Chapter 32: Reflections
For a few days, Gu Chi accompanied Du Guifei, but gave Xian Ge more time, these days, she got a large number of herbs for reasons such as digestion, headache, and fire, and even Cai Wen sighed, and Xian Ge just explained that because the season is about to change, it is normal to have a headache and brain fever.
Xian Ge is secretly implementing his plan, and Yu Yan is also stepping up his deployment.
In the attic, Liang Chaotian handed the silver mask to Yu Yan, "It's done, you try it." ”
Yu Yan picked up the mask and put it on his face, it was not big or small, it was just suitable, but the coldness from the silver was a little bone-chilling, which made him feel uncomfortable, "The size is just right." ”
Liang Chaotian pulled out the hair that Yu Yan pinned in the mask, and said: "The paintings in the back have also come out one after another, and the folk will stop spreading it even more, although Gu Chi has sent someone to investigate, but he has not yet found Zuihuanlou." ”
Yu Yan nodded, "Just wait for the second wave of rumors in the city to stop being held on the altar, and the next thing will be much easier." ”
"Well, Gang Leader Jiang is measured, it is estimated that in a few months, there will be rumors in the city that he is a god who can dispel ghosts and gods and distinguish yin and yang."
Yu Yan thought silently, "Summer has arrived, and it is about to enter the scorching heat, yesterday I heard the sound of insects, and found abnormalities, this year I am afraid of a great drought, so I can use the topic to play and rescue the string song." ”
Liang Chaotian looked at Yu Yan and said incredulously, "You still understand this!" ”
"I know a little bit about fur." Yu Yan pointed to his ears, "Master once taught me that all kinds of sounds in nature have fixed images, and if there is an abnormality, there will definitely be relative changes." ”
Liang Chao tilted his head, his tone filled with admiration, "Cangshan is really extraordinary. ”
"The world only knows the 'Cangshan Six Uniques', but they don't know that it is only the peak of their many stunts, and as for observing the sky and distinguishing the sun and the moon, it is habitually forgotten." Yu Yan recalled that when he talked with his master in the hut, he was surprised and admired, and he was not inferior to his senior brother.
"In your spare time, you can tell me the story of Cangshan." Liang Chaotian is very looking forward to it, and he has a great sense of exploration of the mysterious Cangshan.
"Okay." Yu Yan is very plain, perhaps, one day, he is gone, and there is still someone to tell the story of Cangshan for him.
There are a large number of ancient trees growing in the palace of the former dynasty, and the huge branches and leaves block the scorching sun, which minimizes the boring burning sensation, but there are a large number of insects and birds resting on the trees, calling one after another, which makes people inevitably a little upset when they hear it.
Xian Ge found an excuse, sent Caiwen away, grabbed a handful of dried longan, shook a fan, came to the imperial garden, as that day, sat down on the stone, there was a pair of shaking fans, not long after, I saw Shen'er from behind a huge peony flower drilled out, still holding a shovel in his hand, it seemed to be weeding.
"Shen'er." Xian Ge beckoned her with a fan.
When Shen'er saw Xian Ge, she put down her shovel, wiped her hands, and ran over with a smile, "Talented." ”
"Sit down." Xian Ge pointed to the vacant place beside him with a fan, "Tell me who Liu Tan has been in close contact with recently." ”
Shen'er didn't have the previous restraint, sat down, stretched out his hand, and counted his fingers, "There are Aunt Caiwen, Zhang Guard, Liu Mama, Aunt Chunhong, and Wang Waiter......"
"Chunhong?" Xian Ge interrupted Shen'er's words and asked, "Who is Chunhong?" ”
"Fang Feixuan's handmaiden."
"Who lives in Fang Fei Xuan?"
"Zhou Cainu."
"Hmm." Xian Ge shook the fan, she had a feeling that there must be something between Chunhong and Liu Tan, so she asked again: "How many times have Chunhong met Liu Tan?" ”
Shen'er tilted her head and thought for a moment, "We meet almost every day. ”
"Tell me about it." Xian Ge turned the handle of the fan, and his mind was full of thoughts.
Shen'er pointed to the road around the Imperial Garden and said, "Fang Feixuan is at the end of the east side of the Imperial Garden, and the Imperial Dining Room is on the west side. ”
"Besides Chunhong, are there any other girls who are so close to Liu Tan?"
"Yes, Aunt Caiwen."
Xian Ge's gaze swept over Shen'er, looked at the direction of the imperial study, and already had a plan in his heart, and secretly said: "It's just that you are single-minded, if you have two minds, it won't be my fault." ”
Xian Ge took the dried longan in his sleeve to Shen'er, "Those who pay tribute from the south, you can taste it, I'll go first." ”
Shen'er took it happily, wrapped it carefully with a handkerchief, thanked Xian Ge again, and trotted away with the corner of her skirt.
Xian Ge held a fan, blocking the dazzling sunlight in front of his forehead, and walked to the path to the east of the imperial garden, inadvertently pulled off the hairpin on his head, and threw it in the middle of the road.
Estimating that it was time for lunch, Xian Ge raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his face, and leaned out half of his body from behind the tree, sure enough, Fang Feixuan came out, silently counting the steps in his heart, and when he was about to get closer, Xian Ge made the combed hair bun a little scattered, and then came out from behind the tree pretending to be out of breath, looking anxious, looking for something on the ground.
"Oops." The maidservant rubbed her arms and cried out impatiently, "Who walks without long eyes, and hits me to death." ”
Xian Ge also rubbed his arms and replied to the maidservant's words, "I am a talented person in the Dust Pavilion. ”
The maid hurriedly changed her face, immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and kept begging for mercy, "Only a talented person spares his life, the slave and the maid do not choose to speak, you have a lot, forgive the slave and the maid." ”
"Whose handmaid are you?" There was majesty in the tone of the string song.
"Slave maid, slave maid is Zhou Cainu's maid Chunhong." Chunhong lay on the ground, waiting for the strings to fall.
Sure enough, a subtle smile rose at the corner of Xiange's mouth, "That's it, I don't think you have a heart, get up." ”
"Thank you." Chunhong trembled and got up from the ground.
Xian Ge observed the spring red without leaving a trace, his face was small, and he smeared a little rouge on his cheeks, his appearance was average, but his mouth was raw and good-looking, full and dripping.
"Did you see my hairpin?" Xian Ge pretended to be anxiously searching.
Chunhong also looked around, and sure enough, she found that there was a hairpin not far away, so she immediately stepped forward to pick it up, "Is this one?" ”
Xian Ge took the hairpin, looked at it carefully for a moment, and said happily: "It's this, I really want to thank you, this is a gift from the emperor, it's a shame to lose it." ”
"It's serious." Chunhong had a smile on her face.
Xian Ge searched for it on his body, and said helplessly: "I went out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring anything, so let's do it, you come to the Imperial Garden tomorrow, and I will reward you well." ”
"Slaves don't dare." Chunhong pretended to refuse.
Xian Ge smiled: "If you come, you will come, and I won't eat you, I'll leave first." ”
"Yes."
Turning around, Xian Ge saw a smug look on Chunhong's face, which was exactly what she was willing to see, greed, clinging, these are all things that can kill people, it depends on how to use them.
Watching Xian Ge go away, Chunhong couldn't stop being excited, if she caught up with Mingcai, the days ahead would not be worse than in Fang Feixuan.
It was hot all the way, and when Xian Ge walked to the Dust Pavilion, his underwear was already soaked, and when he walked to the inner room, he poured a cup of tea, and he looked up, and after two or three cups, he felt a little cool.
Caiwen came in with a meal, and when he saw the string song, he exclaimed, "Master, what's wrong?" ”
Xian Ge took off his coat, "I went to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers, who would have thought that the weather would be so hot." He put his coat on the back of the chair and said, "Go and help me boil some bath water, my body is wet and greasy, and it is very uncomfortable." ”
"Okay." Caiwen put down the meal, "Master, you eat something first, I'll call you when the water is boiled." ”
"Well, go ahead." Xian Ge picked up some light vegetables and ate them, the weather was hot, and his appetite was not good.
After eating, resting for a while, Caiwen had already boiled the bath water, Xian Ge pulled up her hair, took off her underwear, took off her shoes again, and entered the bath bucket barefoot, as soon as she entered the water, Xian Ge's whole person was comfortable, and the pores of her whole body opened, making her inexplicably relaxed, closing her eyes, and enjoying a rare calm.
Chunhong has already taken the bait, and it only takes three or five days to add fuel to the fire, and the results can be seen, but Xian Ge doesn't know what Liu Tan's choice is, and his choice will determine the plan after Xian Ge.
After Gu Chi finished reading the recital, a eunuch stepped forward with a fruit plate, and the ruddy and full cherries entered Gu Chi's eyes, and he heard the waiter say that this is a tribute from the Southwest Yibu, the meat is thick and mellow, and because of the small yield, there are few people who take it into the palace, and some of them were rewarded by him to Du Guifei and Yushi, and now, there are only these left.
Picking up one and putting it in his mouth, the sweet cherry juice suddenly overflowed his mouth, chewing it carefully, and it was a little crispy, such a wonderful taste, so that Gu Chi couldn't help but admire: "Wonderful!" ”
Looking at the cherries on the plate, Gu Chi had a smile on his face, and instructed the eunuch beside him: "Take the cherries and go to the Dust Pavilion." ”
Coming out of the imperial study, following the shade of the tree, he arrived at the Dust Pavilion after a while, Caiwen saw Gu Chi, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Emperor Jin'an." ”
"No courtesy." Gu Chi asked the eunuch to put the cherries on the table, and as soon as he raised his hand, the eunuch withdrew from the Dust Pavilion, looked at the room again, didn't see the string song, and asked, "Where is your master?" ”
"Back to the emperor, the master is bathing." Caiwen looked in the direction of the bathhouse, "I'll go and report." ”
"No need, you go down first."
"Yes."
Gu Chi took the cherries out of the food box, the weather was hot, and he was afraid that the fruits would spoil.
After soaking for a long time, Xian Ge felt that the water was cold, so he got up from the bath bucket, wiped the water droplets on his body, took his belly pocket and put on his clothes, and put a light-colored gauze embroidered with plum blossoms on his body, because he wanted to take a nap, he didn't put on his coat, put down his hair wet with water vapor, walked out of the bath room barefoot, sat on the bed in the inner room, and called: "Caiwen, help me bring a dry towel in." ”
After a while, a towel was handed over, and Xian Ge lowered his head and arranged his wet hair, and took it casually, "Thank you." Wrapped in wet hair, rubbed it vigorously, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he was shocked, which is Caiwen, obviously Gu Chi, sitting on the couch for a while, he forgot to salute.
Gu Chi looked straight at the string song, the undried water droplets hung on her collarbone like butterfly wings, and with the ups and downs of breathing, they slid down on her chest, leaving a line of water stains, which led to infinite reverie, and suddenly, a lust rose in her heart.
Xian Ge blushed, pulled the quilt on the bed and wrapped himself, and said embarrassedly, "When did the emperor come?" ”
"It's been a while." Gu Chi bypassed the bed, opened the wardrobe, took a lake blue coat, and handed it to Xian Ge, "I'll wait for you outside." ”
Xian Ge took it and watched Gu Chi come out of the inner room, then quickly put on his coat, took a hairpin and curled his hair, then opened the curtain and walked to Gu Chi's side to salute, "Emperor Jin'an." ”
"Sit down." Gu Chi pointed to the chair beside him, and pushed the cherry in front of Xian Ge, "You taste the cherry that the Southwest Yibu tributed." ”
Xian Ge took a cherry, glanced at Gu Chi secretly, and saw that his expression was as usual, so he put his heart at ease, and as soon as the cherry entered his mouth, he praised it: "It's so sweet." ”
Gu Chi smiled, also took a cherry and stuffed it into his mouth, looked at Xian Ge with a blazing gaze, and said ambiguously: "It's very sweet." ”
Xian Ge was a little uncomfortable by Gu Chi's gaze, so he buried his head and ate cherries with all his heart.
"I heard Caiwen say, you've been sick lately, what's going on." Gu Chi borrowed a topic and wanted to resolve the embarrassment.
Xian Ge shook his head, "It's nothing, it's all a small problem, it'll be fine after the change of seasons." ”
"Then be careful, too." Gu Chi's tone was a little majestic.
"Okay." Xian Ge nodded, because of the looseness of the bun, a few strands of green silk fell between the nods, hanging on the red ears, making them more delicate.
Gu Chi's throat moved, trying his best to avoid his eyes, he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself, "I still have something to do, so I'll go first." "Leaving the Dust Pavilion almost like an escape.
Watching Gu Chi leave, Xingge's tense body relaxed, exhaled, and leaned on the back of the chair for a long time. Gu Chi's eyes scared her, she had to find out the truth about Yu Yan's murder as soon as possible, otherwise even she would fall into a quagmire.