Chapter 20: The Bell Rings
Time flies, in a blink of an eye, Yueming is nineteen years old and Fengzhao is eighteen years old, and in this summer's summer solstice, Yueming will marry the six princesses of Jiguo. At this moment, it is a beautiful spring when the spring flowers are blooming and the warblers are dancing. It's Yaoling's birthday in two days, thinking that Yaoling has been taken away by Mr. Ghost Spirit for six years, and Yaoling should come back in two years, but the more Fengzhao's heart is in the future, the more anxious she becomes, and Yaoling is now twelve years old and doesn't know what she will look like. Chang Ruojin, the monarch of Yanlong Kingdom, has already begun to look for a princess for Fengzhao, if Fengzhao doesn't agree, I'm afraid he will be engaged to marry like Yueming now.
On this day, the weather was sunny and sunny, and the wind shone in the room as soon as he finished meditating, he saw Yueming dressed in white and slowly entered the door of the small courtyard, he raised his eyes and looked through the window at Yueming who came in and did not pay attention to him, and continued to maintain a meditative posture, Yueming did not enter the door but went straight to the stone bench under the kapok tree and sat down. "Lan Yan, go and bring your young master's black and white jade chess. Yueming's voice is still so gentle and elegant, now his temperament is more elegant, gentle and elegant, out of the dust, the Lan Yan at the door responded to the sound of entering the room of Fengzhao, and took out the black and white jade chess of Fengzhao in the dark grid of the bookcase, this black and white jade chess is carefully polished from the black and white jade at the bottom of the thousand-year-old cold mountain, each chess piece is cool and soft and there is no variegation, it is Fengzhao's father Feng Xuan's favorite, when Fengzhao fled, his mother Chang Ruoli personally wrapped it and handed it over to Limeng to bring to Fengzhao. Fengzhao slowed up, slowly walked out of the door, squinted slightly at the door and looked up at the bright sun in the sky, the sky at this time was blue and clear, the kapok in the courtyard opened just right, and the moon under the tree was dressed in white, which was handsome and picturesque, and at this moment the moon was clear and calm eyes staring at the wind at the door of the house, looking at him in a wide-sleeved brocade robe, looking up at the sky, sword eyebrows, and blue sky, there was a kind of atmosphere and luxury, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly: What a king's spirit.
The two looked at each other for a while, Feng Zhao slowly walked to the stone table and sat down, Yueming had already put the chessboard away, Feng Zhao held the sunspot, and Yueming held the white child. Lan Yanlancao stood on both sides, serving tea and water. The small courtyard is quiet and peaceful, and the kapok above the head is blooming. Not long after the two of them killed on the chessboard, Feng Zhao heard Yueming say softly: "Have you heard that a woman has recently appeared on the rivers and lakes, and she must plunder the money of corrupt officials and bullies wherever she passes." I heard that this woman appeared in Xiwu two months ago and then came to Jiangli, and the places she went to must rob those corrupt officials and bullies Haoqiang, and forced those corrupt officials and bullies to hand over the money in their hands, because those people's money came from the wrong way, so they did not dare to speak out after being robbed, so they repeatedly succeeded. It is said that this woman scattered all the wealth she got to the poor people who were displaced and homeless, but because of this, she was hunted down by those corrupt officials, corrupt officials, bullies, and hired killers. Legend has it that this woman's martial arts are so high that no one can compare with her, and those killers who chased her were either noses cut off or chopped off, so that in the end, no one dared to hunt down and kill her. "I heard. But I don't know the details of this woman. Feng Zhao said lightly, and casually placed a sunspot on the chessboard. Watching the wind shine on the sun, Yueming's slender fingers twisted a white child and thought, and put it on the chessboard for a moment, "I heard that this woman has a bell on her body, and every time she goes to the house of those corrupt officials and bullies, the bell will ring." "The wind looked at the moon," he said to himself. "It's a bell. Yueming Yarun's voice said affirmatively. The two couldn't help but glance at each other, then nodded to each other and said, "Mrs. Jinling." "The legendary Mrs. Jinling will use the bell as a weapon wherever the bell rings will kill, and this Mrs. Jinling is just a person from Xiwu, her father is the general of Xiwu with superb martial arts, so he was afraid of the prince of Xiwu at that time, so he designed to kill it all over the door, only the youngest daughter Jinling was rescued by the master, fifteen years later, Mrs. Jinling went out of the mountain, the bell rang under Lang Lang Qiankun, when the Xiwu prince who killed Mrs. Jinling's whole family was already the king of the Xiwu Dynasty, under the noses of hundreds of guards, Mrs. Jinling was killed in a dignified manner, so there is a saying in the rivers and lakes: "When the bell rings, the heavens and the earth change. Hearing the bell, the two of them naturally thought of Mrs. Jinling. However, after this Mrs. Jinling killed the king of the Western Wu dynasty, she disappeared in the rivers and lakes and did not know what to do. The most important thing is that both the information received by Yueming and the information received by Fengzhao describe that the mysterious woman who has appeared in the past few months looks like she is thirteen or fourteen years old, if the information is true, then it will not be Mrs. Jinling herself anyway, and Mrs. Jinling is now a middle-aged woman of forty years old, even if she has the skills to stay there, she should not be so young. The two of them were silent, and the hand holding the chess also stopped, and the four black jewel-like eyes flashed at the same time, perhaps—it was the apprentice of Lady Jinling. The two looked at each other tacitly, and only this explanation was reasonable.
The two continued to fight on the chessboard, and the southern sky was the most beautiful in March, especially at this time when the sun was the warmest and the sky was the most blue and clean. Because the windswept county king's mansion is located in the north street of Yanjing City, the street is mainly for buying and selling the four treasures of the study, so the street is quiet and quiet, and there is no noisy selling and juggling. So Yueming will find Fengzhao to play chess and read books at this time every day. Just when the sky was dark when the two were killing on the chessboard, suddenly, "Jingle bell, ding bell." The voice came, and the two of them stopped their chess at the same time, quietly closed their eyes and listened carefully. At this moment, the two of them silently spread their strength, and at the same time heard the crisp rhythmic sound of bells coming from the direction of the street. The entrance of the street is nearly two miles away from the Ningjun Palace, and with the skills of the two of them, it is extremely easy to find the specific location where the bell rings. Now the two of them clearly heard the sound of "jingle bells" coming towards the county king's mansion. "Lan Yan" Feng Zhao called softly and majestically, "The maid is here" Lan Yan replied. "Sue the sù in the front yard and let him pay attention to the door of the house. There is a report of any movement and sound transmission. "Yes," Lan Yan immediately retreated. Xiao Xiao and Yan Di are both a new generation of dead soldiers brought back from the Qilin Valley by Feng Zhao, because of their high martial arts, cautious mind and good at words and disguises, so Feng Zhao ordered them to guard the court officials sent by the front yard. After the order, the two continued to play chess with a light face. But the ears kept listening to the crisp rhythmic sound of the bells. "Jingle bell, ding bell" The voice finally stopped at the door of Ningjun Wangfu. Feng Zhao Yueming and the two looked at each other deeply, "Young master." A woman came to the door of the house, twelve or thirteen years old. It should be wrapped in colorful rhombus yarn and decorated with bells. Looking at the plaque on the door of the house. At this time, the voice of the lonely man came into the ears of the wind and the moon. "Colorful rhombus yarn adorned with bells" At that time, Mrs. Jinling's weapon was a touch of carmine brocade around her waist, and the brocade belt was decorated with bells on it. There was a trace of cold in the eyes of the two of them, and the blue grass standing next to them and the Lan Yan who had just returned suddenly felt the coldness of the bones, and their bodies couldn't help but tremble. This legendary mysterious woman actually came to Yanlong's Ningjun Palace. Suddenly, Yueming smiled and ridiculed and flashed from the cold eyes just now, and Fengzhao immediately put away his cold eyes, and glanced at Yueming coldly, he knew what this kid was laughing at. Legend has it that where this woman passes, she will definitely plunder the money of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials and bullies, so when she comes to the door of his house today, it doesn't mean that he is also a corrupt official and a bully. "I still put away your black and white jade chess, and the province was taken by the woman. Yueming said softly, with a smile in her eyes. The Lan Yanlancao next to him couldn't help but look a little stunned, Yueming and Fengzhao are people who rarely laugh, and an occasional laugh can always confuse a bunch of girls. Feng Zhao's slender jade-like fingers lightly grasped a sunspot and said coldly: "Go chess." Yueming put away the smile in his eyes and picked up a white child in his hand, thought for a moment and fell down in the chessboard, the "jingling" bell rang again, and the voice of the widow came down in a dense manner: "Young master, she has entered the courtyard, do you want to intercept it." "Don't move, let her in" Feng Zhao's mouth moved lightly, but the Lan Yan Lancao next to him couldn't hear any sound, but Yueming and Xiao Xiao could hear it. The bell rhythmically came all the way towards the moonlit courtyard. The two of them still played chess without changing their faces and heartbeats, and they were not affected in any way. The sound of the bell paused for a moment at the entrance of the small courtyard, and then jingled again.
A pale pink figure appeared in the doorway, swaying towards the kapok tree, and the bell rang as usual. Fengzhao Yueming was still walking chess calmly, and Lan Yanlancao next to her stood with her head slightly bowed, serving with tea and water on both sides, and the two of them could not make any moves without receiving Fengzhao's instructions. The pink figure walked to the empty stone bench in front of the stone table and sat down slowly, and continued to play chess as if there was no one next to him. The woman's pink makeup is jade, bright and bright, her hands support her cheeks, a pair of bright and clear eyes will turn to the moon, and she will turn to the wind, pouting for a long time and blowing lightly, a word was gently blown out: "Wind" twilight, the hand holding the chess that was about to fall was hanging in the air, he slowly condensed the black eyes like a deep pool on the woman's delicate face, and the moon on the other side also turned his head slightly to the mysterious woman, and a trace of light slipped under his eyes. The woman's pure black eyes also looked at the wind fixedly, and a sentence slipped lightly through her mouth: "Sister Lancao, I'm thirsty." Hearing this, Lan Cao next to her suddenly raised her head, her eyes were instantly filled with tears, she opened her mouth and wanted to say something but didn't say it, just looked at the girl standing still, Lan Yan on the side also looked at the woman fixedly, wanted to say anything but didn't say it. For a moment, all the qiē was frozen, and all the people and things were stationary, until the wind suddenly stood up and walked quickly towards the house, and this qiē was broken. What Lancao wanted to say also came out: "It's the little master, it's the little master who comes back." After speaking, she hurriedly picked up the delicate teapot on the side and poured tea, and Lan Yan also said the unspoken words: "It's the little master." She and Fengzhao both knew that Yaoling had always called Lancao "Sister Lancao". Because after arriving at Qilin Mountain, he handed Yaoling to Lancao, and Lancao has always been taken care of from eating to sleeping, including the maid who washed clothes by the river when Fengzhao first saw Yaoling, so Yaoling's friendship with Lancao is not comparable to ordinary people, so she has always called Lancao her sister. Yueming, who was next to her, had already recovered the clear soup and low water, and continued to look at the chess pieces on the chessboard. Watching Feng Zhao walk into the room quickly, Yaoling was a little puzzled, she looked at Yueming again and asked softly, "Xiaofeng, doesn't he want me?" Yueming moved slightly, Ning Dan's eyes looked at Yaoling and was about to answer, Yaoling looked at him and said again: "Why are you getting more and more beautiful?" As soon as she finished speaking, Yueming was also stunned for a moment, and suddenly stood up and walked away quickly, and Lan Yan on the side saw that Yueming's ears were red from the side.
Yaoling, who looked puzzled, didn't know which of her words was inappropriate, and in the blink of an eye, the two chess players who were still under the kapok tree were gone, and at this moment she heard a deep voice from inside the house: "Come in" Yaoling stood up and stuck out her tongue playfully towards Lan Yan Lancao next to her, got up and walked lightly towards the room, slowed down at the door and slipped in quietly like a cat, Lan Yan and Lan Cao felt a bit like a dream, Lan Cao secretly bit her finger, it hurt, it seemed that the little master was back, she thought so in her heart.