Day 3. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info March 29th. solar shade; The night is clear.

After practicing until the afternoon, Lin Xinyin finally performed the first sword dance in less than half an hour for the first time. When she retracted her sword, she was overjoyed, and showed a bright smile to Liu Qianli triumphantly.

Liu Qianli nodded with relief and breathed a sigh of relief. Although her posture is still stiff and the details are not perfect, at least her movements are coherent. After all, she is not the kind of woman who has been dancing for many years since she was a child, and it is a miracle that she can make such smooth progress on the basis of this empty and white.

It's just that he still doesn't understand. She couldn't learn the soft dance that was supposed to be the most suitable for her, but she had a soft spot for the sword dance that was actually quite difficult to learn. The vast majority of women dance swords more than femininely, and lack of strength, so they are ridiculed as embroidery dances, which is also the reason why few women practice sword dance.

But she was the opposite. She practiced extremely carefully, and seemed to be trying her best to pursue the thunderous and swift sword momentum, so that even the most gentle dancing posture faintly revealed a majestic temperament.

And this kind of temperament, which most women do not have, is the only advantage for her to practice sword dance. At this moment, Liu Qianli felt that it was the most correct choice to let Lin Xinyin practice sword dance in these limited three days. However, her majestic posture at this time was overdone, which covered up the tenderness of the female dance, and instead became her shortcoming. And how to balance the relationship between the two is precisely the most difficult key to interpret this women's sword dance.

So, is she missing something? Liu Qianli, who was thoughtful, paced up and thought slowly after watching Lin Xinyin perform the first sword dance again and again.

"Laugh." After a few moments, he paused and uttered a word.

"What......?" Lin Xinyin was stunned when she heard this, and she didn't know what Liu Qianli meant.

"Have a laugh, Xinyin. Your expression is too grim for you to use your sword moves, but for a sword dance, a proper and well-timed smile is a must. Liu Qianli analyzed: "Just like you are the wind, even if the swift and fierce wind can make the world marvel at your strength and speed, but you should occasionally stop your steps, turn into a gentle spring breeze, give the world a warm feeling of being considerate, if you match that sunny smile, you can achieve the effect of a smile on the spring breeze, everyone is drunk." Otherwise, it's just a cold killing move like a raging wind. ”

"Ugh. So, do you want to laugh like this......" Lin Xinyin reluctantly squeezed out a smile. Suddenly asked her to laugh, she didn't know how to laugh, and the corners of her mouth that were difficult to turn up were as if they were being pushed up by two toothpicks.

"You're smiling...... If you persist for a long time, your face will cramp. Liu Qianli was amused, and quipped: "Your fresh and natural smile yesterday morning was very good." Did you think of someone at that time? ”

"No, it's not ......" Lin Xinyin's face was slightly red, and she waved her hand in a panic.

"Hey." Seeing that she was embarrassed to say it, Liu Qianli felt more interesting, so she asked in a roundabout way: "By the way, what is the name of the person Xinyin is looking for?" ”

"What the hell ......" Lin Xinyin thought about it and felt that it didn't hurt to talk about it: "Well, his name is Ling Yueyuan." ”

"Ling Yueyuan...... Good. Liu Qianli's playful expression was exposed: "Then imagine that it is Ling Yueyuan standing in front of you, and take a look with a smile, just like yesterday morning." ”

"......" Lin Xinyin's face became redder and redder. There was obviously just a smiling Liu Qianli standing in front of her, what did this teach her to think? How to laugh? Even if she laughs, doesn't that mean that she is really thinking about someone?

Her lips closed and opened, opened and closed, and it took a long time for her to hold back a sentence with a bitter brow: "Don't be kidding......"

"Ha ......" Liu Qianli restrained his temperament, no longer teasing this cute and interesting girl, and after seeing the sky, he instructed again: "However, Xinyin." Your current sword dance is quite rudimentary, if you are tired of practicing, take a little rest, and practice laughing by the way...... I'll go out first, and I'll see you later. ”

Liu Qianli said and walked out of the gate. He also said two days ago that his teaching would be very strict, but from time to time he asked Lin Xinyin to pay attention to rest. Is it because of her hard work? Or is he pitying the jade?

Lin Xinyin smiled and continued to practice intently, over and over again, letting that half and half of time pass quietly.

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About an hour later, Liu Qianli has not returned. Lin Xinyin was surprised: What did he do when he went out in the afternoon for the past two days? Well, yesterday I went to pick up a sword, and it seems that I bought something else...... Could it be that today is sneaking out for afternoon tea? However, he seems to have said that he has no money......

She happened to be tired of practicing, so she also stopped.

She looked up at the thick clouds in the sky, and unconsciously, her heart seemed to become heavy.

It's the third day...... Hasn't the moon reached yet? Is Liu Qianli's judgment right or wrong?

Lin Xinyin only felt an indescribable depression. She hated this vague feeling of powerlessness, as if she was waiting in the dark for the light that would come at some point, and she was worried about it.

After a sigh, she decided to go out and walk around the town again...... Think of it as a walk.

Although she wanted to take a walk, she quickly reached the entrance of the town, and then habitually walked towards Ah Miao's stall.

At the same time, she also found that under the wall with advertisements, there seemed to be a lot more idlers watching and studying and discussing than yesterday......

Before she walked to Ah Miao's stall, before she could speak, the little girl shouted crisply: "I haven't seen the brother my sister is looking for today!" ”

"Hehe......" This result was expected by Lin Xinyin, so she also took out a copper coin and handed it over, and smiled indifferently: "Then let's have two mulberry cakes." ”

This cake was used to feed Liu Qianli, and the right should be his reward. She also wondered why he had a sweet tooth...... Aren't you tired?

She suddenly thought that Ling Yueyuan also liked that kind of sweet and sour pastries. Maybe he'll like this mulberry cake too.

So, she remembered that in a certain cake shop before, she watched Yueyuan sit opposite her, scoop out a small piece of blueberry cream cake with a small spoon, and put it in her mouth, closing her eyes and puffing up two smiles with a look of enjoyment, like a cute kitten intoxicated by the warm sun.

Recalling this, her eyes couldn't help but flow a trace of warm tenderness, and at the same time, the corners of her mouth were slightly curved, and there was a faint smile that was soft as water and light as the wind.

"Huh?" Ah Miao was surprised as if he had discovered a new continent: "Sister, you smile very well." ”

"Good-looking?" Lin Xinyin woke up and remembered Liu Qianli's command to ask her to practice laughing, but for a while, she didn't know how she laughed just now, so she asked Ah Miao: "Uh, how did I laugh just now......?" What makes it look good? ”

"Huh? I don't know how to describe it, but it's just beautiful...... As for how to look good...... "Ah Miao was even more surprised, how could anyone ask how he should smile to look good? However, as soon as her little head turned, she laughed and guessed the reason: "It must be that my sister just thought of that brother!" ”

"Nonsense...... I'll go first. Lin Xinyin's pretty face suddenly turned red, and after taking the mulberry cake, she turned around and hurried away, leaving Ah Miao who was snickering in place.

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watched Lin Xinyin leave, as well as the idlers standing in front of the advertisement.

Zhao Niu, who attempted to harass last night, was also among them. After a while, a man couldn't help but ask, "Brother Niu, is that the pretty girl who comes to buy mulberry cakes every afternoon?" I heard that she also posted this paper? ”

"That's right, this is the woman. When I saw it last night, I was really shocked. She, she, she...... It's beautiful. That Zhao Niu was talking with his nostrils facing the sky, looking like he was coaxing, as if he had encountered a fairyland last night. It's a pity that he has a limited vocabulary in his mind, so this beautiful fantasy story only starts and ends abruptly.

"And what's written on this paper?" The idlers gathered together like a swarm of flies to discuss, but it was a pity that they had no ink in their chests, and now they were all stupid melons before this astronomy.

"Stupid, stupid." A man who looked like an old scholar sandwiched between them, sighed heavily, shook his head bitterly, and counted down the group of idlers around him in a deep voice: "So I want to read." Look at you, you don't know a single big word, you usually eat and sleep, wake up and eat, what is the difference between you and pigs? ”

"Hey!" One of the fools was obviously very unhappy: "I said Wang Xiucai, do you understand what is written on it?" ”

"Hmph. Needless to say? Let me explain it to you. This Wang Xiucai sneered, turned to look at the notice on the wall, shook his head and translated: "Although Wang is not talented, he can finally understand a few words." Although two of them are missing a few strokes, it can still be seen that they are the word "yuan" and the word "come", and there is a word "you" at the end of the sentence. ”

"What do you mean?" The fools looked at each other, not knowing what to understand.

"Oops...... Wang Xiucai raised his tone of disdain eighteen degrees: "That's what it means to 'it's you'!" ”

"Oh...... That's what it means...... "The idiots didn't know what it meant, but they were embarrassed to ask for a while.

"Is there a 'yes' in this?" Among them, there was a fool who knew a few words and carefully identified the advertisement, and objected to the clever Wang Xiucai very uninterestingly.

"Idiot!" Wang Xiucai said bitterly: "This is the association!" This text is actually a secret phrase, and as long as you pick a few keywords, you will know what the author wants. Look at the word 'yuan' before that, there is also the word 'month'. When will there be a moon, you say? ”

"Of course it's night." A fool eagerly answered.

"That's right." Wang Xiucai glanced at the idler who answered correctly with appreciation, took off his stupid label in his heart, and then smiled meaningfully: "You say, a beautiful girl, there is a notice posted here, when the book is in the night, it is you, what will it mean......

"Oh! Is that what it means...... Another of the quickest minds almost jumped up: Damn, that's what it means!

"Hah, ha...... That's right, that's what it means...... You say, what else can this kind of notice that appeared during the Heavenly Spirit Festival mean......" Wang Xiucai laughed so hard that his eyes were confused into a line, and he insisted on putting the meaning of this notice into what he understood, and finally concluded categorically: "This is actually a marriage notice!" ”

"Hahahaha!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "Wow Wow Wow Wow ......" "Wow ......"

This group of fools who suddenly entered a state of obscenity, under the guidance of this clever Wang Xiucai, all boiled, shouting, grinding fists, and excited, like a group of estrus wild dogs gathered together to call spring.

However, in addition to the excitement, there was also a fool who suddenly woke up: "By the way, where does that girl live?" ”

"Just ask Brother Niu to know! Brother Niu ...... "Another idiot turned his head excitedly to look around, but there was still that Zhao Niu's figure?"

Damn, I ran away! Don't be angry! The fools were indignant.

However, some people have seen that Zhao Niu seems to have gone to find Ah Miao who sells mulberry cakes yesterday, could it be that she knows some news?

So, no one took the lead, and these idiots all flocked to Ah Miao.

As a result, Ah Miao's business was particularly good this afternoon. After selling out the mulberry cake, she simply sold the information, which varied from person to person, and acted on money, and finally made a small fortune, and she smiled so much that she smiled and got up happily before going home, and gave the signature smile to the group of giggling and laughing fools:

"Thank you, brothers, uncles and uncles for your patronage!"

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Lin Xinyin returned to the courtyard, but she didn't see Liu Qianli again. What the hell is he out for......

Even the landlord seems to have gone out. She was alone in the vast courtyard, so quiet that she could hear her own breathing.

She was still thinking about how she laughed just now, but she thought that there must be a reference, so she remembered that there was a small bronze mirror with openwork given by Aunt Wang in the package.

There was no one else in the yard, so I was studying in the mirror. Lin Xinyin hurriedly ran back to the room, put down the mulberry cake, turned out the small bronze mirror pressed on the innermost layer of the package, ran back to the courtyard, looked around, and confirmed that she was the only one, and then lifted the mirror that had never been used in her left hand.

Looking at the pretty face that slowly appeared in the mirror, Lin Xinyin was a little stunned.

She had never looked at herself like this. It has been two months since she was either resisting or escaping, but she has always ignored this reality, consciously or unconsciously.

Looking at the girl's face in the mirror in a daze, she felt strange and familiar at the same time.

Her soul had been in this body for almost two months, and even though she had become familiar with every inch of her skin, she still felt a strangeness that penetrated deep into her bones.

It was the face of any girl she remembered. She didn't understand why she had become like this, a young girl she didn't know at all.

She raised the fingers of her right hand in a daze, brushing through the cold mirror the shadow that could never touch the entity, and under the long eyelashes that gently fluttered, there was a pair of eyes that seemed to be lost in the vast abyss: "Who are you......?" Who am I? ”

But there was no sound around the silence except for his own voice. Only the jade on the ring suddenly flashed a little blue light, which gave her a silent answer.

She raised her right hand instead, looking at the jade on the ring that emitted a little blue light, and her face was dazed.

Two months later, she still didn't know anything about the mysterious ring. She just knew that the jade in the ring would change color, and this blue was the color it had changed for the third time. Why did it change? Will it change to other colors in the future? She also vaguely guessed that her mysterious pupil technique and Ye Mei Sword should be related to this ring, maybe Ling Yueyuan's ability also came from his ring, but the reason for this, she neither knew nor understood.

She also thought that maybe it was because of this pair of rings that she and Yueyuan would come to this strange world, but without this pair of rings, she and Yueyuan would drown in that deep lake. It should be said that it is because of this ring that I have a chance to be reborn, so since I am alive, I shouldn't have too many complaints, right? However, why did she reincarnate as a strange girl? Why did Ling Yueyuan reincarnate as a strange teenager?

If all the current situation is because of this ring, then on the other hand, can it change itself back? Can you let yourself and Yueyuan go back to the original world?

Lin Xinyin only felt that there were too many questions, but she couldn't find any answers. It's been almost two months, how long will she need to wander in this strange world before she can find a little hope and light? Or should she abandon her previous identity and memories and choose to adapt to this body and the world silently? However, she was unwilling to accept her fate like this.

If only the ship hadn't capsized at that time. She thought blankly. If it weren't for that accident, he and Yueyuan would just be a pair of carefree boys and girls, and they would only need to bask in the sunshine of the campus for ten years. In this world, it seems that every day is like walking on thin ice and at a loss.

But how can there be so many ifs? By the way, Moon Edge said that he saw something sparkling in the lake on the boat at that time...... Is it a delusion? Or is it the reflection of sunlight ......?

After thinking too much, Lin Xinyin only felt that her head was getting heavier and heavier, so she shook her head and pulled herself back to reality first.

The reality is brutal. Therefore, it is important to practice laughing quickly.

Lin Xinyin took a deep breath, adjusted her emotions, and let herself enter the state as soon as possible.

But she couldn't really laugh for a while. She barely curled the corners of her mouth, but it was as stiff as a twisted curve carved out of stone.

She remembered that Liu Qianli and Ah Miao had said that they were not thinking about who could smile better, so she tried her best to think about Ling Yueyuan. However, although there was no one else in the courtyard, her mood suddenly became nervous, and as a result, after thinking about it, there were only three words "Ling Yueyuan" in her mind.

When she finally remembered Ling Yueyuan's dignity, the next thing she thought of was all the anecdotes of his usual tricks, and she immediately laughed out loud.

However, it's not right, it looks like a smirk, is it supposed to smile?

After the initial discomfort, she seemed to start to get into a state, so the corners of her mouth flickered slightly, and a light smile splashed two deep laughs.

It's a beautiful smile. Lin Xinyin kept a smile with satisfaction, raised her right hand, straightened her index finger and tapped it in the laughing nest, first swinging her left cheek, and then swinging her right cheek, well, it's pretty good-looking!

Good! Keep experimenting! Lin Xinyin, who was inexplicably excited, seemed to have forgotten that her experimental subject was not someone else, but herself; She seemed to be immersed in a strange and isolated space, so much so that she couldn't hear anything around her.

"Eggplant!" Lin Xinyin, whose index finger was trapped in the laughing nest, tilted her head and snorted softly. Well! This smile is even better!

"Apples?" Hey! It's also cute!

"Cabbage!" Hey, it's nice to grin......

"Bananas?" Oh. It's not good-looking, it's the same as not laughing...... Throw away, give up.

"Watermelon!" Uh, this one is even worse! His mouth opened so wide that he felt like he was going to swallow a watermelon in one gulp!

After experimenting with a bunch of vegetables and fruits, she turned to think back to how Ling Yueyuan used to laugh before, and then recalled that Yueyuan once pretended to be awkward, and couldn't help but laugh, it was fun for a while, and she actually acted according to her impression.

Well. The small waist is slightly twisted, the long eyelashes are gently swinging, the head is slightly tilted, the eyes are blinking softly, the smile is gradually blooming, the red lips are open, and the style is full of shy answers.

"Hate ......"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw that her face in the mirror was gradually dying red, and the flush spread from her face to her neck like a vine, followed by the left hand holding the mirror began to tremble slightly, and soon her whole body trembled as if an electric current flowed.

It's annoying! It's annoying! It's really annoying! And it's disgusting!

She hurriedly raised her right hand and slapped her cheek, which was as hot as a boiling kettle: what the hell are you doing?!

I can't believe that just now I would do such a humiliating action like a demon! If you are seen by others, you can simply take a piece of tofu and kill yourself!

It took a while for her rapid breathing to subside and she calmly persuaded herself to continue practicing.

Well, no matter how much you laugh, at least it should be integrated into the movements of the sword dance, okay?

Lin Xinyin remembered a sword-swinging and waist-twisting action in the sword dance, and after adjusting her mentality, she handed over the mirror in her left hand to her right hand, as if the short and round small bronze mirror was the long and sharp Longquan sword.

Anyway, the main purpose is to practice laughter. It's good to have random props......

She danced gently, and at the same time chanted the words in her mouth: "Look back and smile...... Hey! ”

A smile slowly appeared on her cheeks with her movements, like water lilies blooming on the surface. Such a smile is also a bit smooth and natural.

She swirled lightly over half of her body, slowly bending her delicate body; Straighten your left arm towards the sky, point your index finger and middle finger together and bend the other three fingers. The wrist of the right arm stretched out slightly with the bent thin waist leaned slightly, and the small bronze mirror like a ping-pong racket held in the right hand pointed steadily to the ground, as if the round edge of the mirror was the sharp triangular sword tip.

When the dance stopped, her smile still froze on her cheeks. Her gaze had always followed the tip of the sword, and now the "sword" in her hand happened to point to the ground near the gate of the courtyard, so she lowered her gaze to see that there seemed to be a pair of familiar mocskin boots on the ground at the entrance of the courtyard.

She was stunned for a moment, and her gaze moved up slightly unnaturally to see the straight legs in the boots.

When I looked up again, I panicked and saw the body holding a small package in his right hand and his left hand behind his back.

Moving her gaze up again, accompanied by the louder and louder heartbeat, she finally clearly recognized that the person standing was Liu Qianli who was smiling silently.

The air seemed to freeze at this moment, like a sudden winter wind and snow, and in an instant, it froze the courtyard on the eve of the summer solstice.

“…… When did you get back? After being silent for a long time, Lin Xinyin asked stupidly.

She seemed to have forgotten that she was still in a funny posture with her waist slightly bent, her left hand pointing to the sky, and her right hand pointing to the ground.

"From the time you started pronouncing the names of those bunches of fruits and vegetables." Liu Qianli smiled like a warm spring breeze, slowly melting the cold atmosphere in the courtyard: "Go on, it's good." ”

"You ......" Lin Xinyin, who woke up, quickly put away all her movements, hid her right hand holding the small bronze mirror behind her, and stood as upright as a soldier, but she was so red that she couldn't say a word.

Didn't he just pretend to be stupid and dumb see it all? Lin Xinyin was ashamed and embarrassed: Still continuing? How to proceed?

At this time, Liu Qianli was still smiling and teasing her as if she was frozen: "Well, I think apples are very good, I like them a lot." Of course, the eggplant is also good, and it is more suitable for sword dance. ”

"I ......" Lin Xinyin wanted to walk, but she couldn't move for a while.

"Or, when you're tired, take a break." Liu Qianli blinked mischievously, and rescued Lin Xinyin, who was about to collapse in place, with understanding: "Let's practice again tonight." ”

"Good!" Lin Xinyin reacted very quickly this time, lowered her head and turned around, ran away, ran back to the room as soon as she slipped through the smoke, closed the door with a "bang", and locked the doors and windows fiercely.

Even if she locked herself in such a small enclosed space, she could still listen to Liu Qianli's laughter coming from outside the door, and even if she closed her eyes, she seemed to be able to see his playful smile. She seemed to have hundreds of flies buzzing in her head, and she shouted "wow", and threw herself into the quilt on the bed, like a little white rabbit jumping into a nest to escape the pursuit.

She buried her whole head in the embroidered pillow again, trying to completely isolate herself from the real world, and after realizing that it was all in vain, she slammed her forehead on the pillow like a fool, as if the pillow was a big piece of tofu, even if it couldn't be killed, at least it would be knocked away from this unbearable memory of being disgraced and thrown to death......

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It's night, the moon is in the sky, the sky is cloudless, the stars are dotted, the night breeze is shining, and the night sky is particularly pure tonight.

In the courtyard at this time, there was only Liu Qianli standing.

He was bathed in the watery moonlight, looking up at the bright moon on the horizon, thoughtfully.

Tomorrow is March 30th. I have been in this town for three days, and by the first day of April at the latest, it is time to leave for Yuepu.

After a solemn expression, I don't know what he was thinking. After a long time, he turned to look at the closed door of Lin Xinyin's room, but he couldn't help laughing.

What a funny girl, are you still shy?

After a while, the closed door slowly opened.

"Rested?" Liu Qianli looked at Lin Xinyin, who looked down from the room, and asked with a smile.

"Hmm......" Lin Xinyin hung her head dejectedly, as if she hadn't woken up.

"Keep practicing?" Liu Qianli let out a tentative sound.

"Good ......" Lin Xinyin not only didn't wake up, she didn't seem to have eaten yet, and she didn't have any strength at all.

"Yes, I haven't eaten dinner yet, so let's ...... first" Liu Qianli suddenly remembered this question.

"It's okay, I bought two more mulberry cakes, divide them......" Lin Xinyin, who approached, lowered her head and handed over the mulberry cake in her hand.

"Oh? It's okay......" Liu Qianli's eyes lit up when he saw the mulberry cake, like a cat seeing a fish, but he asked with concern: "However, isn't Xinyin not fond of this kind of cake." ”

"It's okay, just go down, practice is important......" Lin Xinyin finally raised her head. Little by little, her spirit seemed to be recovering.

"Okay, without further ado." Liu Qianli nodded appreciatively, and then smiled and amused: "Cheer up." ”

"Hmm." Lin Xinyin still didn't dare to look directly into Liu Qianli's eyes, but seeing that the other party didn't mention the troubles of the afternoon, she was also relieved, adjusted her mood, and continued to practice.

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By the third night, Lin Xinyin had been able to perform the initial sword dance in less than half a quarter of an hour more smoothly, even if there were still many large and small flaws and flaws, but at least it was decent.

It's just that when she danced the sword tonight, her face was hard, as if there was no marble with a smile.

Liu Qianli looked at her with a serious expression as if she was dancing at the festival, and suddenly she was happy again: "It's better to smile." ”

"......" Lin Xinyin didn't answer, but a little blush appeared on her cheeks, and even the long sword body began to flash with a hint of silver light, as if she was trembling slightly.

“…… It's okay if you can't smile now, but you can't be so serious tomorrow night. Liu Qianli saw that Lin Xinyin, who was embarrassed, had not yet gotten rid of the embarrassment of being a suitable talent, so he changed the question: "By the way, has Xinyin had the experience of singing and dancing on stage before?" ”

"Uh, there's no ......" Lin Xinyin thought about it, as if she had only participated in the collective chorus of the class, but that kind of indiscriminate performance shouldn't be counted, right? Her personality is not the kind of lively and outgoing type, every time she performs in song and dance, the audience does the most, even if she is forced to perform something, I am afraid that she is more willing to play the stones and trees. In contrast, Ling Yueyuan really had the experience of performing songs and dances on stage a few times.

"That's not good...... It wouldn't be good if you had stage fright tomorrow night because of nervousness. After thinking about it, Liu Qianli suggested: "It seems that Xinyin still needs to be familiar with the stage of tomorrow night's performance, and it is best to rehearse on the stage first." ”

"Now?" Lin Xinyin's face was embarrassed. She was also afraid that she would be so nervous that she wouldn't even be able to take a step tomorrow night, and even fly the sword dance to the audience while dancing, so she also thought that she should go to the stage to rehearse first. But now that it's nightfall, there should be people coming and going near the square, and suddenly taking the stage to practice dancing in front of the pedestrians is not like setting up a stall on the street to sell and sing? Although she also felt that this was indeed a good way to practice courage, it was really difficult to decide for a while.

"Not now." Liu Qianli saw Lin Xinyin's embarrassment, so he comforted: "You can choose to go late at night or early in the morning when there is no one...... Anyway, it's just getting familiar with the stage. And this will be a lot of people in the square, if you rush to the stage, Xinyin is not used to it. ”

"That's good......" Lin Xinyin breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, tomorrow night will not be the same to face an unknown number of audiences? But she still wants to have a little buffer.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, breaking the silent night, as if a rapid wind swept across the lake, making Lin Xinyin's mood that was finally as calm as water suddenly turn up again.

Who would come to this quiet and remote place? Could it be the ...... of the moon? Her heart shuddered: it was the third night, and even if he was on foot, it was almost time to arrive!

So, I thought I couldn't laugh again tonight, and I smiled again. She was nervous and excited to leave Liu Qianli who was standing beside her, hurriedly ran to the door of the courtyard, and hurriedly opened the gate with a face full of joy, and at the same time couldn't help shouting: "Little ......"

"Fate ......" When the word burst out of her lips, Lin Xinyin's smile suddenly cooled down.

She saw a group of strange men standing at the door, all brightly dressed and smiling; After a burst of shouting, there were more than a dozen pairs of cat-like green eyes, looking her up and down, left, right, and right unscrupulously.

"What are you doing?" Lin Xinyin's face pulled down as soon as she came, and Shicai's smile quickly disappeared into disgust. Being stared at by this group of strange people of unknown origin, she only felt goosebumps all over her body, but she finally held back her evil feelings.

"Girl, I heard you're looking for a fate?" One of the men, whose hair stood on end like green onions, laughed and glared at Lin Xinyin, and there seemed to be saliva hanging on the corner of his cracked mouth.

"I'm ......," she frowned, and was about to make it clear that she was in a teenager named Yueyuan, when she was interrupted by another man before she could speak.

"So, the notice near the entrance of the town was really posted by you?" Another man with a head that looked like garlic was so excited that he seemed to hear Lin Xinyin's meaning: That's right, I'm just looking for fate......

"Yes, you ......" Lin Xinyin was surprised at how this group of people knew about this, and wondered how they could possibly know what she was writing, and was about to ask clearly, when she was interrupted by an old scholar in the middle of the crowd.

"As I expected." This Wang Xiucai nodded triumphantly, as if he had guessed the mystery of the century: "This code word from the girl is really a must, first cut the strokes of the two keywords but do not lose its meaning, like the waning moon half hidden in the lonely cloud but still showing its light; The three key words are hidden between the rare words of all beings, and it is like a leaf hidden in the woods, and it is difficult to find its traces; Even if you go through all the hard work to choose the keywords, you still need to make up for the lack of associations before it is a complete sentence, and this only exposes what the girl said. What's even better is that the girl uses things to replace the time, and only uses the word 'moon' to indicate the night, which is the time that the girl said. But Xiaosheng also has some talents, and he can't guess what the people and places the girl is talking about, so he is willing to admire them, and he has to ask the girl for advice or two, and tell me what it means......"

"What, what, what codeword?" Lin Xinyin heard it like falling into the clouds: "What do you mean?" ”

"Well, why should the girl be modest? Xiao Sheng dared to guess that this code word must hide the meaning of time and place, but Xiao Sheng was not talented, he could only guess the time and things, but he didn't know how to decipher this person and place, so he sincerely discussed with the girl in depth, I don't know if I can ...... it."

Lin Xinyin, who was standing at the door, hadn't begun to collapse yet, and many people in the crowd were about to vomit when they heard it.

Among them, a man with a figure like ginger jumped impatiently in front of Wang Xiucai, and shouted in disgust at the sour old bookworm behind him: "What a mess, it's annoying~!" Then, when he looked at Lin Xinyin, he quickly changed to a smiling face: "Anyway, the place where the girl lives is really difficult to walk, if there is no one to guide me, I am afraid that I will find the dawn!" Didn't the girl post a marriage notice on the wall at the entrance of the town, so everyone rushed here! I don't know if the girl has seen anything she likes! ”

"Reckless, reckless!" Wang Xiucai, who was squeezed behind the back, blushed and shook the bucket waist red, reoccupied the front line, and at the same time continued to smile at Lin Xinyin, who was already full of black lines: "The girl has the secret words of that wonderful word, and she must also be an otherworldly talent, but I don't know what the girl wants from Ruyi Langjun......"

"Damn sour scholar, I'm vomiting to death!" Many turnip-like men in the crowd who didn't have time to speak began to riot, including Zhao Niu last night:

"Girl, look at me, I'm as strong as a cow! Bag you are satisfied! Ha ha! ”

"Girl, girl, look at me, I am your fate!"

"Girl, it's just me who came here!"

For a moment, this quiet alley was as noisy as a vegetable market, like a crowd of people rushing to grab goods in front of the pork stall where only the last piece of meat remained.

Lin Xinyin, who couldn't say half a word, seemed to look at a large number of inferior light bulbs in front of her competing to glow and pretend to be the bright moon in the sky, and took two steps back sharply in a moment, and slammed the door with a "boom", blocking all the evil fates out of the door.

She turned around, turned around, and saw Liu Qianli who was smiling and silent. She opened her mouth, but she was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, the still noisy chatter outside the door and the stubborn knocking sound of the door were intertwined, pouring into the courtyard through the crack in the door, like the buzzing of a swarm of flies that could not be dispersed, disturbing the originally quiet night, and also causing the landlord to push open the door and look curiously: "Who......"

"Ha......" Liu Qianli looked at Lin Xinyin, who was full of confusion and depression, and slowly talked about the story he had discovered in the past two days: "Actually, when I went out to do errands in the past two days, I also inquired about some customs of this heavenly spirit sacrifice by the way, and there is a long-standing tradition of tacit understanding, which is also similar to the Shangsi Festival in that pass." ”

"What customs? …… What tradition? Lin Xinyin was puzzled: What is it?

"It's just men and women." Liu Qianli laughed: "These two festivals are actually a good time for men and women to meet in spring and be jealous. It seems that when the men and women of Chang'an City get together, there is a saying that "the weather is new on March 3, and there are many beautiful people on the waterside of Chang'an". And the heavenly spirit festival here is on the night of March 30, when men and women meet in songs. Did Xinyin do something misleading outside? ”

Liu Qianli's words stopped at the point, and he did not continue to reveal that many of the traditional customs of this festival are actually related to fertility and reproduction, and it is also the most open day of the year for men and women.

Lin Xinyin's jaw almost fell to the ground when she heard it: What spring meeting? What taboos can't help it? Listening to the wild dog-like barking outside the door, she quickly guessed the meaning of Liu Qianli's unclear words, and then realized that she had done something unimaginably stupid at an inopportune time...... But anyway, those guys out there are too guys!

Seeing that the landlord had walked out of the room and wanted to open the door, Lin Xinyin had already expected that she would definitely not be able to practice tonight, but she was afraid that tomorrow would be infested with flies, how could this be good? She looked at Liu Qianli hesitantly: "That ......"

"It seems that tonight and tomorrow will be unpeaceful, so it is inconvenient to live in another place." Liu Qianli smiled and proposed: "But even if you want to leave now, I'm afraid it's in vain." Xinyin go back to the room to rest first, you are tired today, I will call you after the ugly hour in the early morning. ”

"Good ......" Lin Xinyin couldn't beg for it, and dragged the long sword back to the room weakly. She began to wonder if she should tear up the missing person notice near the entrance of the town.

Liu Qianli watched Lin Xinyin's tired back gradually disappear into the room, and then turned to look at the wolves squeezed into a bunch of probes and brains outside the door opened by the landlord, shook his head and smiled, and then started back to the room.

"Well, the girl seems to have gone back to her room to rest." Wang Xiucai, who rushed the fastest, turned his head to look around, but there was no trace of Lin Xinyin, and then confirmed with the landlord that the beautiful woman was indeed staying, and then frowned and raised his finger to count the rough barbarians next to him one by one: "Look, you see, it's because you are too reckless, too vulgar, and too uneducated that you scare people away!" How can this be a good ......?"

"Cut!" One of the men waved his sleeves and said disdainfully, "Then stay here first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow!" ”

Hey? That's a good statement! Wang Xiucai's eyes moved: This is called the moon before the water! But before he could speak, a bunch of men next to him who were not slow to react rushed to ask the landlord for a room.

Seeing that this dilapidated yard suddenly became a fragrant dumpling for everyone, the landlord smiled from ear to ear, and the house price soared all the way under the coaxing of everyone. Since the fire in this courtyard last year and the murder the year before last, no one dared to come to stay overnight, but now there are so many sturdy men at once, just using these boiling yang qi to rush the cold evil qi! It's a win-win-win!

After a long time, the noisy courtyard gradually calmed down, and although the men who didn't come to the room were helpless, they didn't want to spend the night in the courtyard, so they went back one after another, thinking about making persistent efforts to continue the fight tomorrow morning.

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Lin Xinyin, who had been lying on the bed all night, listened to the noise outside the door and gradually fell silent, and she didn't know how long it took before she waited for the long-awaited slight knock on the door.

She rolled out of bed with a spirit, picked up the bag that had already been packed at the head of the bed, opened the door lightly, and saw that Liu Qianli was already standing at the door.

"Let's go." Liu Qianli stepped back and gave way to his position. He also held the reins of two horses in each hand.

Lin Xinyin nodded, and also tiptoed out of the door and took the reins of Xiao Huang's horse.

Liu Qianli turned around and led the horse towards the gate of the courtyard, and at the same time said, "I have placed the rent for the past three days at the door of the landlord's room. This will make everyone fall asleep and just in time to leave. ”

Lin Xinyin silently followed Liu Qianli's pace, and gently covered the gate as he walked out of the gate.

But Rao is her strength is extremely light, and there is still a sound of "squeak" coming slowly, which is especially loud in this quiet time, so shocked that her heart trembled slightly, and she quickly accelerated her pace to leave.

At this time, the night was dark and windy, and in the dead of night, shuttling in this dim and quiet alley, Lin Xinyin always felt an indescribable weird feeling for some reason: Why is it a bit like eloping ...... at night?

Belch. Don't think about it, don't think about it...... She shook her head violently, letting the night breeze take away her thoughts.

The two soon came to the stage in the square.

At this time, the square was silent, but fortunately, there was still moonlight, and the surrounding environment could finally be seen clearly.

Lin Xinyin found that the square in front of the stage had been separated by a row of wooden fences, and I don't know if it was reserved for some distinguished guests. However, in this way, the open stage under the roof of the Nine Ridges Palace, which could have been viewed from three sides, supported by four girders, became a one-way stage that could only be viewed from one side although there were no gables on both sides.

Since there were no other idlers in this meeting, Lin Xinyin and Liu Qianli each led their horses, pushed open a fence, and walked under the stage.

With the help of the bright moonlight, Lin Xinyin was finally able to take a closer look at the stage that she hadn't appreciated well in the past few days. The pedestal of this stage is made of brick and stone Sumeru, the base is four feet high, there is a stone gallery-style railing in front of the stage, and there are stairs on both sides of the stage to connect to the ground; The top of the magnificent beams and pillars is the triple cornices on the bucket arch supported by the forehead and the Pu Bai fang, which is tall and steep, and seems to be the majestic wings of the Dapeng that has the momentum of soaring into the sky; There are also wind chimes and iron horses hanging under the cornices, and the wind blows the bells at this moment, like a nocturne melodious.

"Xinyin, come on stage." Liu Qianli gently urged Lin Xinyin, who seemed to have been fascinated.

"Ahh......h

She ascended the staircase to the top of the platform, looked left and right, and saw the wooden gold-painted italics hanging from the front of the pillars; Looking back, it is the screen wall separating the front and back desks, as well as the two doors of the general and the entrance on both sides; Looking up, you will see the dome-shaped caisson in the center of the ceiling, as well as exquisite reliefs such as Qiongcao Yao Flower and Lion, Tiger, Dragon and Phoenix on the moon beams and finches.

Standing on this exquisitely decorated and gorgeous stage, Lin Xinyin was full of emotion and excitement.

This is not the kind of grass platform that is temporarily built on the flat ground with only straw mats and bamboo poles, but a magnificent stage with a solemn and calm but agile and elegant atmosphere flying with tiles and bricks. At this time, the night has sunk, the moonlight is the same, and the delicate and gentle moon has covered the sleeping stage with a glittering veil, which adds a quiet to this intoxicating night. But this too solemn silence made her feel an invisible pressure and inexplicable restraint. This made her wonder if the half-hung sword dance she had learned in the past three days was enough to perform on this solemn stage, so that her mind was empty at the moment, and she could not take a step in the dance while standing with her sword in hand.

"Xinyin?" Liu Qianli looked at Lin Xinyin, who was standing still stupidly, and called softly: "Let's dance, hurry up." ”

"Oh, oh." Lin Xinyin barely danced with her head empty, but she made the wrong first step, so that a series of dance steps followed the chaos, and she didn't look like she was dancing, but like she was jogging in small steps.

Suddenly, as soon as the wind blew, beads of sweat quietly oozing from her forehead were as cold as Xiaoice particles.

"Don't be nervous." Liu Qianli encouraged in a calm tone: "I'm just an audience now, if I'm not used to this, tomorrow night I will have to face a large group of spectators who are pressed by the black." ”

"Well, well......" Lin Xinyin hurriedly replied without taking care of herself, and secretly glanced at Liu Qianli, who was alone under the stage and only had two horses as her companion, and her already nervous mood was even more uncomfortable at the moment. In her panic, a right wrist that should have been holding a sword to the ground after turning turned up, and the long tip of the sword pointed obliquely upwards to the bright moon, coupled with her half-squatting posture at this time, it was like holding a bouquet of silver flowers to the only benefactor who came to the third watch in the middle of the night.

"Relax, Xinyin." Liu Qianli sighed softly: "Try to relax." Imagine that you are the wind, starting from the invisible and ending in silence. Do you hear the soft song of the iron horse on the cornice? Imagine the scene of the breeze gradually rising, the scene of Bao Duo and Ming, as if everything or people around it were illusory, so that the heart calms down, the body and mind become one, and the wind moves freely and flies freely. ”

Lin Xinyin nodded, closed her eyes and listened to the long bell sound like a Sanskrit singing, and gradually calmed down her mood according to her words, and only after a while did she start dancing.

This time, the sword dance is really much better.

Over and over again. This dignified and serious stage seems to be beginning to accept the girl who is still practicing hard in the early hours of the morning. Lin Xinyin's dancing posture gradually became smoother.

I don't know if it was after the first few dances, Lin Xinyin, who was sweating profusely and panting and retracting her sword again and again, heard a crisp applause.

She looked towards the audience happily, and when she saw Liu Qianli who was smiling and waving her hands, she also sent a victorious smile to the other party.

"Okay, let's go. Tomorrow night you can go all out and win the crown. Liu Qianli said to Lin Xinyin, who was running off the stage excitedly: "Let's rest at the Rongshui Inn near this stage tonight." ”

“…… Won't it be expensive. Lin Xinyin passed by the square a few times, and she had the impression that the location of this inn was quite conspicuous, and although the store was not luxurious, it was also very good.

"It's okay, twenty gold will be in the account after tomorrow night." Liu Qianli smiled confidently.

"Huh." Lin Xinyin didn't know his confidence, she smiled, thought about it, and said softly: "...... Thank you. ”

"How?" Liu Qianli asked with a smile, as if he was a little puzzled.

"You've worked hard for the past three days...... Regardless of the outcome tomorrow night, anyway, thank you. Lin Xinyin is still bottomless about tomorrow's game, but it is not without harvest in the past three days, at least she has gained a sword move: Spring Breeze. Although she didn't know how effective this sword move would be.

"You're welcome, I'm also for myself." Liu Qianli pretended to have a serious expression: "To put it bluntly, it's just for the sake of my journey home." ”

"Hey." Lin Xinyin no longer answered, and led the horse to the Rongshui Inn with Liu Qianli.

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After registering the room at the front desk of the inn, Lin Xinyin suddenly said to Liu Qianli, who was about to return to the room, "I...... There's still some work to do, and we have to get out first. ”

When Liu Qianli heard this, he turned around and approached Lin Xinyin's side: "I'll accompany you." ”

"No, I'll go alone, you can rest." Lin Xinyin hurriedly refused.

Liu Qianli looked at the still dark sky outside the door, and then looked at Lin Xinyin's resolute face, but he didn't dig into her private affairs to the end and entangled, but just lightly instructed: "It's quiet outside at night, be careful." You also have to rest early so that you have the energy to go on stage tomorrow night. ”

"Yes." Lin Xinyin replied lightly, then turned around and walked out of the inn.

She sped in the quiet moonlit street in the direction of the town, and soon came to the same place where the notice had been posted in the early hours of yesterday. Although there were no other outsiders at the moment, she still turned her head to look around, and then hurriedly tore down the oolong notice that caused a humiliating misunderstanding like a thief, just like the action of sneaking it up at that time, but the mood at these two moments was completely different from the two extremes.

Then, she ran in the direction of the dock outside the town. Soon she saw the sign posted on a wooden house on the pier, but she looked carefully through the fading moonlight, but saw that under her own language, there were dense words that seemed to record fish, shrimp, crabs, and other things...... What's going on?

Can't figure it out. However, this notice is inconvenient to tear down. Lin Xinyin remembered that this pier was the only place for the ferry at present, if the moon really fell behind him, and if he wanted to cross the river, he would definitely see the information he left.

But now that she has changed her residence, and she will not be at the inn tomorrow night, she will not bring pen and ink with her, so she summoned Ye Mei Jian, crossed out her original residence marked on the paper, and carved a "this" on the wooden wall, so that this message became for Ling Yueyuan to wait for her here.

In the end, she felt that there should be no important mistakes this time, so she tore another notice in her hand into pieces and scattered them into the Rong River.

Looking at the paper that originally carried her hopes and expectations, just like that, it turned into pieces of snowflakes and fell on the surface of the river, and soon immersed in the dim shadow of the water, Lin Xinyin's heart also had a feeling of sinking and deepening. She suddenly regretted her actions a little, and always felt that it was a bit unlucky to do so. Perhaps she should have left this notice behind, and when she met the moon, she would tell him the joke caused by the missing person notice.

But at this moment, she could only sigh softly.

On the third night, he still did not come.

On the fourth night, will he come?

If he comes, will he see me on stage?

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At the same moment, Ling Yueyuan, who was sleeping in the wild, was still sleepless. There were several people lying around him, and the nearest Zhao Er fool was snoring like thunder, making him upset.

Ling Yueyuan didn't understand how there could be a man who nagged more than the eighth woman like this guy, listening to this fool talk about the past and the present during the day, writing poems against each other, talking about ideals after talking about life, talking about Zen enlightenment after talking about ideals, and listening to him talk about dreams and snoring at night, could it be that he owed him in his previous life?

A fire in front of him was generated by Ling Yueyuan's summoning of the red flame, he looked at the flame dancing under the night wind blowing in a daze, thinking that if he was the wind, how good it would be, he could fly freely to Xinyang Town to find Lin Xinyin's traces; But now he was a cluster of bored flames that could only burn stupidly in place.

He also thought that if it would be nice to have a horse by his side, he would definitely ride away without hesitation, but now there was only an old cow beside him that was as slow as a turtle.

He was already a little desperate, this was the third night, was Xinyin still in Xinyang Town?

Even if she is still there tonight, if he arrives on the fourth night, is she still there?

Under the torture of this uneasiness and anxiety, Ling Yueyuan, who couldn't sleep, simply turned over and sat up straight, closed her eyes tightly, and clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest.

The leaping and bright light of the fire shone on that serious and pious face: like a young girl who did not know how to pray, she was pouring out her heart's prayer in confusion but with concentration, and that may the heavens favor the little hope in the heart of this incompetent believer:

Xiaoyin, if you are still there, please wait for me......

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