"I don't know about that. I only know that the ancient book is called the Book of Mystic Fairy Liu Ren."
Yu Shu was stunned for a moment, and the next moment, she blurted out, "Book of Mystic Fairy Liu Ren?"
Jing Chen saw her surprised expression, nodded, and asked doubtfully, "Is there something wrong?"
"No," Yu Shu quickly restrained her expression, but frowned and said to him, "Didn't the Liu Ren divine lesson disappear a hundred years ago? Isn't this Book of Mystic Fairy Liu Ren about Liu Ren? "
There were many schools of Yi Xue, and they were first derived from the "three styles". These three styles were Qimen Dunjia, Taiyi divine number, and Liu Ren divine lesson.
Among the three styles, Qimen Dunjia was the most extensive, Taiyi divine number was the most mysterious, and the Great Liu Ren revealed the most secrets of heaven, and even threatened the rule of the emperor. Therefore, as early as a hundred years ago, the imperial court banned the Yi Xue families from learning or using the Liu Ren divine lesson for divination, and destroyed a large number of secret books and articles. As a result, a hundred years later, the three styles became two styles, and the Great Liu Ren was lost.
Yu Shu didn't know what was recorded in the Book of Mystic Fairy Liu Ren, but Taoist Qing Zheng solemnly entrusted her to find and destroy it.
Now that she knew that the book Qing Zheng asked her to find turned out to be the origin of the Great Calamity and the Life Breaker, and played a decisive role in the whole thing that happened to her, how could she not be surprised?
"I'm not very sure about that," Jing Chen couldn't continue to answer Yu Shu's doubts, because he had only heard Zhu Muzhao mention it twice, and had never seen this ancient book with his own eyes.
"Not sure?" Yu Shu narrowed her eyes and suddenly asked, "If that's the case, you haven't seen what's written on it?"
"… No."
Yu Shu sneered and said aggressively, "Then why do you want me to believe that everything you say is true? The Great Calamity, the method of breaking one's life, it sounds true, but in the end, everyone has their own mouth, whatever they say is true. You're easy to fool, but I'm not easy to fool.
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Jing Chen opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. He wanted to convince Yu Shu that what he said was true, but even he couldn't help but have some doubts at this moment — what was written in the "Book of Mystic Fairy's Six Rens"?
When Yu Shu saw that Jing Chen had lost his confidence, her eyes flashed. She stood up from the ground and mocked,
"Wait until you've read the book with your own eyes, then tell me about it."
After saying that, she turned around and left. Jing Chen snapped back to his senses and hurriedly stepped on his shoes, catching up with her at the entrance of the teahouse.
"I'll see you off."
Yu Shu glanced back at him and walked down the stone steps. Her mind was now filled with thoughts on how to get the Book of Mysterious Fairy Six Rens into her hands. She did not have any extra thoughts to be mean to Jing Chen. If he wanted to give it to her, then let him give it to her. Anyway, she did not need to care about him.
Therefore, Jing Chen walked beside Yu Shu, half a step behind her. The two of them walked out of the garden one after another.
It was almost noon, and they did not meet anyone along the way. Jing Chen did not take the initiative to talk to Yu Shu. He just turned his head to look at her from time to time, thinking about Yu Shu's last words.
They walked all the way to the entrance of the library before Jing Chen called out to her again.
"Xiaoyu."
Yu Shu stopped and turned her head to see what he was going to say.
"Don't worry," Jing Chen looked up at the corner of the street and lowered his voice, "I'll figure it out first."
Yu Shu raised her eyebrows. When she saw the details on his face, she remembered that there would be people following her when she left the library. She guessed that Jing Chen had told her so many secrets and secrets without permission. He was also afraid that the person above would find out and harm her. His mood was a little complicated.
"I'm leaving."
In the end, she said goodbye faintly and walked to the shady place under the teahouse across the street, waiting for Liu Zhong's carriage to pick her up.
However, Jing Chen did not turn back. Instead, he stood at the entrance of the library, motionless under the scorching sun, until he saw her get on the carriage and leave.
And this scene was seen by a figure in the teahouse.
Yu Shu went to the Wangji Tower. She had gained a lot from meeting Jing Chen today. She needed a quiet and undisturbed place to properly reflect on what she had learned today.
However, she did not expect that Xue Rui would also be there.
"Hey, why do you still have time to come here?"
Xue Rui had just changed his clothes and came out of the bedroom. He saw Yu Shu and heard her doubts, so he smiled at her.
"Why not? I don't have any official duties with me. I only need to go to the yamen for a few days. There's nothing else."
Yu Shu blinked and asked him, "Have you found out about the tenth princess's horoscope?"
Xue Rui shook his head.
"Then why don't you go and find out? What are you doing here?"
Xue Rui couldn't help but laugh, and now he understood what she was bewildered about. So he walked forward and casually closed the two doors behind her, and then he held her warm little hand and brought her to sit on the old yellow pear wood couch that was newly changed, and then he placed a bowl of longan plum soup that had been poured on the tea table into her hand.
"One thing is another. I can ask others to do the task of inquiring about the news, but I can't ask others to do it for you."
The weather was scorching hot, and Yu Shu was drinking the warm and cool plum soup. When she heard him speak like this, it was as if a pot of perfectly cold icy spring had been poured into her heart, and it was extremely comfortable. She was still worried about Xue Rui's romantic calamity last night, and she actually wasn't overly suspicious now.
She looked up at Xue Rui's clear eyebrows, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile. She snorted, "Just pick something nice to listen to. I have nothing to do with you, but you and someone else will have something to do soon."
Xue Rui heard that there was a hidden meaning in her words, so he sat up straight and put on an appearance of listening attentively, "Oh, why do you say this?"
Yu Shu drank a mouthful of sweet and sour plum soup and sucked a cored longan in her mouth. As she chewed, she said,
"Guess what Princess Xi Wen wants from you."
"You mean Xi Wen?" Frowning his brows, Xue Rui replied, "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but she's been pampered since she was born, and everything goes according to her wishes. I really can't think of anything that she would ask of me that I can help her with but no one else can."
Yu Shu glanced at his face with a faint smile, "You really can't think of it? I don't believe that you don't know what she has in mind for you. Think about it again. "
Xue Rui's eyelids twitched, as if he had grasped something. His eyes flickered a few times, and he slowly tightened his face.
"It's the Gentlemen's Banquet of Hibiscus?"
Yu Shu couldn't help but praise him for his intelligence. As a teacher, she had her own methods of seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster. Xue Rui was just a scholar, and he could rely on his brain to deduce all kinds of things. In terms of scheming, she didn't think she was any worse than him, but in terms of brains, she was slightly inferior.
"Yesterday, I divined for you, and on the 6th of June, there will be a disaster of love on you. After thinking about it, only Princess Xi Wen is the cause of this disaster. The so-called disaster of love refers to an undesirable marriage. There is a rule at the Gentlemen's Banquet of Hibiscus. She is 80% sure that she will get the Golden Jade Hibiscus, so she will threaten you first, and then she will take the opportunity to propose conditions for you to accept. It all depends on whether you fall into the trap or not. "
Xue Rui's face darkened. He didn't think about this before because he didn't think that Xi Wen would be so daring.
"You don't know, but a few months ago, Prince of Dongjing, who is guarding the north, sent a letter to the capital to ask for a noble girl. His Majesty has the intention of marrying Xi Wen far away to appease the northeast. He also leaked this information to the Prince of Xiang, so Xi Wen must have heard about it. This marriage is most likely set."
The more Xue Rui thought about it, the more certain he became. Xi Wen had this idea to avoid marrying far away, so his expression became worse.
Yu Shu was stunned when she heard this. She didn't think that there would be such a plot. That Xi Wen was really daring. She clearly knew the Emperor's intentions, but still dared to scheme. Wasn't this indirectly defying the imperial edict!?
After a short moment of surprise, she thought of herself and couldn't help but laugh at herself. What she was doing now, wasn't it the same as going against the Emperor? And compared to Xi Wen's rebellion, the situation was much more serious.
Her thoughts changed, and she looked at Xue Rui. With a bit of a tentative mood, she asked him,
"She implicated you like this, are you angry with her?"
Xue Rui also didn't notice Yu Shu's strange expression at this time. He frowned and said, "She dared to do this because she wanted to drag me into the water. I used to accommodate her like Jin Xun, I really don't know when she became so selfish and hateful."
His words were originally directed at Xi Wen, but in Yu Shu's ears, it somehow had a different meaning. It seemed like he was blaming her for dragging him into this storm because she was unwilling to submit to her fate.
"I'm sorry." An apology came out from her mouth.
"What?" Xue Rui turned his head to look at her. He didn't hear what she said just now.
Yu Shu squeezed out a smile at him and said, "I also feel that she is hateful. She doesn't want to follow other people's arrangements, but wants to make things difficult for you."
But Xue Rui wasn't so easy to fool. He stared at her for a moment, and no one knew what he was thinking in his dark eyes. He suddenly said,
"Then do you think I'm hateful? Three years ago, I also schemed against His Majesty for my own selfishness. In order to become the princess's son-in-law and also to get rid of my official career, I dared to plot against His Majesty's arranged marriage. In the end, Tenth Princess died and Jinxun was also implicated. At that time, I didn't think that Tenth Princess would be in any trouble.
Yu Shu didn't expect him to change to this topic. But seeing the strong self-mockery on his face, it was clear that he couldn't let go of the past. After a short silence, she took the initiative to press the back of his hand and said,
"To be honest, you were a little selfish at that time, but you are different from Xi Wen. She clearly knew how much trouble it would bring you, but she still did it knowingly. But you didn't expect that someone would dare to harm the Princess, so the ignorant are not guilty. I … don't think you are hateful."
Because she was also a selfish person. She would only think for herself first.
Xue Rui's eyes softened because her words warmed his heart. The next moment, he turned his wrist and wrapped his big hand around her slender palm. He put it on his knee and asked in a low voice,
"Ah Shu, tell me honestly, are you hiding something from me?"
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