Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 127 Reunion

Feng Niang lit a candle and placed it beside the table.

In the dim firelight, Gu Jingnian spread out the booklet in his hand and looked down at it.

Feng Niang sat down next to him.

She had just woken up and rushed out in a hurry, putting on her slippers without even wearing stockings. Her feet felt very cold, so she lifted her legs and put them into the quilt, propping herself up and sitting there, looking at Gu Jingnian's profile.

The young man was reading the booklet very seriously, his sword-like brows were slightly furrowed, and his starry eyes were shining.

This made Feng Niang feel that he was a little cold, and she couldn't help but pick up a strand of her hair and gently brush it across his earlobe.

"Don't do that." Gu Jingnian said.

"How did you find me?" Feng Niang asked curiously.

"I came here with Yin Yucheng."

"Oh?" Feng Niang asked, "Then why didn't you ask me why I agreed to marry him?"

Gu Jingnian asked: "Why?"

His attitude seemed a little too indifferent to Feng Niang, so she deliberately said, "Of course I like him, and I plan to stay in Yong State as a princess, not go to Woye."

Gu Jingnian finally turned around and looked at Feng Niang.

Looking at the beauty under the lamp, her hair was loose, and the nightgown draped over her shoulders had slipped half way off. Her eyes were like autumn water, and there was a hint of provocation in her gaze.

Gu Jingnian sneered and turned to continue reading the booklet.

"What do you mean by laughing?" Feng Niang asked.

"I'm too lazy to care about you."

Although there are only four casual words, they contain so much meaning.

The half-casual, half-smiling tone made Feng Niang feel relaxed and also felt close to her. Gu Jingnian obviously understood her, knew that she was not really going to get married, and knew that she was teasing him on purpose. This understanding made it unnecessary for them to say more.

With just four words, Feng Niang showed a knowing smile on her face.

In comparison, Yin Yucheng's long speeches, whether he was expressing his true feelings or boasting about himself, only annoyed her.

"The reason I agreed to marry him was because I suspected that Ying Yao was in his hands."

"is it?"

Gu Jingnian's expression was slightly solemn.

Feng Niang said, "After the fire at Deadwood Cliff, I led the money losers with the help of Luoxia and Qin'er to escape the pursuit of the caged people. We finally arrived at the Old Market Town, but happened to encounter Gu Beiming's rebellion. In the war, we were separated from Yan Da, Ah Meng, and Qin'er. Later, I heard that Huang Hu fled west with Ying Yao, and followed the clues all the way to Yongjing, but I never saw them. I suspected that they might have been captured by a group of mysterious people. Those people were very strong. I found out where they might appear, and after looking for them, I happened to meet Yin Yucheng, so I suspected that he was related to those mysterious people."

This is Feng Niang's general experience in recent times, and more details are written in her diary.

For example, when the riot broke out in the old market town, it was still daytime, but the sky suddenly became dark, as if something blocked the sun;

While Feng Niang was searching for Huang Hu and Ying Yao, her bird saw several men in black cloaks riding the wind;

Finally, she lost track of Huang Hu and Ying Yao in the woods outside Yongjing City. She didn't know what happened in the woods because all the birds were dead. When she arrived, she happened to meet Yin Yucheng.

Gu Jingnian said: "Yin Yucheng is indeed good at controlling the wind. I have seen it with my own eyes."

"He is not as innocent as he seems." Feng Niang said, "He seems to be completely bewitched by me, but I have never been able to find out the whereabouts of Yingyao from him."

As she was talking, she felt a little sleepy, so she lay down on her side and rested her head on Gu Jingnian's legs.

This might seem like an ambiguous action to outsiders, but she did it naturally, as if she wasn't thinking about anything. She just felt tired and found a comfortable pillow.

"Yin Yucheng was ordered to make an eastern tour. I originally suspected that his trip was related to Yingyao, so I pretended to agree to his marriage proposal. Later, Luoxia came back seriously injured and said that the person who injured her could also control the wind. We realized that we might have been looking in the wrong direction before. We followed this and found that the person who took Huang Hu away was most likely someone of Yin Yuhe, the crown prince of Yong. But for now, it is just a suspicion."

While Gu Jingnian was flipping through the diary and listening to Feng Niang's narration, he gradually gained a general understanding of the situation after they were separated.

At a certain moment, his gaze froze for a moment, because he saw a sentence on the paper that caught him off guard.

"I miss Gu Jingnian."

After a while, he lowered his head and met Feng Niang's eyes.

The atmosphere was getting a little strange when Feng Niang suddenly smiled mischievously, stopped resting her head on his legs, and sat up.

"Why? Are you touched?"

She raised the corners of her mouth, looking somewhat proud and charming, and said leisurely: "I guessed that you were still alive and that one day you would sneak a peek at my diary again. I deliberately left a message to scare you. Sure enough, you fell into my trap?"

"Well, I've got your trick."

Gu Jingnian smiled bitterly and agreed with her helplessly, as if he found the joke a bit boring.

Feng Niang saw Zheng covering his lips and laughing, and when she saw his expression, she kicked him.

"Okay, I've told you everything you wanted to know. Let's go."

Even through the clothes, Gu Jingnian could feel the coldness of the jade feet.

He looked back and felt her elusive charm. It was as if there were small flames in the air that sometimes lit up and sometimes went out.

After a pause, he stood up and said, "It is indeed not appropriate for me to stay for long. I will take my leave now."

Feng Niang looked at him and saw him turn his back to the side. A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth again. She wrapped herself in the quilt and said, "No, I won't see you off. Close the door."

After not seeing each other for a long time, the two finally met each other. However, the initial enthusiasm in their eyes failed to burst out, and they finally said goodbye in a rather cold manner.

When Gu Jingnian left the house, Lao Hei and Huo Er were standing around Gao Changgan, listening to him explaining something with great effort.

In fact, it was very simple. Gu Jingnian only needed to look at Yin Yucheng's expression to know that he would not be able to help but come to see Feng Niang tonight, so he asked Gao Changgan to take him to teleport outside the mansion to wait, and then followed Yin Yucheng all the way.

"Let's go." Gu Jingnian said to Gao Changgan, "Let's go back to the palace."

"Can I stay here?"

"No."

Gao Changgan was like a child. He didn't consider that it was obviously inappropriate to stay. He felt a little disappointed after being rejected, but still put his hands on Gu Jingnian's shoulders honestly.

They closed their eyes, the wind whistling past their ears.

When they opened their eyes again, they were already in the guest house of Prince Xin's Mansion.

"Remember, you can't go find them by yourself without my permission." Gu Jingnian said again.

"Oh."

Before Gao Changgan could even think of this method, he was already forbidden, so he obediently agreed and returned to his house.

Gu Jingnian walked through the corridor and arrived at the main house on the east side of the guest house. He opened the door, but was surprised to find that Pei Nian was not there.

He was a little confused, so he walked to Zhang Xiaofang's house, knocked on the door, and asked, "Are you there?"

"No one answered."

Gu Jingnian was a little worried, but quickly calmed down.

He judged that Yin Yucheng would not be able to come back much earlier than him, so he should not have discovered anything.

So he walked back to the house where he lived, but before he reached there, someone pushed the door open from the guest house.

It was Pei Nian, Zhang Xiaofang, and Yin Shu.

"Thank you for seeing me off, Princess."

Pei Nian was talking when he turned around and saw Gu Jingnian had returned. He looked at him, gave him a reassuring look, and then asked, "Why are you up?"

"It's hard to fall asleep again once you wake up suddenly." Gu Jingnian understood and replied.

"The princess was worried that we were hungry, so she asked the kitchen to prepare some food. I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't call you."

"No wonder I didn't see you when I woke up."

As soon as Gu Jingnian left, Yin Shu came over. Fortunately, Pei Nian responded appropriately, and the two of them managed to cover up the matter during their conversation.

Yin Shu asked, "My father is so rude. You all went through so much trouble on the journey, but you didn't even get a hot meal after you arrived. Master Gu, are you hungry?"

Gu Jingnian said: "I'm not hungry, thank you for your concern, Princess."

"The kitchen has prepared a few side dishes." Yin Shu said as she took two steps forward. Suddenly, her brows slightly furrowed, and she looked up at Gu Jingnian with some doubt. After a pause, she continued, "Mr. Gu, why don't you eat something?"

Gu Jingnian yawned and said, "I feel a little sleepy again."

"Okay." Yin Shu said, "Then I won't disturb you guys from resting."

"Princess, walk slowly."

After seeing Yin Shu off, Gu Jingnian and Pei Nian returned to the house and sat down.

Pei Nian asked in a language that only they both understood.

"Have you met her?"

"Ah."

"You have her scent on you, be careful tomorrow and don't let Yin Yucheng smell it."

"Really?" Gu Jingnian raised his hand and sniffed his clothes, then said thoughtfully, "Did Yin Shu discover anything just now?"

"Well, judging from her reaction, she might have smelled it." Pei Nian said lightly.

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Yin Shu left the guest house, still with confusion in her eyes.

She thought Gu Jingnian was very strange.

She said she had gone to bed, but her hair was not undone and her boots were not taken off. She did not look like she had just gotten up and put on clothes.

What's more important is that the fragrance on his body is very unique. Even she has only smelled it once, when Yin Yucheng proposed to marry Feng Niang and insisted on taking her to meet Feng Niang. At that time, she noticed the faint fragrance on Feng Niang.

But when Gu Jingnian entered the mansion just now, there was clearly no such smell. Why was that?
Yin Shu was puzzled and wondered if they were using incense from the Rui Kingdom, which she had never seen before.

Suddenly she heard some noise coming from the front yard. It was Yin Yucheng coming back, so she immediately ran to meet him. As expected, she saw that Yin Yucheng had changed his clothes and put on powder on his face.

"father."

"Aren't you asleep yet?"

"You went to see that vixen again." Yin Shu blamed, "Aren't you afraid of being impeached?"

Yin Yucheng was in a bad mood and cursed, "Shut up and stop bothering your father."

Yin Shu said, "It looks like Dad didn't see her, did he?"

Yin Yucheng ignored her and walked away. Yin Shu was able to find out the situation by herself. She called the servants who were accompanying her and asked them. She was surprised and said to herself, "What a big deal! He didn't even see my father."

It was late at night, and she was too sleepy to think about it anymore, so she went back to her room and went to sleep.

She seemed to be able to smell the faint fragrance in her sleep, and she had a beautiful dream. Suddenly, a thought came to Yin Shu's mind and she woke up.

(End of this chapter)