Knowing that he had guessed it, he simply stopped hiding it from him and nodded blankly. His heart sank suddenly, as if he had been hit hard by something. His eyes became sharp and he looked directly at Zhiyi, as if he wanted to read her mind.
"She dares to make you angry before she even enters the house. It seems that I need to give her some color."
Shen Zhiyi sighed, recalling the scene in his last life in his mind.
After the Shen family lost power, she was adopted as an adopted daughter by the Xuan family who were originally doing business in Jiangnan. Logically speaking, after the Shen family lost power, the major families would only avoid the Shen family. The Xuan family, which was on the rich side of Jiangnan, chose to take her in. Got Shen Qinghe.
Shen Zhiyi frowned slightly, and the images in his mind came to his mind like rolling ink. She thought of the spring of that year, and everything she saw was decadent and gray. Xuanjia's fleet docked at the riverside.
That day, the peach blossoms in Jiangnan had just bloomed, and she stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the once prosperous mansion in front of her, with mixed feelings in her heart.
The head of the Xuan family, a well-known big boss in the Jiangnan business world, personally welcomed Shen Qinghe into the family. On that day, the sun set in the west and the sky was filled with red clouds, which seemed to add a strong touch to her life again.
The Xuan family's mansion was exquisitely decorated, but her heart was full of doubts.
I originally thought that my sister was adopted as a adopted sister because of her friendship with Xuan Jue, the head of the Xuan family. That day, her husband, Xie Shaoheng, held a banquet with Xuan Jue to have a good time.
The relationship between Xuan Jue, the head of the Xuan family, and the Shen family is unusual. This relationship is looming, as if shrouded in mist.
That day, Xie Shaoheng held a banquet. After drinking for three rounds, Xuan Jue actually mentioned Shen Qinghe's life experience, but it was nothing more than something about Shen Qinghe's life experience, which he had lived in poverty since he was a child. He was no better than her sister, who was his direct descendant.
Honestly speaking, the Shen Mansion does not feel sorry for Shen Qinghe at all.
I originally thought that Xie Shaoheng was just using this to win over the Xuan family to consolidate his position as emperor.
Shen Zhiyi looked at the hairpin in the bronze mirror. It was clear that she had been reborn, but she could not even simple self-defense. It seemed that she had been like this since she was a child. She was born with a weak constitution and could not practice martial arts.
After the protagonist in those booklets experienced a bizarre incident like hers, he would probably receive some guidance from a certain semi-immortal master, saying that Gu Jingqi was a martial arts prodigy.
Forget it, now Governor Jiang could see through all his thoughts at a glance. She admitted that Governor Jiang was very powerful and she could not catch up with him in her lifetime.
Zhiyi said in a daze: "Master, you are so amazing..."
After saying that, he looked at himself in the bronze mirror with some disappointment.
Governor Jiang chuckled, stretched out his hand to stroke Zhiyi's long hair, and comforted her gently.
"Master is not great. Master just learned earlier than you. Take your time and you will learn it too." His voice was low and magnetic, like the spring breeze blowing on his face, making Zhiyi feel extremely at ease.
Zhiyi raised her head and looked into Governor Jiang's deep eyes, as if she was seeing the endless starry sky, and a warm current surged in her heart.
"Thank you, Master, for comforting me."
"No way, you are also very powerful, you can make those people play around."
Zhiyi smiled slightly, feeling warm in his heart. She knew that Governor Jiang was encouraging her not to feel disappointed because of her incompetence. She lowered her head slightly, but in her mind she thought of all the events in her previous life.
In that life, although she was the daughter of the Shen family, she was bullied because of her incompetence. Those who had been good friends with her left her one after another after learning about her true strength. And those who had looked down upon her were even more sarcastic and humiliated her in every possible way.
Now, despite being reborn once, her body still cannot withstand any martial arts training.
Jiang Yubai leaned down and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to do now?"
Shen Zhiyi was slightly stunned. She looked up at Jiang Yubai, with complicated emotions flashing in her eyes. She knew Jiang Yubai was caring about her, but she was a little confused and didn't know what she wanted.
Zhiyi bit her lower lip, hesitated, and finally said, "I want to go to Jiangnan."
Governor Jiang was slightly startled, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he soon understood what she was thinking. He sighed softly and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."
"It's just not possible right now."
She still has unfinished business at the moment. If Shen Qinghe is not eliminated, Xie Shaoheng is not destroyed, and the Shen family's military power is in hand, one day they will be pushed to the forefront.
She couldn't just watch Shen Jiajun fall into the trap again
"Is it because of Shen Qinghe that you want to go to Jiangnan?"
"Nothing can be hidden from Master."
People in the court have different thoughts, and everyone has their own calculations and plans. If Jiang Yubai could not understand their thoughts, he would not be able to survive this complicated power struggle. He not only has to guess other people's thoughts, but also try to figure out their actions, and even predict their next plan.
They wanted his life, they wanted him to disappear from this court.
"If you are interested in exploring these political skills, I will teach you slowly like a trickle of water. As for hidden weapons, I will send people to find craftsmen with unique ingenuity to create unique weapons for you. If you have anything you want to hide, Keep secrets from me, and I will never ask another word."
Jiang Yubai's words made Shen Zhiyi stunned for a moment.
"As long as you want to learn, Master will teach you everything you can."
Zhiyi nodded slightly, with a firm light shining in his eyes, "Master, I want to learn."
She wants to become stronger, not only for herself, but also for her family, so as not to embarrass her master.
Later, Jiang Yubai handed her another plate of Jiangnan pastries. The pastries were as white as snow and as delicate as jade, and it could be seen that they were carefully made. A faint sweet fragrance hit his nostrils, and Shen Zhiyi took it, and couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart.
Although Jiang Yubai was a direct descendant of the Jiang family, he had not lived in Jiang Mansion since he was a child and was not close to his two younger brothers. Due to his frail body, he was predicted by the master that he would not live to be twenty, which was somewhat similar to Xie Yuan's fate.
She gently took a bite of the Jiangnan pastry. It was sweet but not greasy and melted in her mouth, as if a warm current flowed through her heart.
"This pastry is so sweet." Shen Zhiyi said with a smile, "Sweet but not greasy, just right."
Jiang Yubai also smiled, "It's good if you like it."
"When I first picked up Xianqing, he also liked the pastries here. Then one day, the boy told me that he was tired of eating them and didn't like them anymore."
Xianqing had a hard time growing up. Other children had cakes to eat, and he could only watch helplessly. Later, he was taken into the Colosseum and used as a living target.
"Xianqing is the first child I have raised. I am only eight years older than him, but people call me foster father, which really takes advantage of him."
"Xianqing is a boy, just follow me and get over it. I have never accepted a disciple, and you are a girl. Many times, the master cannot use a man's mind to guess you, but he doesn't know what to do. .”
"If you have anything, just tell Master. Master promised to protect you and will never break his promise."
Shen Zhiyi was a little surprised. She didn't expect this cold-faced master to say such touching words. She looked up at Jiang Yubai and found a gentle light in his eyes, which made her feel a little moved.
She bit her lower lip gently, and a warm current surged in her heart, as if all her fatigue and anxiety were melted away by this warm current.
"Is Master taking care of me like this because he was entrusted by an old friend?"
Jiang Yubai lowered his head slightly, touched her head, and adjusted the red bean hairpin for her, "Yes, and no."
Jiang Yubai's words made Shen Zhiyi a little stunned. She didn't expect the master's answer to be so vague.
She raised her head and saw Jiang Yubai's expression was a little sad, as if he was recalling some past events.
"Master, you..." Shen Zhiyi wanted to ask clearly, but was gently interrupted by Jiang Yubai.
"Zhiyi, there are some things you don't need to know yet." Jiang Yubai's eyes showed a hint of determination, "Just remember, Master will always protect you and won't let you get hurt in any way."
Jiang Yubai's fingers gently ran through Shen Zhiyi's hair and fixed the red bean hairpin in her bun. His movements were gentle and warm, as if he were protecting a fragile treasure.
"When I first met you, you were inconvenient."
"If you hadn't been so aggressive and yelling at me to kill me, I wouldn't have..."
At that time, she had just come back from rebirth and was thinking about how to escape back home. When Jiang Yubai was being chased by his enemies, she had no time to hide. Jiang Yubai even suspected that he was with them.
She was so wronged.
If it weren't for the snake pattern jade pendant, she might have died in a mass grave.
"I did recognize you because of the jade pendant and the hairpin, but the first time we met was not at the mass grave."
Seeing what Shen Zhiyi wanted to say, he added: "It's not at the banquet of some prince and grandson."
"When you were a child, you followed the royal family to the hunting grounds and got lost in the snow-covered mountains. When I found you, when I saw you, you fell into a small ball in the snow."
Shen Zhiyi then recalled that something like this seemed to have happened. On that day when the royal family was hunting, she listened to Xie Shaoheng and sneaked in with him, but got lost with Xie Shaoheng halfway.
She was afraid of being alone, and she was afraid of walking around. She was young at that time, and in such a huge mountain forest, even adults, let alone children, could easily get lost.
Her whole body was covered in bruises from the cold, and her delicate little face was also frozen hard.
"If it weren't for the weak rise and fall of your chest, I almost thought you had lost your breath. When I picked you up, your whole body was shaking, your jaw was shaking violently, and tears kept flowing."
This was the first time Jiang Yubai saw someone crying like that. The tears fell down like broken beads and fell on his clothes, forming wet circles one after another.
Listening to Jiang Yubai's words, Shen Zhiyi seemed to be back on that cold snowy night. She only remembered that the wind was biting and cold that day, and the snowflakes cut on her face like knives.
And that person, like a god descending from the sky, gave her the warmest sense of security. His shoulders were broad and his chest was hot, and that warm touch seemed to be imprinted on her heart.
She remembered his voice, low and firm. In the confusion, Shen Zhiyi couldn't see the face of the person coming. The person kept coaxing her along the way.
I originally thought that such a gentle person was some kind-hearted sister near the mountains and forests.
The man picked her up and walked out of the predicament step by step in the snow. Her little hands held the hem of his clothes, and the moist warmth was her life-saving straw.
She wiped her tears, nose and snot on his clothes. Jiang Yubai was not angry, but thought in his mind that the child was too capable of crying and had to be put back quickly.
It turned out that he and his master had already met so early.
More than ten years have passed, but he didn't expect that the two of them would meet again. Jiang Yubai was also lamenting that the little crybaby back then had grown so much. Thinking of her previous appearance, a warm smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He remembered that little body curled up in his arms, with tears and nose running down his face. But now, that little girl has grown into a graceful girl, with a bit of childishness in her eyebrows, but she is already able to stand on her own.
Maybe this is fate, meeting again in the vast sea of people.
