Gu Erbai's Pastoral Life

Chapter 165 (ninth update)
"What about you? Why don't you go to bed?"

Jiang Li'er asked him back, avoiding the topic.

Seeing that she avoided talking about it, Qing Yi didn't ask any further questions. He looked up at the beautiful moon, and a smile flashed between his brows, "I had an argument with Tao Zi, and I couldn't sleep."

Jiang Li'er was stunned for a moment, looking at the smile on his side face that she might not even be aware of, she was envious, "It can be seen that you love her very much."

Shen lowered his head and smiled, what do you love or not? Little Taozi has been following him since he was a child, yelling at Brother Ah Shen. What kind of feeling.

It may be responsibility, it may be dependence, or it may be love.

Jiang Li'er looked at him, "Is it because of the banquet? I can go and explain to her."

Tsing Yi shook his head, "The more you explain, the more chaotic you become."

let it go.

What Xiao Taozi said was right, he did have inexplicable feelings towards the princess beside him.

When he was young, when he saw her for the first time, he felt his heartstrings were suddenly plucked.

At that time, he could almost be sure that this was the feeling of liking, but she always treated him more like an older brother, keeping him at a respectful distance.

Later, gradually, the feeling of liking faded, and more, it was actually distressed.

Whenever I saw her only dare to stand and watch the host from a distance, every time I saw the gifts she carefully prepared for the host, I was turned away, and even watched her boring waiting year after year. It is obvious that there is nothing to wait for, but I have never complained about anything.

He knew the owner, even if she waited forever, the owner would not look back at her.

In the end, it was all in vain, and I was delayed.

He felt distressed, because such a proud and noble woman like her shouldn't be so humble.

But then again, who wouldn't feel humbled in front of the host?
With a 'shua', a lively and wretched figure flashed in my mind, and the manager in Tsing Yi was so frightened that he almost fell off the blue stone steps.

That's right, that daring, dead yellow-haired girl...

No, I will change my name to Madam in the future.

Thinking about it, Qing Eggplant's face was wrinkled, he was too sad, he had been with the owner for so many years, but he had been fighting wits and courage with his wife for more than ten days, because she succeeded in hugging the owner's thigh, but he failed miserably.

Who would have thought that the owner of the field would be so emphatic and despised...everything else!

And...has he messed with Madam before? It's over, Madam is stingy and vengeful...

On the side, Jiang Li'er couldn't help laughing when she saw the sudden worry on his face, she must be thinking about how to please Xiao Taozi.

……

Waterside garden.

A ray of cool summer wind, along the verdant bamboo forest, enters the room through the screen window.

At the corner of the bed, Gu Erbai, who kicked off the quilt for the nth time, hugged the bedpost and shivered unconsciously, and then she woke up.

But it was not woken up by the cold, and the cold did not wake up the pig.

People have three urgencies, Gu Erbai is pulling on his belt, he ate too many grapes at the dinner party, so he is particularly anxious now.

But when she stood up in a daze and watched Xiao Taozi tightly wrap the flowered quilt around her body, she couldn't help her forehead jumping violently.

I will never sleep with her again next time, king of blankets.

Gu Erbai stretched his legs angrily, just about to step over her and go to the latrine.

But she didn't want to, at this time Xiao Taozi slowly opened her eyes.

The corners of Gu Erbai's mouth twitched slightly, and he watched her condescendingly looking at him with eyes full of confusion...the movement across her body, which made people think.

Gu Erbai quickly waved his hands, twitched the corners of his mouth, stretched back his legs straddling her, and walked aside, "You continue to sleep."

Xiao Taozi just woke up, her voice was a little unclear, she looked at her and said softly, "Ma'am, look behind you."

Gu Erbai's back instantly trembled, and his voice trembled a little.

"What...well, don't scare me, I really didn't want to molested you just now, I didn't take revenge like that."

Xiao Taozi supported the bed with both hands, rubbed her head, stood up and signaled to the side, "The princess is gone."

"..."

Only then did Gu Erbai turn his face away, and found that the side was really empty, "Where did she go? Did she go to the bathroom too?"

"I don't know, let her go." Xiao Taozi shook her head pretending to be puzzled, "Ma'am, don't you want to go to the toilet? Xiao Taozi will take you there."

In fact, she knew that the princess went out crying in the middle of the night.

Because she usually takes care of the old lady, she has a lot of things to do at night, and her sleep is extremely shallow...

It is in stark contrast to the sleep of some people.

"...Heh." Gu Erbai sneered at her, "This time, you have to take me if you don't want to. I was scared to death just now, and I dare not go out alone."

"Let's go." Xiao Taozi rubbed her eyes and led her out.

……

Waterside garden, hut.

Gu Erbai enjoyed himself squatting on the barrel, squinting his eyes, looking at the evenly textured sandalwood walls around him with a silly smile.

Speaking of which, she felt that she might be a bit perverted, but she actually felt that the hut was very fragrant, exuding a faint resinous fragrance from the inside out.

There is even an inexplicable sense of guilt in such a place to go to the toilet.

It’s just that the lighting conditions in ancient times were too poor, and the lights were dark, so a string of solitary lanterns hung there, swaying in the wind, and reflected on the walls with the mottled leaf shadows, looking scary.
"Little Taozi, I opened up the two pits on the opposite side just now, and I didn't see the princess here. Where do you think she could go in the middle of the night?"

Gu Erbai rubbed his chin with one hand, meditated like constipation, and raised his voice to Xiao Taozi next door.

Then she shouldn't be sleepwalking...

Sleepwalking? ...Thinking about it, Gu Erbai's drowsiness has awakened a lot. If something really happened to his sleepwalking, it's not his fault, or is this just a routine?
After a long time, the voice of the little Taozi Mumu from the next door came, "Don't worry, ma'am, the princess is so golden and jade-leaved, she is spoiled, and she has never slept with others on weekdays. I think it must be because I am not used to being crowded with us, so I went back to my room in the middle of the night. went."

"It makes sense."

Gu Erbai breathed a sigh of relief, got up and lifted his pants, "Are you okay?"

"Okay." Xiao Taozi replied.

Gu Erbai hummed softly, hummed a little tune and gently opened the door, yawned casually, and raised his sleepy eyes slightly.

The next moment, the swaying lantern swayed violently with the strong wind, and the top of her head darkened. Under the pale moonlight, her pupils froze, and the fear in her eyes shrank several times.

"Ma'am, let's go?"

Behind him, Xiao Taozi nudged her suspiciously.

"what……"

Gu Erbai turned his face away, his lips trembling, because he was too excited, he couldn't make a sound, and his hair was so frightened that it almost stood on end.

"..."

Xiao Taozi looked at the madam who was hanging on her body in an instant, messy in the toilet, "What's wrong with you, madam?"

"Little...Little Taozi, there are ghosts... there are ghosts outside, shut them up, let's not go out tonight."

Gu Erbai closed his eyes tightly, his voice was trembling, his legs were limp.

"Huh?" Little Taozi wondered.

"Ma'am, don't be joking. When the master built Gu's mansion, he specially invited Mr. Fengshui to look at the land. He said that it is a beautiful and treasured land of Fengshui. It is very clean and there will be no evil spirits."

"..." Gu Erbai shook his head violently, hugged her tightly and refused to move, looked at her with horror and earnestness, "Don't you believe me? I really saw it just now. Long hair, no face... just at the end of the long corridor, the figure is floating, shaking up and down, as if one is wearing white clothes and the other is wearing black clothes..."

As Gu Erbai talked, he felt that his hands and feet became lighter, isn't that what happens when black and white are impermanent...

Ma Ma, she really hit a ghost.

Xiao Taozi is naturally courageous, but seeing Madam's posture, her face has changed a little, so she shouldn't be trying to scare herself, right?

Did Madam really see something unclean?This waterside garden is desolate and uninhabited on weekdays, and it is close to the basement of the medicine pavilion. I heard that many servants with unclean hands and feet who were fed snakes died there.

Gu Erbai saw that her face had also gradually changed, and pointed with shaking fingers, "Let's go and close the door, and wait here for the dawn."

Xiao Taozi looked at the door, frowning slightly.

"But Madam saw it just now. If it's something evil, I'll definitely be able to detect you. Come in when the time comes..."

Gu Erbai's face turned green.

"Ma'am, don't be afraid. Little Taozi has been praying for blessings in temples since she was a child. The jade Buddha on her neck has been consecrated. The master said that with this pendant, evil spirits will not invade and you will be safe. You should take it with you."

Without saying a word, Xiao Taozi took off the jade pendant and stuffed it into her hand.

Gu Erbai looked at the translucent and moist precious jade, then at little Taozi, and was immediately moved, "Taozi, I don't believe this."

"...Then you believe in ghosts?"

Gu Erbai frowned in embarrassment, "I didn't believe it at first, but... just now I saw it with my own eyes."

"Ma'am, did you see clearly?"

Xiao Taozi paused for a moment, feeling startled that something was wrong, if it was really a ghost, how could she see it with the naked eye.

Could it be that another little hoof like Yue'er in the mansion, heard that Madam is staying in the Waterside Garden tonight, and deliberately wanted to scare her away.

Thinking of this, Xiao Taozi grabbed her hand angrily, "Come on, madam, let's go and have a look, Xiao Taozi is not afraid."

Gu Erbai saw her righteous and heroic devotion, his face turned pale with fright, and his legs trembled.

"I, I, I... I won't go."

You are not afraid, I am afraid.

"Ma'am, it's about an hour or so. It's almost dawn. What are you afraid of? There must be villains pretending to be ghosts. Let's expose them. Otherwise, if you indulge once, you may be so crazy next time."

"..."

Gu Erbai shook his head violently, Xiao Taozi pushed her sleeves and forcibly pulled her away.

(End of this chapter)