The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 171 Outing in Spring (Part [-])

"Master Gu."

Ji Jianing smiled softly, and raised the food box in her hand.

The breeze blew over her goose yellow dress, outlining the girl's graceful figure very movingly.

Ji Jianing has always been a beautiful girl. The more than a year of court life and magic training has washed away the only village atmosphere left on her body, and her whole body is radiant, which is not inferior to those singers with heavy makeup in the hall.

It's a pity that she was facing Gu Che, an incomprehensible reckless man, and would only ask her stupidly: "Jianing, what are you doing here? The princess asked you to come to me?"

Ji Jianing smiled: "The princess is still playing chess with Mr. Chu, and the servants are afraid that Mr. Gu will be bored outside, so they brought some drinks and snacks over."

"Okay."

Gu Che didn't think too much about it, and was delighted when he heard the word "wine". He couldn't help but smile and spread his hands to Ji Jianing: "Give me a jug of wine first, I haven't had any water for a long time, and I'm thirsty to death."

It's not that people want to neglect him, it's that he himself is sullen and doesn't want to eat and drink inside.Fortunately, Ji Jianing brought out food and wine!
"Jia Ning, thank you."

Taking a sip of wine from the spout, Gu Che felt much better.

Ji Jianing just laughed without making a sound, put the food box on the small wooden board beside the boat, and took out a few plates of snacks.

Green cakes, melon strips, thinly sliced ​​rouge jerky, and pickled quail are all excellent accompaniments to wine.

Gu Che watched her put out one dish after another, so he took two bites from one dish and one piece from the other with his chopsticks, chewing with relish on the wine.The flower and fruit wine brewed by Yingchun Building is sweet, no matter how much you drink, you will not be intoxicated, and the jug will be empty after a while.

"Gone?"

Gu Che poured a few more sips into his mouth in disappointment, to make sure that there was really no drop of wine left, he was a little disappointed.Where is this wine? Isn't it sugar water? I can't bear to drink it!

But Ji Jianing opened the last layer of the food box again, brought out a jug of new wine, and handed it to him with a smile.

"You still have a pot hidden?"

Gu Che laughed out loud and took another big sip, the haze from just now was swept away.

If Ji Jianing had taken out two pots at once, he would have drank them all in a few gulps.

And when he didn't think it was enough to drink and found that there was still wine, he would naturally feel a little pleasantly surprised, and also had a different feeling for Ji Jianing—this girl was not only considerate, but also quite interesting.

At the beginning, she was very afraid of him.It's also because I'm not good. Who wouldn't be afraid to see his murderous and blood-stained appearance?
"Jia Ning, do you still have a cup? You can have a drink with me."

"……it is good."

After hesitating for a while, Ji Jianing took out another small wine glass, and Gu Che generously filled it up for her.This cup was originally prepared for Gu Che, but it turned out that he didn't need it at all. He kept pouring it into the spout.

"Come on, cheers!"

Gu Che's persuasion was very straightforward, he would not say anything like "for the sake of the beautiful scenery on this beautiful day", and he would not follow very elegant drinking orders like those scholars in the hall.

When he was in the army with his father, he listened too much to the drinking orders of those uncles, and he was very nasty, and he didn't even care about a child beside him.At that time, Gu Che didn't care about those "old guys", he only cared about stealing wine from his father's bowl, and occasionally being knocked out by his father, it was very painful...

The shadow of my father in my heart is already very blurred.

He misses his father very much, and has always longed to become a general like his father, galloping on the battlefield and shrouding corpses in horse leather.In the future, maybe...

Gu Che leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, thinking of his father, while Ji Jianing lowered her head and gently sipped the fruit wine in her glass.After only two sips, she felt that she was getting drunk.

Mr. Gu...he...probably never thought about it, the spout of the flagon...

The wine flowed from the spout that Gu Che had drunk into Ji Jianing's cup, Gu Che didn't care at all, but Ji Jianing knew it clearly.

The white porcelain wine glass left her lips, and a faint trace of rouge was printed on the rim of the glass.

This was probably the closest contact I had with him, right?
Ji Jianing's hands trembled slightly, she turned her head away, trying to hide her embarrassment, but found that Gu Che didn't pay attention to her, just looked at the river in the distance and didn't speak.

She breathed a sigh of relief, but also a little lost.

Mr. Gu must be worrying about the princess.His love for the princess, alas...

Ji Jianing took another sip of the wine, her face burning hot.

That night, she accidentally caught a lot of fish, which was several times the usual amount, and sold them in the city for ten days' rations.

After her grandfather and mother passed away, she often had a meal without a meal. Although she was not bullied much in the village, no one came to rescue her.After catching these fish, she will be able to eat several full meals!
She was so happy that she sang fisherman's songs all the way back to the voyage, but met a retreating bandit ship.

The fishing boat was overturned, and the fish she managed to catch fell into the water again. She jumped into the river to escape, but was caught alive by a net.

She cried, screamed, struggled, and almost fainted with fright, but she couldn't stop those men who were laughing lewdly from touching her body.

The country girl knows things early, and she foresees what she will encounter next.However, is her resistance useful in front of a group of men who are like wolves and tigers?

She was desperate, and really wanted to bump her head against the side of the boat to die. At worst, she would be thrown into the river to feed the fish, and it would be better than being ruined by others!But how could these people let her die so easily?
At her most desperate and painful moment, he appeared.

She had never seen such a horrible scene - a boat full of blood, dead bodies, he slowly withdrew his hand from the back of a corpse, without speaking or smiling.

At that time, she was held hostage by the river robbers, her mind was blank, she only knew how to tremble.I really didn't realize at all that this was the person who came to save her, I just felt so terrible, so terrible!
However, when she slowly came into contact with him, she realized that he was not a murderer at all.

The usual him is just a boy who always laughs heartily, only one or two years older than her, right?Master Princess picked on him and scolded him, but he was never angry and always had a gentle expression on his face.

He's actually a...very nice guy.

Since when did you suddenly expect him to come to the palace?Since when, every time he appeared, her eyes turned around him unconsciously?

Since when did she secretly admire him...

She has never studied it carefully, and she dare not study it carefully.

He is the eldest grandson of the chief minister of the cabinet, the heir of the Tsinghua family, and he loves her princess master deeply.He is so nice, but she is just a fisherman who came out of a small mountain village after all.

Ji Jianing never intended to confess her feelings to Gu Che. Even if she knew that he could not become the princess' son-in-law, if she asked the princess's master to match her... she might not be able to marry him.

But why bother?
Ji Jianing drank the wine in the glass, Gu Che seemed to have just recovered, and said with a startled smile: "Hey, Jianing, you have such a poor capacity for drinking? You only have a glass of fruit wine, and your face is so red?"

"That's right, the servant girl can't drink very well."

Ji Jianing responded softly, her expression was still soft, and her eyes were clear.

"I knew I wouldn't let you drink, but it's okay, this wine has no stamina. Just drink two cups of tea and you'll be relieved!"

"Okay, the servant girl went in first."

Ji Jianing quickly tidied up the cups, saucers and wine pots, saluted Gu Che gracefully before stepping back.Gu Che scratched his head, and suddenly said, "Hey, let me say, Jia Ning."

"Yes."

"Don't be a servant all the time. Others don't know, but we all know that you are Ruochen's disciple. You will definitely be as powerful as her in the future."

"As for that guy Ruochen, he looks very friendly, but his eyes actually grow on the top of his head. If that guy Ache wants to be Ruochen's disciple, he won't be able to become a disciple. A little follower, it's not like I'll be with you all day long. Oh you...so don't be so polite all the time, okay?"

Gu Che said a lot.After speaking, he realized that he seemed to be too wordy.It's been a long time since I had such a long conversation with anyone, especially with girls.

"it is good."

Unable to hear much emotion, Ji Jianing responded with a smile and turned to leave.

But when she turned her back to Gu Che, she still couldn't help showing a faint expression of loneliness.

Gu Che, can you stop being too gentle with me?

In this way, when I face you, I will be even more sad...

Back in the hall, Ji Jianing realized that Yun Ruochen's Go opponent had changed.

Sitting opposite Yun Ruochen at the moment was not the handsome young master Chu Qingbo, but another younger young master.

This young man was also wearing a green shirt, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a little baby fat on his face, but he looked lively and cute.

From the gold ring on his hair, the brocade belt around his waist, and the exquisite sachet on the brocade belt, it can be seen that this young man must have come from a wealthy family.What's rare is that he doesn't have the usual squeamishness of a young master from a wealthy family. He has an excellent temperament, and from time to time he says some witty words to make Yun Ruochen laugh.

"Oh my princess, I beg you to hold your hand high, I only have this piece of land left!"

"No." Yun Ruochen smiled, and it was worth it.

"Ah! It's so miserable, I really want to lose... Brother Qingbo, do you think my place can still be saved?"

"Xiao Zhen, you are too noisy!"

Yun Ruochen still smiled, not looking angry.If it's another person, such nonsense can't play chess well, it will only make people feel slippery and annoying.

This young man named Xiao Zhen only looked playful and funny, no one could bear to blame him for being rude.

Chu Qingbo stood aside and watched the chess without saying a word, with a faint smile on his lips.

Ji Jianing walked up to Xia Hong and asked softly, "Who is this?"

"The Chu family said they are the cousin of Mr. Qingbo."

The son of the Chu family?Could it be that he also went to Beijing to rush for the exam?Impossible, if you pass the Juren examination at this age, wouldn't you be a scholar at the age of twelve or thirteen?
I've never heard that there is such a monster in the Chu family. Chu Qingbo, who has won the exam, is enough to defy the sky.Besides... this young man doesn't look like he is very good at reading.

But if he hadn't come to rush for the exam, why would he come here to interfere with today's essay meeting?
For some reason, a trace of uneasiness flashed across Ji Jianing's heart.

Are you being too sensitive?

I always feel that Chu Qingbo deliberately invited the princess to the painting boat to participate in this literary meeting, it was not just as simple as surrendering her heart and flattering her...

"you lose."

Yun Ruochen dropped the last chess piece, looked at Chu Zhen calmly and smiled.

(End of this chapter)