Chapter 68: The Flute
Qi Niang has been recuperating in Qihua Valley for almost half a month, and she has been able to get out of bed and walk around by herself, and she finally sees the whole picture of this paradise. As people say, the Valley of Strange Flowers is a fairyland on earth with all four seasons like spring. Here, flowers and trees can be seen all year round, as if the Creator created a fantasy for these plants. Jiang Qihan said that Qihua Valley is the most suitable for recuperation, not only because it is a treasure land, but also because no one disturbs it.
Every time before falling asleep, Qi Niang would hear the sound of a crying flute outside, but tonight, the flute has not sounded for a long time. Qi Niang got up in her clothes and walked towards the pavilion in the center of the lake, only to see a woman in green standing there. Qi Niang has seen the maidservants in Qihua Valley, all of whom are wearing purple clothes, and looking at the woman's dress, it should be a distinguished guest in the valley. remembered that Jiang Qihan said that he had a friend who lived in the Valley of Strange Flowers and took care of the affairs of the valley, so he must be this person.
Qi Niang stepped forward and was about to ask what was going on, but the woman turned around, was slightly stunned, and then smiled at Qi Niang.
"The girl must be Meng Ming, right?"
Qi Niang was slightly surprised, "I am, how did the girl know about me?" ”
Qing'er sneered, and said: "There have been no guests in Qihua Valley for many years, and only those who are destined can live in." Since Qi Han lived in the valley, I took this opportunity to go out to travel, and as soon as I came back, I heard the maids say that there was a girl in the valley, and I had heard Qi Han mention you, I think it must be you. ”
Jiang Qihan actually mentioned her, and Qi Niang was a little surprised.
Qing'er glanced at Qi Niang, and saw that she had a high nose and deep eyes, gorgeous and not public, and her appearance was very pleasing, so she said: "My name is Qing'er, I used to be the maid next to the lord of Jiangrong Valley, and I am older than you. Now that she has lived in the valley, she treats it as her own home and does not need to be restrained. Hehe, Qi Han is finally willing to bring you back, I've always wanted to see what the girl who can make Qi Han care so much about it. ”
Qi Niang was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "Aunt Qing'er misunderstood, I just stayed for a while, and I will leave in a few days." ”
Qing'er was surprised: "Why do you want to leave if you live well?" Could it be that Qihan made you unhappy? No wonder I said that I didn't see him when I came back today, didn't you quarrel? ”
Qi Niang saw that she was talking to herself, covered her mouth and coughed, "No, Lord Jiang Pavilion is my friend, and he has the grace to save my life, how can I quarrel with him?" It's just that I was injured for some reason, so I stayed here temporarily, and now that the injury is almost healed, I naturally want to leave. ”
Qing'er suddenly withdrew her smile, raised her hand to her chin to make a thinking gesture, and her expression became serious and solemn. "Mingming, do you know what I heard when I came back today?"
Qi Niang looked at her puzzled.
I only heard Qing'er say slowly: "I heard that Meng Ming was seriously injured when he came to the Strange Flower Valley, and his life was on the verge of death, not only was he bewitched by someone, but he was also poisoned by the cold poison of the twin flowers of the Western Regions. I also heard that in order to save you, Qi Han used his own blood to draw out Gu worms and relieve the cold poison, just because the antidote to this twin flower is hard to find, and Qi Han eats all kinds of rare medicinal materials, and the blood has long been inviolable, and it also has a detoxification effect. But Qi Han's physique is special, first-class blood is difficult to stop, even small wounds are difficult to heal, if it is really nothing to do, he will never use the move of using blood to lure Gu. ”
Qi Niang was very shocked when she heard this, she and Jiang Qihan were not close friends, why could Jiang Qihan do this to save her?
"Pavilion Master Jiang actually ...... But I don't know anything, and I'm really ashamed of the saving grace of the Pavilion Master, which I owe to him. Qi Niang had all kinds of feelings in her heart, and she couldn't talk about it. No wonder in those days, Jiang Qihan's face was worse than usual, and she was thinking about other things in her heart, and she was depressed all day long, and she didn't have a word of concern for him.
Qing'er waved her hand and smiled: "Meng Meng, I don't tell you this to make you feel indebted to Qi Han. It's just that I watched Qihan grow up, although he is friendly with people, he is very guarded, and he never opens his heart to people, as if he locks himself behind a door. I've never seen him treat girls like this, so I can see that Meng Meng is a very special person to him. I hope that even if she is leaving the Valley of Strange Flowers, she will remember this. ”
"The kindness of the Jiang Pavilion Lord, Qi Niang will never forget."
Qing'er smiled with satisfaction, "Good boy." ”
Qi Niang thought for a while, and then asked: "Aunt Qing'er, just now you said that the antidote to the twin flowers is difficult to find, so is there any other way besides the twin flowers themselves and the Jiang Pavilion Master's method that can detoxify?" ”
"Why did Meng Meng ask about this?"
Qi Niang hesitated for a moment and replied, "I have a friend who came into contact with the white flowers of the twin flowers in order to save a girl. ”
Qing'er thought for a while, "I'm really ashamed, although I have been by the side of the Jiangrong Valley Lord, I have only slightly dabbled in pharmacology, but everything in the world is mutually reinforcing, and maybe there are really other antidotes." ”
Qi Niang looked a little frustrated, lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you Aunt Qing'er." ”
"Hehe......" Qing'er laughed twice, "I didn't instruct you anything, thank me for what to do?" It's getting late, why is Meng Ming here? ”
"I hear the flute before going to bed these days, but I didn't hear it today, but I didn't get used to it for a while, so I went out for a walk."
The lover was puzzled: "The sound of the flute? ”
Qi Niang nodded, "It's a very nice song, lingering and compassionate, and it sounds a little sad, although I don't know much about the rhythm, but there is a faint pain of lovesickness when I listen to it." Is there a flute player in this valley? ”
I saw Qing'er suddenly laugh meaningfully, "This, as far as I know, there are only two people in the valley who can play the flute, one is me, and the other is Qi Han." ”
Qi Niang's expression moved, "Pavilion Master Jiang? ”
"Yes, one day he came to me with great interest and said that he wanted to learn this piece, so I taught it to him, but I never heard him play it. It turns out that she can hear it every day. The lover quipped.
Qi Niang suddenly felt that the eyes of her eyes were becoming more and more weird, and hurriedly found an excuse to leave.
The next day, I heard the maidservant say that Jiang Qihan came back from outside, so Qi Niang went to thank her in person. It happened to be the first sunny day after the rain, and the fragrance of grass and earth remained in the air, Qi Niang saw that Jiang Qihan was moving a pot of plants from the window sill to the courtyard, and she was puzzled, so she stepped forward to ask.
"Pavilion Master Jiang, what are you doing?"
Jiang Qihan saw that it was her, and the smile on his face instantly opened like sunshine, "These plants like drought and avoid moisture, so they moved in after it rained continuously for the past two days, and now that the weather is good, they need to be moved out to bask in the sun." ”
"I see, then I'll help you too."
Jiang Qihan shook his head, "Xiao Qi's body hasn't healed yet, so you don't need to accompany me to work." ”
Qi Niang couldn't help but take the flower pot in his hand and said: "I am a person who practices martial arts, I can still do this little thing, and my body is almost better." ”
Jiang Qihan couldn't resist her, so he let her go. The two of them worked together, and the flower pots on the windowsill were moved in one fell swoop.
"Why doesn't the Jiang Pavilion Lord ask the maidservants to help and do it alone?" Qi Niang felt that a son like Jiang Qihan, who had been pampered since childhood, obviously didn't need to do these things by himself.
Jiang Qihan smiled, "I like to do it myself, I didn't have a chance to do this in Hanjiang Pavilion, and I finally arrived in Qihua Valley, of course I won't be constrained by these anymore." ”
Qi Niang couldn't help but smile and said, "It turns out that the Jiang Pavilion Lord still has these troubles. ”
"People in positions of authority sometimes have more trouble than ordinary people." Jiang Qihan looked at her with a smile, and the smile in his eyes was like a bright starlight in the dark night, shining and shining.
Qi Niang was a little uncomfortable by him, so she raised her hand and brushed the broken hair in her ear, and turned her head.
Seeing Jiang Qihan suddenly stretch out his hand towards her, Qi Niang looked at him in a daze, lost her mind, only to feel that Jiang Qihan wiped her sideburns with her sleeve, and a special fragrance of grass floated into the tip of her nose with his movements.
"It's dirty." Jiang Qihan said softly, his smile clean and bright.
Qi Niang felt that something in her heart had just melted away.
"Go wash the dirt off your hands." Jiang Qihan continued.
"Pavilion Master Jiang, thank you."
Jiang Qihan raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled, "Why did you suddenly thank me, you helped me today, it should be me thank you." ”
"Yesterday, I saw my aunt in love, and she told me everything about your Gu introduction and detoxification for me, and the Jiang Pavilion Lord didn't care about his body for me, and Qi Niang didn't know how to reciprocate."
"Then keep owing." Jiang Qihan suddenly blurted out, his tone was very brisk, and he also brought some child's naughtiness, as if this was a very happy thing. "I don't want a gratuity, when I have the opportunity, I want to know how to repay Xiao Qi, how about I ask Xiao Qi one by one?"
Qi Niang lowered her head and smiled, "Okay." Suddenly, she remembered something and couldn't help frowning.
Jiang Qihan thought she was uncomfortable, and hurriedly said, "What's wrong Xiao Qi, is she unwell?" ”
"No, I remembered that the pot of imperial jade that the Jiang Pavilion Lord gave me last time was lost by me, I'm really sorry." I felt a little sorry when I said it.
"It turns out that this is the case, it doesn't matter, if Xiao Qi likes it, I'll give you another pot, but the color of the last time is gone, Xiao Qi doesn't mind, right?"
"Mind what, it's a great gift for me. That pot of flowers must have been found by the pavilion master for a long time, right? ”
A glimmer of light flashed in Jiang Qihan's eyes, "It took some time, but it was very valuable." He looked at Qi Niang and smiled deeply. Regarding how to maintain the imperial jade, is Xiao Qi willing to listen to it now? ”
"Okay."
Jiang Qihan took Qi Niang to the pavilion in the lake, ordered someone to prepare a pot of flower tea, and said: "The weather is hot, drink some flower tea to cool off." ”
Qi Niang looked at Jiang Qihan's appearance of making tea for himself seriously, leisurely and comfortable, and under the background of the lake and water, it seemed that the eyebrows and eyes were softer, and she couldn't help but look at it twice.
Jiang Qihan didn't seem to care about her scrutiny, and said with a smile: "Looking at my face, what do you think?" ”
Qi Niang was a little embarrassed, she lowered her head nervously, and said without a head: "The Jiang Pavilion Lord is such a friendly person, presumably the girl she likes is also as elegant as the wind, right?" ”
Jiang Qihan was slightly stunned, his hand serving tea was also slightly paused, and then the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and his brows were slightly twisted, as if he was depressed. Qi Niang suddenly regretted her question, Jiang Qi played the lovesick song night and night, it must be a bumpy love road, and the two places can only blow the touching song when she is separated from her beloved. Now that she says it, won't she expose people's scars?
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ......" Qi Niang quickly explained, but for some reason, she was a little lost in her heart. It turns out that Jiang Qihan really already has someone he likes.
But I saw Jiang Qihan smile again, "The girl I like is like the pot of red emperor jade I gave you before, it grows on the stone, but it is the most colorful, she is tenacious, brave and calm, and dazzling that it is difficult to take your eyes off." Although I knew that she and I were from a different world, I wanted to get to know her. ”
Qi Niang suddenly looked up at him, only to see Jiang Qihan staring at her with burning eyes, and in his eyes that flashed with unknown emotions like ink, she saw her own stunned shadow.