Xian Xian

Chapter 31: Xiyuan

The night is slightly cool, the moon is faint and the stars are thin, bamboo curtains are hanging on the tall windows, and the fine tassels are gently swaying in the night breeze. The wind blew into the windows, the wick was blown and swayed left and right, and the light and shadow on the table also changed drastically. In the light of leaps and leaps, a pair of slender white hands put down the pen, picked up the lampshade, and gently placed it on the lamp stand.

The candlelight stabilized instantly. The hands are well-knotted, clean and beautiful, almost glowing white under the light, just like the good mutton jade above. Gu Mingke picked up the pen again, moistened the nib, and said softly: “It’s been a long time since I saw my mother. Today, my mother came to visit late at night, why?”

Gu Pei was sitting on the side, she had already drunk a cup of tea, and Gu Mingke always sat firmly behind the desk, without any intention of going forward to accompany her. Gu Pei was a little displeased. She put the tea cup on the short table and deliberately used her strength. The porcelain on the table made a harsh sound.

Gu Pei thought that she was showing her emotions so clearly. If Gu Mingke was a little filial, it was time to come over and plead with trepidation. However, Gu Mingke seemed to have not heard it, still? He lowered his head and wrote the scroll, without any intention to intervene.

It seemed that Gu Pei was unhappy, and he had nothing to do with him doing his own things.

Gu Pei’s face became more and more ugly, she held back her anger and asked, “I heard that you are going to participate in the imperial examination?”

“Yes.”

Gu Mingke simply said “yes”, other than that, there was no explanation or explanation. Gu Pei waited for a while, and found that Gu Mingke was only answering her question, without a word of extra. Gu Pei became more angry, frowning and said: “Absurd! Such a big thing, why don’t you dare to make your own claim if you don’t discuss it with your family?”

“I’m an adult. I should make my own decisions. How can I make my own decisions?” Gu Mingke said indifferently. He didn’t raise his eyes, and said quietly, “What’s more, my grandfather and father are dead, and my mother never went hunting with him. I am the only person in charge of the Gu family.”

Gu Pei choked, blurted? And debuted: “Although there is no one in the Gu family, there are still many elders in Pei’s family. This kind of big thing? What do you know as a younger generation, naturally? You should ask your uncle and aunt and let them Help you answer.”

I have to ask others to help me even when I reply. This kind of life is really wasteful? According to Gu Mingke’s temperament, he didn’t want to talk to someone who had nothing to do with him, but Gu Pei was a mother of this identity after all, and driving his mother out of the house was not in line with the personality of the sickly boy, so Gu Mingke thought about it, and took care of Mingke. Confessed his mistake gently and said: “Okay.”

Gu Mingke said it well, but he didn’t have any more words. Gu Pei was furious, did he admit his mistake? He was clearly mad at her deliberately!

Gu Pei took a heavy shot of the off-table case, his chest was constantly rising and falling, and angrily said: “I think you really have been smashed by someone who doesn’t know the so-called, and you can’t remember your identity. In the past few days, people have been dead one after another. All the students who participated in the scientific examination show that the imperial examination is fundamentally unacceptable, and none of the participants died well. Gu’s family is very small, and it has been three generations to you. Your father died early. It was me these years. Pulling you up with hard work, for your body? Running around and tortured. How are you? Using your life as a trifling matter, can you be worthy of the ancestors of the Gu family? Can you be worthy of me?”

Gu Pei’s voice was excited, and at the end he was crying. And Gu Mingke’s face is still cold and clear, alienated and indifferent, unmoved at all. Just one page of writing was finished. Gu Mingke put down his pen and looked up while waiting for the ink to dry. He corrected Gu Pei seriously: “Your logic is wrong. The demon eater? It’s a young man, but it’s a special recent season. Special, young literate and still wandering in the street late at night, most of them are imperial examination students. This demon is not a person who specializes in imperial examinations, and there is no guarantee that he will not be eaten if he does not participate in the imperial examinations. You reverse the cause and effect, as for the heavens. The punishment of imperial examinations is even more groundless. Since you don’t know the truth or not, don’t talk nonsense. In the end, if you cause rumors and cause panic, you are also responsible.”

Gu Pei was taken aback, and then became angry: “Presumptuous, would you dare to teach me?”

“I’m reminding you.”

Gu Pei covered his heart, and felt angina more and more. Gu Mingke did not contradict her, nor did he intentionally say hurtful things, even his tone was polite, his expression calm, and he looked extremely modest. It was this? The performance was the most annoying. Gu Pei even felt that there was no her in his eyes. He said these words only to seek truth from facts and state cause and effect, without any emotion in it.

It seemed that no matter what Gu Pei said, it couldn’t affect Gu Mingke’s mood.

Gu Pei’s fist hits the cotton like a fist. She hates Gu Mingke for not being filial, and also hates Gu Mingke for not taking her to heart. Gu Pei’s face was cold and asked: “Are you insisting on participating in this spring?”

“Yes. Since I? Yes, naturally? I will do it.”

“Why?” Gu Pei stared closely at Gu Mingke’s eyes, wishing to see his heart through his calm appearance, “Because of Princess An Ding?”

Gu Mingke was startled slightly, and asked sincerely, “What does this have to do with her?”

Gu Pei’s lips twitched coldly, consciously having seen through Gu Mingke’s mind. Gu Pei became calmer. She leaned on Pingji? Sip tea, and said unhurriedly: “I didn’t think that, you still have this thought. Da Lang is going to be engaged to Princess Guangning. , You stared at Princess Anding. If Princess Anding grew up in the palace, it would be fine, but she was adopted by the farmer, and she learned a rough habit. I heard that she often hangs out with men and is not noble. Female demeanor. The saint and the queen are guilty of her now, but the guilt and pity are temporary. After a long time, the saint will lose patience with her sooner or later. Marrying a wife should be like a big man, marrying a good man. , A gentle and virtuous woman, Princess An Ding is not well-mannered and has a rough manner, and cannot enter the door of our Gu’s house.”

Gu Mingke was silent for a while after hearing these words, and said: “I really have no intention of marrying her, but this is my decision and it has nothing to do with her. Madam has not seen Li Chaoge yet, so why dare to say that she is impenetrable, Rough manners? Besides, she is free to be judged by others.”

Gu Pei raised his eyebrows unexpectedly and said, “You actually ran into me for a woman?”

“Madam is my mother, but it has nothing to do with what you did or what you did.” Gu Mingke looked at her calmly and indifferently, saying, “You did something wrong. Apologize.”

“Okay, okay!” Gu Pei was angrily, standing up from sitting? Standing up, glaring at Gu Mingke and said, “It’s said that you have a daughter-in-law and forget your mother. You haven’t become a husband? Your mind is already complete. Wrong. Your uncle had prepared a great future for you, and the Qinggui Lang was improper, so he had to accept the recruitment of the Queen of Heaven and go to Dali Temple. In order to please the Queen of Heaven and Princess Anding, you actually bought the family. I don’t care about fame and strength, then I’ll see. Without Pei’s family to **** you, without me, can you be in the officialdom?

Gu Mingke was indifferent and nodded, and said, “What I do by myself, I should do my best. If there are no other questions, you can go back.”

Gu Pei was originally to scare Gu Mingke, didn’t he think? When Gu Mingke had no intention of repentance, he would openly drive her away! Gu Pei’s anger was not light, and there was a fierce energy in his heart. She had already agreed with Pei’s family. After the imperial examination was over, she would arrange Gu Mingke to Xiu Shi Guan, Chong Wen Guan, etc., but now Gu Pei has changed her mind. Tomorrow she will go to Pei Silian and Pei Sze. They don’t have to worry about Gu Mingke’s appointment of officials. Since Gu Mingke is obsessed with not realizing it, let him slam into the south wall. Gu Pei wants to see. Without her, can Gu Mingke last a month in Dali Temple!

Gu Pei sneered, and said, “Okay, that’s what you said, don’t regret it in the future. You can do it yourself!”

Finally leaving, Gu Mingke stood up, uphold the etiquette of a son, watched Gu Pei and said, “Mother walk slowly.”

Gu Mingke stood under the lamp with a long jade body and a robe surpassing the snow. He came with his hands behind his back, the corners of his clothes swept across the ground, and the dark lines on the upper surface were shining, and his face was set against the light, cold and alienated, like a beautiful jade. By the way, he has black hair like black ink, deep eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and a flash of beauty in the cold.

In a person, he can concentrate on the two opposite qualities of majesty and beauty at the same time. He is good-looking, but his behavior is ruthless and undesirable. The two contradictory temperaments blend together, making it more and more difficult to look away.

Gu Pei was secretly shocked. She knew that her son was good-looking, but the family was pampered and took power from generation to generation. As long as the foundation is not too bad, children and grandchildren will hardly be ugly. The young family princes are not bad in appearance. Once Gu Pei thought that Gu Mingke and Pei Ji’an looked similar, I don’t know since when, Gu Mingke has changed more and more? Now, Gu Pei almost dare not recognize it. .

Did Gu Mingke look like this before? Gu Pei was in a daze for a while, and after returning to her senses, she found that she was actually looking at her son in a daze. Gu Pei pulled his face down, slammed down his sleeves hard, and pushed the door away.

Lu Qi came in to deliver water. She just approached and was about to open the door. She didn’t expect that the door suddenly fell open from the inside. Lu Qi was startled. She saw Gu Pei’s sullen face and extremely ugly expression. When she raised her eyes again, Lang Jun followed Gu Pei indifferently.

Lu Qi knew that the wife and Lang Jun had a dispute again. Maybe it can’t be called a dispute, because every time the wife is so angry that she scolds, and Lang Jun doesn’t say a word, in the end, the wife gets more and more angry, and leaves in anger. Lu Qi sighed slightly, his wife and Lang Jun had a weak relationship between mother and son, but since Lang Jun was ill, after waking up, their mother and son get along with each other more and more difficultly, almost every time they make trouble. Scattered. Lu Qi didn’t dare to talk too much, she greeted her with a smile, and followed Gu Pei’s back and asked: “Madam, you have finished talking with Lang Jun? The slave and maid will send you back.”

“No need?” Gu Pei’s face was almost frozen with coldness, and he mocked, “I can’t afford you people of the Gu family.”

Why is this still up? He has been promoted to Gu’s house? Lu Qi’s face also became embarrassed, Gu Mingke didn’t respond much, he didn’t understand Gu Pei’s words? He calmly said to Lu Qi: “The road is slippery in the dark, you send your mother back to the house, on the way? Be careful. ”

Lu Qi should be, and at this time Gu Pei was already walking away without looking back. Lu Qi had no time to talk to Gu Mingke, and after a hurried salute, he hurried to chase Gu Pei.

The conversation just now did not cause any impact on Gu Mingke, he still quietly returned to the room, and continued to write silently on the rules of the penalty department. Lüshu is a criminal law, which does not fully cover all crimes, and some are scattered in the six divisions, especially the criminal division. Gu Mingke has silently read the law, and then he will familiarize himself with the Xing Buge, and his routine review can come to an end.

Gu Mingke lifted his pen to dip the ink, suddenly he paused with the tip of the pen, and slowly raised his eyes.

The lantern beeped and the candlelight shook violently. Gu Mingke’s eyes were shining in the light, and suddenly a murderous intent came into being.

There is a demon.

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Li Chaoge squatted in the streets for a long time, and found nothing. He didn’t even touch the shadow of the monster. She was puzzled, and suddenly realized that she had made a fatal mistake.

The purpose of monsters is to eat people, not blocks. In the beginning, its mana was low and could only be found on the street? Looking for men who were alone, but now on the street? There are fewer and fewer pedestrians, and it is more and more difficult to prey? So, why does it have to be on the street? ?

It can be transformed into a residential area and go to the most popular places to pick food.

Li Chaoge’s face changed drastically. She immediately summoned her staff and preached: “No, it went to the house. Go to Beicheng immediately!”

Beicheng is a gathering place for officials, powerful and powerful. Since this demon wants to inhale his talents and activate his wisdom, the official home of generations of hairpins is its best choice.

Everyone was taken aback by Li Chaoge’s words. They didn’t have time to ask why, Li Chaoge had already jumped on the horse and galloped towards Beicheng. The sound of horseshoes is especially pronounced on a quiet street? Crisp and decisive, with no progress. The rest of the people looked at each other, Zhou Shao and Bai Qianhe were the first to react, chasing Li Chaoge, Huo Jingzhou frowned and motioned for everyone to follow.

Believe her for the time being.

Li Chaoge chased north, really? After a while, she felt a monster air. She followed Ruoyouruowu’s demonic spirit, turning around and turning around, and finally stopped at a tall courtyard wall.

The evil spirit is broken here. Li Chaoge raised his head and looked at this huge, magnificent mansion.

Pei Mansion.

Within a moment of effort, Bai Qianhe and others also arrived. They stopped behind Li Chaoge and asked, “Princess, what’s the matter?”

Li Chaoge said it wasn’t that the enemy didn’t get together? This monster actually entered Pei’s house. Li Chaoge gestured to the tall plaque in front of him, saying, “It got inside.”

Bai Qianhe and Zhou Shao didn’t understand the court’s layout. They didn’t have any feelings when they saw those two characters. They just thought that this family should be quite official. When Huo Jingzhou saw it, his eyebrows slowly wrinkled.

“Pei Xiang’s residence?” Huo Jingzhou’s expression was ugly, and he couldn’t help but said, “Princess, this is Pei’s mansion, so I can’t tolerate offense. Are you sure?”

Li Chaoge was too lazy to talk, she dismounted directly, walked towards the main entrance of Pei’s house, and used her actions to show her answer.

Li Chaoge kicked to the tall and majestic, and at a glance he knew that the year was far-reaching on the wooden door. He shouted, “Open the door.”

When Huo Jingzhou saw Li Chaoge directly kicked Pei Xiang’s door, his face suddenly turned blue. He quickly got off his horse and hurried to pull Li Chaoge away before Pei’s family opened the door: “Princess Anding, what are you doing!”

Li Chaoge opened Huo Jingzhou’s hand with his backhand, and said with a cold face: “What am I doing, can’t you see it? Don’t touch me, otherwise? I cut your hand.”

The two of them were talking, the side door opened, and the porter poked his head out of it?, looking at them in surprise: “Who are you, dare to be at the door of Pei’s house? Noisy?”

Huo Jingzhou gave the concierge a fist and was about to explain, but Li Chaoge had already folded his arms and said with a smile, “Your family is about to die. I’m here to save you.”

Human life? The concierge frowned, completely unable to understand what the person in front of him was saying: “What life, this is Pei Mansion, generations? Gong Qing’s Pei Xiangzhi’s house, how can you arrange it?”

The two sides were in a quarrel, and a voice came from inside: “What are you doing?”

The concierge looked back? Seeing the visitor, he respectfully said hello: “Da? Langjun.”

Pei Ji’an has changed his home-style clothes, he walked to the door? When he saw people outside, his pupils dilated slightly?: “Li…Princess Anding?”

Li Chaoge thought with regret, Pei Ji’an appeared, it was not him who was stared at by the monster. Li Chaoge was very frustrated. Why didn’t the monster eat Pei Ji’an? It was considered a merit.

Pei Ji’an was at his door? Seeing Li Chaoge, he immediately understood. He sighed slightly and said, “Princess, what do you want to do?”

Pei Ji’an thought that Li Chaoge deliberately made an excuse to come to Pei’s house to see him. In his previous life, this kind of thing happened countless times, but he didn’t think that he was reborn, but Li Chaoge still couldn’t let go, and his nature did not change.

Time has been delayed for a long time in speaking. Li Chaoge looked at the quiet and deep Pei’s house frequently, and gradually became unable to stand.

The monsters are still wandering in the Pei Mansion, this will be a kung fu, isn’t it going to be succeeded by it? Suddenly Li Chaoge? Feeling a demon qi leaping to the west, Li Chaoge’s face changed suddenly, and he pointed to the west and asked, “Who lives there?”

Pei Ji’an looked at her finger and said truthfully: “That’s the residence of my cousin.”

Gu Mingke? Li Chaoge couldn’t stand up in an instant, she drew her sword with a squeak, and said with a calm face: “Go out of the way!”