Embers of Sword

Chapter 15 Jiangning Xie Family
It was naturally a good thing that everyone was happy since Xie Xuanyi was willing to nod and agree.

Deng Chicheng quickly took a cloak and put it on Shen Yan. He wanted to help Shen Yan to his own carriage.

But Xie Xuanyi gave him a look.

The head of the Deng family had no choice but to let go and give up this unrealistic idea.

The convoy set off again.

But this time, Xie Xuanyi's carriage was a little crowded, with Jiang Huang, Deng Baiyi, and Shen Yan squeezed together.

"Miss Shen... Welcome."

Deng Baiyi almost gritted her teeth and squeezed out these words.

Shen Yan bowed her head and hummed softly, without saying much to Deng Baiyi. She just sat beside Xie Xuanyi and asked softly, "Thank you for your help, benefactor. Shen Yan is so presumptuous that I haven't asked for your name yet?"

"My last name is Xie."

Xie Xuanyi paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "...a single name, the word Zhen."

Ten years have passed. Does anyone in the world still remember Xie Xuanyi?

There should still be a lot.

Even though he was in Beijun, he should still be cautious and not use his real name.

"Xie Zhen?"

Deng Baiyi recited the name quietly and memorized it.

Shen Yan raised her face and replied with a smile: "Xie Zhen, this is a good name."

Xie Xuanyi said "oh", raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's good about it?"

"...?"

Shen Yan didn't expect such a question and was obviously stunned for a moment.

Who in their right mind would talk like this?
"The good thing is... Xie is a famous surname."

Shen Yan almost didn't react, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Your Excellency should also know that in the past few years, the Great Chu Dynasty has produced many great figures with the surname Xie, such as Jiangning King Xie Zhisui and Jiangning Crown Prince Xie Sheng. In short...names are linked to luck, so your Excellency should also be a blessed person with good luck, right?"

Xie Xuanyi had no intention of responding at all.

The atmosphere was very awkward.

Shen Yan didn't know what she said wrong.

She now felt a wave of regret that she should not have gotten into the carriage.

This time, it was Deng Baiyi who saved the situation unconsciously.

Perhaps out of hostility towards Shen Yan, Deng Baiyi said unhappily: "I think those important people with the surname Xie you just mentioned are nothing special. Did you miss the most important one?"

Shen Yan was stunned again.

She looked at the woman opposite her blankly.

"Of course it's Xie Xuanyi!"

Deng Baiyi held a thick talisman in his arms, with an extremely serious expression, and read out the name word by word.

Deng Baiyi asked fiercely: "If there was no Xie Xuanyi back then, how could there be the current King of Jiangning and the Xie family of Jiangning?!"

After these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the carriage became even quieter.

Xie Xuanyi! Jiang Ning!

These few words, falling into the lake of my heart, seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

Xie Xuanyi was a little dazed for a moment.

some years ago.

In Jiangning, the Xie family was just a down-and-out noble family with a certain amount of prestige and fame, but without exception, it would fade away and eventually be forgotten by everyone...

But there happened to be Xie Xuanyi.

After Xie Xuanyi became famous, the Jiangning Xie family ushered in a second spring!

After the Northern Expedition, the Emperor of Da Chu gave generous rewards, and Xie took advantage of this opportunity to rise to fame!
Ironically, the "Jiangning Xie Clan" that boasted of its close relationship with Xie Xuanyi, in fact, did not have a single relative of Xie Xuanyi in the entire clan, and had not put in any real effort to cultivate him.

Although Xie Xuanyi was born in Jiangning, he was just an unappreciated illegitimate son of a side branch. His parents died early, and relying on the remaining prestige and reputation of the Jiangning Xie family, he was sent to the Dasui Sword Palace at the age of six to start practicing. Since then, he has had no contact with the Xie family... If there is any relationship between Xie Xuanyi and the Jiangning Xie family, it is the blood relationship left by the word Xie.

This is also why, in his previous life, after becoming famous, Xie Xuanyi did not expose the Jiangning Xie family's words of taking advantage of the situation.

If it weren't for the Xie family of Jiangning, he wouldn't have been able to join the Sword Palace.

In the beginning, he borrowed Xie's name so that he could practice. Now that he has achieved success and fame, Xie wants the name, so he returns it.

Cause and effect, cause and effect.

This is cause and effect.

Shen Yan's words in the carriage brought Xie Xuanyi's thoughts back to reality.

"Xie Xuanyi is already dead... What else is there to say about a dead person?"

Facing Deng Baiyi's offensive.

Shen Yan just said a few words lightly to resolve the issue.

"not to mention."

Shen Yan thought about it and said with a smile, "Isn't Xie Xuanyi the criminal who 'colluded with demons and committed treason'? The Da Chu royal family listed all his crimes and offered a reward of 100,000 miles. I heard that the wanted order has even been posted in Nanli Country. The reputation of this young swordsman is now in tatters!"

"You..." Deng Baiyi's eyes were filled with anger, and she was about to fight back.

"All right."

At this moment, Xie Xuanyi personally stepped forward and stopped this farce.

He lowered his eyebrows, took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "They are already dead, there is really nothing to say."

"Humph!"

Deng Baiyi glared at Xie Xuanyi. Although she swallowed what she wanted to say, she couldn't swallow her anger. She simply turned away and left the carriage.

Everyone in the Deng Mansion’s convoy saw this scene.

The eldest daughter of the family left Xie Xuanyi's carriage with a look of grievance on her face, and entered the family master's car. She then angrily scolded the master for not fighting back, without any intention of hiding anything.

This scolding could be heard from far away.

Everyone looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

Xie Xuanyi, who had originally lifted the curtain in an attempt to save the situation, sighed in his heart and closed the curtain helplessly.

Looking back, Xie Xuanyi discovered that there was a different scene in the carriage at this moment.

"Xie bro, can you help me?"

Shen Yan, who was soaked all over, gently shook off the cloak that Deng Chicheng had covered her shoulders with, and just like that, she took off half of her clothes, revealing half of her snow-white shoulders.

She turned around and continued to take off her clothes, revealing most of her back.

"I was chased by some bad guys earlier and I was slightly injured. I wonder if Brother Xie can give me some help?"

Since Shen Yan doesn't shy away from it.

Then there is nothing to be shy about.

Xie Xuanyi, who was holding the teacup, took a sip of tea and chuckled, "There are some injuries, probably caused by a stray arrow."

Hearing this answer, Shen Yan took out a bottle of ointment like a magic trick and said softly: "This is the ancestral ointment of the Shen family. Please, Brother Xie, wipe it for me."

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows.

Ten years have passed, is this still popular in the world?

He said meaningfully: "Oh? This is not good, right? Your injury looks..."

Shen Yan's cheeks flushed, and she interrupted quietly: "Mr. Xie, please feel free to do it. Don't be afraid of hurting Shen Yan."

The names have changed.

From Brother Xie to Mr. Xie.

"No, Miss Shen misunderstood."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "What I want to say is that your injury looks almost healed, and there is no need to apply ointment at all."

"???"

Shen Yan's body visibly stiffened.

Xie Xuanyi added: "Although the arrow wound is not a big deal, there is one thing that is extremely important right now... It's freezing cold in Beijun, and Miss Shen is soaked through. It's better to hurry up and change clothes."

"Master Xie is still very thoughtful."

Shen Yan's voice became soft as water again, and she moved closer to Xie Xuanyi: "If you don't mind, Shen Yan will change clothes here."

"Of course I don't mind."

Xie Xuanyi paused and said, "It's just that it's not so good right now, right?"

Shen Yan asked softly, "Sir, do you think that it's inappropriate for men and women to be intimate with each other? Or do you think it's immoral for a man and a woman to be in the same car?"

The carriage was narrow and the two of them were almost touching each other and could hear each other's breathing.

There is a faint fragrance in the air.

"Miss Shen, you misunderstood again."

Xie Xuanyi raised the teacup.

"I mean... the place is too small, this is not good."

"Since Miss Deng has left, why don't you go sit in her seat?"

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "Then you change your clothes and I'll taste my tea."

The smile on Shen Yan's face froze again.

This time she was completely speechless and looked at Xie Xuanyi with an incomprehensible and resentful look, but the latter completely ignored her look.

"This tea is not very good."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the green waves reflected in the teacup and shook his head secretly.

When Deng Chicheng delivered the tea, he said that it was top-quality Longjing tea produced in the Jiangning area. It was very expensive and had been treasured for many years... Xie Xuanyi felt that this guy was most likely cheated.

Or maybe Jiangning's tea would change its taste if it was left in Beijun for too long?
All in all, this tea is of very poor quality.

He didn't like it very much.

　"squeak."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)