Walking through a long bluestone path and passing through a walled arch, you will see a small garden, where flowers wither in the cold winter. There is a hexagonal pavilion in the garden, built in the middle of the lake. The path made of wooden planks zigzags into the pavilion.

The small pavilion is eight feet square, and a four-corner stone table is placed; Two white porcelain tea bowls are placed opposite each other, next to which are two sauces of refreshments; A plate of osmanthus cake, a plate of dried fruits.

A small copper stove is placed next to the stone table, and the green smoke is miaomiao; A small and delicate copper kettle, whirring and spitting hot; Beside it, stood a woman of beautiful face, dressed in white fluttering; The long hair is like a waterfall around the waist, and the lake breeze is gusting, picking up thousands of green silks, like the fairy of the Moon Palace.

Intoxicated and sighed, women are really strange animals, afraid of heat and cold. Seeing her crouching on the ground, Jade held a small fan in her hand and slowly fanned the wind into the small copper stove. The water temperature of the copper kettle gradually increases, making a clanging sound.

"Miss, the little monk brought it" Jin Ju came to Ma Xiuying, took the fan in her hand and said.

"I asked Jin Ju to send you down the mountain, why don't you leave?" Ma Xiuying raised her head with some anger and looked at intoxication.

Not only did she not leave, but she intervened in the chamber, not because she saw the opportunity quickly, and she didn't know in which direction things would go? Ma Xiuying had resentment in her heart and some gratitude.

Intoxicated and ignored her, sitting alone at the square table looking at the white jade-like cheeks, remembering the scene in the council room, his heart was still stunned for a while, and he said slowly: "I didn't want to leave like this, you saved my life, I have to help you; Of course, it can also be understood that I am reluctant to leave here. ”

There is no worry about eating and drinking here, and there are more beautiful women to accompany you, as if you are a paradise on earth; So, intoxication is to say what is in your heart.

Earlier, in the conference hall, she learned the whole story from Jin Ju's mouth, how could Ma Xiuying believe his nonsense, sighed and said: "Your injuries are not all healed, what are you doing when you run out?" Why did you forget what you said? If it weren't for something big happening in the house, how could Steward Jia let you go so easily. ”

Intoxicated is also an ordinary person who is timid and afraid of danger, and he is even more afraid that someone will say behind him that he is a man and cowardly, and he is not to be used; I don't want the person who saved his life to regret it. So he said: "I don't want to give up the grace of saving my life and make people look down on people."

"I am grateful to you for wading into this muddy water without regard for your own safety; Have you ever thought that after offending Steward Jia, your life will be threatened by him all the time, and it will be difficult for me to protect you when my uncle is not there. Ma Xiuying was very entangled in her heart, and said with a frown.

"Where did that Steward Jia come from, and you are so nervous about him?" Intoxicated and wondered in his heart, how could a housekeeper make a young lady so jealous, how could she feel a little bit of a vicious slave and bully the master.

"Steward Jia has followed his uncle for more than 30 years since he was a child, and now he is the confidant of the eldest young master. When the uncle and the eldest young master were not there, he had no scruples to cover the sky with one hand, even if I saw that sometimes I had to give three points. Ma Xiuying thought of Steward Jia's arrogant and domineering appearance, and felt disgusted and hateful.

Looking at it like this, Miss is not high up in her word; During this time, you have to be careful, so as not to make it difficult for the young lady to add to the trouble. Intoxicated thought to herself.

"Are you scared?" Ma Xiuying joked. Looking at the intoxicated and uncertain face, it stimulated his mind.

Of course, intoxication is not afraid, as long as you don't die, there is no worse way to go there than to cross over and have nothing. He was already young and had an unstable temperament, and he was stimulated by the words of the beautiful opposite sex, so he didn't think about it for a while, the blood in his chest surged, and he laughed several times for a long time before saying: "I haven't taken a wife yet, and I haven't done anything big, so..."

The blood in the council hall was hot, and I felt cold sweat on my back afterwards; The wet underwear has not yet dried, and when the cold wind blows, it feels cold; Intoxicated, he tightened the tattered cashmere jacket on his body and said, "Even if you really die, you should never save me." ”

In modern times, he is a flat-headed man who stumbles through college and works as a network administrator in a medium-sized private company. Doing nothing every day, getting a salary of four or five thousand a month; gnaw at the old and pay a down payment to buy a suite; Find a woman who is better than Sister Feng to marry and have children, so that she can live for the rest of her life; , I didn't expect God to play a big joke on him, and when he woke up, he was a human being in two lives. In his heart, he suddenly became arrogant and said, "Success is taken in detail, wealth and danger are sought; If no one offends me, I will not offend anyone; If anyone sins against me, give three points; If someone offends me again, cut the grass and eradicate the roots"

"Well said, very domineering words." Ma Xiuying sat down and said with great satisfaction: "I want to hear your opinion on the bandits' interception of my uncle's family." ”

Intoxicated from the morning to now, the grain of rice has not been eaten, and it has long been hungry. Looking at the osmanthus cake on the table, he swallowed his saliva and said in surprise: "Ask me what I think, it won't be true!?" ”

Ma Xiuying watched as she was intoxicated and returned to her previous appearance, pushed the osmanthus cake in front of her in front of him and said, "You eat." ”

Intoxicated said thank you, then took it one by one and stuffed it straight into his mouth.

Ma Xiuying looked at the gobbling intoxication, and her heart was confused; It's hard to believe that the domineering words just now came from the mouth of the person in front of you. After a long time, she said, "Who are you, where did you come from, and where are you going?" ”

Jin Ju lifted the small copper kettle and filled the white porcelain teacups of the two with boiling water, and suddenly the fragrance of tea overflowed.

Intoxicated and swallowed the osmanthus cake in his mouth, he replied vaguely with a blank look: "I told you before, I won't forget it so soon, right?" ”

Ma Xiuying leaned forward, "I want to listen to your truth, I don't believe what I said that day." ”

"Ahh Oh, I'm telling the truth. He reluctantly looked away and looked at Ma Xiuying

Intoxicated, I watched the bright and godless eyes slowly become charming and seductive, melancholy, deep and tender. The look seemed to become a world, lost in heaven and earth; Then the twinkling little stars, then the dancing flames, and then.... He felt that he was being tricked and his mind went blank. Could it be that she can hypnotize, intoxicated and can't help but think so.

"I'll let you peek, don't look at you if you know, let you not tell the truth, let you lie to me; I'll screw you to death. ”

All this happened too suddenly, and a little abruptly, so that the intoxication did not have the slightest preparation; Wow Wow screamed when he was screwed like this.

Jin Ju looked at the two strangely, her mind was a mess; She looked at the two people in front of her in a daze, the boss with a small mouth open, and she didn't know if the dried fruit fell from her mouth.

"Okay, okay, you ask me to answer, promise not to tell a lie, let go quickly, it hurts.. Pain. Intoxicated took a deep breath, cold sweat rolling down his forehead; He raised his hands in the air, looking like he had surrendered.

It's embarrassing to be caught, and it's very embarrassing to be intoxicated. Picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip, the hot boiling water entrance, that was going to kill him, he hurriedly turned his head and sprayed on the ground, his tongue stretched out, like an old yellow dog in the shade of a tree in summer, hahaha exhaled.

The two women couldn't help laughing out loud when they saw the intoxicated look, and the atmosphere of the scene became a little lighter.

"Okay, I'll ask you." Ma Xiuying retracted her body and sat down on her side, hiding the blush on her face, lowered her head and said, "Who are you, where are you from, and where are you going?" ”

Intoxicated didn't answer immediately, he picked up the empty teacup on the table and turned it slowly, and sighed slowly: "My name is Intoxication, and I fled from Sichuan and came here; For the convenience of the journey, I dressed up as a monk. He raised his head, looked at the mountains in the distance, shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Where are you going, in fact, I don't know?" In these years, the Tartars are rampant, and there is a famine every year; People are displaced and have no means of livelihood. Where is the Pure Land? “

The pavilion was silent, except for the water in the copper kettle on the copper stove in front of it, which made a gurgling sound.

After a long time, Ma Xiuying raised her head, looked at the intoxicated and said, "What do you think about my uncle's affairs?" ”

"I don't know much about the situation and can't give you any advice." Intoxicated picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.

Ma Xiuying said, "I don't know much about the situation at that time, the general situation is like this, my uncle Yoshen passed by the foot of Wuthering Heights and encountered a group of bandits blocking the road; There were about forty people on the other side, all of them sturdy men. Tang fought with them for an hour, wounded all over his body; After all, they were defeated by the bandits, and their uncle was robbed. The leader told Tang He that he would leave his uncle and they would go to the cottage to live for a few days, so he dared them to come back. She took a sip of tea, moistened her throat, and said, "That's the way it is. ”

Intoxicated shook his head and said, "It's too simple, I want a more detailed process." He thought for a while and said, "Why don't you go to Tang He and ask for clarification." ”

"Very well, we'll go now." After speaking, Ma Xiuying stood up and was about to leave.

Intoxicated, looking at Ma Xiuying's tired, thin and soft body, she sighed in her heart: "Why don't you take a rest and eat something before you go." ”

"No, it's important to ask your uncle about things; Otherwise, I won't be able to eat or sleep. With that, he walked briskly outside.