Chapter 11 Withered Flowers
It's night.
The surface of the lake in the garden is sparkling and shiny. Through the rockery, I saw a woman in a red shirt squatting there, her face solemn, her slender white fingers wrapped around the silk interlaced long threads, and then put them into the water.
Gu Xiazhen had just met His Majesty, and of course he came to the palace because of the case of a female ghost who had suddenly broken out in the past few days.
"My Ming Dynasty has only been established for more than ten years, and there is nothing to do, where is the demon doing it? This is a bad omen. He was walking around the garden with bare steps, apparently lost when he came, and the little eunuch who had just brought him with him had forgotten to take with him.
Blame me for not coming to the palace often, and the topography of this palace city has been completely forgotten.
Gu Xiazhen was dazed and walked around, the moonlight was faint, and his steps were very slow. Just wandering around in one place alone. In the distance, there seemed to be a blurred figure that stopped him.
"What is the girl doing here alone?"
Bi Wanyan suddenly heard Gu Xiazhen's voice coming into her ears, and she was shocked, knowing that it was him, she turned her head and left without saying a word. She lifted the lantern, but he stopped her way. "Why does the girl hate me so much? But where did I offend the girl? Gu Xiazhen said this, and couldn't help but think of Bi Wanyan's foot a few days ago. His face changed suddenly, and he was shocked, "Girl...... Don't you care that I touched the girl's feet......" he said so embarrassed that he slurred.
Bi Wanyan furrowed her eyebrows slightly, her face was a little ugly, "No." He walked away again.
"Hey...... Bi girl! Gu Xiazhen actually followed again, and said busily: "If the girl minds about this, I will treat it as if it never happened, okay?" He smiled suddenly, and under the moonlight, the outline of his side face was even clearer, and his handsome figure was even more impressive.
"No need. I'm not here for that. β
"Why is that?" Although Gu Xiazhen is usually cheerful, he is a prince after all, except for what is there in front of his fourth brother, there are many cheerful words.
"I remember telling my son that I was the witch in the mouth of the palace, and I was an imrighteous body. Don't get close to a man with an evil body. Why are you doing this? Bi Wanyan was obviously a little irritable.
"But I've never seen a shrine maiden who would worry about others." Gu Xiazhen saw that Bi Wanyan was about to leave again, and subconsciously grabbed her arm with one hand.
"I ......," she didn't know how to refute at the moment. Shaking off Gu Xiazhen's hand suddenly, his feet were unstable and fell directly into the shore of the shallow lake. A coolness suddenly hit my heart, and the dress was extremely uncomfortable sticking to my body.
"Miss Bi!" Sitting up and seeing Gu Xiazhen's outstretched hand, it was probably the moment she fell into the lake, he wanted to hold her, but he was a step too late.
"Miss Bi, are you okay?" He condoled.
Bi Wanyan threw a cold eye over, "Why do I cause unnecessary trouble as soon as I meet you?" Who are you? Why is it so haunted? β
"Why don't I send you back to the Cloud Pavilion first!" Bi Wanyan's words were so serious, who would have thought that Gu Xiazhen would still ask her about the big problem. "Don't bother with it." She stood awkwardly, and suddenly, her dress was like a long snake behind her, and it became a burden. "You're going to get cold." Gu Xiazhen looked at her back and shouted. But he never recalled a look.
Gu Xiazhen didn't believe it, she was definitely not a ruthless and unrighteous person, maybe it was just for some reason that she had to put on this layer of skin that didn't belong to her at all. Maybe...... She'll change back.
"I don't know what you've been through, and I don't care how the people in the palace spread rumors about you. I only believe in what I see with my eyes at this moment. Gu Xiazhen didn't know when he appeared next to Bi Wanyan, he probably knew martial arts. Bi Wanyan carefully watched Gu Xiazhen's movement of draping his windbreaker over herself, slowly, gently, as if she was afraid of being frightened by something.
For some reason, this person gives himself a different feeling, that he is a shrine maiden that everyone rejects, but he is not afraid at all and repeatedly appears by his side to help him. Besides, he didn't even know what his name was. She is not such a ruthless person, but this world is too cruel, if she knows his name, she will definitely implicate him in the future. So it's not that she doesn't want to ask, but she ...... Don't dare to ask.
"Why do you want to help me?" Bi Wanyan said coldly.
"The girl's face is so picturesque that people unconsciously want to cherish it." He smiled silently at Bi Wanyan.
"Beauty is not innate." Bi Wanyan lowered her head and calmed her voice, and the atmosphere couldn't help but become weird.
"Huh? β¦β¦β
She overshadowed Gu Xia Zhen's eyes with one look, and then said, "It is through the blood of many young women who have been refined into a human skin and covered my face, this demonic technique...... Of course, many people have been killed. Her eyes were strange and terrifying, and the air suddenly froze, so that people couldn't breathe. The wind blew, and the branches swayed in the night, as if ethereal. And the girl in front of her is like a messenger of the king of Yama, who came to the yang world to take people's lives. After her words, Gu Xiazhen's brows tightened, he suddenly glanced at Bi Wanyan, a palpated expression flashed on his face, and he ran into the distance without thinking and left.
Bi Wanyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally left." It wasn't a few steps before he lifted his steps, but he saw Gu Xiazhen running back in a hurry.
"Why did you come back?"
"I didn't say I was leaving."
"Then you are ......"
"That's what you just said." Gu Xia Zhen raised his hand and picked up a bunch of tassel jade pendants, which were blue and clear, and they were really carved from the best jade. "This was given to me by a Taoist priest when I was still in the wilderness. This item can expel demonic and bloody energy. I think that if your beauty is really refined with other people's blood, there must be the resentment of those people, and this thing should have the effect of dispelling resentment. He paused and smiled, "It's just that the Taoist priest said that he needed to use my blood, and he was afraid that you wouldn't be used to it, so he avoided it." β
That's it. Bi Wanyan's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at the person in front of her with an indescribable feeling. "Knowing that I have killed so many people, how can I be afraid of this bloodstain." Her gaze stayed on Gu Xiazhen's index finger, which was still dripping blood, ticking and ticking, which made her feel distressed.
"Yes...... It's just that in the future, if Miss Bi still needs her blood to refine her human skin and face, I'm afraid she will need to use my blood to expel resentment, and this effect will last a few days. β
Obviously, after knowing each other for a few days, this person will think about her this time, and he knows that she lied to him just now, but he is still willing to sacrifice his blood and treasure. Whyβis this man like this?
"I'll ...... in the future No, it won't. β
Bi Wanyan looked at him lightly and carefully examined his face. The complexion is fair, with a touch of handsomeness in the delicate facial features, and a touch of gentleness in the handsomeness. The temperament exuded by him is so complex, like a mixture of various temperaments, but in those gentleness and handsomeness, there is his own unique ethereal and handsome.
"Y-what's your name?" In all these ways, she finally asked this question.
"The girl finally asked my name." He said as if he had been looking forward to it for a long time.
If I don't ask, are you going to keep it a secret from me?
"I am...... Well, I told you that you don't understand. β
"Wan'er can call me Gu Xiazhen in the future."
Bi Wanyan was shocked, "What did you just call me?" β
"It's Wan'er."
"When will I answer you to call me that?"
"Fangcai." Gu Xiazhen still replied so succinctly.
"Joke, when will I ......" Bi Wanyan was preempted by Gu Xiazhen before she finished speaking, "Since Wan'er asked my name, she recognized me as a friend, what's wrong with me calling you that?" β
"You...... That's it, you can do whatever you like. It's a strong argument, how can she refute it.
Bi Wanyan is also helpless. How many years have passed since that incident, how many years have no one called her so affectionately. And she has never had any friends again, and this shadow will not be erased for a lifetime.
"When did Brother Feng enter the Xingwang Mansion?" Mo Yinluo walked on the way to Fengtianmen with the traces of the wind, and this time he went to find out, of course, to find out.
"The subordinates have come since the day the adults came to Xingwangfu, and the subordinates also came."
"Has it been a long time?"
"It should have been a long time, Lord Fang was only ten years old when he came to Xingwangfu, and after following Lord Song, he has been staying there since then."
Listening to him say this, since the adult's mother left, the adult left the palace, and he must not be able to accept the cruel reality, so he came to Xingwangfu to be a small brocade guard.
"Your Excellency...... How many are you doing today? β
"It was 10 years ago...... Twenty years old. "It turns out that he has been in Xingwangfu for almost ten years.
"Brother Feng, what kind of person do you think the adult is?"
"Don't hide it from the girl, my lord can be said to be the most benevolent person I have ever met."
Kindheartedness? Why didn't I see it at all, every day with an iceberg face, and still refute what I said at every turn, it was really the same as how much money others owed him.
"Back then, when the adult Fang was twelve years old, he suddenly heard that the saint was going to kill the adult's teacher Song Daren, so he ran to the palace overnight to intercede for Lord Song. The next day, the saint put a wattle on the ground for the adults to pick up, but the adults later contradicted the saint 'the king of Yao Shun and the people of Yao Shun', if it weren't for the words coming out of the mouth, the others would have been caught in the prison by the saint. Feng Liji smiled suddenly, "Your Excellency is also the most stubborn person I have ever met, when Sun Guifei died, Your Majesty ordered Your Excellency to serve the Qi Decline Staff Period, but Your Majesty refused to carry it out because it was not in accordance with the etiquette law, which made Your Majesty angry and did not hesitate to point his sword at your lord." The Lord knew that His Majesty liked to attack harshly, but he still did not change his idea of being lenient in everything, and even disregarded the danger of offending Long Yan, and repeatedly argued with reason. β
"Original...... The real Duan Xichen is like this. β
"Miss Mo means ......"
"Well-I didn't know about him before, I just thought he was very arrogant, stubborn, and even hated his kind of character, but then I told me about my mother, and I changed my opinion a little. And now that I heard you say this, Brother Feng, I began to think that I had understood adults too badly before, and should I ...... now. Reacquaint yourself with adults? β
Feng Liji smiled slightly, "Miss Mo has completely figured out the temperament of adults now?" β
"No, he's too mysterious, and this person is usually quiet, I don't think many people can understand his character." And I don't need to get to know him, I just want to get the seeds and get out of here as soon as possible.
For some reason, Mo Yinluo lowered her head suddenly, as if this thought made her regret it a little.
I think so...... Is it a use of him......