Chapter 128: Xiaohuai is not the son of the prince
Chapter 128: Xiaohuai is not the son of the prince
Jiang Xinyi watched Wen Yuxin walk towards the horse in a daze, and when she turned around, there was an extra bamboo stick in her hand, oh, probably to be sharpened to "insert" the fish, she guessed.
She squatted curiously beside Wen Yuxin, he didn't sharpen the bamboo with a dagger, but took out a silk thread and dropped it on it, as well as a fish hook, and goose feathers. Fainted, it turned out that he was making fishing rods.
"What do you use as bait? How is it red? Jiang Xinyi couldn't see what the red 'colored' bait he hung on the hook was, so she couldn't help but ask.
"It's meat crumbs soaked in honey, and it's just red yeast rice on the outside." Wen Yuxin explained to her gently.
"Oh." Jiang Xinyi answered, and watched honestly as he threw the fishhook into the ice hole.
"It's frozen on it, how do the fish breathe? Won't you be suffocated? Jiang Xinyi asked.
"No, don't you see it's alive." Wen Yuxin replied with a smile.
Jiang Xinyi still wanted to ask, but saw Wen Yuxin raise the corner of her mouth, lift the bamboo pole up, and what she brought out of the ice hole was a fish, which was definitely a crucian carp. There is a pound weight.
The fish bit the hook and struggled, looking very unwilling.
"Wow, there really are fish." Jiang Xinyi screamed excitedly, stretched out her hands to catch the fish, and grabbed + passion Later, Wen Yuxin helped her take the fish off the hook.
"I didn't see the fish floating, how do you know it's biting?" Jiang Xinyi asked with a look of admiration.
"Fishing in winter is different from summer, it depends on feeling." Wen Yuxin looked at her and explained. He really likes to see the cute person in front of him adoring him, and it feels so good.
"I didn't expect you to be a master of fishing, but we didn't bring a bucket, what do we use to hold fish?" Jiang Xinyi grabbed the fish in her hand hard, worried.
Wen Yuxin turned around and broke a small branch, took the fish in Jiang Xinyi's hand and passed it through the gills.
"You're so cruel, it hurts." Jiang Xinyi took the branch he handed over, looked at the fish on it and said to Wen Yuxin.
"Cruel? Then take it and let it go. Wen Yuxin said, deliberately reaching out to take the fish in her hand.
"Don't, I'm wearing it, and I can't live if I let it go." Jiang Xinyi hurriedly hid behind.
Wen Yuxin couldn't help but laugh and continued to hang bait on the hook. He felt that he really wanted ordinary people now, and she had now begun to say to herself that she no longer rejected him.
Just this simple word "we" made Wen Yuxin taste happiness.
"Shall I catch one too?" Jiang Xinyi discussed with him with a smile.
Wen Yuxin didn't make a sound, smiled and took the branch in her hand and put it on the snow behind her. He put the rod beside him, took her hand, grabbed some snow and put it on it, wiped off the scales that remained on it, took out the handkerchief from his bosom, and dried her hands, and then handed the rod to her.
Jiang Xinyi looked at everything he did for himself, what is this, he is so gentle when he gets better, and so graceless when he is nervous.
You must not fall into the trap of his gentleness, you can no longer be led by his nose, you can't be slapped by him, and you will forget your sins after giving a sweet date.
Wen Yuxin also felt the fluctuations in the thoughts of the person in front of him, he knew that she still didn't believe in herself, but he was not in a hurry, and he had time to make up for it.
He taught her to throw the fish hook into the ice cave, then stood up and left, and it didn't take much effort to find a tree trunk to put on the edge of the ice cave, and motioned for Jiang Xinyi to sit up.
Hehe, the leg that happened to be squatting was numb, Jiang Xinyi gave him a grateful smile, and continued to look at the line on the fishing rod seriously, why hasn't there been any movement, she is a little anxious.
Jiang Xinyi was about to pull up the fishing line to see what was going on, when she suddenly felt movement on her body, turned her head and saw that it was Wen Yuxin who took off her cloak and draped it on her back, which immediately warmed up a lot, and then he also sat down.
"Hey, why hasn't there been any movement?" Jiang Xinyi muttered to herself in wonder.
"Maybe all the bait has been eaten, right?" Wen Yuxin said, stretched out his hand and picked up the bamboo pole.
Jiang Xinyi just wanted to talk about him, but she couldn't scold, because the hook was now bare, "What kind of fish is this?" is so cunning, secretly "touching" and "touching" to eat all the bait. She muttered facelessly. But isn't it, after fishing for a long time, the bait is gone, and not a single fish has been caught.
Wen Yuxin hung up the bait again and threw it into the ice cave, and Jiang Xinyi reluctantly handed him the fishing rod. If you are stubborn, you probably won't be able to catch it at night.
Jiang Xinyi's embarrassment, Wen Yuxin can see it all. He smiled and took one of her hands and placed it on the fishing rod, next to his own.
Jiang Xinyi hesitated, did not withdraw her hand, and stared at the fishing line intently.
"Pull it, the fish is hooked." Wen Yuxin said softly in her ear.
"No, I don't even think it moves." Jiang Xinyi asked in disbelief.
"Trust me, pull it up and take a look, it's going to be off hook later." Wen Yuxin encouraged her.
Jiang Xinyi nodded, the two of them picked up the fishing rod, and she immediately screamed again; "Wow, there really is a fish, alas, bigger than just now?"
Wen Yuxin looked at her like this, happily grabbed the fish, and learned to remove the fish hook like herself, but the strength of the fish was quite strong, she almost didn't catch it, and then she broke the hook very roughly, picked up the branch, aimed at the gills and wore it, without blinking her eyes.
"Xinyi, aren't you afraid it hurts?" Wen Yuxin teased her.
Jiang Xinyi then remembered what she had just said about his cruelty, and gave him a white look and said; "I'm the one I caught."
"We fished together." Wen Yuxin emphasized.
"Who's with you, let's do it." Jiang Xinyi pursed her lips and said, forgetting the word "we" that I don't know who said it first.
Wen Yuxin didn't bother with her and said, "Well, you caught it." ”
"That's pretty much it." Jiang Xinyi was very satisfied, and moved the fishing rod to his side, and Wen Yuxin took one hand up and held it tightly next to hers.
After a while, two more were caught, Jiang Xinyi carried the four fish on the branches, and began to pout her small mouth and said to herself; "It's all the same fish."
"That's it for winter fishing, crucian carp are more greedy, so it's all they catch, why don't you like it?" Wen Yuxin patiently explained and asked her.
"No, wait until you go back to the barracks next time, people who don't know will definitely think that we bought it, not fishing." Jiang Xinyi immediately remembered the fishing joke.
She sat down on the trunk of a tree and told him that a man had gone fishing, but he didn't catch any of them, for fear that his wife would nag him when he got home.
So he came up with a way to go to the market and buy a few fish to go back. The wife was very happy to see it, and praised him for his ability, but when he was out to clean up the fish, he was seen by the neighbors, and they said; "Yo, buy fish and eat it, the conditions are good."
The man's wife hurriedly explained, "This is not a purchase, it was caught by my family." ”
And the neighbor said; "No, why are all the fish caught, even the same size? One two three...... Seven. ”
Before the wife could answer, the man was unhappy when he heard it inside, so he shouted, "Who said seven, I obviously bought eight, and the boss gave me one." ”
After Jiang Xinyi finished speaking, Wen Yuxin was happy, he hadn't heard her tell jokes or stories alone, she even said it with analogies, and it was really interesting to say it so vividly. He began to be jealous of the soldiers who often listened to her stories!
"How do you know if a fish has been hooked? Teach me. Jiang Xinyi smiled and discussed with him.
Who knew that Wen Yuxin actually shook his head, and then said slowly; "Xinyi doesn't need to learn, when you fish in the winter in the future, your husband will accompany you, and you can just fish together."
"If you don't teach, you won't teach, but why do you say fishing in winter? Isn't it okay to be in spring, summer, and autumn? Jiang Xinyi asked puzzled.
Wen Yuxin heard her ask, her face was a little ugly, her hand let go of the fishing rod, and she looked at the ice cave without a sound.
"What's the matter, what did I ask that shouldn't have been asked?" Jiang Xinyi felt very disappointed after speaking, and also dropped the fishing rod and stood up. The warm atmosphere just now disappeared all at once.
"Xinyi, don't go." Wen Yuxin shouted in the back.
After Jiang Xinyi heard his sad voice, she couldn't lift her steps. Stand where you are, and don't turn back, and don't move forward.
"I'm afraid of water, I'm very afraid, when I was very young, I was thrown into the lake and almost didn't die, but fortunately I was desperately rescued by a little eunuch. The girl she fell in love with when she grew up also died in the water. So, I'm scared, and I will only have the courage to stand on the ice in the winter. Wen Yuxin said bitterly.
Afraid of water? A big man, the dignified Yu Wangye, the general who commands the three armies, is actually afraid of water! Jiang Xinyi was shocked, especially the reason he said.
Jiang Xinyi didn't mean to laugh at him, she couldn't laugh, a person with such a special status and so faceless on weekdays would confide in her the secret buried in her heart, and the secret was still gray.
She knew how much courage it would take for him to say this to herself, which was equivalent to tearing open the scarred wound again and exposing it to others!
No, he said that he was afraid of water, but Jiang Xinyi suddenly remembered that once he was flattered by him. The scene at the time of "medicine". I remember jumping into the lotus pond at that time, but he jumped in and hugged him, could he? Jiang Xinyi didn't dare to think about it anymore, she would rather believe that he was a dead pervert.
Jiang Xinyi hesitated, what should she do now, whether to leave him and go back to the barracks alone. She took a few steps forward slowly, and there was no sound behind her.
couldn't help but look back, and saw Wen Yuxin sitting on the trunk of the tree, holding his head with both hands, looking very painful.
Alas, it's too unrighteous to leave like this, she really can't do it. So, Jiang Xinyi turned around and sat beside him again, stretched out her hand and patted him on the shoulder to show understanding.
"Don't you know how to swim yet?" Jiang Xinyi asked.
Wen Yuxin nodded.
Alas, this sad baby, today is really not the right time, if it were not for the winter, the lake is not frozen, she may impulsively teach him to swim.
"It's not too early, let's go back." Wen Yuxin stood up and said to Jiang Xinyi, but her eyes looked in the other direction.
"Okay." Jiang Xinyi hurriedly agreed, she was also depressed how to relieve him, of course she knew who the girl who died in the water was.
Picking up the string of fish on the ground, Jiang Xinyi returned the cloak to him, but Wen Yuxin didn't ask for it, she still put it on her body again, walked to the side of the horse, and carried her to her horse without waiting for Jiang Xinyi to get on the horse.
"No, my horse is the one." Jiang Xinyi thought that he remembered something sad, and reminded him in a whisper.
However, Wen Yuxin didn't say anything, untied the reins of the two horses, and sat behind Jiang Xinyi.
People are in such a bad mood, just let him be. Jiang Xinyi sat obediently in front of her, feeling that the string of fish in her hand was so heavy.
Wen Yuxin stretched out his hand and took the string of fish, hung it on an iron loop behind the saddle, then pulled the reins of the horse with one hand, and wrapped Jiang Xinyi's waist with the other, and slowly returned.
"Did you get the rod back?" Jiang Xinyi asked without words.
"Hmm." Wen Yuxin responded. He regretted it a little, he told her his secret just now, the "hole" of death, I don't know if it's right or wrong?
"Where's my horse?" Jiang Xinyi turned to look behind him, well, that horse is really well-behaved, and he follows honestly.
"That, I haven't seen Xiaohuai for so long, do you want him." Jiang Xinyi actually wanted to know if the child was born to him and Zi Ling.
"Xiaohuai is not my child." Wen Yuxin hesitated for a moment and decided to tell her the truth, anyway, he had already told her a lot today, and he didn't care about this.
"What, he's not your son?" Jiang Xinyi was shocked again, turned her head sharply and asked, her head hitting Wen Yuxin's chin all of a sudden.
It hurt so much that Jiang Xinyi "touched" her head, and Wen Yuxin also frowned.
"Xiaohuai is A-Niang's grandson, his father is my personal guard, and his mother is also one of my girls. On one of my outings, a group of highly skilled assassins plotted against me, and his father was killed to protect me and his mother.
I felt guilty about the child, and I wanted to make amends to him and let him live a good life. Unexpectedly, it brought disaster to this child, and it was rumored outside that he was my flesh and blood. There is no choice but to send them out of the capital and find a remote village for him to grow up safely. But there are still people looking for him, what happened last time, and I misunderstood you, I wonder if Xinyi have you forgiven me? Wen Yuxin asked her after talking about Xiaohuai.
God, so that's the case, I thought I was my stepmother! Jiang Xinyi knew the reason for that incident, and had a new understanding of Wen Yuxin's person. He is really a person who values love and righteousness, except for being nervous about her.
"Xinyi, did you forgive me for that incident?" Wen Yuxin saw that she was silent and asked.
"To be honest, I didn't forgive you, I haven't been beaten since I was a child, but I misunderstood you, I will hate that whip for the rest of my life." Jiang Xinyi didn't plan to panic.
"I know, I'll double it up to you in the future." Wen Yuxin heard her say that she would hate herself for the rest of her life, but she didn't feel angry, but felt much better, as soon as he clamped the horse's belly between his legs, the horse ran obediently, and returned to the barracks after a while.
However, when they entered the barracks, they found that there was something wrong with the atmosphere inside.