Chapter 188: Solving the Demon in the Heart

The days in the annex are the most leisurely.

Zheng Qian's spiritual head is like a day by day, and he likes to go to Qingfeng Temple for a walk, or Houshan and A Luo two people play mountain spring water, and even do not fake their hands to the servants and maids who follow, although there are not many words, but every time there is a question to answer, it is no longer not to speak much, and the temperament is gradually returning to the usual.

Looking at this little change, the happiest people are Zheng Sui and A Luo, who came to Shiro Zheng Jun in a row, and they were also very happy to see Zheng Qian's changes.

Zheng Sui thought that the Yin family would come here every few days, not only by herself, but also often with the Zhuge family, which made her tired of it, and finally muttered for a long time, Zheng Sui still opened her mouth in front of Shilang Zheng Jun, "Brother, I live here with Jiuniang Aluo, every qiē in life has servant women and maidservants, now the weather is hot, it is not easy to go out, and it is easy to suffer from heat stroke, brother don't let my sister-in-law go up the mountain often, if it is heat stroke, it is not good for us." ”

Shiro Zheng Jun was slightly stunned when he heard it, where did he still understand the meaning of Zheng Sui's words, every time Zheng Sui called his brother, most of them were talking about serious topics, Zheng Jun's cheeks only felt hot and hot, and a little embarrassed, "Okay, I will talk to your sister-in-law." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly added, "Your sister-in-law is different from Jinlang's daughter-in-law." ”

Zheng Sui was slightly surprised, but then she laughed, and hummed lightly, neither agreeing nor denying it, not saying anything else, she didn't believe it, Shiro had read Zhuzi, but she hadn't heard a word. It is called: things gather by like, and people are divided by groups.

Why does the Zhuge family always come to this mansion, but Aunt Cui Eighteen has a strong personality. It is very incompatible with the Zhuge family.

However, since the words have been explained, since then, the Yin clan really did not come over again, and as for the Zhuge clan, there is no reason for him to come again.

In the hot afternoon, Zheng Sui likes to set up a bamboo mat recliner under the ancient cypress tree, and then lie on the recliner to take a nap.

The mountain wind is blowing. The slightly smoky coolness could not be more refreshing.

Let's talk about this day, because of the rain in the morning. It wasn't until noon that the rain had just stopped, and the sun outside was still hiding in the half-covered dark clouds. Didn't show his face. Zheng Sui stayed in the house to practice calligraphy all morning, and after lunch, he directly spread bamboo on the low couch in the house and rested directly in the house.

A Luo also has the habit of taking a nap, but Zheng Qian, because he often forgets the time when he does embroidery, he often sleeps when he feels tired, therefore. On this day, Zheng Qian felt a little sore in her neck. Fang raised it up, wanting the people around her to help relieve the side of her neck, only to find that several handmaidens and Eminem had sent her to take a lunch break.

Zheng Qian simply stood up, picked up the cup from the desk, and wanted to pour himself a cup of boiled tea to moisten his throat, but he just lifted the kettle, but found that it was an empty kettle, so he walked out of the door, took a small bucket and planned to go to the mountain spring in the back mountain to carry a bucket of mountain spring water.

She and Ah Luo were afraid that the maids would not be clean when they beat the spring, so they always carried it themselves, and then put the water back into a tank filled with water, and when the maidservants in the house made tea, they took water from the tank, and the spring water in the tank never stayed overnight.

It's just that today, because it has been raining in the morning, she and Ah Luo went to go on a special trip, the spring water is very turbid, so they did not carry the water back to work, looking at the sky, the sun has emerged from the dark clouds, exuding a dazzling light, the rain has stopped for an hour, the spring water, I think it has been clarified.

Going out from the back door of the yard, not far from the spring water of the mountain, Zheng Qian and A Luo often walk this road, and often go out from the back door, the guards patrolling next to them have long been accustomed to it, but although it is a habitual mountain road, the road after the rain is still muddy, and the clogs under the feet are stained with a lot of yellow mud, which makes it very laborious to walk.

Rao is so, but because the road is not far, it is still very fast.

Zheng Qian picked a big pebble and stood, squatted down, looked at the mountain spring, it could be crystal clear, but if you look closely, there are still many floating impurities in the water, and it is not as clear as you usually see, and I was slightly disappointed in my heart, and I came in vain, so I could only come with Luo in the evening, thinking of this, I wanted to get up and turn around.

As soon as she looked down, she saw that in the spring water, in addition to her figure, there was also a figure behind her, and her heart was suddenly shocked, and she couldn't help but cry out in fright.

"Don't make a sound. The voice was a little hurried, it was from the person behind him, Zheng Qian turned his head, and was about to look, but he looked at the person walking over.

"Don't come here. Zheng Qian's eyes widened with round eyes, her hand pushed forward, and her steps involuntarily retreated, but she had already forgotten that Wang Shanquan was behind her, and with a sound of stepping on her feet, with an eager shout, "Be careful, don't fall." ”

There was a sound of tom, and the person fell into the mountain spring, splashing countless water, although he felt the coolness of soaking his bones, but the weather was hot, and he could still stand it, but Rao was so, but he still couldn't resist the panic in his heart, and stretched out his hand to the man, "Don't come here." ”

"Okay, I'm not coming, why don't you come up quickly, it's very cold in the water, and it's not good if you get cold. ”

"I don't, don't come here, leave quickly. Zheng Sui was not in the water below the knee, and the hem of his skirt was all wet, but he didn't care about it at all, and only stretched out his hand and waved his hand at the man.

At this moment, the guards who heard Zheng Qian's exclamation rushed over, but they didn't come close, and asked from a distance, "Jiuniang, what's wrong?"

Zheng Qian was about to answer, just when Zheng Qian was doing this trick, he saw that the man had approached at some point, "Take them away, or I won't leave." ”

Zheng Qian was shocked in her heart, she just wanted to say that you should go quickly, but he stopped, looked up at the person who was close at hand, until this moment, he left the appearance of this person, he was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with red lips and white teeth, a crown and a ribbon in his hair, and a brocade robe on his body, but it was extremely gorgeous, with a few purses hanging around his waist, but he was embroidered with gold thread and wrapped with Long Haizhu.

It's just that she doesn't know this person. "Who are you?"

As soon as he spoke, he looked at the guards in the distance, and the footsteps came closer. Then another shout sounded, "Jiu Niang, Jiu Niang is not here?"

"Get these people out of here. ”

Zheng Qian listened to the hurried voices of the people around her, and more importantly, ...... What's more, he is now holding her waist, and if people see it, Zheng Qian almost doesn't dare to look alike. But he couldn't push it away, and his heart was even more flustered, and the ghost made him say something unexpectedly. "I accidentally fell, and asked Anan to help me go to the yard and call me Eminem. ”

The guard's voice, she heard, listened to Arrow. The man's name was Anan.

I only heard Anan answer. Soon I heard the footsteps of leaving, and I was a little anxious.

Until sending people away and waiting for people to leave, Zheng Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and also gasped again, a Xiaolang's person, magnified several times, and suddenly approached in front of him. frightened a lot, Zheng Qian hurriedly opened her eyes. His face turned red as if it were burning with fire.

It's just that he suddenly realized the situation in front of him, which has never been seen since he was born, how could there have been a strange Xiaolang close to him, thinking of this, ashamed and embarrassed, and his heart swelled up, his heart suddenly felt wronged, his eyes were soaked with wetness, and he was a little scared and ashamed.

Turning his head again, but he didn't want to, he was facing the man's eyes, but his eyes were full of confusion and obsession, Zheng Qian once remembered that he had seen such a look in another pair of eyes, and he was frightened in his heart, and he couldn't even care about anything else, he fought all his strength, pushed with both hands, and there was a plop sound, and his body seemed to have lost his strength, and he took a step back in the water, but he leaned against the cave wall of the mountain spring, but the little man sat directly on the big round pebble next to the water because of her push.

Zheng Qian didn't know the strength that came from, and suddenly in the water, three steps and two steps, walked forward, and soon went ashore, not even taking off one of the clogs, and even the little lang had words in his mouth, as if he had lost his soul, and she had no time to pay attention to it.

However, after only two steps, the little man seemed to be shaken by his senses, and suddenly said, "Ah Xi, you stop for a moment, and I will say a few words." ”

Zheng Qian heard her nickname, her footsteps suddenly stagnated, the nickname was called by her own family, and it was rarely spread out, Zheng Qian turned her head, looked at Xiao Langjun, who was getting up and wanted to approach, and hurriedly made a push-and-stop action, "Don't come here." He took a few steps back in a panic.

That Xiao Langjun really stopped, and hurriedly responded: "Okay, okay, don't go, I don't want to go over, let's just stand and say a few words." ”

"Don't come here. Zheng Qian habitually said two more words, and then remembered something, so he asked, "Who are you? How do you know my nickname?" She spoke very quickly, and after some tossing and turning, the fright went a lot, after all, this was in the vicinity of the Zheng family's guards, as long as she shouted, those guards would soon be able to rush over.

"My surname is Xiao, a single name and a chapter character, I not only know your nickname, but also know your life carefully. "The last time the Wang family flower god will be a glimpse, let him take five stones, his expression is in a trance, there is only one thought left in his heart, the country and the city, if so, like a beautiful flower, the heart wants to ask for it.

And at that moment, there was nothing else in his eyes except for people, only looking at the cheeks like snow, his face like red plums, and the autumn water cutting his pupils, like obsidian soaked in water, he was stunned, and felt that the wait for this day was also worth it.

Ever since he knew that she and her sister had gone out of the city and lived in this courtyard, he had stayed here every day, and later learned that they would come to this mountain spring every morning to get water, and he was even more reluctant to stay in this vicinity.

Only this time, and only this time, she came alone, so he dared to show up.

I didn't want to, but I scared her, and even he was startled.

Zheng Qian looked at the man who only looked at her stupidly, did not speak, wanted to leave, and was afraid that he would chase after her, so she simply stood still, but the stalemate did not last long, and after a while, she heard footsteps, Zheng Qian's heart was relieved, it should be the guard who brought her nurse over, so she cautiously looked up at the person, and wanted to turn around and leave.

It's just that at this moment, about the sound of footsteps also woke up the little lang, but I heard the little lang speak: "Ah Xi, I am not afraid of your reputation as a kefu, I am willing to marry you." ”

A gasp sounded suddenly, and it was none other than Zheng Qian, whose eyes were even more bulging. There was astonishment, even incredulity, in her eyes, which made her jaw-dropping. Holding the hem of the skirt tightly with both hands, the whole person's mind seemed to be empty, and the sentence kept echoing: Ah Xi, I am not afraid of your reputation, I am willing to marry you.

The sound of the earthquake hit her head painfully.

So much so that when the nurse called her. She suddenly came to her senses, but she was startled, and turned to walk towards the nurse. As soon as he took a step, he seemed to have stepped on cotton, and he was weak, and he fell to the ground all of a sudden.

"Little lady. "The nurse Qin Yu and the maid Wan Liu came closely. Exclaimed. But he hurriedly reached out to hug her, so as to prevent her from falling to the ground, "What's the matter, why are you so careless?"

Qin Yu helped Zheng Qian to stand up straight, but when she looked down, she saw that Zheng Qian was only wearing one clog, but the other foot was bare, and the skirt was half wet. "Did you fall into the water? ”

Zheng Qian lowered her head slightly and lowered her head. was silent, looking at the maid Wan Liu walking forward, Zheng Qian was about to open her mouth to stop it, but when she looked up, there was still a little shadow of Xiao Langjun, as if she was just a qiē, but illusory, so she was about to say it, but stopped, Wan Liu helped her pick up the clogs that fell in the mountain spring water, and took back the bucket in her hand, before she and Qin Yu took Zheng Qian back.

It's just that before Zheng Qian left, she turned her head, and still saw a figure, hiding in a green forest, but when she turned her head, she showed a face slightly, Zheng Qian panicked and hurriedly turned around.

Looking at Zheng Qian's panic, Concubine Qin hurriedly asked, "Little lady, what's wrong?"

Zheng Qian shook her head, "It's nothing, let's go back quickly." ”

After going back, Qin Yu asked what she wanted to do, but Zheng Qian refused to say anything, only asked people to prepare water, take a bath and freshen up, but in the end, when Yunliu combed her hair, she was puzzled, "This morning, the maid obviously inserted two silver hairpins for the little lady, why is there only one?"

"It was about when I fell into the mountain spring water earlier, and it fell. Zheng Qian was busy lying, she remembered, the man seemed to be holding a silver hairpin in his hand, but she didn't think much about it at that time, let alone have time to think about it, and, when she left, in the green forest, the silver light flashed, presumably the light emitted by the sun's rays when the silver hairpin shone on.

"Not true. He just looked at the willow and shook his head, "When the maid fished out the clogs in the water for the little lady before, she never saw a silver hairpin in the water, and she never fell into the water. ”

Zheng Qian's heart was empty, "Okay, it's just a hairpin, if you lose it, you lose it, there are still many in the box, you can just take one or two sticks." ”

"I guess I fell on the road, and the maid will go over to look for it." ”

This time, Zheng Qian simply didn't even say anything more.

In the afternoon, the willow went to look for it, but he didn't find it.

Zheng Qian didn't care too much, thinking that in the future, he would not go to the back mountain to fetch water in person, and this matter should be able to pass like this.

Anyway, no one else knows about it except her.

It's just that on this night, Zheng Qian woke up from her dream in the middle of the night, thinking about the situation in the dream, as if it were a daytime, especially the man's words: Ah Xi, I am not afraid of your reputation, I am willing to marry you.

Suddenly remembered that he said that his surname was Xiao Mingzhang, in the previous fright, she didn't care about this sentence, she didn't want to do this, and suddenly remembered it, and then she realized that what the fourth brother did, she didn't know it, Zheng Sui told her. Then that sentence, and that person, Zheng Qianyu shook his head, but he wanted to make it clear.

A qiē is like a maggot attached to the bone, and it is like a shadow, it has been spinning in Zheng Qian's mind, over and over again, endlessly, just like how much resentment she has against the name of Xingke, this sentence, how much magic it has, has always bothered her.

Even for several days in a row, Zheng Sui and A Luo saw her strange appearance for two days.

"Sister, I heard Qin Yu and Wan Liu say that since a few days ago, you have had nightmares every night, what is going on, what did you encounter in the back mountain that day?"

"Nope. Zheng Qian shook her head in a panic.

It's just that Zheng Sui didn't believe it at all, "I also said that it's nothing, I don't even go to the back mountain, you used to be the most happy and Aluo, and you went to fetch water early in the morning." ”

Zheng Qian began to lower her head again, and stopped talking, Zheng Sui looked at her situation, and suddenly felt powerless, knowing that she couldn't ask anything, but that day, Jiu Niang went to the back mountain alone, and no one knew what happened that day?

If Jiu Niang has the intention to hide it, she can't ask if she wants to ask.

Zheng Sui sighed in his heart.

Only what can be done. It's just that in addition to Jiuniang's needlework, she and Aroldo accompany her, or accompany him to Qingfeng Temple.

Just even so. Even Jiu Niang's most devoted needlework on weekdays, now that she is doing it, she often loses her mind, often halfway through, the needle in her hand stops, and her mind doesn't know where to fly.

That's it, about half a month has passed. The weather is getting cooler.

Zheng Sui calculated that the fifth brother should be back, and he was about to prepare to go down the mountain, two nights ago. Jiu Niang woke up from the dream again, but this time, Zheng Sui happened to get up like a side, and heard Cai Fu talking about the movement in Jiu Niang's house. So he walked over and took a look. I saw Jiu Niang leaning on the hidden sac at the head of the bed, her eyes widened, and the room was brightly lit.

As soon as Zheng Sui approached, Zheng Qian reached out and grabbed Zheng Sui, called out Xixi, tears flowed out, Zheng Sui reached out to wipe Zheng Qian's tears, and looked at Zheng Sui who opened his mouth to speak. However, there is no need to speak. Zheng Sui stretched out his hand and patted Zheng Qian's shoulder, looked at the surrounding Qin Yu and Wan Liu, as well as Cai Fu and Wuyi who came with him, and ordered: "You all go down, I will accompany Sister A to talk." ”

Qin Yu and Wan Liu hesitated for a moment, answered the call, picked up the cloak and put it on Zheng Sui's shoulders, and then turned around and went out.

I don't know if it's the quiet in the house, or because the lights at night are not as bright as the daytime sun, or maybe Zheng Sui's calmness gave Zheng Qian a little courage, just looked at Zheng Qian holding one of Zheng Sui's hands, and slowly opened his mouth, although it was slow, but it was clear and messy, but Zheng Sui still heard the general situation clearly, and quickly judged that the reason why this incident had a deep impact on Zheng Qian was not because he was frightened, let alone because of the incident itself, but because of Xiao Zhang's words.

In the final analysis, it was Zheng Qian who took the name of Xingke too seriously.

In other words, it is the name of Xingke, which has a great impact on Zheng Qian.

Zheng Sui stroked Zheng Qian's shoulder, and his tone was very slow and low, "Sister, I once told you, where is Shiro's consideration for this marriage." ”

Zheng Qian nodded a little woodenly.

I only heard Zheng Sui say again: "There is another sentence, I didn't tell Sister A." Zheng Sui stretched out his hand and touched Zheng Qian's eyebrows, "Sister A's appearance is extremely beautiful, if you have seen Sister A's appearance, there will not be a few people who are afraid of Sister A's name, as I often say, the name of Xingke has nothing to do with Sister A." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Qian didn't argue, but showed a wry smile to express her disapproval.

Zheng Sui didn't argue immediately, but asked softly, "Sister, do you remember Yuan Liulang?"

Zheng Qian only sighed softly, and then heard Zheng Sui say: "He heard the name of Sister A's punishment, but he didn't want to marry Sister A. ”

Zheng Qian didn't squeak.

"Although the person who proposed the marriage later changed to me, but I let Sister A be my wife, he is different, and he still can't let go of Sister A. ”

As soon as Zheng Sui's words came out, Zheng Qian's face turned red, but Zheng Sui only smiled, indeed, she shouldn't say such things, let alone tell Sister A, she and Sister A, they are both little ladies who haven't been out of the cabinet, so they can't talk about this.

I have to say that if the fifth brother comes back and she changes, she will also be blamed on Wen Weng's nonsense, which will deeply affect him.

Zheng Sui looked at Zheng Qian, whose face was bright red, and changed his tone, "Many words of persuasion, presumably the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law have also persuaded you a lot, I have said too much, and it is also repeated, Sister A is the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, this alone is not worried about getting married, the previous dynasty, unless you are unwilling, the Zheng family has no girl who can't be married." "The most unfortunate thing is to lower the standard of the family, and it is common in the Shu family, as long as the difference between the family is not very big, and the other party is from a good family, not like the fourth uncle, who marries his daughter to the Shangjia family, he will not be greatly criticized.

After Zheng Sui said this, Zheng Qian didn't speak for a long time, just sat quietly until the sky was white, and the two fell asleep. Zheng Sui did not return to the house.

Bai Li slept for a day, and when he was scheduled to go down the mountain the next day, Zheng Jun and Yin personally came over and they returned home, but when they passed through Qingfeng Temple, Zheng Sui seemed to see the figure ......of Wang Shishilang, and he set off to Jiaozhi three months ago?