Volume 1 Zhenguan Talent. Chapter 16: The Man in the Painting

"Stay in the hotel, you go and set up our carriage."

"Okay, the little one will go and clean up for the little boy." Xiao Er arranged for another person to take Situ Mingyue and them into the store, and then went to set up the carriage

Situ Mingyue took Situ Jing and her mother to follow the man into the store, the inn has two floors, the first floor is full of diners, the second floor is the accommodation room, into the arranged guest room, Situ Jing poured tea and handed it to Situ Mingyue and Mrs. Situ.

Mrs. Situ waved her hand, looked at Situ Mingyue with deep eyes, and said,

"Yue'er, after going to Chang'an to live, you will study at home with your mother, your father is no longer here, your mother must teach you well, and I can comfort your father that there is a spirit in the sky."

Situ Mingyue nodded and hugged her mother's shoulder, at this moment, there was a noise downstairs, Situ Mingyue wanted to go out to see, Mrs. Situ grabbed her,

"Don't go, don't listen to people, ignore right and wrong,"

Situ Mingyue looked at her mother's determined eyes and nodded.

"Mother, don't worry, daughter won't go."

Mrs. Situ breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, Situ Mingyue saw that Jing'er was packing her luggage, so she went over to help, Situ Jing looked at the hand that the young lady was going to help, and hurriedly stopped,

"Miss, it's good for the slave to come, you can rest for a while."

Situ Mingyue touched her head,

"No need, Jing'er, don't always be slaves and slaves, you are now the closest person to me and my mother, we will be a family in the future, and we should take care of each other."

Situ Jing had tears in her eyes, she was an orphan since she was a child, Master Situ bought her when she was very young and let her accompany Miss, now that the Lord is gone, she is most worried about Miss, she has only one belief since she was a child, that is, she will guard Miss all her life, and never leave Miss, hearing Miss's words, she was happy and moved in her heart,

"Miss, slave ......"

Situ Mingyue glanced at her with a smile, Situ Jing lowered his head shyly,

"No, I, I know, I'll take care of Miss and Madame."

It's almost dinner time, Situ Mingyue asked Mrs. Situ to rest in the house, and took Situ Jing out to order some food, Mrs. Situ was not at ease, and kept telling Situ Mingyue to be less busy, Situ Mingyue knew that she was worried, and comforted her for a long time, the two of them went out of the room and walked downstairs, there was a girl on the platform on the first floor with heavy Tang makeup and singing unknown songs, and some of the spectators in the audience felt very ugly and began to coax, The noisy sound that Situ Mingyue heard upstairs just now was the coaxing of these spectators, the girl on the stage did not stop singing because of the coaxing, and the pianist behind her did not stop because of these noises, Situ Mingyue admired in her heart, and she didn't look at it for too long, she remembered Mrs. Situ's words, she couldn't let her worry, after a while, I don't know where there was an exclamation, Situ Mingyue raised her head and looked at the platform, only to see that the girl on the platform had blood on her forehead, and a heavy silver ingot was held in her hand, she ignored the bleeding head, looked at the spectators who were still heckling in the audience, and shouted loudly, "Thank you, uncle, for the silver." ”

Situ Mingyue frowned, in modern times, because of professional problems, she often encounters these problems, as a star, there are all kinds of fans, she once received disgusting bugs from male fans asking her to be a pet, and she was also smashed by some nonsensical fans with some hard gifts during the performance, Situ Mingyue looked at the woman on the stage, her heart was mixed, she sighed, and was about to take Situ Jing away, and at this time, the people singing small songs on the stage ended, they walked off the stage and walked straight towards Situ Mingyue, Situ Mingyue thought that they just wanted to leave, which would cause such an illusion of intertwined eyes, but she didn't expect the woman and the pianist to walk straight in front of her and salute and greet.

"Childe is good,"

Situ Mingyue returned the gift,

"What's the matter?"

The girl who sang a little song looked at her, the blood on her head had not dried, Situ Mingyue took out a handkerchief from her arms and handed it to her,

"Let's wipe it first."

The girl was stunned for a moment, took the handkerchief, and wiped it gently,

"Thank you Childe, the little girl's surname is Shen, and the single name is a word, just now I saw that the son has an extraordinary appearance on the stage, and I listened to the little girl singing, and the little girl is very grateful."

Situ Mingyue was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said,

"The girl sang very well just now, and I admire the girl's ability to respond to the scene."

Shen Yuan smiled,

"Childe's false praise, it's just the survival instinct of ordinary artists, the little girl looks at the childe, and the person in a painting that the little girl once got is very similar, so I can't help but come to talk about it,"

Situ Mingyue was puzzled, the person in the painting? What is the person in the painting?

Shen Yuan saw her question and said,

"The little girl in the folk independent dance music faction, once obtained a unique painting called Autumn Wind Ripple Picture, there is a dancing girl dressed in holy and pure clothes, the little girl saw that the face of the son was somewhat similar to her, and she couldn't help but want to get off the stage to see, offended the child"

Situ Mingyue was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said,

"It's okay, Miss Shen will be on stage next time, be careful, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

Situ Mingyue thought that she had recognized the wrong person, so she didn't delay, Mrs. Situ was still waiting above, Shen Yuan bowed her head and saluted, Situ Mingyue nodded, and left with Situ Jing, Shen Yuan looked at the figure of Situ Mingyue leaving, thoughtfully, and the pianist standing behind her said softly,

"Is that her?"

Shen Yuan turned his head to look at him and did not answer.

Back upstairs, Situ Mingyue didn't tell Mrs. Situ about their encounter with Shen Yuan, Situ Mingyue felt that it was just a small talk, and there was nothing worth saying.

Mrs. Situ didn't have much appetite, and she didn't eat much for dinner, Situ Mingyue looked at her mother,

"Mother, if you eat so little, your daughter will be worried," Mrs. Situ shook her head,

"It's okay, Yue'er, don't worry, my mother is in good health, but she is not hungry, so she didn't eat too much."

Situ Mingyue looked at her, shook her head, and hugged her mother,

"My daughter knows that you are sad in your heart, don't always bear it, tell your daughter anything, and your daughter will definitely accompany you and protect you." Mrs. Situ touched her head,

"It's really okay, what mother will definitely tell you, mother doesn't need your protection now, you are still young, growing up well is the only comfort in your mother's heart."

Situ Mingyue nodded. Early the next morning, Situ Mingyue Situ Jing and Mrs. Situ packed their bags and set off, at this time it was not very far from Chang'an, the house Situ Ji placed was on the outskirts of the city, very elegant and secluded, this house was not recorded in Situ Ji's name, it was a retreat room he prepared for himself and Mrs. Situ in the future, so not many people knew the existence of this property Situ Mingyue actually knew it before, but it was the former Situ Mingyue, and the current Situ Mingyue knew nothing about the past.

The carriage stopped on a path leading to the bamboo forest, Situ Mingyue paid the money to the coachman, let the coachman go, and Situ Jing picked up the salute together, followed Mrs. Situ and walked towards the bamboo forest. Finally when she was about to come to the end, Mrs. Situ stopped, Situ Mingyue looked at the small mansion in front of her, and couldn't help but begin to sigh, there was a large vacant space in the bamboo forest, the courtyard wall was turned white, it should be Situ Ji let people come and build up, some rose-like flowers crawled out of the wall, the entrance was an ancient black door, Mrs. Situ stepped forward and knocked on the door, a small guy opened the door, saw Mrs. Situ, a little surprised, he called,

"Madame, Miss......"

Mrs. Situ nodded, motioned for him to take the salute in, the little maid is called Ah Fu, and he was also bought back by Situ Ji when he was very young, Situ Ji arranged this house a few years ago, among the many domestic servants in Situ Mansion, Ah Fu is the most spiritual, and his hands are also very skillful, so he was sent by Situ Ji to guard the house and help take care of the flowers and plants in the yard, waiting for the old lady to come back, Ah Fu originally thought that the old lady would have to come for a long time, but he didn't expect that it was only a year, and they came back. Ah Fu didn't know what happened to Situ Ji, he looked left and right, and didn't dare to ask, Mrs. Situ knew what he was thinking,

"Don't look for it, the master is no longer here."

When Ah Fu heard this, his expression turned pale, and he knelt on the ground all of a sudden, and Situ Mingyue stepped forward to help him up,

"Don't be sad," and then glanced at Mrs. Situ, Ah Fu understood, cheered up, stood silently beside him, silently holding tears, Mrs. Situ shook her head, and asked Situ Jing to help her to rest, Ah Fu wiped the tears on his face and stepped forward,

"Madame, I'll send you there." Entering the door, there is a large open space, a clean cobblestone path in the middle, a bunch of chrysanthemums are planted on both sides, and the rest of the open space is planted with a lot of different seasonal vegetables, and some ancient locust and osmanthus trees, and the wall is covered with rose-like wooden vines. At the end of the path is a quaint bamboo and wood building, which has been cleaned cleanly, which shows that Ah Fu is a delicate child. Ah Fu helped his wife to the main wing room on the first floor to rest, Situ Mingyue took Situ Jing to look around in the courtyard, behind the bamboo and wood building is the courtyard, from the courtyard corridor downstairs, there is a small stone bridge, under the bridge is a murmuring stream, the backyard is planted a lot of unknown flowers and plants, it can be seen how much my father likes flowers and plants.

Thinking of her father, Situ Mingyue's expression was a little melancholy, Situ Jing helped her to sit down in the corridor, and handed her handkerchief to Miss, Situ Mingyue didn't ask for it, she won't cry anymore in the future, for her mother, in order to make her father feel at ease, she will be happy, happy, and strong in the future.