Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Getting angry is useless. Making people angry is...
Not long after Gu Zhi left, Qu Shu's newly prepared medicine was delivered.
The new medicine was a water pill in a folded paper packet.
Nan Qiong Shuang opened a package, crushed a pill and sniffed it carefully under her nose. She found that it was not only non-toxic, but also quite effective for her deficiency. So she got up to get hot water from the stove.
When he walked over with the pot in his hand, he bumped into the corner of the table.
The place where she lived was originally a side room that had been uninhabited for a long time. The furnishings and furniture were all old, and the wooden table had unbalanced legs and was slightly wobbly.
She bumped into him and shook him violently.
The shaking caused the small pills to fall out of the opened paper package and scatter on the ground.
Nan Qiong Shuang was debating whether to open a new pack or put the pills away and wash them briefly, but suddenly she looked at the small pills on the ground and calmed down.
Something is wrong.
All these small pills rolled in one direction.
The ground is sloping.
The tilt was too small, and if the pill hadn't fallen, she wouldn't have noticed it at all.
The strangest thing is——
When she first entered the Shuyu Zhai, she saw a lake outside the courtyard.
Logically speaking, the water storage area is low-lying, and if the ground is tilted, it should also tilt towards the lake outside.
However, all these small pills rolled in the other direction.
She frowned.
I'm afraid there's something going on underground in this yard.
*
The next day, after taking the medicine, Nan Qiongshuang went to the main room to find Song Yaojie.
Song Yaojie had just returned from practicing and was having breakfast in her room. Seeing Nan Qiongshuang, she put down her spoon and said, "Miss Chu, don't you dislike me? Why did you come to see me so early in the morning?"
The two maids who were serving beside her looked up at her when they heard her words, leaving her no room to play dumb.
Nan Qiongshuang knew that she had heard everything clearly last night, and she almost said some of the words intentionally for Song Yaojie to hear.
But I didn't expect her to bring the matter to light.
He really has a temper that refuses to suffer any loss.
"Senior Sister, you are wrong. I didn't mean anything else. It's just that the Young Master asked me a question, so I had to answer."
Knowing that Song Yaojie heard everything over there, she deliberately didn't say anything last night. The word "inhuman" was said by Gu Zhi himself.
Even so, Song Yaojie would never like her.
"Have to?" As expected, Song Yaojie chuckled and raised her chin. "When Huai Jin misunderstood me, I didn't hear you say a word in my defense. Harsh treatment? When have I ever been harsh to you, tell me?"
Nan Qiongshuang closed her mouth and did not answer, lowering her head to look at her toes.
The two maids looked at each other, then glanced at her together and looked away.
"Forget it. Huai Jin knows me best. You've only been in the mountains for a few days. There's no need for me to get angry over you." He stood up and straightened his sleeves. "Why did you come to see me today?"
"Senior Sister reminded me yesterday not to leave the mountain at will. Last night, Master Gu told me to move into his courtyard." The two maids exchanged a quick look of surprise before lowering their heads. She continued, "I've been waiting for a long time, but no one has come to pick me up. I want to..."
"Want to see Huai Jin?" Song Yaojie picked up the cloud fan on the table and fanned it twice with her fingers raised.
Nan Qiong Shuang pretended not to dare to answer and just lowered her head even deeper.
Song Yaojie sighed and placed the flickering cloud fan on the table. "I told you to stay away from Huai Jin yesterday, but you really didn't listen."
"Well, since Huai Jin has spoken, I won't go against him. If you want to find Huai Jin, he's busy right now."
Nan Qiong Shuang asked respectfully, "When will he be free?"
Song Yaojie propped up her chin, and pondered for a while with a relaxed look, "Well, I don't know, but it should be around midnight at least."
So late?
Now that he had just offended Song Yaojie, Shuyuzhai was a place of trouble. He was expecting Gu Zhi's people to come and pick him up, but no one came.
"Mr. Gu..."
"I want to ask what he's busy with?" Song Yaojie smiled, gently waving her cloud fan, and continued the second half of her sentence, "Miss Chu, there is one thing you don't seem to know yet."
Nan Qiong Shuang was stunned.
"Our sect originally had a ban that forbade outsiders from going up the mountain. But Huai Jin took it upon himself to bring you up the mountain. Although human lives were at stake and there was nothing we could do, it was a clear violation of the mountain's ban."
"In order to bring the girl up the mountain to detoxify, I am currently at the foot of the Calming Waterfall, entering into a state of meditation to receive punishment."
"As for the time, it's still early. Uncle-master punished him for ten hours, and so far, it's only been two hours."
be punished?
Nan Qiongshuang never expected that the Tianshan Sect, which claimed to be righteous, would punish Gu Zhi for breaking his rules by saving someone.
She thought it was a little ridiculous. This style was no different from that of the Pure Land.
Top-secret skills, mountain closure ban, and traps and mechanisms scattered throughout the mountain.
I'm afraid that the Tianshan Sect is not as upright as rumored in the martial arts world.
She suddenly remembered the day when she entered the mountain. She poked her head out of Gu Zhi's arms and watched the mountain gate slowly close. The thought in her mind at that moment.
It is easy to enter this mountain, but difficult to exit.
This mountain is weird.
She thought it would be better to stay with Gu Zhi, so she said, "Sister, can you take me to see him? I promise to stay by the waterfall and not wander around."
Song Yaojie smiled at her, her tone polite, but in fact she disliked her lack of self-awareness, and laughed at her lack of self-awareness, "Miss Chu, I also have things to do and don't have time to entertain guests all the time."
The two maids looked at each other and suppressed their laughter.
Nan Qiong Shuang was not angered by this contempt. She stopped talking, saluted, and turned to leave.
He had just taken two steps when he tripped heavily and fell to the ground in a mess.
The bracelet on her wrist was suddenly broken, the string burst open, and the round beads fell everywhere.
No one helped her.
Outside the window, flower shadows were mottled. Song Yaojie sat calmly beside the flower window, and two maids refilled her cup of tea.
She even heard the two maids trying to suppress their laughter.
Nan Qiongshuang got up, brushed the dust off her skirt, glanced at the beads rolling on the ground, and saluted Song Yaojie with a normal expression.
"Excuse me, Senior Sister. I'll take my leave."
As she stepped over the threshold with her skirt lifted, she could hear the secret voice of Mist Blade again.
"Your temper is getting better now."
Nan Qiong Shuang: "Is it useful to be angry?"
Wu Dao laughed, "Being angry is useless. Making others angry is useful. For example, that woman didn't even notice how fake your fall was."
Nan Qiong Shuang chuckled for a moment, walked to the gate of the courtyard and pushed it open.
What comes into view is a sparkling mountain lake.
All the beads in her room rolled to the side facing away from the lake.
All the beads in Song Yaojie's room rolled to the other side.
In other words, although her room and Song Yaojie's room were only a few steps away from each other, they were tilted towards each other, forming a small depression in the middle.
The lake shore is low and gentle, so this depression shouldn't have existed originally.
On the mountain lake, flocks of egrets flapped their wings and glided. The lake surface was splashing with fragmented light, which made Nan Qiongshuang's eyes bright.
But she had a calculation in her mind.
I'm afraid there is something under Shuyu Zhai.
*
She was waiting for Gu Zhi in the side room, and she waited until the next morning at midnight.
The chirping of crickets continued all night long under the window, and fireflies flew out in twos and threes from the depths of the bushes, like glowing dust.
The night was damp and cool. Nan Qiongshuang lit a candle, propped up her chin and looked out the window at the night for a long time, then stood up and put on her clothes.
Go find Gu Zhi.
It was said to be ten hours, but it's almost twelve hours.
With his personality, he should have sent someone to explain the breach of appointment, but there was not even anyone to pass on the message.
What's more, she has been feeling very uncomfortable in this room today. If she spends another day here tomorrow, she doesn't know if Song Yaojie will give her a hard time.
After walking out of the house, she looked back into Song Yaojie's house.
The lights were out and it was time for her to rest.
Nan Qiongshuang gathered her coat, hugged her thin shoulders in the night wind, and pushed open the gate.
The door creaked open, and just as she lifted her skirt to step over the threshold, she heard two voices behind her.
"Miss Chu."
Nan Qiongshuang turned around and saw a pair of Song Yaojie's maids.
"It's dangerous inside the mountain. Where would Miss Chu go so late at night? The Young Sect Leader and our Senior Sister have both warned that Miss Chu is not allowed to leave the academy without permission."
Nan Qiong Shuang smiled, "I know. But I'm a little worried about you, so I want to go look for him."
Upon hearing this, Song Mei shrugged and sneered in front of her face, "Young Master is a leader in the mountain. He won't be seriously injured by entering into meditation under the waterfall. Young lady, you should worry about yourself."
"I……"
She was certainly wary of hidden weapons, but they wouldn't really scare her. Besides, if Gu Zhi was still receiving his punishment, it was time for her to pay attention.
She pretended to hesitate for two seconds, tears welling up in her eyes. "But I'm really worried about you, young master. Please rest assured, ladies. If you let me go today, I will take full responsibility for whether I live or die, and I will not implicate you two."
Qi Zhu: "How can you bear it all by yourself?"
Nan Qiong Shuang: "I am willing to write a note and sign it."
Songmei and Qi Zhu looked at each other.
The two of them inherited Song Yaojie's personality, they were both aloof and proud, and they didn't bother to interfere in other people's affairs.
What's more, this ignorant woman, whose origin is unknown, made the young master displeased with Song Yaojie with just a few words, and she even dared to shamelessly covet the young master.
If she died, the mountain would be quieter.
The two of them understood each other with a glance, went into the house to get a piece of paper, spread it on the round stone table, wrote down what she had just said, and handed the pen to her.
Nan Qiongshuang signed her name and pressed her red fingerprints.
Qi Zhu slowly rolled up the paper and put it into his sleeve. "The Young Master hasn't received his punishment yet, so he should still be at Dingxin Waterfall. If you want to go, taking a boat is the safest way. Bring a lantern."
Nan Qiongshuang nodded in thanks.
Qi Zhu: "The stream is fast-flowing, with three undercurrents beneath the cliffs and giant trees. Remember to stay in the boat. There are poisonous snakes in the water. There are countless gods and ghosts in the forest. If someone calls you, remember not to look back."
These few words of advice even made her feel a little creepy.
She turned around and closed the gate, saying, "Thank you, young lady."
*
The Tianshan Mountains were pitch black at Chou time.
A lantern was placed in the narrow boat, the light flickering faintly, as if being hunted by the night in the endless darkness.
Nan Qiongshuang stood at the stern of the boat, pushing the long pole in her hand hard in the water.
It was eerily quiet, with only the sound of gurgling water and the chirping of insects.
Occasionally, one or two faint bird calls could be heard from the distant mountains.
Even the moonlight was invisible in the dense forest. The pointed bow of the boat split the black water, and the ripples were reflected orange by the lights, trembling and cascading.
Suddenly a turbulent whirlpool appeared.
She pushed the boat hard and it turned a corner. The moonlight shone brightly and a deep, clear pool came into view.
Above the pool is a white waterfall.
There is a huge rock in the middle of the pool with "Dingxin Waterfall" written in cinnabar in the middle.
She looked up.
There was a figure sitting cross-legged under the waterfall, dressed in white, holding a long sword in his hand. There seemed to be a glass bead lying flat on the blade.
The moonlight was clear and cold, shining on the man's wet hair, casting a satin-like light.
She was overjoyed and just about to row the boat again, she suddenly felt something blowing gently on her neck.
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