Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 64 Lost in martial arts
The sunlight outside was just right, and it slanted in through the window, painting the cabin with a layer of light gold, which made it warm.Chen Nian broke his ribs, and tied a thick ribbon on his chest, and when he breathed, his chest felt a dull pain.Even so, she still slowly propped up her body, got out of bed and walked to the window.The wind blew from the river surface, carrying slightly fishy water vapor, and hit her face. Although it was cold and cut her face, she couldn't help but cheered up.

He Ze was passing by the side of the boat. He raised his head inadvertently and saw Chen Nian appearing at the window. He was slightly taken aback, then smiled at her, and asked her, "Sister, are you enjoying the view of the river?"

"Yes." Chen Nian nodded with a smile, and waved to him again, "Brother Twelfth, do you want to come up and share the reward?"

He Ze originally wanted to be proud of Chen Nian, but unexpectedly Chen Nian answered in this way, "Twelve Brothers" was also called very smoothly, as if he had really called him for many years.He Ze's expression froze unconsciously, and seeing Chen Nian still looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help but feel even more annoyed, snorted coldly, and walked away in a huff.

Chen Nian's anger left He Ze, and the smile on his face disappeared. He walked slowly back to the bed and sat down, thinking carefully about the current situation.She was seriously injured and fell into a coma before, so she didn't know why she was on He Zhen's boat, nor what He Zhen's plan was to bring her back to the west.It's just that no matter what purpose He Zhen has, what he said is very reasonable. Since she is alive, she must live well for herself, and should not give up on herself for others and lose her life.

Thinking of it this way, Chen Nian felt much brighter in his heart.She endured the pain and sat cross-legged, wanting to use her skills to check her injuries, but she didn't want the dantian to be empty, unable to gather any qi.Chen Nian thought it was because of his serious injury, he hesitated for a moment, picked up the small bottle that He Zhen threw on the bed, poured a few pills into his palm, smelled the fragrance, it must be a good thing, and swallowed it Take two pills.

After a while, the effect of the medicine took effect, and the dantian felt faintly hot. Chen Nian hurriedly gathered the weak zhenqi, and slowly ran along the Ren and Du two channels. The real air flowed through, and it disappeared before it even moistened the ground.

Chen Nian was unavoidably panicked, and even swallowed a few pills, but no matter how much true energy she gathered, as soon as she entered the meridians, she would be like a mud cow into the sea, and there was no news at all.

Even if he was seriously injured and his meridians were damaged, it shouldn't be like this.Chen Nian sat in a daze for a while, and suddenly remembered the fat man who played chess with He Zhen just now, so he forced himself out of bed and walked out of the cabin door, grabbed someone outside, and asked him, "Then what is Mr. Bai doing now?" place?"

Seeing Chen Nian's ugly face and trembling voice, the man thought she was suffering from an injury, and hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, the villain will go and invite Mr. Bai over here!"

Because they were on the same boat, Mr. Bai was quickly dragged here, and even He Zhen rushed over after receiving the news.Mr. Bai stepped forward to take a look at Chen Nian, then stretched out his hand to check her pulse, and asked with a smile: "Girl, do you eat the old man's Guyuan Pill as a snack?"

Hearing this, He Zhen picked up the small porcelain bottle from the bed, and found that it was already half empty.He couldn't help but his face darkened, and he scolded in a low voice: "Nonsense!"

Chen Nian ignored He Zhen's reprimand, just stared at Mr. Bai, and asked, "Am I useless in martial arts?"

"It's useless." Mr. Bai nodded indifferently, and replied, "Your internal energy is too domineering. In order to save your life, you can only use it as much as possible."

She worked hard for several years, risked going crazy, practiced hard day and night, and finally achieved some success in practicing the five aggregates magic skills, and she didn't want to be scattered like this.Chen Nian supported the table and stood there in a daze, unable to respond for a moment.

Seeing her like this, Mr. Bai couldn't help but smiled, and said: "You girl, don't want this expression of dying or living. That kind of domineering internal strength will be lost when it is gone. It's better than going crazy in the future."

Chen Nian came back to his senses, sneered slightly, and said: "You speak so lightly, it really doesn't hurt your back to talk while standing."

"Presumptuous!" He Zhen scolded coldly.

"Hey, kid talking, what are you serious about?" Mr. Bai smiled to dissuade He Zhen, then turned his head to look at Chen Nian, and said with a smile, "You girl, you look so clever, but you are just a piece of wood when you don't want to." Head. Everything in this world can only be achieved if you give up, and if you lose your internal strength, there may be other opportunities instead. You are still so young, you should think broadly."

Chen Nian understood that he said this out of good intentions, if in the past, she would have been able to thank him a few words, but in the past few days she has been severely injured physically and mentally, and now she has no mood to be polite to others, and just bowed her head when she heard the words ,in silence.

Mr. Bai smiled, leaning on his crutches and drifting away again.He Zhen could see Chen Nian's eyes, and was about to speak, but Chen Nian raised his head and said to him: "Please go out too, don't tell me any more important principles, just ask me to be quiet for a while, It is so grateful.”

He Zhen's complexion was not good, but he just stood there and left the cabin.

The next day, a small boat sent two maids over to take care of Chen Nian's daily life, other than that, there was no sign of the He family.Chen Nian tried many times and ate up the bottle of Gu Yuan Pill that Mr. Bai gave him, so he had to accept the reality of losing his martial arts.

In the past, no matter how difficult it was, she still had martial arts to rely on, but now, she doesn't even have this last support.Chen Nian thought that he would go crazy, but when it really came to this point, his heart was very calm, he just felt that the time was getting longer and longer, but in just a few days, it seemed that many years had passed.

On the seventh day, He Zhen came to see her and asked, "Have you figured it out?"

Chen Nian was leaning against the window and looking at the river in a daze, when he heard the words, he lazily replied: "What if you figure it out, what if you don't?"

He Zhen said: "If you figure it out, then live well, if you can't figure it out, then suffer slowly."

Chen Nian smiled faintly, looked back at him, looked at him for a moment, and asked with a smile: "General He, are you taking me back to Taixing?"

He Zhen nodded and said, "Not bad."

"What are you doing back in Taixing?" Chen Nian asked him with a smile, "Do you want to use my mother's bloodline to make a fuss, or do you want to use me to contain Feng Junyang? Don't blame me for not reminding you, neither of these two things will work. If bloodlines really worked that well, Yun Sheng would have been made queen by Tuobayao long ago, why should he remain unknown until now. As for wanting to use a woman to contain Feng Junyang, this move is even more like a joke, what kind of man is he? People, you should be the most clear. Don't say that I have no relationship with him now, even when the relationship was strong, he never lost his head for me. "

She spoke unhurriedly, and her words were full of sarcasm, but He Zhen didn't change his face when he heard it, and asked lightly: "What if I just want to treat you as my long-lost daughter, and bring you home to be pampered? "

Chen Nian raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then he couldn't help smiling slightly, and said: "General He, don't say this first, I don't believe it, just talk about yourself, will you believe it?"

The expression on her face was so vivid that even He Zhen smiled when she saw it, and shook her head, "I don't believe it either. There is nothing good without a reason in this world. Everything is just an exchange of interests. Parents and children, that's all. You haven't even called me daddy, how can I love you deeply?"

Chen Nian nodded with a smile, and said: "That's it, so it's best for the two of us, if there is anything to do, it's better to say it on the bright side."

He Zhen said: "That's fine. Since that's the case, I'll tell you the truth. I brought you to Taixing because you are the daughter of my He family no matter what, and you can't live outside and let others bully you; The identity still has some weight, as to whether to use it with the Xian family or with Feng Junyang, it depends on the specific situation."

When Chen Nian heard the words, he smiled and remained silent.

He Zhen glanced at her, and said again: "Don't blame others for using you as a bargaining chip. If you have the ability, you can also play with others. The He family can use you as a pawn, and you can use the He family as a reliance." .Everything has two sides, it depends on how you use it.”

Chen Young snorted and sneered at He Zhen's words.

He Zhen knew that she hadn't turned the corner in her heart yet, so she didn't want to say more, she just waited for her to wake up.He sat with Chen Nian in the cabin for a while, watched her turn her head to look out the window, and had no intention of talking to him, so he got up and left, but when he was about to leave, he stopped again and said to Chen Nian in a low voice: "You If you are still a child of three or five years old, it doesn't matter if I allow you to be arrogant for a few more years, but you are already twenty now, and there is no time for you to be willful."

Chen Nian Bingxue is smart, so He Zhen can coax her around with just a few words. Without turning her head, she just said indifferently: "It's not that I don't have time to be self-willed, but the army of the Xian family has been coveting the Central Plains for a long time. Going south, and Feng Junyang has established a firm foothold in Yiping, according to Qingji and Jizhou, they are staring at Jiangbei, so you don't have time to come to me and pretend to be a loving father."

He Zhenli stood there looking at her for a long time before asking her, "What do you want?"

Chen Nian turned his head to look at him, and said: "I didn't want to do anything. General He, you said so much, you just want me to be willing to be your chess piece, and to be interdependent with your He family. It's a pity that your abacus is probably wrong. If I want to fail, I don't want to be manipulated by others, and I don't want to be manipulated by others. I am happy, and I live day by day. Willful and reckless, not as much scruples as women from aristocratic families, just wanting to be at ease."

Seeing her like this, He Zhen frowned unconsciously, and said, "Since this is the case, just keep bumping your head and bleeding."

Chen Nian smiled, and replied: "So what if you have a bloody head? It's better than being a person like you who is heartless and full of scheming, even your parents, wives and children can't trust you."

She didn't want to get in like this, but she still had a posture of breaking the jar, even He Zhen couldn't do anything about her for a while, so she just smiled and walked out of the hatch.

At the end of October, He Zhen received a secret report from the frontline on the ship that the Xian family appeared on the line of Jingyang and Sushui.He Zhen summoned He Jin and He Ze to give them detailed instructions, leaving them to lead the army back to Taixing, while he changed to a light boat and landed quietly, and rushed to the Jingyang front line by land.

In November, the He family navy finally returned to Taixing.

Chennian had heard the name of Taixing for a long time, but it was the first time he came here. He got out of the cabin early and stood at the bow of the boat to look at the largest city in Jiangbei. The walls are dense, stretching east and west, and it seems that the edge cannot be seen.Chen Nian couldn't help sighing in a low voice: "It's no wonder that the people of Beimo were besieged for two years without such a city. It really lives up to its reputation as the most important town in Jiangbei."

He Ze was standing not far in front of her. Hearing this, he glanced back at her, his eyes hard to hide his pride, and said, "Who in this world doesn't know how important I am? A husband who is prosperous is the waist and body of the world. The one in the Central Plains , can be merged with the southeast. If you get it from the southeast, you can also map it to the northwest.”

Chen Nian smiled and said: "The Twelve Young Masters must guard this Taixing well, don't let it get lost in your hands."

He Ze heard the sarcasm in her words, raised his hand and threw a veiled hat at Chen Nian, and said coldly, "Put it on."

He had received Chen Nian's slap before, and although he was also seriously injured internally, it was different from Chen Nian. After Mr. Bai's meticulous care all the way, he has recovered more than half of his body now.The light and fluffy veiled cap was thrown away by him seemingly casually, but it covered Chen Nian's head impartially.Chen Nian subconsciously turned his head to avoid it, but he couldn't dodge it, instead he was caught straight by the hood.

He Ze raised his brows slightly, showing a little complacency, and looked at Chen Nian again before turning around.

The fleet did not stop at Taixing Wharf, but went straight into Fuping Water Village.He Jin went to report to the captain of the navy, but He Ze wanted to disembark to collect and count his remnants.Chen Nian wanted to find Ye Xiaoqi's whereabouts, and when he saw it, he followed behind him without saying a word.

Seeing her following, He Ze couldn't help but wonder, "What are you following me for?"

Chen Nian replied: "It's life-saving."

She has lost her martial arts at this time, she is no different from ordinary weak women, in this unfamiliar place, it is indeed the safest to be by He Ze's side.He Ze couldn't help laughing, curled the corners of his mouth mockingly, and said, "How dare you cherish your life like this? I thought you were never afraid of death!"

Chen Nian replied indifferently: "I'm not afraid of death, but if I die here for no reason, I'm afraid I will cause trouble for the Twelve Young Masters."

Before He Zhen left, he had strictly ordered He Ze to be optimistic about Chennian. If something happened to Chennian in his hands, he really couldn't explain it to He Zhen.Hearing what Chen Nian said, although He Ze felt annoyed, he couldn't refute it, so he just gave Chen Nian a sideways look and let her follow behind.

A group of people got off the boat, and there were already other generals who got off the boat waiting on the shore. When they saw He Ze coming, they all came forward to meet him.Ye Xiaoqi was dressed as a school lieutenant and officer, and he was in the middle of it impressively.When Chen Nian saw it, she felt her nose sore and she was about to cry, but thanks to the veiled hat on her head, which completely covered her face, no one noticed anything unusual.

Because everyone was scattered on different ships before, and none of them knew Chen Nian's identity, they were not a little surprised to see such a woman behind He Ze suddenly.Even Ye Xiaoqi couldn't help but look a few more times curiously, vaguely feeling that this woman seemed familiar, but didn't think of Chen Nian for a while.

Chen Nian was worried that Ye Xiaoqi would take risks if he recognized him, so he didn't dare to give him a secret signal, so he just controlled his emotions and followed He Ze silently.It wasn't until the sky was getting dark that He Ze finished handling military affairs, and then returned to Taixing City with Chen Nian.

The city guard's mansion got the news of He Ze's return early in the morning. His wife, Mrs. Mo, had been waiting outside the door with a pair of children for more than half an hour. His son brought the youngest daughter in his wife's arms and put them on his arms one by one. After kissing each other on the cheeks, he whispered to his wife Mo Shi, "I'm worried about you again."

Mo was born in a wealthy family in Taixing, with a gentle and resolute temperament, he lowered his head to help He Ze wipe the dust off his robe, and said softly, "It's good that I can come back safely."

He Ze smiled at Mrs. Mo, then turned to talk to the couple in his arms.Mo raised his eyes inadvertently, and secretly looked at Chen Nian who was not far away, and saw that although her face was covered by a veiled hat, she couldn't see clearly, but her figure was very slender and charming, obviously she was a beauty.

He Ze noticed it, followed his wife's line of sight, couldn't help but smiled slightly, and said in a low voice, "This is the rightful owner of that small courtyard. Uncle ordered me to bring her back."

Mo's heart relaxed, but his face revealed a look of astonishment, he couldn't help but look at Chen Nian again, and asked He Ze in a low voice, "You really found it?"

He Ze nodded: "You will take her to the small courtyard to resettle in a while, I will go to see my aunt first, and I will talk about the details later." He handed the two children to their respective wet nurses, turned around and walked towards Chen Nian, saying, "You Go in with Mrs. Mo first, and I'll see you later."

Mrs. Mo had already followed He Ze, and said softly, "Girl, please follow me."

Chen Nian glanced at Mo Shi, then at He Ze, and said, "I don't want to go to the inner courtyard, you should find another place for me to live."

Both He Ze and his wife were slightly taken aback, Mo Shi came to his senses first, Wen Sheng and Chen Nian said: "Don't worry, Miss, I am the head of the house now."

He didn't want Chen Nian but refused to pay attention to her, just stood there without moving.

He Ze had no choice but to ask her, "Where do you want to live?"

Chen Nian asked, "Where's Mr. Bai? I'm still injured, so I should live closer to Mr. Bai."

Mr. Bai lived in the city guard's mansion, not far from He Zhen's study. It was heavily guarded, and it was safer than the small courtyard where the silly girl was.He Ze thought for a while and said, "Alright, I'll ask someone to take you to Mr. Bai."

He ordered someone to send Chen Nian to Mr. Bai's place, while he went to the backyard to meet his aunt Feng Shi.When Feng heard the maid's report coming out of the Buddhist hall, the first thing he said when he saw He Ze was to ask: "Do you have any news about your sister?"

He Ze lost his mother when he was young, and was brought up by Feng Shi, and he has a deep relationship with her, and seeing that Feng Shi seems to have aged more than ten years in just three years, he felt sour in his heart, and stepped forward to help Feng Holding her arm, she said softly, "Don't worry, Auntie, Yun Sheng is well."

Hearing this, Feng Shi grasped He Ze's hand tightly, and asked tremblingly, "Really?"

He Ze glanced at the maid next to him, and after Feng Shi dismissed the maid, he replied in a low voice: "Yes, my nephew has found Yun Sheng's whereabouts and is trying to rescue her."

Feng's body trembled faintly, but the hot tears in his eyes could no longer bear it. It took him a while to control his emotions, and he only asked He Ze, "Where is Yunsheng now?"

"Go to Beijing." He Ze replied.

Feng Shi secretly gritted her teeth and asked, "So you really went to act as a substitute for that silly girl?"

"Yes." He Ze paused, then asked Feng Shi again, "Does Auntie know who is that stupid girl's biological mother?"

Feng said bitterly: "It was said before that he was from Beimo, and he came from a declining family outside the customs. Now, it seems that it must be not that simple."

Her voice was resentful, her face was distorted, and she lost all the tenderness and amiability of the past.He Ze was secretly shocked when he saw it, and after a while, he said, "It's the princess of the Xian family."

Feng Shi was stunned for a moment, and said with disdain: "To be able to hide your identity like that and have sex without a matchmaker is indeed the queen of the barbarians."

Most men in this world have the same thoughts. If a man abandons his status for a woman, he will be looked down upon by others, but if a woman abandons her family and country for her beloved and follows her alone, she will be praised by them.Although He Ze didn't know the princess, but judging from Chen Nian, the princess must be stunning.Such a noble and beautiful woman, regardless of her status for the sake of her uncle, kept her name incognito, no matter what she was like, He Ze already had a good impression of her in his heart.

Now that Feng said this about a dead person, although He Ze couldn't say anything, he felt a little displeased, so he silently stayed by the side without saying a word.

Feng was so concerned about her daughter that she didn't notice anything unusual about He Ze, so she kept asking about Yunsheng's situation.

There are some things that I can tell her, but there are some things that I need to keep from her. He Ze gave some half-truths and false answers. Seeing that it was getting late, he resigned from the Feng family and returned to his own courtyard.Not wanting Mo Shi to come back later than him, He Ze changed into homely clothes and drank a cup of hot tea, only then did Mo Shi come in with a maid.

He Ze got up and went over, drove away the servant girl beside Mo Shi, and untied Mo Shi's cloak with his own hands, and asked with a light smile, "Why did you come back?"

Although the two have been married for many years, He Ze has been leading the army abroad in recent years, and the husband and wife get together less and leave more.Seeing He Ze's intimacy, Mrs. Mo couldn't help but blushed, and said in a low voice: "Just now that girl is settled, it's next to Mr. Bai's, and it's also a small courtyard with everything in it. Safe and reliable mother-in-law and maid for her."

He Ze nodded in satisfaction, and thanked, "Please take your troubles."

"What's that called?" Mrs. Mo smiled, hesitated for a moment, and asked He Ze again, "I saw Cao Yin guarding outside the courtyard all the time, did my uncle leave Cao Yin to that girl?"

He Zhen has two confidants around him, one is Cao Yin and the other is Cao Rong, both of them have extraordinary scheming and martial arts, and even He Ze thinks highly of them.Since He Zhen was able to keep Cao Yin by Chen Nian's side, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to him.He Ze subconsciously glanced at the door, took Mo Shi into his arms, leaned into her ear and whispered: "Let me tell you first, don't let it out, what uncle means is to get that girl Go and marry the Feng family."

Covering her mouth with her hand, Mo said in surprise, "Ah! What about Yunsheng? How can Aunt agree?"

He Ze shook his head slowly, and said, "So what if you don't want to? My aunt is just a housewife. As long as Feng Junyang is willing, that's enough."

Mo was speechless for a while, and then sighed after a while: "I see that girl's appearance and figure are top-notch, don't say that a man will be fascinated by seeing it, even if I look at it, I can't help but think about it." Get closer and closer to her."

He Ze lowered his head and kissed Mo's face, teasingly said: "Look at you, you can be fascinated by such a beauty, thanks to the fact that you are not a man. But," he stopped unconsciously as he spoke, for a moment She lost her mind, then sneered slightly, and said in a low voice, "You'd better not get too close to her, she is a prickly one, be careful not to prick your hand again!"

Mo Shi was puzzled and looked up at him.He Ze didn't want to say more, so he just smiled, and said: "You have to be more careful about the affairs of the house, don't tell her what happened, otherwise you won't be able to explain to your uncle."

Mo asked tentatively: "Are you afraid of auntie..."

He Ze nodded, remembering Feng's expression just now, he couldn't help but feel a little shuddering, and said: "She hates the mother and daughter to the bone. Now that I think about it, that girl didn't want to live in the inner courtyard, but she had the foresight .”

Mo sighed in a low voice: "You haven't been at home for a long time. I don't know that my aunt's temper has changed a lot in the past two years. In fact, I can't blame her. It's just such a daughter, but when something like this happens, my uncle has been keeping her far away. No woman will get better."

He Ze was silent for a while, and then said suddenly: "Your home is in Taixing. You must have heard from the old man at home that when my aunt first got married, my uncle treated her well. Otherwise, I would not have been entrusted to her to raise me."

Mrs. Mo had indeed heard the elders in the family talk about this matter, but she never dared to mention it in front of He Ze. Now that her husband mentioned it, she said softly: "The elders don't talk to me much, let alone ask, and only listen to it occasionally. I said a few words, it seems that something happened after Yunsheng was born, and my uncle was far away from my aunt."

He Ze said: "It's because of that stupid girl. That stupid girl wasn't stupid at all. She caught a cold in the night when she was three years old, and developed a high fever. She was in a coma for more than ten days before saving her life. Before she got sick, she was able to speak everything. , I won’t even recognize anyone when I wake up.”

Moshi shivered unknowingly, and asked in a low voice, "Auntie?"

He Ze nodded slowly: "Listen to what uncle said, yes."

Mo Shi was speechless for a long time, finally sighed, and said: "Oh, he is just a poor motherless child, it shouldn't be like this."

He Ze hugged his wife tightly, and said in a low voice: "Uncle deliberately asked aunt to recognize the child. As the eldest daughter of the He family, aunt deserved well, but before the child was in her hands, she died. That."

Both the husband and wife fell silent. After a while, Mrs. Mo suddenly remembered that her husband was raised by Mrs. Feng, and worried: "Will uncle... because of my aunt..."

He Ze smiled lightly against her hair, and said, "Relax, if Uncle doesn't like me, he won't ask me to marry you."

There are many famous generals in the Mo clan, and his father is the current captain of the Taixing Navy, He Zhen's most trusted and capable general.The fact that He Zhen was able to find such a powerful Yue family for He Ze showed that he really wanted to pass on the title of Patriarch to his nephew.

He Ze also instructed Mo Shi: "Don't listen to other people's provocations, and take good care of that girl these days. Uncle entrusting her to us is both a trust and a test. We must not be stupid and let you and my two families not rely on her." , and turned to be united with an outsider."

Mo Shi nodded when he heard the words, and said respectfully: "Don't worry, my husband, I will remember it."

The husband and wife chatted a few more gossips, so they went to rest and didn't mention them.

Besides, here in Chennian, I only waited until the night was quiet and all the women and maids were asleep, then I got up from the bed alone, sat cross-legged, and started to practice.

That year, her master Jing Yuxuan was also dispelled by Chaoyangzi's acupuncture. Jing Yuxuan practiced again without telling everyone, and in the spring of the second year, most of her skills had recovered.If Master can do it, so can she.It's just that they can't fully recover, as long as they recover [-]% to [-]%, and then take advantage of He Ze and others' unpreparedness, there is hope for escape.

Chen Nian's character is stubborn and unyielding. With this thought in mind, he would secretly get up and practice kung fu every night. He didn't want to wait for half a month to pass, but his inner kung fu did not improve. Nothing left.Although she tried her best to hide her emotions, she still became more and more irritable.

During the period, He Ze visited her a few times, and was a little surprised to see her shutting the door every day. Once, he couldn't help but said to her: "You are so honest, you don't cause me trouble at all, but you are so honest. I'm getting more and more confused."

Chen Nian was laying out the chessboard according to the chess record, when he heard this, he smiled and asked him, "What kind of trouble do you want me to cause you? Why don't you come and listen, if there is no trouble, I will fulfill your wish and show you look."

What she held in her hand was a very common chess record, in which He Ze had already memorized the game, and after just a few glances, he recognized which one Chen Nian was playing. He grabbed some sunspots in his hand, it doesn't matter Slowly put on the chessboard with her, "Why did you suddenly think of learning chess?"

Chen Nian raised his eyes and glanced at him, and replied: "I'm bored, if I learn chess, I can go find Mr. Bai next door to kill time."

He Ze smiled and said, "Learning chess is not like learning the law."

"Oh? Then how should I learn?" Chen Nian raised his eyebrows slightly and asked him with a light smile.

She rested her chin on her hands, her expression was lazy, her eyebrows flew into her temples, her eyes shone brightly, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, revealing fine white teeth faintly in the moist and charming eyes.He Ze suddenly felt a little dry in his mouth, and was unable to answer for a moment.Seeing this, Chen Nian let out a soft sneer, leaned over, tapped He Ze's heart with the scroll in his hand across the chessboard, and said, "Young Master Twelve, at this moment, what is hidden here should be an unsightly one." dirty thoughts?"

He Ze froze, and suddenly became angry from embarrassment. He stood up and shouted in a low voice, "Nonsense!"

Chen Nian also sat up straight, and mocked: "Yeah, I love nonsense the most, so you'd better not provoke me, otherwise one day, if you accidentally talk nonsense in front of He Zhen, it would be bad." gone."

He Ze glared at her for a moment, then smiled suddenly, lifted his robe and sat down opposite Chen Nian again, and said, "What's wrong with you? The matter of our two marriages is about to be brought up. You can't stay at home for three months, so what if I put up with you for this period of time?"

Chen Nian deliberately wanted to get some words out of He Ze's mouth, and played with the chess pieces carelessly in his hands, and sneered: "I really don't know what to say about you, I hate you, the He family, and wish you would be punished by heaven, and you still want to put it on I'm married to Feng Junyang. Don't even think about it, even if I marry, can I benefit your He family?"

He Ze chuckled, looked sideways at Chen Nian, and said, "Is your love and hatred useful? You are so unwilling to become a daughter of the He family. Didn't Feng Junyang send you back? Marriage and marriage are very good. It's not marriage, but benefits. And when you get married, you'll know that no matter how much you hate the He family, you can't let it go, because it's your reliance in front of Feng Junyang, not your illusory love."

Chen Nian was not angry, he said with a smile: "Go and look in the mirror, look at your face of a villain, you don't have the slightest demeanor of a nobleman."

Although her words were harsh, there was a sweet smile on that face, which made people not feel annoyed at all.He Ze didn't take it seriously, smiled, and said, "Don't look down on me. Compared with Feng Junyang, I am only the difference between a real villain and a hypocrite."

"That's true, it's pretty much the same." Chen Nian nodded, paused for a while, and then asked again, "I really don't understand why you fell in love with Feng Junyang. In Qingzhou earlier, didn't you Do you still want to kill him? The soul-snatching palm of the Shan family in Lingnan almost took Feng Junyang's life, and I was by his side at that time."

He Ze raised his eyes to look at Chen Nian, but refused to speak.

Chen Nian smiled and said: "Don't hide it, even Feng Junyang already knew that it was made by your He family, and he is not stupid."

He Ze couldn't help but laughed along with her, and said, "I didn't know about it earlier, but later I found out that my uncle did it with the hands of the youngest of the Feng family. He has always disliked Feng Junyang. Now that I think about it, it's still my uncle." Looking further, if the Feng family is passed on to Feng Laosan, there will be no such troubles later."

Chen Nian lowered her eyelids to cover the emotions in her eyes, but the speed of flipping the chess pieces with her fingertips was unconsciously faster. She wrinkled the tip of her nose like a little girl, and said, "Feng Junyang really guessed it all!"

He Ze was amused by her childish expression, not knowing that he had been fooled, and deliberately teased her: "What does Feng Junyang know?"

"Wen Fengming, the second head of Qingfengzhai, and Yang Gui, the housekeeper of Yang Cheng, are both brothers from your He family? That's right!" Chen Nian suddenly remembered something, and looked straight at He Ze , said, "There is also Shan Likun who escaped. Feng Junyang said that they are all pawns buried by the He family earlier, for the purpose of plotting Qingzhou and Jizhou!"

He Ze laughed and said, "Uncle has thrown out too many chess pieces. The two brothers surnamed Wen have become quite successful, but they are too stupid. It was a good game of chess, but the two of them ruined it." There are thousands of ways to separate Qingfengzhai and Qingji, and the two brothers chose the stupidest one."

Chen Nian's face was calm and unwavering, but she was holding the chess piece tightly in her hand, and fortunately she has no internal strength now, otherwise she might have crushed the chess piece.She dropped the chess pieces on the chessboard, and sighed quietly: "I only pity the eight hundred family members who died innocently."

He Ze glanced at her, saw that she didn't have much sadness on her face, and was somewhat surprised, and asked her intentionally, "I heard that you almost died in Feilongxing at that time, or did Feng Junyang take the risk of using Yunxi's flying dragon?" Ling, this saved you, but really?"

Chen Nian looked natural, and replied: "Yes. He and I set off with those family members, but we went to Dianziliang on a whim, so we escaped the catastrophe. It can be seen that it is also God's will, and he should be crowned king. Get Naqing and Jizhou."

He Ze smiled and said, "It's not God's will, but I didn't expect you to grow up in Qingfeng Village, right under Wen Fengming's nose. If I had known your whereabouts earlier, my uncle would have..."

Chen Nian interrupted him: "If I had known my whereabouts earlier, the silly girl who is locked up in the small courtyard now would be me." She couldn't hide her boredom, and angrily put the chess record in her hand on the chessboard. The last throw messed up the chess game, and he raised his eyes to look at He Zedao, "Brother Twelfth, I'm so bored, take me out to get some air, okay?"

She had never begged him so softly before, and He Ze couldn't help being flattered. After a moment of hesitation, he actually stood up and said, "Go, I'll take you out. It's cold outside, you should wear thicker clothes."

Chen Nian hurriedly asked the maid outside to fetch a fur cloak, put it on and went out with He Ze.It has been snowing for several days outside, and it just cleared up these two days, He Ze wanted to ask Chen Nian to take a car, but Chen Nian refused, he just said: "It's hard to come out once, who wants to take a car, I want to ride a horse!"

He Ze couldn't resist her, so he had to ask someone to lead her out on the mount.The two came out of the city on horseback, rode their horses in the wilderness by the river for a while, and Chen Nian reined in his horse and stood on the river bank, looking at the surging river in a trance.Seeing this, He Ze couldn't help urging his horse to come over and asked her, "What are you looking at?"

Chen Nian turned his head and smiled at him, and replied half-truthfully: "Look at the river! Just look at the mountains and rivers in this world, and you will feel that life, no matter how long or short, is only one day to live. , everyone should be frank and open, wanton and happy!"

At this moment, her eyes are bright and her cheeks are flushed. Although she is not as charming as before, she still has a kind of vitality.He Ze stared at her blankly, seeming a little confused.However, Chen Nian had already turned his horse's head and galloped towards the city.

On the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, He Zhen returned from the front line of Jingyang, and said to He Ze and the others: "The army of the Xian family has assembled outside the pass, and will soon go south. Right now, our army has only two paths. One is to step up and capture Jingyang City." , relying on the pass to keep the Xian family out of the pass; the second is to retreat to Yuzhou, let the Xian family enter the pass first, and then slowly plot."

He Ze thought for a while, and said loudly, "Nephew is willing to take Jingyang for uncle."

He Zhen didn't want to but just smiled and said, "This matter needs to be discussed in the long run."

These two choices, one radical and the other conservative, even the confidantes around He Zhen were also divided into two factions, arguing endlessly.And because the New Year's Eve was approaching and the military administration was busy, He Zhen returned to Taixing for a few days and only saw Chen Nian once. Seeing that she was still stubborn and showed no sign of giving in, he just smiled and gave up.

On this day, Chen Nian went to the next door to find Mr. Bai to learn chess, and wanted to ask him why her internal strength did not improve.I don’t think I’ve just dropped a few words, and before the topic was brought up to practice, I saw Cao Rong, He Zhen’s confidant, rushing over, and hurriedly said to Mr. Bai: "The general was assassinated, Mr. Bai, go and have a look."

Chen Nian was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, looked up at Cao Rong, and then at Mr. Bai.Mr. Bai still had a smile on his face, he unhurriedly took the crutches from the side, and asked Cao Rong, "Who is so capable that he can hurt your general?"

Although Cao Rong was in a hurry, he didn't dare to urge Mr. Bai, he just followed him closely, and replied: "It's not really a powerful character, but the general was caught off guard for a while, and that's what made him succeed."

When he said this, even Chen Nian became curious, just as Mr. Bai looked back at her and asked, "Girl, do you want to follow her?"

Chen Nian thought for a while, stood up and replied, "Okay."

She put on her cloak and rushed to He Zhen's courtyard with Mr. Bai.The defense inside and outside the courtyard is obviously much stricter than in the past, and there are many generals standing outside the house.Chen Nian's heart trembled, and she suddenly felt ominous. She was already behind Mr. Bai, she hesitated for a moment, stopped in the corridor, and asked Cao Rong in a low voice, "Where was the general assassinated?"

Cao Rong replied: "The general was assassinated in the army and was sent back just now."

Chen Nian asked him again: "Who is the assassin? Have you caught him?"

She only asked about the condition of the assassin, but didn't ask about He Zhen's injury. This made Cao Rong feel displeased, so she just replied, "I've caught it, and the Twelve Young Masters are interrogating."

Chen Nian saw Cao Rong's attitude, so he couldn't ask any more questions, so he put his hands on the cloak and stood on the porch, thinking secretly who would be able to assassinate He Zhen in the army.It doesn't matter which side it is from, as long as it's not Ye Xiaoqi.It stands to reason that Ye Xiaoqi is only a school captain, even if he can gain some respect from He Ze, he will not be able to get close to He Zhen. Besides, he only suspected that the matter of Qingfengzhai had something to do with the He family. Not sure it is.

Even after persuading himself like this, Chen Nian was still a little uneasy.She lowered her head slightly, lowered her eyes, and stood there quietly, but she didn't know that she had already attracted everyone's attention.At the beginning, some people mistakenly thought that Yunsheng had returned from recuperation, but someone who recognized Yunsheng secretly shook his head at his colleagues, indicating that this woman was not Miss Yunsheng from the He family.

After a while, someone came out of the house to deliver He Zhen's order, telling the lieutenant generals to go back first, then turned to Chen Nian, and said respectfully, "Miss Yunchu, the general invites you to come over." Although his voice was not high or low, Low, but it has also been heard by many caring people.

He Zhen obviously intended to reveal Chen Nian's identity in front of everyone. Chen Nian knew it well, but because he was worried that the assassination was related to Ye Xiaoqi, he had to hold back his temper temporarily and entered the house.He Zhen was in the inner room, and he had already put on a half-worn gown, so he couldn't tell where the injury was.He first sent someone to send Mr. Bai back, and then drove away all the servants in the house, then raised his eyes to Chen Nian, and said, "It's quite strange that you can come."

Chen Nian sat down opposite him, and replied: "It's really boring, it's easy to get a little lively, so I have to come and have a look."

She spoke like this, but there was no anger on He Zhen's face. He just glanced at her lightly and said, "Move to the inner courtyard in these two days. There is nothing to worry about at Feng's."

"What? Is this going to tell me to recognize my ancestors?" Chen Nian smiled sarcastically, and asked again, "Next, should someone teach me how to be a lady of a noble family so that I can marry into the Feng family? ?”

He Zhen said suddenly: "Chen Nian, I know what you're thinking now."

Chen Nian raised his eyebrows lightly, looked at He Zhen, and asked, "What's on your mind?"

He Zhen said: "You don't want to enter the game, so you know that this world is an endless chess game? Whether you like it or not, from the day you were born, you have been reduced to a pawn in this chess game. Not only you, but not only you. I, and everyone else in this world, are like this, but the place where the child is born is different, either in obscurity, or earth-shattering."

Chen Nian smiled and said: "General He, you are so good at chattering. You have said this chess piece upside down several times. If I want to hear it, do you still have to say it so many times? Since I came to this world, I am not In order to be someone's chess piece, if I have to be manipulated even to advance and retreat, I would rather jump off this chessboard and fall to pieces."

He Zhen saw that she still had the intention of escaping, looked at her silently for a moment, and said, "Chen Nian, you can't recover your martial arts. Mr. Bai did something wrong when he healed you. There are other effects. Your meridians have been abolished, not to mention that you will not recover a little bit of energy before you get married, and even in the future, you will no longer be able to practice any internal energy and mental methods."

The blow was so heavy that Chen Nian froze in his chair, unable to speak for a moment, and could only stare at He Zhen steadfastly.

He Zhen remained calm, and only asked her, "Do you hate me?"

Chen Nian slowly replied: "Hate to the bone."

After hearing this, He Zhen said, "It's you who trust others too easily. You only saw Mr. Bai's amiability, but you know he has the title of 'Ghost Hand'? Why would such a person treat you for no reason? Hello? There is a purpose, that's why it's like this."

Chen Nian tightly grasped the armrest of the chair with both hands, gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I can't escape, I won't be at your mercy either."

"I know." He Zhen nodded lightly, "I told you, I know what you're thinking now, but you can't die either. If you die, then Ye Xiaoqi will die too."

Hearing him threaten him with Ye Xiaoqi's life and death, Chen Nian suddenly knew that what happened today must be mysterious, and couldn't hold back anymore, he stood up abruptly, and cursed angrily: "He Zhen! You are despicable and shameless!"

He Zhen was neither surprised nor angry, and said lightly, "Sit down."

Chen Nian stood there without moving, but asked him in a cold voice, "Where is Ye Xiaoqi now?"

He Zhen replied: "He assassinated me today, and he was imprisoned in the army and is being interrogated."

"He assassinated you? He is just a small lieutenant, and he is in He Ze's army. Even if he finds out that you are the culprit who killed Qingfengzhai's family, how can he get close to you?" Chen Nian sneered and said angrily, "He Zhen, you should have found out the relationship between me and Ye Xiaoqi a long time ago. If you want to blackmail me with him, just come to me directly, why bother to go around a long way to design him?"

He Zhen didn't expect that Chen Nian would see it right away, looked at her twice, and said, "Chen Nian, I risked my life by being stabbed by Ye Xiaoqi. Apart from doing it for you, I also felt sorry for my talent. Ye Xiaoqi is a member of the Communist Party. A fierce general has a bright future, if he can be used by you, he will definitely be your powerful arm in the future."

Chen Nian suddenly understood, and sneered: "What a plan to kill two birds with one stone! You can threaten me with Ye Xiaoqi's life, and ask Ye Xiaoqi to accept my great affection. He will only blame himself for dragging me down, but he doesn't know everything. It was because of me that he got involved!"

"Three birds with one stone," He Zhen said in a deep voice, "And Feng Junyang, I paved the way for you too."

Chen Nian was taken aback for a moment, and then he came to his senses, and said mockingly: "Yeah, I actually forgot that Feng Junyang was there. I talked to him so decisively before, if I go back and marry him, it will be hard for me to marry him." I was looked down upon by him. Thanks to you for giving me such a step down, it is really wonderful to make him think that I have to do it!"

"Only in this way can you continue to take the initiative. Feng Junyang has worked so hard to coax you back, even if the love fades in the future, he will cherish you even more." He Zhen ignored Chen Nian's ridicule, and just looked at her calmly , "Chen Nian, you are the only child of me and A Yuan, I will never harm you, one day in the future, you will understand what I did."

"The good one won't hurt me!" Chen Nian smiled angrily, and questioned He Zhen, "You won't hurt me, why do you abolish my martial arts? You won't hurt me, why do you force me to marry Feng Junyang ? Who said he was not a good match? He Zhen, can you be more shameless?"

He Zhen said: "If you have martial arts, but no brains, then the peerless master is just a martial artist who is fooled by others. As for marrying Feng Junyang, he has feelings for you, which is better than marrying Tuoba Yao."

"Why do I have to marry one of them?" Chen Nian said angrily.

(End of this chapter)