long distance

The Luocheng Lantern Festival has lasted for more than 300 years.Luocheng was originally located at the entrance and exit throat of Anning Village and the provincial capital, and later developed into a famous trading place in this dynasty.Merchants gather, the market is prosperous, and the lantern festival is also unique.Every Lantern Festival, every household on the street corners will hang exquisite and delicate lanterns of different shapes.In particular, the lanterns on the Yuefan River, the moat surrounding Luocheng, are the most unique. Therefore, every time there is a lantern festival in Luocheng, many young princes and young ladies who live in boudoirs will get together and rent a painting boat. Leaning on the railing to listen to elegant music, and dancing around in neon clothes.

Luocheng's painted boat has another meaning, which is a place of love.It is said that there was once a man and a woman who were engaged to each other, because their marriage was decided by the way of fingertips when they were young, and different from other childhood sweethearts, the two of them lived in different places with their parents since childhood, so they lived together until the wedding date approached. I don't even know what the other party looks like.Later, the two escaped marriage by coincidence and lost their way to the mountains in the suburbs of Luocheng. There was also a thunderstorm, so they both found a valley to shelter from the rain, and they knew each other and fell in love with each other.As a result, they were found by their respective families and had to part ways.During this time, they only knew that the other party also escaped from marriage here, but they didn't know the other party's true identity.It wasn't until the family arranged for them to meet in Luocheng, where her husband's family lived, that the two were surprised to find that they had been engaged to each other since they were young.And the place where they met to make love was a painting boat on the Yuefan River.Since then, at the Lantern Festival in Luocheng, some good stories about gifted scholars and beauties will always be passed down.Although it is difficult to tell the truth from the truth, it has satisfied the young man's appetite anyway.

The boats on the Yuefan River have thus become a place for many princes and beauties to make love.

During the Lantern Festival, it was still cold in spring.Su Fangmu was dressed in a goose-yellow jacket and skirt, with a jade-colored cloak over it, paired with a double-eared pearl pendant, and stood on the railing on the painting boat, with jade-faced lanterns on it to complement each other.

Not long after, a young man with cold eyes and dressed in sandalwood clothes appeared on the bank of Yuefan River, and Su Fangmu saw him at a glance.It's not because he is dressed luxuriously, there would be no lack of elegant and handsome sons on the banks of the Yuefan River, this son caught Su Fangmu's eyes as soon as he came to the shore, it was because there were mostly four people on the banks of the Yuefan River. The noble young masters who are served by five servants, like this young master, there is no servant to serve him around, but he is well-dressed and well-behaved, and there is a Longquan sword on his waist, which naturally attracts attention. Looking back, I don't know how many hearts have been stolen from Yue Fanhe.Su Fangmu concluded in his heart that this should be the young master Qi who came from a wealthy family but has a unique spirit of the world.

Su Fangmu stepped onto the bow of the boat, and Yingying wished Qi Yan, the young master of Qi, "Master Qi, you are being polite, the wind is strong on the shore, please come into the boat and say something."

That young master Qi was also very cheerful, and he bowed back from a distance.Without saying much, he waited for the boat to berth on the shore and entered the boat along the ladder.This painting boat is the larger type on the Yuefan River, and it can accommodate more than ten people. Su Fangmu rented this boat with a gorgeous inner warehouse for Yin'e, thinking that he would not lose his fortune by doing so.

In addition to the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, there are also eight beautiful maids with bright eyes and white teeth on this painting boat. These maids are all cardamom youth.Wearing all-colored lavender clothes, combing a double-ringed bun, they bowed their knees and said blessings when they saw the distinguished guests, so tender that it reminds people of the watery shoots of raindrops still hanging on the willow branches after the spring rain , so bright yellow that it seems to be able to drip water.

But the young master Qi didn't seem to see it, and walked straight into the inner warehouse without squinting.Su Fangmu was very satisfied when she saw it. Although she had never met him before, the first impression she had of meeting Young Master Qi was very good. After all, it is not unusual for a man in this world to have three wives and four concubines. It just exists in the poems, how many people can really judge the past and present in the whole world?However, this young master Qi can disdain Yingying and Yanyan beside him, no matter whether it is because he came here with a strong purpose this time and temporarily looked down on these things, his behavior really makes Su Fangmu very happy.Because no matter what, Qi Yan at least showed great respect for Yin'e, who might be his wife in the future.

"My lord, Qi Yan, this should be Miss Su Fangmu." A clear and slightly deep voice came in.

Su Fangmu's thoughts drifted away when Qi Yan had already come in front of him, and Su Fangmu became more and more frightened as he got closer. Just seeing him from a distance, he felt that his temperament was very high, and his body was rarely contaminated with vulgarity.Now that he was right in front of his eyes, he was startled to realize that this young master Qi was actually a handsome young man with fair skin, sword eyebrows and starry eyes.

"That's right." Su Fangmu nodded and smiled, her eyes became more and more charming, but she didn't know it.But although she didn't know it, there was someone in the boat who saw this scene clearly.

Su Fangmu led Young Master Qi to sit in front of a screen painted with mountains and rivers, and invited a maidservant in purple to make tea for the two of them. "Young Master Qi, how about this picture screen?"

"A stroke of outline, the mood of the landscape. It should come from everyone's pen." Qi Yan praised, then changed the subject, looked at Su Fangmu and said with a smile: "Miss Su only saw the scenery in this painting, I don't know if I can go there in person Pass?"

"Of course there are." Su Fangmu also became interested when he heard that he intended to share some travel experience, "The little girl visited some famous mountains and beautiful waters with her father when she was young, which can be regarded as a little eye-opening, but I think the world is so big. , The rivers and mountains are so vast, what the little girl sees is just a glimpse of a leopard. I heard that Young Master Qi has always liked to walk among the rivers and lakes, so it must be a natural history."

"Miss Su is absurd. I agree with Miss Su's words just now. The world is so big and the rivers and mountains are so wide. What you and I have seen in our lifetimes are all glimpses of leopards. Since we are the same, you don't have to say it to yourself." Fei." Qi Yan's words were more friendly than Su Fangmu's, and obviously less alienated. Inferior.

In fact, Su Fangmu has always been a proud woman, and she never felt inferior to herself.If she had chosen her own son-in-law, she would not have been so anxious, for fear that she might have said a wrong word or done a wrong thing.But now she is for her sister who is connected by blood, she will unconsciously lower herself to find a bright future for her sister.No one else noticed this subtlety, but now this young master Qi who met for the first time saw it in his eyes, and gently hinted that she didn't have to lower herself so much, just sit on an equal footing.How can such a careful treatment of people not be convincing.

Hearing what he said, Su Fangmu's body and mind, which had been tense for a day, softened instantly. She held a cup of brewed fragrant tea and put her hands together tightly. When she raised her eyebrows and smiled again, the initial alienation faded away. meaning. "Mr. Qi has a noble temperament, and Fang Mu respects tea."

Qi Yanxu has traveled the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has nothing to hide.Gracefully took the teacup from Su Fangmu's hand, put it on his lips and took a sip.

Immediately afterwards, he frowned, and hurriedly turned sideways to cover his mouth with his sleeve, and with a sound of "Puff -", all the fragrant tea he had just swallowed was sprayed on the painting screen.

Su Fangmu stood up in fright, and took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe off the tea stains sprayed on Qi Yan's sleeve, "Master Qi, what's wrong?!"

"This tea..." Qi Yan looked at the tea cup he just drank with lingering fear, and stretched out a trembling finger, "This... what kind of tea?!"

"This is honeysuckle tea. Because the spring is not yet warm, and green tea is mostly cold, so I didn't..." Su Fangmu hurriedly explained, she always felt that this happened too suddenly, and there was no time for her to prepare!

"No—!" Qi Yan waved his hand and immediately interrupted: "This is not honeysuckle tea! This—vomit!!" Before he could finish his sentence, Qi Yan started to retch while leaning on the table.

Su Fangmu was startled, thinking that there must be something wrong with the tea, but what could be wrong?The honeysuckle was picked by herself and made into dried tea, and the water was the clear mountain spring she asked Yichun to get from the mountain near Anning Village.Since there is nothing wrong with the tea... there is something wrong with the person who made it! !Turning to this place, she immediately turned her eyes coldly to the purple-clothed maidservant who made tea just now. It doesn't matter if she doesn't look at it, but Su Fangmu trembled with anger when she saw it.

"Long away!!"

"...Hey...Su Fangmu..." After waiting for a while, the pretty face that had been hanging down slowly lifted up in a posture of looking at death like home. Seeing this face, Su Fangmu was so angry that he wanted to tear it apart This boat!

"What did you put in the tea!" Su Fangmu felt that he would be pissed off by this little bastard sooner or later.

"I just put in some juice..." Changli lowered his head again, silently pointing at his fingers.

"Release a little?" Su Fangmu squeezed out these four words from between his teeth.

"A little bit of everything..." Chang Li lowered his head.

"Long Li!" Su Fangmu looked at Qi Yan who was getting more and more vomited, and felt guilt suddenly in his heart, but how much guilt he felt, was how angry he was with Chang Li.Su Fangmu felt very tired for a moment, and Changli was too ignorant.

"Say!" Su Fangmu slapped the coffee table hard, a set of tea sets and Qi Yan's heart trembled with the palm. "Why are you doing this!"

"Why else!!" Chang Li gritted his teeth and was completely reckless, and raised his small face to meet Su Fangmu's eyes. "You, you, why are you looking for another man!! Su Fangmu, didn't you say that you would stay with me? You always told me that people should not lie, so why did you lie!" Chang Li said more and more The more anxious she said, the more aggrieved she became, her eyes watered after a short while, "Don't think I don't know, I've already asked about it! Girls are going to marry in the future, and after they get married, they will have sex with that woman." After the man is over, you can't have too much contact with your original relatives... You must be married in the future, aren't you? Then...you don't want to leave..."

Su Fangmu has had such feelings for Changli ever since, and now she can't stand Changli crying.As soon as Chang Li cried, she panicked, but considering that there were outsiders present, she couldn't let it go all at once.So I still resist the urge to hug Changli and comfort him softly, and continue to listen to Changli.

Chang Li was sobbing, out of breath from crying, he looked really...very...especially...very pitiful.

"Su Fangmu... It's not that I don't want you to get married, I also want to see you happy... If getting married can make you happy... then I will be very happy too..." Changli raised his hand to wipe away his tears, "But...can you...don't...don't be so fast...I still want to hug you more...to be with you more...wuwuwu...don't you want me so soon...wuwu Su Fang Mu..."