At that time, Zhong Zan was obsessed with instructing Xia Houyi on how to recognize and employ people, and was obsessed with training him to become the best successor of Qingmen and realize his ideals and ambitions. Therefore, Xia Houyi went to Prince Gong's Mansion every now and then, and sometimes even moved in directly.
Prince Gong's Mansion, I will not return home for ten and a half months.
Xia Houshu was both envious and curious about the relationship between their uncles and nephews, so she went to Prince Gong's Mansion to stay for a while under the pretext of being close to the cousins. In fact, she secretly observed Xia Houyi's movements. Then she discovered that Xia Houyi entered her uncle's house every time.
After entering the study room, it will disappear, and after a while, it will appear in the study room as a living person.
After this happened several times in a row, she began to suspect that there was a secret room hidden in her uncle's big study. Moreover, this secret room was not small, otherwise they would not have been able to stay in it for so long. But she borrowed it several times later.
She went to the big study room on the pretext of borrowing books from her uncle, but found no clues. This aroused her desire to win, and she was determined to find the truth and uncover the secret behind the disappearance of their uncle and nephew in the study room.
Later, when the guard guarding the door wasn't paying attention, Xia Houshu sneaked into the big study again following Xia Houyi's footsteps, but it was still empty.
That time, Xia Houshu did not look around impatiently as usual, but sat directly on the Taishi chair behind his uncle's desk, holding a storybook and reading leisurely.
Until dusk, there was a sound behind me.
Xia Houshu was reading the most exciting part of the storybook and didn't pay attention to how much time had passed. When she heard the sound, she suddenly turned her head and saw that the bookshelf behind the chair separated from the middle, and then a thick wall inside also cracked.
Come here. Behind the wall is a row of stone steps leading to the ground, which are neat and bottomless. The smooth stone walls on both sides of the passage are inlaid with fluorite lighting, and Zhong Zan and Xia Houyi are holding hands, one behind the other.
Walked up the steps.
Their eyes met, and everyone couldn't hide their surprise, especially Xia Houshu.
She had previously suspected that there was something wrong with the neat-looking bookshelves in the study, and while rummaging around to see if there was any mechanism, she banged along the wall. Unexpectedly, the wall behind the bookshelves was thickened on purpose.
, even if she cracked her fingers, she wouldn't be able to tell that the back was empty.
Zhong Zan deserves to be in charge of the Changqing Sect for many years, with a quick mind and quick reactions.
He first held his beard and angrily asked why Xia Houshu appeared in his study, then scolded her for not coming to his study casually, and finally warned her not to go even half a step closer to the study in the future, let alone tell anyone what happened today.
, otherwise she would not be allowed to enter Prince Gong's Mansion again.
Zhong Zan's words were almost finished in one breath, leaving no room for people to think.
Xia Houshu received too much information at once, and was suddenly scolded by her uncle. She felt very uncomfortable. She left the study with tears in her eyes and walked a long way before realizing that something was wrong. But she did not dare to go back to look for it.
The uncle reasoned, after all, Prince Gong's palace had an order that no one was allowed to break into Zhong Zan's study. Now that she came uninvited and broke other people's secrets, she was in the wrong. Moreover, Zhong Zan was very tight-lipped, even if she tried her best
No words will come out.
So Xia Houshu shifted his target to Xia Houyi.
Xia Houyi was only sixteen years old at the time, and he was not as calm and tactful as he is now. Under Xia Houshu's repeated harassment, coercion and inducement, he had to surrender and confess truthfully.
Knowing that her brother had such an identity that was unknown to outsiders, Xia Houshu was surprised at first, and then admired her. Then she went back to think about it for a night, and then used this as a reason to threaten Xia Houyi to help her in the Changqing Sect.
Otherwise, she would make such a fuss that all the cousins in Prince Gong’s palace would know.
Xia Houyi was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that his sister, who was usually just a brat and restless, would actually go the extra mile and want to enter the Evergreen Gate. But where was the Evergreen Gate and was it the place she should go?
Xia Houyi decisively rejected her on the pretext that Changqingmen's behavior was dangerous.
Xia Houshu was not discouraged and continued to use her hard-working skills, running to Xia Houyi's yard every day, or pretending to practice in front of him, or playing a piece of music for him, or saying nothing.
, just sat quietly in his room, holding a book and reading casually. After drinking enough tea and eating snacks, he went back to his yard with Tingting.
She had been entangled like this for more than two months, and Xia Houyi's psychological shadow was so great that he could no longer bear it.
Under the cover of Xia Houyi, although Xia Houshu went all the way and successfully passed the trials and assessments of the Evergreen Sect, he could only manage to get the lowest-level Silver Ring secret agent. So far, he has not even become the chief helmsman of the Evergreen Sect.
She has been there, let alone come into contact with the core of the Evergreen Sect. And what she has done has been hidden from her parents. Even her uncle Zhong Zan, who is in charge of the Evergreen Sect, does not know the truth because she used the identity when she entered the Evergreen Sect.
His name is Mo Zhen.
I don't know what her parents and uncle would think if her identity was exposed one day.
Thinking of this, Xia Houshu couldn't help but smile.
Time always passes very slowly when doing nothing, and it is easy for people to recall the past involuntarily. But now that period of history in their memories has flown far away, and they have to do the present things non-stop.
Xia Houshu put the cloth back into his sleeve, took a deep breath, and looked at the incense burning in the incense burner. It was already the second incense stick, but there was still no sign of Xia Houyi. She couldn't help but feel suspicious.
The Duke of Yue's mansion is so big that even the second uncle's family cannot live in the capital. It is not easy to find a remote place to talk with no one. Why did Xia Houyi choose to meet here?
Yunxi was a glutton and did not notice that Xiahou Shu's mind was constantly changing. After she made tea, she went to find old man Luo to find out where there were fun and delicious places nearby, and the two had a great time chatting.
Xia Houshu could not sit still, so he stood up and walked to the hatch of the boat and asked the boatman: "Boatman, did the gentleman who ordered the boat yesterday say when he will get on the boat? Where will he get on the boat?"
When Old Man Luo saw that they were a man and a woman, both talented and good-looking, and they were coming one after another, he wondered in his mind whether they were young lovers who came out for a tryst. But just after he had chatted with Yun Xi for a long time, he heard that they were just brothers and sisters, and he still
He was shocked. Now seeing Xia Houshu's anxious look, he murmured in his heart whether he had been deceived by Yunxi. He had made a living on this lake for most of his life, but he had never seen anyone.
Two brothers and sisters go out to swim in the lake. Most of them use the guise of brother and sister to hide from others, but in fact they are reciting poems, composing poems, and talking about love. He is already at this age, what else can't he see through?
Old Man Luo was thinking about something in his mind, and the smile on his face deepened, and he comforted: "Don't panic, girl. Although the young master didn't say when he would come yesterday, I saw that he was personable and a sincere person. He must not be afraid."
He will leave the girl behind."
This sounded strange, but Xia Houshu couldn't place it at the moment.
But Yun Xi immediately answered: "That's for sure. Our second young master always keeps his word. Since he has asked my girl to come to the lake, he will not break his promise."
When Old Man Luo heard this, he looked at Xia Houshu's expression and thought, could they really be brother and sister?
Xia Houshu didn't know what Old Man Luo was thinking at this moment. He just looked at the mist all over the lake and the hazy mountains on the shore and thought for a while, and then said: "We have walked along the lake for a while, so don't go too far."
We have gone too far. Let’s go back. The lake is very foggy. If my brother arrives, he won’t be able to see where we are.”
Old man Luo immediately smiled and said: "Girl, don't worry. Although this lake is big, there are many hills in the middle, and there are many ports for boarding and disembarking, but I have been ferrying here all year round, so I still know the route well, and I can probably guess who is there."
The young master will board the ship from those places."
Xia Houshu nodded: "Then I'll trouble the boatman to return home first and visit the places you mentioned."
The boatman received the order and immediately turned the boat around. However, he did not go completely back along the shore where he came from. Instead, he rowed the boat to the other shore and rowed along the scenery on the other side in the direction they came from.
Xia Houshu was not familiar with this place and knew that there was no point in standing there and worrying, so he went back to the cabin and sat down, holding the teacup and looking outside for a long time in trance.
Last night, Xia Houyi was very worried when he came to see him. He hid on the rockery drinking alone. Then he invited her to go to the lake, but he said he had something to do in the morning and asked her to come first. So what was he busy with?
Did something happen at Changqing Gate?
But if something happens to the Changqing Sect, wouldn't it be their uncle who is most worried? It's not Xia Houyi's turn to get angry.
But apart from that, what else could make Xia Houyi lose his temper like that?
Xia Houshu couldn't understand, so he simply persuaded himself not to think about it. When Xia Houyi arrived, he could ask him directly. Wouldn't everything be clear?
Having made up her mind, Xia Houshu really stopped thinking about it. She concentrated her eyes, raised her eyes and looked outside, and vaguely saw a small boat floating on the lake about thirty feet away from them. There was a looming figure on the boat, like
The dream I was having was very hazy, but I couldn't see it clearly.
After finishing a cup of tea, Xia Houshu added another cup for himself. As soon as he took a sip, he saw that the boat was getting closer and closer, and it became more and more real. Even the figure became clear, dressed in purple on the gray.
In the misty mist, he looked like an immortal or a ghost, but he also had a distinguished temperament, as if the mist and rain all over the lake could not soak him.
She dropped the tea cup and ran to the bow of the boat. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the looming figure standing on the bow of the boat from a distance. She only thought that the man had good-looking features.
And that person seemed to have noticed her probing gaze, and glanced sideways at her.
Xia Houshu suddenly felt suffocated.
How could it be him?
That man in purple who was looking down on all living things in Huguo Temple, why is he here?
Just when Xia Houshu was thinking wildly, the figure suddenly disappeared into the thick fog along with the boat, as if it had never appeared, and everything before was just an illusion.
She was not convinced, and kept searching with her eyes wide open, but found nothing. There was only a blur of water mist in her sight, the boatman was holding the oar comfortably, and the cloud stream was fanning the fire.