Chapter 5: Framed!

  On the seventh day of summer, she still didn't know about "the nineteenth master winning a great victory and the current emperor granting amnesty to all under heaven". Listening to the villagers' chatter and chaotic footsteps, she didn't open her eyes, lazily lying on the ground thinking. With her current physical strength, in front of so many people, how could she escape?

  Are you kidding me?

  "Don't be afraid, little one! The king has won a great victory, you're safe now..." A warm and large hand touched her icy face, sobbing uncontrollably as tears fell.

  The king won the battle, is she okay?

  If Landa is a fool with logical flaws, Xia Chuyi didn't understand it at all.

  But no matter what, it's good to be able to take a breather and relax.

  Perhaps it was the original owner of this flesh and blood body that was too weak, perhaps it was the tense nerves that had been dominated by the instinct to survive that had thoroughly relaxed, she let out a soft hum, and then powerlessly slumped onto the reeds, losing all spirit.

  "Grass!"

  Lan Da's fool was crawling there, taking off the only tattered jacket on his body to wrap her up, and sobbing more fiercely with a bare back.

  "Woe, Cao Er, don't die, I'll take you to see a doctor right away."

  The man's wailing cry was like that of a child who had lost his mother, forcing Xia Chuyi to open her eyes. The man in front of her was tall and strong, with dark skin and regular features that could be considered quite handsome. Unfortunately, he looked silly and foolish, and at first glance, it was clear that he had intellectual problems.

  But the one who truly treats her well is just this foolish person now.

  "Shut up! What are you crying about, big man? Go home!"

  The villagers found Xia Qi in the summer, and they were very curious about why she would run from the pigpen to the reeds. She hesitated and only said that she was rescued by a superior person. Without Fan Shi on the scene, these searching villagers did not investigate further, and they walked back to the village in twos and threes, each sighing and chattering along the way, making quite a commotion.

  The silly boy from Lan Da does not follow the same path as everyone else.

  There was no doctor in the village, so he carried Xia Chuqi and insisted on going to Qinggang County Town thirty miles away.

  Xia's seventh brother coughed and patted his back.

  "Foolish child, no need to go into town. Just bring me some herbs later."

  Looking back at her pale face and purple lips, Lan Da stupidly sucked her nose and sobbed.

  "No! You're going to be my wife in a few days, I don't want you dead."

  On the seventh day of summer, I couldn't help but laugh and cry.

  "You fool, still thinking of marrying a wife?"

  Lan Da Zhu hung his head down and muttered in a low voice, "I'm not stupid!"

  He always says this sentence, but no one believes him. Xia Chuqi just teased him a moment ago, and seeing his depressed look with his head hung low, she couldn't help but laugh.

  "Ha! Who's foolish if you're not? You've found a doctor, can you afford to see him?"

  The fool turned his head and glanced at her, "I can beg him, kneel down and beg, keep kowtowing to him, he will surely show great mercy."

  The seventh day of summer, my heart suddenly felt a sharp pain.

  She was an orphan in her previous life, and it wasn't until just before she passed away that she was found by her uncle and aunt from her own family, inheriting the traditional Chinese medical skills of the "Golden Seal Medical Classics". Having gone through many hardships, and having trained in a special forces unit, her heart had long been tempered to be harder than steel. Who would have thought that she would actually be moved by this fool?

  No matter what era it is, without money, even if you kneel until your knees are worn out, it's still useless.

  The fool looked at her with a sullen expression, somewhat at a loss.

  "Hey, did I make you angry? Go ahead and scold me as a fool, I won't mind! Scold away!"

  Xia Chuqi remained silent for a long time, gazing at him before finally letting out a sigh.

  "Fool! From now on, apart from myself, I won't let anyone else call you a fool."

  When they entered the village, the crowd that had failed to find the body also dispersed. The village was backed by Cangying Mountain and had more than 100 households. Except for Lan Xiucai's and the clan's high-walled courtyard with blue bricks and tiles, all the other houses were low and dilapidated, matching the neat fields and vegetable gardens outside the village. The ancient rural landscape made Xia Chuqi's eyes light up.

  The fool was carrying her back home when he saw Lanzhou couple watching under the soapberry tree.

  The enemy met face to face, and the eyes were exceptionally red. Fan Shi, who was pregnant, had a gaze full of resentment and venom. Only because of the clan elder and the "imperial order", she did not erupt on the spot.

  On the seventh day of summer, however, he took a closer look at Lan Xiucai.

  In Qinggang County, Lan Zian was already a hot figure before he became the son-in-law of the county magistrate. He had been hailed as a child prodigy since childhood and was well-versed in Confucian classics, poetry, and calligraphy. In the Jin City Prefecture's imperial examination for children, he ranked among the top. With his good looks and elegant demeanor, villagers all said that after next August's autumn examination, with the support of his future father-in-law, it would be easy for him to pass the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official in the capital city.

  In fact, Lanzijiang will indeed win the top three in the future and become a great Confucian scholar of his generation. His fate is closely tied to that of Xia Chuyi, but all that is for later. For now, Xia Chuyi can't stand him at all.

  "Scumbag!"

  She sighed and saw that many villagers were already gathered around, whispering to each other. Her mind suddenly turned, and she glanced back at Lan Xiucai's strange smile. She thought to herself, "Summer grass, summer grass, since I've used your body, I'll get everything back for you." Her voice also rose in response.

  "Thank you."

  As soon as the words were spoken, she leaned her head down on the fool's body and didn't make a sound again. The villagers seemed to have savored the taste from these words, but only Lanzi An was still confused and didn't know what was going on, thinking that Xia Cao's smile looked particularly good, and his gaze deepened slightly.

  It is a wife who knows her husband best, and Mrs. Fan suddenly realized it, grinding her teeth even sharper.

  "Does the master think that little vixen is pleasing to the eye? Thinking of taking her in?"

  Lan Zi'an suddenly came to his senses, suppressed the strange and chaotic thoughts in his mind, and hugged Fan Shi's waist.

  "What's the point of arguing with her? It's just someone like her, we don't need to bother with her, from now on... there's no need to go looking for trouble with her again."

  "My husband is absolutely right."

  Fan walked two steps, staring at Lan Da's and Xia Chuqi's backs, with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

  ……

  ……

  It's been three days since I arrived in Cuny village on the seventh day of summer.

  She roughly understood some of the situation from the fool and the villager's mouths.

  She was in the Da Yan dynasty, which was very similar to the Ming Dynasty's division of national territory. The village was called Lian Nian Village and belonged to Qing Gang County under Jin Cheng Prefecture, about thirty miles away from the county seat. However, apart from some basic common sense, it is difficult to ask more valuable things with a few foolish brains.

  The thought of going back was abruptly cut off after several attempts.

  Anyway, Xia Shi's orphan always walks alone wherever she goes. She sings whatever song is popular on whatever mountain she reaches, and the yellow earth of any place can raise people. Since youth is still here, not only does she have the opportunity to realize her past life's struggle for a good husband, but also experience another kind of feudal dynasty new rural life, which isn't considered a big loss.

  For the past three days, thanks to the blessing of Nineteenth Master, her life has been relatively calm. Although that day she pointedly said "thank you" and naturally shifted the attention to Lan Xiucai, the village gossip grew louder, but no one came to bother her. The whole village, or rather the entire Qinggang County, was caught up in another major event that grabbed everyone's attention.

  According to rumors, the large army of the King of Jin has arrived at Ling Shui County and will soon pass through Qing Gang Post House. The whole county is shaken. The old county magistrate summoned the village head, saying it was to welcome the king, and that yellow sand would be laid on the road along the way, and bridges would be built over the water...

  For that nineteenth master who had indirectly helped him, Xia Chuyi didn't have a single penny of feeling.

  She is now more concerned about her own life. Maybe it's true that doctors can't cure themselves, since she fell into the river and caught a cold on the riverbank that day, her originally frail body not only didn't fully recover but also started coughing even worse.

  "Big fool..." She shouted weakly.

  "Grass, I'm here."

  The fool treated her very well, and apart from being foolish, he didn't have any other problems. A year ago, when he brought back the summer grass from the foot of Cangying Mountain, the two of them started living in these dilapidated thatched cottages. Besides him, there was also a third aunt who had taken care of him since childhood and relied on him for survival.

  "Dummy, I'm out of energy, can you go help me pick some herbs?" Xia Chuyi's throat was almost hoarse from coughing.

  The silly fool nodded his big head heavily, staring at her nodding heavily.

  "Good boy!" She was used to treating him like a child, "You remember, first go to the east of the village, by the well, and pick some White Snake Tongue Grass from the field. Then go to the west of the village, by the river, and pick a few handfuls of Fishy Smell Grass. When you come back, find a few pieces of dried tangerine peel that Third Aunt used for cooking on the edge of the stove..."

  It took Xia Zhongqiu a lot of effort to make himself clear on the seventh day of summer vacation.

  She finally figured it out and went out to find medicine. She sincerely thought: Living with an idiot is really tiring!

  She fell asleep once again.

  In her dream, she was still standing by the Qingling River, blowing a cold wind.

  In the cold wind, a big red underwear is flying and flying...

  Suddenly, a pair of chicken claw-like hands grasped her neck, the suffocating pain was so real that it shocked her awake from her dream.

  Laozi...

  As soon as I opened my eyes, a pair of resentful and poisonous little eyes were right in front of me.

  "Summer grass, you little slut, I've come to see you off..."