Not climbing the Qingyun Ladder

Chapter 23

"Is it delicious?" Hua Xiangrong asked helplessly as she looked at the girl sitting opposite her, who was digging into the rice, looking like she hadn't eaten in a few days.

"It's delicious, it's delicious." The girl spoke vaguely while eating.

Her encounter with the girl in front of her was accidental.After saying goodbye to Su Budu that day, she headed east to Qizhou.She was about to reach the border of Qizhou, and she planned to have a cup of tea at a small tea stall on the roadside and take a rest.

Suddenly, she saw a group of people chasing a girl in white clothes.The girl's clothes were stained with a lot of dust, her hair was a little messy, and her face was delicate.

"You're still running, stop! You stole our Chu family's things and you still want to run away, you're so brave!"

The man who yelled at the girl was a tough man with a beard and a knife on his waist.

Hua Xiangrong frowned.The girl in white ran straight towards her and thrust something into her hand.Then, the girl lay down directly on the ground in full view of everyone.

"Brothers, I really didn't steal anything from you, just let me go." The girl choked and said.She also wiped the non-existent tears on her face with her hands.

"All the past knights here have witnessed it. I just went to their Chu family for a meal, but they accused me of stealing and chased me all the way!"

"The Chu family is still a big family in Qizhou, but they bully a weak woman like me in broad daylight. Is it fair or righteous?"

The girl spoke so righteously that she burst into tears. If Hua Xiangrong hadn't been holding something she had given to her, he would have been frightened by her words.

The man with a knife on his waist and a bearded man was obviously shocked by her shameless remarks that confused right and wrong. He blushed and said "you" for a long time without holding back a single word.

"Don't listen to her nonsense!" Another person who looked slightly thinner and fair-skinned said.

"The head of my family set up a porridge shed in the courtyard of the Chu family. He let her come in to drink porridge because he felt sorry for her. I didn't expect that she would steal our Chu family's treasures when no one was prepared. She really didn't know good and bad." He pointed to the lying girl lying on the bed. The woman in white on the ground said.

"Brother, you said that I stole your Chu family's treasure, did you see it with your own eyes?" the girl in white asked.

"This... the head of the family told us." The man hesitated and said.

"The head of your family lied to you. The reason why he said this is because I discovered a secret of his." The girl said slyly.

"What's the secret..." The person who spoke first suddenly changed his expression halfway through the question.

This time, murderous intent appeared on both of their faces.Almost at the same time, they suddenly slashed at the girl with their swords at extremely fast speeds.

Two sharp blades were about to take the girl's name, but were blocked by something.The two people took a few steps back at the same time, only to see a dagger stuck on the ground.

"You two, even if this girl really stole your things, she wouldn't be guilty of death. Why would she kill like this?" Hua Xiangrong took a sip of tea and asked with a smile.

"Who are you?" asked the fair-skinned man. He was obviously very dissatisfied with this person who came out halfway.

"When the road is rough, can't you draw your sword to help?" Hua Xiangrong asked.

"It turns out she is a nosy person. Stop talking nonsense to her. If she dares to stop her, we will kill her together!" The bearded man said murderously.

"You two are always shouting and killing, and you want to implicate me, an innocent person. Such actions are not in line with the reputation of the Qizhou Chu family for their kindness." Hua Xiangrong put down the teacup easily, stood up and helped the girl in white. He stood up, put the dagger back at the same time, and said lightly.

The onlookers talked a lot, and the thinner man grabbed the other one and said: "It is true that we acted recklessly just now, and we must apologize to this girl. But this one stole the treasure of our Chu family, and he must bring it with him." Go back and ask for clarification!”

Hua Xiangrong felt that the eager actions of the two of them just now were clearly to kill people and silence them, and the motive was the words of the woman in white.So her life must have been in danger when she was brought to the Chu family.

"Let me ask you, does your family master want you to chase him out because he wants a treasure or a person?" Hua Xiangrong asked.

The fair-skinned man originally only wanted the treasure, but the master of the house ordered that as long as the treasure is obtained, the person's life or death will not matter.

Now, both the man and the baby have to be taken.But he couldn't say this, otherwise it would be bad if there were so many people present today and people would gossip about him.

"Of course I want the baby," he said.

"Since we want the treasure, and this girl said she didn't steal it, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you two to take her back without verification," Hua Xiangrong said.

"That's right." The girl immediately said loudly when she saw that the situation was improving.

"This girl is sensible. I told you I didn't steal it. If you don't believe me, you can search me!"

The girl said without changing her expression.She seemed very innocent and therefore angry at being wrongly accused.

The two discussed it, and the man with the beard said, "Okay, as you wish."

Then his eyes turned to the woman behind him, with the intention of asking for instructions.The woman was wearing black clothes and had a cold expression. She glanced at the two people and then moved forward to search them.

She looked into the eyes of the girl in white, slowly shook her head, and said, "It's not on her."

"You haven't searched yet!" said the slightly thinner man.

"I said, it's not on her." The woman in black repeated indifferently, then turned and left.Before leaving, her eyes seemed to stay on Hua Xiangrong for a moment.

The group of people chasing the girl also followed her. It was obvious that these people listened to her.

"Aren't you going back yet?" The woman in black's cold voice came over, as if it had been tempered by ice.

The two people had no choice but to look at each other and left.

"Finally gone." The girl in white breathed a sigh of relief, silently thinking that if she survived the catastrophe, she would be lucky in the future.

Then she magically took out a silver hairpin, tied her hair, patted the dust on her clothes, and walked up to Hua Xiangrong.

"Give me the thing." She stretched out her hand to Hua Xiangrong.

"I saved you, and you're not going to say thank you?" Hua Xiangrong asked calmly.

"Thank you." The girl said very briefly. "Now, can you give me your stuff?"

"What?" Hua Xiangrong asked.

The girl narrowed her eyes slightly, and Hua Xiangrong saw murderous intent in her eyes.

"Girl, do you want to eat?" Hua Xiangrong asked her.

The girl didn't expect her topic to change so quickly. She was stunned for a moment and subconsciously touched her belly.She hadn't had a full meal in several days. She only had a bowl of porridge in the Chu Mansion, and then she was chased. She was indeed very hungry.

"I don't want to." The girl denied it, but nodded. She was so inconsistent that her soft words were very unconvincing.

"Let me treat you to dinner." Hua Xiangrong suggested.

"You... are so kind?" The girl looked at her hesitantly.

"I have always drawn out my sword to help when there is injustice. Girl, you have to believe that I am a good person." Hua Xiangrong said.

Of course there are other reasons besides her being a good person.The most important one was that when she came into contact with the girl, she noticed the subtle vibrations of her soul.

There are two possibilities.Either the girl in front of her has a certain connection with her, but she has a memory loss and cannot remember it; or, this girl in white has had a relatively deep contact with her broken soul.

Either way, it was enough for her to help and get words out of the girl's mouth.

The girl in white stared at her for a while, then said, "Where are you going?"

Hua Xiangrong took her into Qizhou.

"By the way, what's your name?" Hua Xiangrong asked her.

"My surname is Luo, and my name is Jiuyu. Luo from Luoshui, Jiu from September, fish from Goldfish. My family calls me Xiaoyu." said the girl in white.

"Then I'll call you Xiaoyu, too." Hua Xiangrong said with a smile.

The girl named Luo Jiuyu was stunned again, but did not refute her.

"What about you? What's your name?" After a moment, Luo Jiuyu asked her.

"Hua Xiangrong, the flower of wild flowers, the thought of desire, the appearance of face." Hua Xiangrong replied, imitating her words.

"Yun Xiang's clothes and flowers Xiang's appearance are quite nice." Luo Jiuyu said.

"We're here, let's go in." Hua Xiangrong took her into a restaurant. The four words "Qingfengmingyue" were written on the plaque of the restaurant.These four characters are flying, powerful and unrestrained, which shows the skill of the person who wrote them.

These four words were written by Feng Yuqing back then.She learned to write from a teacher in the village since she was a child, and later learned how to write from the sword, so she has good handwriting.

To be fair, the eight characters she carved on the pillar outside Xuanji Gate are quite beautiful.

"You brought me here to eat? Do you have money?" Luo Jiuyu looked at her with wide eyes.

"Just because you don't have it, doesn't mean that I don't have it," Hua Xiangrong said.

The banknotes that were originally intended to be exchanged for the Spirit-Linging Technique were not put to use because Su Budu gave her the Puppetry Technique.Now they can play their part.

After sitting down, a waiter from the restaurant immediately came up to them and asked them what they wanted to eat.

Hua Xiangrong said to Luo Jiuyu, "Just order it. I just want a pot of Dongshan Snow."

"Hey, this guest seems to be an expert." The clerk said.

These two people were obviously outsiders, but this beautiful woman in Tsing Yi ordered the sign of their restaurant with just one mouthful.Maybe he is the kind of person who likes to drink and travel around.

Luo Jiuyu took the menu and ordered a lot of dishes. After ordering, the waiter hesitated and asked her: "Sir, do you really want to order so many dishes?"

"What, why are you afraid that we can't afford it?" Luo Jiuyu asked him.

"Of course not. I'm afraid you won't be able to finish the meal." The waiter quickly denied it and then said in a low voice.

"Don't worry, you just serve the food." Luo Jiuyu touched his growling stomach again, swallowed, and said.

So there was the opening scene.After the food was served, Hua Xiangrong drank wine, while Luo Jiuyu kept eating with his head buried.

She finished all the dishes she ordered, and then she poured a glass of wine with satisfaction and drank it all in one gulp.

"I haven't been so full for a long time." Luo Jiuyu took a deep breath and said with satisfaction.

"Now, can you tell me why you stole the Chu family's treasure?" Hua Xiangrong asked her.

"I didn't steal it." Luo Jiuyu denied.

"This thing doesn't belong to them in the first place. I just want to return it to its original owner."

"Who is the original owner?" Hua Xiangrong asked.

"Why should I tell you?" Luo Jiuyu asked.Obviously she didn't want anyone to know.

"So what's the secret of the Chu family?" Hua Xiangrong decided not to continue asking and asked another question.The appearance of Luo Jiuyu brings many mysteries.

Luo Jiuyu blinked, approached Hua Xiangrong, and said in a low and mysterious voice, "I discovered that the head of the Chu family is with his sister-in-law."

(End of this chapter)