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A family surnamed Gu in Nanqiao Town opened several clothing stores, and the business has been good.

The Shaodong family is called Gu Xi, who belongs to an older unmarried young man.The old lady at home was very pressing, and had been thinking about arranging a marriage for him.

Gu Xi was tired of hearing it, not only did he fall in love with a man, but he was also a ghost...

Tsk, so, free love is risky, and forced marriage at home needs to be cautious!

Businessman X water ghost, HE, no pitfalls, no delays.

Content tags: Misunderstandings, Spirits, Gods and Monsters, Past and Present, Farming Essays

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Chapter 1

"Open the door, open the door!"

Xiao Liuer, the personal servant of Mr. Gu's family in Nanqiao Town, patted the door of the inn vigorously while supporting the drunk Gu Xi.Looking at the pitch-black outside, and remembering the shopkeeper's advice when he went out in the morning, Xiao Liu'er couldn't help feeling a little frightened.

The shopkeeper said: "There is an unwritten rule in this store: Anyone who stays in this store must come back before the evening hour."

In the morning, the young master promised to be good, but at night after drinking, he didn't remember anything.He was fine, he drank so dazedly, why don't he have to carry him back by himself?

Xiao Liu'er couldn't help sighing.

The wind blows outside the house from time to time, and the leaves on the treetops beside him rustle. The dim light projected from the inside of the inn hits the trees and casts mottled shadows on the ground, swaying.It also made Xiao Liu'er get goosebumps on the back of his back.

It's not good which store to stay in, the young master insists on staying in this Ruyi Inn.The name is good, "Ruyi", but no one in the capital knows that this Ruyi Inn is haunted!

"Who is it!"

Accompanied by a call from inside the house, there was gradually a sound of footsteps.

The door opened, and it was a waiter who opened the door, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and opened the door from the inside.Seeing the generous Mr. Gu and his servant standing outside the door, Xiao Er immediately became respectful.

"So it's Mr. Gu, come in quickly." Xiaoer looked around the door and closed it vigilantly.

"Don't come back so late next time, didn't you see anything?" the waiter asked Xiao Liuer, lit a lamp and led them upstairs.

"No, no, it's windy outside, and it looks quite scary." Xiao Liu'er panted.

"That's good. I'll get Mr. Gu a bowl of hangover soup."

……

When Gu Xi woke up, it was already midnight, Xiao Liu'er and Dian Xiaoer had already left.

In the evening, socializing, drinking with several officials and lords, drinking a little too much.Gu Xi opened the window to let out the stuffy air in his chest.

The night was dark, and the fire under the tree at the entrance of the inn was extraordinarily bright.A man with the appearance of a scholar squatted on the ground, and put the paper money in his hand into the fire little by little.The firelight illuminated his face, and the soot curled his black hair like black ink.

Standing beside him was a man in black, holding up a red paper umbrella, and looked coldly at the man squatting on the ground.On a night before it rained, holding an oil-paper umbrella, if the scholar hadn't said a few words to him from time to time, I'm afraid Gu Xi would really have believed in ghosts and gods.

Probably feeling Gu Xi's gaze on the second floor, the man in black suddenly raised his head and glanced at Gu Xi.Gu Xi nodded to him in a friendly manner, but unexpectedly the man stared back at him.

Gu Xi was bored, so he closed the window, then lay down and fell asleep.

Gu Xi was awakened by the noise from downstairs. After all, he drank too much alcohol, and when he woke up, he still had a dull pain in his head.

"Xiao Liuer..." Gu Xi opened the door and called out at the door.

"Master, are you awake?" Xiao Liu'er opened the door next door and poked his head out, "I'll get you some water right now, my slave."

"Well, let's go."

Not long after, Xiao Liu'er came in with a copper basin.Thinking of what he had just heard downstairs, he hurriedly lowered his voice and whispered: "I just heard that there is a strange person living next door to us! You have to pay attention."

"What kind of strange method?" Gu Xi said disapprovingly.

"Someone saw him burning paper money at night, but the other servants didn't know about it. Anyway, you'd better be careful." Xiao Liu'er said it seriously, as if he saw it with his own eyes.

Burn paper money?I did see such a young master last night, but he was also accompanied by another young master, so it was not as scary as Xiao Liu'er said.Maybe it's a custom in a foreign country, and it's strange for others to see.

"Don't talk nonsense! You will be heard later to cause trouble." Gu Xi took the veil handed over by Xiao Liu'er and wiped his face.

At present, the Gu family's Jinxiu Village has opened many branches in various places, and the business has always been good. Now that it has opened to the imperial city, it is natural that there is no room for sloppy.

Gu Xi doesn't like to mess with such trivial matters, and he doesn't bother to care about them.

"I know." Xiao Liu'er pouted, a little displeased.He kindly reminded the young master, but he didn't want to be told by the young master again.

When going downstairs, Gu Xi really heard many people discussing this matter.

"There is a strange person living in the furthest room on the left on the second floor!"

"Hey, I've heard that too. Some people saw him burning paper money in the middle of the night and talking to himself. It's scary!"

……

Gu Xi's brain hurts from your quarreling with each other, so he hurriedly turned around and said, "Xiao Liuer, let's go eat elsewhere."

Chapter 2

I don't know if he drank too much alcohol last night, Gu Xi felt unwell all day long.When the work was over, I hurried back to the inn and fell asleep.

Just as he was sleepy and staring, he felt his body getting heavier, and even the scene around him suddenly changed, turning into Gu Xi's own hall.

It is still a familiar decoration, but it is the layout of a mourning hall.

In the center of the hall was a pitch-black coffin, and the person lying in it was his long-dead mother.

When I was a child, I felt powerless when I watched my mother die, and a faint voice said in my ear: "Son, mother is so lonely in the underworld, why don't you come to accompany me as mother?"

And the mother whose eyes were tightly closed in the coffin also opened her eyes, sat up straight with her usual kind smile on her face, and waved to him, "Xi'er, come here, come and sit with mother..."

Gu Xi took a step forward, only to realize that he had unknowingly turned into a child with short legs.

Unexpectedly, there was another plate of pastries in Mother's hands, "Xi'er, come quickly, Mother will give you something delicious..."

Gu Xi involuntarily took one step, two steps, three steps...

Seeing getting closer and closer, there seemed to be a voice saying to himself: "Don't go there, that's not your mother. It's all an illusion!"

Gu Xi paused, looked around, but couldn't figure out where the sound came from.

"Who are you?" Gu Xi asked, only then did he realize that even his own voice had become childish.

The scene in front of him suddenly changed again.

Gu Xi only felt that he fell into a lake, and the overwhelming water spread over, pouring in from his eyes, ears, nose and mouth.Just when he was depressed, suddenly he was lifted up with his hands on his waist, Gu Xi's body suddenly became heavier again, and he was finally able to breathe.

It was suddenly dark again, but I don't know anything anymore.When I woke up again, it was another day.

In the chilly spring morning, when Gu Xi got up, he was sweating profusely.

"My lord, my lord, you finally woke up!"

Gu Xi opened his eyes, Xiao Liu'er was standing looking at him anxiously.

"I... what's wrong?" Gu Xi sat up, holding the cloth towel that slipped from his forehead in his hand, with a dry pain in his throat.He coughed involuntarily and cleared his throat.

Xiao Liu'er hurriedly poured a glass of water on the table and handed it over, "When I came here in the morning, I saw that your forehead was burning hot and you were drowsy, so I found a doctor for you. It will be like this. The medicine has been prescribed for you a long time ago, and the small one has been boiled for you, and it will be delivered in a while."

"it is good."

Gu Xifu lay down again, and let Xiao Liu'er change the cloth towel on his forehead to make it cooler.

It has been many years since his mother died, if it wasn't for the sudden dream last night, he probably would have almost forgotten about it.Recalling last night's dream, Gu Xi still has a lingering feeling of suffocation in his heart.

"You're willing to come back!" A woman in yellow supported a young man in white, although her words were recalcitrant, her actions were extremely careful, "I don't know what's so good about that man."

With the support of the woman, the man lay sideways on the bed, with a smile on his face, as if he wanted to ease the woman's anger, but he didn't know that this was even more distressing.

"Sister Liuzhu, stop talking."

"Ghost messenger... Has Big Brother Ghost gone?" The man suddenly remembered and asked anxiously.

"Let's go, go early!"

The man sighed heavily and said: "That's right, they still have to send other ghosts to reincarnate, how can they wait for me."

Chapter 3

Gu Xi's wing room is at a corner on the second floor. During the daytime, when one leans on the railing and overlooks it, all one can see is a blue lake.But at night, it was so dark that it felt a little frightening.

Xiao Liu'er walked ahead with the lamp in hand, watching from a distance a black figure suddenly appeared on the railing above the small building.

"Who's there!" Xiao Liu'er shouted.

"Could it be that you are too tired, and your eyesight is blurry." Gu Xi smiled and shook his head, "Go to bed earlier in a while, and come back to serve me later tomorrow."

After bathing and changing into dry clothes, Gu Xi felt much more comfortable.

I have been busy with business in other counties for so many days, and I always don't care about coming back.If it wasn't for grandma's birthday, Gu Xi might not have come back so early.After being away for many days, when he first came back, he couldn't fall asleep.

Spreading out the half-drawn painting, rubbing the ink, picking up the brush, Gu Xi began to draw carefully one stroke at a time.

The lights in the house were crackling, and after a while, a cute and cute kitten appeared on the paper.

This cat was used by Gu Xi for his grandma's birthday. As long as he can remember, grandma has loved cats and even raised one in the past.But later, after the cat hurt Gu Xi, it suddenly disappeared, and grandma never raised a cat again.

Maybe it was because he was tired, but without realizing it, Gu Xi fell asleep lying on the table.It was when Erniang brought soup that he woke him up.

"It's cold at night, why did you sleep on your stomach, be careful of catching a cold!" Erniang reproached, held up a lamp, and lit up all the lights in the room.

"Come on, drink it while it's hot, it's also good for dispelling the cold." Er Niang put a bowl of hot soup in Gu Xi's hands, and the rising heat engulfed Gu Xi's face.

"Thank you Erniang." Gu Xi said sincerely.

"Silly boy, why are you thanking me? Ever since your mother handed you over to me, I've always treated you like my own son. If a mother cooks a bowl of soup for her son, she must ask her son to thank her a lot? Er Niang saw Gu Xi's painting on the table at the end of her eyes, but she suddenly said "Hey", and then jokingly said, "Did Xi'er drool when she just took a nap? Why is this painting wet?"

Seeing that the painting had become a blur, Gu Xi couldn't answer.Pick it up and take a closer look, the outline of the cat that was originally drawn can only be vaguely discerned, a good painting is so ruined, "This..."

"You...you knocked over the teacup, right?" Er Niang casually summoned a maid from outside the door, and wiped off the ink printed on the desk.Seeing the doubts on Gu Xi's face, he said again, "Either call Xiao Liu'er tomorrow to ask, it must be him again who helped you extinguish the candle and accidentally knocked over the water glass. He, he can't change this problem." Frizzy temperament."

Gu Xi nodded obediently, it seems that this is the only way to go.

As soon as he woke up the next day, Gu Xi remembered what happened last night, so he called Xiao Liu'er who was waiting outside the door, and began to question him.

"Little Six..."

"Master..." Xiao Liu'er stood in front of Gu Xi respectfully.

"Did you come into my room when I was painting yesterday?"

"No, master. It's not like you don't know. After serving you to take a bath yesterday, the servant went back to rest." Seeing Gu Xi frowning, Xiao Liu'er was afraid that Master Gu would be angry, so he added sincerely, "You still told me, did you forget? Let the little one go back to rest early after serving."

"Well, I see, you go down."

"Yes, sir."

Originally, I thought that if Xiao Liu'er was careless about this matter, it would be fine.Anyway, he wouldn't be fooling around with just a painting on grandma's birthday.

If the painting is destroyed, it's fine if you don't give it away, but thinking about it now is really creepy.

It wasn't made by myself, and it wasn't Xiao Liu'er, so who could it be?

Gu Xi put his hands behind his back, walked to the desk, and picked up the painting on the table.The place that was wet last night has been mottled today.And under the paper, there was one more painting than last night.

Calling it a "painting" is really flattering, but it's just a round head drawn on white paper, with two pointed ears on the side of the head... this is... a cat?

"Master, what is this painting? It's so ugly!" Xiao Liu'er suddenly came out from behind Gu Xi, startling Gu Xi.

"It's probably a cat." Gu Xi guessed this way: maybe the person who damaged the painting yesterday felt very owed, so he made some remedies.

"Even if it's a cat, it's ugly! Although the slave doesn't read much, he knows what a cat should look like anyway. But..."

Xiao Liu'er laughed loudly, "Master, who drew this?"

"I don't know, I saw it on the table in the morning."

Hearing Mr. Gu's words, Xiao Liu'er couldn't help but laugh, who would dare to break into Mr. Gu's house without authorization?

"Evil door!" Xiao Liu'er said seriously, "Master, is it true that as the old lady said, you have fallen into evil?"

"Nonsense!" Gu Xi said indifferently, "There are no ghosts and gods in this world! They are just fooling people."

Xiao Liu'er shrank her neck, feeling a creep on her back.However, since the young master said so, it is not easy for him to refute.

"By the way, don't tell anyone else about this painting, otherwise grandma will make a fuss again."

"The little one knows." Xiao Liu'er replied.

Chapter 4

Although Xiao Liu'er agreed straight away and said that he would not talk to others, the matter finally reached the ears of Mrs. Gu.And it has been passed down to the point of being miraculous, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

The little maid hurriedly rushed to Gu Xi's house, and said after being blessed, "Master, the old lady has an invitation, and said she is waiting for you in the hall."

Gu Xi glanced at Xiao Liu'er who was waiting beside him without any trace: "Well, tell grandma, I'll be here in a while."

Xiao Liu'er felt uneasy at this time, but Zhang San, who shared the same room with him, said something casually, how could he know that the entire Gu family knew about it now.

Finished!

As soon as the little maid left, Little Liu'er knelt down in front of Gu Xi with a "plop", and succumbed first, "Young master, I had a few drinks with Zhang San yesterday, and I talked to him on a whim." This matter. But the slave only told him about it, how could he know that the whole house knew about it."

"You, you, let me say something about you!" Gu Xi was also angry, pointing at Xiao Liu'er's nose, but he didn't know what to say about him.Yesterday I specifically told him not to talk to outsiders, but today is good, the whole mansion, from top to bottom, knows everything.

This little Liu'er's mouth is really not tight!

Xiao Liu'er knelt down in front of Gu Xi, lowered her head, "Master, I know I was wrong! You can punish me however you want, it's all the slave's fault!"

Looking at Xiao Liu'er's appearance, he was sincere. Thinking about it, this servant has been serving him for many years, and he hasn't made any mistakes.

Thinking of this, Gu Xi lost the anger just now, "Forget it, get up. Play it by ear, don't say the wrong thing again, and make the old lady worry!"

Sure enough, the old lady Gu was really anxious. Gu Xi had just arrived in the hall, and the old lady greeted her with a worried face, "What's the matter, my good grandson? Did you encounter something unclean?"

Gu Xi smiled, sure enough, when something happened to grandma, it could always be related to these strange things.The girl from the east family eloped with another person, which was caused by unclean things; the young daughter-in-law of the west family was pissed off by her husband, because she also encountered something unclean... The good thing is all caused by this "unclean" thing!

Although what happened to Gu Xi was a bit unimaginable, but maybe some servant sneaked in to do it, so it wouldn't be said that it was something.

"Grandson is fine!" Gu Xi helped grandma to sit on the seat at the top of the hall, then smiled and comforted grandma, "You watched grandson grow up, can you still lie to you?"

"Well, it's good that you're fine! You have been weak and sick since you were a child, if something happens again, grandma will be so heartbroken."

"Grandma, don't worry, grandson will blame himself if you get overwhelmed." Gu Xi squeezed Grandma's shoulders, leaned over and said with a smile, "The rumors in the mansion are that Xiao Liu'er drank too much. You talked nonsense with Zhang San after drinking. You can believe this..."

The old lady Gu turned her head and looked at Gu Xi with a sincere face, which didn't seem fake.Then he set his sights on Xiao Liu'er who was kneeling on the side.

Xiao Liu'er raised his head slightly, and seeing the young master and the old lady looking at him, he said in a low voice, "Returning to the old lady, this is indeed my drunken nonsense. I just want to fool you That Zhang San, how could he know that he would talk nonsense with others."

"Xiao Liu'er, I think our Gu family treats you well." Mrs. Gu felt relieved when she saw that her grandson and Xiao Liu'er both said that the story was false.He reached out to pick up the tea on the table and took a sip, then glanced coldly at Xiao Liuer who was kneeling, and was so startled that Xiao Liuer lowered his head, "Your family has six children, your mother I can't support you anymore, so I threw you away. If I didn't look at you pitifully, would I let you come to my Gu family as a servant? "

Xiao Liu'er knelt down on the ground, bowed her head, and replied: "What the old lady said is that the Gu family has treated me as much as a mountain."

The old lady was furious, she patted the table and said: "Since this is the case, then it's even more wrong to arrange for the master to say such a shocking thing!"

"It's the servant's fault, the little one deserves to die!" Xiao Liu'er fell on the ground, kowtowing his head continuously.

Gu Xi took the opportunity to smooth things over, "Get up, think about the fact that nothing happened this time, let's forget about it, there can be no next time. Go down!"

Now that the son said so, Xiao Liuer thanked him and ran away immediately.

Instead, Mrs. Gu yelled from behind: "Hey, I haven't finished yet..." The old lady was a little angry, frowning, with an unhappy expression on her face, "Look at you child, servants can't be so used to it." Come on, this is going to be lawless!"

"Grandson will deduct money from him when he turns around, grandma, don't be angry..."

The old lady really didn't know that Gu Xi's words were to fool her old man?But she didn't want to expose it, she sighed slightly and said: "People say that children are easy to raise. When your mother was alive, I wanted her to give our Gu family more children. Maybe, you The bones of the body will also be better. But who knows... then I contracted a serious disease. Hey..."

"Grandma, don't you have a second mother? It would be a good thing for her to add a few younger brothers and sisters to our Gu family!"

"Hmph, is she also assigned to our Gu family to have a child?" The old lady's tone clearly contained disgust, but as soon as she finished speaking, she saw Mrs. Gu appearing at the door, followed by a Taoist priest.The old lady just closed her mouth and said no more, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Gu Xi also had good intentions. He wanted to persuade grandma, but he didn't want the good thing to happen, but turned into a bad thing.Seeing the tears rolling in Erniang's eye sockets.This was obviously heard by the second lady.

Mrs. Gu forced a smile on her face, and invited the Taoist priest into the room, "Taoist priest, please."

The old lady was a little embarrassing, and she let the priest read the joke.But he still hurriedly stood up from his chair and greeted the Taoist priest with a smile, "Daozhang Zhang, you are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time." After finishing speaking, he whispered to Gu Xi next to him, "Grandma specially asked your second mother Go invite it, and let the Taoist priest take a good look at it for you later."

The old Taoist priest took the birthday horoscope handed over by Mrs. Gu, pinched his fingers and counted, and his face was not very good.

The old lady was also anxious when she saw it, "What's the matter, Daoist?"

The old Taoist twirled his beard and looked serious, "Master Ling has something on his body that enables him to see things that others cannot see."

Gu Xi picked up the tea on the table, lifted the lid of the cup, and blew lightly on the tea leaves floating on the surface.Before staying at the famous Ruyi Inn in the imperial city, I didn’t see any ghosts. How could I be able to see things that other people couldn’t see through this long mouth?

Gu Xi remained silent, watching his old lady stomp her feet anxiously as if she was watching a show.

"Then what should we do? Taoist priest, do you think this thing can be removed?" The old lady got up in a hurry, walked up to the Taoist priest and cupped her hands, "You can save our grandson."

The Taoist priest walked outside the door calmly, squinted at the sun hanging high in the sky, pinched his fingers and calculated for a while before saying: "Then let's make it today!"

"Well, I'll write a few things, and you have someone prepare them quickly." The Taoist master picked up the brush and wrote a few lines on the piece of paper just now.Er Niang didn't delay, she took people to prepare it herself, and it took only half a cup of tea, everything was ready.

Gu Xidan saw the old Taoist twirling his beard, putting tea leaves and other things into the bowl, and then lit three sticks of incense in the incense burner in front of the Bodhisattva.

The old Taoist first kowtowed a few times, then turned his back to the crowd, and he didn't know what kind of tricks he used on the bowl, but he heard the water in the bowl churn and churn, as if boiling.Then there was a sound of explosions in the house, and after a while, when the Taoist priest brought the bowl to Gu Xi's eyes, it was just ordinary tea, with some ginger, tea leaves, longan and the like in it Things.

Originally, Gu Xi thought he wanted to drink some incense burner ashes, but he didn't want it to be something serious, so he didn't refuse, he raised his head and drank it in one gulp.

Seeing that Gu Xi had finished drinking, Mrs. Gu respectfully asked the Taoist priest: "Is the old grandson healed now?"

"Well, it has already been driven away, old lady Gu, please rest assured."

The Taoist leader said that he still has something to do next, and it is inconvenient for the old lady to stay.This matter naturally cost the Gu family a lot of money, of course it is inconvenient for Gu Xi to intervene, as long as the old lady is happy.

Chapter 5

Gu and Huang are family friends. Gu Xi and Huang Zisheng played together from childhood to adulthood, so their relationship is naturally good.No, when Huang Zisheng heard that he was back, he immediately came over.

"Gu Xi, long time no see!" Huang Zisheng laughed and cupped his hands, "I thought you had just come back, so I didn't ask you out. I just brought some wine and came to your house to drink."

Gu Xi looked at the hands of the servants behind Huang Zisheng, and they were indeed carrying several jars.

"It's fake to see me, but it's true to drink?" Gu Xi squinted, pretending to be cold and said, "I'm afraid your wife will nag me and use my name again."

"Brother Gu, you are going to misunderstand me again." Huang Zisheng raised the corner of his robe, sat casually on the chair by the window in Gu Xi's room, put away his fan and said disapprovingly, "If I'm afraid of my family, I won't come."

Gu Xi smiled lightly, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Huang family was famous for being pungent.However, with Huang Zisheng's casual temperament, he should marry such a wife, so it's easy to take care of him.

Gu Xi poured a cup of tea for Huang Zisheng and handed it over.That Huang Zisheng was not too polite, took a sip after taking it, "The tea is not bad."

Gu Xi nodded, and took a sip, "Well, this year's new tea, I'll bring some back to Uncle Huang later."

"That would be great! Let's go, drink, it's getting dark, go to the lake in front of your yard. Drink, enjoy the scenery, life's great pleasure!" Huang Zisheng put down his glass and walked out first.

After drinking for three rounds, Huang Zisheng suddenly looked at Gu Xi beside him and smiled, "When I went to the restaurant at noon, I happened to see your second mother leading a Taoist-looking person towards your house, what is it? "

"Hey, it's hard to say..." Gu Xi poured a glass of wine for Huang Zisheng, and then told him what happened during the day.

After Huang Zisheng listened to it, he really sneered mercilessly: "The old lady of the Gu family is really old, and what she does is not very clever. Isn't it a good thing that you can see ghosts? If you can see a beautiful woman Ghost, it's really a beautiful thing."

Gu Xi shook his head helplessly, if this was the case, grandma would be in a panic.Maybe it's not as simple as the bowl of tea at noon.

Huang Zisheng was drunk after all, and started talking nonsense in a daze.Gu Xi hurriedly summoned his servants to carry him back.Gu Xi is not as addicted to alcohol as Huang Zisheng, but today he can enjoy drinking.So after Huang Zisheng left, Gu Xi poured himself a few more glasses.

I don't know if he was drunk, but Gu Xi just felt a little dizzy, and a charming black shadow appeared on the sparkling water in front of him for no reason.

Gu Xi thought he was wrong, rubbed his eyes, and found that the black shadow was still standing there.

The distant wind blows on Gu Xi's body through the surface of the lake. It's chilly, and every pore seems to be aroused, rushing to burst out.

In such a stalemate, the black figure had already arrived in front of him, with black hair covering his face and a white robe sticking to his body wetly.

At this time, Gu Xi was mostly sober from the wine, and he didn't bother to say "Help" or anything else, just thinking about running away.

This section of the shore has been paved with stone steps, and a decorative rockery has been built by people. Now this place that used to be a good place for Gu Xi to take a rest and enjoy the scenery is all regarded as a burden.

Why are there so many stone steps?Why can't I walk around the rockery in front of me?

Gu Xi walked for a long time, and in a panic, he didn't know whether he stepped on a stone that fell on the stone steps or tripped over the stone steps. He felt unsteady under his feet, and fell on the stone steps at once, knocking his jaw hard. pain……

"Hey……"

The ghost made a sound, but he didn't know whether it was a sigh or a call, Gu Xi only felt that this short word had an empty echo, which made his heart beat like a drum, as if he was about to jump out of his mouth.

Gu Xi didn't describe it as embarrassing, but felt that he couldn't escape.He just came back from the outside, and he was about to die at home.He closed his eyes almost in despair: no matter what, he died in his own house anyway.But if he died like this, grandma's birthday would not be able to participate.At that time, will the family hold grandma's birthday banquet as usual, or will they hold their own funeral?Then I don't know...

The ghost opened his mouth first: "Young master, don't be afraid, I definitely don't want to harm you."

Judging by the sound, the ghost should be young.

Only then did Gu Xi dare to open his eyes, but because the ghost's appearance was too unsightly, he turned his head slightly and stared at the cracks in the stone steps.

"I definitely didn't intend to scare you." The ghost paused, looked at the wine jar not far away and opened his mouth, "I found it by smelling the wine, and wanted...to ask for some wine... ..."

The ghost's voice gradually dimmed, and the voice became quieter as it went to the back.Curious, Gu Xi turned his head to look at the ghost.

The ghost lowered his head, and the corner of his clothes under his fingers seemed to be wrung out. Gu Xi couldn't bear the aggrieved look.

If he hadn't emerged from the lake with most of his body dripping out of thin air, his black hair messily covering most of his face, and his ghostly aura, Gu Xi really wouldn't have doubted the person in front of him——Look at He is not very old, and he is nothing more than a child's ghost in words and deeds.

Gu Xi straightened the robe that had just been crumpled during the panicked escape, walked to the place where he had just been drinking, picked up the wine jar and weighed it in his hand, it seemed that there was still half of the jug left, so he kindly gave away the rest.

Gu Xi raised his eyes and saw the ghost moving towards the stone steps on the bank as if he was afraid of scaring him, the timidity in his heart was also reduced a little, and then a little smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "So it's just The ghost that is greedy for drinking is a bit different."

"Hey..." The ghost showed his white teeth and smiled charmingly, but he couldn't tell Gu Xi's sincerity.

Even in a daze, his hand was already empty, Gu Xi looked at the empty palm, and somehow the wine jar ran to the opposite side.

"Thank you, my lord." As soon as the young man bowed, he sniffed the bottle, and couldn't help admiring, "It's so fragrant..."

Looking at the ghost, he was not in a hurry, and sat casually on the stone steps with his wet gown on.Water stains immediately leaked out on the ground, and flowed into the vegetation along the steps.Holding a wine jar and looking up, he gulped down a big gulp, wiped his mouth with his sleeve in a particularly heroic manner, "Good wine!" The black hair on his cheeks was pushed aside, revealing a pale lip.

Gu Xi stood up straight from the shore, and Shi Shiran returned a salute, "As long as you like it, young master."

I don't know if it was the ghost that caused Gu Xi to feel the temperature drop a bit.

Although the ghost has no bad intentions, the picture of a person chatting with a ghost under the moon is really unimaginable.Especially the ghost with disheveled hair, looking very scary, Gu Xi hastily made an excuse to leave, "I still have something to do, so I will go ahead. Young master, please take it easy."

"Hey……"

The ghost tried to call him, calling after him.Gu Xi turned a deaf ear, quickened his pace, and thought to himself: Fortunately, I didn't bring Xiao Liu'er with me today, otherwise this guy might spread some alarmist words in the mansion again.

Gu Xi ran away in a panic, and the water ghost stared blankly at Gu Xi's back while holding a half jar of wine.In the distance, the surface of the water was churning, and a goose-yellow figure emerged—a pretty girl.

The girl walked on the water as if walking on flat ground, and walked step by step to the side of the male ghost sitting on the stone steps, imitating his usual posture, looking at him with her chin on her hands, "Have you given up? I told you earlier , let you hide a bit more concealed, he has the purse you gave him, so he must be able to see you."

"Sister Liu Zhu," the male ghost in white put the wine jar aside, looked at the woman beside him with a sad face, "I...just want to see him..."

Chapter 6

Naturally, Madam Gu's birthday must not be sloppy.This is Nuan Shou, folks from ten miles and eight villages were invited here, and a hundred or so tables were set up back and forth, and the scene was extremely lively.

Father Gu also came back just in time, Grandma Gu rushed back the day before her birthday.

Looking at the grandson, all the sons are here, the old lady is all smiles.

"Tomorrow is my old man's birthday. Originally, I thought that he is already quite old, and the family is full of female relatives. This birthday is nothing but my son, my grandson is filial, and he insists on taking care of me. She ran all the way back." Grandma Gu sat on the first seat, with Gu's father and Gu Xi sitting next to her, and when she said this, her tone was clearly full of confidence, "I really feel satisfied."

The people below heard it, and echoed it, and the voices of praise were endless: "Yes, Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu is really filial.", "The old lady is really lucky."

Mrs. Gu patted the back of her grandson's hand, overjoyed.However, she was thinking in her heart that if her grandson Gu Xi could start a family and add a great-grandson to her, that would be a really beautiful thing.

but……

The old lady glanced at Gu Xi with some concern, seeing that she was approaching her thirties, she had no intention of marrying a daughter-in-law.I have introduced to him a lot before, the portraits of the girl's house are piled up on the desk, but he didn't look at any of them, and finally slipped away to the other place to be quiet...

Now, the old lady has also learned to be smart, and she dare not make any big moves, for fear of scaring her grandson away by accident, otherwise, with her heart, she will invite all those neighbors here?Grandma Gu looked at the bustle and bustle on the seats below, and asked cautiously: "Xi'er, look, the children sitting below are the children of the neighbors from the neighbors, uncles and aunts. Is there a girl my grandson likes?"

Gu Xi looked around, putting on makeup and make-up one by one, obviously well-groomed.But what these girls are interested in is only his Gu family's family business and his status as the young mistress of the Gu family.Gu Xi didn't want to spoil grandma's interest, and played with the wine cup in his hand, but smiled and said nothing.

Seeing her grandson not talking, the old lady thought that Gu Xi was