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Chapter 361 Yin Peach Blossom (New Content)
"I was just worried about Yan Xun's health. How did you make me sound like the villain?" Lou Yanchuan retorted calmly. "It's Yan Xun's first time entering the ancestral hall and meeting that person. If he's weak and accidentally faints inside, we should inform the master as soon as possible so that Yan Xun can be saved quickly."
"How come you make such a nice ancestral hall sound like a den of dragons and tigers?" Gao Wen asked.
"Reporting to Your Excellency, I believe Lou Yanchuan was extremely disrespectful to that official. I hope Your Excellency will severely punish Lou Yanchuan!" Gao Wen immediately raised his hand and said.
"I'm just worried that some wandering ghosts might sneak into the ancestral hall while that sir is away and enjoy the Gao family's offerings." Lou Yanchuan then asked, "Who is this thief you're talking about, sir?"
"How could thieves break into the Gao family's ancestral hall?"
"Could he be an inside man?"
Mr. Gao did not answer directly, only saying that he would have someone investigate.
He made an excuse to get the group to leave the ancestral hall, and only after everyone was standing in the courtyard did he close the ancestral hall's doors.
Master Gao also came and went in a hurry. After dealing with the matters of the ancestral hall, he left the ancestral hall with his servants. Before leaving, he glanced at Gao Wen and Lou Yanchuan and told them to behave themselves.
After saying that, Master Gao coughed violently again, looking as if he was about to cough up his lungs.
Gao Wen reluctantly agreed, while Lou Yanchuan lowered his head to indicate that he knew he was wrong.
Seeing this, Master Gao left.
Once he was sure that Master Gao wasn't there, Li Wu looked at Yan Xun and asked, "Did you run into someone in the ancestral hall?"
Gao Wen immediately made a "shh" gesture, "Watch out!"
"Walls have ears!"
He glanced meaningfully at Lou Yanchuan, saying, "One should always be wary of others!"
Yan Xun: "..."
"Have you forgotten that they're in the same guild?" he reminded Gao Wen.
Gao Wen immediately looked at Li Wu in shock, with an expression that said, "I didn't expect you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, to be a traitor."
Li Wu had a headache. "I'm starting to regret agreeing to Sun Zhao's request."
He originally thought it was just a casual game, but he didn't expect that he would have to act in it. And acting was one thing, but Lou Yanchuan was also restless and wanted to cause trouble.
He told Gao Wen and Yan Xun, "He and I are definitely not on the same side in this instance."
“Perhaps it’s a smokescreen,” Lou Yanchuan suddenly said.
Yan Xun turned to look at Lou Yanchuan.
"You believe everything Li Wu says?" Lou Yanchuan retorted. "Just because he says he's not on my side, does that mean we're not?"
Li Wu exclaimed, "Are you crazy?"
Yan Xun couldn't help but look at Chi Yuan, who was standing silently to the side.
Chi Yuan gave him a look that was hard to describe.
Yan Xun also gave him a look that said, "Brother, I'm sorry."
"What secret signals are you two exchanging glances with?" Lou Yanchuan noticed the suggestive look in Yan Xun and Chi Yuan's eyes.
"How about we discuss this instance instead?" Chi Yuan couldn't stand Lou Yanchuan turning his fire on him, so he had to change the subject. "The information we received before only said that the things that Master Gao worshipped were in his room."
He pointed disrespectfully to the ancestral hall behind him, "And what's this behind you?"
"Or is the statue enshrined in the ancestral hall a fake?"
"Is the real thing in Master Gao's room?"
Yan Xun also remembered that on the day of the wedding ceremony, Li Wu and others said that the things that Master Gao worshipped were hidden in his room.
But Gao Ruiyun later said that we could come to the ancestral hall to worship that person.
“The background information of the dungeon mentioned something,” Yan Xun said. “Aside from my uncle and aunt, who are greedy and despicable, most decent families wouldn’t marry their children to Master Gao.”
"The reason is that Master Gao is somewhat wicked, and the Gao family was able to prosper because they worshipped something extraordinary."
“We’re only marrying into the family to protect Master Gao from disaster.” Yan Xun thought for a moment. “If that lord hasn’t descended for 30 years, what are the people in the city afraid of? And how can they be so sure that we’re marrying into the family to protect Gao Ruiyun from disaster?”
"Did something happen at the Gao residence that we don't know about, making the people in the city so certain that we're just tools used by Master Gao to shield himself from disaster?"
This group of people.
Gu Jia was found by Gao Ruiyun while fleeing, so she is not a local and it is normal that she does not know about the Gao family.
Sun Zhao was Mr. Gao's classmate who had studied abroad. His family had gone bankrupt, and he was not a local, so he was naturally unaware of the Gao family's inner workings.
Gao Wen was seized, so he had even less say in the matter.
There are only three people who could possibly know the inside story of the Gao family.
One is Li Wu, the first wife of Master Gao, their childhood sweetheart.
One is Chi Yuan, the child of Gao's business partner, who should know some of Gao's secrets.
The last one is Lou Yanchuan, who said he fell in love with Master Gao at first sight, which is why he wanted to marry him... He's either a naive girl or he has ulterior motives. Yanxun prefers to believe the latter.
Yan Xun looked at Lou Yanchuan and asked, "Are you a local? Have you heard any rumors about the Gao family?"
“No,” Lou Yanchuan said. “I fell in love with Master Gao at first sight when I came here for sightseeing.”
Yan Xun: "...Does Master Gao believe that?"
Mr. Gao was not ugly; on the contrary, he was quite handsome. However, he was plagued by illness for many years, and anyone who saw him would think he wouldn't live much longer.
Asking Yan Xun to believe that Lou Yanchuan married Master Gao because he fell in love with him at first sight is indeed a bit difficult for Yan Xun.
“If he didn’t believe me, I wouldn’t be here,” Lou Yanchuan said.
Seeing that Yan Xun seemed eager to get more clues from him, he said to Yan Xun, "How about we exchange information?"
"Tell me what you saw in the ancestral hall."
"I'll tell you about my origins."
Yan Xun nodded thoughtfully.
Seeing this, Lou Yanchuan glanced at Li Wu and the others, "There are too many people here, so come back with me and we'll talk in detail."
Gao Wen immediately became alert, "Brother Yan, think twice!"
"Watch out, he might stab you in the back!"
Yan Xun knew Lou Yanchuan's strength and that if he truly wanted to clear the level, there was no need for him to play along with their act. Therefore, he shook his head at Gao Wen.
"It's okay, I believe him."
Upon hearing this, Gao Wen immediately showed a pained expression, thinking that his good older brother had been bewitched by a male fox!
Thinking of this, Gao Wen immediately opened the live stream, hoping to see if the viewers in the chat could give him some advice, but he found that the chat was full of things he couldn't understand.
[Heh, this person might not stab you in the back, but whether they'll do something else is another matter.]
[Give up, you can't beat the male fox (hands behind his back)]
[Waaaaah, go tell Yan Xun to be careful Lou Yan Chuan might cause some trouble!]
Gawain: "...?"
What does it mean?
He couldn't help but ask his system in his head, "Should I tell Yan Xun?"
"If you don't want to die, then don't say anything." The system said ruthlessly.
"?" Gao Wen was shocked. "Lou Yanchuan is so ruthless? He'll kill me to silence me just for giving him a warning?"
[...] Gawain's system remained silent for three seconds, then said, "You can understand it this way."
Gao Wen was even more unwilling to accept this.
He glanced at the smiling Lou Yanchuan, but then felt that saying "You should manage your president" to Li Wu would sound like a primary school student tattling, so he could only dawdle as he approached Yan Xun.
"Bro, the chat in my live stream asked me to pass on a message to you."
Yan Xun: "...Huh?"
Is there anything important that needs to be entrusted to Gawain?
A sudden sense of foreboding washed over him, and then he saw Gawain declare with a death-defying resolve—
"They told me to tell you not to worry about Lou Yanchuan stabbing you in the back, but to be careful that Lou Yanchuan might stab you in another way."
Yan Xun: "..."
Gao Wen was still worried, so he warned Yan Xun, "Be careful he doesn't use props to ambush you."
Yan Xun was speechless, especially since Gao Wen looked serious, as if he was genuinely afraid that Lou Yanchuan would use a prop against him.
He could only warn in the live stream—
[Host: You are not allowed to harm teenagers in other people's live streams.]
[Yes, Your Majesty. Receiving your message.]
[Ugh, it's because His Majesty doesn't read our comments.]
【I'm going to cause trouble! What's so good about this brat??】
[The commenters above still lack the skill to discern the Emperor's intentions! His Majesty prefers this kind of innocent, straightforward young man~]
……
Lou Yanchuan's courtyard was some distance away from Li Wu and the others.
There were many things in the room. After dismissing the maids, he invited Yan Xun to sit down.
“I suspect that Gao Ruiyun has married other people besides the seven of us,” Lou Yanchuan said without any preamble.
Although Yan Xun had guessed the same thing, he was still curious, "How did you know?"
“The background information you received is one aspect, but more importantly…” Lou Yanchuan said slowly, “I was originally entrusted by someone to come to the Gao family to find someone.”
"Two years ago, in Qingzhu City where I live, someone suddenly left a note and disappeared."
Yan Xun hadn't expected Lou Yanchuan to have this task. "Did he go to see Gao Ruiyun?"
“No.” Lou Yanchuan poured Yan Xun a cup of tea. “The note said that for the past six months, he has often dreamed of an extremely handsome man.”
"This person lives in a large house and seems to be in poor health, having been bedridden for many years."
“The missing person would see him in his dreams every few days. Whenever he saw him, his heart would pound and he would feel a long-lost sense of familiarity.”
"They were talking about love in their dream. The man in the dream looked very clear. He thought that there might not be such a person in reality, so he recalled what he saw in the dream and described the man's appearance."
"The missing person was extremely skilled in painting, and since he would meet that person in his dreams every few days, he was naturally very familiar with his appearance. After the person disappeared, the page revealed this secret, and the family realized that the man in his painting was none other than Master Gao from Wutong City."
Yan Xun clicked his tongue in amazement. "To have a specific face appear in a dream and still remember its appearance, isn't that Yin Tao Hua?"
"Doesn't he know about this kind of thing?"
Generally speaking, there is no need to be alarmed if you dream of romantic scenes, unless you can clearly remember the face of the person you were talking to after waking up.
If you can still remember the time and place the other person mentioned, then definitely don't respond.
"He can't possibly go back to the place that the person in his dream told him about, can he?" Yan Xun asked.
Lou Yanchuan nodded, "Judging from what the pageboy said, it's probably true."
It turns out that the young master of that family met his lover in a dream. Not only did they pledge their lives to each other in the dream, but he also remembered the time and place that the man told him.
He had never heard of Yin Tao Hua before, and considered it a blessing from heaven... but he accidentally let it slip while describing the handsome man's appearance.
The pageboy had heard about Yin Taohua, so he couldn't help but remind his young master.
However, the young master angrily denounced it as feudal thinking and nonsense.
Yan Xun: "...No..."
"He said that wanting to find a partner was a blessing from heaven?" Yan Xun said. "His page said it was a yin peach blossom, so he told him to break free from feudal superstition?"
He couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Awesome."
"He's good at deceiving himself."
"Who told our young master to be such a romantic?" Lou Yanchuan's tone was somewhat sarcastic. "Perhaps the young master was worried that the pageboy would tell his father about this, so he ordered the pageboy not to make a fuss about it."
"His father saw him studying diligently in his study every day and thought he had finally come to his senses and wanted to read the classics," Lou Yanchuan said. "But he never expected that he was just drawing a portrait of his dream lover."
"I have a question," Yan Xun couldn't help but ask, "Is this worldview feudal or not?"
"Why is it that no one finds it strange that Gao Ruiyun married a bunch of men?" Yan Xun wondered. "But judging from your tone, it seems that the young master is afraid to let his father know about his sexual orientation?"
"This is called flexible response to dungeons," Lou Yanchuan said. "In the dungeon, Gao Ruiyun is only set to marry a group of wives to ward off disasters. Male players who enter the dungeon become male wives, and female players who enter the dungeon become female wives."
"It's quite intelligent," Yan Xun remarked.
"So the pageboy really didn't mention this?"
“His life and fortune are in the young master’s hands, how dare he secretly tell others about this?” Lou Yanchuan said. “If the master finds out, at most he will just give the young master a good beating, and the young master will definitely deal with him afterwards.”
"The page probably thought that the young master couldn't be so foolish as to actually go and see some Yin Peach Blossom."
"Young Master probably didn't tell his pageboy the time and place he learned in his dream, just to prevent him from secretly informing him."
"But after Grain Rain, the page noticed that his young master seemed a little absent-minded."
"He was either staring blankly at the man in the painting he had secretly hidden away, or sitting at the table sighing and lamenting, with the book he was holding upside down."
"Until that day, the young master revealed it himself..."
"What did you say?" Yan Xun gestured to Lou Yanchuan to stop keeping him in suspense.
"Guess?" Lou Yanchuan insisted on keeping him in suspense.
"He's saying he's already secretly engaged to that person?" Yan Xun guessed.
"More or less." Lou Yanchuan nodded. "Young Master said that the person told him in a dream that he was originally a celestial being, and only came to the mortal world to see him once..."
"Did he break his body when he descended to the mortal realm, which is why he's bedridden?" Yan Xun retorted.
Lou Yanchuan nodded with a smile, "Exactly."
“…Fine then.” Yan Xun said speechlessly, “You continue.”
"That person told him in the dream that he was destined to be an immortal, but had been trapped in this mortal body for too many years." Lou Yanchuan added, "Now he only wants to see this young master once, to put this matter to rest, and then return to heaven."