Peach Blossom Button

When the magnolias in the courtyard were completely pushed out by the window, only a wisp of flower fragrance quietly drifted into the closed room.

Lanhua Courtyard was originally an academy, so there are naturally many famous calligraphy and paintings hanging in the Lanting Building. The stacked cabinets are full of books, and a pot of calamus is quietly placed on the flower stand next to the bookcase.

Qi Wuya stood in front of the pot of calamus with his hands behind his back, and a painting hung quietly on the wall behind the calamus.In the painting, white magnolias cover the clear sky like thick clouds, and a beautiful girl in an apricot dress stands under the flowers, staring at the viewer with bright eyes, as if she is about to laugh in the next second.

On the side of the painting, there is a sentence: Bright eyes are good at looking at and shining wonderfully.Signed in four characters: Mr. Mengdie.

But now Bai Wangyan was staring at Qi Wuya's back with all his attention, afraid that he might ask some difficult questions.Just as he was thinking of some reason to prevaricate, Qi Wuya suddenly spoke.

"Brother..." Qi Wuya's voice sounded like a young man's voice, but at this moment it was like a wooden door that had been covered in dust for a long time. My heart suddenly sank.The seventh disciple turned around slowly, but the playful smile faded from his eyes. He was face to face with Bai Wangyan, but he didn't want to touch the other person directly, so he had to turn his head slightly to the side. He continued: "Looking at the fingering of the strings, I knew it was you."

The cat jumped out of his arms, landed lightly on the ground, climbed up the chair to the table, and nestled up warmly in the sunlight cast from the window.

Bai Wangyan raised his left hand, glanced at his finger, and suddenly laughed out loud: "Ha, this habit is really a flaw..."

At the moment when he lowered his eyes, Qi Wuya in front of him suddenly took a step forward. Bai Wangyan heard his breathing getting faster and faster, so he raised his eyes to look at him, put his hands behind his back, Raising his chin slightly, he asked, "Are you going to say something to me just to point out this flaw?"

"Where have you been for so many years!" Qi Wuya tried his best to hold back his emotions, but his voice still rose unconsciously, "Still working for that place? You clearly know why Master severed ties with you of!"

"So it's for this matter," Bai Wangyan smiled unconsciously, and he squinted and smiled, "But what does it have to do with you?"

Qi Wuya frowned: "Why is it nothing to do with me? I'm your junior brother! You brought up my piano art by yourself, and you gave me 'Yaozhu Tingfeng'. Now you tell me to break with the master. Doesn't it matter to me that I was expelled from the school and disappeared in the rivers and lakes for several years?"

Bai Wangyan saw that he was extremely emotional, but there was a hint of coldness in his smile: "Yeah, you and I are just from the same school."

In a moment of anger, Qi Wuya opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, and in the end he pointed at Bai Wangyan in front of him fiercely with his finger, and sighed.

"Junior Brother," Bai Wangyan smiled with squinted eyes, "don't worry about me, I have my own purpose. Besides, I don't need you to worry about it."

The last sentence he added completely blocked Qi Wuya's emotions in his chest, and he couldn't go up or down, but the next sentence of the person in front of him made the first luthier of the imperial capital completely speechless.

Bai Wangyan took a step forward, and he was very close to him, but there was a gloomy and cold light in those peach blossom eyes that were always smiling.After disappearing for several years, the surreptitious person spoke slowly, his voice extremely low, as if he had emerged from the deepest shadow.

"From now on, there is only your younger brother in this arena, Bai Jin, the qin disciple that Shang Qiuming took in again. If any rumors come out from you..." Bai Wangyan laughed softly, "The big In the imperial capital, it is easy to have fewer people."

Qi Wuya froze in place, and slowly, he widened his eyes: "Are... are you threatening me?"

"In the Chaoxi Palace, you still ask such questions?" Bai Wangyan raised his eyebrows.

Qi Wuya stood in the same place blankly, the forceful aura of pressing Bai Wangyan just now was gone, he was silent for a while, then lowered his eyes: "You didn't have to threaten me."

"What I want is to be safe," Bai Wangyan said with a slight smile, "I can't make mistakes in any step. Of course, no matter what, we are still in the same school."

They are still from the same school, but the person who was expelled from the school has "disappeared". Whether it was brought into the qin Taoism or given to him when he was young, many past events have nothing to do with this person in front of him.

After waiting for many years, what you get is still nothing more than one sentence, which has nothing to do with you.

The mountains in his heart broke suddenly, and the bottom of the cliff was bottomless. Qi Wuya stared at the person in front of him, and the feeling of reunion disappeared.

"Okay, we are still in the same family." Qi Wuya repeated silently, as if trying to hypnotize himself to recognize the reality.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the door, and after a while, the sound of approaching footsteps finally stopped at the door, and then, the door was knocked lightly a few times, and the voice of the book boy came from outside the door : "Master, Mr. Gu is here."

Qi Wuya hurriedly cleaned up the slumped state just now, he cleared his throat: "Come in quickly." After speaking, he went forward and opened the locked door.

The thin book boy hurriedly took a step back, letting out the person standing behind him.But the person behind him was thinner than him, like a pale hemp stick wrapped in brocade.

Seeing Qi Wuya, a smile appeared on the troublesome face, he cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Qi, why are you calling me here in such a hurry?" Bai Wangyan was slightly surprised and said, "Mr. Bai is here too."

"Ah, this is my junior brother from the same sect," Qi Wuya nodded and smiled, "Mr. Mengdie is invited here today precisely because my junior brother wants to ask you for advice."

Gu Huan waved his hands hurriedly, and he walked into the door while smiling: "I don't know that the two of you are from the same school. It's really a bit of a surprise." As soon as he stepped into the door, his thin body even swayed twice. Shaky.

Bai Wangyan watched the hemp stick walking towards him quickly, and felt a little strange in his heart. When he met Gu Mengdie a few years ago, he also looked like a handsome man, but now he is so weak?He looked over to Qi Wuya again, Qi Wuya hastily dodged his gaze, and frowned slightly: "I haven't seen you for half a month, why did Mr. Mengdie become so thin?"

Gu Huan just waved that bony hand, and sighed helplessly: "I have suffered from an illness, and my body is not as good as before."

Qi Wuya apologized, but Gu Huan shook his head and said, "It's not a serious illness, it's okay." After saying that, he walked up to Bai Wangyan, and a smile appeared on his thin and pale face: "Please talk to me about it." No, if you want to ask anything, just ask.”

Bai Wangyan saw the haggard man in front of him, and felt a little strange in his heart. He carefully took out the portrait in his arms, hugged the cat lying on the table, spread the portrait out, and asked, "Mr. Mengdie, do you recognize these two people?" A portrait?" YXZL.

The cat barked a little bit unhappy, jumped back into Qi Wuya's arms, and nestled up.Qi Wuya stroked the back of the cat's neck, but his eyes were fixed on the two portraits.He did recognize those two portraits, they were arrest notices pasted by the city gate a few days ago, how did they get into this man's hands?Could it be that this "thief picking up the stars and sweeping the moon" has something to do with the purpose this person said?

The moment the notice was spread out, Gu Huan's face turned even paler, he stared at the ugly portrait of the woman, but his hands couldn't stop shaking.

This strange look was easily captured by Bai Wangyan.The white-clothed scholar smiled and said, "Sure enough, it was written by Mr. Mengdie."

As soon as Bai Wangyan said it, Gu Huan's face suddenly darkened, and it took a long time before he replied yes.

"Then I would like to trouble Mr. Mengdie to explain the cause and effect," Bai Wangyan said with a smile, "How could a court painter complete this sea arrest document? What...is there any connection between it?" When it comes to "relationships "In the second word, he deliberately bit down and dragged out a long sound, which made the already thin numb stick tremble.

"This..." Gu Huan immediately faltered, his eyes dodged, Qi Wuya saw him so embarrassed, and secretly glanced at Bai Wangyan from the corner of his eye, thinking that this person with such a handsome face would actually look even more Difficult to deal with.During this hesitation, Gu Huan actually started to cough violently, his face turned pale for a while, but Bai Wangyan still didn't say a word, just waiting for him to speak.

Qi Wuya couldn't bear it a little bit, so he hurriedly told the book boy outside the door: "Go and pour a cup of tea for Mr. Mengdie!"

Bai Wangyan glanced at Qi Wuya, then moved his eyes to Gu Huan who was covering his mouth and coughing, and asked with a smile, "Could it be because you've seen these two people?"

The book boy hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Gu Huan, drank it tremblingly, Gu Huan lowered his eyes, and replied softly: "That's true." He sighed, straightened up slightly, "Half a month ago, these two people broke into each other at night. In my house, I tried to steal the "Picture of the Hundred Miles of Taoyuan"..."

""A Hundred Miles of Peach Blossoms"?" Bai Wangyan's heart sank. Why is this painting in his hands? Isn't it...

"Well, it was a gift from the second prince back then, and I have always cherished it," Gu Huan frowned, "It happened to happen that those two people stole the painting, and they even ran away."

Bai Wangyan narrowed his eyes slightly, and he saw that Gu Huan didn't look like he hated those two people at all, but rather... felt lost?Rubbing his chin lightly with his fingers, Bai Wangyan suddenly laughed: "Interesting. Mr. Mengdie's serious illness, I'm afraid it's not lovesickness..."

Gu Huan raised his head suddenly, looked at the white-haired young man in front of him in astonishment, opened his mouth slightly, but couldn't say another word.