After dinner, Gu Xiyan went to bed early and instructed Mo Ju: "I want to rest early, you don't have to wait in the house, go and play with Huilan." ”

Mo Ju was still a little hesitant.

Gu Xiyan drove her out with a smile: "Go, go, I'll cheer up and accompany you here." ”

Mo Ju smiled and went out.

The sky gradually darkened, Gu Xiyan quietly leaned on the big pillow on the bed and looked at a plum bottle at the head of the bed in a daze.

When the first eaves lamp was lit in the inner courtyard of Gu Mansion, a man's figure was reflected on Gu Xiyan's window lattice.

Gu Xiyan hurriedly limped to open the window, and Qi Maosheng jumped in from the window.

He looked calm and calm, and asked Gu Xiyan indifferently, "What's wrong?" ”

Gu Xiyan told Qi Maosheng about his conversation with Liu Zuocheng.

Unexpectedly, the first sentence Qi Maosheng said after hearing it turned out to be "You are really good at telling stories." ”

Gu Xiyan was stunned, a little surprised, he didn't know what Qi Maosheng meant by this, and he didn't know how to answer.

Qi Maosheng didn't seem to notice this, and said lightly: "Where do you think it's good to make an appointment with the Liu family?" ”

Gu Xiyan was stunned again: "I, I don't know?" ”

Qi Maosheng lowered his head and muttered: "It's in Dicui Pavilion." ”

Gu Xiyan hesitated, she said intermittently: "In case they... Always take the time to guess where you are... You still have a chance..."Qi Maosheng smiled faintly, and there was a kind of hidden pain in his bright eyes... Seeing that Gu Xiyan's heart was tingling, she said softly: "Young Master Qi, why don't we prepare with both hands." Your friend, I'll help you..."

Qi Maosheng shook his head: "Since it has been decided, it is natural to go all out." ”

Gu Xiyan felt a palpitation in his heart when he heard this.

The most taboo thing in case of trouble is to mess up the square and throw it indiscriminately. What's wrong with me today, I actually gave Qi Mao such an idea. Fortunately, he didn't listen to himself, otherwise, he wouldn't have needed the people in the court to go out. I first exposed Qi Maosheng's whereabouts...

"You, what's wrong with your feet?" Qi Maosheng abruptly changed the subject. Asked.

"Ahh Gu Xiyan was surprised.

"Stop running around." Qi Maosheng frowned and said, "You better sit down and talk." ”

Gu Xiyan limped into bed again and leaned on the big pillow.

The two of them stood and lay silently in the dark.

Tomorrow, Gu Xiyan will tell the people of the Liu family the location of the date. As for the process, it has nothing to do with her anymore...

This is the end of the matter!

Neither of them said goodbye, just quietly bathed in the bright moonlight.

After a long time, Qi Maosheng suddenly said: "Do you like Li Chaoyang very much?" ”

"Ahh Gu Xiyan was angry.

"I think you still know the story of the strange thing." Qi Maosheng explained, "The first time I saw this story was in the "Red City Biography" written by the former emperor Li Chaoyang. ”

Green smoke came out of Gu Xiyan's forehead, and he smiled vaguely: "Ah, I don't learn well in serious learning. I like to read crooked books. ”

"Crooked books?" The corners of Qi Maosheng's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "It's the first time I've heard someone say that the book written by Li Chaoyang is a crooked book. ”

Gu Xiyan was embarrassed: "Yes, yes?" I don't know much about that..."

Qi Maosheng's brows seemed to frown slightly: "Your ancestor once served as the crown prince and concubine of the Wanji Dynasty, and although he was demoted because of Li Chaoyang, he has always been a follower of Li Xue at the beginning. The Songgul Academy in the south of the Yangtze River is also based on the self-cultivation of Li Xue at the beginning of the year, and the rule of the family and the peace of the world as the purpose of running the school... You are a girl from the Gu family in Shuzhou, Jiangnan, how can you think that this is a crooked book. ”

Gu Xiyan smiled: "I grew up in my hometown of Shuzhou, and this is the first time I've heard of these things you said. ”

Qi Maosheng looked a little sleepy: "Really." When I was in Yandi, I heard of your sister's wisdom, and it is said that she is known as the first talented woman in Xizhao, and she can write strategies when she is nine years old..."

Gu Xiyan hurriedly interrupted Qi Maosheng's words and said with a smile: "The dragon gave birth to nine sons, all of them are different, not to mention us ordinary people. I'm the black sheep of the Gu family, no. I can't write, I can't practice, and I can't become a female celebrity... My nurse often looks at me and sighs! ”

Qi Maosheng seemed to be amused by the content of her words, his eyebrows were light, and his bright eyes burst with warm light. There was that kind of kindness in his expression again.

Gu Xiyan's heart warmed. Straight and straightforward: "... The nurse was afraid that I would not be able to get married, so she first found me a maid ring and prepared to be a gunman for me to help me embroider. I don't know the inside story, I married her off last winter. The nurse has no choice, and now I have to find a grandmother to tutor me, practice embroidering purses every day, and only embroider the trick of Hanmei Lingxue, just like that, the effect is not very good... I secretly looked for the needlework class to embroider the same seven and eight for me on my back, and if I wanted to use it one day, I would take it out and fill it..."

Qi Maosheng laughed lightly, like a winter sun blooming: "I think it's good to be like this." ”

"Ahh Gu Xiyan was attracted by the smile on his face, and looked at Qi Maosheng in a daze for a few seconds.

Qi Maosheng's expression was relaxed, and his tone was teasing: "In this way, you have provoked the Jiang and Zuo families to make trouble in the temple for you, if you know some pianos and characters, wouldn't it make the matchmaker flatten the threshold of the Gu family..."

How did he know that the Jiang and Zuo families "went to the temple", this was what happened after Qi Maosheng hid in Dicui Pavilion, could it be...

Gu Xiyan's smile was slightly astringent, his bright eyes were slightly deep, and his face showed a painful look, and with that pair of black and white eyes, he actually flashed an innocent look like an elk.

Qi Maosheng's eyelids drooped slightly, and he coughed softly, his voice softer than ever, and said, "Don't worry. I think both of them are okay. The old marquis of the Jiang family and the first emperor are cousins of the in-laws, after the establishment of the year, everyone was against the Fang family, only the old marquis Jiang was silent, and later the Fang family hung the curtain to listen to the government, and it was also the first old marquis Jiang to bow and bow down, the Fang family has always remembered the favor of the Jiang family, the eight sons of the old marquis Jiang. There are four knights, and two daughters are married to the Fang family. Although Zuo Xiaoyu is not as thick as the Jiang family's foundation. But he was a guard with a knife in Kunning Palace back then, and he could be regarded as a retainer of the Fang family, and he was sent to the Liang Tingdu Governor's Mansion as a general eight years ago. He led his troops to fight with the people of Wujun City many times, and he made great achievements, and fought a hussar general with a knife and a gun, and now he is the chief soldier of the third grade. If it weren't for the fact that he killed 50,000 prisoners of war in the Battle of Baishan last year and was appalled by the imperial historians, the Fang clan would not have transferred him back to Beijing to become the deputy commander of the Yulin Army..."

Gu Xiyan was in the mood to listen to this, her tone trembled slightly: "I can't get along with them, so don't worry about it..."

Qi Maosheng frowned slightly: "Do you want to marry that Mei Gongzi?" ”

Gu Xiyan was abrupt: "You." How do you know? ”

Qi Maosheng said: "Didn't you mumble with Duanniang for a long time under Dicui Building that day?" ”

Gu Xiyan's heart jumped up suddenly: "Then, the matter of the Jiang and Zuo families, you, you are also eavesdropping upstairs?" ”

Qi Maosheng's face showed a slightly uncomfortable look, and he coughed softly. "I know it's a bit rude, but your voice was so loud at the time, so..."

Yes! It turned out that it was not what I imagined.

Gu Xiyan suddenly felt that his whole body was fluttering, his big eyes narrowed into a crooked little moon, and his plain face was full of radiance, exuding a compelling glamorous light, so that Qi Maosheng was stunned. He asked again: "Do you really want to marry that Mei-sama?" ”

"No!" Gu Xiyan smiled, "I don't want to marry at all." Staying at home is embarrassing, Duanniang is also nagging in her ear, I don't want to hurt her heart, so I went on a blind date... I was going to..."Speaking of which. Gu Xiyan paused. Stopped talking.

Qi Maosheng's eyebrows furrowed again: "What are you going to do?" ”

may be the reason why life has been too turbulent, Gu Xiyan has never had many friends. Naturally, I rarely talk about my mood with others, and I look very lively and cheerful on the surface, but in fact, everything is in my heart.

Qi Maosheng saw that she hesitated, and said: "Do you think that the wives and concubines of the older generation in their two families are in groups, and one family has already accepted concubines, so I am afraid that I will be angry if I marry in the future!" ”

"Ahh Qi Maosheng's words gave Gu Xiyan another surprise.

In her conversation with Duan Niang, she did reveal a little bit of this, but she didn't expect it... Gu Xiyan thought of the notes sandwiched in the book...

Qi Maosheng didn't wait for her to answer, and sighed: "Say you're smart, you're sometimes quite confused, say you're confused, you're quite smart when it's critical." The old marquis Jiang married a concubine, and he had no choice but to do it. If you don't know how to keep your head up, retreat bravely from the rapids, and make a drunken posture of dreaming of death, how can you reassure the palace, how can you have the Jiang family today to be comfortable and happy, prosperous and rich; Zuo Xiaoyu has married three ladies successively, and has no heirs left, and he doesn't accept concubines, so that no one will cut off the incense in the future? ”

"They all have hardships, don't I have hardships!" Gu Xiyan muttered, "Why do I have to go to that troubled water, I have my own good life to live, so I don't have anything to do with them..."

Qi Maosheng smiled and shook his head: "Then tell me, what are your plans..."

Man is a very strange thing, and he is always afraid of getting hurt. Many secrets can be told directly to strangers who have never known each other, but they cannot be told to the pillow person who accompanies them day and night.

At this moment, Qi Maosheng was a familiar stranger in Gu Xiyan's heart.

She told him about her heart: "When I was very young, I wanted to have a home of my own. The house should not be very large, but my children and I can have our own rooms; Don't have a lot of money, but don't worry about food and clothing; The husband should not be successful, but he should be an upright and kind person; Having a child can be healthy and smart. When we are together, we can be considerate, trusting, and faithful to each other; When you don't love me, make it clear to me, don't let me be a laughing stock in the eyes of others..."However, this dream will never come true.