Chapter Thirty-Eight: Going to the Flower Viewing Feast
Before the eldest brother of the Yan family came back, Yan Juan went out to participate in a flower viewing banquet first.
The county lord of Danyang, who had temporarily lived in Xie Mansion before, seemed to be tired of the days of the white dragon fish suit, and the obscurity was not worthy of her joy.
So, overnight, the news about the appearance of the county lord in Jinguan City was very loud, and the other rumors and rumors were suppressed.
To some extent, it can be regarded as a favor for Yan Juan.
In addition to the flowers in winter, in addition to the snow that melts at your fingertips, only the cold plum with proud branches is more famous.
The place for the flower-viewing feast is on Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, not far from Ganlu Temple.
Yan Juan came to the neighborhood in a carriage, looking at the familiar scenery, and was stunned for a moment.
"Here...... Is the lord of Danyang actually holding a flower-viewing banquet here! ”
The carriage passed by the door of the Xie family's courtyard, and through a thin window, Yan Juan heard the noisy voices, she opened the curtains, and just saw the powerful husband carrying the stone slab to the courtyard, back and forth, looking hot.
Is it to rebuild the annex?
Why didn't she hear the tone from Xie Chen!
After Yan Juan received the post from the county lord of Danyang, Yuqi began to consciously collect the news, and then answered: "I heard that the county lord has a few villages nearby, and the village is full of red plums, so this is the flower appreciation banquet." ”
"Coincidentally, that village happens to be half a mile past the Xie family courtyard, you see there is a big banyan tree over there, there is a school next to the banyan tree, the school is a little further on, and the direction of the mountain is the other village we are going to this time."
Yan Juan lowered the curtains, and suddenly remembered that the current Princess Qi seemed to have been a stand-in for Mrs. Xie in the Yun family in the past.
And the other village here used to belong to the Yun family.
After a slight hesitation, Yuqi looked at Yan Xuan's expression, looking like she was unhappy, and then whispered: "Girl, I heard that the girl of the Chang family seems to have also received a post from the county lord, if there is no accident, she will also come today." ”
After all, the county lord of Danyang is not from Jinguan City.
She is a person who has grown up with golden branches and jade leaves, where will she look at the eyes of others, let alone inquire about any taboos in Jinguan City.
The identity is there, only others accommodate her, and there is no her to accommodate others.
Therefore, in Jinguan City, Yan Juan and Chang Ruyi, who would not appear at the same banquet by default, both received her posts.
Yan Juan raised her eyebrows: "The legs are on other people, can I still stop her from coming!" ”
"You don't have to be so careful," she clicked on the jade chess in the air, fiddled with the Buddha beads on her wrist, and whispered, "After reading the scriptures for so many years, I believe that in this world, good is rewarded, and evil is rewarded, but many times it is not that it is not reported, but the time has not yet come." ”
She is waiting to see what happens to Chang Ruyi!
What is the flower viewing banquet in the capital, Yan Juan feels that there is no possibility of personal experience, so after entering the other village, although she does try not to squint, she still can't help but be curious in her heart.
Yan Juan and the others walked through the courtyard, and after stepping out of a moon gate, what appeared in front of everyone was a plum blossom forest.
From a distance, you can hear the sound of the piano in the depths of the forest, and there are a few human voices faintly, so it looks lively.
There is a small road in the forest, which can lead directly to the depths of the plum forest, but the maid who led the way took Yan Juan and the others to make a little detour, just avoiding the group of people in the depths of the forest.
"Are they also guests invited by the county lord?"
Yan Juan turned back on the bridge, and could see the group of students gathered in the lower reaches of the stream, standing in the wind in snow-white scholar robes, and holding a folding fan in his hand, his appearance was indeed clear, but after Yan Juan saw the people clearly, he couldn't help but shudder.
She's too afraid of the cold.
So just looking at it, I feel unbearable.
The maid nodded cautiously and replied, "They all came in with posts, but the slave will take you to the county lord later, and these sons will be entertained by the young master." ”
"Young Master?"
Yan Wan silently recited this title in her heart, which was a little strange.
As the lord of Danyang, it is a matter of course for the county lord of Danyang to greet them, the guests who are invited to the door.
As for the person who can entertain guests for the county lord of Danyang, it should be the confidant of the county lord of Danyang, or her brother.
Even if the former is trusted by the county lord, he is still a slave in the final analysis, and most of them are women, so he cannot be called a young master at all. The latter is a man, but the brother of the county lord of Danyang is the next king of Qi, and he is also the son of the current king of Qi.
The group of students downstream gathered in groups of three or five, talking about Qushui Liuzhen and the like, some brought guqin, some brought jade flutes, and did not see anyone entertain them, but they gathered together by themselves, and they seemed to be quite sexual.
Both sides of the creek are covered with plum trees, and the trees are full of flowers, which is indeed a great sight.
Yan Wan admired the flowers unhurriedly, and the maid who led the way didn't have the intention of urging at all for some reason, but deliberately slowed down her pace to adapt to Yan Wan's pace.
When Yan Juan passed by a certain tree, the plum blossoms that were originally proudly standing on the branches suddenly fell one after another, sprinkled on her head and shoulders, like a rain of flowers.
"Wanwan, you're here too!"
A man walked out from behind the tree, carrying half a jar of wine in his hand, his eyes were misty, and he was not lightly drunk at first sight.
Yan Juan subconsciously looked back at the group of students in the distance, and then looked at someone who was drunk, and suddenly understood who the young master in the mouth of the maid was referring to.
"Xie Chen, why are you here!"
Although the words of the two sound similar at first glance, the meanings are completely different.
Yan Juan has never seen Xie Chen's drunken appearance, to be more precise, even if Xie Chen drinks in front of her, it is often enough to take three or two sips, and she can't even touch the smell of alcohol on her body, let alone be drunk.
Xie Chen leaned against the tree, carried the wine jar and continued to pour wine to himself.
The wine fell down the mouth of the altar, and partly to his mouth, and partly to his garment.
"You ......"
Yan Qian frowned, she suddenly found that she couldn't see Xie Chen's appearance, full of alcohol, drunk and couldn't tell the difference between east and west, north and south, anyone could kidnap him, and it was worrying to look at it.
The most important thing is that the weather is too cold now, and at least half of Xie Chen's jar of wine has been poured on his clothes.
Although it is not dripping into ice now, it is still possible to get sick if you wear soaked clothes for a long time.
She stepped forward and snatched the wine jar from Xie Chen's hand, and handed it to the maid behind her, "You're drunk." ”
Xie Chen nodded, opened his mouth to speak, and caught a glimpse of Yan Huang with a few maids by his side, frowned, raised his hand to hold Yan Juan's wrist, and walked forward along the forest path.
Yu Nong and Yu Qi still wanted to follow, but they saw Xie Chen's appearance when he turned around.
The expression is not fierce, but people are inexplicably afraid to follow.
"We'll just wait here, so don't go over and disturb the young master."
It was the leading maid in the village who spoke, she patted her chest, and said with a sigh: "The young master looks more and more powerful now, he stared, and I didn't even dare to speak." ”
Yu Nong tugged at Yu Qi's sleeve and glanced at her.
This maid is obviously from another village, how does it sound like she is still entangled with the young master of the Xie family, it's quite strange.
"The girl didn't tell us to follow, let's just wait here, don't make your own decisions."
Yuqi didn't understand Yu Nong's eyes at all, she just thought that she wanted to follow secretly, and hurriedly opened her mouth to dispel her thoughts.
It can be seen that there is still a lack of tacit understanding between them.
Yu Nong sighed, put down his hand, and looked in the direction where Yan Wan left, if it was a girl, she would not have misunderstood what she meant.
Xie Chen on the other side had already taken Yan Juan around the plum forest several times.
"I wanted to take you to see the snow red plum before, but unfortunately there are always some accidents, sometimes your condition is aggravated, and you can't even get out of the door, and then you finally feel like an ordinary person, but on the way I met Zhong Ning who wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river, and then later, ......"
Xie Chen broke off the plum blossoms on the branches and handed them to Yan Wan behind him.
He whispered: "Later, my grandmother gave the other village to others, the owner of the other village is not here, and the people are as respectful to me as before, but in the end, it is someone else's, and even I will not come again, let alone bring you over." ”
"Now I've finally gotten my wish!"
The plum blossoms that fell on the branches in the breeze, and the petals fell with the wind, Yan Wan stood on tiptoe and picked off the petals that fell on Xie Chen's cheeks.
"It's not too late to show me!"
She looked up at the plum blossoms on the tree and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I liked the peach blossoms the most, and I always felt that there is no flower in the world that is more worthy of liking than peach blossoms." The flowers are beautiful, and the fruits are delicious, but when I grew up, I realized that the peach blossoms I liked were flowers that would not bear fruit, and they were swaying, in fact, they were only for people to see. ”
Now looking at the original ten-mile peach forest, I can't find such a single-minded like.
Xie Chen: "So you don't like these!" ”
Seeing that he lowered his head, looking a little depressed, Yan Juan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Oh, it's not like that!" ”
"I just want to say that when you took me to see plum blossoms when I was a child, I probably didn't think they were so beautiful, because then I only liked peach blossoms, and now it's different! I look at them all pretty good now......"
Yan Juan was anxious to explain, but the more she spoke, the more she felt that the words did not reach the meaning, and she couldn't even remember her original intention.
She stepped on the dead branches under her feet in frustration: "What I said is messy, anyway, you take me to see the snow red plum, I like it very much now, you just need to remember this!" ”
raised her hand and wiped the corner of her forehead, and the cold weather made her sweat urgently.
It's obvious that the drunk person is Xie Chen, but now the person who can't even figure out the words has become her!