The loud noise of falling into the water just now was definitely because Mu Lianxuan didn't run away. The moment she fell off the cliff, she saw Mu Yichen hit her chest with a palm. Unlike Rong Si, who had a death-for-money system to rely on, falling into the water was not an easy thing for Mu Lianxuan, even if he had superb martial arts to protect his body.
Just thinking about this, Rong Si felt relieved at once, and she didn't care even if she fell into a coma.
When Rong Si regained consciousness, she only heard a loud noise in her ears.
"… Is this the girl who floated over from upstream? She's so pretty, and her clothes are made of good material. Could she be a daughter of a wealthy family? Is she still breathing? Oh, and has the head of the village come? It's not good for these two to lie here like this. What if something happens?"
"Oh, what a sin! This girl is fine, but the boy over there has scratches all over his body, and he is breathing more than he is breathing out. I don't know if Doctor Lan can cure him. It would be unlucky if he died in Da'an Village..."
"That's right. Hey, Aunt Chunhua, do you think these two kids might have eloped and fallen into the water? If some dignitaries come, will they cause trouble for our Da'an Village?"
"If that's the case, we'll have to drive both of them out of the village. But this material would be worth a lot of money if we took it to a pawn shop..."
The women's voices became lower and lower. Rong Si at the back could no longer hear them because her head was too heavy, and she fell into coma again.
When she finally woke up, she found herself lying in a wet quilt. Not only that, there was a faint musty smell coming from her nose. But the good thing was that Rong Si's body was no longer as wet as before, and it was no longer uncomfortable to stick to her body.
She looked around and saw what seemed to be earthen walls. A spider was weaving diligently in the corner. Opposite her were some tattered wooden boxes and two benches. The bed where Rong Si was lying was against the side of the wall. She could even see one or two small black bugs crawling leisurely on one side. The bed beneath her was not cushioned by anything else but slightly damp black and yellow straw.
Seeing this, Rong Si swallowed her saliva and lifted the quilt that was like a rag on her body, only to find that her clothes had been changed from inside to outside. Because of the body of this imperial concubine, the rough cloth rubbed against her body and it was really painful.
Rong Si sighed, got out of bed, and was about to put on her cloth shoes when she saw a curtain on one side being opened. A village woman with dark red cheeks appeared in front of her. When she saw that she was awake, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, "You are awake? Daddy, daddy, the girl is awake, she is awake?"
Then Rong Si saw another dark and strong man walk in. When he saw Rong Si, his dark face immediately turned red, "I... I... go call the village chief..."
Then he turned and ran out.
Immediately afterwards, Rong Si was faced with the gazes of a large group of people. An old doctor with a long beard took her pulse seriously and said that there was nothing serious and she didn't even need to take medicine. She didn't look like a fool.
It was at this time that Rong Si finally found the opportunity to speak. She first expressed her gratitude to the group of people for saving her life, and then asked about Mu Lianxuan's whereabouts. She remembered that when she was half asleep, she heard that he and she had fallen here.
Then Rong Si saw...
Mu·Fool·Lianxuan was playing stone-throwing with a group of snotty-nosed little kids at the entrance of the village and couldn't beat them.
Rong Si twitched her lips, and then heard the villagers behind her talking in unison. She woke up relatively late. Mu Lianxuan woke up yesterday and ate a large bowl of sorghum porridge from Chunzhu's house as soon as he woke up. He ate so much that he didn't even know he was full, and he was making trouble everywhere. Otherwise, he would have become addicted to the game of throwing pebbles and probably would have used up all the things in Chunzhu's house. Even Chunzhu, who originally thought he was good-looking, was so scared that she gave up the idea of marrying him into the family. Who would have thought that this handsome man was actually a complete fool? Not only that, he ate more than the rest of his family, which directly drove him out.
Marry a son-in-law
Rong Si immediately caught the two most crucial words, then turned to look at the couple who had taken care of her, and the other dark and strong boy who stood beside them and glanced at her from time to time, then blushed.
Could it be that her family is planning to take good care of her and then find her a wife
Seeing this, Rong Si's heart moved, and then she walked forward with red eyes and pulled up Mu Lianxuan who was having fun. When the other party saw that someone had disturbed his mood to play and was about to reach out to brush away Rong Si's arm, he looked up and saw Rong Si's weak appearance, with a pale face and wanting to cry. He was stunned and stared at Rong Si for a long time.
Then he felt Rong Si's left hand stretched out and interlaced her fingers with his without any hesitation, and her right hand was raised directly, using her sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and then tears fell instantly.
“No... don’t cry..." When Mu Lianxuan saw this very beautiful young lady’s tears falling, he was so anxious that he wanted to wipe them with his sleeves.
Rong Si placed his hand on her face, bursting into laughter, then turned to look at the villagers who were looking at them eagerly, and said softly, "My husband and I were originally merchants trading silk at the foot of the capital, but on our way back to the capital, we were robbed by bandits who not only robbed us of all our belongings, but also forced us to jump into the river. Now that we have survived the disaster, my husband has become such a fool..."
At this point, Rong Si's tears flowed even more fiercely, "... So I must hurry and take my husband back to Shangjing as soon as possible to cure his mental illness. Besides, there is an old mother at home who is looking forward to our early return home..."
Having said that, Rong Si could not say any more. A group of villagers heard what Rong Si said and burst into tears. It must be said that ancient people were more simple and kind. When they saw Rong Si crying like this, they did not doubt her at all. Several old ladies wiped their tears and comforted her. The family who had taken care of Rong Si before also felt guilty and blamed themselves, and did not mention a word about asking Rong Si to stay and be a daughter-in-law.
Mu Lianxuan looked at the beautiful Rong Si crying in confusion, and wanted to wipe her tears out of heartache.
The reason why Rong Si didn't reveal their real identities was just to prevent these villagers from worrying. After all, the clothes on her and Mu Lianxuan were 100% pawned by these people. If she revealed their identities as imperial concubines and princes, Rong Si was afraid that they would do irrational things because of excessive awe and fear. As for the identities of husband and wife, Rong Si mainly wanted to discourage the family who wanted to keep her as a daughter-in-law. She made up such a tragic story mainly to make some money, as it would be difficult to move forward without money.
Sure enough, after she cried for a while, the group of villagers said they were willing to sponsor her to go to the capital, and even gave her a lot of dry food when she left.
Rong Si held Mu Lianxuan's hand tightly, saying that she would never forget his great kindness, and then she walked away crying and holding Mu Lianxuan's hand.
As soon as they left Da'an Village, Rong Si's tears stopped instantly. She looked at Mu Lianxuan, who was frowning with heartache beside her, and immediately threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"Lian Xuan, do you still remember me? I am Rong Si, I am Rong Si, what happened to you? Why did this happen?"
"Rong Si..."
"Yes, Rong Si, I am Rong Si." Rong Si said in surprise.
"Rong Si, Rong Si, Rong Si..."
Then she watched Mu Lianxuan clapping his hands, jumping and shouting, looking extremely excited.
Rong Si stared at him blankly, tears falling again...
Then she quickly wiped away her tears, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, I will take you back to the capital, and when we return to the capital, the imperial doctors will definitely cure your illness, it's okay, Lian Xuan, it's okay, it's okay..."
You bitch, tell me, is this retribution
In front of Rong Si, she firmly believed that Mu Lianxuan would be fine, but in her heart she was already secretly happy. Then she secretly decided to pretend that she didn't know the way, and wandered around outside to make this man stupid for a while. She would pretend to be clumsy and torment him for a while, hahahaha.
God has eyes!
Then Rong Si held Mu Lianxuan's hand and set off. However, seeing him like this, although he looked silly, he seemed to really like her very much. He believed whatever Rong Si said and was willing to do whatever Rong Si asked him to do.
Later, it was when Rong Si heard him talk about the beautiful young lady that she realized that the now foolish Mu Lianxuan was actually a person obsessed with looks, and the main reason he followed Rong Si was because of her face.
Since they had decided to set off, Rong Si quickly tied all her hair up on top of her head and stuck it in place with a wooden stick. The gray clothes on her body made it impossible to tell whether she was a man or a woman. Rong Si had no intention of changing her clothes, and she covered her face with a large patch of black gray. She also covered Mu Lianxuan's face with black gray. The two of them had two sources of trouble, and they couldn't go on the road so openly.
After finishing all this, Rong Si turned to look at Mu Lianxuan, and saw him smiling at her foolishly with his two rows of big white teeth.
Rong Si smiled back, and suddenly something moved in her heart. She looked at him again, her face suddenly flushed, and she held Mu Lianxuan's hand again, "From now on, from now on, we will be on the road as husband and wife. I... I... I am your wife..."
"Madam, madam, madam..."
Mu Lianxuan repeated happily.
Hearing Mu Lianxuan say this, Rong Si's face couldn't help but turn redder, the joy in her eyes was even overflowing, and she held Mu Lianxuan's hand tightly, "From now on, you will call me like this... We will definitely take you back!"
"Go back!" Mu Lianxuan became even more excited.
But who would have thought that such ambitions could only last for half an hour. The bean-sized raindrops immediately blocked the two's progress. Rong Si, who was caught off guard by the rain, hurriedly pulled Mu Lianxuan and ran forward.
On the way, Mu Lianxuan even stretched out his hand to shield her from the rain, looking extremely anxious.
It was not until they saw a dilapidated temple that they quickly hid inside.
After entering, they found that there were already several people hiding there. They looked like scholars from their attire. When they saw Rong Si and Mu Lianxuan rushing in, even the buns in their hands rolled into the pile of ashes, and they all looked at Rong Si with their mouths wide open.
After all, all the black dust on Rong Si's face had been washed away by the rain, revealing her hibiscus-like little face with several raindrops on it, like a few drops of dew on pink and white petals. They had never seen such a beautiful woman before, not even in the most famous Yunxiang Tower. They couldn't help but stare at her in amazement.
"No, I... I... Lian Xuan... Lian Xuan's wife..."
Before Rong Si noticed the gazes of those people, Mu Lianxuan immediately and angrily blocked the gazes of those students, almost completely blocking Rong Si.
Hearing Mu Lianxuan's words of protection, Rong Si was stunned. She reached out and tugged at the corner of his clothes. Then she saw him turn around with a look of grievance and complained, "They... they looked at my wife..."
The person in front of me had tears in his eyes, as if tears would fall at the next second.
I have to say, this kind of Mu Lianxuan is much more likable than the previous one.
Rong Si's eyes instantly flashed with emotion and joy, "No, they are not looking at me, they are looking at the rain outside..."
As she spoke, Rong Si winked at the students inside. They immediately came to their senses and said impatiently, "Yes, yes, I was looking at the rain outside, not at the girl."
"It's not girl, it's wife." Mu Lianxuan corrected seriously.
The students were stunned by what she said, but then they all laughed it off. They watched the two of them come in and made room for them. They watched Rong Si take off her bag and take out the steamed buns that had been soaked by the rain. She broke them open, ate a bite herself and fed the fool a bite.
They wanted to strike up a conversation, but they never found a chance. The young lady didn't seem to want to talk to them any more. This made the scholars extremely anxious, but they could only observe etiquette and continue to eat their bland dry food.
Immediately, one of them took a look at the wet steamed bun in Rong Si's hand, and was about to ask Rong Si if she wanted some of their dry steamed buns, when a group of people suddenly ran in from outside the house shouting and yelling. Rong Si immediately rubbed her hand on the ground, wiped her face behind Mu Lianxuan, and then continued to reduce her presence and hid in a small corner with Mu Lianxuan.
At this time, the group of people outside who were shouting and yelling finally rushed in. They didn't look like the farmers in the village. They were particularly tall and strong. As soon as they came in, they started cursing and using all kinds of dirty words. When they turned around and saw that the two groups were still there, they restrained themselves a little.
But they did unceremoniously occupy the center of the fire that the group of scholars had started earlier. Those scholars did not dare to say much, and seeing the fierce momentum of this group of people, they obediently gave way.
Then he watched them take out the cooked meat that had been prepared earlier from their bags, mix it with steamed buns and start eating it in big mouthfuls. Soon the temple became noisy.
Mu Lianxuan swallowed several times when he smelled the fragrance, but because Rong Si kept pulling him, he just watched.
Such a burning gaze was soon noticed by the group of people. They turned around and saw a little fool with a dusty face looking at them eagerly, and they immediately burst into laughter.
"Fool, come here, give it to you!"
As he said this, he threw a piece of cooked meat at hand into Mu Lianxuan's open mouth.
"Yohoo, idiots are great! Come again!"
Then Rong Si watched in silence as Mu Lianxuan happily played the game of "puppy fetching a bone" with others.
The key point is that Mu Lianxuan didn’t eat the food even after he took it, but just held it all in his hands.
When the big man got tired of playing, he immediately held the seven or eight pieces of meat and came to Rong Si, "Meat, meat, my lady, eat it..."
After saying that, he wiped the saliva that was about to remain and turned his head away from her.
Rong Si was stunned. Could it be that he played this game with that person just to get some meat for her to eat
Seeing this, Rong Si gave him a complicated look, and then stuffed the meat directly into his mouth, "I don't want to eat it, you eat it..."
Seeing that Rong Si didn't eat, Mu Lianxuan became a little anxious, "No, you eat, you eat, it's delicious, eat quickly..."
Seeing that he was still anxious, Rong Si had to open her mouth and take a small bite. When he saw Rong Si taking a bite, Mu Lianxuan smiled happily.
Instead, the big men on the other side turned around and looked at them. "So you are a young couple, eh? Hahaha..."
"That's right. Alas, I miss my wife too. I've been in the army for several years. I don't know what my dog looks like now."
"Alas, you are still thinking about these things now. Look how long we have been out here. If something happens, do you think the general will punish us with a military stick?"
When they heard the word "military stick", several men shuddered at the same time, and looked at the sound of rain outside with worried brows.
Hearing the word "general", Rong Si's heart was moved, but she didn't say anything. She just watched Mu Lianxuan happily eating the slices of meat he had brought.
By the time it was almost evening, the rain had subsided and the men immediately rushed into the drizzle. The temple became deserted again, with only the scholars, Rong Si, and Mu Lianxuan left.
only…
Rong Si glanced vaguely at the blue-clothed scholar opposite her who had glanced at her countless times, and her heart sank. It couldn't be what she thought.
If that were true, with Mu Lianxuan like this and her useless body now, I'm afraid...
Just when Rong Si was about to call Mu Lianxuan, who had just finished eating the meat slices, to get up and follow her out while the rain was getting lighter, the drizzle suddenly began to get heavier. Not only that, it was already dark, and except for the fire in the temple which was still lit, the temple was dark and a little scary.
Rong Si was really scared to go out in such weather. She glanced at the blue-clothed scholar opposite her, squeezed the wooden hairpin in her hand, snuggled into the arms of Mu Lianxuan who was already a little drowsy, and began to close her eyes to rest.
The scholars talked for a while under the flickering light of the fire, then one by one took out their clothes, covered themselves with them, and went to sleep.
The heavy rain gradually stopped, and gradually there was only silence between heaven and earth, with only the occasional crackling sound from the fire. Snoring had already begun on the opposite side.
Rong Si, however, kept holding the wooden hairpin and closed her eyes, showing no intention of falling asleep.
When she was almost drowsy, as she expected, there was a rustling sound from the opposite side.
Rong Si immediately came to her senses and clenched the wooden hairpin in her hand again.
Then, footsteps gradually came, and the man's low breathing seemed to ring in her ears.
Rong Si held her breath, and then she felt a shadow appear above her head. The breathing sound became more and more obvious, and the shadow slowly stretched out its trembling hand...
When she was about to touch Rong Si's clothes, her eyes opened without warning, without any expression or trace of sleepiness in them.
"What can I do for you, sir?"
he heard her ask quietly.
The scholar was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.
Then, a wave of extreme shame and anger instantly surged into the mind of the blue-clothed scholar. He immediately stood up and said, "It's a long night, and I can't sleep. I think you two must be beggars. I have a penny here. I'll give it to you. How about you accompany me to do something pleasant?"
As he spoke, the man's expression suddenly became vulgar and slippery.
Then, regardless of the consequences, he took out a silver coin from his pocket and threw it in front of Rong Si, and stretched his hand towards Rong Si's chest, as if he had taken a great advantage.
Rong Si narrowed her eyes, looked at the big hand that was about to touch her chest, and stepped back, "I don't want money, and I don't want to do anything pleasurable. You are a scholar who reads the books of sages, so please respect yourself."
"Since you are following a fool anyway, why not follow me? Wenxiu, Qingshan, I know you two are still awake. You two usually play even crazier than me in Yunxiang Tower. I don't believe you won't be tempted by such a beauty. This time we failed the top prize and spent all our money. We are so sad and angry. Why don't we find this young lady to have some fun and vent our anger? It's not like we won't pay you, right?"
Hearing this, the two people on the opposite side also started to move.
"Hey, little lady, don't resist. I will make you horny to death!"
But just as he stretched out his hand, Rong Si quickly took out a wooden hairpin and stabbed it deeply into the back of his hand. A scream suddenly rang out. Rong Si pulled Mu Lianxuan up and prepared to run out, but she couldn't pull him up. Mu Lianxuan was still asleep. She reached out to touch his cheek, which was terribly hot. Was he having a fever
Why choose this time
Just when Rong Si was about to abandon this evil and walk away, the three beasts in human form had already surrounded her.
system!
She called out in her heart.
Send down lightning to kill these three shameless people, and I will give you the gold coins later!
…
The system ignored her, but Mu Lianxuan behind her suddenly opened his eyes, and his slightly red eyes looked straight at Rong Si who was standing in front of him, with a complex look flashing across his eyes.
"Wen Xiu, Qing Shan, hold this little bitch down for me. After the three of us are done playing with her, we will sell her to that brothel and get some money!"
"Where to sell it?"
"This is the lowest-class brothel in Bianzhou. She has to entertain peddlers every day. Her life is worse than death!"
"Yeah?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the blue-clothed scholar who was speaking flew backwards and hit hard against a paint-chipped pillar on the side of the temple. He spat out a mouthful of blood and lost consciousness instantly.
"Silly... Hey you..."
Before he could finish his words, the two of them performed their aerial acrobatics once again!
Then a burning big hand grabbed Rong Si's hand, "Let's go!"
Mu Lianxuan!
But before he walked out of the ruined temple, Mu Lianxuan's legs suddenly went weak and he fell to the ground. He looked at Rong Si's increasingly blurry face with drowsy eyes, but his hands were tightly holding hers and refused to let go.
Rong Si, Rong Si...
Why, why was she unwilling to abandon him, and even wanted to take him to the capital to treat his dementia? Why, why didn't she abandon him directly like his father and mother did? Why? Even after he became demented, she was still willing to take care of him, and even willing to become his wife, and was unwilling to abandon him even when faced with such a thing? What on earth was she thinking
, so, like him
Rong Si!