Startled Meng

When Xiaoqing entered the courtyard, Yu Fangzhi was lying on the edge of the water tank, with half of his body leaning into the tank.

The wristband was thrown at the feet, the sleeves were rolled up, the arms were stretched into the water, the eyebrows, eyes and nose, and even the ups and downs of the lip line were rippling in the wet water.

The floating lotus leaves were swept away, and a group of frightened goldfish piled up at the bottom of the tank. The water surface was clear, reflecting a pair of eyes full of spring.

The sound of water splashing.

Yu Fangzhi sat up straight suddenly, and the splash of water splashed Xiao Qing all over.

"Master, what are you doing?"

Xiaoqing wiped her face and looked closely, only to see that Yu Fangzhi was holding a piece of clear white jade in his hand, and on the side facing him, a crabapple was in full bloom.

"So it's washing the jade, it's beautiful!" Xiaoqing turned her head to look at what was carved on the back, but Yu Fangzhi actually put the white jade away, Xiaoqing curled her lips, "If you don't show it to me, I can guess it! "

Yu Fangzhi was amazed: "Then tell me, what is carved on the back?"

"people!"

"Really!" Yu Fang Zhile said, "Can you guess who it is?"

Who can't guess this?Xiaoqing intends to save face for her young master, but she doesn't say it clearly, so as not to make him angry, she said: "Master, the girl from the Qiu family sent someone to look for you."

Qiu Ruzhi? "Looking for me? What are you doing?" Yu Fangzhi put Bai Yu away.

Xiaoqing felt that the young master could really act, so he suppressed a smile and said, "The Qiu family girl said that this is the first time for the Qiu family to set up a stage, and she has no experience, so I want the young master to give me some pointers."

Yu Fang knew whether he was very happy: "It's all set up, what else can I point out?"

Xiaoqing hurriedly said: "The Qiu family girl seems to be in a hurry, the social festival is about to start tonight, don't you want to go out and have a look?"

"Okay, then I'll go."

Xiaoqing muttered softly: "I'm planning to go, I'm pretending!"

Yu Fangzhi: "Say what?"

"No! It's nothing..." Xiaoqing giggled, "Master, you can go with Miss Qiu! Xiaoqing is also going for a stroll during the social festival! I won't accompany you."

"God babbling."

Yu Fang knew that when he went out, he saw Qiu Ruzhi waiting in front of the carriage.

Yu Fangzhi originally wanted to walk, but Qiu Ruzhi insisted on getting him into the car, but Yu Fangzhi was too embarrassed to refuse after making people wait for so long, and he regretted it only after getting in the car.

The incense in Qiu Ruzhi's car was too sweet and greasy, and he was not used to drinking fruit tea. Qiu Ruzhi also kept his head down and spoke in a low voice. He felt bored, so he opened the curtain and looked into the street.

Really lively!

The stalls along the street are crowded, the shops are hung with colorful flags, the smell of social food in the restaurants wafts far away, the sky is getting dark, and the crowd is walking towards the Lianchi Terrace in the center of the city. Ordinary couples are talking and laughing, holding hands Children, girls and boys looked at each other and smiled in the crowd, their greedy arms were full of sugar skewers.

Yu Fangzhi watched leisurely and saw a figure.

"Master Yan! Juniper and Du Yan are also there."

When Yan Cijing heard someone calling him, he followed the sound and looked into the carriage, seeing that it was Yu Fangzhi, he smiled faintly.

Yu Fangzhi asked: "Does Master Yan also want to go to the theater?"

Yan Cijing nodded: "Yes."

Yu Fangzhi opened the curtain to the maximum: "I'm going too, do you want to go together?"

Looking in through the small window, Yan Cijing saw two girls sitting in the car, and said, "No, I'll just take a look."

"Mr. Yu, the road is not crowded anymore. The carriage is about to start. Be careful, Mr. Yu." Qiu Ruzhi reminded.

Yu Fangzhi had no choice but to talk to Yan Cijing and wait for the meeting, put down the curtain, and An Sheng sat down.

Yan Cijing watched the carriage go away, turned his head, and found Du Yan staring at the candy seller's stall in a daze, and Juniper scolded him in a low voice: "Children only eat candy!"

Du Yan couldn't listen, Du Song couldn't even pull him away, the halazi was about to fall, Yan Cijing laughed at it, grabbed two copper coins from his sleeve and gave them to the stall owner, and asked Du Yan to choose two by himself. Yan smiled and chose a Sun Monkey and a Tang Seng.

Juniper was quite distressed: "My lord, you can't be too accommodating to him."

Du Yan happily bit Sun Houzi, Tang Seng stuffed it into Juniper's hand, Juniper didn't want it, Yan Cijing smiled and said: "We, A Yan, gave Tang Seng to you, you should shut up and eat quickly."

Juniper accepted it helplessly: "Today is the social festival, as long as Ah Yan and your lord are happy."

The three smiled and followed the crowd to the city.

The stage in the center of the lotus pond has been set up as a set stage, covered with all kinds of lanterns. Artists walk around in costumes, pink skirts pretend to be fairies, and two round children pretend to be Nezha. Tower Li Jing, outside the lotus pond, the cheers of the audience were louder than the movement of the erhu master tuning the strings in the background.

There is no financial resources and manpower to set up the stage for social festivals, and ordinary merchants really can't get it. Qiu's house is very good, with colorful strips and lanterns, and even the oirans from Chaomulou were invited to perform dances.

Yu Fangzhi didn't have anything to point out, but Qiu Ruzhi didn't let her go immediately, and took him around the background. Yu Fangzhi felt that she was probably too nervous to be so picky. Even the social cakes let him try it to see if it fits, how would he know?

"Young Master Yu, would you like to try this again?" Qiu Ruzhi held a piece of social cake and brought it to Yu Fangzhi's mouth, and held the handkerchief to Yu Fangzhi's chin tenderly, waiting for the crumbs.

"Miss Qiu, you're welcome, I'll do it myself." Yu Fangzhi took it with his hands, tired of coping, sighed softly, looked out across the lotus pond, and saw Yan Cijing who happened to be looking this way.

"My lord!" Yu Fangzhi waved the cake.

But Yan Cijing didn't even give him a look, and quickly turned his head to look away, he yelled again, but this time Yan Cijing turned around directly, without even giving him a glance, Yu Fangzhi quickly declined Qiu Ru Invited by fellow travellers, ran out of the backstage.

Yu Fangzhi ran out in a hurry and almost collided with the worshiping team patrolling the street.

"Master Yan!"

Yan Cijing pointed at the God Sacrificial Team: "Look."

Not only Yan Cijing was fascinated by the sight, but the people surrounding the lotus platform were also attracted by the sound of playing the shengyu, and they all looked towards the long street.

Fifteen or six big men in the worshiping team, all wearing thick rope woven foreheads, naked upper body painted horizontally, and white knickers, holding communal rice in their hands, holding wine glasses, singing inaudibly. song of words,

The language side knew: "This is offering sacrifices to the gods of the society."

Yan Cijing pointed to the child who was supported by a drum at the front: "Why are there children?"

It was a child with fiery red paint on his cheeks, with two jiu pierced. He was four or five years old, dressed in red, with red trousers tied to his feet, with silver bell collars on his neck and limbs. He sat on the drum, curiously Look around with your eyes wide open.

Yu Fangzhi said: "It is said that the god of the society is a child, so every year at the festival, children of the right age will be asked to play the god of the society. The team of worshiping the gods will go to the village. Plants are related to the god of the society, so when they see the god of the society, the villagers will bow down on the spot."

The fuss had passed, and Yan Cijing was still staring at the sacrifice team. Yu Fangzhi saw his serious face and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yan Cijing thought for a while, and said, "Social festivals...only in Jiangling?"

"Of course not, there are places in the south, like Yizhou and Muzhou around Jiangling, especially Muzhou, where the festival lasts for several days." Seeing that his expression was wrong, Yu Fangzhi asked, "Is there anything wrong? "

"No." As soon as Yan Cijing looked up, Yu Fangzhi delivered the prepared social cake.

"Try it?"

The social cake was wrapped in white glutinous flour and looked very soft. Yan Cijing glanced at it and refused, "I ate some social rice sent by Mr. Luo before going out, and I'm not hungry yet."

"It's a pity." Yu Fangzhi twisted a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, "I asked the boy to buy it specially. I heard that the social cakes in this store are the most authentic."

Yan Cijing shook his sleeves, showing a section of his wrist: "In that case, let's try it."

After eating the social cakes, the lotus platform was already full of people. Yu Fang knew that there were seats that had been arranged earlier. Yan Cijing could see it more clearly if he wanted to, but Yan Cijing decided to take a look at the back instead of going into the crowd join in the fun.

Yu Fang knew to accompany him, thinking that no one would see him behind the crowd, and it was convenient to do things.

"Where are Ah Song and Ah Yan?" Yan Cijing suddenly remembered that there were two people missing by his side.

Yu Fangzhi stared intently at the trick show on stage: "I just saw them go to the bamboo garden where the fireworks were set off, don't worry, they won't get lost."

The folk opera was delicious. Yan Cijing watched it for the first time, and he was fascinated. He laughed when the audience applauded, and he laughed when the audience cheered, as if he had seen all the novel things that night.

Suddenly his eyes went dark, Yu Fangzhi covered his eyes: "My lord, don't look!"

Yan Cijing heard some babbling vocals, and avoided Yu Fangzhi's hand: "Why didn't you ask me to watch it?"

Yu Fang knew with a smile: "Miss Huakui from Chaomu Tower has come out, afraid of taking Master Yan's soul away."

"Why is your soul not afraid of being hooked?" Yan Cijing moved his hand away, only to see long sleeves fluttering on the stage, dancing for some unknown reason, as light as a swallow, very beautiful.

Yu Fangzhi looked at him and smiled: "The beauty is so close, why should I look at the vulgar fans in the distance?"

The fireworks in the sky are so colorful that they can barely be called stunning, but the eyes of the people who know the language are not looking up. Is that the lotus pond he mentioned?But even with hundreds of candles burning, the lotus in the lake can only see a dark shadow.

Yan Cijing felt a little far-fetched, and couldn't figure out who this stunning beauty was talking about.

Yan Cijing was not enlightened, and he was not in a hurry when he knew the language, so he coaxed: "Master Yan, look, there is Jue Se."

Yan Cijing smiled when he saw it, and heaved a sigh of relief: "It really is, 'Superb Beauty'."

It turned out to be a wine dealer, carrying two loads of jugs, each of which had the word "excellent beauty" pasted on it, which was misleading and made the mouth water.

Yu Fangzhi bought a pot, opened the lid and handed it to Yan Cijing, "You didn't drink it last time, try it?"

Yan Cijing smelled the faint smell of alcohol, stared at the spout as big as a cat's eye, and said nothing.

"Last time I said I wanted to make amends, but I haven't forgotten." Yu Fangzhi raised his head and poured a sip into his mouth. The clear aroma of the wine instantly surrounded the two of them. Quite fresh, try it?"

Smelling the faint scent of flowers, Yan Cijing was moved and took a sip from the jug.

"cough--"

Yu Fang knew with a smile: "I forgot to tell you, the peach blossom bubble is stronger."

Yan Cijing wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve: "Then you drank so refreshingly just now." After taking such a big sip, he thought he was drinking water.

Just after drinking it, his face was not even a little red, and Yu Fangzhi looked as if he was drunk, so he hugged Yan Cijing: "She is so beautiful, it is inevitable that she will be greedy." As he spoke, he took the wine from Yan Cijing's hand Another sip.

The wine rushed into Yu Fangzhi's mouth, and the foam splashed on Yan Cijing's face. He was embraced by Yu Fangzhi in his arms, feeling his chest rising and falling when he drank the strong wine. His posture was too awkward, and Yan Cijing felt uncomfortable. earn earn.

At this time, the sky was dark, and amidst the hustle and bustle of people, Yu Fang knew that no matter how much his thoughts were exposed, he was not afraid of being exposed. He said with some disappointment: "Not long after the epidemic has passed, will Mr. Yan be separated from me? They are not willing to let me rely on it."

Having said that, how could Yan Cijing dare to refuse, let him lean his head over, and the breath heated by the wine penetrated into his collar, he moved his neck uncomfortably, but he didn't want the side of his neck to hit the two soft And cool lips.

He was too scared to move for a while.

Yu Fangzhi chuckled and muttered, "Master Yan attacked me!"

At this time, the crowd suddenly burst into exclamation, which shocked Yan Cijing. He pushed Yu Fangzhi's head to push the person away, but Yu Fangzhi was strong when he met the strong, so he hugged him regardless. .

"grown ups!"

Yan Cijing struggled: "Yu Fangzhi, let me go first—"

"No, I won't let go." Yu Fangzhi acted like a rascal, he wouldn't let go of anything, he didn't care, he didn't want to worry about anything anymore.

Yu Fangzhi was too abnormal, Yan Cijing hesitated and said, "You... did something happen to you?"

"Yes, Lord Yan is right. I have encountered something, and I have held it in my heart for a long time. If I don't talk about it, I will die." Yu Fangzhi tightly wrapped his arms around his waist.

There seemed to be endless pain in the words, but there was a smile on his face.

Where did Yan Cijing experience this kind of scene? It is expected that Yu Fangzhi bears a deep hatred and shoulders the heavy burden of the Yu family. He looks heartless on weekdays, but he doesn't want to hug him to vent his anger at this moment.

Yan Cijing didn't know how to coax people, but at least he stopped struggling and sighed.

Does sighing mean resonance?Yu Fang knew: "I came to Beijing to take revenge, meeting you is a surprise, I dream of seeing you in Jiangling."

"you……"

Yu Fangzhi let go of him, but embraced him with boundless tenderness: "I thought you already knew."

"Know what?" Yan Cijing raised his head, feeling that the language he was speaking at the moment was so unfamiliar and not murderous at all, but it made him shrink back, he took a step back, and finally noticed that the wine around him was a little lighter.

"Are you drunk?" Yan Cijing turned his head to avoid Yu Fangzhi's extended hand.

"grown ups--"

Yan Cijing turned around: "Let's go when you're drunk."

Yu Fang knew he hadn't left, because he wasn't drunk at all, and neither was Yan Cijing, but he left, walking as fast as someone was chasing him.

The author says:

I will wait for the second update