Lei Yue Longmen

It seems that the time is getting longer and longer, and it seems to have no end.

The gentle night breeze filled her spacious sleeves, bringing a deep chill, and pushed the peony lanterns in the river to crowd her in one direction.

"Hey, they all blew away!"

Ying Rou, who was sitting on the bank watching Cen Zhu light the lamp, sighed regretfully.

"It's all right, there's more to come!" Cen Zhu protected the wax stick with his hand, and waited for the gust of wind to pass, then stepped onto the water bank, picked up a peony lantern that had been placed there beforehand, lit the candle, and Put it in front of Yingrou.

"Come on, make a wish!"

"Making a wish?" Yingrou blinked in surprise.

Cen Zhu smiled and explained: "In Yurui, every Holy Mercy Festival, every household will light lanterns near the water and make wishes to the God of Flowers. It is said that as long as you make a wish on this day, any wish will come true."

"Flower God?" Yingrou was thoughtful, and suddenly realized again, "I heard from my father that there was a famous empress dowager in your Yurui history. It is said that she was the reincarnation of the Flower God, and she went down to earth to benefit Yurui. Yes, could it be that the Flower God is her?"

Cen Zhu smiled: "That's right, today is her birthday, it's not wrong for us to commemorate it."

"But you put so many lanterns, isn't it afraid that the flower god will think you are too greedy?" Yingrou looked at the lanterns floating on the lake and the dozen or so lanterns that hadn't been put on the shore, and had reservations about her wish-giving behavior.

Cen Zhu smiled confidently: "I've been like this since I was a child, and it's not like you don't know that if you don't do business without money, you'd be a fool if you don't do it."

Yingrou is always amazed by her calmness in taking advantage of things, but when she was the crown prince, she was always known for being honest and honest, and she didn't feel anything at all.It seems that with her, her principles and bottom line are always shaken unconsciously.

"You really—"

"Really what?"

She laughed helplessly, and said: "——You really deserve to be a cunning profiteer, you even have to bargain with gods to make wishes."

Cen Zhu withdrew his hand and came back, clamping the lantern between his elbows, and said kindly, "Oh, don't you want to make a wish? Do you want to make a wish? Hurry up, make a wish!" After finishing speaking, he handed the lantern over to her, urging her .

Yingrou didn't care about her, put her hands together, and silently made a wish to the lantern.After a while, I opened my eyes, "Okay, I'm done."

Seeing that she was so devout, Cen Zhu curiously asked her what wish she had made?

She smiled, "It won't work if you say it."

Cen Zhu let out a "tss", seeing that she was about to stand up, he hurriedly stretched out his hands to support her.Slowly jumped to the shore, squatted down, put the lantern in the water with my own hands, and gently swiped the water a few times.The little lightboats then cut across the water and headed off into the distance.Into the light of red dots.

Wu Jingchai, who was setting up lanterns with Gu Qing on the other side, sneered a few times when he saw this scene.

The dinner party started, and Jiang Hou came down from upstairs, seeing a group of juniors who had already been waiting, and felt much happier.Instruct everyone to sit down without being formal.After everyone was seated, Cen Zhu found that the seat between Jiang Hou and Xiang Ming was empty.There is a bad premonition faintly in my heart.

At this moment, Jiang Hou asked Qingyuan, "What time is it?"

"It's almost Xu time."

"It seems that something is delayed, let's start the meeting first!"

"Yes." A group of people raised their glasses to open the table.But Cen Zhu remained silent as if he had something on his mind.

"Everyone is invited to come today because there is something to announce."

Everyone stopped their glasses and listened quietly.

Jiang Hou looked at everyone peacefully: "Tomorrow you will set off, and I will see you off soon. Meeting you by chance, although the time is short, it is better than old friends. I would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to everyone. Today next year, this building It's empty. I hope you will take good care of it, we will meet later."

Cen Zhu didn't expect that she would leave suddenly, he was a little surprised, and asked in surprise, "Madam, are you leaving?"

"Yes."

"Where are you going?"

"It's been a long time since I've been out and about, so it's time to go back."

"Why so suddenly?"

Cen Zhu thought of the person he saw in front of the water pavilion during the day, and suspected that Jiang Hou's departure this time had something to do with this person's visit.After all, she just bought a big house in Gyeonggi, and she seems to have plans to live there for a long time.

Jiang Hou said with a smile: "It's been planned for many days. I came here because I was looking for someone. If I can't find it, I will naturally go back."

Cen Zhu understood, "Is Madam looking for Caohou's family?" She still remembered that when Xiang Ming came to visit for the first time, she asked her about the family in the North Residence, and in front of the North Residence? Was it before? Marquis Cao who was demoted from Beijing.So he said enthusiastically: "As far as I know, Marquis Cao has returned to his hometown after leaving Beijing, and is currently residing in Jiangyang. If Madam wants to contact Marquis Cao, I may be able to help Madam."

Jiang Hou said kindly: "I appreciate your kindness. I have already learned the news, and my heart is at ease. I don't want to have any more troubles."

Cen Zhu understood, and thought that the Daman Mountain was far away, and the Guanshan Mountain was difficult to cross, he couldn't help feeling disappointed, "I don't know when I will see you again, madam?"

Jiang Hou said lightly: "As long as there is fate, I will definitely? Goodbye. Besides, you still owe me a song!"

Cen Zhu didn't expect that she was still obsessed with this matter. In the past? Not to mention one piece of music, how difficult is it to have eight out of ten?But now, it is difficult for her to write, how can I return her a piece of music?This matter is absolutely impossible.

He got up and poured a glass of wine, and under the direct gaze of everyone, he insisted on filling up the wine glass, held it up with trembling hands, and said to Jiang Hou and Qing Yuan: "Madam, Grandma Jiang, brother Xiang Ming, fortunately, Cen Zhu suffered such a catastrophe. It is only because of your help that we can save our lives. Now that we are about to leave, I have nothing to repay you. I would like to express my heart with this wine. I will always remember your great kindness. In the future, if Madam Even if I, Cen Zhu, are smashed to pieces, I will repay your kindness."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he raised his arms and drank the wine in the glass.I hadn't tasted wine for several months, but I was choked up by the pungent smell to tears.

Qingyuan hurriedly persuaded: "Okay, okay, we've taken your heart and mind. It's just this one time, and we won't allow it next time. It's only been a while, and I started to drink too much. At a young age, don't be hurt by drinking. body!"

Cen Zhu nodded to accept the lesson.

Jiang Hou and Qing Yuan looked at each other and smiled, "Don't be unconvinced, Qing Yuan is right, when you recover in the future, it will be the best reward for us!"

"I'm not unconvinced..." Cen Zhu felt wronged and wanted to explain.

At this time, the young master suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand to take off her wine glass, and impatiently paused on the table,

"Don't drink if you can't drink, what can you do!"

Although the expression is stinky, it is out of concern.Cen Zhuo didn't say anything.On the contrary, Yingrou who was sitting in the middle glanced at him several times suspiciously.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen it?"

The young master had no good impressions of this foreign woman who only spoke bird language, and of course he had no real malice.He only targeted Cen Zhuo.If you think you can't communicate with her, you usually turn a blind eye.Being valued inexplicably at this moment, it is natural to show the appearance of being valued.

But Yingrou just felt a little strange, and she was not going to tell others about this feeling.Facing Wu Jingchai's questioning, she just laughed it off.

The young master was a bit self-defeating, so he let out a "tch", and drank alone.However, the more he drank, the more bored he became.Sitting next to Yingrou and Xiangming, he happened to be caught in the middle.Boring left and right.She wanted to find Gu Qing on the opposite side, but her eyes were fixed on Cen Zhu the whole time, so there was no room for him.

It's sad to think about it.Extremely depressed, he turned back to Yingrou.

"Hey, I heard you are from Lan Que?"

Yingrou looked at the other people, only to be sure that he was talking to herself, and answered suspiciously.

"Ah."

"Yo, so you can understand the Central Plains dialect??"

He said that on purpose, with a hint of sarcasm.Ying Rou felt quite inexplicable and chose not to answer.She thinks that at least in public, she has been speaking the Central Plains dialect as the Romans do? I don't know where he came to the conclusion.

But this does not prevent the young master from continuing to play at his own pace,

"Can you understand? That's fine. Why don't you look like Lan Que at all?"

Ying Rou became more and more amused, and asked: "Do you know all Lan Que people?" Why do you say she is not like Lan Que people?

Wu Jingchai had long been preconceived of Lan Miangao's face with a high nose, deep eyes and blue eyes. Compared with the one in front of him, there was no similarity at all.The person in front of him has a pair of pitch-black eyes, two crescent-shaped thin eyebrows, and a fair oval face. Although the bridge of the nose is slightly higher than ordinary people, it is not so high that the left eye cannot see the right eye.An elegant flowing cloud bun is combed on the head, and a light gauze dress is wrapped around the body.The pink pleated skirt is neatly folded in front of her knees?Red lips and white teeth, graceful posture.If you don't mention it, no one would think that she is a foreigner.But this does not mean that all Lanque people look the same.

"But you really look like a Central Plains person!" He said with his chin resting.

Yingrou didn't respond positively, but said: "You are not the first to say that."

After finishing speaking, he glanced aside inadvertently. The man was having a casual conversation with his wife. He seemed to have inadvertently asked this side, and he couldn't help feeling regretful.

Wu Jingchai paid attention to her expression, groaned in his heart, full of disdain, but continued to ask calmly: "I heard that you, Lan Que, are superior to women and inferior to men, why don't you stay in the country, but travel thousands of miles away?" How about going to Yurui?"

He thought that she would either not answer, or she would deliberately avoid the expected answer.After all, is it a guilty conscience?

But the fact is quite the opposite. She said frankly: "I'm here to find someone."

"Oh? Looking for someone? Who are you looking for?"

Wu Jingchai glanced at Cen Zhu maliciously, thinking to himself that the fox's tail had finally been revealed.

Yingrou's expression was always calm, projected on the language, but she couldn't hear the slightest turmoil, "Looking for my father's relatives in the Central Plains before his death."

This answer obviously exceeded the expectations of the young master. He thought for a while, and asked uncertainly, "Your father is from the Central Plains?"

"En." The former Crown Prince of Lan Que poured himself a glass of wine, held it up and said to the young master, "Is there anything else you want to ask? Let's have a drink once you've finished asking."

The young master was stunned for a moment. She confessed so frankly that it was not easy to ask any further questions. Besides, spying on other people's private affairs was not his original intention.Picking up the wine glass on the table and touching her, it was a promise, "Okay, there is nothing more enjoyable than drinking! I will do it first as a respect! Hiss! This wine is really strong!"

"Naturally! This is the top-notch Nurhong." Ying Rou said lightly, and filled it up for him again.

Cen Zhu was eating? Gu Qing had peeled the shrimp, while watching the two drink from the corner of his eye, his expression remained unchanged.But Gu Qing was worried? Yingrou's foot injury was not healed, and she kindly tried to persuade her, but was blocked by Cen Zhu secretly.Feeling suspicious.

When the wine was half full, everyone was slightly tipsy, the young master suddenly stood up with an excited expression, he was about to dance the drunken sword to everyone.Jiang Hou looked at it, and it was not easy to refute his intention, so he agreed, secretly beckoning Xiang Ming to protect him.

At this time, Ying Rou left for a while, and Cen Zhu took advantage of the situation and said, "I'll help you go." After reaching the invisible rockery, Cen Zhu sat her down on a rock, and said with a smile, "I never knew, you The capacity for alcohol is so good that you can't even down a dozen cups!"

Knowing that she was teasing, Ying Rou softly "hummed", retracted her arms into her sleeves, and started twisting her wet sleeves together with both hands.It turned out that she drank all the wine into her sleeves. This was her trick since she was a child. When she couldn't avoid drinking with others, she simply poured it into her sleeves.Anyway, the sleeves are the most spacious, and it is hardly a problem to hold a few glasses.But? In the past, they were forced to act, but this is the first time that they are so proactive.Probably because she felt offended by others, she always fought back only when she was offended.

Cen Zhu, who knew her little cleverness well, thought it was quite funny, and felt a little sympathetic to Wu Jingchai who was kept in the dark and drunk.I naturally thought of another person in my heart, thinking about someone as stubborn as her, wouldn't? Thinking of such a good way, I would just foolishly force myself to bury my head on top of it, so her drinking capacity is so good.

A gust of cool wind blew, and Yingrou sneezed very lightly.Cen Zhu came back to his senses, quickly took off his cloak, and handed it to her, "Put it on, so you don't have to wait a while? I've got a cold, so I'll go and tell my wife, I'll take you back first, and you'll be on your way tomorrow morning. You stay here and wait." Me, I'll be right back."

"Don't go, just sit with me for a while. I... feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach."

Yingrou's voice was very weak, Cen Zhu hesitated for a moment, thinking that she had drunk after all, so he sat down and said softly: "Are you okay? Would you like to pour you a glass of water?"

She shook her head and smiled at her, that smile looked a bit forced and lonely.Looking up at the oppressive and dim night sky like a hanging furnace, he took a deep breath: "Ah Zheng, why do you think people change their minds so easily?"

Cen Zhu froze, did not speak, and clasped his hands a little nervously.