The wind blows, and the smell of flowers fills the nose.

Xie Jinci was stunned.

After a moment, she chuckled, "I was quite angry at first, because it was the first dress my stepfather bought for me. But I know that Lu Gongzi didn't mean it. ”

"Ci'er, can you not call me Lu Gongzi?"

Lu Jinghuai suddenly turned around, stepped on the stone, and poked his head out from behind the wall.

Xie Jinci raised his head and was stunned when he saw the sincerity and heat in the young man's eyes.

"You can call me Lu Jinghuai, you can call me Lu Er, or...... Just like on Chinese New Year's Eve, it's okay to call me Brother Lu! However, don't call me Lu Gongzi......"

The tips of the boy's ears were slightly red, "That's too raw!" ”

The two were talking, in the front yard.

The guests are pretty much gone.

Shen Changfeng was summoned by Shen Teng to the wing, stepped into the threshold, and saw a lot of brocade boxes piled up on the round table.

Shen Teng was eating tea.

Catching a glimpse of the young man coming in, he said lightly, "Sit down." ”

"Father, these gifts are ......"

"It was sent by Lu Jingcong personally, and he wanted to marry Ci'er and his younger brother. Although the word is still young, it is not impossible to marry early. I have seen Lu Jinghuai, although he is a stubborn child, but his heart is not bad. You and Lu Jinghuai have been classmates for many years, in your opinion, how is this young man? ”

Shen Teng's eyes were thoughtful.

Shen Changfeng stroked his robe and sat down, "Since my father already has an idea in his heart, why should he ask me?" ”

"Zi'er is my daughter now, so naturally I have to think about everything."

Shen Teng's tone was serious and serious, "Changfeng, if you have an opinion, you might as well speak up." ”

Shen Changfeng swayed the teacup and said quietly: "Lu Jinghuai is a man who keeps his promises, if he likes words, he will definitely devote his life to liking them." It's just that he is not interested in studying, and the road he will take in the future may be martial arts, or maybe joining the army.

"The sword on the battlefield is ruthless, and to put it mildly, it may not be impossible for God to be jealous of talents. If he unfortunately dies on the battlefield, what will the fifth sister do at that time? ”

Shen Teng frowned.

He hadn't expected it.

Fingertips brushed over the brocade boxes, "Well, according to your ......"

"Wait a few more years. At least, when the fifth sister is cardamom, she will know what it means to like. When that time comes, it's not too late to talk about marriage. ”

Shen Teng thought for a long time and nodded.

Xie Jinci's family affairs were put aside for the time being, but another thing made him worry about it.

"Changfeng, I will return to Qiongchuan in a few days, when you have gone to Beijing to catch the exam, although your grandmother is taking care of you, I am still very worried."

After all, just today the tea ceremony and the recognition of relatives, there were so many moths at the banquet, if he was not in the house, he didn't know how he would be bullied.

Shen Changfeng thought of the little girl's wonderful performance at the banquet, bent his peach blossom eyes, and said softly: "Father is too worried, the fifth sister is well-behaved and intelligent, I believe that she can protect herself." ”

Yohe-in.

Xie Jinci looked at Lu Jinghuai blankly, "Why?" ”

"Because, I, I'm ...... I ......"

Lu Jinghuai wanted to say that he liked her very much, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say it anyway because he was shy.

After stammering for a long time, he blushed and whispered: "Because Ah Jin is very cute, I want to have a sister like Ah Jin......"

After that,

I can't wait to give myself two slaps!

"I see,"

Xie Jinci's eyebrows curled, and he called sweetly: "Brother Lu! ”

Lu Jinghuai hadn't agreed yet, Shen Changfeng didn't know when he came, his posture was long, his hands were shouldered, and his voice was gentle, "Little words, come here and I'll show you something good." ”

"What's that?"

Xie Jinci curiously followed him into the house.

Leaving Lu Jinghuai alone on the wall.

The boy was a little melancholy.

Before dawn, it was still dark.

The lights in the Shen Mansion were already bright, because today was the day when the three sons went to Beijing to catch the exam.

Xie Jinci was sent off in a carriage, and when he drove to the long pavilion on the outskirts of the city, the sky was bright, and the gauze-like mist was steaming up from the fields, shrouding the green mountains and green waters.

It's spring when the wind is soft and the weather is warm.

Everyone in the Shen Mansion got out of the carriage, and they all surrounded Shen Tingyi to explain everything.

Shen Luli has Aunt Qin and Zhou Yingruo over there.

Miss Zhou's return to Beijing was accompanied by a lot of escorts, and today was the first time that Zhou Yingruo and Shen Luli's mother met, so it was also very lively.

On Shen Changfeng's side, there was only one lonely Xie Jinzi.

The little girl handed him the bamboo basket, raised her head and said, "Little brother, this is a snack I made myself, there are preserved fruits and candied fruits, as well as dried meat and tea bags, you can eat them on the road." ”

Shen Changfeng took it and saw that the little girl took another purse, "This is the silver money I saved by selling drawings." When the little brother is out of the house, it is necessary to hide some silver close to him in case of emergency. ”

"I've given me all the money, but what about you?"

"I'm about to enter a girls' school, I don't need any money, and my stepfather gave me pocket money...... Oops, let you take it and you take it! ”

After sending the things, the little girl carefully told him a lot of things, such as visiting the examiner after entering Beijing, not fighting with other lifters, and wearing more clothes even though the weather is getting warmer, etc., all of which are trivial bullshit.

It was as if the person who went to Beijing to take the exam was not her brother, but her son.

Two quarters of an hour later, Shen Tingyi and Shen Luli had already set off, Aunt Qin and the others had returned home, and Xie Jin's words had not yet been finished!

The corners of the young man's lips hooked slightly, and he touched her head helplessly and dotingly, "Xie Jinci, do you think your brother and I are such a stupid person?" ”

Not to mention......

The young man glanced at the blue brick post road with no end in sight.

he

I didn't plan to go to Beijing to take the exam at all.

Xie Jinci was also afraid of delaying him.

She swallowed her words and said softly: "Then the little brother must come back with a good ranking, I will wait for you in Lin'an to pick you up and wash the dust." ”

Shen Changfeng responded and got into the carriage.

Fugui drove away, and the young man looked back from the car window, and the little girl in the pale pink pipa sleeve skirt was still standing by the long pavilion, waving a small handkerchief vigorously.

He retracted his gaze and leaned lazily on the pillow, "Go to Hengyang." ”

"Gotcha! Drive! ”

The boy began to close his eyes and recuperate.

There are countless families in Lin'an City, among which six are the most valuable:

Shen, Lu, Zhao, Zhou, Xiao, Ning.

These six have a complex and intertwined relationship.

As the center of power, the situation in Shangjing is more complicated and prosperous.

Among them, the two factions of the north and the south have been separated from each other for a long time, and the power is uncertain.

However, the current prime minister is a member of the northern faction, so it is extremely difficult for the top three admitted to the imperial examination this year to have people from Jiangnan.

He Shen Changfeng, as a student of Qian Sacrifice Wine, is the leading figure in the southern faction, and his title is on the gold list, and there is little hope.

Instead of spending months running in vain, it is better to go to Hengyang, such a thankless thing as Shen Luli can do it.

Hengyang is the center of the silk weaving industry in the south of the Yangtze River, if you can swallow all the weaving mansions in Hengyang, what should he say that he is rich and rivals the country?

What's more, Hengyang Jingyin rhythm, out of beauty, by the way, playing in the mountains and rivers, listening to music and flirting with beauties, is also excellent.

Maybe you can buy a little Oiran and play with it.

Hehe.

^^

Shen Changfeng: "Master, I'm going to do something, and I'm in a very beautiful mood." ”

Shen, Lu, Zhao, Zhou, these four babies should be able to correspond, the Xiao family has appeared in Xiao Youen, although the Ning family has not written it clearly, but I can reveal that it refers to Mrs. Jing.

Ten Mile Long Pavilion.

Xie Jinci was about to take the carriage back to his house when a sharp whistle came from the cold all around.

More than a dozen strong men pounced out, surrounded her with big knives, and said fiercely:

"I planted this tree, I opened this road, if you want to cross this road, leave the road to buy money!"

Mei Qing frowned slightly, and immediately protected Xie Jinci behind her.

She was about to draw her sword, when the little girl suddenly smiled sweetly:

"I haven't seen you for a few days, you don't work hard in the Xunshui Gang, and you actually came here to rob passers-by...... Is it that the seventeenth master is gone, you see that I am young and easy to fool, so I refuse to do a good job in the Xunshui Gang? ”

This group of bandits is actually a member of the Xunshui Gang!

The strong men were stunned.

When they saw Xie Jinci's appearance clearly, more than a dozen people were so frightened that they hurriedly put away their knives.

The person at the head laughed and said: "Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!" It's a stinky named Gu Mingyu in the Shen Mansion, who asked us to help her tie up a little girl, saying that she was going to sell it to the Hengyang Boqing Museum! The brothers thought that they could not miss such a good thing to earn pocket money, so they hurried here! Unexpectedly, the person she wanted to tie up was actually the helper! ”

Someone else shouted: "That is really ruthless, Bo Qing Pavilion is a brothel, she actually wants to sell the gang leader to a brothel!" Sure enough, it is the most poisonous woman's heart! ”

is so indignant and full of righteousness, as if the person who just did it is not him.

"Gu Mingyu?"

Xie Jinci raised his eyebrows.

She knew that Gu Mingyu hated her, but she didn't know that she hated her so much.

The girl's face was calm, "Hengyang is her territory, and she sold me there to destroy me." However, since she wants me to go to Hengyang, then I'll go for a trip. It is still unknown who will sell whom in the end. ”

Gu Mingyu has repeatedly harmed her, and she will not let her go again.

The strong men looked at each other.

Xie Jinci sent Li Bai and Mei Qing back to their home, and asked this group of people to take her to Hengyang by boat.

The waterway was bumpy, and they arrived in Hengyang at night.

The people pillow on the river, the small bridge in the water lane, and the wind blowing in the face, with the unique cold and humidity of the early spring in the south of the Yangtze River, seem to be gentler than the wind in other places.

Xie Jinci had already changed to a light boat and shuttled slowly between the alleys of the ancient city with blue tiles and white walls.

The houses on both sides of the water, the bluestone slabs and bricks are paved in front of the door, and the bluestone steps for pulp and laundry are also built, the red lanterns hanging under the eaves still contain the joy of the first month, and the children who walk the streets and alleys jump in front of the door, humming nursery rhymes that have been passed down from generation to generation.

The awning boats on the water are crowded one after another, selling new tea water lotus root in early spring, and more Qiluo silk piled up in mountains.

Not to mention Yangzhou, this can be regarded as the first time Xie Jinci has gone far away.

She saw everything rarely, and she didn't even care about the road.

The rowing was two stunned young men, who were also in Hengyang for the first time, looking around curiously, and they didn't know if they had taken a fork in the road.

Paddled and rowed, the boat crossed the stone arch bridge, and the fog in front of it gradually rose, and it became more and more difficult to see the direction.

The dense fog spread out on the water, Xie Jinci could only vaguely see the prosperity on both sides of the strait, the wooden buildings were lined up one after another, gorgeous and bright, and the women's laughter and the ethereal pipa sound came and went, which was about the old courtyard of Hengyang.

In the vast fog, the fat powder is fragrant and inadvertently mixed with a strange fragrance.

The two young men who rowed the boat, smelling the fragrance, couldn't help but get dizzy, and finally slowly fell asleep.

The boat was quietly moored on the shore.

Xie Jinci picked up a lamp and looked around blankly.

Suddenly, her body went limp, and the lantern in her hand fell into the water.

Darkness all around.

The boat sank suddenly, and someone jumped up.

A cold jade hand, charmingly put on Xie Jinci's thin shoulder.

There is a woman in her ear who is like an orchid:

"What a Peugeot girl...... I didn't go home in the middle of the night, so I delivered it to the door by myself. ”

Xie Jinci tried his best to see the woman's appearance, but his eyelids became heavier and heavier.

"Don't be afraid, sister, I'll take you back to the Boqing Pavilion......"

The voice in his ears gradually ethereal, and Xie Jinci fell into the man's arms, unconscious.