Value peace

Chapter 18
Gu Xiyan is just an ordinary white-collar worker in modern times. Her 14-meter sprint has never exceeded [-] seconds. Usually, when she encounters crowded places, she never watches the excitement and always takes a detour and then asks those who watched the excitement... When encountering such a situation, of course, he would quietly huddle in the corner of the bookshelf and wait for that person to leave!

The sound of heavy rain interspersed with the sound of the woman flipping through books.

If you steal something, you steal it. What do you do by flipping through the book?Gu Xiyan felt that she was about to suffocate, and kept praying in her heart that the woman would leave quickly.

But things always go against people's wishes.

The woman's light footsteps gradually approached Gu Xiyan, and the rustling sound of flipping through books became more and more clear.

Gu Xiyan felt a burst of heat all over her body, blood rushed to her head, and beads of sweat flowed from her forehead.

If I jumped up and shouted loudly, I wonder if the woman's sword is faster or my own voice is faster?

Thinking of this, Gu Xiyan let out another breath.

Even if one's own voice is fast, what's the use, when someone rushes in, maybe he has already been stabbed to death by this woman's sword.

Just in this hesitation, the woman took a few steps closer to Gu Xiyan.

When it is broken, things will be chaotic.

Gu Xiyan recited these words silently in her heart, took a few deep breaths, opened her eyes and was about to jump up, when a silver light flashed in front of her eyes, and the woman in black who was not far away let out a dull " Humph" and fell to the ground.Gu Xiyan hurriedly hugged her knees and shrunk herself into a ball again.

I saw the woman in black quickly jumped up from the ground, and a baby swallow jumped out of the half-opened window, and there was a tooth-stinging sound of metal clashing outside immediately.

There are thousands of female employees in a shopping mall, why does Gu Xiyan go to the customer service department?

Because she is strong when she is strong, she is calm enough!
Gu Xiyan picked up the package wrapped with a skirt and rushed out of the door.

Duanniang was still poking her head around the thick old tree, Gu Xiyan pulled her up and ran out: "Go, it seems that someone is coming!"

When Duan Niang heard this, she was even more anxious than Gu Xiyan, and the two quickly ran out of Yue Rong Zhai.

Holding the book in one hand, Gu Xiyan ran to the corner door in embarrassment with the wooden shoes and Duanniang in the other. Seeing Mammy Zhao's slightly anxious face, Gu Xiyan's heart beat slightly back to normal.

"How did you make it like this?" Mother Zhao asked puzzled.

Gu Xiyan hesitated a few words, said "thank you later", and took Duanniang back to Wuyuan.

After personally urging Hengyue to clean up the wooden shoes, coir raincoats, etc., and washing and combing herself, Gu Xiyan let out a long breath.

What is that woman looking for?Surely it wasn't stealing money?Apart from books, Rongyue Zhai is still a book. Could it be that there are other treasures hidden there?So Mr. Gu sent four boys to guard there?

The more Gu Xiyan thought about it, the more she felt that what happened in Yuerongzhai today was very mysterious. The plots of the novels and movies she usually read came to her mind one by one. He didn't read these books that he stole from Rongyue Zhai at the risk of his life!

Early the next morning, Gu Xiyan went to greet Mrs. Gu with two dark circles under her eyes, and Mrs. Gu jokingly said, "Why, I became a thief yesterday!"

Gu Xiyan was startled with a guilty conscience, and said honestly: "Daddy told me to go to Mr. Cui's private school today. I, I was afraid that I would lose my face, so I kept reading yesterday until it was almost dawn."

Madam Gu saw Gu Xiyan's sluggish expression, like a flower bone that had been frostbitten, and joked with a smile: "Today I just went to meet and discuss the time to go to school..."

Gu Xiyan was refreshed when she heard this, and begged Mrs. Gu with a shy face: "Mother, tell me, I'll start class in a few days..." She looked like a little girl, and looked at Gu Xiyan who had always been scruples about her. Madam also felt weak.

Mrs. Gu's surname is Liu, and her name is Caixia. Her father, Liu Sanduo, is a great merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and her mother, Du Yueshuang, is the daughter of a down-and-out gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.The marriage between the Liu and Du families was originally a combination of wealth and fame. The Du family wanted money from the Liu family, and the Liu family wanted the name of the Du family.After Du Yueshuang married into Liu's family, she only gave birth to a son and a daughter. The son was named Liu Mantian. Xizhao was a Jinshi in the second list in 285. The girl was Liu Caixia, who was 11 years younger than Liu Mantian. , is Liu Sanduo's darling, but Du Yueshuang is the opposite of Liu Sanduo, she likes Liu Mantian who looks like her in appearance and personality, and has always been indifferent to Liu Caixia.After all, Liu Sanduo was a father, and he often went out to do business, but he was dragged to Liu Caixia without mentioning her in-laws.As soon as Liu Sanduo panicked, he turned his ideas on Du Yuelin, a sister of Du Yueshuang's clan.This Du Yuelin was the mother of Fang Shaoqing and Fang Shaoying, and the official wife of Fang Jixian.Liu Sanduo prepared generous gifts several times and personally came to the door to ask for help, but each time Du Yuelin politely refused with a cold attitude.It was Du Yuelin's father-in-law, Fanghou Ye, who took the yellow and white belongings of the Liu family and got soft hands. He personally acted as a matchmaker for Liu Caixia, and promised Gu Baozhang, the father of Gu Xiyan, who had just died in the Imperial Academy.

Gu Baozhang was 15 years older than Liu Caixia, and had two wives who died. His eldest daughter was only three years younger than Liu Caixia. Liu Sanduo would never agree to anyone.But Gu Baozhang is different. He is a descendant of the Gu family, the oldest noble family in the Xia Kingdom, and he himself is the first three-yuan and No. 30 scholar in the Xia Dynasty.Liu Sanduo had plenty of money, but was worried about how to squeeze into the circle of nobles. This matter hit it off, and he married his daughter with [-] taels of silver, which immediately caused a sensation in Xia Guo.But things are always two-sided. Although Gu Baozhang married such a wealthy star, it is widely rumored that the Gu family married this marriage for the Liu family's money. Especially among scholars, it is generally believed that Gu Baozhang is willing to fall , humiliating family...

Before Liu Caixia married into the Gu family, she was just a girl who was loved and loved at home.Suddenly being a stepmother to two girls was really difficult for her.The eldest daughter, Gu Chaorong, is fortunate enough to say that although her mother, the Bai family, is also from a noble family, the Bai family has long been in decline, and sometimes the Gu family rescues one or two; the second daughter, Gu Xiyan, is just the opposite. The one given to Gu Baozhang was previously known as the number one beauty in Lingnan. When she was studying at Jiangnan Hongxiu College, she was known as one of the "Three Heroes of Hongxiu". In addition to the differences in personalities and ages of the two sisters, Gu Chaorong and Liu Caixia lived in peace and harmony, but Gu Xiyan was completely different. She was eloquent, coquettish and domineering. She once asked Liu Caixia in front of her family: "What do you think?" If you didn't have 30 taels of silver as a dowry, would my father marry a girl from the Wu family in Huzhou?" This made Liu Caixia, who had just become Mrs. Gu, very embarrassed, but everyone in the family doted on her, making her Mrs. Gu couldn't express her suffering.

Later, somehow, Gu Xiyan was sent back to her hometown in Shuzhou.Madam Gu breathed a sigh of relief.But in the past few years, she has not completely forgotten this stepdaughter in her heart, thinking that it is best to talk about marriage early and marry her directly from Shuzhou.But just two months ago, the eldest girl suddenly sent someone a message, saying that she wanted to take the second girl back to the mansion to raise her for a few years... She felt like a big enemy, but she didn't expect that Gu Xiyan would be completely different from her childhood when she returned to the mansion. It's the same, Mrs. Gu only likes her in her heart, she was scared by Gu Xiyan before, now she doesn't have much request, she just hopes that she can live peacefully and happily until Gu Xiyan gets married.

Mrs. Gu had dinner with Gu Xiyan and personally took her to visit Aunt Cui where Aunt Cui lived.

Aunt Cui lived on the east side of Shouyuan, which was originally a corner of the inner house. To the south of it was Wuyuan, across a forest, and to the west, across a Yuanxiang Lake, was Liuting where Aunt Qin lived. There was a corner door leading to the front of Wuyuan. The door is usually locked, and Madam Gu can open the door and enter directly with the key in her hand, but Madam Gu, in order to show respect for Aunt Cui, specially took a sedan chair out of the inner courtyard and went around to the east to visit the door.

The door on the east was originally an east corner door of the inner house of Gu's mansion. Later, Sister Cui rented the house, and Mrs. Gu made this corner door for Aunt Cui. Aunt Cui repaired it two years ago and made it A bright door with two leaves.When Mrs. Gu and Gu Xiyan entered, there was a green-draped carriage outside the door that had just set off. The quaint carriage, majestic and strong horses, and the calm and restrained coachman all explained the status and behavior of the owner of the carriage.

Mrs. Gu looked at the carriage several times, said "Huh", and said, "Isn't this Shaoying's carriage?"

Shaoying?Fang Shaoying?
Gu Xiyan didn't expect to meet Fang Shaoying on the first day of visiting Aunt Cui.

I wonder what happened to Ye Zisu?
Gu Xiyan thought about it.

She didn't know the relationship between Mrs. Gu and the Fang family at that time. When she heard Mrs. Gu say this, her tone was intimate, as if she knew Fang Shaoying very well, and she couldn't help asking: "Do mother and Fang Shaoying often see each other?"

Mrs. Gu paused, and said vaguely, "We are cousins!"

Gu Xiyan saw that Mrs. Gu's words were not so confident, she smiled, and wisely did not ask any further questions.

When Aunt Cui received them in a small and elegantly furnished hall, Liu Er immediately handed them over like a few boxes of gifts.Aunt Cui must have known the reason for her visit before, and after exchanging pleasantries with Mrs. Gu, she began to look at Gu Xiyan.

Gu Xiyan really took this opportunity to look at Aunt Cui.

She looks very old, about 27 or [-] years old, with a slender figure, a slender body, fair skin, an oval face, a high nose bridge, big eyes, and full lips like petals, like a blooming peony flower, graceful, Gorgeous, not like a teacher who teaches, but rather a noble lady of some family.

Gu Xiyan couldn't help smiling when she thought of Zhao Mama's evaluation of her.

It seems that everyone has many faces!

Everyone drank a few sips of tea in a symbolic manner, Madam Gu went straight to the point and explained the purpose of her visit. Aunt Cui didn't waste much time and said, "I have received a letter from the imperial concubine, and Xueshi Gu also visited the door in person two days ago. Visiting. My father used to sit in Songhe Academy when he was alive, thanks to the care of Mrs. Gu, don’t mention the matter of apprenticeship, just treat it as a niece, and often come to me to walk around..."

Mrs. Gu obviously didn't know that both Gu Chaorong and Gu Baozhang had talked about this with Cui Baoyi, and her surprised eyes flashed by. She and Cui Baoyi exchanged a few words, and decided that the class would start after the Qiuxi Festival and come every three days agreement.

Coming out of Cui Baoyi's place, Mrs. Gu's spirit was obviously in a trance.

Gu Xiyan was also thinking about her own thoughts.Since Mrs. Gu is related to Fang Shaoqing, I wonder if she can get some news about Ye Zisu through her!
Whether it's from a woman's point of view or from a gossip point of view, she still cares about this woman who has the courage to abandon her husband and daughter and elope with her lover.

(End of this chapter)