Chapter 11 Just as first seen
Early this morning, everyone was busy for the birthday, Gu Qingyan stayed up all night last night, and now he is still in spirit, and he also helped Zhang Luo together. In the morning, the time is almost to greet the guests, and when they arrive, they will chat with themselves in the courtyard, and the lunch is prepared, and when it is time, there will be housekeeper arrangements.
Hanyin's side freshened up in the morning, the birthday star had to dress up, and after lunch, when the hour came, Hanyin's and Hanzhuo's took the Qingquan Villa family to the ancestral hall to worship, and then the Hanyin family went back to the backyard first, and Mrs. Han also entertained the female relatives in the backyard, so she chatted with the old lady.
In the front yard, Han Yan was a little free, and when he turned his head, he saw Gu Qingyan and Su Tanxue walking in the corridor with a smile, and wanted to talk about what happened in Su Tanxue's courtyard last night, so he walked over and said to the two: "What happy things happened?"
Han Yan suddenly appeared from behind, which startled Su Tanxue: "Brother Yan, you don't make a sound when you walk."
Han Yan smiled: "I thought you were used to it, after all, Gu Qingyan never walked silently."
Gu Qingyan was exhausted at this time, sleepiness struck, and he just wanted to hurry to the backyard, so he wanted to leave with light work, but he met Su Tanxue, Su Tanxue saw that Gu Qingyan looked sleepy, and was joking that Gu Qingyan was so excited that she couldn't sleep because her mother came, and Han Yan appeared, so she was not angry, and said, "You have something?"
Han Yan was in a good mood today, and Gu Qingyan's unreasonable tone didn't make him feel anything, but answered: "It's okay, it's rare to see Tanxue smiling casually, come and see."
Gu Qingyan sighed, and just as he wanted to say something, he heard Han Yan ask, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Gu Qingyan nodded, didn't say anything, Han Yan was helpless, and said to Su Tanxue: "Tanxue, grandma and mother are entertaining female relatives in the backyard, you have to help me see if there is anything needed in the backyard, go back and talk to Uncle Yin."
"Okay." Su Tanxue responded, it was rare for Hanyan to take the initiative, and Su Tanxue was a little willing to be an adult.
After Su Tanxue left, Gu Qingyan looked at Han Yan and said, "Ask me something?"
Han Yan asked rhetorically: "I can't find you if I don't have anything?"
With a smile, Gu Qingyan listened, looked at Han Yan's eyes and blinked, feeling that he had lost his mind for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he was half-pulled forward by Han Yan.
remembered what happened in Su Tanxue's courtyard last night, and opened his mouth first: "Beiming has been to see it, it's just an ordinary smoke, but Holly They were pointed at from a distance, this person is not simple."
Han Yan nodded: "Maybe I can see that person today."
Gu Qingyan was puzzled and asked, "Why?"
Han Yan said: "The person who followed you and Tanxue that day was the person of Futu, and my people heard that Zhao Qiyue of Futu Youzhutang was in Xieyang City recently, you said that they were all here, and they didn't come out to say hello to Qingquan Villa?"
Thinking about it, it's a bit too much of a temptation for Fu Tu recently, if they don't take the initiative to show up, they should be forced to appear if they are afraid of Hanyan.
Han Yan didn't tell Gu Qingyan about it Last night, he stopped the black shadow outside the villa: "I don't know if there is anything good in my Qingquan Villa that attracts Your Excellency?"
The black shadow said coldly: "I didn't expect it to be discovered."
"If you want to come and go without a trace, you are afraid that you will underestimate it." Hanyan Road, although Qingquan Villa has not interfered much in the affairs of the rivers and lakes over the years, it does not mean that they have left.
"The scenery here is very good, I don't know if it disturbs the young owner, I hope you will forgive me." Now was not the time for conflict, not to mention that Hanyan and Qingquan Villa had never been his goal, so he took a step back and left.
Han Yan didn't catch up, but went back to the area around Su Tanxue's yard, and then returned to the house after confirming that there was nothing else unusual.
Han Yan can be regarded as sending Gu Qingyan back to the house, and he met a lot of busy people in the short distance on the road, and the two of them just talked and didn't pay much attention to the smiling eyes of the people around them.
"You didn't sleep well last night?" Han Yan asked Gu Qingyan, Gu Qingyan shook his head, and the don't on his head also shook: "I talked to my father about how to raise Gu worms for a night."
Han Yan smiled, he knew that Gu Qingyan often made poison like this: "Got carried away? That's helping out this morning. β
Gu Qingyan is sleepy and weak now, if it weren't for Han Yan still talking to her, she would feel that she would be able to sleep here: "I didn't feel sleepy at that time, but I can't do it now."
After speaking, he glanced at Han Yan in a daze, just walking around the corner at this time, a small guy was walking over with something, Gu Qingyan didn't look at the front and almost the two collided, Han Yan pulled Gu Qingyan over, which was avoided.
Looking at Gu Qingyan, who was about to be sleepy in his arms, Han Yan smiled dotingly, let go of her and said, "Go back and sleep for a while, there is nothing to do in the afternoon."
As he spoke, he sent Gu Qingyan to the door of the room, Su Xin came out, saw the two of them, and was secretly happy in his heart: "Master, young master."
Gu Qingyan arrived at the door of the room, so he walked towards the house, not forgetting to wave his hand at Han Yan with his back and disappearing from the sight of the two. Han Yan told Su Xin: "Let your master sleep well for a while, and call her after an hour."
If time allows, it's okay to sleep a little longer, but there are guests to pay grandma's birthday greetings in the afternoon, so that's all. Su Xin took the order, sent Han Yan away, and entered the house. Gu Qingyan heard Han Yan's advice, and she was already lying down, with her eyes closed, the corners of her mouth raised, and she fell asleep with peace of mind.
Zong Yue transferred an ointment to Gu Qingyan in the past two days, and now he passed by Hanyan on the way over, feeling that this person seemed to be in a good mood, Zong Yue didn't say anything, and the two said hello and passed.
When Zong Yue came to the door of Gu Qingyan's room, he saw that Bei Ming and Su Xin were in front of the door, and the two saw Zong Yue coming over and stepped forward: "Second master."
Zong Yue looked at the closed door and the two people in front of him and asked, "Where is your master?"
Su Xin said: "Back to the second master, the master is asleep."
Zong Yue sighed, and suddenly remembered that Han Yan had passed from this direction just now: "Han Yan sent her over?" Su Xin nodded, Zong Yue didn't say anything, secretly thought about it in his heart, and handed the ointment to Su Xin: "This is a skin cleansing ointment, remember to use it for your master."
Su Xin took the ointment, and after Zong Yue left, he turned his head and asked Beiming: "Do you think that the second master doesn't look right?"
Beiming nodded: "Eighty percent is thinking about the young owner and the master." After speaking, the two glanced at each other, and suddenly smiled, silently silent, Su Xin went into the house to put the ointment, and Beiming was still outside the door.
Zong Yue went back, and his sons Xu Shaolin and Bai Limo were also in front of their house, and when they saw Zong Yue coming back, Bai Limo asked, "Didn't you go to find the girl?" Coming back so soon? β
Early this morning, Xing Ming told the three of them about Gu Qingyan's raising of Gu worms, and asked the three of them to pay more attention to Gu Qing's cigarette points in the future, Zong Yue wanted to take advantage of this moment to be fine, go and see Gu Qingyan, and send the ointment over by the way, but now he caught up with Gu Qingyan and fell asleep, the ointment was sent, and no one saw it.
Xu Shaolin said: "Forget it, I'm not in a hurry at this time, she didn't sleep last night, and it's normal to be sleepy now." After a pause, he said, "But it seems that the atmosphere of the girl and Hanyan has changed a lot this time." β
Zong Yue smiled and said: "Sooner or later, we have to open our minds, otherwise our girls will be easily abducted by others." After taking a sip of tea, he said, "What about them, master?" β
Baili Mo said: "Go to the Sword Pavilion to see the sword."
Just a few elders chatted about the Tibetan sword of Qingquan Villa, and Han Zhuo proposed to visit the Sword Pavilion, and everyone followed, Xu Shaolin and Baili Mo did not go together if they had something to discuss.
Xu Shaolin got down to business: "King Yu sent someone to deliver a message to see Qingyan." See you separately. β
This is the note that Dong Li just received this morning, Xu Shaolin said to the other two, Baili Mo said: "He didn't go back to the imperial capital?" After Yuhualou, Baili Mo thought that King Yu had returned to the imperial capital.
Xu Shaolin shook his head: "There shouldn't be."
Zong Yue asked, "He wants to see him in Xieyang City?"
The note reads: See Gu Qingyan, Xieyang City.
If King Yu usually asked Gu Qingyan to talk to her directly, this time it would be through them first, there was something wrong, but it was usually Gu Qingyan who had direct contact with them.
"Maybe it has something to do with these two things that have been going on lately." Xu Shaolin said thoughtfully, the invitation letter from Biluo Palace has been blowing a lot of wind recently, and the floating flowers have frequently appeared in front of them in the past two days, and it seems that the peach blossom stream will not be idle for long.
Thinking about the things that will be counted later, Xu Shaolin said: "Mo, you talk to the girl tonight, let her see if she will go tomorrow." Also, how's the investigation of Futu's affairs? β
"They are looking for a girl, and they are in contact with the matter of the Hidden Valley Bamboo Forest, probably to find a girl to cultivate their master mother Gu." "But I'm sure that girl isn't a girl." β
"Well, that's staring too." Xu Shaolin said.
Let's say that Su Tanxue came to the backyard, and didn't see the old lady, He Jing was by her side, and when she asked Fang Zhi, the old lady talked for a while and went back to the house first, He Jing stayed here to talk with a few ladies, and there were also a few young ladies, afraid that they would be bored and Su Tanxue came, so she let them play together.
Now Su Tanxue arranged for the ladies to play with herself, and after a while, she called the maid Guo'er next to her to find a quiet place to stay for a while, this is next to the small pond in the backyard, Su Tanxue was feeding the fish with Guo'er, and a voice came from behind her: "Girl."
Su Tanxue turned her head and saw that the man in front of her was wearing a crab shell green robe and a cloak, an unfamiliar face, it seemed that he was calling her, after all, there was no one else around: "Is there something wrong with the son?"
Su Tanxue asked in a low voice, but fortunately, the man heard it: "I visited the villa under the mountain, and I came to the backyard unconsciously, I don't know if the girl knows how to go forward."
Su Tanxue turned around and walked a few steps closer, there were indeed a lot of people in the villa in the past two days, and seeing that this person spoke with a gentle and elegant temperament, he became a little bolder, and said, "Guo'er, you go and call someone to come and lead this son to the front hall."
She still has those young ladies to take care of, and it's okay for a while, and she can only let others do it when she takes people to the front hall. Guo'er went to find someone, leaving the two of them in place, and for a moment it was a little embarrassed, and the man spoke: "The girl is here alone?"
Su Tanxue shook her head and said, "I have other friends, but I want to come over alone for a while."
"The girl is quiet." This is an affirmative sentence, Su Tanxue raised her eyes to look at the man in front of her, his eyes were deep, his eyes were good-looking, and there was a kind of charm that made people fascinated.
Su Tanxue nodded in amazement, and saw the man smile: "Me too, Qingquan Villa is a good place."
As he was talking, Guo'er brought a small servant over, and the man bowed and followed Xiao Si to the front hall, Guo'er didn't know what was wrong, looked at Su Tanxue and whispered, "Miss, you are blushing."
Su Tanxue came back to her senses, touched her face in a little panic, glanced at Guo'er coquettishly, and went back to the other ladies to accompany her.
An hour is not too long or short, Gu Qingyan was woken up by Su Xin, and woke up in a daze on the bed, got out of bed and cleaned up again. Su Xin held Gu Qingyan's hair, and talked to Gu Qingyan about the skin cleansing cream sent by Zong Yue, Gu Qingyan opened the makeup box, there was a faint fragrance, and brushed aside the hair on the right side, Gu Qingyan looked at the scars that could still be seen in the bronze mirror, and gently supported her fingertips, not knowing what she was thinking.
Su Xin tied Gu Qingyan's hair, took two masks for Gu Qingyan to choose, Gu Qingyan picked up a right half of the mask made of light gauze and soft cloth, fixed it and put it on: "That's it, grandma's birthday today, it's better to be gentle." After all, the reputation of her four girls outside is a bit ruthless.
After dressing up, Gu Qingyan went out with Su Xin to meet the others in Peach Blossom Stream.
The Hanyin clan is now sitting on the main seat of the main hall, and the guests who came to the birthday banquet have begun to pay homage to the old lady in order, on the left side of the main guard is Han Zhuo with Han Yan, on the right is He Jing with Su Tanxue, Gu Qingyan walked in with the people of Peach Blossom Stream to worship her birthday, in front of her four elders, the elders worshipped, Xu Shaolin took the three of them to walk forward, Gu Qingyan walked in the middle, and heard someone whispering in his ear "The first time I saw Peach Blossom Stream appear so together." β
"It can be seen that the relationship between Peach Blossom Stream and Qingquan Villa."
"Is that the one in the middle the fourth girl? It seems that there is no such thing as the legendary ......."
"Be quiet."
"Xu Shaolin brought the junior of Taohuajian to pay homage to the old lady." Xu Shaolin took the lead and said the congratulatory speech and took a seat.
After that, there was an uninvited guest: "Sudden visit, I hope the old lady will forgive me, I heard that the old lady has a birthday when I pass through Xieyang City, and I have prepared a thin gift, wishing the old lady a better life than Nanshan."
The voice came, Gu Qingyan took the opportunity to look over, that person was not Tu Haoyang, the main boss of Futu, and Zhao Qiyue was followed behind him.
"Situ Haoyang." Gu Qingyan muttered, this person is often elusive, and now he appears so openly, as if he was really guessed by Han Yan, turned his head to look at Han Yan, and found that Han Yan also happened to look at her, the two looked at each other for a while, and then withdrew their gaze.
Situ Haoyang's appearance secretly surprised the guests present, and even made Su Tanxue's eyes widen. Judging from everyone's reactions, the person who spoke to her just now seems to be some kind of powerful character.
Situ Haoyang bowed his birthday and looked at Su Tanxue, still smiling like that, and then went to the side. This small interaction fell in Han Yan's eyes, and he thought that the two had already met in private.
And Taohuajian is not surprised by Situ Haoyang's appearance, Gu Qingyan is still a little excited after all, she thought it was nothing big when she met Fudi, but it was just the bad luck of the people below, and now she wants to know, what can make Situ Haoyang appear in person.
"Big brother." Gu Qingyan called Xu Shaolin in a low voice.
Xu Shaolin: "What's wrong?"
"You said that Situ Haoyang came forward by himself, what is he going to do?" Gu Qingyan said mischievously.
Xu Shaolin smiled and said, "It won't take long for you to know."
After speaking, they told Gu Qingyan that they had confirmed that Su Tanxue was found by Situ Haoyang to be the host of the Master Mother Gu, and Gu Qingyan said: "But looking at him like this, it doesn't look like he wants to do this." After speaking, he thought again, "Does Hanyan know?" β
Xu Shaolin said: "He knows." Now in Qingquan Villa, Situ Haoyang will not be stupid enough to do it here. β
"And, even if we all knew it, it wouldn't work." Bai Limo answered, "If you poison and kill a person, if he takes precautions, won't you be able to poison?"
Gu Qingyan shook his head, Situ Haoyang is not an ordinary little minion, sometimes even if you know something, you can't stop it from happening: "What about Tanxue?"
Gu Qingyan thought that after all, Su Tanxue was her friend and couldn't ignore it.
Xu Shaolin said: "Why are you going to save people?"
As soon as these words came out, Gu Qingyan sighed inexplicably, stopped talking, and Xu Shaolin said: "You will have something to do, and you should not know something." Gu Qingyan nodded, not saying anything.
At the beginning of the evening dinner, Gu Qingyan and Su Tanxue sat at a table, Su Tanxue pulled Gu Qingyan's sleeve and asked, "Qingyan, do you all know that person?" As he spoke, he also motioned for Gu Qingyan to look at Situ Haoyang.
Gu Qingyan nodded and said, "His name is Situ Haoyang, Tanxue, this person is not like appearance, if you don't make contact, don't contact him." Gu Qingyan said.
"Why?" Su Tanxue didn't understand, Gu Qingyan turned cold as soon as he mentioned Situ Haoyang: "It's nothing, it's just that he may not be a good person to you." Before the incident happened, Gu Qingyan didn't know how to say it.
Su Tanxue looked at Gu Qingyan and then at Han Yan, who was chatting with people at Situ Haoyang's table at this time, and said, "I can't see it."
Gu Qingyan put vegetables in a bowl for Su Tanxue, and said, "Hurry up and eat, it should be cold in a while."
After three rounds of drinking, the old lady's table was also very lively, Gu Ning and his wife told some interesting things, and the old lady laughed, and from time to time they discussed a few children together, they always had their fun.
There were a few friends of Gu Qingyan among the guests, Gu Qingyan had already gone to chat with them at this time, and they had a drink from time to time, Han Yan and Xu Shaolin were pushing the cup and changing the lamp together, and some things were not so urgent, so let it go first.
Su Tanxue quietly walked out of the front hall in a lively atmosphere, found a pavilion, and blew the wind, although it was autumn, it was okay today, not very cold. Yu Guang saw a figure walking towards him, and when he got closer, he could see Situ Haoyang, Su Tanxue stood up and said hello, Situ Haoyang asked, "Why did you come out alone?"
Su Tanxue said: "It's too hot inside." Situ Haoyang smiled and said, "I forgot, girls like to be quiet." By the way, I left in a hurry in the afternoon, and I haven't introduced myself to the girl yet. β
Su Tanxue said: "I already know the name of Situ Gongzi."
"Oh?" Situ Haoyang looked at Su Tanxue a lot, looking at her reaction now, he didn't feel scared because of himself, "But I don't know the girl's name yet." β
Su Tanxue didn't think much about it, and said, "Su Tanxue."
After saying the name, Su Tanxue was a little nervous for no reason, and Situ Haoyang said in a relaxed tone: "Miss Su, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, but I feel that the girl is a little similar to me in her heart, so she feels kinder."
After he finished speaking, he obviously felt that Su Tanxue relaxed a little, and then said: "I don't like crowded places either, I often find some places where no one is clean, and sometimes I stay for a day."
Situ Haoyang always had a cold aura on his body, and Su Tanxue felt that it might have something to do with it: "No one will think that you are unsociable?"
Situ Haoyang shook his head: "I'm just being myself."
Su Tanxue looked at Situ Haoyang, and thought to herself, once upon a time, her temperament made her like to be alone, but He Jing always hoped that she could open her mind, and she had been trying to learn to cater until Gu Qingyan came, she learned Gu Qingyan to slowly get in touch with more things, but whenever they were not around, she would go back to the past, and sometimes there was a sense of loss: "Are you so happy?"
Su Tanxue felt for a moment that she could be open-mouthed in front of Situ Haoyang, and asked tentatively, Situ Haoyang seemed to understand Su Tanxue's heart, and replied to her with a reassuring smile, saying, "Be happy, at least I don't have to think about others, there is a lot less burden."
What he said was reasonable, Su Tanxue felt that she didn't know what she should do, looking back, what she saw in Gu Qingyan was not more about Gu Qingyan's freewheeling personality and personality, Gu Qingyan's state of mind was open, so no matter what kind of character Gu Qingyan was, Gu Qingyan was unique.
And she seems to have too many clichΓ©s in her heart, the past, the world, and the eyes of everyone, so she didn't see what her real self was. What can be done about quietness, quietness sometimes has a different charm, just like the person in front of him, in the process of Su Tanxue's contemplation, Situ Haoyang just quietly looked at the scenery outside the pavilion, but in Su Tanxue's eyes, he had a different image.
Su Tanxue's eyes gradually brightened, Situ Haoyang smiled slightly, he knew that the person he chose was smart, but to see the girl's epiphany so quickly, Situ Haoyang couldn't help but want to thank Gu Qingyan first.
The two chatted for a while, and Situ Haoyang was about to leave first, Su Tanxue said, "Don't you have to talk to Brother Yan?"
Situ Haoyang shook his head: "No, I am not the popular one when I came this time." After speaking, he turned around to leave, paused, turned around, and said to Su Tanxue, "This time in a hurry, I will give you a gift next time I see you." We'll see you later, Miss Su. With that, he disappeared into the night.
Su Tanxue looked into the distance, and couldn't help but feel hot again.