People who think I'm ugly are so sweet

On the first day of October, when it was rainy, Xu Taihe took his family to Mount Qingcheng to pray for blessings.Xie's health is not yet clear, so he did not come.Xu Anning didn't want to come at first, but Mrs. Zhang personally went to Yinyan Pavilion to persuade her not to stay at home all day and come out to get some air, so she forced herself to go out.

The Xu family is the new rich in Shangjing, and the group of people just arrived at the gate of Qingcheng Mountain, and the elders of Qingcheng Mountain came to welcome them.After Xu Tai and the elder exchanged a few words, a young monk took them to the side room in the backyard.Xu Xilu walked behind Xu Taihe, and Jiudong held the oil-paper umbrella for him.He glanced back at Xu Anning, and said with concern, "Is the third sister okay?"

Qingcheng Mountain is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery, Xu Anning's complexion is indeed much better than at home, with a small face wrapped in fox fur, she smiled weakly at Xu Xilu, "Second brother, I'm fine, don't worry. "

Mount Qingcheng is the largest temple in Shangjing. Emperor Ming Jing ordered it to be built when he ascended the throne, and it took decades to complete.Both ordinary people and dignitaries in Shangjing will come here to burn incense and worship Buddha.Qingcheng Mountain is full of pilgrims all year round, and the incense is at its peak. The wing room is located in the secluded place with winding paths behind the mountain, and the windows are bright and clean. It is an excellent place for self-cultivation.Because it is a Buddhist holy place, male and female guests need to live separately.The male guests live in the east wing, and the female guests live in the west wing.There is an iron gate between the east and west hatchback rooms, which is open during the day and locked at night.

After everyone settled down, Mrs. Zhang took Lin Ruyun and Xu Anning to the front hall to burn incense and pray for blessings, while Xu Xilu and Xu Xuanying followed Xu Taihe to the Buddhist hall to listen to and recite scriptures.

Xu Xilu didn't believe in Buddhism, so he couldn't understand those strange scriptures.In awe of the Buddha, he insisted on listening to the half stick of incense, his eyes had already begun to slacken, and his thoughts drifted away.After finally reading a scripture, Xu Xilu stood up decisively and said, "Father, I'll go see how the fasting meal is." After speaking, before Xu Taihe could respond, he withdrew and walked all the way to the Daxiong Hall in the rain.

The number of pilgrims here has obviously increased, and many of them are female relatives.Three large golden Buddha statues stand in the middle of the main hall. There are many futons in front of the Buddha statues. Believers kneel on them and worship with incense in their hands.

Among the crowd, Xu Xilu saw the moon-white figure at a glance.After not seeing her for a while, Xie Qingsu's face became much lighter, and her chin became pointed.He knelt on the futon, held a stick in his hand, shook it a few times, and a stick popped out of the stick.Xie Qingsu was about to pick it up, when a pair of slender hands stretched across his eyes, picked up the dropped stick, and then he heard a clear voice, "Qingsu, are you looking for an official career, or marriage?"

Xie Qingsu raised his head, and saw someone's exquisite and romantic face, and a strange color flashed through his deep black eyes like an ancient well. "Give me."

Xu Xilu's expression was natural, with smiles on his brows and eyes, as if he had completely forgotten the unhappiness between the two of them last time.For some reason, his appearance made Xie Qingsu's chest, which was blocked for half a month, relax a little.Xu Xilu had just left in a hurry, he hadn't opened an umbrella, his shoulders were wet, and his breath was cold, "Qingsu, to tell you the truth, I also know a little bit about how to solve the lottery, it's not as good as me Take a look for you?"

Xie Qingsu naturally wouldn't believe these nonsense, and was about to grab the lottery back, but Xu Xilu dodged away quickly.With a cold face, Xie Qingsu said again: "Give it back to me."

Xu Xilu pretended he didn't hear it, and said with a smile: "You call me brother Xilu, and I'll give it back to you, how about it?"

"I'm three months older than you."

"Are you calling or not?"

"..." Seeing that Xie Qingsu turned around and was about to leave, Xu Xilu hurriedly held him back, and said with a smile, "Hey, don't bark if you don't want to. I'll just give it to you."

Xie Qingsu took the wooden stick, Xu Xilu also moved over, and asked curiously, "What kind of stick?"

"Medium." Xie Qingsu handed the wooden sign to the person who released the sign, who took a look at it and gave him a sign.

"If you ask, you will get it, if you give it up, you will lose it." Xu Xilu silently read the signature, "What does this mean?"

The person who released the lottery asked: "Dare to ask what you are asking for?"

Xie Qingsu paused, then spit out two words, "Marriage."

"If you have an opportunity, you must grasp it. It is a red luck; if you abandon it, you will not be able to pursue it."

Xu Xilu snapped his fingers, and suddenly said: "I understand, this is the meaning of 'flowers are worth breaking, don't wait for no flowers to break branches'?"

The person who released the lottery nodded and smiled, "What the benefactor said is very true."

"If you ask, you will get it, if you give it up, you will lose it..." Xie Qingsu stared at the signature, frowning slightly.In order to make him happy, Xu Xilu didn't want him to think about anything else, so he said, "The rain outside seems to be heavier than before. I have to go back to the wing for dinner, Qingsu, if you have an umbrella, can you Take me there?"

Xie Qingsu had no reason to refuse.

It was indeed raining harder and harder.It was just a drizzle just now, but now it is torrential.He and Xu Xilu shared the same umbrella, and his vision was a bit blurred, but he could hear the sound of his heart beating amidst the sound of wind and rain, which merged with the sound of the rain hitting the umbrella.

Seeing that he was about to reach the back room, Xie Qingsu faintly hoped that the road would be longer.Suddenly, the person standing beside him stopped in his tracks, and he paused following his steps, casting puzzled glances at him.

Xu Xilu lowered his head, his eyes fell on the grass protruding from the bottom of the cobblestone road, "Qingsu, the relationship between me and the little prince is not what you think."

Xie Qingsu suddenly opened his eyes wide.Even though it was still raining heavily, he felt that in just an instant, the sky was bright, the ground was wide, and the spring light came in from outside the wall.But he still had a cold face, Xu Xilu's figure and the rain curtain all over the sky were reflected in his eyes.

"The little prince has helped me several times, and I am very grateful to him. I think he also appreciates me, that's all." That's all.Song Yanqing is a prince under one person. His majesty is weak and sick, and has no children. There are ten thousand possibilities for Song Yanqing's future. No matter what the possibility is, there will be a noble, virtuous and virtuous princess by his side.Song Yanqing didn't confess to her father and brother for Xu Xuanying back then, let alone for other people.Xu Xilu is not stupid, he can see that Song Yanqing treats him differently, but he also knows that the two can only become bosom friends who cherish each other.

Xie Qingsu looked at him without blinking, his voice was hoarse, and his tone changed, "Why did you tell me this?"

"Uh..." Xu Xilu's face started to burn, obviously he can speak so beautifully when he usually hates people, but now he can't say anything, and he held back for a long time before he could say: "I think, you heard this , would be happier."

The corner of Xie Qingsu's mouth raised slightly, "Indeed, I'm very happy."

Xu Xilu was taken aback for a moment, and finally shifted his gaze from the grass on the stone road to Xie Qingsu.No matter how many times he has seen it, he still feels that Xie Qingsu is like a fairy who descended from the sky, even standing in front of him, he still feels out of reach.But the current Xie Qingsu is like a fairy who has returned to vulgarity, and was lured to taste the forbidden fruit, and there is a kind of smoke and fire in the world.Xu Xilu felt his heart was poked by something soft, "Then you are not angry with me now?"

Xie Qingsu smiled faintly, "I've never been angry with you."

"You didn't smile very much before, I thought you were ugly when you smiled." Xu Xilu said with a smile, "I didn't expect that you look even better when you smile."

Xie Qingsu coughed lightly, and smiled slightly, as if a little shy.

Xu Xilu wanted to take this opportunity to tease/play a few more words, but unexpectedly, a disturbing voice sounded from behind: "Hey, the two of you are stuck in this road, are you going to leave or not?"

This stone road is only two people wide, surrounded by rain-soaked grass, as long as you step into it, your clothes will get wet.The two turned their heads, and saw a young man in fresh clothes standing behind them, it was late autumn, he was still waving a folding fan, looking at them unkindly.

"Yo, who am I supposed to be? It turns out to be Mr. Xie Wu." The man said with a sly voice, "I heard that Mr. Xie was awarded the top ten prizes by today's master a while ago. He came to Mount Qingcheng from afar. Master Xie's only son is really extraordinary."

The contemptuous expression on the man's face, and the vain footsteps that seemed to be caused by indulgence reminded Xu Xilu of Shen Zixian. He also felt very familiar with this person, as if he had seen him somewhere.Xie Qingsu frowned unabashedly, and said to Xu Xilu, "Let's go."

The two turned around and walked to another path, and heard the man behind shout: "Thank you fifth son, Brother Zixian is still waiting for you to come to Shen Guofu to apologize!"

The two walked to the back room, Xie Qingsu put away the umbrella, Xu Xilu asked him: "Who was that person just now?"

"Pingxi Hou Jiuzi, Jiang Zhiyuan."

Xu Xilu remembered that Shen Zixian was the one who went to Qinghui Building with this person on the Lunar New Year's Day, and it was also he who Xu Qingyang almost married.How could he appear in Mount Qingcheng?Today is the Cold Clothes Festival, and the people who come here are either female family members, or brought their families with them like the Xu family. Could it be that Pingxihou's family also came?

Xie Qingsu reminded him: "This person has bad intentions and bad conduct, so don't provoke him."

Xu Xilu played with taste: "Don't worry, as long as he doesn't come to provoke me, I will definitely not provoke him. I'm going back to have a vegetarian meal, do you want to come together?"

"No, my mother is still in the front hall."

"Then go ahead. Turn around... I'll look for you later."

Xie Qingsu nodded lightly, "Xue Tingjian, I'll wait for you."

When Xu Xilu returned to the wing, he happened to meet a young monk coming with a vegetarian meal.After he thanked him, he asked, "My little master, is Pingxihou's family here today?"

The little monk said, "Only Benefactor Jiang is alone."

"May I ask where he lives?" Xu Xilu said with a natural expression, "I have some old friends with him, and I want to have a drink with him at night."

"Benefactor Jiang lives in the 'Liaoyuanjian' in the East Wing."

"I see, thank you little master."

Jiang Zhiyuan didn't seem like someone who would come to Qingcheng Mountain to worship Buddha and pray for blessings. He was the only one, what did he want to do?

Jiudong prepared the meals for Xu Xilu, the Buddhist sect was clean, and he could only eat some green vegetables and tofu, without any meat or fish.Xu Xilu was thinking while eating, and always felt that something was not right. After thinking about it, he still felt that he had to plan ahead.He put down his chopsticks and said, "Jiu Dong."

"Why, master?"

"You don't have to follow me today." Xu Xilu said, "Go to the vicinity of 'Yuanjian' and keep a close eye on Jiang Zhiyuan. Whoever he met and what he did, you have to write it down one by one. Tell me, did you hear me clearly?"

"Isn't it just stalking?" Jiudong patted his chest, confidently said: "Don't worry, young master, Jiudong will definitely keep a close eye on Mr. Jiang's family!"

After the fast meal, Xu Xilu took a rest in the wing room.It had been raining all day, and he was used to the sound of raindrops on the roof.While half asleep and half awake, he seemed to hear the sound of monks chanting sutras again, and it was as if a huge stone had been placed on his chest, which made him unable to breathe.Then, the voice of chanting scriptures slowly disappeared, replaced by Jiu Dong's voice calling him——

"Master, Master!"

Xu Xilu woke up startled and found himself covered in a cold sweat. Sure enough, sleeping for too long at noon would easily cause ghosts to press the bed.Jiudong looked at him worriedly, "Master, are you okay?"

Xu Xilu waved his hand, waited for his beating heart to gradually calm down, and said, "Didn't you be told to keep an eye on Jiang Zhiyuan, how is the situation?"

"Master, there is no one in the side room next to Yuanjian, so I hid in it, and I can see the situation outside clearly through the crack in the window."

"Then what did you see?"

Jiudong approached Xu Xilu, and whispered: "Young Master Jiang entered Yuanjian and never came out. I waited for a long time next door before I heard any movement outside, and it turned out—Young Master, guess what?"

Xu Xilu scolded with a smile: "Young master beat around the bush, tell me quickly."

Jiudong looked enigmatic, "I saw it, the big maid next to Madam——Zhu Ping."

"Zhu Ping?" The strings in Xu Xilu's heart immediately tensed, "Are you sure?"

"Master, Jiudong has been working in Xu's mansion since he was six years old, how come he doesn't even recognize Zhu Ping?"

"Is she alone?"

Jiu Dong nodded, "Yes! Young Master, do you think this matter is strange?"

Xu Xilu was thoughtful, "It's strange."

Jiudong became excited after being affirmed, "Yes, you also think that the two of them have an affair, don't you?"

"...Secret affair?"

"Lonely men and widows, living in the same room, not having an affair, what else can there be?"

Xu Xilu was a little speechless, the child's IQ has not improved at all after following him for so long. "Zhu Ping is a few years older than Mrs. Xie, and his beauty can only be said to be fair. Jiang Zhiyuan is the ninth son of Ping Xihou, what woman has never seen him before, and would fall in love with Zhu Ping?"

When Xu Xilu said this, Jiudong was like a dog being scolded by his master, and lowered his tail in disappointment, "Then why do you think they have a private meeting?"

Xu Xilu was thinking carefully, tapping his fingers on the table.Only Xu Qingyang's marriage can link Zhang and Jiang Zhiyuan together.But Xu Qingyang has entered the palace and became Concubine Xu Yuan, the matter has been settled, what else can they talk about?Unless...they have a new goal.

Xu Xilu stopped his small movements, his eyes were a bit chilly - if their target was really Xu Anning, he would definitely not let them go.

"Jiu Dong," Xu Xilu stood up, "Let's go."

Jiudong hurriedly followed, "Master, where are we going?"

"Go to Miss San."

The night fell, and the autumn rain knocked on the window.

Jiang Zhiyuan walked on the dark path, the only source of light was the lantern in the hand of the servant boy behind him.He walked very carefully, but in the end he accidentally stepped on a puddle, and his shoes were instantly soaked.

"Fuck!" Jiang Zhiyuan couldn't help cursing.He really couldn't understand why he had to come to this ghost place.It would be fine if he could get the Second Miss Xu who is dear to the Holy One. This Third Miss Xu has always been unknown, and she is not an all-powerful beauty.

Hunzi said: "Young master, the west wing is ahead, but it's locked there, we can't get through."

"Idiot!" Jiang Zhiyuan scolded, "Didn't someone send you a key during the day?"

"Oh," Qingzi hurriedly took out a key from his pocket, "Is this what Master Jiu said?"

Jiang Zhiyuan nodded, "Go, open the door."

With the lantern in one hand, Hunzi opened the door rustlingly with the other, and it took him a long time to open the door.The west wing room is full of female guests, according to the information Jiang Zhiyuan got, the third lady of the Xu family lives in Tongguang room.

In the dead of night, all the lights in the rooms were turned off, Jiang Zhiyuan had to look for the house numbers one by one.The rooms in the west wing all looked the same, and they still had to avoid being discovered, and they couldn't find it after searching for a long time.Suddenly, a gust of evil wind blew, and the window of a wing was blown open. Jiang Zhiyuan subconsciously looked at the other side, and saw that the light was on in that wing, and then a graceful figure appeared in front of the window.

It was raining, Jiang Zhiyuan couldn't see the woman's appearance clearly, but just watching from a distance, his hunting instinct told him that she must be a rare beauty. "Go," he said to Pistachio, "let's go over there and have a look."

The woman did not close the window, but sat in front of the window, quietly lowering her head and contemplating something.She seemed to feel something, looked out of the window, and met Jiang Zhiyuan's eyes.

Jiang Zhiyuan thought: Oh no, when this woman sees a foreigner appearing in the West Wing, she will scream loudly and attract the monks.He was hesitating whether to retreat or step forward to stop the woman's mouth, when he saw that woman smiled at him, her red lips were like fire, her eyes were like stars - Jiang Zhiyuan was shocked, wasn't it just the day when she appeared in Qinghui Tower that attracted Shen Zixian and Xie Qingsu fought, and finally disappeared without a trace? A woman with red makeup?How could she suddenly appear in Mount Qingcheng again?

Ye Yu, Qingcheng Mountain, a beauty with red makeup... Jiang Zhiyuan felt that he had fallen into a ridiculous and beautiful storybook. Could it be that the woman is really a female ghost?

The beauty beckoned to him, and he walked towards her step by step as if under a gu, so what if he was a goblin?To die under the peony flower is to be a ghost!

Qingzi grabbed him, "Master Jiu, do you want to go over?"

Jiang Zhiyuan still had some rationality, and said to Qingzi: "You wait here, if there is any movement inside—it's not that kind of movement, you call our people and rush in to save me."

Qingzi nodded hurriedly, "I understand Master Jiu, you can rest assured."

Jiang Zhiyuan walked to the door of the wing room, without looking at the door plate, he just stretched out his hand and pushed the door open.As expected, the door was not closed. It seemed that the goblin really came to seduce him on purpose.He walked into the inner room anxiously, but found that there was no one there. Just when he was wondering, he turned around——

"Ah—" Jiang Zhiyuan swallowed his scream when he saw the person behind him clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and complained with a flattering smile: "Beauty, you almost scared me to death."

Seeing the beauty in red up close, I just feel that the beauty is really bright and indescribable.He suppressed the restlessness that was about to move, and saluted the beauty, "This girl, were you waving at me just now?"

The beauty with red makeup nodded slightly.

Jiang Zhiyuan was overjoyed immediately.Although he and Shen Zixian are good friends, Shen Zixian always beats him in terms of appearance, family background, and popularity with women.Such a beauty, she didn't even win Shen Zixian that day, but today she took the initiative to throw herself into her arms, which shows that Jiang Zhiyuan may not be inferior to Shen Guogong's son.

"Under Jiang Zhiyuan, dare to ask the girl's name?"

The beauty in red makeup looked at him and shook her head again.Then Jiang Zhiyuan remembered, "Oh, yes, you are a dumb girl, so can you write?" Seeing the beauty nodded, Jiang Zhiyuan turned to look for a pen and paper, at this moment, another gust of evil wind came in from the window , Blowing out the candle on the table, the room instantly became invisible.

Jiang Zhiyuan became flustered, but he still tried to remain calm, "Beauty, where are you, beauty?! Light the candle quickly, don't scare me!"

The thunder roared, and Jiang Zhiyuan shrank his neck from the shock, and raised his voice a little, "Beauty—beauty—"

There was another thunder, and it seemed daylight in the room for a moment, and it also made Jiang Zhiyuan see clearly the person standing in front of him——

A woman with disheveled hair, her face was pale, her eyes were like blood holes, her lips were like basins of blood, and the white clothes on her body were stained with unknown blood.

"Boom - boom -"

Jiang Zhiyuan let out a shrill scream, but it was completely covered by the thunder, he wanted to run away, but his body didn't listen to him, at this moment, he felt a dull pain in the back of his head, and then his eyes went black, fainted.