first and second

The autumn wind has stopped, the last ginkgo leaf has fallen, and the suburbs have returned to silence, deathly silence.

Li Chengyun burst out laughing suddenly: "Marry! You marry one and I will kill the other. Let's see if you marry the quickest or I kill the quickest." His eyes were dark.

Liu Wenchao was taken aback by his madness, and after realizing it, he thought that maybe Li Chengyun was no longer the young and ignorant boy he was back then, and he thought of Yu Suyan who was taken to the palace again, so he pursed his lips , and asked again: "You designed the jade smoke into the palace?"

Li Chengyun sneered, and said casually, "She deserves to die." After a pause, he looked at Liu Wenchao, "Sir, you know how to be sympathetic, and I would like to advise you again, if you don't want to see innocent people being killed, don't touch them." Whether it's a man or a woman."

Liu Wenchao lightly stroked the blade, without any expression on his face, he said lightly, "Are you threatening me?"

Li Chengyun saw Liu Wenchao's fingers lightly brushing the blade, his eyes darkened: "Swords have no eyes, you shouldn't play with swords like this with such beautiful hands." After finishing speaking, he grabbed Liu Wenchao's hand.

Liu Wenchao couldn't get out of the struggle, slightly angry: "Do you think I will be at your mercy?"

"You won't, but if you touch that young man from Nanyuan, I'm not sure he's as lucky as Yu Suiyan." Li Chengyun let go of his hand and put the sword into the scabbard.

Liu Wenchao grabbed the sword, quickly got on his horse, and the two broke up unhappy.

Liu Wenchao returned to Nanyuan, handed the sword to Ji Rufeng, and went to the courtyard by himself. There was an open-air soup pool behind the rockery.

This soup pond occupies half of the courtyard, and a path is paved with stones leading to a pavilion. The pavilion stands in the center of the soup pond, and you can have tea and rest in the pavilion after soaking enough.

Liu Wenchao undressed and entered the soup pond. He originally came to the soup to relieve his mood because of his irritability and depression, but now he couldn't calm down and enjoy it.

On the one hand, she bears a lifetime of infamy and punishes the nine clans;

Liu Wenchao took a deep breath and suffocated into the water. The water poured into his ears and made a buzzing sound, as if this could isolate all troubles.

With a splash, Liu Wenchao emerged from the water, gasping for breath, brushing away the hair in front of him, and large drops of water dripped into the water along his cheeks.

At dusk, the lights have not yet been lighted.

When it was time for dinner, Ji Rufeng was holding clean clothes in his hands and was about to send them to Liu Wenchao. When he just walked to the rockery, a man who looked like a willow brush came over and said, "Is this for your lord?"

Ji Rufeng looked over, he was decorated with a branch of flowers on his temples, and his long black hair stretched over his buttocks, making him look extremely delicate.

Ji Rufeng quickly looked away and asked, "What's the matter?"

Qiu Si smiled shyly: "Send it for brother!"

Ji Rufeng had long learned that Liu Wenchao spent a lot of money to get a young lady from the Qingying Pavilion, and judging by his attire, it must be him.

Ji Rufeng handed the clothes to Qiu Si and told him, "Don't have fun outside."

Qiu Si was playing around in the restaurant, and he understood the meaning of Ji Rufeng's words as soon as he heard it. He blushed slightly and said, "Yes, I understand."

When Qiu Si arrived, he saw Liu Wenchao's half body lying on the edge of the soup pond, his smooth and white back protruding from the water, his skin was three points better than the one he had been protecting all day.

Qiu Si put the clothes on the stone table in the pavilion, took the handkerchief and walked to Liu Wenchao's side, picked up his hair in the water and gently wiped it.

It's the autumnal equinox, and August is still young.

The night was long and the day was short, the sky was already dark, a gust of westerly wind blew past, and the stagnant air woke Liu Wenchao with a bit of coldness.

The courtyard was already lit, Liu Wenchao raised his head and said, "It's you!" He stroked his tied hair, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Qiu Si said: "I just tied up your hair for you, and you woke up, let me help you change your clothes!"

"Pass me the clothes, I'll do it myself." Liu Wenchao said softly, "Give me the handkerchief."

Qiu Si's eyes dimmed, he stood up and went to the booth to get some clothes.

Liu Wenchao entered an elegant house to tidy up his appearance.

The two walked for a while, and Liu Wenchao found that the road was very quiet, not even a single servant. Just when Liu Wenchao was wondering, he saw Ji Rufeng in the pavilion on the rockery.

Ji Rufeng also saw the two of them and walked over quickly.Liu Wenchao asked, "Where did the servants in this courtyard go?"

Ji Rufeng thought that Liu Wenchao would do something to Qiu Si in the soup pond. Yesterday he heard that Liu Wenchao spent a lot of money to get Qiu Si back, so it must have caught his eye!

So Ji Rufeng sent away all the people in the courtyard, fearing that Liu Wenchao would bully them severely and make indecent noises and they would hear them.

But Ji Rufeng stayed in the pavilion for a long time, but didn't hear a sound.

Ji Rufeng's eyes swept over the two of them quickly, seeing that their clothes were neat, their hair accessories were neat, and their faces were not flushed/red after having a good time, thinking, could it be that the two of them didn't do anything?

Just when Ji Rufeng was thinking wildly, Liu Wenchao said, "Why are you in a daze?"

Ji Rufeng coughed in embarrassment: "They are going...going..." After talking for a long time, they did not say where they went.

Seeing his expression, Liu Wenchao immediately understood what he was thinking, glanced at Qiu Si behind him, and said to Ji Rufeng in a deep voice: "Arrange a room for him."

Then he walked away quickly, leaving the two of them stunned in place.

After a long while, Ji Rufeng came to his senses, and ran after him briskly, panting, and said, "There is one more thing, Yu Suiyan sent someone to say, please get together at Piaomingxuan tomorrow afternoon, there is something very important to talk about." Please, my lord, be sure to go."

"Understood, let's go!"

After Liu Wenchao finished his dinner, he wandered around the yard for half an hour to digest his food, and then went to the study to write. After writing a few words, he felt upset and couldn't calm down. He reluctantly dropped his pen and read a book instead. "The Romance of the West Chamber" (1) read.

At first, I felt that I had no desire to continue watching, but the more I watched, the more interesting it became.

Before you know it, the night is getting dark, and the moon has already hidden in the clouds.

Liu Wenchao clenched his fist and pressed the back of his hand to his lips, yawned, finished reading the last chapter, and closed the book.

With emotion, a woman dares to break through the shackles of etiquette for love, and despite many obstacles, she has to be with her beloved even through thousands of rivers and mountains.

As a man, I am so cowardly, it is really a man in vain.

Liu Wenchao let out a long sigh, and when he was about to turn off the fire and take a rest, he heard the sound of the outer door being pushed open.

Isn't Ji Rufeng keeping vigil tonight?Why did he stay up late at night and go out?Liu Wenchao thought for a while, and quietly followed out.

Ji Rufeng was still dressed in the daytime, walking through the corridors and arches.

Liu Wenchao wondered if this was the backyard?The backyard is usually lived by the female relatives of the master's family. Stealing/rape is absolutely impossible, and I don't have a wife or concubine.

Liu Wenchao suppressed the doubts in his heart and continued to follow. Suddenly, Ji Rufeng kicked back with one toe, walked up the wall like flying, and turned over the wall.

Day two.

After leaving the Yamen, Liu Wenchao arrived at Piaomingxuan in a sedan chair.

Piao Ming Xuan is located in the bustling street, with three floors. The first floor is open. People who come to the first floor to drink tea generally come to listen to books; the second floor is usually for literati to have tea parties. There are more; and the third floor is more particular, and the privacy is higher. Generally speaking, the third floor is mostly rich and powerful, discussing some court affairs or secrets that are inconvenient for others to hear.

Liu Wenchao went directly to the third floor and entered the private room designated by Yu Suiyan.

Yu Suiyan had been waiting here for a long time, and as soon as Liu Wenchao came in, Yu Suiyan knelt on the ground: "Thank you Master Liu for your relief that day, this slave was able to escape."

Liu Wenchao didn't go to help her, but said lightly: "Get up! I saved you just because you have been strict for so many years."

Yu Suiyan didn't get up, she smiled and said: "For so many years, if the powerful and powerful people in the capital want to check, they can find out that the slave is raised by you outside. I don't understand, since the Lord raised me For so many years, why have you refused to touch me, never even touched my hand, and stayed in the slave's boudoir, just rested for one night and then left."

Liu Wen looked at her and said, "Don't ask if you shouldn't, just keep your mouth shut."

Yu Suiyan smiled bitterly: "Why did your lord choose me in the first place?"

"Play the huqin well, that's all."

Yu Suiyan asked unwillingly: "It's been three years. When my lord was with me, did you ever feel a little bit moved? Even just a little bit."

"No."

Yu Suiyan was no longer under control, tears streaming down her face.

Liu Wenchao said impatiently: "If you came to me today just to talk about this unimportant matter, then forgive me for not accompanying you." After finishing speaking, he got up and was about to leave.

Yu Suiyan quickly stopped her tears and said, "Wait, there is an important matter to discuss with you."

"You said."

"After I finished playing the huqin that night, when I went back to the boudoir, a man in purple followed me in when I was unaware..."

The man in purple said, "It's no exaggeration to say that Miss Suiyan is the number one beauty in the capital. I like it very much." He was still sitting on a chair with a jug of wine in his hand.

Yu Suiyan was startled by the sudden voice, and said in fear, "Who are you? Where did you come from? Come on..." Before she could utter a word, the man in purple tightly covered her mouth, and her hands were covered Pay behind your back.

The man in purple put it on Yu Suiyan's ear and said, "My surname is Wang, and my name is Zhaolun. Of course, you can also call me Mingyang. I'm not a bad person. I just want to hear Suiyan girl play 'Youxian Cave' again." That's all."

Yu Suiyan nodded, motioning for him to let go.

Wang Zhaolun said: "As soon as I let go, are you going to ask someone to tie me up?"

Yu Suiyan desperately shook her head.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Wang Zhaolun let her go.

Yu Suiyan moved the hand that was Le Hong, dissatisfied: "Why are you sneaking around if you want to listen to the music, and followed in sneakily."

Wang Zhaolun laughed and said, "I'm not blind, someone like you is obviously raised by someone."

"So, if I don't play, what are you going to do?"

Wang Zhaolun laughed: "A beauty like you deserves to be treated tenderly."

Yu Suiyan was a little surprised that this person was not an arrogant and unreasonable person, so she wanted to see what kind of person he was.

His eyes are piercing and his face is slightly rounded.Although it is not as stunning as Mr. Liu, but it is still a good model among the crowd.

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(1) The West Chamber Author: Wang Shifu