Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 133 Settling down
The two brothers had no idea what was going on, so Yin Yucheng stormed out, saying he still had to search for Mi Sheng and Guan Tianze.

"Gu Jingnian." Yin Yuhe said, "Wait a minute."

"What are your orders, Your Highness?"

"The mansion that the emperor father gave you has been cleaned up. I will take you there personally."

"How dare Your Highness take the time out of your busy schedule to care about such a trivial matter?"

"It's okay. You and your son have surrendered to Dayong, and this is the respect you deserve."

Gu Jingnian pretended to hesitate and glanced at Yin Yucheng.

Yin Yucheng saw Donggong's intention to win over Gu Jingnian, and he just patted Gu Jingnian on the shoulder. He believed that the friendship between sworn brothers could not be easily shaken by others.

Even if this "other person" is his own brother.

Gu Jingnian then gave Yin Yucheng a firm look and let him leave with peace of mind.

Yin Yuhe saw the two men's hypocrisy, smiled faintly, ordered a car to be prepared, and drove with Gu Jingnian.

The prince was over fifty years old, with jet-black hair, which must have been dyed. It was obvious that he was not a talkative person, and it took him a long time to speak after he got in the car.

"It was Qu Jizhi and I who advocated for the pacification of your father. Unfortunately, it implicated the Gu family members in Ruijing. As for the Eighth Elder's tour to the east, it was due to the suppression of the opposition in the court. I heard that he was assassinated in Jusai City. Did you save him?"

This means that the Gu family's position is on the side of the Eastern Palace, and Gu Jingnian should not get too close to Prince Xin. It also shows his empathy and ability to understand other people's situations.

But these words were too realistic, and directly showed the purpose of winning over. It can be seen that this prince who appears to be calm and serious is actually not very cunning.

Gu Jingnian said: "I am a laid-back person and don't know much about the affairs of the country. If I have been inappropriate, please forgive me, Your Highness."

"You are so naive."

Yin Yuhe sighed, referring to the sworn brotherhood between Gu Jingnian and Yin Yucheng.

Gu Jingnian laughed at himself and turned the topic to extraordinary people and their unique skills, deliberately provoking Yin Yuhe.

"I have seen Prince Xin controlling the wind to kill enemies, showing his divine power. If Dayong has more masters like him, I believe the destruction of Rui Kingdom will be just around the corner."

"This is the inheritance of the Yin family." Yin Yuhe waved his hand, "Old Eight has some talent, but not as good as Jing Gen."

"May I ask, Your Highness, is this inheritance obtained through marriage with an alien?"

Gu Jingnian asked directly, and Yin Yuhe did not hide it from him and nodded readily.

"Not all supernatural powers can be inherited. For example, Gu Beiming is a healer, but he only gave birth to you, a healer son."

Seemingly inadvertently, Yin Yuhe casually revealed the secret of the Gu family, demonstrating his intelligence capabilities, but I wonder how much else he knows?
Then, he did not hesitate to share the secrets of the Yin family.

"The Yin family is different from ordinary people. If they marry into a strange family, their descendants may sometimes gain supernatural powers."

"sometimes?"

Gu Jingnian suppressed his uneasiness about his secret being revealed and continued the conversation naturally, trying to find out as much as possible.

"Yes, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Maybe it depends on talent." Yin Yuhe said, "And according to my conclusion, Yin may be a dragon."

"Dragon? Similar to the Ji people?"

"Yes, judging from the hundreds of years of marriages of the Yin family, it is easier for their children to have the ability to call the wind and rain, ride on clouds and mist, and roar like a tiger or a dragon. As for other things, such as your self-healing ability, even if the Yin family and a pig had a child, it would be difficult for them to have it."

This sentence was probably meant as a warning, like reminding Gu Jingnian that his fire wings could be easily extinguished in front of Yin.

On the other hand, Gu Jingnian felt that Yin Yuhe was not telling the truth.

If the Yin family can only inherit supernatural powers by marrying a dragon, then his previous speculation about Yin Shu falling in love with him at first sight and Yin Yu being obsessed with Feng Niang was wrong.

Also, this statement does not mention refining. How do you know that the so-called "inheritance" is not the refining of the alien and then passed down?

"Everyone talks about the dragon and the phoenix together, but I wonder what would happen if the Yin family married into a phoenix?" Gu Jingnian asked directly.

"I don't know. The Yin family has never married into the phoenix family." Yin Yuhe said, "You want to find the phoenix. To be honest, I have checked it, but I don't know where it is."

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Jingnian and gave him a very frank look to show that he was telling the truth.

The carriage slowly stopped.

"Here we are, let's take a look at your new home."

The carriage only took a short while to travel from the East Palace to this mansion, which shows that it is located in the core position of Yongjing.

From the outside, you can only see that the style of the exterior wall is quite tasteful, and the wood of the gate is evenly colored and has a heavy texture, but other than that, it does not look extravagant. But once you step inside, you will know that this house, from its construction to its layout, every blade of grass, every brick and every tile has been carefully thought out.

"The former owner of this house was the former Minister of Rites. Just look at this wall painting. If you look through it at the courtyard, you can see flowers blooming all year round."

While introducing them, Yin Yuhe led Gu Jingnian inside, where they saw many servants standing in the yard, all bowing to them.

These people will then take care of and monitor Gu Jingnian, the proton.

The courtyard has four entrances, and there is a small courtyard at the back with weapon racks and archery targets, which is out of tune with the original layout.

Walking to the backyard, Yin Yucheng raised his hand and pointed, saying, "Come, take a look at the warm home gift I gave you."

That's a bow.

The bow is very large, nearly one meter tall, and is made entirely of black wood, making it very heavy to hold.

"Good bow!"

"Try shooting an arrow."

Gu Jingnian knew that Yin Yuhe was showing that he understood him very well, so he did not hide his shortcomings. He drew his bow and drew his arrow, feeling that the string was very tight, but the tension was very good.

He did not rely on his strength, nor did he want to show off, so he only pulled the bow halfway and shot an arrow into the bull's eye.

"Good archery skills."

Yin Yuhe clapped his hands and said, "Since you have a good bow and a nice house, you should move in soon."

This naturally urged Gu Jingnian to change his allegiance.

Gu Jingnian approached Yin Yucheng in order to find Feng Niang. Now that he had found her, it was time for him to approach Donggong to look for Ying Yao. Hearing this was exactly what he wanted.

"I will move out of Prince Xin's Mansion tomorrow, and I'll invite you to come and have a cup of warm wine then."

Yin Yuhe smiled slightly and nodded in agreement. The two were supposed to talk about Guan Tianze again, but someone came and said, "Your Highness, King Zhao wants to see you for something."

"Then let Jing Gen come over. He and Jing Nian are about the same age, so it's a good opportunity for them to be friends."

"Your Highness, Prince Zhao is already waiting in the East Palace."

These words from his subordinate inevitably exposed the fact that the son was more powerful than the father and son of the Yin family, and Yin Yuhe's eyes inevitably showed a slight embarrassment.

He pretended to smile cheerfully and turned back to the East Palace.

Back in the carriage, the smile faded. Although Yin Yuhe also felt that his son was somewhat disrespectful to him, now was not the time to worry about such things.

When I rushed back to the East Palace, I saw Yin Jinggeng sitting there looking at official documents.

"What happened?" Yin Yuhe asked immediately.

Yin Jinggeng shook his head and said, "It's nothing serious. I called my father back because he did something wrong."

"what?"

"Father, you don't have to win over Gu Jingnian. If my guess is correct, Mi Sheng might have been let go by him."

Yin Yuhe was surprised again and asked, "How could it be? Why would he do this?"

"At first, I also thought that he had just come from the Kingdom of Rui and would not have any contact with those rebels. But there were not many people who had the opportunity to kidnap Mi Sheng from the Prince's Guard House, and he was one of them. From this, I could think of two possibilities."

"what?"

"Perhaps he is a spy from the Rui Kingdom, deliberately disrupting the situation in Dayong; perhaps he suspects that the person he is looking for is in the hands of the Eastern Palace, and is plotting to get close to the Eastern Palace."

Yin Yuhe said: "Maybe you think too much."

"It doesn't matter." Yin Jinggeng said, "Even if it's true, I won't expose him. He is the Gu family's hostage, and his every move involves the overall situation of border defense. So no matter what, father doesn't need to win him over, just let him do his duty as a hostage."

That's a wise thing to say.

Gu Beiming has always been on good terms with the Eastern Palace, and this stance will not change because of Gu Jingnian's preferences. However, the Gu family may be implicated because of Gu Jingnian's troubles.

So, what the Eastern Palace needs to do is to prevent Gu Jingnian from getting into trouble. That’s enough, which is the so-called “duty of a hostage.”

On the other hand, Yin Jinggeng knew that he was right, so he spoke his mind, ignoring the feeling of a father who was always reminded by his son.

However, now that Emperor Yong is old, Yin Yuhe still has to rely on Yin Jinggeng, so his mood is not important.

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The next day, Gu Jingnian got up early, which was rare for him, to prepare for moving.

Pei Nian got up earlier and had already changed his clothes.

Seeing that she was wearing the straight-hemmed gown of Yuewei Academy again, Gu Jingnian couldn't help but ask, "Hmm? Are you going to school?"

"You're not going?" Pei Nian said, "You haven't been there for three days."

"Moving today."

“Do we have a lot of luggage?”

Gu Jingnian said: "Such a good opportunity to take a leave, you don't want to use it?"

Pei Nian sneered slightly and pushed the door open.

In the yard, Zhang Xiaofang had already packed her luggage and handed it to Qin'er.

"Sister Qin'er, the young master is moving today. Can you help me take this over?"

"They are all rubbish, don't bring them."

Qin'er saw that the cloth used to wrap the bundle had become pale after washing, so she didn't go to take it.

She understood Zhang Xiaofang's habits and knew that the things in there were all worthless, such as the jars given as a gift when she bought honey, scraps of cloth left over from sewing clothes, and old bacon.

Although Qin'er used to be a slave, she belonged to a wealthy family and really disliked this habit.

"Just take it." Gu Jingnian said as he walked out of the house, "You have a lot of hands anyway."

Qin'er hated Gu Jingnian. She had a cold face and wanted to refuse, but her hand unconsciously took the bag.

Gu Jingnian turned to Zhang Xiaofang and asked, "Are you going to school too?"

"Yes." Zhang Xiaofang nodded vigorously and said, "Diligence can make up for lack of talent."

Seeing this, Qin'er sneered in her heart. She didn't know why Gu Jingnian liked this rustic country girl and why he was concerned about her all day long.

At the same time, she unconsciously took the basin handed to her by Gu Jingnian.

"Take this too."

Like Qin'er, there is also Huo Bo who hates Gu Jingnian but is used to being a servant. They both have cold faces but hold the most things in their hands.

Disdainful attitude, hardworking and willing to work hard.

On the contrary, Gao Changgan was very active and shouted, "Moving is something I'm good at. Let me do it."

"Don't move." Gu Jingnian stopped him in time, "Don't take anything, just follow me... You are too thin."

"Oh."

After leaving Prince Xin's Mansion, Gu Jingnian received some news that made him a little disappointed. The prince sent someone to say that he had something to do today and could not come to drink his warm wine.

When we reached a street corner, Yuewei Academy and Xinjia were in two different directions.

Gao Changgan raised his hand and waved, shouting, "Don't forget, we're staying in the new house today, come back early!"

"Okay!" Zhang Xiaofang turned around and said with a smile.

Pei Nian maintained his stern demeanor, without even turning his head, but raised his hand and waved.

So, the two ordinary people went to school as usual, and the four strange people went to their new home.

In any case, they temporarily settled down in Yongjing.

(End of this chapter)