Chapter 431 An unexpected gift
After leaving Jingzhou City, Gu Xu and Xue Nu continued on their way west.
First passed through Yuzhou, and then came to Jianmen.
There are many mountains here, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and there is no land below.
One of the three major sects in the Great Wilderness, Shudi Jiange, is located on the top of the mountains here.
"If nothing else happens, Shi Xiaohan must have come to Jiange to practice swordsmanship now!" Gu Xu stood at the foot of the mountain, looking at the buildings on the top of the mountain looming in the clouds and mist, thinking silently in his heart.
The snow girl didn't know what he was thinking.
She just followed him and looked around quietly.
She had read countless magnificent poems in books describing the dangers of the Shu Road. But today, she was able to witness this majestic and rugged scenery with her own eyes.
Summer is here.
The peach blossoms on the hillside of Jiange have all withered, and the bright green grass is interspersed with broken and withered fallen flowers.
When she was still a human being, seeing such a scene, she would always have sentimental emotions in her heart, lamenting that beautiful things would eventually decay, die, and cease to exist.
But now, the half-que poem written by Gu Xu in Lu Zhai suddenly appeared in her mind: "If you ask where the fallen flowers are going, they will become spring mud next year. When the warm breeze blows on your face, you will see red flowers and green willows again. ”
Think again of those poems written by Gu Xu on the top of Yishan Mountain describing the snow scene.
She thought silently: Young Master can always look at everything in the world from a unique perspective.
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At the same time.
On the hillside of the Sword Pavilion, two young female monks, one holding a sword and the other holding a knife, were practicing martial arts.
One of them was tall and thin, wearing a short linen shirt, and his long hair was tied high behind his head with a wooden hairpin. His eyes are sharp and his temperament is awe-inspiring, giving people the impression of an unsheathed sword.
This person's name is Chang Xiao, a fourth realm practitioner who studied under Cai Shu'an, the elder of Jiange. Among the younger generation of disciples of Jiange, he has outstanding swordsmanship talent.
The other is petite and exquisite, wearing a pale pink skirt, with dark cloud-like black hair tied into a ponytail, and a face as pretty and cute as a peach blossom in spring.
In her hand, she held a machete that was extremely disproportionate to her body shape.
——It was Shi Xiaohan who was invited by the pavilion master Xu Man to come to the sword pavilion to practice swordsmanship.
“Hurry up, hurry up,” Chang Xiao pointed out in a stern tone while drawing his sword towards Shi Xiaohan like a violent storm, “Your sword skills are very powerful, but your dodge speed is still weak. Not fast enough. If it were in actual combat, he would have been smashed into pieces by the enemy."
Shi Xiaohan stepped back and blocked in a hurry.
The Kunwu knife was held in her hand and seemed to be a broad shield.
But Chang Xiao's sword is as treacherous as a snake and as fast as lightning. It can always find Shi Xiaohan's flaws, making it difficult for her to deal with it.
About an hour later, Chang Xiao finally put down the sword in his hand and said, "Let's rest for a while."
Shi Xiaohan let out a long sigh of relief.
She has been waiting for Chang Xiao’s words for a long time
She threw the Kunwu knife aside, fell down on the grass next to her, then stretched her body, lying in a "big" shape without any ladylike appearance.
Chang Xiao sat on a big rock, looking down at the sweating girl.
"Junior sister Shi, has anyone in the sect bullied you or gossiped about you recently?"
"No." Shi Xiaohan shook his head and replied without thinking.
“Really not?”
Shi Xiaohan bit his lip and said "Hmm".
While speaking, she couldn't help but dodge her eyes, not wanting Senior Sister Chang Xiao to know that she was lying.
Most of the disciples of Jiange are easy to get along with, but some gossip is inevitable.
There are always people who say in person or privately that she has a bad taste in finding men, and she even made a marriage contract with a traitor. If the court had not been tolerant, she must have been implicated long ago. Some people also joked that Gu Xu didn't care about friendship and didn't take his wife with him when he rebelled. Now that the matter was exposed, he ran away and ignored his wife.
These words made Shi Xiaohan very angry.
She could barely bear it when others scolded her; but she couldn't bear it when others said bad things about Gu Xu.
So she drew her Kunwu knife, pointed at the gossipers, and wanted to fight them.
There is a winner and a loser in a duel.
Because there are elders from the sect present, we basically stop there.
However, Shi Xiaohan's anger did not clear Gu Xu's innocence. Instead, it solidified his reputation as a heartless and heartless man - he himself was nowhere to be found, leaving only the infatuated woman to silently stand up for him.
"Why don't you tell me, what kind of person is Gu Xu?"
Chang Xiao caught Shi Xiaohan's stubborn eyes with a guilty conscience.
She did not continue to ask, but changed the topic.
Speaking of Gu Xu, Shi Xiaohan became very excited.
She suddenly sat up straight, like a little sparrow, chattering non-stop——
Gu Xu was solving a case in Yishui County, Gu Xu was dealing with Kongxuan Sanren in Yishan Mountain, Gu Xu He stole the show in the Lantern Festival competition, and Gu Xu showed off his magical powers in the Fu Dao competition...
He talked endlessly, and he was full of treasures.
"Senior Sister Chang, Gu Xu can never be a traitor," at the end of the story, Shi Xiaohan said seriously with firm eyes, "He must have been wronged."
Chang Xiao looked at her and did not respond immediately.
The girl in front of her obviously didn't realize what she meant.
The arrest of Gu Xu was an order personally issued by Emperor Tianxing.
What Shi Xiaohan said, "Gu Xu was wronged" is equivalent to "the emperor's judgment was wrong."
Of course, Chang Xiao understands very well that a little girl who has a lover in her heart often talks beyond her head.
She sighed softly and patted the girl on the shoulder: "Practice for another half hour, and then let's go have lunch."
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If you want to ask what Shi Xiaohan dislikes most about Jiange, then it must be the food here.
The founder of Jiange once said: "Since the world is not at peace, how can we live in ease and enjoyment?"
Under his influence, the entire Jiange, from the elders to the ordinary disciples, is all frugal in style.
They wear cloth shirts, live in thatched cottages, and eat simple meals.
A rich girl like Shi Xiaohan, who has been well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child, is naturally not used to it.
At this moment, she was holding a plate of bland vegetables and rice, sitting next to the hanging spring and waterfall, and her thoughts had already flown to Piaoxiang Tower in Yishui County.
Compared with now, the days when I ate beggar's chicken with Gu Xu were so beautiful that I felt like a fairy.
At this moment, a sect servant carrying a large sack hurriedly came to Shi Xiaohan.
"Miss Shi, someone from outside the sect came and asked me to give this bag to you." The handyman put the sack in front of Shi Xiaohan and said.
Shi Xiaohan was a little puzzled.
Because her father has not written a letter recently saying that he has something to send to her.
Who sent this bag?
With curiosity, Shi Xiaohan opened the sack and found that it contained fish cakes, pot helmets, steamed meat, Songzi chicken with Jingzhou characteristics, grilled fish from Yuzhou, spicy chicken, tofu pudding, barbecue skewers... …
These foods are sealed with true essence. Not only are they fresh and delicious, but they are still steaming hot, as if they had just come out of the oven.
Shi Xiaohan blinked, a possibility popping up in his mind.
(End of this chapter)