Value peace

Chapter 66

Gu Xiyan's fingertips kept sliding across the top of the round jade, on which there was carved a centipede, bent into a figure-shaped cross-section about the size of a thumb, with a total of 36 feet, the shape and shape of each foot are not the same.

This is Qi Maosheng's private seal!

It looks like the pattern on the jade pendant that Cui Baoyi gave her!
The graphics are very simple, they are all made of lines, there is no rounded pen...

Gu Xiyan froze suddenly.

What Cui Baoyi carved on her jade pendant is an ancient Xia character "Fu", so the pattern on Qi Maosheng's private seal is also an ancient Xia character... Could it be a single character?
Thinking of this, Gu Xiyan immediately became anxious.

She raised her voice: "Mo Ju! Mo Ju!"

The room was silent and there was no answer.

Qi Maosheng, Qi Maosheng, what's wrong with him now?Does the dream at noon have any special meaning?

Gu Xiyan lay slumped on the bed, tormented by unknown fears.

After an unknown amount of time, light footsteps came from outside, and Gu Xiyan pulled herself together and asked "who".

Xinghong replied through the curtain: "Second girl, it's me and Sister Huilan who are back."

Gu Xiyan said: "Please invite Huilan to come in and have a cup of tea!"

Huilan came in crisply, pulled Gu Xiyan's pillow and helped her sit up: "Is the girl's feet better? When I was with my aunt, I read an ancient prescription, which is very effective in treating trauma , or I wrote Miss Fangzi to try.”

Gu Xiyan just scratched her feet, not any external injuries, but what Huilan said reminded her of Qi Maosheng again, and she didn't know what happened to his injuries, and whether those ground chrysanthemums helped him.

There was another moment of trance in her expression.

Huilan and Xinghong looked at each other in confusion, and Huilan smiled and said, "Miss, do you want me to make you a pot of sweet tea?"

Gu Xiyan let out an "ah", and it took her a long time to come back to her senses, and she answered irrelevantly: "My foot is always bad, please write me a copy of the prescription later, and ask Xinghong to help me get the medicine It's good to try."

Xinghong's face changed slightly, and she felt that something was wrong with Gu Xiyan, but she still responded respectfully and submissively.

Whelan knows how to hide better than Xinghong, she looks as usual, and said with a smile: "I'll write to the girl right now." After finishing speaking, she gave Xinghong a wink, Xinghong immediately brought a pen and inkstone, and Whelan swiped the pen. Mo, wrote a prescription and handed it to Gu Xiyan.

Gu Xiyan took Fang Zi and was not in a hurry to look at it, and asked Huilan: "Young lady has been with Auntie for many years, right?"

Huilan hesitated for a while, then said: "I was originally from Baicheng, Guozhou, Longzuo County. In 290, the imperial court went to Longshan to suppress bandits. Both my parents died in the war. It happened that my aunt came to visit Fengtai. Mr. Huang returned to the Songjiang Plain via Baicheng and saved my life..."

This year is the 300th anniversary of Xizhao. After doing the math, she has been with Cui Baoyi for eight years.

A thought flashed through Gu Xiyan's mind, and she asked, "Hui Lan, do you know when Xizhao's first emperor ascended the throne?"

Whelan thought for a while and said, "July 1816, [-] in the summer calendar."

Gu Xiyan's palms were sweating: "What day is today?"

Huilan said "Oh!" "Today is July [-]th. No wonder Beijing is heavily guarded. I think the emperor came to celebrate the [-]th anniversary of Xizhao..."

For the Xizhao Dynasty, there is no better congratulatory gift than Duke Yan offering prisoners.

There are still seven days!

It took God seven days to create the world, and what will happen in Xizhao's seven days?Who is Adam, who is Eve, and who is the viper!

Gu Xiyan was sweating on her forehead, and felt the breath of the mountain rain coming and the wind filling the building.

With sharp eyes, Xinghong smiled and said, "Girl, let me fan you!"

Gu Xiyan shook her head and asked Huilan, "Do you know Gu Xiawen?"

Whelan smiled and nodded: "So when I was with Auntie, I often helped Auntie clean up manuscripts, so I can recognize some ancient Xiawen."

Gu Xiyan asked Xinghong to take paper and ink to draw the pattern on Qi Maosheng's private seal for Huilan to see, and Huilan smiled and said, "Oh, this is a word for 'granting'."

Gu Xiyan asked hesitantly: "The word 'shou'? The word 'shou' for longevity and well-being?"

"No." Huilan said with a smile, "it's the word 'shou' given by the heavens. In the ancient Xia language, this is a very special word. In the oldest myth of the Xia Kingdom, we are all sent by the god of heaven. Servant, this 'teaching' was originally a bodyguard next to the Great God of Xiantian. Ado, the son of the Great God of Xiantian, wanted to kill Cha Suo and become the Great God of Xiantian, so he set up an ambush in the Temple of Light, taking advantage of the change of the Great God of Xiantian Cheng Fan assassinated him when he listened to the sufferings of the people. At the critical moment, 'Shou' stood in front of Chasuo and received the assassin's sword, and then escaped from the Palace of Light regardless of the pain to protect Chasuo...Since then, "Give" has become the most trusted and favored bodyguard of Xiantian God. The image of "Zhu" granted by Xiantian God means that he has 36 kinds of skills, can change 36 kinds, and is worshiped by 36 parties. Let him As my own representative, patrolling the God Realm and the mortal world, it means that God has given me my life..."

Gu Xiyan's fingers trembled.

Whelan asked suspiciously, "Why did the girl ask this word!"

Gu Xiyan was vague: "Didn't my aunt give me a jade pendant last time... I don't know this word, so I ask you for advice..."

Xinghong packed her pen and inkstone aside, and said with a smile, "Miss, you really asked the right person! I haven't met anyone smarter than Sister Huilan. She knows everything..."

Huilan hurriedly stopped Xinghong: "You love me too much! How dare I take the word 'smart' in front of the girl..."

Xinghong's face was slightly stiff.

After all, Gu Xiyan received a different education, and has never cared much about the relationship between master and servant. Moreover, she herself was born from the grass roots, and she admires those who change their destiny through their own efforts.She rescued Huilan, and said to Xinghong: "Then you can learn from Huilan."

Xing Hong didn't dare to say anything more, she quickly bent her knees and gave a blessing to Gu Xiyan, and said "yes" in a low voice.

Huilan hurriedly smiled and said, "Xinghong, let's go and make some honey tea for the girl. Let the girl moisten her throat after she sleeps!"

Gu Xiyan smiled and said, "Let Xinghong cook it, we'll sit here and talk."

Xinghong responded and went to make tea, and Huilan sat on the edge of the bed and chatted with Gu Xiyan: "Is it okay that Auntie is working in the palace? Did you come back with a letter?"

Huilan smiled and answered one by one: "I am serving by the empress dowager's side. Every day, I just read to the empress dowager and practice calligraphy and painting with me. Talk to the empress. Bring a letter saying that everything is fine, and ask us not to worry about it!"

"Is Nanny Wu okay?" Gu Xiyan asked earnestly, "Is there anyone around to take care of you?"

Huilan's eyes flickered: "Although Dagu is working in the palace, her salary is not very high. If she can afford to hire someone, I will just be by my side and serve you."

Gu Xiyan said with concern: "Then you are working hard!"

Huilan let out a long sigh: "The second girl is not someone else, and it doesn't matter if I tell you. There is no way to do this. Auntie is a person who has jumped out of the world of mortals. How can I notice these trivial things. Speaking of which, I This year too... I can't always wait by Madam Wu's side!" After finishing speaking, he smiled bitterly, "I heard that Auntie Duan and the girl went to Qixia Temple to find Aunt Zhenling, I think a good thing is coming! Congratulations to the second girl here!"

Gu Xiyan's heart trembled.

Xinghong must have told Huilan about this, but she didn't know how much she had told her. She had to ask Duanniang later, but she couldn't reveal what happened to her.That's my piece of driftwood!

Seeing Gu Xiyan smiling, Huilan didn't answer, her face flushed, she lowered her head and said, "Girl, I'm afraid I think I'm too, too shameless..."

"No, no." Gu Xiyan hurriedly argued, "It's just that I haven't written anything about this matter yet, so I can't say anything."

Huilan smiled and said, "Girl, don't blame the servant for talking too much. In my opinion, it's better to agree with General Zuo..."

Gu Xiyan was taken aback, she didn't expect Huilan to know such details.She smiled lightly, and said thoughtfully: "He is many years older than me. What Aunt Duan means is that the Jiang family is better... There is Jin Xin there, and there is a care..."

"Girl, you have always been kind to others. I also feel amiable when I see you, and I always regard you as my own half-master. Since you have talked about it today, if I want to play sloppy in front of you, I can't I'm sorry you treated me well." Huilan had a desperate expression on her face, "Think about it, no matter how good the Jiang family is, how many copies will they get in Jiang Xinglin's hands. But General Zuo is different. , General Hushi, the third grade, half a rank higher than Master Gu, once married in, she will be the imperial wife, the mistress of the family, not a hundred times better than that Jiang Jiuzi..."

Gu Xiyan was still hesitating: "But, he already has three concubines..."

Huilan sneered and said, "Girl, no matter how many concubines there are, they are all concubines. What's more, the sons of General Zuo are all concubines. If the girl gives birth to a son in the future, she will naturally be an upright son and inherit the royal family. Family, in case all your sons are girls, which one of the sons dare not show filial piety in front of you, when the time comes, you can accept whoever you say will be under your knees, and I am afraid that they will turn upside down and fail..."

A smile slowly bloomed on Gu Xiyan's face: "It's still Huilan's thoughtfulness!"

Whelan raised her head upon hearing this, her eyes filled with anticipation: "Girl, why don't you ask me to be by your side!"

Gu Xiyan was startled.

Huilan recommended herself with a blushing face: "Although I'm not as smart as Mo Ju and Xing Hong, I'm older than them and can take care of anything. Girls may wish to think about it."

Come to me, what are you doing?
Be a maid?Or... a girl in the house?
Gu Xiyan showed an inscrutable smile: "This, isn't this wronging you too much!"

Huilan was startled when she saw it, and was about to speak, but Xinghong came in with a small lacquer tray containing sweet tea, and said with a smile, "Miss, sister Huilan drinks tea!"

Don't come in early, don't come in late, come in at this critical time!
A trace of gloom flashed across Whelan's face, and soon she smiled again, and went up to pick up the small apricot red lacquer plate and brought it to Gu Xiyan's hand.Gu Xiyan brought a cup of tea, and asked Huilan not to be formal, so Xinghong brought a cup to Huilan.

Everyone sat down and drank tea quietly, speechless for a while.

(End of this chapter)