Rebirth Strategy: Please let me go

When Gu Qingchen walked out of the door and saw the two carriages at the door, he turned to An Jinshu with dark eyes and seemed to be asking silently.

An Jinshu smiled at him: "I usually ask you to ride in the carriage with me. Today is a special occasion, so I specially arranged another carriage for you."

"No need." Gu Qingchen refused coldly.

An Jinshu didn't understand that this was obviously a good thing and why should he refuse, but he still said to him patiently: "I arranged another carriage for you because I don't want outsiders to say it. Careful arrangements show that we attach great importance to it."

"That's what outsiders say. No need to care what others say." Gu Qingchen looked at her, her thin lips showing a faint red color, and what she said was even more irrefutable: "I only know that the two carriages are visible to outsiders. The relationship between you and me, my sister and my brother, is not on good terms, and we can even tell outsiders, does my sister want others to say that the Protectorate seems to be treating me favorably, but in fact, it looks down upon me? This is the first time I have appeared among the children of aristocratic families. , Sister is not even willing to protect me?"

"......"

Isn't this her fault?

An Jinshu suddenly had a headache. She found that it was more and more difficult to talk to Gu Qingchen. When he didn't like to talk in the past, she was afraid that the other person would not be close to her enough and it would affect his future. Now he likes to talk, but the words that come out of his mouth are not good. It would be better not to say something she likes to hear.

She sighed slightly from the side of her face and said in defeat: "Since I'm worried about this, please ride in the same car with me."

"Little sister? Brother, are you going to a banquet?"

An Jinran's voice suddenly sounded, and An Jinshu realized that her brother had been approaching on horseback at some point. He was sitting on the horse. He was a tall and handsome man in armor, and his red cape was fluttering. He had already dismounted and was in front of them.

"Brother."

An Jinshu greeted him with a smile: "Brother came back from the military camp?"

An Jinran hummed, looked at her and said solemnly: "Yangzhou is not peaceful these days. You two must pay attention to safety when you go to the banquet."

"It's not peaceful? I haven't heard anything." An Jinshu was confused.

Behind her, a cold look flashed in Gu Qingchen's eyes. He stepped forward and pretended to be unsure and asked, "Brother, are you talking about the serial killings in recent days?"

An Jinran nodded. When An Jinshu heard the word serial murder, his whole body went cold. There was some fear in his bright eyes: "What serial murder?"

"Recently, three or four young men around the age of fourteen have died in Yangzhou City one after another. The cause of death was that their throats were sealed with sharp weapons, and the techniques were extremely cruel." An Jinran's face was full of grief when he thought of those young men who died tragically. , the eyes looking at An Jinshu and the two men were also full of worry.

"I have been tracking the murderer for a long time, but I have no clue. Although based on my current experience, it seems that the murderer only targets men, and there is an age limit. But you two still need to be careful when going out. It is best to run away if something goes wrong."

"There is such a shocking thing!" An Jinshu was surprised, and then she turned to look at Gu Qingchen with uncontrollable worry in her eyes: "In this case, isn't it dangerous to go to the banquet today, or else it's not Let’s go.”

Gu Qingchen was noncommittal: "It's all up to my sister."

Seeing that he was so well-behaved, An Jinshu twitched the corner of his mouth in silence, how could this person be so good at pretending? There was a huge difference between him in front of others and behind others, and he was not so easy to talk to on weekdays.

Hearing this, Hong Li came forward with some embarrassment and reminded her: "Miss, you have replied to your post, and the other party has also spread the word. If you go back on your word now... it will ruin your reputation."

"But..." An Jinshu glanced at Gu Qingchen and said softly: "Nothing is as important as my brother's life. Who knows if the murderer will rush into the banquet. After all, everyone who went there today She is a young lady from an aristocratic family, and her age is similar to that of the murderer’s target. It’s too dangerous, no way.”

"It doesn't matter, you two are traveling to the lake and having a banquet in the daytime. I'm afraid the thief doesn't dare to show up under the clear sky and in broad daylight. I'll ask two soldiers to accompany you two to the banquet. After that, quickly return home."

When An Jinshu heard what his brother said, he lowered his head and thought for a moment before agreeing. This was already the most perfect method.

She didn't want what happened on the terrace to happen again.

After saying goodbye to An Jinran, An Jinshu and Gu Qingchen got into the carriage and headed to the West Lake for the banquet. Gu Qingchen closed her eyes and fell asleep after getting on the carriage. An Jinshu originally wanted to ask him what he thought about the serial murder. But seeing that he seemed to have no intention of speaking, he gave up talking to him.

An Jinshu turned to look outside the carriage. When he looked up, he found that the sky, which was originally clear and blue, was a little dark at the moment. Has the sky changed?

The banquet place held by Princess Anyang was an elegant and quiet place next to the West Lake. It was originally an unmaintained garden and was later bought by a wealthy businessman.

He claimed that he had trouble sleeping one night and went out to get some fresh air. He saw fireflies all over the sky flying towards the garden. He followed the fireflies and saw a big fiery red bird resting on the plane tree in the center of the garden.

The big bird's body was bright red, and its whole body was covered with dazzling flames. It stood on the top of the sycamore tree, surrounded by fireflies, and hundreds of birds in the sky were chirping.

And after the big bird stayed for a while, it spread out its huge flaming wings and soared into the sky. He only heard a loud cry. He lowered his head and covered his ears. When he raised his eyes, there was nothing in front of him, only the bird in the dark night. The sycamore branches were moving in the wind, and the scene just now seemed to be his yellow dream, disappearing without a trace.

Then he walked forward slowly and picked up a piece of red feather at the bottom of the sycamore tree. The next day, he bought the garden with a lot of money, saying that it was not for profit, but only wanted to protect the sycamore tree, but in his lifetime I can see that big bird resting on the plane tree again.

It is said that the red feather is still carefully collected by him.

Later, everyone in Yangzhou City heard the story he told, and everyone speculated about the origin of the big bird. After listening to it, a scholar said: I heard that there is a spiritual bird, its name is Phoenix, and it wants to stay in the sycamore tree at night. Taste the clear rain, wind and dew in the morning.

Only then did everyone know that what the wealthy businessman saw turned out to be an ancient spiritual bird: the Phoenix.

According to mythology, the sacred bird sings hundreds of songs, and can be ranked with the dragon, coexisting with the sky. Therefore, since ancient times, emperors and queens have used dragons and phoenixes to show their identities.

Even though what the wealthy businessman said was full of flaws, there were still people who wanted to be blessed and spent a lot of money to touch the sycamore tree, hoping to use the power of the phoenix to bless him with wealth and prosperity.

One thing leads to another. Both the aristocratic families and ordinary people in Yangzhou City are extremely interested in the sycamore tree, and they want to see its true appearance at any cost.

Later, when the wealthy businessman saw a business opportunity, he carved out the garden into a place where he could eat, drink and play, which is now: Wuqi Pavilion.

Although it is a place for eating, drinking and playing, not everyone can enter.

There are four prohibitions in this Wuqi Pavilion, which can be said to be extremely harsh, making those who fail to meet the conditions feel discouraged and devastated.

No one who is not a royal family is allowed to enter, no one who is not a noble family is allowed to enter, no one who is not an official is allowed to enter, and no one who is not a wealthy businessman is allowed to enter.

As soon as these four prohibitions came out, Wuqi Pavilion became a blessed place in the eyes of the nobles. Those nobles all lived their lives with a silver spoon in their mouths. Their eyes were higher than their heads, so they naturally looked down on those of low status.

If Wuqi Pavilion was a place where everyone could go, like a restaurant or teahouse, how could they regard this place as a treasured place in the cave? Just because this place was a treasured place and it was only open to the nobles, they flocked there like ducks and rushed there. When they come here to have fun, even if they have to wait several months to get a seat, they don't hesitate and would rather wait.