Chapter 9: Meeting Under the Moon
Pomegranate seemed accustomed to her own girl coming out of the wall when the moon was dark and the wind was high, and she stood in the wall and whispered, "Girl, you must be careful!"
"Go back quickly, I'll be back in a moment. Gu Xiangyi beckoned, turned around and jumped off the wall, the sound of light footsteps fell on the other side of the wall, Pomegranate listened and relaxed, turned around and went back to the house.
The sky is dark, the night sky is dotted with dim stars, and the moon is bent like a hook, sprinkling cool moonlight.
Gu Xiangyi gathered the scattered bun, didn't care about the few strands of hair hanging on his shoulders, and ran towards General Ning'an's mansion with all his might. The car ran to the corner gate, and the iron gate was still crumbling, and it opened as soon as it was pushed.
Returning here again, sadness swept again, Gu Xiangyi moistened her eyes, and before the tears rolled down, she wiped her sleeves violently to prevent herself from crying out loud.
The house was burned and dilapidated, there was almost nothing of value, Gu Xiangyi found a flag of the forbidden army with the help of the dim moonlight, and went around to Ning Yuanjiang's room, Gu Xiangyi tried hard to lift the beam, but she overestimated herself, she couldn't lift the beam.
Others don't know, but she knows that there is a secret passage in her father's room, and she can walk all the way to a room from the bronze crane inside the door.
Gu Xiangyi hadn't been to that room, because Ning Yuanjiang told him that many secrets were there, and he didn't plan to tell them, those secrets were in the world, and I don't know how many powerful people in the court would lose face, and I didn't know how many families would be ruined by the war.
There are big and small things, it may be whose daughter got along with someone before getting married, or it may be whose son-in-law's dog scratched which adult's pants, these are harmless, Gu Xiangyi doesn't care, what she thinks is that it would be good if she could find something else.
Secrets, only I know but others don't know, can be called a handle, with a handle in hand, she wants to use some people or manipulate some people and has capital.
She only knew about the existence of this place, but she didn't know what was inside, and she thought that only her brother and father would come in, and her heart was sour for a while.
With great effort, Gu Xiangyi wiped the sweat from the corner of his forehead, and finally found the half-fallen copper crane zun, the bronze crane's neck was broken, making it difficult to imagine the tragic situation at that time.
Opening the secret passage, Gu Xiangyi moved those wooden beams and stones with his hands and feet, looked around and got into the secret room.
The only candle that brought light was held in the palm of her hand, and the faint light reflected on the wall, the smell here was not very good, and at a glance it was clear that it had not been opened for a long time, and the house was collapsing and on fire above, and the smell of gray smoke could be smelled underneath.
A booklet was laid flat on the shelf, Gu Xiangyi's eyes lit up, and after putting the candle away, he went straight to the booklet.
Looking at the words on the booklet, familiar and unfamiliar names flipped through in front of him, Gu Xiangyi was shocked, he never expected that the calm capital on the surface would be so gloomy, and he couldn't imagine what shameless tricks he would use to win the opponent on the battlefield.
Ning Yuanjiang has done too many things for the emperor, he knows bad things but has not done them, and the emperor will not claim his merits to the outside world after doing good things, and the last Lin Lin has always been recorded in the booklet by him, and he may have thought that he would end up like this, so this booklet was not discovered by the emperor until he died.
As for how the emperor sent people to rummage through these brochures, Gu Xiangyi could imagine it although he didn't know it.
Carefully picking up the booklet, Gu Xiangyi returned the same way, but at the moment of exiting the dark passage, he felt a warm wind blowing and the candle went out.
In the dark, Gu Xiangyi looked at the ruins in front of her, and her years of experience and intuition in martial arts told her that there must be someone not far away, and that person had already been eyeing her.
"What person?" asked Gu Xiangyi after taking a deep breath.
Answering her, in addition to the faint moonlight, it was a gentle breeze, and this feeling of silence was like Gu Xiangyi was the only one left in the world.
Maybe he was thinking too much? Gu Xiangyi picked up the candle, trotted out of his father's yard, and bypassed the martial arts training ground to the corner gate where he entered.
Before his hand touched the corner gate, a black shadow jumped from behind, Gu Xiangyi instinctively took two steps back, and his hand subconsciously touched the elephant's waist, where he did not have a sword.
She forgot that Ning Chu was dead at the moment, where did Gu Xiangyi use the sword?
Raising her hand and going straight to the left shoulder of the man in black, she couldn't see the man's facial features clearly in the darkness, and she didn't know who the man was, he seemed to be a man, and his figure was tall as if it was covering the clouds and the sun.
Dodging Gu Xiangyi's attack, the man took her punch and pulled it back, forcing her to move closer to where he was. After a few simple punches and kicks, Gu Xiangyi was already out of breath.
This body is really not a thing.
The man had the upper hand effortlessly, and his long legs pressed against the flower bed on the side, directly blocking Gu Xiangyi's retreat and imprisoning her in front of him.
At this moment, the clouds in the sky were blown away by the wind just right, and the moonlight was sprinkled again, allowing Gu Xiangyi to see clearly what the person opposite looked like.
At this glance, the heartbeat seemed to have missed half a beat, and Gu Xiangyi almost covered her mouth.
Fighting with her was Yi Jingxiao, the sister-in-law of the Jingde Mansion, and she had the impression that Ning Chu and him seemed to have a baby kiss, which was when she was a child, and she didn't really remember it. After growing up, for the sake of the reputation of the two families, no one mentioned this matter again, only Ning Shu occasionally used this matter to make fun of his sister who had not yet decided to marry.
The Ning family and the Yi family have nothing to do with each other, except that both of them are officials in the court and their grades are not low, but the old men who have passed away in both families were friends on the battlefield, Ning Chu and his doll relatives were the two old men who said it casually at that time, and no one mentioned it after they passed away, and they all thought it was a joke, so they just left.
In order to avoid suspicion and reputation, Ning Chu almost never spoke to Yi Jingxiao, if he really knew him, it was his brother Ning Shu.
"Who are you?" A cold voice came, and Gu Xiangyi was forced to take a closer look at his face again.
I don't know the purpose of his coming to Ning's house, and besides, she doesn't know him well, so she has nothing to say, so she can't tell him about rebirth, right?
Seeing that she was silent, Yi Jingxiao asked again: "I know your kung fu, what is the relationship between you and General Ning'an's Mansion?"
raised his head, the young man in front of him raised his eyebrows and phoenix eyes, his expression was bright, and his ink robe made him a little more careless.
"Get out of the way. Gu Xiangyi said in a low voice.
"You can go and leave what is in your arms. ”
What's the matter, is he aiming at the Ning family's booklet? Gu Xiangyi raised his head in astonishment, knowing that he might not be able to escape, he must have seen everything.
In fact, when Yi Jingxiao first arrived, he saw her coming out of the dark passage with a candle, if she didn't take something, it must be impossible. Seeing the girl's pupils shrink, he knew that he had guessed correctly.
Gu Xiangyi's hand tightened the placket of his clothes and slammed into his other leg, but Yi Jingxiao was not easy to deal with, and blocked her way with a slight force on one leg, and when she rose into the air and was about to turn over, she stretched out her long arm and took her into her arms.
This is the best way to imprison a person, but if the state of the two is looked at by someone with a heart, it will inevitably be misunderstood.
Gu Xiangyi was ashamed and annoyed, and her pale face turned a little ruddy.
"I can let you go, but you have to leave things behind. Yi Jingxiao said it again.
"You are dreaming!" Gu Xiangyi wanted to break away from his arms, but he didn't have enough strength, his back was against his front placket, and his hands were firmly controlled.
Untied Gu Xiangyi's shirt with one hand, Yi Jingxiao didn't think about it, but he didn't want the Ning family's secret to be stolen by outsiders. His hand reached into his shirt, but he didn't touch the booklet, his face turned red suddenly, and his palm became hot unconsciously, as if he had touched a hot soldering iron.
With all his strength to pull out a hand, Gu Xiangyi raised his hand and gave him an elbow, it was impossible to hit him, but this moment could make her break free, and he raised his hand and gave him a slap.
The crisp sound echoed in the street outside, and no one knew what was going on here, and no one knew Gu Xiangyi's anger.
After living for more than ten years, it is the first time she has been treated like this!
Yi Jingxiao was also slapped in the face for the first time, and the hot pain on his face seemed to show the anger of the girl in front of him. After many years of learning etiquette, righteousness and shame, how could he not know why the other party was angry? Then he apologized: "I'm sorry, I was abrupt." ”
Gu Xiangyi was stunned, and saw that he had no intention of stopping himself again, so he didn't even look at him again, opened the corner door and walked away.