Ruoyun pondered for a moment, remembering that the girl belonged to Chu Rulan, I was afraid that it was really Chu Rulan who was angry that she instructed her to retaliate with the slap the day before yesterday, and she said this, but she could also believe three points, but seeing that the girl poured powder and killed her without investigation, she really didn't take human life seriously.

Although she thought so, Ruoyun's face was still indifferent, and she said loudly: "Okay, even if what you say is true, I believe that you don't need to act at the moment, and I ask you, who ordered you to protect me?" What do you want to come here with me? ”

"No one ordered me, and I followed you here, just to escort you. If you don't believe me, you can ask Chiyan. Yixin lifted her chin and turned to Chiyan Dao.

Chi Yan's body stiffened and did not make any statement.

"You know Chiyan well, it seems that I have met another guard." Ruoyun said a word, and didn't want to play tricks with her anymore, but sneered, "It's just that your whereabouts are weird, I'm afraid it wasn't under the orders of the Fusu patriarch, am I right?" ”

If Yun saw her rapidly changing face, she knew that she had guessed correctly, but she was far away from the place where Xia Zhuyue appeared, and Chi Yan was so guarded, I am afraid that she was ordered by the Qingping Sect. It's just that if she is ordered by the Qingping Sect, how can she protect herself? Obviously, he should have killed himself and captured Kunlunqu. If she had judged Fusu and abandoned the light and turned to the dark, wouldn't Chiyan have already done it with her?

Yixin was silent for a long time, her expression returned to normal, her sharp eyes stared at her, as if she was hiding something, she put her hands behind her back, and said: "It is worthy of being a virtuous concubine, you can guess about it, but unfortunately I am just here to ask you for a favor." ”

"Your purpose?" Ruoyun lowered her face and asked in a cold voice.

"My name is Qingluan. was originally Lord Zhu Yu's servant and guard. She suddenly became sincere, her eyes full of sadness, "Lord Xia Zhuyue is angry with us because of what happened to Lord Zhu Yu many years ago. Expel us from your kindred. I have served by my master's side since I was a child, and I hope that one day my master will allow me to wait for me to go back, regardless of his previous suspicions. ”

"So you're going to protect me to help your master?" Ruoyun raised her eyebrows, looked at her uncertain face, and at the same time pondered Chiyan's movements, shook her head and said, "It's a pity, your master Xia Zhuyue is looking forward to my death." You can win sympathy by taking my head. ”

"Since you owe me a life, don't say much, just do as I say." Qingluan interrupted her with a frown. Walked a few steps to the edge of the cliff, swept the stilted building in the mountain, and said, "I know that the virtuous concubine is good at playing the qin." When you go to Dongzhai today, it is the Xinhe Festival. The master intends to reconcile with Dongzhai, and it just so happens that Dongzhai has bought and sold the piano many years ago as a rare commodity and no one has played, we can prepare a song, and you can play the piano accompaniment, thinking that it is fun, how about it? ”

"Okay." Ruoyun didn't think twice and agreed.

"No!" Chi Yan, who had not said anything, finally stopped his voice and turned to Qingluan again. "You go quickly, I don't want to do anything with you."

"Concubine Xian Niangniang herself agreed. Why are you holding me back? Qingluan raised his eyebrows and asked, scoffing.

"Chiyan, you step aside, since I owe her a life, I will pay it back." Ruoyun ordered coldly, raising her hand to stop Chi Yan from continuing.

Chiyan was stunned for a moment, but had to lower his head: "Yes." ”

Brocade embroidered skirts, reed sheng dance, Qingluan said well, this day happened to be the Xinhe Festival, the south is humid and hot, the rice in the field is heading, every household in Miao Village throws fish and meat into the field and sprinkles wine to worship and pray for a good harvest.

When Ruoyun went down to Dongzhai with the foot power of Chiyan and Qingluan, she saw the mysterious Miao Xinhe Reed Sheng Club, Dongzhai every household put on new clothes like the New Year, men, women and children gathered together to watch the reed sheng dance, bullfighting, for a time the color skirt rotated, the sound of mang, so lively.

Ruoyun lightly changed into the Miao family's dress under Qingluan's arrangement, and silently watched several Miao girls dancing in front of her in Tianyi's clothes, thinking that the large and small Miao villages are all over the southern Xinjiang, and the east village is not small, and there are still more than 1,000 people coming to Lusheng, so it is appropriate to intervene here.

Just came from the capital to be able to arrange it so properly in Miao Village, Qingluan's lies are self-defeating, but Ruoyun is still curious, who to deal with can make the "Aunt Yixin" who is silent in the palace so angry and messed up.

She suddenly began to understand why Xia Zhuyue wanted to go to Dongzhai with her one after another, looking at Qingluan's eyebrows, she sighed secretly in her heart, but she was afraid that it was still unknown who was in the urn.

In the new moon, the girls dressed in costumes and silver ornaments, danced in a circle with the boys, and the crowd was crowded with onlookers.

The girls here rarely apply grease and powder, and naturally they don't decorate themselves too much, except for the heavy Miao silver jewelry, they have pretty, red faces.

Ruoyun looked at the simple and beautiful girls in front of her, observed the surroundings carefully, and saw Chi Yan staying motionless on the side and guarding from afar, she knew that he seemed to be in trouble, so she simply ordered him to avoid it.

Halfway through the Xinhe Festival, a high fire was lit in the open space, people sang and danced without feeling unusual, and more people began to prepare dinner.

Some of the songs and dances were moved to the entrance of the village, and the copper drums and leather drums were beaten loudly, saying that the owner of the village had invited distinguished guests to come to the banquet, and the performers were even harder.

Qingluan specially prepared a cubicle for her to stay in the big stilted building, while she used the excuse of the cold night to wrap her cloak and not enter the crowd with the bonfire.

Through the cracks in the bamboo, I could barely see some people who were different from the Miao people coming upstairs, the toasting song had already been sung, and the fragrance of the long table banquet penetrated into the nostrils but made Ruoyun feel uncomfortable like poison.

She looked around a little anxiously, and could barely see people sitting down in a small window, and the host ordered someone to cheer at the end of the long table, and three or five girls went to the terrace to dance, and the rest stood in a row with wine glasses and sang.

"This time to clear the harmful Gu poison valley, Xia Wang Ye is indispensable, you have come from afar to solve my urgent need for many things, this king has no way to repay, someone in the clan has learned Tianyi song and dance, this king ordered them to perform to help the fun, I hope you like it." The owner of Dongzhai clapped his hands, and then held a cup and saluted.

The Miao girls dressed in Tianyi service came out of the cubicle, and when they went to the terrace outside, they took the place of the dancers, and danced with their hands raised in a graceful posture, and the people at the table stretched their necks to see.

Ruoyun looked through the small window of the cubicle and watched those Miao girls dancing on the terrace, and played with a light plucking of the strings in her hands.

"King Miao is serious, some people are refining poison in the valley because of the abundance of medicine and poison in Miao Land, and they are looking for people to test medicine at will, you don't need to say anything about this, this king will also do his best." Xia Zhuyue didn't drink, but sat lazily on the other end.

"It seems that Lord Xia is not ready to be the owner of Xizhai Village?" King Miao seemed to have known it for a long time, and when he saw that he was unhappy not drinking, he couldn't help but tease.

"Hmph, this king's affairs, King Miao still doesn't care, it's better to think carefully about what to do with the Star Picking Pavilion." Xia Zhuyue avoided the weight and kicked the ball back to the opponent.

Ruoyun played slowly, I don't know who else is coming with Xia Zhuyue outside, this Kunlun song pops up against the score, why can't I hear it?

"Hahaha, if the Star Picking Pavilion can't be dismantled for the time being, it will be soft, this king will let people move the foundation, and I'm not afraid that it won't be demolished after a long time." King Miao replied without thinking, and drank the wine in the cup.

Ruoyun sighed secretly, no wonder the Qingping Sect even killed the Miao people, it turned out that it was caused by the destruction of the Gu poison trial site, the Miao people formed an alliance with the King of the South, and joined forces to dismantle the Star Pavilion.

Xia Zhuyue has not yet returned, in a chorus, someone spoke steadily, the voice was clear but very low, if Yun couldn't hear it really, she could vaguely hear the word "toast".

It was noisy outside, it seemed that someone had a dispute because of this, she played for a long time, relying on the Miao people who didn't understand this music, so she simply hooked the strings with her right hand to make an empty sound, and her left hand secretly reached into the placket of her clothes, intending to pull out the leaf-like small token hanging in her neck and given to her by Huai Xuanmo, and wanted to take the opportunity to stretch out from the bamboo gap, according to Xia Zhuyue's keenness, she should always be able to find it.

The door of the compartment was suddenly slammed open, and a Miao girl came in and said: "Girl, the owner of the village has ordered you to toast the distinguished guests." ”

Ruoyun hurriedly hid the token between her fingers, nodded, and hurriedly got up as if she had tripped over something.

Dressed in a flowered skirt, wearing a horn hat, and a hanging silver pendant on her face covering half of her face like a beaded curtain, Ruoyun was pushed into the Miao girl, and outsiders lost interest when they saw an ordinary Miao girl come out, and they talked to each other.

She took the wine glass and sang a toast that she didn't understand, and in a blink of an eye she caught a glimpse of Xia Zhuyue, who was dressed in a fiery red body and half-leaning and half-sitting, and was thinking about how to hand over the token to him, but the group song stopped suddenly, and she had to step forward with the cup.

The guests in the row next to him got up early to greet each other, and some pushed it again and again, but they still couldn't help the enthusiasm of the Miao girl, and the Miao girl took advantage of the situation to add wine, and she had to get drunk.

But the person in front of him didn't move, neither reaching out to touch the cup nor drinking, only Ruoyun held the glass in a daze.

She turned her head, Xia Zhuyue's hair was lazily on her shoulders, and she had already held the wine glass and laughed.

She didn't know why, leaned over and brought the cup forward again, but she smelled a very familiar and long-untouched, faint scent of ink cherry, she was stunned, and saw that the hem of the person's clothes opposite was embroidered with cloud patterns and glowing silver.

She lifted the silver pendant curtain with one hand, and saw that it was none other than Cheng Qingxuan!

He sat at the table in plain light clothes, his long soft hair was fixed behind his head by a jade hairpin, his jade carving-like face was as calm as water, and his eyes that seemed to make the other party calm down immediately looked at her lightly, not happy or surprised, but slightly different.

Ruoyun was stunned, holding the cup in a daze, and didn't know what to do, and for a while, a thousand thoughts came together, making her stare at him deadly, he was within reach of her, and even a little closer could touch him.

This short moment seemed to be half a lifetime long, and her heart was extremely painful, as if she had messed up in that moment, she subconsciously put down the silver pendant curtain, bent down and brought the wine glass to his lips, covering her face with the entire wine glass.

Cheng Qingxuan's eyes changed slightly, she actually lowered her head and took a sip of wine, and then looked up at Xia Zhuyue, her eyes were as cold and slightly angry as if she was looking at the mastermind behind the scenes, which made her even more helpless, and the wine glass fell loose as soon as she missed. (To be continued......)