Who Xu Jiangshan

Chapter 1 First Encounter in Sky Valley (1)
In the 24th year of Changhe, the capital of Dayu Emperor, July, midsummer.

At midnight, a bright moon hangs in the silent sky, and the moonlight pours down like a brocade.

In the Tiangu outside the imperial capital, a pool of hot springs was surrounded by white mist. Chuning rested his head on the edge of the pool and soaked in the spring water on his back, feeling very comfortable.

Suddenly, "plop" something fell from the cliff of the valley and sank to the bottom of the pool.Immediately afterwards, another "bang" sound was heard, and a heavy object fell to the edge of the hot spring pool, and then a few drops of scalding liquid splashed on Chuning's face, and the smell of blood came to his nostrils.

Chuning opened his eyes suddenly, and quickly reached out to take the black mask on the side and put it on. He lowered his head and saw a middle-aged man lying on the ground, groaning slightly.

"Your Highness, the person fell, and should have died."

"Go and see."

The sound from the valley came faintly into Chuning's ears. Looking at the low valley and then at the open ground beside the pool, Chuning cried out: No, it's going to be bad luck!
The people on the mountain flew down quickly. At this time, the surface of the hot spring pool was calm and there were no waves, and the whole valley was so silent that only the groans of the people on the ground could be heard.

Suddenly, a sword sank into the man's chest, and even the groan was inaudible.

"He must be dead now!" The sound was a little triumphant.

"Well, let's go." The voice was clear and cold, without a trace of emotion, as indifferent as an ice spring in winter.

The footsteps gradually faded away until they could no longer be heard, and then Chuning, who was sinking at the bottom of the pool, carefully surfaced.

She took a deep breath, but in the blink of an eye, she coughed violently again. Looking at the two people who had never left before her, she stroked her forehead with a headache.

That person was standing under the moonlight, dressed in a white brocade robe, his beauty was like the moonlight in the clouds, his eyes were fixed on her, his phoenix eyes seemed to be smiling but not smiling, a feeling of coldness sounded silently Spread out at the bottom of the valley.

murderous look!
"Soaking in hot springs on a hot day, is this person sick?" The abrupt question came from the baby-faced guard behind the man in white.

Chu Ning looked up at the sky, people who ask such questions at this time must be sick.

"You're wearing tight clothes while soaking in the hot springs. It looks like you're not seriously ill." The guard touched his chin and continued to express his opinion.

"Su Ye," the man in white said slowly, his voice as warm as a clear spring, "don't talk too much."

These words sounded like a signal, and they entered the ears of both Chu Ning and Su Ye at the same time. Before Su Ye could make a move, Chu Ning jumped up from the hot spring pool. With one palm, the hot spring pool seemed to explode, and huge water splashed with a force.

Chuning took the opportunity to run towards the cliff beside the hot spring pool.

"Want to leave? Ask Uncle Su!" Su Ye's voice approached quickly from behind.

The cliff of the valley was not high, and it was about to reach the top, but Su Ye was getting closer and closer. Chuning turned around suddenly and sprinkled a bag of chili powder.

Su Ye couldn't guard against it, and fell into the hot spring pool after a scream.

After the crisis was over, and hearing the screams of the people behind him, Chuning couldn't help laughing, not everyone can taste the special chili powder made by my aunt!
With a murderous look approaching from behind, this time, Chuning gritted his teeth and used his best skills in his life to run forward at the fastest speed.

This is truly the time to run for your life!
Chu Ning's speed was extremely fast. After the man chased him for a while, he stopped. Chu Ning didn't dare to be careless and continued to run forward. Suddenly, she heard the sound of a weapon piercing through the air. Guang's dagger flew towards her with unstoppable momentum, Chuning moved aside, seeing the dagger fell into the air, suddenly a sharp pain came from the back of his shoulder.

Chu Ning looked back at the other dagger stuck behind her shoulder, her eyes darkened, she glanced at the man standing far away under the moonlight, a smile floated on her lips, just wait!

At this time, the fireworks alley is brightly lit, the voices are full of people, and the singing and dancing in the Fengyue Tower is very lively.Chuning silently entered a room, staggered, and suddenly supported her with both hands. A beautiful face appeared in front of her. Seeing her appearance, Yujin's expression changed, and she asked, "Ah Ning, what's wrong with you?"

Chuning's face turned pale: "The dagger is poisonous!"

"What unlucky thing happened to you again?" Yu Jin calmed down now, and asked with some surprise.

Chu Ning lay down on Yujin's bed, asked Yujin to help her treat the wound, and explained the matter in a few words.

"Fortunately, you met me, even if it is a deadly poison, I can bring you back from the gate of hell." Yu Jin smiled, and handled Chuning's wound deftly with both hands.

Chu Ning took it for granted: "That's why I didn't go back to the house, and I came to you for help."

After a lot of tossing, it was Mao's time, and he dozed off for a while, when Chuning opened his eyes, he saw Yujin looking at the dagger thoughtfully.

"What trick do you see?" Chuning asked lazily.

"This dagger is exquisitely crafted, and the gems inlaid on the handle are even more valuable..." Yu Jin analyzed it carefully, and suddenly looked back at Chuning with a serious expression, "Which dignitary did you provoke?"

Chuning sighed: "Someone called him 'His Royal Highness'..."

"This dagger cannot be kept." Yu Jin stood up vigorously.

"No, I want this dagger." Chu Ning smiled slightly, got up from the bed, reached out and snatched the dagger from Yujin's hand, stroked it like a baby, and then carefully put it in his arms.

"What are you doing? Are you still keeping a dagger to provoke death?" Yu Jin looked at her with a smile.

Chu Ning smiled and shook his head: "This dagger is very useful. First, if I live on the street in the future and pawn it, it will be enough for me to eat for the rest of my life; second, if I meet its owner, I will also let him taste it. The taste of a dagger."

Yujin looked at Chu Ning and knew that she had made up her mind, so she stopped persuading her and changed the subject: "It will be dawn soon, and I heard that Prince Jin's little princess will hold a grand summer party in three days. I have invited a lot of rich ladies and famous sons, but are you among them?"

Chuning took off the mask and pointed to his face, rolled his eyes and said, "How could there be me?"

I saw that face was covered with red spots, which looked very scary.Not only was Chu Ning not angry, but he also said nonchalantly, "Going to this kind of occasion will shorten my life, so I'd better go home and sleep!"

"But I heard that your fiancé was also invited." Yu Jin said with a smirk suddenly, "You also know that this kind of occasion is a blind date meeting, so you are not afraid that your fiancé will be spotted by the little princess? "

Chuning turned around, smiling softly and pleasantly: "That's kind, it solved a problem for me."

The sky was getting brighter, Chuning didn't delay anymore, and went back to the General's Mansion. The servants of the General's Mansion had already started a busy day, but her courtyard was still deserted. She returned to the simple room and changed into a black suit. Clothes, took off the mask, and lay down on the bed.

As soon as she closed her eyes, she thought of the personable person in Tiangu, those eyes were as cold as moonlight, as if she could see through everything.

Chu Ning took out a jade pendant from her bosom, which she picked up at the bottom of the hot spring pool last night. The jade pendant had the word "Ling" written on it. It seemed to be a token, but she didn't know where it was.

Chu Ning faintly felt that she had gotten into a big trouble, and she couldn't sleep for a while, but the matter had come to this point, it was useless to think about it, so she put away the jade pendant and got ready to sleep.

Not long after I closed my eyes, there was the sound of chaotic footsteps outside the door, Xiao Yin, the servant girl in the mansion, directly pushed open her door, and said with a straight face: "Miss San, please get up quickly, Madam and Miss Er invite you to go to the front door." hall."

Chu Ning was taken aback: "What does Madam want me for?"

"Third Miss will know when she's gone." Xiao Yin obviously didn't want to talk to Chuning, her face was full of impatience.

Chu Ning didn't ask any more questions, and immediately got up and changed clothes, followed Xiao Yin out of the courtyard, and walked all the way to the front hall. From a distance, he saw the graceful and luxurious Mrs. Chu and the brightly dressed second lady Chu Yan. He was joking, but when he saw her, he restrained his smile at the same time.

"Mother, Second Sister." Chuning stepped forward and saluted meekly.

"Three days later, Prince Jin's Mansion will hold a grand summer party. The little princess is generous and sent you an invitation card, but with your appearance, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to enter the elegant hall." Madam Chu looked at Chu Ning, drinking tea Slowly.

"Mother is right. With Chu Ning's appearance, he really can't get on the stage. I asked Mother to help me reject the little princess's kindness." Chu Ning lowered his head and said softly.

"Nonsense! You can refuse the kindness of the little princess if you want to?" Madam Chu put the teacup away, her expression a little displeased.

Chu Ning raised his head slightly, looking at Mrs. Chu with a hint of cowardice.

Mrs. Chu calmed down, suppressed the disgust in her heart, and said: "In the next three days, Madam Li will teach you some etiquette. When you arrive at the Prince Jin's Mansion, don't lose face to the General's Mansion."

"Yes." Chuning hesitated for a while, then lowered her head meekly, covering her bitter face.

God!Her hard life is about to begin!

"Third Miss, straighten your waist!" The ruler hit Chu Ning's waist with a "slap", the pain made her frown, and she wished she could throw Nanny Li out.

Nanny Li was Mrs. Chu's dowry maid back then, and she was the most loyal person in the house to Mrs. Chu. She had long disliked her, an illegitimate daughter brought back from outside, and often made things difficult for her. I won't let it go.

After just a while, Chuning's body was already bruised and purple.

Chu Ning reached out and touched his shoulder, thinking, the wound should not be opened.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she put down her hand, Nanny Li's ruler hit heavily on the place she just touched, and she said through gritted teeth: "Miss San, there are two most important things for a lady, one is etiquette, and the other is bearing." , Miss San has neither of these, and if she doesn't study hard now, is she deliberately trying to lose face to the General's House?"

Chu Ning gasped in pain, her face turned pale, she took a deep breath, and said in a trembling voice, "Chuning dare not."

Li Nanny then calmed down a bit, and snorted: "I dare not be the best."

At night, Nanny Li finally got tired of tossing around, and seeing Chu Ning's pale and frightened face, she finally returned to report to Mrs. Chu contentedly.

As soon as Nanny Li left, Chu Ning immediately changed from that shivering look, and his whole face turned cold.She was silent for a while, took advantage of the night, disguised herself, sneaked out of the General's Mansion, and went straight to Fengyue Tower.

"What have you been doing? How did the wound become like this?" In Fengyue Tower, Yu Jin looked at the increasingly ferocious wound on Chuning's shoulder, and her face turned pale with distress.

Chu Ning was in so much pain that he didn't want to speak, so he said concisely, "Mrs. Chu asked Nanny Li to teach me etiquette and rules."

"It's Nanny Li again!" Yu Jin and Chu Ning had known each other for a long time, and they hated what Li Nanny did.While helping Chu Ning treat the wound swiftly, she said bitterly, "This Nanny Li is too ruthless."

After the wound was re-bandaged, Chuning felt much more comfortable. She listened carefully to the movement outside, and said with a smile, "Fengyue Tower seems to be very lively today. It seems that your small courtyard will be full of people soon."

Yujin is the oiran of Fengyue Tower, and has her own small courtyard. There are countless people who want to listen to her play the piano and sing, but there are very few people who can step into this small courtyard and actually see her.

As soon as Chu Ning finished speaking, he heard the joyful voice of Fengyuelou's bustard: "Yujin, the young master is here, come down soon!"

"Young Master?" Chu Ning raised his eyebrows, and looked at Yu Jin with a half-smile.

Yu Jin couldn't laugh or cry when she saw her, and spread her hands: "I swear, your little master and I are absolutely innocent."

"Yujin, Lord Ben Hou is happy today, how about playing a song for me?" A male voice with a smile rang out in the small courtyard. Chu Ning looked through the window and saw a group of people standing below. People, the men are all dressed in brocade clothes, and the women are all the beautiful women of Fengyuelou.At first, a person was dressed in a blue brocade dress, with handsome features and sparkling peach eyes. He held a delicate jug in his left hand and a beautiful woman in his right arm, revealing his flirtatious attitude.

Speaking of her marriage with this little Marquis Ye, it was decided together by the Marquis and General Chu when he was a child.It was because of this marriage that Mrs. Chu felt that she had some value, so she didn't dare to abuse her blatantly.However, it is said that Ye Xiaohou loves beauties the most, and when looking at a woman, he first looks at her appearance, and her face was covered with erythema due to a serious illness when she was nine years old, which cannot be eliminated so far, so this marriage will have to be abandoned sooner or later.

Chuning withdrew his gaze with some disgust: "Come on, I don't care about his innocence. As for your innocence, I don't think I need to worry about it."

Yujin smiled, picked up the lyre on the table and went out.

After a while, the melodious and beautiful sound of the piano sounded in the yard.

Chu Ning found a good altar of Nurhong from Yujin's cabinet, and jumped onto the roof of Fengyue Tower from the window on the other side, drinking wine and playing beauty music, such a night is really not very happy!
"There are assassins!" Suddenly, someone shouted in panic.

Chu Ning looked at Yujin's small courtyard in surprise, and saw a group of men in black rushing in, heading straight for Ye Qingyan, and Yujin was very close to Ye Qingyan.

At this time, a man in black was about to sneak up on Ye Qingyan from behind. Seeing the situation, Chuning threw the wine jar over and hit the man in black on the head. With a bang, the man in black fell to the ground.

Ye Qingyan turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw an ordinary-looking young man galloping from the roof, looking at the wine on the ground, he said regretfully, "It's a pity that there is a jar of good wine."

"..." Although Ye Qingyan didn't know who this person was, he also knew that he had no malicious intentions, otherwise he wouldn't have helped, so he concentrated on dealing with the man in black.Ye Qingyan's martial arts are not weak, and the others also know some martial arts. The bustard who heard the movement had already called Fengyuelou's thugs, so the situation was quickly brought under control.

Here, Chuning kicked away a man in black, and protected Yujin to a corner where it was not easy to be found.

"Is your wound okay?" Yu Jin looked over her shoulder worriedly.

"It's okay." She looked at the subdued man in black in the yard, and said softly, "I'll leave first."

As soon as he moved his feet, Ye Qingyan's voice rang out: "This young man, thank you for your help just now. I don't know the young man's name?"

"I'm doing it for the beauty, not for the young master. If you really think that I saved you, you might as well pay me a jar of good wine." Chu Ning raised his eyebrows and said.

Ye Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and didn't feel the collision at all, but laughed loudly: "The young hero is really straightforward! Yes, Miss Yujin is beautiful and beautiful, she should be protected! Come, get a jar of good wine!"

Someone brought the wine soon, Ye Qingyan threw the wine jar towards Chuning, Chuning caught it, and said bluntly: "That's it, thank you!"

After Chuning finished speaking, he left Fengyue Tower with the wine jar in his arms.She knew that if she stayed, she would be able to make friends with Ye Qingyan, and Ye Qingyan might be able to help Yujin reverse the case in the future, but she was unwilling.

Seeing Chuning leave, Ye Qingyan couldn't help being a little surprised.Knowing his identity as Lord Marquis, it is really surprising that he can still be so unrestrained and unflattering. I hope to have the opportunity to meet again.

Ye Qingyan turned to look at the men in black, and said with a sneer, "Dare to disturb Lord Ben's interest? Take him back! Master Ben must have a good trial!"

On the day of the summer festival, Xiao Yin came to Chu Ning's room early and threw down a suit of clothes for her: "Third Miss, please get up quickly, don't make Second Miss wait too long."

Chuning looked at the set of clothes on the bed. She, the second sister, knew that considering the reputation of the General's Mansion, she gave her a pretty good set of clothes, but the water-red color was really...not to her taste!
Chu Ning sighed, got dressed and walked out. Chu Yan and Mrs. Chu were already in the hall.Chu Yan was wearing a goose yellow brocade dress, which made her look charming and charming. When she saw her coming, she glanced at her and said, "This dress matches your face."

"Yan'er, get a veil for your third sister. The people present today are all sons and grandsons, don't let them be frightened." Mrs. Chu gave Chu Ning a disgusted look, and said to Chu Yan.

"Yes, it's better to be considerate, the face of our General's Mansion cannot be ruined by one face." Chu Yan said, and told Xiao Yin, "Go, get a veil for Miss San."

Chuning just stood there docilely, and didn't talk to her. She took the veil that Xiao Yin handed over to cover her face, and also covered the sarcasm from the slightly raised corners of her lips.

Two sedan chairs, one in front and one in back, were carried from the General's Mansion to the Prince Jin's Mansion. As soon as they stepped off the sedan chair, someone greeted them and led them into the mansion.

(End of this chapter)