Chapter 137: Wind and Vortex

readx;? Duan Lingyan was the last to get on the boat, Sun Cen stood at the entrance and waited for her, his eyes glanced at it, and he happened to see the familiar maid disappear behind the corner of the pavilion, "Sister, the dyed sleeves look a little anxious, isn't there something wrong with Changxin Palace?"

Duan Lingyan glanced back and smiled helplessly, "Sister doesn't know, my sister has just moved back to Changxin Palace for a few days, but Changxin Palace is very different from before, and most of the palace slaves at the bottom have been replaced, and they are always not as good as those people used before." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info+”

Sun Cen raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it that someone in the palace caused trouble?"

Duan Lingyan flicked his sleeve with a smile, "No matter how big the matter is, it is a small matter to me, just came out of the Frost Moon Palace, naturally many people pay attention to me, sister rest assured, no matter how much trouble you make, you won't be able to turn over any moths." ”

Sun Cen naturally didn't believe it in his heart, but seeing Duan Lingyan's calm appearance, he couldn't say much, so he had to nod and not answer, and the relatives of the entire inner palace got on the boat, because today is the spring banquet, all the palace concubines above the beauty rank are present, Feng Qin, the king of Shu, is romantic, and Princess Zhuang Ji was still restrained when she was there, and then Zhuang Ji died, there are only a lot of women in the inner palace, and now there are more than ten people above the beauties, plus several princesses, a boat is just a lot not crowded.

Because of the water sacrifice, everyone stood on the deck of the bow of the ship, and looked up, in addition to the king and queen, the Fengqin ship was Shang Jue and Ji Wujian, and there were three sons and countless ceremonial officials and warlocks, but it was more crowded than the ship of Chaoxi, and most of the other ships were filled with officials from foreign dynasties and arranged warlocks, and it took a lot of hours for these people to get on the ship one after another.

Chaoxi stood on the side of the deck, because she was following Bai Yue, the others did not dare to approach, at most they would fall on her body with alienated eyes, the wind was strong on Weiyang Lake, and the black hair skirt of Chaoxi flew over, but she beckoned Bai Yue to stand in front of her, and then slowly squatted down, she squatted, Bai Yue was almost able to be with her usually, Xu was close to her, Bai Yue was even more humming to her cheek, Chao Xi touched Bai Yue's head and did not refuse, Bai Yue really rubbed her cheeks against Chao Xi's cheeks, Chao Xi sniffed lightly, Bai Yue had nothing else on her body except for the dry smell of animal hair。

While stroking Bai Yue, Chao Xi touched his head carefully, Bai Yue's hair is thicker and harder than ordinary small beasts, but the texture under the fluff is very warm and soft, day and night inch by inch, Bai Yue is not anything abnormal, she frowned slightly, her eyes showed a little doubt, looking at Bai Yue's crystal eyes with a look.

As soon as Sun Cen and Duan Lingyan came up, they saw this plot, Sun Cen was surprised, Duan Lingyan also raised his eyebrows, Duan Lingyan was younger than Sun Cen in the end, and he was a flamboyant and fearless character, even when he walked towards Chaoxi and Baiyue.

When Bai Yue appeared earlier, she followed Chao Xi and Shang Jue, Duan Lingyan's current position was at the end, it was impossible to see Bai Yue at close range, she seemed to be a little curious about Bai Yue, and at the moment, she didn't care much about the position on this boat, she naturally walked to Bai Yue without any scruples, and noticed that someone was approaching, Chao Xi turned her head and stood up.

"I can't imagine that Her Royal Highness the Princess can be so close to it!"

The scene of Bai Yue's injury is still vivid, not only Duan Lingyan, but also other people who stood without squeaking are very curious, Feng Nianrong's sisters are all on the boat, they have been standing not far away from the beginning and looking at this side, seeing Duan Lingyan coming over, they also stood closer, only when Shang Jue is there, standing by Shang Jue's side in the morning and night is not afraid of Bai Yue, but I didn't expect to be so close to Bai Yue after leaving Shang Jue, thinking about it, almost everyone remembered "The deer was born in the south, and the secluded in the east Looking at Bai Yue's huge body, and then looking at Chaoxi's body so slender, almost everyone looked at Chaoxi with a slightly different look, that is, Feng Nianxin, who hated Chaoxi the most in the past, poked his head out from behind Feng Nianrong and looked curiously at every interaction between Chaoxi and Bai Yue, as for the others, whether it was open or dark, no one did not pay attention to the movement here.

Chaoxi and Duan Lingyan had a confrontation in Huaiyin, and now they are back in the palace, Chaoxi is the princess of Shu, but Duan Lingyan has changed from a lady to a beauty, in terms of this identity, it is Duan Lingyan who has fallen into ......

Even so, Chao Xi still glanced at Duan Lingyan and said, "Bai Yue is obedient by nature. ”

This sentence is naturally to speak for Bai Yue for Shicai's hurtful incident, although Bai Yue at the moment does seem to be well-behaved, but Shicai's scene is still close at hand, and few people on the entire ship can believe the words of the day and night, except for Duan Lingyan!

Duan Lingyan laughed, walked to Bai Yue's side in two steps, and raised his hand to touch Bai Yue's head without even asking, in an instant, almost all the people on the boat gasped, Bai Yue only hurt someone a moment ago, how could this Ling Yan dare to touch it! Before this question was over, I saw Bai Yue swing her head and ask Duan Lingyan to touch her, and then snorted and ran behind Chaoxi, Duan Lingyan's hand paused in mid-air, although she only touched Bai Yue's hair, but compared to Feng Nianzhi's injury, Duan Lingyan was already earning at this time, Bai Yue, didn't hurt her......

Duan Lingyan paused before withdrawing his hand, then nodded, looking at Bai Yue who was hiding behind Chao Xi with interest, "Your action is very fast, and I can't even touch you." As he spoke, he looked up at the morning and evening, "What the princess said is true. ”

Everyone was stunned, even Sun Cen was stunned before he stepped forward and said, "This ...... What just happened?"

At this moment, Bai Yue was hiding behind Chaoxi, not only did not give people a sense of cruelty, but seemed to be a little afraid of being afraid of many people and did not want to be disturbed, Chao Xi glanced back at Bai Yue, and the corners of her lips pursed slightly, "Bai Yue...... Some are afraid of life. ”

When Feng Nianzhi was injured, Shang Jue said that Bai Yue was afraid of life, and it did not seem to like people, but at this moment, Bai Yue was very calm, and there was no fierce and evil appearance at all, which was really strange, Feng Nianxin, who had been hiding behind Feng Nianrong, stepped forward when he saw this, although he didn't dare to go in front of him, he still looked at Bai Yue with wide eyes curiously.

There were two points in his eyes that were about to move, and he actually wanted to come forward and touch Bai Yue.

Everyone else also took two steps closer, Bai Yue still stood quietly behind Chaoxi, snorting from time to time, but there was no sign of anger, everyone looked at each other, thinking that Bai Yue was angry when he touched someone, but they didn't want to be like this at all, how did Feng Nianzhi get hurt? Isn't it really that Feng Nianzhi was unlucky?

"The eleventh princess must have touched this little guy's moldy head today, and it is also pitiful. ”

Duan Lingyan sighed lukewarmly, and Sun Cen said on the side, "I think it's also a minor injury, so it's not in the way." As he spoke, he looked around the whole ship, "But Sister Yang didn't come, and I don't know if the princess was seriously injured or something." ”

Duan Lingyan squinted slightly, turned his head to look at the dock and saw that all the foreign ministers had boarded the ship one after another, and the boarding steps on the dock had been removed, and then looked, the first boat in front had slowly swinged out of the dock and headed towards the center of Weiyang Lake, the head boat was Feng Qin's boat, followed by the two boats side by side, one was the ship of the morning and evening, and the other was the patriarch of the nobles of the family。

Weiyang Lake occupies a huge area, and today's sacrificial boat is not fast, just left the dock mouth for a while on the head of the boat sounded a melodious and simple horn sound, knowing that the ritual began immediately, all the expressions on the boat were solemn, morning and evening patted the top of Bai Yue's head, Bai Yue obediently lay at the feet of Chaoxi and no longer walked around.

When the head boat goes to the center of the river, the boats behind are separated and stopped on both sides of the head boat, all the boats are lined up in the center of the river, the warlock on the head boat begins to sing and the ancient mantra, Sun Cen gave an order, the warlock on the boat here began to distribute auspicious charms and ritual instruments, everyone knelt on the ground to pray with auspicious talismans in their hands, and prayed for half an hour before someone moved the copper tripod, everyone put the auspicious talisman into the tripod, and lit the spiritual fire, and when all the auspicious talismans were turned into ashes, the tripod was sunk into the heart of the river, the head boat offered sacrifices, and the warlock led by solemn leadership put all the sacrifices into the heart of the river after a prayer, and then offered the number of paper pieces, and also put into the heart of the river。

All the procedures are long and complicated, and every etiquette must be reverent and respectful, even if the people behind the boat who have not been in the same boat with Feng Qin do not dare to be sloppy, it is in this grim and solemn that a strong wind suddenly rises on the surface of Weiyang Lake.

The sky was already gloomy, the wind was together, the black clouds on the horizon were rolling in, and the entire Weiyang Lake was also rippling, and the boat parked in the middle of the river was shaking even more, seeing that the spirit runes on both sides of the boat were constantly extinguished, everyone's expressions were a little bad, the sacrifice was to ask for an auspicious fortune, but in such weather, the spirit runes were constantly extinguished, no matter how you looked at it, Sun Cen was a little worried about the weather when he looked at the side of the boat, "Qin Tianjian clearly said that today is an auspicious day, but why is it going to be a storm?"

The black clouds above the sky rolled, and soon gathered over Baling, a large piece of black pressure, like a heavy black web, I don't know when it was going to fall down on the top of people's heads, as soon as the wind came, the lake was colder, and I gathered my skirt in the morning and evening, and saw that the head boat began to turn around slowly, all the sacrifices were on the deck terrace of the ship, although it was not in a boat, but I could see the expressions of the people on the boat nearby, the ceremony was blocked, Feng Qin's face was very poor, and the solemn person standing on the side kept wiping his sweat, Feng Qin wanted to be angry, but there were Shang Jue and Ji Wujian around him, and he could only endure it alive, and the atmosphere was dull like the weather。

"Qin Tianjian is also getting more and more ineffective, I feel that the weather is not very good when I got up this morning, and it is even more amazing at this time, there will be a fire festival later, if it rains, I'm afraid I won't even be able to light the fire......"

Duan Lingyan followed Sun Cen's words and said this, the people around looked at each other for a moment and were a little at a loss, Feng Nianrong frowned, Feng Nianxin beside him seemed to be a little scared, Feng Nianyi on the other side only kept supporting a middle-aged woman in green clothes, the woman's face was pale and weak, and she looked at her body for a long time, although she looked very tired, her eyes looked at Chaoxi from time to time, and when Chaoxi looked at her consciously, the woman bent her lips and nodded to her.

For this woman, she naturally knew each other, but she didn't come up to say much, and nodded in return.

"Madam, Madame Sun, there is a message from the king's side, saying that the fire sacrifice is followed by the water sacrifice. ”

The slave ran all the way from the side of the ship to the stern of the boat to pass the word, as soon as they heard this, everyone understood, the weather was not good, if it really fell into a storm, the fire festival might really die, so they had to hurry up and finish it before the rain, Sun Cen nodded, looked back at the inner family standing at the bow of the boat and smiled bitterly, "Everyone has heard it, there is no way to do it in the weather, so we have to work hard." ”

This water festival has been tossed for almost two hours, seeing that it is close to the unitary hour, the day of the spring is not long, and the weather is like this today, although it is only in the unitary time, it looks like it is almost dark, the wind and waves on the lake have not stopped, and the fleet of boats has received an order to continue the fire festival in the shaking, and if the fire festival continues, it is necessary to return to the altar first.

This time the fleet is not small, the boatmen have already rehearsed several times in accordance with the queue, first turn all the boats towards the direction of the altar, and then the boat on the side first, the head boat last, that is, the head boat is after the ship of the morning and evening, seeing the ships on both sides sail towards the altar in order, the boat of the morning and evening also moved slowly, the head boat seems to want to go faster, and also go to the shore together, so that there are the original three front ships close to the shore together, because the distance is too close, standing on the deck of the morning and evening instantly felt several eyes looking at her, the princess of the shaking light is naturally eye-catching, but the meaning in these gazes is not only the attention to the title of shaking light, Chaoxi turned sideways and accurately captured Shang Jue in several glances.

Looking at each other, Shang Jue, who was ten zhang away, was standing on the right side of Feng Qin, looking at her gently.

Bai Yue seemed to feel that Shang Jue was close, and immediately stood up when she was lying down, and turned her head to look at it with the morning and evening.

"Princess Shake Light is really as beautiful as rumored, compared to Princess Zhuang Ji back then. ”

The wind was blowing on the lake, Rao was so day and night that he still heard this inaudible sound, suddenly turned around, and saw the old man standing on the side of the boat on the left at a glance, dressed in gorgeous clothes, full of gold and jade, looking unspeakably expensive, but those cloudy eyes because of perennial indulgence gave people a sense of lack of energy, coupled with his smiling gaze, how can people feel ill-intentioned.

There is only a distance of five or six zhang between the two boats, and what Feng Ye said earlier is still in his ears, and now it seems that the old patriarch of the Duan clan did think about her beauty, and when he thought about it, he suddenly thought of the woman who fell into the river when he came back to Baling, the waves on Weiyang Lake were undulating, and more than a dozen big boats were also shaking, and Duan Xing was standing on the edge of the side of the boat in order to see her eager to praise the lake, the side of the boat was only two feet high, and it didn't look like a good place to lean on.

Closing his eyes day and night, he suddenly walked towards the side of the ship, and the wind was getting stronger and stronger, coupled with the shaking of the boat, almost half of the female dependents were a little unstable, and the people standing on the deck were standing against the wind and wrapped their skirts tightly, and Wang Qing on Fengqin's side was also inviting them to enter the cabin for a while, seeing this, Sun Cen also shouted two sentences Everyone in the cabin first, the wind blew people's eyes hard, everyone walked to the cabin one after another, everyone was afraid that the demon wind lifted their skirts and blew their hair buns, so the people who hurriedly entered the cabin did not find that the two bows separated by a few zhang before the original head ship were slowly getting closer and closer, and most of the inner relatives went to the cabinOn the other boat, because most of the men were not so flustered here, but the ritual had changed, and everyone was talking about this year's spring feast in twos and threes, and they didn't come back to their senses until the loud bang......

"What's going on?!Crashed the ship?!"

"How can the blue sky and the white day collide...... Ah, somebody's overboard!"

"It's the old patriarch who has fallen into the water! Someone! Save people—"

There was a mess on the boat here, Zhu Qin heard someone shouting on the side of the boat and rushed over, looked under the side of the boat, and sure enough, he saw a figure in the bottomless dark green lake with ups and downs, the wind was too strong, and the terrible shouts were covered, Zhu Qin naturally would not jump down to save people in person, fortunately, there were worthless guards on the boat, and as soon as the patriarch of several big families spoke, four or five guards jumped down in unison, seeing this, everyone was slightly relieved, Zhu Qin frowned and raised his head, his eyes changed suddenly, the bow of the boat that collided with each other was slowly parting, and several frightened women on the opposite boat were poking their heads out of the cabin, and there was only one person standing under the eaves of the entire deck, red-robed and black-haired, hunting and killing.

Standing calmly in the morning and evening, although only she stood on the side of the boat, but under the eaves to shelter from the wind, and Bai Yue was by her side, even more obedient and docile, this seemingly unabnormal scene somehow made Zhu Qin's heart pinch fiercely, and even a chill on her back, the fiery red skirt of the morning and evening was bright and bewitching, and her eyes were indifferent to the extreme, the two boats collided, and someone fell into the water, which was very frightening to others but did not make any waves for her, as if she was an outsider watching the play.

"What's going on? Is the old patriarch of the Duan clan overboard?"

"Why is the princess still standing outside? It's cold and dangerous......"

Sun Cen walked out, first glanced at the chaos on the opposite side, and then saw the calm and standing day, and then looked at the scratches on the bow of the opposite boat, the movement of Shicai was very large, and the people on both sides of the boat were startled, fortunately they were separated with just a slight bump, and fortunately it was just a person who fell into the water, Sun Cen glanced at the lake with a flat expression, and saw that a few guards had already picked up Duan Xing, Duan Xing's eyes rolled and he was like a gossamer, and was tied to a rope by several guards and then dragged up by the people on the boat.

"I can't die if I think about it, I'm afraid I'm going to lose half my life. ”

Sun and Duan's are not good friends, and Sun Cen's tone is even worse, Chaoxi bent his lips slightly when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, and as soon as the words fell, a bunch of people walked out from behind, all of whom couldn't help but come out to see when they heard the movement.

This look saw Duan Xing's embarrassment on the opposite side, because there was no doctor on the lake, so the guards had to give Duan Xing some rough treatment, the good old patriarch was thrown on the deck like a dead fish, several five big and three thick guards pinched and pressed him, it took a long time to see him slowly spit, and then fainted, there were a bunch of pitiful sighs and sighs to blame, and soon the boatman on the opposite side was pulled out, the boatman was a little eunuch in gray, he was so frightened that he knelt pale and didn't dare to talk nonsense, and said that the boat suddenly turned to him I don't know what's going on, today's spring banquet should have been an auspicious day, but encountered such a strange weather, and encountered such a strange thing on the lake, and no good boatman would hit the boat, what's going on?

Everyone looked at each other for a moment, and they didn't know what to think of, and one of the old patriarchs didn't dare to let the boatman stay on the deck longer, and hurriedly urged him to go back, and there was silence over there, and no one spoke here day and night, and the head ship behind seemed to be unaware of the movement here, and no one came out to see it quietly, or who ordered not to take the matter seriously.

Now that everyone else has stood up, Duan Lingyan is naturally no exception, she is from the Duan clan, she should have been a little worried about the old patriarch if something happened, but after just two glances, she indifferently glanced at the railing of the ship in front of her, "It's too dangerous here, sisters and sisters should go in and stay, the old patriarch is not in good health, and he didn't know what to think about and entered the palace." ”

The lukewarm sentence settled, and she was the first to turn and re-enter the cabin.

Sun Cen raised his eyebrows, looked at Chaoxi with some confusion, and seemed to feel that it was a little strange for her to stand outside alone, and muttered, "These boatmen are all experienced in a hundred battles, how can two ships collide when they are so far apart?"

Chaoxi, who had not spoken, raised his eyebrows lightly, "Maybe it's the wind and the whirlpool......"