Chen Qiuniang slept in the dark, and when she woke up, the monks had already finished their evening class. Shaoguang and Xiaocui kept food for her, and asked for a small stove in the temple hall to open a small stove for her.

Although the food is vegetarian, the craftsmanship of shaking light is really good. After Chen Qiuniang finished washing up and eating, she asked her if she was moving when she was sleeping.

"Then Master Jingyuan came and said that you specially sent you soothing incense for the sake of Zhu Gongzi's restlessness." Shake the light and say as he distributes the vegetables.

"Incense? Where? When Chen Qiuniang heard this, she suddenly thought of the last time she was in Tianxianglou, and she was startled and immediately asked.

Xiaocui said: "Childe told me not to accept anything before going to bed, so we just blocked it back." Master Jingyuan said, wait until you wake up, he will send it. ”

Chen Qiuniang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I don't like to smell any incense recently, I just feel dizzy." ”

"If you don't want it, you can't do it. Why should Childe bother with this? Shake Light continued.

"You're very open-minded." Chen Qiuniang smiled.

Shake the light smiled and said: "The previous master of the servant taught that if you don't like it, you don't like it, and if you don't want it, you don't want it." I'd rather let others be depressed than let myself be depressed. ”

"Your former master—" Chen Qiuniang glanced at her.

The light and clear eyes and the smile on his face seemed to be trying to hide it from her.

"The temperament is happy and revenge." Chen Qiuniang came with a glimpse of a sentence.

Shaoguang just laughed, but Kaiyang was like a puppet set aside, and there was no joy, anger or sorrow. Chen Qiuniang also buried her head in eating and did not continue to talk to others.

Soon after dinner, Zhu Wenkang came, carrying an incense burner and saying that it was for Chen Qiuniang to calm down. Chen Qiuniang thanked him, and then said that there were still some things to deal with, so don't entertain him.

Zhu Wenkang was stunned for a moment, as if she couldn't believe it, so she whispered to reassure: "You go back first, there are many people, there are some abnormalities here." ”

Zhu Wenkang nodded and said, "Since the donor has something, the poor monk won't bother." ”

After Zhu Wenkang left, Chen Qiuniang asked Xiaocui to send the incense burner to the main hall. Shaoguang stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Childe, the maid and Kaiyang are the secret guards of Lu Gongzi." This time, I was ordered by the second son of Zhang to protect you. ”

"Which Zhang Ergongzi? I don't know any second son Zhang. Chen Qiuniang replied immediately. Who knows whether these two people are Zhang Ci's cronies. She couldn't admit it.

Shaking the light and laughing, he said, "Lu Gongzi said a long time ago that we would reveal our identities, and you would have such a reaction." ”

"Who is Lu Gongzi?" Chen Qiuniang pretended not to understand.

Shaoguang looked at Kaiyang and said, "It seems that Gongzi is right, Miss Chen really won't admit it." ”

"Miss Chen, our brother and sister are Lu Gongzi's personal guards, it doesn't matter if you believe it or not. We're just here to protect you. To be honest, you're too headstrong to come here alone. Kaiyang said.

Chen Qiuniang looked at him very seriously, but she was a little vigilant in her heart. When she first saw Kaiyang, she only thought that this little guy was handsome and fair-skinned, not smiling, and didn't say much. Looking at it again, he is still handsome and fair-skinned, but his expression seems to have changed more, and it seems that this is too much.

Kaiyang was a little uncomfortable by Chen Qiuniang, so he lowered his head. Chen Qiuniang looked at the pane again, and thought to herself: These people are too careless, they don't know that I have never forgotten it, this Kaiyang was obviously higher than now, but it seems that this time and again, it has been changed. Who is this Kaiyang now, can this shaking light know that this Kaiyang has changed people?

Chen Qiuniang only felt that the situation was getting more and more complicated, and she had a headache. She held her forehead and said, "I'm going to sleep, Shaoguang and Xiaocui were tired last night, so let's rest." Let Kaiyang be on duty tonight. ”

Shake the light has no opinion, and Xiao Cui seems to be very unhappy. Chen Qiuniang waved her hand and said, "You didn't sleep well last night." You and the shaking light are resting outside. ”

Chen Qiuniang said, then went into the house and lay down, and said to Na Kaiyang: "You sleep on the floor behind the screen, there is a thin quilt in the cabinet, take it yourself." ”

"Yes." Kaiyang replied and went to get the quilt by himself.

Chen Qiuniang put the mosquito net, pulled the quilt to cover it, but held a dagger in her hand, and was about to slowly adjust her breathing, but suddenly found that Kaiyang was standing in front of her curtain at some point.

She was startled, but she didn't know what to do, and wanted to see what this man was going to do. In the light of the candle, he seemed to touch his face for a while, and after a while, he stopped, gently lifted the curtain, and whispered, "Yun'er." ”

The voice was like Zhang Ci. Chen Qiuniang was alert, but she didn't recognize each other immediately, she just sat up all of a sudden and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Yun'er, don't be nervous, it's me, your brother Youqi." He whispered.

Chen Qiuniang only believed that he was really Zhang Ci at this time. Because what he said was each other's exclusive titles, and it was their agreement on the top of the mountain. She was excited for a while, so she lowered her voice and said reproachfully, "Why are you here?" Didn't I let you stand still? ”

"I'm worried about you." He said.

Chen Qiuniang felt a burst of warmth in her heart, and then said, "Then don't mess around." What if the other party catches the braids? ”

"Don't worry, I've arranged it all." Zhang Ci said.

Chen Qiuniang sighed and said, "You are becoming more and more willful. ”

"In my life, it's good to be capricious a few times. Otherwise, I am afraid that until I die, my life will be empty. Zhang Ci sat down on the edge of the bed, still dressed as Kaiyang's little servant, but the skin on his face had been removed, and he was exactly Zhang Ci's appearance.

When Chen Qiuniang heard his words, she was speechless, she only felt distressed, so she didn't care about anything anymore, and she also knew in her heart that there were not many days when they could get together with each other, so they had to seize the time to exchange ideas and information.

"Okay, come on, let's not say anything else. Tell me, is that Kaiyang and Shaking Light really Lu Chen's people? Chen Qiuniang leaned on the edge of the bed and asked in a low voice.

Zhang Ci pouted and said unhappily: "You don't even ask me if I want you, but you ask this." ”

Chen Qiuniang held her forehead and said, "You like to joke with me." You are the son of a famous family, and I am a country girl. ”

"I want to beat you up. And so far, what else are you going to say? Zhang Ci was displeased.

"Then you're embarrassed to say that to me? I'm only eleven years old, and according to my grandmother's calculations, I'm only nine years old. I was still a child. Chen Qiuniang emphasized.

Zhang Ci suppressed a smile with a "ha, ha, ha", and then lowered his head and said in her ear: "Are you embarrassed to say this?" ”

"Why am I embarrassed?" Chen Qiuniang raised her head to speak, but found that he was close at hand, and his eyes were so bright in the hazy candlelight. Her heart moved, and then she moved back, only to feel uncomfortable.

"What do you think you look like a child?" Zhang Ci said, followed by up and down, looking at her left and right, and said, "No one is good at calculating people, and from time to time they dig pits for people to jump; He does things without leakage, and he is ruthless. Where do these styles look like children? ”

"You're belittling me." Chen Qiuniang pursed her lips, knowing in her heart that he didn't mean that, but she couldn't help but be coquettish with him.

Zhang Ci stretched out his hand and gently pulled her long hair, saying, "It's a compliment to you." I didn't treat you like a child from the beginning. ”

"It's an excuse for your pedophilia." Chen Qiuniang whispered.

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Ci leaned in front of her and asked.

"I didn't say anything." Chen Qiuniang smiled.

"Actually, after all, the physical development is still like a child, and those in Bianjing, well, can't be compared." Zhang Ci took a step back and looked at it carefully.

Chen Qiuniang suddenly felt a chill, wrapped the quilt all of a sudden, and said, "It's not comparable to those in Tianxianglou." ”

"Oh, I haven't been to Tianxiang Building." He shrugged his shoulders and then said, "That's Zhao Kuangyin's secret stronghold in Liuhe Town, so I won't go." ”

Chen Qiuniang was going to say a few more words about this little child's incident, but as soon as she heard that he directly broke out the secret of Tianxianglou, she couldn't help but stop the original topic, and said in surprise: "It turns out that this is really the case." ”

"You already knew?" Zhang Ci was very surprised.

Chen Qiuniang shook her head and said, "The last time I talked to Chen Wenzheng, I talked about this matter when I analyzed the shape in front of my eyes. Chen Wenzheng thought that the Zhu Mansion was on the surface. And if the imperial court wants to deal with a big family like the Zhang family, there must be a secret trick. He said that this Liuhe town can afford this dark chess task, but I am afraid that there are not many. He named seven or eight. At that time, I thought Tianxianglou was more suspicious. ”

Zhang Ci was taken aback and said, "I didn't expect this Chen Wenzheng to be so shrewd." ”

"Chen Wen is a rare talent, but he is only suitable for governing the world, not for assisting the Star of Breaking the Army." Chen Qiuniang said.

Zhang Ci smiled and said, "My life is not a broken army. ”

"And what's your life?" Chen Qiuniang asked curiously. In my heart, I thought: It's not to break the army, it's hard to be Ziwei.

"I won't sue you now. When one day you need to put together a post, I'll write it to you personally. Zhang Ci whispered.

Chen Qiuniang knew that the co-name post he was referring to was naturally when he talked about marriage with three appointments and six ceremonies, and her heart was up and down, and she was so sad that she wanted to cry. There are crises all around, and the beautiful vision of the future will make every minute and every second fall into tears.

"If it doesn't work, so what." She muttered and bowed her head, tears dripping silently.

"My fate is definitely the same as yours. Your mother has written your true birth date to me. I've done the math. Zhang Ci smiled.

"It's not fair." Chen Qiuniang protested.

He smiled, reached out and patted her on the head, and said, "My real birth date is Zi Weixing." That year, my mother wrote it to me herself. At that time, I was born with Zi Weixing's life, and in Zhang's Mansion, this number was to be suppressed for the rest of my life, and I might even be executed. So, my father faked my birth date. Later, when I met my mother, she secretly sued me. ”

"The fate is Zi Weixing, and he may be executed. Is it to protect the ancestral teachings? Chen Qiuniang's heart was cold, secretly thinking that the ancestor of the nine major families who formulated the ancestral training was just a traverser, or a strict guardian of history, and he was no longer capable of destroying the emergence of advanced technologies such as firearms, so he left such a bad ancestral training to make future generations worse than death.

Zhang Ci nodded, then smiled again and said, "Zi Weixing is the emperor star. If you fall into the broken army, greedy wolf, seven killings or something, it is difficult to say the number of lives. ”

"So if it's a purple microstar. Not only enemies, but also your clan, right? Chen Qiuniang asked.

"Anything that contradicts the ancestral teachings will be ruined." Zhang Ci smiled helplessly.

Chen Qiuniang only felt sad, a family had forgotten the meaning of the original departure, and simply operated a qiē for the so-called ancestral teaching. In order to survive, Zhang Ci's parents chose to hide his life experience. Later, in order for him to better avoid danger and not become a burden to him, they chose death.

"This ancestral precept is no longer reasonable." Chen Qiuniang said as soon as she was excited.

"Yun'er, you shouldn't say this." Zhang Ci was suddenly displeased.

Chen Qiuniang was taken aback, and didn't understand why he changed so quickly, so she just stared at him in place.

"I am the head of the clan, and my duty is to maintain the ancestral teachings." He sighed.

With this sigh, Chen Qiuniang suddenly understood his difficulties. He is the patriarch, and he must consider the overall situation, how to make the nine major families seem to be in a position of control all the time, instead of just trying to be happy and enmity, breaking the ancestral teachings, and doing something inappropriate, so that the family will be destroyed, and thus decline and fall. So, no matter how aggrieved he was, but how unwilling he was, he had to do it.

Chen Qiuniang only felt that her heart was full of fine and dense pain. She leaned over slowly, leaned into the crook of his arm, and whispered, "Okay, let's not talk about that." ”

His warm palm fell down and rubbed lightly against her right cheek, and he replied softly, "Well, listen to you." ”

Chen Qiuniang just lay in his arms, like a little girl who was tired of playing in her father's arms, and rested in her father's arms. She just lay on her stomach, motionless. After a long time, Zhang Ci seemed to have a little numb in her arm, and she moved slightly, before she sat up and said, "That day, I thought about something. This whole world is not the king's land. We want to be completely free from the shackles of fate. There are only two roads. ”

"I know." Zhang Ci said immediately.

Chen Qiuniang knew that Zhang Ci was referring to two roads, one was rebellion and the other was a dead end. She immediately shook her head and said, "You don't know. ”

"Oh? Is there a better way for Yun'er? Zhang Ci smiled, still not convinced.

Chen Qiuniang didn't pay attention to him, after all, he hadn't experienced the crossing in person, so he naturally couldn't think of the possibility of crossing. She began to analyze for Zhang Ci: "The next strategy is to rebel and take away this country." Carry forward the firearms, after all, the guilt of the arms, just because the arms are valuable, if this thing is not valuable, everyone has it, who cares about you. In this way, the tragic fate of you and me can be completely freed. However, rebellion is very costly, it will involve the fate of the nine major families, or even more people, and it will not necessarily be our victory in the end. There are too many accidental factors in war, and sometimes, I really have to sigh that there is such a thing as fate. ”R1152