When I woke up, it happened to be noon, the door of the bedroom was open, and the white light from the outside rushed into the inner room, and the brighter the sunlight came, the more I set off my paleness. He sat quietly at the table where I had sat and was engrossed in flipping through a book, his resolute face blending into the warm light, looking so gentle and peaceful.

The book was a little old, and the yellowing of the pages was so far away that I could see it at a glance.

He sat upright, his back was straight, which was very similar to Li Xuan, even if there was no one around, he was always self-disciplined.

I don't know what role I play in the negotiation between Qi Ao and Chu Hong, at least for Qi Ao, I am more valuable than the throne of the Southern Kingdom, otherwise he would not accept Chu Hong's conditions and give up the battle for the throne, that is the throne, it is the supreme power that rules a great mountain and river, how many people have tried their best to calculate it, and his hands are stained with blood, he actually chose to give up.

It's funny, my existence will carry more weight than the throne of the southern kingdom, what kind of conspiracy am I falling into?

I've been asleep for many days, and I'm not sleepy at all when I wake up, I've been lying down for so long, my body is still lazy, the cold-faced man reads, I look at him, and I have something to do.

His knuckles were slender and he couldn't read quickly, and after a long while, I was thinking about what he was reading, and he quickly noticed my stunned gaze, turned his head to look at me, and asked me in a small voice, "When did you wake up?" ”

"Now—you've turned four full pages of the book." There isn't a lot of text in the book, so if it were me, there should be a small half of it.

He sat in the same place: "There is still something uncomfortable on the body, Lang Zhong is waiting in the house." ”

"I was dizzy at first, but it's much better now, by the way, what are you looking at?"

His tone was indifferent as usual: "It's a Buddhist scripture." ”

With a skeptical face, I listened to him continue to say: "I have too much anger on my body, and the Buddhist scriptures can purify my heart and relieve the depression in my heart. ”

He obeyed Qi Ao's orders, Xu did a lot of things against his will, killed a lot of people who didn't want to kill, and there was always something he had no choice but to do.

I hesitated: "Dugu Hao-you didn't embarrass him, did you?" ”

Before I fainted, he indifferently called me "Miss Qin", I understood his calculations, and I was even more sure that the person I saw was Chu Hong, and he did not hesitate to hand me over to Chu Hong in person, using me as a bargaining chip in exchange for the interests of the Dugu family, which shows the great temptation. Murong Ying's appearance will not be a coincidence, Chu Hong's forces are invading the pure land of Qinzhou, and Qi Ao is facing not only external troubles, but also internal worries.

The cold-faced man turned his head and began to study the old Buddhist scripture again: "Do you want me to let him go? ”

I let out a long breath of turbidity, and said hatefully: "You said good things for him before, but in fact, he is a hateful person, I have been wary of him for a long time, but I still can't prevent it." If you can catch him and beat him, I'll be glad too. ”

Dugu Hao, a hypocrite who wants to save face, it is best to hit him in the face of the bewitching and seductive public, so that he can't go out for ten days and half a month, can't tease the girl, kill his majesty, and have a long memory, don't provoke me again.

"This time it was my negligence, I lost my guard against him, and it was too late for the guards to tell me the news that he had taken him away from you."

Dugu Hao has a close relationship with him, and I am afraid that even if I do something to hurt me, the secret guard will be difficult to recognize for a while, so I pretended not to care and said: "At least I'm still alive, so don't worry about him." ”

I didn't see the cold-faced man's fingers pinching the corner of the book, I have mixed feelings about Dugu Hao, although he has been unfavorable to me several times, but I have a gut feeling that he doesn't really want to kill me, why he is targeting me, I don't know yet.

"The New Year is approaching, do you have any wishes? How do you want to live? ”

The winter in Qinzhou is much warmer than in the capital, and unconsciously it is almost the New Year, I especially remember last year's Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Xuan and I rode into the palace early, Long Xiao held a luxurious and grand dinner in the palace, returned to King Xuan's mansion after singing and dancing, Li Xuan accompanied me to sit by the fire to watch the New Year, that night I asked Aunt Yun to cook plum blossom wine to drink, Xiao Ye Chulan and they told the interesting stories of the hometown New Year one after another, and a long night passed quickly in a laugh.

"Is the New Year in Qinzhou lively?"

"The streets and alleys are full of flaming lanterns, and the sound of firecrackers is the most lively day of the year."

"What about you? Will you also keep a New Year's Eve on Chinese New Year's Eve? "According to the customs of the land of the five continents, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers together, eats Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, sits around the fireside and chats, waits for the time to say goodbye to the old and welcomes the new, and keeps vigil all night, symbolizing the exorcism of all evil plagues and epidemics, and looking forward to the auspicious and prosperous new year.

"It used to be, but not now."

"Then you've had a really lonely year." I thought about it: "But I have been to Qinzhou, big and small, except that I have not climbed over the wall to enter the room, I have almost walked everywhere I can go, it is better for us to go to the Qinglu Temple in the north of the city to live for a few days, I see that you are not greedy for liveliness, we will go up to disturb and disturb, I heard Dugu Hao say that the food there is very delicious, and the environment is quiet, but it is a good place to go." ”

He disagreed: "Qinglu Temple is built in the deep mountains, not to mention the quiet place of Buddhism, plus the air is moist and fresh, it is a place for self-cultivation." ”

The cold-faced man does not object to show that my vision is not bad, this Qinglu Temple is very famous in Qinzhou, but it is not that anyone who wants to go can go, the temple is only open to the public on the fifteenth day of the new year, and no matter who it is at other times, they will be turned away. In this way, the incense is more vigorous, and the fifteenth day of the new year is overcrowded.

"You must have a way to take me into the temple, and when I meet the master of the abbot, I can ask him to untie a sign for me."

"Do you want to seek wealth or marriage?"

I sat up and pulled the quilt to my chin: "Money is something outside the body, and I don't lack it, and besides, I have been married, so naturally I don't need to ask for marriage, I just want to hear my numerology." Life sometimes has to have, life is always not forced, life is long, if I am fortunate to get the guidance of the abbot master, it is not in vain that I have stayed in Qinzhou honestly for so long. ”

People in Buddhism see through the red dust, unlike us and other laypeople who are fascinated by the authorities, and when it comes to the truth of birth, they can purify their hearts.

He closed the Buddhist scriptures: "Since you want to go, then we will set off tomorrow, and if there is anything you want to bring on the road, explain it to the snow goose." ”

"Okay, I'll just go out for a walk."

As soon as the cold-faced man left, I completely lost the interest of Fang Cai, and the more I stayed in Qinzhou for one more day, the more questions I had, the more uneasy I became.

Dugu Hao leaked my whereabouts to Chu Hong, Chu Hong can find me, not necessarily others can't, remembering that a while ago I was wandering around the streets, showing up, eating, drinking and having fun unscrupulously, at this time I regretted a little, if someone inquired a little, it was easy to know that I lived in Qin Mansion, which is also one of the reasons why I encouraged the cold-faced man to go to Qinglu Temple, before Li Xuan and Long Xiao's people found me, I didn't want others to take the lead.

The cold-faced man was very efficient, and within two hours, the snow goose told me that the carriage up the mountain was waiting at the gate, and that I would leave when I was ready. I didn't mean to bring her, she was a little lost, but she was still very interested in packing up the baggage for me, I was worried about missing something, so I wrote a detailed list for her: "Oh, the things listed on the list are all ready for me, and everything is indispensable." ”

Xue Yan took a cursory look and cried out in a gaffe: "Ahhh ”

I followed the temptation: "Where's the more?" Pointing to the things on the list: "This, this and this, and this, which one is not used?" ”

She wept and mourned: "But—the carriage is waiting at the door, and you explain so many things, the slave and maid will not be able to make it all together for a while." “

I sat down and took a sip of hot tea, this girl obviously wanted to be lazy: "If you can't make it all, make it up slowly, I have patience, and your master didn't rush you?" “

Xue Yan muttered and went out, I put away my smile, I could only take one step at a time, and brought a bunch of big bags and small bags of things, so as to give people the impression that they would not be able to come back in a few days, even if those people mixed into the Qin Mansion, it would be safer for me to stay out for the time being.