I was stunned for a moment.

Seriously, I didn't have the psychological preparation to see the ladies in this mansion too quickly, no matter what they did, no matter whether they were beautiful or ordinary, but I was a little surprised by the appearance of a big beauty standing under the eaves in front of me, with bright eyes and bright teeth.

My footsteps stopped there, and I didn't think about how to take the next step for a while, and the second brother of the Zhao family also stopped beside me and looked up at the woman.

Time seems to have froze for a moment.

The next moment, Zhao Yuncheng had already reacted, he coughed, and said to me: "This is, Miss Chanjuan." ”

Girl...... That is, a woman who has not yet married.

But my eyes glanced over, and I soon found that although this woman was beautiful and beautiful, she was actually not young, probably not much younger than me, perhaps because of this age, her smile and temperament revealed an elegant calm, like-

Like, like in the temple, the sandalwood that lingers on the tip of the nose.

I don't know why I think that way, but when I look at the woman, I immediately understand why I think she is so quiet.

She was dressed in plain white.

Generally, an unmarried woman cannot wear it like this if her parents are alive, and if she is married, her in-laws cannot wear it like this while her in-laws are alive, and she will be reprimanded as wearing filial piety. But a woman is pretty, a filial piety, and her plain white dress does make her look a little more handsome than her own appearance.

Chanjuan...... It's a good name, too.

At this time, this Chanjuan girl had already walked down the steps and said with a smile: "It's Miss Yan." ”

"Yes, Miss Chanjuan. ”

Her smile was very gentle, but she also had a sense of alienation that she should have when they met for the first time, and said: "I heard them say before, Miss Yan returned to Sichuan recently, but she didn't expect to come so soon." ”

"Sorry. ”

"Where. Miss Yan has a long journey, please go and rest first. ”

"Thank you. ”

She made a gesture of please, and I also walked in with Su Su and them, and the lobby inside was not specially furnished, but it was also quite clean and bright, because the sun was setting, and the light quickly dimmed, and immediately a servant came up and lit the lampstand, and then brought hot tea.

I sat down in the chair of the guest on the left, and when I looked up, she was seated to the right of the main seat.

Zhao Yuncheng stood behind me and frowned.

Chanjuan put her hands on the armrests on one side, and her sitting posture was also very elegant, and she said to me gently: "Miss Yan must have worked hard all the way." ”

"It's okay, after entering the river, the road is familiar. ”

"I heard that the head of the Yan family also sent someone to pick up the eldest lady. ”

"Yes. ”

"We all thought that the eldest lady would go to Chengdu first, so-"

As soon as I came, I knew that they were all surprised that I had come so soon, so they prepared in a hurry, and hurriedly smiled: "This is my decision, I hope it doesn't disturb your mansion." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. ”

The two of you went back and forth, and after a few small talks, I didn't feel anything in this woman's words, except for the due alienation, the kindness of hospitality, and the others, I didn't feel anything.

It's normal, it's a little abnormal.

Of course, there is something wrong with it.

Zhao Yuncheng waited for us to talk about it for a while, and then asked, "Miss Chanjuan, where is the third master?"

I looked up too.

It's been a while, and I haven't seen Liu Qinghan yet.

Where is he?

Chanjuan immediately said: "I didn't expect Miss Yan to come so soon, and the third master didn't prepare today, so he went out." ”

"Got out, where did you go?"

"Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, he went to the street to see the lanterns. ”

“……”

“……”

Zhao Yuncheng and I looked at each other in silence.

After a while, he said, "I should have sent someone back to report earlier." ”

Chanjuan said: "I have sent someone to the street to look for it, but - Miss Yan, I'm sorry, you also know that there are many people on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he doesn't allow anyone to follow him today, I'm afraid, it's not easy to find." ”

I nodded, "I know, we're in a hurry." ”

With that, I fell silent.

Chanjuan and Zhao Yuncheng were also silent for a while, but Chanjuan immediately said: "Although this is the case, Miss Yan's room has been prepared many days in advance, do you want Miss to go over and have a look?"

I thought about it, turned back to Su Su and said, "You take Shuyuan, take the luggage over, and tidy it up." ”

"Yes," Su Su agreed, and asked me again, "Then, what about you, Miss?"

"I'll wait here. ”

"Oh. ”

She agreed, Chanjuan immediately asked people to take her and Zhao Shuyuan to the back, and the other people were also taken down by Zhao Yuncheng to settle down.

In the lobby, there was only me and Chanjuan left.

I turned around, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled.

The sky outside was darker, only a little red light was revealed on the canopy in the distance, I don't know if it was the skylight, or the light reflected by the lanterns on the street, in the distance, there was the laughter of people.

I smiled and said, "What, Miss Chanjuan didn't go to see the lanterns?"

She shook her head.

She didn't say anything, but this bow made me see a hint of loneliness.

I wondered what questions I shouldn't have asked, and what I didn't touch.

For a while, the two of them were quiet again, until Zhao Yuncheng settled Wen Hu and a group of them, and when they came over again, they saw that the two of us were still here, so he said to me: "Light, the lantern festival will be held late, and it is - it was paid for by our house, and he will not come back in a short time when he goes out." ”

"Oh. ”

"You'd better go down and rest first. ”

I thought about it, stood up, and said, "I'll go out and have a look." ”

"Huh?"

At this moment, both of them were stunned for a moment, looked at me, and I smiled: "It's really hard to come all the way, and I finally have a beautiful scenery to see, and I also want to join in the fun." ”

When Zhao Yuncheng heard me say this, he felt that my mood didn't seem to be affected, so he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

"No hassle. ”

"It's not a matter of trouble, you come here, what if you get lost. ”

"Oh, that's fine. ”

We said it in three or two sentences, and he took me out of the door, but just when he walked to the door, he stopped, Zhao Yuncheng glanced back at Chanjuan, and coughed again: "Miss Chanjuan, don't you go together?"

Chanjuan stood in the depths of the lobby, the flickering candle flame next to her was reflected on her face, there was a feeling of flickering and uncertain, she smiled and shook her head, that feeling of loneliness, once again rose in my heart.

She said, "I'm not going." ”

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I didn't expect that when I came to Bishan, the first thing I did was to see the lanterns.

Walking out of the gate, turning the street, I was immediately greeted by a brilliant light in front of me, bustling with pedestrians, shops on both sides wide open, all kinds of shouts, greetings, and the sound of children playing and playing like a surge.

I couldn't help but sigh, "Wow, it's so lively." ”

Zhao Yuncheng walked beside me and said with a smile: "Indeed, it was done well. ”

"How much does it cost?"

"I don't know, I'm not in charge of his money. ”

"So, who's in charge?"

“…… Chanjuan. ”

Not an unexpected answer, I continued to walk forward, looked at the various gorgeous lanterns on both sides, and asked, "Who is that Chanjuan girl?"

"I don't know very well," the second brother of the Zhao family was a little hesitant to speak, and after thinking for a while, he said: "She was in this courtyard before we came, and she has been in this courtyard." At first, I thought she was the wife and concubine of the previous Yan Gongzi, but—"

"Of course not. ”

I asked Yan Qinghan, and he himself told me that he was a precept keeper and was not married.

Zhao Yuncheng glanced at me, as if he felt something, and suddenly said, "All the people left by Yan Gongzi, he didn't move." ”

"Huh?"

I turned my head to look at him, and Zhao Yuncheng said: "He said that for at least three years, he will not move Yan Gongzi's people, Yan Gongzi's system." ”

“……”

"So, all these people, they were left behind. ”

“……”

"Including, Chanjuan. ”

Three years without changing his path - this is like Liu Qinghan is keeping filial piety for Yan Qinghan, although the two actually have nothing to do with each other, but in the end they inherited each other's family business, Liu Qinghan's approach, I can also understand.

I laughed and said, "He has his point." ”

Speaking of which, it was as if there was nothing to say, and the two of us walked silently on the street, but this silence did not seem abrupt at all, because the surroundings were so lively, one after another, to the most lively section, I could only rely on him to open the way for me in front, and I could go forward smoothly.

Turn another street and you'll see the moat.

It is the flow of the river into the city, the water is not too fast, the river is not too wide, but it is enough to carry the river lantern of a river, swaying and flowing into the distance.

After walking for a while, my ankles were a little sore, so I sat on the stone pier by the river, and asked Zhao Yuncheng to go around again to see if I could find Liu Qinghan, he promised, and asked me not to go far, and then walked to the other side where there were many people.

I sat on the stone pier, my knees hung and looked around.

Really nice view.

I saw a little child, stumbling forward with a string of sugar gourds, and the young parents behind him chased after him, and the laughter of the family spread far and wide; a pair of lovers, guessing riddles on the side of the road, did not know what the young man said in the girl's ear, which made the other party laugh and kept hanging his fist on his chest; not far away, a middle-aged man with gray temples slowly put a river lamp into the river, not knowing what he was praying for; and an old man, full of silver hair, standing on the side of the road with a cane, looking at the colorful lanterns, his cloudy eyes were full of streamers, and the corners of his mouth were smiling, I don't know what comes to mind.

Everyone has their own joys and sorrows.

So, what about Liu Qinghan?

Where was he in the crowd? How was he feeling at the moment?