It turned out that Jun Wuye had participated in the incense tasting meeting held by the Dark Fragrance Valley a few years ago, and it was at that time that he met Xie Yurong, who was the owner of the valley. Listening to their descriptions of such literature and art, in fact, Chaolu knew very well in his heart that Jun Wuye must have taken a fancy to the young, beautiful, dignified and virtuous Xie Gu Lord, and then deliberately created a romantic encounter~ Well, that's definitely the case!

It's just that I didn't expect Jun Wuye to like this type, and he is really a veteran in the ten thousand flowers, and his vision is really good~ According to the rules, before the start of the annual fragrance tasting meeting, outsiders are not allowed to enter the Dark Fragrance Valley, but Xie Yurong's aunt, who was suffering from madness, recognized Chen Yao as her son and cried and shouted and rolled to bring people back......

So, Chaolu and the others took Chenyao's light and followed them to the Dark Fragrance Valley.

"Let everyone laugh, my Aunt Jing's son is the same age as this Chen Shaoxia, but he died of a serious illness a few years ago, so ......" Xie Yurong apologized all the way, and his gentle and sincere attitude Even Chen Yao, who was already angry and about to run away, couldn't bear to blame.

Chaolu felt that it didn't matter, this middle-aged aunt who lost her son was quite pitiful, and it wouldn't be bad if she could find some comfort and happiness from Chen Yao for a few days. Anyway, during this time, they all have to stay here to inquire about Nanling Sandalwood, and by the way, they are almost ......

However, after Jun Wuye and Xie Yurong discussed, they only got one disappointing news - it turned out that the Nanling sandalwood tree had already been scorched by the thunder many years ago, and only the last half of the wood was given to the second aunt who was delirious due to the loss of her son by the late old valley owner, that is, Xie Yurong's father, and now no one knows where the only remaining sandalwood was placed.

"Moreover, even if you find that half of the sandalwood, it may not be the part of the wood heart that you need." Xie Yurong said a little apologetically, if the Nanling Sandalwood Tree was still there, she would never let them take the heart of the wood and endanger the life of the Sandalwood Tree, but now that the tree has been destroyed, it is useless to keep that half of the Sandalwood.

"Either way, you'll have to give it a try!" Chaolu's eyes were firm, and she would never give up even if there was little hope.

Xie Yurong frowned slightly, as if he was a little embarrassed, "In that case, those few might as well stay first, and we'll figure out a way later." ”

There was no other way at the moment, Chaolu and Chen Yao had to follow the two maidservants to the backyard wing, while Jun Wuye stayed and chatted at the invitation of Xie Yurong.

After Chaolu and the others left, Xie Yurong immediately sent someone to bring tea and snacks, and the two sat in the small pavilion in the courtyard.

"This is the new tea that was just delivered yesterday, you can try it." dismissed the maidservant, and Xie Yurong poured tea himself.

Jun Wuye had a light smile on his face, and his fingertips held the delicate teacup to his lips and took a sip, "Well, it's good~"

Xie Yurong smiled softly and sat down opposite Jun Wuye, "Now that I think about it, we haven't seen each other for a long time," his tone paused slightly, but the corner of his eyes glanced at the picturesque-looking handsome young man who was just a stone's throw away, "Heh, I thought we would never see each other again in this life!" ”

"......" Jun Wuye was silent, but the smile on the corner of his mouth dissipated little by little.

"I can't imagine that you came here with such a clear purpose." Xie Yu Rongyu stroked the broken hair scattered around his ears, and an emerald earring on his small and delicate earlobe flowed with a warm luster.

Looking up at the woman with a faint smile on the other side, Jun Wuye slowly put down the teacup in his hand, "I'll go see Moyan when I'm free tomorrow." ”

This answer made Xie Yurong's smile stiffen, pursed his lips and lowered his eyebrows, as if he was forbearing, and only after a while did he raise his eyes that were already filled with tears-"You only know that you are ashamed of the last words, what about me?" ”

The question blurted out made Xie Yurong, who had always been dignified and steady, realize that he had lost his temper, so he smiled sadly and got up from the table, "I suddenly remembered that I still have some things, so I lost my company first." ”

After finishing speaking, he quickly turned around and hurriedly grabbed the door, the slightly trembling back was very sad, but Jun Wuye just watched Xie Yurong walk out of the hall door indifferently, and after a long time, he sighed imperceptibly.

……

Early the next morning.

Chaolu, who almost figured out the ins and outs of the matter, planned to let Chen Yao be wronged and pretend to be Aunt Jing's son to please the elders, and see if he could find out the whereabouts of the last half of Nanling Sandalwood.

But no matter how Chaolu persuaded him, Chen Yao still couldn't pull his face down and call someone he didn't know as a "mother" after squirming for most of the day......

Besides, Aunt Jing, who is said to have suffered from madness, in fact, except for Chen Yao, who looks like her late son, has an almost fanatical paranoia, she looks similar to a normal person in other places, as long as Chen Yao stays in her sight, she will not go crazy and noisy, and it is not difficult to get along.

"Xuan'er, for my mother, I remember that you used to like to wear light-colored clothes, why have you been wearing dull colors these days?" Aunt Jing took Chen Yao's hand with an earnest face and chattered, her gentle eyes were filled with all the kindness of a mother, "Don't you like the few newly made robes I asked the maids to send last night?" ”

"......" Chen Yao's face was so dark that he couldn't squeeze out a word.

Seeing that this kid was always slow to react, Chao Lu hurriedly kicked him hard under the table, and then secretly made a lip gesture to remind him, "Go and change your clothes!" ”

Chen Yao, who had been kicked at the end of the day, glared at Chaolu angrily, but after a stalemate for a long time, he finally compromised and returned to the room to change into a plain robe sent by Aunt Jing, which finally made this "mother" who can bring pear blossoms and rain in minutes smile.

Satisfied, after changing into a brocade robe with a jade belt, Chen Yao, who finally had a bit of the temperament of a big family's son, walked a few laps, Aunt Jing's joyful expression was covered with a layer of haze again, and I saw this richly dressed woman biting her handkerchief with a sad face - "Xuan'er, you don't know, I always have nightmares for my mother during this time, and I dream that I will never see you again......"

Chaolu, who stayed aside, saw that Chenyao was stuck again, so he had to secretly kick his knee again, "Your sister, answer quickly!" ”

"I ...... Ahem, it won't. Chen Yao resisted the urge to slam the door and leave, and his words were incoherent.

Aunt Jing raised her head with her eyebrows lowered and looked at her baby "good son" affectionately, and after a while, she turned from worry to joy as if she remembered something, "Xuan'er, it's been a long time since you have accompanied your mother to chant poems and paint, play chess and stroke the piano!" ”

“……”

Chen Yao was stunned in place with a thunderbolt-struck expression, and even Chaolu came back to his senses after a long time.

Nima's tall skills of chess, calligraphy and painting are definitely not a problem to change to the wind strings, but Chen Yao ...... Imagine casually, what if he picks up the brush and sits on the front to practice calligraphy, or holds a scroll in his hand and shakes his head and recites poetry, he feels inexplicably happy?

But in order to make the "mother" happy, there are no conditions to create zào conditions!

So......

"Son, what are you drawing?" Aunt Jing opened her eyes wide in surprise and approached the newly completed ink treasure, studied it carefully for a moment, and finally shook her head with some disappointment, "Your painting skills are really not as good as before, it seems that you will have to ask a gentleman to come over again to teach you in a few days." ”

And Chao Lu looked at Chen Yao's painting that looked like a turtle crawling all over the paper, but he himself insisted on claiming that it was a peony painting, and suddenly had a feeling of lifting a stone and hitting her own feet, she really had a brain pump, so that this kid who didn't know anything except for the force value was off the table played Xie Yuxuan, the second son of Dark Xianggu, who was said to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting!

"Xuan'er, why don't you play a song of Hanmei Yingxue for your mother?" Aunt Jing continued to talk non-startlingly.

“……”

Chaolu and Tatsuyao, who were thundered again, looked at each other speechlessly.

Even if Chen Yao's outfit looks full of bookish temperament, he can't really become a literary youth all at once! But having come to this point, there is no other way, Chaolu had no choice but to poke Chen Yao's arm with little confidence, "Or ...... Why don't you give it a try? ”

"Don't regret it." Chen Yao squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, and finally turned around and walked towards the guqin on the side of the desk with heavy steps.

As a result, after Chen Yao's fair-skinned and slender hands that seemed to be able to play a good piano stroked the strings......

"I'll wipe it! Stop it! It's hard to hear—"

The noise sounded like sawing wood, and the maids in the house protected their heads to prevent the magic sound from filling their ears, while Aunt Jing looked in complete disbelief as her proud "good son" played such an ugly tune, and the hope in her eyes collapsed inch by inch.

Chao Lu ran over with three steps and two steps to drag Chen Yao away from the guqin, leaned into his ear and lowered his voice and said: "Isn't your good friend Phantom Yin very good at playing the piano, you should have learned a little bit of fur with your ears and eyes, why do you play so ugly?" ”

"Hmph, I don't learn this kind of thing that girls play!" A certain man said recklessly, in fact, he was also shocked by the tone he just popped up, he used to think it was very easy to watch the phantom sound fiddling, why can't he control it at all as soon as he gets started?

Aunt Jing came over sadly, took Chen Yao's hand and admonished: "Xuan'er, I can't imagine that I have lost everything I learned without seeing you practice for so long, how good is this?" No, no, no, tomorrow morning my mother will go to the city to find a few gentlemen for you! ”

Because Chen Yao was not opposed, and it was not Chaolu's turn to interject, Aunt Jing, who seemed to be weak, made a decision to act resolutely, and turned her back and ran to find the next person to prepare to enter the city tomorrow to find Mr.

And Chaolu, who was tired after a day of tossing, finally had to return to the wing room to rest.

As soon as I walked to the backyard, I saw a Xiao Suo's back sitting at the stone table at the end of the path covered with flowers and branches......