Volume 1 The First Awakening of Nangong City Chapter Seventy-Eight The Mysterious Ninth Layer
Early in the morning of the second day, before Xiuyu's meditation and cultivation were over, Bai Qianchen rushed into his room in a rage, pointed at his nose, and shouted, "The shameless and cunning little thief left without saying a word yesterday...... I've been in the library all night, you heinous, despicable bastard, villain, hypocrite!"
"Don't you take my Bai Qianchen in your eyes!!"
Xiu Yu slowly opened his eyes, stared at her calmly, and said without a trace of emotion: "I didn't take you in my eyes in the first place...... His body stood up, facing Bai Qianchen's slender body, which was a head taller than her. He stared at her with a downward gaze and continued, "I didn't let you go...... I didn't let you sleep in it, so why do you think I'm going to wake you up?"
"Besides...... You and I don't know each other well, the last time you hurt me, I haven't settled accounts with you, how... Do you want to take me back to the City Lord's Mansion this time?"
His eyes suddenly became fierce.
Bai Qianchen's face was still full of anger, her body took two steps back, keeping the two of them at a distance, frowned and said, "When did I hurt you?" I just asked Fu Bo to put you in an underground prison, who let you escape yourself...... I've been looking for you for a long time, and I thought you had been captured by the Zhou family and died in the wilderness. ”
"Huh... It's ridiculous!" Xiu Yu's expression mockingly evoked a touch of coldness, he brushed away the short hair next to his cheeks, and showed the slave mark on the left side of his face, "See, this slave mark on my face...... You're the one who did the harm!"
"Tut-tut...... If you hadn't left suddenly, how could I have suffered such unwarranted pain? If you hadn't forced me to return to Nangong City, how could I have been chased and killed by the Zhou family!?"
A sneer came out of his mouth.
Bai Qianchen's pupils shrank slightly, staring at him that there was only a light red slave mark left on his face...... Although it has dimmed, the hideous scar can still be seen.
"If it weren't for the fact that I had a rare healing elixir like the Constant Cold Illusion Cloud Elixir, I would have been able to heal my external injuries in a very short time and remove the scars on my body...... Maybe what you see me now is nothing more than a broken body... A stinky beggar with an ugly face..."
"But even so... This scar has been with me for more than half a month, and until now, I can still see the marks clearly, and it has not been completely erased...... You can imagine that I was in an underground prison... Tsk, how much cruel torture did you endure...... What a cruel pain!"
Xiu Yu's head slowly drooped, his eyes were getting closer and closer to Bai Qianchen, and his voice was getting deeper and deeper.
Bai Qianchen stepped back slightly, his pupils shrank for a while, and only after Xiu Yu put down his hair and covered the slave mark did he say in a hurry: "You scar...... Is it caused by Xiao Mo?"
A subtle look of disbelief appeared on her face, "How could Xiao Mo do such a cruel thing...... She was only a sixteen-year-old girl, how could she torture others like this...... No... It should have been the demonic nature that affected her, otherwise she wouldn't have done it. ”
Bai Qianchen shook her head in disbelief, but a trance suddenly flashed in her eyes, but it betrayed her, and her brain became chaotic for a while.
Seeing this, Xiu Yu didn't say much, anyway, his grievances with Nangong Xiaomo ...... No, or it has been transformed into a grudge, which is not something they can understand.
The appearance shown by Nangong Xiaomo is not her original face at all!
She didn't come out and walk around for the past two days, but locked herself in the house for a while, just didn't want to see Xiuyu, so she simply retreated and cultivated.
However, Xiu Yu didn't care, since Nangong Ruoxi had promised him, he wouldn't pursue it for the time being...... However, if Nangong Xiaomo still wants to deal with him as always, and even wants to kill him, then when the time comes, don't blame him for being ruthless.
He didn't continue talking to Bai Qianchen, but walked towards the library.
Bai Qianchen, who was standing in place, was stunned for a long time, not noticing that Xiu Yu had left, paused and hurriedly followed.
On the eighth floor of the Book Pavilion, Xiu Yu was about to step on the stairs of the ninth floor, but was suddenly stopped by Bai Qianchen who was chasing after him.
"Stop! You repeat what you just said, why did you say that Xiaomo tortured you? You must be framing her, Xiaomo wouldn't do such a thing!!"
Even if she had a guess in her heart, she still chose not to believe it, but questioned it.
"Stupid......" Xiu Yu glanced at her indifferently, "I never said who tortured me...... As for whether it is the person you think or say it is, you know for yourself...... Get out of the way. ”
He walked forward.
However, Bai Qianchen chased after him again, pursed her lips and frowned, and suddenly said: "It doesn't matter if you don't say it, I'll find out, but ......" Her gaze suddenly became stern: "You can't go up to the ninth layer...... The ninth floor is the most special place in the Book Pavilion, and without the order of the city lord, no one can go up!"
Xiu Yu frowned and asked, "Why can't you go up...... Besides, Nangong Ruoxi promised me that any floor of the Book Pavilion, any ancient book, I can walk around and read it at will, do you want to regret it?"
"This is different...!!" Bai Qianchen's voice suddenly increased, and she said quickly: "That's because Sister Ruoxi didn't make it clear to you...... It is absolutely impossible for people to go up to the ninth floor, unless you have an order from the city lord!, otherwise even I, the daughter of the city lord, are not qualified to set foot on it!"
"Ridiculous..."
Xiu Yu looked at her expressionlessly, took out the golden key from his arms, and said word by word: "This golden key... You must know each other, right?"
"This is Nangong Ruoxi personally given to me, her meaning is already very clear...... Everything about the library can be read at will, not the first eight floors... Got it!?"
As he spoke, his body walked forward, but Bai Qianchen condensed a white light from his fingertips, forming a sword shadow that pointed directly at his eyebrows.
Xiuyu's face was slightly gloomy, and he stared at her ugly.
"I told you... Without the order of the city lord, it is impossible for anyone to go up, Sister Ruoxi promised you that you were right, but she didn't expect that you would read the books on the first eight floors so quickly, if she knew that you were going to step on the ninth floor, she would never agree!"
She continued: "If you dare to take another step forward, don't blame me for being rude, I'll send you down personally!"
This time, Xiu Yu's expression sank completely, his ten fingers clenched, he endured the emotion of being angry, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Okay...... Very nice!!very nice !!"
He threw the golden spoon on the ground, and a sneering voice came out of his mouth: "Since you want to stop it, just stop it, I'll go to Nangong Ruoxi and ask for a clear understanding!"
After saying that, he was full of anger, snorted, and immediately turned around and walked downstairs.
On the top of the stairs, Bai Qianchen's eyebrows frowned tightly, and Qingchen's face also gave birth to a slight anger.
Nangong family, Nangong Ruoxi was not in the house at this time, Xiuyu asked the housekeeper where she went, and the housekeeper said that Nangong Ruoxi was in the refugee area, distributing food to the villagers who were in distress.
He soon saw a long queue in an alley, and Nangong Ruoxi was serving food to these villagers.
"Come... Don't worry, everyone, everyone has a share, today we have prepared a lot of rice porridge, everyone can eat enough......"
"It's yours..."
"Little one... My sister will give you an extra steamed bun...... Let's eat slowly, in two days, the City Lord's Mansion will arrange a village for everyone, and soon you will be able to re-establish your home......"
Nangong Ruoxi gently served food to every villager, and warmly cared for every refugee who looked tattered and emitted a foul smell...... Most of these refugees live like beggars, with a group of people living in the same compound, and several people crammed into one room at the same time.
She is like the holies, gentlest and most considerate fairy in the hearts of these refugees, the last ray of light in the world...... When they were desperate and disheartened, they gave the warmest care in the world.
She took care of the lives of the refugees here day and night, and also arranged for the city lord's mansion to find a place for these villagers to rebuild the village and town.
Xiu Yu saw such a warm scene not far away, he saw Nangong Ruoxi's hands wiping a slight sweat, and seeing her twisting her neck and supporting her waist... Pinch your shoulders... Hanging back...... She narrowed her heavy eyes tiredly, and was still happy to serve porridge to every villager.
His originally somewhat angry emotions were suddenly calmed down at this moment...... He was not far away now, quietly staring at Nangong Ruoxi.
"Miss, it seems that Master Xiuyu is waiting for you over there......" The maid beside Nangong Ruoxi noticed Xiuyu and whispered in her ear.
Nangong Ruoxi raised her eyes in surprise and saw Xiu Yu on the opposite side staring at them calmly, she gave an order to the maid behind her, and walked towards Xiu Yu.
"Yu Gongzi, why are you here?, are you in any trouble?" she said softly.
Xiu Yu smiled lightly and replied: "No, it's just that it's suddenly fine, come and take a look." ”
He glanced at the long queue in front of him and asked, "Aren't you tired of taking care of them like this every day? ”
When Nangong Ruoxi heard this, she just smiled helplessly, "Yu Gongzi doesn't know, these villagers are poor people, although they are temporarily pacified here, but the daily battles and contradictions are indispensable, and it is difficult for the maids and family members to suppress the scene, I can only do it myself, I have been busy for a period of time first, and when the guards of the City Lord's Mansion find a place to rebuild the village, it can be solved." ”
“...... I see. Xiu Yu nodded clearly, and knew Nangong Ruoxi for three more points in his heart.
"My Guan Yu Gongzi's face seems to be a little wrong, has Gongzi encountered any problems? ”
Nangong Ruoxi couldn't help but ask when she saw that he looked like he wanted to say something.
Xiu Yu pondered for a while, and after thinking about it, he finally asked his doubts: "What is the ninth floor of the Book Pavilion, why don't you let people go up?"
"The ...... of the Ninth Floor"
Nangong Ruoxi's face suddenly showed a sudden look, she seemed to guess Xiuyu's confusion, and after thinking for a few breaths, she explained softly: "In fact, there is an important secret hidden on the ninth floor of the Book Pavilion, this secret is only known to the city lord and the people of the Nangong family, a long time ago, unless there was an order from the city lord, outsiders were not allowed to go up." ”
"An important secret ......" Xiu Yu looked suspicious and asked, "What is the secret?"
"It seems to be a secret ...... about Qi Refiners, in the Qi Refining Realm stage" Nangong Ruoxi thought as she said, "I went up and read it once, and there are only two remnants of books on it, but the handwriting is too old...... It was brought out from a ruin by an ancestor of the Nangong family who was called the undefeated old man, and as for what was recorded, no one has translated it so far. ”
She suddenly stared at Xiu Yu's eyes, and said slowly: "Yu Gongzi can translate thousands of years of ancient piano scores such as Dameng Spring and Autumn Period, and he has a deep knowledge of ancient writings...... Childe is kind to Xiaomo, and he doesn't have to be restrained in the library, just check it at will. ”
...... Xiu Yu's face was happy, and sure enough, Nangong Ruoxi was reasonable and understanding, but his face still had a melancholy color, "I also want to go and see it...... It's just that Bai Qianchen guarded the stairs, saying that he didn't let me go up at all without the instructions of the city lord!"
"It's fine. ”
Nangong Ruoxi chuckled, understood what he meant, took out a piece of Pajuan embroidered with a dragon and phoenix from his arms, handed it to him and said: "This is my handkerchief, after Sister Qianchen sees it, she will understand what I mean, if you go up this time, she will not stop you again." ”
Xiu Yu happily took the handkerchief, starting with the silky and comfortable touch, as well as the faint fragrance of the fragrance, he thanked with a smile on his face: "In that case, thank you in advance......"
He put the handkerchief in his bosom, and after saying a few words of thanks, he didn't bother much and left first.
Nangong Ruoxi watched him leave, a strange color flashed in her soft eyes, and not long after, she returned to the front of the long dragon again.