Compared with the Wang family, which was gloomy and burdened with huge debts, the Jiang family was granted the title of hereditary marquis by Emperor Qianyuan, so they naturally organized large banquets and invited guests, making the Jiang family very lively.

Within a few days, the happy event of the Chiang family being ennobled suppressed the public discussion in the capital about the Chiang family's separation of property.

The Jiang family stayed behind closed doors, but Jiang Dayong often brought Wang Zhiyao to meet guests and praised his precious little girl from head to toe. In Jiang Dayong's opinion, no one could compare with the little girl.

Sometimes, Jiang Dayong's words made Wang Zhiyao blush.

She also knew her grandfather's thoughts and was afraid that she would be affected by the Jiang family's divorce and separation.

What's more, the Wang family has been expropriated, Wang Yixin has been demoted and his reputation has been ruined. If Wang Zhiyao no longer has someone to take care of and protect her grandfather, she may be picked on when she gets married in the future.

In Jiang Dayong's view, little Niu Niu was really not suitable to marry into a general's family. Firstly, the people Jiang Dayong knew were too vulgar, and secondly... as a general, life and death were unpredictable. Jiang Dayong was worried that Wang Zhiyao would eventually become a widow.

Therefore, Jiang Dayong took the opportunity of this banquet to send invitations to all the famous nobles and noble families in the capital.

In the past, he was not willing to deal with the group of civil servants and nobles who disliked his low background. Now, Jiang Dayong is willing to do anything for Xiao Niuniu. What's more, Mr. Liu, the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has also helped him, and the civil servants are not all sad either.

Confucianism.

Although there is only one rank difference between hereditary earl and hereditary marquis, their treatment is very different. After the dispute between the Jiang family and the Wang family, others once again saw clearly that Jiang Dayong was one of the most trusted ministers of Emperor Qianyuan.

Important ministers and nobles were also willing to give Jiang Dayong face.

Duke Yansheng, who had been spending the day in peace, came in person with his wife. The hesitant civil servants made up their minds that they must go to the banquet at Xining Houfu.

On the day of the banquet at Xining Houfu, there were many guests. In addition to Yan Shenggong, the capital commander Gu Tianze personally visited, making the originally lively atmosphere quiet for a while...

The relationship between Jiang Dayong and Gu Tianze is probably very close.

Third Young Master Gu was someone who was not even invited to the Dingguo Palace's banquets.

"What do you think he is here for?" Wang Zhiyao complained bitterly to her best friend Miss Kong Si, "When he came, everyone only looked at him."

Who still remembers that the master is grandpa?

Wang Zhiyao guessed that Gu Sanshao was here to 'collect debt'.

There were vague rumors about the meeting in the Imperial Study Room. Wang Zhiyao never expected that the prince would be involved in this lawsuit.

The last time she helped Gu Tianze repair his pocket watch, it was obviously not enough to compensate for the help Gu Tianze provided to the Jiang family. She had planned to pretend to be deaf and dumb, but who would have expected that Gu Tianze would come to the Jiang family in person.

Kong Si pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes seemed to be a bit playful, and he pinched Wang Zhiyao's cheek next to him. Her soft, jade-clear skin was better than his own, and she didn't know what kind of makeup Wang Zhiyao used. Although her appearance was not as exquisite as hers,

But not one out of ten thousand people has ice-skinned skin.

"Pretend, are you going to pretend again?" Kong Si warned Wang Zhiyao in a low voice. "Others don't know, and I don't know who Third Young Master Gu is here for?"

"..."

Wang Zhiyao's eyes showed a hint of shyness. "Did you misunderstand?"

"Marquis Jiang is always around my grandfather recently. I heard that they had a joke when they were drunk..." Kong Si looked at Wang Zhiyao, who was a little hasty, with interest, "My brother said that he and you have a bad temper.

I talked to my grandfather for a long time, and I... I asked my brother secretly, and I was bothered for several days. My brother finally said that you are acquainted with the commander of the capital city."

"It's just acquaintance."

"San Shao Gu doesn't show pretense to anyone. Knowing you means treating you differently."

Although Kong Si was a little regretful, he also knew that although his brother was one of the two heroes in the capital, he could not compare with Mr. Gu.

It was right for him not to interfere between Gu Sanshao and Wang Zhiyao. Miss Kong Si only hoped that Wang Zhiyao could live well.

When she heard about the Wang family, Miss Kong Si felt pity and affection for Wang Zhiyao, and she also had a hint of admiration. As her grandmother said, Sister Wang Qi was soft on the outside but strong on the inside, and she was a person with big ideas.

Wang Zhiyao took her hand and said softly: "Don't say that, who am I? Who is he? We've just known each other in this life."

This was one of the reasons why she was worried about Wang Zhiyao. Not only did he like Gu Tianze's wife, but more importantly, Emperor Qianyuan was satisfied with her. There had been rumors that Emperor Qianyuan had said that he would choose a beautiful girl from heaven for Gu Tianze.

Wang Zhiyao's temperament and appearance are not bad. If her surname was Jiang, it would be possible, but her surname was Wang... How could Fourth Master Wang's official position qualify him to be the father-in-law of Third Young Master Gu?

"Sister Wang Qi..."

"He and I are just casual acquaintances," Wang Zhiyao said with a faint smile.

Miss Kong Si sighed silently and complained a little more to Gu Tianze. If Gu Tianze couldn't marry Sister Wang Qi, why would he provoke Sister Wang Qi? Her brother stayed away, and her grandfather also made it clear to Mr. Jiang that the two of them

If the family can't get married, even if Wang Zhiyao is a good person, it won't work.

Grandfather said that although the Kong family was Yan Shenggong, a holy place in the hearts of literati in the world, the Kong family relied on Emperor Qianyuan today, and it was definitely not suitable for the Kong family to marry a woman who had a relationship with Gu Sanshao.

Duke Yansheng treated the inheritance of the Confucius family more carefully and carefully than anyone else.

This is also the reason why the Confucius family can stand firm no matter what dynasty or generation it is in. They will never be arrogant and arrogant because they are descendants of the sage Confucius and want to compete with the emperor.

"We won't talk about him."

She took the initiative to talk to Wang Zhiyao about interesting gossip in the capital. The two of them hid aside and talked more and more lively. They were both cheerful people who loved gossip.

Miss Kong Si deliberately made Wang Zhiyao happy and asked her to put down Fourth Master Wang and Third Young Master Gu. The gossip was very interesting. She even wanted to bring Wang Zhiyao into the camp of worshiping Tianshu.

Miss Kong Si was a stunning and elegant beauty with a high family background, and she was already in the spotlight of the married woman. Although Wang Zhiyao was not as good looking as Kong Si, she had a very good temperament, and she would not be reduced to a foil when she was with Kong Si.

The two of them were young and tender, so they naturally attracted the attention of many wives.

At the hairpin party, Liu Sanben took away Wang Zhiyao's gemstone flowers, which made her famous for a while. Later, Liu Sanben said nothing about the matter, only saying that he was moved by Wang Zhiyao's piano sound, and there was no news from the palace.

Wang Zhiyao would be a good match for the prince, and Liu Sanben had always liked to play the piano. He was upright and unreasonable, so even if the prince had intentions, he would not be able to move Liu Sanben's orders.

Therefore, Wang Zhiyao was regarded as a master of playing the piano and impressed Liu Sanben with her artistic conception.

Although she was born into the royal family, fortunately she was the most favored granddaughter of the Marquis of Xining. The married women thought that Wang Zhiyao was not worthy of their marriageable son, the eldest son or the crown prince, but the youngest son could look up to her.

The matrons of the house have a certain range of considerations for their children's marriage, and they have already made up their minds about what status suits them best.

…

Gu Tianze was sitting alone at a wine table. The food on the table was rich and the wine was fragrant, but he was the only one at the whole long table. No matter how crowded the wine table next to him was, no one could even sit at the table where he sat.

He seemed to be used to it, holding a wine glass and drinking by himself. He didn't feel anything wrong at all.

Occasionally he raised his eyes to look at the female guest. Through the hazy screen, he could see where Wang Zhiyao was sitting... The person next to her must be Miss Kong. Gu Tianze squeezed the wine glass tightly. It was too intrusive and unsightly.

He didn't have much chance to meet Wang Zhiyao, but he finally waited until the Jiang family was having a banquet, and all the male and female guests gathered. There were so many people and no one would pay much attention to him. However, Wang Zhiyao only remembered to accompany Miss Kong's family.

This wine is terrible.

Gu Tianze raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, narrowing his eyes. He glanced at Mr. Kong who was not far away and pursed his lips. Mr. Kong, who was chatting with his friends, felt a chill in his back and glanced at Gu quietly.

Third Young Master, seeing him get up and go to the martial arts arena open to the Jiang family, Master Kong hurriedly asked the young man to go and deliver a message to his sister.

"My brother is looking for me?"

"Yes, the young master has something important to do with you, so I want you to go quickly."

"Sister Kong Si, go quickly, we will talk later."

"All right."

Kong Si believed it, got up and left with his servants.

Wang Zhiyao glanced in the direction of the male guests, got up by mistake, and quietly slipped away from the banquet hall.

The Jiang family is no better than a prominent family, even when entertaining guests, they are very informal. There are more than twenty tables in the hall, and guests can sit wherever they want... and only a screen separates the men and women.

If you dislike the lack of light in the hall and want some fresh air, the whole house of the Jiang family is open to guests, so you can take a stroll wherever you want.

However, because the Jiang family’s garden is average, the fruits and vegetables in the backyard have been collected long ago. The garden is covered with ice and snow, and there is nothing there. Naturally, no one goes for a walk in the Jiang family’s backyard in the cold weather, and civil servants don’t care much about places like the martial arts field.

Interested. Fortunately, the Jiang family has opened enough living rooms, so civil servants will not have nowhere to go.

As for the generals who came to congratulate the Jiang family, they had already dragged the children of the Jiang family and started drinking together.

Therefore, except for Third Master Gu and the mysterious Wang Zhiyao, there was no one in the martial arts training ground.

There were eighteen kinds of weapons on the shelf next to the martial arts training ground. Gu Sanshao casually picked up a pair of copper hammers and weighed them, secretly thinking that the Jiang family is indeed very powerful...

There were slight footsteps behind him, and someone stepped on the snow, making a crunching sound. Gu Tianze turned around and curled his lips, "I guess you will come."

His confident and proud look is very dazzling, but he is also very weak.

Wang Zhiyao snorted coldly and turned around, "So my cousin isn't here..."

Gu Tianze put down the hammer in his hand, leaned against the wooden stake standing next to him, and said slowly: "Your brother hasn't become a disciple yet."

"Hey." Wang Zhixuan immediately turned around, with a flattering and flattering smirk on her face, "Hello, Mr. Gu, have you eaten? Have you drank? What do you want to use? I'll get it for you."

"Come back, come back." Gu Tianze was extremely depressed. There were too many such hypocritical smiles on the faces of others. He reached out and grabbed Wang Zhiyao's arm and asked in a low voice: "Did you do this on purpose?"

Deliberately making him depressed, deliberately making him angry.

Sure enough, there was never a smooth moment when getting along with her.

He had never been angry in front of anyone. Gu Tianze wondered if he had only been angry with her in his life?

God is indeed fair. He sent down Wang Zhiyao to let Gu Tianze, who has always been smooth and smooth, know what depression is, what chest tightness is, and what it means to... not let go.

His palm held her arm tightly. Wang Zhiyao looked back. The handsome young man in front of her closed her eyelids slightly. The black hair on the back of his head swayed in the wind. Clusters of flying snow fell from the trees and roofs, hanging on the roof.

The sun in the sky seemed to be a little warmer because of him. Wang Zhiyao pursed her lips and asked, "Are you angry?"

"Um."

"Then don't be angry."

"Um."

Wang Zhiyao turned around completely and faced Gu Tianze face to face. She originally wanted to say an apology or a word of gratitude, but he closed his eyes slightly and couldn't say anything... What are you pretending to do?

Lifting her foot, Wang Zhiyao stomped on Gu Tianze's foot, "Let you pretend?"

"You..." Gu Tianze's feet hurt, and there was a hint of helplessness on Jun's face. In fact, he had already felt it when she raised her feet.

Gu Tianze is good at both internal and external skills. How could Wang Zhiyao be his opponent with his little boxing and kicking skills?

Although he closed his eyes slightly, he could still see her every move clearly. Although her deliberate fake smile just now made Gu Tianze very uncomfortable, he was even more worried that Wang Zhiyao would become really angry and become no different from others.

So, when he saw Wang Zhiyao raising her feet, he was thinking whether he should hide or not.

Avoid. She would be angry. If she didn't hide, she would lose face... Sensing the smile on Wang Zhiyao's lips, Gu Tianze just kicked her and decided not to hide... What he said just now was not very good.

"It hurts."

Wang Zhiyao seemed to be doing it on purpose. She jumped up and down on one foot in a clever and weird way, and said angrily: "It hurts. You hit my foot."

"..."

Gu Tianze felt a little aggrieved and slapped her in vain. The person in front of him didn't have any consciousness at all.

Wang Zhiyao turned around and stood beside him, tilting her head to look at his profile. Even in profile, Gu Sanshao was very handsome, "Don't be angry, I...I'm not even angry."

"Why are you angry?" Gu Tianze asked dully. "Aren't all the Wang families deprived of their titles?"

What are you angry about? Wang Zhiyao smiled hoarsely. She listened to what Miss Kong Si said just now. This incident deeply touched her.

She witnessed with her own eyes how much Emperor Qianyuan loved and trusted Gu Sanshao, and she also saw clearly Gu Sanshao's influence in both the government and the public.

Gu Tianze was the proud son of the dynasty, while she was just a young lady from an ordinary official family whose parents had separated.

If there was no grandpa, others would think that her standing next to Gu Sanshao would lower Gu Sanshao's style.

"Do you like azalea blue very much?"

"..." Gu Tianze's face was slightly red and his expression was slightly embarrassed, "You know?"

"Except for you, no one would pay attention to me at that time." Wang Zhiyao's eyes flashed with gratitude, "Actually, I should say thank you."

Only Gu Sanshao could see his embarrassment and sentimentality at that time. Jiang only felt angry at that time, but how could Wang Yixin see him in his eyes?

The atmosphere between the two was a bit awkward. Gu Tianze wanted to raise his hand to brush away the haze between Wang Zhiyao's eyebrows... Just when his fingers were about to touch her eyebrows, he was stared at by her clear and grateful eyes... Gu Tianze picked up the weapon rack at the back.

The sword on the top, "This sword is good."

"Do you like to listen to the piano?"

"fine."

Gu Tianze's heart moved, and the words he originally didn't like changed his words. After listening to Liu Sanben playing the piano, ordinary piano sounds could not move him at all.

"I wonder if anyone will pass by here?" Wang Zhiyao looked around. Although few people came to the martial arts training ground, what if someone passed by and saw them together?

Wang Zhiyao only regards Gu Tianze as a friend who lives in the world of wealth and wealth, and can only meet him occasionally before he gets married. The world of wealth and wealth is not something she can get involved in, and she is not willing to go.

"No one will pass by." Gu Tianze said confidently, pointing to the martial arts training ground at his feet, "I don't want to see anyone except you."

"This is Xininghou Mansion."

Wang Zhiyao admired Gu Tianze's pride, but also felt itchy in her teeth. She wondered which guards were standing at the door of the martial arts training ground.

"I know."

"..." When Wang Zhiyao heard this, she didn't know what to say. She thought that Gu Tianze was alone in the living room just now, "Don't you feel lonely?"

Gu Tianze shook his head blankly: "Lonely? Never before."

It seems that he has been so 'different' since he was a child.

"Do you have any close friends or playmates?"

"There is one." The corners of Gu Tianze's lips raised slightly, and the smile in his eyes grew a little thicker. "Next time he comes to the capital, I will take you to meet him."

The person who can be regarded as a life and death friend by Gu Tianze should also be a dragon among men.

She heard Gu Tianze's deep voice penetrate into her ears, "When the time comes, you have to put your thoughts aside. He will know what you are thinking just by looking at it."

"So powerful?" Wang Zhiyao was unhappy and said angrily: "Who do you think has evil intentions?"

"Speaking of you, you have a lot of evil thoughts."

"San Shao Gu..."

Wang Zhiyao glared at him, "Give me back the rhododendron blue!"

Gu Tianze stroked the dark lines on his sleeves and said, "Why return it to you? What Liu Sanben gave to me is already mine."

Wang Zhiyao turned around and left. Gu Tianze shouted from behind: "What are you doing?"

"Get the piano."

"you……"

Wang Zhiyao looked back and smiled at Gu Tianze, "I'll give you a piece of music so that you, San Shao Gu, can know whether my music is worthy of Master Liu taking away the Rhododendron Blue."

Send music?

Gu Tianze wanted to say that he was not very good at musical notation, and it was impossible for him to know what Emperor Qianyuan didn't know.

After a while, Wang Zhiyao came back with the nine-tailed harp in her arms, pointed at Gu Tianze's large clothes and said, "Take it off."

Gu Tianze thought for a while and unbuttoned the jeweled buttons. Wang Zhiyao was wearing a little thin clothes, so he threw the big dress to her.

Wang Zhiyao spread his clothes on the ground, and sat on it herself. She put the nine-tailed harp on her knees, tried the syllables, and raised her eyebrows and asked, "You have to make sure no one can break in."

Gu Tianze saw her seriousness and at the same time knew that it was not the right time for Emperor Qianyuan to know about this matter. He put his finger to his lips and a sharp whistle sounded. Immediately, whistles came from all directions in response. Gu Tianze said: "You play

No matter how ugly it is, no one will hear it."

"Let me believe you for once." Wang Zhiyao did not argue with Gu Tianze everywhere like before. The time they spent together was getting shorter and shorter, and Wang Zhiyao did not want to waste time on quarreling and bickering.

The passionate music of the piano was ringing. The last time Wang Zhiyao played the piano, she played the Taiping tune. This time, she used the song "General Breaking the Formation".

This piece of music is not easy to play, especially for women. It requires a lot of finger strength to pluck the strings quickly. If you are not fully prepared, the tendons of your fingers will be damaged after one piece.

Just now when she was watching Gu Tianze pick up the sword, Wang Zhiyao had the idea of ​​giving the song "General Breaking the Formation" to Gu Sanshao.

Gu Tianze is not a wealthy young man kept captive by Emperor Qianyuan. His mission and ambition lie on the battlefield.

Maybe one day, he will return to heaven because of a great victory. Wang Zhiyao didn't know why she had such an idea, she just thought so.

Gu Tianze listened to the music and couldn't hold back his blood boiling. The song "The General Breaks the Formation"... He had not heard it for a long time. Even though Liu Sanben had superb skills, he could not play the flavor and momentum. He was a general who went forward unfailingly and left his name in history.

spirit.

He drew his sword and danced to the music like a dragon rolling in the clouds.

It is not a sword dance, but a real swordsmanship, a swordsmanship that steals people's lives without leaving a trace. Wherever the cold light flashes, it will definitely pick up heads one after another.

His sword and her harp fit perfectly and set off each other, like a match made in heaven.

…

Liu Sanben accidentally heard the sound of the piano, so he stood up and walked out of the attic quickly. He stopped to listen. His strangeness also made the people around him stop talking. Which master was playing the piano?

The song "The General Breaks the Formation", is there anyone in the country who can play such powerful music?

If it weren't for Gu Tianze's sword energy, Wang Zhiyao probably wouldn't have been able to persevere. It's because of him that this piece of music is complete.

The sound of the piano gradually faded away, Gu Tianze put away his sword move, the two looked at each other and smiled, Wang Zhiyao said: "May the general get what he wants and be invincible."

"Did you know that he said that I would die on the battlefield..."

"Ah." Wang Zhiyao's heart skipped a beat, "Who? Who said you would die in battle? Isn't this a curse on you?"

Gu Tianze returned the sword to its scabbard and said with a smile: "He didn't curse me. In order to help me change my destiny against heaven, he gave up all enjoyment and practiced meditation in the mountains and forests to understand the secrets of heaven. He would rather sacrifice his life... It's a pity that he doesn't understand. I'm not afraid.

Die on the battlefield."

"I like the sound of your piano, and the rhododendron blue is mine."

Gu Tianze took a deep breath and strode outside the martial arts training ground.

"Hey, hey."

"Do you have anything else?"

"I don't want you to die." Wang Zhiyao's voice was very soft, and her fingers trembled slightly after playing the piano, "I don't want you to die in battle..."

"I remembered."

Gu Tianze stopped for a moment.

After Gu Tianze left, Wang Zhiyao also left the martial arts training ground quickly and quietly. With Gu Tianze in front and outside attracting everyone's attention, no one would think of her as a suspect.

Even Liu Sanben didn't go into the martial arts training ground. After seeing Gu Tianze, Liu Sanben took the initiative to step forward. Without asking, he felt as uncomfortable as a hundred claws scratching his heart. "Master Gu, who was the person playing the piano just now?"

"Fuqin? I didn't hear it."

"As long as Mr. Gu tells me, I will be willing to help you again in the future..."

"I didn't hear it."

"..."

Liu Sanben didn't dare to force Gu Tianze at all. His beard was trembling with anxiety. Who is it? Who is it?

He couldn't ask, and the people who paid attention to this matter were even less likely to get the answer. They could only assume that it was a well-known lady who came to the Jiang family, or a male friend of Third Young Master Gu.

"Sister Wang Qi, do you know who she is?"

"do not know."

Wang Zhiyao didn't dare to pick up the wine glass and other objects. Her fingers were still trembling and she couldn't pick them up at all.

Kong Si sighed. Although she had doubts about Wang Zhiyao, she didn't really believe that Wang Zhiyao could perform a complete divine comedy with profound artistic conception.

…

Outside the Xining Marquis Gate, a carriage slowly passed by the wealthy and bustling Marquis Mansion. There was only one person sitting in the carriage. The skinny man, who had been tired of copying books all day, slowly closed his eyes and said, "Go back home."

"Yes, Fourth Master."
Chapter completed!