Chapter 1, Picking Up Tigers
In the spring season, a huge mansion is plain with some sense of failure, the three strong vermilion characters on the door plaque "Qinghuan Pavilion" have gradually faded and peeled off, the bronze lion head on the door panel has also been eroded by the years, the luster is gone, with a decadent light, the only thing that is not affected is a lush Tsubaki tree in the courtyard, the dark gray trunk, revealing the vigorous vitality of the branches and leaves majestically spread and grow around, it seems to make people feel very happy. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Chen Qinghuan held a book of poetry, sitting lightly leaning on the Tsubaki tree, the spring was strong, the grass in the corner of the wall was struggling to emerge out, reading the poem Guan Ju, her heart moved, and she couldn't help but read it aloud, "Guan Guan Ju dove, in the river island, fair lady, gentleman." The sun shines through the leaves on the white pages, but she is not surprised, just squinting her eyes and chanting this sentence repeatedly, her thoughts wander, Qinghuan has been staying in this garden since she can remember, she knows that she is different from others, she has a pair of pupils like cats, the blue pupils exude a strange blue-green light, she can still see clearly at night, although the eyesight is slightly worse during the day, but as long as she can still see clearly under the direct sunlight, her eyes have been regarded as ominous since birth.
His father was the prime minister of the dynasty, upright, but the daughter he gave birth to was so bewitching, in the eyes of outsiders it was incomprehensible and at the same time he couldn't figure it out, and he was afraid that the news would spread to the people and cause commotion, so he hid her Shangguan family name, followed her mother Chen, and named Chen Qinghuan, the word Qinghuan came from the word Su Shi: drizzle and slanting wind for dawn and cold, light smoke and willows and sunny beaches. Entering Huai Qingluo is gradually long. The snow foam milk flower floats in the afternoon cup, and the artemisia shoots try the spring plate. The taste of the world is refreshing.
Although General Shangguan didn't like his weirdness, he hid a father's deep love in his name, hoping that she could be like a girl from an ordinary people's family, innocent and innocent, and enjoy a lifetime of happiness.
Qing Huan didn't feel happy, stayed in the garden all day long, served every day are those few people, can not go out at will on weekdays, must wear a white hood when going out, the whole face is blocked tightly in order not to expose their eyes, only the daily teacher Mr. came on time to teach his four books and five classics, in order to be clear and reasonable, she was sixteen years old and almost never had contact with outsiders, only one girl named Cui Wei who had been with her since she was a child to talk about her heart, and she was a female celebrity every day, and it was another day to visit the picturesque garden of the four seasons.
Qing Huan felt more and more that this kind of life was not what she wanted, she became more and more eager to go outside, to see what the outside world was like, what the people outside were like, and at the same time, she gradually felt yearning and curiosity about the emotions between men and women described in the poems.
"Miss, the beauty of spring, why don't we go out for a walk" A maid in a cyan dress came over and proposed, she is Cuiwi, she has grown up with Qing Huan since she was a child, she is the same age as Qing Huan, and the relationship is the best, and at the same time, there are always some quirky ghost ideas to encourage her to participate, and with her in the garden, Qing Huan has a lot of fun.
"Great idea" Qing Huan was bored, and caught up with the good time of spring, I didn't want to live up to it, so I happily changed into a snow-white tulle embroidered red plum dress, a green silk casually curled a bun, only inserted a white jade hanging bead Bu Yao, eyebrows are not dotted and green, lips are not dotted and red, a pair of affectionate cut pupils like autumn water, blue as the sky, there is a different style, Cui Wei watched her young lady change her clothes, a green silk like a waterfall, skin like snow, because of her slender figure, and read poetry and books since childhood, every move is as charming and temperamental as a willow, I can't help but be stunned, silently admired in my heart, Miss This appearance is really one of the best in the whole capital, and at the same time I feel particularly proud。
"Cui Wei, I don't want to wear a mask today, this is a beautiful sunny day, walking on the road wearing a mask is eye-catching"
"Miss, if this is discovered, it will be difficult for the master to explain it" Cui Wei said worriedly, after the master came last time, he specially told her to take a good look at the young lady, afraid that Qinghuan would grow bigger and bigger, and her heart would become more and more wild, causing some unnecessary trouble.
"What's so difficult about this, I'll just say that I'm from Persia to play, aren't all the people there blue-eyed" Qing Huan giggled, and his eyes bent into crescents revealed a bit cute.
"But, miss......"
"Okay, I'll just wear it, wait a minute, you have to nag again, you can't have fun" Qing Huan resigned herself to putting on a mask, the white veil vaguely blocked her face, but she still vaguely saw beautiful eyebrows.
As soon as they got out of the courtyard gate, Qing Huan and Cui Wei were so happy that they couldn't help themselves, the mansion where they lived was in a relatively remote part of the capital, and it didn't take long to walk out of the house to be by the lake, the scenery was picturesque, the willow trees on the lake embankment were breezing with the spring breeze, and the boats of some literati and ink writers on the lake chanted and left leisurely, and there were some small vendors selling some novel and unique gadgets on the road, and some children were running and flying kites along the river, which attracted their frequent attention.
At this time, there was a commotion in front, and it seemed that there were many people watching something, and it seemed to be mixed with the cries of some strange beasts, so she called Cui Wei and squeezed into the crowd curiously.
I saw that in the center of the crowd was a strong man without a shirt, he was stepping on an iron fence box, and inside the box was a mass of white dirty things, lying on his stomach dying, and many scars on his body were faintly visible.
"Let's take a look, I caught such a strange beast when I went up the mountain today, if anyone is interested, just catch it back for training and play, just ask for a few silver as my hard-earned money."
"How can you look at this carefully, how do you know if it's a strange beast" Someone in the crowd spoke, because the thing had been lying with its back to the iron cage and didn't know what it was.
The man took out the leather whip and whipped it vigorously towards the cage, and with the sound of the leather whip, a deafening tiger roar sounded, and then everyone saw it clearly
The thing in the cage is a snow-white half-year-old tiger, with black-brown stripes on its face, and what is even more amazing is that it has a pair of eyes as deep as the sky, and the majesty of the tiger's eyes is terrifying, but it is still young, plus a body of scars, and its hind legs are still bleeding, it should have been caught by a beast.
Everyone saw it, and retreated, feeling surprised and scared in their hearts, this white tiger has been one of the four great beasts since ancient times, and it has only been seen in books, where have it been seen in reality, and when they meet a white tiger in reality, they will be a big murderer, and the crowd of onlookers has talked and ran away, leaving only Qing Huan and Cui Wei still in place.
"Miss, let's go too, I'm afraid" Cui Wei quietly pulled Qing Huan's sleeve, but Qing Huan didn't move, only looked at the little white tiger in the iron cage fixedly.
"How much?" The man was originally very disappointed, thinking that he had wasted so much effort to catch this strange beast, and when he heard that someone wanted to buy it, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but when he saw that it was a young lady wearing a white hood who looked weak, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"Miss, I'm afraid that ordinary people can't control this strange beast, you are a weak boudoir woman, it's better to go home and be a female celebrity, this tiger is too dangerous" The man said casually while packing up the things that set the table.
"How about fifty taels?" Qing Huan didn't say anything, just stubbornly asked the price.
When the man heard so much silver, he couldn't help but be moved, he didn't care about his young lady, as long as nothing happened, although the tiger looked terrifying, but he was still young, and he couldn't hurt anyone.
With that in mind, he agreed.
"Seeing that Miss is so refreshing, then buy it for you, I'll help you transport it back to the mansion, find a benefit to keep it in captivity, as long as you don't let it out and hurt people, it involves me, whatever Miss does, how to domesticate and enjoy it" He said while secretly admiring the woman who looked weak and careless.
"Cui Wisp, give me two silver taels" Qing Huan stretched out her hand to Cui Wisp who was standing firmly beside her, but Cui Wisp did not move, a little face was full of unwillingness, she knew that Miss was stubborn, and she couldn't pull back the nine cows that had decided, but she couldn't figure out why Miss wanted to buy this dirty little tiger, and she was blamed by the old man, and it was strange to look at, was it because of her similar blue eyes......?
"Cui Wei!" When she raised her tone, Cui Wei knew that she was going to be angry, so she could only reluctantly untie the silver two to Qing Huan.
"Okay, don't worry, I'll hide it well, I won't let my father find out, don't worry" Qinghuan persuaded Cui Wei softly, Cui Wei could only sigh and think about when Miss would be able to stop getting into trouble and make her life easier.
"Here you go, I'll live in Qinghuan Pavilion on West Street, and I'll help you send me over." Qing Huan gave the man two silver taels, looking at the little white tiger in the cage who was lying unconscious and sleeping and was covered with scars, there was a faint pain in her heart, she understood the feeling of being a stranger too well, this little white tiger was born because of the strangeness of life to make people see the wealth uprising set a trap, captured and sold, humiliated, rest assured, I will take good care of you in the future, at the same time, although the first time I saw the tiger, I felt a little hairy, but I have also read the Book of Mountains and Seas many times, all kinds of rare and exotic beasts have understanding, plus the first time I saw the same blue eyes as her, I had some inexplicable good feelings in my heart, she pretended to be calm, comforting herself that she could tame and take care of this beast。