On the second day, the subordinates of the concubine's mansion had already prepared the luggage and carriage for the two of them to go out early in the morning. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Villa is not too far, out of Jiujiang City to walk a mile can see the road into the mountain. In fact, this villa in the concubine mansion was not built on a mountain, but at the foot of Jiuqu Mountain. Because it has just entered the mountain, the mountain road is quite flat, so the carriage can pass. It was only at noon that the carriage had already arrived at the gate of the villa, and after the concubine had settled down, she took her to meet the old lady.

The villa is not too big, and there is a guest hall as soon as you enter, and there is a door on the left and right sides of the guest hall. On the left is the Plum Garden, which is the residence of the owner. Now only the old lady recuperates here, and only in July and August every year will the old lady and the lady come here to escape the summer. On the right is the Takei House, which is a guest room for visitors. The four guest rooms are lined up. Fengli was placed in the room near the courtyard gate. Directly behind the guest hall is the Autumn Chrysanthemum Garden. These three courtyards are connected by a long and winding corridor, and the corridor is crisscrossed by rockeries dotted with famous flowers and plants, and the scenery of this road is really not a word that can be described.

After lunch at the old lady's, Fengli thought that their grandparents and grandchildren must have a good conversation, so she retired first. Out of Meiyuan, she was not in a hurry to return to Zhuju, but wandered around the villa alone. Because the old man had ordered the whole mansion before, Feng Li and the others were distinguished guests in the mansion and should not be neglected, so no one stopped her when she walked around.

The wind glass walked all the way to the autumn chrysanthemum garden along the corridor, the scenery in the garden is completely different from the outside, the fine and dense green bamboo is planted all over the garden, and the path paved with stones twists and turns through the bamboo forest. She walked inside, a gust of wind blew, the bamboo forest swayed, the bamboo shadows swayed, and the rustling sound came and went. At the end of the path is a square pavilion, and the beams of the pavilion hang down a strip of green gauze tents that dance slowly in the wind, covering the pavilion from time to time. When I walked in, Fengli found that it was the spring of the warm soup.

The spring is the size of a fist, and clear water gushes out of the spring, and then flows down the stone trough into a square bath made of bluestone. The pool wasn't deep, and it was probably just a little higher than her knees when measured by the eyes. Standing in the pavilion and looking outside, you can see that the bamboo forest behind the tulle is not quiet. Fengli thought that such a place was so beautiful during the day, and it must be a different scene at night.

In addition to these three main courtyards, there is also a small courtyard at the corner between the Autumn Chrysanthemum Garden and the Bamboo House, which is the dining room and warehouse of the mountain villa. In addition to the main entrance, there is a back door in the dining room, and because fresh ingredients are changed every day, a door was specially opened there so as not to stain the yard.

Fengli seems to be wandering, but in fact he is observing the terrain. On the way here, she asked about the location of Yingxiu Lake, and she told her that the lake was not far from the villa, and the general location was in the northeast of the villa. If you go from the main entrance of the villa to Yingxiu Lake, you need to take a detour, but the back door of the dining room will be much closer. So the result of her observation was that she could sneak from the bamboo house to the dining room and then sneak to Yingxiu Lake through the back door. As for why he didn't go out directly from the bamboo house over the wall, it was because in order to prevent the wild beasts in the forest from entering the villa, a one-foot-deep ditch was dug around the outer wall of the villa. Climbing over the wall is not a problem for her, and she has done a lot of climbing wall trees when she was a child. Now she only needs to wait for Fei Zi to take her to Yingxiu Lake, and she can act as planned.

The old lady of the concubine family obviously has not seen her granddaughter for many years, and she has been missing for many years, and on this day, she did not go to the bamboo house to look for the wind glass until after dinner. Feng Li saw that she was tired and faintly gloomy, and asked worriedly, "Xiaozi, are you okay, you seem to be tired, otherwise you should go and rest first." You don't have to come and stay with me. ”

Fei Zi said, "Grandmother and I have been talking for a long time, I am really tired, Xiaoli will accompany me to the chrysanthemum garden." It's May now, and the night is still a little cool, and the warm bath is just right, just right to relieve fatigue, and I promised you to take you there before. ”

When Fengli saw her say this, she readily agreed. Thinking of the Qiu Ju Garden she saw during the day, she didn't know what the scene was at night, she really wanted to go and see it, and feel the warm soup by the way.

Because the two maidens were bathing here, all the male servants had retreated outside the garden, and only the maids who guarded the door, handed over things, and changed clothes remained in the courtyard. The spring breeze at night blows the tulle on the pavilion with a hint of coolness, and a glass lamp is set up at each corner of the bath in the pavilion, and the candle flame renders the whole pavilion colorful through the colorful glass. Two maids stood by a pool with clean clothes.

Fengli and Fei Zi sat in the bath, a thin gauze robe covering their still slightly green bodies, and the heat of the spring water stained their faces slightly red.

Fei Zi said to Fengli, "What does Xiao Zi think?" If you have any discomfort, you should tell us earlier. "When I was a child, I was so uncomfortable with the water temperature that I almost fainted from the heat.

Fengli closed her eyes slightly and said, "No." It felt very comfortable. No wonder you said you fell asleep in the water when you were a child, and I kind of wanted to sleep. ”

Fei Zi said angrily, "You are a person, kindly take you to enjoy." But you make fun of me when I was a child. It's really unconscionable.

Fengli opened his eyes and smiled and said, "What's the matter." Isn't it like you're not looking like you're being happy and deliberately making you laugh? ”

Hearing her say this, her eyes that were smiling just now were instantly filled with bitterness, and she lowered her head and said softly, "What's not happy." ”

Seeing this, Feng Li reached out and took her hand and said, "We have grown up together since childhood, and your face is full of the words "I have something on my mind", but you can't hide it from me." If you don't want to say that I won't force you, but I want to help you, maybe there will be some way to solve it. ”

Fei Zi shook her head and said, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I can't talk about it." After thinking for a moment, she continued: "Today, my grandmother called me to my room and told me that I did not come back this time not only to miss me, but that I was over sixteen, and she wanted to betrothal me. Can... But you know... I ......" The already reddening face is getting redder and redder at this time.

Fengli hurriedly answered, "I know, I know." This was a bit of a surprise. You and your senior brother haven't been told yet, so it's hard to tell the old lady. Besides, the senior brother's identity is special, so if he is an ordinary disciple, it would be okay to say. By the way, isn't the old lady the most fond of you? You go and beg them to persuade the old lady to talk about this two years later, delay for a while and then find a way. ”

Feng Li's words made Fei Zi's face burn, "I'm afraid it won't work, you don't know that my grandmother is a very strong person." When my father was young, he couldn't stand being arranged by her everywhere, so he secretly went to Shushan in a fit of anger. This stayed for eight years, until my grandfather became critically ill and received a letter from the housekeeper. My father has always blamed himself for this incident, and after saying goodbye to Shushan and returning home to take charge, my father obeyed my grandmother in everything. As for her mother, she takes her father first in everything, and naturally she can't do it. ”

Feng Li frowned, "Since the people in your family can't do it, then you can only start from Shushan, if the elder or the head of the family takes you to intercede with your father, he will not be able to refuse." Don't worry, wait until we go back to the villa to discuss with Senior Brother Bai Qi. ”

Fei Zi still had room to turn around, and said with a slight sigh of relief: "Now I can only try, you don't have to tell that thing in a hurry." ”

Of course, Fengli knew what she said, and nodded again and again to ensure that she would never leak her mouth, so she was relieved.

Early the next morning, she was invited by the old lady again, and Fengli had breakfast in her room, and she was thinking about whether to find the lake by herself while eating. Just then, there was a knock on the door.

The woman outside the door took two housekeepers to give a salute to Fengli and said, "Miss Feng, the slave's name is Bixia, she is Miss Fei's maid, and my young lady went to the old lady." She said that she didn't know when she would be able to come out, and she was afraid that she would be bored with the girl, so she specially asked me to take the girl to Yingxiu Lake to have a look. ”

Feng Lixin said that Xiao Zi still knew her, and knew that she would never wait honestly, so she found someone to take her. After she finished eating, she cleaned up and followed them out of the villa, she wanted Bixia to take her directly to the back door. Later, after thinking about it, I didn't think it was appropriate, so I didn't say it.

On the left side of the gate of the villa was the mountain road that had come up by horse-drawn carriage at that time, and Bixia took Fengli and the two guards along the road to the mountain. The further they went, the higher the terrain became, and in a short time they were already about as high as the villa. Fengli looked back at the villa and asked, "Sister Bixia, if you come out of the back door of the dining room, how should you go to Yingxiu Lake?" ”

Bixia smiled and said, "It's good for the girl to call me Bixia." Exit the back door and follow the path outside the door, and you will be on the main road we are walking on. It's not far ahead, and I'll tell you when we get there. After that, he smiled and asked, "I'm afraid my young lady told you this." When she was a child, she couldn't bear to walk far, so she often walked that path. ”

After walking for about half an hour, Fengli saw a path on the side of the road, Bixia said, "That's it, go down to the back door of the dining room." When we come back, if the girl is tired, we can go back here. ”

Fengli nodded happily, "Okay." Naturally, she was eager to take a walk to figure out the route.

Leaving the path, you can see Yingxiu Lake in less than half an hour, the lake surface is like a mirror, reflecting the white clouds on the sunny day, the wind blows through the lake, the water surface is sparkling with sunlight, and you can see fish playing at the bottom of the clear lake when you get closer.

Feng Lixin said, this lake simply existed to allow her to carry out her plan, and there was really nothing more suitable than it. She walked around the lake and observed, and then found a better place to go into the water and secretly wrote down the directions.

That night, after Fengli was told that Fei Zi would rest at the old lady's place tonight, she went to bed early. Until the third watch, she quietly got up, opened the door with the prepared dry clothes on her back, poked her head to look and found that there was no night guard, so she walked lightly to the corner of the bamboo house. With a slight bend of his legs, he grabbed the wall with a jump, and then climbed over with a kick. Sitting on the wall, she didn't have time to be happy, and suddenly felt dizzy when she glanced below. She screamed badly, it was over, she forgot, she climbed the wall and the tree before she was ten years old. It's not what it used to be, she's afraid of heights.

But you can't just sit on the wall and sit until dawn. The Shushan disciple was found sitting on the wall of the courtyard by the concubine early in the morning with a bag on his back, and this was not enough for her to be ashamed. If it reaches Elder Su Mu, they are afraid that for the sake of the reputation of Shu Mountain, she will die.

"No, no, no. Be sure to go down. "There is no turning back from the bow, the opportunity is rare and she can't afford to waste it, and she can do it when she was a child. Besides, this wall is nowhere near as high as a cliff. She comforted herself as she tried to come down the wall.

Go down the wall as much as she wants, and when Fengli hung her whole body on the wall, she finally mustered up the courage to let go. As soon as the hand left the wall, the foot fell to the ground. She breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the experience of her childhood was still very useful. The rest was much simpler, she opened the latch of the back door and walked out, and followed the path to the spot she had favored during the day.

When she arrived at the lake, she first put the dry clothes she was carrying on the ground on the side, looked left and right to make sure that no one was following her, and then walked towards the lake step by step. The water was a little cold, and when the level of the water overflowed her chest, she took a deep breath and buried herself in the water.