noffsinger Chapter 209 Reversal
Chapter 209 Reversal
A gentle breeze ruffled a strand of hair at Meng Fuqing's temple. Xie Jin slowly walked up to Meng Fuqing, "Qingqing..."
"Am I good?" Meng Fuqing asked the boy in front of her with a smile in her eyes.
"Impressive." Xie Jin pursed his lips. "If you had told me your thoughts earlier, I would have stayed in Jing'an Prefecture to help you. I took quite a few people with me when I went to Zhannan. Ever since I received your letter, I've been worried that you wouldn't have enough people around you."
Meng Fuqing suddenly became curious about how Xie Jin's parents had taught him, as if in his eyes women could do the same things men could do.
Compared to the north, the south had more aristocratic scholars who placed greater emphasis on rules and etiquette, and women had a lower status.
Xu Weizhi remains the official manager of Jing'an Prefecture. She is currently only known as "Lord Meng," whose official position is unclear. She is secretly building her own influence because she is worried that rashly putting herself in the public eye will cause a mutiny.
“Your ideas always seem to be different from others.” Meng Fuqing raised her hand and gently brushed the hair from his forehead.
Xie Jin took her hand in his palm and led her to sit down at the table.
"Everyone knows General Xie, but they don't know that my mother was also a general. The two of them fought side by side on the battlefield and experienced countless life-and-death situations. They were not only husband and wife, but also comrades who could entrust their backs to each other."
You may have noticed that there are more rules in the South than in the North. Although my mother was born in the South, she loved swordsmanship from a young age. My maternal grandfather hired the best master in Jing'an Prefecture for her, and she learned martial arts.
She formed an all-female army within the military, and any one of them was just as capable as a man.
Meng Fuqing said sincerely, "Your mother is amazing. She is a rare and extraordinary woman in the world."
Then he asked, "Has Han Chanzi been found?"
"We've got it, and the King of Zhannan has been successfully eliminated. I'm bringing Mu Sheng back, and Mu Feng is there to meet us in Zhannan."
Meng Fuqing calculated the distance and couldn't help but be surprised: "You acted as soon as you received my letter?"
Xie Jin's gaze was deep and unfathomable. "When Ling Jiu went to find you, everything was ready. When I received your letter, I immediately set off back to Jing'an."
Meng Fuqing's voice was tinged with laughter, as if she were pouting, "Are you just worried about me? Have you missed me?"
Despite knowing Meng Fuqing's boldness, Xie Jin still found it hard to handle her bluntness each time. He forced himself to remain calm, only his breathing became heavy as he said, "Both."
Meng Fuqing leaned over and kissed the corner of his mouth as a reward, "I missed you too. I went to great lengths to get you to show your true face sooner..."
Before the last syllable was even finished, Xie Jin's lips covered mine, but only touched it briefly before pulling away.
His Adam's apple bobbed as Xie Jin said in a hoarse voice, "Stop provoking me."
Meng Fuqing looked at him and whispered, "You old-fashioned guy."
As she said this, she sat up properly, resting her chin on her hands. "I want to reveal your identity and take down Zhan Nan as soon as possible."
Suppressing his burning ears and pounding heart, Xie Jin's briefly stunned mind started working smoothly again. "Taking Zhannan will eliminate any worries. Right now, you're having Xu Wei handle everything because the people and the army don't trust you?"
Meng Fuqing nodded. “The gentry and literati of Jing’an Prefecture are like gossipy women, chattering in the streets and alleys. My existence has not even been made public before they have attacked me with their words and writings.”
Needless to say, the army is another matter. Those who truly obey me are the refugees under Lu Zhi's command. Although Qin Su has submitted to me, his men are no pushovers. As for the Jing'an Prefecture's troops, I've stripped Qin Yi of his authority; they now obey Xu Weizhi's orders more."
“I’m here to lend you a hand. However, there’s something wrong with Zhan Nan. He’s been there for quite some time, and it’s been raining for the last few days.”
Meng Fuqing frowned, "It rained heavily?"
"Yes, otherwise King Zhannan would have already gathered his forces and attacked."
"This is a flood, and Jing'an Prefecture has been gloomy for the past few days. I wonder if it will rain there too."
Since the implementation of epidemic prevention measures, Jing'an Prefecture has no longer allowed refugees to enter. Strangely, despite the large number of refugees gathered here, there has been no widespread spread of the plague. Meng Fuqing wondered if the disaster in Jing'an Prefecture had come late, or if this place truly was the last pure land.
"We'll meet force with force and water with earth," Xie Jin said in a deep voice. "At least we still have time."
That's true. Suddenly remembering something, Meng Fuqing asked, "Xie Jin, don't you want that position?"
Xie Jin didn't think too much about it this time. "If I can't find Yu Shengyan, sitting on the throne and becoming a tyrant will still be the path I have to take."
More than that position, I long to be a general like my parents. If you become my wife, I will be your husband; if you aspire to rule the world, I will serve you wholeheartedly.
His eyes were deep, as if filled with seriousness.
Meng Fuqing's heart tightened. "If you find out in the future that I've been hiding something from you, what will you do?"
Xie Jin lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before speaking, "It depends on what you're hiding. For example, something as mysterious as space could be life-threatening if exposed. The fact that you didn't tell me means that I haven't gained your complete trust, and it's not your fault."
Meng Fuqing stared at him intently, then suddenly chuckled softly, "In all my years, no one has ever said such a thing to me."
She was referring to her real age.
Having survived the apocalypse alone for so long, she found family and love after transmigrating to ancient times. She was incredibly lucky.
***
In the still of the night in Hanhua Village, the clouds completely obscured the stars and moon.
The small courtyard was fairly tidy and quiet, except for occasional murmurs coming from one of the houses.
Meng Linlang was covered in sweat and couldn't sleep soundly.
"wrong……"
At this moment, there were two people in her dream, one as fierce as a demon, and the other retreating in terror.
These two people were Sun Dacheng and Shan Qiyu. She saw in her dream how Sun Dacheng abused Shan Qiyu and took her virginity, how Meng Shaoyuan accused him of disgracing the family and being shameless, and how he spent his remaining days in a dilapidated house.
A few days earlier, she dreamed of how Meng Fuqing was bullied in Mengjia Village, how he pushed her into the water, and how Meng Fuqing resisted Fourth Master's brutal treatment and accidentally killed him. At night, she ran out of Shili Town to go home but accidentally fell off a cliff.
……
She dreamed of many things again, each one completely different from the truth she had believed in her previous dreams.
She was startled awake by the sight of Shan Qiyu's ashen face, which had been gnawed on by rats in her dream. She sat up in bed, panting heavily.
The room was pitch black, and she huddled in a corner, too afraid to fall asleep again.
She only realized it was almost dawn when the rooster crowed.
Meng Linlang's face was pale, and her eyes were dark circles, as if she had lost her soul.
Hearing the door open, she looked at the person who came in; it was her mother.
Yuan Qianniang held a candle in her hand, looking at her with a worried expression.
It's been four nights already, and that strange dream has haunted her daughter again. When asked what the dream was, the daughter only said that the dream was fake, and that everything she said before was a lie, and then she wouldn't say anything more.
Meng Linlang spoke first, "Mother, I want to go to the prefectural city to find Meng Fuqing."
"Looking for her?" Yuan Qianniang placed the candle on the table, walked to the bedside, and hesitated. "Her status is not what it used to be. You mustn't provoke her..."
Meng Linlang gently shook her head. "I won't provoke her."
When I told my family about this, they could only worry helplessly, and they might even hire a master to exorcise the evil spirits.
She had no one to confide in, and after much thought, she realized that Meng Fuqing was the only one she could talk to.