Chapter 20: Undercurrent

I couldn't help but laugh from the bottom of my heart when I thought of Stygian's attentive eyes, fiery kisses, and domineering declarations that I was his zhan thing. Seeing me smiling stupidly, Xiaohong called me curiously, "Girl? Girl? What are you laughing at? ”

"Huh?" I came back to my senses and smiled faintly, "It's nothing, you go and prepare lunch, I'm hungry." ”

This Xiaohong is now my maid, and I have been in contact with her a few days ago, and I have learned a little about her background. A year ago, Xiaohong's parents died, and she was sold by her brother and sister-in-law to Yihong Mansion, and she was also looking for death and life before, Yueniang gave her a little silver, burned her deed of sale, and let her go back. Two days later, she came back by herself, with a calm face, and she didn't say what she suffered after returning home, and since then she has stayed in the Red Mansion with all her heart, and regarded Yueniang as a reborn parent. This girl is smart and clever, very good at observing words and feelings, but in the end she is only thirteen years old, and the biggest setback in this life is probably being sold by her brother and sister-in-law, and the ending is not bad, so her mind is still simple, it seems that there are not so many flowery intestines, although she regards Yueniang as a benefactor, she is also respectful to me, and she completely regards me as a master. I changed my initial unkindness to her, and had the intention of tempting her to speak, after all, I was a child, and seeing that I had a good attitude towards her, and I was also close, but I also set out a lot of the world of the Tiancao Dynasty, including the previous version of the rumors about me.

Xiaohong is a child's surname, and she doesn't take the rumors seriously, but worships me, thinking that I am a very capable master. I can quite understand her thoughts, which is nothing more than the master's enlightenment and the ascension of chickens and dogs to heaven. I pity her life experience, and I don't take her carefulness as a matter of pride, but fortunately, she also abides by her duty, and she is not a happy person. In my mind, I sorted out the information I learned from Xiaohong, and I had a general understanding of this time and space. There are a total of four countries in this time and space, the largest in the center of the country is the Tiancao country I am in now, rich in products, rich in the country and strong in the people, the world and the people are really the same as the Tang Dynasty in my time and space, the monarch takes "Jun" as the surname, and the emperor in power now is named Jun Beiyu, who is a young emperor who has been on the throne for less than a year; To the west is the Yaoyue Kingdom, a nomadic people on the grassland, whose people are fierce and fierce, and often invade the western frontiers; The north is the country of Chenxing, most of the land is in the ice and snow, it is said that their people live by hunting and logging, life is extremely difficult, the country of Tiancao is also eyeing the land and resources, occasionally come to attack, this time the general of the Lonely Cloud is from the northern Xinjiang to win the battle back; There is an island country called Hongyue Country on the sea in the east, although the country is not big, and the people are all born short and ugly, but they are cunning and fierce, often disguised as pirates to sneak into the border of the East China Sea, rob fishing villages, and plunder, and are hated by the people of Tiancao to call them "Wakou"; The south is a countryless and wild land, but there are some alien races who are good at poisonous insects, fierce and unreasonable, ignorant and uneducated, and are called "barbarians in southern Xinjiang" by the people of Tiancao country.

I sighed in my heart, it seems that this Tianguo is like a group of vicious wolves staring at the fat meat, and the people not only do not have a sense of crisis, but also vainly regard themselves as the great powers of the Celestial Empire, and disdain the barbarians of the four seas. I shook my head, the richer you are, the more it will attract the eyes of the poor countries around you, the people are so arrogant, and it is not unrelated to the thoughts of the superiors, if this Tiancao country does not know how to absorb the strengths of other countries, and rests on its laurels, it is a matter of time before the country dies. I compared this place with the situation of my time and space in my heart, and found that this Yaoyue country is a bit like Mongolia, Chenxing country is a bit like Russia, the wild land in the south is a bit like the southwest Miaojiang, and the island country in the east is Hongyue, and it is said that this is the devil. Depend on! Not only is the behavior the same, but even the name of the country has obtained the national flag like the one, I hated it for a while, and I completely regarded the red word as a substitute for the small one, and scolded in my heart.

Then I sighed again when I thought about the events that had arisen from last night's appearance. It's really a wave of unsettled, wave after wave. I'm not afraid of anything on Chu Yan's side, but I'm now a person who was contracted by General Lone, and I don't have to go to pick up guests, if something happens, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to explain to the Red Mansion.

Although the idea of escaping has not been dispelled, but since I don't have to be forced to sell myself, it is not so urgent, things have evolved to this point, running away is not the safest plan, escape, my life and death will no longer have anything to do with Yi Honglou, if something happens to me, Yi Honglou will not have to explain anything to Lonely Horror Cloud. If I can't guarantee that I will be absolutely safe to escape, Chu Yan will definitely not find me, so what's the use of escaping? I weighed Chu Yan's power in my heart, and shook my head, I still can't figure out what kind of ghost door he is, and I don't know what the door is doing, so it's too irresponsible for my life to run away casually.

And that Yu Gongzi ......, when I think of him, my head hurts, I don't know what he wants to wrap me, but I vaguely feel in my heart that this is a big tree, if I can grasp him, my future life will change a lot. I was thinking about the next time we met, should I tell Silent Surprise Cloud and Yu Gongzi that I was actually the daughter of Prime Minister Wei who was destroyed, I wonder if they will believe me? If they believe me, and I wonder if they will help me?

And the man in black, what does he have to do with me? Why did the look in my eyes suddenly become shocked and confused when I saw me? This means that he never expected to meet me here. Who is he ......?

The jumble of thoughts made me a little irritable. Suo shook his head and ignored it. If I don't have to run away for the time being, I don't have to pick up customers, I don't just realize the highest life ideal in my previous life, and I am a rice worm who has nothing to do, but I am imprisoned in the house, there is no freedom of rice worm, I stayed in the house for a long time, depressed to death, sighing in my heart, alas, it seems that people are really as the poem says, life is precious, love is more valuable, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown. People who have never lost their freedom will never feel this feeling.

I sighed, since I can't be a drunk, idle rice worm, just be a hard-working rice worm, I remembered that I promised Aunt Jin to draw some tricks for her, or work hard to earn silver, and after getting out of the Qinglou, there will be silver two sides, I thought about it, I walked to the desk, sat down, and began to draw patterns.

Painted some normal flowers and plants, such as tulips and cosmos that have never been seen in this era, in fact, the shape of these flowers can be colorful, even if it is a rose that Mrs. Jin has seen, I can also paint dozens of different styles, but in my previous life, I was also born in graphic design, although my painting skills are not as good as my younger brother leaves, but also better than ordinary people. I drew a few pictures, I felt bored, and evil thoughts floated in my heart, I couldn't help laughing, and drew a few Q version of the comic piglets, all with fat heads and big ears, extremely funny and cute. Xiaohong brought lunch over, and when she saw the piglet I painted, she liked it very much: "The girl's painting is so chic, and the ugly and stupid piglet is so cute, it will definitely make the young masters and ladies in the capital like it." ”

I saw that she liked it so much, and said with a smile: "When Aunt Jin's sample is made, I will give you two." ”

"Really?" Her eyes lit up, and she smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth, "Thank you, girl, the girl is so good to Xiaohong, and she is still the smartest and most capable person Xiaohong has ever seen." ”

"Come on, don't be a sycophant." I glanced at her and laughed, "Aren't you hungry?" Let's sit down and eat together. ”

"Girl, how can I be so unruly and eat at the same table with the girl." Xiaohong hurriedly waved her hand and shook her head, looking panicked. I now know the rules of this red mansion, the popular girls all open a small stove alone and eat in their own rooms, and other girls, girls, thugs, and turtle slaves are all around the table in the cafeteria.

"Where do I have so many rules here?" I put down my pen and said lightly, "Don't worry about Yueniang scolding you, now that you are my person, you can do what I say." ”

"Thank you, girl." Xiaohong was so moved that tears were about to fall. I smiled, Yueniang, I learned this trick from you, buy people's hearts, who wouldn't?

"Alright, let's eat." I patted her on the shoulder, turned around, and was stunned to see someone else in the room.

Chu Yan?

When did he come in? I looked at his expressionless face, smiled, and said softly, "Has Gongzi Chu had lunch?" ”

He frowned, looked at me, and didn't speak. I didn't care about him, so I turned my head to Xiaohong and said, "Xiaohong, add a pair of dishes and chopsticks to Gongzi Chu, and then send a pot of wine." ”

Xiaohong went out in response, I sat down at the table, raised my eyes to see that he was still standing straight, and said with a smile: "Does Gongzi Chu want to stand there all the time?" ”

Chu Yan sat silently, still silent. I looked at his expressionless face, as handsome as a stone sculpture. He must be very angry in his heart now, originally I was his own confination, he could take and want from me at will, if he wanted me to live, if he wanted me to die, he never thought that overnight, I became someone else's pet, I could see and touch, but he was no longer allowed to touch. This feeling of losing control ......, and I laughed, I'm afraid it won't be good.

Xiaohong brought the wine over, set the dishes and chopsticks, and cleverly exited the room. I set a wine glass in front of him, picked up the flask, and poured him a glass of wine. He looked away from my face and out the window, and drank his glass, still speechless. I smiled faintly and filled it for him. Since I came to this world, my relationship with him has never been as calm as it is today, and I ignore what kind of undercurrents there are under his calm appearance. I just felt that this feeling was really not bad, I stood in front of him, but he could only watch, a short distance away, but he couldn't touch each other, as if his heart was separated from the world. Chu Yan, Chu Yan, now in your heart, do you have a trace of regret?

He didn't speak, just silently drank the wine I poured him, and when I poured a glass, he drank a glass, and he didn't make a fuss, and he didn't move. His eyes stared indifferently out of the window until he fell drunk and never looked at me again. I looked out the window, the cool breeze was blowing, the tree was flourishing, but after a few days, it fell sparse and depressed, and suddenly I realized that summer had passed, and autumn had come.

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