Chapter 565: The Ashes of the PastWen Qiao left the Psychic Association and went straight back to De Lane. Anyway, she has already handed over all the big and small matters in the association to Fang Mingyan and Ding Yu to handle, so she can just have some free time. Of course, it is impossible to have absolute leisure time. Wen Qiao sent a message to Nian Chengfu, telling him about paying the association members' salaries. Nian Chengfu responded quickly and told her that he had asked Yan Cheng to arrange the funding for the Psychic Association long before, and that it would be provided by the official Dixing government. If Xinhexing needed the Psychic Association, then there would be a different price. Wen Qiao gave Nian Chengfu a thumbs-up in response. It turns out that Gao is still Nian Chengfu Gao, and he has taken many things into consideration. After the association's funding issue was settled, Wen Qiao logged into the author's website of Zhi Kaimo Lu and started writing with peace of mind. This time, I wrote "The Ashes of the Past", with Xu Xinghe as the male protagonist and Song Jiaojiao as the female protagonist, and it tells the story of their love, hatred and grudges. The incident happened in a place called the Continent of Rebirth. That continent is home to many immortal sects and is also a place where mountain spirits and ghosts are likely to appear. The eight major sects in the Rebirth Continent are: Zhou, Qian, Shangguan, Song, Xu, Han, Kong, and Murong. Among them, Zhou, Qian, Shangguan, and Han are located in Shanghuaizhou; Song, Xu, Kong, and Murong are located in Xiahuaizhou.
The four families have close contacts. Among them, the sixth daughter of the Song family and the eldest son of the Xu family have been friends since childhood. The two families even arranged an engagement for the two since they were young, and only waited to hold a wedding for them when they grew up. Song Jiaojiao and Xu Xinghe can be said to be childhood sweethearts and have a very good relationship. However, as they grow older, Song Jiaojiao is still the lively, cheerful, daring, open-minded and much-loved sixth daughter of the Song family; while Xu Xinghe is no longer the gentle and elegant eldest son of the Xu family who always puts Song Jiaojiao first when he was a child. Instead, he has become taciturn and cold-hearted. Song Jiaojiao only thought that Xu Xinghe was like this because he had grown up and become mature. It was not until Xu Xinghe went out for experience and brought back a woman that Song Jiaojiao discovered that Xu Xinghe could also be gentle. Song Jiaojiao was not a spoiled and willful person. Knowing that Xu Xinghe's heart was not with her, she thought about canceling the engagement. However, Song's father did not care. He said, "It was the parents' order and the matchmaker's words. The engagement between the two families was obvious to all. If we cancel it now, others will laugh at the Song family." Although all the brothers and sisters of the Song family doted on Song Jiaojiao, once it came to the Song family's reputation, they would not allow Song Jiaojiao to be willful. The Song family even told Song Jiaojiao: "That woman is just an ordinary person, and Xu Xinghe, the eldest son of the Xu family, is the next head of the family. His wife will definitely be a fairy, so that woman is nothing to be afraid of." Everyone in the Song family told Song Jiaojiao that all she had to do was stay at home and prepare for her marriage. The attitude of the Song family could not help but make Song Jiaojiao feel hopeful. She had liked Xu Xinghe for so many years and did not want to give up just like that. Coupled with what Song's mother said to her at the time, she said that as long as she married him, time would prove everything, which made Song Jiaojiao's expectations magnified little by little. Someone from the Xu family came to discuss the wedding date, and then Song Jiaojiao prepared to get married at home. During the period of waiting to get married, Song Jiaojiao heard that Xu Xinghe was going to betray the family for the woman he brought back, and her heart was worried, but later, for some reason, Xu Xinghe returned to the Xu family and accepted the marriage proposal. When Song Jiaojiao met Xu Xinghe, they were still in the bridal chamber. At that time, Xu Xinghe had not even taken off his veil when he sent her four personal servants to the utility room for poor service. The maids around her were replaced by Xu Xinghe's people. Song Jiaojiao wanted to win back her maids, but ended up hearing Xu Xinghe's cold and ruthless words. "Song Jiaojiao, since you want to be my wife, you must have the awareness of being my wife. From now on, you should never go back to the Song family..." Although Song Jiaojiao was very much loved, she was not confused. Just by changing the maid, Song Jiaojiao knew what Xu Xinghe was planning. Xu Xinghe placed Song Jiaojiao under house arrest. He probably realized that Song Jiaojiao was not favored and most of the maids in the mansion neglected her. Among the four maids assigned to her by Xu Xinghe, only the kind-hearted Zhu Ya would take care of her out of pity. The other maids would only take advantage of the fact that no one was around to order Song Jiaojiao around as a maid. If Song Jiaojiao resisted a little, she would get the reputation of abusing servants and being spoiled and willful. After a long time, Xu Xinghe had someone seal her cultivation. Song Jiaojiao suffered a lot in the Xu family. The head of the Xu family was busy, so only Xu Xinghe's mother, Mrs. Xu, would talk to her. However, every time they discussed life, Song Jiaojiao would be sent away by Xu Xinghe, and sometimes it was Mrs. Xu who was sent away. Song Jiaojiao was isolated and helpless in the Xu family. Suddenly, a large group of people from the Xu family came to Song Jiaojiao, who was under house arrest in the yard. They found all kinds of poisons under Song Jiaojiao's bed, one of which caused the head of the Xu family to die suddenly. The head of the Xu family died suddenly. The poison was found in Song Jiaojiao's room. Song Jiaojiao was speechless. Facing Xu Xinghe's cold eyes, Song Jiaojiao felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave. Xu Xinghe said to her, "I thought you were willful, but I didn't expect you to be so cruel. Song Jiaojiao, that's my father. How could you...how could you..." At that time, Song Jiaojiao was completely imprisoned. Because of the death of the head of the Xu family, Mrs. Xu became indifferent, and her health even deteriorated due to grief over the death of the head of the Xu family. Song Jiaojiao became the target of everyone's bullying in the Song family. She heard the servants' gossip that because she poisoned the head of the Xu family, the Xu family and the Song family had a complete falling out, and changes also happened in the Song family. Song Jiaojiao has five brothers. The fifth brother was infected by the resentment when he was helping people get rid of it and almost slaughtered the villagers. Fortunately, Xu Xinghe, the new head of the Xu family, arrived in time and killed him, otherwise the village would have been slaughtered by the fifth brother Song. This incident dealt a heavy blow to the Song family, and also made the Xu family prosperous in Huaixiazhou. Less than seven days after the death of the fifth brother Song, the third brother Song was dragged into the water and drowned while helping someone catch a water ghost.
After hearing the news, Song Jiaojiao struggled desperately to find Xu Xinghe. It was a funeral in the Song family, and as a younger sister, she had to go and see it no matter what. She made a fuss every day and was almost beaten to death by the servants of the Xu family. Probably because she couldn't die yet, after she was beaten, someone came to treat her, but the maid who took care of her was just slacking off, which made Song Jiaojiao's health get worse and worse. The next time I saw Xu Xinghe was half a month later. The Xu family was decorating their homes and preparing to welcome the new wife into the house. At that time, Xu Xinghe was busy arranging the wedding in the study. When he saw Song Jiaojiao, Xu Xinghe's calm eyes trembled obviously, but soon disappeared. When he heard that Song Jiaojiao wanted to go back to the Song family, Xu Xinghe just sneered: "You always wanted to marry into the Xu family. Now that you have achieved your wish, why do you still want to go back to the Song family... Besides, Song Jiaojiao, you killed my father, do you think I will let you go?" Perhaps he was angry, Xu Xinghe swept the inkstone off the table and it hit Song Jiaojiao on the head, splashing ink all over her. Song Jiaojiao's head was bleeding, and she felt a chill all over her body because of Xu Xinghe's attitude.