She was so busy that her hands, sleeves, and chest were all stained with blood. When she was done, she realized it and jumped up and down in frustration. She pointed at the silver fox man and cursed:
"You... you are such a troublemaker! What should I do? I have to visit my friends, but how can I face them?"
The silver fox man looked straight at Mei Niang, leaning there motionlessly, tightly pursing his lips, and saying nothing.
Someone outside the car asked loudly: "Master, Master, how are you? Do you have any instructions?"
Mei Niang knew that the people outside must have heard her scolding, so she asked her master if he wanted to teach her a lesson. Seeing that the silver fox man looked tired and his face was getting paler, she knew that he had lost too much blood and was a little exhausted.
In fact, he was very afraid that something would happen to him. If anything happened to him, those dozen guards would definitely vent their anger on him. In this wilderness, killing three insignificant people could be as easy as throwing them into a snow pit or killing a few ants with one hand.
Mei Niang glanced back at Lian Sao who was sitting there, not daring to move, say anything or look around. Thinking of her three children and her own Heng Er, she couldn't help but feel sad: This can't be possible, is God so bored? He let her come back to life, and then let her die so easily, and even dragged down innocent people!
She bit her lip, approached the silver fox man, touched his hands, face, and forehead. The situation was not good, and the body temperature was too low. She was anxious, looked into his eyes and said:
"You deliberately didn't let them know that you were so badly injured, didn't you? How can we save you after you lost so much blood? You must hold on, you must not die. If you die, your men will kill me and bury me with you! I still have things to do, I have old people to take care of, I can't die, do you understand? Please don't hurt me!"
The silver fox man blinked, and a smile appeared on his lips: "Wouldn't it be nice to be buried with me? I'll have them reward your family handsomely..."
"How can a million ounces of gold and silver compare to the warm affection of blood and flesh? My mother will never trade me for your reward, and I cherish my life and don't want to die!"
The silver fox man sighed and said, "Don't worry, I won't die. Tell them to run faster. When we get to Guiyun Villa, I will let you go safely!"
Mei Niang quickly opened a corner of the carriage curtain and shouted to the attendants beside Lian Da: "Run faster! Your master is seriously injured and has lost too much blood. If we don't hurry up, we will miss the opportunity!"
When Lian Da's attendant heard this, he was so frightened that he almost fell off the carriage. Xing, who was riding a horse beside him, said hurriedly:
"Could you please let me go up and see my master?"
Just as Mei Niang was about to agree, the cold and calm, yet shocking, voice of the Silver Fox man came from behind her:
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and go!"
Xing gave a signal, and his followers snatched the whip from Lian Da's hand, pushed him down, and shook the reins vigorously, and the small carriage rushed across the snow. Someone else gave Lian Da a horse, and Lian Da hurriedly rode on it and caught up with the carriage with everyone else.
Mei Niang breathed a sigh of relief: "This is better. Walking like we did just now is so slow!"
The silver fox man looked at her, his eyes narrowed slightly, and Mei Niang hurriedly waved her hand in front of his eyes: "Don't sleep!"
The silver fox man smiled once, which was rare for him: "Pull aside the curtain and let me see."
Mei Niang opened the curtains, and the silver fox man took a look and said lazily, "We're only a few miles away!"
Mei Niang asked tentatively: "Will you be saved when you get to Guiyun Villa?"
“I can’t die!”
"Guiyun Villa is your home? Is there a doctor living in your home?"
"You ask too many questions!" said the silver fox man, his voice full of fatigue.
Mei Niang looked at the increasingly obvious bloodstains on the cushions, feeling anxious. As soon as the silver fox man closed his eyes, she rushed to the door, pulled aside the curtain and shouted:
"He fainted, hurry up!"
The small carriage ran to the gate of Guiyun Villa. The horse was so tired that it was breathing out white air and foaming at the mouth. Lian Da, who had raised and used this horse for many years, was heartbroken. While a group of people were helping the Silver Fox man to get off the carriage, he kept stroking the horse's back and head. He wanted to say a few words of comfort, but his voice was choked and he couldn't say anything.
Mei Niang, wearing a cloak, had already gotten off the car and was standing aside. She didn't care how they dealt with the silver fox man, but just looked towards the gate of Guiyun Villa.
A handsome young man in white walked out of the gate quickly. He saw Mei Niang first, paused, looked her up and down, and stayed on her face for about two or three seconds. Then he walked away and leaned over to the Silver Fox Man to check his injuries. Xing had sent someone back on horseback to report that all the medicines for treatment were ready. The young man in white waved his hand, and his followers carried the Silver Fox Man and were about to run inside, but he woke up and turned his head to look around:
"Wait! Qin... where's he?"
Xing hurried over and bowed to invite Mei Niang: "Thanks to Mr. Qin for the journey. Now that we have arrived, please come into the manor and sit for a while and have a cup of hot tea!"
Mei Niang was in a state of confusion, not knowing what to do. Was this Guiyun Villa the place where Zhang Jingyun and Lingxuzi lived? The silver fox man was of noble status, but he had a bad temper. She didn't dare to get close to such a person. Subconsciously, she refused to ask them for information, and would rather wait until they left before asking slowly.
The silver fox man pursed his lips tightly and kept staring at Mei Niang, as if he was afraid that she would not agree to come into the manor and sit for a while. Under the silver fox cloak, blood soaked through his robe and dripped onto the snow. The people around him were horrified, but he didn't care.
Xing swallowed his saliva and invited her again, but Mei Niang refused: "I have something else to do, so I won't bother you anymore. I'll come visit you another day when I'm free!"
After saying that, he bowed to the silver fox man from a distance and said, "Take care, see you later!"
Turning around and walking to the carriage, Lian Da was about to help her get in when the silver fox man shouted, "Wait!"
Mei Niang turned around, and the silver fox man frowned and said, "What do you want? I can give it to you!"
Mei Niang was stunned for a moment, then replied: "I don't want anything, I just want to leave safely!"
The silver fox man smiled bitterly: "Who dares not to keep you safe? What I mean is - your car, your clothes, you should change them!"
Mei Niang waved her hands: "It's okay! My carriage is very sturdy, and the horse is very good... I can change my clothes when I get home... I'm leaving now, bye!"
The longer she stayed, the more she felt something was wrong. This seemed to be a country of men. The air was filled with masculine scents. Several groups of men walked out of the village one after another. They were all dressed in embroidered black robes and looked like tall and strong soldiers. They stood around and watched. Mei Niang couldn't stand their gazes. She almost raised her sleeves to cover her face and tried to climb into the car as if to escape.
The silver fox man started to get mad again, roaring: "You idiots! What are you doing here? Get back!"
While he was yelling, Mei Niang had already climbed into the car and suddenly heard someone calling out, "Master Qin, please wait a moment!"
Mei Niang was sitting on the shaft of the cart. She turned around and saw the handsome young man in white.
The young man in white smiled and raised his hand to bow, and whispered: "Young Master Qin, please go back. Walk slowly on the road, and someone will accompany you!"
Mei Niang looked at him in confusion, wondering why this voice sounded so familiar. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she opened her mouth to shout, but the young man in white shook his head slightly. She understood and hurriedly returned the greeting:
"Thank you for your reminder, sir! Now that I know, I will be more careful when I walk!"
Xing came running over, bowed to Mei Niang, and said anxiously, "Second Master Qin, please, can you please rest for a while at the farm? If you leave in such a hurry, my master will not spare us servants and will not go in to treat the wound. The blood is still flowing. What should I do?"
Mei Niang glanced over and saw the silver fox man asking someone to carry him over. She snorted helplessly. This man looked good, but he had such a temper. It was a good thing he could find a place to reincarnate, otherwise no one would care about him even if he got hurt.
The silver fox man nodded to the young man in white clothes next to him, and said to Mei Niang in his usual arrogant tone:
"My name is Zhao Bao, and I will live in Guiyun Villa until next spring!"
Mei Niang had already found the person she was looking for and received a promise. She was so excited that she didn't even bother to listen to the meaning of the silver fox man's words. She just wanted to leave quickly, so she kindly urged him:
"Okay, okay, this place has beautiful scenery and fresh air, it's a good place! Go in quickly and let them bandage your wounds. It won't be fun if all the blood is drained out!"
The silver fox man bit his lip and said, "You...are called Qin Er?"
"Yes, my last name is Qin, and I'm the second child. So, shouldn't I be called Qin Er?"
Mei Niang looked at him in confusion. The young man in white turned his head and looked away. Xing and several other followers lowered their heads.
"Remember what you said. I'll be waiting for your visit!" The silver fox man glared at her gloomily and patted his follower's shoulder: "Help me in!"
Mei Niang stared at his back in a daze: When did you decide to come to visit
The young man in white accompanied the silver fox man into the manor gate, and Xing waved for someone to come over, wanting to change the carriage and horse for Mei Niang. Lian Da refused firmly as he was reluctant to part with the horse he had raised. Mei Niang thanked Xing and rejected his request to send someone to escort her. The master and his two servants drove the carriage and slowly left Guiyun Villa.
Lian Sao had already cleaned the carriage, tied up the bloodstained cushions and piled them in the corner, and took out clean cushions and blankets from the wooden box under the seats and laid them out. She stroked her chest and said to Mei Niang, "Auntie, it was a close call today. That person, that person seemed to be a very powerful noble. As the saying goes, if you meet a noble person on the road, you will be blessed, but we almost lost our lives!"
Mei Niang comforted her: "There's nothing we can do about it. What can we do if we encounter him? Fortunately, it's over. That person is indeed very important. You see, he has such a violent temper. Who can provoke him? Let's just keep this to ourselves and pretend that we have never met him. Don't tell anyone about it, otherwise, it will be a capital offense!"
Lian's wife responded quickly: "Yes, yes! For the sake of the child, the old man and I will not say a single word!"
Mei Niang nodded and listened to the sound of horse hooves coming from afar. After a while, the sound of horse hooves was close to her. Someone tapped the carriage lightly with a whip. Mei Niang said happily to Lian Sao:
"The real nobleman has arrived, let Brother Lian stop the car!"
Mei Niang got off the car and saw the young man in white wearing a dark purple cloak and getting off his horse.
The two greeted each other again, and Mei Niang looked at him curiously: "Is it really you? Master Zhang Jingyun?"
Zhang Jingyun smiled warmly and said, "It was me. I wore a mask that day in your residence."
“Why wear a mask?”
"Because I don't want to see certain people in Beijing."
"Oh!" Mei Niang was very happy: "You have such a good thing, why didn't you tell me earlier? Give me one too, so that I don't have to draw eyebrows and put on makeup when I go out in the future, it's much more convenient!"
Zhang Jingyun looked at her and smiled: "If you change into men's clothes and put on makeup like this, you can really deceive people, but..."
He paused, looked at Lian Da and Lian Sao who were standing not far away, and said softly: "Do you know who we met today? Zhao Bao, the King of Qi, the younger brother of the current emperor. It's not good to deceive him!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued)