of nowhere, which even made him feel strange.
Chu Xinian had a little trouble removing his clothes from Xie Jingyuan’s tightly clenched hands and somehow felt like he was a hooligan forcing himself on someone. He dusted off his sleeves lightly, and said with a smile, “General, wait for the needles.”
Xie Jingyuan’s body stiffened and avoided looking at him.
Chu Xinian lifted the curtain and stepped out, then lowered his eyes and carefully checked the clothes in his hands, making sure there was nothing left on the sleeves, before nonchalantly setting them down on a chair.
Before he could sit down, however, he heard a cold rebuke from within, followed by a black shadow flying out, rolling twice across the floor before coming to a stop. It was the chubby little helper from earlier.
Seeing this, Chu Xinian’s expression froze, thinking that something had happened, and he unconsciously ran into the inner room to check. However, he saw Xie Jingyuan’s gloomy face pulling out a needle from his shoulder and throwing it down violently.
He was a martial arts practitioner, how could he allow an unknown doctor to give him acupuncture? Before he had time to adapt, his body had already reacted first and hit the person.
In short, it was a conditioned reflex.
Xie Jingyuan’s gaze was grim as he looked at the attendant and coldly said, “Get out!”
Both the master and the servant were no good. One hit a child and the other hit a woman.
The little attendant gaped and sat on the ground for a few seconds, then reacted with a yell and cried, “Master wuuwuu… someone is bullying me, wuuwuu…”
Tears were falling like beans and he kicked like a child with a tantrum.
Chu Xinian watched with great interest, thinking that this was a true warrior, daring to cry and throw tantrums in front of Xie Jingyuan. He ignored Xie Jingyuan’s ugly expression, took a melon from the fruit plate, bent down in front of the boy, and said, “For you. Stop crying and eat this.”
Old times were no better than later generations, this melon was a rarity. Only people of Xie Jingyuan’s level could get it.
Seeing this, the fat attendant stopped crying and clutched the melon in his arms. He struggled to get up from the ground, and said still sobbing, “I want to find master… wuuwuuwuu… You are all bad… You are all bad….. ”
Opening the door a little, the chubby body struggled out, and disappeared in an instant, without even dealing with the prescriptions scattered on the floor.
Seeing this, Chu Xinian picked it up and took a look, only to see that the acupuncture points to be performed were marked. He entered the inner room with folded hands and said with a smile, “The General is childish.”
You can’t even get along with a brat.
Xie Jingyuan closed his eyes, “Have you come to laugh at me?”
Chu Xinian smiled, “Of course, I am worried about the General’s condition. There is no doctor at all, who will perform the acupunctures now?”
Xie Jingyuan curved his lips and smiled faintly, “Aren’t you smart enough? Guess for yourself.”
Chu Xinian thought that even the smartest person needs to deduce unknown facts based on known conditions. Xie Jingyuan didn’t tell him anything, so how could he guess? He slowly sat up and held out his hand to Xie Jingyuan, “Okay, I’ll try.”
Xie Jingyuan looked askance at the hand and did not move.
Chu Xinian smiled, “Stand up and let’s start acupuncture.”
Only then did Xie Jingyuan grab the hand to get up. But this time he was much more relaxed than a moment ago, and the insertion of the needles was not hindered.
While looking at the instructions, Chu Xinian looked for the acupuncture points, remembered something, and said, “General”.
Xie Jinyuan was lying down, raised his head from the pillow, and looked at him out of the corner of his eye, “What do you want?”
Chu Xinian, “This place has been burning incense for many years and is already polluted with poison. Yuheng Pavilion has been unoccupied for a long time, why not move there?”
Yuheng Pavilion didn’t use much incense, and if there were trees around, they were cut down.
Xie Jingyuan listened to the words with narrowed eyes, and asked with a half smile, “Do you want to live in Yuheng Pavilion?”
Chu Xinian, “General, you can move there by yourself. My identity is delicate, I am afraid of arousing suspicion. It is enough if you find me a quiet place.”
He deliberately brought up the matter of being wronged today.
Xie Jingyuan looked away, closed his eyes, and said, “You can move in with me.”
Chu Xinian frowned slightly, “Isn’t that a bad idea?”
Xie Jingyuan frowned, “If I say move in with me, you move in with me!”
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Chu Xinian said no more. He slowly withdrew the needle, smiled at Xie Jingyuan, and said, “It’s getting late. Rest well, General.”
He got up from the bed and returned to his couch, blew out the candle, and the room was suddenly plunged into a misty darkness.
Xie Jinyuan turned around intently, his back dense with residual throbbing pain. He peeked through the curtain into the outer room, trying to discern something, but found nothing.
The night was turbulent, but eventually all was quiet.
The next morning, however, an unexpected visitor arrived at the door of the General’s Mansion. The envoy of the Ministry of Justice, Mei Fengchen, came to pay a visit and handed him a note, saying that a female corpse had been found yesterday in the suburbs of the Capital and that it seemed to be related to Chu Xinian, so he requested his presence.
The Yamen's runners placed the corpse in front of the gate, which attracted countless people early in the morning and instantly surrounded the General’s Mansion.
Mei Fengchen was a man who did not tolerate sand in his eyes and had a reputation for not fearing the powerful. Two years ago he was promoted to Chief Magistrate of the Integrity and Law Inspection Department, being strict and efficient, which brought down the number of spoiled rich kids in the Capital. Who would have thought that today he would be the one to uphold justice and bring down his own family?
Yes, that’s right, he was going to wipe out his own family.
In terms of kinship, Mei Fengchen was the second eldest uncle of Chu Xinian’s third aunt.
Only Mei Fengchen would think of carrying a corpse to someone else’s gate. When Xie Jingyuan heard the news, he sneered and ordered his archers to take up position on the wall, while he went to the main gate to “welcome” him.
Xie Jingyuan still looked like he was dying of an illness. His eyes looked at Mei Fengchen with a sneer and a sarcastic look, he coughed twice and said in a brash manner, “Lord Mei is indeed an unusual guest, delivering an invitation early in the morning.”
Mei Fengchen’s face was serious, “Excuse me, General, I’m following orders. Yesterday someone found a female corpse in the suburbs of the Capital, and it was confirmed that she is the chief courtesan of Wen Xiang House…”
Chu Xinian was walking behind Xie Jingyuan, and he frowned as he heard those words, and a sinister premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
Indeed, Mei Fengchen looked at Chu Xinian for a moment before continuing, “The mistress of Wen Xiang House said that Jiu Niang had eloped with a rich young master who had run away from his marriage a few days ago and that he had not heard from her since.”
Although he did not name names, even a fool could tell he was talking about Chu Xinian.
Xie Jingyuan looked down and recalled the recent rumors about Chu Xinian’s elopement. He turned his head and looked at Chu Xinian, “Didn’t you say you were kidnapped by bandits?”
Chu Xinian nodded calmly, “Yes, I was kidnapped by bandits.”
Xie Jingyuan laughed lightly, “Where are the bandits now?”
Chu Xiniang paused and unconsciously looked at the female corpse in the doorway. However, it was covered in white cloth and he couldn’t see anything. He hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, “Maybe…. is it her?”
“Maybe” was a word full of uncertainty.
The author has something to say:
Chu speechless Xinian: I did not write this plot.
Poor bro just couldn’t catch a break 😂
Honestly 😭
buddy can’t breathe
fr 💀💀
he’s just so confused… should’ve played dumb?
i feel sorry for this author he has to be very careful