Chapter 15: The Covenant of One Palm
In the evening, a gorgeous big boat moved slowly forward on the Peach Blossom River, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the sparkling surface of the river, which at first glance was a little dazzling.
Zhi Xue endured the sharp pain in her bones, and her face turned pale. She didn't dare to come out of the pain, and kept maintaining the posture of Zama step, her eyes were blurred when she was sweating profusely, and her whole person was shaky. The medicinal properties of this bone-shaping water were too strong, and she wanted to give up because of the pain. In fact, she has also tried to escape in the past few days, but this section of the Peach Blossom River Basin is as wide as the sea and cannot see the edge, she had to stay on the boat in order not to go hungry, and now she has come to this point, and she can only resign herself to fate.
Zhixue still had a trace of consciousness after fainting. A seductive man in a lilac shirt picked her up after she fell.
Ziying looked at the woman in his arms and leaned her head on his shoulder in a daze, her hair exuded a faint fragrance, very good! Zhixue in his arms twisted his neck, and he smelled the unique fragrance of Zhixue, which instantly made him feel very gentle.
Zhi Xue Xu was in unbearable pain, and unconsciously twisted her head again, her hair rubbing against the purple shadow's neck. Seeing that she was about to wake up with half-open eyes, he hurriedly threw her on the wooden bed full of disgust.
A bone-crushing pain came, and Zhixue opened her eyes wide and looked at the person in front of her.
"Childe ......"
Purple Shadow looked at the woman with a bloodless face and no strength. He gently shook the folding fan to cover his mouth and nose, "I thought you were dead!" The tone was full of sarcasm, but his eyes revealed a hint of incredulity.
Seeing that she has been tossed by the bone shaping water for the past few days, she still insists on practicing the basic skills, and she has never shed a single tear, which makes him a little curious.
Zhixue couldn't stand up and barely knelt on the bed. "Xie Gongzi Ende. ”
Ziying put away the folding fan, "If you really can't bear the pain of bone shaping, I can also let you go." Privately, he also listened to some of the slaves chewing their tongues, saying that the new shadow guard always asked where to land, and often went down to the river to swim, as if he was about to escape.
Zhixue stared blankly at his beautiful dark brown eyes, a little disbelieving. She had heard a lot of gossip from the servants on the ship these days. It's all about how the second son of the purple clan is sloppy, how he is unruly, and how corrupt he is. I heard that a while ago, I tortured a servant girl to death by extremely tragic means.
Now his kind appearance makes Zhixue a little frightened, is this person testing himself? If he accidentally says the wrong thing and angers him, he won't throw himself into the peach blossom river again, right?
"Zhixue's life was given by Gongzi, and Zhixue is willing to serve Gongzi loyally. "Such a contrary word is so reasonable, Zhixue also admires herself.
Ziying looked down at the woman in front of her, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised a playful arc. "There is still half a month, if you can take my palm and not die, you will be the shadow guard of my purple shadow. If you are accidentally killed by me, you have nothing to worry about anyway, and throwing it into the Peach Blossom River for the river god is also a little bit of the Purple Clan's heart. ”
Zhixue nodded slightly, "Okay." ”
Seeing that she agreed to be refreshing, Ziying was a little displeased, "Do you know what it means to take my palm?" I'm afraid I will go directly to the west heaven by his palm!
"Yes. Zhixue looked at Ziying, her eyes calm and unwavering. There was no crying and begging for mercy as Purple Shadow imagined, or fainting in fright.
Ziying looked at her pure and determined eyes, and suddenly felt a little overwhelmed. He flicked his sleeves and walked away, and his cold voice came from the wind, "I don't know whether to live or die." ”
When the purple shadow walked away, Zhiyu, who was guarding the door, walked in. He sat next to Zhixue with a bowl of decoction, intending to feed her to drink, but was stopped by Zhixue, "I can do it myself, thank you!" The pain has been for many days, and every time Zhiyu brings a small bowl of green decoction, although the pain is incomparable, the pain-relieving effect is very obvious, otherwise she would not have survived half a month.
"Don't worry, Childe is probably just talking, don't worry. Zhi Yu took the small bowl of Zhixue after drinking the medicine and stuffed her with a candied fruit.
Zhixue took a small bite and savored it. "It's okay, it's just a trick. ”
Hearing that she didn't care so much, Zhiyu immediately became anxious, "Do you know how powerful Gongzi's martial arts are, if I really accept his palm, I will have to recuperate for ten days and half a month, your body is so weak, you will definitely die!"
Seeing his eager face, Zhixue smiled slightly. "This compote is a bit too sweet, I don't like sweets very much. Thank you so much for taking care of me these days, Weaving Rain. ”
Zhi Xue's polite words made Zhi Yu feel embarrassed for a moment, and the expression on his face froze for a while, and he immediately stood up and deliberately kept some distance from her. "You don't have to be so polite, we are both Childe's shadow guards, and we should take care of each other. With that, he turned and was about to walk out the door.
"Weaving rain ......" Zhixue saw that he looked sad and a little uneasy. I heard that he fished himself out of the river. In the past half a month, he quietly took medicine to protect the pain of bone shaping every day, and he took care of food and clothing. It's just that she doesn't know her past and future, and she doesn't know how long she can live. She has accepted the favor of others for no reason, what will she pay back in the future?
Looking at his back, Zhi Xue said, "Don't worry, Gongzi won't want my life, if he wants me to die, he won't agree to save me that day." "Zhixue is sure that Childe will not take her life, this person is so black-bellied, how can he easily give up a chess piece that has put so much thought into it.
Zhiyu didn't turn around, "Well, then you have a good rest." With that, he walked out the door.
Zhixue felt much more relaxed after drinking the medicine, and the pain gradually reduced a lot. It was pitch black outside the window, except for the sound of the waves crashing against the cabin, the whirring of the wind.
Still a little hungry, the Fire Dance Girl said that she couldn't eat anything except clear water and rice soup for the first half of the month after taking Bone Shaping Water. But since she woke up, she had hardly eaten enough, and the uneasiness caused by hunger made her panic. She leaned against the wall and climbed step by step onto the balcony on the top of the boat. Zhixue observed for a few days, there were guards here during the day, but for some reason there was no one at night, so he secretly climbed up and sat for a while. It's quiet and comfortable.
The land she remembers is very vague, and if she hadn't dreamed of herself falling off a cliff from time to time, she would have thought that this world was just an ocean. She took out a fish-shaped jade pendant from her sleeve and looked at it again, and Zhiyu said that it was about her life experience, and told her to put it away. But this jade pendant gave her a very strange feeling.
The gusts of wind blowing in the night of autumn were mixed with a little chill, and the distant peach blossom river was covered with dots of fishing fires, and Zhixue suddenly sighed unconsciously. There was a pot of wine and a plate of pastries on the wooden table behind her, and when she saw that there was no one around, she sat down quietly, ate some snacks to cushion her stomach, and drank some wine to warm up.
"You're so laid-back. A sentence with a hint of sarcasm came from behind him. Zhixue turned around and found that there was another person in the pavilion. The moonlight was hazy, and the man didn't know how long he had been sitting in the dark and secretly watching her, and if he didn't make a sound, he wouldn't have noticed that there was anyone else in the pavilion, but the scent on his body was very familiar.