13. Carry out hookup to the end
In fact, Zhuang Hua wailed in his heart, it was so heavy!! She really admires the "most beautiful mother", the gravitational acceleration of a big living person is really not something that ordinary people can afford.
And the seven or eight-year-old girl in her arms was obviously still in a frightened state, she hadn't come back to her senses for a long time, and her body was still trembling, Zhuang Hua couldn't help but feel a little guilty in her heart.
There was no sound on the other side of the wall, as if they were holding their breath waiting for something to break the dead silence.
Zhuang Hua sat on the low rock by the rockery with the little girl in his arms, sat on his lap with the little girl's back to him, and wrapped her in his arms, and then his voice sounded faintly: "Others say that there are ghosts here, but I thought it was a snail girl." But now it seems that it is a beautiful little girl. ”
The little girl finally came to her senses, and when she heard Zhuang Hua say this, regardless of her fear and vigilance of strangers, she twisted her body to look at Zhuang Hua and asked curiously, "Who is Miss Tianluo?" ”
"You want to know?" Zhuang Hua asked.
The little girl nodded vigorously: "I want to know!" ”
The people on the west side of the wall seemed relieved to hear the little girl's smooth words, but they still didn't make any more sounds.
Zhuang Hua told the little girl the story of the snail girl, "A long, long time ago, there was a hard-working and kind young man, who lived a full and happy life from sunrise to sunset every day.
One day, he dug up a huge snail in the field. It's the size of the stone on which I sit. ”
The little girl exclaimed, "It's so big!" "I also bent down left and right to look.
Zhuang Hua nodded, "Yes, a big snail." The young man thought it was a treasure, so he moved back to the house and kept it in the water tank at home.
On the tenth day when the young man dug up the snails and carried them home, the young man came home from a day's work to find that the house had been cleaned and that there was a hot meal on the table. This happened for several days, and the young man, thinking that a kind neighbor had helped him with the housework and the food he had prepared, went to thank him, but the neighbor said, 'You yourself have a new wife, are you confused?' The young man thought to himself, what is the matter that he has not taken a wife? So he decided to find out the cause himself.
The next morning, he pretended to go out to farm, but in fact he quietly returned home, hid out the window and looked inside, and as a result, he saw something that surprised him......
"Knock knock!!"
"Please open the door of the master's house, I am the steward of Princess Yu's mansion, please open the door!"
The little girl was hearing Xing's head when a sudden knock on the door from the front yard interrupted Zhuang Hua's voice.
Zhuang Hua said to the rockery where Yanrong was hiding: "Huan, go open the door." ”
"Whoa." Huan answered, walked out of the rockery, trotted all the way to the front yard to open the door, and Yanrong and Yi also walked out.
The little girl suddenly asked vigilantly, "Why is there still anyone?" The words unconsciously reveal a lofty posture, without pretentiousness.
Zhuang Hua stretched out his right hand and scratched the girl's little nose indifferently, and said, "It's not to catch you, the 'little female ghost'." ”
The girl's nose was scratched by cold fingers, and she "giggled" and dodged, forgetting to ask if there were people hiding behind the rockery.
At this time, Huan led a group of people into the garden, and Zhuang Hua took the girl off his lap, got up and stood in place, waiting for them to come to him.
"Sir, this is the steward of the Jade Princess's Mansion. said that there was a little palace maid in the princess's mansion, and the steward came to look for it. Huan bowed and said to Zhuang Hua.
The steward who led a team of guards behind him stepped forward, and when he saw Zhuang Hua dressed as a scribe, he arched his hand and said: "A certain is the steward of Princess Yu's mansion, there is a palace maid who is lost tonight, and I ask this gentleman to make it convenient, let me wait to find it." ”
A woman in palace clothes who came with the steward was sharp-eyed, and when she saw the little girl who was deliberately hiding behind Zhuang Hua, she scolded in a coquettish voice: "Little fifteen! Don't give it to me yet! ”
The little girl not only didn't come out, but grabbed the corner of Zhuang Hua's clothes and shrank back, the woman seemed to be angry, Yanli's face was full of anger, and she rushed up in two steps to catch the little girl behind Zhuang Hua, but she didn't expect the little girl to flash, the woman grabbed the air, her feet were unstable and she almost fell, but fortunately, Zhuang Hua quickly stretched out her arm to stop the woman's waist.
She is a man now, although the etiquette here is not as strict as in the feudal era, but it is still very out of place for a man to reach out to grab a woman's waist, so Zhuang Hua just stretched out his arm to stop it, and did not stretch out his hand.
The woman's face was red under the light, I don't know whether she was angry or ashamed, she stood up straight with Zhuang Hua's arm, and withdrew from Zhuang Hua's half-arms in fright, and ran away and generally returned to the steward, and forgot about catching the little girl.
Everyone on the side looked at each other, and the steward of the Jade Princess's Mansion was even more embarrassed, and cold sweat broke out, and he said in his heart, but he had a big disaster. The sympathetic gaze fell on Zhuang Hua, and he was full of regret.
Zhuang Hua didn't care about this, she turned around and squatted down and said to the little girl: "Naughty girls should go home now, otherwise they will have ugly spots on their faces if they can't sleep, and they will become 'little female ghosts' at that time." ”
"Really?" The little girl's eyes widened and she covered her face in fear.
"Really, Uncle won't lie to you." Zhuang Hua Road.
The little girl said with some loss: "But the snail girl hasn't finished talking yet......"
Zhuang Hua stretched out his hand and stroked the top of the girl's hair, "If you have a chance, will I tell you again." It's too late today, my uncle hasn't rested since he just moved in, and now he wants to rest. You see that my uncle's face is so bad, if you don't rest, you will get sick, and if you are sick, you can't tell you about the snail girl anymore. ”
The little girl nodded sullenly, "Okay." I'm leaving, brother, you rest early, don't get sick. Then, in Zhuang Hua's encouraging gaze, he walked to the woman's side and took the woman's hand.
"Ninth sister, let's go back."
The woman glanced at Zhuang Hua with a little surprise and appreciation, and then glanced at the steward, who understood and said goodbye to Zhuang Hua: "This gentleman, we have found it, so I won't bother too much, and I will leave." ”
"Steward, please. Huan, send off the guest on my behalf. Zhuang Hua said.
"Wow. Steward, please. Huan answered, and then led the way and sent the group out of the gate.
Zhuang Hua glanced at the garden that was illuminated by the lanterns brought by the steward, and the darkness was even more intense, and said to Yanrong and Yi, as well as Huan, who came back: "Now it has been confirmed that there are no ghosts here, let's rest." ”
All four of them are temporarily living in the same compound in the front yard.
Zhuang Hua returned to his house, took off his outer shirt, inner shirt and middle coat, and only wore a dark obscene clothes and a corset vest inside, flat (Zhuang Hua: ...... Lying on the bed, with his eyes closed, but not sleeping.
Since being kidnapped by the bandits of Jishan on the way, Zhuang Hua's original mind has changed.
In this chaotic world, the difference between soldiers and bandits is really not big, and the mentality of getting by is really not a long-term strategy. She came inexplicably, she didn't know when she would return, maybe she would spend the rest of her life here, let her stay in panic until she died, then she wouldn't be her. Perhaps, she thought, she could use what she had learned to change the world to the best of her ability, even if it was only a small change for the better.
Coming to Shaoguang is an opportunity, she still has a big conspiracy plan in her hands, and if she makes good use of it, it is a powerful capital.
Before, she was just bent on fulfilling the entrustment of the mountain court, so after choosing not to recognize Zhang Liang Wang Baiti on Jishan Mountain, she was fighting for her goal.
So, after learning that the neighbor's house in the Jade Princess's Mansion was haunted, she wanted to see if there was any unexpected gain. She thought about it carefully, the Jade Princess just acted in an avant-garde style, it didn't mean that she was a fool, so it was okay to follow the line of the Jade Princess.
After Zhuang Hua investigated, he found obvious traces of people on the west wall of the garden close to the princess, and Zhuang Hua guessed the matter all over the world. It was probably the people from the princess's mansion who sneaked over and pretended to be ghosts.
Although the little girl's clothes and accessories are simple, the materials and workmanship are very exquisite, and the noble atmosphere in her bones is something that a little girl can't pretend to be, if Zhuang Hua hadn't saved her, Zhuang Hua estimated that he might not be able to get close to her. Later, the arrival of the steward of the Jade Princess's Mansion made Zhuang Hua sure that she had caught a big fish.
After this entanglement, the intersection with the Jade Princess Mansion will not be broken in a short period of time, as for how to lengthen the time and the distance, it depends on Zhuang Hua's own ability.
Suddenly, there was a noise in the window of Zhuang Hua's room, and Zhuang Hua sat up vigilantly.
A familiar figure slumped in through the window and stood in front of her, the dim moonlight blurring his outline.
"Easy?" Zhuang Hua asked suspiciously, "Is there something wrong?" ”
Yi didn't know why he was so breathless, and he was anxious to know what the purpose of Zhuang Hua's actions was, so he came.
However, the moment he saw Zhuang Hua, his inexplicable and irritable mind calmed down, and he also regretted breaking in so rashly.
Listening to Zhuang Hua's tone, he was not angry, but only doubtful, Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and replied truthfully: "I don't know what Mr. did tonight, what is the purpose?" ”
When Zhuang Hua heard this, he was not happy. I didn't even ask about a lot of secrets about you, but you came to ask me about it? Zhuang Hua is a very important person, she positions Yi as a partner, it does not mean that she wants to share secrets with him, partners are not friends, friends may turn against each other, not to mention partners who have a purpose to temporarily reach cooperation conditions. And what's the matter with him coming in through the window at night, fortunately she wasn't taking a shower, otherwise she would have been exposed!
"It's my private business. You don't need to know. Zhuang Hua said coldly.
Easy to tremble. It is even more rude for him to open the window in the middle of the night, and it is even more rude to ask about "him". What's more, what kind of identity is he, just a slave, and such an unbearable lowly status......
"The slave has trespassed, please forgive me." Yi knelt on one knee and pleaded guilty to Zhuang Hua.
Zhuang Hua rolled his eyes and had a headache.
At a glance, this child knew that he didn't necessarily want to go to a bitter place, and the aura that pretended to be calm but was too desolate was like a melancholy dog abandoned by his master, which made Zhuang Hua feel unbearable.
Does she still have to be the eldest sister of the confidant, no, is it the job of the eldest brother?
Zhuang Hua sighed and got up from the couch, put on his shoes and walked to Yi's side, bending down to help Yi's arms, but he didn't help him up.
"Do you want me to confess to you?" Zhuang Hua teased with a faint smile in his tone.
"Don't dare." Yi followed Zhuang Hua's hand and stood up, and then stood there and stopped talking.
Damn, you have to continue to coax. Zhuang Hua silently lasagna in his heart.
"It's really my private business." It's a little shocking, and I don't lie to you at all, "Also, if you have something to do in the future, knock on my door and come in, except for taking a bath, I have time." "I have insomnia, all day long, except for bathing, going to the toilet and changing clothes, stick with me," you will always live in the room opposite me from now on, remember, my room is not allowed to be entered without permission, if there is negligence, only you ask. "My room is your territory.
After speaking, Zhuang Hua found that Yi's grief aura had finally dissipated, and he breathed a sigh of embarrassment in his heart. Internal unity is very important and must be done well.
"Whoa." Yi bowed his hand and agreed, and a smile quietly appeared in his eyes.
"Go back and rest, there's a lot to do tomorrow." Zhuang Hua patted Yi's shoulder, and then went back to the bed to lie down.
Yi said goodbye, and climbed out of the window when he came, and did not forget to close the window.
Zhuang Hua looked at it, the corners of his mouth broke through the control of the nerves and twitched slightly. The door in this room doesn't play a big role, so it's better to block it and change it to a window.
Early the next morning, Yanrong took the money given by Zhuang Hua and went with Huan to buy slaves, if there were only four of them in the huge mansion, it would be too unpleasant.
Zhuang Hua took ** in the small pavilion on the garden pond and sat there to read a book, Yi Yi followed Zhuang Hua as usual, standing silently on one side.
Zhuang Hua rubbed the book in her hand that had some weight that she had read dozens of times, and thought, should we study how to make paper and how to make it? The raw materials seem to be hemp, tree bark, straw, rags, and what? Steps......
Just as he was wandering the sky, there was a sudden knock on the door, and after passing through the front yard, the weakened knock reached the quiet garden.
Zhuang Hua said: "Yi, go and take a look." ”
"Whoa." Yi turned around and left the pavilion and walked towards the front yard.
After a while, Yi came over and said to Zhuang Hua: "Sir, it was the manager of the Jade Princess Mansion who came last night, and said that the princess invited Mr. to enter the mansion." I've asked him to wait in the front room. ”
"Hmm." Zhuang Hua put down the bamboo slips, got up and walked to the flower hall in the front yard.
As soon as the steward of the Jade Princess's Mansion saw Zhuang Hua coming, he took two steps forward and arched his hand: "This gentleman, the princess is invited." "The tone and attitude are very good, that is, the words are commanding.
Zhuang Hua didn't care either, and said, "The princess's invitation, don't dare to disobey." Then let Yi not have to follow, and went out alone with the steward, and got into the carriage of the Jade Princess's Mansion to pick her up.
Yi stood at the door and watched the carriage go away, clenching the sword in his hand.
Zhuang Hua sat in the richly decorated carriage and suddenly had an absurd thought, this is the draft......
The carriage traveled for a quarter of an hour and stopped, and outside the carriage, the steward on horseback got off the horse and said to Zhuang Hua outside the carriage: "Sir, the princess's mansion has arrived." ”
Zhuang Hua got out of the car, followed the steward into the main gate, all the way inside, through several pavilions and pavilions, corridors and alleys, and finally saw the main owner, the eldest princess of Zhaoguo, and Princess Baiyu.
To say that the scenery of this princess's mansion is really good, the atmosphere is gorgeous, dignified and not dull, showing the identity and status of the princess of a country, the whole layout is very ingenious, Zhuang Hua has enjoyed it all the way but is not cramped, both enjoy the beautiful scenery and not make people laugh.
When he came to this large garden with a large area and saw Princess Baiyu sitting in the pavilion surrounded by the women, Zhuang Hua stepped forward and was seven steps away from the women, bowed his hand, and said, "The mountain court has seen the Jade Princess. ”
Princess Baiyu hadn't spoken yet, and Gong E on the side said, "Why don't you kneel when you see the princess!" ”
Get off the horse, ah, this is. Zhuang Hua sneered in his heart, didn't answer, didn't stand up straight, just kept bowing slightly and bowed his hands without moving.
That Gong'e didn't see Zhuang Hua answering, and immediately raised her voice and said, "I asked you, why didn't you answer?" Disrespectful to the princess is a crime! ”
Zhuang Hua still didn't move, as if he hadn't heard Gong E's words.
"You ......" That Gong'e was angry at Zhuang Hua's ignorance, and wanted to say something, but Princess Baiyu spoke, "The mountain court is exempt." ”
"Princess Xie." Zhuang Hua straightened up and put down his hand, only then did he see Princess Baiyu's appearance clearly.
This princess Baiyu is thirty-two years old, but she does not look old at all in front of this group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls, her body is light, her skin is like coagulation, her lips are painted with Zhu, and her beautiful eyes are flowing on her face, and her whole body exudes infinite charm but is not frivolous.
Zhuang Hua felt that comparing the most beautiful woman she had ever seen with Princess Baiyu might not be a few points different in appearance, but not in temperament