Beat Generation

The wedding banquet lasted for three full days.

During this period, Wu Ershan only did four things, playing golf with his parents, playing mahjong with his mother, drinking and chatting with his generation at night, and making Zhuang Mei sleepy every morning.

The all-night banquet often makes Zhuang Mei, who is half asleep and half awake, feel dizzy. Sometimes she is tuned in by Wu and can't tell whether it is day or night. She often feels that she only slept for two hours before Wu Ershan dug her out of her dream. When she got up, the endless kisses would soon pour all over her body like a torrential rain, and soon she would sink into the mud and slowly sink down. When she climbed out of the throbbing vortex created by Wu, often everything All the flags died down, she was defeated again and again, and became a tame beast under Wu's subordinates, letting him lead her away.

Since the first day of crying, Zhuang Mei stopped shedding a single tear, and instead sweated nervously. After a conquest, her sweat could completely wet Wu's whole body. Wu would say in surprise every time, you are really made of water. of.

And compared to Zhuang Mei who kept silent in this matter, Wu Ershan always talked about many things about the past, present and future every time, as if she didn't care whether Zhuang Mei could hear her or not, and only wanted to use a low and lazy voice. Said slowly.

After frequent heartbeats and galloping, Zhuang Mei gradually stopped panicking like the first time. She began to accept that she could not breathe to the point that she could suffocate in the next second, and at some moments, she could I am sure that even if her heartbeat is faster and faster than the drumbeat, she will not really die like this. At most, she will be uncomfortable for a while, take some oxygen, and sleep for a while, and she will return to normal, one by one be fast.

During these three days, Wu Ershan didn't let her leave the room.

Zhuang Mei originally thought that at the very least, she would have a royal dinner at the same table with the elders she knew well, but Wu never planned to open the door to her from the beginning to the end, and just let her be alone in the room Enjoy a variety of luxurious meals.

Whenever Wu changes clothes to go to guests, she locks the doors, and the windows are electronically locked, and she usually presses the remote to lock all the windows as well.

Zhuang Mei didn't understand a complete wedding. If she hadn't appeared, who would have known that Wu and her were married?

The strangest thing was that even Wu's mother didn't come to see her, and only asked her old servant to bring her some Laohuo soup.

The night of the third day.

When Zhuang Mei woke up, she found that she was the only one in the room.

Wu, who was out at night and during the day, is gone, and Mo Li will not come into the room when Wu Ershan is not around.

The whole room was eerily quiet. No, when Zhuang Mei listened carefully, there seemed to be no joyful chatting and laughing of the guests outside the window, nor the sound of the crescent moon played by the band. Float over from a distance.

This is the evening bell, signaling the beginning of supper.

Zhuang Mei put on Wu's pajamas, walked to the window with small steps, and opened the curtains that had not been opened for three days and nights. She looked out at a glance, only seeing the shadowy pavilions with eaves in the night, but not a single guest who came in costumes.

She waited for a long time, only to see two maids dressed as palace maids walking by with their heads bowed.

When she was lying on the window and looking outside like this, her eyes were like a civet locked in a tall building.

Suddenly, Zhuang Mei changed his mind.

This is the palace, the place she is most familiar with since she was a child. She remembers that her father used to work here for a while when she was a child. At noon in summer, when her father wanted to take a nap, she would avoid the guards and sneak into the palace. Come on, today's imperial palace has been changed into a place where famous families hold important banquets, and it is no longer an office area under the government.

With a thought, the candles in the room flickered. Zhuang Mei walked over and blew out the candles. She walked to the door and called [Mo Li] softly, but no one answered outside the door. Zhuang Mei looked through the cat's eyes , looking outside, Mo Li was dozing off on the grand master's chair.

Zhuang Mei held her breath, she was eager to leave this confused room, the doors and windows in this room were useless, only the small door on the ceiling was just big enough for a child of her stature to get out. sunroof.

This small square carved skylight with sixteen grids has existed since ancient times. The moonlight shining through this skylight will shine on her body every night. Zhuang Mei stares at this small skylight, recalling how she climbed when she was a child. out.

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This was already the last night of the wedding banquet, and most of the guests who were thirsty for fine wine were preparing to return tomorrow, and some of them had already bid farewell to the old Wu couple and set foot on their way home.

Sitting at the dining table, Father Wu was holding a white wine cup with a fine porcelain peony pattern, feeling a little emotional. He said: "Some relatives in my old family have not seen each other for three years, and they have rushed here. Some of them are far away. I haven't seen my relatives abroad since they went abroad. Now, everything is in order. Fortunately, Ershan thought carefully enough this time. Although the hospitality was a bit lacking, at least they let them go home happily .”

There were not many people sitting on the long dinner table at the moment, and after careful calculation, there were only three families, namely the Wen family, the Wu family and the Zhan family.

"Thanks to Ershan's wedding, I also met many old friends. Everyone is usually busy in various provinces, and every meeting is just a hasty meeting. I have never had such a good time like this time."

It was Zhan Jinhuai, Zhan's father in a Tang suit, who answered Father Wu's conversation. He clinked glasses with Father Wu, and both of them had unconcealable excitement in their eyes.

Looking at the Wen family on the other side, Rong Lanzhi was telling the ghost story in the palace with his youngest daughter Wen Li, and the story was so vivid that both Wen Xi and Wen Chong felt chills down their backs, but luckily Mother Zhan was an atheist , She believed in science, so she explained the reasons for the hauntings to the startled Wen Li, and the witty scientific explanation made the juniors laugh up and down.

The more Wen Li listened, the more confused she became, but this did not prevent the girl from giggling wildly. She hugged Wen Xi's arm and shook it vigorously.

Zhan Banbi just listened, she held the gray-blue saucer in one hand, and tasted bit by bit the Peony Spring, which glowed coldly under the moonlight. Sitting at the banquet, I no longer want to touch wine, but only drink this refreshing spring water.

Zhan Banbi is the eldest daughter in the family. Below her are two younger brothers who have grown up and experienced in the government, and a younger sister, Zhan Zhengzheng, who is one year younger than Wen Li.

Younger sister Zhan Zhengzheng is usually very shy, but she has become more lively these days. Seeing the scene of her and Wen Li fighting with each other, Zhan Neng suddenly remembered that in this lonely palace, she, Ershan, The scene where Wen Xi chases Bo Mei and fights endlessly.

The children couldn't sit still at the dinner table when the elders began to remember the glorious past, and they didn't understand how precious the time when bloody sacrifices were commonplace in the past. Zhan patted Yaomei's head and said: " Get off the table with Wen Li and go play with other siblings, huh?"

Wen Li was overjoyed, "Okay, okay, let's go play."

"Be careful." Rong Lanzhi warned, "You are the biggest sister, protect your younger siblings."

"Let them play, I didn't ask someone to temporarily build a small playground, and the children can play in it all day." Wu Ershan took a sip of red wine, "Let them play, it will have to be demolished tomorrow."

The children ran away, leaving adults with their own concerns at the table.

Wen Xi felt her back hurt while sitting. She stood up and moved a bit, "I'll go and see those children."

She left the table with an excuse at random, and her brother Wen Chong hurriedly followed, "Remember to change the medicine for the wound on your face later, here you are."

Wen Xi nodded and took the small medicine bag.

"Drink less," she said to her brother.

Wen Chong looked Wen Xi up and down, frowned, held her shoulder and said, "You...can't go to her."

"Who are you looking for?"

"You know what I'm talking about. Well. I'm going back."

Wen Chong's words reminded Wen Xi that she clenched the small medicine bag tightly in her hand and stroked the itchy wound on her face. It was time to find the culprit who hadn't shown her face for three days.

When Wen Chong went back, the elders at the dinner table began to talk about Wu Ershan's plans for married life.

"Please everyone, I'm just newly married, and I'm still in a kind of joy that I can't control, and I can't think rationally about the future." Wu was tired from being flanked, but she still listened to the elders with a smile. According to their opinions, an elder asked, "Is the little madam all right?"

"It's fine. I just can't get out of bed." Wu Bie said meaningfully to the elder who asked the question.

Everyone who understood laughed, and Wu's mother had no choice but to laugh too. How can anyone only see one at a wedding?Only one of a pair appears, which will inevitably cause people to gossip, but she also secretly thinks that this is very good, the child's identity has been reshaped, but that face cannot be reshaped, if it can be delayed for a while, it will be postponed, so as not to be reshaped in the future. In this sensitive period, there will be side issues.

Zhan Banbi looked in at the clusters of happiness in Wu's eyes. With just one glance, she felt that she had been stabbed countless times all over her body, and her complexion gradually became ugly. If someone else did this during the wedding banquet, she would definitely get a bad name for being romantic. She is Wu Ershan, her wedding banquet is perfect, others will only say after the banquet, you see, King Wu Xiaoxiang has changed his love, now she only dotes on her little wife, and the two are like glue, envious of others.

"Ahem." Zhan stood up, "I dropped the asthma medicine, I'll take it to her."

She walked towards the small playground, thinking that Wen Xi was also here, but she couldn't see anyone at first glance.

"Sister, are you coming to see me?" Zhan Zhengzheng walked over, already sweating from playing.

"Be careful....Have you seen Wen Li's sister?"

"She came here just now, and then disappeared again..." Zhan Zhengzheng thought for a while, "It seems to be going there."

Following the direction of her little finger, Zhan Banbi recognized at a glance where it was going.

"you sure?"

Zhan Zhengzheng nodded, "Just go there and find her, I want to continue playing."

Zhan Banbi patted the little girl's head. After thinking about it, she still walked in that direction.

This road is full of giant orchids and roses that can fascinate people's eyes. The strong fragrance of flowers dispelled the tingling sensations all over Zhan Banbi's body. She walked slowly and quickly came to Wu Ershan and the mysterious little girl In the wife's temporary new house, a gust of wind blew through the copper bells hanging from the cornices, making a crisp tinkling sound.

Standing outside this room, Zhan didn't know what to think. She felt a little uncomfortable and touched the cheeks that had been scraped by those hands. At this moment, she couldn't help feeling that her cheeks were hot, and her eyes were rolling on the window with the curtains closed , just like an infatuated person who longs for his lover to open the curtain and take a look at her.

After a while, she felt that this was too presumptuous, and when she was about to turn around, she heard very small footsteps coming from the roof, she turned her head in surprise, and saw a thin figure standing against the wind Where.

She didn't dare to look closely, and she knew who it was.

Zhuang Mei stood there sideways, with the moonlight behind her back, no one could see the surprise in her eyes, what happened tonight, isn't anyone ready to have dinner?Wen Xi just left, and now Zhan Banbi is here again.

She was already on the roof, and when Wen Xi left, Zhan Banbi came again before she left.

Zhuang Mei didn't dare to move anymore, she wasn't sure if Zhan Banbi saw her.

Zhan didn't dare to move half the wall, she was afraid that she would frighten the person standing on the roof who didn't know what to do.

Seeing that Zhan was not moving, Zhuang Mei boldly walked forward. She found that when she walked, Zhan was still motionless and did not call for anyone. How did she know that Zhan was already hanging in her throat at this time?

She was afraid that she would disturb her, just like a butterfly perched on a flower when she was a child.

In the end, Zhuang Mei was no longer afraid at all, she stepped on the rubble, and quickly moved to the red pillar, and along the pillar, she began to slide down slowly.

At this time, Zhan strode over and waited under the pillar with his arms outstretched. Zhuang Mei lowered her head and saw her there. For a moment, it was as if she had returned to a certain day in the past. She hugged the pillar tightly and stopped sliding down. .

"You come down, don't be afraid, I'll follow you....I won't call someone. You come down." Zhan Banbi couldn't believe that these words just came out of her mouth. In this case, she should Calling the bodyguards over as soon as possible should also notify Wu Ershan immediately, instead of avoiding suspicion like now.

Zhuang Mei looked at Zhan Banbi vigilantly. When she heard the call, she panicked. She loosened her hands and slid down from under the two-meter pillar. Zhan hurried forward and hugged her firmly.

When Zhuang Mei opened her eyes, she was already in Zhan's arms. They looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Let go, let me down."

"Aren't you hurt anywhere?" Zhan carefully put her down and asked softly.

Zhuang Mei shook her head, she patted the ashes on her clothes, turned her head and said to Zhan, "Don't follow me, I want to play by myself."

"I'll play with you, okay?"

Zhuang Mei didn't speak, she walked forward, and Zhan Banbi followed behind her step by step.

"How do you..."

"Don't ask me why I climbed on the roof!"

"Okay." Zhan didn't know what to say for a while, and the two quickly walked into the blooming flowers, one in front of the other, without communicating.

"You can't move forward. The front has been sealed." Zhan Banbi said.

Zhuang Mei stopped, passing by this lush forest and pristine bamboo, where her father used to work, she just wanted to take a look.

"Sealed? The palace is so big, why is the place over there sealed?"

"Because... there used to be an office area, but it's not anymore."

"........."

Zhuang Mei turned around and looked at Zhan disappointedly, "But I want to go over there and have a look."

"I'll take you to another place to play, it's much more fun than there. Okay."

Zhuang Mei shook her head, pouting like a child, "Not good."

"Do you have to go in there to play?" Zhan Banbi approached a little closer, but he didn't dare to touch her head like he was treating his own little sister. Can't see it, do you know what's in that abandoned garden? Weasels with bright eyes, and swarms of black mice, and..."

"Okay, okay, don't talk... I, I won't go." Zhuang Mei waved her hand, "But... I won't go in, I'll just take a look outside, okay?"

"Children's curiosity is exuberant. But you can only look at it."

This time, Zhan Banbi walked ahead to clear the way for Zhuang Mei, and the two of them pushed through a cluttered bamboo forest, and finally reached the weedy gate of that place.

Zhuang Mei knocked on the door. Of course the door wouldn't open as before, but she still smiled and knocked it several times.

Suddenly, a beam of light swept over from the bamboo forest, Zhan Banbi quickly pulled Zhuang Mei into his arms, and the two hid behind the stone lion.

Zhuang Mei looked at Zhan, and Zhan covered her mouth. Zhan didn't let go until the patrolling bodyguard left. She explained: "Ordinary people are not allowed to come here."

"You are not an ordinary person. You are Director Zhan. You can take me anywhere. Isn't it?" Zhuang Mei was not in a hurry to leave Zhan's arms, she poked Zhan's face, "Oh, I see, you Afraid, you are afraid of being seen, you are with me."

Zhan pursed her lips. The two were so close that Zhan could even see the hair on Zhuang Mei's face. She sighed, "Now, look, let's go."

"No, I want to take a look inside."

Zhuang Mei stood up, Zhan took a look outside the bamboo forest, and Zhuang Mei found a hollow carved wall, compared the height, Zhan squatted down, and said: "You sit on my shoulder, I will lift you up, take a look .”

"Sister Banbi, you are so kind."

Zhuang Mei sat on it happily, and put her hands on the top of Zhan's head. When Zhan stood up, she carefully looked inside through the densely packed holes.

Looking at the past, the courtyard is full of weeds as tall as a person, and there is nothing under the eaves. Under the moonlight, this place is full of ghosts, and it does not look like it used to.

"All right."

Zhan squatted down carefully, and Zhuang Mei got off her body. She turned her back to Zhan, not wanting her to see the tears swirling in her eyes.

"...Scared." Zhan Banbi said softly, "Come on, let's get out of here, and I'll take you to a more interesting place."

"No, thank you." Zhuang Mei strode into the bamboo forest, and Zhan followed her like the wind. After a while, Zhuang Mei said, "Don't follow me anymore, I want to walk alone. Tonight Thank you."

Zhan Banbi didn't speak anymore, she heard her choked up tone, and was confused for a moment.

"Actually, I also want to thank you. It's been a long time since I went to the place you just went to... Before, my friends and I liked playing there very much. Fighting crickets, hide-and-seek, archery..."

"See you."

"Actually..." Zhan held Zhuang Mei's hand unconsciously, "Dinner has just started, and I'm afraid it will be over in two hours. You are alone in the room now, why don't we play together."

Zhuang Mei shook her head lacking in interest, and when Zhan repeatedly invited her, Zhuang Mei turned her head angrily and asked, "Do you like me very much?"

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"Do you like me very much? Do you like me very much... Do you like me very much, do you like me very much!"

Every time Zhuang Mei asked more, Zhan took a step back, and Zhuang Mei pressed her every step, so she took several steps back, and finally leaned on the pillar, looking at Zhuang Mei with a flushed face.

Seeing her face as if facing a formidable enemy, Zhuang Mei smiled again, she turned around with a narrow nose, "I'm leaving, goodbye!"

After she turned around, Zhan Banbi coughed heavily and took a deep breath. She watched Zhuang Mei bouncing away and kept stroking her heart beating chest.

As soon as she calmed down a bit, the jumping little figure turned back again. She hugged the pillar, tilted her head and asked again in a pause: "You, very, like, like, me..."

After she finished speaking, she stuck out her tongue, strode, and disappeared into the corridor like the wind.

At this moment, Zhan Banbi only felt her heart beating violently, and she couldn't control it anymore. She wanted to chase after that figure, but... Finally, she slid slowly on the ground and murmured: " Yes, after so many years, I still like you... I still... like you... I still... like you the most."

When she was talking to herself like this, tears had already rolled down her cheeks for a moment.