Chapter 5: The Color of the Moonlight (I)
Regarding Gu Ya's marriage, Mrs. Zhou came to ask the old lady a few more times, and the old lady said: "It stands to reason that Ya'er should not be delayed, but I really don't want her, let's take a look." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Besides, Wanru hasn't landed yet, and there is a sequence of things, I think it's better to wait until my sister gets married, and then we'll see. ”
Since the old lady said so, Mrs. Zhou had no choice but to put this matter aside for the time being.
Regarding the marriage of the second lady Gu Wanru, Mrs. Zhou has been secretly paying attention, and the eldest lady Gu Shuru married Yuwen Xiyu, the prince of Runan, and became the princess. The ancient family is the home of the founding of the country, and now it is very favored by the saints, and the king of Runan is also a powerful prince. Unexpectedly, the two did not agree with each other, Shuru and that Sun Ming were very unhappy, married to Runan Wangfu for more than two years, but Gu Shuru has not come out, for this matter Mrs. Zhou is very worried, many times persuaded Gu Shuru not to be angry with the eldest aunt, let Gu Shuru follow the eldest aunt, but Gu Shuru always couldn't help but want to recite to Yuwen to lose her temper.
Because of Gu Shuru's matter, Mrs. Zhou was cautious about Gu Wanru's marriage again and again, and she didn't feel that she kept Gu Wanru for two more years, and now Gu Wanru is not small, and if she doesn't marry, she will be an old girl, Mrs. Zhou is also anxious, but she has never picked a satisfactory one.
The weather was sunny for a few days, and suddenly it cooled down again, and this season when it was warm and cold was the most susceptible to cold. The old lady is old, suffering from some cold, and has been bedridden in recent days. These days, Gu Ya is serving by the old lady's side every day, and the old lady's illness is gradually getting better.
The old lady drank the medicine, her brows furrowed tightly, and said, "It's so bitter! ”
Gu Yawen persuaded him: "Good medicine is bitter, grandmother will drink this medicine, and the disease will get better faster." ”
The old lady reluctantly drank some more and stopped drinking, ate some candied fruit to relieve her suffering, and Gu Ya let the autumn cicada collect the medicine bowl, and helped the old lady to sit on the pillow leaning on the bed railing. The old lady saw that Gu Ya was dressed in a light green skirt, and only a simple jasper hairpin was obliquely held on her head, and she was dressed up quietly and elegantly. In comparison, Gu Wanru, who had just come to visit her, seemed graceful and calm. As soon as she thought of that grace, the old lady couldn't help but sigh softly.
Hearing the old lady's sigh, Gu Ya couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Why is Grandmother sighing?" ”
The old lady said: "I'm thinking about Wanru's girl, now she is eighteen years old, and now she hasn't landed yet, and the Hunan girl is really uneasy, thinking about your family affairs all day long, and I don't know how much to worry about Wanru." ”
Gu Ya smiled and said: "Mother is worrying about this these days, Daddy heard that Grandmother is not in good health, isn't she going to come back, Daddy has a wide range of acquaintances, and there are many talents in the world, are you afraid that you can't find a satisfactory one?" Besides, this year is the year of the imperial examination, in case there is a young and handsome champion who has never had a wife, let my father worry about it, and marry the second sister, is it not a good thing? ”
When the old lady heard Gu Ya say this, her brows gradually relaxed, and she said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I'm really worried." ”
Saying that, the old lady looked at Gu Ya with a smile again, and said, "If this year's imperial examination is really as Ya'er said, there is a handsome character, then let Wei Feng worry about you first." ”
Gu Ya's heart tightened slightly, and then she didn't turn her head and pretend to be angry, and said, "Grandma loves to joke with Ya'er!" ”
Although it is a joke, Gu Ya has paid attention to it, and it seems that the old lady has also paid attention to Gu Ya's marriage. No matter what, she is seventeen years old, and she still stays in the ancient mansion at this age, but it is only because the old lady is reluctant. It's not good after all, it's not good to be old, it seems that she has to pay attention to it secretly.
On this day, Gu Ya stayed in Yiyang Garden for dinner, and in the evening, when the old lady went to sleep, she came out of Yiyang Garden. At this time, the night was already very deep, and there was a crooked moon hanging on the blue-black sky, like a woman's crooked Emei, and a few few stars scattered on the night brocade.
Xiaoqiu carried a lantern to illuminate the road for Gu Ya, the night was a little cold, and a gust of evening wind couldn't help but roll up a trace of coldness. At this time, Gu Yafang remembered that her cloak fell in Yiyang Garden, and there was still some distance to go to the scattered small buildings, Gu Ya stopped her steps, turned to Xiaoqiu behind her and said: "My cloak fell in Yiyang Garden, it's strangely cold, you go and bring the cloak first, I'll wait for you here." ”
Xiaoqiu answered, and went with the lantern.
The moonlight was faint and faint, shrouded in a thin mist on the pond, and Gu Ya looked up at the moon in the sky, today is nineteen. She unconsciously remembered that person, and every nine, nineteen, twenty-nine, he would enter the ancient mansion and take her out, and teach her all kinds of things she wanted to learn. From the age of seven to the age of fourteen, I spent seven years with him......
The so-called fornication with men, where is there such a thing, he is a quaint master, just to teach her poetry, calligraphy, piano and painting, or a child, where does she know about "fornication" with men? It's just that no one in the ancient mansion believes her, and her father Gu Weifeng is even more disgusted with her, since this is the case, what else is there to explain? No one believed her anyway.
Just as Gu Ya was thinking about it, a rush of footsteps turned from behind, and she vaguely heard a man's voice: "Young master, I can't help it, I can't help it, I can't help it, it's not fun to be known by the eldest master!" ”
I heard a man say urgently: "I have decided on this matter, it is useless to talk more, if you are afraid, you can go back first!" ”
This voice interrupted Gu Ya's thoughts, and she was shocked, listening to this voice, it was Gu Feng, the eldest son of the second uncle, and his little servant Ajiao, it was so late, where are they going? Gu Ya hurriedly hid behind the lush trees on his side, listened to the voices of the two people getting closer and closer, and heard Ah Jiao say urgently: "Young master, you must not be confused!" ”
Gu Feng stopped, turned to Ah Jiao and said sharply, "I repeat, I have made up my mind!" ”
Gu Ya was secretly surprised, where did the second brother go? Why did Ah Jiao do something that opposed the second brother like this?
Gu Feng no longer paid attention to Ah Jiao, and was about to continue to walk forward. Seeing Gu Feng's serious expression, Ah Jiao didn't dare to say more, but sweat was already on his forehead.
At this moment, a soft call from Xiaoqiu came: "Miss-"
Hearing this voice, Gu Ya's heart trembled, and she secretly screamed that it was not good, and she couldn't help but get anxious, but Xiaoqiu still called "Miss-" unknowingly, only to surprise Gu Feng and Ah Jiao, and turned her head to look at the source of the sound.
When Xiaoqiu approached with a lantern and a quaint cloak, she was slightly stunned when she saw Gu Feng and Ah Jiao standing here, and hurriedly saluted Gu Feng: "Second Young Master." ”
Gu Feng had calmed down, and asked Xiaoqiu lightly, "What are you doing here?" ”
Xiaoqiu lowered her head and replied timidly: "The third lady's cloak was forgotten in Yiyang Garden, I went to get the cloak for the third miss, and the third miss said that she was waiting for me here." But when I brought the cloak, I found that the third lady was not here, so I searched for her to see if she had come here. ”
Gu Feng's face changed, and Art was even more frightened, and Gu Ya, who was hiding from the flowers and trees, was already in a cold sweat, and when Xiaoqiu said this, he was afraid that it would be a big trouble.
Sure enough, Gu Feng frowned, and swept his eyes towards the garden here, Gu Ya shrank and didn't dare to move, and his heart was so nervous that he suddenly jumped.
The wind rose, and a thick cloud moved, stopping the crooked moon, and the garden fell into darkness again.
Gu Ya didn't dare to make a sound when he ate it, the night was vast, and the surroundings were so quiet that he could hear the sound of the evening wind blowing the leaves.
After a long while, Gu Feng retracted his gaze and said to Xiaoqiu, who was standing forward, "Ya'er may have gone back, you go back to the scattered small buildings first." ”
Xiaoqiu answered, and hurried to the depths of the night with the lantern. Gu Ya also wanted to leave, but she was afraid that she would be discovered by her second brother if she moved, after all, the second brother was a martial arts practitioner and was very sensitive to the slightest disturbance. At this time, she could only stiffly continue to hide behind the dense low trees.
After Xiaoqiu walked away, the Ah Jiao said to Gu Feng in a panic: "It's bad, the third lady must have heard about this, what's the matter!" ”