Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 172 Cheap Father
The study is large and filled with bookcases.

Various documents were piled on the table. Behind a lampstand made of night-shining pearls, Qu Jizhi sat there, looking at a letter with deep worry in his eyes.

Suddenly, the door of the study was opened.

Qu Jizhi looked up and saw that there was no one outside, as if the door had been blown open by the wind.

After a while, the door closed by itself again.

His eyes did not move back to the document he was reading, but fell on the carpet on the ground.

I saw a faint footprint appear on the carpet, followed by another one.

The two footprints alternated and moved to the table.

"You're here." Qu Jizhi sighed.

"Ah."

There was clearly no one else in the study, but a woman's voice rang out, saying, "Let me tell you something. Wei Li has found her daughter."

"Really?" Qu Jizhi's expression remained calm.

"Zhang Xiaofang, you recommended her to the academy. Could it be that you have already guessed her background?"

"Not really." Qu Jizhi waved his hand, with a humble smile on his face. "Being kind to others has always been my motto. No one can predict what opportunities an ordinary person will have in the future."

"You're not surprised at all?"

"Zhao Boheng has been searching for many years with all his heart and soul, so there must be a result."

"Ah."

A piece of letter on the table suddenly floated up, and written in black and white on the letter were the border generals' opinions on Gu Beiming.

It can be seen that Qu Jizhi was staring at Gu Beiming very closely.

After a while, the woman's voice sounded again.

"There are eyes in Yongjing, and there are few things you don't know, but you still let me secretly investigate Gu Jingnian. It seems that you really care about the Gu family?"

Qu Jizhi asked in return: "Wei Li's daughter, Zhang Xiaofang... from now on, we should call her Wei Yushi. Who do you think her father is?"

The letter floating in the air fell on the table.

The two footprints on the carpet moved a few steps, and the fox fur covering a chair next to it sank, as if an invisible person was leaning on it.

"Gu Beiming."

"you sure?"

"I specifically talked to that child today, and she obviously knew that Gu Jingnian was her brother."

"There may be another possibility." Qu Jizhi said: "Wei Li lied, because Gu Beiming is now affiliated with Yong State, and it is most advantageous to say that he is the father of the child."

"I don't know, but Gu Beiming is indeed the most likely one."

"Yes." Qu Jizhi sighed, "In fact, Wei Li and Gu Beiming have reached a certain tacit understanding."

"What on earth are you thinking about?"

"I really want to ask Gu Beiming about this in person and ask him what he is thinking."

"what for?"

Qu Ji said: "Gu Beiming commands a powerful army and is almost immortal. When he was in Rui, he regarded himself as a loyal minister and a good general. He seemed to be determined to help Emperor Rui unify Zhongzhou, but in order to refine the phoenix, he could defect to Yong in a blink of an eye. At the same time, he and the Princess of Yue had a daughter."

"You mean, he has ulterior motives?"

"The late emperor and Prince Xin transformed themselves into salamanders." Qu Jizhi said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is investigating who helped them refine the salamanders and suspects Zhao Boheng, but from what I know, this may have been done by Gu Beiming... This man has great ambitions."

"No wonder you asked me to keep an eye on Gu Jingnian. Does he know about this?"

"I'm not aware of it, but as father and son, how can I not be involved?"

"Got it. I'll keep watching him."

"it is good."

The fox fur on the chair moved, and the study door was opened again, then closed after a short while.

In the yard, a white crane flew into the sky.

The white crane circled in the sky above Yongjing, and finally landed on a rockery in the backyard of Gu's house, and then flapped its wings and flew away in a moment.

Under the rockery, the grass and trees swayed a little.

Over there among the grass and trees, a man and a woman were having a conversation.

Gu Jingnian just woke up from a nap today, and his hair is not combed yet, looking a bit unruly and unrestrained.

Zhang Xiaofang had returned from the academy and sat opposite Gu Jingnian somewhat stiffly.

"Son."

"Your background has been confirmed. You must be the daughter of the Princess of Yue." Gu Jingnian said, "You may also be my sister... Just call me 'brother'."

He paused slightly while speaking, considering the possibility that Wei Li was lying, and finally decided that no matter what, he should treat Zhang Xiaofang as his sister.

Zhang Xiaofang's eyes were sore and she said aggrievedly: "I have a brother."

"I know." Gu Jingnian said, "I have also talked to Zhang Dashi. He will always be your elder brother, and Zhang Xiaodao will always be your younger brother."

"it is good."

"If you don't want to recognize that father, you don't have to." "Okay."

"By the way, your mother has a special ability. She can read people's thoughts by looking them in the eye."

Gu Jingnian explained sentence by sentence.

Zhang Xiaofang raised her eyes and looked at him for a while, but had no idea what he was thinking.

"what happened?"

"Nothing. From now on... I will be Wei Yushi."

"Yes, Wei Yushi."

Gu Jingnian smiled and reached out to pat the girl's shoulder.

She was stunned by this unprecedented intimate gesture, and she actually felt, somewhat shamelessly, that being his sister was also good.

The two were talking when suddenly, Gu Jingnian turned his head and looked at the flowers on the side.

He had very good eyesight and clearly saw that a dead branch suddenly broke, so a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared in a moment.

Whether it was Zhang Xiaofang or Wei Yushi, after comforting this confused girl, Gu Jingnian returned to his study and wrote a letter to Gu Beiming.

The two fathers have never had a close relationship, but Gu Jingnian still wanted to confirm this matter with Gu Beiming.

The brush moved across the paper as he sat by the window, looking very focused.

Suddenly, he turned around and threw the ink on the tip of the pen behind him.

At this moment, Gu Jingnian narrowed his eyes.

He saw a series of splashes of ink, two of which did not fall on the ground but fell into the air.

"Who?!"

Gu Jingnian shouted and reached out to catch it.

When I touched it, I really felt a piece of soft skin.

However, before he could catch it, the other party slipped out of his control like a fish.

The table by the window shook twice, leaving a footprint on the white paper, and then the grass and trees outside the window shook.

Gu Jingnian looked outside and had completely lost any trace of the mysterious man.

It seems that he is being targeted again...

After Gu Jingnian took the written letter and arranged for the post horse to deliver it to Gu Beiming, he returned to Gu's house and saw Wei Li and Zhao Boheng coming again.

In the front yard, the handsome Zhao Er was sitting on the corridor.

Brothers Zhang Dashi and Zhang Xiaodao stood on the other side of the yard, watching him from afar.

Gu Jingnian was worried that Zhang Dashi had not yet gotten over the psychological barrier, so he went over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"That person looks familiar." Zhang Dashi said.

Gu Jingnian was surprised, looked at Zhang Xiaodao and asked, "What about you? Do you recognize him?"

Zhang Xiaodao said bitterly: "He is with the woman who wanted to take my sister away!"

"You don't recognize him?"

"Do we recognize him?"

The Zhang brothers had completely forgotten that it was Zhao Er who disguised himself as the beautiful Zhao E and married Zhang Dashi.

Gu Jingnian couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zhao Er, but before Zhao Er turned around, he quickly looked away.

Because he realized that Zhao Er also had the ability to erase other people's memories, which was somewhat similar to Miao Chunniang.

Then, Gu Jingnian thought of the monster called "Sky Eye" on the Jinghe Tower, which could use its tentacles to let others see its memories. He wondered whether Zhao Er and Miao Chunniang's abilities were related to it.

But why would Miao Chunniang, who was born in Rui, be related to these things?
While Gu Jingnian was thinking, Wei Li and Zhao Boheng had already come out. It seemed that they had returned empty-handed again today and failed to recognize their daughter.

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After leaving Gu's house, Zhao Boheng helped Wei Li get into the carriage.

He lowered the black curtain, took out a letter from his bosom, and said, "Gu Beiming has already replied, saying that he wants to compensate his daughter."

Wei Li didn't say anything and made no comment on the result.

Zhao Boheng added: "Gu Beiming also said that he is willing to help the Kingdom of Yue to restore its country. After the restoration, the princess must become the empress. His only condition is to let his daughter be the crown prince."

"Don't believe him." Wei Li said, "He is just using sweet words to try to trick us out of what we have."

Zhao Boheng said: "But, this time he actually had the confidence to say such things. I wonder what he has mastered. I have ordered my spies in the Gu family to find out."

"Ah."

"What compensation does Gu Beiming want to give?"

"Don't be bribed by his little favor." Wei Li said unhappily: "My daughter, I will naturally compensate you."

After saying that, she took the letter from Gu Beiming, glanced at it, and tore it into pieces.

She can always tell what others are thinking, but others cannot tell what she is thinking from her deep eyes.

Although the slowly moving carriage was small, it carried her great ambition to restore her country.

(End of this chapter)