To tell the truth, there are really few people who will find Qiao Heng for such a thing as courtship.

In those past experiences, he has adopted several righteous daughters. When he didn't reveal his identity, there may be people who knock on the side a few times to reveal some intentions to talk about the matchmaker, but whenever his "bad deeds" are revealed to the world, they scatter in a hurry.

In fact, it is not difficult for him to understand the thoughts of these people, they all say that those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black, and there is such a villain as him who has gone astray, so in the eyes of others, the men and women around him are naturally all for the tiger.

However, in his life, he did not leave any heirs in his predecessor, and he himself did not adopt a righteous daughter on a whim, so who is the young master of the Zhou family for?

Qiao Heng thought about it for a while, and felt that it could only be those maids in the family.

Qiao Heng looked at Zhou Kechang for a long time.

Zhou Kechang took advantage of the courage in his heart and continued: "Young Master Qiao, is there a maid named Peony here? She, she said, she is willing to follow me, but Qiao Gongzi, you treat her like a father of rebirth, and you must have the consent of Gongzi to agree to leave with me, so I came over. 」

As soon as he finished speaking, his face, which had been a little pale by the wind, had already appeared a little red.

Qiao Heng waited patiently for him to finish his words, and replied, "I do have a maid named Peony. 」

He remembered that her original form was a very beautiful scorched peony, with purple petals overlapping and blooming enthusiastically.

The humanoid spirits in this whole house are catalyzed by his demonic power, and all the common sense of life is forcibly instilled, although there is a human form, but there is no independent personality, only relying on a little spirituality he gives this to be no different from ordinary people. When he left, everything was back to normal.

However, in this case, there was a spirit that moved the mortal feelings and gave birth to a heart of Mu Ai, apparently I don't know when I opened my spiritual wisdom. She has the concept of "self", and then understands the love between individuals and individuals, and truly breaks free from ignorance.

In this case, Qiao Heng knew that he had been here for a long time.

Wherever he appears, it is the eye of the wind where the spirit and the evil energy converge. Therefore, the things around him have lived with him for a long time, and it is easier to open up his mind than before.

This was not a good sign, because he knew that if that happened, it would mean that it was time to plan and get ready to leave the place at any time.

But these things don't have to be mentioned to outsiders.

"I know Young Master Zhou's intentions. However, I think Young Master Zhou should have read books and know how to read, haven't you ever heard of the Three Books and Six Rites?" Qiao Heng was not moved by the young man's bold courtship, but asked very rationally.

In his eyes, these young people who are carried away by love, they have always had no scruples, and they don't care about the consequences. Their love is like a fire, sincere and hot, menacing, and menacing, and in the end, only the residue of the burning remains, and they hurriedly want to clean it up, leaving it upset.

Zhou Kechang knew that it was really unreasonable for him to come over so rashly to ask for a kiss, but ......

He bowed his head and smiled bitterly and said, "If I go and ask the matchmaker to come over, my parents will definitely know about it, and they will never allow my marriage with Peony. Even if he reluctantly agrees in the end, he will not give Peony a serious identity.

Qiao Heng further asked, "So, you came here without telling your parents?"

Zhou Kechang took a deep breath and tried to explain, "I know that it is not appropriate for me to come this time, but I also ask my son to believe that although I came behind my parents' back, I did not make this decision on the spur of the moment. Me too...... As a last resort. Actually, I have planned to leave the Zhou family and leave here with Peony. 」

He was stimulated by his own mother today, but this was at most an inducement, he didn't run over for anger or anything. Instead, he realized that if he didn't come again, he was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to get out of the door of the Zhou family in the future.

He said with some caution, "I've seen Peony use immortal arts, and Peony respects Gongzi so much, and I think Gongzi is also an ordinary person. It's a long story, but would you like to listen to me tell me why?"

Qiao Heng laughed and said softly, "Immortal art?"

As the sky gets darker, the light in the room gets darker and darker. Qiao Heng snapped his fingers, and the candlesticks placed around the room were quietly lit, and the room was as bright as day.

Zhou Kechang was shocked, but not surprised.

At this time, Zhou Kechang noticed that this Qiao Gongzi had a pair of unusual eyes. His eyes are not the kind of ordinary people who look black at first glance, but in fact they are closer to the color between brown and brown.

It's a pair of black eyes that are simple and pure.

Qiao Heng said, "Young Master Zhou, go on. 」

"There are a lot of things that I haven't told people before, and they'll just think I'm evil and crazy when I do, but I think Childe will be able to hear that I'm not lying. Zhou Kechang's hand at his side slowly clenched and stretched out, relieving the tension in his heart.

"Maybe Gongzi Qiao doesn't know that I was lost once when I was thirteen or fourteen years old, and it took more than a year to find it. 」

Zhou Kechang saw that Qiao Heng did not refute his words, and knew that the other party really hadn't heard of this matter, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. He said, "It's good not to know about it, because I'm going to say it's false. 」

Qiao Heng: "Fake?"

Zhou Kechang nodded: "It's fake from beginning to end. 」

He was not lost, but was taken captive by thieves and sold to a wealthy merchant as a son.

A year later, he was never recovered.

He spent nearly four years in the wealthy merchant before he was able to return to his true home.

"But...... They did find one man more than a year later. That person said that his name was Zhou Kechang, and he was the same age as me, with the same appearance and the same voice as me. He said that he was lost by the Taoist priest and came back after escaping, and my parents were convinced of this and took him directly back to the Zhou family. 」

The wind outside blew harder, whimpering and striking at the window, tangled with the shadows of the trees like ghost's claws, as if they were about to tear the windows and force their way into the house.

"No one in the Zhou family from top to bottom suspects that his identity is fake, obviously I am so different from him. I was tired of school since I was a child, but he behaved diametrically opposite to me, my father let him go to school, and he brought someone back, and the family didn't dislike him. 」

"I later heard from my mother that he had a strange habit, and at night he didn't like to see people, and he hid in the house by himself and didn't know what to do. My parents wanted to have a grandson sooner, and he always found an excuse to avoid the topic, and then he got tired of having fun, so he simply disappeared in front of my parents, leaving only a puddle of clothes on the ground. I later learned that when my mother changed her clothes at night, she found that the amulet she was wearing had been burned to ashes at some point. 」

"It's a coincidence, I came back the day after this incident. 」

It is said that when Zhou Kechang was first abducted and trafficked to a wealthy businessman, he was not young at that time.

He remembered exactly where his home was and who his last name was. But every time he said he wanted to go home, his adoptive father locked him up, nailed the windows, and forbade him to eat. After he softened, he immediately let people serve good food, and the maid brought him a brocade dress and a gorgeous dress for him to change into.

But this is not his home!

He was quiet for a while, and then tried to escape, but undoubtedly failed.

So he was locked up again.

Then he was released again.

It's like training a dog.

Every time he was released, his adoptive parents wept in distress. As long as he doesn't mention going home, it really doesn't cost him any delicacies from the mountains and seas, gold, silver and jewelry. also taught him how to treat people and things, how to do business, even if it is his own son.

Until one day, his adoptive father and adoptive mother suddenly gave birth to a younger brother to him.

Once again, he asked to go home. This time, the adoptive father and adoptive mother actually smiled and said yes, they prepared a good salute for him, filled a carriage full of things, prepared a small servant for him, and handed him all the deeds.

Then, he went home smoothly and without hindrance.

Seeing their biological parents after a long absence, both sides hugged their heads and cried.

He thought that he was finally relieved when he returned home, but he didn't expect that this was the beginning of another nightmare.

"The first thing my father did after I got to know my relatives was to investigate my knowledge. I've been in a wealthy business for three or four years, and I haven't really done anything yet, so naturally I don't know anything. My parents told me not to talk about what happened in the past few years, and to recognize this identity before talking about other things. 」

But he hadn't even taken the children's exam, so how could he pretend to be a well-known figure among his peers?

His parents told him to "rest" at home first, and not to leave the house unless there was anything important. They asked him to imitate the guy who didn't know if he was a human or a ghost, from the way he dressed to the way he spoke. When he couldn't imitate it, his parents' eyes showed a deep disappointment.

At first, he honestly obeyed his parents' arrangement, and they did whatever they said, until one day when he looked in the mirror, he was in a cold sweat.

Who's the substitute for whom?

He, the real Zhou Kechang, is now living like a shadow of others.

"When I hesitated, I had doubts about everything in the past. I suddenly remembered that when I first came home, my father immediately took the school entrance examination for me, and at that time he saw that I was not knowledgeable, and he said that he was as stubborn as before, and the true son of the Zhou family was also. I didn't think anything at the time, but after thinking about it, I realized that he probably understood from the beginning that his real son was not that smart. 」

Qiao Heng said, "So, do you think your parents knew from the beginning that the young master Zhou who was found before was not real?"

Zhou Kechang said, "...... I do not know. 」

"I just thought, if they understood that the other party was fake from the beginning, what did they have in mind when they first recognized that person?" Because of the pain of losing a child, I want to find comfort? But then why let the other party replace him everywhere, until the real him comes back, he must live with the other party as a mold?

If Zhou Kechang was still a little panicked when he spoke at the beginning, at this moment, only calm, even cold.

"And wouldn't it be even more ironic if my parents didn't recognize him as a fake at all. The family has lived for more than ten years, and they can't recognize who is real and who is fake?"

Since he had these two questions in his heart, and when he saw his parents smiling at him as usual, he only felt that those two smiling faces were like two masks depicting delicate facial features.

The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became.

Zhou Kechang never expected anyone to answer his doubts. But he probably will never know that he is asking the right person when he hits the right person.

Didn't Qiao Heng ask these questions about him?

Qiao Heng would only think more often than he did, and think more deeply.

Even for him, these two questions are not just directed at his parents, but at all those who have ever known "this body".

Qiao Heng smiled softly, and then his smile was all retracted, he looked at Zhou Kechang with a sharp gaze, and said in a determined tone: "If you want me to say, if they can't tell who is true and who is fake, it can only mean one thing, their relationship with you is far from as deep as you think!

At this point, the love of licking calves, the goodness of the piano, and the friendship between the necks on the lips of others are nothing more than jokes.

Zhou Kechang's body shook, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "Maybe. 」

He shook off the confusion in his mind, and explained why he visited privately without his parents, why he made up his mind to fly away with Peony, and even how to make ends meet after the two of them left here.

As for his parents, although they don't want to admit it, to be honest, if he really disappears, it is estimated that the old couple will probably only secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Because in this way, you don't have to worry about what he is doing badly, being exposed as a fake person who is not worthy of the position, and causing trouble to the family.

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