As he limped forward through this narrow passage, Wen Tian could already see the gentle river in front of him. He took a breath, rubbed his sore waist, and, when he felt better, continued walking.
He hadn’t even taken two steps when a voice suddenly came from behind that made him tremble.
“Wen Tian?” Chu Xiangtian shouted, walking towards him at the same time.
Wen Tian felt a chill beginning from the soles of his feet and reaching his heart. After being frozen for a moment, he slowly turned around and looked in disbelief at Chu Xiangtian walking over. Behind Chu Xiangtian were Zhou Chuanqing and two men guarding him.
He thought he could escape, but they found him anyway. Wen Tian’s mouth was full of bitterness, and he felt that his heart was filled with despair. If he was really caught by them, he might never be able to return home.
Chu Xiangtian was getting closer and closer to him. When he saw the frightened and desperate look on Wen Tian’s face, he finally realized what was happening and stopped his movements to try to explain, “I’m not here to capture…”
Before he finished speaking, Wen Tian suddenly turned around and ran towards the river. His feet must have been injured given how awkward his running posture was. But even so, Wen Tian did not stop–like a desperate cornered rabbit, he tried his best to escape to the exit.
There was a river in front of him. Chu Xiangtian was afraid that something would really happen to him, so he strode after him and caught him. Wen Tian was half held in his arms, feeling all the blood rushing to his brain, beating and struggling like crazy.
Chu Xiangtian was afraid that he would hurt himself, so he could only restrain him harder while coaxing him softly.
But Wen Tian was already frightened, biting and scratching at him. He couldn’t listen at all and just desperately wanted to break free from the confinement.
Chu Xiangtian picked him up and let him beat him. Wen Tian bit his chest and refused to let go. His beautiful eyes were bloodshot, and tears rolled in his eyes and then flowed down.
Chu Xiangtian hissed in pain, and used a hand to pat his back soothingly, thinking that this young master’s teeth are still in good condition. Hiss…
The struggling in his arms gradually weakened. Wen Tian was frightened and tired, and his spirit could no longer hold on. Chu Xiangtian still held him tightly, as if Wen Tian’s counterattack could not shake him at all.
Wen Tian struggled to no avail. Looking at the man’s sharp features under the moonlight, he finally closed his eyes in despair.
Seeing that he finally stopped struggling, Chu Xiangtian breathed a sigh of relief, but he saw two lines of tears flowing out of his half-closed eyes, unlike his previous bawling. Wen Tian bit his lip and didn’t even make a sound as he cried so quietly.
“Don’t cry.” Those tears seemed to burn his heart. Chu Xiangtian wiped his tears several times in a panic. Then he saw the shallow wounds on his face, and he could only stop his hands dazedly
He didn’t expect Wen Tian to be so afraid.
The capture of Wen Tian up the mountain was a complete accident, but for him, this accident was a good opportunity that came from heaven.
Three years after the new emperor ascended the throne, the court was unstable and people’s hearts were fluctuating. If he wanted to establish a solid foundation, he had to find a leading chicken and kill it in front of the fidgety monkeys. Chu Xiangtian came to Sifang Town just to “kill the chicken”.
In the second year of Pingchu, a gold mine was discovered at the junction of Nanming County and Xingdong County. The county guards of Nanming and Xingdong were of the same lineage as the second prince. After the gold mine was discovered, they concealed it and began to mine it secretly.
There was no such thing as an airtight wall in the world. The news reached the ears of the emperor. The emperor was furious, but he had no reliable manpower, so he sent a secret order to recall Chu Xiangtian from the border. He came to this small Sifang Town in the disguise of a bandit. First, he wanted to collect evidence of the crimes of the two county governors, and second, he wanted to get a clear picture of the location of the gold mine and the amount of gold that had been mined.
The gold mine was mined very secretly and was extremely well-defended. Chu Xiangtian never found a chance to avoid the other party’s men and go in to investigate. Wen Tian’s accidental kidnapping had given the opportunity to him.
The Fu family in Sifang Town was large and deep-rooted. Although they have changed their surname now, they still should not be underestimated.
Wen Tian was detained on the mountain in order to force the Wen family to put pressure on the government and force them to send troops.
There were not enough officers and soldiers in the two towns, so they could only draw from the resourced of the gold mines. Chu Xiangtian’s people could take advantage of this.
This series of plans went smoothly. The only unexpected thing was the variable Wen Tian.
Chu Xiangtian didn’t expect that this soft young master could avoid his people and escape back to the mountain alone.
Reaching out to tuck the black hair clinging to his cheeks behind his ears, Chu Xiangtian looked at his trembling eyelashes and sighed slightly. “Are you afraid that I won’t let you go, so you simply ran away on your own? Do you know how many jackals, tigers and leopards there are in the back mountains?”
Wen Tian closed his eyes and did not respond, but his eyelashes trembled even more.
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Chu Xiangtian couldn’t bear to scare him anymore. Grasping the bend of this person’s legs to hold him tighter in his arms, he carried the person back to the cottage with big strides.
The three people left behind, Zhou Chuanqing and others, were still immersed in stunned silence.
After a long time, a man asked in disbelief, “That one just now… was the Boss’s little love? Are they having a quarrel?”
Zhou Chuanqing gave them an inscrutable and meaningful look, turned around and left with his hands behind his back.
He didn’t know if it was true now, but it seemed that it would be true in the future.
Chu Xiangtian walked back with Wen Tian in his arms. Wen Tian was more than a head shorter than him, and his stature was also smaller than him. He always felt light and airy in his arms, everything about him was delicated. Holding the person firmly, Chu Xiangtian caught a glimpse of his rolling eyes. After thinking about it, he decided that he’d better talk to him. The young master looked like he was frightened.
“I’ll take you back to treat your wounds first, and then I’ll send you back once there’s daylight.”
“The matter has been settled, I owe you a favor this time…”
Regardless of whether Wen Tian heard it or not, Chu Xiangtian said everything he needed to say. He lowered his head and walked forward quickly and steadily. His feet were fast, and they returned to the fortress in a short while.
Instead of going to Xiao Qiao’s house, he took the person directly back to his home.
Ignoring the dirt, he carefully placed the person on the bed, and Chu Xiangtian took off his mud-stained shoes. Wrapping his palm around his slender ankle, Chu Xiangtian carefully removed the cloth wrapped around his foot. The soles of the feet were a little red and swollen, and two blisters appeared on the heels, which looked more and more appalling when set off by the pale skin.
Chu Xiangtian frowned, straightened up and said to Wen Tian, “I’ll get the medicine. If you’re tired, take a good rest.”
Wen Tian reluctantly opened his eyes. He looked at him with clear black and white eyes that were filled with deep distrust.
Chu Xiangtian sighed, turned around and went out to boil hot water and get medicine.
Wen Tian’s body really was dirty. He had to be scrubbed properly before any injuries had could be medicated.
After the person left, Wen Huangqiang finally closed his eyelids. The ups and downs of emotions throughout the night had exhausted all his energy.
By the time he came back with hot water, Wen Tian had already fallen asleep.
Chu Xiangtian wiped his feet with warm water, then lit two more candles, sterilized the silver needles with candleflame, and carefully opened the blisters on his heels.
The sleeping person felt the pain and curled his toes. Chu Xiangtian moved gently, applying medicine to the broken blisters while blowing gently. The sleeping man relaxed a little; his round toes spread out, but they were still curled up.
After applying medicine and wrapping bandages, Chu Xiangtian rubbed his ankle twice before letting go. Wringing the cloth towel half-dry, he wiped Wen Tian’s body.
By the time he finished cleaning up this person and applying medicine to his injured areas, the sky had already started to turn light.
Chu Xiangtian glanced at the white and jade-like body in his arms, found a set of his own clothes to change him into, and then changed into clean bedding before carefully tucking Wen Tian into the bed.
After handling everything and looking at Wen Tian’s frown, Chu Xiangtian turned around and walked towards the front mountain without even taking a breath.
The officers and soldiers had already set up camp at the foot of the mountain and were still resting at this hour. When Chu Xiangtian appeared, the patrolling officers and soldiers were startled and subconsciously struck the gongs in their hands.
The sleeping camp was startled. The officers and soldiers hurriedly gathered together, bewildered and asking what was going on.
Chu Xiangtian looked impatient. “Who is your leader? Let him come out to see me.”
The patrolling officers and soldiers were shocked by his presence and subconsciously did as they were told. They went to the main tent to call the division master and the village elders from the two towns over.
At first, the division master wanted to take credit for capturing the bandit leader based on the strength of his men, but he wimped out after a fight with Chu Xiangtian, and politely asked him what he wanted.
“Take your people and leave. I will send Master Wen back before Shen hour (three o’clock in the afternoon).”
The master hesitated and did not dare to speak, but Fu Youqin, who came after hearing the commotion, asked, “Why should we believe you?”
Chu Xiangtian looked unhappy. After he saw who the visitor was, he relaxed his eyebrows and said politely, “If Madame Wen is worried, you can send someone to go with you to the fortress. I and the Young Master Wen hit it off immediately, so I left Young Master Wen to be a guest in the village for a few days. I didn’t expect to alarm so many people.”
Fu Youqin looked at him carefully, and seeing his sincere expression, she hesitated and said, “Truly?”
Chu Xiangtian nodded. “It’s absolutely true.”
“I’m going!” Dai Fu, who was following Fu Youqin, popped up. “Madame, I want to go up the mountain to watch over the young master.”
==Author’s Notes===
The sins you do now will have to be repaid on your knees in the future√
emmmm, tell me a little bit about the background of the head of the family, but I won’t go into too much. The main thing is to fall in love with Tiantian and make money to support the family.
Keep giving out red envelopes in fancy ways!
===Translator's Notes===
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