In the four-corner pavilion built under the lush trees, Yan Bo's deep voice sounded unhurriedly: "Ten years ago, there was a bandit in a small city in the north of Yan Kingdom, and I happened to take a team of guards to patrol in the northern Xinjiang at that time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 When I heard the news, I asked one of the guards to go to a nearby barracks to move the rescue, and I rushed to the town with the rest of the guards.

By the time I arrived at the town with the rest of the guards, the hundred bandits were killing and plundering the city. When a bandit snatched a young girl past me, I swung my sword and rescued her. The girl fell to her knees and begged me to save her parents and family, and I couldn't bear to slash her all the way.

And the girl I saved when I first entered the city was Qinshui's sister. It can be said that the lives of seven members of the Qinshui family were saved by me, including Qinshui's sister-in-law and nephew who was born not long ago. But at that time, I had too few people around me and too many bandits, and I almost lost an arm for it.

Qinshui's parents, brothers, sisters-in-law and sisters are all sensible and grateful, and they have to repay my kindness. It's just that Qinshui's parents are old, Qinshui's eldest brother has to support the family, sister-in-law has to raise children, and my sister has a hidden disease, so she can't serve anyone, so Qinshui's parents forced Qinshui, who was only five years old at the time, to me and let me take it away. ”

At this point, Yan Bo stopped and picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip of Zhongqing tea, and then continued to whisper: "Counting, Qinshui has been with me for ten years, and this year is exactly fifteen, which is a child raised by me." ”

"I know how faithful Qin Shui is. If I can't even trust the water, then there will be no one around me who can be trusted. Moreover, Qin Shui not only meets the requirements of Miss Leng's age, but also happens to have a round face. In the end, Yan Bo smiled so much and concluded his long words.

This side, silently listened to Yan Bo's long words, Leng Qing was silent for a moment before he spit out lightly: "So...... Nature is the best. ”

Before Leng Qing's words fell, a little palace maid wearing a hanging bun, two water-green bead flowers on the bun, and a water-green collared skirt walked into this four-corner pavilion.

Seeing that the little palace maid entered the pavilion, she walked directly to Yan Bo with low eyebrows, and asked Yan Bo respectfully: "Your Highness, I don't know what you are doing with calling Qin Shui?" "The crisp sound is like the cry of a yellow warbler.

Looking at it from Leng Qing's perspective, Leng Qing could only see one side of Qinshui, it was indeed just like Yan Bo said, she was a girl with a round face.

Fifteen-year-old Qin Shui is not short, and he also looks like a meter six. Although the complexion is not very good, it is also white and red. And looking at the past from the side, Qinshui's facial features are very delicate, and she is a rare delicate beauty.

And on the other side, Yan Bo, who was sitting at the stone table, looked at Qin Shui who was standing in front of him, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, Yan Bo smiled and asked: "Qin Shui, since you were given to His Royal Highness by your parents back then, how has His Royal Highness treated you in the past ten years?" ”

"Your Highness treats Qinshui well like a reborn parent." What replied to Yan Bo was Qin Shui's unhesitating answer.

Hearing this, Yan Bo nodded slightly, and then Yan Bo continued to smile and asked: "In this case, now His Highness has something that you need to do, I wonder if Qin Shui is willing?" ”

"It is Qinshui's honor to do things for His Highness." What replied to Yan Bo was Qin Shui's answer without hesitation and without dragging the mud and water.

"What if this is going to kill you?" Such a fluttering sentence spit out from Yan Bo's two smiling thin lips.

"For the sake of His Royal Highness, Qin Shui is willing to smear his liver and brains, and he will not give up." Still without the slightest hesitation, Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to the eyes, spit out this sentence firmly.

The smile on his lips did not change, and he heard Yan Bo nodding and saying, "Very good." Whether it works out or not, your family in the Yan Kingdom, His Royal Highness will treat them well. As soon as the words turned, Yan Bo said to Qinshui: "Now, you stay here and listen to this cold girl's orders, and remember to act according to the cold girl's orders." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, keep in mind Qinshui." Still without the slightest hesitation, Qin Shui respectfully agreed.

On this side, Yan Bo turned his eyes to look at Leng Qing who was sitting on the other side of the stone table, and smiled at Leng Qing and said, "Miss Leng, I will leave for a while to prepare for tonight's banquet." During this period, no matter what happens, Miss Leng can give instructions to Qinshui. ”

"Thank you, Prince Bo." Bowing his head to Yan Bo, Leng Qing smiled and thanked him, and then smiled and watched Yan Bo get up and leave.

When Yan Bo's figure was so far away that he couldn't see it, Leng Qing looked at Qin Shui, who was still standing in front of the stone table with his hands down, and asked with a smile, "Qin Shui, is it?" ”

Chao Leng Qing nodded slightly, and Qin Shui's voice with low eyebrows and eyes replied crisply: "Yes, girl." ”

Hooking his lips and smiling, Leng Qing opened his mouth and corrected in a warm voice: "No, you remember, from this moment on, you are no longer called 'Qinshui' but 'Rain', the rain of drizzle." Whoever asks you by name, including Prince Bo, will answer that your name is 'Mengyu', remember? ”

Continuing to nod slightly towards Leng Qing, Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, replied in a crisp voice: "Yes, Mengyu remembered." ”

"Good." Regarding Qin Shui's reaction, Leng Qing smiled and nodded with satisfaction. After a moment of speaking, I heard Leng Qing smile again: "Prince Bo will hold a banquet in the Yan Kingdom Palace tonight, I will ask Prince Bo to arrange for you to pour wine for the Prince of Dazhang at the banquet, if the Prince of Dazhang Guo asks your name at that time, do you know how to answer?" ”

"The slave is called Mengyu." Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to the eyes, replied.

"What's raining?" Leng Qing asked with a smile again.

"Wet drizzle." Still without the slightest hesitation, Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to the eye, replied.

"Literate?" Leng Qing continued to ask with a smile.

Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, still nodded without the slightest hesitation and said, "Know ......"

"Wrong, you can't read, you only know and can only write your name, Mengyu." This time, without waiting for Qin Shui to finish speaking, Leng Qing changed the smile on her face just now, and interrupted Qin Shui's words with such a serious face.

"The slave's name is Mengyu, she can't read, she only knows the slave's own name." was corrected once by Leng Qing's serious face, and Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, immediately repeated it word by word.

At this time, Leng Qing raised her hand and moved the tea cup in front of her, which still had half a cup of clear tea, to the stone table closest to Qinshui, and said with a smile on her face: "Use your fingers to dip some tea and write these two words to me." ”

Hearing this, Qin Shui took a small step forward, stretched out her finger and dipped some tea in the tea cup that Leng Qing handed her, and then wrote the word "rain" on the stone table one by one.

"Rain." When Qin Shui finished writing the last point of the word rain, Leng Qing suddenly called out so lightly.

"The slave is here." Qin Shui, whose fingers had not yet been withdrawn, immediately responded without the slightest hesitation, as if she had always been called by this name, and not changed by Leng Qing less than a few minutes ago.

After Qin Shui's quick response, Leng Qing smiled and asked Qin Shui: "Are you afraid of death?" ”

Chao Lengqing shook his head slightly, and Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and replied firmly: "If it is for Your Highness, the slave is not afraid." ”

Smiling and nodding, Leng Qing said with satisfaction: "Very good, remember all the words I just said, don't let down Prince Bo's trust in you." ”

Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, heard this, and continued to respond without hesitation: "Remember that Mengyu will definitely not live up to His Highness's trust." ”

"Stand down and rest! Wait until the evening party and it's your turn. In the end, Leng Qing smiled and said these two words to Qin Shui, who lowered her eyebrows.

Xiang Leng Qing bowed deeply, and Qin Shui, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, responded respectfully: "Yes, the rain will retreat." ”

In the face of Yan Bo and Leng Qing's series of words, Qin Shui looked low and pleasing to the eyes from beginning to end, without any hesitation or hesitation in every answer, let alone asking why, and when Leng Qing opened her mouth to ask her to retreat, Qin Shui bowed down obediently.

Here, Leng Qing, who was still sitting at the stone table in the pavilion, stared at Qin Shui's back that was gradually moving away, and Leng Qing finally couldn't help but sigh lowly: "Such a young child who knows how to advance and retreat, and reacts quickly...... It's a shame...... "But so what?" For her, Qin Shui was just a stranger who had nothing to do with her after all.

After Qin Shui retreated, it didn't take long for Yan Bo to come back, still carrying a three-foot Qingfeng in his hand.

"Miss Leng, I have already ordered someone to send out the invitation posts for the rest of the princes of the Seven Kingdoms and a queen of Fengming Kingdom, I wonder if Miss Leng can practice the Tai Chi swordsmanship for me now?" As soon as he stepped into the four-corner pavilion, Yan Bo, who was carrying a three-foot green peak, did not sit down, but said directly to Leng Qing excitedly.

Chao Yanbo smiled and nodded coldly: "Naturally." ”

After saying that, Leng Qing directly got up and pulled out the three-foot Qingfeng in Yan Bo's hand, walked out of the four-corner pavilion, and came to an open space outside the pavilion and began to practice Tai Chi swordsmanship in slow motion.

As Leng Qing expected at the beginning, she didn't even go back to the Chibing Kingdom Palace for lunch, because throughout the day, Leng Qing had been staying in the Yan Kingdom Palace to analyze the Tai Chi swordsmanship for Yan Bo and guide and correct Yan Bo's movements.

On this day, Leng Qing and Yan Bo taught one with their hearts and one studied seriously, and they were happy and didn't know the passage of time.

As the old saying goes, "learn boxing first, then learn sword", originally Leng Qing should have taught Yanbo Taijiquan first in the order that her Taiji swordsmanship master taught her, but Leng Qing doesn't have so much time to teach Yanbo Taijiquan first and then Yanbo Taiji swordsmanship, so Leng Qing can only teach Yanbo Taiji swordsmanship directly.

However, Leng Qing also thought that Yan Bo is not a powerless person, Yan Bo's martial arts foundation is not bad, and with her one-on-one guidance, even if he doesn't learn Tai Chi, he thinks that Yan Bo will be able to integrate Tai Chi swordsmanship in the future, but it will take some time. So, Leng Qing was relieved to teach boldly.

In Leng Qing's tireless practice of Tai Chi swordsmanship over and over again and guiding and correcting Yan Bo's movements, the day passed quickly. Leng Qing's long-awaited night finally began to fall, and the time for the dinner party set by Yan Bo was also coming soon.

In order to meet Leng Qing's request that he could secretly watch the banquet from the side and not be discovered by the princes of various countries who came to the banquet, Yan Bo set the banquet venue in the main hall of the Yan State Palace.

At this moment, in the empty but brightly lit hall, Leng Qing, who had changed into black clothes directly in the Yan Kingdom Palace, was quietly hiding behind the main seat in the hall that was more than one person high, more than three meters long, and hollowed out behind a pure wooden screen with intricate patterns.

The entire hall is brightly lit everywhere at a glance, and there is almost no blind spot of light, only the place where Leng Qing is hiding is completely dark. And Leng Qing, who was dressed in pure black clothes, was almost about to melt into the darkness.

In order to make sure that she hid behind this screen and would not be discovered, Leng Qing deliberately stood under the lamp in the hall before hiding and tried it, and then Leng Qing found that if she stood in the light of the hall, no matter how desperately she stared at the pure wooden screen behind the main seat, she couldn't see if there was anything hidden behind the screen-

Because although the pure wooden screen is hollowed out and carved with countless intricate patterns, those hollows are very small and small, if you don't look close to the screen, you basically can't see the hollows on the screen. And because the area behind the screen was completely dark, the bright and dazzling light in the temple could completely affect people's vision.

At this moment, Leng Qing, who was quietly hiding in the darkness behind the pure wooden screen, was observing the situation in the hall through the small hollow on the screen in front of her—

In the dazzlingly lit hall, the place in the center of the hall is specially vacated for the Yan national singers to perform songs and dances after the banquet begins.

Yan Bo, as the master of the Yan Kingdom Palace, is naturally the master of the palace. This is also the reason why Leng Qing dared to hide behind the screen behind the main seat - with Yan Bo, the host of the banquet, blocking the line of sight in front, who would pay attention to a mere screen?

Under the main seat, there are four pure wooden screens on the left and right sides of the hall, and the workmanship of the eight pure wooden screens is almost the same as the pure wooden screen placed behind the main seat. And in front of each screen, there was a table and a chair, which were intended to be seats for the rest of the princes of the Seven Kingdoms who came to the banquet tonight, plus a queen of Fengming Kingdom.

Yan Bo, who had tied his hair with a red gold crown and a red gold hairpin, and had changed into a pale yellow narrow-sleeved brocade robe, suddenly appeared at the door of the brightly lit hall, and glanced meaningfully at the pure wooden screen behind the main seat in the hall. Then, Yan Bo turned around and left without saying a word.

On this side, behind the pure wooden screen hidden behind the main seat in the hall, Leng Qing, who had seen Yan Bo's behavior clearly, only felt that his heart was surging, and he couldn't tell whether he was nervous or excited for a while.

Leng Qing knew that Yan Bo's meaningful glance meant that the guests of tonight's banquet had already arrived...... (To be continued.) )