marriage contract

After the anniversary ceremony of the Second Master Chu, the two packed up their things and returned to the Chu family. It wasn't that they missed the Chu family so much, but that they wanted to ask Imperial Physician He to help Chu Junyi diagnose the pulse again.

When they were taking the pulse, the two never mentioned what happened that day. Doctor He rolled his eyelids and didn't ask any more questions, but just wrote another list and threw it to them.

Seeing the back of Imperial Physician He leaving, Chu Junyi shrank his neck and asked in a low voice, "Is Imperial Physician He angry?" Looking at the stack of lists on the table, there are several more sheets than last time.

"It's normal to be angry, he hates disobedient patients." Gu Chengzhi said slowly, although they didn't mention what happened that day, Imperial Physician He would know just by taking a pulse, but he probably thought that Chu Junyi was going Wanfa Temple didn't say much because of the cold, otherwise he would have slapped the table and cursed.

Chu Junyi smiled awkwardly, picked up the list on the table and read it, his face wrinkled into a bitter gourd.

Seeing his expression, Gu Chengzhi also reached out to take the list, and after reading it, he sneered and said jokingly: "It seems that I am really angry, this time you can be more honest, you can't guarantee him if you mess around." How would you write it?"

Chu Junyi didn't know what expression to use, so he finally had to muffle a reply.

They didn't have any part in the preparations before the New Year's Eve, and they went back to the yard after having a meal with the Chu family on the evening of the [-]th.

"Do you want to drink?" Chu Junyi smiled.

"You still want to drink?" Gu Chengzhi glanced at him.

Chu Junyi twitched the corner of his mouth, and then said, "Actually, I can watch you drink..."

"It's better to go to bed early." After Gu Chengzhi finished speaking, he walked into the bedroom.

Chu Junyi was taken aback for a moment, and quickly said: "I still have to watch the year."

"Watch the year? For whom?" Gu Chengzhi didn't even turn his head.

Chu Junyi was dumbfounded. Most of the young people keep the old age to prolong the life of their parents, but his and Gu Chengzhi's parents are gone, so it makes no difference whether they keep it or not.

New Year's greetings on the first day, and returning to her natal home on the second day, but Gu Chengzhi didn't intend to look back at home, so they nestled in the yard for another day.

The Chu family began to hold banquets for guests on the fourth day of the lunar new year, and Chu Junyi even went out to show up twice, but Gu Chengzhi never went to meet any guests. Anyway, he was filial, so no one else could say anything.

For Gu Chengzhi, this year has been very deserted, and there is almost no feeling of Chinese New Year, but seeing Chu Junyi's expression of indifference, he still feels a little uncomfortable.

"There will be a lantern festival tonight, do you want to go see it?" Gu Chengzhi glanced at the sky, and the lantern festival will start in a few hours.

Chu Junyi thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the lights in the entire capital are extremely bright, and the streets are bustling with people coming and going.

Chu Junyi and Gu Chengzhi walked side by side on the crowded street. Various lanterns were hung on both sides of the road. The lion dance team walked through the crowd.

As he walked, Chu Junyi's footsteps slowed down. Seeing joyful faces slipping past his eyes, he unknowingly stood on the side of the road and looked at everything around him blankly. He seemed to have... …It’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen such a lively scene, so long that he almost forgot how long ago it was last time…

It was obviously very lively, but he felt very uncomfortable, as if his heart was blocked by something, there seemed to be an invisible wall in front of him, isolating him from this world, this strange and dazzling world made him feel alive. At the same time, it made him feel afraid.

He has no sense of belonging to this world, the person who once gave him a sense of belonging is no longer there, and he is trapped in the same place and cannot leave...

"Want to go?" A deep voice rang in my ear.

"What?" Chu Junyi replied reflexively, and then realized that it was Gu Chengzhi who was asking him.

"Want to go there?" Gu Chengzhi looked at him with slightly lowered eyes.

He noticed it as early as when Chu Junyi slowed down. He could see that Chu Junyi was eager to blend in, and he could also see his hesitation and restraint. Gu Chengzhi had no intention of exploring why he was like this, but people are What he brings out must be played to the fullest.

Seeing Chu Junyi looking at him in a daze, Gu Chengzhi sighed, took his arm and walked into the crowd, and said lightly, "I brought you out not to make you stand in a daze."

Chu Junyi's eyes widened as he watched the noisy crowd getting closer and closer to him, and his heartbeat gradually accelerated, so loud that he could hear it himself.

Countless men and women walked through it, or walked side by side in twos and threes, or walked in groups of threes and fours. The hanging lanterns illuminated the street brightly, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

After walking two streets, Chu Junyi's eyes were brighter than ever before, seeing that he finally had the vigor that a teenager should have, Gu Chengzhi asked: "Have you never been here before? "

"En." Chu Junyi's smile faded a little, but it didn't affect his good mood, and his voice was still light and cheerful, "I've never been here, I don't go out at night."

Since he was born in this world, he has never participated in such a grand event. The most lively event in the past ten years or so should be the Chinese New Year, when the family gathers together, but in recent years, even this kind of excitement has not been save.

Suddenly, several dark lights pierced the night sky, bursting into blossoming fireworks, looking up, it seemed that countless stars had fallen into the mortal world.

The lanterns in front of him, the fireworks in the sky, and the crowds of people passing by all made Chu Junyi's heart beat fast, as if something was about to break out of the ground.He took a deep breath and tried his best to stabilize the speeding heartbeat. Looking at everything in front of him, Chu Junyi felt that he began to like this world.

The night sky was illuminated by continuous fireworks as bright as day, Chu Junyi watched for a long time, countless thoughts flashed quickly, and the words reverberating in his mind couldn't help but blurted out.

"What did you say?" Gu Chengzhi turned to look at him, "What you said just now, say it again."

"I didn't say anything." Chu Junyi looked innocent.

Gu Chengzhi, on the other hand, looked at him with an expression of "You lied to a ghost, I heard it just now".

Chu Junyi gritted his teeth and said, "That was done by someone else."

"I know, you can't write this kind of poetry." Gu Chengzhi took it for granted.

"..." Although he knew what he said was true, but Chu Junyi still wanted to hit him so badly? !

"The sentence just now, I want to listen to the whole song." Gu Chengzhi looked at him and said seriously.

Chu Junyi was silent for a moment and said: "The east wind puts flowers and trees at night, and blows them down. The stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night.①"

After speaking, he felt a little too shameful, and quickly added: "Other people did it." He had no idea of ​​plagiarism.

"I know, I told you that you can't write this kind of poem." Gu Chengzhi glanced at him, then pondered over the half of the lyrics, and felt that the writing was really good, so he asked: "The second half of the lyrics Woolen cloth?"

Chu Junyi was so choked by him that he couldn't bear it, and when he heard him ask the next poem, he insisted for a long time before he said: "The moth snow willow is golden thread, and the laughter is full of fragrance. I searched for him thousands of times in the crowd, and when I looked back, the man was there , a dimly lit place.①”

After savoring it, Gu Chengzhi sighed, "It's really well written."

Chu Junyi also nodded in agreement. He didn't feel much when he heard this poem for the first time, but when he saw the scene of the Lantern Festival today, he suddenly thought of this poem.It turned out that it wasn't that the poem was poorly written, it was just that he was too superficial and didn't understand it.

"Who wrote it?" Gu Chengzhi asked, the person who could write this poem should not be an unknown person.

Chu Junyi lowered his eyes, waited for a while before saying: "Xin Qiji ②."

Gu Chengzhi thought for a while but found that he had never heard of this person before, and he was a little puzzled: "Where is he from? It seems that he has never heard of this person?"

It's right if you haven't heard of it, Chu Junyi thought to himself, and said in his mouth: "People are gone, long ago." In the world where he lived in his previous life, this poet had passed away for thousands of years.

Gu Chengzhi sighed regretfully.

"Actually, the last sentence was the first I heard. I found the whole poem because I thought it was well written and interesting."

"Looking back suddenly?"

"That's right." Chu Junyi said with a light smile: "The crowd searched for him thousands of times, but suddenly looking back, that person..."

"Hehe, isn't this Mr. Gu?! The young couple are walking hand in hand to visit the lanterns, right?" An extremely arrogant voice sounded from behind the two of them.

"..." Chu Junyi's face froze.

"..." Gu Chengzhi's face became numb.

Turning around and saluting first, Chu Junyi mourned in his heart: The crowd searched for him thousands of times, but when he suddenly looked back, that man... the scum was right behind him...

Jin Lvzheng was looking at them with folded arms, with a playful look on his face, and when he saw that they had finished their salutes, he began to complain to Gu Chengzhi, "The Chu family is so good that you can't bear to come out, call How many times have you not responded, you really plan to make a nest in the Chu family!"

"I'm still keeping my filial piety." Gu Chengzhi didn't care about his tone, but said lightly.

"Cut!" Jin Lu pouted.

"It's also rare that I can meet you here." Along with Jin Lu and his party was Fourth Master Zhang. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Gu Chengzhi, then nodded at Chu Junyi.

Chu Junyi greeted him, but his eyes swept across their group.

Jin Lu didn't bring a male companion, but only two servants, and Fourth Master Zhang didn't have a female companion, so he should have come out alone.

And there was another person in their group, who was tall and burly, with a Chinese character face and a solemn expression, which was a bit incompatible with the cheerful style around him.

Chu Junyi knew who he was. Mrs. Zhu's natal family is the Zhang family of the British government, while Zhu Ning's mother's natal family is the Xiang family of Wei Dongbo's mansion. This person is the eldest son of Wei Dongbo's mansion, Uncle Xiang , and Zhu Ning are also cousins.

But... Chu Junyi's eyes revealed something strange, Zhu Ning was quite afraid of his big cousin, seeing him was like seeing a cat or a mouse.

This kind of cold-tempered person will become friends with Jin Lu and Zhang Siye... Is there really nothing wrong with it? !

The author has something to say: ① "Sapphire Case Yuanxi", the work of Xin Qiji, a great poet in Song Dynasty.

②Xin Qiji, courtesy name You'an, nicknamed Jiaxuan, a poet of the unconstrained style in the Southern Song Dynasty of China, known as the Dragon of Ci, was called "Su Xin" together with Su Shi, and "Jinan Er'an" together with Li Qingzhao.