Wrong Changhuan

An Cuo walked out of Jinxiu Garden slowly, thinking of Lin Xiaonuan just now in her heart, and didn't pay attention to the two young men who met on the way to salute, until the maid Banxia called her, and then she came back to her senses, knowing that she had returned to Jingyuan.

An Cuo raised his eyes and said coldly, "What's the matter?"

Ban Xia excitedly said, "Just now the landlord sent someone to bring a box of gold and silver jewelry, and there are some gold hairpins, jade hairpins, jade pendants, night pearls and so on...Master, do you want to keep one or two pieces, or do you want to keep one or two as usual?" same, distribute it to the brothers in the hall?"

"Well, let's divide it." An Cuo has never been greedy for these vulgar things.

Ban Xia complied, picked up the small mahogany box containing the treasure, and headed towards the layman.

"Wait--" An Cuo suddenly called out, approached Pinellia, opened the box, and was immediately attracted by the Ye Mingzhu, which was the size of a baby's fist, and picked it up for a closer look.

Ban Xia said, "This luminous pearl is so beautiful, if it is kept in the house, it must be very bright at night."

An Cuo didn't speak, but waved her hand to signal that she could go.

The flawless luminous pearl exudes a faint light in the dark night, as if it captured An Cuo's heart and soul all at once.

She didn't know why when she saw this luminous pearl, she felt joy in her heart, but her eyes were stung by the warm light in an instant.

Jinxiu Garden, east wing room.

Jing Jiuge did not leave after helping Xie Baitang with the good medicine, but ordered Bai Shao to bring two jugs of wine.

In the center of the fine pine wood floor in the house, there is a low table with soft futons around it, a few plates of pastries and a pot of tea on the table, a charcoal stove in the corner of the room exudes warmth, and a hollow copper stove burns Xie Baitang's favorite. incense.

Jing Jiuge faced the direction of the couch and sat on the side of the low table.

Bai Shao poured wine for her, and carefully asked, "Master, do you want some side dishes from the kitchen?"

"No need, it's none of your business here, you go down first." Jing Jiuge said, holding up the wine glass, looking at Xie Baitang who was holding Chang Huan's hand tightly on the couch and talking in a low voice. After another glass of wine, they began to eat.

When Xie Baitang turned his head to meet the direct gaze, Jing Jiuge said, "A Tang, talk to me..." There was an indescribable loneliness in that tone.

Xie Baitang pulled Chang Huan closer, said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid--" and sat down opposite, and said, "Xiao Nuan, sit--"

Chang Huan looked at Jing Jiuge and saw that she closed her eyes slightly, agreeing, and sat down.

Chang Huan was afraid of Jing Jiuge. Ah Cuo once said that she was the master who forced her to kill Nuan Nuan back then, but seeing her treat Xie Baitang like this today, she was a little unpredictable about her temper and thoughts, so she had to Be extra careful.

Jing Jiuge laughed suddenly, and said, "I still remember, when we were in Wuyou Valley before, whenever it rained, we would carry wine and call our senior and younger brothers to go to your room to drink and chat together, talking The stories in the rivers and lakes, talk about the dreams of the future..."

"That was a long time ago..."

"Yeah... In a flash, so many years have passed... Who would have expected that each of them looks like this now..." Jing Jiuge raised his lowered eyebrows suddenly, looked at Xie Baitang, and said slowly, " But those days, I will never forget..."

"Although memories are beautiful, they are in the past... You should look forward..." Xie Baitang said, looking at the cakes on the table, pushed one of the plate of sweet-scented osmanthus muffins towards Chang Huan, and picked up another piece Handed it to her, said softly, "I haven't eaten dinner, are you hungry? Eat--"

Chang Huan glanced at Jing Jiuge, saw that she had no objection, hadn't eaten anything all day, and was really hungry, so he took it with both hands, and started to eat.

Xu was under the attention of others, Chang Huan felt his face was hot and choked.

Xie Baitang helped Chang Huan straighten his back, erected the upside-down teacup, poured out a cup of tea, handed it over, smiled slightly, and said, "Eat slowly...don't rush..."

Jing Jiuge propped his chin on the low table with one hand, looked at such a gentle person, was stunned for a moment, and forgot to drink.

It wasn't until Xie Baitang looked back that Jing Jiuge withdrew his arms and said, "You used her as Xie Tianqing's substitute... didn't you?"

Chang Huan immediately stopped and looked at Xie Baitang.

Xie Baitang reached out and rubbed Chang Huan's head, and said gently, "She is her, Nuan Nuan is Nuan Nuan, she is not anyone's substitute..."

Jing Jiuge snorted and said, "I should be glad that there is still such a person who is cared about by you..." After a pause, his eyes sharpened, and said, "I am even more fortunate that this person is still in my hands. ..”

Xie Baitang said neither humble nor overbearing, "Jiu Ge, let me tell you a story..."

Seeing that Jing Jiuge didn't speak, Xie Baitang said, "Once upon a time, there was a great scholar who liked to eat eel... One time when he was cooking, he found an eel bowed up, its head and tail were in the boiling soup, Only the belly was bent, stood out of the boiling soup, and didn't fall down until death... The Grand Maester was very curious, so he fished out the eel, and opened the belly... You guessed it, What did he find?"

"Could it be, what peerless treasure is inside?" Jing Jiuge raised his head and drank a cup.

Xie Baitang shook his head, but soon smiled again, and said softly, "It's a baby, that's right... After he cut open the abdomen, he found that there were countless fish eggs inside... To protect the baby, the eel A fish bends over to avoid the scalding water, even if it dies, it must protect its young eggs..."

After Xie Baitang finished speaking, he looked straight at Jing Jiuge.

Jing Jiuge was stunned, and said, "I understand what you mean..."

Chang Huan was deeply moved, his eyes turned red, and he said, "What happened next?"

Xie Baitang looked sideways at Chang Huan, and said softly, "Later, that grand scholar, like Xiao Nuan, burst into tears and was filled with emotion, so he released those fish eggs... After that, he never ate eel again. ..."

After Xie Baitang finished speaking, he stroked his chest and coughed lightly twice.

"Aniang, what's wrong with you?" Chang Huan said and lightly tapped Xie Baitang on the back.

"I'm fine...Maybe it's because of the cold these few days..."

Jing Jiuge put down the wine glass, poured out a cup of tea, and handed it over.

Xie Baitang saw her scar and said, "How did you get the wound on your wrist?"

Jing Jiuge withdrew abruptly, stroked his sleeves, seemed unwilling to mention it, got up and said, "It's late at night, you should rest..." Then he shouted out the door, "Bai Shao..."

Bai Shao nodded and said, "Master..."

"Send Lin Xiaonuan back to her servant's room..."

Xie Baitang stood up, took Chang Huan's hand, looked at Jing Jiuge with sincere eyes, and asked, "Can Xiao Nuan stay with me?"

Jing Jiuge was stunned for a moment, and said, "Just for one night..."

Bai Shao said, "It's very gloomy outside, I'm afraid it will snow at night, do you want to add a quilt..."

Jing Jiuge gave a cold hum, and went out.

When there were only two people left in the room, Xie Baitang smiled and said, "Are you still hungry? Do you want to eat more?"

Chang Huan shook his head, finally relaxed, and said, "I'm full..."

Xie Baitang took Chang Huan's hand and felt a trace of coldness, so he led her to the edge and said, "It's cold, let's get under the quilt and talk..."

"Aniang, I'll help you—" Chang Huan said as he helped Xie Baitang loosen his clothes, and then he took off his outer shirt neatly, and rolled over to the inside of the bed.

The two leaned against the head of the bed, Xie Baitang pulled Chang Huan into his arms.

Chang Huan didn't lean over, but straightened his body and said, "Does the injury on your back still hurt?"

Xie Baitang smiled slightly, shook his head, but also picked up Chang Huan's underwear and trouser legs to his knees, saw a bruise, and touched it lightly, only to hear Chang Huan suck.

Xie Baitang got off the ground, found a jar of ointment from the shelf next to it, got on the bed, rubbed it gently on Chang Huan's knees, and said distressedly, "Xiao Nuan, you shouldn't have come here..."

Chang Huan put his arms around Xie Baitang's left arm, leaned against her side, and said, "I want to come..." After a pause, he murmured, "That's great..."

"What's so good?"

"My knee hurts, it's great to have my mother give me medicine..."

Xie Baitang didn't know how to respond for a while.Xiaonuan, if it wasn't for me, how could you be blamed, how could you be hurt...

"Aniang, was Jing Jiuge with you in Wuyou Valley before?"

"Well, she is my junior sister... but before I got married and left there, I was kicked out by my master..."

"Why? Did she do something out of the ordinary?"

"I want to come... I don't know... I don't know the details. At that time, I was injured when I was studying detoxification and medicine. I was in a coma for a few days. When I woke up, I only heard from my junior brother. The master was furious, and then drove her out. .”

"Then...were you on good terms before?"

Xie Baitang nodded, still rubbing Chang Huan's knees with his hands, and said, "Before, she was always clinging to me...like a...little follower..." As he spoke, he gently scratched the tip of Chang Huan's nose. .

Chang Huan then giggled.

Xie Baitang put down Chang Huan's trousers, and pulled the quilt up for her.

Chang Huan leaned against Xie Baitang's arms, smelled the faint scent of medicine on her body, and said softly, "Aniang, let me tell you a story too..."

"OK--"

"A long time ago, there was a newborn calf. She was abandoned by her mother... She wandered into the mountains alone and lived a miserable life... It happened that there was a cow in the mountain. The cow saw The little calf was pitiful, so I took her back to my home... I was feeding her, I was afraid that the rain would hit her, and I was afraid that the thunder would frighten her... In short, I was very good to her... So, the little calf felt very happy, and grew up happily... One day, the little calf was grazing leisurely in the mountains with her mother, and did not know that there was also a hunter on this mountain... the mother Because the cow is big and conspicuous, it was still grazing with its head down, so it was spotted by the hunter at once... When the calf looked up in the grass, he saw the hunter's bow and arrow aimed at the cow... at the critical moment. …”

Xie Baitang asked curiously, "What happened? Did they escape?"

"At the critical moment, the calf rushed out of the grass, stood in front of the cow, bowed its front hooves towards the hunter, and knelt down... So the hunter saw it, couldn't bear it, so he withdrew his arrows and let them go ..."

"and after?"

"Later, the hunter came out of the mountain and told the other hunters that there was no prey on that mountain... So, Maverick and her mother have been grazing happily on that mountain every day, carefree... …”

After hearing this, Xie Baitang smiled slightly, but his nose turned sore, he hugged Chang Huan tightly, kissed her hair, and said, "That little calf is also a good boy..."

Chang Huan raised his eyes, looked at Xie Baitang and said, "Aniang, I will definitely save you...I won't let anyone hurt you..."

Xie Baitang's heart was moved, thinking about the last time before he parted with Chang Huan, he stroked the hair on the top of her head, and said with concern, "Xiao Nuan, did you take out the needle from Cheng Yunchu last time?"

"You mean the soul-locking needle?" Chang Huan shook his head and said, "Uncle said, it's not easy to get...it's too dangerous..."

After hearing this, Xie Baitang shed tears.

Chang Huan noticed the wetness dripping onto his cheeks, got up and stretched his sleeves, wiped Xie Baitang's face, shook his head and said, "I don't hurt..." After a pause, he pointed to his chest and said, "Actually, when I go Before Jiangdong, there was one here... You see, I'm not in good shape..."

Xie Baitang was so shocked, he gently touched Chang Huan's heart and said, "You said... there is also... a soul-locking needle here?"

Chang Huan nodded and said, "It's nothing..."

"Is there something wrong with your body?"

Chang Huan bowed his head and thought about it for a while, and decided to tell her, so he pointed to his right ear and said, "I can't hear with this ear... It's okay if the rest of the ear can hear... But, it's just that you can't hear it." I don't know the direction of the sound..."

Seeing Xie Baitang silently shed tears again, Chang Huan stretched out his hand to wipe it in a panic, and said, "Mother, I don't feel pain...I've gotten used to it these few days..."

Xie Baitang held Chang Huan in his arms, and blamed himself, "It's all my fault...if it wasn't for me.--"

"No—" Chang Huan interrupted her, and said, "It's not like this..."

Chang Huan said quietly, "It's nice to have Auntie... you will care about me, if I feel uncomfortable... you will know, I don't have dinner, I'm hungry... If I choke, I will Rubbing my back... My knee hurts, I will give me medicine..."

Chang Huan's eyes were red as she spoke, and she continued, "My mother, she would never do these things... She never hugged me, never sewed for me, never cooked for me, and never for me Ask for a talisman, even...she never allowed me to call her A Niang...she hates me in her heart..."

Xie Baitang never knew that Chang Huan had experienced these things, and his heart fluctuated with discomfort.

Chang Huan shed tears, raised his eyes and said, "Aniang, you said at dinner... you would rather die than take medicine... I heard it, so sad and scared...I'm afraid, will you There will be a day when you don't want me anymore?"

Xie Baitang gently wiped away the tears from Chang Huan's face, and said softly, "No...Auntie will never want you..."

"Then we hook--"

"Okay - hook!"

"Should be stamped!" Chang Huan said, pointing his thumb to Xie Baitang's.

When the worries in his heart were settled, Chang Huan leaned into Xie Baitang's arms and murmured, "Aniang--"

Xie Baitang approached and said softly, "Um...what's the matter?"

Chang Huan smiled and said, "It's nothing... I just want to call out..." It feels good to have someone respond.

Xie Baitang patted Chang Huan's back lightly and hummed a lullaby.

Not long after, seeing that Chang Huan's breathing had stabilized, Xie Baitang gently pulled up the quilt, and then quietly kissed her on the forehead before lying down and saying softly, "Xiao Nuan, have a good dream..."

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