Bastards

This group of sons and brothers talked and laughed to enjoy the scenery, and they stopped to laugh and laugh from time to time. They didn't know what they were talking about, and they often burst out laughing.Everyone is young and romantic, well-dressed and not ugly, and they don't look too undignified, but they are a bit noisy.

They stop and go, the speed along the way is not fast, much slower than Xie Shao.

When Xie Shao was led to Cui Yu by the messenger, he didn't know what to do: "You need me? I'm busy—"

"Busy to follow your first brother and others to nod and bow with a smiling face?" Cui Yu hit Xie Shao's sore spot sharply.

Xie Shao's face turned red, but in front of Cui Yu, he would definitely not show weakness, and replied in a rough voice: "The guests over there are all Li Zhi, there is nothing wrong with me being more enthusiastic!"

"Even if the status of those Dizhi families is not high, maybe they have to salute you when they meet outside?"

"you--"

Xie Shao jumped up angrily, and was about to quarrel with Cui Yu, when he saw Cui Yu smiling at him, the smile was quite bright and bright: "I have a chance for you to make meritorious deeds, do you want it?"

"What...what opportunity?" Xie Shao held back his anger immediately.Today, of course he knows that he was wrong. Cui Yu, an outsider, can welcome guests at the door with Xie Wen and Xie Cong, which is obviously very important to the family!He can't quarrel with Cui Yu, and if he has a good relationship with Cui Yu, he might be able to take the opportunity to move forward. Cui Yu said it was a good opportunity, and he must not have lied to him.

Cui Yu didn't care too much about Xie Shao's emotional changes, whether his perception changed or not, as long as he was obedient.He pointed directly at the group of young masters not far away: "Did you see that group of people? If they leave again, they will arrive here. The back house is so close, what should they do if they bump into female guests? You are the host, go and lure them away." , take them to a more suitable place to play."

Xie Shao's eyes lit up immediately, the word 'host' strongly stimulated his self-confidence, his surname was Xie, Xie's family hosted a banquet today, he is not a member of the host?Be responsible!

So he rolled up his sleeves and geared up for it: "No problem!"

Xie Shao is really fine.

He has a conceited and low self-esteem character, and he feels uncomfortable nodding and bowing to other people's smiling faces with his direct brother. When he gets along with this group of concubines from other families, his confidence will come back.

The Xie family has a high status in an aristocratic family, let alone a family bastard who has just climbed up to contact the top society if he is not in an aristocratic family?The sons and brothers welcomed his appearance very much, and they rushed to make friends and please him.With a wave of Xie Shao's arms, the crowd naturally followed, and after a while, everyone left.

Sure enough... the solution was quick and good.

When the other messenger came back and replied that people had been added to patrol, and the mistress had also known about the problem and sent maids to guard it, Cui Mata was relieved and turned to leave.

It's a pity he left too early.

Xie Shao led his sons and brothers to play elsewhere. Most people listened, but because the atmosphere was so good, everyone was so happy that they didn't pay attention to their surroundings. Some people quietly left behind, turned a corner, and walked in this direction again.

Just when Cui Yu's figure disappeared at the end of the path, the man walked to the pavilion where Cui Jiazhen had just stayed, and walked towards the rockery where Cui Jiazhen and sisters protruded... Although he realized in time that there were more guards, the road was blocked, His mind was still on, and when he turned his eyes, he had another idea.

If Cui Mata had left later, he would have noticed that he was on guard, but unfortunately... missed it.

……

Sister Cui Jiazhen and Cui Miaomiao went back to the garden, found the girls' play circle, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked to Lin Zhiyan's side.

Lin Zhiyan smiled, her person was soft, and her voice was also soft and waxy: "How about it, I didn't find it. I said it was all rumors and it can't be true. You guys, don't take it to heart."

Cui Jiazhen looked away, a little embarrassed: "I really want to find a good omen for my sister, who knows...I'm really sorry, if I have the chance next time, I will definitely try it for my sister myself!"

Lin Zhiyan grabbed Cui Jiazhen's hand and patted it gently, "Thank you."

Despite Lin Zhiyan's gentle demeanor, Cui Jiazhen still did not dare to neglect her in the slightest, her heart pounding.

It was because of her aunt's face that she and her younger sister could attend the autumn banquet together, but the reason why her aunt brought them here was to surround Lin Zhiyan and establish a good relationship between the two families.Lin Zhiyan's uncle is now an official in Luoyang, and he is the assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. From the fourth rank, the position is important and the power is even greater.There is a temporary shortage of ministers in the Ministry of Officials, and it is the time when the subordinates are working upwards. This Mr. Lin can now secure the position of Minister of the Kaogong Division, and he will certainly not be bad in the future.Not to mention that my aunt wants to make friends, their family also wants to make friends.

Lin Zhiyan is the daughter of the Lin family, and her aunt has no legitimate daughter of the right age, so she had no choice but to give her mother a face, of course it was because of her wit and wit.This invitation to the Xie family's autumn banquet was extremely bad, they came in with their aunt, but their mother couldn't come in, they had a lot of plans in mind, they urged her back and forth, and even asked her to bring the concubine sister along with her.

Bringing her concubine sister over, Cui Jiazhen felt guilty at first, seeing Lin Zhiyan being gentle and easy to talk, her worries were half gone.But Lin Zhiyan was easy to talk, but not easy to get close to. It was very difficult to become a handkerchief friend with her.

Lin Zhiyan contracted an illness a few days ago, and her body was a little weak. Today, all the ladies gathered together, and those who didn't want to play the slightly exciting game of throwing pots, beating drums, and passing flowers basically gathered around Lin Zhiyan.While sitting around and chatting, I don't know who said something, "The girl in the boudoir sincerely prays for her friend, and picks the green moss from the mountain to give it to her. All diseases will disappear and health will be smooth." '

Cui Jialian was not the only one present here who wanted to befriend Lin Zhiyan, as soon as the words were said, someone immediately wanted to stand up.Cui Jiazhen glanced out of the corner of her eye, she moved faster than anyone else, she was the first to stand up, and said she would look for Lin Zhiyan herself.

Lin Zhiyan didn't want others to make trouble for her, so she persuaded everyone to leave, but Cui Jiazhen was stubborn, she couldn't explain it, so she had no choice but to point in a direction, saying that this trip was a sincere blessing, she had received it, and walking in that direction would be a thousand dollars Don't really look for any moss, she just waits where she is, go and come back quickly.

Cui Jiazhen took her younger sister to go there, but who knows that after walking for a long time, she was about to leave the back garden and met Cui Yu, and everything went wrong.

Some people can't understand her going all out to curry favor with Lin Zhiyan. Seeing that she looks bad, they raised their voices and asked, "Miss Cui's family, what's the matter? Zhiyan even said that she doesn't blame you, and you still have a reluctant face." Kuxiang, who are you showing it to? Are you dissatisfied with Zhiyan?"

"I didn't!" Among the people present, Cui Jiazhen came from the lowest family background, and she came in by following other people's posts. No one from her parents or brothers could participate, so she felt inferior.The more inferior you are, the less confident you are, and the more confident you are, the more worried and afraid you are.She wasn't worried about her own side, as her aunt commented, she was always sensible, she knew when to be proud and when to put it away, with her watching, the concubine would not dare to do anything, she was worried about Cui Yu!

She wasn't worried about Cui Yu's accident either, she didn't even bat an eye when he died quietly, but she was worried about this shameless person!Even implicated her!

She doesn't want to admit her relationship with Cui Yu at all!But she kept it secret at this time, and something happened... What do other people think of her?

So it is better to strike first!

Cui Jiazhen had an idea, and she sighed: "To be honest, my sister and I went there just now and saw a concubine of mine..."

The girl who was talking to her immediately opened her eyes wide: "Your concubine brother? You can also participate in the autumn banquet?"

Cui Jiazhen spread her hands: "I just don't know how he got in, I gave him a lesson, but he was disobedient, not only disobedient, but also threatened to let a foreigner come over..." She bowed her head in a sad state, "I feel sad , this is..."

"It turned out to be mixed in."

"It's true... there are all kinds of people."

"To be a concubine is to lack some rules."

……

Cui Jiazhen's cheeks were hot as she whispered into her ears, but she had to do it... It's all because of Cui Yu, that idiot!His aunt harmed her mother, and he also harmed her. If it wasn't for him, how could she have such a bad life, and she hasn't kissed her at such an age!

For some reason, Cui Jiazhen's eyes were dark, and her hatred for Cui Mata grew deeper in her heart.

"It's not a big deal, just take it easy, everything will go well." Lin Zhiyan smiled slightly, and patted Cui Jiazhen's hand.

Cui Jiazhen almost had tears in her eyes: "Zhiyan, you are so kind!"

Such a good-tempered young lady, should be good at making friends!

"You are also very good, with a pure heart, pure and lovely, and you are willing to pray for me when you just met."

"Zhiyan..."

The two of you came and I praised each other, and the lady next to her looked at it with a keen eye, so she naturally refused to look at their sisterly love, and immediately said something else: "Why is it boring to sit, why don't we go enjoy the scenery?"

"How tiring to enjoy the scenery... How about asking the servants to bring over the chessboard and let's play two games? Zhiyan, what do you think?"

Zhiyan didn't speak immediately, she stared in one direction, and asked a little hesitantly: "Is it Miss Wang who came over there?"

Everyone looked over and saw a group of masters and servants, only five of them, headed by Liumei Shuimou, with a beautiful appearance, elegant demeanor, fairy-like temperament, as beautiful as the person in the painting, who is it not the eighteenth mother of the Wang family?

"Yeah, that's her!"

"Why did she go alone?"

"Shall we go and see?"

……

The Wang family is dominant in Luoyang, but Chang'an is not as powerful as the Xie family, and the relationship between the two families is very good. Didn't the two brothers Xie Yan and Mr. Wang Fu usually laugh at each other?The eighteenth lady of the Wang family is the eldest daughter of the first wife, so it is impossible for her to be neglected, so she should be here alone at her own request.

"Wang Shibaniang is both talented in color and painting. She doesn't like to have fun on weekdays. All she wants to do is to paint. Now that she appears here, maybe she is looking for a good scene?" Lin Zhiyan's voice was soft, but it could be heard in everyone's ears.

"It's just why I forgot, it must be this!" A girl beat her palm, hating herself for not thinking of it.

Lin Zhiyan said again: "The scenery of Xie's house is beautiful everywhere, but there are so many people today, it's rare to be quiet..." As she spoke, she turned to Cui Jiazhen, "There are many people in the places we walked all the way, Jiazhen you What about it? You just walked around there, is there a quiet and beautiful scene there?"

"Over there—" Cui Miaomiao was worried about getting into trouble, and wanted to remind that it was very close to the outer courtyard, so there might be outsiders, but Cui Jiazhen stopped her.

Cui Jiazhen grabbed her hand, pinched it hard, and looked at Lin Zhiyan with an undiminished smile: "It's remote over there, but there are no people there. The rockery is well shaped, and Ms. Wang's family may like it. If you are worried about someone disturbing you, Let's bring more people and go with them."

Cui Miaomiao looked aggrieved, but Cui Jiazhen sighed that the concubine had no vision and no air.

Xie's family held a banquet, how could something happen?Even if it's close to the outer courtyard, if a foreigner comes over, what do you dare to do?The guests are all well-bred, and they might avoid them if they see them from a distance.Besides, a group of them passed by, and everyone watched in broad daylight, who would dare to do something?

If there was such an accident, someone would only find out when they came close, and they would just avoid it for a while.

With thoughts scattered, Cui Jiazhen couldn't help thinking that it would be great if she could meet her true destiny... her husband.

Thinking of this, and thinking about her sixteen years of age, and her body that has suffered so much and drank so many medicines, Cui Jiazhen once again hated Cui Mata to the bone.

"Let's invite Shiba Niang over here." Lin Zhiyan got up first, "If she is really looking for a place to paint, and she doesn't mind us, let's take a look!"

"Okay, let's go and see!"

"I've never seen Miss Wang's paintings!"

……

A group of people were lively and lively, they dared to open fire and taunt in front of Cui Jiazhen, but they didn't dare to make mistakes in front of Wang Shibaniang, all of them smiled dignifiedly, especially ladies.

Lin Zhiyan went over to talk to Wang Shibaniang on behalf of everyone: "Are you looking for a place to paint? One of our sisters knows a good place, do you want to go and have a look?"

Wang Shibaniang is only 13 years old this year. She is young, delicate and tender, but she already has the demeanor of a daughter of a family. She is calm, generous, and her big eyes are black and white, clear and spotless, which makes people yearn for her.

"really?"

"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but there is nothing left and right, why don't you go and have a look?"

"Okay." Wang Shibaniang smiled slightly, showing two dimples on her face, she was pretty and cute.

Cui Jiazhen was pushed out by Lin Zhiyan.

It is of course better to be able to show your face in front of the Wang family's daughter-in-law. Although the uncle of the Lin family has a high rank, how can he compare with the prosperous Wang family?Cui Jiazhen was overjoyed, and she liked Lin Zhiyan even more. She secretly smiled back at her, expressing her gratitude and would definitely repay her!

So, a group of people walked slowly until Cui Jiazhen and Cui Yu met near the rockery.

Wang Shibaniang knew the rules best. Although she had never been here before, she could tell from the layout that it was the edge of the inner house. It was still far away, so she didn't go any further, and asked the maids behind her to put down their easels and paints.

Because there was still some distance from the path outside the rockery, the guard maid on the outside didn't say much, but tensed up, staring carefully at the direction of the outer courtyard so that any situation could be dealt with immediately.

Cui Jiazhen: "Aren't you going any further? It looks a bit far from here."

"It's okay, I just draw casually, without too much detail." Wang Shibaniang is actually very satisfied with this place, there are no people, it is not as colorful as the garden, and it is not boring, the huge rockery is simple in shape, quite a bit Interesting.

She is not afraid of the girls watching, she can watch as much as she wants, and she can speak in a low voice, as long as she doesn't disturb her.

Wang Shibaniang has been learning painting since she was a child. Although she is young, she has her own style. She never hesitates to start and finish the painting. It is said that she is as quiet as a virgin and moves like a rabbit.And the scenery in her brush is not particularly thick and serious, but has a unique innocence and cuteness. The rockery surrounded by Li Lifeng is reflected on the paper, and it becomes lively.

The girls onlookers all smiled and clapped their hands, amazed.

A butterfly came flying from nowhere, stumbling around, ignoring etiquette, and flew towards Wang Shibaniang.

Lin Zhiyan frowned, and said in a low voice, "Eighteen Niang is just in the mood for painting, so I have to drive that butterfly away."

The girls are all eager to try, those who collect handkerchiefs, those who roll up their sleeves, those who lift their skirts...

"It's not good to move together, too much noise will cause noise."

The girls thought about it, so they all stopped.But who will go?

Cui Jiazhen stood up again: "I'll go!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for others' consent, Gu Zi rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Wang Shibaniang's direction, his eyes fixed on the butterfly, step by step, carefully.

The girls didn't have time to scold her for moving quickly, they all looked at her with round eyes, followed her movements, and couldn't help holding their breath... It's getting closer!near!Just a little bit!Yes, it is this time!flutter!

It's a pity... I didn't rush.

Cui Jiazhen accidentally stepped on a stone, her foot became unsteady, and she staggered towards Wang Shibaniang!

Just as Wang Shibaniang had finished a painting, she wrote an inscription and stamped it. When she saw an imperfection and wanted to change it, she was caught by Cui Jiazhen.

Shocked, she turned sideways to hide, but she didn't.The easel was fine, but she was thrown to the ground by Cui Jiazhen.

The scene was quiet for a moment, and suddenly there were various screams——

"Ahhhh-"

"Miss Wang!!!"

"Eighteen Niang—how are you doing, Eighteen Niang!"

Before Cui Jiazhen could react, she was pulled away by the girls. Cui Miaomiao hurriedly supported her, with tears in her eyes, she was about to cry: "Sister..."

Cui Jiazhen's clothes fell apart from being pushed and pulled, and her whole body hurts, but she didn't dare to take care of herself, so she hurriedly looked at Wang Shibaniang.

Wang Shibaniang is fine.Cui Jiazhen is a girl, not too heavy, and she doesn't have much strength in fluttering the butterfly. At most, she was crushed. There are grasses on the ground, which are soft. She didn't hurt at all when she fell down, and it didn't hurt anywhere.

It's just...the clothes are dirty.

"I'm fine." Wang Shibaniang was not in a mess at all. After being helped up by the crowd, she thanked her twice and quietly looked at her maidservant, "Find a place for me to change my clothes."

She wanted to find a place to paint on her own, and deliberately didn't bother the master to let someone follow her. It was an accident that she came here. She was not familiar with it, and the maids were not familiar with it, so she could only look at the girls of Lin Zhiyan and her party.

This group of ladies did not join in the fun with the big army, and their status was not particularly high. They came here to play together in private. The number of daughters of the Xie family was not enough, so they did not follow. They sent maidservants to wait on them far away. It is expected that Wang Shibaniang will transfer together.

They were not familiar with this place, so they immediately pointed to the tense maid not far behind: "That's the servant of the Xie family, they must know where to change clothes!"

"Thank you." Wang Shibaniang had no choice but to find these maidservants.

The girls were worried, so naturally they followed suit.

A maidservant in Tsing Yi walked quickly from a distance and saluted generously: "The maidservant is responsible for guiding and taking care of the guests. Take care of yourself. Ms. Wang will just follow the maidservant. The maidservant will take you to the wing room. Someone will take care of you here. In addition, everyone—— ——Why don't you go with the servant girl first, Miss Wang's dressing room may not be able to accommodate all of you, can you make tea and wait in the gazebo not far from the courtyard?"

"Yes." Lin Zhiyan agreed on behalf of everyone.

Then a group of people left quickly.

Only the easel was left alone in the original place, and Wang Shibaniang's paintings were placed on the upper floor, with small characters and loose chapters written.

After the guests left, a man's figure sneaked out from a distance. I don't know how he turned around. The positions he took were all in blind spots, and no one could see them at all.Leaning on the rockery, he walked slowly and silently to the easel, admired it for a while, and then quietly took it down.

When he was about to leave, he noticed with sharp eyes that there was a Supa among the grass on the ground, embroidered with only a branch of red plum, and the word 'Eighteen' was embroidered on it.

The man was overjoyed, picked up Supa and hid it between his chest and clothes, glanced around, seeing that no one was paying attention, immediately stuck to the rockery, carefully returned by the same way... and then disappeared into the bushes.

The man got what he wanted, his plan was successful, he was in a very good mood, and even played a ditty.But proud of himself, he suddenly realized... Lost.

The aristocratic family just hates it, what's the use of making such a big place!

There was no other way, he had no choice but to grab a boy and ask for directions: "Excuse me, where is Songtao Courtyard?"

The young man saluted and pointed to the west: "Just follow this road straight, but it's a bit far away, and you may need to work harder."

"Thank you."

"The guests are welcome."

After finishing speaking, the boy bowed and retreated, and the man left according to the direction he pointed.

This is no longer a remote place, there are servants, and of course there are guests.Fan Ling corrected the process, and when she saw this scene, she smacked her lips and sighed: "Xie Shudai's house is really big, take a look, one or two must be lost! Sigh—Cui Liu, where are you, young master?" It was so hard to find you..."

However, Fan Lingxiu's luck wasn't too bad, he walked half a circle in a daze, and unexpectedly ran into Cui Yu on the road.

At that time, Cui Yu was talking to a servant with his back behind his back.

Fan Lingxiu's eyes lit up, he walked over quietly, and patted Cui Yu's left shoulder.

Cui Yu turned his head, but a voice came from the right: "Brother, where are you looking? It's here!"

Cui Yu then turned his head again, looked at Fan Lingxiu and sighed, "You're still so naughty at such an age..."

"Hey, you're younger than me!" Fan Lingxiu curled his lips and smiled again, "Finally found you! Hurry up and take me to play!"

Cui Yu smiled and said, "Okay, just follow me and make a show together in a while."

"Yeah!" Fan Lingxiu didn't delay Cui Yu's business, turned around and walked east with him, "What are you going to do next? Is there any help from the young master? If so, the young master will be generous and merciful to help you, no Money, if you don’t have it—give it to the young master with good food and drink, you can watch the young master while you’re eating, and you’ll be busy when the young master is idle!”

"Are you so happy that I'm busy?"

"Of course, I made you laugh at me a while ago, but this time it's the young master's turn to laugh at you!"