Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 121 Proton
Life in Jusai City was relatively stable. Gu Jingnian was able to enjoy the blessings of the Gu family without being bullied or humiliated by them. He slept until noon every day.

Pei Nian was a person who was used to getting up early, and was very dissatisfied with this. Unfortunately, he had no official position and nothing to do. Every day when he opened his eyes, he could only drag Gu Jingnian to learn the language. Sometimes he had to hit him to stop him from falling asleep.

I was studying that day when I suddenly heard a child's voice in the yard.

"Murder! Hahaha!"

Then Zhang Xiaofang yelled, "Don't run, put him down."

Pei Nian quickly stood up and put on his clothes.

But I saw that the window had been lifted up, and a little boy of five or six years old looked inside curiously and climbed in.

Several wintersweets that were about to bloom and were planted outside the window were trampled.

Seeing this, Pei Nian frowned and scolded: "Where did this naughty boy come from?"

As they were talking, the door was pushed open and Zhang Xiaofang rushed into the room with a kitchen knife in her hand, shouting, "Put down the beggar's chicken!"

"A little bit."

The little boy made a face at Zhang Xiaofang without answering, showing a smile that looked like a cat hating a dog, as if he wanted to deliberately piss Zhang Xiaofang off to death.

Seeing that he didn't have the chicken in his hand, Zhang Xiaofang turned around and ran out to look for it. After walking two steps, she turned around and said to Pei Nian, "Miss, I don't know where this kid ran away from and stole my beggar's chicken."

After saying that, he ran out in a hurry and tripped over the threshold.

The little boy in the room was very proud of himself for having played a trick on someone. He jumped off the windowsill, clapped his hands, picked up a brush on the table, turned it around in his hands, and threw it onto the couch, trying to hit Gu Jingnian.

Pei Nian grabbed the brush and said unhappily, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Gu Jingnian had also stood up and was leaning on the couch, watching the noisy scene in the room with a calm look.

Pei Nian threw the brush in his hand, and it brushed past the little boy's face and hit the windowsill. This move finally scared the little boy.

But that was all. He soon became arrogant again, pointing at Pei Nian and scolding, "You stinky woman, if you bully me, you won't be able to marry into the Gu family."

He put his hands on his waist and said arrogantly: "You asked me who I was. Let me tell you, that's my eleventh uncle."

As he spoke, he tilted his head back and pointed at Gu Jingnian with his chin.

Gu Jingnian had long guessed that this was his nephew, but he didn't know which brother he was. Many of the Gu family's sons died on the battlefield, but many of them also stayed behind.

"Whose child are you?"

"Lululu, I won't tell you."

The little boy ran to the bed and climbed up without taking off his shoes, shouting, "Unless you let me ride a big horse."

Pei Nian was afraid that he would dirty the bedding, so he picked him up.

"Let me go...hahaha."

The little boy was struggling at first, but then he probably thought it was fun to be caught like this and started laughing.

Pei Nian felt a little annoyed when he saw that he couldn't do anything to him.

Over there, Zhang Xiaofang came over again and said, "Sir, General Lu is here."

She held a roast chicken that had been bitten and covered with dirt in her hands, her face full of annoyance. She had gotten up early in the morning to prepare this dish, killing the chicken, plucking the feathers, marinating it, and lighting the fire, but now it was all ruined by a naughty boy.

If this happened in the village, she would definitely beat the other person up severely, but here she couldn't afford to act rashly.

Gu Jingnian stood up, changed his clothes casually, took the little boy from Pei Nian, walked out of the house, and went to the front hall, where he saw Lu Maoxiu sitting there with two maids standing behind him.

"Sir, this is the child left behind by the Sixth Young Master, and he is named Dingxi."

"It turns out he is Sixth Brother's son."

Gu Jingnian often repeats what others say and gets by with the conversation because he has nothing to say.

Gu Liulang had died in the war, and perhaps because of that, his son was spoiled and became lawless at a very young age. Gu Jingnian didn't like him because he thought of Gu Jiye too easily.

He put down Gu Dingxi, who was in his hand, and he immediately ran behind Lu Maoxiu and shouted, "Uncle Eleven is bullying me!"

Children are the most perceptive. They have already noticed Gu Jingnian's dislike for him and stared at him with wide eyes.

Lu Maoxiu ordered the maid to take Gu Dingxi away, and said to Gu Jingnian: "Prince Xin came to Jusai City this time, in addition to consoling the people, he also wanted to bring a few young masters to Yongjing."

"Oh."

Gu Jingnian's answer was very simple. He felt that Gu Beiming didn't care about these things anyway.

Lu Maoxiu was more concerned about the Gu family than he was. A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes. He said, "Many members of the Gu family have already died in Ruijing. We cannot afford to make any more mistakes. Therefore, we must reject Prince Xin's intention this time."

He used the word "we".

At the beginning of the assassination of Yin Yucheng, Lu Maoxiu asked Gu Jingnian to help the assassin disguise himself, but he did not directly tell him what he was going to do. His purpose was to make Gu Jingnian's position completely consistent with the Gu family. Gu Jingnian suddenly asked him, "How does General Lu plan to end the assassination of Prince Xin?"

Then, Gu Jingnian did not ask him if he really wanted to kill Yin Yucheng, but took the initiative to express his willingness to save him. At that time, Lu Maoxiu realized that this Eleventh Master Gu was different from other children of the Gu family. He was more cunning and selfish.

In this case, the remaining problems should naturally be solved by Gu Jingnian. "General Lu means that Yong State needs the Gu family to send a hostage to the capital, and I will be the hostage?"

"It's a bit too much to say 'hostage'. He is here to be appointed an official in the capital. I dare not let you take risks, but..."

Gu Jingnian raised his hand, too lazy to listen to Lu Maoxiu's excuses.

He knew that Lu Maoxiu was considering the Gu family and felt that sacrificing him was better than sending away several immature children.

"I can promise you." Gu Jingnian said, "But will Yongguo be satisfied?"

"Young Master is now the most powerful son of the Gu family." Lu Maoxiu flattered him at the right time, saying, "He is more suitable for an official post in the capital than the naughty young masters. Young Master is planning to go to Yongjing, so you only need to stop Prince Xin from bringing the young masters to the capital."

"I have a condition."

Lu Maoxiu was stunned. He didn't expect that he would put forward conditions when doing things for his family.

Gu Jingnian said as a matter of course, "If I am still alive and can return from Yongjing, let father go with me to a place alone."

"How can I make the decision for the Marshal?"

"The general is the person my father trusts the most. He trusts you more than his own children."

Lu Maoxiu asked: "Where are you going?"

Gu Jingnian closed his eyes and did not answer.

Seeing his expression, Lu Maoxiu thought that he probably wanted Gu Beiming to accompany him to pay tribute to someone, so he said, "I can only promise you that I will persuade the Marshal."

"Well, it's a deal..."

Sure enough, two days later, Yin Yucheng confirmed his return date and proposed to bring several of Gu Beiming's grandsons back to Beijing to be appointed officials.

Lu Maoxiu glanced at Gu Jingnian, and seeing that he did not speak immediately, he had no choice but to say, "Prince Xin, the Marshal wanted to send the young princes to the capital to meet the emperor because the Gu family was dwindling. Now that the eleventh prince has come, he should be the one to meet the emperor, so as to avoid the children being disrespectful in front of the emperor."

Yin Yucheng laughed and said, "It is precisely because we are afraid of being impolite that we have to learn the etiquette of Yong State from a young age. What do you think, General Lu?"

Lu Maoxiu was unhappy and said nothing, and the atmosphere quickly became heavy.

Yin Yucheng soon realized that he had pushed too far and glanced at Qu Jizhi. Qu Jizhi stroked his beard and said nothing, bearing the pressure from Lü Maoxiu.

After a moment of silence, Lu Maoxiu said in a businesslike tone, "I can't make the decision."

Yin Yucheng was quite embarrassed and found a way out for himself.

"Brother Gu, what do you think?"

If Lu Maoxiu hadn't said hello beforehand, Gu Jingnian might have really let those Gu family members be sent to Yongjing as hostages. He said, "I am the only one in the Gu family who has no intention of going to the battlefield. I hope that Prince Xin will help me."

"Have you thought it through?" Yin Yucheng asked.

Even if you go to Beijing as a hostage, you will no longer be free.

Gu Jingnian nodded and finally took the responsibility for the matter.

A few days later, Yin Yucheng went to comfort other cities and completed the task assigned to him by the Emperor of Yong State somewhat hastily. He could not wait to return to the capital.

Gu Jingnian followed the team, but this time he brought one more person, Huo Bo. This was his special request. Neither Lu Maoxiu nor Miao Chunniang objected, so Huo Bo had no choice.

It is a long journey from Jusai City to Yongjing, which is more than 3,700 miles away.

However, the team only traveled west for more than 300 miles before stopping and arriving at a place called Huguanyi.

"Wow."

As soon as Zhang Xiaofang arrived at the place, she couldn't help but exclaimed, because she saw a scene that she had never seen in Switzerland.

There was a row of flying cars on the open space in front of him. Each car was as big as a house, and people with four arms or huge hands were shuttling among them.

Behind the flying car, you can see several tall people with horns on their heads, carrying sedan chairs on their backs.

When she turned her eyes, she was shocked to see several extremely ugly monsters that looked like birds, fish and bats, with huge bodies falling from the sky, with several seats tied to their backs.

"That's a manta ray. It can fly, but it's timid and can't be used in combat." Pei Nian pointed and said, "The Rui Kingdom hunts manta ray because its excrement can poison crops."

In front, Yin Yucheng heard what he said, turned around and said, "That's right. The Great Yong Kingdom is open to all, and will not stop eating because of choking. The way to prevent manta ray bats from harming farmers is not to kill them, but to tame them. These manta ray bats fly along a fixed route every time, and there are no crops along the way."

He was also very proud of this, patted Gu Jingnian on the shoulder, looked up at the scene in the sky, and said: "Unlike the Rui Kingdom, which openly prohibits aliens but secretly conducts refining, this is the atmosphere of the coexistence of differences and common customs in Dayong."

Regardless of whether Gu Jingnian believed in his heart that Yong Kingdom was so good, as a spy, he still nodded in agreement.

"It is a blessing for Yi Ren to be able to come to Yong State."

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly fixed.

He had good eyesight and noticed a special figure among the men who were repairing the flying car. She was a woman with only three arms.

After thinking about it, he recalled her name, Qin'er.

(End of this chapter)