【Ancient Country iQue】 Act 3 [Shaoguang]
The deep Yugongzi Mansion can be said to be the most exquisite mansion in the entire Autumn Leaves City. Although the scenery and furnishings in the palace are not as ornate and exquisite as those of the palace, here, you can see the architectural style and landscape of the other four cities of the wild goose country. And in Chu Yu's study, you can also see a perfect replica of the five cities of the Yan Kingdom carved in jade.
God knows if Chu Yu ordered someone to carve this thing, whether he was afraid that one day he would go shopping in the city run by his brothers and sisters and get lost, or if he had other intentions.
Yu Gongzi's Mansion is very large, like a finely carved landscape, there is a study in the bamboo forest, a tall and ancient gold-leaf locust tree and a unique water pavilion, which seems to be natural and magnificent, but it is difficult to say whether there is a hidden mystery in it.
If you don't have someone to guide you, you will get lost if you're not careful.
The design and conception of this mansion garden was personally carried out by Zhang Chong, the "ghost hand" of the imperial capital, and its construction was personally supervised by Chu Yu, who can be said to know every detail and arrangement of this mansion well.
No kidding, if someone comes to assassinate Chu Yu, they may get lost as soon as they enter the Gongzi's Mansion. Even the old housekeeper who has been in the mansion for seven years is not confident that he can come and go freely in this "winding path" prince's mansion.
However, as a housekeeper, you can't get lost in the mansion you take care of, so Liu Neng, the housekeeper of Yu Gongzi's Mansion, usually carries a small map of the distribution of the courtyards in the mansion on his body, in case he takes the wrong path when he is out of time, and then disturbs Chu Yu's "elegance".
In the Childe's house, there is a separate courtyard called "Forget Immortals". Usually only when receiving distinguished guests, Chu Yu will come here, such as the woman in black.
The woman in black is named "Luo Ziling", it is said that she lives in Jingguang City, the capital of the Dongji Emperor, and recently, for some reason, she suddenly visited Autumn Leaf City in the wild goose country, saying that she was looking for an old man. She and Chu Yu were purely just an accident.
Just because Chu Yu took a look in the vast sea of people, he unexpectedly found that there was such a charming woman in this world. According to Chu Yu's words, this is called "love at first sight", or "love at first sight".
Chu Yu is a person who understands taste very well, and he is also good at creating romance, although most of the time he is only moved by himself. In the autumn leaves city of Nuoda, the busy third prince of Chu, after taking off the battle armor, often invites those girls he "loves" to gather in the palace of the prince of Yu on an "auspicious day of the zodiac", and then have fun with candles and talk all night.
Just like today.
Normally, Gongzi Chu Yu invites an approval, but on this Luo girl, it took Chu Sangongzi a full month. In this month, Chu Yu tried his best to invite Miss Luo to come to Gongzi's Mansion to talk, from soft grinding and hard foaming to stalking, and finally, this hard-hearted Luo girl was moved by Chu Yu's "sincerity" and decided to come to Gongzi's Mansion as a guest.
Luo Ziling is a very elegant woman.
does not boast that he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In this era, usually only the ladies of famous families have such conditions to learn these, but although Luo Ziling's family lives in Jingguang City, the capital of the Dongji Emperor, she is not a famous family, or a lady.
She's just living longer than the average person.
The skin is white and tender but there is no blood, the scarlet eyes are full of different temptations, the eyebrows are like willow leaves, and the green silk waterfall hangs. Because she travels in black all the year round, her complexion is fairer under the background of black clothes, coupled with a sweet voice, exquisite appearance, and a bumpy figure. Men salivate when they see her, and women will inevitably rejoice when they see her.
Miss Luo didn't come to Gongzi's Mansion alone, she also had a personal maid named Qingying by her side. Qingying usually doesn't talk to people very often. She is not a mute, but without Miss Luo's permission, Qingying is not qualified to speak.
Chu Yu waited for this day for a long time.
Although I can't be alone with Miss Luo, I'm not too anxious.
In the "Forget the Immortal Courtyard" of the Mansion of the Emperor of the People's Republic of China, there are antique calligraphy and paintings from various countries of the Ji Dynasty. With Chu Yu's understanding of Luo Ziling during this time, when she sees this, she will definitely love it.
However, to Chu Yu's surprise, the Luo girl, who had met him in the antique shop, didn't seem to be interested in these. Is it because you don't like it? Or will Chu Yu be wrong? Chu Yu thought to himself, what can I do now? Without waiting for Chu Yu to open her mouth to show confusion, this Luo girl broke the silence first.
"I have always heard that the scenery of the Gongzi's Mansion is the most exquisite of the wild goose country, and when I see it today, it really deserves its name. Compared with this house full of antique calligraphy and paintings, the entire Gongzi Mansion can be described as a masterpiece among masterpieces. I don't know which famous person it came from?" Luo Ziling didn't look directly at Chu Yu, and Chu Yu's eyes hadn't shifted for a moment since she entered the mansion.
"The ghost hand of the imperial capital. Chu Yu's words revealed pride, "I don't know if Miss Luo has heard of it." ”
"It is often said in the world that the layout of the mechanism designed by the Imperial Capital Zhang Ghost is ingenious, and even if the immortals in the sky fall into it, it is difficult to escape easily. It's a pity that this ghost hand has been washing his hands since the "Chiyan Rebellion" many years ago, although I occasionally heard stories about him later, but after all, I didn't have the opportunity to visit. Luo Ziling sighed. "I didn't expect this Gongzi's Mansion to be designed by him, and it is really a blessing to be able to see his masterpiece here today. ”
"Zhang Ghost Hand has a strange personality and doesn't like people. Chu Yu said with a smile. "Actually, it mainly depends on who goes to him. ”
With this ingenious layout, the design of a mansion must be a huge amount of money, which shows the generosity of the son. Luo Ziling exclaimed.
"After all, there are too many precious calligraphy, paintings, and antiques in the house, and of course you can't do it without putting some thought into it. Chu Yu poured a cup of tea for Luo Ziling, "But, no matter how exquisite the design is, it can prevent the thief, but it can't stop the thief after all." ”
Between the words, Chu Yu saluted Luo Ziling with a cup of tea, and Luo Ziling brushed her sleeves and lips lightly. "Dare to steal in the Mansion of the Prince of Yan Kingdom, but it is really courageous. ”
"I don't know if I have the courage to be extraordinary, but why don't Miss Luo guess what is valuable in my house that can make this thief take the risk. Chu Yu asked with a deep smile.
Luo Ziling raised her eyes and tried to find an answer from Chu Yu's eyes, but all she saw was greed.
Luo Ziling: "The little woman can't guess. ”
"It's in the heart. Chu Yu put down the teacup in his hand and tried to grab Luo Ziling's hand, but Luo Ziling politely broke free without moving. In this regard, Chu Yu did not blush. After all, it is the royal family of the wild goose, and they know how to advance and retreat, and they don't do anything out of the ordinary in the future.
Luo Ziling: "What does Yu Gongzi mean that the little woman is the big thief?"
Chu Yu: "I have to ask Miss Luo about this." ”
Luo Ziling: "The little woman doesn't know what the son said. ”
"From the first time I saw the girl, my heart fell on the girl. So these days, Chu Mou doesn't think about tea, he doesn't want to eat, he has to want to get back the lost heart from the girl. Please also ask Miss Luo to help me. ”
Luo Ziling: "I'm afraid this little woman can't help. ”
When Luo Ziling heard this, she couldn't help but smile.
However, the little girl wanted to bother her son to do her a favor. If Childe can help the little girl, maybe the little girl can also find a way to recover what Childe lost. ”
When Chu Yu heard it, he felt that there was a play, so he instantly came to his senses.
Chu Yu: "Girl, please speak." ”
Luo Ziling: "The little girl wants to ask Gongzi about someone. ”
Chu Yu: "Who?"
Luo Ziling: "A woman." ”
"A woman?" Chu Yu showed a puzzled look, he expected that Luo Ziling would need his help in the future, but I was afraid that it would not be simple. "What kind of woman? Chu has always been fond of calligraphy and painting, and rarely goes in and out of the snow and the moon, Miss Luo, don't listen to the nonsense of people outside, those are all false slanders!"
"Don't panic, the little woman just wants to know some old things, this woman may not have any ties with Yu Gongzi. It's just that I heard earlier that someone had seen the traces of this woman in Akiba City, and Yu Gongzi is the lord of Akiba City, so I think I must have heard more or less about the strange people and strange things that appear in Akiba City every day. ”
Chu Yu: "Thank you Miss Luo for your love, please continue to talk about Miss Luo." ”
"This person is supposed to be nearly forty years old, and his sideburns are gray, but in the eyes of ordinary people, his appearance seems to be in the prime of his life. It is inferred that she should have fled to Akiba Castle in the Wild Goose Country during the "Red Yan Rebellion", when she was carrying a dark blue ancient sword and a baby boy in her arms. ”
"When this Chiyan Rebellion happened, I had just turned five years old..."Chu Yu smiled awkwardly, "Although I was in Autumn Leaves City at that time, I was still young and had not yet become the city lord. I would venture to ask what the relationship between the girl and the girl is. ”
Luo Ziling: "She is an old friend of the little woman. ”
Chu Yu: "I see, Miss Luo, you continue." ”
Luo Ziling: "I don't know what happened in Autumn Leaves City that year, but what big things happened that impressed Childe?"
Chu Yu: "It doesn't seem to be, I grew up in Autumn Leaves City since I was a child, except for being the city lord and the annual autumn festival, I really haven't seen other major events." ”
Luo Ziling: "The little woman heard that after this person settled in Autumn Leaf City, he was blessed with help to the world, and he was deeply supported and loved by the people. ”
"The people of Akiba Castle are simple, and there are hundreds of such healers, if not thousands. Having said this, Chu Yu seemed to have some eyebrows in his heart. "Does she have any other characteristics? ”
Luo Ziling: "The little woman also heard that she currently has three apprentices, and all of them grew up in Autumn Leaf City, so I don't know if the prince of Chu Yu can know. ”
"Does Miss Luo know the Spiegel Layman?" Chu Yu was a little unsure, but combined with the above characteristics, in his memory, it seemed that only this woman known as the Spiegel Lay Man was the most in line with Luo Ziling's description.
Luo Ziling: "Spiegel?"
"Yes, Spiegel is a close friend of my father, and if I'm not mistaken, Spiegel should have come to Akiba City more than twenty years ago, and it seems that it was still my father's arrangement. In a few days, it will be the annual autumn festival of the wild goose country, and my father will visit Autumn Leaf Castle and invite his best friends to enjoy the autumn moon together. Miss Luo might as well temporarily live in Xia Fu for a few days, and when the time comes, wait for the autumn festival, and I can introduce you to this Ming Spiegel layman. ”
Luo Ziling: "Then there is Lao Gongzi to worry about." ”
Chu Yu: "Don't bother, don't bother, by the way, you just mentioned that she also brought a baby boy more than 20 years ago?"
Luo Ziling: "Yes, in fact, in addition to looking for her, the more important thing for the little woman is to inquire about the whereabouts of the baby boy from her." ”
Chu Yu: "That baby boy Luo girl may have seen it today." ”
Luo Ziling: "The little girl didn't know too many people when she first came to Autumn Leaf City. ”
Chu Yu: "Do you have an impression of that madman in the evening?"
Luo Ziling: "I'm impressed. ”
Chu Yu: "His name is Meng Jian, the apprentice of the Spiegel, the third in line, it should be the baby boy she brought to Autumn Leaves City many years ago, of course I'm not sure, but it's likely to be him when the time is calculated, after all, I haven't seen any other men around the Spiegel over the years." However, the premise must still be that this Spiegel layman is indeed the old man you are looking for. ”
"That young man could be the baby boy back then?" Luo Ziling didn't answer Chu Yu's words, she asked herself in her heart, and followed the memories and fell into deep thought. Qingying, the maid beside her, who was serving tea and water for her, suddenly trembled at this time, and the scarlet in Luo Ziling's eyes flowed here. Her face was not good-looking, and her already pale snow muscles were even more bloodless at this time. Chu Yu didn't know what was going on, but Qing Ying knew.
Normally, Luo Ziling would only show such a look when she was angry, and when she was angry, she would kill.
......
Late at night, outside the autumn leaves, the wind stops.
Forty guards dressed in brocade robes and armed with long knives surrounded the courtyard, which was hidden between the mountains and rivers. These brocade guards are all guards given to the right prime minister by the Yan Yan Gong and are responsible for protecting the safety of the right minister. Each of them can be ten at a time, and their skills are extraordinary. But he was arranged by the right minister to protect his only son Yan Li, and now he is arranged by Yan Li to protect Bai Qiang, and then he was brought to this wind stop by Bai Qiang.
At this time, the second senior sister Yan Jing was no longer angry with her junior brother Meng Jian. Under the careful care of senior sister Bai Qiang, Yan Jing slowly fell asleep. And the next time is the endless nagging between the senior sister and the junior brother who are still angry.
It stands to reason that after settling down Yan Jing, Bai Qiang will take good care of her disobedient little junior brother Meng Jian, and let him remember it from the "true meaning", but considering that Meng Jian at this moment has injuries on her body, Bai Qiang finally relented and changed her mind.
The cold moonlight sprinkled on the earthly world, and the little fireflies quietly flew in the courtyard of the Wind Residence. The frosty white rose and pulled Meng Jian and quietly came to the ancient tree that often glowed in the middle of the night.
Meng Jian didn't know what Bai Qiang wanted to do, but when Bai Qiang took his hand, the first thing that reverberated in Meng Jian's mind was the days when he was a child when he was thrown over the shoulder by Bai Qiang and beaten as a sandbag.
And now, Bai Qiang didn't hit him, but just took advantage of Meng Jian's carelessness to directly tear off his torn shirt under the ancient tree in the middle of the night. Bai Qiang's move directly frightened Meng Jian stupidly, thinking that Bai Qiang wanted to do something to him!
Bai Qiang listened, and frowned: "I said that you are thinking about something every day, is it that you have itchy skin after not playing for a few days?"
I saw this woman, who had never shown a gentle side with Meng Jian, took out a palm-sized medicine bottle from her arms under the gaze of Meng Jian's complicated eyes. Seeing this, Meng Jian began to think crankily again, and subconsciously began to retreat: "No, what are you doing here, senior sister!"
Bai Qiang: "Guess. ”
Meng Jian: "I can't guess!"
Bai Qiang: "Stand up straight!"
Meng Jian, who realized that the situation was not good, hurriedly showed weakness, although only Meng Jian was a doctor among the masters, but because his mind had always been on martial arts, compared with Meng Jian, Bai Qiang, as a senior sister, could be said to have inherited the mantle of Master Ye Qingrao.
Meng Jian: "Senior sister, I really know that I was wrong this time!"
Bai Qiang: "Isn't it too late to know your mistake now?" ”
Meng Jian: "I will definitely listen to my senior sister in the future!"
Bai Qiang: "Don't wait for later, just now!"
Without waiting for Meng Jian to react, Bai Qiang sealed the major acupuncture points on Meng Jian's body at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye. In the eyes of a ninth-order martial artist, the skills of a sixth-order martial artist are often like slow motion.
So, Meng Jian, who originally planned to turn around and run, stood naked in the autumn evening breeze under the big tree, unable to move at all.
The moonlight gilded Meng Jian's cold white skin with a faint frost, and he stood in front of the ancient tree like a stone sculpture, wanting to cry without tears!
Meng Jian wanted to speak, but he couldn't open his mouth at all, so he could only roll his eyes in despair, looking at Bai Qiang with his own thoughts, swinging his posture at will. At this time, two brocade-clothed attendants came to Bai Qiang's side with candles to illuminate her.
Meng Jian didn't know what Bai Qiang wanted to do, and Bai Qiang didn't plan to tell him, but silently checked Meng Jian for any minor wounds on his body except for the wound on his arm.
Thinking of this, Bai Qiang suddenly turned around and whispered to the two brocade clothes beside her, and the two brocade clothes looked at each other after hearing this, so Bai Qiang urged: "Didn't I say it clearly enough?
The two brocade-clothed attendants said in unison: "No!"
Subsequently, one brocade clothes carried two candle lamps, and the other directly ripped off Meng Jian's pants, while Bai Qiang turned his back to Meng Jian at this time, until the brocade attendant checked whether Meng Jian had any other injuries on his body.
At this time, Meng Jian didn't know what to say, although he couldn't say anything if he wanted to, his embarrassed and shy expression whitewashed Meng Jian's cold white skin, like a touch of red sprinkled into the white snow.
By the time Bai Qiang turned around again, the brocade attendant had already put on Meng Jian's pants. After careful confirmation, Meng Jian's injuries were only on his arm, and there were no knife wounds left elsewhere.
Under the clear moon, the slender hand gently smashed the pills in the bottle into powder, and then smeared them on the wound on Meng Jian's arm little by little with the help of the moonlight candle flame. Then came another brocade robe, with gauze in one hand and clothes in the other. After some tossing, Bai Qiang bandaged Meng Jian's wounds.
In the process, there was no trace of emotion in the woman's eyes, or superfluous words. In fact, as early as when Meng Jian was found injured, Bai Qiang had already noticed the injuries on his arms. Although the bleeding from the wound has stopped and some of it has healed, the deeper wounds still spill a little blood from time to time.
At first, Meng Jian didn't take it seriously, but the careful Bai Qiang had already paid attention to it since she found out that Meng Jian was injured. Although Bai Qiang is quite strict with Meng Jian on weekdays, at this juncture, after all, she is still a knife-mouthed tofu heart.
"Resist the wind" is the unique heart of the Yan Kingdom Chu clan, pay attention to the wind to move, resist the wind to kill the enemy, its strength will follow the sword into the body after leaving wounds of different depths on the body. In the evening, Chu Yu used the "Wind Resisting Technique" to urge the long knife, which made Meng Jian lose his combat effectiveness in a moment.
Under the influence of the Yan Guo Chu clan's "Imperial Wind Technique", these deeper wounds are usually not so easy to heal, and if they are delayed for too long, they may cause excessive blood loss and wound ulceration because there is no way to heal in time.
Fortunately, Bai Qiang is well-informed.
When everything was decided, several brocade clothes put on new clothes for Meng Jian, and then hung candles on the branches of the ancient trees, and then retired for the time being. The energy that had previously sealed the acupoints on Meng Jian's body was also unloaded by Bai Qiang during this period.
And Meng Jian also learned about Bai Qiang's kindness here, so he waved his hand at Bai Qiang in embarrassment and shame: "Thank you Senior Sister for rescuing!"
Bai Qiang was disdainful: "Thank you, thank you, what is there to thank, thank you, will you be obedient?"
Meng Jian: "Yes!
Bai Qiang: "I believe in your ghost!"
Meng Jian smirked: "By the way, I almost forgot to ask!Why did Senior Sister suddenly appear in Fengzhiju today, wouldn't it be specifically for me and Second Senior Sister!"
Bai Qiang: "Before Master went out, he also greeted me, and asked me to come back when I was free." Although she said it very vaguely, I understood her intentions. ”
Meng Jian: "What do you mean?"
Bai Qiang: "Actually, I still don't worry about you, for fear that you will cause some trouble when she is away." ”
Meng Jian: "What kind of mess can I cause?"
Between the words, Bai Qiang clenched Meng Jian's arm that had just bandaged the wound: "If I hadn't found it early, your hand would have been useless after tonight!"
"Pain, pain, pain!" Under the action of Bai Qiang's fingers, Meng Jian's wound began to hurt, and Meng Jian, who wanted to say a few words, instantly succumbed to Bai Qiang's deterrence.
Bai Qiang: "Right now, Yan Jing's health is not very good, if something happens to you at this time, how worried and sad the master and her old man will be if they know!"
Meng Jian pursed her lips and thought about it, not knowing what she was thinking.
Bai Qiang: "You think I'm joking?"
Meng Jian: "No, no, no, I was just taken aback by so many brocade-clothed guards brought by the senior sister, and I didn't come back to my senses for a while!"
Bai Qiang: "These brocade-clothed brothers with knives were originally the guards to protect your senior brother-in-law, and your senior brother-in-law was worried that I would be wronged outside, or encounter any danger, so he asked them to protect me." ”
Meng Jian: "I thought I really caused something big, and asked Senior Sister to bring someone to arrest me in person..."
Bai Qiang: "Maybe there really will be that day." ”
Meng Jian: "Is there really a day when Senior Sister will let me go?" ”
"Can't you say something good?" Bai Qiang thought for a while, feeling that something was wrong with this sentence, "Isn't it good to stay in Fengzhiju honestly?"
Meng Jian: "Then who will buy medicine for the second senior sister." ”
Bai Qiang: "During this time, I will let people do this, you just stay honestly, don't run around, otherwise let me know, I will definitely kill you." ”
Meng Jian: "But after a while, it's the autumn festival!"
Bai Qiang: "No discussion. ”
Meng Jian: "I'll just go around!"
Bai Qiang: "No!"
Bai Qiang knocked on Meng Jian's little brain.
Meng Jian wanted to block it but didn't block it, looking at the aggrieved appearance of the little junior brother, Bai Qiang, who had always been as cold as frost, suddenly laughed, and Meng Jian, who didn't give up, held the last luck and asked, "Then ......"
Bai Qiang: "Don't even think about it!"
Seeing that Bai Qiang was so resolute, Meng Jian had no choice but to give up his last luck and let out a resentful sigh, while Bai Qiang stood silently on the side and looked at her sentimental little junior brother, and said lightly: "Before the master comes back, you will stay in Fengzhiju honestly, and when the master comes back, I believe that her old man will have other arrangements." ”