Chapter 224: Peach Blossom with a Human Face
At this time, the sunset is fiery red, the sunset on the horizon is red, and the floating clouds shrouded in the sunset show a shape like a light veil. The light of the setting sun dyed the flowing clouds with a layer of golden dazzling edges. Radiant brilliance.
The Qinhuai River, where there is no wind, is still so calm. A faint mist, like light water vapor, lingered on the surface of the river. Occasionally, birds flew lightly, and on the calm mirror-like river, they gently touched it, leaving a circle of rippling ripples, and then left lightly.
The surface of the river flowing quietly was sparkling, and the setting sun shone on the meager surface, shimmering with patches of golden brilliance. By the river, the weeping willows are still clinging, and the faintly soft willow branches, in this golden sunset, seem to be covered with a layer of golden light veil, just like a shy girl who wants to marry.
By the river, the smooth bluestone pavement is spotless, reflecting the warm light. On the side of the road, faintly visible in the faint mist, the attic wine flag, lazily bathed in the sunset. At the end is a picture, bluestone to the evening, Jiangnan Lingxiu picture scroll.
Jiang Ning is still so quiet, just like a Jiangnan woman, with the delicate and gentle surname. It always gives people a kind of pity from the heart. Walking by the quiet Qinhuai River, even Ah Gui, who had been babbling all the time, didn't say a word.
The three of them led the horses and walked quietly on the bluestone paved road.
Listening to the murmuring sound of the Qinhuai River beside him, there was occasionally the laughter of the girls on the flower boat, everything was so familiar.
"Look, it's Lu Gongzi!" On the side of the Qinhuai River, on the flower boat docked on the shore, there was the sound of girls laughing.
"Lu Gongzi, hello Lu Gongzi!" As a woman screamed, the women who were resting in the flower boat also threw out.
They laughed, stood on the bow of the boat, stood on tiptoe, put up their little white hands, and looked towards the river.
After seeing clearly the scholar who was leading the horse by the river, the girls suddenly smiled as if they had blown up their nests, and waved to Lu Heng up and down: "Hello Lu Gongzi, Lu Gongzi, where have you been, we miss you so much!" ”
"Phew, you dare to say such a bold word!"
"So what, it's better than you making waves alone!"
"Phew. You, you're just making waves! ”
"Oh, sister, I don't dare!"
In the blink of an eye, the women on the flower boat laughed and played together. It seemed that the scholar who had stopped and waved at them was left aside.
Lu Heng withdrew the hand that had been stretched out, hugged his arm, and looked at the colorful and gorgeous women on the flower boat, like a group of butterflies in flower clothes. Listening to the laughter of their warblers and swallows, I couldn't help but feel relaxed and comfortable.
"Look good!" Lu Heng put his hands behind his back, smiled, looked at the women, turned his head, and asked Agui, who was smirking beside him.
"Beautiful!" Agui scratched his head and laughed innocently.
Lu Heng smiled faintly, undeniable.
On the side, Cang Xue couldn't help pouting when she heard this.
The women on the flower boat laughed and made a fuss for a while before they stopped. They turned their heads and saw the scholar standing quietly by the river, smiled secretly, and pointed to the white skin of the sisters beside them who had been exposed by the fighting.
After tidying up their appearance, these women pursed their lips and smiled, and stood in a row very heartily. Then, press your hands on your lower abdomen, bend your knees slightly, and salute Yingying.
"Hello Lu Gongzi!"
The women's voices were filled with laughter, and more importantly, a kind of greeting.
"Heh, hello!" Lu Heng smiled, clenched his fists and arched his hands, and returned the salute with a smile at the women on the bow of the boat, who were like fairies.
After hearing Lu Heng's return salute, the women smiled skillfully, and after giggling, they glanced at each other and nodded in unison. turned around and saluted Lu Heng again: "Blessed is Gongzi Lu!" ”
Lu Heng smiled, hugged his fists at these women who were in the dust for various reasons, and gently returned the salute.
Just as he was about to lead the horse and continue to move forward, Lu Heng saw that one of the women was missing.
Stopped, and after the women searched for it, they still didn't find the shadow.
I didn't see the little girl's sweet and shy look, but I felt like something had fallen in my heart, and I was always a little disappointed.
Oh, too, although this Qinhuai River is beautiful, it is not a long-term place after all. Maybe she has found the person she likes and lives a life of a male farmer and a female weaver!
"Lu Gongzi is looking for Sister Nishang?" The women on the flower boat all know Lu Heng, and many people know that a few of them were the ones who wrote the song for Sister Nishang. After that incident, Jiangning's first talent, who wrote a song for Nishang, was also passed on by the sisters on the Qinhuai River as a beautiful conversation.
Now, seeing that Lu Heng seems to be looking for someone. In the crowd, a woman asked.
"Oh, yes, she's married?" Lu Heng nodded and asked with a chuckle.
"No, Sister Nishang died a month ago!" Among the women, there are those who are straightforward and quick-hearted. Hearing Lu Heng's inquiry, someone on the side immediately spoke out.
The voice was speaking as if it were saying something insignificant. It's as if these women don't care about Nishang's death at all.
He's dead?
Lu Heng's heart trembled slightly, and his heart was full of relaxation and comfort, and he disappeared suddenly.
How so?
When I think of that little girl, I look shy, as if it was just yesterday. Why did you lose your fragrance after not seeing each other for a few months?
Raised his head and looked at the women who were still smiling and playing on the flower boat. Lu Heng's eyes couldn't help but feel a sudden moment.
In a trance, Lu Heng seemed to see the lovely woman again, standing in the crowd, with her head down, blushing, and not daring to speak.
"Childe, Childe!" Cang Xue beside her keenly noticed Lu Heng's strange appearance, worried in her heart, stepped forward and stretched out her trembling hand, held Lu Heng's arm, and shook it gently.
was woken up by Cangxue's melancholy voice. Lu Heng came back to his senses at this time, looking at the hazy Qinhuai River in front of him, as well as the familiar flower boats, women. I smiled bitterly in my heart, like a world away!
"I'm fine!" Lu Heng turned his head, saw the melancholy in Cang Xue's eyes, smiled faintly, reached out to pat her shoulder, and said softly.
Cang Xue hummed, her pretty face was slightly red, and she lowered her head.
Lu Heng turned around and asked the women who had just been straight-hearted, "Ni Shang, how did she die?" ”
"Hey, Master Lu, you don't know anything." The woman sighed and said with a wry smile: "Because of which song of yours, Childe, Sister Nishang has become a famous Oiran on the Qinhuai River." And that's why the woe happened! ”
"After Sister Nishang became an Oiran, the big and small officials in Jiangning City, the dignitaries and nobles, all had to take the opportunity to get close. Sister Nishang is lukewarm to these people, and she generally ignores them! The woman sighed and said in a quiet tone: "A month ago, the new Lord Yin took office, and the government asked Ni Shang to sing a little song to the official!" After I went, I realized that it wasn't a little song at all. Lord Yin of Nafu is really a bastard, a vigorous sister who is full of clothes and drinks. In the end, I want to annihilate my sister again. Sister Nishang is dead or alive. ”
"Sister Nishang's surname is too strong, and she was forced to die in the Zhizhou Mansion in desperation!" The woman sighed. Raising his hand, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. raised his head and smiled at Lu Heng.
"By the way, Master Lu, when Sister Nishang was alive, she said that she was going to give you a sachet." The woman suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly urged the woman next to her to go into the cabin to get it.
After a while, the woman went and returned. Carrying a delicate little sachet in his hand.
Ah Gui comprehended, walked over, took the sachet from the woman's hand, walked back, and handed it to Lu Heng's hand: "Son, give!" ”
Lu Heng took the small sachet and quietly looked at the small sachet woven by needles and threads, and his heart was extremely complicated.
On the sachet, there were a few sparkling pearls. At this time, under this setting sun, the light is shining. Like the woman's tears of despair when she was dying.
"Childe, come and see us often when you have time. My sisters love you very much! In the evening sunset, the women on the flower boat bowed their knees to Lu Heng in unison, and after saluting, they turned around and went back with a smile.
Only the woman standing at the bow of the boat had tears in her eyes. Quietly looking at the river, the scholar who quietly looked at the sachet in his hand.
She just stood there, and before she knew it, she was already full of tears.
In the midst of the crying, the woman lifted her skirt, knelt on the bow of the boat, and kowtowed vigorously to Lu Heng.
After this, the woman stood up, raised her hand, and wiped the tears from her cheeks. Turned around and went back to the cabin.
"Childe!" Ah Gui saw Gongzi staring at the sachet in a daze, his expression was as calm as water. He also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Then he opened his mouth to mention it.
"Let's go home!" Lu Heng took a deep breath and put the small sachet in his hand into his arms. Turning his head, he reached out and patted Agui on the shoulder, then turned over and got on the horse.
After shaking the reins, Lu Heng shouted in a deep voice: "Drive!" ”
The horse under the crotch neighed, trampled on the bluestone slab, raised the horse's hooves, and galloped out.
Cang Xue turned her head, looked at the flower boat that had already lit up the lantern, sighed faintly, rode a horse, and followed Lu Heng.
Ah Gui looked at the two war horses in front of him, and remembered the calm and somewhat terrifying expression of Childe just now. He couldn't help but think that when he was in Chengdu, after the assassination of Gongzi, he also had such an expression.
As a result, ten days after the assassination, Chengdu ushered in a bloody night for the first time! The Chen family, which was famous in Chengdu, disappeared from the world overnight! The Chen family is even more bloody!
"Hehe, that Fu Yin is in trouble!" Agui groped his chin and muttered to himself with a hideous face.
(To be continued)