Chen Qiuniang stood under the eaves of the porch outside the house for a moment, and sure enough, a man in black stepped on thick bamboo leaves.

"It's me who thinks highly of Song Zu." Chen Qiuniang chuckled.

The first man in black was a white-faced man, and it seemed that he should be a eunuch in the palace. He Bin didn't draw his sword, but took a step forward and said very respectfully: "Miss Jiang, Your Majesty has a purpose, the wind is tight tonight, and it is inevitable that there will be an accident, please take the girl into Lanxuan for the time being." ”

"Who are you?" Chen Qiuniang stood proudly in the wind and asked loudly.

"The little one is His Majesty's close courtier Guo Xiao, please ask Miss Jiang to move to Lan Xuan." The white-faced man continued to hunch.

Chen Qiuniang didn't say much, just one sentence: lead the way. A crowd of people gathered around her and walked to the left side of the eaves. After walking about 200 steps, I arrived at a courtyard facing the water. There is a cursive "Lanxuan" plaque at the entrance of the courtyard, the vermilion lacquer door is slowly opened, and there is a marble wall facing it, the wall is polished to be extremely smooth, and the carved picture is Chang'e running to the moon. Bypassing the wall, there is a courtyard planted with flowers and trees, and the wind is raging, and the flowers and trees are blown to the ground.

"Miss Jiang, don't be surprised, early tomorrow morning, when the wind stops, the little ones will naturally clean up the yard." Guo Xiao said.

Chen Qiuniang also ignored it, and walked straight into the hall, where seven or eight palace ladies were waiting. Chen Qiuniang turned around and glanced at Guo Xiao and asked, "What about your master?" ”

"His Majesty commanded, if Miss Jiang wants to see him, he will come to see him." Guo Xiao bowed and replied.

Chen Qiuniang laughed and said, "Since he let me not live with my mother and imprison here, he didn't tell me about his purpose. It's not hospitality anymore. Go and invite him. ”

"The girl is a moment." Guo Xiao hurriedly said, and then withdrew with the lantern.

Chen Qiuniang was tired, so she asked Gong E to take a soft cushion, recline on the soft couch on the side, and instructed a few Gong E to help her beat her legs. After a while, Zhao Kuangyin came, Chen Qiuniang didn't have the slightest sense of getting up, only glanced at him, and waved his hand to let Gong'e go down.

Zhao Kuangyin was dressed in a gray robe with a jade hairpin. Guo Xiao's face behind him was going green. It was probably angry that Chen Qiuniang was so rude that he didn't bow down to his esteemed majesty.

"But tired?" Zhao Kuangyin asked softly, his voice quiet and soft.

Chen Qiuniang was slightly surprised, and just squinted at him. Seeing his soft expression: "It's late at night." Why didn't Song Zu go to bed? ”

"There's something on my mind. I can't make sure I can't sleep tonight. So let's find out. Zhao Kuangyin said.

Chen Qiuniang said that something was really wrong, but she was very surprised on her face. Asked, "What?" ”

"If something happens to the second son of Zhang, where will you go?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

Chen Qiuniang smiled and said, "This is my business, why bother you." ”

Zhao Kuangyin was about to say something, but Chen Qiuniang asked loudly: "Guo Xiao, where did you meet your master?" ”

"Miss Huijiang, under the eaves of the Yunxuan corridor." Guo Xiao replied.

Chen Qiuniang seemed to smile and said, "You must keep tonight's matter a secret." I haven't seen you, and you haven't asked for it, and you won't mention it to anyone in the future. Know? ”

Guo Xiao was confused and looked at Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin nodded at him and said, "You can forget about it tonight, send someone to guard Lan Xuan, and if anyone comes, say that Miss Jiang has gone to bed." ”

Guo Xiao didn't know why, but she still retreated very obediently. There were only two people left in the room, Chen Qiuniang leaned lazily on the cushion, squinted at the man standing in the middle of the hall, smiled charmingly, and asked softly: "Don't you know who I am taught by?" ”

"I only know that Fuguang Gongzi only has one disciple, named Su Ying, not Jiang Danfeng." The man's voice in front of him became softer and softer, and as he spoke, he stepped forward and sat down beside her.

Chen Qiuniang supported her head with one hand, tilted her head to look at him, and said, "Since you know that I am Su Ying, why don't you show the prototype soon?" ”

The man laughed and said, "Don't you see who I am?" ”

"That's what you hear." Chen Qiuniang suddenly came to her senses, sat up straight, and couldn't stop being excited in her heart. But she still forcibly pressed down the excitement in her heart, and said, "However, you are pretending to be a ghost, how do I know that you are not fooling me." ”

"It's cautious." The man chuckled, like a mountain wind passing through the border, and the bright moon was in the sky. As he spoke, he slowly removed the human skin mask on his face, and his wide sleeves covered it, revealing a peerless face.

"People say that the floating light boy has thousands of faces, and no one has ever seen his true face. In fact, he couldn't remember his own face. The man said slowly, his eyes as bright and clear as the stars in the sky.

Chen Qiuniang sat with a long body, looked at the man in front of her very respectfully, and pursed her lips tightly. The man smiled and said, "I vaguely remember that this face is very close to my own face. So, in the years in the mountains, this face is the one that has been facing my apprentice Su Ying for the longest time, right. ”

"Hmm." Chen Qiuniang still pursed her lips and replied.

"You have always been calm, happy and angry, but why are you pursing your lips this time?" The man asked, pulling the hairpin, and his hair fell down and draped behind him.

"Master." Chen Qiuniang finally confirmed that this was Su Qingyuan, the legendary Mr. Xinghe and Fuguang Gongzi.

"Hey, yes." Su Qingyuan's smile was as gentle as the wind on a sunny day in March.

Chen Qiuniang, because of that "Master", all the worries and sourness of these days came up and turned into tears.

"You girl, I haven't seen you so coquettish in the mountains a few years ago." Su Qingyuan shook his wide sleeves, reached out and stroked her head, and took a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

Chen Qiuniang is a person these days, step by step, careful everywhere, and she still remembers Zhang Ci who is uncertain about life and death. Where is the road ahead, and can I turn things around if I continue to walk like this? Is Zhang Ci still alive? Can you overcome fate?

She had no answers, no one to help her, and no one to trust. At this time, the master she relied on suddenly appeared, and she suddenly saw the shore like a lonely boat that had been sailing for a long time, and fell into Su Qingyuan's arms with a whimper, crying silently.

"Master, Master, Zhang Ci is gone." She buried her face in Su Qingyuan's arms and said while crying.

Su Qingyuan was taken aback by her actions. He never thought that his apprentice, who was indifferent, would cry like a little girl when he reunited in Bianjing. He was stunned for a moment, then he took her in his arms, patted her on the back like a father comforting his daughter, and said, "Sakura-chan, don't cry." Do you remember when I told you about that worm? Thousands of poisons were raised in the rope to fight, and in the end, only one was left, called the Gu King. How could the Gu King die so easily? ”

"He's not a Gu King." Chen Qiuniang was a coquettish little girl at this time, so she refuted Su Qingyuan.

Su Qingyuan smiled helplessly and said, "This is just a trick of comparison." Master wanted to say that Zhang Ci was not so easy to die. He has experienced more dangers and tribulations than you can imagine. The selection of the patriarchs of the nine major families is not something ordinary people can imagine. Broken hands and feet are commonplace. Won't calculate. Or the ability to calculate is insufficient. has long been eaten by his own people to the point that there are no bones left, how can he still become a patriarch, and he has been in the position of patriarch for so many years? ”

When Chen Qiuniang heard about it, she forgot to be coquettish. I also forgot to shed tears. I only hated to look at Su Qingyuan in surprise.

"What do you see me doing? The past that guy told you about. It's all said in lightness. He said as he straightened out the messy hair around her sideburns.

"He, he started by being elected as a candidate. Do you live like that every day? Chen Qiuniang asked.

Su Qingyuan nodded and said, "Yes." Study every day, take exams every day. After the master's exam, he has to compete with his peers. And in the peer competition, it is basically a battle of life and death. Moreover, the first thing that the few who finally stand out, after learning all the skills, is to defeat their own teachers. Sakura-chan, do you know what it means to defeat your teacher? ”

Chen Qiuniang nodded, of course she knew that it meant that she had to bear out her mentor with her own hands. When she thought of Zhang Ci, who had always valued affection, in those years, she was forced to attack her peers every day, and then she was forced to turn on her own teachers and her parents with her own hands, and she felt so distressed that her breathing hurt.

She gasped and said with pity: "How sad it should be for him to be so affectionate." ”

"That's all in the past." Su Qingyuan patted her on the shoulder.

Chen Qiuniang lowered her head and said "um", her heart was still painful.

"Your master has been dissolute all his life, and when he was young, he betrayed his home, wandered around, watched numerology, and had thousands of faces. What I admire the most is just him. At a young age, he is heroic and dry, and his strategy is unmatched. What's even more respectable is that he has gone through those dark tortures, but he still has a good heart. Su Qingyuan said slowly.

Chen Qiuniang also remembered the bits and pieces since she met Zhang Ci, and said in a soft tone: "When I first saw him, I only felt that this person was extremely strong and intelligent, but he was a little indifferent; Later, when I got acquainted with him, I never thought that he would treat me so sincerely. ”

Su Qingyuan laughed and said, "In vain." Don't worry about him being calculated. I have known your master for more than ten years. I tried to calculate him, but I only succeeded once, and I still don't know if this time is a success. ”

"Huh? If you have succeeded, why is it not a success? Chen Qiuniang was very puzzled.

"The outcome is undecided, and I don't know if it will be successful or not." Su Qingyuan smiled mysteriously, successfully arousing Chen Qiuniang's curiosity, and she asked what was going on.

Su Qingyuan was still mysterious, and said, "When you marry him, I will know." ”

"Something to do with me?" Chen Qiuniang was very puzzled.

Su Qingyuan sold Guanzi and said: "The Buddha said: Don't say, don't say. ”

"Master, just reveal a little bit." Chen Qiuniang was already in a good mood, and she wanted to know how Su Qingyuan calculated that Zhang Ci was still related to herself, so she became coquettish again.

Su Qingyuan was helpless and said with a smile: "Who let me spoil my disciple." ”

"That's it, Master is the most beloved apprentice." Chen Qiuniang patted her ass.

Su Qingyuan laughed and said, "Before, he just put you in Fuyun Villa and accepted you as an apprentice, but I was the one who made the claim. I thought at the time, you are his favorite, if he takes you as a disciple, he will win you one day, and he will call me Master in the end. Of course, I will be promoted to his elder. ”

"Ah, Master took me as an apprentice." Chen Qiuniang pursed her lips and quipped, "Master, you are generous." ”

"Hey. But later, I drank with him a few times and said that I took you as an apprentice, and his reaction was flat, as if he had expected it a long time ago. Sakura-chan, the tone of his expression made me think I was being calculated, and he had a fallout. So I'm not sure if I'm winning or losing. When Su Qingyuan said this, he scolded again, "Zhang Ci, this bastard, he doesn't even have other people's bones left." Sakura-chan, do you think a person like him can treat himself badly? ”

Chen Qiuniang knew that Su Qingyuan was comforting herself, and she also wanted to believe Su Qingyuan, but she had personally felt Zhang Ci's strength and vulnerability in Cangzhou. She replied to his reassurance, "Hmm." ”

Su Qingyuan saw that she didn't believe it, so she sighed and said in a low voice: "Silly girl, you have to believe that he is fine." ”

"I always believed he was fine." She said that the love was still very low.

Su Qingyuan didn't know what to say, so he only patted her on the shoulder hard, sighed and said, "It's late at night, you rest first, I'll leave first, and then come back." ”

"Hmm." When Chen Qiuniang nodded, Su Qingyuan had already put on the human skin mask, and walked out while curling her hair in a bun.

There was a lot of noise outside the house, Chen Qiuniang didn't send Su Qingyuan, and went straight to the side to take a nap on the cushion. After a while, there was a sound of footsteps coming calmly, she glanced up, and saw Guo Xiao walking in.

Chen Qiuniang laughed, stretched and asked, "Where did Guo Xiao go?" ”

"Hey, just find a room for him to sleep in for a day or two." The man in black closed the door of the main hall and said, "What kind of body are you lying here?" ”

"Master, what is a system?" Chen Qiuniang laughed while Shi Shiran got up.

Su Qingyuan took off the human skin mask, and did not remove the dress on his body, reached out and knocked Chen Qiuniang's head, and said: "This royal inner courtyard, if you come, you will be safe." I don't know how to enjoy it. ”

Chen Qiuniang just laughed, and entered the east wing room with Su Qingyuan one after the other. The east wing is a three-room room, and the main room is an outer room and an inner room. Su Qingyuan smiled: "I'm the chief chamberlain now, how can I have my own room?" ”

"I'll tell someone to make the bed and fold the quilt." Chen Qiuniang walked to the window and shouted "Someone is coming" as she spoke, and after a while, Gong E came to spread a cushioned futon on the outside of the main house according to Chen Qiuniang's instructions.

Chen Qiuniang waved Gong E away, and then sat and played chess with Su Qingyuan. Although she is playing chess, she is just talking by playing chess, and the chess pieces fall at will, which is simply a mess.

"You are walking around like this, for the sake of deceit." Su Qingyuan snorted and said, losing a son and cutting off her chess path.

Chen Qiuniang couldn't get through left and right, so she simply threw the chess pieces on the table, pouting, and said, "No, no, I'm upset." ”

Su Qingyuan also threw the chess pieces into the box and comforted: "You shouldn't be like this." ”

Chen Qiuniang didn't listen, she only looked at Su Qingyuan very seriously, and asked, "Master, did you say he was gone?" ”

"The scourge is a thousand years old. Your man is a scourge of the first class, who can harm him? Don't think about it. Su Qingyuan jokingly said that he wanted to make the atmosphere as relaxed as possible, but Chen Qiuniang didn't buy it, but was like Lu Xun's Xianglin sister-in-law, entangled over and over again: "Master, if you said he was there, why didn't he come out to see me?" ”

Su Qingyuan held his forehead, his heart was almost broken, and he said helplessly: "He has his own calculations, you wait, in a few days, this guy will definitely appear." ”

Chen Qiuniang heard her master say this, and thought to herself that it was not surprising that her master did not go down the mountain lightly, and now she must have been invited by Zhang Ci to go down the mountain. However, this was her wishful thinking, and she needed to confirm it, so she immediately grabbed Master's words and asked, "Master, Master, if he is really here, why doesn't he come out to see me?" ”

Su Qingyuan held his forehead again, pointed at Chen Qiuniang's forehead and scolded: "Sakura, why are you so scoundrel." ”

"Master, you said that he would definitely appear, do you have any basis? Don't comfort me if you don't have a basis. Chen Qiuniang flattened her mouth, looking like she was about to cry, and her tone was very gloomy: "If he is not there, I will definitely not live." ”

"Phew, phew. That guy must have his own calculations, otherwise how could he ask someone to bring me a letter before going to Cangzhou, calling me to Bianjing for a while, there is a good show to watch! Su Qingyuan said.

When Chen Qiuniang heard this, she hurriedly asked in surprise: "Really?" (To be continued......)