The warm breath fell on her face, and her reason returned at that moment, Shen Yan's face turned red, and she hurriedly leaned back to avoid it. Shen Yan retreated, and Xu Yan suddenly came back to her senses, and was surprised by the abruptness just now, and felt a rare embarrassment in her heart.

Both of them stood there, not knowing what to say for a while, Xu Yan looked at her crimson face, and smiled for a while, "I'm sorry, I was abrupt." ”

Shen Yu had a subtle attachment in her heart, her face became more and more red, she turned over and said, "It's not early, Your Highness should go back to the city early." ”

Xu Yan replied and galloped with her.

On the way back to the city, they were speechless, and it was not until Xu Yan sent her to the vicinity of the Shen Mansion after entering the city that she spoke: "What you said today, I will consider it." I wanted to add, "You should also consider what I said." After all, he was reluctant to embarrass her, and endured the idea of teasing.

Shen Yan was embarrassed to press the shyness just now, so she said to Xu Yan: "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

After returning to the Linglong Mountain Pavilion, there was always some restlessness, Shi Nan did not go out with her today, at this time he was in the small kitchen with Pomegranate to get the newly harvested osmanthus cakes, Shi Jiao was the youngest, and he was next to him.

Shen Yu was not arrogant in the day, and seeing that they were doing with great interest, she asked them to continue, went back to the room to change her clothes, and held the window edge in a daze.

The osmanthus tree opposite is luxuriant, the branches are shaking in the twilight, and the courtyard is full of the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

The little red fox sent by Xu Yan is quite in love with Shen Yan, and usually likes to lie on her desk to play with ink, and now he crawled into her arms, his eyes were rolling, and he was clever and cute.

Shen Yu stroked the soft fox fur, stood for a while, turned around and opened the drawer on the bookshelf, took out the string of red incense beads, and wrapped it around her wrist as soon as her mind moved.

The round and glorious beads are wrapped around Hao's wrist, red and white, but clearly with softness, like the acacia flowers that are full of slopes.

Shen Yan closed his eyes, the golden light of the sunset in front of him, and he seemed to be able to feel his breath again, he bowed down with a smile, as if his breath was close at hand, and his face was within reach. In fact, at that moment, I was a little expecting him to kiss him, right?

Shen Yu smiled to herself, if she hadn't been born in this era, maybe she would have followed her heart at that time and didn't dodge or avoid.

When did it start? She unconsciously got closer and closer to him, gradually trusting and relying on him. Is it under the acacia bush and acacia tree? Is it by the moonlight lotus pond in the Lingering Garden? Is it in the night of Mae Shui? Or is it the leisure of the wind and rain, boiling tea and sitting opposite each other?

She couldn't tell. The feeling is faint, sometimes surging, sometimes low, as unpredictable as the breeze blowing in the spring wilderness, obviously with a delicate warmth that blows on the face, but it cannot be touched, I don't know where it comes from, and I don't know where it will go.

She tightened the little fox in her arms, and her face was slightly confused.

I guess I like him, but so what?

Xu Yan is the prince of the dynasty, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands for rain, he is just a passerby in Luling, his way back lies in the capital, in Mobei, behind him there is an unattainable royal family, a sinister and treacherous political situation, and the intricate relationship between the families in the capital.

For Shen Yan, those things are distant and vague, just thinking about them makes people headaches, and even makes people confused and afraid.

Those conspiracies, calculations, speculations and explorations were not what she wanted, in contrast, she would rather be in a corner of the corner, simply and fully immersed in the pile of old papers, trying to library and engraving books.

So, while it's still just a slight spark, let's put it out as much as possible, and cut off the momentum of the prairie fire!

Shen Yu sighed, and when she opened her eyes, it was already clear. She plucked the red beaded bracelet off and locked it to the very top of the bookshelf on a stool.

When his eyes fell on the red fox, he was reluctant at all, thinking about it, the red fox has its own spirituality, and it can't be purely regarded as Xu Yan's thing, right? So he picked it up with peace of mind and paced it to the kitchen.

Pomegranate's new pastry was tried very successfully, and it was not early at this time, so Shen Yu asked her to neatly stack a food box, and then asked Shi Nan to carry it and went to Mrs. Shen's residence.

Two days later, the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, and Mrs. Shen had already asked someone to tie some interesting lanterns, ready to put them on at night.

On this day, the academy was closed, and Shen Ping was rarely free there, and after breakfast, the family began to pack all kinds of things to prepare for the festival. Before he was busy for a while, a letter of worship was handed outside, Shen Ping saw it, and when he saw it, he smiled, and Mrs. Shen next to him asked, "Who is here?" So happy. ”

"Zhu Yun is back." Shen Ping glanced at Shen Yan with a smile, and then ordered, "Please come into the living room and meet you." ”

He went happily here, but Shen Yu had the idea of running away - I'm afraid that when Shen Ping and Zhu Yun finished speaking, the guy would ask to see the master and the little sister, right?

Sure enough, as she expected, after a stick of incense, someone came to report to Mrs. Shen, saying that Zhu Yun wanted to see her master, and Shen Ping asked their mother and daughter to go to the leisure pool at the back.

Shen Yan made a bitter face, obviously wanting to shirk it, but Mrs. Shen would not indulge her, and said: "Zhu Yun has been calm in the past few years, and he will not tease you like before, let's go." ”

Shen Yu pouted and followed step by step.

The leisure pool is not the serious living room of the Shen family, when Shen Yu's mother and daughter passed, Shen Ping and Zhu Yun sat opposite each other in the octagonal pavilion by the pool, with two plates of candied fruit, two plates of sugar cakes, and two plates of seasonal vegetables on the table. Look at that posture, I must have sat in the living room for a while, and then moved here.

As soon as Zhu Yun saw Mrs. Shen, she was busy saluting, and then looked at Shen Yu with a smile and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but Ah Yu has really grown into a big girl." "In the past few years, his appearance and voice have become more mature, after all, he has been an official for several years, and his behavior is more square, just looking at his appearance, he can be regarded as a humble gentleman. But his eyes didn't change much, and when he looked at Shen Yan, he was just as joking as before.

He already had a pair of peach blossom eyes, and he used to smile and squint like this when he teased Shen Fei in the past, making people feel like a fox.

It really hasn't changed at all! Shen Yu scolded secretly in her heart, but she still saluted: "Brother Zhu Shi, don't come unharmed." ”

The smile in Zhu Yun's eyes did not disappear, and he sat down only after Mrs. Shen sat down.

Because he often interacted with the Shen family when he was a child, he had a good relationship with Shen Ming at that time, and after getting along for more than ten years, Shen Ping and his wife regarded him as a son, and they had the status of master and apprentice there, so there was no need to deliberately avoid suspicion.

After Mrs. Shen lost her beloved son, for a while, Zhu Yun was trying to make her happy, and she also loved him very much, while letting him taste the newly made candied fruit at home, and asking him about his situation in Beijing.

Zhu Yun replied in detail, his eloquence was actually very good, he spoke in a low tone, and told all kinds of experiences and interesting things, even Shen Yan, who had a bad heart, was attracted by him.

Shen Ping also smiled with satisfaction after hearing this, "You raised your eyebrows on this trip to Beijing, you are not as naughty as before, Brother Zhu should always rest assured." He is busy with political affairs, although he has the support of your brother, he is easy to get tired when he is old, and the last time he saw him in the government office, he also complained about back pain, with you, how much can I help him share his worries. ”

"Master is high-minded, and my father also praises me like this." Zhu Yun smiled a little "shamelessly", "I see that the master has been very tired recently, and I think it is because he is busy with the affairs of the book. Uncle Lu asked me to help with the book solicitation, and I can share your worries in the future. ”

In fact, according to his official rank, the dean of Luling Academy had to listen to his assignment, and there was nothing to help Shen Ping share his worries.

Shen Ping naturally understood this, but he had no intention of pursuing a career, and the vice president of this academy was still hung up for the convenience of doing things, so he naturally didn't count these levels, but he was very pleased, drank all the wine, and sighed: "Live up to Brother Zhu's years of training!" ”

And live up to my years of teaching! There was a smug spring on his face.

Shen Yan hadn't seen such a smile on Shen Ping's face for a long time, thinking that it was also a great thing that Zhu Yun could comfort her, so she was a little less embarrassed by him, so she asked, "Brother Zhu, have you also participated in the book collection in the capital?" ”

"Not really." Zhu Yun shook his head, "This solicitation is assisted by His Royal Highness the Prime Minister Duanwang, the two cabinet elders in the cabinet, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy have also been transferred, and there are people in the Guozi Prison, but it has nothing to do with the Jingzhao Yamen." I heard that Ah Yu has helped organize books recently, and she has contributed a lot? ”

In front of Zhu Yun, Shen Yu basically did not say "self-humility" and "shyness", and raised her face, "The news is very well-informed!" ”

"Awards, awards." Zhu Yun obviously didn't know what self-humility was, and helped Shen Ping and his wife fill the wine, and they were happy.

Zhu Yun came back this time, in addition to preparing a very generous gift for Shen Ping, he also gave gift boxes to Mrs. Shen and Shen Fei.

Shen Yu sent him away, and when he came back to the Linglong Mountain Pavilion to open it, he saw that there was a stack of extremely beautiful ten-colored pine flower notes, a pine smoke ink on one side, an inkstone on the other, and a pottery pen. These are all good things, the ten-colored pine flower paper came out not long ago, it is easy to find in the capital, it is difficult to find in Luling, as for the pen, ink, inkstone, are from the hands of famous artists, worth no less than a thousand taels.

Zhu Yun made such a generous move, and everything was very much in line with Shen Yan's heart, Shen Yu slowly played with it, smiling happily. When I remembered something, the smile instantly froze-

Zhu Yun ranks third in the family, the Zhu family and the Shen family are world friends, and Zhu Yun still intends to recruit the Shen family as a son-in-law! And looking at Shen Ping's close attitude towards him today, could it be that his master and apprentice have already discussed this matter and have a happy result?

It is impossible to guess, so it can only be left for later inquiry.

Shen Yu is not a treasure character, if you have good things, you have to use them, at the moment grinding and laying paper, she wrote a small poem with the pine flower paper and stuffed it into the lantern, taking an auspicious meaning.

After dinner, all kinds of delicate lanterns were picked up in various places in Luling City.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a custom of lighting lamps to help the moonlight, making lanterns into interesting shapes such as fish, insects, birds and beasts, pasting colored paper, and writing some prayers for good luck inside, or putting a small poem on the inside, waiting for the night. When it comes, it is picked on a bamboo pole or hung under the eaves, and the family enjoys the moon and drinks with lanterns, which is really interesting.

When the time is halfway, the city is full of gorgeous and delicate lanterns, and the moonlight and stars are like a glass world.

Shen Ping is an elegant person, and a group of friends gather to chant poetry, and Mrs. Shen took Shen Yu to watch the lanterns.

In fact, the students of Luling Academy also have this atmosphere, such as Qin Yu, Dong Shujin and others, most of them will go to watch the lanterns and compose poems after admiring the moon at home, and they have also invited Shen Yu several times. However, according to the rules of the Shen family, Shen Yu is okay to interact with her classmates during the day, but she is not allowed to participate in their activities after nightfall.

Fortunately, in addition to those classmates, Shen Yu also has friends such as Jiang Zhen and Lu Yueer.

She followed Mrs. Shen on a journey, and on the way, she bumped into Jiang Zhen and others who were guessing lantern riddles, so she happily joined in. Mrs. Shen also had an appointment with Aunt Jiang, so she asked them to go back as soon as possible after guessing the riddles, leaving Shi Nan and a capable mother to follow Shen Yu and go with confidence.

This night's lanterns are second only to the prosperity of Yuan Xi, and the lantern riddles are also full of tricks, and there are all kinds of interesting small gifts, which naturally attract the love of the girls.

A group of people traveled a journey, harvested a lot, and then went on the White Crane Tower, his family's lantern riddles are the most difficult to guess, and the gifts are also the most abundant, at this time has attracted many boys and girls.

Jiang Zhen was in high spirits, and took Shen Yan's hand and came over, a group of four girls, plus the maids and mother-in-law who followed, were mighty.

The rules of this White Crane Tower, after guessing the riddle, do not say it, only take a note and write it down, and hand it to the person who guards the riddle. If the answer is correct, it is convenient to give a small sign, with a small sign can be exchanged for huàn gifts, and also have the qualification to guess the next riddle, this riddle is getting more and more difficult, the attic of the fourth floor from the bottom to the top of the more than 40 riddles, only five or six people can go to the third floor, most of the rest are still wandering on the first floor.

If anyone in the group can guess, they can follow and try the riddle, but there is no giveaway.

At this time, there were already two or three hundred people on the first floor, and the White Crane Tower usually looked spacious, but the space was limited, and it was a little crowded after these people were stuffed.

Shen Yu guessed more than ten with Jiang Zhen and others, and someone shook his head next to him and sighed: "This kind of problem, it is laborious to guess ten, and I don't know how those people above guessed it." ”

"That's Wenqu Xing above, how can you not guess." Someone next to him answered.

"Is it the second son of Lord Qin's family?"

"Yes, in fact, he alone can guess it, but he also brought his cousins and sisters from the capital, and it seems that there are more people."

The man sighed: "It's worthy of being a Wenqu star, admire and admire!" ”

Shen Yu was surprised when she listened, in previous years, Qin Yu was going to go to the academy literary meeting, why did he come to guess the lantern riddle at this time? But it's clear when you think about it, in previous years, he was alone, but this year, Huo Zongyuan's brothers and sisters came, and I was afraid that I would have to accompany him, and by the way, I brought the two girls at home.

Thinking so, Jiang Zhen guessed a few more, and Shen Yu followed and walked over, already on the corner of the second floor.

It was bustling and lively, and suddenly there was a noise outside, and then the door was chaotic, and the people near the door hurried out. Shen Yu felt strange, and suddenly smelled some smoke coming from the end of her nose, and reacted suddenly-it couldn't be a fire!

She subconsciously pulled Jiang Zhen and Shi Nan and walked out, and sure enough, she heard someone outside shouting: "It's on fire, put out the fire!" ”

But this white crane tower is now crowded with people, the door is less than six feet wide, and it is trampled and crowded in a panic, how can people go out so quickly?

Shen Yan didn't take two steps, some people had already rushed down on the second floor, and the people in front of her couldn't get out, and they were suddenly crowded.

Shi Nan was the most protective master, standing behind Shen Yu with that mother, trying to resist the pressure from behind, and stretched out her arms to the front to protect her, so as not to squeeze Shen Yan away.

For a while, there was a lot of confusion, everyone panicked, the fire seemed to be burning from the top, at this time it had gradually spread down, and the smoke was mixed with a pungent smell, which was similar to the smell of Zheng Xun's ** study that day.

There is fire oil in the White Crane Tower, and this fire was deliberately set by someone!

Shen Yu was extremely surprised in her heart, but she didn't have time to think about this, she worked hard to move forward, and she had to go out as much as she could, and she wanted to prevent being squeezed down, which was very difficult. Fortunately, the fire on the first floor is not too strong at the moment, and some people broke the doors and windows in a hurry and jumped out, but gradually dredged it open, although the building was full of choking smoke, Shen Yan finally squeezed to the door.

She looked left and right, and although Jiang Hao, Lu Yue'er and the others were separated, they were all fine, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

When she got rid of the crowd just now, stood on the street and gasped for a few breaths, and when she looked up, she was almost stupefied.

I saw that the fire was burning from the second floor, and the thick smoke was rolling up and licking upwards, and it had surrounded the third and fourth floors. This white crane tower was originally painted and painted very gorgeously, this matter was all burned black, I think there are a lot of things that ignite the fire inside, just like a while, the window beam has burned down and smashed down, so that passers-by have avoided it.

There has been no rain these days, the weather is a little dry, and tonight there is occasionally a light breeze www.biquge.info in the Fun Pavilion, and at this time the attic next to it has also been affected, and it spreads rapidly, crackling and burning very lively, and the fire continuously reflects half of the sky, which is scorching and terrifying.

Naturally, the street was also in chaos, originally this place was very lively shrinking, at this moment a large wave of people poured out, the fire beams jumped wildly, the smoke went straight to the nose, less than two feet of the street crowd like a tide, have panicked and fled out.

In the crowded crowd, Shen Yu was on her own, seeing that Jiang Zhen was four or five steps away, she squeezed and wanted to escape together, who knew that a big fat man in front of her was suddenly squeezed over, and she was pushed in the panicked crowd, and when she bypassed the big fat man, Jiang Zhen had already been squeezed and disappeared.

Looking back again, let alone Jiang Hao, this one is gone, even the heather is gone!