First encounter

The young man looked at Chu Tao coldly, and wanted to sit idly by, but for some reason, he finally gritted his teeth and went down the tree, and when he walked in front of Chu Tao and saw Chu Tao's crying face and bitten calf, he knew that things were not so simple.

Chu Tao looked at the young man who suddenly appeared, forgot the injury on his leg for a while, and only saw that he was about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in black wrapped around his long body, with a cold light flashing around his waist, as if he was pinned with a scimitar, and he was wearing a pair of cowhide boots, and he couldn't see his identity for a while. The black eyes under a pair of sword eyebrows were shining, Chu Tao had never seen a boy's eyes so beautiful, deep, arrogant, and indifferent, hiding a clear spring, and also hiding the entire brilliant starry sky.

"Am I dead?" Chu Tao heard that after death, black and white impermanence will hook away the soul, so she subconsciously thought that this young man was the legendary messenger of the underworld.

Chu Tao didn't know that today's makeup was very scary, this cry, the lead powder on her face was washed away, and lines were formed on her face, so she looked more like a messenger from the underworld.

The young man was inexplicably asked by her words, squatted down, and impatiently opened Chu Tao's hand covering the wound, and one of Chu Tao's calves looked crystal clear in the moonlight, like a fine mutton fat white jade. Chu Tao's clothes are smoked with agarwood incense all the year round, and after a long time, the body has been contaminated with a faint cold aroma, but today's drunken fragrance is also dispersed by the strong wine gas, which is really embarrassing.

"Snake wounds?" The boy spoke. Needless to say, he also smelled the strong smell of wine, and the eyes that looked at Chu Tao were even more disgusted.

Chu Tao nodded, and covered her legs again, if her mother knew that she was seen by a strange man, she might peel off a layer of skin from herself, and then it would not be as simple as copying books and being grounded.

The young man said: "The grass is almost full of grass snakes, and there is no poison. He paused and added, "Or not very toxic." ”

As soon as the words fell, the young man tore off a long strip from Hatsumo's ostentatious skirt, and held Hatsumo's ankle a little rudely, stretched her leg a little, and tied a tight knot above the wound with the torn strip of cloth. "If it's poisonous, it won't spread throughout the body for the time being." He looked down and explained.

The spiritual hall on Yingzhou Island is now no one except for a few guards, young fathers-in-law, and palace maids, and they should have treated their wounds before returning to Penglai Island. The young man usually has a very cold temperament, and he has always been concerned about things that have nothing to do with him, and it is unprecedented to solve a strange girl today.

Chu Tao's snow-white and round face was covered with undried tears, and she looked at the young man timidly.

The young man hesitated for a moment, finally half-knelt on the ground, put his mouth close to the wound, and wanted to suck out the venom for Chu Tao, he said in a low voice: "If you don't want to die, don't move." ”

Chu Tao and her two brothers have never been so close, and for a while, a heart thumped and flew out of her throat, her face was as red as a ripe crab, and she subconsciously pushed the young man away with her hands.

The young man seemed to be prepared, clamped Chu Tao's hands with one hand, and said impatiently: "I'll tell you not to move." ”

The boy's hands were warm, and Hatsumo's fingertips were cold. The boy's lips were also cold.

The young man thinks that saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, what if the etiquette is broken? He just saved a female doll in a hurry, what kind of heart does he have? But when the two fingertips touched, there was a tingling sensation from the fingertips, as if they had been bitten by ants, and this strange feeling seemed to be swept by a fire swept by the wind, burning his face red, and no one could see it in the dark.

Chu Tao was pure-minded and didn't understand the affairs of men and women, but he suddenly remembered a song in the playbook about a frightening dream in the garden: Dream back to Yingxiao. The chaotic years are all over. People stand in a small pavilion and a deep courtyard. Smoke is gone. Residual embroidery thread is thrown. Jiang's mother loves Kunqu Opera, and even a few years ago, the General's Mansion also raised a few opera troupes, and when Chu Tao was five or six years old, she could always hear this "Dream in the Garden" that appeared during the New Year's holidays. Now at this time, the gentle and tactful singing voice is swirling in Chu Tao's mind.

The young man squeezed out the remaining blood from Chu Tao's wound again, pretending to be casual and asked, "If you don't stay on Penglai Island, what are you doing on Yingzhou Island?" ”

Chu Tao realized that he had gone to the wrong place, so he could only hang his head and reply in a muffled voice: "Wrong ......"

The young man got up, pointed to the boat in the distance, turned his back to Chu Tao and said, "You still need a dressing on your leg, hurry back to Penglai Island to find someone to treat the wound." ”

As soon as Chu Tao saw the boat, his head suddenly became two big, and his head lowered even more: "I can't row......"

The young man looked at Chu Tao in disbelief, and thought in his heart, this girl doesn't look very old, and she must be a famous daughter in this outfit, but it's a pity that she is a fool. Who would have thought that the servant maid beside her was so unhearted, and actually let a mentally unhealthy girl run around.

Poor Hatsumomo didn't know that he was taken as a fool by his life-saving benefactor. She clumsily got up from the grass, but she didn't expect that she was so frightened that her legs were so weak that it was difficult to even stand up.

The young man thought to himself, he was not mentally complete, and he must not know much about the taboos of men and women, but he also saved himself trouble, so he simply said: "Don't move, I'll carry you on the boat." ”

Chu Tao's heart was cold, and he also secretly guessed the identity of the young man, who lived in this garden, except for the prince who accompanied the prince, the son, or the little father-in-law who served beside the prince, seeing that the young man didn't care about the difference between men and women, he must have ......

The first peach was like falling into an ice cellar, indescribably disappointed and sad, his eyes were full of tears, and he only hated himself for not drinking today, let alone wandering around. Seeing the young man's broad and thick shoulders, she wanted to lie on his shoulder and cry bitterly for no reason.

The young man bent down and saw that Chu Tao didn't move, and he only thought she was shy, in order to send Chu Tao away early, he had to say again: "You hurry up, you know what happened today, God knows, if you don't come up, your family won't find you, but you will have to look for it." The implication is that I hope that Hatsu Tao will not cause trouble for herself.

Chu Tao came back to his senses, lifted the skirt and got on the young man's back, lying on the young man's body, his mind was still as muddy, and the tears fell again, smashing into the young man's neck, half of which was afraid of being bitten by a snake, and half of it was sandwiched with indescribable feelings. The two of them got on the boat, obviously only two fists apart, but Chu Tao felt that there was a galaxy drawn by the queen mother with a hairpin.

When the boat sailed to the shore, Chu Tao blushed and said, "Thank you father-in-law for helping......"

The young man almost got angry and asked, "Father-in-law? He waved his hand, so angry that his nose was already smoking, how could he deal with a fool? He propped up the bamboo pole, and just wanted to get away from the girl who made him angry and funny.

Chu Tao said eagerly: "Little father-in-law, I am the granddaughter of General Zhenyuan's mansion, and I am the eldest...... Thank you for saving me today, if you don't dislike it, he will come to the house to find my father one day, and he will be thanked......"

When the young man heard the words "General Zhenyuan", his eyes turned cold, he looked at Chu Tao again, and slowly spit out two words from his mouth: "No." ”