Chapter 18: The Dawn of the Edge
In the Zhuangzi outside the city, Duan Qingqian had already cleaned up, and the servants of the Zhuangzi had also brought the lunch, Duan Qingqian, An Yunmo and Xu Ziqi were at a table, speaking of which, Duan Qingqian was at the same table with An Yunmo for the second time, and the three of them sat together and chatted after they were full of wine and food.
Xu Ziqi first asked, "Princess, you are really different from other women, you were kidnapped by someone, and ordinary women have long lost their faces, but you are calm and calm." ”
"I have been coarse since I was a child, and they have been pampered since they were children, how can this be the same."
After saying this, he said to the guards who were waiting on the side, "Bring some paper and pencils, and bring some hard pens by the way." ”
"Yes, Princess."
The guard immediately turned around and went down.
"Princess, what do you want pen and paper for?"
"You'll find out later."
After Duan Qingqian finished speaking, he looked at An Yunmo and asked, "Lord Wang, since you are out of the city, I want to go back to my grandfather's courtyard later?" ”
"Okay, this king will accompany you."
"Okay."
The guards put the pen and paper in their hands, the servants had already put away the dishes long before this, Duan Qingqian flattened the paper, polished the ink, picked up a hard pen and drew on the paper, An Yunmo and Xu Ziqi both looked at Duan Qingqian curiously, and the outline could probably be seen with just a few strokes.
Xu Ziqi had doubts in his heart, and asked directly, "Princess, do you paint portraits of men?" Who drew it? Lover? ”
Xu Ziqi regarded An Yunmo as a friend, and he was also in a relaxed state with him, he asked whatever he thought, and only when he asked did he know that he had said the wrong thing, he looked up at An Yunmo with a weak heart, and found that he didn't give him a look, so he lowered his head and looked at Duan Qingqian's painting intently.
An Yunmo looked at it and guessed it, "Qingqian, this is the person who kidnapped you?" ”
"Exactly, a coachman is wearing a veil, and the one who kidnapped me is not masked, but he should be disguised, and I can see some flaws."
Xu Ziqi's face was full of shock, "I didn't expect the princess to have so much." ”
After Duan Qingqian finished painting, he wrote down the results of his observations on the side, the foreign man, about thirty and thirty, more than eight feet, acted in a hurry, and should be decided temporarily; The coachman is silent, around forty, and serves men as the mainstay.
Xu Ziqi looked at Duan Qingqian's paintings and characters in surprise, but he was not the one who studied the kidnapping of Duan Qingqian, but was shocked by Duan Qingqian's paintings and characters.
"Tsk, tsk, princess, is this really what you painted? What did you write? ”
Xu Ziqi looked shocked, picked up the paper and looked at it seriously, "It's really a good painting, a good word!" ”
An Yunmo also looked at Duan Qingqian with affirmation, "I really didn't expect that Qingqian's books and paintings are among the best." ”
Duan Qingqian really didn't expect that the first thing they would focus on was not the person who kidnapped her, but her words and paintings, and couldn't help but smile lightly, "When I was bored, I painted too much, I wrote too much, who can make perfect." ”
When she was a child, she helped Liu Ma embroider, most of the embroidery was painted by herself, her own color, and she had seen a lot of things, the field of vision was wider than theirs, it was easier to learn, as for the words, that was in order to be able to adapt to the writing methods of this era to practice, if she deliberately practiced she could not write any decent words, it would be really embarrassing, not to mention that she was not stupid, so it seemed to her that there was nothing strange.
"I've been writing for more than 20 years and haven't been able to write like this, and this painting, if it's colored, you can say that you can see the real person directly, but I haven't seen this painting technique, and a hard pen can actually draw a picture?"
Xu Ziqi looked at the hard pen on the side, full of doubts.
In order to draw more vividly, Duan Qingqian asked someone to bring a hard pen up, in fact, she was just sketching and sketching, but Xu Ziqi and they had never seen this kind of painting.
"Yes, it's just that you haven't seen it."
Although An Yunmo was also puzzled, he didn't ask.
"Okay, take it down and check it for the people below, but this king probably knows."
"Although it was easy to look at, this son probably guessed it. I'll go down first. ”
Xu Ziqi finished speaking.
At this time, a guard came in and said, "Lord and Princess, the carriage is ready." ”
An Yunmo raised his hand, and the guards retreated to the side and waited.
"The carriage is ready, let's go?"
"Okay."
There was some quiet in the carriage, An Yunmo looked at Duan Qingqian, and didn't speak, Duan Qingqian knew that what she showed today was a little unexpected to them, An Yunmo was a little suspicious of people who sat in high positions, because they had to be cautious step by step, and if they made a mistake, they might face a catastrophe, but she really didn't want to harm him.
"Lord Wang, I don't have any purpose for you."
An Yunmo's eyes were flat, looking at Duan Qingqian a little alienated, Duan Qingqian gave him too many surprises this day, she has deep internal strength, intelligence and calmness, excellent calligraphy and painting, and has keen analysis and observation, as far as he knows, she would often go to her grandfather's house to play when she was young, and she didn't go to any special places at other times, but how could she be like this... Versatile, is he not knowing her well enough?
He thought he knew her, but now he realized that he seemed to have just met her.
"You are Duan Ruhao's eldest daughter?"
Duan Qingqian said seriously, "Yes." ”
"Can this king trust you?"
"If the prince chooses to believe me, I will not live up to your trust."
An Yunmo could see that Duan Qingqian was serious, and suddenly An Yunmo beckoned to Duan Qingqian, his eyes were also detached, and Duan Qingqian faintly felt that he seemed to be a little unbearable in his eyes, and he returned to calm in just an instant, Duan Qingqian told himself that he must have seen it wrong.
Duan Qingqian leaned towards him, "Lord Wang, is there something?" ”
An Yunmo looked down at Duan Qingqian's neck, there were scratches on it, he gently pressed it with his hand, and said in a gentle tone, "Don't be so stupid in the future, the most important thing is to protect yourself, but it still hurts?" ”
An Yunmo was suddenly so gentle with her, Duan Qingqian was a little uncomfortable, retreated, touched his neck and said.
"It doesn't hurt, I've taken the medicine, and I'll be fine in a few days."
An Yunmo was not annoyed when he saw Duan Qingqian's alienated body, and said lightly, "Have you suffered all these years?" I'll be there in the future. ”
Duan Qingqian chuckled, "It's not a suffering, I learned the internal strength from reading books from my grandfather, and the calligraphy and painting were also specially practiced because of boredom." ”
"Hmm."
After An Yunmo finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "You also know what happened to this king five years ago, and now I have to be careful, I am willing to believe you." ”
After An Yunmo finished speaking, he closed his eyes and rested, because he was busy with the wedding some time ago, so he put down a lot of things, and he was busy dealing with things for the past two days, and he had less time to sleep at night.
Duan Qingqian was a sensitive person, and now she could feel that An Yunmo had let down his guard after saying what he believed her, and Duan Qingqian stepped forward to take his hand.
An Yunmo opened his eyes in an instant, looked at Duan Qingqian's hand, Duan Qingqian smiled at him, and shook it hard.
"Sleep in peace."
An Yunmo nodded and closed her eyes to rest, Duan Qingqian took her hand away, she knew that An Yunmo was giving her time to adapt to their relationship now, so she didn't force her on the wedding night, since she agreed to marry him, she also hoped that they could respect each other as guests, and live this life peacefully and smoothly, maybe they should learn to accept him.
In a courtyard somewhere outside the city, Duan Qingqian got out of the carriage, looked at the ruins and broken walls in front of him and couldn't help but sigh, An Yunmo also watched from the side, and said softly.
"Would you like to go in and have a look?"
"Hmm."
Duan Qingqian's coming here is actually to stop by to take a look, this place once gave her family affection and laughter, Duan Qingqian walked around the courtyard, and then walked to the back mountain, An Yunmo silently followed behind her.
In a quiet place in the back mountain, Duan Qingqian stopped, only to see a tomb in front of him, the tombstone is engraved with the tomb of Jian Wentao and Jian Xu, and the granddaughter Qingqian is standing in the lower left corner.
Duan Qingqian took out the sacrifices on the carriage, arranged them one by one, and then respectfully knelt down to worship.
An Yunmo took off the half of the mask covering his face and stepped forward to salute, "Junior, Yunmo has seen grandpa and grandmother. ”
In their era, the first is the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and then the order of the young and the old, so she didn't ask An Yunmo to come forward and bow down just now, just like to Duan Ruhao, An Yunmo is afraid that he can't call him a father, and she doesn't dare to respond even if she calls Duan Ruhao, she didn't expect An Yunmo to be willing to worship her grandparents.
After the ceremony, Duan Qingqian still knelt, "Grandpa, grandma, Qingqian is married, Yunmo is my husband, Qingqian found it himself, he is very good to me, you can rest assured." ”
Duan Qingqian said as he added "dark coins" to the "small stove" next to him.
"Are you doing well?"
It was the first time An Yunmo saw Duan Qingqian so emotional, and he patted Duan Qingqian's shoulder and said.
"I'll wait for you outside."
"Okay."
An Yunmo left, Duan Qingqian also let go, and sat directly next to the tombstone and leaned against the tombstone and spoke slowly.
"Grandpa, grandmother, although this is just your clothed mound, but you must be able to hear what I said, Qing Qian's most envious thing before was the way you get along as a husband and wife, and I just wanted to find an ordinary one, but I didn't expect to encounter something, so I chose An Yunmo among the people I could choose, he should be good." He has been doing well with me these days, and there may be a lot of trouble around him, but he believes that he can handle it. You should be happy over there, right? This time ,......"
Duan Qingqian told Jian Wentao and Jian Xu about his recent situation.
An Yunmo was waiting for Duan Qingqian in the carriage, just now looking at the tomb of Jian Wentao and his wife, reminding some of the past, An Yunmo also suddenly understood Duan Qingqian, as far as he knew, since all the servants and maids in Duan Qingqian's courtyard were gone, Duan Qingqian often lived here with Jian Wentao for two or three months, most of the year, and with the guidance of a knowledgeable person like Jian Wentao, it was no wonder that Duan Qingqian had such a literary talent, and he suspected that Duan Qingqian was meticulous just now.
An Yunmo blamed himself, and at the same time secretly made up his mind, since he believed her, he would never doubt her in the future, it was precisely because of An Yunmo's determination that he did him a big favor later, of course, this is a later story.