In the open space on the opposite side of the pond, many dwarf cinnamon plants are planted, and the sweet fragrance fills the air, rich and intoxicating. There are also a few big trees that cannot be named, the crown of the tree is spread out like a giant umbrella, and there is not a single leaf on the tree, but it is full of flowers, the flowers are pale pink, and when the wind blows, the petals of the flowers fall off, like flying colorful butterflies, spiraling down from the trees, flying up and down.

Under the flower tree, a man in blue sat on the ground. Bamboo mats were laid on the floor, and there were low tables and soft cushions on the mats. When I got closer, I saw that the man in blue was the same Yu Gongzi I had seen half a month ago. He was dressed in a light blue robe, like a lake in spring, his hair was still tied high behind his head with a headband, and he was holding a knife in one hand and a small piece of wood in the other, and he was carving something intently. The ends of his hair and his robe have been stained with several pink cherry blossoms, and in the sky, there are still petals falling one by one, one petal falls on his eyelashes, he blinked, and the petals suddenly fell onto the robe, he was unmoved, and carved the wooden blocks in his hand one by one, his expression was still focused. The falling cherry blossoms are colorful, the petals are like rain, people in the rain of flowers, like a beautiful picture, beautiful, but it seems so unreal, I don't even dare to breathe, for fear of breaking the tranquility in the painting, disturbing the people in this dream.

He put the knife on the low table, blew on the sawdust carved from the woodcut on his hand, and then a lazy voice sounded: "What are you doing there?" Aren't you tired? He didn't turn his head, his eyes still focused on the woodcut in his hand. I smiled and walked over, gently placed my guitar in the corner of the mat, and whispered, "Carmen has seen Childe." ”

"Sit down." He didn't lift his head, as if the wood carving in his hand was some rare treasure. I sat down, and he looked up at me, his expression was very relaxed and soft, and even the terrifying gaze in his eyes was retracted. This makes me feel easy to get close to, and not to be so worried about calculating his thoughts all the time.

"Sick?" He asked me lightly.

"Okay, thank you for your concern." I remembered the tonic and pastry snacks he had sent in the name of Silence, and I quickly thanked him.

"Why is this illness so ferocious?" He pinched the wood carving in his hand and asked nonchalantly.

"I was already weak due to the cold, so I got better slowly." I replied cautiously. Every word of this prince is not negligent, and a seemingly casual sentence often hides a sharp edge, which makes people unable to resist.

"I heard that you met a flower thief?" Yu Gongzi said coldly, and the corners of his lips pursed into a smile of unknown meaning, "Your girl's fame has really spread." ”

"I didn't pick it, don't worry, Carmen won't let someone take advantage of it and smear Childe's face." I hasten to declare. How does he know? This news was tightly sealed by Yueniang, and almost no one knew about Yihong Mansion, could it be that this Yu Gongzi sent someone to spy on me? I smiled helplessly, and said, "Carmen is so famous, but the son has made a big effort." The implication is that he is also the initiator.

When Yu Gongzi heard me say this, he laughed lazily: "The fame is blazing, and there are always many benefits, isn't it that someone has come to save the beauty?" I heard that the tables and chairs and brocade screens have been chopped up. ”

I felt a chill in my heart, he even knew that the tables and chairs were chopped up, could it be that there was an eyeliner arranged by him in the Red Mansion? Otherwise, why do you seem to know everything that happens to me? Chu Yanyueniang never asked me who cut down the table and chair screens, I just thought they didn't care, now think about it is unlikely, why do they hold back and don't ask me for the roots?

And the reason why this Yu Gongzi took me over must be to lure out the man in black who assassinated him, right? I pursed my lips and smiled, "Did Childe put zongzi next to Carmen?" Even Carmen knew that she was saved by Chu Yan's son. "The implication is that the man in black is Chu Yan, you go to him for trouble. He was not allowed to think about it, and deliberately brought the allusion of this zongzi in his words to divert his thinking.

"Zongzi?" Yu Gongzi was stunned, and he really didn't understand what I was talking about.

I pursed my lips and laughed, "Haven't you heard that joke?" The steamed bun family and the rice family fought in a group, the rice family beat the steamed bun family to the ground, the egg fried rice forced the zongzi into a corner, the zongzi took off his coat, and said to the egg fried rice: 'I am Neiying', so this zongzi has become an alias for Neiying and Jianxi. ”

In the 21st century, there is a girl named Li Xiaolian, who makes countless people crazy for her, those who love her are crazy, and those who hate her are crazy. She is as pure as our self ten years ago, I think of that hot summer, we came together because of this child, voted for her, canvassed for her, cried for her, laughed for her, exhausted all the enthusiasm that was not much in her body, everything seemed to have happened yesterday as clearly, but in fact, it was like a different world, really, in another world.

"You're a girl, where are these funny jokes?" Yu Gongzi Xu felt fresh, and really didn't chase after the details of that night, he seemed to be in a good mood today, and asked lazily: "I heard that you told Yueniang the idea of a 'super Oiran', and it has been spread in the capital for half a month?" ”

"It's just a small idea." I looked at him apprehensively, not knowing what he meant by that.

"Little idea?" He glanced at me meaningfully, "Even the big businessmen in the capital can't come up with such a meticulous idea. You little girl, where did you get these ideas? ”

How could I have thought, I plagiarized. I secretly complained in my heart, and I didn't know how to answer him, so I asked unreasonably: "Why can't a little girl have these ideas, this can only show that women's intelligence is not lost to men at all." ”

The corners of Yu Gongzi's lips pursed a light smile, and he didn't dwell on this question with me, and said abruptly: "Do you know how to play chess?" ”

I glanced at the Go cup and chessboard that were placed a few times shorter, and said with a smile: "Childe, Carmen is not one of those talented women who know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, don't you make it clear that you are embarrassed for me?" ”

He smiled: "What if I don't want to listen to music today, I just want to play chess?" ”

I smiled again, took out the chessboard and put it on the low table and said, "Is this Go, Carmen has another way to play, is Childe interested in trying?" ”

"Tell me about it." Yu Gongzi's expression was uneasy.

I took out the Go cup, grabbed a few chess pieces in my hand, and said with a smile while swinging them on the chessboard: "I don't have as much trouble as Go, so it's called 'backgammon'." That is, two people each hold a kind of chess piece, whether the chess piece of either side is a horizontal line, a vertical line, or a diagonal line, and the first one to form five wins. ”

"There's a lot of tricks." He was a little interested, "Then try your new play." ”

So I got up, I was able to win him easily in the first few games, and after playing a few more games, it was not so easy to win him, and the next game often took a long time, and it was difficult to decide the winner, and then later, I lost more and won less, why is this man so smart? I pouted, and when he won my game again, I pushed the chess pieces in discouragement and said, "Don't come, don't come, the son won't let you go." ”

He raised his eyes to glance at me, his expression was lazy, but there was a hint of a smile in his eyes, his body lazily melted back, and he smiled: "Come here." ”

I was stunned, subconsciously stood up, walked to him and sat down, he pulled me into his arms, before I could react, had already ripped off the hairband of my hair, I exhaled softly, his hand had already penetrated into my hair, scooped a bunch and raised it to my nose, sniffed, and praised: "It smells so good!" ”

I leaned on his arms, not daring to move, I am now the person he has wrapped, what he does to me is a matter of course, including asking for my body, I raised my face and forced a smile: "Childe, Carmen sings a song for you, right?" ”

"I said I don't want to listen to music today." He said lightly, his nose was still sniffing on my hair, and I was a little anxious, he couldn't have moved now, right?

"So, how about Carmen tell you a story?" I'll do something else. This trick is my killer trick, when Chu Yan forced me to pick up guests, I wanted to use this trick in a desperate situation, just like the woman who told the story to the tyrant in "One Thousand and One Nights", to delay the tyrant's killing, I wanted to use the story to delay the guest's time, and get him drunk while talking, or simply tell ghost stories to the guests and scare them away. But I didn't expect that I was still a little unlucky, and I never used it.

"Story?" Yu Gongzi still didn't let go of me, let me lean in his arms, he seemed to be very interested in my hair, while holding the trick, a nonchalantly answering me.

"Childe doesn't want to hear it either?" The longer you stay in his arms, the more unsafe it becomes, right? I'm going to have to get him to say yes quickly.

"You're so interested, let's talk about it." But he wouldn't let go of me, and I didn't dare to struggle, so I leaned into his arms, and a story came out of my head, the most famous one in One Thousand and One Nights, and I began to tell it endlessly: "Once upon a time, in a distant country there was a country of Persia, and in the city lived two brothers, the elder brother was called Gosimus, and the younger brother was called Ali Baba. After their father's death, they each got a limited amount of property, and they separated from each other to make a living. Soon the money was spent, and life became difficult. In order to solve the problem of food and clothing and make ends meet, the brothers had to run around all night, endure hardships and stand hard work. Later, Gosimus was fortunate enough to marry the daughter of a wealthy merchant, and he inherited his father-in-law's business and began to start a business. As a result of his prosperous and rapid development, Gosimus soon became a well-known and wealthy businessman. Alibaba, on the other hand, married the daughter of a poor family, and the couple lived a poor life. Except for a dilapidated house, there were only three donkeys. Ali Baba makes a living by selling firewood, driving donkeys to the jungle every day to chop firewood and then carrying it to the market to sell it to make a living. One day ......"

He played with my hair, with an unpredictable expression, and when his intimidating eyes converged, his eyes were as clear as spring water, and I don't know if he listened to them or not, and in a moment of anxiety, the story he told was confused: "The robber leader shouted to the cave, 'Sesame, open the door!'" ......, uh......, Ali Baba......, uh...... "He's so good-looking, I look at him with a slurp, I don't know what I'm talking about."

He laughed, I don't know whether it was ridicule or joy, my face suddenly burned hot, "Boom", buried my face in his arms, and said coquettishly: "The prince makes fun of others." ”

"You girl, sometimes you are a thief, sometimes you are so confused......" He sighed, stroked my hair, the hand didn't know what to do behind my head, and then, I felt him gently pin something into my hair, I curiously touched the hair, my hand stiffened, the hair hanging on the back of his head has been curled up by him I don't know what to use, and then I touched it upward, touching a hard thing, I gently stroked the shape of the thing, my heart was shocked, and my hand paused as if it had been immobilized, that thing was actually ......, It's a hairpin!

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