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After more than a month, Jiang Chengjia and Ning Nanyou finally arrived in Kuaiji on a long journey.

The convoy had just arrived at the water tower, and a maid came to greet him before the courtyard. Jiang Chengjia got out of the car, stood in the slightly hot wind, looked up at the towering tower deep in the forest, and took a deep breath.

Ning Nanyou surrounded her and gently held her shoulder with one hand. The girl came to her senses, looked up at him, leaned on her body and whispered: "I haven't been back here for a long time... I've rushed to Kyoto and wanted to find you, but I never returned to the Shuilou again. I wonder if everything is still the same here?"

"Are you back now? What is the water tower? Let's go in and take a look and you'll know."

After saying that, he gently hugged the girl's waist, walked towards the tower, and stepped across the screen wall of the courtyard. A group of maids and servants led them to the towering tower.

Xue Bi was waiting in front of this exquisite red tower. From a distance, she saw the Marquis of Huaiyin walking slowly with his pavilion master. So she hurriedly came forward and bowed to the girl in the husband's arms and said, "Xue Bi has seen Miss Jiang... The boat and car are exhausted, and the girl has worked so hard."

Everyone in Shuilou was ready to welcome Jiang Chengjia.

The boy and girl stopped in front of the water tower, and only two people followed behind her, one was Yue Chong and the other was Nian Qian.

This time, Jiang Chengjia specially instructed Xue Bi in the letter that many servants and guards who came with them were Ning Nanyou's confidants, but they still could not fully trust them. Therefore, as soon as the car driver entered Kuaiji, a special person came to escort them, and these guards who followed the car were arranged by Xue Bi to live in various restaurants in Kuaiji.

Kuaiji, after all, is the territory of Shuige, so it is natural to listen to Jiang Chengjia's arrangements. Ning Nanyou respects her decision and agrees with her approach of preventing things in case.

Since Yue Chong was present, Xue Bi did not dare to call Jiang Chengjia the head of the pavilion, so he could only respect Miss Jiang and led the four people at the door into the house.

This hexagonal tower is already amazing from the outside, which is amazing. The tower is thin and upright, with the top of the tower like a cover, the tower brake is like a bottle, and the black and red vermilion are intertwined, which has a solemn and solemn feeling. A golden bell is hung on the corner of each floor of the tower. When the breeze blows, a crisp and pleasant sound comes from the jingle. The top of the tower is decorated with green glazed tiles, and the tower body is made of beige bricks and gray-white marble. The spire stands in the mist, seemingly hidden and appearing, and is out of reach.

After entering the tower, Ning Nanyou realized what a different world was. The scene inside the building was even more amazing. It was covered with tricks, with more than a dozen wooden racks standing on each floor, and the shelves were filled with marked scrolls of books. When they walked into the first floor, they saw many boys and virgins wearing crescent silver robes and long hair crowns walking back and forth beside the bookshelf, holding bamboo slips in their hands, checking the bibliography around.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Nanyou followed Jiang Chengjia's footsteps and headed to the second floor. The people who were interspersed between the bookshelf changed to older boys and girls. They were wearing light yellow robes and lowered their heads to immerse themselves in the ancient books in their hands, which was very fascinating.

Going further up, the people who monitor and organize bookshelf on each floor grew as the number of layers grew, and their age gradually increased. On the sixth floor, a group of sixty-year-old men were guarding here. Along the way, Ning Nanyou didn't say a word, just observing everything in the water building, and was shocked.

Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Chengjia explained to him softly: "The water building is divided into seven floors. The first six floors are used to place precious ancient books collected from various parts of the Jiuzhou continent. They are arranged according to different categories and are managed and sorted by people of different ages. These people are carefully selected by Uncle Fang Si beside me. The tower attic of the water building is the place where the pavilion owner, his confidants, and their confidants handle the affairs in the building and in the pavilion. What we are going to now is the meeting hall on the roof."

Ning Nanyou nodded while listening and asked in a low voice: "Why do you want to go to the meeting hall?"

Jiang Chengjia leaned into his ear and replied, "Because General Yue Fu lives in the underground secret room of the Xipianyuan, I only have the keys there except for the maids, entourages and doctors who take care of his daily life. Moreover, the attendants with the keys around General Yue listened to my orders. Without my permission, they would not open the door to the underground secret room of the Xipianyuan, nor would they let people enter and exit at will. I need my handwritten to go to the Xipianyuan, which is updated once a month.

Only the kitchen in the water pavilion who is responsible for meals and the waiters who are responsible for collecting and delivering medicines can enter. These people can only walk outside the secret room and leave the things that General Yuefu needs in the yard and must leave. I have been traveling outside Kuaiji for many years. In order to prevent loss, I cannot carry the key to the secret room with me, so I put it in the convention hall on the top attic and hid it."

Ning Nanyou said in surprise: "You guard the place where Uncle Yue lives so closely?"

Jiang Chengjia was helpless: "There is no way. Your father is too close to the Water Pavilion. Although the defense here is tight, it is inevitable that the detailed work trained by the Huai Prince's Mansion will be mixed in. I cannot completely avoid all risks, so I can only protect General Yue Fu in this way.

Otherwise, if the hidden secret probes could find that General Yue was still alive, my father would definitely send people into the Shuilou to assassinate. Who said that Shuilou was strictly guarded and had elite soldiers, it could be said that it was a wall of iron, but if people were to make mistakes and horses were torn, I would not dare to fully guarantee that Shuilou could withstand my father's attack."

"You think carefully... If it weren't for this, General Yuefu would probably not be able to survive."

Ning Nanyou listened to her explanation, his black eyes couldn't help but feel dark and said helplessly.

Jiang Chengjia saw through the sadness in his eyes, reached out to hold his palm, and whispered: "As long as you can hide it from your father, everything will be fine. General Yue Fu is the best to live, right?"

Ning Nanyou was stunned, smiled knowingly, nodded and said nodded, and then continued to follow her to the top of the building.

After she got the key alone, she immediately ordered Xue Bi to go to the Xipianyuan to prepare for the meeting between Yue Chong and Yue Fu and his son.

In the conference hall, she and Xue Bi were the only ones. Ning Nanyou and Yue Chong, and Nian Qian was outside the door.

Seeing the girl acting so urgently, Xue Bi couldn't help asking, "Why should you be so anxious? After today's rest, I'd better go to the Xipianyuan to see General Yue Fu tomorrow?"

Jiang Chengjia shook his head and said, "No, do this earlier and feel at ease. Junhou and I cannot stay in Kuaiji for a long time. If we stay for too long, news will definitely spread. If it floats into Ning Zheng's ears, it will be bad. Therefore, I plan to stay in the Shuilou for only two days, and set off to return to Kyoto immediately after tonight and the evening after the day and the next day."

Xue Bi was shocked and said a little surprised: "The Lord of the Pavilion is so hasty in this trip..."

Seeing that he seemed a little disappointed, Jiang Chengjia smiled and said, "I think... you miss Xue Qing and your brother? In the second half of the year, maybe I and Junhou will make a big move. At that time, you will entrust everything from the Water Tower to the envoy to the Panglou and bring people to Luoyang."

Xue Bi immediately looked bright and said, "Is it really possible?"

Seeing that he was so excited, his eyes stuttered slightly, his pupils turned, and then he understood his thoughts. He turned the corner of his mouth and told him: "If you want to go to find Chunniang, you don't have to go to Luoyang."

Xue Bi was stunned and stuttered: "How could the Lord know that what I was thinking in my heart..."

Jiang Chengjia glared at him: "The girl in Kuaiji is not enough for you, and you are still thinking about Chunniang who is invincible? Xue Bi, let me tell you that although Yan Chunniang is a secret move for me, she is also an extremely important person around me. If you have any thoughts on her, I advise you to put it away as soon as possible. Her temper and martial arts are not comparable to you."

She said everything, hoping that Xue Bi could understand that she did not agree with the matter between them. Xue Bi was a famous flower prodigal son in Kuaiji. Although she was extremely loyal to her, her attitude towards feelings made her unable to agree with her, and even a little disgusted. She regarded Yan Chunniang as her sister and would never allow such a cold, ruthless man to approach Yan Chunniang.

Xue Bi saw the resistance in the girl's eyes. Seeing that she was angry, she didn't dare to have such thoughts anymore. She blushed and said, "Here... I understand."

Jiang Chengjia stared at him solemnly for a while, telling him that he was not joking. It was not until Xue Bi lowered her head ashamed that she withdrew her gaze and waved her hand and ordered: "Just understand, go down and prepare. Junhou and I went to Dongnuan Building for a while before going to the West Pianyuan Courtyard."

After saying that, she pushed open the door of the conference hall and walked towards Ning Nanyou.

"Have you got it?" Ning Nanyou asked gently.

Jiang Chengjia nodded, smiled and said softly: "I have asked Xue Bi to arrange it. We will go to the West Pianyuan this afternoon."

Yue Chong, who was standing not far away, kept staring at the boy and girl, was already full of doubts, and finally couldn't help but walk forward and asked, "Lord... Why do you and the lady insist on bringing their subordinates to the Shuilou... Now that you have arrived in Kuaiji, you should tell them, right?"

Ning Nanyou looked at him deeply, his expression was normal, his eyes tried to restrain the fluctuations, and said in a shallow voice: "Don't be in a hurry, you will know everything until the afternoon. Now... just follow my and my wife's arrangements."

Yue Chong was confused and felt inexplicably. He could not guess what Ning Nanyou and Jiang Chengjia thoughts. After listening to his lord's explanation, he had to respond: "Okay."

Jiang Chengjia glanced at Ning Nanyou, then lowered his eyes silently, and became nervous.

Under the leadership of the maid, the group walked towards Dongnuanlou in Shuiyue Hall, waiting for Xue Bi to arrange everything and come and notify him.

Yue Chong stayed alone in the wing room to rest, his eyelids always jumped faintly, as if indicating something, which made him feel panicked.
Chapter completed!