I'd rather die than be a traitor like you

  With a smile, "No choice, brother is right, long pain is not as good as short pain. Auntie Zhou can do more with her ability, so she should go in person."

  Zhou's mother glared at her and led the other mothers away, leaving Shi Shu and Lan Yin to attend to Ruoxi as she put on her undergarments. It was then that Zhiyi came out from behind the screen and saw Ruoxi sitting on a stool with a embroidered lotus pattern, wearing a white silk undergarment with an embroidered water lily design, her hair dripping wet and being roughly rubbed by Shi Shu with a towel. Seeing Ruoxi's scrunched up face, Zhiyi glared at Shi Shu, "Clumsy hands and feet, can't you be gentler?"

  His voice was stern and expressionless, having led troops in battle for many years. He spoke decisively and killed with precision, cultivating an aura of intimidation without anger. The attendant was so frightened that he couldn't help but shrink back, carefully wiping his hair.

  At the thought of it, he carefully examined her face again, and saw that half of her cheek was still red and swollen, with many scratches on both sides. He couldn't help but blame himself, "It's all because I wasn't good enough, I didn't protect you well."

  "Brother says where words, are all my fault, if not go out, then nothing will happen."

  "This has nothing to do with my sister. It's all because of those detestable horse thieves."

  "Brother, what about General Liu and his men? Are they all right?"

  Zhi Yi's face turned gloomy, "Da Qiang has suffered severe injuries and is beyond cure. The rest of the soldiers have all sacrificed themselves."

  As if in a trance, after a long while, two streams of tears flowed down, "It's all me, if it weren't for me, they wouldn't have died either."

  "Mind your own business and don't get involved."

  "They died for me, brother must be buried heavily."

  "This is natural." Zhi Yi nodded, "I will take good care of their families. Don't worry, sister."

  With a heavy heart, he was once again persuaded by his friend's words of encouragement, and only then did he manage to muster up the energy to carry on.

  "It's a good thing that Wang Ye came to the rescue, or else I might not have seen my sister again." Li Xiao had some goodwill towards him. After fighting with Tie Qian for a while, he was already exhausted, and then he came to save her, almost dying in the process. Both emotionally and rationally, she should be very grateful to him.

  Zhi Yi nodded her head, "This time we really have to thank Li Xiao. When my sister recovers from her injuries, I'll make sure to thank her properly."

  Nodding in agreement, with no dissent. Suddenly thinking of something again, he asked: "Brother, the city wall of Datong is as strong as iron, and the defense is so strict, how did the Tartars still get into the city?"

  Zhī yì mù guāng dǒu lěng, "tāmen bú shì dá dí."

  English Translation:

  Zhi Yi's eyes suddenly turned cold, "They are not Tartars."

  "Huh?"

  "This is a gang of robbers, specializing in killing and looting, doing all sorts of evil. Disguising themselves as Tartars, they are simply using the Tartars' brutal reputation to intimidate the common people, and then shift the blame onto the Tartars." Zhiyi further explained, "The Tartars had previously invaded Datong, slaughtering people like sheep, with cruel methods, burning, killing, looting, doing all sorts of evil. The common people were so scared that they lost their minds when they heard about them. So when they saw the robbers disguised as Tartars, they were so frightened that their legs turned soft, and they didn't even have the strength to resist."

  It suddenly dawned on me, "No wonder, they can speak Chinese, it turns out to be this way."

  Zhi Yi smiled and said, "However, they are also unlucky. Recently, they have been plundering everywhere, with everything going smoothly, yet they still aren't satisfied. Today, they dared to try to plunder Li Xiao, but ended up suffering a great defeat. Moreover, I have already sent people to besiege their lair, and now they are completely defeated."

  "It serves him right, from now on he won't dare to harm the common people again."

  Zhiyi still had some things to take care of, so he let Ruoqing rest well and come back to visit her at night. After a series of struggles, Ruoqing's eyelids were already fighting each other, and after Zhiyi left, she went to bed and started dreaming.

  As I was half asleep and half awake, I suddenly found Li Xu standing in front of my bed, which gave me a big fright. I quickly got up and said, "Li Xu, what are you doing in my room? Get out!"

  Li Xiang didn't move, he just stared tightly at Ru Qing, "Stinky girl, tell me, how did you save me?"

  "Press your abdomen and then press your chest, like that."

  "Don't deceive me. Your maid has already told me that you kissed me with your mouth and brought me back to life."

  "Nonsense! I don't have it."

  "You have!"

  "I don't have it. Don't talk nonsense."

  "How dare you not admit it, you kissed me with your mouth and ruined my whole life. You have to take responsibility for me."

  "Ah, how can you be like this? I was just trying to help you. Don't you know what's good for you?"

  Li Xiao said: "I don't care, anyway you ruined my reputation, you have to take responsibility for me."

  "Let your dog fart, who ruined whose reputation?"

  Li Xiao suddenly became evasive, "It's you, you ruined my reputation for life. You have to compensate me."

  "Can't you just be reasonable? At that time, it was an emergency, okay?"

  "I'd rather die than be saved by you like this. How am I supposed to face others?"

  "Come on, are you a man or not? You're taking advantage of me and still acting innocent. I'm the one who's suffering here!" She said angrily, throwing a pillow at him.

  But he caught the pillow and approached her with a sly smile, "I don't care, you're going to be responsible for me anyway."

  As if frightened, she shrank into the bed and stuttered: "Then how do you want me to take responsibility?"

  "It's simple, marry me and be my concubine."

  "Let your mother's stinky fart go. I'll beat you to death, you J-bone. The girl has been displeased with you for a long time." Like a slap in the face, this slap was very solid and clear, making her hand numb and waking her up.

  "Ah, how is it you?" As if in a trance, she couldn't come back to her senses for a moment.

  A green-clad figure stood before the bed, covering her face with a wronged expression. "Miss, I was just trying to help by covering you with a quilt. How could you hit me?"

  The servant outside heard the noise and rushed in hastily, "What happened?" Suddenly seeing Ruyi only wearing a close-fitting short-sleeved nightgown, he was shocked and quickly turned around, not daring to take another look.

  Her face was also burning, but she didn't feel as embarrassed as Zhiyi. She calmly pulled the quilt over her body, covering herself and the low-cut sleeveless cotton-silk pajamas she had designed herself.

  "Snowy sister-in-law and brother, what are you doing running into my room?"

  Yan Xue's face was full of grievance, "Miss, Yan Xue followed Master's orders and came to see if you were sleeping soundly. Who knew that as soon as I entered, you threw a pillow at me and even slapped me? Miss, is Yan Xue really so detestable to you? Not being welcomed by you before was one thing, but why did you resort to physical violence now?"

  Although unhappy, but on the face is smiling, "Sister misunderstood, just now I had a dream, dreamed that Tartar ran to me, my heart was so frightened, and couldn't help throwing a pillow to hit people. Sister don't misunderstand, I'm not targeting you."

  Yu Xue shook her head, clearly disbelieving. "I don't think so," she said pitifully. "Just now, you were saying you'd beat me to death, this J-bone, and that you've disliked me for a long time. If you dislike Yu Xue, just say it straightforwardly, why find another excuse?"

  As if she was furious, she just spoke some nonsense and did something absurd, mistakenly hitting her, how could this person be so unreasonable?

  "Sister-in-law, that's going too far. I have nothing to do with you, why are you targeting me?" Ru Qing said unhappily, "I just had a nightmare earlier."

  Yu Xue covered her face with a handkerchief, looking pitiful and wronged. Ruo Qing's anger flared up at the sight, so he didn't bother to explain. He sat on the bed, puffing with rage.