Chapter 9: Rescue
His indifference surprised the young woman, she didn't dare to say how beautiful she looked, but she also knew that her appearance was liked by most people, from childhood to adulthood, there were not many people who pursued her, even in the Imperial Academy, the noble talents who pursued her were one after another, and the young man in front of her was almost transparent to her.
She asked curiously, "What's your name?"
"Shangguan Xiu. Shangguan Xiu didn't raise his head and said absentmindedly.
When he gave his name, he immediately realized that he had lost his words, he raised his head, smiled at the young woman, and said politely, "Girl, I want to read the book for a while." ”
By implication, don't bother me anymore.
His soft and prickly eviction order made the young woman pout her lips disapprovingly, and she turned her eyes to see Shangguan Xiu looking at the dictionary page by page against the ancient characters written on her fingers.
The corners of her mouth raised and said: "You say that you are interested in ancient texts, but you can't even check the dictionary of ancient texts.
Shangguan Xiu sighed softly in her heart when she heard this, how did she know that it would take at least an hour or two for her to find out a word? Could it be that the way she checked it was wrong?
He raised his head, looked at the young woman again, and asked, "Girl......"
As soon as he spoke, the young woman had already interrupted, "Gu Qingling." ”
"What?" Shangguan Xiu didn't understand what she meant, and looked at her puzzled.
"I said, I have a name and a surname, my name is Gu Qingling, why do you call me a girl and a girl, it sounds really awkward!" The young woman glanced at him, and then asked with an arrogant face, "What do you want to say?"
Shangguan Xiu was robbed by her for no reason, and he didn't know where he offended her. He was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile, "You just said that my way of looking up the dictionary is wrong?"
"Of course, how did you find out?"
"Page by page. ”
"Of course that's not right!" Gu Qingling rolled his eyes and asked in an old-fashioned manner, "Do you know where the side of the ancient text is?"
"Bottom. ”
"Hmm!" Gu Qingling glanced at him with some surprise, it seems that he really has learned ancient texts! She cleared her throat and said seriously: "So in the dictionary, you must first look up the side of the ancient text, and then look up the corresponding ancient text......
Listening to Gu Qingling's explanation, Shangguan Xiu had a feeling of being sudden. After Gu Qingling finished explaining, he tried to find it according to the method she taught, and sure enough, he quickly found the ancient text he was looking for in the dictionary.
Shangguan Xiu was overjoyed, and learning the method of looking up ancient dictionaries would be of great help to him, which would greatly save him time.
While looking through the dictionary, he said absentmindedly: "Thank you, Miss Gu, you have helped me a lot this time, thank you very much." ”
"Qingling. ”
"Huh?"
"I said, if you want to call me Qingling in the future!" Gu Qingling's little face showed a delicate color, and he muttered with a small mouth: "It's harsh enough to call the girl, and it's even harsher to call the girl Gu, it sounds even harsher, I really don't know which stone you jumped out of, who is still calling the girl long and the girl short now?!"
Shangguan Xiu didn't listen to her fragments at all, his attention was focused on the dictionary.
Seeing this, Gu Qingling glared at him angrily and said in a low voice, "Wooden man!"
"What did you say?" Shangguan Xiu heard her words and looked at her blankly.
Gu Qingling bared his teeth and smiled, revealing two rows of white and jade-like teeth, and said, "I praise you for being so handsome!"
Shangguan Xiu almost choked on his own saliva, his old face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "Miss Gu has won the award." ”
It's Miss Gu again, and he didn't listen to a word of what he said just now. The smile on her face was even stronger, and she said happily, "Why don't you go and die headbutt?"
"Huh?" Shangguan Xiu wondered if he had misheard.
Gu Qingling glared at him fiercely, twisted his body to the other side, and stopped looking at him.
Shangguan Xiu looked at the back of her head and blinked, until now he didn't understand where he had offended her, he shook his head, lowered his gaze, and continued to concentrate on searching the dictionary.
After a while, a voice came from his side again: "You are really a wooden man, are you going to sit here for the night?"
Shangguan Xiu looked up at Gu Qingling on the side, and the latter said dissatisfiedly: "It's almost closed, aren't you leaving?"
He subconsciously looked around, but no, there were only two people left in the huge library now, himself and Gu Qingling.
He smiled at Gu Qingling and said, "I'll look at it for a while." ”
Shangguan Xiu really treated every second he spent in the library as if it were the last second.
Gu Qingling shook her head, snorted heavily, and muttered, "Wooden man!" After speaking, she put away the book in her hand and walked downstairs quickly.
Not long after she went down, the gentleman from the library came up and said loudly: "This classmate, the library is closed now, let's come back tomorrow!"
Shangguan Xiu sighed secretly, he reluctantly closed the dictionary, returned it to its place, and then packed up his things, stuffed them into his schoolbag, and walked out of the library.
It was close to midnight now, and the Imperial Academy, which was bustling with activity during the day, had now become quiet, and everything was silent, and there was not even a pedestrian on the road, and the atmosphere was still a little terrible. However, Shangguan Xiu was not afraid of ghosts, and he didn't feel scared when he walked alone in the dark academy.
From the library to the gate of the Imperial Academy, you have to pass through the Jade Garden.
The Jade Garden is a very chic garden, with flowers, grasses and woods, as well as rockeries and pavilions, with a beautiful environment and pleasant scenery. It's a pity that it's late at night, the lights are dark, and he can't see anything clearly, Shangguan Xiu doesn't have the leisure to enjoy it, after reading books all day, he just wants to go home and sleep well.
As he walked briskly, he heard a soft sound of sand in the woods beside him. He subconsciously stopped and headed into the woods, it was too dark for him to see clearly.
He shrugged his shoulders and walked on, but barely two steps away from him, the sound of sand sounded again in the woods.
The identity of the above official Xiu, a fake student, was not suitable for the Imperial Academy, but the sound in the woods was too weird, and it was definitely not the sound of the branches and leaves swaying in the wind. Shangguan Xiu couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, wanting to see what kind of ghost thing was hiding in the woods that kept 'seducing' him.
He took a deep breath and walked briskly into the woods.
Entering the forest, the rustling sound became clearer, Shangguan Xiu slowed his steps, and the sound slowly followed. Walking deep into the woods for a while, he vaguely saw two black shadows squatting inside, and there was another person under the two black shadows, because the distance was too far, Shangguan Xiu couldn't see clearly.
He squinted, slowly put down his bag, and continued to walk forward. As the distance got closer and closer, he finally saw it clearly, the two black shadows squatting in the woods were both wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Spirit Martial Academy, and the two of them were pressed under him by a female student of the academy, and Shangguan Xiu was no stranger to this female student, it was Gu Qingling who had just left the library.
At this time, Gu Qingling's clothes had been untied and used to tie her hands, and there was still a ball of cloth stuffed in her mouth, and she couldn't scream even if she wanted to, the two people from the Imperial Spirit Martial Academy were squatting beside her, tearing her clothes, and Shangguan Xiu said that the rustling sound he heard came from this.
Her midcoat had been torn open, revealing her white belly pocket and large swaths of snow-white skin, and her small face was already covered with tears, and she struggled with urgency, but she couldn't break free from the grip of the two Imperial Spirit Martial Academy students.
Seeing this scene, Shangguan Xiu's eyes flashed with a gleam.
He couldn't hide behind the tree, strode out, and said in a deep voice at the same time: "The two third guards ran into the Imperial Academy in the middle of the night and teamed up to bully a weak little girl, so big and majestic!"
His sudden voice frightened the two students of the Imperial Spirit Martial Academy.
The faces of the two changed greatly, as if they had been bitten by a snake, and they both jumped up from the ground. The two of them hurriedly turned around and looked at the sound.
It was only at this time that Shangguan Xiu saw the faces of the two clearly, both of them were masked in black scarves, revealing only a pair of thief eyes.
Shangguan Xiu saw the two of them clearly, and they also saw Shangguan Xiu clearly, seeing that he was wearing the clothes of the Imperial Academy, the two of them invariably breathed a sigh of relief.
For the two of them, the students of the Imperial Academy are scholars, and there is nothing to worry about.
The two of them mentioned that their hearts fell back into their stomachs. One of them said coldly: "Boy, there's nothing to do with you here, if you don't want to die, get out of my way immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other person shook his head, and said quietly: "I can't let him go, I have to leave this kid here!"
Understanding what his companion meant, the man squatted down, firmly pressed Gu Qingling, who was struggling to get up, to the ground, and turned around and reminded: "Move faster, fight quickly!"
"Hmph!" The man who walked towards Shangguan Xiu snorted out laughing and said, "Do I need to trouble dealing with a weak scholar of the Imperial Academy?"
At this time, Gu Qingling also saw Shangguan Xiu, and she was so anxious that she wanted to scream, but her tightly gagged mouth could only make an indistinct whining sound.
The man walked up to Shangguan Xiu and said with a sneer: "Boy, who told you to meddle in your affairs? I can only blame you for your kid's bad luck tonight!"
As he spoke, he drew his sword from his side without warning, aimed it at Shangguan Xiu's chest, and stabbed it viciously.
Gu Qingling, who was lying on the ground, could see it clearly, and she closed her eyes in fright.