Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 162 Connection (Part )

Gu Jingnian and Feng Niang walked back home.

Because they had given all their money to Gao Changgan, they had no money to hire a car and were unwilling to fly around Yongjing.

When he got home, he saw some people gathered outside Gu's house, including a wounded man lying on a stretcher. They all came to ask Yan Er for compensation.

Feng Niang had just taken over the Gu family's purse, and she was quite unhappy about having to spend a lot of money in a blink of an eye. She would probably write "hateful" in her diary again tonight.

As for the injured person, he was indeed badly burned, but when Gu Jingnian squatted down to express his condolences, he heard something he was not expecting.

"Marquis Chengye should not only compensate me, but also buy me some medicinal herbs."

"Where to buy?"

"Isn't there a pharmacy nearby?"

Gu Jingnian knew that he was talking about the drugstore where he and Han Youxin met, so he asked, "Will you still ask me for medicine often in the future?"

"That depends on how well I recover from my injury."

"That makes sense. Come on, I will personally take you to buy some medicine."

"No need, no need. I'm just reminding you."

No matter what, Gu Jingnian still went to the pharmacy.

Still moving to the house in the backyard, Han Youxin set up another eavesdropping enclosure.

After not seeing each other for some time, Han Youxin was promoted.

As an official of Yin Yuhe's Eastern Palace, he was promoted to a higher position and was appointed as Fengyi Dafu.

But Han Youxin was not grateful to Gu Jingnian. As soon as they met, he complained, "You delayed my plan!"

"What plans does Han Tisi have?" Gu Jingnian asked.

Han Youxin was not someone who could be easily tricked. He did not answer but said, "When you are doing business outside, do not refer to your official title as Ruiguo, but call yourself Han Dafu."

"Okay, Doctor Han."

Han Youxin sighed and said unhappily, "What was the task I gave you? I asked you to kill Yin Yucheng again. What about you? What did you do?"

Gu Jingnian seemed not to be able to hear the blame in his tone, and said frankly: "I did kill him again."

"You!" Han Youxin was angry and helpless, and said, "The dynasty has changed!"

"Doctor Han didn't say no."

"Do you still need me to say no? We are spies, so we need to do less but better."

"This sentence has never been said to me before."

Han Youxin laughed in anger and said, "Isn't that still my fault?"

Gu Jingnian did not answer, but his attitude was already very clear.

Han Youxin thought he was being arrogant and said, "Now that you have become the Marquis of Chengye, don't forget your status."

"Okay." Gu Jingnian said, "Just ask Doctor Han, have I completed my mission?"

"Well, it's done."

Gu Jingnian took out a letter from his bosom and said, "This is a letter I wrote to my elder sister. I need to hear back from her."

Han Youxin said: "When did I ever agree to your request?"

"I went to Yong State as a spy, and at first I was only told to bring my father back. Now you are ordering me to do something, but you don't give me any encouragement. How can you employ people in this way?"

"Ok."

Han Youxin thought about it and reluctantly took the letter.

"Next task, after Yin Kuo and Yin Yucheng died, all the alchemists who worked for them disappeared. Find out their whereabouts."

“Why check them?”

"Beware of the conspiracy of Yong State. This is all I can tell you. Don't ask any more questions."

Gu Jingnian changed the subject and asked, "How can I check?"

"Cha Liang Xing, he was the leader of those alchemists, and I saw him being captured in Yongshou Palace with my own eyes, but his whereabouts are unknown since then."

Gu Jingnian thought that maybe Yin Jinggeng had succeeded in the secret trial.

"Why don't you tell Pei Nian about these things?"

"She is not as lucky as you to gain the trust of Yong Ting." Han Youxin said, "But you should also go to Yuewei Academy more often. I will be teaching at the academy, and we will meet there in the future."

"You? Teaching?"

"Can't you see? I'm very knowledgeable."

"Teach what?"

Han Youxin shook the anti-hearing mask and said, "Exotic treasures. Wherever there are extraordinary people and animals, there must be exotic treasures. They complement each other and complement each other. I have a lot of knowledge about this, so I will teach you some knowledge about exotic treasures."

"understood."

Gu Jingnian didn't care about it.

Anyway, there won’t be any rare treasure classes in a superficial school like Zhishitang.

If he needed any rare treasure, he could just ask Han Youxin directly.

"Is there any rare treasure that can avoid being made of black neodymium?"

"Even though they exist, they are hard to come by. What use do you have to them?"

"It is necessary to get information."

Han Youxin said, "When you have a concrete idea, ask me for it again."

"Is there anything more convenient than a tinderbox to start a fire?"

"I'll give it to you when the time comes." Han Youxin said, "But remember, be careful and concise, and don't cause any more trouble."

"it is good."

After accepting the new job, Gu Jingnian left the pharmacy and returned to the Gu residence.

Pei Nian had already returned. She said nothing during the meal and let Feng Niang take charge of the money while she bought fine wine and delicious food, acting almost like a hostess.

After finishing their meal, Pei Nian and Gu Jingnian returned to the main house, where they talked about their agreement with Bai Ji and You Yan to watch them practice their skills.

"when?"

"After class tomorrow, leave the city directly from the academy."

"Oh, then I'll go to school tomorrow too."

"Go to sleep."

Pei Nian untied her hair.

Gu Jingnian reached out and picked up the jade hairpin she had put down, and said, "I remember you wore a wooden hairpin when you went out."

"It's broken, so Bai Ji temporarily lent me one."

"How could it suddenly break when it's stuck in my hair?"

"How would I know?"

Pei Nian said casually, and suddenly realized that Gu Jingnian had something else in mind, so he asked, "What do you mean?"

"Ah."

Gu Jingnian nodded and said, "He is reminding you that if you need to break up, you will meet someone better."

Pei Nian had never thought about the relationship between men and women, and shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, judge others by your own mean character." Gu Jingnian didn't care about being called a villain, and expressed his views frankly.

"He likes you, you are nominally with me, but he is still pursuing you, which is not what a gentleman does."

"You and I haven't gotten married yet, so why can't he?"

"Ok."

Gu Jingnian had been discussing the matter at hand from the beginning to the end, but he suddenly realized that if he continued talking, it would seem like he was jealous.

Pei Nian was devoted to being a spy for the Rui Kingdom, so naturally he would not misunderstand.

But after they extinguished the candles and lay down, the atmosphere was still a little awkward.

After a while, they started chatting in a secret language.

First he talked about the new task assigned by Han Youxin, then Gu Jingnian said, "I followed Wei Li today, and she went to see someone."

"and then?"

"They had intercourse."

Pei Nian had not learned this word yet, so he couldn't help but ask, "What does it mean?"

Gu Jingnian then said in normal language: "Intercourse."

"Oh."

Suddenly, a few birds chirped outside the window.

Pei Nian sat up on the couch and shouted, "Get out of here, no one wants to have sex with him."

The birdsong died down after a while.

Pei Nian lay down again and asked, "Who had sex with Wei Li?"

“I didn’t see his face.” Gu Jingnian said, “But that person is very powerful.”

"Amazing? What's amazing?"

"I'm not talking about that." Gu Jingnian said, "I mean he is very cunning. Wei Li can see through people's hearts with just a glance, but he gets along with Wei Li naturally. Either his mind is very simple or he can control his own thoughts. This is very impressive."

Pei Nian agreed with this and nodded, saying, "He is very scheming, not an ordinary person."

"To be so scheming, one's status must be high."

"Since he is so close to the Princess of Yue, he must be proficient in alchemy and have some extraordinary abilities."

"Yes." Gu Jingnian said, "Han Youxin is looking for the whereabouts of Yin Kuo's refiner."

"So, there is a scheming, powerful, and highly capable person in Yongjing who is hiding those alchemists?"

"Very likely."

"It's a pity that there are too few files I can access, otherwise I would list the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of Yong State."

"Go to sleep, Pei Jishi."

"In Yong State, don't call me by my official title."

"You said you always referred to your official title."

Pei Nian didn't like being teased by Gu Jingnian, so he pushed him and turned his back.

But she couldn't just go to sleep. She thought about what she said during the day about being jealous of Gu Jingnian. She felt a little confused and wondered why she was the only one jealous of him when there were so many people with powerful superpowers in the world?
Is it jealousy? Or is it fear of being left too far behind?
Pei Nian couldn't tell the difference.

Suddenly, when her eyes fell, she saw the jade hairpin on the cabinet beside her glowing faintly.

Pei Nian actually knew that Bai Ji did what he did because he liked her, but this liking came too abruptly and too inexplicably, which only made her feel alert. She wondered if one of the four young masters of Yongjing had never seen a few good women.

I try not to think about love between men and women in this life, but avoiding it is not a solution.

I have been feeling a little uneasy and confused lately.

Tossing and turning, Pei Nian still felt lost in utilitarianism and blamed himself for thinking too much.

Beside him, Gu Jingnian was sleeping soundly, which made him feel inexplicably annoyed...

At night, Gu Jingnian had a dream.

He felt a woman in his arms, as if he was in the closet at that time. Feng Niang deliberately rubbed him twice and whispered a few words in his ear.

"You want to, too?"

So he hugged her.

“Ouch, it hurts…”

A soft cry was heard, and Gu Jingnian woke up and realized that it was Pei Nian.

He remembered that Pei Nian had an injury on his back and felt ashamed.

"Feel sorry."

"There's nothing to be sorry about. I came here with you because I'm not afraid of you. You don't have to act like you're afraid of taking advantage of me. It's hard to say who's taking advantage of whom."

Gu Jingnian was still a little confused and asked, "What did you say?"

"Nothing, my back hurts."

The tinder was lit and the candle was ignited.

Pei Nian asked Gu Jingnian to take a look at her wound and asked, "Is it broken?"

"Bleeding."

"Please change the medicine for me."

"it is good."

Pei Nian turned her back and took off her clothes. Gu Jingnian untied the cloth wrapped around her, revealing her back.

He stood up to get the medicine. Pei Nian couldn't help but glance at him and avoided his gaze.

Something is wrong with the atmosphere.

"I envy you for being able to heal on your own when you're injured." Pei Nian said, trying to keep his tone as calm as possible.

Gu Jingnian applied medicine to her and said, "When I was a child, I had a wish. I hoped someone would apply medicine to me once."

"Why do you need to apply medicine?"

"Wounds hurt after all."

Pei Nian smiled faintly and said nothing.

But when Gu Jingnian wrapped her in a bandage and walked in front of her, she held his hand.

"how?"

Pei Nian turned around and kissed Gu Jingnian without saying anything.

"doing what?"

"It's not like we haven't kissed before." Pei Nian said, "I will never be your woman, but you can be my man occasionally."

"why?"

"I think."

"You have a wound on your back."

"It's okay, be gentle..."

There was a rustling sound on the couch, and the jade hairpin on the sideboard was still glowing.

(End of this chapter)