When the previous dynasty was insignificant, Xiao Qi of Yueyang rose up. Relying on the power of Jianghu, he overthrew the previous dynasty and established the Great Zhou Dynasty. He ascended the throne as emperor and was first called Zhou Gaozu. Gaozu ascended the throne and built a new city at the junction of the north and south. "The swan leads the way, and the clouds are born." "City", called the City in the Clouds. Given the sword "Red Heart" and the iron certificate of alchemy, the city lord ascended the throne and balanced the power between the Jianghu and the imperial court for Zhou Gaozu.
Yunzhong City has been established for decades, and it has been constantly dealing with the world and the court. Because of the imperial mandate, it has gradually taken control of most of the commercial lifelines of the Zhou Dynasty and restricted the people in the world.
It has gradually become a legend.
After the death of Emperor Gaozu of Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Xuan of Zhou Dynasty Xiao Yanjing came to the throne with the reign name Yongchu.
In the second year after Emperor Yongchu came to the throne, Yunzhong City suddenly announced a change of ownership, which also caused an uproar in the world and people in the world had different opinions.
However, Yunzhong City seemed to have no scruples. It announced the date of the city lord's accession to the throne, and at the same time opened its doors to welcome people from all over the world to take a look at the grand ceremony.
At the same time, the imperial court also sent envoys to attend the enthronement ceremony of the new city lord of Yunzhong City.
The day is getting closer and closer, and Yunzhong City is bustling like a New Year. People from all walks of life flock to Yunzhong City, wanting to witness this grand event.
The afterglow of the sunset spreads lightly on the eaves of various brightly colored pavilions, shrouding the streets in the evening in a hazy poetry. There are many shops on both sides of the streets, teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops, and bustling with people. There are many vendors with small stalls in the remaining open space next to it.
Smoke from the various houses behind the shops began to float incessantly. Although it was almost ten minutes for dinner, the number of pedestrians on the road still did not decrease. They were walking bustlingly, and from time to time some people stopped by the small vendors under the big umbrellas on the roadside. Go up and argue or bargain with him.
The setting sun hits the city wall of Chongyong with hundreds of pheasants, just like a majestic pass.
The hundred-foot-long city wall is suspected to be a dragon lying on the ground. On the top of the city gate, a huge plaque hangs high. The three words "Yunzhong City" are still shining as the dusk begins.
The most lively thing in Yunzhong City is undoubtedly the Chaosheng Pavilion in the city. The Chaosheng Pavilion has carved eaves that reflect the sun, painted pillars with flying clouds, and cornices with flying corners. There was a lot of noise inside and outside the three-story restaurant, and the shouts of vendors outside the restaurant were also coming one after another. At the gate of Chaosheng Pavilion, the waiter's greeting was drowned in the crowd that kept pouring in.
The first and second floors were crowded with diners, including richly dressed merchants and wanderers in fancy clothes and carrying swords. The table in front of him was also filled with all kinds of delicacies.
The third floor of Chaosheng Pavilion is different from the one downstairs. It is eerily quiet.
The emerald curtain hangs high above the door, and the last rays of the setting sun shine through the hollow carved windows, hitting the black nanmu table next to the blue stem.
The table was empty.
"The food is served."
A shout came from downstairs, and then a "bang bang bang" sound was heard coming upstairs.
A waiter wearing a short coat came up carrying a huge tray.
But he was stunned by the stairs.
There is a person sitting at the table.
For a moment, he couldn't tell the difference between a man and a woman.
A man wearing a plain white long brocade suit sat at the table. From the corners of his clothes, he used dark brown silk thread to embroider neat and tall branches, and red silk thread that looked like dripping blood to embroider blossoming plum blossoms. The hem of his clothes almost spread to his chest. On a dark wide belt hangs an intricate and ornate jade.
Her long hair was draped behind her back, tied loosely with only a hair tie. The bright red hair tie looked so dazzling in the long snow-like hair.
This man, who looked to be no more than thirty years old, actually had silver hair.
But she seems to be more feminine than a woman.
"Hey, why are you in a daze?" A person next to him interrupted the waiter's reverie somewhat roughly.
He was a man with a long sword on his back. He was dressed in a powerful outfit that made it easy to move around, but he was different from ordinary Jianghu people and had a somewhat sinister appearance.
"Here it comes, here it comes." The waiter regained his composure and hurriedly ran to the black nanmu table carrying a large tray.
The huge tray occupies almost half of the black nanmu table. There is a small stove on the tray. The waiter first took down the small stove, then took out the fire stick in his arms and lit the fire in the stove, and then Then he put a white jade wine pot on it and said: "The guest looks like a distinguished guest at first glance. It must be your first time coming to Yunzhong City. Then you must try our Yubingshao. The taste is delicate and mellow. The aftertaste is long and makes people want to drink it again.”
The white-haired man at the table picked up the jade porcelain cup that had been filled with a glass of wine, brought it to his mouth and took a sip: "It's sweet in the mouth and has a rich aroma. It's considered a good wine."
The young man at the table nodded excitedly.
The man put down the wine glass in his hand and looked out the window. The streets were still bustling. He said lightly: "Xiaoer, your Yunzhong City is very prosperous. Compared with the Imperial City, it is even worse."
Although the voice was light, there was an icy wind. The waiter thought smartly and forced himself to ignore this feeling. There is always something special about this kind of special customer.
"That's not possible, guest officer is really ridiculous. However, this year is indeed different from the past. Guest officer also knows the origin of our Yunzhong City, but our City Lord Huo suddenly announced that he will pass the position of City Lord to him A disciple of his, no one has ever seen this disciple of his. The city lord’s enthronement ceremony will be held in the next few days, so people in the world are also very curious, and there is an endless stream of people coming. Especially when I heard that my emperor is personally If an envoy is sent, wouldn’t that make people even more curious!”
"Yunzhong City is really a magical place." The man's eyes flashed, and he smiled, as gorgeous as a woman, "If the army doesn't enter, the officials won't care. It's so rich, it's really curious."
The waiter wanted to say a few more words, but he never thought that the man raised his right hand and waved lightly, and he was chased away by the swordsman on the side.
"Sifeng."
"Master." The man who was replaced by Sifeng walked back to the table from the stairs, folded his arms and bent down to the man at the table.
"The night is already dark. Let's go meet the new city lord tomorrow."
"Yes, I obey."
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The moonlight was pale, and the high and low woods were shrouded in the moonlight, outlining a deep and shallow dark green.
The wind in the spring night blew softly at night, blowing across the leaf tips and making a fine sound, which seemed to be absent.
At night, Yaowang Valley is as quiet as ever.
Under the Begonia tree in Xifu, there is a rosewood marble table. A woman in a month-old white gown is sitting on the table. She is wearing a thick cloak and her long hair is tied up with a silver hairpin. She has a somewhat expression on her face. lonely.
On the corridor not far away, Hongzhuang and Jiuxia stood there, looking at the woman sitting in a daze under the tree, their faces full of sadness.
"Sister Hongzhuang, what should I do if the Valley Master stays up all night? If this continues, how can she hold on?"
"Hey," Hongzhuang also sighed, "It doesn't matter if you don't sleep, it doesn't matter if you sleep, it's just a nightmare if you sleep."
"Squeak, squeak."
Suddenly, as if a huge boulder was thrown into the silent lake, the quiet valley was suddenly filled with the screams of birds.
In an instant, the sound of the bird flapping its wings cut through the leaves and made a louder sound.
"Someone broke into the valley."
A loud scream came from a distance, startling the woman in a daze under the tree, who stood up with a surprised look on her face.
Jiuxia and Hongzhuang's expressions also changed instantly. They felt a gust of wind approaching behind them and turned around instantly.
In an instant, a crisp ringing sound came to the front, forcing Hongzhuang to stop, who was about to take action.
"Hongzhuang, I haven't seen you for many years. It seems that your skills have deteriorated a lot."
After seeing the person coming clearly, the woman under the tree shouted in surprise: "Master."
On the other side of the corridor, there was a woman standing.
A beautiful strand of green silk fluttered slightly in the night wind. The back of her head was tied up with only one piece of silk inlaid with fine emeralds. She was dressed in a light blue gauze dress and tied with a wide jade-colored ribbon, with a hanging hanging on it. sachet.
A bright smile appeared on her pretty lips: "Little girl, long time no see."
Hongzhuang also shouted in surprise: "Master Miwu Valley."
The visitor turned out to be Mi Wu, the former owner of Yaowang Valley who had disappeared for a long time.
Before Mi Wu could move, Gu Jianghe trotted up to her and hugged her tightly.
Mi Wu touched Gu Jianghe's head and laughed: "We haven't seen you for three years. The little girl has grown taller again."
Gu Jianghe let go of Mi Wu, and a child-like smile appeared on his face that had rarely shown much expression: "If master doesn't come back for three years, I will naturally grow taller."
Mi Wu took Gu Jianghe's hand, and the corners of his eyes that had always been bright dimmed inadvertently.
As a young man studying medicine, Miwu was called a rare genius in a century. At the age of sixteen, you can start to consult, and there are many difficult and complicated diseases. It is not a problem. You are young and energetic, and your mind is naturally nourished in strange ways. After taking over Yaowang Valley, his temper became even more unstable. He received medical treatment based on his own preference.
Twenty-year-old Mi Wu had amazing medical skills and a bright and attractive appearance. Although his name was Mi Wu, when he smiled, he looked like the most dazzling peony in Luoyang City.
But that year, a young man came to Yaowang Valley.
The rain that night was so heavy that it blurred people's vision. The boy was no more than a child, but he actually knelt at the mouth of the Yaowang Valley with a child smaller than him and refused to give up.
The child's injuries and poison aroused her interest. She saved the child in the boy's arms, but had no intention of saving the boy.
Looking at the young man's back leaving in the heavy rain, she was calm at that time.
The girl who was rescued was raised in Yaowang Valley for a whole year before her health gradually improved. The injuries on her body were probably due to a lot of twists and turns, and she was still there in the cold winter rainy night for so long. Although the person got better, the cold air that invaded the body on the rainy night stayed in the body. Although it was not a rare problem, it left Miwu helpless and made her feel frustrated with her medical skills for the first time. .
But at the same time, this girl made her discover something different.
His unique talent for studying medicine is very much like himself back then.
Mi Wu was so happy that he decided on the spot to accept her as his disciple and teach her medical skills.
For seven years, this girl whom she renamed Gu Jianghe kept surprising her. Her different understanding of medicine and her ability to detect medicinal herbs were almost the same as hers.
An accident three years ago made the owner of Yaowang Valley, who was more beautiful than peonies, abandon everything in the valley and leave at all costs.
Seventeen-year-old Gu Jianghe was forced to become the owner of the valley.
Feeling the coldness where his fingertips touched, Miwu felt slightly distressed: "Little girl, your old illness doesn't seem to be getting better. Could it be that you didn't use my prescription on time?"
If Miao Wu was twenty years old, she was as gorgeous as the peonies in Luoyang City, while Gu Jianghe, who was also twenty years old at this time, looked as weak and tenacious as the snow lotus growing on the top of the snow mountain. It is growing, but it looks so cold and lonely.
Hongzhuang behind Gu Jianghe was also a little helpless, as Miwu complained: "Miwu Valley Master doesn't know that this valley master has nightmares every night, and he can't sleep well. Over time, he doesn't sleep much. If he doesn't fall asleep, he will either fall asleep or fall asleep." He was in a daze in the hospital, or stayed in Chenxiang Pavilion all night, how can this old illness be cured?"
"Sister Hongzhuang." Gu Jianghe jumped up angrily, grabbed Mi Wu's hand with his backhand, and pulled her to sit at the stone table under the crabapple tree in Xifu. He swept it with his right hand and brushed it off with his sleeve. Begonia petals falling on the table.
Seeing Gu Jianghe, who rarely showed his childlike attitude, Jiu Xia was very happy and said repeatedly: "The two valley owners chat slowly, I will make you a pot of good tea."
After saying that, he grabbed Hong Zhuang who was reluctantly beside him and dragged her away forcefully.
"Master, why are you back today?"
Although he had already sat down, Gu Jianghe kept holding Mi Wu's hand and refused to let go.
"Little girl, I came back this time for you."
"for me?"
"A lot of things have changed in the past three years, and it has also made me change a lot of my thoughts, especially about you."
"Master." Gu Jianghe seemed to sense what Mi Wu wanted to say, and suddenly wanted to pull away her hand, but Mi Wu held her tightly with his other hand.
"Jianghe, I know where your nightmares come from. What exactly did you go through before entering the valley? I have never asked, and I have no intention of asking. I saved you because you were young and energetic, and in the past three years, I have never asked you. While traveling abroad, I felt more and more sorry for you. I never asked you what the relationship between that boy and you was, and you never told me. But I felt that he was very important to you. Go down the mountain Go find him, think of it as saving your own life."
Gu Jianghe's eyes became a little disappointed: "The vast sea of people, Master, what's more, I don't even know, is he dead or alive?"
"Jianghe, your illness requires some medicine. This is why I came back."
Far away in the corridor, Hongzhuang and Jiuxia, who were carrying tea sets, were also walking towards them.
"By the way, I heard that you saved a patient with a disease in his legs a few days ago?"
"Yes, they forced their way into the valley and asked me to save them." Gu Jianghe thought of the mysterious young man who entered the valley a few days ago and was a little confused. "He was hit twice, and his legs are really strange. people."
At this time, Jiu Xia, who had already walked to them, couldn't help but grab the words after hearing this: "Not only that, this person actually ran away before he started treatment. Only this jade pendant was left behind." While saying While looking at it, Jiu Xia took out the jade pendant in her arms. It looked like a jade pendant of extraordinary quality. After Gu Jianghe handed it to her that day, she kept it in her arms.
The jade pendant in his hand felt cold. It was actually a piece of cold jade.
Mi Wu stroked the jade pendant thoughtfully, and after a while, he said: "The jade pendant Qiongju is different."
The woman in front of him seemed to have something on his mind. Although he had not seen her for three years, Gu Jianghe, who was as thoughtful as ever, still understood Miao Wu as well as he always did. He asked softly: "Master, does it seem like he has something on his mind?"
"This person may be able to help you find the person you are looking for."
"How could he be so capable?" After hearing this, Gu Jianghe became a little confused. Even his master said this, this man actually has such magical powers, "But even if this is true, then I don't know where to find him." ?”
Hearing these words, Miwu stood up. At some point, the petals of the Begonia flower fell all over her head. The fiery red petals made this thirty-year-old woman so bright and dazzling at night, "Yunzhong City" .”
