Qizhou

As evening approached, Xu Wenzhi declined the invitation to stay for dinner, saying that the family still had a lot of work to do in the Ministry of Rites and had to go back first.

Even if the new Shangshu came to the throne, the Minister of Rites would still be the busiest.He Qizhou and Ci Nian stood at the door, watching his back slowly going away, feeling uncomfortable in their hearts.After he even turned the elongated shadow around the street corner, Ci Nian gently closed the door, and said softly: "Master...why did you suddenly take him to find Miss Rong Yuan?"

He Qizhou sighed: "If you don't go, I'm afraid there will be no chance."

When Ci Nian heard it, he quickly closed the door, and said in a daze, "What do you mean? Why is there no chance..."

He Qizhou shook his head, and forced a smile again: "There are too many predestined and irrelevant things in this world, I shouldn't care about it. I just feel that he... really shouldn't just miss it, so I'm in a hurry..."

"But you haven't told me why there will be no chance in the future." Ci Nian said, "I will keep it a secret, and I will not tell anyone."

"Because..." He Qizhou lowered his eyes, "Because Miss Rongyuan has been spotted by a person whose status is much higher than Brother Xu's."

Ci Nian frowned: "So what? If he falls in love with a girl, does she have to be with him?"

He Qizhou nodded heavily: "It must."

"Why?" Ci Nian blurted out, "Could it be that the person who fell in love with her is Huang..."

Before this sentence was finished, Ci Nian opened his eyes wide as if he had just woken up from a dream.When He Qizhou came back from the palace, he was unhappy as soon as he entered the door. When Xu Wenzhi mentioned the spring outing, he immediately asked the cowardly and inferior servant to express his feelings... Is the person who took a fancy to Rongyuan really the emperor? !Resigning from a difficult situation, he took off his bamboo hat and scratched his head: "Then what should I do..."

He Qizhou shook his head: "I don't know."

This is the first time I heard "I don't know" from He Qizhou's mouth. If the Taoist leader says he doesn't know, then there is really no solution to this matter...

Resigning Nian anxiously said: "But he reconciled with the girl only on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, so he sent the bracelet away!"

He Qizhou remained silent.

Resigning Nian said again: "They have only reconciled for more than a month, and these two months have not arrived... He said just now that he wanted to marry her, and wanted to give her happiness for the rest of his life. About this... Miss Rongyuan knows Does Master Xu know?"

He Qizhou was silent for a while, then sighed again: "I don't know."

I don't know, whether it's He Qizhou who doesn't know, or the two of them don't know... Ci Nian doesn't want to see the tragedies in the excerpts, those idiotic men and women are trapped by love, but in the end they have to be trapped by reality, miserably, this is his last nasty.The little fox drooped his ears, and even drooped his eyebrows and eyes. He sighed: "But if Mr. Xu really doesn't know anything, should we tell him about it?"

"do not know……"

The atmosphere fell to the bottom for a while.As a friend, He Qizhou shouldn't hide anything from Xu Wenzhi.But just because he is a friend, he doesn't want to see a young man who has just come out of the trough in his official career be thrown into the vortex of losing his love.But what can he do... Tell him, he will be lost, painful, and even resentful.Don't tell him... His little girl will enter the palace before Qingming at the latest.

Relying on Taifu Tan's momentum and status, as well as the emperor's blue eyes, she will be like a fish in water within the palace walls, be favored by thousands of people, and her family will flourish together.

Will she still remember the shy scholar she met when she looked back under the flower tree?

"Either...or..." Ci Nian thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of a useful method, he said anxiously, "Or I will cast a spell, and I will make Miss Rongyuan look not so good, or ...to make the emperor dislike her! In this way, she doesn't have to enter the palace, and she can be with Master Xu!"

"Farewell to the year..." He Qizhou comforted the anxious little fox, and said in a gentle voice, "Calm down..."

"But Mr. Xu is your friend. He is already very pitiful, and he can't lose Miss Rongyuan anymore... Besides, if the girl likes him and enters the palace like this, won't she be sad, the palace wall is so high , she might not be able to get out for the rest of her life...we..."

Having said that, He Qizhou's downcast eyes suddenly lifted up, and he looked at the little fox who was so anxious that his fur was about to explode, and said softly, "You're right..."

Ci Nian said: "Of course I'm right! I'm hundreds of years older than you! We have to steal the girl out..."

He Qizhou shook his head: "No, it's not this..."

"Ah?" Ci Nian's urgent speech was interrupted by his two words without beginning and end. The young man raised his dark green eyes and fixedly looked into He Qizhou's eyes. After a while of silence, he actually understood the meaning of He Qizhou's words the meaning of.Ci Nian frowned, and tentatively asked: "Wouldn't she...wouldn't be sad?"

He Qizhou nodded and said in a low voice, "Will she really be sad?"

Will she really be sad?

No matter how they guessed, all of this was just Xu Wenzhi's reluctance, Xu Wenzhi's nostalgia.It was Xu Wenzhi who held that girl on top of his heart, wishing to dedicate everything he had to her.But no one seems to have asked what Rong Yuan meant.Was it forced by her family to enter the palace this time, or did she go willingly?Xu Wenzhi didn't dare to go, because apart from timidity and inferiority, he might also be uneasy about this relationship.

Is she really willing to spend the rest of her life with him and entrust her happiness in this life to him?

Ci Nian faltered and said: "But... But Master Xu likes her so much, Master Xu treats her so well..."

"But the feelings in this world are never fair." He Qizhou said, "There is a fate without a relationship, or things that can't be rewarded in exchange for all your heart. It's not just in dramas. How many idiots complain that women can't ask for it. It's too normal for black hair to turn into white hair..."

"Then we..." Ci Nian's eyes rolled around and around, and he finally made up his mind, "Let's ask her!"

"But we don't know..."

"I'll ask the birds, they'll tell me!" Ci Nian said, "If Miss Rongyuan didn't mean it, then we don't have to dig into the corner to solve this situation. If she didn't want to, we'll think about it later." Another way."

He Qizhou thought for a long time, and finally nodded: "Just do as you say."

With the approval of the resignation year, he retreated to the center of the courtyard, and the four walls surrounded the square-like sky. The sun had already set, and the sky was covered with deep purple. Not to be outdone, the scattered stars gradually shone with faint light.He tiptoed, soared up into the air, and stood firmly on the roof of the main house.He Qizhou stood up in the yard, raised his head, looked at the twiddling fingers and called the birds to bid farewell to the year, as if he was watching a god who was about to be submerged in the colorful clouds.

A few sporadic black spots flew from afar, and the sound of flapping wings was like turning the pages of a book, very light.The scissors-like tail cut the breeze, and it was the swallow.Several spring swallows flew into the yard, and after a few circles, they landed firmly on Ci Nian's hand, one after another, lined up, and chirped.It's very cute to talk to them in the past year, you "chirp" over, and I "chirp" over.

After a while, the swallows dispersed, and Ci Nian fell back to the ground steadily. He Qizhou was afraid that he would fall, so he took a few steps forward to meet him, and caught him in his arms.

Ci Nian said: "I know where she lives, and I also know that Zhang's residence has a back door."

"We don't need to go through the back door." He Qizhou said, "If Qin Tianjian wants to see anyone, just go through the front door. It's getting late now, and it's not convenient to go again. Let's go when the court is over tomorrow. That's it." That’s all we can do to help.”

It rained all night in spring, but it brought a clear sky for the next morning.

Ci Nian, who always slept until the sun was up, got up early. He Qizhou laughed that he was not so diligent even during the New Year. The two argued for a while, and then changed into their clothes as planned, and prepared to go out.After all, Rong Yuan's father, Mr. Zhang, did not go to court, so it is not appropriate to go to someone's house to find anyone.He Qizhou specially prepared a Confucian hat for him, which can hide his ears and fit his role as a character.

Following the clues of Yanzi yesterday, the two walked around a few streets and alleys to Zhang's mansion.

"Remember what we said yesterday?" He Qizhou reminded.

Ci Nian nodded: "Remember, you talked to Mr. Zhang in the front yard. You said that you watched the sky at night and found that there was turbidity in the sky above Zhang's mansion, so you came to see it specially, and went around the back yard as much as possible. When I got to the back yard, I will find a chance to go. Get close to Miss Rongyuan, identify yourself with her, and explain everything you want to say clearly."

"I have a good memory." He Qizhou smiled, "Don't be nervous for a while, just say you are an attendant."

"Ah."

Zhang's mansion is not far away, but after going around a few alleys, it is almost there.He Qizhou came up with a plan and said, "It's not appropriate for us to go so empty-handed."

Ci Nian said: "Do you want to buy something? I see that some dim sum shops have opened on the street, why don't you buy some dim sum?"

Together, the two decided to bring some snacks over. After all, it was unreasonable to visit empty-handed. Although Mr. Zhang had a high status in the court, it would not be just because he looked down on dim sum that he would not give him the money to solve the turbidity in the house. Qin Tianjian refused.The two looked at the side of the road for a while, and deliberately picked out some expensive snacks.When the store was picking up food in the box, Ci Nian's ear hidden under the hat suddenly heard a familiar voice.

The voice was soft, but recognizable.He hurriedly turned his head, held his breath and listened carefully for a while, only to realize that the voice came from the pawnshop beside him.Seeing that he was absent-minded, He Qizhou asked, "What's wrong? What did you see?"

Ci Nian said: "I always feel... as if I heard Master Xu's voice."

While talking, Ci Nian turned his head sideways, followed the direction of the voice, and moved little by little to the door of the pawn shop.Every minute it gets closer, the voice becomes clearer.It wasn't until he stood in front of the pawnshop gate and looked into the shop that he was sure that his judgment was correct.It was Xu Wenzhi standing in front of the pawnshop counter.He was still wearing the Tsing Yi worn on the Lantern Festival, which was very conspicuous.

"Master Xu, do you want to be the one this morning? If you really don't want to give up, make up your mind and come again." The boss behind the counter persuaded softly, "You have been here several times, this is not a precious thing thing……"

"I..." Xu Wenzhi didn't look up, his voice was full of frustration just like himself.

when?What should I do?

Ci Nian looked at his hand covered by the blue long sleeve, and what he was holding was a silver bracelet wrapped like a flower branch, with a tassel on the last stamen.