Shuangjiao

Before the girls returned to Gao's house, they met Gao Qi who also came out to parade.

Holding a pitch-black Kunlun slave mask in his hand, he stood with his hands down on the busy long street, and when he saw them, he nodded and smiled.

The drowsy Gao Lan came to her senses, got up from the basket, and waved happily to Gao Qi: "Brother!"

Gao Lan jumped down hastily before the basketball car came to a complete stop.Gao Qi hurriedly stepped forward to support her, seeing how irritable she was, he couldn't help frowning and scolded her a few words.

Gao Lan was perfunctory, and his attention had long been attracted by the Kunlun slave mask in his hand.

"Brother, can you give it to me?"

They had been shopping for a long time just now, Gao Lan also wanted to buy it, but somehow forgot.

Gao Qi didn't agree, so Gao Lan raised his hand to take it, but he avoided it.

"Brother?"

Gao Lan opened her almond eyes, her tone was puzzled.Suddenly, she squinted her eyes and smiled, "I see, brother."

"what do you know?"

Instead, Gao Lan pouted and refused to speak, and kept winking at Wen Xueqing.

Wen Xueqing looked indifferent, and after greeting Gao Qi, she stood with Li Junjun far away from the Gao brothers and sisters.Zhang Xiao followed behind Gao Lan, talking to Gao Qi with a smile.

Occasionally, he would meet with Gao Qi, and the two faced each other, nodding their heads slightly as a greeting.

Standing beside Gao Qi, Gao Lan blinked desperately to signal Wen Xueqing to ask her to invite Gao Qi to join.

Wen Xueqing's invitation is completely different from her invitation, although Gao Qi will go in the end.

Li Junjun stood next to Wen Xueqing, with a smile on his face: "I think I know it too."

Gao Qi also looked towards Wen Xueqing, and walked towards her, with a loose coat and wide sleeves fluttering in the night wind.

Li Junjun pushed Wen Xueqing's arm.

Gao Lan covered her mouth and leaned against Zhang Xiao. When Gao Qi stood in front of Wen Xueqing, she covered her eyes with her hands, peeking through her fingers.

Wen Xueqing and Gao Qi met not infrequently.The marriage of Wen Gao's family is a certainty. As for the relationship between the two, as long as they don't violate the rules, the parents will let them go.

When I came out to watch the lanterns today, Gao Lan even said that he would invite Gao Qi to guard him. Although Zhang Xiao persuaded Gao Lan to give up in the end, Wen Xueqing didn't want to get closer to Gao Qi.

Gao Lan had a vague feeling that Wen Xueqing was a little cold towards Gao Qi, but she had never seen Wen Xueqing dissatisfied with Gao Qi, and it could only be attributed to Wen Xueqing still being a little girly, and it was normal to be shy and reserved.

She expects that Wen Xueqing will accept Gao Qi.In this way, she can send the others away and give them alone.

"Give the mask to the young lady." Gao Qi said.

With so many pairs of eyes watching, they all knew the relationship between the two of them, Wen Xueqing didn't hesitate, and immediately thanked her.

Although she is dissatisfied with Gao Qi's weak personality, she has no choice but to go to Feiqing. If the two can go on like this, it seems to be a good choice...

Wen Xueqing took the mask, Gao Lan cheered, and immediately pulled Zhang Xiao and Li Junjun, yelling to go elsewhere to buy a mask like Wen Xueqing's.

Zhang Xiao teased her: "Didn't you feel sleepy just now? Now you're energetic again?"

Gao Lan gave her a hammer, and hummed, "Don't tell me I'm not sleepy, I want to go back to sleep now."

Seeing Gao Lan's intentions, Li Jun said that it was getting late, and he was afraid that his family would be worried, so he bid farewell to everyone.

Lack of energy, Gao Lan's upper and lower eyelids had started to fight, Gao Lan sighed helplessly, no matter what, she hoped to give Wen Xueqing and Gao Qi time to be alone.

"Sister, will you sleep with me tonight?" Gao Lan pestered Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao covered her mouth and made fun of her: "I'm such a big person, I still need someone else."

"Sister, Sister," Gao Lan called her softly, "We're going back..."

The two looked back at Wen Xueqing and Gao Qi, and finally left.

In the blink of an eye, only Gao Qi and Wen Xueqing were left.

The two walked along the long street silently.

Wen Xueqing has a lot of things in hand, besides the gifts from the Gao brothers and sisters, there are also some things to eat and play.

After walking for a while, Gao Qi finally realized: "I'll take it for the little lady."

Wen Xueqing refused, and gave the things to the guards. She pinned the bamboo flute to her waist, and turned the remaining Kunlun slave mask in her hand, but still didn't show it to the guards.

After taking everything, Wen Xueqing thought of Wen Jiming's warning before, and simply gave Zu Gaoqi face.

"Don't you wear it, little lady?" Gao Qi introduced Wen Xueqing, "It's rare here in Tongli, but you can often see ships coming from the south from Shenhu Port. This Kunlun slave traveled across the ocean from Haizhou Those who came here, the wealthy and dignitaries in the south didn’t have a few Kunlun slaves to accompany them, so they didn’t dare to go out. Especially the king of Zhao in Hezhou in the south, it is said that there is a whole team of Kunlun slaves to deal with banditry..."

In the past, Wen Xueqing had seen several dark-skinned Kunlun slaves in her past trips.These people are basically coolies, with broad noses and curly hair, as strong as cattle.He bowed his head and busy moving objects, letting his employer call for orders.

"Are there many Kunlun slaves in the south?"

Seeing that Wen Xueqing was interested, Gao Qi told him everything he knew.

Playing with the Kunlun slave mask in her hand, Wen Xueqing thanked Gao Qi: "It's very interesting, thank you, sir."

Gao Qi was silent.

Along the way, Wen Xueqing never put on a mask, but the bamboo flute given by his sister, she wore it on her waist at the first time, and she was quite careful when walking, so as not to let Xiaoxiao take it by her hand.

The long street was exhausted, Gao Qi cupped his hands: "Little lady, let's go."

The two said goodbye in a flat manner. Wen Xueqing threw the Kunlun slave mask to the following guards, picked up the bamboo flute by herself, and walked away while blowing.

I don't know if I can still meet the person who took the photo...

Wen Xueqing felt ridiculous for her own thoughts. Tonight there are so many people, it is lucky to be able to pass by each other. There is a vast sea of ​​people.

Wen Xueqing returned to the Wen family's mansion.

This area is surrounded by dignified mansions, and there are few civilians coming and going. It is quiet here on weekdays, but tonight there are many people going out to parade the streets, and it is even quieter here.

The sound of the flute is gentle and leisurely, overflowing the alleys.

Passing by a house, the sound of Linlang Qin can be heard from afar, and the piano and flute sing harmoniously, wandering warmly.

The tall gate and deep house, the gate wall is wide and thick, under the moonlight, Wen Xueqing stands in the shadow of the tall gate wall, the apricot tree on the side of the road is falling red, and the bright lanterns emit soft candlelight.

After the song was played, the sound of footsteps came from inside the mansion.

"Stay, those who play the flute outside the wall, please stay!" A servant woman ran out of the wall panting and called to Wen Xueqing.

"My lady asked, can the young lady be the person who plays the flute on the long street?" The servant woman was worried about the recklessness of the master, so how can she be sure that the flute player is also a woman.When I saw Wen Xueqing's dress, I couldn't help but feel admiration, my girl is really good at predicting things.

Seeing the guards around Wen Xueqing and knowing that she was also a noble lady, the servant woman bowed from a distance and bowed to invite: "If so, my girl will invite the young lady to come in and talk about it."

Actually met...

Instead, Wen Xueqing became interested: "What if it's not?"

Before the maid could answer, the figure who hurried over said firmly: "No, it must be you, no matter what, it's you!"

Wen Xueqing's figure froze suddenly.

"Little lady?"

Wen Xueqing didn't dare to turn her head, she almost stopped breathing.

She never expected that she would come to the Ling's house!What was even more frightening was that it was Ling Rou who came out!

Seeing that Wen Xueqing didn't answer, Lingrou took a step forward and said sincerely: "It's hard to find a bosom friend in high mountains and flowing water. It's fate to meet you in the sea of ​​people during the Lantern Festival tonight. If you're worried that it's getting late, can you tell the mansion. I'll send it to you another day." Invite me to the post."

Seeing that Ling Rou was approaching, Wen Xueqing snatched the Kunlun slave mask from the guard's hand and put it on.

Not caring about anything else, Wen Xueqing ran away.

The guards around her didn't know why, so they followed her and ran in the opposite direction of Wen's mansion.

After a distance, Wen Xueqing dared to look back, Lingrou chased a few steps, and looked at her in surprise.

Her heart was beating wildly, Wen Xueqing didn't have the courage to look any further, she buried her head and ran wildly.

===

"Girl?"

Seeing that she couldn't catch up, Ling Rou stood there and looked at the distant figure, silent.

The servants around her asked her cautiously, "Do you want me to chase after you?"

It took a while for Ling Rou to come back to her senses, she shook her head and said, "No, it's getting late, mother and the others should be back, let's go back too."

After walking to the door, Ling Rou said sharply to the servants: "You don't need to report to your mother what happened tonight, and don't spread it to outsiders!"

The servants took orders, and Nuonuo dispersed.

The accompanying maid was still holding the piano and waiting for Lingrou.

"Did Qiniang find the flute player?"

Recalling the appearance of the other party leaving hastily, Lingrou lowered her head and laughed at herself: "Maybe it was too dark at night, the other party thought we were going to rob people, so turned around and ran away."

The servant girl laughed and coughed: "Where in the world can I find a bandit as beautiful as Qiniang? If I am robbed by Qiniang, I will follow Qiniang before Qiniang can speak."

Ling Rou followed with a laugh: "It would be easy if the other party really took a fancy to my look, and I would be dazed by her in front of her, and I would just grab her and take me away."

The servants and servants all laughed together, disoriented.She never expected that Ling Qiniang, who is usually the most stable, would still tell these jokes with them.

"Today is a good day." Ling Rou said.

Although I don't know why the other party avoids seeing her, but after all, there is one person in this world who can understand the meaning of her piano sound and play together with her in the air.

The servant girl boldly replied: "It's a good day, Qiniang laughed many times."

"Is there?" Ling Rou touched the corner of her own lips, it was really upturned.

"Since that's the case, you don't have to watch over me tonight. Although the lights don't go down until the seventeenth, tonight is the most lively. You are allowed to drink and have fun, only one thing, don't miss the errands tomorrow morning!"

Ling Rou has already followed her mother to learn how to manage things. In order to prevent the people below from seeing her clearly, she has always been strict and strictly followed the rules.

The sudden grace today made all the servants think that Ling Qiniang was in a good mood during the Shangyuan Festival.Earlier, when she came back from the street parade, she was playing the piano with great enthusiasm, and someone was playing the flute outside the wall. Before going to bed, she asked them to give her a glass of wine for the first time.

The courtyard is lonely, and there are some lively and laughing words from music.Ling Rou raised her wine glass and invited them across the air.

"Respect the moon, respect the lamp and respect you—"

It turns out that there are people in this world who, like her, desperately want to escape from all this.

"I hope to meet you again and play another song—"

There is still half a glass of wine left on the table, let the cold wind dry until dawn.

===

Since the accidental encounter with Ling Rou that night in Shangyuan, Wen Xueqing has calmed down a lot, and whenever she hears about Ling Rou, she automatically avoids it.

It happened that Princess Lekang's only son, Wen Xueqing's fifth brother, was going to study in Luoyang Taixue, and she happened to follow Princess Lekang to find work everywhere.

Wen Wulang held the folding fan in his hand, shaking it with a smile: "Zhen Zhen hasn't gone out to play recently, and she actually came to help me check my luggage, and suddenly changed his mind, it's weird..."

Wen Xueqing and Princess Lekang were helping Wen Wulang to take half of the list of gifts to Luoyang, and she was dissatisfied and asked, "What's wrong? It can't be that I don't want to part with my brother and help out with things?"

"It's not impossible," Wen Wulang took the gift list from her hand, "It's too strange, you should sit down, let me do this."

"Why can't I do it." Wen Xueqing refused.

"That's right, if sister can do it, I can do it too!" Wen Liulang, who was only six years old, helped out with a baby voice, "We will help too!"

Wen Liulang, the youngest man of the Wen family, has the biggest age gap with all his brothers.He likes to run behind Wen Xueqing the most. He opens his eyes wide to see what she does, and feels happy even when he is tired and sweating profusely.

Wen Wulang was so happy that his fan fell to the ground, he hugged Xiao Douding on the ground: "Then what will you do?"

The last time Wen Liulang helped, he dropped the Weidi white jade bottle specially prepared by Princess Lekang.Princess Lekang didn't blame him yet, instead she began to cry first.

Trying to recall what he had done with my sister recently, Wen Liulang broke his fingers and said to Wen Wulang one by one: "One, tune the piano with sister, and two, help my aunt find the lost coral beads... "

Wen Goro raised his hand up calmly, blocking the laughter that was about to escape.

Princess Lekang glared at her son, and gave Wen Liulang a piece of sugar cake: "Siblings are sensible, why are you not happy as an elder brother?"

Wen Wulang smiled, first Wen Xueqing took the books brought by the attendants one by one, and put them away one by one.

"Of course I'm not happy. After going to Luoyang, there will be no Xiao Liulang and Zhen Zhen to play together. It will be very boring every day."

"Are you kidding us?" Wen Xueqing said, "Fifth brother is too bad."

Wen Liulang said obediently: "Liulang is not fun. Liulang should concentrate on studying."

Fortunately, Wen Liulang didn't mislead Wen Wulang, otherwise Princess Lekang could easily throw Yu Ruyi in her hand.

"Hurry up and go to Luoyang, don't bring your younger siblings to mess around, they will all be ruined by you!"

"Before, my mother was still nagging about her reluctance, but now she will again. Hey, when I go to Luoyang, Zhenzhen and Liulang will probably forget me, right?" Wen Wulang poked Wen Liulang to fill up the candy Cake cheeks.

"Hmmmm——" Wen Liulang didn't have time to answer Wen Wulang's question at all. After being poked by him like this, his cheeks became sore, he couldn't swallow, and couldn't spit it out.

Wen Liulang's eyes were full of tears, and he asked for help with his eyes.

"Fifth brother, don't mess with him." Wen Xueqing took the water handed over by the maid and fed it to Wen Liulang.

Princess Lekang had just finished counting in the room, and saw the three children making a fuss again, so she stroked her forehead helplessly and quickened her movements.

As long as it doesn't help her, she will be thankful.

In addition to some human relations, Wen Wulang brought a lot of things for himself.

Ancient books and books, gorgeous clothes and decorations, food and clothing, all of them are quite a lot.

Princess Lekang was not able to go in person. Wen Wulang's entry to Beijing this time represented her face, and she could not lack for anything.

After sealing the items, Wen Wulang checked them all, called Wen Xueqing, and opened a box in front of him.

A black and red lacquered lyre was placed in it.

"This piano is for you." Before Wen Xueqing refused, Wen Wulang said again, "I have to go to Luoyang to cross the waterway, the humidity is heavy, and it will inevitably be damaged if I take it there."

Wen Xueqing can also play the piano, but the piano she uses is just an ordinary one, and she has been thinking about Wen Wulang's piano for a long time.

Wen Wulang's piano was received by the Wen family several generations ago. It has dense broken lines and mottled surface, like colorful clouds dancing in the sky, extremely beautiful and dignified.

Unexpectedly, the fifth brother still thought about her before leaving, Wen Xueqing shook her head: "I don't want it, the fifth brother takes it to Luoyang, don't teach Luoyang people to look down on the Wen family."

"Who dares to bully me?" Wen Wulang patted Wen Xueqing's forehead with a folding fan, "I just let you take care of it temporarily, just like you do, don't let me break it! I went to Luoyang, a prosperous place, as long as What do you want if you have money?"

The melancholy of parting before was swept away, and Wen Xueqing lost so much warmth in an instant.

"Really? Of course this piano is for you." Wen Wulang looked at her with a smile, "Have you even forgotten to live your most important life?"

Wen Xueqing looked at him in confusion.

Wen Jiming couldn't help standing up and defending his sister: "Wu Lang, don't tease her. Zhen Zhen has been busy with you recently, and I guess she even forgot about herself and Ji Li."

Wen Wulang smiled and pointed to the piano box: "It was meant to be given after you reach the ji, but I can't wait, so I'll give it to you here. After you reach the ji, you will be an adult. Brother can only give you this, I can't when you reach the ji." Come, please don't be angry."

"Fifth Brother..."

Wen Xueqing looked at him, her eyes were red and she was on the verge of tears.

Wen Wulang attached great importance to this piano. When the brothers and sisters were just learning the rhythm, Wen Xueqing also took a fancy to this piano.But her piano skills are mediocre, and there is really no good reason to possess it, so Wen Wulang finally got the piano.Afterwards, it's not that she didn't find various strange reasons to want to possess her, but Wen Goro saw through all of them and refused.

Unexpectedly, Wen Wulang would give her this piano before leaving.

"I... I can't play well... This piano is not suitable for me."

"What's the problem?" Wen Wulang laughed loudly, "Zhenzhen is good at playing flute, if there is someone who can play with Zhenzhen's piano and flute, it's okay to send it out."

"Green clouds rise in the east, and Baihu turns into a goddess dancing on the stage, holding the flute of the phoenix pipe, stroking the qin of the sunset, and singing the song of Wu Chunbo*." Wen Jiming said, "Wulang gives you, it is the most suitable for you."

Wen Xueqing blushed and stammered: "Where... how can there be such a person, who else in this world can be with my Xiao..."

"Snapped--"

Wen Wulang unfolded his fan, interrupting Wen Xueqing's words.

Covered by the fan, Wen Wulang smiled, avoided other people who saw him off, and lowered his voice: "Zhenzhen is old, it's time to have her own ideas. I won't say much about the rest, just a sentence , remember—"

"Zhenzhen, don't let yourself regret it."