The fireworks passed in March, and there was still a black miasma in the Wuzhen Dart Bureau, and the master held the board and crossed his waist, shouting at the seventeen apprentices with big shoulders and round waists, and smoked the board if he didn't say a word.

The seventeen apprentices took turns cooking every day, so each of them had a chance to be beaten up once a day.

The eighteen bachelors in the dart game all miss the time when the little junior sister was still there.

In April, the wind blew the catkins and the charming eyes, and the little junior sister came back in the dust, with a stupid person by her side.

It's a fool, it's not like a fool, after all, the woman is dressed in embroidered gold and black, her eyebrows are cold, and if her eyes are smart, it will be as if the stars and moons of the three autumns have fallen in that pool of deep water.

However, from the time she came to the present, her eyes were dull and indifferent, and from the end of March to the middle of April, she did not say a word.

Seventeen men took turns to peek at the beauties at the door, and they were all thrown out by the little sister with their collars.

At the end of March, when Tang Yuanyuan returned to Wuzhen with a dried blood stain, spring had already fallen for a long time, and the peach blossoms were in full bloom on the side of the bluestone road in the town.

Xia Jinyi didn't speak all the way, gave her water to drink and took it silently, forcing her to eat with her head down and taking two bites, but she didn't speak.

The gold-patterned black clothes were burned unevenly by the fire, Tang Yuanyuan put on a coarse cloth shirt for her and always felt that it didn't match, looking at Xia Jinyi in the linen clothes, there was always an illusion that Meiyu was thrown in a rotten wooden box, so he pedaled and carried his skirt to the tailor shop in the town, and the embroidery sister from Suzhou in the shop made her exactly the same again, Tang Yuanyuan Meizizi went back with the clothes and changed it for Xia Jinyi, Xia Jinyi was silent, but she didn't struggle, and she was docile and trembling.

Every time Tang Yuanyuan changes her clothes, she has the feeling of changing clothes for a doll.

After the two of them came back, they never mentioned what happened in Yangzhou, Tang Yuanyuan's dart master was restless every day, couldn't sleep at night, and was very irritable during the day, but he was limited to the inexplicable shyness of the old virgin, and he didn't dare to ask anyway.

So, there was this scene.

One day in April, at the dinner table, Tang Yuanyuan ran back with the last peach blossom stolen from someone else's garden, and found that the senior brother and master were eating, and a big bowl of fish soup was specially placed on her seat.

Tang Yuanyuan put the peach blossoms on the table, jumped to the table, and was surprised: "Wow! Fish soup! ”

The unwritten rule in the dart game, fish soup is a good thing that can only be had after completing a single dart of 10,000 taels of silver!

Tang Yuanyuan looked around and found that all the senior brothers were looking at her with blank eyes...... and the bowl of fish soup in front of her.

Tang Yuanyuan carefully put the fish soup aside, wanting to leave it for Jinyi to drink. Xia Jinyi is depressed today, her personality is becoming more and more cold, she never eats with a few of them, she always takes the food to the backyard to feed her after Tang Yuanyuan finishes eating.

If you don't feed her, she will take two bites, and then sit under the big willow tree and be stunned. Seeing her so docile at the beginning of the Tang Yuanyuan period, I couldn't wait to feed her a few more mouthfuls to make her fat, but one day I found that Xia Jinyi was fed by her and vomited in the backyard, which scared Tang Yuanyuan half to death, and I didn't dare to feed her more.

When Tang Yuanyuan put the fish soup aside and prepared to eat, she found that everyone was staring at her.

Finally, the master and his old man coughed, and looked at him left and right: "Yuanyuan, what did you see and hear about Yangzhou?" ”

Tang Yuanyuan was about to move the chopsticks, but found that everyone didn't eat them, so he had to put the chopsticks down and poke his head to look at the master: "Yes, I was stolen by a thief, and I was deceived into going up the mountain, and I was almost sold......

The master was obviously absent-minded, and coughed again: "That...... Yuanyuan, has the letter been delivered? ”

Tang Yuanyuan's heart tugged.

She didn't get it.

The last time she saw Xia Wanyao, it was when Xia Wanyao took a knife to force Xia Gang Leader to release people, and then a fire went out, she went to find someone, only to find Xia Jinyi with a burn and sword wound. She fled with Xia Jinyi on her back, looking for a secret place to settle in Yangzhou City, and heard about the deeds of the government's suppression of bandits, and it was rumored that the Xia family had been wiped out, but there were a few fewer people when the corpses were counted, which made people panic in Yangzhou City.

Among the few people missing, I don't know if there is Xia Wanyao.

Tang Yuanyuan was really uneasy on the boat when he came back from Yangzhou, and secretly opened the letter to see, and saw the green handwriting and yellowed paper, which was obviously treasured and rubbed for many years before he was timidly sent, at that time the merchant ships on the Yangzhou River were lit up, the moon was bright and the night was quiet, and he was guilty for a while.

Tang Yuanyuan lowered his head, poked the rice in the bowl with chopsticks, bit the chopsticks again, and lied: "It wasn't delivered to Xia Wanyao, but it was handed over to her apprentice, and she had something to do...... When she returns, someone will give it to her. ”

Master's eyes lit up with excitement: "Really? ”

Tang Yuanyuan nodded: "Really, I just don't know when Xia Wanyao will come back, she is a martial arts person, and she travels all over the world......

The master clapped his palms and laughed, as if all the breath that had been condensed in his heart had dissipated, and the clouds opened and the moon was bright.

"Good! Give Yuanyuan a fish soup tonight! ”

The senior brother slapped the greasy wooden table with his paws and said, "Master, your old man is eccentric!" ”

Master crossed his waist and smiled boldly: "You don't know! The letter sent by Yuanyuan is not only worth 10,000 gold, it is simply priceless! No, no, no, it's priceless! ”

The second senior brother rolled his eyes and said strangely: "Hey, Master, you are not a spy sent by the Huns, and you are betraying the country to send intelligence in private, otherwise why is that letter so valuable......"

Master's eyes widened: "What do you know! Go to work without eating! ”

When Tang Yuanyuan heard this, he lowered his head, took the bowl and vegetables, and went back to the backyard, and when he left, he heard the senior brother muttering: "Why does the little junior sister eat so little?" ”

The second senior brother also muttered: "Is there anything in this world that she doesn't eat?" ”

Tang Yuanyuan walked sadly alone.

That letter is, of course, precious. A person's thoughts for nearly ten years are of course worth much more than any gold and silver. She was going to send this miss to Yangzhou, but the letter that had been treasured for many years could only rot in her cabinet in the end.

When she returned to the backyard, she saw Xia Jinyi still sitting in the shade of the big willow tree, not talking, not moving, and not looking up.

Tang Yuanyuan put the food on the ground, gently inserted the peach blossoms in her hair, and smiled silly at her.

Xia Jinyi glanced up at her, didn't say anything, and didn't resist.

Tang Yuanyuan cheered up, sat on the ground, crossed his legs and picked up the fish soup, and said with a smile: "Open your mouth, ah~"

Xia Jinyi obediently drank a whole bowl of fish soup, still leaning on the willow tree. The spring sun shone over her head and fell silently on the ground.

Since that day, the master of the Wuzhen small dart bureau has stood at the door of the dart bureau every day and wandered around, and the disciples sometimes sent the dart out, but whenever he glanced at him, he would definitely be grabbed by the hair and scolded, after scolding, he continued to look at the door, and from time to time he also talked to himself, hehe smirked.

Chen Xiucai, who lives next door, sometimes passes by with a second book in his arms, and when he sees him smirking at the void, he sneers: "Yo, the letter was sent out?" ”

Tang Yuanyuan was about to go out to buy vegetables, and when he heard this question, he immediately shrank his head and hid back in the dart game, found a pillar and hid it immediately, poking out his little head from time to time to take a look.

Her master stood at the door, because he was tall and mighty, so he looked down directly at the thin Chen Xiucai: "What, Xiucai is going to send darts today?" ”

Chen Xiucai said: "What dart I give, I can help you write a love letter." ”

The master was not angry, but smirked innocently and continued to look around.

Tang Yuanyuan hid behind the pillar with a vegetable basket, and suddenly realized that the master and his old man were waiting for a reply from the master of the summer gate.

She stood behind the pillar with the basket in her arms for a while, but finally she still did not have the courage to tell the truth, and she touched the back door herself and went back to the courtyard.

In the courtyard, Xia Jinyi was still sitting quietly under the big willow tree. Tang Yuanyuan walked over with the empty basket, squatted beside her, and shouted, "Jinyi." ”

Xia Jinyi looked up at her, her eyes calm and unwavering.

Tang Yuanyuan squatted next to her with his knees hugged, and asked in a low voice, "Jinyi, did I do something wrong?" ”

Xia Jinyi looked at her quietly.

Tang Yuanyuan suddenly began to cry: "If I don't lose the silver, you won't kill that nun, and your sister-in-law won't misunderstand your father...... In that case, everyone might be able to escape...... Jinyi, did I do something wrong? ”

Xia Jinyi didn't speak, and rolled her eyes.

Tang Yuanyuan cried more and more, and his speech was intermittent and incomprehensible: "If only I had delivered the letter earlier, I was so stupid...... It's all my ......."

She slumped to the ground, her lips gagged by the person in front of her, and her tears were still falling incoherently.

Xia Jinyi's eyes looked at her quietly, as if to say something very ordinary: "No." ”

"I don't blame you."

Tang Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly hugged Xia Jinyi and cried: "Then don't you do this, okay?" Don't ignore me, okay? ”

Xia Jinyi reached out and patted her back gently: "Hmm." Don't cry anymore. ”

In the early morning in Wuzhen, the fog was misty.

Early spring has passed, the peach blossoms are gone, and the last flower has withered in the vase on Xia Jinyi's table.

A woman in sackcloth came from the morning mist, with a black veil covering half of her face destroyed by the fire, and walked quietly on the bluestone slab.

After Chen Xiucai quarreled with the dart master, he laughed and took a book in his hand and walked towards the place where he came.

The woman stretched out her hand to cover her scarred face slightly, walked up and asked, "Sir, has there ever been a dart game here?" The dart master is a tall, white-haired, old-tempered, and irritable ......"

Na Xiucai smiled: "What do you mean by once?" It's still there! What, is the girl here to deliver the darts? ”

The woman's slender fingers subconsciously stroked her face full of scars: "No." I have an old man here, I haven't seen him for many years, and I want to see it again. ”