Jiang Chengzi originally thought about the defense of men and women, but he didn't know if it was a trap and was assassinated. So, she decided to quietly enter the house and close the door, and sleep on her own.

But just as she stretched out her hand to close the door, the man heard a slight movement, so he suddenly turned around, and looked straight at three or two peach blossoms.

Jiang Chengzi immediately froze, put one hand on the door, and looked at the man standing under the peach blossom tree. It is the appearance of a young man, with a green silk and jade crown, a clean face, Zhou Zheng's facial features, dark jade-like eyes, neatly dressed, and meticulous.

He wasn't very good-looking, but he had a sparkling light in his whole person.

At this moment, even after many years, Jiang Chengzi's memory is still very vivid. The moment the man in green clothes and jade crown turned around, there was a sudden surprise of clouds breaking through the moon.

When he saw her, he was only briefly surprised, but his face turned red first, his expression was confused, he quickly lowered his eyes, hurriedly arched his hand, and said, "I, below, I don't know that the girl is here, it's really abrupt." ”

His hurried appearance made Jiang Chengzi relax. Men in modern society are always eager to show their unparalleled beauty and wisdom when they meet for the first time, but it is rare to see such a panicked and frank appearance at a loss.

She just looked at him silently, and only felt that he was in a happy mood, but he just stood under the peach blossom tree with his bow and hurriedly spoke, except for his flustered voice in the courtyard, there was silence, and there was the empty sound of birdsong in the distant mountains.

"I, below, I, I'm leaving. He finally found the right words.

Jiang Chengzi did not speak, nor did he close the door. Because at this time, she still felt that those flowers and trees had an inexplicable joy for this man.

"You, I—" Seeing that she did not respond for a long time, without saying a word, he finally slowly raised his head, which seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and glanced at it secretly.

Jiang Chengzi is still standing in the door frame, separated from the man by three or two peach blossoms, which is a faintly picturesque scene, which reminds people of the romance seen for the first time in the poem for no reason.

However, the man was too cramped to say a word or two to a woman, even a little girl. It's just that he finally looked up at her, then lowered his head again, and said embarrassedly: "Down, abrupt." ”

Although Jiang Chengzi had been on guard, at this time, he couldn't help but hide his face and smile "poof".

When he heard her laugh, he timidly raised his eyes to her and asked, "Dare to ask, girl, yes?"

He couldn't ask any more questions and blushed. Jiang Chengzi felt that this man was becoming more and more cute, so he asked crisply: "Are you going to ask me whose family I belong to, and how do I live in this courtyard?"

"Yes. He nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and the jade crown was a little loose.

Jiang Chengzi couldn't help but grin again: "Look at the son's clothes, he is also a rich and noble family, but he has repeatedly been rude, but you haven't said who you are." ”

She was a nine-year-old girl, her voice was immature and delicate, with a slight coquettishness, and that voice had the beauty of a yellow warbler out of the valley. He was stunned for a moment, and then he hurriedly bowed his hands again, apologized again and again, and said: "In Xia is Yao Ziqiu, the second son of Dusk Cloud Villa, alias Caomu Taoist. ”

"Grass and Wood Daoist?" Jiang Chengzi was a little strange about this nickname, so he asked.

Who knew that Yao Ziqiu hadn't answered yet, and a crisp woman's voice sounded: "Ah Qiu, during your grounding, you ran around again, and Grandpa knew carefully and punished you." ”

"Sister-in-law, don't talk to grandpa. Yao Ziqiu shouted anxiously.

Jiang Chengzi followed the sound and saw a woman wearing a breast-length narrow skirt and a red coat walking over from the eaves of the porch. The woman wore a dark cloud bun, and in this vigorous pace, the golden steps on the dark cloud bun swayed and multifaceted.

The woman's face was like clouds, with a smile between her eyebrows, her brilliant appearance and her silver bell-like voice made Jiang Chengzi suddenly think of Wang Xifeng in "Dream of Red Mansions".

"The second uncle's words are wrong. When you say this, you make your guests think that I am a person who is telling right and wrong. The woman waved her hand and motioned for the maid behind her to stand still, but she teased Yao Ziqiu with sharp teeth.

Yao Ziqiu was not good at words, but now that he was teased by this woman, he was even more silent in place.

The woman laughed eatingly, turned to Jiang Chengzi and said, "Ninth girl, the second son of my family is just abrupt, but you don't want to be surprised." Every plant and tree in this Twilight Cloud Villa is his treasure. His favorite thing is to fiddle with the flowers and plants. For this reason, my father-in-law didn't know how much he was angry with. ”

"Sister-in-law, you're like this-" Yao Ziqiu was anxious and annoyed, stamping his feet straight, but he was afraid of stepping on the flowers and plants planted on the side, which looked very funny.

The woman laughed regardless of her reserve, and said, "Second uncle, you have never been intoxicated with your flowers and plants, even if Grandpa punished you, you have never been so angry. What's going on now?"

Although the woman was asking, it was a joke, Yao Ziqiu simply didn't speak, lowered his head, and then walked away.

The woman smiled and said, "Nine girls, you are not surprised. ”

"Why is it so strange? The second son is very interesting, as if he has love for this flower and plant. Jiang Chengzi said casually, thinking that this woman was rude and didn't introduce herself, so she was here to talk to her.

The woman laughed and said, "Second uncle has liked flowers and plants since he was a child. The family and the country are all over the world, and they don't like the horse leather shroud. All he cares about is the gardener's business. For this, my father-in-law, alas—"

The woman repeated this sentence in a rambling manner, and then sighed again. Jiang Chengzi was patient, and finally waited for her to finish speaking again before asking, "I don't know if Your Excellency has come here, what advice do you have?"

Her words were detached and polite, and the woman was also a good person, so she was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered to report to her family, saying that she was Yao Xiao, the wife of the eldest prince of Duyun Villa, and came here to invite the nine girls to go to the backyard to enjoy the flowers and have dinner together.

Jiang Chengzi knew that when such a big family came to have guests, they often had to hold a dinner party. Generally speaking, the man and the host hold a relatively large and formal banquet in the main hall, and the hostess holds a banquet for the ladies in her flower hall or annex.

It is normal for this kind of banquet to be attended by guests, and it is also very polite for the other party to invite the female dependents to participate. But because of Mrs. Yang's matter, as soon as she heard that this woman was Yao Xiao, she was very vigilant.

"Sister-in-law is too polite, just call me sister. Jiang Chengzi smiled, first talked like this, and then said, "Hey, sister-in-law is from the Xiao family, but I don't know which Xiao family?"

As soon as she said this, she looked at the Yao Xiao clan by herself, and sure enough, there was a trace of unnaturalness in her expression, and then she sighed and said: "Sister, I am just a branch of the Lanling Xiao clan, my father was shrouded in horse leather, and I died in battle, and my mother also committed suicide by hanging herself and followed my father." The owner of the village and my father were friends in the same room, and when he saw that I was alone and pitiful, he brought me back to the villa and let Mrs. Yao take care of it. The owner of the village married me and the eldest son, so that I could live and live today. ”

When Yao Xiao said later, he wiped his tears. Jiang Chengzi didn't know whether what she said was true or false, but at this moment, she could only apologize again and again, it was her own bad and mentioned her sadness.

Yao Xiao shook his head and said, "It's a long time ago, when the world is in turmoil, I am still young and my memory is not clear, my sister should not be guilty." Now, I also invite my sister to prepare and come to see our dinner party at Dusk Cloud Villa. ”

"Mrs. Yao and her sister-in-law are so polite, Ah Zhi is very grateful, and she bothered her sister-in-law to go, so I went to change my clothes first. Jiang Chengzi said and went to the house, to clean up the sweet potatoes and potatoes, and carry them with him.

When Yao Xiao heard this, he smiled and said, "That sister will make up first, I will go to Zhang Luo and Zhang Luo first, and then personally send a sedan chair to pick you up." ”

Jiang Chengzi smiled and said, "Then there is Sister-in-law Lao." ”

Yao Xiao also smiled politely, and ordered the maid behind him to put down the good rouge gouache to Jiang Chengzi. After that, she went to several other rooms in the courtyard to inform Xiuhong and her two daughters to go to the dinner.

After that, Yao Xiao left. Jiang Chengzi looked at the frighteningly high rouge gouache on the table, and only tidied up the ends of his sideburns. At this moment, she heard Yao Ziqiu's voice and shouted angrily: "Sister-in-law." ”

Yao Xiao was taken aback and blamed: "Second uncle, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. You didn't listen to the old man's teachings at all. You come out for no reason, it's just scary. ”

Yao Ziqiu didn't care about her questioning, but only asked: "Sister-in-law, you are from a famous Xiao family, why did you deceive that Miss Yang You were born in a side branch?

"Second uncle, you actually did something to listen to the corner, don't forget that you are still grounded. Yao Xiao said unhappily.

"Sister-in-law, the people who can be arranged in that courtyard by Grandpa must be the daughters of distinguished guests. If you do anything, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to Dusk Hills. Yao Ziqiu's voice was very calm, with an indescribable majesty, which surprised Jiang Chengzi. When I saw this person before, I just thought he was an innocent young man who had never seen the world, but I didn't expect that people should not be good-looking, and these words had such majesty.

"Second uncle, I didn't expect you to be unseemly, and you are not all waste from Dusk Cloud Villa. Yao Xiao was taken aback, and then said in a different tone, "Second uncle, you don't listen to things outside the window, you only fiddle with your flowers and plants, you don't have to worry about the future and fate of this Dusk Cloud Villa." Everything I do today is for the good of Twilight Hills. ”

Yao Ziqiu shouted: "You are acting like this, but Grandpa shows?"

Jiang Chengzi just listened, and couldn't see Yao Xiao's expression. But she paid special attention to this question, pricked up her ears to listen, and after a long time, she heard Yao Xiaoshi say coldly: "Second uncle doesn't need to know. Come and send the second son back to Baiyuan. ”

There was no answer to this conversation, and Jiang Chengzi couldn't help frowning. I thought that the owner of this Dusk Cloud Mountain Villa was a protégé of Yang Gongren, and it would be safer than in the inn, but it seemed that he was too naïve.