RMACAUH Chapter 45
by VolareWei Xiaofeng only felt a headache, probably because he hadn’t rested well. He shook his head blankly, “No, it seems like there was something, but I can’t remember it.”
Feng Yue gently rubbed his temples, “If you can’t remember, then don’t think about it.”
Xiaofeng actually saw the scene of the previous life in his dream!
Did he really dream about it, or did his soul return to that life and experience it again?
Feng Yue couldn’t know. If one day he could completely recall the experience of the previous life, it might be a good thing for them.
Wei Xiaofeng felt better after a while, and his headache gradually subsided. He nervously grabbed Feng Yue’s hand, “How do you feel now?”
“I’m fine.”
“Does the wound hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt.”
“Don’t lie to me. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, you must tell me.”
Wei Xiaofeng thought of the scene yesterday, and his eyes turned red. He was very scared in his heart.
“Do you know that you almost died yesterday?”
“Good people are always blessed by heaven. Aren’t I doing well now?”
“But… being placed in such a dangerous situation yesterday, it was a blessing to be alive.”
It seemed that he was really frightened this time, so Feng Yue could only embrace him and comfort him again and again.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, I will always be fine.”
Although this time he was seriously injured, fortunately, they were all external injuries, without any broken bones. It was just that two new wounds had to be added, and he would have to recuperate for a while.
Wei Xiaofeng had never been so serious as he was now, carefully remembering every word the doctor told him, what medicine to take each day, how much medicine to take, what medicine to apply, and what to avoid. He was afraid he would forget, so he wrote it down on a piece of paper himself.
And he strictly enforced every item.
“A Yue, it’s time for you to take your medicine.” Wei Xiaofeng looked at him with starry eyes and brought the medicine into the carriage.
Feng Yue only felt that his throat still smelled of medicine, “I remember, didn’t I just take it?”
“That was the medicine to replenish blood and nourish qi.”
“Then what is this?”
“This is the medicine to promote wound healing.”
“Isn’t the medicine to promote wound healing applied externally?”
“The ointment also needs to be applied. The doctor said that a two-pronged approach, internal and external application, will help you recover quickly.”
“…” Feng Yue forced a smile, took the medicine, and under Wei Xiaofeng’s eager expectation, he obediently took it.
“Great, this way you will recover soon. I’ll help you change the external wound medicine tonight. Don’t look at military books, lie down and rest!”
“Okay… My dear fu lang is working hard.”
“It’s not hard, it’s not hard. It’s my duty to take care of you.” As he spoke, he considerately helped him tuck the quilt tightly before getting out of the carriage.
As soon as Wei Xiaofeng got out of the carriage, he saw many people gathered not far away, not knowing what they were looking at.
He curiously walked over and saw that the man with the Xuan Tie sword and a head of silver hair was massaging Yuan Gonggong’s shoulders, serving tea and sending snacks, so attentive!
“How did they suddenly become so close?”
Sang Cai leaned forward with a gossipy look, “I heard that this Xuan Tie sword man was defeated by Yuan Gonggong, and then they each reported their family background. Guess what?”
“Guess what?”
“These two martial arts paths actually originated from the same sect. This Xuan Tie sword man is the disciple of Yuan Gonggong’s junior brother. His junior brother left the sect with him and established the Han Ya Fourteen Floor. So he has to call Yuan Gonggong ‘Senior Uncle’. He killed someone and it turned out to be his senior uncle! How could it be such a coincidence? He even ran into an acquaintance?”
“Then, can he ask who bought the assassin to assassinate A Yue?”
Sang Cai shook his head, “I’m afraid not. The Jianghu has its own rules. Yuan Gonggong is not a member of the Han Ya Fourteen Floor. However, according to this sword man, he will never accept assassination orders for Guangling Wang in the future.”
“Then is he still staying here?”
“Well… It is said that his master practiced evil skills and died early. The sword technique was only half passed on. Now he wants to get the rest of the sword manual from Yuan Gonggong. Doesn’t he have to try his best to please Yuan Gonggong?”
“How did such a powerful person enter the palace and become a eunuch?”
“Uh…” Sang Cai also looked curious, “Maybe he is a fake eunuch.”
“He doesn’t grow a beard, he should be a real eunuch.” Wei Xiaofeng said seriously.
“Oh~ That’s right! Eunuchs don’t grow beards.”
Yuan Gonggong’s face darkened. These two little kids were so noisy.
Seeing him glaring over here, Wei Xiaofeng always felt like he had heard something, so he guiltily pulled Sang Cai and turned to leave.
“Gongzi, I’m going to catch some toads nearby, do you want to come with me?” Sang Cai saw that it was finally evening, and the toads were all out at this time.
Wei Xiaofeng felt uncomfortable at the thought of the appearance of toads, and waved his hands repeatedly, “I’m not going!”
“Okay, if you don’t go, I’ll catch two snakes on the way.” Sang Cai hopped towards the nearby mountains and forests.
They had been resting here for four days and planned to set off for Guangling again tomorrow.
This stop and go had delayed many days.
“Wangfei.”
Hearing the voice behind him, Wei Xiaofeng subconsciously turned his head to look, “Guard Mu?”
Mu Yunhua bowed deeply to him, “Before, this subordinate was reckless and offended Wangfei. This subordinate was indiscreet. Please punish Wangfei!”
“Where did you offend me?” How could he not remember?
“The day Wangye was injured, in the tent, this subordinate said those words, this subordinate overstepped.”
Ha, he thought it was something.
Wei Xiaofeng stepped forward to help him up, “In that situation, everyone panicked. How can that be counted? You were also worried and confused. I don’t blame you.”
Mu Yunhua’s eyes warmed when he heard this, “Thank you for Wangfei’s forgiveness.”
Wei Xiaofeng, “Your relationship with Wangye is very deep, that’s great.”
“This subordinate’s family of three’s lives were all saved by Wangye…” Mu Yunhua couldn’t help but tell him about his situation when he was young.
His father died on the battlefield very early, leaving his mother to take care of him and his sister, relying on each other for life.
Originally, life could be self-sufficient, but misfortune did not come singly. That winter was particularly cold, and the wind and snow collapsed half of the house.
His mother and sister both suffered very serious colds. He took all the valuable things in the house and exchanged them for money, but he couldn’t exchange them for a few doses of medicine.
He had no way out, so he could only break into the military camp alone, wanting to join the army to find a way to survive.
But at that time, the military camp had a rule that anyone under the age of fifteen would not be recruited.
When he was driven out, he happened to meet Feng Yue, who had returned from hunting not far away, so he stepped forward to block his horse.
If his horsemanship was slightly worse, then with his weak body at that time, he would have died under the horse’s hooves.
Feng Yue whipped him, wanting to drive him away. He had begged many people, and there was no other way.
He didn’t know where he got the strength to stay on the ground and refuse to leave, insisting on joining the army.
Feng Yue then asked him the reason for joining the army.
Hearing that it was because his mother and sister were sick and had no money to see a doctor, he wanted to come to the army to pre-pay the silver and ask the military doctor to come and see his mother and sister.
Feng Yue grabbed him onto the horse, asked him to lead the way, and asked the military doctor to come and see them.
Mu Yunhua had grown up so much, and it was the first time he knew that power was not only oppression, but sometimes it could also help people, just like the person holding the butcher knife, whether it was good or evil was not in the knife in his hand, but in the person holding the knife.
He thought at the time that if one day such a person could walk to a higher position and hold more power in his hands, wouldn’t the poor people like him not suffer so much?
“I joined the military camp after I turned fifteen, and I was successfully assigned to the Lord’s camp. He unreservedly cultivated me, and also asked his teacher to teach me martial arts and teach me to write, so I have to be loyal to the Lord in this life, not only in this life, but even if I am a cow or a horse in the next life, I have to repay this kindness.”
Wei Xiaofeng then understood the true meaning of the title ‘Lord’ to Mu Yunhua.
He only recognized Feng Yue as one lord, not the general, nor the Wangye. No matter what his identity was, he was just his lord, who could die for the lord at any time, with unconditional loyalty.
But he felt that Feng Yue did not simply treat him as a subordinate. Sometimes their way of speaking was more like brotherhood.
*
This time, Feng Chao governed the water in Chu Ting, traveling lightly, saving as much as he could without bringing it, and only two maids and Lin Huai Gonggong accompanied him.
When Lin Huai followed Feng Chao out, he would put on two mustaches to cover up his identity as a eunuch, so as not to arouse suspicion about Feng Chao’s identity.
Feng Chao had been taking prohibited drugs for many years. He could have been well taken care of in the capital, but he became sick twice along the way.
Lin Huai looked at him being tossed and turned all the way until his chin was pointed, and felt extremely distressed, “If I had known this was a hard task, I wouldn’t have known it would be so torturous along the way. These past few days have been rainy and snowy. How can the weather in the south be so fickle!”
“Cough cough cough…” Feng Chao waved his head, looking at the misty and rainy alley in front of him, a burst of unbearable cold air attacked. He put down the window and turned back to hold a cup of hot tea to warm himself.
“It’s better to hurry on our way as soon as possible.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry, it’s already fast enough. We can’t fly over no matter how fast we are, and besides, your body can’t take it! It’s not too late to hurry on the road after the rainy and snowy days pass.”
They temporarily rested at the inn, and this rest lasted for four or five days. Feng Chao couldn’t wait for the weather to clear, so he hurried on the road again while his body was better.
Shang Mingyu looked at his face and couldn’t help but worry, “Steward, is Gongzi really okay like this now?”
Lin Huai was full of worries, “Who says it isn’t?”
“Why don’t I go to Chu Ting first to meet with several adults from the Ministry of Works? You can travel slower.”
Feng Chao’s hoarse voice came from the carriage, “No need, let’s set off!”
Ten days later, they finally arrived at Chu Ting post station. They rested at the post station that night, but Feng Chao became more and more ill. He found many doctors, who prescribed a few doses of medicine, then shook their heads and left.
These doctors’ explanations were nothing more than that his yuan blood was empty and he should pay more attention to recuperation. This disease had been around for a long time and hidden diseases were difficult to treat.
After boiling the medicine, Lin Huai brought it into the room, “Dianxia, drink the medicine first. It’s not too late to look at the drawings later.”
Feng Chao glanced at the dark medicine and said, “What’s the use of drinking it? It’s just for comfort. You can pour it out. There’s no need to boil these medicines in the future.”
“How can that work?”
“Just listen to me.”
Feng Chao’s eyes did not move away from the water conservancy map, and his thoughts had drifted far away. His body might be curable, as long as he was by his side to slowly recuperate, he could probably live for a few more years.
“Go and prepare. You have to go to the Water Department tomorrow to take office. Don’t make any mistakes.”
Lin Huai was helpless, so he could only go to prepare.
Jing Di has always had a Water Department, but it has not been reused. It is like a retirement job, reporting every day and taking advantage of the situation.
Now that the above has allocated silver and wants to expand the Water Department again and recruit subordinates again, it will take a lot of tossing.
He didn’t know what the situation was with the few small officials who were originally in office. He would know when he went there tomorrow.
Feng Chao studied the terrain map again, and was so sleepy that he couldn’t help it, so he fell asleep leaning on it.
Huai Lin Gonggong moved him to the bed without waking him up.
*
In the dead of night, Feng Xilan went out for the first time and was very flustered. He tossed and turned and couldn’t sleep.
He had to wear this heavy wedding dress all the way to Nan Zhao. If he had known it would be so hard, he would have chosen a lighter one.
He took out the small note in the brocade pouch again. It was sent by Feng Yue the day he got married.
The small note said: “My brother, greetings. If you are going to marry Nan Zhao, you must be wary of the second son of the Si family. This son has the ambition of a wolf. Don’t let him take advantage of you. Be sure to protect yourself as the most important thing. Do not be happy, sad, or hateful because of love.”
After reading it several times, he put the small note back into the brocade pouch. He had already seen that Si Mo was not a good person, right?
It was a pity that everyone left in a hurry and was unable to say goodbye properly or talk.
He turned over, wanting to fall asleep, but there was a figure swaying and wandering outside the tent.
Feng Xilan vigilantly sat up and shouted, “Who, who is there?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Si Mo swaggered in. Feng Xilan was shocked and frantically wanted to call for help, but Si Mo forcibly covered his mouth.
“Shh! Don’t shout!” Si Mo’s face also couldn’t hide his panic, “I have drugged the people nearby. They won’t wake up for the time being. I’ll take you away first.”
“Mmm!!!” Feng Xilan shook his head vigorously, indicating that he didn’t want to go with him.
“Cooperate.”
Feng Xilan bit down hard on his tiger’s mouth and opened his mouth to call for help. Just as he shouted the word ‘help’, he was knocked unconscious with one palm.
Si Mo said helplessly, “Why are you so disobedient? I didn’t want to knock you out.” As he spoke, he put clothes on him haphazardly.
After putting on his clothes, he carried the person on his shoulders. Si Mo took him on the horse without anyone knowing and ran towards the east.
To the east, he had to cross a mountain. It was difficult to tell the direction of this mountain. By the time Si Ming found out and sent people to find him, it would be in vain.
Si Mo ran for a night, put the horse nearby to graze, and found a very hidden cave. He ate some dry food.
This cave was terribly cold. He could stand it, but he was afraid that Feng Xilan would catch a cold, so he went to pick up firewood and lit a fire to wait for him to wake up.
At noon, Feng Xilan woke up slowly. When he saw an enlarged face in front of him, just as he was about to do something wrong, he screamed and rolled and crawled backwards.
“What do you want to do?”
Si Mo was a little hurt, “I just wanted to see why you haven’t woken up yet, but I was too heavy-handed yesterday and broke you.”
“Where is this?”
“This is in the mountains. I plan to take you across this mountain and find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and live in seclusion with you, so that Si Ming will never find us!”
“Are you crazy?! Si Ming and I are married by the current Holy Emperor, and we are going to get married and worship the hall in a legitimate way! How dare you take me away privately? Aren’t you afraid that the Emperor will punish you and behead you?”
Who knew that Si Mo smiled shamelessly, “I’m not afraid. Anyway, when I’m interrogated, I’ll say that you seduced me. Now that I’ve taken you all the way, a single man and a single man, can you still make it clear whether you are innocent? Do you think Si Ming will believe you?”
Feng Xilan felt as if the sky was about to fall. At this time, he wished he could die with him.
“Why do you want to harm me like this!”
“Why do you think I’m harming you? I’m clearly saving you!”
“You beast! I really wish I could kill you!!”
Si Mo laughed angrily, “Kill me? Then come on, die under the peony flower, even a ghost is romantic.” As he spoke, he threw her a dagger and approached him step by step.
Feng Xilan pulled out the dagger and glared at him hatefully, threatening, “Don’t come over! I told you not to come over!!”
Si Mo didn’t care about his threat and knelt down in front of him on one knee, reaching out and gently lifting his chin, “I didn’t hold your hand, didn’t you want to kill me? Don’t dare?”
Feng Xilan’s hand holding the knife was trembling. Although he usually saw him riding horses and shooting arrows with a heroic appearance, he had never even killed a chicken, let alone killed a person.
“Don’t force me!”
“Do you know? I fell in love with you the first time I saw you. I remember that day, you were wearing bright red clothes, riding on a tall and handsome horse, and the way you glared at me was vivid and bright. At that time, I wanted you.”
Feng Xilan slapped him hard, “Shut up!”
“Heh…” Si Mo smiled evilly, “To get you, I’m not afraid of anything this time. From childhood to adulthood, I haven’t been allowed to like or get anything, but this time it’s different. You are different, A Lan. I like you, I like you very much, and I want to be with you forever.”
He lifted his chin hard and kissed his lips domineeringly.
“Let go… Umm…”
“A Lan, A Lan, you are so sweet!”
Feng Xilan was about to be driven crazy by him. He didn’t know where the courage came from. He only wanted to break free from his control, so he stabbed him in the left shoulder with a knife.
Si Mo grunted in pain, just frowned, but didn’t stop his violence.
The bloody smell would only make him more excited and want to plunder everything from him.
Endless humiliation and pain made Feng Xilan’s tears fall uncontrollably. Si Mo tasted the bitterness and saltiness of the tears. The blood could not stop him, but his tears made him feel unbearable and pity.
“A Lan, are you crying?”
Feng Xilan bit his lip, choking with grief that he couldn’t control.
Si Mo just stayed quietly by the side watching him cry. He had never comforted anyone and didn’t know how to comfort him so that he wouldn’t cry.
He made A Lan cry again, although he looked good even when he cried.
“Please, send me back, please.”
But even so, Si Mo was still determined, “No, I want to take you away. Si Ming won’t love you. Only I will love you, A Lan. You can only be happy and happy with me. Do you like me? Don’t like my brother anymore. He’s not that good.”
“Si Mo, do you even know what you’re doing?”
“I know! I know… I’m working hard to be with you!”
“But I don’t want to!!” Feng Xilan pushed him away hard, Si Mo fell to the ground, watching him hysterically, his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
“I hate you, I hate you!” Feng Xilan wanted to use the most vicious language to make him stop his delusions about him, “No matter how bad Si Ming is, he’s still a hundred times, a thousand times better than you. You can’t even compare to a hair on your brother’s head. Even if I can’t get your brother’s love, I won’t look at you. Do you understand?”
Si Mo’s eyes were bloodshot, like a lion that had been angered, madly pressing Feng Xilan under him.
“It’s useless for me to beg you. I want to grab what I want! When you become my person and have my child, you can only be mine, mine alone.” Si Mo tore at his clothes like crazy. The sound of torn brocade pierced his eardrums.
Feng Xilan’s eyes widened, lifeless. He couldn’t push Si Mo away or escape such a fate, but he wouldn’t fulfill Si Mo’s wish.
A deep hatred welled up in his eyes. He bit his tongue hard, and a bloody blood gushed out of his mouth. After Si Mo noticed, he was shocked and forcibly pulled his chin to stop him from harming himself.
“You actually want to die? I won’t let you die unless I die before you!”
Feng Xilan couldn’t speak in pain. Si Mo stuffed the torn cloth into his mouth to stop him from harming himself, but his violence was far from over.
Their clothes were all taken off, and only subtle light moans came from the cave, dull and without a trace of tenderness. There was only beastly possession and desire.
When Feng Xilan woke up, no light could penetrate from the outside, and his whole body ached uncomfortably.
It was like dying once and coming back to life.
So cold, so painful! He struggled to sit up, and the clothes that didn’t belong to him slipped off his shoulders. A rustling sound came from outside the cave. He didn’t know whether it was Si Mo or a beast that came out to look for food.
If a beast came out to look for food, it would be good to die like this.
A footstep entered, and the person lit the fire, and the faint firelight shone on Si Mo’s evil face, making Feng Xilan feel terrible.
He wrapped his clothes tightly around his body and kept backing away until there was no way to retreat.
“They are searching the mountain. We can’t light a fire tonight. I have to take you away, otherwise they will find this place soon.”
As he spoke, he stepped forward to help him put on his clothes. It was his coat, obviously much bigger, and it was so ridiculous to wear it on him.
He pulled him up to leave, but Feng Xilan had calmed down and shook off his hand hard, “You might as well kill me.”
“Do you want to die that much?”
“Si Mo, you’re so pathetic. You don’t even know what love is, but you talk about love and commit violence in the name of love. No one in this world will like someone like you! You will never get love!”
“Ah ha ha ha ha…” Si Mo laughed loudly, “You’re right, I have never received love, so naturally I don’t know what love is like, but I know I like you, and if I like you, I have to be together! I don’t care if you like me or not, it’s enough if I like you!”