Cross the doghouse to save Party A, Your Highness owes me ten mines

When Shiliang woke up, it was already night.

He raised his eyes and saw Miss Xia eating at the low table next to him, and then looked at his bandaged hand.

They were now in a sheepskin tent, with thick and soft mattresses beneath them and warm quilts on their bodies. There was a brazier burning in the middle of the tent. Miss Xia was sitting beside the brazier, searching for burnt sweet potatoes in the brazier with a branch.

Hearing Shi Liang's voice, Xia Shi turned around and said, "Of course you are still alive. I cannot repay you for saving my life. I used my own private medicine to heal your wound. How do you feel? Does the wound still hurt?"

In fact, there is no such thing as private medicine. Every medicine on the starship is registered, and extra use requires payment. However, the hero saved me. If I let him know that the medicine was bought with money, he will have to pay back the money given his personality. What if I have to sell the only remaining scabbard?

Shiliang felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

He had been wandering around the world for many years, and had been poisoned, stabbed, and wounded countless times. Although he didn't say it, his internal organs were actually in pain.

After this period of time, I used her medicine, and unexpectedly, all the hidden diseases in my body were cured.

"Much better, it's really a miracle drug, thank you, young lady."

Xia Shi continued to save the sweet potatoes, saying, "What are you thanking me for? I should thank you more... Look, the sweet potatoes are baked. Although they look terrible, they smell good. Come and try them. Mmm, they are hot!"

Shiliang jumped up and took the charred sweet potato from her hand.

The two men came out of the tent and sat on the hillside outside, looking at the cloudless starry sky with a crescent moon hanging in the sky.

The moon is small and the stars are exceptionally bright, twinkling.

"Today is New Year's Eve."

"New Year's Eve?" She had heard of it. She had heard people mention it when she was traveling. It was a very important festival, but she didn't know the details. She was not very clear about the etiquette, customs, meanings and taboos.

"Miss, are you so busy that you forgot the date?" Hearing her lack of understanding, he found an excuse for her. Knowing that she was not from Dongzhou, there were many rumors about her in the martial arts world. Everyone said that Xia Shi, the female official beside Prince Junze, had a strange life experience, powerful skills and servants. There were many speculations about her life experience, especially after the battle of Huai'an, people had even more different opinions about her.

If she didn't want to say it, he wouldn't ask.

"I don't really know much about it." Xia Shi said frankly, "My hometown is very far away."

"Yeah!" Shiliang smiled. When the corners of his lips curved up, his eyes were as bright as stars, and it could be seen that he was a very cheerful young man.

He was delighted because the girl next to him trusted him and told him a secret that no one in the whole Dongzhou knew.

He lowered his eyes and peeled the roasted sweet potatoes bit by bit.

The wound on his hand was not big, just a small scratch. He only bandaged the palm, which did not affect the movement of his hand. Soon, most of the burnt potato was peeled off, leaving only the clean and tender sweet potato core. He handed it to Xia Shi:

"Sweet potatoes are not as sweet as they are now when they are just dug out. They are most delicious after being left for a while. But they cannot be left until early spring, or they will sprout. Now is the sweetest time."

Xia Shi broke off a handful and handed it to Shi Liang, then took a bite of the one in his hand, and immediately the fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth: "Well, this is the first time I eat sweet potatoes that I baked myself, and it turns out to be so delicious."

Xiyan, who just bought it, was thinking: It’s great to have some small baked food. Girl, do you think it’s possible that you didn’t eat lunch and were busy until night so you were hungry, so now everything you eat tastes delicious?

Juliang: "Yes, this is also the first time I have eaten such sweet sweet potatoes."

In fact, he had lived in the open air for many years and had roasted many kinds of food, including some rare game.

But at this moment,

He suddenly didn't want to break such a pleasant atmosphere, he felt that her happiness was the most important.

Xia Shi: "My cooking skills are really good!"

Juliang: “Yes!”

Xi Yan: "..." I feel like I should say something, even if it's for my own prince, but I don't know how to interrupt. I'd better just pack up my things silently.

Juliang: "I'm glad to spend the New Year with you. In our place, New Year's Eve is a day for family reunion."

Xia Shi: "Ah, if you start rushing home now..."

Juliang: "I don't have any relatives anymore."

Xia Shi: "My family is so far away from me, and I'm all alone here, why don't we have a reunion dinner together."

Shi Liang: "Thank you for the invitation, it's my honor."

Xi Yan: “…” Why is this bounty hunter suddenly so smooth-talking? Isn’t he known for being blunt?

Xia Shi: "My family just came back from shopping, and I'm starving."

Xi Yan: “…” I really wanted to say that I only bought two servings, but I had already taken them out and it was hard to hide them.

Xi Yan had already spread a felt on the ground beside the two of them, laid out the several kilograms of marinated food that he had bought with great difficulty, opened the oil paper package to reveal a dozen sesame cakes, and opened a jar of wine.

Suddenly, the aroma of meat, oil, noodles and wine wafted into the air.

Eat until you are 70% full, drink until you are half drunk,

While in a state of drunkenness,

Xi Yan talked about his wish: "I hope my prince will regain the country and ascend the throne."

Xia Shi also expressed his wish: "I want to earn a lot of money, go to many places, invent many things, hahahahaha..." and finally conquer the sea of stars.

Ten taels: "I hope that all people in the world can have enough food and clothing, a place to sleep, and clothes to wear."

After getting drunk from one glass of wine, Miss Xia climbed up from the felt and gave a thumbs up, praising: "You are such a man of character... burp."

She had never met such a broad-minded person. He was worthy of being her idol. She had a lot to say to her idol.

Unfortunately, due to the strong liquor, his words were unclear. After he calmed down, he could continue talking. But he had already forgotten the topic just now:

"What was I just about to say? Yes, is Shi Liang your real name? I've never heard of anyone with the last name Shi. How strange."

Ten taels: "My surname is Xie, my given name is Jian, and my courtesy name is Yanzhi."

"Xie Yanzhi?" Shi Liang exclaimed. These three words sobered him up instantly. He pushed Xia Shi and said, "Girl, he is actually Xie Yanzhi."

Xia Shi held his head and tried to stay awake, wondering what happened to these three words?

"What's the story behind it?"

Xi Yan talked about what he had seen: "The Xie family, the most famous injustice case in the entire Qian Dynasty..."

Twenty years ago, the Xie family, a once-prosperous family with three top scholars, five prime ministers, and a history of a hundred years, with more than a dozen queens, was framed and accused of embezzling disaster relief grain, and all nine clans were killed.

The martial artist who managed to escape took his seven-year-old master all the way north to meet the emperor and appeal for justice. He was blocked and robbed and killed countless times, and finally died tragically in front of the gate of the capital. It was not until five years ago that the child who was accidentally adopted grew up and challenged the residences of thirteen corrupt officials in the Southern Region, collected evidence of their crimes, and broke into the palace with the account books to appeal for justice, which finally redressed his innocence.

In order to compensate him, the emperor appointed him as the Inspector of Thirteen States, but he resigned from his post and left the country. No one knew his whereabouts anymore, as if he had disappeared from the world.