Mama Jiao Xi couldn't hide the light of greed on her face, she asked me to go to rest and go to the foot of the mountain tomorrow to meet my ancestors.

I nodded, and on the second day, I waited for the distant guests from Wei Yinghou's Mansion in the small pavilion in the mountains.

"Ancestor, you can slow down." A middle-aged woman in a silk skirt was helping an old lady in a golden silk brocade dress to walk up the mountain, she saw that the old lady was a little tired, and couldn't help but say strangely, "This deep mountain can be high, why did the ancestor want to let the sedan chair man stop on the mountainside?" Such a toss, how can your body, ancestor, stand it? ”

The old lady stopped, she took a slight breath and said, "Qi Niang, you know me best, and the less people know about this matter, the better." ”

The person who was called Qi Niang paused for a moment, and then hesitated, "Miss is still in the mountain temple, do you want the old slave to send someone to break the young lady away first?" ”

Hearing Qi Niang mention this little evil obstacle, the disgust in the old lady's eyes was obvious, and she waved her hand and said, "If her useless mother can give her the body of a man, why should we go to great lengths to hide it from the world today?" Let her go, I don't have the energy to care about her. ”

"But she's a five-year-old child after all...... "Qi Niang was a little unbearable.

"So what?" A cold light appeared in the old lady's eyes, "Since she was born in the Hou Mansion, she has no choice." ”

Even after serving her ancestor for so many years, she still felt a deep fear of this white-haired old man who held the power of the Hou Mansion.

The body trembled subconsciously, Qi Niang lowered her head, and she didn't say anything more.

The old lady felt that she had enough rest, she glanced at Qi Niang and said, "Let's go." ”

Qi Niang answered, and then helped the old lady to go up the mountain.

Although the old lady's body is healthy, but after all, she is old, and she has to stop and go along the way, and the two of them do not reach the top of the mountain until the evening.

"Ancestor, look, is that a person?" Qi Niang saw a figure standing in the small pavilion by the mountain road from a distance, and she was both surprised and nervous.

The old lady looked calm, she looked in the direction of the small pavilion, and said cautiously, "Go over and have a look." ”

"Yes." Qi Niang followed her words, helped the old lady and walked to the small pavilion.

It is the time of autumn, many trees in the mountains have begun to lose their leaves, and the dead leaves that fall from the branches are one after another, and the gusts of mountain wind are blowing, flying wantonly and messy.

Qi Niang and the old lady approached the small pavilion, and saw that in the falling leaves, a thin little figure turned its back to them, and the figure stood in the pavilion, as if looking up at the autumn leaves outside the pavilion.

The wind around was quiet, and the leaves were silent, so the figure seemed to be out of breath.

Qi Niang looked at the figure, and her breathing stopped unconsciously, and she felt suffocated.

The eyes of the old lady beside her flashed with amazement, and she couldn't help but say, "There are still such a clear doll in the world!"

Xu heard the old lady's voice, and the people in the pavilion paused and slowly turned around.

"Oh my God!" Qi Niang was so shocked that she shouted, "This ...... This is the little boy of that family, how can he be so good-looking!"

Green ribbons, white embroidered boots, a little starlight into the eyes; The jade pendant, the light shirt moves, and the broken glow dyes the clothes.

There are bandit gentlemen, like the glow of the sun, like the stars.

The evening clouds were stacked behind the people in the pavilion, and the blurry glow was scattered, and the white clothes suddenly felt flashy. The crisp jade jue resonated in the wind, and the collision was like snow falling on the heart.

The old lady frowned, a little dissatisfied with Qi Niang's gaffe words. However, when she saw the little boy in the pavilion, all the negative emotions disappeared in an instant.

In order to try to make herself look amiable, the old lady raised a smile on her face. She walked into the kiosk and asked, "Child, where do you live?" What is the name and surname? Why are you here alone? ”

I looked up at the kind-faced old lady in front of me, and a glimmer of water passed through my eyes.

Kneeling, I saluted and said, "Grandson, meet the ancestor." ”

The old lady was stunned, and then the expression on her face changed rapidly, and in the end there was only a pale indifference.

"Shen Qingzhi?"

This is the first time, the first time that an ancestor has called my name like this, and the disgust and jealousy between these words are so clear and clear, without the slightest concealment.

It turns out that in the hearts of their Wei Yinghou Mansion, I am not as good as a stranger.

Lowering my eyes slightly, I bowed my head and said, "Yes." ”

Qi Niang looked at me incredulously, she couldn't believe that there was such a person in this world, a month ago she was clearly a beautiful young lady, but a month later she became a breezy young man.

These two identities don't seem to see a trace of overlap in the child in front of him.

"Are you really Miss Aoeda?" Qi Niang asked again uncertainly.

"It's me." I didn't look at her, "Aunt Seven." ”

The autumn leaves still fell to the ground, and the cold wind froze to the bone.

The old lady seemed to be back to her original state, and she smiled at me and said, "Mama has taught you well." ”

I didn't say anything, I didn't know what I was supposed to say.

"Get up." The old ancestor turned around, "It's time to comfort and comfort your grandmothers." ”

I stood up, but the old ancestor stopped looking at me.

The road to the mountain temple is not long, and after bypassing the path in front of the small pavilion, you will reach the main gate of the mountain temple.

I stepped forward and pushed the door open, then stepped aside. The old ancestor didn't glance at me out of the corner of his eyes, and only helped her into the door by Qi Niang.

The two grandmothers who were disciplining me had been waiting in the Buddhist hall, and when they heard the movement outside, they hurried out to greet them.

"Old lady, you are here! Need some tea? It's been a hard journey, and I'm afraid I'm going to have to rest. "Discipline the grandmother first saluted the ancestor, and then waited for the ancestor to shush the cold and ask for warmth.

Teaching Mama Xi was not far behind, she leaned to the right side of the ancestor, pointed at me with one hand, pulled the sleeve of the ancestor with the other, and said, "Can the ancestor take a closer look?" The young master didn't disappoint you, did he? ”

The old ancestor smiled and nodded, "Mama has worked hard and made great achievements, I have to thank you for the people up and down the Wei Yinghou Mansion for me." After speaking, he lightly brushed away Mama Xi's hand.

Mama Jiaoxi didn't feel anything wrong, she heard the words of the ancestor to thank her, her heart was happy, and a flower smiled on her face.

However, the flowers on her face were directly frozen into eternity.

"Ancestor, don't!"

I watched in shock as the black-clothed man suddenly appeared in front of me, and the splashes of blood suddenly bloomed in front of the solemn Buddha hall, and then withered in an instant.

I subconsciously stretched out my hand to support Mama Xi, but the sharp knife of the man in black stabbed into the body of Mama Sect Discipline in front of the ancestor again.

I wanted to save her, but Qi Niang hugged me behind my back.

"Don't look, miss, don't look! Everything will pass......"

The body of the disciplining grandmother fell straight down, and the spread of blood seeped into the dirt silently.

The Old Ancestor watched all this with a blank face, and waved his hand to order, "Carry their corpses away." ”

The man in black obeyed his orders, and soon there were no bodies of the grandmothers in the mountain temple, and there were no men in black.

"Brother Yang, come, come to the ancestors." The old ancestor smiled and beckoned to me.

I trembled and shrank back, grabbing the clothes on both sides of Qi Niang's waist with both hands.

Seeing the fear overflowing in my pupils, the old ancestor seemed to be satisfied. Instead of blaming me for my rudeness, she came up to me and lovingly bent down and reached out to caress my pale face.

"Look at these injuries, but my heart hurts to death for my ancestors." My ancestors pulled up my sleeves, and the scars of the whipping of the past month were intertwined on my arms, and there were no scars, only endless torture.

Pulling my hand back hard, I lowered my gaze.

The ancestor was obviously heartbroken, but what I saw was her ridicule and pride.

Pull down the sleeves, and the embarrassment becomes bitter as the sleeves are lowered inch by inch.

"These two Diao slaves, how can they bully me at will by the eldest young master of Wei Yinghou Mansion? It's really for nothing that they were given this cheap life. The old ancestor looked angry, but her words changed, and her tone became colder, "Brother Yang is a smart child, today the old ancestor cleaned up these two slaves who bullied you for you, and Brother Yang also has to promise the old ancestor one thing in return." ”

I didn't have a choice, and when I was forced to take it to the mountain temple by an order from my ancestors, I knew this fate.

"Miss, the ancestor asked, answer quickly." Qi Niang was a little anxious when she saw that I didn't speak for a long time.

I wanted to speak, but something seemed to be stuffed in my throat, and the more I tried to forget what had just happened, the smell of blood floating in the air no longer reminded me of what had just happened.

I'm scared, I'm helpless, I want my mother to hug me.

"Miss......" Qi Niang kept holding me in her arms, she could feel my trembling, but the only thing she could do was to urge me to speak quickly.

I struggled to calm my chaotic breathing and struggled to spit out the word "OK." ”

The old ancestor smiled with satisfaction, she stood up, and slowly warned me, "Brother Yang, from today onwards, you are no longer the cousin of Wei Yinghou's Mansion, but the eldest young master of Wei Yinghou's Mansion. In the future, no matter what the circumstances, you must not let others see your daughter, otherwise, you will end up like them. ”

The old ancestor spoke very plainly, but I listened to it in my ears, but the blood in my heart was cooling little by little.

"Old Ancestor...... Qi Niang couldn't bear it, she looked at Old Ancestor pleadingly, "She's still a child......"

The old ancestor was unmoved, she looked at me coldly, and a trace of disdain flashed from the corner of her eye.

In fact, I never understood why my ancestors hated me so much, and this disgust even exceeded that of my mother.

Am I not her own granddaughter? Don't we have the same blood in our bodies? Or was I never good enough in her eyes?

It was much later that I understood this question.

"You promise me today that I will take you down the mountain, or not, you will go with the two grandmothers."

In the end, the old ancestor only ended the conversation between us.

Looking at her with such indifference, I was suddenly relieved.

Gently pushing Qi Niang away, I stood up straight in front of her.

"Yes, I will make a vow. From today on, there will be no green branches in the world, only Shen Qingzhi. ”

As I walked down the hill, I couldn't help but glance back.

In the ethereal glow, the temple became quiet, the birds did not stop falling on the branches, and the autumn leaves did not drift into the dirt. On several steps of the stairs, the golden-covered Buddha quietly stared at the blood on the ground in front of me, and also into my eyes.

Hollow and vast.