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Chapter Thirty-six Acacia

"Why is she here?"

"Who knows? His eyes are red, and he seems to have cried!"

Xu You pondered for a moment and said, "Go and ask the kitchen to make something delicious, lighter."

Dong Zhe was full of hostility towards Zhang Xuanji and said, "Hmph, Xiaolang is partial, but I have never heard of you making delicious food for Si Niang."

Xu You laughed and rubbed her head and said, "Every time Si Niang comes, you almost empty the mansion. You want to fry me and serve it with the food table. Do you still need to give instructions? Besides, this is a guest, don't neglect, go quickly!"

The guest then showed a sense of rebirth, and the rebirth was intimate and alienated. The winter solstice was arranged happily. Xu You pushed open the door, Zhang Xuanji sat quietly with his head down, and took the curtain fence and placed it on the ground beside him. The moonlight came in from the window and shone on his shoulders. It was half falling snow and half cool, and it was as quiet as an eternal painting...

She did not look up, her jade hands overlapped, and her figure was as tall as a crane. She whispered: "I had a dispute with my family. My father drove me out. Can I come to my husband's place to stay for a night tonight..."

Xu You walked over and knelt in front of her. A short distance away, you could see slightly trembling eyelashes, like waterfalls, blue hair, red lips, flawless side face, skin like snow, and a faint virgin fragrance came to your nose. But the calmness and indifference in the past seemed to melt into the moonlight tonight, and the unprecedented weakness quietly overflowed, making people feel pity and chuckled: "Don't a grand Zhang girl have no place to live? It's my honor to be able to give up her stay!"

Hearing Xu You's careless joke, Zhang Xuanji raised his head, his eyes were extremely gentle, and said, "From tonight, I will no longer be a child of the Zhang family in Wujun. I don't have to be forced by the honor and disgrace of my family, nor do I have to deliberately let my favorite husband leave me. I am just me, an ordinary Jiangdong girl. If the husband refuses to give up, I am willing to accompany you from now on, be a slave and a servant, and be unswerving in my heart for generations!"

Xu You can infer what Zhang Xuanji has encountered recently from this few words. In addition, the fact that the Zhang family's children did not appear on the rotten stove boat before was confirmed, it is almost certain that she was unable to bear the huge pressure over the years. She slowly reached out to hold her body into her arms and said warmly: "Don't worry, with me here, everything will be the same as before. Ling Zun will agree with us, and there will be no objection in the clan. You are still the girl of Zhang and still be loved by parents, relatives and friends. No matter how unfavorable Xu You won't let the person you like lose even a home for his own reasons!"

He was not slow, but was just obsessed with the authorities. His cooperation with Gu Lu, Zhu and Zhang has gradually improved over the years, and he subconsciously did not feel that there would be any conflict of interest with Zhang. However, Zhang, or Zhang Xuanji's father Zhang Ji, did not think so. His hostility towards Xu You even exceeded Xu You's imagination!

However, as he said, these are not difficult problems and can be completely solved - perfectly solved!

Of course, the premise is that they can all leave Jinling alive!

Zhang Xuanji had such a close contact with a man for the first time in his life, but he only had peace and joy in his heart, not shy or unfamiliar, as if he had been waiting for this moment since the day he was born. His cold cheeks were pressed against his chest, listening to his words, feeling the sound of his heartbeat from his ears to his chest, so fit and so wonderful!

All living beings have many deep and shallow fates, but from Qiantang to Wuxian, from Wuxian to Jinling, from the stone bridge where the world is shared, to the spring water with trees and branches, she finally plucked up all her courage, left all her past, walked to Changganli, and entered Xu You's world!

"Those are no longer important. What is important is that I will accompany you in the last period of time and never leave you..."

Zhang Xuanji's thoughts about Xu You were not hidden from his family for long. After meeting in the peach forest by the Chunshui River that day, it reached Zhang Xuanji's mother's ears. He interrogated the two maids. Knowing that her heart was tied, he immediately sent someone to Zhang's father in Jinling to strictly discipline him. This is also the reason why Xu You waited for three days and did not see the beauty. In recent years, in Jinling, aristocratic families gathered. Although Zhang Xuanji's marriage was not going well because of the birthmark on his face, some men with good backgrounds and backgrounds were keen to know each other and were willing to marry Zhang, but they were pushed away by Zhang Xuanji's various excuses. Once or twice, they refused again and again, which made his parents furious, but they were unwilling to force them too much. So year by year, they became the laughing stock of Jinling.

As the chief censor, Zhang Ji was ridiculed by his colleagues for this matter, and his anger was recorded on Xu You. So when he learned that Xu You had come to Jinling, he was like a great enemy, and sent his confidant to pursue Guangling to block the inside and outside, and strictly prevented Zhang Xuanji from knowing the news. But who knew what was going on, she still learned that Xu You came to Beijing at the first time and didn't even look for "Guangling San". She went back to Jinling without even returning home. She went straight to Cui Mansion to plead with her for Xu You's apprenticeship.

What Zhang Xuanji didn't know was that the reason why Cui Yuanxiu refused Xu You outside the door was related to Zhang Ji's private explanation. It's not that Zhang Ji had any prejudice against Xu You, appearance, words, and character, but he shouldn't be the best choice, but he shouldn't be the one who escaped the net. Now he has the protection of the emperor and seems safe. Once Yan Zhi returns to heaven and the crown prince succeeds to the throne, Xu You may be imprisoned and asked to beheaded one day, and his relatives will definitely be implicated.

Gu Lu, Zhu Zhang, the four surnames of Wujun, don’t think that they have a good relationship with Xu You, but that is just a small investment that is not a problem. Just like venture capital in later generations, you are optimistic about you, give you some funds, and let you develop freely. If you develop well, you will get rich returns. If you don’t develop well, just be considered as making friends. If it really comes to the day when you compete with the imperial power, who would use the future of the entire family to help you? So investment is one thing, marriage is another. He Ru tried his best to dissuade Xu You and Zhang Xuanji from dealing with each other because he had foresaw the results today.

The gap between family background can still be filled, but the balance of interests will never be tilted like the weak!

So, the day after Zhang Xuanji returned to Jinling, he was given the last and most severe warning from Zhang Ji: If he dared to meet in private and had no connection, he would use the power of the Censorate and Zhang to suppress Xu You. At this time of storm, you can imagine what kind of trouble the Censorate’s group of mad dogs that bite people and bite bleeding will bring to the weak Xu You!

The chief official of the Censorate, the Censor, was set up and abandoned. For a long time, the Censor Zhongcheng was the boss of the Censor Tai. What does the Censor Tai do? Volume 16 of the Book of Southern Qi, "Chenzhen": "Now, Zhongcheng has observed all the duties and specialized in the way. The crown prince has been given up, and those who violate the law in the palace gate will be corrected and ambushed. Even if they are outside the horse, the supervisor will not correct them, and they will report them."

Such supervision power is open and legal. The Censor General’s impeachment of illegal affairs is more suitable for some open struggles than the Sili Mansion. If you really want to be determined to be unable to get along with Xu You, it is really annoying.

Zhang Xuanji had no choice but to ask Cui Yuanxiu to let go and never meet Xu You again. However, Zhang Ji was cunning and colluded with Cui Yuanxiu, so how could he agree to this condition? Cui Yuanxiu could not accept Xu You at all. Wouldn't he never be able to cut off the contact between the two?

So Zhang Ji only gave Zhang Xuanji five days. After five days, he either looked like a stranger or Xu You were in trouble. So even late at night, Zhang Xuanji had to pay homage to Cui Yuanxiu, who had just returned to his house despite his etiquette and defense.

Because there is not much time left for her!

But God just joked about her like this, but he missed her day and night, but he was too prejudiced to the point of being dissatisfied, and then he talked and laughed calmly. He defeated him with Cui Yuanxiu's most proud "Shangshu". As for those impressed brothers, Zhang Xuanji never took it in his heart, and they had never been comparable to Xu You!

After leaving Cui Mansion and standing on the stone bridge, it seemed like the reenactment of Yuan Ye. Xu You unexpectedly expressed his feelings first. In fact, Zhang Xuanji had already learned about his heart through Gu Yun's letter, but he just listened to him like this face to face. The joy of that moment almost destroyed the barriers and strength that she had finally pretended to have.

After being rejected, Xu You turned around and left. The poem before leaving made Zhang Xuanji, who was hiding behind the door, burst into tears. "The only affectionate moon in the spring courtyard is still shining on the fallen flowers for the people of the separation." In fact, the passionate one is not just the bright moon, but also the heart of the daughter who could not suppress herself for a long time in the moonlight!

I thought the two parted ways from then on, but the next day I heard the news of Xu You being assassinated, especially after breaking up with her, I was immediately assassined by an assassin. Zhang Xuanji was both worried and blamed himself. If it weren't for her, Xu You would have been hurt in Cui's mansion? How could it have caused his life? The more I thought so, the more I felt guilty, almost so sad that she was banned by her father. No matter how she begged, she refused to agree to let her go to visit Xu You.

During those days, Zhang Xuanji was crying and could not sleep all night, and almost destroyed his bones and became a human. Later, Zhang Ji couldn't stand it and told her that after Wen Ruquan's diagnosis, Xu You's vitality was gone, and he only had five months left to live, hoping that she would completely give up her thoughts.

In Zhang Ji's opinion, his daughter may be sad, but there is no other thought. As long as Xu You dies and survives a year or two, he will eventually forget these ridiculous feelings. No matter how sad that is, it is better than being tied to Xu You and being a different person in the future. This is the love of his father and the compassion of his father. His daughter is ignorant, but a father cannot watch her pull the entire family into a state of no return. But Zhang Ji underestimated Zhang Xuanji's determination and love for Xu You. Over the years, he has never really understood his daughter's heart.

Zhang Xuanji calmed down and found the elders and clan members of the Zhang family in Beijing, and wrote a severance book in front of his parents, and cut off all relations with Zhang family. From then on, they did their own things and were never involved. To this point, Zhang Ji was discouraged and did not want to recognize his daughter anymore, so he let her go out of the house.

Zhang Xuanji knelt at the door of Zhang's mansion, kowtowed and bowed nine times, and came to Changganli resolutely.

She didn't know if she would be turned away from Xu You when she hurt Xu You that day. But no matter what, even if she was a slave or a servant, she would accompany Xu You through the last journey of her life, and then she would spend the rest of her life in the green light and yellow scrolls.

But Xu You did not hesitate at all, hugged her into her arms, and said the warmest words, his warm chest as warm as spring as in such a moment!

"This...mystery, I have something to tell you first, don't blame me..."

Xu You opened his mouth and was about to tell Zhang Xuanji that he was just pretending to be injured, but in fact he was not seriously injured. However, before he could speak, Zhang Xuanji stretched out his index finger and gently pressed his mouth.

"I know what you want to say, is it a matter with Wenjun? Before you met me, you were in love with each other, so you should treat each other well. Don't worry that we will have a dispute. If she hadn't been with me in Jinling for many years, I would have been afraid that I would have gone to Qiantang to find you..."

"Ah?" Xu You was completely confused and said, "Do you recognize it?"

"Didn't Wenjun tell you? She wanted me to go to the master of Cui Yuanxiu. At that time, you had just defeated Wei Wuji in Xiliutai in Wuxian, and announced to the world that you were preparing Xuanji Academy and writing the justice of the Five Classics. Among the Five Classics, "Shangshu" is the most questionable. If you want to do justice, you cannot avoid Cui Yuanxiu. But outsiders don't know about Cui's temperament. Everyone who lives in Jinling for a long time knows that I have a good understanding of Shangshu, so she asked me to join Cui's school and study the essence of Cuixue. If you can't use it, at least you don't have to be too embarrassed."

Zhang Xuanji told the story that she and Zhan Wenjun were extremely smart girls, and they didn’t know that this would be to prepare for the two women to serve the same husband. However, Zhang Xuanji had already had the intention of parting at that time. Although he did not tell Zhan Wenjunming, he was willing to do the last thing for Xu You. Otherwise, with her character and knowledge, she would not have to study from Cui Yuanxiu and endure his strange temper.

"I didn't know about you when you arrived in Jinling. I was asking for a tribute everywhere in Guangling County. It was Wenjun who sent Wanqi to report secretly that I got the news that I wanted to come back to ask Master Cui for mercy, but who knew that it would hurt you..."

Xu You's head buzzed. He asked himself that he was not a macho man, but since he was reborn, he has overcome all obstacles and made a living from death. He has worked hard to do everything himself and ended up in person, and rarely let women do anything for him. At this time, he heard how many things the two of them had done for him silently. Although he might not need these things, how can he not be deeply moved by winning others' hearts?

"My secret, I have made you wait for many years, and I have let you down!"

"The two people are happy, but only joy, how can we let each other go?" Zhang Xuanji rubbed his arms like a kitten in Xu You's arms, suddenly bit his lip and said, "Xu Lang, actually, I have something to hide from you, but you are not allowed to be angry with me!" She straightened her waist and covered Xu You's eyes, and said, "You wait for me for a moment, close your eyes, and wait until I say I can open it, okay?"

Xu You didn't know what she was going to do, so he nodded obediently. Anyway, she was happy. It would not be too late to tell her the truth about the injury later.

After about a cup of tea, I heard Zhang Xuanji's clear and shy voice sounding: "Xu Lang, it's OK..."

Xu You slowly opened his eyes and was immediately stuck on the spot. No matter how mysterious the Taoist heart is or how divine it shines on everything, it cannot stop his uncontrollable mouth and his stupid appearance at this moment.
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