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Looking forward to it. Er Niang covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and smiled softly.
"Where's mother?" Master Gu asked.
"I'm chatting with the proprietress who sells incense candles on the street in the back room."
The two of them said so, but saw the proprietress of the incense candle shop and grandma come out.The proprietress said in a low voice: "What are you talking about! After all, the world is not peaceful, so there are so many moths."
"Isn't it? Yesterday I heard that I was confinement at home. It's fine. Today I'm gone. It's also because the ghost is ruthless. The woman in the family died, leaving the man of the Liu family with the Weiwei. What should I do about the child of the full moon." The old lady echoed.
"Who says it's not." The proprietress sighed, "It should be his family's bad luck. You said it's so hard to die. Why did this ghost go back with the man of the Liu family? This woman who hasn't confinement is on fire. Wang Low, he was killed."
"Hey..." the old lady sighed.
Father Gu didn't like to listen to theories about ghosts and gods at home, so when Mrs. Gu saw Father Gu came back, she hurriedly changed her words and said, "I'll leave the matter of the incense candles to you. We will go to the temple to burn incense in a few days. Pick some good ones."
"Mrs. Gu, don't worry, our family's incense candles are the best, and your Mr. Gu is a regular customer of our family..." Probably realizing that she had said something wrong, the proprietress fell silent.
Grandma Gu's complexion froze... Erniang's face turned ashen when she thought of Gu Xi's abnormal behavior recently.On the contrary, Master Gu said indifferently: "Women, talk nonsense!"
Er Niang hurriedly interjected: "Maybe Xi'er went to worship at her mother's grave. By the way, a few days ago, I always asked him to go to the temple to offer incense. It must be like this!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the lady proprietress of the incense and candle shop hurriedly left: "Yes, yes, I misremembered! Oh, I am old, and I always remember wrong things! There is still something to do in the shop, I will leave first, I won't send it off, No more."
When the proprietress returned to the shop, she told her husband-in-law about this matter, but she was reprimanded: "You old woman, didn't you tell you, don't tell me, why are you still... hey..."
The proprietress argued: "I'm also talking too fast..."
Gu Xi came out from the back door of the shop, and it was raining lightly outside.Shopkeeper Li sent someone to catch up and gave Gu Xi an oiled paper umbrella.
Just after holding up the umbrella, Gu Xi raised his head and was about to walk forward, but saw a person standing at the entrance of the alley, dressed in coir raincoat and bamboo hat, with the same face as before, it seemed that he came here specially to wait for him.
Gu Xi took a detour and walked in the opposite direction. He didn't want to see her, and he didn't know why she came down from the mountain today to look for him.
"Xi'er..." The man spoke eagerly behind Gu Xi.
Gu Xi was fixed on the spot, unable to take a step no matter what.
"Do you still know me as a mother?"
know?How do you not know each other?gave birth to him, and lived with him for several years.Scenes of memories are engraved in my heart, how can I forget them?
The man walked in front of Gu Xi. He used to be only a little above her knee, but now he is much taller than her.If you want to look at her, you also need to lower your head.The years have carved marks on her brows and eyes, and there are shallow and deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
She smiled, and spoke softly as in her memory: "I saw your name in the merit book that day, and when I chased them out, I didn't see your figure, so I guessed that you also saw me."
The rainwater slid down the edge of the umbrella and fell into a puddle of water on the ground.
"How are you doing?" she asked.
Gu Xi's lips trembled for a while, but he still couldn't utter the word.After a long while, he said hoarsely, and looked down at her, "Did you really care about me this time, or..." Or just passing by?But Gu Xi couldn't ask, he was afraid that what he heard was the latter.
The man stretched out his hand, but stopped a moment before he was about to touch Gu Xi, and said apologetically, "I want to see if you are doing well."
Seeing that Gu Xi didn't answer, she asked again: "Knowing that I lied to you by feigning death, did you ever hate me?"
"So what if you hate it, so what if you don't hate it?" Gu Xi sneered, it's been so many years.
"That's right," she sighed, "So what if you hate it, so what if you don't hate it. The reason why you escaped into Buddhism more than 20 years ago was because of the word 'love'. Thinking about it now, it's nothing more than that."
Gu Xi looked at her suspiciously, "Could it be that Dad married Erniang, and then you..."
The man smiled warmly, "Of course not. I am just like your father, with a strong temper. Before I was with him, I already had someone in mind. Your father created a fake death for me, but it was just to fulfill me. In the final analysis, I still blame him first."
Gu Xi didn't know how to get out of the alley. When the family had dinner, the dinner was even more terrifyingly silent, everyone was thinking about their own thoughts.
Father Gu took a mouthful of rice from the bowl, and asked calmly, "What has Xi'er been up to lately?"
Gu Xi took the soup from the servant, and answered absent-mindedly, "It's about the shop."
Father Gu nodded. He still couldn't ask the wife of the incense candle shop this afternoon.
"I'm done eating." Gu Xi led Xie Yuqiu away.
Although Xiao Liu'er came back, he still didn't change Xiao Liu'er back.After all, Xie Yuqiu's mouth is more reliable, which Xiao Liu'er can't compare to.
"Are you back?" Seeing Gu Xi push the door open, Shen Li went up to meet him, "Why are you so downcast today, did something not go your way?"
"Well, I met my mother." Gu Xi replied truthfully.
"She went to look for you?" Shen Li closed the door casually, and the rest of the words were locked inside the door.
Because he didn't expect that the old lady Gu and the second wife of the Gu family were eavesdropping downstairs, Shen Li didn't deliberately hide his voice.
Chapter 34
"Who's there?" Xie Yuqiu saw a group of people sneaking around under Mr. Gu's small building from a distance, and hurriedly shouted.
"Tie it up!" Mrs. Gu covered Xie Yuqiu's mouth, and the accompanying house slave immediately tied her up and took her to her room.
The old lady was furious, "Who is upstairs?"
Xie Yuqiu's hands were cut behind his back, and he said in a low voice, "Of course the one upstairs is the young master."
"Presumptuous!" The old lady slapped the table, "How dare you tell nonsense in front of me! Say, besides the young master, who else is there?"
"Small, I don't know!" The old lady obviously knew the secret of the small upstairs, as if she couldn't hide it.That being said, he was somewhat lacking in confidence.
"Come here, slap his mouth and see if he says it or not!"
"Yes!"
From behind Xie Yuqiu, two burly men rushed out, and they slapped him a few times.Xie Yuqiu's face hurt from being slapped, and his ears were buzzing, but he still gritted his teeth and spit out a few words: "The little one really doesn't know."
"Keep calling me!" The old lady stood up, shaking the table beside her.
"Mother...Mother, stop beating, maybe this child really doesn't know. After all, he is a newcomer." Mrs. Gu couldn't help standing up, "If you continue beating like this, you will die."
The old lady Gu pondered for a while, and felt that Er Niang's words were very reasonable.But the one above Gu Xi is obviously a different kind, because the whole family has never seen Gu Xi bring a man back.
Mrs. Gu vaguely felt that something was wrong, and said to the two big men, "Shut him up in the woodshed!"
"Xiulian, come with me."
When Daotong led the two wives of the Gu family to meet the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest was drinking tea with the man in Tsing Yi.
Seeing the Taoist priest, the old lady immediately knelt down and said in tears: "Taoist priest, please, go and show my grandson if he is being entangled by a ghost."
The old Taoist knew about this, and he was the one who reminded Gu Xi to stay away from that ghost.But he didn't expect Gu Xi to be so stubborn.The Taoist priest helped the old lady Gu, "Take me to have a look."
Gu Xi had just laid down when Xiao Liu'er went upstairs and said that there was something wrong with the materials in the store, so he asked him to go and have a look.Gu Xi got up and hurried out the door.
It was precisely because of Gu Xi's absence that Mrs. Gu was able to bring a group of people to Gu Xi's small courtyard without any scruples.The man in Tsing Yi who had been silently following behind the old lady made a gesture calmly, and in an instant, a blue light pointed directly at Gu Xi's small building.Afterwards, a faint white shadow landed steadily in front of everyone, causing everyone to panic.
Shen Li had met the second wife of the Gu family, and he felt vaguely uncomfortable when such a large group of people suddenly stood in front of him.
"Are you...a ghost?" The old lady pointed at Shen Li, trembling even in her voice.
"Hmm..." Shen Li nodded, if he wanted to hide it now, he might not be able to hide it.Shen Li fearfully glanced at the tall man in Tsing Yi behind the old lady.
When Mrs. Gu heard what Shen Li said, she immediately burst into tears, "Are you trying to kill my grandson? If you want to kill someone, then take my old life and don't kill my grandson. "
Shen Li panicked and waved his hands again and again, "No, no, I didn't intend to harm him." It's too late for him to love him, so how could he harm him.
The man in Tsing Yi walked out of the crowd with his hands behind his back, and walked to the side of the old lady, "Since you are a ghost, you must abide by the rules of the ghost world. Besides, staying in the human world will not benefit Mr. Gu. I am afraid these principles are You understand."
"I..." Shen Li was helpless, what was supposed to come, finally came.But he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
The man in Tsing Yi told him "the rules of the ghost world", and the relationship between him and Gu Xi seemed worthless in front of these so-called "rules".Just because he is a ghost, his love will appear so humble and not valued by others.He excused sadly: "I fell in love with Mr. Gu, and I have nothing else to ask, I just want to spend the rest of my life quietly with him."
Oh, the world thinks that the love between men and women is love; the love between men and men is not love; the love between humans and ghosts is even less love.
Everyone fell silent, and the old lady of the Gu family even scanned Shen Li from top to bottom, thinking that her ears had misheard, this... isn't he a man?How...how could...
Er Niang, who had not dared to say anything, suddenly fell to her knees. She hesitated again and again. If she kept Shen Li alive, she would still have Gu Xi as a son; but if Shen Li disappeared, Gu Xi would have gone halfway Life.Then he begged: "Mother, if this ghost is allowed to go, Xi'er will be sad."
The old lady was furious, and slapped Erniang on the cheek, "Bastard, do you want to kill Xi'er? Just because he is not your own, can you abandon him?"
Er Niang covered her cheeks and knelt on one side.She knew that she was soft-spoken, and she had always known that she was no different from that servant in Gu's mansion.The old lady never treated her as a daughter-in-law.
It doesn't matter how she treats Xi'er, what matters is how she treats Xi'er in the eyes of others.Ah……
Seeing that Shen Li's attitude was slightly relaxed, the man in Tsing Yi said again: "I met Lord Ming once, but I can plead with him to let you go to reincarnate together when Mr. Gu's life is up. Maybe, in the next life, you two You can continue the frontier. But if you insist on staying here, then don't blame me for being ruthless. You can weigh it yourself."
Shen Li lowered his eyes, he grabbed and let go of a corner of his clothes, and pulled and let go.But his face was quite calm: "Let me think about it before telling you."
The man in Tsing Yi cupped his hands and said: "Okay, then come and find me tomorrow. Farewell!"
The man in this room was about to leave, but the old lady Gu on the side grabbed his sleeve and said sharply: "Sir, what reason are you talking to him! Just accept him! I beg you to accept him, expert!"
The man in Tsing Yi glanced at it, flicked his sleeves calmly, and left first.
Seeing that the man in Tsing Yi ignored him, the old lady went to pester the Taoist priest again, "Taoist priest... Taoist priest..."
Seeing the old lady's insistence, the Taoist sighed and said, "The expert has his own reasons, just wait."
Chapter 35
No one was watching the firewood room. After all, Xie Yuqiu was not an important person. The old lady would not arrange someone to guard him, but sent someone to lock the door from the outside to prevent him from running out.
It was because of this that Xie Yuqiu had a chance to escape.After all, I stayed in the Red Mansion, and I was not locked up when I first went there, and I slipped past it a few times.Although he was caught in the back, at least his lockpicking skills are getting stronger, and the locks outside the firewood room can't stop him.
The chaifang was not far from Gu Xi's small courtyard, and Xie Yuqiu, taking advantage of the night to hide from several servants and maids on duty, planned to sneak back and tell Gu Xi that the old lady of the Gu family had discovered his secret.
He hadn't left the yard of the woodshed yet, when a voice came from the woodshed behind him: "That kid surnamed Xie has run away, someone! Come, someone!"
It was also night, and everyone was slow to come out, but the servant's room close to Gu Xi was already lit, so Xie Yuqiu had to think of another way.
After climbing out of the courtyard wall, Xie Yuqiu wandered on the street for a long time, until the sky turned white, and Xie Yuqiu dared to knock on the door of Huang Zisheng's house.
"You came to look for me early in the morning, what's wrong?" Huang Zisheng rubbed his sleepy eyes, and his clothes were loosely wrapped around his body.As soon as he came, he crossed his legs and sat in the upper hall of the hall.But looking at Xie Yuqiu's red and swollen cheeks, and the dark red blood stains at the corner of his mouth, he woke up most of the time, "What happened?"
Xie Yuqiu finally saw someone who could speak, and the long-suppressed bitterness finally found an outlet.Xie Yuqiu said with tears: "Young Master Huang, you go to the Gu Mansion to have a look, the old lady of the Gu family..."
"What happened to the old lady?"
"She..." Mr. Gu was kind to Xie Yuqiu, and he was also impatient just now. After the words came out of his mouth, he remembered that he didn't know whether Mr. Huang knew about Gu Xi.
"Hey, you said it, I'm so anxious." Huang Zisheng sat up straight and looked at him.
Xie Yuqiu thought about it, and saw that the relationship between Gu Xi and Huang Zisheng seemed to be very good a few times last time, so he asked, "Do you know the one in Mr. Gu's small building?"
Huang Zisheng slapped the table and jumped up from the chair, "The old lady found out?"
"Well, I heard from her that I went to find a Taoist priest before I was locked in the firewood room."
"It's broken!" Huang Zisheng was completely awake now.
Gu Xi didn't return all night, so naturally he didn't know that something earth-shattering had happened in Gu's residence.There was indeed an accident in the store. A big customer intended to place a big order and rushed to show him the clothes samples the next day, but now he found a big defect.The workers rushed to work all night, and Gu Xi didn't sleep all night.
When I came back, I heard from my grandma that the boy surnamed Xie stole something from the house and ran away.
"Perhaps there is a last resort." Gu Xi smiled, after all, such a big incident happened in his family, maybe he was looking for a way to save Father Xie.The things he took were the money that he, Gu Xi, gave him.
Seeing Gu Xi's appearance at this time, Mrs. Gu knew that although Xie Yuqiu escaped, he didn't look for Gu Xi, and her heart fell back into her stomach.
"You stayed up all night yesterday, go and rest, don't let grandma worry, grandma feels distressed."
"Understood, grandma, the grandson will go to bed."
"Hey." Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Xi's back, thinking that the child grew up by herself.I don't know what kind of crime is caused by such a thing at the stall now.
Thinking this way, he heard a report from the concierge that Huang Zisheng from Huangfu came to play with the young master.
The old lady Gu turned her eyes, and said to the servant: "Just say that the young master was tired yesterday, let him come back another day."
Huang Zisheng did not come here to play with Gu Xi, but just found a roundabout way.Just now I went to look for him in the store, but was told that Mr. Gu had returned to the Gu mansion.Now when I came to Gu's house to search, I was rejected again.Huang Zisheng lamented that the old lady was really cautious in her work.
Gu Xi watched the bedding tangle up on the bed, and thought to himself: It must be because he didn't return all night yesterday, and Shen Li felt a little bit of resentment when he didn't wait for anyone.Fortunately, he had the foresight. A few days ago, he heard that a famous opera troupe from the imperial city had come to Nanqiao Town to celebrate the birthday of rich Zhang Yuan's family.Gu Xi also wanted to take this opportunity to invite Gu Mansion to perform for his water ghost.Yesterday, I made a special trip to the door.
I don't know how that little fool will be moved when he sees it.Gu Xi couldn't help laughing, hugged the quilt that still had Shen Li's breath, and quickly fell asleep.
Shen Li came very late today, Gu Xi only thought he was angry, "Come?"
Gu Xi handed over a cup of sweet-scented osmanthus tea flatteringly, "Are you angry that I didn't come back last night?"
"Okay, don't be angry, you will be very angry."
Shen Li let Gu Xi pull him into his arms, he thought he was angry, so let him go.Better than knowing the truth.
Shen Li's eyes dodged a little, but after all, because of the darkness, Gu Xi couldn't see it.
When Xiao Liu'er went upstairs, he deliberately made heavy footsteps, and Gu Xi stopped immediately, pretending to be sitting upright.
Xiao Liu'er didn't come in, but knocked on the door, and said respectfully: "Master, what you ordered is ready."
"Well, here we come." After Gu Xi finished speaking, he turned to Shen Li and said, "Come on, I have prepared something for you, come and have a look."
Chapter 36
Gu Xi really put his mind to it, knowing that Shen Li loves to go to the theater, he specially invited a theater troupe to perform one for him in the courtyard.The corners on the stage saw Gu Xi coming, and they had already started to perform.
There was a pair of chairs in front of the stage, and Shen Li sat beside Gu Xi, looking at Gu Xi with tears in his eyes.
Gu Xi only thought that he was touched, and kept smiling softly at him.
Shen Li could no longer hear or see what was on stage.He loves the play that Gu Xi prepared for him, but he loves the person in front of him even more.
In the past two days, he told Liu Zhu about this matter, but Liu Zhu was just a fairy who was crushed at the bottom of the lake, and she was still wearing a sin, so naturally there was nothing she could do to help him.
Gu Xi leaned aside and whispered, "Why, don't you like it?"
"I like it! Naturally, I like it very much!" Shen Li grinned, showing a very forced smile, but the tears flowed more and more fiercely, "Talk to me, and I'm not afraid of being seen by others."
"If you see it, you will see it. It's a big deal. People think that the son of the Gu family has some kind of hysteria." Gu Xi looked disapproving.
"Aren't you angry?" Gu Xi just wiped away his tears with his cuff.
Shen Li wiped away his tears, and deliberately pulled a far-fetched smile, "Yeah, don't be angry!"
"You..." Gu Xi chuckled, "You're just a child..."
Shen Li greedily looked at the person beside him, the appearance of this person, his facial features, his mouth and nose... No matter how you look at it, you can't get tired of seeing it...
"Gu Xi..." He said his name, and he might never have the chance to call him by that name in the future.
"Ok?"
"In the future, I mean in the future, if you don't see me anymore, will you miss me?" He choked up.Sister Liu Zhu said, let him tell Gu Xi about this matter, it is better for the two of them to face this matter together than him to fight alone.However, he couldn't bear to make things difficult for Gu Xi, with himself on the one hand and his family on the other.The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, no matter how you choose, it will be embarrassing for Gu Xi.
"That's natural." Gu Xi smiled softly.
"Then, what do you think of me?" Shen Li's eyes were filled with bright tears, and he looked at the person in front of him so seriously.
"Hmm...let me think about it..." Gu Xi propped his chin, deliberately teasing him, "And you, you're a crying brat..."
Shen Li bit his lips and smiled, wiped away the tears on his face, and looked at him with burning eyes.
"Fool! What are you thinking about so much!" Gu Xi scratched Shen Li's nose, his words were full of pampering.
Shen Li said to himself feeling disappointed: "If only I had known you earlier, I wouldn't have wasted so many years. Or, it would be better if I was born 200 years later..."
"Fool, even if we were born in the same dynasty, we are both men, and it is also forbidden by etiquette."
Yea, how can a man be with a man?Even if we are human beings together, we cannot be together.
"Then let's go to a place that can accommodate us, a couple for the rest of our lives, okay?"
"How is it? Gu Xi..." Shen Li couldn't help trembling slightly.
"Okay! Okay! Whatever you say is what you say." Gu Xi smiled and gently wiped away Shen Li's tears with her fingertips.
"If you are a bird, I will be a tall tree you can cling to. Even if the leaves are yellow in winter, I will use my trunk to shelter you from the wind and rain; if you are a river, then I will be a bright moon, Let the moonlight shine into your heart..."
"Hehe, Li'er, what do you think?"
"En," Shen Li nodded emphatically, the tears seemed to flow endlessly, surging down.As if he was sure, he added a special sentence, "Okay. In the future, our next life, the next life, and the next life will be together."
Gu Xi hugged the soaked water ghost in his arms, stroked the top of his head, "Fool!"
At Yin time the next day, the rooster had not yet crowed.Shen Li got up, and tucked up the quilt for Gu Xi.Shen Li looked around. He had seen the display countless times, but now he couldn't get enough of it.
There is a white porcelain tea set on the table, Gu Xi will make a pot of fragrant osmanthus tea every night.In addition to Gu Xi's books on the bookshelf, there is also a special space for his little books.On the stool next to the bed was the clothes he had just mended for Gu Xi, the one he threatened to embroider with begonias...
Gu Xi on the bed turned over suddenly, the sound made Shen Li jump, seeing him embrace the soft pillow he had slept on in his arms and fell asleep peacefully, Shen Li felt an indescribable soreness in his heart.
"It's time, let's go!" A voice suddenly reached Shen Li's ears, and there was a man in Tsing Yi standing outside the small building of the Gu Mansion.
Even if there are thousands of reluctance, what's the use, "I'm leaving, Gu Xi..." Shen Li sighed, wondering if Gu Xi would remember the water ghost in the lake outside the small building after a hundred years .
The person on the bed looked satisfied, obviously immersed in a wonderful dream, unaware of the upcoming separation.
Shen Li was finally sent away, and the old lady of the Gu family breathed a sigh of relief.But then she remembered what Erniang said, if Gu Xi knew that Shen Li was gone, or they forced him to leave, what would happen?
She suddenly didn't dare to think about it.
The old lady knelt in front of Daoist Zhang's door, she was so old that no one could bear to see her kneeling there.
"Old lady Gu, what are you doing?"
Daoist Zhang tried to help her up, but the old lady suddenly took a step back and avoided it.
Seeing the man in Tsing Yi come out of the house, the old lady fell on the ground and kowtowed: "I want to ask the master to cast a spell so that my grandson will forget about that ghost."
"It's all fate. Even if you make him forget it now, he will remember it one day. What should come will never escape. What is your reason for pushing so hard?" The man shook his head.
"As long as I can hide it, I beg you, master. I kowtow to you, please, please..."
Seeing that the man in Tsing Yi still showed hesitation, the old lady took out a shiny knife from her pocket, "If you don't agree, I will die here."
Chapter 37
Gu Xi opened his eyes, the sun was shining brightly outside, projecting into the room through the thin window paper.He rubbed his eyes, and called out to the door: "Xiao Liuer..."
After shouting several times, Xiao Liu'er pushed the door in with a disheveled face and asked cautiously, "Master, are you up?"
He frowned, shook Chaos's head, a little displeased, "Why are you so slow today? Didn't I tell you yesterday that I'm going to the imperial city today to see about opening a branch?"
"Young...young master...this..." Xiao Liu'er stuttered for a while, the young master's memory obviously stayed before going to the imperial city, and he didn't even remember staying in the Ruyi Inn.He suddenly didn't know how to answer the young master's words.
Gu Xi thought it was because he was speaking too seriously, and touched his cheek, when did he become so scary, even Xiao Liu'er was afraid that he would be like this.
Gu Xi opened his hand, and let Xiao Liu'er undress him.He frowned, and looked at the one that Xiao Liu'er was putting on for him, which was brazenly embroidered with a koi carp, when did he have such a shirt?Looking past the window, many flowers are blooming in the flower beds in the courtyard.
"This flower blooms really fast! I didn't see it yesterday, but today it's colorful."
"Ah?" Xiao Liu'er followed Gu Xi's gaze and looked out the window hesitantly.
"'Ah' what?" Gu Xi said with a smile on his face, afraid that he would scare people just like before.
Xiao Liu'er smiled far-fetchedly, and Gu Xi saw it too, "Look at you with a bad complexion, you have to go to the capital to talk about opening a shop today, can you go?"
The topic came back again, Xiao Liu'er was at a loss for words and didn't know how to answer the young master.
Part of the young master's memory has been removed, and the old lady explained that she is not allowed to chat with the young master.If not, he would end up like Xie Yuqiu who was locked up in the firewood room—feeding dumb medicine, he couldn't even speak.
"This... this..." Xiao Liu'er was sweating profusely.
"What is this, you can't even talk anymore?" The old lady stepped into the room with a smile on her face, and Gu Xi's eyes stayed on Erniang's swollen belly.
The old lady said again: "Xi'er was ill a while ago, suffered from some wind and cold, and has been in a coma for several days. Your father has already taken care of the business of the store. Xi'er doesn't have to worry about it, just take care of yourself."
He has been in a coma for days?
Today is Gu Xi's big wedding, and there is a lot of joy in Gu's mansion.
The servants put on the wedding clothes for Gu Xi, and after everything was packed, the mighty welcoming team set off.
Both sides of the street were crowded with people who joined in the fun, and Gu Xi was always in good spirits on happy occasions, so his face was naturally full of smiles.
The bride is the youngest daughter of the grandson's family. She looks upright, has a soft personality, and is also lovable.When I met this girl for the first time, the girl gave him a purse.A vivid koi is embroidered on the moon-white bag.
It's just that a dead thing is a dead thing after all, no matter how alive it is, it's just a fish that doesn't move.
But Gu Xi looked pleasing to the eye, so he accepted it.
From time to time, someone said on the side of the road: "Young Master Gu, congratulations."
Gu Xi also bowed his hands one by one.
Looking at the faces on the side of the road, the sound of the suona behind him kept echoing in my ears, and for some reason, someone suddenly said to me in my mind: "If only I was born 200 years later, Gu Xi, you can also ride came to marry me with a fine horse."
who is it?
Thoughts flashed by, Gu Xi wanted to delve into it further, to think about something, but he couldn't think of it anymore.
Unknowingly, the bride's home has arrived, a large group of people are noisy, the matchmaker put the bride on the sedan chair, Gu Xi turned the horse around, and a large group of people went back to Gu's mansion in a mighty manner.
Stepping over the brazier, worshiping each other, and drinking wine at the banquet, Gu Xi only felt tired.From time to time, someone in my mind said to me:
"Don't be afraid, son, I definitely don't want to harm you"
"Good wine!"
"Hey, if you don't drink it for me, don't waste it."
"Okay, Gu Xi, you lied to me!"
……
"In the future, our next life, the next life, and the next life will be together."
……
Since coming to this hell, Shen Li has been waiting for Gu Xi by the Naihe Bridge.Every day, one by one, he was afraid that he would miss Gu Xi in the blink of an eye.
The man in Tsing Yi who sent him that day did keep his promise, and Ming Jun did not force him to reincarnate, but only after meeting Ming Jun did he know that the man in Tsing Yi was the high-ranking Lord Ming Jun.
On this day, Shen Li overheard a ghost discussing with another ghost, saying that Mr. Gu married a beautiful lady, and he was very envious.He didn't believe it, he had only left for a short time, how could Gu Xi not miss his old love and marry someone else.
"Ming Jun, please take me to the world." Shen Li knelt in front of the hall, looking up at the man sitting on the high hall.
"It's okay to watch, but remember, you must not show up and cause trouble again."
"it is good."
What's the matter?What is the reason for the incident again?If Gu Xi is really married, it means that Gu Xi no longer wants him, and in this world, it doesn't matter whether he, Shen Li, exists or not.
But looking at the man in a bright red wedding dress and smiling all over his face, Shen Li finally closed his eyes and choked back the tears in his eyes.
"Mingjun, before I reincarnate, I want to visit Sister Liuzhu again."
Mingjun led him to the lake again.
"You...you know everything?" There was some uneasiness on Liu Zhu's face.
"Got it, I know it all. He is getting married, the bride is very beautiful, and they are a perfect match." He, Shen Li, and Gu Xi, were just delusions in his own mind.I can't afford it, and I am the only one who can't let it go.
Shen Li's eyes were red, and the tears could not be seen clearly in the lake.
Shen Li thought to himself: That's great!
Gu Xi can find someone to grow old with him, and they will become a happy family in the future.Sons beget sons, descendants beget grandchildren, forever...
"Are you sad?" Liu Zhu asked again.
"It's not sad, what's sad, he's a human, I'm a ghost, and humans and ghosts go their own way. We shouldn't be together in the first place. It's me who went against the rules. I'm to blame for everything."
Liu Zhu glanced at Mingjun, she was originally a sinner, so naturally she didn't dare to do anything wrong in front of Mingjun.So he had no choice but to turn his head and ask tentatively, "Then are you still waiting for him?"
"Don't wait! The play is over, I should leave. I came to say goodbye to you, and I am going to reincarnate. If we are destined, see you in the next life."
"Shen Li..."
Shen Li turned to look at her.
Liu Zhu hesitated to speak, Gu Xi didn't mean not to take him seriously, but he was cast into a spell and forgot about him.But when the words came to his lips, there were only two words "take care".
Don't think about it, don't think about it, drink a bowl of Mengpo soup, and you can leave the greed, ignorance and delusions of this life in this life when you reincarnate.
"Take care of yourself."
Chapter 38
"Young man, don't you wait for your beloved?" Granny Meng looked determined when she saw the ghosts in front of her.A few days ago, this ghost was always waiting for someone by the bridge, and she also saw it.
"No more, he has someone worthy of his love, and he doesn't need me to wait for him anymore."
"Hey... Another one who is trapped by love..." Granny Meng sighed, and handed over a bowl of soup, "Come on, this is the soup made with the tears you shed in this life. After drinking it, all the past will be gone. Remember again. Start again with a blank memory."
"Forget him?" Shen Li suddenly remembered the oath that Gu Xi had made to himself before: "I, Gu Xi, swore to heaven and earth today that I will never marry again in this life except Shen Li. The 1000-year-old river..."
"nonsense!"
"Even if you are married, what can I do? At worst, I'll drink that Mengpo soup, forget everything and go to reincarnation."
That's what he said to Gu Xi at the time, but when he was actually holding the bowl of Meng Po soup in his hand that could forget the past, he couldn't drink it no matter what.
"I don't want to drink this!" Shen Li shoved the bowl back into Granny Meng's hand, and suddenly raised her voice, "Grandma, tell Mingjun that I don't want to drink this soup anymore, I don't want to forget him."
Granny Meng put down Shen Li's bowl of soup lightly, called a ghost messenger beside her, pointed at Shen Li and said, "Take him to find Master Mingjun."
The ghost messenger responded with a dark face, and led Shen Li to walk in the opposite direction.There are torches hanging on the walls along the way, which can only illuminate the way forward. Shen Li recalled the scene where he and Liu Zhu made a fake underworld to scare the second wife of the Gu family.
"Here you are?" Mingjun sat in the hall, "Didn't you decide to reincarnate? Now what is the matter with me?" The piercing voice echoed in the empty hall, like a cold wind blowing past the scalp .
Obviously the gloomy atmosphere made Shen Li shrink back, but he still bit the bullet and said what was in his heart: "My lord, villain... I don't want to drink Mengpo soup!"
"Oh?" Mingjun put down the folder in his hand, and seemed to glance at him casually, but his displeasure could be heard from his voice, "Do you think this Hades is yours? You can do whatever you want?"
Shen Li trembled in fright, and knelt down on the ground, "Little... I dare not."
"Go back and reincarnate with peace of mind. I have seen it for you. In the next life, you will become a fairy, and you will never have to suffer from reincarnation."
"But I don't want to become a fairy!" Shen Li insisted, "Can you take out my fairy position and exchange it for a lifetime?"
"Where's mother?" Master Gu asked.
"I'm chatting with the proprietress who sells incense candles on the street in the back room."
The two of them said so, but saw the proprietress of the incense candle shop and grandma come out.The proprietress said in a low voice: "What are you talking about! After all, the world is not peaceful, so there are so many moths."
"Isn't it? Yesterday I heard that I was confinement at home. It's fine. Today I'm gone. It's also because the ghost is ruthless. The woman in the family died, leaving the man of the Liu family with the Weiwei. What should I do about the child of the full moon." The old lady echoed.
"Who says it's not." The proprietress sighed, "It should be his family's bad luck. You said it's so hard to die. Why did this ghost go back with the man of the Liu family? This woman who hasn't confinement is on fire. Wang Low, he was killed."
"Hey..." the old lady sighed.
Father Gu didn't like to listen to theories about ghosts and gods at home, so when Mrs. Gu saw Father Gu came back, she hurriedly changed her words and said, "I'll leave the matter of the incense candles to you. We will go to the temple to burn incense in a few days. Pick some good ones."
"Mrs. Gu, don't worry, our family's incense candles are the best, and your Mr. Gu is a regular customer of our family..." Probably realizing that she had said something wrong, the proprietress fell silent.
Grandma Gu's complexion froze... Erniang's face turned ashen when she thought of Gu Xi's abnormal behavior recently.On the contrary, Master Gu said indifferently: "Women, talk nonsense!"
Er Niang hurriedly interjected: "Maybe Xi'er went to worship at her mother's grave. By the way, a few days ago, I always asked him to go to the temple to offer incense. It must be like this!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the lady proprietress of the incense and candle shop hurriedly left: "Yes, yes, I misremembered! Oh, I am old, and I always remember wrong things! There is still something to do in the shop, I will leave first, I won't send it off, No more."
When the proprietress returned to the shop, she told her husband-in-law about this matter, but she was reprimanded: "You old woman, didn't you tell you, don't tell me, why are you still... hey..."
The proprietress argued: "I'm also talking too fast..."
Gu Xi came out from the back door of the shop, and it was raining lightly outside.Shopkeeper Li sent someone to catch up and gave Gu Xi an oiled paper umbrella.
Just after holding up the umbrella, Gu Xi raised his head and was about to walk forward, but saw a person standing at the entrance of the alley, dressed in coir raincoat and bamboo hat, with the same face as before, it seemed that he came here specially to wait for him.
Gu Xi took a detour and walked in the opposite direction. He didn't want to see her, and he didn't know why she came down from the mountain today to look for him.
"Xi'er..." The man spoke eagerly behind Gu Xi.
Gu Xi was fixed on the spot, unable to take a step no matter what.
"Do you still know me as a mother?"
know?How do you not know each other?gave birth to him, and lived with him for several years.Scenes of memories are engraved in my heart, how can I forget them?
The man walked in front of Gu Xi. He used to be only a little above her knee, but now he is much taller than her.If you want to look at her, you also need to lower your head.The years have carved marks on her brows and eyes, and there are shallow and deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
She smiled, and spoke softly as in her memory: "I saw your name in the merit book that day, and when I chased them out, I didn't see your figure, so I guessed that you also saw me."
The rainwater slid down the edge of the umbrella and fell into a puddle of water on the ground.
"How are you doing?" she asked.
Gu Xi's lips trembled for a while, but he still couldn't utter the word.After a long while, he said hoarsely, and looked down at her, "Did you really care about me this time, or..." Or just passing by?But Gu Xi couldn't ask, he was afraid that what he heard was the latter.
The man stretched out his hand, but stopped a moment before he was about to touch Gu Xi, and said apologetically, "I want to see if you are doing well."
Seeing that Gu Xi didn't answer, she asked again: "Knowing that I lied to you by feigning death, did you ever hate me?"
"So what if you hate it, so what if you don't hate it?" Gu Xi sneered, it's been so many years.
"That's right," she sighed, "So what if you hate it, so what if you don't hate it. The reason why you escaped into Buddhism more than 20 years ago was because of the word 'love'. Thinking about it now, it's nothing more than that."
Gu Xi looked at her suspiciously, "Could it be that Dad married Erniang, and then you..."
The man smiled warmly, "Of course not. I am just like your father, with a strong temper. Before I was with him, I already had someone in mind. Your father created a fake death for me, but it was just to fulfill me. In the final analysis, I still blame him first."
Gu Xi didn't know how to get out of the alley. When the family had dinner, the dinner was even more terrifyingly silent, everyone was thinking about their own thoughts.
Father Gu took a mouthful of rice from the bowl, and asked calmly, "What has Xi'er been up to lately?"
Gu Xi took the soup from the servant, and answered absent-mindedly, "It's about the shop."
Father Gu nodded. He still couldn't ask the wife of the incense candle shop this afternoon.
"I'm done eating." Gu Xi led Xie Yuqiu away.
Although Xiao Liu'er came back, he still didn't change Xiao Liu'er back.After all, Xie Yuqiu's mouth is more reliable, which Xiao Liu'er can't compare to.
"Are you back?" Seeing Gu Xi push the door open, Shen Li went up to meet him, "Why are you so downcast today, did something not go your way?"
"Well, I met my mother." Gu Xi replied truthfully.
"She went to look for you?" Shen Li closed the door casually, and the rest of the words were locked inside the door.
Because he didn't expect that the old lady Gu and the second wife of the Gu family were eavesdropping downstairs, Shen Li didn't deliberately hide his voice.
Chapter 34
"Who's there?" Xie Yuqiu saw a group of people sneaking around under Mr. Gu's small building from a distance, and hurriedly shouted.
"Tie it up!" Mrs. Gu covered Xie Yuqiu's mouth, and the accompanying house slave immediately tied her up and took her to her room.
The old lady was furious, "Who is upstairs?"
Xie Yuqiu's hands were cut behind his back, and he said in a low voice, "Of course the one upstairs is the young master."
"Presumptuous!" The old lady slapped the table, "How dare you tell nonsense in front of me! Say, besides the young master, who else is there?"
"Small, I don't know!" The old lady obviously knew the secret of the small upstairs, as if she couldn't hide it.That being said, he was somewhat lacking in confidence.
"Come here, slap his mouth and see if he says it or not!"
"Yes!"
From behind Xie Yuqiu, two burly men rushed out, and they slapped him a few times.Xie Yuqiu's face hurt from being slapped, and his ears were buzzing, but he still gritted his teeth and spit out a few words: "The little one really doesn't know."
"Keep calling me!" The old lady stood up, shaking the table beside her.
"Mother...Mother, stop beating, maybe this child really doesn't know. After all, he is a newcomer." Mrs. Gu couldn't help standing up, "If you continue beating like this, you will die."
The old lady Gu pondered for a while, and felt that Er Niang's words were very reasonable.But the one above Gu Xi is obviously a different kind, because the whole family has never seen Gu Xi bring a man back.
Mrs. Gu vaguely felt that something was wrong, and said to the two big men, "Shut him up in the woodshed!"
"Xiulian, come with me."
When Daotong led the two wives of the Gu family to meet the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest was drinking tea with the man in Tsing Yi.
Seeing the Taoist priest, the old lady immediately knelt down and said in tears: "Taoist priest, please, go and show my grandson if he is being entangled by a ghost."
The old Taoist knew about this, and he was the one who reminded Gu Xi to stay away from that ghost.But he didn't expect Gu Xi to be so stubborn.The Taoist priest helped the old lady Gu, "Take me to have a look."
Gu Xi had just laid down when Xiao Liu'er went upstairs and said that there was something wrong with the materials in the store, so he asked him to go and have a look.Gu Xi got up and hurried out the door.
It was precisely because of Gu Xi's absence that Mrs. Gu was able to bring a group of people to Gu Xi's small courtyard without any scruples.The man in Tsing Yi who had been silently following behind the old lady made a gesture calmly, and in an instant, a blue light pointed directly at Gu Xi's small building.Afterwards, a faint white shadow landed steadily in front of everyone, causing everyone to panic.
Shen Li had met the second wife of the Gu family, and he felt vaguely uncomfortable when such a large group of people suddenly stood in front of him.
"Are you...a ghost?" The old lady pointed at Shen Li, trembling even in her voice.
"Hmm..." Shen Li nodded, if he wanted to hide it now, he might not be able to hide it.Shen Li fearfully glanced at the tall man in Tsing Yi behind the old lady.
When Mrs. Gu heard what Shen Li said, she immediately burst into tears, "Are you trying to kill my grandson? If you want to kill someone, then take my old life and don't kill my grandson. "
Shen Li panicked and waved his hands again and again, "No, no, I didn't intend to harm him." It's too late for him to love him, so how could he harm him.
The man in Tsing Yi walked out of the crowd with his hands behind his back, and walked to the side of the old lady, "Since you are a ghost, you must abide by the rules of the ghost world. Besides, staying in the human world will not benefit Mr. Gu. I am afraid these principles are You understand."
"I..." Shen Li was helpless, what was supposed to come, finally came.But he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
The man in Tsing Yi told him "the rules of the ghost world", and the relationship between him and Gu Xi seemed worthless in front of these so-called "rules".Just because he is a ghost, his love will appear so humble and not valued by others.He excused sadly: "I fell in love with Mr. Gu, and I have nothing else to ask, I just want to spend the rest of my life quietly with him."
Oh, the world thinks that the love between men and women is love; the love between men and men is not love; the love between humans and ghosts is even less love.
Everyone fell silent, and the old lady of the Gu family even scanned Shen Li from top to bottom, thinking that her ears had misheard, this... isn't he a man?How...how could...
Er Niang, who had not dared to say anything, suddenly fell to her knees. She hesitated again and again. If she kept Shen Li alive, she would still have Gu Xi as a son; but if Shen Li disappeared, Gu Xi would have gone halfway Life.Then he begged: "Mother, if this ghost is allowed to go, Xi'er will be sad."
The old lady was furious, and slapped Erniang on the cheek, "Bastard, do you want to kill Xi'er? Just because he is not your own, can you abandon him?"
Er Niang covered her cheeks and knelt on one side.She knew that she was soft-spoken, and she had always known that she was no different from that servant in Gu's mansion.The old lady never treated her as a daughter-in-law.
It doesn't matter how she treats Xi'er, what matters is how she treats Xi'er in the eyes of others.Ah……
Seeing that Shen Li's attitude was slightly relaxed, the man in Tsing Yi said again: "I met Lord Ming once, but I can plead with him to let you go to reincarnate together when Mr. Gu's life is up. Maybe, in the next life, you two You can continue the frontier. But if you insist on staying here, then don't blame me for being ruthless. You can weigh it yourself."
Shen Li lowered his eyes, he grabbed and let go of a corner of his clothes, and pulled and let go.But his face was quite calm: "Let me think about it before telling you."
The man in Tsing Yi cupped his hands and said: "Okay, then come and find me tomorrow. Farewell!"
The man in this room was about to leave, but the old lady Gu on the side grabbed his sleeve and said sharply: "Sir, what reason are you talking to him! Just accept him! I beg you to accept him, expert!"
The man in Tsing Yi glanced at it, flicked his sleeves calmly, and left first.
Seeing that the man in Tsing Yi ignored him, the old lady went to pester the Taoist priest again, "Taoist priest... Taoist priest..."
Seeing the old lady's insistence, the Taoist sighed and said, "The expert has his own reasons, just wait."
Chapter 35
No one was watching the firewood room. After all, Xie Yuqiu was not an important person. The old lady would not arrange someone to guard him, but sent someone to lock the door from the outside to prevent him from running out.
It was because of this that Xie Yuqiu had a chance to escape.After all, I stayed in the Red Mansion, and I was not locked up when I first went there, and I slipped past it a few times.Although he was caught in the back, at least his lockpicking skills are getting stronger, and the locks outside the firewood room can't stop him.
The chaifang was not far from Gu Xi's small courtyard, and Xie Yuqiu, taking advantage of the night to hide from several servants and maids on duty, planned to sneak back and tell Gu Xi that the old lady of the Gu family had discovered his secret.
He hadn't left the yard of the woodshed yet, when a voice came from the woodshed behind him: "That kid surnamed Xie has run away, someone! Come, someone!"
It was also night, and everyone was slow to come out, but the servant's room close to Gu Xi was already lit, so Xie Yuqiu had to think of another way.
After climbing out of the courtyard wall, Xie Yuqiu wandered on the street for a long time, until the sky turned white, and Xie Yuqiu dared to knock on the door of Huang Zisheng's house.
"You came to look for me early in the morning, what's wrong?" Huang Zisheng rubbed his sleepy eyes, and his clothes were loosely wrapped around his body.As soon as he came, he crossed his legs and sat in the upper hall of the hall.But looking at Xie Yuqiu's red and swollen cheeks, and the dark red blood stains at the corner of his mouth, he woke up most of the time, "What happened?"
Xie Yuqiu finally saw someone who could speak, and the long-suppressed bitterness finally found an outlet.Xie Yuqiu said with tears: "Young Master Huang, you go to the Gu Mansion to have a look, the old lady of the Gu family..."
"What happened to the old lady?"
"She..." Mr. Gu was kind to Xie Yuqiu, and he was also impatient just now. After the words came out of his mouth, he remembered that he didn't know whether Mr. Huang knew about Gu Xi.
"Hey, you said it, I'm so anxious." Huang Zisheng sat up straight and looked at him.
Xie Yuqiu thought about it, and saw that the relationship between Gu Xi and Huang Zisheng seemed to be very good a few times last time, so he asked, "Do you know the one in Mr. Gu's small building?"
Huang Zisheng slapped the table and jumped up from the chair, "The old lady found out?"
"Well, I heard from her that I went to find a Taoist priest before I was locked in the firewood room."
"It's broken!" Huang Zisheng was completely awake now.
Gu Xi didn't return all night, so naturally he didn't know that something earth-shattering had happened in Gu's residence.There was indeed an accident in the store. A big customer intended to place a big order and rushed to show him the clothes samples the next day, but now he found a big defect.The workers rushed to work all night, and Gu Xi didn't sleep all night.
When I came back, I heard from my grandma that the boy surnamed Xie stole something from the house and ran away.
"Perhaps there is a last resort." Gu Xi smiled, after all, such a big incident happened in his family, maybe he was looking for a way to save Father Xie.The things he took were the money that he, Gu Xi, gave him.
Seeing Gu Xi's appearance at this time, Mrs. Gu knew that although Xie Yuqiu escaped, he didn't look for Gu Xi, and her heart fell back into her stomach.
"You stayed up all night yesterday, go and rest, don't let grandma worry, grandma feels distressed."
"Understood, grandma, the grandson will go to bed."
"Hey." Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Xi's back, thinking that the child grew up by herself.I don't know what kind of crime is caused by such a thing at the stall now.
Thinking this way, he heard a report from the concierge that Huang Zisheng from Huangfu came to play with the young master.
The old lady Gu turned her eyes, and said to the servant: "Just say that the young master was tired yesterday, let him come back another day."
Huang Zisheng did not come here to play with Gu Xi, but just found a roundabout way.Just now I went to look for him in the store, but was told that Mr. Gu had returned to the Gu mansion.Now when I came to Gu's house to search, I was rejected again.Huang Zisheng lamented that the old lady was really cautious in her work.
Gu Xi watched the bedding tangle up on the bed, and thought to himself: It must be because he didn't return all night yesterday, and Shen Li felt a little bit of resentment when he didn't wait for anyone.Fortunately, he had the foresight. A few days ago, he heard that a famous opera troupe from the imperial city had come to Nanqiao Town to celebrate the birthday of rich Zhang Yuan's family.Gu Xi also wanted to take this opportunity to invite Gu Mansion to perform for his water ghost.Yesterday, I made a special trip to the door.
I don't know how that little fool will be moved when he sees it.Gu Xi couldn't help laughing, hugged the quilt that still had Shen Li's breath, and quickly fell asleep.
Shen Li came very late today, Gu Xi only thought he was angry, "Come?"
Gu Xi handed over a cup of sweet-scented osmanthus tea flatteringly, "Are you angry that I didn't come back last night?"
"Okay, don't be angry, you will be very angry."
Shen Li let Gu Xi pull him into his arms, he thought he was angry, so let him go.Better than knowing the truth.
Shen Li's eyes dodged a little, but after all, because of the darkness, Gu Xi couldn't see it.
When Xiao Liu'er went upstairs, he deliberately made heavy footsteps, and Gu Xi stopped immediately, pretending to be sitting upright.
Xiao Liu'er didn't come in, but knocked on the door, and said respectfully: "Master, what you ordered is ready."
"Well, here we come." After Gu Xi finished speaking, he turned to Shen Li and said, "Come on, I have prepared something for you, come and have a look."
Chapter 36
Gu Xi really put his mind to it, knowing that Shen Li loves to go to the theater, he specially invited a theater troupe to perform one for him in the courtyard.The corners on the stage saw Gu Xi coming, and they had already started to perform.
There was a pair of chairs in front of the stage, and Shen Li sat beside Gu Xi, looking at Gu Xi with tears in his eyes.
Gu Xi only thought that he was touched, and kept smiling softly at him.
Shen Li could no longer hear or see what was on stage.He loves the play that Gu Xi prepared for him, but he loves the person in front of him even more.
In the past two days, he told Liu Zhu about this matter, but Liu Zhu was just a fairy who was crushed at the bottom of the lake, and she was still wearing a sin, so naturally there was nothing she could do to help him.
Gu Xi leaned aside and whispered, "Why, don't you like it?"
"I like it! Naturally, I like it very much!" Shen Li grinned, showing a very forced smile, but the tears flowed more and more fiercely, "Talk to me, and I'm not afraid of being seen by others."
"If you see it, you will see it. It's a big deal. People think that the son of the Gu family has some kind of hysteria." Gu Xi looked disapproving.
"Aren't you angry?" Gu Xi just wiped away his tears with his cuff.
Shen Li wiped away his tears, and deliberately pulled a far-fetched smile, "Yeah, don't be angry!"
"You..." Gu Xi chuckled, "You're just a child..."
Shen Li greedily looked at the person beside him, the appearance of this person, his facial features, his mouth and nose... No matter how you look at it, you can't get tired of seeing it...
"Gu Xi..." He said his name, and he might never have the chance to call him by that name in the future.
"Ok?"
"In the future, I mean in the future, if you don't see me anymore, will you miss me?" He choked up.Sister Liu Zhu said, let him tell Gu Xi about this matter, it is better for the two of them to face this matter together than him to fight alone.However, he couldn't bear to make things difficult for Gu Xi, with himself on the one hand and his family on the other.The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, no matter how you choose, it will be embarrassing for Gu Xi.
"That's natural." Gu Xi smiled softly.
"Then, what do you think of me?" Shen Li's eyes were filled with bright tears, and he looked at the person in front of him so seriously.
"Hmm...let me think about it..." Gu Xi propped his chin, deliberately teasing him, "And you, you're a crying brat..."
Shen Li bit his lips and smiled, wiped away the tears on his face, and looked at him with burning eyes.
"Fool! What are you thinking about so much!" Gu Xi scratched Shen Li's nose, his words were full of pampering.
Shen Li said to himself feeling disappointed: "If only I had known you earlier, I wouldn't have wasted so many years. Or, it would be better if I was born 200 years later..."
"Fool, even if we were born in the same dynasty, we are both men, and it is also forbidden by etiquette."
Yea, how can a man be with a man?Even if we are human beings together, we cannot be together.
"Then let's go to a place that can accommodate us, a couple for the rest of our lives, okay?"
"How is it? Gu Xi..." Shen Li couldn't help trembling slightly.
"Okay! Okay! Whatever you say is what you say." Gu Xi smiled and gently wiped away Shen Li's tears with her fingertips.
"If you are a bird, I will be a tall tree you can cling to. Even if the leaves are yellow in winter, I will use my trunk to shelter you from the wind and rain; if you are a river, then I will be a bright moon, Let the moonlight shine into your heart..."
"Hehe, Li'er, what do you think?"
"En," Shen Li nodded emphatically, the tears seemed to flow endlessly, surging down.As if he was sure, he added a special sentence, "Okay. In the future, our next life, the next life, and the next life will be together."
Gu Xi hugged the soaked water ghost in his arms, stroked the top of his head, "Fool!"
At Yin time the next day, the rooster had not yet crowed.Shen Li got up, and tucked up the quilt for Gu Xi.Shen Li looked around. He had seen the display countless times, but now he couldn't get enough of it.
There is a white porcelain tea set on the table, Gu Xi will make a pot of fragrant osmanthus tea every night.In addition to Gu Xi's books on the bookshelf, there is also a special space for his little books.On the stool next to the bed was the clothes he had just mended for Gu Xi, the one he threatened to embroider with begonias...
Gu Xi on the bed turned over suddenly, the sound made Shen Li jump, seeing him embrace the soft pillow he had slept on in his arms and fell asleep peacefully, Shen Li felt an indescribable soreness in his heart.
"It's time, let's go!" A voice suddenly reached Shen Li's ears, and there was a man in Tsing Yi standing outside the small building of the Gu Mansion.
Even if there are thousands of reluctance, what's the use, "I'm leaving, Gu Xi..." Shen Li sighed, wondering if Gu Xi would remember the water ghost in the lake outside the small building after a hundred years .
The person on the bed looked satisfied, obviously immersed in a wonderful dream, unaware of the upcoming separation.
Shen Li was finally sent away, and the old lady of the Gu family breathed a sigh of relief.But then she remembered what Erniang said, if Gu Xi knew that Shen Li was gone, or they forced him to leave, what would happen?
She suddenly didn't dare to think about it.
The old lady knelt in front of Daoist Zhang's door, she was so old that no one could bear to see her kneeling there.
"Old lady Gu, what are you doing?"
Daoist Zhang tried to help her up, but the old lady suddenly took a step back and avoided it.
Seeing the man in Tsing Yi come out of the house, the old lady fell on the ground and kowtowed: "I want to ask the master to cast a spell so that my grandson will forget about that ghost."
"It's all fate. Even if you make him forget it now, he will remember it one day. What should come will never escape. What is your reason for pushing so hard?" The man shook his head.
"As long as I can hide it, I beg you, master. I kowtow to you, please, please..."
Seeing that the man in Tsing Yi still showed hesitation, the old lady took out a shiny knife from her pocket, "If you don't agree, I will die here."
Chapter 37
Gu Xi opened his eyes, the sun was shining brightly outside, projecting into the room through the thin window paper.He rubbed his eyes, and called out to the door: "Xiao Liuer..."
After shouting several times, Xiao Liu'er pushed the door in with a disheveled face and asked cautiously, "Master, are you up?"
He frowned, shook Chaos's head, a little displeased, "Why are you so slow today? Didn't I tell you yesterday that I'm going to the imperial city today to see about opening a branch?"
"Young...young master...this..." Xiao Liu'er stuttered for a while, the young master's memory obviously stayed before going to the imperial city, and he didn't even remember staying in the Ruyi Inn.He suddenly didn't know how to answer the young master's words.
Gu Xi thought it was because he was speaking too seriously, and touched his cheek, when did he become so scary, even Xiao Liu'er was afraid that he would be like this.
Gu Xi opened his hand, and let Xiao Liu'er undress him.He frowned, and looked at the one that Xiao Liu'er was putting on for him, which was brazenly embroidered with a koi carp, when did he have such a shirt?Looking past the window, many flowers are blooming in the flower beds in the courtyard.
"This flower blooms really fast! I didn't see it yesterday, but today it's colorful."
"Ah?" Xiao Liu'er followed Gu Xi's gaze and looked out the window hesitantly.
"'Ah' what?" Gu Xi said with a smile on his face, afraid that he would scare people just like before.
Xiao Liu'er smiled far-fetchedly, and Gu Xi saw it too, "Look at you with a bad complexion, you have to go to the capital to talk about opening a shop today, can you go?"
The topic came back again, Xiao Liu'er was at a loss for words and didn't know how to answer the young master.
Part of the young master's memory has been removed, and the old lady explained that she is not allowed to chat with the young master.If not, he would end up like Xie Yuqiu who was locked up in the firewood room—feeding dumb medicine, he couldn't even speak.
"This... this..." Xiao Liu'er was sweating profusely.
"What is this, you can't even talk anymore?" The old lady stepped into the room with a smile on her face, and Gu Xi's eyes stayed on Erniang's swollen belly.
The old lady said again: "Xi'er was ill a while ago, suffered from some wind and cold, and has been in a coma for several days. Your father has already taken care of the business of the store. Xi'er doesn't have to worry about it, just take care of yourself."
He has been in a coma for days?
Today is Gu Xi's big wedding, and there is a lot of joy in Gu's mansion.
The servants put on the wedding clothes for Gu Xi, and after everything was packed, the mighty welcoming team set off.
Both sides of the street were crowded with people who joined in the fun, and Gu Xi was always in good spirits on happy occasions, so his face was naturally full of smiles.
The bride is the youngest daughter of the grandson's family. She looks upright, has a soft personality, and is also lovable.When I met this girl for the first time, the girl gave him a purse.A vivid koi is embroidered on the moon-white bag.
It's just that a dead thing is a dead thing after all, no matter how alive it is, it's just a fish that doesn't move.
But Gu Xi looked pleasing to the eye, so he accepted it.
From time to time, someone said on the side of the road: "Young Master Gu, congratulations."
Gu Xi also bowed his hands one by one.
Looking at the faces on the side of the road, the sound of the suona behind him kept echoing in my ears, and for some reason, someone suddenly said to me in my mind: "If only I was born 200 years later, Gu Xi, you can also ride came to marry me with a fine horse."
who is it?
Thoughts flashed by, Gu Xi wanted to delve into it further, to think about something, but he couldn't think of it anymore.
Unknowingly, the bride's home has arrived, a large group of people are noisy, the matchmaker put the bride on the sedan chair, Gu Xi turned the horse around, and a large group of people went back to Gu's mansion in a mighty manner.
Stepping over the brazier, worshiping each other, and drinking wine at the banquet, Gu Xi only felt tired.From time to time, someone in my mind said to me:
"Don't be afraid, son, I definitely don't want to harm you"
"Good wine!"
"Hey, if you don't drink it for me, don't waste it."
"Okay, Gu Xi, you lied to me!"
……
"In the future, our next life, the next life, and the next life will be together."
……
Since coming to this hell, Shen Li has been waiting for Gu Xi by the Naihe Bridge.Every day, one by one, he was afraid that he would miss Gu Xi in the blink of an eye.
The man in Tsing Yi who sent him that day did keep his promise, and Ming Jun did not force him to reincarnate, but only after meeting Ming Jun did he know that the man in Tsing Yi was the high-ranking Lord Ming Jun.
On this day, Shen Li overheard a ghost discussing with another ghost, saying that Mr. Gu married a beautiful lady, and he was very envious.He didn't believe it, he had only left for a short time, how could Gu Xi not miss his old love and marry someone else.
"Ming Jun, please take me to the world." Shen Li knelt in front of the hall, looking up at the man sitting on the high hall.
"It's okay to watch, but remember, you must not show up and cause trouble again."
"it is good."
What's the matter?What is the reason for the incident again?If Gu Xi is really married, it means that Gu Xi no longer wants him, and in this world, it doesn't matter whether he, Shen Li, exists or not.
But looking at the man in a bright red wedding dress and smiling all over his face, Shen Li finally closed his eyes and choked back the tears in his eyes.
"Mingjun, before I reincarnate, I want to visit Sister Liuzhu again."
Mingjun led him to the lake again.
"You...you know everything?" There was some uneasiness on Liu Zhu's face.
"Got it, I know it all. He is getting married, the bride is very beautiful, and they are a perfect match." He, Shen Li, and Gu Xi, were just delusions in his own mind.I can't afford it, and I am the only one who can't let it go.
Shen Li's eyes were red, and the tears could not be seen clearly in the lake.
Shen Li thought to himself: That's great!
Gu Xi can find someone to grow old with him, and they will become a happy family in the future.Sons beget sons, descendants beget grandchildren, forever...
"Are you sad?" Liu Zhu asked again.
"It's not sad, what's sad, he's a human, I'm a ghost, and humans and ghosts go their own way. We shouldn't be together in the first place. It's me who went against the rules. I'm to blame for everything."
Liu Zhu glanced at Mingjun, she was originally a sinner, so naturally she didn't dare to do anything wrong in front of Mingjun.So he had no choice but to turn his head and ask tentatively, "Then are you still waiting for him?"
"Don't wait! The play is over, I should leave. I came to say goodbye to you, and I am going to reincarnate. If we are destined, see you in the next life."
"Shen Li..."
Shen Li turned to look at her.
Liu Zhu hesitated to speak, Gu Xi didn't mean not to take him seriously, but he was cast into a spell and forgot about him.But when the words came to his lips, there were only two words "take care".
Don't think about it, don't think about it, drink a bowl of Mengpo soup, and you can leave the greed, ignorance and delusions of this life in this life when you reincarnate.
"Take care of yourself."
Chapter 38
"Young man, don't you wait for your beloved?" Granny Meng looked determined when she saw the ghosts in front of her.A few days ago, this ghost was always waiting for someone by the bridge, and she also saw it.
"No more, he has someone worthy of his love, and he doesn't need me to wait for him anymore."
"Hey... Another one who is trapped by love..." Granny Meng sighed, and handed over a bowl of soup, "Come on, this is the soup made with the tears you shed in this life. After drinking it, all the past will be gone. Remember again. Start again with a blank memory."
"Forget him?" Shen Li suddenly remembered the oath that Gu Xi had made to himself before: "I, Gu Xi, swore to heaven and earth today that I will never marry again in this life except Shen Li. The 1000-year-old river..."
"nonsense!"
"Even if you are married, what can I do? At worst, I'll drink that Mengpo soup, forget everything and go to reincarnation."
That's what he said to Gu Xi at the time, but when he was actually holding the bowl of Meng Po soup in his hand that could forget the past, he couldn't drink it no matter what.
"I don't want to drink this!" Shen Li shoved the bowl back into Granny Meng's hand, and suddenly raised her voice, "Grandma, tell Mingjun that I don't want to drink this soup anymore, I don't want to forget him."
Granny Meng put down Shen Li's bowl of soup lightly, called a ghost messenger beside her, pointed at Shen Li and said, "Take him to find Master Mingjun."
The ghost messenger responded with a dark face, and led Shen Li to walk in the opposite direction.There are torches hanging on the walls along the way, which can only illuminate the way forward. Shen Li recalled the scene where he and Liu Zhu made a fake underworld to scare the second wife of the Gu family.
"Here you are?" Mingjun sat in the hall, "Didn't you decide to reincarnate? Now what is the matter with me?" The piercing voice echoed in the empty hall, like a cold wind blowing past the scalp .
Obviously the gloomy atmosphere made Shen Li shrink back, but he still bit the bullet and said what was in his heart: "My lord, villain... I don't want to drink Mengpo soup!"
"Oh?" Mingjun put down the folder in his hand, and seemed to glance at him casually, but his displeasure could be heard from his voice, "Do you think this Hades is yours? You can do whatever you want?"
Shen Li trembled in fright, and knelt down on the ground, "Little... I dare not."
"Go back and reincarnate with peace of mind. I have seen it for you. In the next life, you will become a fairy, and you will never have to suffer from reincarnation."
"But I don't want to become a fairy!" Shen Li insisted, "Can you take out my fairy position and exchange it for a lifetime?"
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