Chapter Seventy-Eight: Indulge in the Flower Moon
"Because you don't have to worry about food and clothing, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, so you have so much time and energy to fight for power and profit, and calculate damage. You have always been on high and accustomed to calling others, and everything you need must be achieved. So for you, sacrificing a calculating person in order to achieve your goal is nothing at all. You will not know the preciousness of human life, and their life is not worth mentioning to you. I know that you have your struggles, and your experiences have shaped your current character. You are very bitter in your heart, but how can people hurt others because of their own pain? Your pain is not caused by them, and they have no reason to bear your pain. ”
The wind blows coolly, and the light movement of the willow silk is like a sigh in the wind. The two of them sat on the riverbank, the figure side by side under the green willows, Yu Wenyong didn't speak for a long time, and I said: "These words, I only say them tonight, and I only say them this time." If Childe doesn't like to hear it, forget it, because I didn't say it. ”
As he spoke, he was about to stand up, but Yu Wenyong quickly pulled me to sit down, and his face was coated with a soft light under the moonlight, "What I did in the past was really a little selfish. Although I don't feel very comfortable listening to this, but Qingqiang, I'm glad that you can tell me the truth. ”
Even if you can listen to me, I know that you will not change. You will still be so cold, self-centered, and will do anything to hurt others for your own benefit. Because this is a common problem of all rich and powerful people, they are used to being high and cannot be changed.
I stared at the water, and I heard his voice in the smoke and water, "I'm tired of fighting in the palace, so sit here quietly with me for a while." ”
The water lotus on the river surface is bright, and the bright light is shining. I turned my gaze to the riverbank on one side, and suddenly found a green shadow in the crowd, standing sparsely among the bustling figures, looking at the men, women and children who put lamps by the river, in the bright moon light, his figure seemed so lonely, as if he had been forgotten.
He came to see the river lantern, didn't he put the lantern, and no one accompanied him to Zhongyuan? On such a lively day, he turned out to be a lonely person.
He suddenly turned around and walked back, I subconsciously stood up, wanting to chase the lonely green shadow, and Yu Wenyong's voice was in my ears, "What's wrong with you?" ”
I was anxious to explain, "Childe, I'll go buy something and I'll be back in a while." ”
As he spoke, seeing that his figure was about to disappear in the crowd, he hurriedly chased after him.
Running anxiously through layers of people, I ran anxiously in the silver-plated moonlight. In the crowded street market, it is easy to find the green shadow, and in the blink of an eye, it will disappear in the crowd. I couldn't help but shout in a hurry, "Mo Ziwei! ”
The dark blue shadow paused, turned around, looked through the crowd, and stared at it.
I ran to him, only to see his bright eyes and clear smile, and said, "Miss Xiao, is there something wrong?" ”
I smiled brightly at him, "You forgot, you said you were going to invite me to dinner the day before yesterday." It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I think tonight will be very good, what do you think? ”
Seeing him smiling and silent, I looked up in confusion, "You're not going to break your word, are you?" ”
"Of course—no." He deliberately bought a pass and smiled longly, "I was just thinking about where to invite you to go." ”
Mo Ziwu took me to a noodle restaurant, and what was served was a bowl of shredded egg noodles with shredded green onions steaming with a faint steam, the eggs that melted were half white and half bright yellow, and the bottom was undulating thin noodles. At first glance, it looks like a clear moon floating in the blue sky, surrounded by rolling clouds.
"Although this bowl of noodles may not be as good as your mother's cooking, it is the best noodle restaurant in Chang'an City that I have ever tasted, the craftsmanship is great, I hope you can have a good time." Mo Ziwu sat across from me, smiling sincerely, warm and clear.
He remembered what he had said on my birthday. My eyes were hot, and I looked at the person opposite through the hazy moonlight, and I whispered, "Thank you." "I don't know if it's the moonlight or my eyes.
Mo Ziwu reminded me with a smile, "Hurry up and eat, otherwise the noodles will be cold." ”
The two of them picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched the noodles, sucked them into their mouths and made a sizzling sound, inadvertently looked at each other, laughed unconsciously, and then lowered their heads to eat the noodles.
The noodles I ate this night were surprisingly delicious.
My heart was overflowing with joy, as if it was about to bloom a flower, and the starlight in the sky was sprinkled on me warmly.
After eating a bowl of noodles, walking in the market, Mo Ziwei proposed, "It's not safe for you to be alone as a girl when it's dark, I'll send you back." ”
I said slowly, "Don't worry, it's still early." ”
"Isn't the palace closed as soon as the time comes, it's four o'clock, and you can't go back if the lock is locked."
I paused, raised my eyes and asked him, my voice lowered, "You know I live in the palace?" ”
"I know the identity of the fourth prince, you were taken away by him, and there is no other choice but in the palace. The female dependents who can live in the palace maid are either concubines, female officials, or palace maids. Concubines can't go out of the palace at will, but female officials and palace maids can go out of the palace to purchase items in the palace, and palace maids don't have so much power to go out of the palace from time to time. So, you're a female officer? ”
"You're right, I'm a female official, or a female scholar of the third rank in front of the emperor." My face darkened a little, but I still forced myself to say, "You don't have to worry, today is the Midyear Festival, and there are special exceptions in the palace, so the door will be closed and locked at the beginning of the year, and it is still very early." ”
The palace wall seems to invisibly separate the two people, and I don't like to mention any word in the palace when I am with him, like an invisible chasm, which makes me uncomfortable inexplicably.
"Jingle bell, jingle bell." The crisp sound of a string of brass bells from a street stall attracted me, and the sound of such a cheerful bell was like the laughter of Ling'er. I bought a bunch on a whim, and the small cyan copper bells hung in my hand, and as soon as my hand moved, the beads struck the bell wall, making a cheerful sound.
Mo Zi asked me worriedly, "Do you like this?" ”
"It's not." I stared at the little copper bell and smiled briskly, "This is what I bought for a sister in the palace." ”
There was someone on the street who was frolicking and chasing, and when they ran, they bumped into me, and suddenly there was a snap, and it seemed that something had shattered. When I turned around, I saw a man, pointing to the debris all over the ground, and said angrily: "Which one doesn't have long eyes, smashed my glass lotus lamp, this is what I spent a lot of money to buy!" ”
I hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Childe, I didn't mean to break your lamp, someone just hit me, I'm really sorry." ”
"I don't care about anything else, it's a fact that you smashed my glass lamp. The facts are in front of you, and you can't defend yourself! The man was still furious.
"Otherwise, how much is this lamp, I will pay you." I consulted with him.
The man said unrelentingly: "This is what I specially ordered from Ruyifang, just this one, you can't afford to pay for how much it costs, this matter can't be done." You! Kneel down for Ben Gongzi! ”
What a domineering son, I finally looked up and looked over, opposite two richly dressed sons. One was dressed in dark red robes, the other was dressed in royal blue robes, and there were more than a dozen servants behind them, and the battle was not small. Seeing my face, the fierce look on the face of the dark red-robed boy who was still glaring at him just now gradually dissipated, and there was a hint of amazement and confusion.
The blue-robed boy next to him cleared his throat and said loudly: "Brother Luo, isn't it too much to ask a girl to kneel down on the street, this girl didn't mean it, don't stare at people like this, beware of frightening other girls." ”
The boy in the dark red robe looked straight, but there was a hint of ridicule in his eyes, "What Brother Feng said is reasonable, there is no need to kneel, and this son is also angry for a while." But girl, you have broken my lotus lantern after all, so you have to compensate me. ”
I looked at him with a flirtatious look in his eyes, and my tone became a little cold, "How does that boy want me to compensate you?" ”
"There's a nice inn nearby, I'd like to invite you to have a drink." As he spoke, the man held out his hand to me.
"Let's go, ignore them." Mo Ziwu suddenly said coldly, grabbed my hand and was about to leave.
"Stop, you can go, but she can't."
The man actually grabbed my hand and took the opportunity to touch it. I was about to get angry, someone was faster than me, and Mo Ziwei kicked him directly and kicked him to the ground.
The man was lying on the ground and screaming bitterly, his servants were about to rush up when they saw this, Mo Ziwu grabbed my palm and shouted, "Go!" ”
As he spoke, he took my hand and was about to run, and I hurried to follow his steps.
"Why are we running, aren't you very good at martial arts, just knock them over." I asked as I ran.
"Those two people are the sons of the general Luo Xiehe Army Sima Feng Qian, Luo Jin and Feng Shu, they have their father and the Jin State Gongyu Wenhu behind their backers, and they often fish and eat the common people in the market, and even Jing Zhaoyin has nothing to do with them. If I continue to entangle with them and make trouble in the market, when the government comes, not only will it not be able to uphold justice, but it will also find out my details, which will affect Yijian Hall. I don't have anything, but what about those kids? ”
It turned out that he was worried that those two people would go to Yijian Pavilion to find trouble and affect those children.
The brass bell in his hand rang, and the people behind followed the sound and chased after him. Mo Ziwu snatched my copper bell, ran to the alley with seven turns and eight turns, and threw the copper bell to the alley on the left. Then he dragged me to hide under the haystack in front of a house, covered my whole body with the haystack, held my breath, and did not move.
Listening to the sound of footsteps approaching, my heart was tense to the extreme, and a voice sounded, "There's a brass bell here." ”
"They must have run this way, chase!"
The footsteps were far away, Mo Ziwu and I lifted the grass pile and came out, Mo Ziwu looked around vigilantly, and then took my hand and ran in the other direction.
Under the golden water and moon, he grabbed my hand tightly at one end, I didn't feel scared at all, I only felt nervous and excited, and even gave birth to a wisp of joy, and my lips unconsciously spread a bright smile like a spring flower.