happy day

Spring is in full bloom, and flowers are flying all over the city.In a corner of Qixia Embroidery Village, moon-white gauze is the curtain, and behind the gauze, a young woman is flying needles and threads in front of the embroidery frame.

The breeze was blowing, and the light gauze was blowing, but I saw that the woman was dressed in plain clothes, with a pearl tassel hairpin on her temples, and a pair of pearl moon pendants on her ears.At this moment, the head of the catkin is lowered, the orchid finger is slightly raised, the catkin is fluttering up and down like a flying snow butterfly, and a string of silver bracelets on the wrist makes a clear and pleasant "jingling" sound with the movement.

On the embroidered cloth is a clump of peonies in full bloom, almost finished.The woman is embroidering the pistils on the flowers with goose yellow silk thread glued with gold thread.The peony is so beautiful and lifelike that you can smell the fragrance of the flowers.Even the butterfly mistakenly thought it was a real flower, and fell on the embroidery frame for a long time.

There were a lot of onlookers, all marveling at the woman's beauty and embroidery skills.Standing behind the crowd, Wu Luan and Qin Zheng could see clearly due to their tall necks.

After a stick of incense, the woman put down her needle and thread, stood up and bowed to everyone, then moved lightly with lotus steps, and exited through the back door.

Everyone stretched their necks to follow the looming figure of the woman behind the light veil.

The clerk took the embroidery from the embroidery frame and went to show it to people, "Qixia Embroidery Village's new product 'National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance', if you like it, you can bid, and the highest price will win. The starting price is ten taels of silver."

"I'll pay 20 taels." A fat man in a tunic robe shouted out first.

"30 taels!"

"50 taels!"

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The price soared, and soon reached 200 taels.

Qin Zheng's voice on the side was loud, overshadowing the noise in the room, "1000 taels!"

A piece of embroidery five feet long and three feet wide costs 1000 taels of silver.Everyone silently gave way to a passage, and looked back one after another, not knowing who this prodigal son is.

Wu Luan was watching the fun with her arms folded, but she didn't want to be hugged by Qin Zheng, so she staggered forward and almost fell, and when she stood up again, she found that she was standing in the middle of the passage.

The buddy made a final decision, "Okay, congratulations to this young man for winning the first prize."

Wu Luan handed over the 1000 taels of silver invoice with a mournful face.

Qin Zheng couldn't help being overjoyed when he took the "National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance", and patted Wu Luan on the shoulder, "Brother, thank you! I'll go back and frame it into an embroidered screen and put it in my study."

Wu Luan's teeth were itchy with hatred, "Why don't you go to the street and rob it openly, won't your Ministry of Punishment issue offerings?"

Qin Zheng sighed, "You don't know, your sister-in-law is a housewife, and she is very picky about money. If you know that I spent 1000 taels of silver to buy an embroidery piece, you won't scratch my face! Let brother spend the money today Now, just treat it as a reward for running errands for you. I will go to Wang Zhitong's useless son later."

Qin Zheng is famously afraid of his daughter-in-law, everyone knows this.But Wu Luan felt sorry for his money, and was still angry, "Your salary is too expensive."

Just as he was talking, the assistant walked up to Wu Luan, "Master, Miss Yun learned that you bought embroidery, please go into the inner room and tell me."

Unexpectedly, there was a word "cloud" in this girl's name, Wu Luan was a little dazed.

Qin Zheng was dumbfounded, and quickly took off his boots to take out the banknote, "Yan Qing, I will pay you back, and I will pay the money myself."

Wu Luan laughed, and under the amazed, envious, or jealous eyes of the crowd, he strode towards the inner courtyard behind the Xiuzhuang, leaving Qin Zheng a chic back.

The woman in the room saw Wu Luan's blessing, "I never thought that the little girl's embroidery would be favored by the young master, and I bought it with a lot of money. The young lady thanked the young master for his kindness."

"Miss Yun doesn't need to be too polite." Wu Luan couldn't help but look up at the girl's face while talking.

As if knowing Wu Luan's intentions, that Miss Yun raised her head.After meeting each other, Wu Luan lost his mind for a moment.

This girl's appearance is natural and beautiful, as beautiful as a fairy, Qin Zheng did not exaggerate.

Wu Luan compared carefully in her heart, she is not very similar to Yun Jue, Yun Jue is cold, and the girl in front of her is sweet.But there is indeed a bit of inexplicable resemblance between the eyebrows and eyes.Especially a pair of eyes, bright and clear, like the waves of autumn water, can see people's shadows, there is really a little shadow of Yunjue.

The two sat in front of the table of the Eight Immortals, Miss Yun held the steaming teacup in her bare hands, put it in front of Wu Luan, and said with a smile, "Young master, try it, this year's Maofeng, I added dried jasmine petals I'm inside."

Her smile is as bright as a flower, delicate and charming, and it is also different from Yun Jue's smile that suddenly warms up in the cold.

Wu Luan felt that he was really going crazy. He was clearly facing this girl, but what he was thinking about was Yun Jue who couldn't see him.

He originally thought that seeing a shadow similar to Yun Jue might be able to distract him a little, but unexpectedly, he missed Yun Jue even more.

Wu Luan took a sip of the tea, it was really fragrant and the aftertaste filled his mouth.But as a man, he doesn't really like tea with a strong floral aroma.

He put down the teacup with a smile, and said casually, "Young lady's surname is rare in the capital."

Miss Yun blinked her eyes, "My lord, do you know someone whose surname is Yun? Where does he live?"

"There is a young master surnamed Yun, about 20 years old, who lives in Liuli Hutong in the south of the city. I also know someone with the same surname as the girl." Wu Luan felt a pain in his heart when he mentioned Yun Jue, and he quickly shook his head Before opening the topic, "I'm Wu Luan, I haven't asked the girl's name yet."

"The little girl is called Yunshang"

"'Yunshang'," Wu Luan said casually, "but it's from Li Taibai's 'Yun Xiang Clothes and Flower Xiang Rong'?"

"No." The girl tilted her head and smiled, her red lips parted lightly, "'There is a ghost in Shang, and only one life will come to rest.' The Shang in the little girl's name is the Shang of 'Shang Zhe'."

Wu Luan didn't want such a bright and charming girl to have such an evil name, so she was stunned.

The woman on the opposite side was clearly smiling like a flower, but for some reason, Wu Luan's back felt a chill.

On a moonlit night, Yun Jue was reading a book at the table in the house, when a slender figure floated in from the open window, and silently attacked Yun Jue's back.

Yun Jue seemed to have eyes behind his back, his wrists fluttered, and a dagger with a cold light was already compared to the man's neck.In the next second, I heard a delicate voice, "Brother."

Yun Jue withdrew the dagger hastily, and the person who came also tore off the black cloth towel from his face, revealing a young and clean face.

"Hui Ru?" Yun Jue was taken aback, "Why did you escape from the pavilion?"

Wei Ru blinked, "I didn't sneak out, I'm a teacher."

Yun Jue's face turned pale, and he grabbed his younger sister's shoulders, "Isn't there still three months before the deadline to become a teacher?"

Wei Ru raised her head and said proudly: "I wanted to see my brother soon, so I put in all my efforts. The elders in the pavilion said that I was hardworking and smart, tracking, assassinating, fighting, using poison... everything Already proficient. It happened that a killer disappeared inexplicably, so I was allowed to be a teacher in advance."

Yun Jue frowned when he thought of Twelve who was buried in Changzhou City.After a lot of hard work and countless calculations, my sister still couldn't wait for him to be under his command after he became the hall master.

Looking at his younger sister's immature face like a flower, he couldn't help but feel sad and blame himself. It was him who was useless as an older brother, and he could only watch his younger sister be restrained by the venom just like himself, and embark on the path of a killer.

Wei Ru was still chirping, "At first I was afraid that I would be sent to other places, such as Jiangnan, Lingnan, Yanbei, and Jiangxi, but I was finally asked to come to the capital. I am very happy to hear that. It happens that my brother is in the capital. I have been in the capital for a few days, and I only found out today that you live here..."

Seeing Yun Jue's gloomy expression, Yao Ru stopped, "Brother," she shook Yun Jue's sleeve, "Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy to see me? Ru'er hasn't seen her brother for almost three years. Thinking of my brother in the middle of the night will wake me up crying."

As she spoke, her big eyes filled with tears, and the teardrops were about to fall.

Yun Jue's heart softened all of a sudden, his younger sister was the only relative he had left in this world, how could he be willing to let her cry, so he softened his voice, "Brother is not unhappy, it's just that seeing you suddenly, I was overjoyed."

Only then did Maoru laugh through tears.Yun Jue stretched out his hand to scratch her nose, "Crying and laughing at the same time, just like when I was a child."

Ru'er hugged Yun Jue's arm affectionately, and said coquettishly, "In front of my brother, Ru'er will always be a child."

The two sat down, and Yun Jue asked her, "Where are you now?"

"Qixia Embroidery Village in the east of the city. I am the embroiderer there now, and my new name is 'Yunshang'." As she said, she dipped her finger in the water in the teacup and wrote the two words one by one on the rosewood table. words. "When you left Xiaoyu Pavilion, you had to choose a new name for yourself. I know you took the name 'Yunjue' and followed your mother's surname, so I also took the name 'Yun'."

Yun Jue tilted his head to look at the words on the table, frowned and said, "Why did the girl's family use the word 'Shang'? It's too evil."

"Aren't you called 'jue'? I'm your younger sister, so I have to choose a word with a similar meaning." Yaoru didn't care.

Yun Jue knew that these two people could only be called brother and sister when no one was around these years, so Ruo chose a name that was similar to himself, and used this method to seek the feeling of being close to his brother.

Yun Jue was heartbroken for a while, but he still said patiently: "That's different. The word 'jue' not only means 'extinction', but also other meanings. But the word 'shang' only means 'shang'. As a killer, The most taboo thing is to attract attention. The name 'Yunshang' is too eye-catching, and it will easily cause trouble for you, so change it."

Yun Jue reached out to wipe off the handwriting on the table, then dipped in water and wrote the word "Yunshang", and said to Maoru, "Use these two words. This is like a girl's name." Rong' is also in line with your current status as an embroiderer."

Wei Ru pursed her lips, "The smell of makeup is too strong, I don't like it."

Yun Jue patted Wei Ru on the head, acting like a parent, "Elder brother is like a father. This is the name my brother gave you. It's up to you whether you like it or not. Besides, don't say your surname is Yun, this surname is not More often, don't let interested people think of our relationship. You just say your surname is Gu, and your name is Gu Yunshang."

When Yun Jue said that, Wei Rucai became happy, and the more she looked at the word "Yunshang", the more she felt pleasing to the eye, "Since it was taken by my brother, I will use it." She thought for a while and smiled, "No one else asked But which word is it, but today a person also read that line of Li Taibai's poem. Oh, I told him it was "Shang Zhe" and emphasized it."

"Next time if you see that person again, tell him that the garment in your name is the garment of 'Shui Pei Feng Shang'. You were joking with him last time." Yun Jue carefully explained to Mu Ru.

Wei Ru smiled shrewdly, "That's not necessary, there is no need to explain goodbye."

She raised her hand to pick up the teapot and poured water, seven or eight silver bracelets on her wrist knocked on the teapot and made "jingling, dingling" non-stop.

Yun Jue shook his head, "Why are you still wearing so many bracelets? Have you ever seen a cat that catches mice with bells?"

Wei Ru shook her wrist, "I wore it during the day to cover the red thread on my wrist. I thought I was going to see you, so I didn't take it off. If I go to assassinate, I will definitely take it off, otherwise the mouse will scare away when it hears the noise." gone."

Feeling sorry in his heart, Yun Jue pulled up his younger sister's right hand, looked at the red line on her wrist, and felt a slight pulse, "Why did you give you a mission just after you arrived in the capital? Give me the picture book of the assassination target? Don't do it, I'll go for you."

Yun Jue is already a person in hell, his hands are covered with blood, no matter what, he wants to keep his sister's hands clean.

"Don't bother brother." Full of confidence, Wei Ru said, "The task is very simple, and it happened to be used to sacrifice my fish intestine dagger. I also saw that person today. If I didn't want to hide in Xiuzhuang, I would have The task can be completed. He is just a straw bag, and I can kill him instantly with my finger."

Yun Jue's heart sank at the word idiot, "Who the hell is it?"

Mao Ru took out a painting scroll from her pocket and opened it with a snap, "Uncle Wu Luan."