After rest and recuperation, Tianhong Temple is no longer as magnificent as before. However, although the courtyard has been reduced a lot, the atmosphere is much more solemn than before. In the magnificent morning glow, the temple reflected in the trees, the pale yellow courtyard walls and the blue-gray palace ridges look particularly quiet, like a silhouette floating above the floating clouds.

Xu Ziming stood on the steps outside the hall, waiting for Cheng Muyou and Jiang Xixi who were entering to worship the tablets. A heavy bell sound came from his ears, which made a small crack in his already uneasy mood: Cheng Muyou was going to set up a few tablets for his family in the temple today, but he refused. Jiang Xixi's father was killed by the Liao soldiers. Although this matter had nothing to do with him, he was bleeding from the Liao people after all, so he was unwilling to put his family's spiritual position next to him, so he found a reason to evade. However, along the way, seeing Jiang Xixi's face miserable, he was still sad. He always felt that he could not hold on to her, but he did not dare to tell the truth. So he was nervous all the way and did not find a reason to comfort himself.

At this moment, he sighed to the sky and rubbed the soles of his shoes hard on the steps. The anxiety and irritability in his heart were temporarily unable to relieve it.

Just as she sighed, her feet kicked the leg of a pilgrim who was climbing the stairs. The woman screamed softly, and her body was unstable and she wanted to fall backwards. Fortunately, Xu Ziming was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and grabbed her arm at once. Otherwise, she should have come up and rolled down from now.

Xu Ziming was shocked by the accident and sweated. He hurriedly let go and said loudly, "Miss, I'm really sorry. I was accidentally, and almost caused a disaster."

The woman with pearl hairpins didn't say anything, and stared at Xu Ziming coldly with her arms in her arms. The little maid behind her walked up and spat on Xu Ziming's face, "You know you almost caused a disaster. If my girl really fell down, you can't afford to lose all your lives."

When Xu Ziming heard her speak, he secretly glanced at the woman from the corner of her eyes. She saw that she was wearing a dark gold tulle skirt, a water-green silk jacket, a silver leaf jade hairpin on her head, a thousand-bead gold bond, and a pair of red sandalwood crystal jade bracelets on her wrists. She looked luxurious and beautiful, and she was definitely not an ordinary woman.

He has been wandering for half his life and has long developed a character of following the rules and keeping his composure. He can avoid everything if he can, and never cause trouble. So today when encountering such a change, his first thought was to apologize, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's Xu who was careless. I'd also ask the girl not to remember the villain's past. I must forgive me this time."

The little maid smiled coldly, "Forgive me? My lady is a precious lady. How could you just say an apology?"

Xu Ziming felt nervous, "Then what should I do so that the girl can stop getting angry?"

The little maid smiled again and pointed her finger down, "Miss's upper is dirty. If you kneel down and wipe my lady's shoes clean. My lady is generous and may spare you."

Xu Ziming was shocked, struggled for a few times, but finally pursed his lips and whispered, "There is gold under the knees of a man. How can I kneel to a girl who is not a relative or a good person?"

The little maid snorted, "Do you know who my lady is? It is your blessing to be able to kneel down. But if you don't kneel today, it will make my lady feel unhappy, and you will feel better in the future."

These few words touched Xu Ziming's pain point. He was afraid that something would make a big deal and would reveal his identity as a Liao person. This is nothing. The most important thing is that he settled in Xin'an under the protection of Cheng Muyou. If his identity was exposed, it might affect Cheng Muyou. This is what he cares about the most. Cheng Muyou is his savior, and he would rather die than implicate him.

Thinking of this, Xu Ziming rolled his throat a few times, and finally made up his mind to kneel down with a bent knee.

When he said that, Jiang Xixi rushed down from the steps in three or five steps, grabbed his arm, pulled him up hard, and said in surprise, "Brother Xu, what are you doing? Why should you kneel down at them?"

"He almost tripped my lady. Could it be that he would be wronged when he kneels down?" The little maid approached Jiang Xixi's face with her claws and almost poked her fingers into her face.

However, before she finished speaking, she was pushed away by the person behind. The girl who had not spoken before walked up from behind, looked at Jiang Xixi, and said coldly, "Who are you, why are you wearing official uniforms?"

Seeing that her eyes seemed to be on her head, Jiang Xixi went up to her without any wits, "I am a yamen runner of Xin'an Mansion. This elder brother Xu is also from our Xin'an Mansion. Although he tripped the girl, he must be unintentional. Why should the girl be unreasonable? It's so difficult to be so powerful."

Hearing Jiang Xixi's words, the woman snorted coldly in her nose, "This world has changed. A little yamen runner dares to speak loudly in front of me now."

Although her voice was small, there was a very obvious contempt inside. Jiang Xixi was so angry that she was about to fight back, but she heard Cheng Muyou's voice coming from behind, "This world has always been like this. Girl, you are afraid that you are confined by your own shallowness and ignorance, and you lack the most basic understanding of human nature."

The woman was stunned. She looked at Cheng Muyou who was slowly walking down the steps, and sneered again on the corner of her mouth, "She is a yamen runner of Xin'an Mansion. No matter how big your official position is, she is just a county magistrate of Xin'an Mansion. Do you know who my father is? How dare you contradict me like this?"

Cheng Muyou smiled pursed his lips, "I don't know and don't want to know who Ling Zun is, but he has raised such a willful daughter. I believe there is nothing else to be desired except for being a big official," he continued to say, "If the girl is dissatisfied with what she is doing today, she can come to Xin'an Mansion with Ling Zun to find me. I will give you an explanation at that time. Xin'an Mansion is busy, and we have to rush back. I'm sorry, I won't be with you."

After saying that, he ignored the little maid who followed behind and shouted, waved his hands gently at Jiang Xixi and Xu Ziming, and leisurely climbed down the stairs without even turning his head back.

***

It was not until he walked out of the gate of Tianhong Temple that Xu Ziming walked to Cheng Muyou in a panic and said to him timidly, "Sir, that girl looks quite big. You have offended her for me now. If she pursues her in the future, what should she do?"

Cheng Muyou looked at him and said loudly, "What did she pursue? If you think you have dirty her embroidered shoes, you will compensate her for a pair. If the money is not enough, I will lend you and use your monthly silver to credit first."

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