Clouds and Waters

Dayan Xuanhe two years.Huguang Jingzhou Mansion, the compound of the General Army Mansion.

"Miss, what are you doing?" A pretty maid, about sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed neatly, holding a bowl of sour plum soup with ice in her hand, staring blankly at the person sitting in front of the desk. The man said again: "Drink this sour plum soup first, it's hot today, isn't Miss the most afraid of heat?"

The woman in white sitting in front of the table remained silent, raised her eyebrows slightly, and stared at a jade brush in her hand, the tip of which was covered with ink, and the black ink was about to drip onto the rice paper. But she still didn't care.

Seeing Miss like this, the little servant girl became impatient, and she amplified her voice, and said, "Miss, Miss, Xiao Qi is talking to you, did you hear me?"

The woman still turned a deaf ear.Xiao Qi couldn't bear it anymore, stepped forward and gently tugged the sleeve of the woman who was in a daze, and said tremblingly: "Miss..."

"Oh, Xiaoqi, stop screaming! Didn't you see that I was bothered? Don't bother me with big things! I want to be quiet now, do you understand?" The lady raised her head, showing a beautiful and refined face The face came into view, and although there was some anger in the black and clear eyes, there was still a flash of inspiration.This time she was no longer silent, she threw away the writing brush in her hand, stood up and paced, and kept saying: "Xiao Yi and Xiao Er, lazy boys, they are really incompetent! Stealing an exam paper is so slow... ..." She spoke more and more anxiously, rubbing her hands together, and walked faster and faster.It's the dog days when the heat is strong, and even if she doesn't move, she will sweat profusely, let alone she turns around?After a while, the thin gauze skirt was wet with sweat, but she still didn't realize it.

When Xiao Qi was yelled at by her lady, she was not angry but happy, and said with a smile: "Miss, did you go to the school behind your back again? Do you want Xiao Xiaoer to steal exam papers?"

The woman said angrily: "What do you know? I learned this is fair and aboveboard! What is stealing? This is obviously... obviously borrowed!"

Xiao Qixi said: "Then just now, didn't the lady say to steal it?"

The woman was stunned, wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, smiled slightly, and said, "Did I say that? How is it possible? Absolutely impossible! Xiao Qi must have heard it wrong!"

Xiao Qi was about to open his mouth to defend, when he saw the woman's complexion changed drastically, he stretched out his hand and pointed at her back, and said loudly: "Ah! Dad... why are you here?"

Xiao Qi quickly turned around, lowered her head and bent her knees and said, "Master..." Xiao Qi faintly felt that something was wrong as soon as she saluted, but before she could think about it, a burst of laughter came from her ears.

"Hahaha, Qi'er, you still don't have a long memory as always! How many times is this? Hey, with your stupid appearance, how did you become my personal girl, Yun Chenxiao? It's really weird... ..." She shook her head and sighed as she spoke, with a look of resentment.

Xiao Qi knew that she had been duped, but she had nothing to do with her young lady—Yun Chenxiao.She grew up with the young lady since she was a child, and she has a good understanding of the young lady's temper. The more you talk back, the more proud she will be, and the more she will argue with you, she will not stop until you are bloody.The best way to deal with her trick is to pretend to be deaf and dumb, let the wind blow and the waves beat me, and I am as firm as a rock.Thinking of this, Xiao Qi couldn't help but chuckled in her heart.No matter how Ren Yunchenxiao ridiculed Qianbai, she just stared at her cheek with a smile, as if admiring a peerless work of art, and kept silent.

Yun Chenxiao talked a lot inside and out, but he felt his mouth was dry, but seeing Xiao Qi still remained calm, he felt bored, so he had to put on a straight face, sit on the chair, and lean on the chair fiercely. On the back of the chair, I closed my eyes and said: "Forget it, it's really boring to argue with you. The tragedy in life is that you want to fight, no one will fight with you, want to argue, but meet your little Qi'er, I am convinced." It's over for you...give me the sour plum soup. I'm thirsty too after talking so much."

Only then did Xiao Qi smile, and just as he picked up the soup, he frowned and said, "Miss, if you don't drink the soup in time, the soup will no longer be iced. I put ice in the ice cellar."

Yun Chenxiao said with a smile: "Ice cellar? Did Xiao San and I sneak in? Ha, that time I sneaked into the ice cellar to play hide-and-seek. I almost froze to death, and I was scolded by my father and wouldn't let me in again. You How did you get in again?"

Xiao Qi said: "Master thought it was too hot, so he asked Xiao Wu to fetch ice. I was thinking that your place was too hot, Miss, so I asked Xiao Wu to grab a few more yuan and make this sour plum soup. Who knows... hey, You not only don’t drink, you don’t appreciate it, forget it, forget it, it’s clean if you spill it, so you won’t be discovered by the master after a while. You are the daughter of his favorite daughter, you can’t be beaten or scolded, our maids are different, Pi The rough ones are thick, and the skin is torn apart, and no one cares and no one hurts."

Yun Chenxiao lazily stood up, looked at Xiao Qi for a long while, and said with a smile: "Look at your sharp mouth, I just ask you a question, and then you start talking at length, and the strategy for the emperor is nothing more than that, right? Oh, I don't think of you as a maid. How can Daddy be so powerful? He just fought a few tough battles with Grandpa. He has seen many murders and bloodshed, so his temper will naturally become tougher, and he will be more aggressive towards others .He is also very fierce to me! Let's get along with each other."

Xiaoqi laughed secretly, and stopped talking, just took the tray, and said: "I'll go to the ice cellar to get some ice. Miss Yun, please wait a moment!" Then he was about to leave.

Yun Chenxiao fiddled with the smooth inkstone on the table with her back on her back, and said lightly, "Qi'er, there is no need to change it. It's a hot day, so I told you to run around in the scorching sun. What's wrong with this problem? Just this bowl."

Xiao Qiqiao smiled sweetly, turned around, and said with a smile on her face: "Miss, why do you feel sorry for my little maid today? I am flattered."

Yun Chenxiao walked up to her, tapped her forehead lightly, and said with a smile: "You little hoof, you still talk about hiding needles in your mouth, killing people invisible, that's why people can't stand it. Right, right, it's like this It's my servant girl from the Yun family, otherwise, it would be bad if I was bullied outside! Come back quickly."

Full of joy, Xiao Qi followed Yun Chenxiao back, moved a small stool and sat beside her, picked up the bowl of sour plum soup and handed it over.Yun Chenxiao didn't pick it up, and looked sideways at Xiaoqi, with the corner of his mouth curled up, smiling a little unfathomably.

But Xiao Qi understood immediately, gave her a white look, picked up the spoon, and brought it to Yun Chenxiao's mouth one by one.Yun Chenxiao was extremely thirsty, and although the sour plum soup was not iced, it was a good medicine to quench thirst and cool off the heat.It's just a small spoon in the mouth. It's sweet and sour, like drinking fine nectar and jade liquid. The heat and heat in the chest dissipate, making people refreshed.

In the scorching summer, unexpectedly there is such a beautiful thing.Yun Chenxiao casually let his thoughts wander, closed his eyes, and enjoyed the heart-warming comfort one mouthful after another.Sometimes when the breeze blows, the few strands of green silk scattered by Xiaoqi will be picked up, and with some unique fragrance, it will blow to her face, making her itchy, but she doesn't want to pay attention to it.Unknowingly, a bowl of sour plum soup fell into my stomach, and then I smiled in satisfaction and said: "Okay, you go and rest. I'm tired, take a nap." After that, he didn't get up, and directly sat on the chair As soon as he tilted his face, he was about to fall into a drowsy sleep.

Xiao Qi called "Miss" and said, "Although it is summer, I still have to go to bed and rest! Miss..."

Yunchen Xiaoliu frowned slightly, she wasn't asleep, but she was too lazy to speak, and just like the beginning, she turned sideways and ignored Xiao Qi.Xiao Qi yelled for a while, seeing that Yun Chenxiao didn't respond, she could only sigh softly, and was about to find something to cover her, but inadvertently looked at Yun Chenxiao who was leaning sideways, her heart skipped a beat. There was confusion.Yun Chenxiao was attracted to her like a magnet, to her eyes, making her unable to move away.But at this moment, a sudden knock on the door was heard.

Yun Chenxiao is most afraid of heat, and when summer comes, she moves to a side room in Xiyuan of Yunfu.This place is located in the shade, green bamboos are shady, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, Yun Chenxiao also likes the tranquility here, and only ordered a few personal maids to take care of her. On weekdays, few people come, and the sound of birdsong makes it more quiet and beautiful .

He was taken aback by the sudden knock on the door, as if someone had broken his mind.Xiao Qi's face was flushed unconsciously, and he turned his back in embarrassment, as if the thief was caught on the spot, his heart was beating non-stop, and he asked in a slightly angry lowered voice: "Who is it?"

The person outside the door replied: "Sister Seven, it's us, Xiao Xiao Er! Open the door, open the door, we'll bring what Miss wants!"

Afraid of waking Yun Chenxiao up, Xiao Qi tiptoed to open the door, and when the guy outside saw him, he was about to rush in.Xiao Qi hurriedly stopped them, stretched out his hand to pat the two of them on the head, put his index finger near his mouth and said with a "shh": "Hush! The lady just fell asleep...it's not a big deal, after two Let's talk about the time!"

The boy named Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Qi aggrievedly, and said falteringly: "But... we were already wasting time on the road, wait a little longer, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid the exam time is over!"

When Xiaoqi heard Yun Chenxiao's voice behind her, she couldn't help but pouted, and was about to speak, but Yun Chenxiao had already called Xiaoyi and Xiaoer into the room, and asked, "How is it? Have you got the test paper?"

Xiao Er took out a few pages of paper from his bosom and handed them to Yun Chenxiao, still panting and sweating profusely, it seemed that he ran over non-stop.

Yun Chenxiao immediately beamed with joy, and just about to pick it up, she didn't want Xiao Qi to hit Xiao Er's back, grab those pages and angrily said: "Xiao Er! Look at you, the paper is wet with sweat. , do you want the lady to pick it up? Don't you understand the rules? Don't you think it's dirty?"

On the surface she was complaining about Xiao Er, but in fact, when someone with ears heard it, she could tell that there was a bit of resentment towards Yun Chenxiao in her tone.Yun Chenxiao is different from her father Yun Zhengting, she always smiles at servants, she doesn't have the airs of a young lady.Xiao Qi is also the most proud maid around her, who takes care of her food and daily life in every possible way. The two are named master and servant, but they love each other like sisters. Xiao Qi also regards herself as a little master.After being reprimanded by her, Xiao Er had no choice but to lower her head in embarrassment, not daring to say much.

Yun Chenxiao nonchalantly snatched the test paper from Xiaoqi's hand, and said, "It doesn't matter so much! I really don't have time for a while! Xiaoyi, go and guard the door, don't let anyone come and disturb me. Xiaoer, take the test paper. Fan, fan at the back, or you will die of heat. Qier, you study ink. Hurry up, hurry up!"

The three act separately.Xiao Qi took out the top-quality "five galls and eight treasures" ink.This ink was carefully prepared by Xiaoqi, adding precious Chinese medicines such as borneol, musk, snake gall, etc. to the ink. When the ink is grinded, the fragrance bursts out, pushing it layer by layer, refreshing, refreshing, and really helping people.In this hot summer season, it is like a gust of cool wind, sweeping away the rolling heat waves.She knew very well that Yun Chenxiao likes the cold and dislikes the heat, so she came up with such a method. When she was studying ink, she did not forget to bring some cool air to her master.

Xiao Qi was serious about studying ink, and Yun Chenxiao was fascinated by the paper.Xiao Qi finished her ink research, but saw that Yun Chenxiao was still staring at the paper intently, with a beautiful and flawless face without any expression, motionless, like a fairy in a painting.No, the fairy is not as good-looking as her!

Xiao Qi thought foolishly, yes, every time the young lady is contemplating a problem, she looks so awe-inspiring and defiant, Xiao Qi sometimes suspects that this is really a fight and a chatter Master?What on earth can make the master devote himself so wholeheartedly, as if he doesn't even care about the heat.Xiao Qi looked at Yun Chenxiao, and smiled for no reason, it was because the master had forgotten the heat in her heart, but her body hadn't.Although Xiaoer behind her was desperately waving the big cattail fan, the fine sweat on the young lady's forehead was still pouring out, and finally condensed into a drop of sweat, which flowed down her face, but she still didn't move a muscle, just immersed in the In my own graceful world, I can't extricate myself.

Isn't Xiaoqi immersed in her own world?She put her bare hands in her bosom, took out a neatly folded, slightly fragrant handkerchief, gently wiped off Yun Chenxiao's sweat, and said softly: "Why? Is the question difficult this time?"

Yun Chenxiao took the handkerchief in his hand, rubbed it between his eyebrows, and put the handkerchief away casually, without raising his eyelids, he seemed to be talking to himself: "Strange, strange..."

Seeing that Yun Chenxiao didn't seem very happy, Xiaoqi felt a tug in her heart, and hurriedly asked, "What's so strange? Is the question wrong?" As she spoke, she stretched her head and moved closer, only to see that the words on the paper were covered by Xiao Er's sweat was indistinct, very unrecognizable, he felt displeased immediately, and gave Xiao Er behind him a glare.Xiao Er sticks out his tongue with a smile on his face, looking rather smug, and Xiao Qi is even more angry, as if sparks are about to burst out in his eyes.

Yun Chenxiao was engrossed, but she didn't know what the two of them were doing, she still lowered her head and said foolishly: "Among the six arts of ritual, music, archery, royal, calligraphy, and mathematics, although arithmetic is the last one, it is also the most worthy of study. This subject is the most mentally demanding. But this subject..."

Seeing that Yun Chenxiao frowned, Xiao Qi comforted her, "Miss, didn't you answer the first few questions easily? This time it's so difficult, then the other people must not be as knowledgeable as you, Miss No, they won't!"

Yun Chenxiao originally had a cloudy face, concentrating on contemplation, but after listening to Xiao Qi's words, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, and slowly raised her head and said, "Qi girl, is your young lady so powerful?"

Xiaoqi puffed up his chest as a matter of course, raised his head and said: "Miss has read so many books! The pile is as high as a hill, can you not be good? How can you compare with miss? And this academy, do you think it’s great? It’s embarrassing to come up with such a difficult subject, Miss, we don’t even bother to study there!”

Yun Chenxiao pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I don't care, you girl, when did you become so flattering? Hehe, but what you said is right, it's nothing special to raise someone to a Jinshi. But this Pinheng Academy , known as the number one academy in the world, I was a little in awe of it, so this time he is taking an exam in our Jingzhou Prefecture, I will teach you to steal the papers, and I want to try my skills. But look at the one he gave today Arithmetic topics are simply too simple to fool a three-year-old child. Hmph, the number one academy in the world, that’s all! He invites me to study there now, and this lady is not unusual!”

When Xiao Qi heard this, her eyes widened and she asked, "Miss, is it because the question is too easy? This..."

Yun Chenxiao glanced at Xiaoqi, pointed to the first question and said, "Look at this, the majestic ancient temple is in the mountains, I don't know how many monks there are in the temple, 360 four bowls, see if they are exhausted, and the three of them eat together A bowl of rice, four people eat a bowl of soup, sir, if you can calculate how many monks there are in the monastery? Xiaoqi, Xiaoer, you can also try to calculate this question."

After hearing this, Xiao Er frowned and said, "Miss, I usually hate this arithmetic the most! Aren't you embarrassing me?"

Xiao Qi smiled and said: "Miss, if you want to talk about arithmetic, you can't beat Xiao Qi. This monk comes and goes, even if Xiao Qi has ten extra fingers, it's not enough to count!"

Yun Chenxiao smiled lightly, and said: "This is the simplest one-dimensional equation, I thought a three-year-old could solve it." She said, picked up the jade pen, sipped the ink, and quickly calculated on the rice paper It only took a moment to finish the drawing, and she pointed to the test paper and said, "Look at this again, there is no number of things. This kind of question has long been recorded in "Sun Tzu's Mathematical Classics", and here it is nothing more than changing the numbers." She said The second time is that while talking, the writing is very chic and smooth. As soon as the voice fell, the pen stopped at the same time.

Xiao Qi was annoyed that Yun Chenxiao made fun of her for being a "three-year-old child", but seeing her looking radiant again, her anger was already out of the blue, and she couldn't help getting excited, and asked, "Then what about the last question?"

Yun Chenxiao covered her mouth and yawned, and said, "The last question is a bit interesting, but it's still not a top-notch problem, and I've already solved it." She said quite proudly: "I can't escape!" The creation of heaven, earth, people, and things is nothing more than the four-element technique. The solution is not difficult to imagine, and the book "Siyuan Yujian" has already recorded it in detail. I also use the technique of the sages." After speaking, he picked up his pen , wrote down a few pages without hesitation, and just solved it. (Quaternion, that is, the method of solving quaternary high-order equations.)

Xiao Er and Xiao Qi saw Yun Chenxiao drawing back and forth on the paper, all of them were strange symbols, but they couldn't understand any of them, but they were full of admiration in their hearts.Xiaoer said foolishly: "Miss, you... are so clever! Then, do you still want to send this paper to that school?"

Yun Chenxiao thought for a while, and said: "Give it up! Why not give it away? Not only do you have to give it away, but I also have to give it up in person, just to give those self-righteous old scholars and old masters a big blow. This is fun. Little Two, go prepare the sedan chair, I'll start right away."

Xiaoer clapped his hands happily and said, "Not bad! Let them learn a lot!"

Yun Chenxiao seemed to be very satisfied with her plan, and without a word, she took the paper and went out.Unexpectedly, Xiao Qi stretched out her hand to stop her and said: "Miss Yun, do you still think that the master scolded you not hard enough? If the master finds out, even if you don't ask about the crime of going out without permission, but if you study in private, the crime is serious." If so, he must be punished!"

Yun Chenxiao was so excited just now that she didn't think about it. When Xiao Qi mentioned it, she became worried. She gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "I'm angry when I mention this! What kind of family law is this? Why are the children of the Yun family not allowed to study? I don’t know which old foolish ancestor set the rules? After a hundred years, I will definitely ask him to find out!” She said angrily and sat back on the chair, without saying a word. hair.

Seeing Yun Chenxiao's expression, Xiaoqi knew that she was angry, and she was anxious like an ant on a hot pot for a while, and she didn't know what to persuade.Fearing that she would be hot, Xiao Er went to fan her, but Yun Chenxiao thought he was in the way, so she scolded him out of nowhere.Xiaoer saw her young lady's temper turned up, so she got a sense of humor and retreated embarrassingly.

The three masters and servants just remained silent. After a while, Yun Chenxiao's eyes flashed, and he clapped his hands and said, "I think I'm smart, but I'm really stupid. Why do you insist that I'm from the Yun family?" What? I won’t take the sedan chair anymore. Xiao Er, let’s go together, Xiao Qi, you stay here, and if Daddy comes, just help me deal with it!”

She thought for a while, and then ordered: "Xiaoer, you go out first, don't let anyone come in." Xiaoer was stunned, full of suspicion at the moment, but the master has orders, how dare he refuse?When Xiao Er walked away, Yun Chenxiao lowered his eyebrows and smiled, and said to Xiao Qi: "Xiao Qi, do you still remember the men's clothes we sneaked out to play in the summer two years ago? We haven't moved since then, just stay here in Xiyuan ?”

Xiao Qi didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in her lady's gourd, and said, "It should be there, um, it's here. What's wrong?"

Yun Chen Xiaoxi said: "Okay, Xiao Qi, quickly find it and wait for me to change clothes."

The author has something to say:

Roughly sort out the timeline.Xue Wenbin was Emperor Taizu, reigned Yongkang, and reigned for 35 years.The content in the wedge is about the 5th year of Yongkang.

There were five years of civil strife after Xue Wenbin's death, and the throne changed frequently, and none of them had temple names, so I don't remember.

Taizong reigned for 11 years

Renzong reigned for 30 years

Sukjong reigned for 20 years

Xuanzong, that is, today's son Xue Jing, was named Xuanhe, and the matter of Yun and Shui was in the reign of Xuanhe.The timeline of the text is the Xuanhe period, more than a hundred years have passed since Xue Wenbin became emperor.