3 years of college entrance examination, 5 years of escape

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Ye Ce felt that Bai Qi was contradicting himself, he might be a Gemini.On the one hand, he looks cold and arrogant, unapproachable.The light golden eyes are not warm at all, as if the Siberian tiger on Changbai Mountain has become a spirit.On the other hand, although he was annoyed by Ye Ce's slick tone, and had the strength to teach Ye Ce a lesson, he just endured it, and he didn't kill Ye Ce for a long time, which can be called gentle.

Ye Ce felt sorry for him.My own mind added: The little brother in front of me must have suffered from childhood, and his father did not love his mother, so he grew into this cold and small doormat character.

Along the way, Ye Ce thought about it and teased him.Occasionally, he would become angry with embarrassment, and his eyes were so fierce that he wanted to eat people, but soon he took a deep breath, spit out all the anger, and continued on his way.

Ye Ce thought it was fun, so he didn't even ask him where he was going.When I came back to my senses, it was already dark.Only then did he cling to the begging bowl in his arms and said tremblingly, "This strong man, hero, where are we going?"

Bai Qi gave him a cold look, "Now you know you're afraid?"

Ye Ce rubbed the golden bowl with his index finger unconsciously, looking uneasy. After a while, he raised the snowman's head, took a quick look at Bai Qi, then lowered it, and said coyly: "We are so lonely and widowed. They are in the same room. If it spreads out, they will get a bad reputation. I will still find a virtuous husband in the future."

"..."

Bai Qi's expression froze, his expression a little subtle.After a while, he regained his composure and voice, and asked, "Are you Duanxiu?"

Ye Ce asked sadly, "You discriminate against gays?"

Bai Qi's tone faltered, and he coughed twice, "No..." That's what he said, but he took a bigger step, keeping a safe distance from Ye Ce.

Ye Ce laughed so hard that he was about to cramp, his eyes were still full of resentment, and he sighed, "We can be considered a dewy marriage—"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Bai Qi scolded him in a low voice.

Ye Ce changed his mind and said, "Okay then. A one-night friendship. Is that okay?"

One night friendship, why does it sound so awkward?Bai Qi frowned slightly, and continued to move forward.

Ye Ce followed up and said, "We are still in a one-night (friendship) relationship. Can you tell me where you are going and what you are going to do."

Bai Qi automatically ignored his first sentence, and replied: "Look for Miss Hou's sister."

Ye Ce said: "I heard a news in the teahouse. There was a murder case in the small town. The deceased was Ms. Hou's new husband. Do you suspect that your sister killed her brother-in-law?"

Bai Qi didn't answer.I hurried to Hou Xiaomei's husband's house, and was told by an old slave that Hou Xiaomei went for a walk in the dense forest on the mountain and never came back.Ye Ce found it strange that the mistress hadn't returned at midnight, but the family was not in a hurry or cared.

But Bai Qi frowned, and hurried up the mountain to look for someone.He shuttled through the woods, holding a white lantern in his hand, and shouted coldly: "Little sister Hou——"

His voice echoed in the open woods.

Ye Ce followed beside him, looking left and right, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a slender, white figure from the corner of his eye, he immediately stamped his feet, turned his head and ran towards that place.However, it was still a step too late, Hou Xiaomei was already hanged on a locust tree in filial piety.

The ancestors were very particular about creating characters, and many mysteries were hidden in it.

The locust tree is also the wood ghost.Therefore, the locust tree attracts yin, can hide ghosts, and can also raise ghosts.No, Hou Xiaomei who had just hanged herself, her body was still warm, suddenly her soul came out of her body and turned into a ghost.

With her long red tongue sticking out, her face contorted, she roared hoarsely: "I will never forgive them. Never!"

Ye Ce asked, "Who is it?"

Hou Xiaomei floated in front of him, red tears flowed from her eyes like black holes, and she roared, "You want to avenge me!"

Ye Ce said: "Revenge is fine, but you have to tell me, who is the culprit who caused you to be so miserable?"

Hou Xiaomei pointed to the pool beside the woods, "Look for yourself! Look for yourself! I can't survive a day like this! I can't survive!"

Ye Ce and Bai Qi followed Hou Xiaomei to the shore.The light breeze blows on the water surface, sparkling, in the blur, the image of the memory gradually becomes clear, it is a mansion with a magnificent structure - Hou's Mansion.

The story begins with the late Master Hou.He married two women successively, and the main house died of illness after giving birth to Brother Hou.The second room gave birth to a boy and two girls, namely, Second Brother Hou, Miss Hou, and Young Sister Hou.

The Hou Mansion is a family of merchants, and has nothing but money.This era pays attention to scholars, farmers, businessmen.Therefore, the status of merchants is the lowest.

Once, Master Hou was on a business trip, and was stared at by a nine-rank sesame official. After returning home, he was so angry that he couldn't eat.But he passed away before Second Brother Hou got his title on the gold list.Before he died, he told Brother Hou that he must establish a relationship with an official scholar and glorify his family.

Unexpectedly, the second brother Hou couldn't even pass the exam as a scholar.Then Brother Hou can only find another way.It just so happened that the two younger sisters were of marriageable age and had both ability and political integrity, so the people who came to propose marriage broke the threshold.

Brother Hou is not very satisfied with these people.I asked people to ask around, and finally chose two people to be my brother-in-law.One is Lin Li, a well-known gifted scholar in Lin Town, who comes from a poor family.Big Brother Hou thinks that he will be able to stand out in the future, so he let him marry Ms. Hou.The other is Xue Mo, who was born in a scholarly family. His ancestors were governors in the south of the Yangtze River. His family background is average and quite noble.Brother Hou betrothed Xiaomei Hou to him.

At first I thought it was a god-given marriage that envied others, but I didn't know that it was the wind, frost and cold knife who were ridiculed all the time.

Xue Mo is the third child in the family, and because he is from the main house, his status is higher than the eldest and second child.He was the youngest, and when the Hou Mansion came to marry him, the two older brothers had already married wives.

These days there is no PS magic, and men and women cannot meet in private.For those who are on a blind date, it depends on the painter's brush whether they can close their eyes or not.All the portraits of girls in the town who have not been released from the cabinet are all made by one family.Seeing that the business at his door is booming, it must be realistic.

Therefore, when the Hou family sent the portrait of Hou Xiaomei to Xue's house, everyone in the Xue family, except for the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law, were happy.

The sister-in-law said angrily: "Misses from rich and noble families are not ordinary. They are very sophisticated. Unlike our small families, they are the most honest and simple. When the painter came, he didn't even dress up, and went out without makeup.

I heard that these ladies who run merchants have painted their faces with makeup and powder since they were young.It looks like a fairy, radiant in front of the outside world.But I have a quirk, I dare to wash my face only when I am alone.I don't know why?Maybe it's because she's used too much cosmetics, and there's something ugly growing on her face.The Hou Mansion is the richest man in the town, so the two ladies have naturally seen the world since they were young.This little sister Hou must be one of the best. "

Because the second sister-in-law lives under the same roof with the elder sister-in-law, there are frictions from time to time, and there are complaints behind her back.But this time, they were united against each other, as if they had personally seen Hou Xiaomei after removing her make-up.With a face full of ghosts, she patted her chest with lingering fear, and shouted: "Amitabha! If she sleeps next to me, I won't dare to get up to go to the bathroom at night! Who knows what scary things I will see?"

Therefore, even before Hou Xiaomei came to the house, there were rumors slandering her in the house.

The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law hate Hou Xiaomei who has never been masked so much, because after the younger sister married in, she was the third grandmother Xue in name, but in fact she was the future head mother of Xue's house.They are people from a small family, and they think that a woman's lack of talent is a virtue.Proud to be illiterate.I can't understand those smart and capable women - especially the daughters of merchants.

They think these women are not prudish, full of bad water for calculating.Before Hou Xiaomei got married, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law often got together and automatically made up for the hateful appearance of Hou Xiaomei riding on their heads, showing off her might.As a result, he hated her more and more, blowing pillow wind in her husband's ear every night, and telling stories in front of her parents-in-law every day.

At that time, Hou Xiaomei hadn't married yet, so even if they talked about the hype, the people in Xue's house didn't really believe it.

After Hou Xiaomei passed the door, the hellish days began.

There are not so many red tapes in a merchant's house, and Hou Xiaomei is getting married for the first time, even though she learned how to serve tea from the old lady, she still made a fool of herself and knocked over the teacup.

In fact, it was because the second sister-in-law deliberately brought a cup of hot tea, asking her to honor her in-laws.

Hou Xiaomei didn't know this level, she felt sad and blamed herself, her mother-in-law also frowned, she didn't like this daughter-in-law who didn't understand the rules very much.

A few days later, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law came to Hou Xiaomei's yard hand in hand.As soon as they entered the room, they went to the inner room, stood in front of Hou Xiaomei's dowry box, and said sourly: "My sister is from a noble family, and there are a lot of dowry gifts."

Hou Xiaomei didn't hear their ridicule at this time, and said apologetically: "I'm new here, I'm so busy. I'm really sorry that I haven't paid a formal visit to the two sisters-in-law." Speaking of this, she took out a gold bracelet and a gold bracelet from her dowry. Chai, give it to them, "A little heart, please accept it from the two sister-in-laws."

The sister-in-law refused to answer, and said sarcastically: "It is said that there is no business without adultery. I didn't believe it before, but now that I see it, it is really the case. My sister is very lucky, so I must--the family has been taking advantage of the poor."

The second sister-in-law echoed: "That's right, sister-in-law. It's better to be innocent. Although we can't wear gold and silver, we have no regrets." After the two finished speaking, they looked at each other and smiled, thinking that they had given the younger sister a blow. We went out hand in hand.

Hou Xiaomei would be a fool if she still couldn't hear their taunts.She was trembling with anger, but because of her feelings, she didn't attack.In the evening, tell Xue Mo all about this matter.Xue Mo is a scholar.He has the pretentious loftiness of a scholar, but also the cowardice and pedantry of a sour Confucian.

"In the end, it's what you do wrong that makes people talk. If you do well, how can others criticize you? Family and everything are prosperous, and you should pay attention to your words and deeds in the future." After finishing speaking, he held the textbook, " Those who matter are also "go.