The rain outside the window poured down all night, and the summer heat was suppressed, and there was a slight coolness. After the morning class, the rain tended to get heavier, so the afternoon class was postponed. Zhong Qi looked out the window and found that the rain had stopped at this time, and it was still cloudy outside. The room was dark and oppressive, and Zhong Qi didn't bother to hold the lamp alone. This gloomy weather adds some sadness to people's feelings. Looking at the curtains and couches of Bo Jiang and Ji Bohu, no one has cleaned them up until now. Things are people, so Zhong Qi can't help but sigh a little, there is really a sense of "wind and rain is miserable, and chickens are chirping".

Zhong Qi was distracted for a long time, and his heart hesitated.

Still is...... I should go and apologize to her......

Zhong Qi looked out the window again, and finally made up his mind, put the cloth bag on the side of the couch on his back, and strode out of the door.

The lower house where Zhong Qi lives and the middle house where the female students live, there is a pond in between, and Zhong Qi can only go around the boss along the outer corridor. Zhong Qi has walked this road many times, he has to go to Mingtang Palace for class, he has to go to the school field outside the hall for training, and he has to go to the dormitory of female students at night, but this time, his mood is different from countless times before.

As soon as I walked to the imperial pavilion on the east side, the rain started to fall again, but fortunately, it was not very heavy, just a drizzle like cow hair. The raindrops fell on the clothes, leaving only a small mark, and then disappeared. Zhong Qi didn't bother to go back to get his clothes, so he paced slowly in the rain.

A gentle breeze blew, and the raindrops dispersed into a cloud of fog, swaying between heaven and earth. The rain ripples on the surface of the pond, and the cockroaches on the walls of the pond are happily spitting water. The glazed tiles on the roof of the Mingtang Palace were washed by the rain overnight, and they are shining brightly at this moment. The Bishan Mountain behind it seems to be dressed in a veil by the rain, and it is dim and indistinguishable in the rain and fog.

At this moment, the world is clear. The huge Biyong Pavilion is exceptionally quiet, and there is no figure in the square, front yard, middle courtyard, and corridors on both sides of the pond, only Zhong Qi is walking slowly in the sound of rustling rain.

No matter how slow you go, you're still here. Maybe it's because people are lazy when the autumn vacation is approaching, or maybe it's because they want to take shelter from the rain, and the guards who are on duty at the door of the female students' dormitory on weekdays don't know where to hide at this time.

Looking at the T-number in front of me, the last time I came here, I entered through the window at night. Thinking of the moonlight that night, Zhong Qi felt like a world away.

Zhong Qi hesitated again and again, and finally mustered up the courage to knock on the door.

The door opened, and it was Ya Li who opened the door, and when she saw that it was Zhong Qi who knocked on the door, she couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "Hey, why are you?" ”

Zhong Qi bowed and said, "Is my son there?" I'm here to apologize. ”

Ya Li shook her head: "My son is not here, their country has a big festival every twenty years this year, and she has already taken leave and gone back early in order to prepare." ”

Hearing that Xizi was not there, Zhong Qi's heart that had been hanging was put down, but he felt a little lost. He saluted again and said to Ya Li, "If the son is not there, can you please help me convey a few words to her?" ”

Ya Li suddenly thought that Qin and Tao lived next to each other, and said strangely: "By the way, isn't your country also sacrificing with their sons?" Why didn't you go back? You have something to say to her. ”

Zhong Qi shook his head lightly and said, "I'm afraid I won't see you again......"

Zhong Qi walked through the rain and fog for a long time, his hair and clothes were scattered raindrops, he shook his head, the water droplets on his hair splashed everywhere, and he couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Then you have something to say in the house, it's still raining outside." ”

Zhong Qi hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, no, it's not in line with the ceremony." ”

Ya Li laughed: "What is rude, it's not the first time you've come, you see how you have been drenched." Without waiting for Zhong Qi to answer, he grabbed Zhong Qi's arm and pulled into the door.

Before Zhong Qi could say more, the person had already been dragged into the house. Zhong Qi hurriedly took off his shoes and carefully placed them on the steps outside the door. Ya Li smiled and watched Zhong Qi finish putting his shoes away, closed the door, turned around and walked towards the house, and said, "Come in and sit." ”

Ya Li was barefoot, wearing the clothes of the demon clan's home, and in the eyes of the Zhou people, it was just a few strips of cloth wrapped around her body. Ya Li turned around, revealing a large white flower's back, which made Zhong Qi dizzy. Zhong Qi hurriedly turned his head, silently reciting in his heart, "Don't look at incivility, don't look at incivility", and pretended to look at the furnishings in the house.

This is the second time Zhong Qi has entered this bedroom, the last time was at night, he came and went in a hurry, and he couldn't see anything clearly in the dark, but he could see it today. I saw that this room was about the size of my bedroom, but the colors were much richer than my own, and the house was full of colorful decorations, and there were many unknown flowers and plants. I don't know what incense is burning in the house, and a fragrance seems to be there, and it makes people feel inexplicably comfortable when it enters the nose.

Ya Li leaned on the couch casually, and saw that Zhong Qi was still standing there looking around, so he pretended to be serious and said, "Prince Zhong Qi, please come and sit down." ”

Zhong Qi said: "So, it's rude." "Walked to the table and sat down.

"Rude and rude......" Ya Li laughed again: "You Zhou people are courteous all day long, I have been here for more than a year to learn, and I still can't learn your etiquette." ”

Zhong Qi said: "People, don't be rude. ”

Ya Li suddenly remembered something, approached Zhong Qi and said, "I heard that you are the future husband of your son, isn't that so?" ”

Zhong Qi didn't expect Ya Li to ask this question, and he was a little confused for a while, so he had to say, "Yes...... yes......"

"That's true. I only heard that most of the Zhou people got married early, and it turned out that even the marriage could be decided early, which was really interesting. Ya Li thought for a moment and said, "However, it's so boring!" ”

Zhong Qi said: "This, according to the etiquette system......"

"However, the two people who have never seen each other, when they don't know it, have been decided who they will live with for the rest of their lives......" Ya Li said to himself: "It's quite scary to think about." ”

"It's not ...... It's scary......"

"Have you two seen it before?"

"I've seen ...... once"

"The face of the son is never shown to men, so have you seen it?"

"I've seen ......" Zhong Qi thought of that encounter in his childhood, and shuddered in his heart for no reason: "...... I haven't seen it. ”

Ya Li was inexplicably excited: "Then do you want to see it?" ”

"This ......"

"I've got a way for you to see!" Ya Li said: "I made an appointment with my nephew, and during the autumn vacation, I will practice my clan's water mirror technique every few days, and today is the day to practice." ”

Zhong Qi was confused when he heard it: "The technique of the water mirror...... What is that? ”

"Oops, this is our demon clan's unique water technique, which can make people meet and talk from thousands of miles away - this spell is not known to everyone, my mother taught me for fear of missing me, and I taught it to my son again, so that we can talk without being together during the autumn vacation." Ya Li said: "After a while, I will talk to Xizi with the technique of using a water mirror, you hide next to you, Xizi can't see you, you can secretly see her!" ”

Zhong Qi hurriedly said: "This is not good, it is not ...... etiquette"

"Incompatible, when did you ever have this ceremony?" Ya Li interrupted Zhong Qi: "If your mouth is wrong, I don't believe you don't want to see it!" If you really don't want to look at it, then close your eyes next to you, and no one will force you! ”

Ya Li was really neat and refreshing, got up and sat down beside Zhong Qi, closed his eyes and bowed his head to recite the incantation silently, and then gestured with both hands, drawing a circle in the air. I saw that Ya Li's hands crossed, and the air was drawn out a line, forming a circular boundary, and a 'source' pattern on Ya Li's shoulder lit up with a blue light, and there were water-like ripples in the circle, reflecting a soft light, which was really similar to a mirror.

"This ......"

Before Zhong Qi could say more, Ya Li turned his head and glared at him, making a gesture of silence. There was also a majesty in Ya Li's coquettish expression, and Zhong Qi's words were suddenly speechless.

Raven turned her head away, intently stroking the mirror, muttering to herself. After a while, I saw that the mirror slowly became transparent, and a figure gradually appeared inside. Zhong Qi looked at it intently, and it turned out to be a son!

"Yikes! It's really a success!! Ya Li shouted happily, waving at the mirror and shouting, "Can you see me?" ”

This was the first time Zhong Qi saw his son's original face. The girl in the mirror has a delicate and pretty face, bright and smart eyes, a small and straight nose, occasionally closes one eye and wrinkles her nose to make a playful and cute little grimace, and then laughs herself, revealing a row of white teeth. This is different from the face in countless nightmares, this is what Xizi really looks like.

Zhong Qi looked at the girl in the mirror, and his heart suddenly tightened, as if he was grabbed by a hand and fell hard.

That's nice...... Zhong Qi thought so in his heart. Suddenly, a mist spread in his eyes.

The water mirror technique of Ya Li could not support it for a long time, and the two of them said a dozen words, and the spell was over. Ya Li looked at Zhong Qi who was staying on the side, and pretended to be surprised and said, "Ah, Zhong Qi Gongzi still watched it, didn't he say that Yu Li was incompatible?" He smiled as he spoke.

Zhong Qi sincerely saluted Ya Li and said, "Thank you." ”

"Well, she's good-looking, isn't she?"

"Hmm. It's beautiful. ”

"Haha!" Ya Li became happy: "I know how blessed you are!" So how do you thank me? ”

Zhong Qi was stunned, stretched out his hand and touched all over his body, only one fish-patterned jade was relatively valuable, this was the jade from the Elder Mountain, which was worn by his mother when he went to study in Biyong Hall and left home. Untie the jade at the moment and present it with both hands as a thank you gift.

"What are you...... Want to give me jade? Ya Li looked at the jade Huang in Zhong Qi's hand, remembering that yesterday's etiquette class had just taught the folk customs of the Zhou people, and most of the jade gifts between young men and women were to express love and promise each other for life, and his heart jumped twice unconsciously, Rao was as free and easy as Ya Li, and he couldn't help but feel hot on his face.

Zhong Qi saw Ya Li's embarrassed expression, so he realized it, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I didn't mean that......" Suddenly remembered the cloth bag on his body, and hurriedly untied it and handed it to Ya Li: "Oh, this was originally brought to you, so I will give it to you as a thank you now." ”

Ya Li took the cloth bag and opened it to see that it was full of Zhu Guo, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Zhu Guo!" You picked it up, huh? As he spoke, he took out a bite and took a bite, his mouth was full of sweet fragrance, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "It's delicious!" ”

Ya Li handed Zhong Qi a Zhu Guo and said, "You can eat it too." Suddenly, he remembered Zhong Qi's intention, so he asked while eating: "You said that you want me to help you pass the message to your son-in-law, what words do you want to leave?" ”

Zhong Qi said solemnly: "Please help me and my son say that she doesn't have to worry about the marriage contract anymore, I have found a way to dissolve the marriage contract, and I will complete this matter before the big sacrifice." ”

"Huh?" Ya Li's eyes widened: "You want to break the marriage contract with your son?" Why, is it that you don't like her? ”

"No...... It's not ......"

"What's the reason for that? Is it because ...... Incompatible with etiquette? ”

"No, this has nothing to do with Li...... This is...... For her good ......"

"You're doing it for her good...... Therefore, the marriage contract should be dissolved...... But if it's for her good, she should be relieved......" Ya Li looked puzzled: "You Zhou people, it's really strange to do things!" ”

"Alas, this ...... I can't tell you clearly......"

Zhong Qi saw that Ya Li had the posture of wanting to get to the bottom of it, so he hurriedly bowed and said goodbye, put on his shoes and fled in a hurry.