Chua Qiao Chuan Biography English Translation Chapter 0011-020

CHAPTER 011 Yan Xun Shi Zi

Edited by Angel Chua 04 June 2019

Jin Jiao has been in uneasy mind these days, every time she sees the child Chu Qiao she cannot suppress the chill from herself. She cannot even eat rice or drink tea as if stuck to her throat. The morning weather was fine, teeming in the snow found in the courtyard, the people started to work every day.

While the royal meal is being prepared, suddenly someone from the red mountain side came and informed that Lingnan Mu Household and Mu small male grandchildren understood the seal of the Emperor, Seventh (7th) His Royal Highness Zhao Che, Eightth (8th) His Royal Highness Zhao Jue, (13th) His Royal Highness Zhao Song.  In the Red Glass Hall, the crown prince of Yanbei Yan Wang Fu is present as well are the young masters accompanied by the third (3rd) young master and fifth (5th) young master have rushed to ask the fourth young master Zhuge Yue if his health is getting better, good and alive.

Back at Zhuge Yue household, Zhuge Yue find it odd that few of his brothers who were working with the government are not walking today as their favorite hang-out place is at Castle Peak courtyard. Usually, he sees them reading, eating snacks or fruit, no flying eagles blazing in the heat on the stream if it is not too much cruel. At this point, he was lying on the bed, after hearing the news of the servant and said he was not feeling well and cannot attend their meeting today.

Chu Qiao stood in front of the incense burner and gently fan its incense. She raised her brow gently, the face is pale and reserved. After a while, the food is set out in the table and Chu Qiao sent back the food tray to the kitchen while maids and went out next to them.

Jin Jiao eyebrows sinking slightly forms a secret in mind, while her effort was short she also finds out the gap.

Glass hall is called the Red hall but in reality, the structure is more of a Pavillion. It is located in the middle of the Red Mountain Hall, an octagonal mountain to be exact in the description. Usually, sky blue on summer and now its winter season the lake is frozen, vast snowfall on both sides of the red and white mountain, Merlin looks silvery cold in full bloom, bright and eye-catching.

Merlin is owned by Zhuge Happy Home Valley. A huge hill on the slope of the Zhuge household was moved to follow the protocol of the Imperial on the basis that its location is good for hunting, dedicated to pasture and breed those good blood horse. This place is barely populated and next to it is an area that has no entrance to people and is very remote. Chu Qiao is small but smart avoided guards attention into the Happy Valley when she climbed and slipped to the slope. Thankfully she was not caught.

Jing Yuer’s little body is also good and bad she thought. For example, now, she wants to move a pot of potted plants, it is necessary to have a bigger body to waste a great effort.

Before leaving the place, her eyes were drawn to the mountainside at the end and finds a stealthy figure. Chu Qiao is curious, she swings in carefully to lower her body to come closer and the man left but slowly approaching. She saw a tree on the mountainside with a dark horse tied to it. She sees a tall body without a trace of Soke (means man) and Chu Qiao did not respond. Chu Qiao’s feeling went strange, her mind racing that such a good horse should not be prepared if the person is a student. She looked down and sure enough, there is a small horse saddle but the horse did not eat the buckwheat. Chu Qiao tiptoes, pulled the horse head, carefully looked for a long while, gently wrinkled her brow and winked.

Chu Qiao is about to leave, turn around and see the body of the horse where it stood first stood she finds dozens of white feathers and arrow, a silver arrow, a small Yan Shi Zi pen force engraved on the top.

Meanwhile, the princes of the government are in the glass hall to eat the plum, Jin Jiao along with the remote octagonal cliffs trail ran over, put the pot of fire vine placed in the cliff on the trail, from the side of a bag poured out several snakes.

“I know you’re a ghost!”

A sharp voice suddenly sounded, Chu Qiao turned around and saw Jin Jiao is standing behind her, triumphantly looked at her and said: “Don’t worry I won’t tell the fourth young master or else you are dead again.”

“Really?” Chu Qiao tilted her head, with her smart mouth, ear micro-movement, listened to the footsteps like some sort of limit was taken, she shook her head and said: “That is not necessary!.” Without warning, a body was already falling off the cliff then suddenly flip down!

“Ouch!” A virgin voice almost at the same time sounded, Jin Jiao had no time to exclaim, exposed in the public and buckled on the ground.

Zhu Shun’s cold eyes were watching the girl with hatred and scratch his head, coldly said: “Jin Jiao, now people saw and come and get you, do you have anything to say.

Jin Jiao looking shocked and quickly said: “not me, it is the Jing Yu’er, I just followed her!”

“Nonsense, I saw you sneak to Zhu Shun’s housekeeper and stole a pot of rattan angle and then framed also others!”

A crisp sound suddenly said, Jin Jiao turned her head and saw a little girl with Zhu Shun’s side, looks really very familiar, her mind like flashes of light and suddenly figured out the whole picture, exclaimed: “She and Jing Yu’er is part of the group from Zhu housekeeper, I cannot believe it’s really her!

Zhu Shun sitting on a soft chair, carried by four young men. A few days before the twenty slashes in the big board were whipped to him. Now Zhu Shun’s ass is swollen, pressed his hands but frowned, down with his voice he said: “You say you are followed by Jing Yu’er and what happened to the Xing’er child?

“She jumped off from the cliff.”

What?” Zhu Shun suddenly furious, snapped: “when did it happen you idiot? You mean the Jing Yu’er girl in order to trap you, she even jump from the cliff to death?

“I……”

“You are useless!” Zhu Shun angrily said: “You have four or five years into the government service and I have been waiting for you since then. You and Jin Chen is also your house inside the Castle Peak. Why is this bitter dirty water poured into my head? Do you want to do what you want now? Do you want to offer my head and see your master‘s face?

“Zhu Shun, you have to believe me.”

“Come on! Give me a tough fight!”

Harsh screams suddenly heard from a distance, Chu Qiao clutching the rope ready in advance of a swing, she got into a small cave. This octagonal mountain with ink rock piled together, every spring, the ink will be on the breeding of purple moss, this moss is extremely rare, dry and baked after its unique aroma, elegant and suitable for meditation, Zhuge household has been living under the people household of every spring. Information is passed and collected in the cliff moss, how many people is needed and it will take for a long time to dig out a high hole. Chu Qiao has been hanging out all day long in the garrison backyard, she is familiar to the hole for a long time, she clawed a few panes of grass and then carefully fell to the ground. While she slowly recovered with the use of the rope with a hook lock, she quietly waited for the crowd to be dispersed.

At this time, a warm breath softly caressed her ears, with a few silky, funny male voice whispered: “You little girl, why is your heart so vicious?

Chu Qiao surprised and switched to her violent move back to the rush between the one side, did not forget to grab a rope from the hook, facing each other’s neck was fiercely inserted down.

“I have seen countless shrews, you are the shrewdest from all of them. It is hard to imagine, you are still under the age of ten.” Yan Xun said.

The other hand with his quickness tightly grasped Chu Qiao’s little hand, sound waves of a splash, she was pinned to the ground.

Chu Qiao small body was one hand pressure down on the ground, but stubbornly looked up, suddenly surprised, eyebrows frowned and coldly said: “who are you?”

The man seems to be surprised a moment, carefully looked at the glances of a child, then to his delight, he laughed: “I said who are you really and do you mind if I ask the same question to you?” And…

Yan Xun’s eyes grow bigger while staring at her with his handsome smile he said:

I saw a little girl training to fly, he said. His face features high nose, eyes dark as ink, gentle but concealed a few dots like a sharp blade, impressively is the guest of today’s feast – Yanbei land in Beijing for the prestige of the Yan Shi Zi.

Chu Qiao stubbornly looked up with her cold voice and said: “How did you find this place? What do you want?

Yan Xun chuckles: “I should be the one asking you, right?”

Chu Qiao’s heart is fighting and she repeatedly thought to push the man down the cliff to have a few layers of grasp and the trick would be fatal while thinking she is touching the dagger at her waist. But Yan Xun put up his fingers, whispered: “If you do not want to be found, on the security of some, try me, do not to break the idea of ​​a small child, how vicious and brave little girl.

Chu Qiao raised her brow: “Excuse me! Speaking of vicious, why are you here? This is not a place for you to play, you hid here, right? Presumably, you are not doing anything good, you and I are not a child, did you not see I am bigger than before? Help yourself!!

Yan Xun heard this, suddenly stood up, to ask Pao Wen (means shillyshally, trifle or mess around) and then a Humilis (bird species of China called lesser fish eagle) fly above them then he looks up and cried: “What is it birds of Happy Valley?”

Chu Qiao shocked and wanted to stop him but has been too late. Think of their own exposure, Chu Qiao also set no luck, suddenly pulled out the dagger, toward the Yan Xun’s vest on the stabbed away.

Yan Xun like a chic hook covered Chu Qiao’s mouth then held her tightly in his arms. At this time, someone in the above came with the voice of inquiry, Yan Xun from the hole looks stuck and loudly he said: “This is a world to enjoy the plum, you, in the above are called ghost or what?

Zhu Shun who was carried to the cliff saw Yan Xun, suddenly his power and prestige lost in the wind nodded his head repeatedly and send its servants to leave quickly.

Yan Xun smiled and let go of her arm, turned his head to Chu Qiao and he smiled so handsomely, said: “Tell me, you owe me a big favor, right?

Chu Qia’so small head, standing in front of Yan Xun relaxed unto his shoulder, at the side of her ear listening for a while, sees the above, really, there is no movement. She used her hand as a hook-like a monkey to climb up but the walls are too scruffy.

Yan Xun eyes squinting at her, to see her skill is more agile, but it is not like martial arts look, she is only bold, cautious and neat in action. The cave is one meter far above, Yan Xun turns to use his hands to climb the rock wall while his face chuckles and attempting to jump up but failed as he did it intentionally.

While Chu Qiao seems sarcastic towards his funny playmate, she took a good look around to hook her hands and she got out. She determines the security then turned to leave. Hearing the voice of Yan Xun, saying: “Come back you lucky girl”  Chu Qiao went back looking calmly but cold said: “I do not want to owe you a favor, will be back when you pay attention to your horse!” She chuckles then went on her way!”

Yan Xun with his mixed emotions of surprise, angst, and laugh, until he realized his playmate did not come and looks as if the child’s figure has gone far. She left him like a puppy in the rugged path, climbing up and down, looking like a stupid hamster inside the hole.

Now, 13-year-old Yan Shi Zi’s eyes narrowed, gently smiled, said: “interesting.”

Chaoyang (means the morning sun) rising, vast snowfall stands in the lake above the octagonal fountain in the sunshine. It seems a different kind of beauty.

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ACs Afterthoughts

Imagining what Merlin looks like?