Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 1
The rain in the south of the Yangtze River is rarely so violent.

The wind is violent and the rain is violent, and the world seems to be destroyed in this violent wind and rain...

A green oil-paper umbrella couldn't cover the strong wind and rain, and Gu Sixiao's body was mostly wet.

Gu Sixiao shrunk her body, tightly holding the blue bamboo handle, as if in this way, the oiled paper umbrella she held up could cover her from all wind and rain.

The sky is gloomy, the old streets of the ancient town, the smoked willows and the painted bridges, all shrouded in a dim light, gloomy and mysterious.

Looking up, the huge old house at the end of the long street looks like a monster entrenched on the long street in the dark sky, gloomy, lonely, dead silent...

When her footsteps stopped in front of the gate, Gu Sixiao turned her head as if aware of it.

On the left side of the gate, there is an extremely wide rain eaves, which looks like a house without a door. It is specially built for pedestrians to shelter from the rain and rest.Most of the large houses in the south of the Yangtze River are like this. On the right side of the door is the horse bolt, and on the left side is the rain eaves.

The rain was so heavy that the two beggars huddled under the eaves tried their best to stay inside, but their clothes were still soaked by the rain.

With dazed eyes, Gu Sixiao watched silently for a while, then suddenly stepped forward, blocking the wind with the rainpaper umbrella in his hand.

A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky at this moment, illuminating the dark world.

A branch of peach blossom quietly blooms on the turquoise umbrella surface, making the dark night bright.

The little beggar who was tightly protecting the beggar in his arms looked up, his big black eyes flashed with vigilance, with a little doubt...

Just a pair of eyes, when the lightning disappeared and the sky darkened, Gu Sixiao turned and left.

She didn't knock on the door, she came to Gu's ancestral house today, she didn't want to alarm anyone.

Bypassing the main entrance facing the street, she turned to the back alley, found the dog hole hidden behind the weeds in her memory, and bent down and got in without hesitation.

The rain wet her dress, she shivered from the cold, her wet face was extremely pale, and even her lips were purple from the cold.

This old house, which she has never been back to since her parents died, is full of grass and trees. If it is a summer afternoon, she will feel cool and pleasant, but now the shadows of the trees and the swaying wind only make her feel terrified.

Not daring to disturb the servants guarding the old house, she quietly walked through the garden, along the bluestone path in her memory, all the way to the study in the back house.

This back study was used by my father in the early years. After my father died of illness, they moved out of the old house, and this study no longer has an owner.But Gu Sixiao knew that the eldest brother would come to the old house sometimes, and many important letters and documents were kept here.

Maybe, she can find the evidence and find the person that the eldest brother has been refusing to tell...

Some dilapidated wooden doors made a slight "squeak" in the dark.

Gu Sixiao calmed down, making sure that such a small voice would not disturb anyone, so she slipped into the study.

This kind of caution is not because she is afraid of alarming the housekeeper of the old house and damaging her reputation as a young lady of the Gu family, but because she is afraid that the person who hides behind the scenes and made her Gu family so miserable will find that she is collecting evidence.

No matter who that person is, since she has the ability to keep the elder brother silent, and is willing to bear the charge of "**** murder" and would rather die than reveal the person's name, then she can easily let her...

Swallowing, Gu Sixiao was actually very scared.

The Gu family is a fan-making family in the south of the Yangtze River. It has been passed down for a hundred years. Not only in the south of the Yangtze River, but even in the entire Great Xia, the name of "Fan King" is widely known.What comes out of the store is a tribute from Songjiang.

More than a month ago, a rape and murder case in Songjiang Mansion shocked the government and the public. Under pressure from Shangfeng, the prefect of Songjiang used a "Seven Treasure Fan" left at the scene of the rape and murder to identify her elder brother, the head of the Gu family. Liu Bai is the real culprit of "** killing".

Gu Sixiao begged his elder brother several times to tell who the owner of the "Seven Treasures Fan" was, but he didn't expect that his elder brother would rather be sentenced to death than reveal his name.

In desperation, Gu Sixiao had no choice but to come to this old house to find clues, hoping to save his brother's life.

"We must find..." Clenching his fists, Gu Sixiao murmured in a low voice.

Every fan produced by the Gu family will be recorded, let alone such a rare and expensive "Seven Treasures Fan".Although there is no record in the store, maybe the elder brother put the record in the old house - as long as she finds that record, she can save the elder brother.

The light was dim, Gu Sixiao lit the candles wrapped in oiled paper, looked at the room that was already full of dust, and felt unspeakable sadness in his heart.

Just behind this desk, when Dad was still there, he often hugged her and taught her to write by hand.

From "one" to "family", every word and every word was taught to her by her father.

She spent a lot of her childhood in this study.

She still remembers that when she was praised by her father and raised her head happily, the elder brother who was practicing calligraphy at the side always smiled and called her by her nickname: "Our paintings are really good, much better than my brother..."

How could her brother, who was always the gentlest, go to rape and kill someone? !

Closing her eyes, Gu Sixiao took a deep breath, put aside those memories that made her want to cry, and went straight to the table.

The table was made of yellow pear wood, and she still remembered that there was a hidden drawer on the right side.That was where Dad kept the account books, and later, it was also where she hid caramel.

However, there is nothing in the place where the account book was once placed.It was empty, except for a thick layer of dust——

With her eyes fixed, Gu Sixiao lowered the candle a bit and looked at it carefully.

Although it was all dust, she vaguely felt that there was less dust in the middle one.If you look carefully, it looks like a square account book.

Originally, the account book was placed here!
Biting her lip, Gu Sixiao turned around and went to the bookshelf.It's not in the desk, so it should be here...

After groping, the mechanism was pulled down, and the bookshelf was opened silently.Apart from her father and elder brother, only she knew about the dark room behind the bookshelf.

It's just that before Gu Sixiao stepped into the dim dark room, he heard a light cough.

Surprised, Gu Sixiao blew out the candle, and ducked into the dark room as soon as he lowered his head.She had just closed the bookshelf when she heard human voices faintly in the distance.

Unable to hear clearly, she held her hands and hid in the dark room. After hearing the sound of "squeak", her heart sank even more.

I don't know who it is?Could it be that she alarmed the servant who was watching the house?

There were some gaps in the bookshelves, so that she didn't feel too stuffy in the dark room, but it was very difficult to see the situation outside.

Gu Sixiao moved her eyes closer, but could only see darkness.

"Master..." Someone whispered, but it was stopped by just this one.

Gu Sixiao tugged at the front of her shirt, feeling her heart beating wildly.

This isn't the person from the Gu family, could it be, could it be the one who harmed the elder brother? !
Swallowing, Gu Sixiao's eyes widened, trying to see clearly, but he could only vaguely see the figure in a trance.

It's a man!
She could only see this, and just as she was biting her lip and pressing her eyes close to the gap, the bookshelf was suddenly hit hard.It was as if someone had kicked the bookshelf hard.

One eye, facing Gu Sixiao directly through the gap, made Gu Sixiao cry out in shock.

Although he immediately realized something was wrong and covered his mouth tightly, it was already too late.

The bookshelf was split open, and a whirlwind blew in.Before Gu Sixiao could see who was coming, she was kicked to the ground.

Struggling, trying to break free, but the foot on her lower abdomen was like cast iron. She was like a tortoise pressed by a stone, unable to break free no matter what.

Unable to break free, Gu Sixiao widened his eyes to look, but all he saw was a pair of cold eyes.

She couldn't see clearly what the man in black looked like, but those cold eyes that seemed to have no emotion made her heart tighten, and her whole body felt cold.

The darkroom was small, and she heard someone walk into the darkroom.

With the dim light from outside, she wanted to see who was coming, but she could only see the intricate patterns on the half of the Chinese clothes, and the pair of black calfskin boots.

A big hand covered her eyes, she didn't know whether it was because she was too cold or the man was too hot, but she felt his hand was like a lump of coal, making her originally cold skin glow with heat.

There was a warm breath on her ear, and she felt that she heard the man sighing in a trance, but she didn't seem to hear anything.

The eyelashes trembled and touched his palm, Gu Sixiao's lips trembled slightly, and asked calmly: "It's you——you are the one who ordered the 'Seven Treasures Fan'!"

No one answered her, but an equally hot hand moved to her neck, slowly tightening, tightening...

Scratching and scratching, Gu Sixiao struggled, trying to break away the hand that was squeezing her throat, but she couldn't shake that hand a little bit.Shortness of breath, she felt that her throat was burning like fire, without air, her consciousness gradually became drowsy, and then, she could no longer breathe...

"Huh—" Finally, I can breathe air again.

Gu Sixiao panted heavily, and the shock gradually calmed down before she noticed the sky above her head.

No, not in the study.Panting for breath, she turned her head and realized that she was not in the Gu family's old house, but in a desolate ruined temple.

In the dilapidated courtyard, weeds were overgrown, and the half-collapsed ruined temple didn't even have a door.

She has never been to such a ruined temple.

Yes, is it the abandoned corpse in the wilderness? !Did those two people think she was dead, so they left her in this dilapidated temple?God is so pitiful, she actually narrowly escaped death and came back to life...

After coughing twice, Gu Sixiao got up, only feeling top-heavy, and there seemed to be something wrong. This body didn't seem like her own, and she was a little out of control.

Shaking his head, Gu Sixiao staggered out and almost fell to the ground several times.

"Ah! You're awake..." A half-grown boy ran in from the temple with only half a mountain gate left, and immediately laughed when he saw Gu Sixiao.

Startled by the boy who appeared out of nowhere, Gu Sixiao took a step back before steadying herself again, "Yes, you saved me?"

"Who else but me? Like a fool!" The boy scolded Gu Sixiao, ran to the steps in front of the main hall, and carefully placed the pottery bowl with a hole in his hand on the steps.

"Come over here for porridge! It's rare that what I want today is not leftovers, but still hot! It's better to be Mrs. Wang..." The boy who kept talking turned his head, raised his hand and wiped it with his dirty sleeve Wiping his face, he called Gu Sixiao strangely, "Girl, why are you still here?"

girl? !
Staring blankly at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in old clothes and broken shoes, Gu Sixiao was full of doubts.This young man looks like a beggar, why would he call her a girl?

"Little brother," she whispered with her throat dry, "Thank you for saving me, but—I, I should go..."

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