Chapter 18: Damaged Reputation
It was a sunny day, but it suddenly started raining at night. The raindrops fell on the windows, making a ticking sound.
The middle-aged man said weakly: "Help me... ...get revenge..."
"Master, can you let him hold on for a while? I want to hear what he has to say." Shen Jingxuan looked at Master Xue with anticipation.
Old Xue didn't say anything, but took out silver needles and inserted a few needles into his important acupuncture points. The middle-aged man's spirits gradually improved.
The middle-aged man told Shen Jingxuan his identity and his experience, and put the identity jade pendant and the martial arts secrets hidden in his lapel into Shen Jingxuan's hands.
After he finished speaking and heard Shen Jingxuan's agreement, the middle-aged man's voice became smaller and smaller, and his breath became weaker and weaker.
Before he died, the middle-aged man's face was still filled with anger and unwillingness.
Shen Jingxuan looked at the middle-aged man with mixed feelings. Has he reached the point where no one can be trusted?
He actually handed over such an important thing and entrusted it to me, a person he had only met once.
The incident happened suddenly and they didn't have time to prepare the burial supplies, so they had to keep everything simple.
Shen Jingxuan stayed by the body of the middle-aged man for two days, just like she was a family member.
It was not until the third day that she and two masters cremated the middle-aged man and put the ashes into a box.
Shen Jingxuan brought the box back to the room and stared at the box on the table.
This was the uncle's last wish, and she should fulfill it for him. After hesitating for a moment, Shen Jingxuan put it into the space.
It was a dark and windy night. In Shen Jingxuan's boudoir at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, that stinky man once again walked on the moon towards her.
Xie Lingxiao came to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion again.
After returning home last night, he kept thinking about what happened with Shen Jingxuan in his mind, which made him unable to sleep all night.
Thinking about entering a girl’s bedroom directly last night, it would have damaged her innocence.
Xie Lingxiao stood outside the window and knocked on the window frame.
After a while, he received no response and heard no sound in the room.
As a martial artist who had practiced martial arts for many years, he realized that there was no one in the room, so he pushed open the window and climbed in.
Xie Lingxiao came to the edge of the bed, looked at the empty bed with the bedding neatly folded, and realized that the ugly woman was not in the house tonight.
He wanted to look around for the jade pendant, but then he suddenly turned around and left.
The next morning, the sky, which had been gloomy for several days, cleared up and sunlight refracted into the house through the windows.
Shen Jingxuan was sleeping soundly when she was awakened by the noise outside. She lay on the couch in a daze.
After a few days, even a body made of iron would not be able to withstand such torture.
Now that I finally have some free time and a good sleep, I am disturbed again like this.
Hearing the conversation outside continuing, Shen Jingxuan had no choice but to get up, put on her clothes and walk out of the room.
There were three strange men sitting in the yard. When they heard the door open, they all looked up at Shen Jingxuan.
"Junior sister, are you awake?" Three people came to Shen Jingxuan.
Hearing the voices, Shen Jingxuan guessed that these three people were her senior brothers.
"Junior sister, I am the senior brother, Yang Minghua."
"Junior sister, I am the second senior brother, Luo Zixuan."
"Junior sister, I am the third senior brother, Xu Wenyan."
The three of them introduced themselves one by one. After the introduction, they looked at Shen Jingxuan and waited for her to speak.
Shen Jingxuan was also looking at the three of them.
The eldest brother has dignified and elegant manners and fair skin. From the moment he appeared, he always had a faint smile on his face, making people feel close to him.
The second brother seems to be more impulsive and does not know how to control his emotions.
Third senior brother, wow, seems to be about the same age as me, lively and cheerful.
Shen Jingxuan looked at the three people and couldn't help but feel amused: "My name is Shen Jingxuan, you can call me Xuan'er."
Just as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard outside the yard getting closer.
"You little brat, you disturb Xuan'er's rest so early in the morning." Came the voice of Old Xue.
The second and third brothers stood up straight immediately, no longer as casual as before.
The eldest senior brother looked at the two junior brothers who had become obedient and smiled faintly: "Master, let's go see the youngest junior sister."
When Master Xue heard the voice of his eldest disciple, his anger immediately subsided by half, and his brows and eyes became much softer.
The eldest senior brother is gentle and elegant, and no one would be willing to lose their temper with him.
In this way, Shen Jingxuan settled down in the master's sect.
Every day, he and three fellow apprentices followed the two masters to learn medical and poison techniques.
Sometimes I would follow my fellow brothers into the mountains to look for medicinal herbs and poisonous plants.
Occasionally, they would discuss medical and poison techniques with each other.
When Shen Jingxuan returned to the house at night, she would always go to the space to take a look.
After so many times of understanding, she has become more and more familiar with the use of space.
Shen Jingxuan asked her fellow brothers for some seeds of commonly used medicinal herbs, scattered them in the open space in the space, and saved them for future use in practicing medicine making.
Occasionally, some precious medicinal herbs given to him by his senior brothers were also planted in the space.
After leaving the space, Shen Jingxuan sat cross-legged on the bed and continued to practice martial arts as usual.
The happy time passed in a flash, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Shen Jingxuan's medical and poison skills have made great progress, and with her constant efforts every night, her martial arts have also improved a lot.
After being away for so long, it's time to go back home. Thinking of this, Shen Jingxuan turned and went to the masters' courtyard.
When she asked to return home, the masters readily agreed.
What Shen Jingxuan could not have imagined was that her two masters left the sect with her and set out on the journey back to the capital.
After several days of travel, the master and his two apprentices finally entered the city gate.
Shen Jingxuan asked her master to go back to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion first, as she had to go to the Qianyu Chamber of Commerce. The three of them separated.
She walked along the street towards Qianyu Chamber of Commerce, but she didn't expect to see Xie Zihan and Shen Jinghuan.
"Big sister?" Shen Jinghuan saw her deliberately shouting loudly, fearing that people nearby didn't know about their relationship.
Xie Zihan heard this and looked towards the person walking towards him.
She was wearing a light blue dress, which made her skin look even whiter. Her hair was tied casually with a ribbon, with some strands of hair falling down.
The woman in front of him didn't look at him and continued walking forward, as if she didn't hear his call.
When Shen Jingxuan passed by Xie Zihan, Xie Zihan subconsciously reached out and tried to grab her arm, but she easily dodged it.
"Your Highness, please respect yourself." After saying this, he continued to walk forward.
"Big sister, where have you been? You haven't been home for a long time." Shen Jinghuan said loudly.
When Xie Zihan heard this, he felt inexplicably angry for some reason.
"You didn't return home? Shen Jingxuan, where did you go?" Xie Zihan yelled at Shen Jingxuan.
People coming and going on the street heard their conversation and the sound of constant discussion.
"Where else can a girl go if she doesn't go home?"
"She is so ignorant. How can a woman leave the house so easily? What do you think she did?"
"Hehe, I wonder if Qingbai is still there." As the speaker's voice came, the people around him started to make a noise.
"I guess he's gone. He's been out for so long, how can he be innocent?"
Shen Jinghuan listened to everyone's discussions, with a slight smile on her face.
She suppressed her smile and pretended to be angry: "Don't talk nonsense, my elder sister has only been away from home for a month, her innocence must still be there, don't slander her."
"Away from home for a month? Shen Jingxuan, tell me clearly, where have you been?" Xie Zihan looked at Shen Jingxuan angrily and waited for her answer.
"Does it have anything to do with you? Get out of the way." Shen Jingxuan said impatiently.
She doesn't care what others think of her, nor does she care what those people say. It's enough for her to know it herself, there is no need to let everyone know.
Shen Jinghuan said: "Big sister, don't be angry. The prince and I are just concerned about you. We are afraid that you will be in danger if you go out alone. After all, you are a woman."
Shen Jingxuan looked at her with interest: "What's wrong with the woman? Go on."
Shen Jinghuan lowered her head, as if she was the one being bullied, and said aggrievedly: "Big sister, a woman's reputation is very important, please don't be angry, I'm just worried that your reputation will be damaged."
Shen Jingxuan stared at Shen Jinghuan.
Bai Lianhua is indeed a Bai Lianhua. She seems to be thinking about her everywhere, afraid that her reputation will be damaged and her innocence will be tarnished.
Yet, in front of so many people, every word he said reminded everyone that he had lost his innocence.
Damaged reputation?
"Snap" As the sound rang out, five finger marks appeared visibly on Shen Jinghuan's face.
Shen Jingxuan suddenly became interested and was not in a hurry to leave.
She wanted to see if Shen Jinghuan could get away with it after doing so much.