Chapter 4: Precursors of the Storm

At this time, the carriage drove into a wide avenue, and the number of tourists gradually increased, Su Luanyin glanced out, thinking that it would not be long before he would arrive at the cherry blossom viewing holy place Bangchun Garden.

In less than a stick of incense, the carriage stopped, and the coachman lifted the curtain and smiled heartily: "Childe, the garden has arrived, there are so many people today, and the carriage can't get in." ”

"You wait outside, let's walk in."

Le Heng bowed his head, thoughtfully helped Su Luanyin to jump off the carriage, at that glance, the cherry blossoms were snow-white, but they were also crowded, and the water was impassable.

"Hey, there are so many people, do you still have to see these cherry blossoms?"

Su Luanyin was extremely disappointed in the crowd, frowning and tiptoeing as she spoke.

"It is said that scarcity is precious, looking at the huge imperial city, there is only the evening cherry blossoms in Bangchun Garden*, don't be annoyed, the hour is still early."

Le Heng knows Su Luanyin very well, although she is lively and active by nature, but flower viewing is a quiet and elegant thing, and the crowd has swept away the interest.

"Then listen to you."

Su Luanyin's unhappiness was swept away, and she nodded obediently and took Le Heng's hand, and the two of them went to the garden unhurriedly with the tourists.

The sky is bright and bright, the snow-white cherry blossoms are colorful, the garden has already set up a low couch tea table, the ground is covered with blankets and soft cushions, and the nobles and men in bright clothes sit together, or chant poems against each other, or drink and play against each other, and there are more people from the rivers and lakes who shoot arrows and dance, heroic posture and momentum.

Su Luanyin looked at it with great interest for a while, and someone brought tea over to invite a drink, Le Heng politely thanked her, and took her to find a good place to sit on the ground.

"Ah Heng, so many people look at you, I can't stay next to you anymore?"

Su Luanyin glared at the Peugeot girl who was squirming and casting her eyes not far away, and punched Le Heng with a little anger in her heart.

"Not only are you looking at me, you have also become a wonderful person in the limelight."

Today's Su Luanyin is wearing a pink gauze skirt, her long hair is fluttering, gentle and smart, she leans sideways against Le Heng and sweeps through everyone, her delicate and lovely eyebrows and eyes exude eye-catching charm everywhere.

"Humph! You're going to make fun of me—"

Although Su Luanyin complained like this, her heart was sweet, Le Heng praised people is rare, and it is even more rare to be so direct, she couldn't help laughing.

"Feeling good?"

"Well, if you're willing, say more good things about me!"

Su Luanyin blushed with shame, but he was close to Le Heng's embrace, making his ears hot and there was nowhere to hide.

Le Heng didn't speak, just couldn't stop laughing, at that moment the cherry blossoms fell, the sky was full of beauty, and there seemed to be only Su Luanyin and him left in the world, she looked up at him affectionately, and the deer in her heart collided, and it was difficult to settle down for a long time.

"Su Luanyin."

Until a strange and familiar voice sounded, she was startled, Le Heng took the lead in hugging her, and looked up and whispered incomprehensibly: "Why is the Seventh Prince here?" ”

The three words of the Seventh Prince shook others like thunder, and also made Su Luanyin rub her ears in disbelief, as soon as she raised her head, everyone knelt down respectfully, and exclaimed with tacit understanding: "Meet the Seventh Prince——"

"Get up."

Just like last night's indifferent and senseless tone, Su Luanyin was sure that the noble man who was three steps away was indeed Yan Wuji.

He was dressed in a dark brocade suit, his black hair was tied behind his head like a waterfall, there was a smile on his cold, hard and evil face, his dark and deep eyes were staring at Su Luanyin, and there was a slight mockery at the corner of his mouth.

"Lord of the Su family, don't come unharmed."

Yan Wuji's tone pretended to be ambiguous, causing an uproar in the garden, and they all looked at Su Luanyin, who was stunned.

Seeing that her face was wrong, Le Heng held her hand: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's fine." Su Luanyin came back to his senses, and his expression returned to nature, "The Seventh Prince came from afar, but don't miss the good time of cherry blossom viewing." ”

After speaking, she politely pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly.

Yan Wuji's eyes moved, and there was a hint of anger beating in them: "I heard that the county lord of Su and the prince of Le have a deep affection, like glue, and when I saw it today, it was really true." ”

Yan Wuji obviously had something to say, deliberately making things difficult for Su Luanyin, although Le Heng didn't know when they got a grudge, he only tried his best to protect Su Luanyin behind his back, and opened his lips gently: "The spring is shining, the evening cherry blossoms are just right, and the prince is invited to take a seat." ”

Le Heng raised his hand to invite Yan Wuji to take a seat, and someone who understood served tea and pastries, and the other men and women who were hanging on to it also came back to their senses in an instant, Yan Wuji went over to joke and amuse as soon as he sat down, only Su Luanyin hid behind Le Heng and lowered his head uneasily.

It's not that she has a weak heart, but she just doesn't want to mess around with Yan Wuji.

But Yan Wuji didn't think so, and seeing that Su Luanyin was trying his best to avoid himself, he got up and deliberately handed over a glass of wine: "I don't know if the county lord can appreciate his face?" ”

Su Luanyin was stunned, seeing that Le Heng seemed to be angry, she hurriedly pressed his hand, she glanced at Yan Wuji, who was smiling lightly, and drank the wine glass as soon as her brain was hot.

The wine was very spicy, Su Luanyin drank too quickly and was choked to death, and her heart was hot but she couldn't cough it out.

"Ayin, are you alright?"

Le Heng stroked Su Luanyin's back distressedly, and his eyes gradually became cold.

"Ayin is unwell, I am afraid of disturbing the prince and Yaxing who enjoy the cherry blossoms, I will take her away first."

Le Heng looked directly at Yan Wuji, and the boundless anger was reflected in his brown pupils.

Yan Wuji sneered, staring haughtily at Le Heng, who was jumping with green muscles but dared not speak angrily: "This king wants to invite Lord Su to visit the garden with him today, can you agree?" ”

Su Luanyin listened like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, she naturally didn't want to have too much to do with Yan Wuji, and without waiting for Le Heng to speak, she bent down and said: "The seventh prince is serious, and the folk girls are only shallow in learning, and they don't know poetry and songs, so they don't dare to offend the prince." ”

"Su Luanyin, it seems that you forgot what happened last night?"

Yan Wuji pointed out, his eyes were blurred and dangerous, and Su Luanyin was stunned for a while.

Le Heng clenched his fists, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Ah Heng, let's go."

Su Luanyin was afraid of staying in the future, so she hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and walked out of the garden without looking back, and she could detect that Yan Wuji's eyes were getting sharper and sharper with every step, making her breathless.

The cherry blossom viewing trip was disturbed by Yan Wuji and could only end hastily, and Su Luanyin couldn't help but feel down.

After getting into the carriage, Le Heng's face softened a little, but he still couldn't smile, and only turned his head to look away.

"Ah Heng, I have nothing to do with Yan Wuji, don't worry too much."

At this moment, Su Luanyin was like a child who had done something wrong, half-leaning on Le Heng's side and bowing his head aggrievedly and explained.

"I believe in you."

Le Heng sighed, he couldn't bear to blame Su Luanyin.

He was just uneasy, as a man, he deeply felt that Yan Wuji's words were not only deliberately provoking right and wrong, but also containing the desire to dominate Su Luanyin in his eyes......

After Su Luanyin and Le Heng left, Yan Wuji also pretended to enjoy the cherry blossoms with everyone, and only after lunch did he set off to the palace satisfied.

Behind Bangchun Garden is a lofty mountain, the tallest and most lush cherry blossom trees under the ridge have pulled out their buds, at this time the sound of the bell rang, the gorgeous and delicate carriage came into view, a handsome and tall man in black pulled the reins and drank a stop, Yan Wuji changed the appearance of laughing and fooling, walked over and asked seriously: "How are things going?" ”

"The things that the prince confessed found out a little eyebrows - General Su's wife Bai Qiuyi was originally a famous miracle doctor in Wuzhuang, and she began to learn to refine Gu and poison at the age of five, when she was fifteen years old, Wuzhuang flew into trouble, the fire was monstrous, a mysterious person rescued her and took her to the imperial city, I heard that when she was rescued, she was holding the picture of "Crying Beauty to the Moon" in her hand.

"What if you know that the picture of "Crying Beauty to the Moon" appeared ten years ago?"

Yan Wuji pursed his lips indifferently.

At the beginning, Yan Wuji broke into the Su family to steal paintings, it was nothing more than hearsay that he wanted to see the style of ancient old paintings, and he was fortunate to see it with his own eyes last night, and found that it was just a little more charm than ordinary paintings.

"That fire burned Wuzhuang to ashes, only Bai Qiuyi and the ancient paintings survived, doesn't the prince want to know why?"

The man in black looked around, confirmed that no one was there, and then suppressed his voice.

"Why?"

Yan Wuji was puzzled, and his calves kicked steadily into the carriage.

"There is a rumor in the rivers and lakes recently, saying that the picture of "Crying Beauty to the Moon" hides a mysterious and powerful power, and the reason why Bai Qiuyi will play Gu in it is because she wants to suppress this power and then find an opportunity to carry forward the magic of witchcraft to help Su Ming arrange to eliminate dissidents and fight for power and profit."

The man was sitting on the wooden frame of the carriage facing Yan Wuji, and there was some worry between his eyebrows.

"A picture of a beautiful woman is full of wind and rain in the city, it seems that the king is careless. However, Bai Qiuyi can be regarded as a hard bone if she can come out of Wuzhuang alive, as for the mysterious person who saved her, continue to investigate. ”

Yan Wuji raised his brows in surprise when he heard this, and then sneered and tapped the tea case with his index finger.

"My subordinates understand, what are the prince's plans next?"

"Now that the beauty picture is in the hands of this king, Bai Qiuyi does not dare to act rashly, and her daughter Su Luanyin may be able to become a sword of this king."

Yan Wuji lowered his eyes and picked up a cup of tea, and took a sip lightly.

When Su Luanyin returned home, it was already early afternoon, and the sky was gloomy, but there was no rain or wind, only panic.

Today's cherry blossom viewing failed, she was already deliberately uneasy, so she didn't mention half a word about Le Wan'er when she drove away, she couldn't tell what was going on, it seemed that she was getting more and more uneasy after meeting Yan Wuji.

"Miss, you're back—"

Su Luanyin was walking into the courtyard when Xiao Xian's excited crisp shout sounded in his ears.

"What are you carrying the basket on?"

Su Luanyin looked back, Xiao Xian and the rest of the dozen or so young girls all came over one after another with their sleeves and bamboo baskets on their backs.

"We went up to the mountains to pick fresh herbs."

Xiao Xian shook the bamboo basket on her back, and looked at her with a muddy face but smiled happily, as if she was very satisfied with the errand.

Su Luanyin remembered that in the morning, her mother had said that she would develop an antidote to Fengxing Gu as soon as possible and send it to Yan Wuji, but she didn't expect to collect the medicine back so soon.

"Everyone has worked hard, I invite everyone to eat pine nut cake."

Su Luanyin wiped the wet mud from Xiao Xian's face, patted her head and said to the others.

"Thank you, Miss!"

The girls' eyes lit up, and after thanking Su Luanyin, they didn't dare to delay and ran to the backyard.

"Miss, let's go deliver the medicine first-"

Xiao Xian waved his hand and followed them.

From the courtyard of the Su family, there is a simple and elegant medicine building, when Su Luanyin entered, Bai Qiuyi was busy with a prescription, and when she saw her coming, she smiled gently, and her gentle and fair face did not lose the elegance of the past.

"Yin'er, did you have a good time today?"

Bai Qiuyi asked casually, and plunged into a pile of medicinal herbs.

"Well, the cherry blossom admirers are crowded with people who can't get through the spring garden, and Ah Heng and I walked around for a while and then went to the street."

Su Luanyin sat down on the side, and didn't dare to disturb Bai Qiuyi too much, seeing her holding a strange-shaped medicine in a daze, she was curious: "Mother, what is that?" ”

"Earth Dragon, invigorate blood circulation, calm wind and stop spasms."

Bai Qiuyi looked serious, turned around and took out a small jar from the medicine shelf on the side.

Su Luanyin glanced at it, there were real red live insects in the jar, and there was a layer of pink slime at the bottom of the jar, but Bai Qiuyi opened the lid and pinched one out directly with her hand, and asked, "Yin'er, have you ever thought about learning witchcraft?" ”

In the end, Bai Qiuyi didn't wait for her to answer, so she put the bright red insects into a mud bowl and licked them up neatly until the insects turned into a wet meat puree.

Su Luanyin couldn't answer, she felt her stomach churning violently, and if she didn't have the internal force to suppress it, she was afraid that she would vomit out.

"When I first studied medicine, I was similar to you, and I avoided disgusting and dirty things when I saw them, but when I was in danger, I could only save myself."

Bai Qiuyi sighed, threw the earth dragon on the side into it, and increased the force to continue to lick.

There was a pungent smell of blood in the air, and Su Luanyin couldn't help coughing twice: "In danger? My daughter doesn't understand what you mean. ”

"No misfortune is a blessing, and you are safe and happy. Besides, now the king forbids witchcraft......"

Bai Qiuyi wanted to speak and stopped.

"Hmm."

Su Luanyin didn't know how to answer, so she only nodded.

The two chatted for a while, and there was a sound of hurried and panicked footsteps outside the medicine building, and a little guy ran to the door in a hurry, clenched his fists and reported: "Madam, eldest lady, something is wrong!" The Seventh Prince was assassinated halfway, and his personal guards picked up the young lady's jade pendant at the scene, and now someone from the palace said that he would take the young lady into the palace for investigation——"

Bai Qiuyi's eyebrows jumped, the medicine jar fell to the ground and shattered instantly, and there were live insects all over the ground, she asked urgently: "Yin'er, what's going on?" ”

"I don't know... My jade pendant has been given to Ah Heng—"

Su Luanyin thought of the scene in Bang Chun Garden, Yan Wuji was embarrassed by so many people, Le Heng must have been unhappy in his heart, but he had always been gentle and reasonable, and it was impossible for him to send someone to assassinate Yan Wuji......