Chapter 145: Brief Tenderness

Brief Tenderness

Yin Fengzhan clearly had something behind his words, so at this moment, as soon as Yin Fengzhan finished speaking, Nie Jinxuan's expression stiffened, and she asked back without thinking:

"Yin Fengzhan, what do you mean by this? Make it clear!"

"Make it clear? Heh~, could it be that what I said isn't clear enough?"

Yin Fengzhan continued to sneer, and looking at his expression of smiling without a smile, Nie Jinxuan's only remaining patience was finally completely worn out. Her expression darkened instantly.

"Yin Fengzhan, if you don't like the sight of me, just say it. No need to be sarcastic and cynical here, implying things, and saying things that don't make sense. Furthermore, don't forget, you and I have already divorced, I am no longer your wife, so there is no reason for me to endure your bad temper here! So, if you are really that unhappy, you can go back now. I will go to Yanxia Mountain myself."

At this very moment, Nie Jinxuan's face was like ice. Her calm tone was even more terrifying than when she was furious before. Subsequently, as soon as she finished speaking, Nie Jinxuan directly raised her voice to tell Zhongli, who was driving the carriage outside, to stop, and then without thinking, she stood up directly to get off the carriage...

Clearly, Nie Jinxuan was furious to the extreme at this moment. Seeing her like this, Yin Fengzhan, who had originally had an ugly expression, couldn't help but frown, and then, just as Nie Jinxuan was about to stand up, he pulled her back.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't you worry about it! You go back to the capital, I'll go to Yanxia Mountain myself!"

As she spoke, Nie Jinxuan shook off Yin Fengzhan's hand expressionlessly, and then wanted to stand up again, but just then, she saw Yin Fengzhan reach out with his large hand again, and then with a forceful pull, he pulled Nie Jinxuan back into his arms, and at the same time held her tightly against his chest.

"Go to Yanxia Mountain yourself?! Nie Jinxuan, are you trying to vent your anger on me?"

"Whether I am venting my anger or not has nothing to do with you! Let go of me!"

Trapped tightly in Yin Fengzhan's solid and broad chest, Nie Jinxuan struggled reflexively. At this moment, hearing this, Yin Fengzhan didn't let go, but instead held her even tighter, and at the same time leaned over and roared in her ear:

"Nothing to do with me? If it has nothing to do with me, then who do you think it has to do with? Mo Yujue?!"

Unable to help but roar out, Yin Fengzhan's mind couldn't help but recall his conversation with Mo Yujue in the backyard of the residence last night. He was even more furious.

"How many days have you known him? He protects you so much... Nie Jinxuan, how can you have the nerve to ask me what I mean? You say what I mean? I now suspect that the reason you divorced me was because of him!"

Yin Fengzhan was also going crazy with anger. But at this moment, hearing Mo Yujue's name, Nie Jinxuan, who was still struggling, was stunned, and then couldn't help but slowly turn to look at Yin Fengzhan.

Nie Jinxuan didn't speak, but just looked at him quietly, and the carriage, which had been noisy, became deathly silent... At this moment, meeting Nie Jinxuan's beautiful eyes, Yin Fengzhan didn't speak either, but his cold expression remained intimidating.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment. In the small carriage, Nie Jinxuan and Yin Fengzhan looked at each other, but neither spoke... Afterward, until who knows how long had passed, Nie Jinxuan looked straight at the man in front of her, and then curled her lips into a light smile.

"Heh... Yin Fengzhan, you... what did you say?"

Using a voice as light as could be, Nie Jinxuan asked in a low voice.

"Do you mean... that I, Nie Jinxuan, wanted to be with another man, which is why I divorced you, Yin Fengzhan? Or is it that I, Nie Jinxuan, am a loose woman, and as soon as I divorced you, I latched onto another man? Huh? Yin Fengzhan, say it, you mean this, right..."

Nie Jinxuan said word by word, her light voice trembling with an indescribable strangeness. As soon as these words fell, Nie Jinxuan's slightly widened eyes were instantly filled with a mist.

"Huh? Yin Fengzhan, say it... say it! Yin Fengzhan, tell me, is this exactly what you mean!"

From the initial whisper to the final roar, Nie Jinxuan finally couldn't control herself and shouted. As she spoke, a clear tear instantly flowed down her cheek.

Nie Jinxuan was crying, feeling indescribable discomfort and grievance in her heart. At this moment, Yin Fengzhan, who had originally had a gloomy expression, was stunned at Nie Jinxuan's crazy roar and the tears that flowed down.

Yin Fengzhan was stunned. With an expressionless face, he just looked quietly at the little woman in his arms who was already crying into a mess, but he couldn't say a word. His usually sharp brain stopped working completely, not knowing what to do.

Finally, until he saw Nie Jinxuan crying more and more sadly, with no sign of calming down, Yin Fengzhan pursed his thin lips after being stunned for a long while.

"Don't, don't cry..."

Yin Fengzhan's voice was very small. But if he didn't say it, it would be fine, but as soon as he said it, Nie Jinxuan's tears gushed out like a faucet. Seeing this situation, Yin Fengzhan felt suffocated in his heart, and then couldn't help but pat her back reflexively, and at the same time spoke again:

"Alright, stop crying..."

Yin Fengzhan's voice was still not loud, and at this moment, as soon as his words fell, Nie Jinxuan shook him off, but then was grabbed by Yin Fengzhan, and at the same time, he reached out to touch the face of the woman in his arms that was full of tear stains.

This time, Yin Fengzhan didn't speak, but just quietly wiped the tears from Nie Jinxuan's face. And after Nie Jinxuan gradually stopped crying, Yin Fengzhan then raised his eyes to look at her eyes, which were washed by tears and exceptionally bright.

The surroundings were quiet, and the dim light in the carriage made the surroundings increasingly blurry... And meeting those eyes that were as watery as they were endlessly enchanting, Yin Fengzhan's deep eyes darkened, and then he leaned over slowly toward the fragrant softness in his memory...

Yin Fengzhan kissed Nie Jinxuan.

It was a gentle kiss, a shallow touch, the most tender comfort. Like a clear breeze, like fine rain...

Little by little.

One by one.

Then, he slowly reached out to embrace her, and then gently lay down upon the soft couch inside the carriage...

And at this moment, feeling the kiss on her lips and the gentle comfort of his hand, Nie Jinxuan even felt for a moment that he cared about her...

Time passed, and in the small carriage, ambiguity mixed with indescribable tenderness. But then, just as the tenderness like water was becoming increasingly fiery, a voice suddenly came from outside the carriage:

"Prince, are we still traveling?"

……

This time, Yin Fengzhan and Nie Jinxuan went to Yanxia Mountain, and only Zhongli was brought along. And along the way, from the initial silence to the final noise, Zhongli, who was driving the carriage outside, felt it was common practice.

But what Zhongli didn't expect was that in the end, after arguing and arguing, Nie Jinxuan told him to stop, so he stopped. But then the carriage had sounds of arguing again, and then sounds of sobbing. But after crying and making a scene, it became quiet, and this quietness lasted for a long time, so long that Zhongli, who was sitting by the road, couldn't help but doze off, but there was no movement in the carriage... to the point that Zhongli couldn't help but suspect whether his master and the former mistress were asleep in the carriage!

So in the end, having no choice, Zhongli had to speak up to remind them. But his reminder was not a small matter, it instantly broke the increasingly fiery ambiguity in the carriage, and Nie Jinxuan instantly came back to her senses, pushed Yin Fengzhan to the side, sat up to straighten her dress, and at the same time said to Zhongli outside the carriage:

"Cough... uh, let's go! Hurry up!"

"Yes!"

After the series of events in the carriage after lunch today, for the rest of the afternoon, Nie Jinxuan and Yin Fengzhan didn't say a word, and the eerie and quiet atmosphere even made Zhongli outside feel strange. But even if he was curious to death, in the end, Zhongli didn't ask.

Subsequently, the group traveled south, and when dusk fell, they finally arrived at a small town. Subsequently, the group stayed at the only small inn in the town, and after a night of silence, the next morning, they started traveling again.

Just like that, after traveling by carriage for two full days, Yin Fengzhan and Nie Jinxuan finally arrived at Yanxia Town, a hundred miles away from the capital.

Yanxia Town is located at the foot of Yanxia Mountain and is named after Yanxia Mountain. And because it is far from the capital of Dongling, and close to the mountainous area, the town is not very large.

And when Nie Jinxuan and Yin Fengzhan arrived at Yanxia Town by carriage, it was already afternoon. Therefore, as soon as they entered the town, the two went directly to the government office in the town.

Yanxia Town is not large, and the government office is naturally just a small local government office. So, when the two guards at the door, who were also the only two guards in the town, heard that the person who arrived was the Fourth Prince, Prince Chen Yin Fengzhan, they were startled. Subsequently, they hurriedly turned to report, and then after a while, they saw a short, fat, middle-aged man in his forties running out in a hurry... And this person was the local official of Yanxia Town, Liu Dafu.

Liu Dafu was also enthusiastic, and as soon as he ran to the entrance of the government office, he hurriedly invited Yin Fengzhan and Nie Jinxuan, who had already gotten off the carriage, into the government office. Liu Dafu had been a small local official for more than ten years, so where had he seen real imperial relatives like Yin Fengzhan? Therefore, in his conversation and behavior, he showed a fawning attitude toward Yin Fengzhan. Regarding this, Yin Fengzhan remained unmoved, and after entering the front hall of the government office, he directly stated his purpose.

Yin Fengzhan spoke straightforwardly, but what was unexpected was that as soon as Yin Fengzhan finished speaking, Liu Fuquan immediately responded:

"Oh my, so Your Highness traveled a hundred miles to my small place for that matter from more than two years ago... hmm hmm, the official remembers, of course I remember~!"

As he spoke, Liu Fuquan blinked his eyes, which looked like only a slit because of his obesity, and then said:

"Sigh, actually Your Highness doesn't know, this Yanxia Town has a small population, and the folk customs are simple, so for decades, few major events have occurred, and even petty theft is rare, so that matter more than two years ago, as soon as it happened, the whole town was startled! Besides, the one who died was the son of a first-rank official of the court, how could I forget~!"

Liu Fuquan looked fawning and like a typical corrupt official, but his speech didn't sound half-sly, but rather very simple. At this moment, hearing him say this, Yin Fengzhan and Nie Jinxuan looked at each other tacitly, and then Nie Jinxuan took over the conversation and asked slowly:

"Then may I ask Magistrate Liu, could you tell us the matter in detail?"

"Oh oh, good~!"

Nodding without thinking, Liu Fuquan then recalled and said in a low voice:

"I remember, the day it happened was more than two years ago, just entering summer, the weather was a bit hotter than it is now. It was just afternoon, I was originally sleeping in the backyard, but while I was still dazed, I heard someone shouting outside, and then Old Gao... oh, that is a guard in the government office, suddenly ran in in a hurry, saying that two scholars were shouting at the door that something had happened, saying that their traveling companion had fallen into a lake in Yanxia Mountain. So, when I heard this, I was startled, and then I immediately took people into the mountain..."

"But Your Highness and this young lady don't know, this Yanxia Mountain is not big, but not small, and those two scholars didn't know the way very well, so when I took the guards to the place, there was nothing on the lake! At that time, I was also scared, and then called several villagers nearby who were good at swimming to go down and look for him, but they looked for an entire afternoon and didn't find anyone, so in the end, I had no choice but to take people down the mountain, and then wait to go look again the next day!"

"But who would have thought, early the next morning, before I could take people into the mountain to look again, a hunter in the mountain ran over in a hurry, saying that he saw a corpse by the stream in the mountain... Of course, hearing this, I hurriedly took people and those two scholars to see it with the hunter, and as a result, it was the person we were looking for before!"

Detailing the events of that day, but speaking of this, Liu Fuquan couldn't help but sigh.

"Sigh, Your Highness and this young lady don't know, at that time, that deceased scholar was also too miserable. He was originally drowned after falling into the lake, but because he was washed to the side of the stream, in just one night, he was bitten by some jackals and wild dogs in the mountain, so when I took people to see it, his stomach was all ripped open, and there was no good place on his whole body... Sigh, too miserable, really too miserable..."

With his head lowered, Liu Fuquan spoke to himself, and his bloated face couldn't help but reveal an indescribable expression of heartache. Seeing him like this, Nie Jinxuan pursed her lips and pondered deeply...

……

Just like that, for an entire afternoon, Nie Jinxuan and Yin Fengzhan asked about the general situation. Liu Fuquan originally wanted to keep the two, but in the end, he was rejected by Yin Fengzhan. Afterward, after Yin Fengzhan and Nie Jinxuan left the government office, they went directly to the only inn in Yanxia Town, but after asking, they discovered that there was only one room left! ===== CHAPTER 146 =====