After the meal, Xiao Er of Gongye Qianming Store took a carrier pigeon, wrote a note, and flew out of the building, and then as he said, he took Jiang Xiyi and his party out of the restaurant, all the way to the west, and almost walked out of Suzhou City.

The west of Suzhou is the shore of Taihu Lake, and there are many boaters on the lake.

The Taihu Lake is big, although it is not as good as the 800-mile Dongting, but it is also vast, the water is far away from the sky, and the edge cannot be seen by the eyes.

The wind in Jiangnan is as gentle as the people in Jiangnan, and the water in Jiangnan seems to make people really understand why when people say that a person is gentle, they will say that they are tender like water.

Jiang Xiyi turned his eyes and saw that on the Taihu Lake, the water was sparkling, very smart, but it was not turbulent, the boat on the lake was just gently shaking, the lake seemed to contain all the boats on the lake, it was quiet, gentle, and cordial, and it seemed to meet everyone's imagination of the girl in the south of the Yangtze River.

The willow leaves by the lake have begun to slowly lose their vitality, and the branches of the apricot trees have long been devoid of apricot blossoms, but it can still be imagined that if it is spring, the apricot blossoms will be sandwiched all the way, and the beautiful scenery of the green willows hanging down the lake.

Jiang Xiyi and his entourage led the horse and looked at Gongye Qian in confusion, Gongye Qian explained: "My son-in-law's residence is in Yanziwu, I will take you to the main hall to sit for a while, and my son-in-law will say later, but from here to Yanziwu, all the way is a waterway, so we have to take a boat to go over." ”

Jiang Xiyi asked, "Sir, I don't know what to do with our horses?" ”

Gongye Qianyan heard the words and looked at the car they were riding, it was fourteen horses that were like snow and white jade without a single miscellaneous hair, these horses looked radiant, sharp and skinny, but their eyes were quiet and peaceful and extremely firm, at a glance they knew that any one of them was a rare horse, and it was only when they saw that people understood what it meant to be "bamboo with both ears and ears and light wind into the four hooves." ”

One horse is so rare, let alone fourteen horses, Gongye Qian originally wanted to ask them to entrust this horse to the inn tea shop, and then come to pick it up later, but now they think that the BMW is rare, they must not be at ease, so they can only call the boatman by the lake and take the horses away.

Gongye Qian beckoned to the boatmen waiting for business by the lake, a boat and two horses, and in a blink of an eye, a row of seven boats appeared on the Taihu Lake, slowly sliding towards the direction of the center of the lake. Gongye Qian was about to turn around and beckon Jiang Xiyi and his party to get on the boat and go to Qinyun Xiaozhu.

At this moment, I can only hear the singing sound on the green waves on the lake, a small boat floats to the shore, the boat is about ten years old for a year, a gentle, delicate girl in a blue shirt holds the sculls, slowly paddling the water, singing a small song in Wu language, very good.

Jiang Xiyi didn't understand Wu dialect, couldn't understand what the girl was singing, but felt that her voice was sweet and soft, and her singing voice was innocent and joyful. When I looked up again, I saw a pair of hands that were as white as new peeling fresh lings, reflecting the green waves, which was very good-looking.

When Gongye Qian saw this girl, she had a smile on her face, and after she stopped the boat and docked, she smiled and said, "Sister Abi, why are you here?" ”

After the girl stopped the boat steadily, she smiled in a Suzhou vernacular mixed with official dialect: "Second brother Gongye, why can't I come?" Childe received your note in the village, and has already sat down from Qinyun Xiaozhu to the main hall of Yanziwu, I have just returned from Master's side, and I will come to pick you up. ”

Jiang Xiyi didn't know what to say, but Gong Yeqian was very used to this girl talking like this, and said: "There are many guests today, I'm afraid that your small boat can't sit down with us, and the prince only called you alone, not Ah Zhu's sister?" ”

Ah Bi groaned: "I don't know, I just arrived at Qinyun Xiaozhu, and before I sat down to drink tea, the prince called me out, Sister Azhu is listening to the perfume pavilion, there is a four-nine waterway away, even if it comes out earlier than me, I am afraid that it will be later." She speaks in a crisp voice, like a pearl falling on a plate, and like an orchestral sonata, so that people feel comfortable listening to her speech, when she smiles, an elegant and beautiful goose egg face with crooked eyebrows and eyes, full of gentleness, and a small black mole on the corner of her mouth, adds a bit of playfulness and cuteness to her, this girl must be a great beauty when she grows up.

Jiang Xiyi suddenly looked into the distance and said, "Another girl is here, I wonder if it's the Azhu girl you said?" ”

Gongye Qian also looked at the lake when he heard this, but the water was hazy and hazy, enveloping the rear, and he had to see an outline - a person was rowing on the lake, but he couldn't even recognize whether the person was a man or a woman, Gongye Qian said: "At this time, the smoke has risen, and it is not clear to see below, so I have to wait for the boat to get closer and then distinguish it." ”

Jiang Xiyi looked over there and said, "It's a girl who rowed over, about the same age as this Abi girl, wearing a light crimson gauze shirt." ”

Abi suddenly rejoiced on her face, and said softly: "Oh, that's my Sister Azhu, she likes to wear light crimson clothes the most, but she is only a month older than me, so she put up a sister's shelf with me, and asked me to call her sister, I can't do it, who told her to fight for a month than me?" You don't need to call her sister, lest she be more proud. ”

Suddenly, a clever voice came with a smile, and the man said in an official voice: "Okay, Abi, you are orchestrating me behind my back again, can I catch you now?" ”

Ah Bi looked back, and it turned out that the person rowing behind her was indeed Ah Zhu, but now she had rowed out of the smoke, and the bow of the boat was just over a foot from the shore. There is also a little girl on the boat, different from Abi's gentleness, she looks clever and aura, with a goose egg face, smart eyes, quite a touching charm, Abi turned her head and said: "Second brother Gongye, you don't look the same, I said that Azhu has come over, and now I will suffer." ”

Ah Zhu smiled: "Ouch, it's me who is not good now, bullying our Abi girl?" ”

Gongye Qian smiled, stretched out his hand and pressed it, and said, "Let's bring the guests over first, so as not to wait for the prince, you two little girls will make trouble by yourself in a while." ”

Hearing this, Azhu Abi glanced at each other, leaned over slightly, said yes, and beckoned Jiang Xiyi and his party to get on the boat.

Jiang Xiyi nodded slightly and said, "Thank you, girl." After a little step, he gently jumped on Abi's boat, only to see that the boat was almost not sinking, and it didn't shake for half a minute, Abi's eyes lit up, and said, "Miss is really good!" ”

Tianshu Tianliang and the others then followed on the boat, and the rest of the people took Azhu's boat, Jiang Xiyi lowered his head and smiled at Abi when he heard this, and said, "Thank you for the girl's compliment." ”

Abi smiled: "Ahh I'm just a little girl who serves my son to play the piano and flute, don't ask for the politeness of the girl, call me Abi! ”

Ah Zhu also smiled on the side and said: "That's it, Miss is a guest of the son, and she is our honored guest, just call us by name, you don't have to call the girl." ”

Jiang Xiyi nodded, and after Abigge laughed, the wooden pulp was boarded, and the boat slid westward, followed by Azhu.

The boat moved forward, swinging layers of water waves, the sound of rushing water seemed to sound in Jiang Xiyi's ears, her eyes closed lightly, and she felt that the lake was very quiet. The bigger the lake, the quieter, the fewer people in the middle of the lake, the whispers of the young masters and ladies on the shore, the chatter of the boatmen on the lake are all left behind, and the excess noise is all purified by this lake water, at this moment Jiang Xiyi only feels that she can even hear the sound of fishtail plucking water in her ears, and the sound of the wind blowing on the treetops, these sounds will not make her feel impatient and bored, but make her feel relaxed and happy.

After a few turns of the boat, Gong Yeqian, who was sitting in the same boat, got up at this time and said to Abi: "Sister Abi, you go and sit, and I will help you row." ”

Abi smiled: "Thank you Second Brother Gongye, I have a good time." After speaking, he handed over the wood pulp in his hand, and slowly moved to sit on the position where Gongye Qian was sitting before, when suddenly the boat shook, Abi did not stand firmly, and almost fell down, Jiang Xiyi reached out to help her waist, patted her shoulder, and said, "Be careful, it's okay." ”

Abi Yingying bowed and said, "Thank you Miss for your help, otherwise I will make a fool of myself." ”

Ah Zhu saw it in the rear and said with a smile: "Ah Bi, you girl is really lazy, you even asked the second brother Gongye to help you take a boat, pity me from listening to the perfume pavilion, it is farther than you!" ”

Abi said softly: "Ouch, obviously you want to be lazy and just talk about me, it was the second brother Gongye himself who said to help me, I didn't say it." ”

Tianshu got up at this moment and said, "If Miss Azhu is tired, I can help you in the future." After saying that, Tianshu lifted the corner of his clothes, as if he was about to jump over, Azhu hurriedly said: "Son, sit down, I'll just laugh with Abi's girl, I really don't dare to be it, if my son-in-law knows, he must scold me for neglecting the guests." ”

Ah Bi chuckled: "I know that Ah Zhu, you bad girl is looking for me to be happy, but I see that the bamboo pole on your boat is still there, if you are really tired, I will go over to help you." ”

Azhu said: "My good Abi, come and help me, I'm tired now and I can't lift my hands." ”

Seeing Azhu's posture, Abi smiled, turned to Gongye Qian, and said, "Second brother Gongye, you stop, I'll get on Azhu's boat and help her." ”

Gongye Qian's hand slowly stopped with the wood pulp and said, "You can be careful, otherwise you will fall into the lake!" ”

Abi said: "Second brother Gongye, don't make fun of me like Azhu." ”

Ah Zhu Xiaozhou did not stop, and rowed forward, almost parallel to this boat, Ah Bi got up cautiously, ready to go to Jiang Xiyi's side and go to Ah Zhu's side, the boat swinged, she moved more lightly, Jiang Xiyi saw this, held her arm, and said, "You just walk over, don't be afraid." ”

After Abi stood firm, he picked up the bamboo pole, nodded to Shaoguang and Jiang Xiyi and smiled: "Thank you two young ladies." ”

After Azhu Abi a person stands in the bow of the boat, one person stands in the stern, one person pulls the pulp, one person struts, and then a turn, then enters a small port, where the water surface is full of lotus leaves, but at this moment the flowering period has passed early, has long been decayed, two boats through the lotus leaves, all the way forward, after a while, it is into a water surface full of water chestnut leaves, Abi picked off a little water chestnut and distributed it to everyone, said with a smile: "Now the season is just right, autumn has arrived, and the water chestnut is fresh." As she spoke, the bamboo pole in her hand stopped, peeled a few water chestnuts in a row, and said, "The second brother of Gongye's boat is helping my young lady, take a look at me!" ”

Jiang Xiyi turned around when she heard this, Ah Bi gently moved to the boat, walked to the side of the boat, stretched out her hand, she was lying in her palm with the water chestnut she had peeled, she smiled at Jiang Xiyi: "Miss is not from Jiangnan, she can't peel water chestnut, I'll help you peel it." ”

Azhu quipped: "Ouch, you are so good at pleasing others, no wonder everyone says you are good and says I am bad, but you forget, Miss is not from Jiangnan and can't understand what you say." ”

Abi said: "You laugh at me again, you speak good official words, help me talk to Miss." ”

Azhu smiled and said, "Miss, this girl is afraid that you won't be able to peel water chestnuts, so I'll peel it for you." ”

Ah Bi nodded, Jiang Xiyi nodded slightly, took the water chestnut from Ah Bi's palm, and said, "Thank you." ”

Abi waved his hand and said, "No, no." ”

Then, two small boats zigzagged and twisted for three or four hours on the waterway, which was like a chessboard, until they saw a corner of the eaves peeking out from the trees at the water's edge in the distance.

Abi smiled: "It's here!" ”