Sending off the mother and son of the Chen family, I sat alone on the stone bench in the courtyard, watching the sunset, watching the dappled sunlight of the flower shadows, moving little by little, becoming longer, and finally falling on me.

The sunset in late spring was already very hot, and in a short time, a thin layer of sweat oozed from my forehead.

The events of the day made me restless, thinking about what happened during this time, I was picked up by Zhou Sinian from a dungeon, writing every day these days, without distractions, and always remembering that terrible dungeon clearly.

It was very hot, so hot that it was breathless and damp. It smelled bad, as if something was rotting.

At this time, Qing Yang came over and said with a smile: "Madam, the city lord is taking a hot spring in the Bancheng Mountain Villa, and I ask you if you are going too?" ”

Bancheng Villa is located behind the Zhou Mansion, when Zhou Si entered the capital at the beginning of the year, he fell in love with this place and had a hot spring, bought a large piece of land from the cliff to the south, built a Bancheng Villa, as his own residence in the capital, and then built a mansion at the behest of his father, just in front of the Bancheng Villa, according to the mountain, built a mansion, and connected the mansion with the village.

I looked at the hazy half-city mountain villa in the twilight not far away and nodded.

We walked slowly, the evening wind blew away the scorching heat of the day, and the air was cool.

"Qingyang, I remember that you took me out of that dungeon in the first place."

Qing Yang was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile: "Why does Madam think of these things again?" ”

"I'm just thinking about how I could be locked up in such a terrible place, and I don't know who did it, and I'm always scared."

"Yes," Qing Yang said, "I didn't recognize my wife at that time, I didn't look like a man anymore, these people were too ruthless." ”

"What kind of cell is that?"

Qing Yang thought about it and said, "The slave doesn't know either. ”

I thought the topic was over, but she continued: "However, this cell is very strictly watched, and I, Wanxi, and the city lord were blindfolded and sent in by car. ”

"Just the three of you? I remember a lot of people, with torches."

"Those people were all covered faces, they were the guards of the prison, and they had only allowed the city lord to enter alone, but then they agreed to bring two women in."

"They? Who? ”

"I don't know, I only heard that Madame was redeemed by the city lord after spending a lot of money."

"Who did you listen to?"

"Listen to what Zhou Nan, the guard next to the city lord, said."

"Zhou Nan? He knows quite a bit. ”

Qing Yang said with a smile: "This Zhou Nan was raised by the city lord, and he is like a half-son, and the city lord trusts him very much. ”

Out of the corner gate, it is the half-city villa, and the painting style is completely different. The original quiet and smooth path between the flowers, the straight corridor is gone, and the oncoming stone steps are paths, winding and rugged. And the hot springs of Bancheng Villa are located on the mountainside, and I can't climb up no matter what, wearing a floor-length skirt and embroidered shoes.

In the midst of the dilemma, there were two strong guys, one tall and one short, carrying a slide bar, both wearing the same short-sleeved shirts, and the muscles on their arms were pimple, thick and powerful. The tall man among them said, "Madam, the lord of the city has us carry you up the mountain." ”

The other person also smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, madam, just close your eyes and squint for a while, and we will arrive, and it won't be yours." ”

I said, "I'm not afraid, you guys go quickly, as long as your sister can keep up." I pointed at Qingyang and got on the slider.

The young man in front of him still walked very slowly, his movements were very light, as if he was carrying porcelain, for fear that he would accidentally break it, Qingyang also wore ordinary embroidered shoes and long skirts, but he could follow forward as if he was walking on the ground, I couldn't help but feel annoyed for a while, I don't know whether I was annoyed that others thought I was useless, or annoyed that I was really useless.

Therefore he commanded, "Go quickly, I am fine, but I am afraid that your city will be in a hurry." ”

The two people sped up at this time, but they didn't expect to hit a steep slope, and the slide rod was bumped, and I didn't watch out and exclaimed.

Qing Yang complained to the two people dissatisfiedly: "Be careful, don't fall." ”

The young man in front slowed down again, and Qing Yang reached out to support me. They are all well-intentioned, although I am unhappy in my heart, and I have no reason to have a seizure, I just secretly annoyed myself, how can I be so useless, I can't even climb such a small hill. After thinking about it, I have come to the hot springs in the middle of the mountain.

After entering the door and passing through several rooms, you will come to the hot spring pool. In the smoke, I saw Zhou Sinian lying in the pool, and there was a large stone bed under that position. There is a stone table next to it, and on the table, there is now a pot of tea, as well as Zhou Sinian's sword.

Only his head and shoulders were above the water, his hair was wrapped in a net towel on the top of his head, and his eyes were slightly closed, as if he was sleeping soundly.

Qing Yang helped me undress, wearing only a bandeau and a small coat, and put all my hair on the top of my head, pinned it with a hairnet and a jade hairpin. As soon as she packed up, she withdrew.

The whole hot spring pool is left with me and Zhou Sinian, he is lying in the pool, there is no movement, I have to walk slowly down the pool by myself, the water is very hot, I tentatively, adapt to the temperature of the spring, slowly go inside, climb the stone bed, he has not woken up.

I sat next to him, like him, with only my head and shoulders exposed. Stretched out his hand and touched it, accidentally touched a place on his body, felt ashamed, and quickly shrank back, this person was actually wearing nothing.

"I'm asleep, don't you dare to touch it?" He spoke. It turned out that he was not asleep, and if he did, he would be woken up. "You'll never wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep", right?

He opened his eyes and smiled, "I knew you were coming." ”

"I've always listened to you." I say.

"Scared you today, didn't you?"

"What?" I asked knowingly.

Zhou Sinian looked at me with scrutinizing eyes and asked, "What are you afraid of?" Afraid I'll kill you with a sword? ”

I defended, "You're so fast, it's something that everyone would be afraid of, or I'll stab you with a sword." ”

Zhou Sinian said seriously: "You try it? He raised his eyebrows, "I'm not going to hide." As he spoke, he really took the sword that was placed on the stone table beside him and handed it to me.

I was anxious and said, "I'm using an analogy, you can't pick a thorn like this, how can I really stab you with a sword." ”

He laughed, took my hand, and pulled me into his arms: "Tease you, who makes you never believe me." ”

The faint scent of flowers came from him.

I closed my eyes, and it turned out that I was wrong again.

He was naked, soaking in the water, this floral fragrance was really his body odor.

"I'm sorry," I said, "I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you, I don't know what's going on, I'm scared"

"Afraid of what? Afraid that I will poison you? If I want your life, can I afford to be poisoned? Zhou Sinian said coldly.