Chapter 4 The Taoist Chief

"A shuttlecock, kick in half, play the flower drum, wrap the flower thread, kick inside and outside the ......"

In the Tanghua Hutong in Shangjing, several drooping children wearing small jackets gathered in a circle, watching a child in the middle kick the shuttlecock.

"Kick inside and turn outside, eight immortals cross the sea, ninety-nine ......" The child sang a nursery rhyme, kicked up hard with his right foot, and the feather shuttlecock that landed on the upper of the shoe flew high again.

The onlookers widened their eyes, held their breath very nervously, and silently echoed in their hearts: "Eight immortals cross the sea, ninety-nine, one hundred, one hundred!" ”

This was the last one, and the child was also nervous, seeing that the shuttlecock had fallen, he hurriedly raised his feet to pick it up, but he was still a step too slow, and the shuttlecock "snapped" and fell to the ground.

The children couldn't help but let out an "oops", looking a little regretful, and the next moment they coaxed and said, "Drop, drop!" Lose, lose, lose! Hurry up, hurry up! Let's kick it off! ”

"It's not fun, it's not fun!" The child was so embarrassed and annoyed by them that he simply stomped his foot and picked up the shuttlecock on the ground and threw it away, "I won't play anymore!" ”

Don't throw it away if you don't play! The children were in a hurry, and they all jumped up, raised their hands to reach the shuttlecock, but unfortunately they were too short to reach, so they could only watch the shuttlecock draw an arc in the air.

The shuttlecock did not fall to the ground, and one hand grasped it steadily.

"Huh. It's fun to play, but don't lose your temper! At the mouth of the alley stood a young man wearing an indigo robe, with a delicate appearance and a warm smile. As he spoke, he lifted the hem of the robe with one hand, opened it with the other, shook the shuttlecock in his hand, and then threw it upwards with all his might.

The children raised their heads and stared at the shuttlecock closely, but they were dazzled by the sun. Oops, how can you catch it when you throw it so high?

"It's too high, it's too high!" They said in a hurry.

The young man laughed absently, stomped lightly on the ground with his left foot, and his body jumped upward, stretched out his right foot, and caught the shuttlecock in midair.

The children were stunned, and then they saw the young man fall back to the ground flutteringly, and the shuttlecock seemed to be stuck to the upper of his shoes.

As soon as the boy's legs moved, the shuttlecock flew again.

His posture of kicking the shuttlecock is very good-looking, and his movements are also very light, with front kicks, back kicks, left kicks, and right kicks, and the feather shuttlecock spins back and forth under his feet, looking at the group of children dazzled.

"That's amazing!" The children muttered.

The young man laughed and exclaimed, "Come! Sing it! ”

"Huh!" When the children heard this, they immediately came to their senses, and happily agreed, clapping their hands and singing together:

"A shuttlecock, kick in half, play the flower drum, wrap the flower thread, kick inside and outside, eight immortals across the sea, ninety-nine, one hundred!"

The children sang, and the movements of the boy's feet echoed - when the word "kick" was sung, he kicked with his positive feet; When he sang the words "hit" and "wind", he kicked inward with his backfoot; When he sang the word "turn", he kicked out with his backfoot; When he sang the word "sea", he also made a jump.

The children were even more excited and sang:

"One pot bottom, two pot lids, three wine cups, four chopsticks, five nail hammers, six siu mai, seven orchids, eight grasps, nine faces, and ten dozen flowers. Ah! Still kicking! Sing and sing! The children giggled and their voices were crisp, "Yang Liuqing, let go of the bell." Willow live, smoke dhara. Yang Liufa is slapping and slapping. Yang Liu died, kicking the shuttlecock. ”

After singing a few nursery rhymes, the shuttlecock under the boy's feet was still flying up and down, but the children couldn't think of other nursery rhymes to sing, so they sang the nursery rhyme just now again.

"Eh, eh!" The boy interrupted them with a smile, and the movement of his feet did not stop, "Can you change something fresh?" It's boring to listen to these all the time. ”

Fresh? They won't! Children, you look at me, I look at you, they all flattened their mouths, and they were a little frustrated.

Seeing that the children were all hanging their heads in frustration, the young man hurriedly comforted him softly: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll sing, just listen!" ”

As he spoke, he kicked the shuttlecock again, and sang aloud:

"The big crown repaired the sword, went out to Beijing, guarded the border, did not have warm clothes, did not have enough food, was besieged, and the corpses were in the valley. Why? Xie Sangongzi sought personal gain, sold military supplies, and lost his conscience. Woohoo, the sorrow of the people! ”

What song is this? How come they've never heard of it? The children were stunned.

They couldn't understand it, but the adults in the alley understood, and their faces turned pale with frightβ€”where could they listen to and discuss this court?

"Let's go! Stop playing. Go home and eat a bowl of winter solstice noodles, and you will be more obedient in the coming year. They rushed forward and hugged their children to go home.

There are children who don't follow, lying on the ground and refusing to go, so they have to wait for the teenager to finish kicking the shuttlecock.

"No! This messy song, is also what you can listen to? The child's parent shouted, reached out and grabbed the child's arm, dragged him up from the ground, and raised his hand to greet the child's buttocks, "Go home!" ”

The child was carried home by his parents with a whimpering cry.

In just a few moments, the people in the alley walked cleanly, and the doors of the houses were closed, as if they were afraid that the teenager would entangle the door.

"Huh." The boy shook his head with a smile, kicked the shuttlecock hard under his feet, and raised his hand again, catching it in mid-air.

"It's boring, it's boring." He put the shuttlecock at the door of a house, then walked slowly out of the alley with his hands behind his back.

Have you eaten winter solstice noodles? Looking at the days, the one in the palace is afraid that he will not survive the winter solstice.

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A crisp female voice came from outside the door, and Xie Zhen, who was resting on the Eight Treasure Glass Collapse, frowned slightly, slowly opened her eyes, and saw a cyan figure outside the veil hurriedly crossing the threshold.

"!" The maid wanted to shout again, but Hongling, who was guarding the house, hurriedly took a few steps forward and grabbed her, lowered her voice and reprimanded: "Tan'er, what are you talking nonsense about?" The mother finally closed her eyes for a while, you be careful not to wake her up. ”

"Really?" Tan'er's eyes widened, surprised and delighted, "Niang Niang is willing to rest?" ”

Hongling glared at her, "Yes! I persuaded for a long time, and the mother agreed to rest for a while, you are good, as soon as you come back, you can't wait to shout that the entire Feng'an Palace knows. ”

Tan'er stuck out her tongue, pulled Hongling's sleeve and said with a flattering smile: "Sister Hongling, don't blame me, I'm really happy!" ”

"Happy? Niangniang is in such a situation now, are you still happy? The more Hongling spoke, the more angry she became, and she stretched out her hand and pushed Tan'er out of the door, "Go, go, you don't need to wait in front of you." Stupid and stupid, don't endure the sadness of the mother when the time comes! ”

"Oh, Sister Hongling, don't push me! I really have something serious to do to repay my mother! Tan'er blocked Hongling with one arm horizontally, and raised the other hand high, "Look at you, I'm here to deliver dumplings to Niangniang!" ”

"Dumplings?" Hongling was stunned, counted the days in her heart, and couldn't help but say "oops": "I forgot about today's winter solstice." ”

Tan'er grinned, raised her chin, and looked a little proud, "I knew you forgot, but fortunately I still remember, I ran to the dining room early in the morning!" ”

Hearing her talk about the dining room, Hongling snorted lightly with some displeasure, in other words, in the past, where did she need to remember what days? Whenever there is a festival, the people in the dining room have sent the Boxing gift a few days in advance, but this time they even have to ask for the dumplings themselves.

Thinking of this, she looked suspiciously at the carved food box in Tan'er's hand, frowned, and said, "You go and ask, and they will give it to you?" ”

Is it really that easy? Since the Xie family was convicted of buying and selling munitions, the emperor has not come to see Niangniang much, and those minions who are fighting for Feng'an Palace on weekdays are talking about Niangniang's fall from grace behind their backs, so they don't even bother to pretend to be respectful on the surface, and they dare to send any bad and broken things into Feng'an Palace. This group of minions who look down on people have changed sex today? So easy to talk to?

"They said they wouldn't give it, and they beat me out." Tan'er said as she lifted up her sleeve and pointed to the bruises on her arms to Hongling.

Hongling saw that the injury on her arm was indeed not light, her face slowed down a little, and the tone of her voice was not only not angry after being beaten, but also a little excited, and couldn't help but glance at her and said, "You are so happy to be beaten?" It can't be a broken head, right? Also, you say they don't give you dumplings, so where did your dumplings come from? Stole? ”

"I didn't get my head broken! Didn't steal either! Tan'er grimaced at her, elongated her voice and pretended to be mysterious: "Guess who saved me?" ”

Hongling glanced at her and gestured to leave, "I don't guess, I'll go see if Niangniang is awake." ”

"Eh, eh! I said no, yet? Tan'er hurriedly grabbed her, and complained flatly: "Sister Hongling is so boring. ”

Hongling couldn't help but be angry when she heard this, pulled her sleeves hard, turned around and left.

Tan'er hurriedly tightened her sleeves, opened her mouth and said as if pouring beans: "It's Daoist Yan Ye!" He happened to save me and asked me to bring a plate of dumplings back to my mother! ”

"Daoist Yan Ye?" After hearing this, Hongling only felt dizzy. How did you get involved with Daoist Yan Ye? And how does that sound like charity? What is this called?

"yes!" Tan'er's eyes flashed, and her tone was excited, "I've always heard from other palace maids that Daoist Yan Ye is a beautiful man, but unfortunately I haven't had the chance to see him, I didn't expect to see him today, and he smiled at me!" Ah! I'm so dumbfounded! ”

"Oops, oops!" Hongling was even more dizzy by her noise, shook her head vigorously, reached out and pushed her again, "Forget it, you better wait and come back!" It's noisy! ”

"Sister Hongling, Sister Hongling......" Tan'er's voice begging for mercy became louder and louder.

It's a lot of noise. Xie Zhen listened interestingly on the couch, so she simply sat up and said with a smile: "Hongling, Tan'er, come in." ”

Woke up? The two maids who were pushing and shoving outside looked stiff.

"I blame you." Hongling glared at Tan'er, and hurriedly walked into the inner room with plastic surgery.

Tan'er stuck out her tongue behind her, grinning and following along.

"Mother." Two maids blessed themselves in front of the couch.

Xie Zhen let out an "um" and looked at them with a smile on her face.

The two maids stood side by side, Hongling, who was wearing an apricot-colored cardigan jacket, was tall, and Tan'er, who was wearing an azure satin round-necked straight jacket, was small and exquisite, both of them had a good appearance with bright eyes and bright teeth.

In the blink of an eye, the two little girls are so big? Wan Ting girl, at this age, she has somewhat hidden some thoughts, no wonder Fang Cai Tan'er shouted that she would die without regrets when she saw that Yan Ye Dao Chang! Xie Hao thought about it, pursed her lips and smiled.

Hongling and Tan'er are both the sons of the Xie family, and they have been serving her since they were five or six years old, and later followed her into the palace and did their best in everything. The two girls are both very honest temperaments, when she was favored, they never knew how to flatter and beg for rewards, but only silently took care of her diet and daily life; Now that she has fallen out of favor, how many concubines behind her back have tried their best to win them over and let them make some small conspiracy to frame her, but these two girls have never been moved, so they have suffered any grievances, and they have never complained in front of her.

Such a good girl, she should call the shots for them and point out a good person, so that they will be good to her.

"Mother." Tan'er is an active person, and after being stared at by Xie Hao for a long time, her body froze, and the boss was uncomfortable, calling softly, and twisting her body carefully, "Are you having any nightmares?" Don't be afraid! Daydreams don't come true! Would you like to take another break? ”

This girl! I'm three years younger than her! also dared to come up with a set of adult rhetoric to coax her. The smile on the corner of Xie Hao's mouth gradually deepened.

Hongling was a little embarrassed when she heard this, ashamed and annoyed, she didn't dare to look at the look of the person on the couch, so she only quietly reached out and pinched the soft flesh on Tan'er's waist, and scolded quietly: "What nonsense are you talking about?" Obviously, the two of us just talked too loudly and woke up the mother, and we didn't make amends to the mother? ”

Tan'er coldly ate this pain, where can she listen to any words of reparation? The body subconsciously jumped a step away, rubbed his waist and cried out in pain, "Ouch! Sister Hongling, what are you pinching me for! ”

Hongling heard these thunderous words, her eyes turned black, and she almost fainted - this little girl knew that she was causing trouble! She raised her head uneasily, looked at Xie Zhen's smiling eyes, felt a little weak in her heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "Niangniang, the slave is not in a state, please punish Niangniang!" ”

"It doesn't matter." Xie Zhen said with a smile: "Get up!" I heard what you said. ”

Sure enough, they woke him up. Hongling looked stunned.

"Mother, did you hear everything?" Tan'er's eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't help asking, "What did you hear?" Did you hear me talk about Daoist Yan Ye? ”

"I hear you." Xie Zhen nodded, and couldn't help but tease her, "I also heard you say that you will die without regrets when you see the Taoist Chief!" ”

Such unashamed words were also heard by the mother, and Hongling's face turned red - she knew that she would not be messing around.

"Oops." Tan'er was a nervous person, not only did she not feel ashamed when she heard the words, but nodded and said loudly: "Yes! Yan Ye Dao is handsome! ”

Xie Zhen looked at this simple and lovely honest girl, and laughed with a "poof".

"Alright, alright." She smiled and said, "Hurry up and put the dumplings from your handsome Taoist leader!" I'm really hungry. ”

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