Chapter 81: Do You Still Recognize Me? Gu Jiangming

The sky was just beginning to brighten.

Chang An walked toward the yamen with his standard-issue long saber resting at his waist; for an ordinary person like him, every day was a routine of three points and one line, with nothing out of the ordinary.

Except for the majestic scenes of roaming the pugilistic world he had imagined in his childhood, now at twenty-five, he had long since lost such distracting thoughts.

Wake up, enter the yamen, patrol, go home.

This was the epitome of his last five or six years.

If it weren't for the fact that many people had gone missing in Leping County these days, causing the yamen to increase security and keep more yamen runners on duty, Chang An might never have known in this lifetime that such things as demons actually existed in this world.

In just three short days, the richness of these experiences was enough to fill the first half of his life, and could even serve as a topic of conversation in front of the children in the county.

Thinking of this, Chang An suddenly noticed a woman with long, flowing hair standing in front of the yamen; her expression looked extremely unfriendly, her brows tightly furrowed in displeasure, and in her right hand, she held a delicate and pretty little girl who appeared to be quite young.

What was surprising was that she had a head of long silver hair, a hair color that was still extremely rare in Great Jing.

Chang An did not know what her intentions were; it looked like she was here to report to the authorities, yet it didn't quite seem so, and seeing her just standing at the entrance was not right, so after much deliberation, he spoke up: "Miss, are you here to report to the authorities?"

Jiu Jiu, standing at the entrance of the yamen, heard a voice from behind; she had been worrying about not being able to catch someone to question, and having someone deliver themselves to her doorstep was truly perfect.

"I am here to look for someone," Jiu Jiu's cold voice rang out.

The place her demonic aura had located was right here, so Gu Jiangming must be in the vicinity; he could not have run very far.

However, this place called a yamen seemed to hold a high status among the Human Race, and she could not barge in without authorization, otherwise, it might cause trouble.

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

The current Jiu Jiu would not act too recklessly.

To avoid causing panic and chaos among the humans.

Though, this was just Jiu Jiu's ideal state, not something to dwell on.

A demon's rage is not so easily controlled; once the anger rises, all sorts of evil thoughts will sprout.

The newly awakened Jingwei bloodline's divinity still had not covered up the demonic nature in Jiu Jiu's bones.

"Looking for someone?" Chang An was stunned for a few seconds. "Oh, has someone gone missing? Are you here to report a case?"

He recalled that many people had gone missing in Leping County in recent days; perhaps some family members of the missing had come looking.

"Then it is late. A few days ago, Leping County was struck by demons, and many people in the county died. Miss, just give us the name, and it will be easier for our yamen people to find him."

Only then did Chang An notice that the woman before him was extremely beautiful, each having their own merits compared to Gu Jiangming's wife, who was also quite extraordinary.

It was just that the aura on this woman was terrifyingly cold.

She did not seem very approachable.

Jiu Jiu hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "I do not know if he has used any other names. If he has not used an alias, he should be surnamed Gu, and his given name is Jiangming."

Chang An froze for a few seconds.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Gu Jiangming," Jiu Jiu said again, and she added tirelessly, "Gu as in the Gu family, Jiang as in river, Ming as in bright moon."

"Oh, oh, oh—" Chang An nodded. "Miss, are you sure you want to find him?"

"That is correct," Jiu Jiu acknowledged.

To be honest, Jiu Jiu's patience had reached its limit; she did not understand why humans were always so slow when they spoke.

Whether this person exists or where he is, just give a straight answer.

"What is the matter?" Chang An asked cautiously. "Miss, what are you to him?"

Gu Mingyue, who was behind Jiu Jiu, walked up and said softly, "My mother is my father's wife, my father's name is Gu Jiangming, and my mother is here to find him."

"My name is Gu Mingyue."

Huh?

Huh, huh, huh?

Chang An felt that the number of times he had been shocked in these past few days had already exceeded the limit of his entire life; mainly because certain things always developed from directions he never expected.

He had never imagined such a counter-intuitive development.

"You... you are also his wife?" Chang An's voice stuttered again; mainly because this kind of thing was truly too heaven-defying, already outside the scope of what a normal person could comprehend.

And there's a damn daughter too?

What on earth is going on?

You really are something!

Master Gu.

You really are worthy of being you.

Chang An felt he was already unable to speak.

And Jiu Jiu, who was to the side, decided to correct Chang An's phrasing: "I am his wife, not 'also' his wife."

"Can you tell me where he is?" Jiu Jiu offered a smile, her hand already resting on Tingshui Xuan; she could not help but want to draw her sword.

A dragon had appeared out of nowhere and snatched her position as his wife, and judging by the tone of these people, they seemed to acknowledge that dragon as the 'wife' even more.

What kind of provocation was this to her?

Humiliation!

How humiliating!

"Master Gu usually comes to the yamen at the hour of the Dragon to perform clerk duties for the County Assistant." Seeing the woman's unfriendly expression and that she had already raised her hand to the hilt of her sword, Chang An answered hurriedly.

Chang An felt that the other party must be someone from the martial arts world.

He wondered if she could spar with that old immortal, Xu Qingyun.

But seeing her face so young and at such an age, he feared she could not.

"If you are in a hurry to find him, Miss, go out of Leping County; there is a residence outside the county, and Master Gu lives there."

"No rush, I can wait for him in the yamen."

Chang An knocked on the yamen door, and the yamen runner on duty inside opened it.

Jiu Jiu pondered for a moment; she would go find Gu Jiangming, for what if he ran away? Waiting here for him to walk right into the trap would be just perfect.

Thinking of this, Jiu Jiu walked into the yamen with a composed expression, making her way to the stone table in the courtyard hall.

"Slap—"

She placed Listening Water Pavilion on the stone table.

Paired with Jiu Jiu's cold and silent expression, it gave off an even more murderous air, and ordinary people dared not disturb her.

"Chang An, who is she?" Lu Yufeng had also just stood up, and hearing the commotion, he couldn't help but ask.

Besides, people from the Imperial City Division were about to be sent over to investigate the cause of the demon infestation in Leping County, hoping to find the nest where that merman lived.

He didn't know what kind of sacred being this woman before him was, or what her background was.

Recently, our Leping County has truly been lively.

"Madam Gu," Chang An said in a low voice.

He always felt that the woman before him was very dangerous, and to avoid bringing trouble upon himself, he decided to keep a low profile.

"Which Madam Gu?" Lu Yufeng's voice was full of vigor, heavy with official jargon; with Assistant Magistrate Li about to leave, he was the highest-ranking person in this yamen.

"Gu Jiangming," Chang An said the full name.

"Who?" Lu Yufeng's reaction was almost identical to Chang An's earlier, and he even wondered if he had misheard.

"Gu Jiangming," Chang An said again, "the one you are thinking of."

"Ah?" Lu Yufeng was stunned, then added: "Where did he get so many wives? Didn't he already have one before? How is there another one?"

As he said this, Lu Yufeng's peripheral vision already caught Jiu Jiu taking out her sword, using a cloth for wiping swords to gently polish the surface of the blade.

This made Lu Yufeng's voice subconsciously become much quieter.

Moreover, this one clearly felt much more dangerous than the other; whether it was her icy temperament or that action of wiping the sword, it all seemed like the kind that could make someone bleed on the spot.

"There's also a daughter," Chang An said, lowering his voice.

"Ah? There's also a daughter?!" Lu Yufeng was shocked again.

Who says men don't like gossip? When it comes to this kind of gossip, they listen even more diligently than women.

Lu Yufeng was even looking forward to how Gu Jiangming would handle this, feeling a sense of schadenfreude.

What's the use of being pretty?

Being thorny means being dangerous.

Isn't it better to marry a virtuous wife and properly manage the household and raise children? Why must he provoke these martial arts women?

Now it's done, she's brought a sword to his doorstep.

How many lives do you have to be able to play like this?

"Help me brew a pot of tea in the back hall," Lu Yufeng secretly curled his lips into a smile, then quickly suppressed it.

And at this moment.

A burst of footsteps came from outside the yamen.

Chang An's movement to brew tea stopped abruptly, because listening to the noisy sounds outside, he felt that the man was about to arrive.

"Didn't I tell you? You sleep in the other room; we are, by definition, in a contractual relationship, not a marital one."

"We are husband and wife, we are husband and wife, we are husband and wife."

"I don't care, we are husband and wife!"

As he spoke, Gu Jiangming's left foot had already stepped through the door.

Bang—

The Flying Sword in Jiu Jiu's hand, fueled by her Demon Power, pierced into a pillar supporting the entrance.

And Gu Jiangming happened to be walking through that passageway, and this sword landed straight in front of his face.

A hair's breadth of difference, yet it left him drenched in sweat.

But when Gu Jiangming looked closely at the face of the person who threw the Flying Sword, he was even more afraid to sweat; he forcibly swallowed back the cold sweat covering his head, not even daring to take a deep breath.

"Gu Jiangming."

Jiu Jiu's tone was very calm.

"Do you still recognize me?"

Her gaze traveled, slowly focusing on Gu Jiangming at the yamen entrance.

(End of this chapter)