A glance at the spring breeze

After sunset, the lights come on.

"Follow up!" Qi Wen lay on Qi Mo's back, turned his head and shouted to Yin Xian and Ruan Lan behind him.

The street near the Temple of Goddess in Qijia Village was bustling with people.There are all kinds of stalls set up on both sides of the road, including paper-cut sugar pouring people, Liuchi specialties, and pancakes.

pancakes...

Yin Jian and Ruan Lan looked at each other.

"Boss, here are four pancakes!" Qi Mo took out a handful of copper coins from his cuff and patted them on the pancake stand.

"Four pancakes! Alright..." The pancake stand owner took advantage of the interval between pouring the pancakes and glanced behind the visitor, and at a glance saw the two people from other villages who asked him to throw the pancake stand in the morning standing in front of him.

"It's you?" the boss said, "As long as you don't ask those questions, I can still make two pancakes for you."

Yin Jian's voice was hearty: "I will definitely not ask again."

"Hey, that's good, I'll add two more eggs for you, and let you taste the pancakes that make the emperor drool."

"..."

"Hey, young master, seeing you laughing there, you probably don't believe it? Don't believe it, everyone in Qijia Village knows that the pancakes I make are really delicious."

Before Ruan Lan could hold back his smile, Yin Jian looked at his face.

Ruan Lan could only raise her face quickly.

Qi Mo said: "There will be a singing and dancing performance soon, you guys should go and see it? The singing and dancing performance we left behind is quite different from your middle-earth performance, but..."

Qi Wen said first: "It's just that our performance is in the language of Liuchi, I'm afraid you won't understand."

"It's okay, let's go and have a look."

Ruan Lan also agreed: "Well, by the way, let's feel the customs of Liuchi."

So the four bought pancakes and walked towards the stage next to the Goddess Temple.

This stage is indeed different from the stage in the Central Plains. The bottom of the middle is the place where song and dancers perform, and high platforms are built around it for people to sit and watch. The closer to the stage, the lower the seats, and the farther away from the stage, the lower the seats. is towering.

When the four of them arrived, the seats with a good view in front were already occupied, and they sat at the farthest and highest place from the stage.

Qi Wen said: "Brother, today's song, I heard from A Yuan, it seems very uncomfortable..."

Qi Mo stroked Qi Wen's back: "Anyway, you've heard it so many times, what are you afraid of?"

The two of them were talking, and the performance had already started, and several fair-skinned, beautiful, light-haired, blue-eyed women came up and danced.

Zimo said to the two of them: "Today's track is a classic we left behind. It tells the story of a boy who finally killed his father and brother and married his mother."

Although she knew that the cultures of the two places were very different, Ruan Lan couldn't help but slander her after listening to her, "What kind of system is it?"

Unlike the Central Plains, the voices of the men and women in Liuchi are thick and powerful, and they can still be heard very clearly even if they are sitting at the farthest end of the seats.

But the language difference between the two countries is really huge, and they couldn't see clearly what was happening on the stage in the distance. Ruan Lan and Yin Jian could not understand what these singers were singing from the beginning to the end.

Seeing that Qi Wen's eyes were already filled with tears, he muttered something vaguely in Liu Chi language, and then began to cry loudly.

Qi Mo quickly covered his mouth: "Shhh...you keep your voice down, others are still listening."

Qi Wen closed his voice obediently, still sobbing softly.

Ruan Lan really didn't understand, but he could always recognize which one was the protagonist, and which one was the protagonist's brother and father.

Later, he saw the protagonist holding a long dagger and stabbing his biological brother from a distance.

Ruan Lan frowned, couldn't bear to look any further, and closed her eyes.

slay brother... take the throne...

how similar...

Even though the cultural differences between the two countries are very different, this kind of thing is so similar.

So ironic.

Suddenly a hand tightly grasped his, Ruan Lan opened her eyes, and saw that Yin Jian had stood up, took his hand and said: "It's over, Ah Lan, it's time to go."

"Looking at your sad face, could it be that you were infected by Qi Wen's emotions?" Qi Mo said with a "haha" smile.

Qi Wen's voice can still hear the nasal sound of crying: "Really, I cry every time I watch this, it's so shameful..."

Qi Mo said: "Let's go to a bar? It's rare that Qijia Village is so lively today."

"Okay, okay, drink and drink!" Qi Wen clapped his hands quickly.

"In that case, shall we go too?" Yin Jian asked him.

"Yeah." Ruan Lan nodded.

So after leaving the theater, the four of them walked through the crowd to the restaurant.

"Have a bowl of rice wine, and a jar of bamboo wine." Qi Mo told the waiter, "A seat by the window, and a few dishes of side dishes."

"Alright! Guest officer, please come inside."

Qi Wen opened his eyes and asked in confusion: "Rice wine? Why do you need a bowl of rice wine?"

Qi Mo replied: "Stupid, of course it is for you to drink. Children should drink rice wine, don't drink Zhizhu wine like adults."

"Humph."

The four of them sat on the second floor, and it was indeed a seat by the window. Through the window, they could still see the bustling traffic downstairs.

"Guest officer, the wine is here!"

Qi Mo said: "Help us fill up."

The clear liquid was poured into the glass, and the aroma of the wine was tangy.

"Our two brothers are really lucky to meet you." Yin Jian raised his wine glass and said to Qimo Qiwen, "Thanks to Qimo brother who saved Alan before, such kindness, my two brothers will never forget it." After that, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

"Where is it, why don't you say thank you, brother Ruan Lin, you are too far-fetched."

Ruan Lan followed Yin Jian's movements and offered a toast.

Slip into the mouthpiece, sweet and cool.

What a familiar taste, although many years have passed, Ruan Lan still remembers that Yin Cheng brought this wine back to the capital and drank it for him.

It's really delicious.

Cup after cup.Rao gradually became dizzy in front of her eyes, and Ruan Lan's pouring hand didn't stop.

"Ruan Lan...?" He felt someone pat his face.

He heard Qi Wen's voice coming into his ears: "Big brother...how is he drunk?..."

Ruan Lan closed her eyes in a daze, and suddenly she felt dizzy and fell into a warm embrace.

"Drunk?" Someone whispered in his ear.

Ok……

drunk……

sleepy……

"Ruan Lan? What are you thinking? Why are you silent?"

As soon as Ruan Lan raised her head, she saw Yin Cheng across the wine table.

Holding a white jade wine cup, Yin Cheng said happily: "I accidentally tasted this wine when I was away from the palace. I heard that it was made from bamboo, so I found it novel. I brought it back for you to taste, Ruan Lan. How do you like this wine?"

Ruan Lan nodded, her black eyelashes trembling: "The one brought back by the prince is naturally delicious."

"Hahaha, as long as you like it." Immediately afterwards, Yin Cheng reached out for Ruan Lan to get a glass of wine, "Come on, fill it up. Today we will not go home until we are drunk."

Ruan Lan looked at Yin Cheng and drank the wine in the glass: "The prince seems very happy today."

Yin Cheng lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "I brought back a good thing."

"What?"

But Yin Cheng put on a show: "Don't say it, don't say it. When the time comes, I will tell you again."

"……it is good."

"Alan, I see you seem depressed, but what happened?"

Ruan Lan's face was gloomy, with bloodshot eyes floating in her eyes, she drank the wine absent-mindedly, as if she was thinking about something on her mind.

Ruan Lan came back to her senses, and then heard Yin Cheng continue: "I'm probably not here these days, so you have a heavy burden and a lot of work, so you can't be busy for a while, right? It's okay, it's okay, after I finish my rest today, I will do it for you tomorrow." Share your worries."

"It should be the minister sharing the worries for His Highness."

"Oh, why are you being polite to me? Come on, don't just talk, keep drinking!"

Yin Cheng would help Ruan Lan refill wine at first, but later, he only drank it by himself.Ruan Lan watched Yin Cheng go from sane to drunk.In the end, Yin Cheng was so drunk that he fell unconscious in front of the table.

Ruan Lan called her servants to help Yin Cheng back to the bedroom to go to bed. After Yin Cheng was settled, Ruan Lan went out.

Before dinner, he received a message.

Yin Xian sent someone to tell him to wait for him at the westernmost house on North [-]nd Street at night.If he doesn't go, let someone tell Yin Cheng about the affair between the two of them.

Ruan Lan lowered her head and walked in the silent night, raising her sore wrist.

If Yin Cheng had just lifted Ruan Lan's cuff during the banquet, he could clearly see a bruise under Ruan Lan's wrist.If you continue to open Ruan Lan's inner front, you can find that Ruan Lan's chest, waist and abdomen, which should be white and smooth, are covered with dirty red and purple traces in large and small sizes.

These are all left by Yin Jian.It was Yin's way of humiliating him.

After a while, Ruan Lan walked to the house agreed with Yin Jian.There was no one in the courtyard, only the courtyard door was wide open.

He stood there with his eyes closed and collected himself.

A gust of wind blew by, and the vegetation in the courtyard swayed and rustled with the wind.

Obviously it was Yin Jian who asked him to meet here, but why didn't he come?

It was so quiet all around, not even a bird chirping and a cicada chirping could be heard.When I was outside the courtyard, I could still see a light yellow moon above my head, but when I got to the courtyard, the moon was completely blocked by the clouds in the sky.

It was pitch black at the moment, Yin Jian really chose a good place where there was no life.

Suddenly, Ruan Lan heard a "squeak" not far away.

Ruan Lan followed the prestige, looking through the hazy night, he could vaguely see a door slowly opening, as if inviting him in.

What trick is Yin Jian playing?

Ruan Lan glanced at the room with the door wide open, but it was very dark inside and she couldn't see anything clearly.

"Ruan Lan, come in."

He heard Yin Jian's low voice from inside the house.Ruan Lan hesitated for a moment and walked in.

As soon as he stepped into the gate, the door behind him suddenly slammed shut.

This time it was completely impossible to see clearly, the moonlight was blocked by the closed doors and windows, and the surroundings were so dark that it was impossible to distinguish.

"Your Highness?" Ruan Lan called out.

But no one answered.

Ruan Lan took two steps forward and said, "Your Highness?"

Still no answer.

In a claustrophobic and dark environment, people tend to think wildly, even Ruan Lan, who doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, feels a chill from the inside out.

Ruan Lan turned around and wanted to leave, but the wooden door in front of him seemed to be nailed to the wall, and he couldn't push it no matter how hard he tried.

Why can't it be pushed away? ...

"Hee hee, don't waste your energy in vain." An old voice said beside his left ear.

Unexpectedly, someone was already standing beside him, but he was completely ignorant!

Ruan Lan waved her arm to the left.

—and touched nothing.

And that voice had already run to his right: "It really is a handsome white-faced scholar."

Suddenly, Ruan Lan felt her body was imprisoned by something, and she couldn't move no matter what.

"Huh?...Why don't you love him?..."

"..."

This voice is so hoarse, it should be made by an old man who is nearly seventy years old, but why the words are full of frivolity, not at all what an old man should be.

Ruan Lan stood there, letting the old and disrespectful man in front of him talk nonsense.

The old man said: "I will give you a good thing."

Before Ruan Lan could say yes, the man touched Ruan Lan's eyes.

Ruan Lan suddenly felt a stabbing pain in her eyes... as if something had slipped in!

Ruan Lan felt dizzy and fell to the ground.He covered his eyes for a while before standing up from the ground.

At this time, the door of the house was already wide open, and the moonlight leaked in.

The clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing a full moon, the sound of cicadas sounded from the trees, and another crisp bird song crossed the sky.

Now when I look back into the house, the house is empty.

——The old man had gone away quietly at some point.

strangeness……

Stumbling out of the gate, Eunuch Zhang of Prince Yu's Mansion was waiting at the gate.

When Eunuch Zhang saw him coming out, he bowed his eyes and said, "Mr. Ruan, Your Highness has been waiting for a long time, please."