Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 175 Memory
Coming out of Zhixing Hall and walking through the corridor, Gu Jingnian happened to meet Han Youxin.

Today is the day for spies to make contact.

"I heard that you've been getting close to Zhao Boheng recently?"

Before the two of them got close, Han Youxin's secret message had already reached Gu Jingnian's ears.

Gu Jingnian nodded and said politely, "Sir."

Han Youxin stood still and said with a smile: "Although you are the Marquis of Chengye, you are still my disciple in Yuewei Academy, so I won't be too polite."

"it is good."

"Have you found Liang Xing and those imperial doctors?"

Gu Jingnian stepped forward and whispered, "We are looking for them, but it seems that Zhao Boheng is not one of them?"

Han Youxin smiled and said, "Don't be impatient, take your time."

As they passed by each other, Gu Jingnian suddenly said, "I seem to be being watched."

"who?"

"I don't know. I couldn't see him, but a few times I felt like there was someone around me."

Han Youxin frowned and said thoughtfully: "Invisibility?"

"what for?"

"I also heard that there is a killer in Yong State who can hide his body. Three years ago, during the battle of Jishishan, the Rui army commander Yucheng had his throat cut in his tent. It was him who did it."

"anything else?"

"Other than that, I don't have any information about him."

"Is there any rare treasure that can make him appear?"

"No." Han Youxin said, "You are being watched, stay away from me."

After saying that, he walked away without looking back.

It was a rare opportunity to come to the academy, and as soon as Gu Jingnian entered the Zhishi Hall, someone patted him on the shoulder.

He suddenly became unable to move.

Then, a man came in front of him. He had thick eyebrows and a square face. It was Gu Changming, the one who became stupid because of studying too much.

"Marquis Chengye, I heard that you didn't take the ten-day exam again? Why are you so lazy?" Gu Changming said angrily, "If you don't advance, you will retreat. Look at you, you are still staying in Zhishi Hall."

Gu Jingnian said, "Isn't it the same for Brother Gu?"

"I'm different. I took the exam seriously." Gu Changming said, "Although I didn't do well, I tried my best and have no regrets."

"I have no regrets either."

"No, you regret it. You wasted your time. How can you not feel ashamed?"

If the two of them continued chatting like this, perhaps they would chat endlessly.

Fortunately, Gu Jingnian arrived on time. Not long after, Yu Moxian arrived and rescued him again.

"Thank you sir."

When Gu Jingnian bowed, Yu Moxian just nodded indifferently, looking like someone who was not easy to get along with.

Gu Jingnian added: "Thank you, sir, for guiding Zhang Xiaofang."

"Please take a seat." Yu Moxian remained aloof.

"Yes."

After sitting down, listening to Yu Moxian reading "The Book of Yong" boringly, Gu Jingnian fell asleep again.

But he was actually observing whether the invisible man was still following him, or who around him might be the invisible man.

There was also a moment when he suspected Yu Moxian, but Yu Moxian looked more like someone who would be followed by an invisible person, rather than someone who was following someone else in hiding.

The get out of class was finally over, and Gu Jingnian was still waiting for Pei Nian under the old locust tree.

Not far away, servants from various wealthy and powerful families were also waiting for their young masters. Among them were two servants from the Princess of Yue’s mansion.

Gu Jingnian hadn't been standing there for long when he saw Zhang Xiaofang coming out.

Now we should call her Wei Yushi, because she has indeed changed a lot.

"I want to live in my brother's house, so you don't have to follow me." She first gave instructions to the two servants, and then naturally walked to Gu Jingnian's side.

"Brother, my room is still there, right?"

Gu Jingnian did not answer, but looked into Wei Yushi's eyes.

Wei Yushi boldly looked at him for a moment, lowered her head, and whispered, "What's wrong? Is there no room left?"

"Can't you see what I'm thinking?" Gu Jingnian smiled and said, "It's too tiring for me to speak."

"I can't yet." Wei Yushi said, "In fact, there is no change, unless the other party is particularly eager to let me know what he is thinking... Maybe I am too stupid?"

"How do you usually practice?"

"It's just staring at people and guessing non-stop." Wei Yushi said, "Mr. Zhao said that supernatural powers are like the instincts of different beasts. Eagles can fly, leopards can run, but they need to practice more. Chickens can't soar, and eagles have to go through hardships. As for me, I was originally a little chicken, but now I know that I am the dumbest eagle."

Gu Jingnian asked, "Did he also say the last sentence?"

"That's what I said." Wei Yushi said with a smile.

She was obviously much more cheerful.

Gu Jingnian has also been practicing controlling fire recently, and has a lot of experience and questions to discuss with her in this regard.

The two of them had many more common topics. As they were chatting animatedly, Pei Nian and Yin Wanqing came out.

In the past, Zhang Xiaofang always called Pei Nian "Miss Pei", but now her temperament has changed, and the same name somehow seems a little unfamiliar.

The four of them walked along the same path, Gu Jingnian and Wei Yushi were still discussing the practice of their supernatural powers.

Pei Nian and Yin Wanqing gradually fell behind.

"I can't control the wind." Yin Wanqing suddenly said, "My grandfather, uncle, and brothers can all do it, but my father and I can't. Do you know why I have never stimulated my talent and practiced controlling the wind?"

"Why?"

"It's not worth it." Yin Wanqing said, "In this matter, others are more talented and get twice the credit for every bit of effort, but I only get one credit for every bit of effort. So why don't I do something that suits me better and is more useful? Martial arts are always minor details. I learn the way of the king."

Pei Nian said: "You are a princess, and I am a military officer. This may be the biggest difference between us."

"Mr. Qu doesn't have supernatural powers either." Yin Wanqing said, "I have always believed that the survival of humans in Zhongzhou does not rely on supernatural powers or force. There are so many more powerful aliens and beasts that have become extinct. We rely on this."

She nodded her head.

Pei Nian seemed to understand something.

Everyone returned to Gu's house. In the front yard, brothers Zhang Dashi and Zhang Xiaodao were practicing archery, while the others were sitting nearby eating and watching with laughter.

"Whoosh."

Zhang Dashi stared at the target closely and shot every arrow seriously. Almost all the arrows hit the center of the bull's eye, except for one arrow which went off target.

"you lose."

Qin'er said this, and stood up and walked forward, gnawing on the chicken feet in one hand, while taking the bow and arrow from Zhang Dashi with the other two hands.

There was no sign of how she aimed. While she was shooting the arrows, her mouth, which was still gnawing on the chicken feet, did not stop. Several arrows shot out in succession, and all of them hit the center of her boots.

"Bring it here!"

Qin'er put down her bow and opened her hands to Zhang Dashi. Soon, a string of copper coins was placed in her palm.

"Hmm? Ruiguo's money?"

"Yes, the military pay I received earlier."

"What do I need this money for? No."

Qin Er was determined not to go to Ruiguo again. She threw away the coins in her hand, sat back on the stone steps to eat with Lao Hei, Gao Changgan and others, and said, "Don't ask me to practice archery with you anymore."

Zhang Dashi scratched his head and continued to draw the bow and shoot arrows with Zhang Xiaodao.

When they turned around again, they saw Wei Yushi and were pleasantly surprised.

"Xiaofang, you're back!"

"Brother."

Wei Yushi nodded, but her attitude was not as friendly as before.

The Zhang brothers soon realized that the person in front of them was more like Wei Yushi, the princess of Yue State. They just scratched their heads and smiled unhappily.

Gu Jingnian saw this scene and said nothing at the time.

The next day, he did not go to Yuewei Academy, but went to the Imperial Hospital to find Zhao Boheng.

Gu Jingnian barged into the hall without any courtesy and asked, "Did you erase her memory of the Zhang brothers?"

Zhao Boheng shook his head and said, "Marquis Chengye is judging a gentleman by his own mean character."

"You still dare to lie to me?"

"It's not to alienate the princess from the Zhang brothers." Zhao Boheng said: "I did ask Zhao Er to eliminate some of the princess's bad memories."

Gu Jingnian said: "Give her memory back."

"This is what the princess asked for. She wants to become better." Zhao Boheng said, "We only eliminate those bad things that make her humble and unconfident. The Zhang family was very poor before, and the princess suffered a lot of ridicule and mockery because of this. When she was a child, she wore ragged clothes that could not cover her shame. In order to ask for medicine for the seriously ill Shi, her family knelt in front of the medicine store for three days and were splashed with feces. She was called a wild girl, a poor ghost, and a stupid pig too many times..."

"That's her life too. Who are you to decide for her?!"

Facing Gu Jingnian's displeasure, Zhao Boheng remained calm and said, "The princess didn't want him and told us to get rid of him. I am her subject, so of course I dare not make the decision for her."

After saying that, Zhao Boheng looked at Gu Jingnian.

"Marquis Chengye, you have never been poor since childhood, so you don't know the pain of the princess. She wants to become better, this is her choice, why do you decide for her?"

Gu Jingnian also had some very bad memories, but he never thought of erasing them.

He did not believe Zhao Boheng's fallacies, but only felt the incompatibility of their ideas.

"There is no point in talking any more. You just need to tell me how to help her regain her memory."

"Simple." Zhao Boheng said, "As long as the princess's character is stronger than Zhao Er's, then Zhao Er will naturally not be able to erase her memory, and she will remember the things that Zhao Er made her forget."

Gu Jingnian naturally thought of Miao Chunniang erasing the fire servant's memory.

He was very scared at that time, but only now did he realize that if his character was stronger than Miao Chunniang's, he would be fine.

"Farewell."

"Marquis Chengye, please stay."

Zhao Boheng called over his servant and whispered an instruction. After a while, someone came back holding a box.

"I know that Marquis Chengye has been practicing fire control recently, and he has prepared some medicinal herbs. They are nothing special, they are just for the purpose of replenishing physical strength."

Gu Jingnian opened the box and took a look. It was full of red pills.

(End of this chapter)