Chapter 11 Chapter 10: The Question of the Seven Columns

Qi Que, the unique Qi Que! According to legend, Jian Lingxi's fiancée--the saintess of Youge Qiyu. No wonder everyone has such yearning and blurred eyes when they mention her, such beauty... such extreme beauty... I looked at Chen Fei, his face was pale, without a trace of blood, but between his brows, there was still Very quiet, a deep, deep kind of stillness. A sneer suddenly sounded: "Jian Lingxi, I gave you my life!" This voice is very familiar - it is said one!Has she recovered from her injury? A few silver needles flashed in the dark, but they were covered by peach blossoms and disappeared without a trace.

"You didn't kill him." Qiyu said coldly, "No one can kill him in front of me." "Oh, after all, it's an old lover, and the remaining love is not over." Said a giggle, a very wanton smile.Accompanied by her laughter, the peach blossoms suddenly shattered, and the silver needles reappeared, flying towards Chen Fei again. Qiyu flicked his sleeves lightly, his posture was indescribably elegant and calm.The silver needles immediately fell to the ground. There was resentment in his eyes, and he floated past me like the wind. When he passed in front of Chen Fei, he stopped for a moment, with a sneer on his lips as if admiring his absence, and then quickly disappeared behind the wall.

Her last words came in the wind: "Since you insist on protecting him, then I will give you two precious time to relive your love dreams. Anyway, you won't be able to protect him for long, wow Ha ha ha ha……" What does she mean?What do you mean you won't last long?Did she conclude that the husband would die soon?Just when I was struggling to guess, Qiyu's eyes turned on my face for a turn, and in just that turn, it almost took away my soul.I stared at her blankly, thinking over and over in my heart: How could there be such a beautiful person?How can it be so beautiful?And with such a beauty, how could Mr. Hu be willing to give her up to someone else...

Does she have resentment towards her husband?Although she didn't show it, I just felt that no woman would be willing to be handed over as a gift, let alone such a beautiful face, but lost to friendship, how unwilling. "You are Xiaoxi?" She walked towards me, her eyes were calm as if she didn't exist, and it seemed that it was just an illusion that appeared in my mind, as long as I stretched out my hand, she would disappear. I nodded involuntarily. "Sure enough...it looks like Yixi..." ah?Along the way, everyone, including my husband, said I didn't look like Yixi, but she said I did, and I was confused, "Where do I look like?"

Qiyu lowered his eyes, and said after a while: "You feel very similar to standing next to Lingxi." I stay.Over there, Chen Fei said, "You want to stop me?" Qiyu finally turned his gaze to him and shook his head: "I'm not your opponent, and I don't want to die by your hands." "Then what are the conditions for passing the customs?" "Answer my question, and when you're done answering, I'll let you go." Chen Feimo stood there for a long time, so long that I thought he would not answer, he said one word: "Okay." Qiyu took a pair of small scissors, and while trimming the candle wick, said: "The first question, do you have to see her overnight? No matter what she looks like, you have to see her?"

Chen Fei did not hesitate: "Yes." The first candle goes out.She walked to the second candle and said, "Second question, after seeing her, do you choose to kill her or save her? If you want to save her, Xiaoxi must die." The candlelight reflected on Chen Fei's face, I saw the corners of his eyes twitching, and then said in a deep voice, "Kill her." Mr. still chooses...to protect me...however, why do I feel so heartbroken to cry when I hear such an answer?It was as if some kind of anticipation had suddenly evaporated. Qi Que snuffed out the second candle. If I read correctly, there was a hint of mockery in her eyes. I don't know if she was mocking Mr., Yixi, or herself?

"The third question, how did you kill her?" "Do my best." "What if it can't be killed?" "Unless I die." Two candles hissed out.Looking at the fifth candle, Qiyu said with a dazed expression, "The fifth question is for me to ask you on behalf of Yixi. If she can be resurrected, she will be willing to forgive you and abandon everything to be with you, and never be a demon again." Princess Gong, I will no longer be an enemy of human beings, if that is the case...do you still want to kill her?" I was surprised, and happy again——I figured it out overnight?She is willing to give in?In this way, the conflict between her and her husband is eliminated, and they can be together forever. The lovers will finally get married, a happy ending!

However, Chen Fei twitched the corners of his lips and smiled. This was the first time he smiled when he entered the Seventh Palace. His smile was lighter than the wind and lighter than the clouds, but it seemed to be weighing heavily on my heart. . I heard him say, "It's impossible. Never possible." "Why?" Qi Que and I asked at the same time. "If it was really asked by Yixi, she definitely wasn't Yixi." Chen Fei lowered his eyes and said with certainty, "Yixi would not say such a thing, she will never abandon her responsibility just like me. .I will not die."

I silently chewed the meaning of the words, and felt that there was too much bitterness in it.That's right, Yixi would not do that, let alone ask that... Sixteen years ago, she did not abandon her responsibility as the princess of the Demon Palace, and she will definitely not abandon it sixteen years later. She never succumbed to anything, even fate, even love, even...Jian Lingxi! It is precisely because of her like that that the demons admire and worship her so much. Even though she has been dead for sixteen years, they still refuse to give up any hope of resurrecting her. For a moment, I didn't know whether I respected her, or pity her, or both.

At this time, Qi Que asked her sixth question: "You have to return the Qingjue Sword, which means that you have become Jian Lingxi again, and you can't go back to Lengxiang Tea House. Even if you kill It doesn't matter if the hope of the Demon Palace is shattered overnight, and you can no longer be Chen Fei anymore?" I was shocked, and finally knew what unbearable consequences my previous reckless behavior had caused!I got the trick, I asked my husband to pick up the Qing Jue sword again, and I made him unable to go back to the teahouse and never see Sanniang again, is that right?Will it end like this?

But I don't understand!Why can't Jian Lingxi be Chen Fei, why can't she go back? Chen Fei glanced at me, then at the sword in his hand, and said in a low voice, "I've been responsible for many people throughout my life." "Love others?" Qi Que suddenly smiled and said coldly, "Yes, Jian Lingxi, you have indeed failed too many people in your life, but have you ever thought about why you failed them?" The candlelight in the room flickered at the same time.Standing behind the candle overnight, the shadow set off her robes, her aloofness was boundless: "Although you and I are married by the belly, I have been following you since I was a child, watching you thrive, and watching you look down on the world. My sisters They all envy my good fortune. My future husband is such an outstanding person, but I know very well in my heart that you don’t know how to love, don’t know how to love, and don’t even bother to love! I will only be unlucky if I marry you, so I procrastinate on my marriage. Procrastinate until you get tired of the world of mortals and retire to Nanming at the age of thirty." What?It was Qiyu who refused to marry Jian Lingxi!It turned out that I guessed wrong. I always thought that it was my husband who refused to marry her.However, from the very first moment when I saw her, I felt it vaguely, who in the world could refuse such a beauty? "Because I have a marriage contract with you, but there is no personal relationship, so I gave other women a lot of hope, so Ah You waited and waited and never married for life. She is the first person you betrayed. " Chen Fei staggered back a step. Bi Luo Pipa, the woman who never even showed her face in the rain, she must be in her forties, right?The beauty was wasted, and the sorrow was born, indeed, it was infinitely embarrassing. There was no expression on Qiyu's silent face, and he continued: "You see that Liu Shu is interested in me, so you take the initiative to give in, and frequently create opportunities for me to be alone with him, but you don't know, your so-called generosity is actually so embarrassing. My friend is ashamed! He will owe you this favor for the rest of his life, and he will always be inferior to you, and he will not be equal. So the second person you owe is Liu Shu!" Chen Fei staggered back a step. The green shirt is warm and moist, that man is so unfortunate that he made the best friend in the world.When you are with Mr., others will always see Jian Lingxi first, not him.In the eyes of others, he exists as "Jane Lingxi's friend", not as an independent individual like "Liu Shu".Indeed, it is not very emotional. "You are an elder brother, but you don't care about your sister, which made Jianyin go to the devil's way and became a civet cat; you were a teacher, but you didn't guide his disciples, which made Moli make a big mistake and fell into despair. What you owe The third and fourth people are them!" "No, that's not right!" I couldn't hold back any longer, and couldn't help but refuted aloud, "Those have nothing to do with Mr.! They are going to turn bad themselves, why should they blame Mr. for..." "Xiaoxi!" Chen Fei stopped me.However, I ignored it and continued: "Mr. didn't ask Ayou to wait for her. He just regarded her as a friend from the beginning to the end. It was Ayou who couldn't think about it. Could it be that the husband can force her to marry someone else? You said Mr. I don’t want to marry you, that’s why I gave Ah You hope and fantasy, then when my husband decided to retire to the tea house with San Niang, Ah You should have understood it completely!” This time it was Qi Que's turn to take a step back, looking surprised. "And Liu Shu, can you just watch your friend suffer from love? Don't you want to help him? Why don't you do some things when they can be done? And you didn't end up with Liu Shu Isn’t this how lovers end up getting married? Liu Shu got such a beautiful wife as you, what else can he complain about? He was wrong in the first place, and he fell in love with his friend’s fiancée by mistake!” I broke away from Mr. Come to hold my hand, rushed to Qiyu and said, "The civet worshiped for one night, and she had a heart-to-heart with the twelve seasons. She voluntarily entered the magic palace. It was her own decision, and it was not forced by the husband. Although the husband is Her elder brother, but he has no right to interfere with her choice! As for Mo Li, he made mistakes because of his own selfishness, and since he made a mistake, he must be punished. Could it be that he can evade responsibility just because he said 'Master didn't teach me well'? ? So, you are not fair, what you say is not fair!" After I yelled such a long paragraph in one breath, not only Qi Que was stunned, but even the husband was stunned.The room was very quiet, only the candlelight kept dancing, casting mottled shadows on the ground and walls.Those peculiar combinations of light and shadow are like a kind of taboo. After a long time, Qiyu suddenly smiled, and the smile spread from the tip of her eyebrows to the corners of her eyes, and finally bloomed on her lips: "I said that you are very similar to Yixi, and it is true——Your eyes are firm, righteous and unwilling to admit defeat. It looks exactly like her." "What, what?" I stuttered. "But I'm afraid you don't know yet, right? Even if all the above people really have nothing to do with Jian Lingxi, but Yixi..." She paused intentionally, and my heart shrank, "But it was indeed because of him, leading to destruction." The slender hand pointed at Chen Fei impartially.Chen Fei looked at me, his eyes were as deep as ink, vaguely, he had looked at me like this sixteen years ago. When I drank that mouthful of Jingxi Lake water without realizing it; When I desperately struggled to ask him for help; When I was stopped by the barrier and begged him to look back at me; When I fell to the ground after being struck by the combined swords of Ayou and Qiyu; When I was sealed into the Qing Jue Sword; When I fled from the sword and was overtaken; When I finally cursed the lake to dry up with my wits... Yes, I remembered, at that time, I was no stranger to such eyes. One night, one night, in my previous life, the arrogant, stubborn, capricious and wronged princess of the Demon Palace fell in love with a human man, which eventually led to destruction. However, I don't blame sir, it's not his fault.Yixi, who grew up in the devil world, would not understand the sorrow of human beings, but I, who grew up in the human world, can.What does it mean to do something and what not to do, what is meant by destiny, what is meant by worldly affairs, what is meant by fate and no part... All these things that I didn't understand in the previous life have been understood and answered in this life. So - I don't hold a grudge against sir!will never! "Even if Mister really failed Yixi, it is a matter of one night and has nothing to do with you. You have no right to blame Mr. on her behalf!" I said this sentence slowly, and sure enough, Qiyu's face suddenly changed A trace of anger flashed in her eyes, but she finally shook her head with a wry smile and said, "You're right, I really don't have the right to say the above nonsense, I take it back, sorry." When she said this, I felt embarrassed and scratched my hair in embarrassment. Qiyu walked to the seventh candle and said in a low voice, "After answering the last question, you can pass the test..." Chen Fei suddenly said: "I'm sorry, the last question... I can't answer it." "You haven't heard what I want to ask, so you refuse so definitely?" "I know what you want to ask." Qiyu was silent for a long time, and said after a long time: "It's strange, I know that you can't answer the question I asked, but I can't help but still want to ask it. But if I really ask it, I'm afraid I will look down on myself for the rest of my life." She took a deep breath, turned her fingertips lightly, and found a peach blossom, "Forget it, you can go." Chen Fei finally looked up at her and said, "Thank you." "I don't need you to thank me, and I don't give you any favors. You can pass the test after answering the questions. This is my rule. After you complete this rule, you can pass the palace." The voice returned to the cold as ice and snow , as when we first met, she stood behind the last candle, looking lonely. When I turned around and was about to leave, I seemed to hear a sigh, and when I turned my head to look back, a smile appeared on Qiyu's lips, and then disappeared quickly. Like a sigh. I seem to understand what her last question is. She must want to ask Mr.: "You gave me to your friend, have you ever regretted it?" and Mr. said he couldn't answer, which means that if everything happens again If so, he would still do it. All the seven candles in the room were extinguished, and the blackness was like a curtain, covering the whole room, and covering her in black among the peach petals. In contrast, the eighth hall in front of the door brightened up strongly. Such a bright open space, stepping through the door, you step into another world. The eighth hall of the Nine Temples Demon Palace is actually outside. There is a palace in the distance, white and majestic.The green grass in front of the palace is like a blanket.A man with a broom is sweeping the fallen leaves in front of the steps. Could it be that he is the guardian of the Eighth Temple?