"Is the string song better?" Gu Qingxuan asked.

Jiang Hechuan sighed and shook his head.

Gu Qingxuan twisted his eyebrows and thought, "Eh, brother, I watch Xian Song and Qinghuan...... I'm afraid this marriage won't work out......"

"How could it be? These two children are a pair made in heaven, childhood sweethearts and two little ones have no guesses, as long as the string song wants to open, it will definitely be successful. Jiang Hechuan is still convinced of this to this day.

"Nope. Gu Qingxuan said: "Brother, haven't you seen it yet? Xian Ge, I don't mean that to Qinghuan, this kid has a heavy heart, and he has something on his mind, I'm afraid he already has something else in his heart." ”

"The heart belongs to him, it can't be!" he knew his daughter well, and he really never saw that she looked sideways at other young people. "No, no, for so many years, how many descendants have pursued her, but she doesn't want to see others, you also know the character of Xiange, brother, she has always been reserved, how can she have anything to do with other men?

Gu Qingxuan was also puzzled, "Eh, no matter what, this is the children's own business, let's not be in a hurry, just wait, we'll see later." I really want to be the daughter-in-law of our Gu family, but if she doesn't want to, she can't force it, right?"

Jiang Hechuan felt that what he said was right, nodded, still thinking about something, and then when Gu Qingxuan was about to leave, he grabbed Gu Qingxuan's arm and suddenly said, "It won't be Qingfeng, right?"

"Huh?" Gu Qingxuan was stunned, and he couldn't react for a while.

……

Gu Qingxuan went up to the top floor of Jiang Yue Tower, and as soon as he stepped on the steps, he saw the masked Jiang Xiange walking down and met her on the stairs.

She was not as indifferent as she was that day, and she also put away the sadness and gloom that had accumulated in the past few days, and when she saw him, she asked with concern: "Is my uncle feeling better?

Gu Qingxuan smiled with satisfaction: "Don't worry about string songs, you see, isn't your uncle good?"

She bowed her head demurely: "Uncle is fine, but he can ......"

"Is that a string song?" he asked.

Jiang Xiange walked down with his hand, "Uncle asked, Xiange is very good." ”

Gu Qingxuan said kindly: "Xian Ge, my uncle is here to make amends to you. ”

"Apologize, why did Uncle say that?"

He said: "Last time I told your father that I wanted to decide the marriage between you and Qinghuan, it was indeed because I didn't think it through, and I ignored your thoughts about Xiange, which made you sad, eh, it's my uncle who is wrong, I talked to myself, and please don't blame Xiange, in the future, I will never force you and Qinghuan to do it." ”

Jiang Xiange really didn't know how to feel, "Uncle is too worried, and Xiange doesn't mind." ”

"It's still an open-minded song. Come to think of it, the marriage in this world is difficult to be as people want, my uncle really wants you to marry into my Gu family, but ...... It's also that Qinghuan is not blessed, no matter, as long as you can follow your heart. He sighed.

Jiang Xiange looked at him silently, smiled wordlessly, nodded wordlessly, and hid thousands of thoughts in silence.

Gu Qingxuan asked her again, "How is the injury on her face recovering?"

She froze for a moment, ignoring anything else, and reached out to remove her veil, revealing her injured face.

"I'm afraid it is, it's not going to get better. ”

Gu Qingxuan could clearly see the obvious scar on her cheek, which had already scabbed, like a dark red slender willow leaf sticking to the jade face, cruelly destroying the beauty of the entire face, making people feel the urge to dust it off for her.

"It's a pity......" he sighed.

She smiled brightly and calmly: "It's not a pity. ”

Without putting the veil on again, he bowed respectfully, passed by him, and walked away.

As he left, the veil around his waist slipped off and fell silently to the ground.

Gu Qingxuan looked at her distant back, his eyes fell on the ground, he picked up the veil, folded it, and put it in his sleeve.

……

When they returned home, the three siblings were enjoying the cool air under the porch, waiting for him to come back and have dinner together.

In the past few days, it has been rare to see the family so neat, and Gu Qingxuan is quite comforted. He walked over and looked at the lamp hanging on the porch.

He took out the veil and handed it to Gu Qinghuan, Gu Qinghuan recognized that it was a string song, and there were faint traces of blood on the veil that had faded, and he suddenly felt a pang of heart.

"The kindness of the Jiang family, our Gu family can't be repaid...... he sighed.

He looked at Gu Qinghuan and then at Gu Qingfeng, shook his head and said, "Of the two sons, none of them are a little promising." ”

Gu Qingfeng was puzzled: "Father, what's the matter with me?"

Gu Qingxuan said: "You are also a big boss, you will be crowned next year, it's time to get married." ”

Gu Qingfeng was inexplicable, and pushed Gu Qinghuan forward: "Father, isn't there still a brother in front? Let's solve my brother's problem first." ”

Gu Qinghuan lowered his head, clutched the veil, and fell into his own thoughts, feeling that everything was out of control. He thought that he had gained fame, and that his affair with the string song would come naturally, who would have thought that it would become like this?

I've been thinking about it for so many years, is it really the only way to do it?

Gu Qingxuan saw through his mind and said, "Are you willing? If you are unwilling, you might as well try again." But don't rush it, either. ”

"Father......" Gu Qinghuan was encouraged.

Gu Qingxuan sat down, looked at Gu Qingning, and asked, "Qingning, you are the best with Xian Ge, do you know what is on her mind?

Gu Qingning thought for a while and shook his head: "I really didn't see it, other sons......?"

Hearing Gu Qingxuan's question, Gu Qinghuan began to get nervous, and then he asked, "What about Qingfeng?"

"Qingfeng?" the three siblings were all surprised.

Gu Qingning couldn't help but smile and said, "Absolutely impossible. ”

Gu Qingfeng was nothing, but when he heard his sister veto him like this, he was a little unconvinced: "Sister, what are you talking about? What is absolutely impossible, what is impossible? Sister Xiange may ......."

Before he could finish muttering this, he felt a cold light shooting from the opposite side, and hurriedly stopped: "Brother, I didn't mean that, I mean it may be ......"

"What possibility, do you think?" Gu Qinghuan asked through gritted teeth, pounced on Gu Qingfeng.

"Hehe, brother, look, my sister and Sister Xian Ge are also childhood sweethearts, these years of relationship are not shallower than you...... Plus I'm so handsome and talented...... And brother, you can't help but be weak and small...... Maybe Sister Xian Song just likes ......"

Gu Qingfeng played with his heart and deliberately teased him, and the two brothers quarreled and chased each other in the yard.

Gu Qinghuan has indeed always been weak, who wants to touch this thing, his brain will be hot, unyielding, Gu Qingfeng was chased by him and jumped up and down, but he couldn't, regretting that he shouldn't have stimulated him, until he heard someone knocking on the door, he was relieved and ran towards the door: "Brother, don't make trouble, let the guests see how funny it is, I'll open the door, don't pester me!"

"Don't you want to escape! You explain it to me clearly! Gu Qingfeng!" Gu Qinghuan is still chasing.

Gu Qingfeng ran to open the door, Gu Qinghuan chased after him, as soon as he opened the door, Gu Qinghuan behind him didn't pay attention to his feet because he ran too fast, he tripped over the steps and knocked down Gu Qingfeng.

In a wail, the two brothers threw themselves to the ground.

"Eh~~It's really not appropriate to go out today~~"

Zhongli, who was originally dancing outside the door, fell at the door of the Gu Mansion at this time, and the two brothers of the Gu family were pressed on him, extremely embarrassed and complaining.

Gu Qingning and Gu Qingxuan rushed to the door, and when they saw the tragic situation of the three people on the ground, they couldn't cry or laugh.

Gu Qinghuan and Gu Qingfeng stood up with a roll, and when they saw that it was Zhongli, the two of them hurriedly helped him up, dusted him off his body diligently, and apologized again and again: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! This is a mistake." ”

Zhongli rubbed his aching chin, looked at Gu Qingning, who was gloating and smiling on the side, and said angrily, "What kind of person?

When he saw Gu Qingxuan at first glance, he immediately changed his face, and endured the pain: "I saw Gu Weng in my later life." ”

Gu Qingxuan returned the salute and asked him, "The high priest is not injured, right?"

He was shocked, shook his head, and looked back at the two brothers, they were all messy and disheveled, Zhongli shook his sleeves angrily: "Eh, how can there be such a person in Gu Weng......'s family?"

Gu Qingxuan glanced at the two brothers with hatred, invited Zhong Li inside, turned around, smiled casually, and explained to him, "I don't know them. ”

"Father's ......"

……

In fact, Zhongli came to find Gu Qingning this time, but later he had a very happy conversation with Gu Qingxuan.

It turned out that Gu Qingxuan had always known about Zhongli's existence. The eldest princess of Jinyi mentioned this righteous son to him a long time ago, but she didn't expect him to be the high priest of Qin Tianjian, and then she saw him in the eldest princess's mansion, and afterwards she heard Gu Qingning talk about his background to understand him.

Although there is no intersection, it can be regarded as a very close relationship, Gu Qingxuan talked to him about hiding his identity, and told him not to easily reveal his origin. He also thinks so.

Gu Qingning's strange thing is that Zhongli, who has never been in a proper shape, is very well-behaved and pleasing to the eye in front of Gu Qingxuan, and he looks respectful to his descendants, chatting with him, bringing out old things to chat, as if he is deliberately close, secretly thinking that he is pretending, and he doesn't know what he wants.

What made her even more depressed was the two younger brothers, seeing Zhongli all looking like they were adoring, they had knocked him down before, and it was understandable that they didn't want to fall down, but what was going on with this snickering face?

A few cups of tea were pushed over, and Zhongli and the three fathers and sons of the Gu family were all familiar with each other, but they didn't say a few words to Gu Qingning.

Zhongli is a person who can speak well, and later chatted with Gu Qingxuan about chess, saying that he is also a person who loves chess, and this time it is out of control, and they take turns to play a few games, and they will go to the deep change if they are not careful.

His title for Gu Qingxuan changed from Gu Weng to Uncle Gu in this night, and Gu Qingxuan's title for him also changed from high priest to virtuous nephew, Gu Qinghuan and Gu Qingfeng were no longer called high priests, and directly changed their names to Brother Zhongli.

He and the Gu family father and son took turns to play, and then in the evening, there were only three people left in the room, he and the Gu family's father and daughter, sitting deeper and hidden, picking up the lamp, talking with their hands, one person sencha, listening to the cicadas on a summer night, and smelling the fragrance of tea before the dawn.

At the end of the game, Gu Qingxuan was very happy, and applauded Zhong Li: "The virtuous nephew is good at chess, this chess opponent is really a great pleasure!"

Zhongli said with a smile: "Uncle praise, I lost one night, and I lost my uncle's three sons in this game, can I still applaud it?"

Gu Qingxuan stroked his beard and said, "Well, it's okay, it's been a long time since anyone has been able to lose only Gu Mou's third son." ”

Zhongli held the fan and arched his hand, and said: "Uncle's stunt, he is willing to bow to the wind in his later life." ”

Gu Qingxuan smiled, looked at Zhong Li with appreciation, his gaze fell to one place, he froze for a moment, and then his face changed, he pointed to the fan in Zhong Li's hand, and asked, "This fan pendant ...... Could it be the Qilin Shuangjue?"

Zhongli pretended to hide it in a panic, and his face changed, "Uncle recognizes?"

"This thing, the last time Gu saw it, it was still ...... Five or six years ago......"

Gu Qingxuan was thoughtful, stretched out his hand to ask him for a fan, took the fan pendant in his hand and looked at it carefully, he was silent for a long time, and then looked at Zhongli and said, "Gu only knows that his nephew is from the Lingnan Zhongli family...... I don't know what the relationship between the virtuous nephew and the former Qin Tianjian High Priest Bai Ruhui is?"

Zhongli looked at Gu Qingning, his eyes met Gu Qingxuan's again, and he said bluntly: "He is my maternal grandfather, and my metaphysical skills are all taught by him. ”

Gu Qingxuan's eyebrows moved slightly, and his gaze became cold and deep: "It's no wonder......

Gu Qingning couldn't help but be curious, took the pendant and looked at it carefully, and asked, "What does my father mean?" I remember that the Bai clan was beheaded by the whole family because of the witch Gu in the palace, and they disappeared in Chang'an City five or six years ago...... What does it have to do with this jade?"

Gu Qingxuan looked at Zhong Li and said, "The Bai clan was destroyed, in fact, it was not because it was related to the matter of the harem witch Gu, but because of the Immortal Sect, the Immortal Sect uses the Double Qilin as a totem, this kind of white jade Shuangjue is admired by people at the level of the Immortal Sect priest, I still have the impression that the high priest of Bai Ruhui once wore such a jade jue back then......

The Immortal Religion has been prevalent in all parts of Daqi, countless people have joined this religion, to believe in the Zen (shan) master, the cultivation of immortals to obtain immortality as the doctrine, the number of people who have been recruited is very large, Chang'an City up to the imperial officials, down to the people of Limin, there are people who believe in this religion, but later the Immortal Religion was regarded as a cult by the emperor, and the decree was eradicated, so countless people were implicated in this matter.

She heard Gu Qingxuan say that Lu Yuanzhi also framed and suppressed many dissidents in the name of exterminating the cult.

Gu Qingning thought about it and thought about it: "I remember that I read a related article, saying that the highest level of the Immortal Sect is a Zen master made up from nothing, and the following are the priests, there are two of them, the eastern priest is entrenched in Luoyang, and the western priest is in Chang'an...... Could it be that the white high priest was a priest of the West?"

Zhongli rolled his eyes and smiled: "Yes, my maternal grandfather was the Western priest back then...... However, Qingning, you are wrong about one thing, in fact, many people are wrong, the highest level of the Immortal Sect is not a Zen master for people to believe...... It's the first emperor. ”

"Emperor?" Gu Qingning was taken aback, this was something that even Gu Qingxuan hadn't thought about, it was indeed terrifying.

Zhong Li said: " When the emperor pursued immortality, he secretly sent someone to find a warlock doctor in order to seek the art of immortality, some people took advantage of this to seek things, win people's hearts, and draw my grandfather in, and united with the medicine king family in Luoyang, in the name of the first emperor to seek longevity, enveloped all parties, established the Immortal Sect, everyone is greedy, with the wider the power of the Immortal Sect, the more they profit, my grandfather began to work for the Bai family to seek power, and then it was difficult to ride a tiger, and finally things got out of control, the first emperor had to abolish the Immortal Religion, and was instigated by others, and the senior members of the Immortal Sect were wiped out, after all, the Bai family is the Chang'an Wang clan, it is not good to let people know that the Bai family is related to the Immortal Religion on the surface, and the first emperor listened to the words of the traitor, I deducted my grandfather for fornicating with the harem concubines and witchcraft, and the Bai family was beheaded, of course, the Su family of the Luoyang Medicine King family was not spared......"

Gu Qingning was silent, and she fell into deep thought.

Gu Qingxuan got up, walked to the window, and said, "Then nephew, why are you so relieved to tell us this, aren't you afraid that we will harm you with this?"

Zhongli liked the Gu family to be so honest and thorough, still smiling, and replied: "No, I'm not afraid, because it is beneficial for the Gu family to say these things, I know that as long as you understand these truths, uncle, my goal will eventually be achieved, even if you hand me over to blame me in exchange for credit, I have no regrets." ”

"It's good for the Gu family?" Gu Qingning was puzzled.

Gu Qingxuan had already guessed the probability, and turned around to look at Zhong Li, "It was Yin Jiheng who bewitched the first emperor to seek immortality, and it was Yin Jiheng who framed your Bai clan and Luoyang Su clan, right?"

Zhongli smiled happily and nodded: "Uncle guessed correctly, it is the old thief! I have been in Chang'an City for so long, firstly, I want to take revenge on the Lu family, and secondly, I want to find out the truth about the destruction of the Bai family, at first I suspected that it was related to Lu Yuanzhi, and it was not until the Lu family was destroyed that I saw clearly that it was not him who framed the Bai family, but Yin Jiheng. ”

"Don't you think you're a bit risky, what if the Gu family is on the same line as the Yin family?" Gu Qingxuan asked.

He said, "Yes? Did I see it wrong? ”

"Why?"

He raised his fan and hooked the corners of his mouth, "Because the eldest princess of Jinyi once told me that in Chang'an City, there is only Gu Qingxuan who is a smart person." ”

Gu Qingxuan laughed, open-minded, sat down in front of him, and picked up a cup of tea poured by Gu Qingning, "Replace wine with tea, Gu Mou respects a cup of nephew." ”

He raised his glass in return: "I don't dare to say respect, but I am fortunate to drink this bottle with my uncle." ”

……

Little did they know that the conversation inside the house had been listened to by the people outside the house.

It was Fusu, and after standing outside the study for a while, she quietly left and went back to her room.

In the middle of the night, she still couldn't sleep. There was no light in the room, and she leaned back on the side of the couch, gazing at the things in her hands by the moonlight.

It was a piece of white jade unicorn jade.