Chapter 17: Shackles
Qin Mufeng's eyes were confused when he looked at her for a moment, and his brain barely regained a trace of clarity.
After seeing what he had done, his heart could be described as thunderous.
"I'm sorry."
As he spoke, he let go of the warm fragrant nephrite in his arms with some regret.
Yun Xi didn't say anything, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
To be honest, she didn't expect the other party to come back to her senses so quickly, and the fright just now made her recognize the situation of the disparity in strength between the enemy and us.
She gave up jumping on the verge of death, and took out the needle bag without waiting for him to speak.
"Ahem, that...... You sit down. ”
Qin Mufeng endured the hard work, just for a moment, he even had the idea that he didn't want to endure it.
He didn't know if it was something in his veins that affected his feelings, and at that moment, he felt the same urge in her as he did that night.
If not delusional......
Qin Mufeng didn't have time to think about it, and one by one the golden tail and silver needles pierced into his flesh.
Over time, the boiling blood begins to cool down.
Qin Mufeng's sanity quickly returned, and his eyes gradually returned to their original clarity.
Yun Xi's dead heart began to rekindle again, and he was about to move. It's a rare opportunity, and it's a waste not to get some money.
"Qin Mufeng, how can I say that I saved your life this time, it shouldn't be too much to ask for some benefits, right?"
"Help me? You're saving yourself at best. ”
The other party didn't buy it, Yun Xi didn't act too surprised, and he didn't rush to break his head, but followed his words with a sly face: "You're right, I really saved myself." ”
Qin Mufeng was surprised that she would compromise so easily, and heard her say again: "But you can't deny it, you are also one of the beneficiaries, aren't you?" If you're worried about me, you're wrong. ”
"The ancients said that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. Although I am not a gentleman, I have a bottom line. ”
When she said this, she completely forgot about the "robbery" before.
Qin Mufeng seemed to be accustomed to his brazenness, and wanted to see with great interest how shameless things she could say.
Yun Xi saw that he was silent and didn't care, and continued to say to himself: "Lend me a hundred taels of gold, and I can write you an IOU." ”
Borrowing money again? I borrowed it last time and I haven't paid it back, so I am ashamed to borrow it again?
Yun Xi saw that he was reluctant to express his position, and his heart became more and more bottomless.
"I'm curious, a country girl with little knowledge, who gave you the confidence, a mouth is to borrow a hundred taels of gold!"
Although Qin Mufeng asked so, she had already labeled her in her heart as wanting to repay the debt, all because she was taking the opportunity to take revenge on him for the bargain.
"I have an urgent need, and besides, you have also learned my medical skills, as long as you give me time, it will definitely not be a problem to repay the money."
Yun Xi was in a hurry, and it was inevitable that he would lose the upper hand in terms of momentum.
"It's okay to borrow you, just forget the IOU,"
She was happy in her heart, with this hundred taels of gold, Bai Jingchen's problem could be solved as soon as possible, which couldn't help but make her breathe a sigh of relief.
Before the words of gratitude could be spoken, Qin Mufeng leisurely completed the second half of the sentence: "Sign a deed of sale." ”
Yun Xi's expression froze instantly, this dog man is crazy, right? It's just a hundred taels of gold, and he wants her to sign a deed of sale?
"Okay! When the time comes, we will repay the money with one hand and sell the deed with the other. ”
Yes, Yun Xi succumbed.
She agreed too quickly, and her expression was too calm, which greatly surprised Qin Mufeng.
Only then did he realize that the loan she had just said was really intended to be repaid.
Qin Mufeng lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the incomprehension in his eyes.
This woman was unlike any woman he knew, and he found that he could never see through her.
Qin Mufeng was really too curious, what did she want to do in a hurry to ask for this hundred taels of gold? So he deliberately found Qin Jiu, who had never shown up, to follow her a little, so that he could know her purpose and movements at any time.
"Are you saying that she ordered a large number of precious and rare medicinal materials from Jishitang?"
Qin Mufeng's frowning brows did not relax a hint, medicinal herbs? Could it be that she did all this to save Liu Qingyang?
If so, it makes sense. But when you think about it, it's a little unreasonable......
"Eldest son, madam, she also went to the ruined temple in Liujia Village." After coming out, the mood seemed to be a little lower.
Qin Jiu was afraid of startling the snake, so he only dared to follow from a distance, not knowing what was happening in the broken temple.
Qin Mufeng listened to Qin Jiu's report, and his mind became more and more confused.
Could it be that the previous investigation of her was not detailed enough? Or is there a deviation somewhere......
"Qin Jiu, you go check her again, don't miss any details."
Yun Xi, who didn't know anything about this, was asking Mrs. Yun for a "dowry".
She looked at the small wooden box in her arms, and her heart settled down a little, and she was thinking about how to ask the question of her life experience and did not rush to open the box.
"This is something left by your mother, you put it away, and the longevity lock inside is something that can prove your identity."
Yun Xi said secretly Sure enough, it seems that she guessed correctly before, swallowed back the question she had just prepared, and quietly waited for the old lady's words.
After Mrs. Yun finished speaking, she closed her eyes directly, without the slightest intention of continuing, Yun Xi was anxious.
"What about the wooden signs? What exactly is my identity? ”
Old Lady Yun opened her eyes and met her expectant eyes and shook her head slightly.
"The wooden sign was given to me by your mother, and she didn't say where it came from or what it was used for."
"You ......"
"You are the widow of General Bai."
After Mrs. Yun told this big secret hidden in her heart, not only did she not feel a little relaxed, but her whole person looked even older.
Yun Xi didn't notice the change in her, her eyes were full of shock, could it be the white general that the original owner knew?
"What you mean by General Bai is ......"
"Which white general can I exchange my daughter-in-law's life for?" Her tone was wistful, her eyes were distracted, as if she was caught in some memory.
The amount of information in her words was too large, so that Yunxi, who was already faintly prepared, stiffened for a long time and did not slow down.
The reason why the current saint was able to ascend the throne smoothly back then was all due to the fact that General Bai Tingshan single-handedly took on the hat of rebellion framed by the former prince for him.
The first emperor was furious and ordered to punish the nine clans of Bai Tingshan, the Bai family went up to the eighty old lady, down to the swaddling child, and even the pregnant woman who was pregnant with Liujia was not spared, and no one in the one hundred and eight families was spared......
Now, the old lady actually told her that the original owner was the widow of General Bai. Or did she use the Yun family's daughter-in-law to steal the day and change it.
Yun Xi felt that with this kind of affection, even if she was not the original owner, it would be impossible to break away from the Yun family in this life.
The shackles of this great kindness are too heavy, so heavy that she can't hide from them and throw them away, and she doesn't want to hide, she can't hide.