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Chapter 235 Journey to Nine Peaks ([-])

They sat down and drank a cup of tea, and someone brought vegetarian dishes.

The small dishes and small bowls look very delicate, but they are made of tofu, shiitake mushrooms, etc., but they are light and delicious, and they are quite chewy.

While eating, Duan Yingluo felt the sound of thin footsteps wandering back and forth at the door, and when they finished eating, the man was still walking around, Duan Yingluo lifted the bamboo curtain and moved People dragged in.

Gu Xiyan and Liu Meier were taken aback, Duan Yingluo was also stunned.

It was a little girl who was only seven or eight years old, with delicate features, but there was a bit of frailty in her eyes.

The little girl was probably terrified by Duan Yingluo's grasp, her face was pale, the corners of her mouth trembled, but she couldn't say a word.

Duan Yingluo smiled wryly and put the little girl down.

The little girl's legs went limp, and she collapsed on the ground.

Gu Xiyan sighed, poured a cup of tea, squatted down and handed it to the little girl: "Come on, take a sip of tea to calm yourself. Don't be afraid, we don't mean anything malicious!"

The little girl looked at Gu Xiyan's hand, which was whiter than a white porcelain teacup, and suddenly reached out to touch it.

Gu Xiyan was startled, and directly took her hand back.

The little girl showed a faint smile and said, "Your hands are made of tofu."

Gu Xiyan also laughed: "Little girl, what's your name?"

The little girl smiled and said, "My name is Ju Lan."

"Julan!" Gu Xiyan patted Julan's head affectionately.

Feeling Gu Xiyan's kindness, Ju Lan showed a sweet smile.

The atmosphere became cheerful.

Duan Yingluo asked Ju Lan: "What are you doing walking around in front of our door?"

Ju Lan Shen sank, hesitated and said: "Madam, are you from Yongzhou?"

Gu Xiyan was startled, exchanged a look with Duan Yingluo, then smiled and asked Ju Lan: "Why do you ask this?"

Ju Lan hesitated for a long time, and said in a low voice: "You are so beautifully dressed, I thought you were from Yongzhou... I, I have a sister, I heard that she is in Yongzhou, I just want to know if she is still talking ..."

From Ju Lan's attire, her family should not be so well-to-do, and from her expression, she seems to be a bit melancholy...could it be domestic violence?

Gu Xiyan asked tentatively, "Where are your parents?"

Ju Lan's eyes immediately filled with tears: "She died when Yandi attacked Gaochang...all the family members died...my sister escaped with my back...her leg was broken, Father Gu said, can't Take her away, otherwise, we will not be able to leave...Later, Father Bai said, my sister is still alive, in Yongzhou...I just want to go to Yongzhou to find my sister..." As he spoke, tears flowed down silently .

When Yandi attacked Gaochang...

Gu Xiyan felt something stuck in her throat, and her eyes became moist.

She touched Julan's head, but couldn't say a word.

Liu Meier sighed softly, walked to Julan's side, and said softly: "I often go to Yongzhou, would you like to work as an errand at my house..."

Ju Lan's dim eyes immediately brightened up, shining like the sun: "Really? Ma'am, can I really go to your house as an errand..." Her eyes gradually darkened again at this point "But, if I leave, what will Xiaocao and Xiaohua do..."

Liu Meier glanced at Gu Xiyan, and said softly: "Who are Xiaocao and Xiaohua?"

Ju Lan showed a sweet smile: "They are just like me, orphans picked up by Father Gu. One is four years old and the other is three years old. I am responsible for taking care of them... They are like my sisters..." Said Here, she showed a hesitant expression on her face, "If I leave, who will take care of them...Xiangcao will take care of Xiaowu and Minghui, and Simei will take care of Zhaodi and Shuanghong...If I leave, the house will take care of them." No one cleaned it either... I, I..." At the end, she looked at Gu Xiyan and Liu Meier at a loss, her face full of bewilderment.

Gu Xiyan pondered: "You, are there many people like this?"

"Well," Ju Lan nodded, "We have many sisters."

The corners of Gu Xiyan's mouth twitched slightly, she wanted to ask a lot, but she didn't know how to say it.

"Ju Lan, why are you running around again!" Someone called Ju Lan's name softly.

Everyone in the room looked around, and saw Father Bai standing at the door with a smile on his face.
"Priest Bai!" Gu Xiyan looked at him in surprise, while Ju Lan flinched a little, lowered her head anxiously, and called out "Priest Bai".

Priest Bai entered the door and held Ju Lan's hand: "Madam, children are ignorant, so don't take it to heart." After speaking, he bowed his head and smiled kindly at Ju Lan: "Let's go, don't worry about the rest of the ladies. !"

Ju Lan drooped her head and followed Father Bai.

Gu Xiyan stood under the eaves, watching Julan turn her head frequently, with expectant eyes shining, she was speechless for a long time.

Seeing the unbearable expression on Gu Xiyan's face, Liu Meier hesitated: "Or, I'll take this child back to Feng Jiu, anyway, I won't have this bowl of rice."

Gu Xiyan was silent for a long time, and said with a dark expression: "Let's see and talk... These priests are pretty good to the children. Don't do bad things with good intentions, maidservant, it's not a good job..."

Liu Mei'er pouted: "When we come to our house to eat and drink, I will treat her badly!"

Sometimes, freedom is more precious!

But Liu Meier couldn't explain these things clearly.

Gu Xiyan laughed at herself, and then everyone went out to find Father Bai.

The aunt who poured water for them has been waiting outside the house. Hearing that they are going to find Father Bai, she is busy leading the way.

The area behind the church is quite large, but neither is it like the architectural style of the south of the Yangtze River, nor the courtyards in the north. The houses are built in rows, just like those factory buildings.It may be because of the noon, the surroundings are quiet, only the rustling of the leaves in the wind can be heard.

Gu Xiyan secretly sighed in her heart.

The aunt stopped in front of a small two-story house near the northwest corner and knocked on the door. After a while, Priest Bai came to answer the door. Seeing Gu Xiyan and the others, he didn't show any surprise, and said lightly. He smiled and invited them into the house.

Gu Xiyan hurriedly spoke in front of Liu Meier: "Father Bai, we want to take Julan to Yongzhou to help her fulfill a wish."

Father Bai was silent.

Gu Xiyan pointed at Liu Meier and said, "This is the daughter-in-law of Jiufeng's Cui family. If you don't trust us, you can send someone to follow...just to help Julan fulfill a wish!"

Priest Bai stared at Gu Xiyan with clear eyes for a while, then said softly "I know".

That pointed tone made Gu Xiyan startled.

"I heard people say that Mrs. Han, the wife of Mr. Gong Tao, the young man of the Duke of Yan's mansion, has adopted many children who were physically injured in the war...so when Ju Lan was crying endlessly, I took This coaxes her... As for whether her sister is there, I don't know!"

"Gong Tao's wife, Mrs. Han..." In astonishment, Gu Xiyan thought of a simple Gong's mansion, Han's fur-edged underwear and a girl with no arms or legs.

The girl with missing arms and legs...the girl named "Ju Hong"...Ju Hong, Ju Lan... Could there be such a coincidence in the world...

Gu Xiyan suppressed the excitement in her heart, and said with a smile: "Father Bai, the world is sometimes very small."

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Ju Lan and Gu Xiyan's return to Yongzhou was settled in this way. Ju Lan was very excited. Priest Bai said that her errands would be done for her by others. She came to kowtow to Gu Xiyan, and then ran back to I went to pack my things where I live.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Priest Bai chatted with Gu Xiyan for a while: "How long has Madam been married?"

Maybe she was asking about her infertility!

Gu Xiyan said frankly, "It's been three years."

Father Bai pondered: "In the spring not far from Yongzhou City, there is an old lady named Gao who has some experience in this regard. Madam, why not go there and try... She is also a sister of our church."

Chunli, the lady surnamed Gao, could it be Aunt Gao?
Gu Xiyan was stunned, and was about to ask in detail, when suddenly someone pushed the door open: "Father Bai, I heard that you sent Julan to Yongzhou? Do you know the details of that person? Lan was sent to the tiger's mouth..."

Before the man finished speaking, Gu Xiyan stood up with a face full of shock.

The other party saw someone in the room, glanced over, and stood there like a sculpture.

Priest Bai's eyes froze, and he said softly, "You guys know each other?"

The two said in unison: "No, no, we know each other!"

The tone of eagerly trying to get rid of the relationship, in people's ears, has some taste of trying to hide.

Priest Bai looked at Gu Xiyan, then at the person who came, and showed a faint smile.

Gu Xiyan said awkwardly: "Since the matter has been settled, let's take our leave first." After finishing speaking, she nodded slightly towards Priest Bai, and hurried out the door.

Seeing that Gu Xiyan was walking in a hurry, Liu Meier hurriedly bowed her knees to salute to Priest Bai, and chased after her.

Only Priest Bai and the visitor were left in the room. Priest Bai smiled and said, "Ri Chen, do you have something to hide from me?"

"It's nothing...how could something be kept from you!" The visitor said nervously, "It's just a bit of a surprise, I didn't expect there to be a female guest in your room."

"Really?" Priest Bai smiled innocently like a child, "You are all surnamed Gu Ye!"

"Is her surname also Gu?" There was some hesitation and disbelief in her tone.

Priest Bai smiled slyly: "Bringing a jasper seal the size of a thumb, wearing a moiré brocade, accompanied by the young mistress of the Cui family, and calling each other sisters, come to us to beg for a child... Madame Gu, who else?"

Gui Guan, who had changed his face and called Gu Rishen, was shocked. He was silent for a while, and murmured like a dream: "She has always been bold...I knew that she would have this day..."

This time, Father Bai couldn't hear very clearly, and asked, "Ri Chen, what did you say?"

Gu Richen shook his head with a wry smile.

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