"Kuro!" Gu Chongyang chased after him, and the two stood still under a pine tree: "I really don't understand, you should sue me, otherwise I won't be able to eat and sleep well." ”

She was telling the truth, she felt that Wang Jiulang must have a deep meaning in doing this, and he was not a nosy person.

Her voice was delicate and soft, her big eyes were watery, and they were cuter than the edelweiss he raised, and he couldn't resist the thought of rubbing her head, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl.

This little girl is so beautiful, so beautiful that people can't refuse.

Gently picking the corners of his lips, Wang Jiulang said lightly: "It's because of you." ”

"What?" Gu Chongyang's face turned red all of a sudden, and the red was hot, making her feel a burning sensation, making her suddenly lower her head and not dare to look at him.

Her heart was pounding and thundering, did she hear it wrong? Wang Jiulang helped his uncle's family because of her. This...... What does this mean, is it what she thinks? Could this be true?

She stood dumbfounded, feeling that her whole body was hot, and it took a long time before she cried out, "Jiulang, you ......"

Wang Jiulang had already walked away, but his indifferent and cold voice clearly reached her ears: "The construction of the ancestral hall has been completed, and the great sacrifice has been completed, and in a few days, I will return to the capital." I kept you in the Wang family, in addition to letting you be her disciple, there are other purposes, our previous agreement, you shouldn't have forgotten it, right? ”

What he said was the truth, but she felt like someone had poured a basin of cold water on her head, dousing the hot fantasy in her heart.

Gu Chongyang couldn't help but smile bitterly, yes, what kind of person is Wang Jiulang, how could he have thoughts about her, she is really whimsical.

This fact made her slightly frustrated, but she quickly regained her composure, they were not from the same world in the first place, her task was to assist Wang Jiulang to find out the person who had an affair with Mrs. Baozhen, Wang Jiulang spared her life, she had to complete the task, this is her price.

"I haven't forgotten." Gu Chongyang took a deep breath, suppressed all the messy thoughts in his heart, and said calmly: "Jiu Lang, don't worry, I will do what I say, and I will definitely complete the agreement." ”

"You care about the Shen family very much, and you have even reached the point where you are trembling and trembling. I helped the Shen family solve the crisis, so that when you return to the capital, you will have no worries, and you can better complete the task. Wang Jiulang suddenly turned around and looked at her with burning eyes: "Tell me, what are you worried about?" ”

At this moment, his gaze was very sharp, with deep inquiry, as if he wanted to see through the thoughts in her heart, which was very different from the light wind before.

The Shen family, who she was worried about, got on King Rong's ship in a daze, worried that after Wang Jiulang forced King Rong to commit suicide, the Shen family became a puppet emperor and was beheaded by Manmen.

But how could she say that?

In the past, she was so anxious that she never said it, but now that her uncle has solved the crisis, there is no possibility of being involved with King Rong, let alone her.

Gu Chongyang lowered his head and did not speak.

Her silence made Wang Jiulang slightly angry, he glanced at her and turned to leave.

Looking at his distant back, Gu Chongyang felt that his heart was blocked, he was the life-saving benefactor of the Shen family, she could give him this life, but there were some secrets that she couldn't tell.

She is a person who has died and been born again, she said, who would believe it?

At the beginning of September, Wang Jiulang and his entourage set off to return to the capital, accompanied by Gu Chongyang.

Wang Jiulang has always been low-key and does not like to be overly noisy, and did not inform the Nanjing officials of the date of going north, so only the Shen family, Xiao Shi, his grandfather, and a few monks from Jiming Temple came to see him off.

I don't know when we will be able to meet this time, Gu Chongyang thanked his uncle for his kindness in the previous life, and despite the obstacles, he knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Yucheng and Mrs. Shen three times.

Shen Yucheng's eyes were red, his voice was choked, he helped her up with both hands, he wanted to speak but didn't know where to start, and finally only said: "If you go to the capital, you have to be good, put incense in front of your mother's grave for me, and remember to write letters to your uncle often." ”

He wanted to keep her by his side, but Wang Jiulang's words made him see the truth clearly, if it weren't for Chongyang's intelligence and Wang Jiulang's help, the Shen family might have suffered a disaster. Chongyang is so beautiful, the Shen family is a merchant, it is really difficult to protect her, and maybe she will be implicated.

This niece is pure gold and beautiful jade, since she has become a disciple of Mrs. Baozhen, Wang Jiulang also promised to protect her, and returning to the capital is the best choice.

Gu Chongyang also cried: "Uncle, don't worry, I will be fine." ”

Shen Suying came up and hugged Gu Chongyang, and said angrily: "You want to leave me again and go to the capital to live happily, it's really not enough to be a sister, and when you get to the capital, you must write to me, delicious and fun, you must ask the people in the shop to give me a little." If you forget me, I will ignore you again. ”

I cried at the end.

Gu Chongyang nodded heavily: "Don't worry, I forgot that no one will forget you." ”

Touching Xiao Shi's head, Gu Chongyang wiped his tears and said, "Xiao Shi doesn't cry, I'll wait for you to grow into a man and go to the capital to play with me." ”

Finally, he saluted with everyone, and Gu Chongyang and Danxin turned around and got on the boat together.

A qiē on the shore ran back quickly, and the person seeing him off gradually turned into a black spot, and slowly, even the ferry port in Nanjing was out of sight.

When she came, she thought that she was going to live in Nanjing for three or five years, but she didn't expect that she would go back in just nine months.

She felt that time passed quickly, but Danxin was not at all the same as she thought, and Danxin was very excited about returning to the capital: "We have been gone for more than nine months, and I don't know what happened to the capital?" ”

Seeing her so happy, Gu Chongyang's reluctance in his heart gradually dissipated, and said with a smile: "What else, it is estimated that it is not much different from when we left, and we will be able to reach the capital in ten days." ”

Danxin's tone was full of longing: "Yes, I really want to return to the capital in one step." ”

Gu Chongyang looked at her happy face, a trace of thought flashed in his heart, and finally he didn't speak.

It was a three-story ship, with sailors and boatmen living on the lower floor, galleys on the middle floor, and small men on the middle floor. There are seven or eight rooms on the top floor, Wang Jiulang lives in the bow of the boat, Mrs. Baozhen lives in the middle, Gu Chongyang lives in the room in the stern, and the other rooms are all empty and very clean.

The room is clean and tidy and furnished very gorgeously and elegantly, which is better than the residence of an ordinary large family.

Dan Xin said with a smile while laying out things: "Miss, the boat of the Wenguo Mansion is really not ordinary. I thought that Hua Shang's boat was already very big and luxurious, but I didn't expect that the Wang family's boat was more than twice as large as the Hua family's ship, and the layout inside was much more luxurious. ”

Yes, after all, it is Wang Jiulang and Mrs. Baozhen's ship, which must be very different from ordinary officials.

The two broke up unhappily that day, and they met a few times later, but every time it was just a greeting, Wang Jiulang was still so indifferent, but Gu Chongyang could feel his displeasure.

Mrs. Baozhen called Gu Chongyang to speak: "Except for you and me and Jiulang, the rest are subordinates, and the three of us don't have to share meals, I want to eat three meals a day together, what do you think?" ”

She looked at Gu Chongyang with a smile on the corner of her mouth, gentle and beautiful, with hope in her eyes.

Sir, she's looking for a chance to get along with Kuro!

Gu Chongyang remembered the excitement of Mrs. Baozhen every time she saw Wang Jiulang, and remembered Wang Jiulang's indifference, so he said: "This is natural, it all depends on Mr. 's arrangement." ”

Mrs. Baozhen was very happy, and smiled with crooked eyebrows: "Okay, good, good, I'll let someone ask Jiulang." ”

When Mama Yu got the order, she immediately went to ask Wang Jiulang, and after a while, she came back.

Mrs. Baozhen looked at her nervously: "How is it, did Jiurou agree?" ”

Mama Yu bowed: "The ninth master is talking to the steward, saying that he will come over when he is done." ”

"Oh." Madame Baozhen nodded, her face hard to hide her disappointment. Every time he would turn her down with such an excuse.

She is too long, his willingness to go with her is unprecedented, she can't ask him anymore, otherwise it will only backfire and force him to go farther and farther. Finally, he was willing to talk to her, and she should cherish it.

Gu Chongyang hurriedly said: "This tea is so fragrant, is it boiled by Mr. with the dew on the lotus leaves?" How do I smell like there's something else? ”

"It's indeed the dew on the lotus leaf, but this tea is planted under the plum tree, so it is dyed with the fragrance of plum blossoms." Mrs. Baozhen smiled slightly: "You have such a dexterous nose, you can even distinguish it." ”

"The disciple is not good at anything else, he is especially good at eating, drinking, and having fun, especially when it comes to eating, relying on his dexterous nose and picky tongue." Gu Chongyang deliberately coaxed Mrs. Zhen to be happy: "I drank such a good tea today, and I was raised by my husband to taste it, if I can't drink such a good tea in the future, wouldn't it be pitiful?" ”

Mrs. Baozhen and Mama Yu looked at each other and smiled: "If you want to drink tea, even if you come to me, good tea and good water will stick to you, and you will never be wronged by this mouth." It's just that you can't say anything else, I think you're very good, and your medical skills are even more exquisite. ”

"I'm a disciple of Mr., you naturally think I'm good everywhere, but outsiders don't necessarily think so."

"Nonsense!" Mrs. Baozhen said: "I say hello, you are good, whoever dares to say that you are not, I will not rely on her first!" ”

After getting along for a few months, Gu Chongyang also knew a lot more about Mrs. Baozhen than at the beginning. Mrs. Baozhen is beautiful, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, exquisite life, good at maintenance, but her heart is very simple, not at all like a woman in her thirties, her thoughts are often more like a little girl raised in the boudoir.

She loves beauty, liveliness, flowers, and sadness, and her psychological thoughts are much more naïve than Gu Chongyang, sometimes similar to Shen Suying.

Being so loved by Mrs. Hug Zhen, Gu Chongyang was happy and a little guilty at the same time, if Mrs. Hug Zhen knew that her purpose in approaching her was not pure, she would definitely be very disappointed.

Thinking like this, she listened to Mama Yu's report: "The ninth master is here." ”

Mrs. Baozhen was startled, and immediately stood up, she thought that Wang Jiulang would refuse her like before and would not come, but she didn't expect him to really come, and she was a little at a loss for a while, so she just stood and said, "You are here." ”

Wang Jiulang's eyes turned in the room, and he saw Gu Chongyang, she blessed him, and then stood aside.

Seeing her so detached, Wang Jiulang felt a little stuffy in his heart.

What did she mean by that. He asked her about the Shen family, but he just wanted to help her, and she didn't want to say it, and he didn't force it. He wasn't angry with her, she put on a face for him. How unreasonable!

Wang Jiulang nodded at Mrs. Zhen, his face was as usual, but his voice was a little colder: "What's the matter?" ”

Listening to her son's faint voice, Mrs. Baozhen said a little nervously: "Most of the people on the boat are subordinates, and the three of us are the masters, I originally wanted to dine together, but I was afraid that you would have too many things to do, and I would not be busy." If you're busy, just keep busy with you, Chongyang and I can do it, and I'll have someone use your meal in your room. ”

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble." Wang Jiulang raised his eyebrows slightly: "It's good to eat in one place, and there is nothing to do on the ship." ”

When he spoke, his eyes kept falling on Gu Chongyang, and Gu Chongyang felt that his gaze was as sharp as a knife, and he was more and more reluctant to raise his head.

Mrs. Baozhen was overjoyed, and said incoherently excitedly: "What you said is, we will have a meal together, you can tell the kitchen what you want to eat, I remember that you used to like sweet and sour fish the most, and you want to eat it without picking the thorns, every time it will be stuck, or your father ......"

Speaking of this, the conversation stopped abruptly, and the atmosphere was as cold as ice for a moment.

Mrs. Baozhen's face was pale, her eyes were evasive, like a child who had done something wrong, and she didn't dare to look at Wang Jiulang's eyes.

Wang Jiulang's face was even more ugly than hers, he pursed the corners of his mouth, didn't say anything, and turned to leave.

As soon as the others left, Mrs. Baozhen cried: "It's all my fault, tell me what happened in the past, I was sorry for him in the past, he was a little better to me, and I poked his wound again." Why should he die, I would rather die the one who died! If it was me who died back then, Jiurou wouldn't be so sad. Why didn't I die, why didn't I die? ”

Mrs. Baozhen cried sadly, and what she said made Gu Chongyang secretly frightened, Wang Jiulang's personality is so cold, it is definitely not cultivated in a day, what happened back then? Their mother and son have come to this point, obviously it is more related to that matter, and Wang Jiulang's illness could also be suffered from at that time?

It was really unsightly for Mrs. Huzhen to cry like this, but she may have been suppressed for a long time, and it might be a good thing to be able to cry, so she went back to her room.

When Jin Wuxi fell, Mama Yu invited Gu Chongyang to dinner, and the love of Mrs. Zhen had calmed down, but her eyes were red and swollen, but they were not ugly, but they added a little pity to it.

Sure enough, she is a beauty.

I thought that something unpleasant had happened, Wang Jiulang would not come, but I didn't expect him to show up before the meal, but Wang Jiulang and Mrs. Baozhen both ate very little, and the atmosphere was very depressing, and even took Gu Chongyang back to the room in a hurry with only a little food.

At night, the river slapped against the hull of the boat, and the sound of the wind and water came one after another, and it was so clear in the ears.

I don't know if it was because he left Nanjing suddenly, Gu Chongyang couldn't sleep that night, and he couldn't sleep because he just tossed and turned in bed.

Suddenly, there was a mysterious sound of vicissitudes of music outside the window, Gu Chongyang listened carefully, it turned out to be the famous song Xinghua Tianying, the person who played it was obviously very skilled, and the song was played sadly but not sadly, and the vicissitudes of life were delicate.

At that time, most people liked the zheng, but I didn't expect that there were still people on this boat who could blow this xun so well.

Anyway, he couldn't sleep, and the weather was not cold, so Gu Chongyang simply put on his clothes and pushed open the door and walked to the boat board.

The crescent moon hung like a hook in the twilight sky, Wang Jiulang stood in white clothes to face the river, and the exciting music slowly came out of the xun in his hand.

There was an empty space between heaven and earth, and there was only one person left in January.

The night wind tossed his robes, as if he would be blown away at any moment.

Gu Chongyang was stunned for a moment, he was so lonely.

The Wang family has been noble for generations, Jiulang is a single lineage of Wen Guogong, and there are many people who want to be close to him, but she just feels that Jiulang is very lonely, so lonely that no one can go to his heart.

It was better for her not to disturb him, Gu Chongyang turned around and was about to go back, but at this time, the sound suddenly stopped, and Wang Jiulang had already seen her.

Looking at each other, she didn't want to leave immediately, so she smiled slightly apologetically: "I wanted to come out for a walk, but I didn't expect to disturb Jiulang Yaxing." ”

"It doesn't matter." Wang Jiulang said coldly: "Maybe it's my Xun voice that disturbs your dreams." ”

"Nope." Gu Chongyang immediately said: "The sound of Xun is very good, it makes people intoxicated and lingering, listening to Jiulang's playing, it will only make people fall into dreams faster, why disturb dreams." ”

Wang Jiulang raised his eyebrows: "So, my Xun voice is too boring, it makes people bored, and I feel drowsy when I listen to it?" ”

"No, it's not......" Gu Chongyang panicked and wanted to explain but found that Wang Jiulang was looking at her, with a shallow smile on her face, her depressed mood suddenly became lighter, and her courage was much greater, she glared at Wang Jiulang: "You know that I don't mean this, and you deliberately misinterpret me!" ”

As soon as the words came out, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. This tone and voice are clearly coquettish. I don't know if Wang Jiulang will think she is frivolous after hearing this.

The smile on Wang Jiulang's face was even stronger: "You are much smarter than before." ”

If someone else said this, Gu Chongyang might be angry. But these words came out of Wang Jiulang's mouth, so it was very different, although Gu Chongyang knew that he was deliberately making fun of her.

She smiled proudly and raised her eyebrows: "Of course, I am also a disciple of Mr., and I have studied with Mr. for so long, and I have become more and more intelligent and imperceptible." ”

She was like a child who had been praised, which made Wang Jiulang laugh.

When he smiled, the faint gloom between his eyebrows spread, and his sparkling eyes were brighter and more dazzling than the stars in the sky.

It would be nice if Jiurou was so happy every day.

He kept a straight face for the past few days, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

Gu Chongyang took a deep breath and decided to have a good talk with Wang Jiulang: "Jiulang, I know that you asked me about the Shen family for my own good, and I see all these things you help me and help the Shen family do." I'm not an ungrateful person, if you save the Shen family, it is equivalent to saving me, and even more than saving me, I am grateful. Don't say it's you asking me questions, you just want my life, and I won't blink an eye. ”

"It's just that everyone has secrets that they don't want others to know, and you and I are no exception. Jiurou, you are sick, but you don't want people to know, and I have unspeakable secrets just like you. A lot of things, I don't say it's not because I don't want to, but because I can't say it, I believe that you can understand Jiulang, if you talk about trust, in addition to my mother and uncle, the person I trust the most in this world is Jiulang. ”

Wang Jiulang didn't expect her to say such a thing.

Her mother has died, her uncle is far away in Nanjing, and the only one she can trust in the future is him!

His breathing was uncontrollably heavier, his heart beat a few times faster, and his heart softened.

He admired her, and felt that her character of being loyal and self-reliant rather than broken was very rare, so he came up with the idea of taking care of her, which was only in his heart, and he never told her.

He always thought that she must not know his intentions, and she must have felt that he kept her just for the initial agreement. What I didn't expect was that this girl was so smart and sensitive, she could feel his intentions, and trusted him so much.

This little girl always surprises him, hitting the softest place in his heart when he is caught off guard. Let his love get out of control repeatedly, so that he can't deal with it calmly.

Although he tried his best to control zhì, the sour and soft feeling in his heart, the spurt in his blood was still shouting.

This kind of love is so strange and so wonderful, it makes him feel a little palpitating and flustered at the same time.

That's right, for the first time since his father's death, his frozen heart felt panicked.

Wang Jiulang didn't speak, just looked at her quietly, and there was a lot of love in her cold eyes that she couldn't see clearly.

She was sure that this time he would not be angry, and she suddenly took two steps forward, closer to him. I don't know if it's because the six senses of the night people are more sensitive, she smelled the wood fragrance on his body again, and it was faint, which calmed her nervous mood.

"Jiurou, I won't investigate what your illness is, and you don't ask me about my secret, okay? Maybe one day, I figured it out and told you the secret. But until then, please respect me and don't ask questions, okay? Gu Chongyang's soft voice carried a bit of pleading: "I also believe that one day if you figure it out, you will be willing to let me treat you." ”

She negotiated terms with him and took him to the army, which sounded a little ridiculous.

When did he need to tell her his secret?

He instinctively wanted to sneer, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything, but under her earnest gaze, he nodded slowly: "Okay, I promise you." ”

As soon as the words came out, he was very annoyed and regretted that he had lost his concentration in front of a little girl.

"Thank you Jiurou!" Gu Chongyang smiled, his eyes were shining: "I knew that Jiulang was reasonable, empathetic, and would never make it difficult for others." ”

Reasonable and empathetic? Is this talking about him?

Did he think he didn't know she was complimenting him? She really likes to coax people with sweet words? Shen Yucheng was coaxed by her to give and ask, so he would not be as unprincipled as Shen Yucheng.

Thinking so in his heart, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl. It's actually pretty good to keep her by your side and be funny as a kitten or a puppy.