Chapter 9: The Deceased
The wind was cold and the sky was full of snow.
White snowflakes flew down from the sky, loosely covering the ground, like the chaotic catkins in early spring, and like clusters of pear blossoms falling, and a circle of pale gold in the sun was fainted in the flying. The fierce wind blew on the face, like a knife cut, and the sound of whimpering passed through the ears, like the sound of the Qiang flute in the farthest place, and like the endless whispering of thousands of years.
The footsteps fell in the deep snow, making a "crunch" sound of rolling snow, and the slightest chill began to spread upward from the soles of the feet, overflowing the knees, drilling into the tips of the heart, penetrating the soul, and the leaves were shivering from the cold.
It's cold......
She hugged her shoulders helplessly and rubbed her hands again, at this time she regretted her hasty decision: she heard that the snow scene in Feixue Beach was the best, and she wanted to sneak out to enjoy the snow, but she didn't expect that as soon as she entered the mountain, the snow began to grow bigger, and the retreat was blocked, so she could only grit her teeth and move forward.
The wind swept the cold snow down her cheeks, and she couldn't open her eyes at all. With one hand in front of him, and the other hand on the ground with a tree branch, he walked forward with difficulty in the bitter cold wind and snow.
At first, I just felt cold all over, but I didn't want to go, but then I felt that my skin was burning and hot, my palms were sweaty, and my head was gradually dizzy. As if the limbs were filled with lead, they moved more and more with great difficulty, and even if they tried their will to support them, it was to no avail, and finally they fell to the snow.
I don't know when the twilight has fallen around me, the sky and the earth are dark, only the snow beneath me is shining, and the whistling wind is gradually withdrawing from my ears as if it has been cut off by an enchantment. The whole world seemed to fade away in silence, and her eyes went black and she fainted in the snow.
There was only one cold word left in his mind, and his body seemed to fall into an endless abyss......
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a little light in front of me. In the fog, she stretched out her hand to the light of the star, piercing the ice between her fingers, and finally touched the warmth of the melting.
"Little one, you're awake. “
A brisk boy's voice came, and she tried to open her eyes, only to see a little boy carved in pink, looking at her with a smile on his face.
She awoke from her daze, looked around, and saw that it was a small room with carved beams, and there were things she had seen and things she had not, neatly laid out there.
"Who are you, why am I here?" she asked.
The boy's eyes showed a worried color, and he stretched out his chubby little hand to cover her forehead, "Isn't it stupid, when they brought you back from the snow just now, your head was as hot as a stove, and now it's obviously not hot." “
Ye Luwu took her hand away and sat up slowly, muttering, "You're stupid, my father said I was the smartest child." ”
The boy was not angry, he was still smiling happily, and his eyes seemed to be filled with two bright moons: "What's your name, I have to know who I saved, otherwise where to go to thank you." ”
"My name is Ye Luwu. She whispered, "But I don't have any thank-you gifts for you, only this if you want it." ”
She untied her purse, and a fragrance escaped, and more than ten red plum blossoms poured out of it.
The boy was slightly stunned, put away those red plums one by one with a handkerchief, and said happily: "This plum blossom is so beautiful, I accepted it." ”
She looked at the plum blossoms, and then at the boy, and felt a little at a loss: "I gave you the plum blossoms I picked in the snow, and my name was also given to you, so what is your name?" ”
The boy's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and his pink lips were closed one by one: "Xiao Chenyi." ”
"What's the name...... Weird," she pursed her lips and thought of a brilliant word, "Xiaoyi, shall I call you Xiaoyi?"
What did the good-looking boy say in the end? was it good or bad......
Ye Luwu sat up from the bed in shock, and in front of him was a room of warm sun, bright and warm. The sky was already bright, and she had never slept until this hour since she entered the Lanmen for a long time.
A pretty maid stood outside the door and said respectfully: "The master only came back this morning, and told us that if the girl woke up, she would pass the meal first, and then go to the main hall to talk." ”
Ye Luwu expected that Murong Hua must have been waiting for him for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart, "No need, it's still your young lady's matter." ”
Different from yesterday's flower hall, the ornaments in the main hall reveal the atmosphere everywhere, a pair of imperial landscape paintings are hung in it, and the chairs are covered with half-used cushions embroidered with exquisite patterns, worthy of four generations of scholars.
Murong Hua's eyes were bloodshot, but his back was still straight, and his body was covered with a tired aura. Seeing her come in, he immediately got up to greet her: "I was in a hurry yesterday, and I haven't asked the girl's name yet." ”
Ye Luwu hurriedly replied to Wan Fuli: "Little woman Ye Luwu." ”
"You...... Are you Ye Jing's daughter?!" Murong Hua was shocked, and then a line of tears welled up in his eyes, and he laughed and said: "Ye Clan Ah Wu! Your father has saved you and the Ye clan bloodline after all! The longevity lock you have always carried when you were a child is still something I gave you when you washed the third one." ”
Ye Luwu was surprised, it turned out that Murong Zhi's father and her father were old acquaintances, no wonder she and Murong Zhi also hit it off at first sight.
"When you began to remember when you were two or three years old, the Holy Lord listened to the queen's words and began to weaken the power of the generals and prevent them from coming and going too close. Murong Hua showed a relieved smile, as if recalling something very beautiful: "But you should still remember that longevity lock, in fact, if there were no such things, you would have to call me a stepfather now." ”
His eyes were full of soft light, and his elegant face was filled with a warm glow.
Ye Luwu's heart moved, and he took out a thing tightly wrapped in a handkerchief from his arms, held it in front of him with both hands, and knelt down: "When I left the house back then, I didn't take anything from the Ye family, except for this long-life lock that has always been with me." Since it was a covenant that was not fulfilled in those days, it is up to me to make up for it today. Miss Murong risked her life to send me a letter, and this kindness was not recompensable, so she worshiped you as her father-in-law and did her filial piety for her. ”
Murong Hua's fingers trembled slightly, and he slowly took the hand from her. After the layers were opened, a delicate and abnormal long-life lock lay quietly in the center.
His voice was infarcted: "Good boy, this is also my wish for so many years." ”
When Ye Luwu heard this, he bowed to him with a solemn expression, "My father-in-law is above, please accept the little girl's worship!"
Murong Hua possessed her and helped her up, his eyebrows were full of love: "Your father is gone, and from now on, my father will take good care of you for him." Now that you have entered Kyoto, I am afraid that someone has already publicized this matter, and your identity must not be hidden, and I am afraid that someone will take advantage of this to make trouble. Although you have entered the Lanmen, you are still the daughter of the Ye family in the end, how can the imperial court look at the face of a Jianghu sect? My father has already thought about it, so tonight I will gather all the people of the Murong clan in Kyoto, open an ancestral hall, ask for a genealogy, and write your name. They dared to touch a daughter of the Ye family, but they would never dare to touch a daughter of the Murong family. It's just that I pity you, you should have grown up pampered like A Zhi. ”
As soon as Murong Zhi was mentioned, a look of worry rose in his eyes. Ye Luwu hurriedly persuaded: "My father-in-law treats me like this, and Luwu is grateful. It's just that if you want to rescue Miss Murong and them, you need to find the senior brother, this matter is indeed a bit difficult with the strength of me and Wen Yu, and I hope that my father-in-law will help. ”
"What's so hard about that? Just let them put up a notice in the afternoon. He gently knocked Ye Luwu's head and said with a smile: "You belong to the dragon, the birthday of May 20, and Ah Zhi is a snake, the birthday of the fifth day of November, remember to call her a little sister in the future." ”
Ye Luwu immediately smiled and admitted his mistake, and hurriedly said that he remembered it.
Murong Hua was busy with this half day of leisure, and hurried into the palace before lunch, and only the rustle of the leaves could be heard in the Nuoda Taiwei Mansion.
I haven't seen Wen Yu since last night's dinner, Murong follows the rules of the seven-year-old defense of men and women, even the guest rooms are separate for men and women, and even the maidservants who are in charge of their own diet and daily life don't know where Wen Yu and Wen Yu went.
With Murong Hua's help, there is no need to worry about finding Chongguang as much as before. After so many busy days, it's a little unaccustomed to having nothing to do for a while. She had already walked around the garden three times, deliberately walking quickly, and picking out those remote and difficult paths, but the little maid behind her still followed inch by inch.
Ye Luwu had no choice but to give up, and said helplessly: "Tell me, should I say that you are smart or stupid, knowing that I don't want you to follow, why do you still try to keep up?"
The little maid was not annoyed, and still stood there with her head down: "The master said that the second lady's needs and safety are the responsibility of the slave maid, so I don't dare to leave." ”
Before entering the family tree, the Taiwei Mansion had already changed its name to "Second Miss", and Murong Hua gave her the most elegant Shuheyuan in the mansion, which was no different from Murong Zhi.
"You mean my father-in-law wants you to protect me?" Ye Luwu couldn't help but chuckle, "Do you know where I came from?"
"No matter where the second miss comes from, she is a person after all. And the master has sent the deed of sale of the slave maid to Shuhe Garden, and from now on, the life and death of the slave and maid will be decided by the second lady. ”
The girl with her head hanging in front of her was indeed smart, both faithful and useful. A shadow suddenly flashed in her heart, the little maid who cried and stumbled after the carriage and said that she wanted to go with her, if it wasn't for the accident in the Bofu, it should be so big now, right?
She involuntarily reached out and pulled the little maid in front of her.
The person in front of him was startled, and suddenly raised his head and looked at her suspiciously, and two small leaves were reflected in his black and white eyes, as if she had only herself in the world. She has remembered this kind of look for ten years, whether in Xiao Chenyi's eyes or in the eyes of this maid, she always can't resist.
"From now on, will you just call the fish?"
The voice of the leaf green flowed in the breeze, enveloping her in a circle, making her forget to think. The world seemed to be darkened at this moment, only the woman in front of her was lit up, and she couldn't help but nod her head when she was looking at Ai Ai's gaze in this issue. She heard her own voice sound softly, and slowly responded, "Okay." ”
The two walked back to Shuheyuan one after the other, sat at the table and had lunch, the bamboo shadows outside the window swayed in the skylight, casting mottled shadows on the window.
The people of the Taiwei Mansion moved quickly, and not long after lunch, Ye Luwu's missing person notices were plastered all over the streets and alleys of Kyoto. However, in the vast sea of people, how easy is it to find people? Many people only stand for a short stop in front of the notice and leave.
When the leaves are green, there is a gentle drizzle in the air, and the streets are full of water and steam, like a fairyland. Pedestrians are in a hurry, afraid of being drenched by the coming rain. There was no one watching before the notice, so she sighed softly and turned to leave.
She had barely taken a few steps when she heard a calm voice behind her reading her notice. She had never heard of this voice before, and she had no impression of it, but it had a familiar feeling, could it be that it was the fate of the past life that people often talked about?
I saw a man in yellow standing there with an umbrella, even if his face was hidden in the umbrella, it still made people feel that he was a noble son with a super elegant demeanor. The hem of his clothes was stained by the moisture rising from the ground, and the color darkened slightly, but he still read the notice word by word, as if he didn't know. His voice poured down the handle of the umbrella, and the sound of the rain spread through the air, striking Ye Luwu's heart word by word.
She froze in place, a name rolling in her chest, ready to utter.
"Little ......"
At the moment when she spoke, the man in front of her seemed to sense something, and slowly turned around.
He has faded from immaturity and has become the appearance of a handsome and noble son, his handsome face is slightly surprised, and when he sees that it is her, his eyes are immediately full of smiles. For a while, it was like the clouds opening and the rain was falling, and the first rainbow after the rain.
Xiao Chenyi saw her standing alone in the rain, so she walked forward quickly in a little panic, leaned the umbrella forward, and covered her from the wind and rain: "Why are you still so reckless like when you were a child." If the weather is bad and you don't take the umbrella out, your body will have a fever when it is cold, why can't you always remember it? ”
Ye Luwu didn't speak, she looked at Xiao Chenyi complaining while wiping the remaining raindrops from her hair, and a pair of beautiful eyes reflected all of her. It wasn't until this time that she reacted, it turned out that there was a providence in the dark, and this person who had haunted her for ten years must also be thinking about herself, right?
"Why don't you speak?" Xiao Chenyi stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her stunned eyes, and then covered her forehead, "Could it be that you are stupid again?"
The scene was exactly the same as in the early morning dream, and Ye Luwu said the same answer without thinking: "Father said that I am the smartest child in the world. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Chenyi smiled with crooked eyebrows, and there was a gentle gentleness between his eyebrows: "Yes, yes, Ah Wu is the smartest." But no matter how smart we are, we can't stand here stupidly, let's find a place to sit down first, and then talk slowly. Okay?"
Ye Luwu naturally responded, and the two of them slowly left in the rain alley, blending into this vein of rain.
Xiao Chenyi's place in Kyoto is not large, but it can be extraordinarily exquisite. Sycamores are planted in the precincts, and the wide leaves tremble slightly in the rain, making a crackling sound. The autumn rain is getting colder and colder, and the already cool weather is poured by this rain, and it is cool.
Ye Luwu suffered from the cold because he was greedy for playing and appreciating the snow when he was young, so he was a little chilly. As soon as Xiao Chenyi entered the courtyard gate, he instructed his subordinates to prepare a brazier and put it indoors, and then he went to prepare clean and warm clothes, and he stood behind Ye Luwu to help her wipe her hair.
Looking at the servants hurrying in front of him, Ye Luwu was a little helpless: "Look at it, when I came, I made them busy like this, why are they so delicate?"
After she said this, she felt Xiao Chenyi behind her stop, and then walked up to her, squatted on the ground and looked at her, with a rare solemnity in her eyes: "You must have suffered a lot if you left me for ten years, but now that I have found you, I will not allow you to be hurt any more." “
Ye Luwu was stared at by him, and he only felt that his face was very hot, so he turned his head and whispered: "The charcoal fire is too hot, take it out." “
Xiao Chenyi was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then a gentle smile spread on his face, "Okay." “