Chapter 61: The Mountain Rain is Coming
The people who came were two little girls who looked about the same age, and one of them was Han Huaqian. The other little girl is dressed more neutrally, with short and neat ear-length short hair, which is really alternative enough, and Lu Hui, who has the "fiery eyes" of modern people, almost mistook her for a man. But take a closer look, it's still quite delicate, but the narrow eyes and the small nose and mouth look a little out of proportion, in general, it's a little girl who looks like a girl insists on dressing herself as a man.
"Why is she here?" Midori muttered quietly.
I saw the two of them enter the store, the little girl began to pick out the lanterns, and Han Hua found a stool and sat down angrily, crossed her hands on her chest, and complained: "Oh, you, are you listening to me seriously?" ”
The little girl did not respond.
Han Huaqian continued to be indomitable: "My son-in-law is really boring to you, I hope you don't take it to heart!" ”
The little girl paused, a little disapproving: "You followed me all the way just to say this?" The voice is soft and a little out of place with her dress, revealing her gender as soon as she speaks.
"Then what do you think?" Han Huaqian also learned her disdain. The more she looks at this person, the more unpleasant she becomes, she won't really fall in love with her son-in-law, right? Look at her nondescript dress, it's strange that Childe will like her!
The little girl didn't seem to be angry with her, but ignored her again, but turned to the store and asked, "May I ask if you have any materials for making zuò lanterns to sell here?" ”
The shopkeeper looked at her suspiciously: "These lanterns are all high-quality products, and the girl doesn't have any of them?" ”
Unexpectedly, the little girl took out a large ingot of silver from her sleeve and said unequivocally: "I won't talk nonsense with you, I want the lanterns, I also want the raw materials, and then the silver will be yours!" ”
Seeing the silver, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he immediately became refreshed: "I have the materials here, find them for the girl immediately!" After saying that, he went to the back room in a hurry.
Han Hua couldn't help but roll her eyes, what is this! When people buy lanterns, why does she buy materials? Is it possible to do it yourself? The temperament is exactly the same as the weird son of her family. finally understood why she was so dressed up in a girl's house, and her temperament was natural, or she was born from the heart!
However, she didn't have time to study her now, so she quickly explained to her the fact that her son-in-law didn't like her.
"Last night's incident was a misunderstanding, our son was forced by you to have no other way to let you send him a lantern!"
Speaking of last night's incident, Han Hua was on fire in front of him, and there was such a bad rule in Dongli, on the day of the Lantern Festival, all unmarried women could send lanterns to men who did not have lanterns in hand, and men could refuse, but they must give each other a reason to convince each other. Among them, there are some outspoken men who usually do not beat around the bush in order to successfully reject suitors they don't like. Once, a man refused a girl who gave him a lantern on the grounds that the girl's hairline was too high and he was afraid that the girl would become bald after marriage......
Although this custom is a bit cruel and rude, it is a rare good custom for Dongli, a place that is not confined to the world and dominates the enlightened field. And it is usually the man who takes the initiative, but here it is the woman, who is maverick enough.
No matter what kind of person Gongsun Li is, even if he hates you again, I believe he can't say a word to scold you or humiliate you, on the one hand, he lacks talent in this area, and on the other hand, he wants to save face! But he must follow the customs, so in order to avoid trouble, he wanted to find a random woman to send him one to pretend, who knew that Ning Que was one step ahead and very "kindly" recommended his little apprentice Ning Wei, that is, this little girl.
Everyone knows that it is just "acting", and Gongsun Li did not refuse, which can be regarded as giving Ning Que a face.
However, this little girl obviously doesn't think about this, and when I saw her flattered smile last night, I knew that it was just too deep!
Ning Yan's expression has always been faint: "What about misunderstandings, how many beautiful marriages come from a beautiful misunderstanding!" After speaking, the corners of his mouth gently hooked up a smile.
Han Hua was speechless for a moment. I didn't think of how to refute it here, and Ning Yu threw out a sentence that made her want to strangle her: "Moreover, even if it's not me, it will definitely not be you!" ”
This sentence with a strong provocative meaning of the divine mending knife simply made Han Hua half angry. only to realize that she still underestimated her, and it seems that she still can't judge people by their appearance.
Han Huaqian was not easy to mess with, and after calming down her excitement, she smiled brightly: "Hehe, it's really not me, but it's sure it's not you, it's like this now and in the future." Because my son-in-law has long been in his heart! ”
"Who is it?"
The eager tone made Han Huaqian stunned for a moment, this was the first time that Ning Yu was so anxious to pay attention to her, which made her feel like she was bursting all of a sudden. Haha, she finally pulled a game back.
Han Hua changed his sitting posture in front of him, and sold Guan Zi leisurely: "Why should I sue you, anyway, there is!" ”
thought that Han Huaqian was deliberately deceiving herself, so Ning Yu didn't care anymore, and the corners of her mouth twitched and mocked: "I haven't seen anyone more boring than you!" ”
After speaking, the store just handed over the lantern materials she had found, and Ning Yu asked the store to pack a few more lanterns and paid for it and prepared to leave.
Han Huaqian couldn't stand her indifferent attitude the most, and she was still misunderstanding that her son-in-law liked her, so she said it in a hurry: "There really is!" And people are killers! ”
"Killer?" Ning Yu muttered in a low voice and asked, "Could it be Danqing Palace?" ”。 A flash of amazement flashed in his eyes.
Han Huaqian didn't answer positively, but just spread his hands: "I also kindly remind you that love is a thing, one misstep becomes a thousand hatreds, just don't blindly crash into it!" ”
It was a kind persuasion, but Ning Yu didn't appreciate it, lowered her head and meditated for a while, as if she didn't want to say more, and turned to leave. Han Huaqian felt bored with herself, so she had to get up and keep up. Left behind the messy Green Hui and others, who had been hiding behind the lanterns.
I didn't expect Gongsun Li to come to Dongli again, and being able to walk around means that he was not injured, at least not seriously. I haven't heard from him since the last banquet, so I'm finally relieved.
However, the conversation they had just now completely messed up their hearts, did the "intended person" in Han Huaqian's mouth mean her? Green Hui didn't want to admit how much she wanted to be admitted by Han Hua in front of Han Hua just now. But how could Han Huaqian know, did he tell her? With his character, how could he tell others this. It seems that she only guessed! Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little lost. I didn't expect that I could think like this without a head and a tail, and I really despised myself more and more!
Green Hui patronized himself and was pondering, and he didn't notice the reaction of Chao Yan and Yun'er next to him, especially Chao Yan, who was also very calm when he heard them mention Danqing Palace, unlike Yun'er and Ning Shuang who would ask what was going on with Green Hui!
After admiring the lanterns, the four returned to the inn. Everyone seemed to be a little absent-minded, so they didn't notice what others were doing.
This night, Lu Hui always thought about the conversation between Han Hua and Ning Yu in her heart, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, until the third watch, she fell asleep in a daze.
The next morning, the sun rose, and Green Hui woke up with a dizzy head. However, it was discovered that Chaoyan's bed had long been empty. I thought she had gone out to buy breakfast or something else, until she saw the little note on the table:
"Young master, I can't accompany you to Nanzhen, I think I have more important things to do, don't read it!" -- Chaoyan
A bad premonition suddenly came up, what was she going to do? The incident happened a little suddenly, Lu Hui patted his heavy head, and then thought back to Chao Yan's recent actions, and finally locked on the qiē that happened last night. Thinking about it carefully, she made her very happy before Han Hua came, but then she didn't seem to have spoken, although she usually didn't talk much, but it wasn't like she didn't have any reaction.
At this time, Lu Hui's mind naturally cut to the scene where they assassinated Gongsun Li Zai at the banquet, and they had asked them why they killed him before, but they always did not answer positively, saying that they would tell her the reason when the time came. Later, Green Hui didn't ask again. After all, she was also afraid to hear what she didn't want to hear.
At this moment, her heart began to panic, and a terrible thought that she did not want to think about kept haunting her mind. If the guess is correct, Chao Yan should have gone to assassinate Gongsun Li again!
As soon as the idea came out, without further ado, Lu Hui hurriedly called Shangyun'er and Ning Shuang to set off to find Chaoyan. If she can be retrieved before she acts, things will turn a little bit around, otherwise, she can't imagine the consequences......
However, there is a huge Dongli City, where to find it. Listening to Han Huaqian's meaning last night, Gongsun Li should be in Ning Que Mansion now, yes, it is not easy for Chao Yan to enter Ning Mansion alone. Still, they decided to look for it.
The three of them anxiously searched for Chaoyan's figure in the city, and they almost searched for it near Gongsun Mansion, in view of their identities, they couldn't ask others casually, and they had to always pay attention to whether there were any suspicious people around, so they searched for a long time to no avail.
Ningfu is also a wealthy mansion, and the vermilion gate with ancient charm is a knocker with a little residual snow, which once covered the mottled rust underneath. It is this door that isolates the yearning and delusion of many people.
The three of them were a little overwhelmed by the stone pillars outside the door wall.
"Maybe Sister Chaoyan is inside, let's go in?" Yun'er didn't seem to want to wait any longer.
"How to get in? It's not something you can get in with a pull-out knocker. And what if Ayan isn't there after entering? It's us who won't be able to get out of the way! ”
Strictly speaking, the Danqing Palace, including the Green Hui and the Ning family, does not have too much intersection, and there is no such thing as friend or foe. But they are now wanted criminals, and they are the "public enemies" of the entire Chongye Dynasty, so if they venture in, I really don't know what the result will be.
"I don't think Chaoyan is in it!" , the tone of the speech is very affirmative.
"What do you mean by that?" Lu Hui and Yun'er cast inquiring glances at the same time.
"We've been here for a long time, and if Chao Yan is here, there must be chickens and dogs jumping inside, after all, the longer she stays inside, the worse it will be for her. But there hasn't been any movement until now, maybe she's really not there! ”
Feeling that she had a point, the two nodded their heads.
"So what do we do? Waiting for the rabbit? Yun'er asked again.
"I don't think it's necessary, Chaoyan is coming a long time ago, maybe she has other ideas......"
As soon as the words fell, Yun'er and Ning Shuang said in unison: "Lantern Festival!" ”
So, the three of them changed their positions and came to the East Street last night. (To be continued.) )