northernbook Chapter 216: One wave has not subsided, another wave has arisen
Chapter 216: One wave has not subsided, another wave has arisen
He let go of her hand only after they entered the tent. Yao Jia rubbed her wrist which was pinched and hurt, glaring at him angrily.
"What are you doing? I told you I was going to take a shower, why are you still pulling me?"
Everyone has seen it, and the personality she has worked so hard to build might collapse tonight.
Gu Xiyan looked at her coldly, "Emerald Lake is guarded by soldiers. If you go there, you will be violating military discipline and will be punished with twenty strokes of the cane. If you don't believe me, you can go ask Gu Yi."
Yao Jia's expression changed slightly when she heard this.
"What do you mean?"
"What do you mean? You've been fooled." Gu Xiyan said unhappily.
One night when Gu went to the clothes-drying yard to pick up dried clothes, he overheard several camp prostitutes whispering to each other.
"That Madam Wei, I know at first sight that she is not an easy person to deal with. Not only does she make Brother Gu Yi hang around her every day, but even...even General Gu would stare at her in a daze..."
"He's dark-skinned, but he's quite good at seducing people."
"Who says she isn't? After all, she might still be a virgin, unlike us..."
"What's wrong with us? We are also contributing to the military camp... After tonight, she won't have much face left... She will be stripped of her pants and beaten with a military stick in public..."
"indeed……"
Gu Yi finally understood that these people were plotting against Yao Jia, so he immediately stepped out and intimidated those camp prostitutes.
During the interrogation, it was found that they were jealous of Yao Jia and deliberately misled her into thinking that the Emerald Lake was unguarded at night.
Yao Jia has never had much defensiveness towards the weak, so he was tricked in no time.
Gu Xiyan did not tell her those details to avoid polluting her ears, and asked her to have less contact with people in the camp brothel in the future.
Yao Jia was ashamed. She had always been the one fooling people. How could she have been fooled by anyone, let alone a group of people?
I didn't expect that there would be such an ugly-looking person in the military camp.
A dark face turned dark and red.
I'm going to settle the score with those people right now.
Gu Xiyan stopped her and said, "Gu Yi has already dealt with them."
Those people were already guilty, but they still refused to repent, so they were simply killed and thrown into the tiankeng to feed the wild beasts.
Knowing that Yao Jia wanted to take a bath, Gu Xiyan had someone boil hot water when he went out to find her, and the bathtub was now full.
He pointed to the screen and said, "There is hot water there. Take a shower here tonight. No one will disturb you." Including him.
As soon as he finished speaking, the man walked out of the tent.
Yao Jia looked at his departing back, her eyes moving slightly.
Walking around the screen, the water in the bathtub was still steaming. On the table next to it were scented soap for bathing and a small basket of unknown wild flowers.
He took a look outside the tent and took off his clothes...
The hot water slowly seeped into my skin and I sighed in comfort.
Gu Xiyan stood outside the tent, listening to the sound of water splashing inside, feeling indescribably melancholy.
At this time, a team of patrolling soldiers passed by the tent, and their eyes looked up at the tent from time to time. Even when they walked far away, they would look back from time to time.
Gu Xiyan: …………
She frowned and turned her head to look. The oil lamp that was burning in the room was brought to the bathtub by Yao Jia at some point. The light just cast her bathing figure on the tent.
Gu Xiyan held his forehead with his hand, "He's really not an easy person to deal with."
He turned around and went into the account, blowing out the oil lamp amid Yao Jia's scream.
"What are you going to do?" Yao Jia clasped her arms across her chest and stared nervously at the man next to the bathtub.
Gu Xiyan saw that she was looking at him warily and felt unhappy.
Since she had already returned the marriage certificate to him, why did she still show up in the border town? And why did she pretend not to know him? She was guarding against him like a thief.
I wanted to ask her clearly, but I was afraid that she would know that I recognized her and would make a fuss and leave.
Take a deep breath, turn your back, and say, "Be careful not to expose yourself."
As soon as Yao Jia saw the expression on her face, she knew what was going on.
After Gu Xiyan went out, she washed her hair hastily, changed her clothes, and left his tent.
Qu Mu looked at the scene from afar, shook his head, and said to Jiang Zhou beside him: "Ayan is too useless, why not give him a hand."
Jiang Zhou nodded. Not to mention the Marshal was anxious, he was also very anxious. They let the people run away after they entered the house. When it came to dealing with women, General Gu did not have the same decisiveness as he did on the battlefield.
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As the night deepened, Gu Xiyan lay on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
The figure of Yao Jia and her graceful posture while taking a bath unconsciously emerged in my mind.
Feeling depressed, he sat up, walked to the table, poured himself a cup of cold tea and drank it all in one gulp.
The cold tea sobered him up a little. He took a deep breath and forced himself not to think about those messy things.
However, the more he tried to forget, the more clearly those images emerged in his mind.
When they were making love with each other, bathing together, when she was enjoying herself under him, there was also a scene where she pressed him on the couch, kissed him passionately, and swayed her body.
Gu Xiyan sighed helplessly. If he had known earlier, he should not have let her take a shower in his tent. The tent was filled with her scent and now he couldn't even sleep.
"Madam Wei's tent is flooded..." someone exclaimed.
Gu Xiyan's heart tightened and he rushed out. As expected, he saw the tent where Yao Jia lived, with flames shooting into the sky.
His heart was in his throat and he was about to rush in without saying a word, but Gu Yilan hugged him.
"Gu Yi, let go... let go quickly..."
"Don't worry, sir. Madam Wei is fine. She is fine."
Gu Xiyan was stunned when he heard this, and then he saw Yao Jia looking at the burning tent anxiously not far away.
Gu Xiyan breathed a sigh of relief instantly.
He ran forward, trying hard to resist the urge to hug her in his arms and whisper words of comfort.
He raised his hand to wipe her smoke-stained face, "Are you hurt?"
Yao Jia said it was okay and subconsciously took two steps back to avoid his fingers.
Gu Xiyan's hand stopped in mid-air and slowly retracted.
Looking at the extinguished tent, Youyou asked, "Why did the fire start out of nowhere?"
Yao Jia shook her head, "I don't know. When I went to the toilet, the tent was burned down. I remember clearly that I had turned off the oil lamp before going to bed.
"Investigate, find out who set the fire."
Gu Xiyan couldn't understand who wanted to harm Yao Jia. For Yao Jia's safety, she couldn't let her live alone.
Bring the person directly into your tent.
"How about you stay here with me first, and then move out after I find the murderer?"
Although Yao Jia felt that this was a bad idea, she was a little scared because she was plotted against and set on fire.
He agreed reluctantly. After all, compared to Gu Xiyan, the danger in the dark was truly terrifying.
Yao Jia just entered the tent and looked at the small bed inside, standing there without moving.
With such a small bed and her current status, it would be immoral for her to squeeze on the same bed with Gu Xiyan.
Gu Xiyan waved his hand and asked Gu Yi to bring another simple military bed and place it near the original bed.
After putting the bed away, Gu Yi tactfully left. He finally understood that the young master knew that this person was Pavilion Master Nangong.
These two people are just playing a whole role-playing game, one is willing to fight, the other is willing to be beaten, and he can just watch the show.
After the bed was made, Yao Jia still stood there motionless.
Gu Xiyan simply moved the screen over to separate the two beds.
Yao Jia then lowered her head and walked behind the screen, then lay down in the quilt with her clothes on.
Gu Xiyan looked at her lying down, then turned around and lay down on the other bed.
As the night deepened, the lights in the tent were turned off, and only the moonlight from outside the window shone through the gaps, adding a soft glow to the tent.
He kept his face sideways towards the screen, staring at the blurry figure inside the screen in the moonlight.
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