Value peace

Chapter 69 Uneasy
Mo Ju lay quietly on the couch, staring at Gu Xiyan's bed, listening with her ears open, until Gu Xiyan let out a peaceful breathing, she dared to turn over gently.

What should I do?

Xinghong's night watch today must have been intentional, she must have wanted to sleep with Huilan and whisper something, and that Huilan would definitely instill some outrageous words into Xinghong.

Mo Ju was anxious in her heart, and couldn't help turning over several times.

"Can't sleep!" In the quiet moonlight, Gu Xiyan's sweet voice sounded softly, like a flower blooming in the night.

Mo Ju hurriedly said: "Stop arguing with the girl!"

"No, no." Gu Xiyan said softly, "I can't sleep either."

Mo Ju said softly, "Miss, would I like to pour you a cup of tea?"

"No need." Gu Xiyan stopped her.

Mo Ju couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Speaking of it, the girl is really a very easy person to get along with.I usually do what I can do by myself, I don’t have any airs, I’m easy to talk to, and I’m kind to others. Occasionally, if something doesn’t go my way, I won’t lose my temper at them, and I’m very generous... If you can follow along Life is good, eat a lot, wear less, and be kind to each other. Although she is often asked to do strange things, she can faintly feel the importance of these things to the girl, and she can also understand the girl's love for her. She relies on...

Mo Ju's side was full of preoccupations, but Gu Xiyan didn't say anything.

There was a stagnant silence in the room.

After a long while, Gu Xiyan said: "Mo Ju, tell me, after a person dies, will he entrust the things he cares most to the person he trusts in his dreams?" There was a lot of melancholy in his tone.

Mo Ju's words swirled a few times before she said: "I don't know. My parents passed away before I was sensible. I was brought up by my elder brother. I don't know what they look like, and they don't know what they look like." Came in my dream..."

There was another silence in the room.

After a long time, both of them sighed at the same time.

Maybe it was because of Jing Ye, maybe it was because of the feeling of sympathy in this sigh, Mo Ju asked Gu Xiyan bluntly: "Girl, is Huilan really going to come into our house?"

Gu Xiyan said disconcertedly: "Yes!"

In Mo Ju's words, she quite disagreed: "She is so old, the girl should ask the matchmaker to buy some small ones, so she can be more disciplined..."

Gu Xiyan didn't make a sound, but Mo Ju could feel Gu Xiyan's soft breath, and she didn't think she was angry because of it.She hesitated for a while, and said in a deep voice: "The girl doesn't know yet, she is a big-hearted person, and even said some inappropriate things to Xinghong..."

Gu Xiyan smiled lightly, and hit Mo Ju's ear like thunder in the silent night.

Mo Ju knew that she was becoming more and more presumptuous, panicked in her heart, and hurriedly said: "But the girl has always been very assertive in situations, I am worried for Xing Hong..."

"I know." Gu Xiyan said softly, "You, you just have too many thoughts. I don't care how you treat others. Don't treat me like this again in the future."

Mo Ju didn't know whether this sentence was a compliment or a derogation, so she murmured in reply and stopped talking.

Gu Xiyan smiled and said: "Mo Ju, just do what I ordered. There are some things that I know very well. However, I still want to thank you today for letting you say such things. I'm afraid Huilan didn't just say Just said some 'inappropriate' words!"

Mo Ju really didn't know what to say this time.If you talk too deeply, you are afraid that you will hurt Xinghong, if you talk too shallow, you are afraid that the girl will be dissatisfied.Had to murmur again.

The two spent a short summer night in silence.

Gu Xiyan's ankle was injured, so it was impossible to go boating, Huilan told Gu Xiyan to play with grasshoppers, and Xinghong cleaned up the grass picked from Xiuhe Garden for later use.While learning how to weave grasshoppers from Huilan, Gu Xiyan chatted with her: "Which girl is the daughter of Duke Liang's family who married the Fourth Prince?"

Huilan folded a corner of the grass, and said: "The Duke and Duchess are very harmonious, and they don't have any concubines. There is only one son and one daughter in the family, both of whom are descendants. The one who grew up is the daughter, the one who married the fourth prince, and the second son , called Zheng Yan, entered Zongxue five years ago, and studied with the prince."

"What about the Duke of Jin, is there any son who studies in Zongxue?"

"Duke Jin was awarded the title last year. He is only 12 years old this year and he is not married yet."

"What about Duke Yan?"

"Their side is too remote, and few people come across the river. But I haven't heard of anyone studying in Zongxue." Whelan laughed, "I don't know much about why the girl asked these things. .”

Gu Xiyan carefully folded the grasshopper in her hand, and said with a smile: "Isn't Lord Yan going to Beijing to offer prisoners? I'm a little curious."

"I heard that the Gaochang National Assembly sent the two princesses to the palace, so I don't know who will be rewarded at the imperial meeting?" Huilan also became interested, and discussed with Gu Xiyan in a low voice, "Two nobles have just entered the palace. , the emperor is not very clingy to the harem, do you think you will reward the princess to the prince!"

This is the pain that war brings to people!

The noble princess can only be sacrificed as a tool for survival in the end.

Gu Xiyan was a little dazed.

Xing Hong laughed at the side: "Maybe it will be rewarded to Duke Yan? Didn't he break the Gaochang Kingdom? The emperor must reward him more."

Huilan smiled mysteriously and said flauntingly: "That's not the case. I heard from my aunt that the Duke of Yan broke the Gaochang Kingdom, and the court didn't know it beforehand. The court requested...the court doesn't know whether he will be praised or disparaged!"

Gu Xiyan looked a little lonely, and asked curiously: "Then what kind of person is Yan Guogong?"

Huilan said: "I only know that he is 25 or [-] years old. He is the bastard son of the previous Duke of Yan when he had no sons. He grew up in the Yanzhou military camp and is very good at fighting."

Gu Xiyan had a bad feeling: "Then, he, who is the wife of Duke Yan?"

Huilan smiled and said, "She is the eldest daughter of the Ye family in the Marquis of Zhenguo, but I heard that she passed away due to illness last year!"

Gu Xiyan's hands tightened when she heard the words, and the unformed grasshopper was pinched and deformed by her.

Xinghong yelled softly: "Girl, you are using your hand strength a bit!"

Gu Xiyan looked at the grasshopper in her hand angrily, and threw it on the ground angrily: "Don't do it, it's so small, it's so annoying!"

What else did Xinghong say, Huilan hurriedly tugged at Xinghong's sleeve, and said with a smile: "How about we go out with the girl for a while."

Gu Xiyan closed her eyes and leaned on the pillow: "Go, I want to rest alone!"

Everyone packed up their things lightly and went out, and Gu Xiyan opened her eyes.

Damn Qi Maosheng lied to her.What is "Yan Guogong's second son" is simply him...

Thinking of this, Gu Xiyan hurriedly took out the private seal from under the pillow.

In Qixia Temple, he went to pay homage to the 500-year-old original god of heaven, and a very meaningful ancient Xia character "shou" was carved on this cylindrical jade seal... It's really that simple, just A private seal?
"The son of a thousand pieces of gold can't sit in the palace", he is a majestic Duke of Yan, why would he take the risk of coming to Shengjing in person?
Did the court know his identity and hunted him down or was it just a coincidence?

If the plan to go out of the city fails this time, what will happen to the prisoner offering ceremony at that time?
Will the two families tear their faces apart, and the court will use this as an excuse to use troops against Yan?

And that Qi Yuzhi, Qi Maosheng knew that he had a dignified expression when he appeared in Qixia Temple, could there be some hidden secrets in it?
Countless possibilities arise in Gu Xiyan's mind one after another, and the tormented Gu Xiyan is going crazy.

In the next few days, Gu Xiyan's mood was not very good, her expression was in a trance, her words were incoherent, and she would put on a straight face because of little things, and Wuyuan once again fell into a tense and dignified atmosphere.

At this time, Liu Zuocheng suddenly came to visit Gu Xiyan.

Thinking of the common secret between them, Gu Xiyan's mind welled up with all kinds of flavors.

Liu Zuocheng was very calm. After entering the room, he dismissed the people around Gu Xiyan, and asked her in a low voice: "Is there any other way for the girl to contact that person?"

Gu Xiyan suppressed the surprise in her heart and smiled, "I only met through someone else's introduction."

Liu Zuocheng's expression suddenly became gloomy.

Gu Xiyan was startled, and asked, "But what happened?"

Liu Zuocheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "The man thought of a good idea, and everything went smoothly at first, but then...the man disappeared!"

Gu Xiyan's heart was beating wildly, and she breathed a little while speaking: "The person is missing, what do you mean?"

Liu Zuocheng's face was serious: "We found a bereaved household, and quietly sent a coffin to the funeral under the name of a relative of that bereaved household. For fear of attracting attention, we only sent me a caring nursing home to pretend to be a relative to attend the funeral. During the funeral, I left the city smoothly, but on the way to Qixia Temple, all the mourners...all were killed...my nursing home also..."

Gu Xiyan's hands and feet were cold: "Have you checked the coffin?"

Liu Zuocheng said: "At that time, he was an official of the passer-by newspaper, and the government officials opened the coffin to check on the spot, and found nothing..."

The two looked at each other.

The first thought that popped up in Gu Xiyan's mind was that Qi Maosheng was caught.

For a moment, her hands and feet were cold, and she felt a breath stuck in her chest, which made her heart ache.

If it is discovered, it should be discovered when it leaves the city...

Could it be that Qi Maosheng's people came to meet him, and then... silenced the mourners!
Thinking of this, Gu Xiyan felt that her breathing became easier.

But how can I say this to Liu Zuocheng, he just died in a caring nursing home, to use an inappropriate metaphor, it is like losing money in business, it is a frustrating thing.

After a brief silence, Liu Zuocheng said: "We originally made an appointment with that person to meet at Qixia Temple, but now not only has he disappeared, but also when we went to Qixia Temple as promised..." He He looked at Gu Xiyan gloomyly.

In his eyes, Gu Xiyan was sweating coldly.

Now things are getting bigger!
The person disappeared, the business was lost, and now I'm looking for a middleman!
Influenced by the modern management model, Gu Xiyan pursues the "responsibility system of asking the head". Now that something happened in her hands, it is natural for her to come forward to solve it.She smiled wryly: "I want manpower."

Liu Zuocheng nodded: "Miss, just tell me."

At dusk, the person sent by Liu Zuocheng arrived. She was a young woman in her thirties, with a dignified appearance, and her movements were as agile as flowing clouds and flowing water. She bowed her knees and saluted Gu Xiyan with a smile, and called herself "Ding Cuiniang".

Gu Xiyan didn't want Duanniang to worry, when she introduced Ding Cuiniang to Duanniang, she only said that the Liu family sent her to do some rough work for her.Duanniang believed it was true, and thought she was the housekeeper introduced by the Liu family, so she took a good test of her female arts.

Afterwards, she shook her head to Gu Xiyan in private: "I don't think so. Apart from being strong, Ding Cuiniang is not good at anything else."

Gu Xiyan joked: "I think it's pretty good. In case you get into a fight with your aunts, this is a good helper." Duanniang stared at her fiercely, Gu Xiyan couldn't help laughing, and turned her head , but saw Ding Cuiniang standing by the door looking at her solemnly.Gu Xiyan continued to smile, and raised her eyebrows at Ding Cuiniang, a smile appeared on Ding Cuiniang's slightly serious face.

(End of this chapter)