Chapter Ninety-Four: Reluctance
It is said that after the dream Zhou left Xu Juan, she didn't care about anything else, and was full of how to escape from the Huai'an Palace, she slipped all the way in the direction pointed by Xu Juan, and sure enough, she saw a garden.
It's just that there is a bit of a gap between this garden and what Meng Zhou thought.
There was a hut in the garden, and a few flower trees were planted in front of the window, and a rocking chair swayed and creaked under the tree. There is a vegetable garden on the left side, and a wave of ponds next to it is erected with a bamboo to pass water up and down.
The wind blows the bells and the flowers fall, and you have a unique peace and comfort.
Meng Zhou looked at this garden, which didn't look like a scene in the palace, but more like an ordinary villager's house.
But the arrangement was very much to her liking.
"Who's there!"
With a loud bang, Meng Zhou was so frightened that he almost stepped into the vegetable garden. Without thinking too much, she took a few steps to push open the small door behind the vegetable garden and ran out...
At the other end, Kongqing spun around boredly, and said coquettishly: "Auntie, how long do we have to wait, is she lost?" ”
Jing Rong asked, "Are you waiting for someone?" ”
"yes." Kong Qing Chong Jing Rong said: "Waiting for Daddy's guest, she ran faster, faster than in vain." ”
Jing Rong looked at Xu Juan with a trembling heart, and said, "You guys, have you seen her?" ”
Xu Wan bit her lip and nodded slightly.
Jing Rong sighed, according to her temperament, seeing Kong Qing and June, there must have been a lot of strange ideas in her mind.
"Princess, it's not good." Ning Er stopped her steps and saluted, "I've seen King Huai'an." ”
Xu Juan said anxiously: "What happened?" ”
Ning Er said: "That girl, she, she ran over the wall." ”
"How is that possible? She just said that she was going back to get it..."Xu Juan said, and suddenly remembered that Meng Zhou asked her about the way out of the house before.
"Lord Wang, the backyard guards came to report that someone had broken into Qingchi Garden, but our people didn't catch her."
Jing Rong: "Tell me not to chase after you, find someone to follow quietly." ”
"Yes."
"Yikes." Kong Qing stomped her feet excitedly, "I know, you can't even catch her in vain, how can you catch her." ”
Jing Rong had a headache and couldn't ignore the name that Kong Qing had mentioned again and again, "In vain? ”
"It's my little bunny! Run fast! ”
“……”
On Gongyang Street, people come and go lively, but Mengzhou has no interest in appreciation.
She was walking forward at a rapid pace, when suddenly her arm was jerked, and she staggered a few steps into the side alley.
"It's me."
Meng Zhou stopped struggling, looked at the people around him, and said in shock: "Shen Min'er! Why are you here? ”
"Find someone." Shen Min'er said and took off her hat and said, "What about you, what are you doing in a hurry?" ”
"Hide from people."
Shen Min'er twitched her eyebrows, "That's quite a coincidence." She patted Mengzhou on the shoulder and said, "Come with me, I have something important to tell you." ”
In a small restaurant, Shen Min'er found a quiet place to sit with Mengzhou.
"By the way, who did you just hide, could it be that you deceived a girl again?"
Meng Zhou replied: "What about you, when it comes to finding someone, it won't be which Langjun you fell in love with in Kyoto." ”
Shen Min'er snorted lightly, "Whoever is in my favor is his blessing." ”
"Why, you're really chasing your husband."
"It is indeed a thousand miles." Shen Min'er clenched her fists as she spoke, "It's just a chase." ”
"Chase?"
Shen Min'er poured a cup of tea and said, "Since you are now in Kyoto, you must already know Huaizhi's true identity." ”
"Could it be that you knew his identity before!?"
Shen Min'er rolled her eyes and said: "If I had known before, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to show favor, just as his identity is pressed, I don't know how many women I will marry in the future, I don't want to be trapped in that courtyard for the rest of my life and compete for favor and learn the rules all day long." ”
Mengzhou nodded, "Yes, then why did you mention him?" Could it be that the person you hunted down had something to do with him? ”
"Yes, I was looking for the guard next to him, and I began to suspect that Huaizhi's identity was also because of the guard next to him."
Shen Min'er lowered her voice and said, "I suspect that this person is very likely to have something to do with everything that happened before. ”
"You mean a mole? But he is the guard next to Huaizhi, wouldn't it be normal for Huaizhi to hand over something to him. ”
Shen Min'er slapped the table and said, "This is the problem, do you remember that you were caught by a few black-clothed men in front of the broken temple in the border city and used to threaten Huaizhi." ”
Meng Zhou was even more confused, "How do you know this?" ”
"I'll tell you about this later, and you answer my question first."
"Remember, I stabbed a man in black in order to get out."
Shen Min'er said excitedly: "Yes, it's him, so do you know who he is?" ”
Meng Zhou said tentatively: "Is it the subordinate of the mastermind behind the border city?" ”
"It's also Huaizhi's personal guard-Sanqi."
Dream Monday was shocked: "What?." ”
"I had a bit of a holiday with that guard before, and I just wanted to find him clearly, but then I followed him all the way and realized that this person was not simple. And I really knew all this after the ruined temple in the border city. After he fled, he returned to Huaizhi in the middle of the night. ”
"You mean, you were there when the temple was broken." Meng Zhou patted his head as he spoke, "I know, you shot those arrows." ”
Shen Min'er looked a little embarrassed for some reason, "Skip this stubble first." ”
"You just said that he went back to Huaizhi, but Huaizhi is so smart, he won't be able to see the problem at all, what if the Sanqi you said is just ordered to be hidden."
"You also said that in case, not to mention that people's hearts are unpredictable, there are still many doubts about him, and I can't explain them to you one by one now. If my guess is true, it won't just be a matter of a few people who will be unlucky. ”
"This..."
Shen Min'er saw Meng Zhou's embarrassed appearance, frowned and said, "You just said that you can't check this matter." ”
Meng Zhou said: "I also want to find out what is going on, but I am hiding from this King of Huai'an now, and I really can't do it." ”
"What did you do to offend him?"
Meng Zhou said angrily, "What else can I do." She lowered her voice, "I suspect he wants to take a concubine." ”
"What are you muttering about?"
"I said, he wants to take a concubine."
Shen Min'er looked inexplicable, "What does that have to do with you?" She paused, and couldn't hold back a smile on her face, "You don't think he wants to accept you, do you?" ”
"What do you mean by that?"
Shen Min'er smiled, "No, he's not crazy, he doesn't pick the whole back garden, what's the matter with struggling to pull the dog's tail grass." ”
"Shen Min'er, you are begging me for help."
Shen Min'er sneered, "Then if you don't help pull it down, it's a big deal that everyone will die together at that time." ”
Mengzhou took a breath and calmed down.
"But seriously, if he really wants to take you as a concubine, he won't be afraid of a fire in the backyard."
"You!"
Shen Min'er couldn't help laughing, pressed Mengzhou's hand and said, "Just kidding." However, I have heard that the wife of the king of Huai'an died four years ago, and some people say that she is missing. But what exactly it is, only the fourth prince knows now. Tsk, it is said that this King of Huai'an is also very affectionate, and he has never married another woman again. ”
Dream Monday was stunned, and somehow my heart suddenly hurt.
"What's wrong with you, it's distressing." Shen Min'er said and patted Meng Zhou and said: "Now there is just an opportunity for you to not only investigate the case, but also learn more about this secret matter to satisfy your curiosity." Killing two birds with one stone, how about it, isn't it a good deal. ”
Meng Zhou rubbed his heart and said, "Then I really want to thank you." ”
"Then it's decided, you go back to the Huaiwang Mansion, and I'll set you off outside." Shen Min'er stuffed a bell in Meng Zhou's hand, "This is for you, we'll see you again." ”
In the next morning, Meng Zhou swayed back to Huai Wang's Mansion, and the guards at the door saw her exchanging glances from a distance and immediately reported inside.
From time to time, Jing Rong's figure appeared at the gate.
Meng Zhou raised his eyes to Shang Jingrong's eyes, and his steps stopped suddenly, and somehow the atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.
Jing Rongxin sighed, and slowly stepped forward and said, "Heshan, they have returned." ”
In her dream, she knew that Jing Rong was giving her the stairs, and she also knew that she was just thinking about the past during the day, but she looked at the door behind Jing Rong, but she couldn't open her feet.
Jing Rong saw her hesitation, and said softly: "There is a restaurant in Kyoto that has very good dishes, I'll take you to try it." ”
Meng Zhou bit his lip, some things really have to be made clear.
"Okay."
It was getting late, and Meng Zhou looked down from the upper floor, the street was bustling, and the crowd walked under the faint light of the sky, just waiting for the light to dissipate, and the lights reopened a world.
"I've seen you before."
Meng Zhou pondered for a few seconds and said: "In a small inn, there were still those two children by your side at that time, hey, if you don't say that there is such a thing as fate, I was still thinking at that time that I should never meet you again." ”
Meng Zhou's words were full of grievances and memories, Jing Rong's body stiffened, and his voice was dry, "Why? ”
She thought about it carefully, she took the child's money bag to pay for the meal when she met for the first time, and tried to kidnap his child at the second meeting, and she couldn't say a word, so she only sighed and said: "It's nothing, it's all in the past, it's just my own problem." ”
Meng Zhou said and grabbed Xiao Er and said, "Trouble, there are two pots of wine here." ”
"Well, guest officer, wait a minute."
After the little two left, the two fell into a moment of silence, and the hustle and bustle around them rushed over like this, making Jing Rong even more upset.
"Two guest officers, your wine is here." The little second saw that the atmosphere was wrong, put down the wine and immediately slipped away.
Meng Zhou poured a glass of wine and said, "I have met the two little masters today, they are smart and clever, and they are very happy. ”
"I would have liked to take them to you myself."
These words reflected Jing Rong's identity, and Meng Zhou felt that these words sounded a little low.
"I should have gone to see the two little masters in person. But fortunately, there are nobles with two little masters today, otherwise according to my temperament, I may do something that I don't know how to measure. ”
Meng Zhou raised her head and took a sip of wine, not caring about her current women's clothes, "Kyoto's wine is different." ”
Jing Rong frowned, "Don't drink so much." ”
"It's okay, I'm drinking well." Meng Zhou lowered his eyes for two seconds, poured a full glass of wine and said with a smile: "This glass of wine is for you, thank you for taking care of me and Heshan along the way." ”
"This glass of wine is a wine of atonement, thank you for your forgiveness to me along the way."
“…”
After a glass of wine, Mengzhou's eyes have gradually lost their clarity, Jing Rong just sat quietly and watched her speak alone, he knew that she was holding her breath today, those words that could not be said, she could only drink them as a cup of dissipation, he was distressed but didn't know where to start.
By the end of the drink, Meng Zhou had lost his mind, and the words he said turned into muttering.
"This glass of wine, toast..."
Jing Rong held Meng Zhou's sliding body and said softly, "Let's go home." ”
Meng Zhou poked Jing Rong's heart, "That's your home, not mine, I won't go back." ”
She said as if she remembered something, a little angry, "What's the matter with you, you have married a wife and had children and you still come to provoke me, and now you still want to trick me into going home again and again, with ill intentions, I tell you plainly, even if you want to accept me as a concubine, I am not rare." ”
Meng Zhou's words were awe-inspiring, and Jing Rong didn't know how to answer for a while, he smiled bitterly, no wonder he ran so fast at noon. Just looking at Meng Zhou's drunken appearance, I'm afraid that whatever he says will become a temptation and deception.
On the road, Sanqi drove the carriage just past the busy road, and heard the car Jingrong instructed, "Sanqi, stop." ”
Jing Rong helped Meng Zhou get out of the car, glanced at Sanqi and said, "You go back first." ”
"Yes."
Turning away, Jing Rong ruffled Mengzhou's scattered hair, and asked in a low voice, "Are you still uncomfortable?" ”
"It's much better since I came down."
Meng Zhou stretched out his hand and grabbed Jing Rong's arm, "You, you help me, I look at Lu Trembling." At the end, Meng Zhou added, "If you knock this, how much money will it cost to go to the Kyoto Medical Center." ”
Jing Rong couldn't laugh or cry, "You're so nervous about silver." ”
Meng Zhou sighed, looking very melancholy, "You have money, you don't understand." ”
"Then you marry me, and these will be yours."
The night breeze was breezy, and Jing Rong's words gently and softly hit Meng Zhou's heart, with bewitchment.
Meng Zhou stopped and turned to look at Jing Rong, "But you have already married a wife and had children, and besides, you haven't let go of her in your heart, right?" ”
Jing Rong looked at Zhou Liang's sparkling eyes and said slowly: "You have me in your heart." ”
Meng Zhou lowered his eyes and chuckled, and then raised his head with grievances, expectations and forbearance in his eyes, "You found out." ”
Jing Rong held Meng Zhou's hand tightly.
"I have you in my heart, but you have someone else in my heart, so why me, are we very similar, do you know who you are happy with."
Jing Rong's heart was suffocated, people in the past said that he spit out the truth after drinking, but every time the person in front of him said when he was drunk, he couldn't tell who was drunk and who was awake.
Jing Rong sighed, and those questions from a long time ago sounded in her ears, as well as the aggrieved and unwilling her.
"Sometimes, I'm so happy that I forget that I'm just a step in your plan, I'm like a chess piece, desperately trying to jump out of this chessboard, but I know that only a scrap can break the game"
"You're drunk"
"It's you who are drunk, it's you who can't see your heart clearly."
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
"This is what makes people sad, drunk people know what they say, but sober people can't understand anything."
Jing Rong pulled out of his memories, he reached out to hug the person in front of him, and his voice was low and deep on Meng Zhou's heart, "Su Qinghui, I waited so long to bring you back, how can I be willing to let you be someone else's stand-in." From the first time we saw each other, I knew that no matter how long it took, people would never be able to earn their own hearts. Su Qinghui, you are my only light in this floating world, I can't bear it. ”
Mengzhou's mind was in chaos, she couldn't understand these words without a beginning or an end, she wanted to reach out and push away, push away those weird emotions, but the moment she raised her hand, she suddenly softened.
The moonlight is bright, as if this hug is only for her.