Huang Jing didn't tell Wen Xingying these words after all, they rested in the house that night, and the two quietly hugged each other and slept together, but Huang Jing couldn't help but feel sad in his arms.

Huang Jing said that the envoy of the state of Yang stayed in Dali for more than ten days, and still did not give the city lord of Dali a letter-like thing, and the two only talked verbally in the middle of the night every day, but he guessed that this letter would appear sooner or later, and it was impossible for the person who contacted the city lord of Dali to tell the messenger of all the important news.

Therefore he would send men every day to observe the walls of the lord's house, and they would report it as soon as they found that the messenger had given the letter to the lord.

The lake in the center of Dali city is called Cang'er Lake, every night, there will be a lot of painting boats to play in the lake, on the night of the fifteenth day of each month, the moon in the sky shines on the Cang'er Lake, it will form a huge white glossy surface on the lake, as if the moon in the sky fell into the Cang'er Lake, and the fifteenth of each month, it is also called the "Double Moon Festival" by the people of Dali. Legend has it that on the day of the Double Moon Festival, couples who fall in love by boating in Cang'er Lake will be blessed by the double moon and thus have a happy life.

"So, every day of the Bimoon Festival, Cang'er Lake will not be crowded with painting boats, how can there be fun to play?" Ye Linglan couldn't help but laugh when she heard Wen Xingying talk about Cang'er Lake.

"Lan'er, the legend says that it is a relationship, some people made a reservation last month, there is no need to make a reservation again this month," Wen Xingying said helplessly: "In fact, there are not many boats boating on the lake on the fifteenth day of each month, according to the rules here, couples who have made love in Cang'er Lake, and no couples, and people who have become relatives, on the fifteenth day, they cannot go boating on the lake, they want to sing and dance by the lake, eat, drink and have fun, to bless the people who make love on the lake." ”

"That's interesting." Ye Linglan smiled.

"Lan'er, do you know what day it is?" Wen Xingying asked mysteriously.

"It's May 15." Ye Linglan said.

"Then, Lan'er is interested in boating on Cang'er Lake with me?"

“…… Good. ”

Lan'er, do you know why I'm in a hurry to confirm my relationship with you? One is because I am really in love with you, and the other is that you have become my person, no matter what happens in the future, there will be many powerful forces to help you, you are pulled into my life by me, and it is up to me to protect you, not you to protect me, isn't it?

In the evening, Wen Xingying rented a painting boat with Ye Linglan and went to visit Cang'er Lake.

At this moment, a round of bright moon in the sky, in the dark night sky, full of people's dreams of reunion, for the return of travelers to guide the direction of progress, there is also a round of bright moon on Cang'er Lake, that is the reflection of the moon in the sky, it is white, translucent, dazzling, let people's hearts have a feeling of reverence.

The painting boats rippling on Cang'er Lake, bathed in the moonlight in the lake, seem to be covered with a dazzling veil, sending sincere blessings from Shuangyue to the couples.

At this time, the Cang'er Lake is also very lively, the girls in beautiful costumes on the east side of the lake are dancing their traditional dances, and the people behind them are clapping and applauding; There is a man's indulgent voice in the west, majestic and loud, and the sound spreads thousands of miles; On the north and south sides, a long table is set up, filled with fine food and wine for people to enjoy at will.

This grand bi-moon festival has been passed down for hundreds of years, and although it is once a month, people's enthusiasm for it has not diminished in the slightest. This night, the city of Dali is full of singing and dancing, the lights are bright, and the alleys are empty, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.

That Wen Xingying and Ye Linglan were in the painting boat on Cang'er Lake at this time, and the painting boat was very well arranged, with a bed inside, wine and vegetables outside, a stove, and a piano, in addition to flowers and other decorations. Ye Linglan heard Wen Xingying say that they were going to stay here all night, and they really couldn't understand what he was going to do.

The two of them first had a drink, drank and chatted in the painting boat, but they had a special taste. After drinking for half an hour, Ye Linglan left the table and sat down next to the piano.

"Ei, I'll play a tune for you, okay?"

"Oh?" Wen Xingying became interested, "I haven't heard you play the piano yet." ”

Ye Linglan smiled slightly, the idea of playing a song for that Wen Xingying was only yesterday, and he said that the girl's piano master Chengxue Yaochen seemed to be very proud, which made him feel a little apprehensive, so he wanted to hear him praise his piano skills, but he was embarrassed to say it yesterday, and now only the two of them can play to their heart's content.

Ei, my piano skills may not be as good as the one in your heart, but I only wish you could call me a good player.

So Ye Linglan stretched out her fingers and gently plucked the strings, and then the beautiful music slowly flowed out. Quiet, ethereal, as if the bustling noise of the world disappeared in an instant, the whole person is in the silent empty valley, quiet, quiet, surrounded by the splendor of flowers, the fragrance of grass, the quiet flow of the river, the sky is vast and boundless blue, the white clouds flow slightly. In such a deep valley, one qin and one person, through thousands of years of time, still only exist in that tranquil and peaceful heart.

The Wen Xingying listened quietly, and the girl in front of him played his music peacefully, peaceful, leisurely, and indisputable, as if his heart, as expressed in this song, idle clouds and wild cranes, living lightly, in the green mountains and green waters of this life.

After finishing the song, Ye Linglan withdrew her hand and raised her eyes to look at Wen Xingying with some expectation, hoping to hear his praise for herself.

Wen Xingying smiled slightly, got up and came to Ye Linglan's side with a glass of wine, looked at him with a smile, then pulled him up and leaned against him in his arms, then drank the glass of wine and raised the girl's head.

Throwing down the wine glass, Wen Xingying hugged the girl in his arms tightly, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Lan'er, play really well." The magnetic voice exudes a unique charm that makes the girl look away with some discomfort.

Wen Xingying chuckled, picked up the girl in his arms, and slowly walked inward, he deliberately slowed down, paying attention to the reaction of the person in his arms, the girl seemed to know what was going to happen next, a little nervous, her hand grabbed Wen Xingying's clothes, and trembled slightly.

The once romantic young man has now become an infatuated person, and the romance at that time was just because he didn't meet someone who could make him single-minded.

That night, Wen Xingying and Huang Jing went to the wall of the city lord's house in person to observe the movements of the city lord and the messenger.

Huang Jing was very strange where his good mood came from, that Wen Xingying just told him that he had a good time during the Double Moon Festival yesterday, Huang Jing was happy to say that he was too, and asked him if he had watched the girls dance, whether he had a good fruit wine, and Wen Xingying coughed awkwardly and reminded Huang Jing that it was important, and the latter quieted down and carefully observed on the wall with him.

The city lord's house doesn't look very big, there are a few houses, and there seems to be a study, the place where he talks to the messenger should be the study, this is a room on the far right side of the gate, Wen Xingying and Huang Jingfu are at the junction of the right side and the back wall, because the city lord and the messenger have a secret conversation room pointing out a not very bright oil lamp, at most they can only see their shadows in this corner, but whether there is a letter or not can still be seen, that Wen Xingying feels that the city lord should not think that someone is spying on him, There is no need to send a message, and this action is still hidden.

The lord of the city and the messenger went from time to time, and then the lights were extinguished, and the messenger was gone, and Huang Jing said that someone was in charge of following the messenger, and he lived in an inn in the city every day, which was very inconspicuous, but it was also the property of the Red Flame Villa. Wen Xingying couldn't help but laugh and said that they were doing a good job, and then left with Huang Jing.

In the past few days that Wen Xingying had been lying in ambush outside the city lord's house to observe his movements and the messenger's movements, since their conversation time was not fixed, Wen Xingying always stood guard outside the wall with Huang Jing at four o'clock every day, replacing the people who were originally guarding here. Then they didn't go back until the end of their conversation.

On the evening of the sixth day, the city lord and the messenger talked for about half an hour, and the messenger took out a scroll-like thing from his arms and handed it to the city lord, Wen Xingying and Huang Jing immediately became nervous, only to see the city lord open the scroll and read the contents of it carefully, and put the scroll in his sleeve, and the two talked for a long time, and the messenger left.

After the city lord sent the messenger away, he returned to his original place, I don't know what mechanism he fiddled with, but it made people feel that his body was sinking little by little, and then Wen Xingying realized that he had entered the secret passage underground, and the city lord came up not long after he went down, and then he also opened the door and left.

"Shadow," Huang Jing whispered in Wen Xingying's ear, "When are we going to do it?" ”

"When do you observe when he doesn't come to the study?" Wen Xingying asked rhetorically.

"He's not there every day at noon, not at other times."

"Then I'll come tomorrow at noon."

"But, Shadow," Huang Jing hesitated, "won't he be on guard?" ”

"Do you think he knows that someone coveted his letter?"

"This, it's hard to say" Huang Jingsi pondered: "I can't quite understand his mind." ”

"It's still tomorrow afternoon, but I want to see what this city lord is capable of." That Wen Xingying sneered.

At noon the next day, Wen Xingying, dressed in black, quietly climbed into the courtyard from the back wall of the city lord's house, and looked at the place where he usually squatted on the wall, and Huang Jing quietly waved his hand to him.

Seeing that there was no one around the house at this time, Wen Xingying dodged into the door and quickly closed the door.

It was indeed a study, with several bookshelves on the wall, full of books, as if they were often being turned over, and under the window on the right was a desk, and at night I saw the lord of the city standing at the desk and chatting with the messenger.

And that tunnel, at this time, should be under your feet, but you have to find the mechanism.

Wen Xingying began to carefully observe the desk, there was a pen, ink, paper and inkstone above the table, which were neatly placed, and Wen Xingying tried to move each one, but nothing happened.

Wen Xingying went to observe the bookshelf again, but there were a few vases, which could still be easily moved, and there was no mechanism, he tried to move the books again, but there was no response.

Came to the desk again, Wen Xingying carefully observed the leg of the table to see if there were any hidden buttons or anything like that, and then went to the wall behind the bookshelf to grope around, but still didn't find anything, and then came back and moved the entire table, but it was still useless.

Situ Chen stomped on the ground, and the sound from the ground proved that the ground was empty, but the question was, how could he go down?

When he was anxious, there was a noise at the door, and Wen Xingying hurriedly hid behind the bookshelf, and heard the sound of someone coming in and closing the door, Wen Xingying clenched his fists.

The man really walked over to this side, his steps were very leisurely, he shouldn't have known that there was someone here, this person must be at least a housekeeper, otherwise it was the city lord or his relatives, Wen Xingying listened to the footsteps of the man getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but tense his nerves, and when a little part of the person's body came into his sight, he immediately took action!

Unbeknownst to him, the footsteps suddenly stopped, and in a position very close to Wen Xingying, the man did not show a single corner, so he stopped.

That Wen Xingying didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't dare to move, still hiding his breath, listening carefully to the man's movements, in this short period of time, it seemed that the sound of a thin needle falling on the ground was clearly audible.

……

After a short stalemate, I only heard the man smile lightly, "Come out, aren't you tired of being nervous for so long?" ”

It was a young man's voice, sounding twenty-six or seventeen years old.

"You want to sneak attack me, maybe I really can't beat you, but I brought a misty incense, you don't know when I will make a move, I will definitely suffer." After the man finished speaking, he paused for a while, as if to give Wen Xingying time to think about it, and said, "Come out, I want to talk to you, I won't hurt you, okay." ”

Wen Xingying thought for a while, then sighed, took off the mask, took a step, and stood in front of the other party.

The man in front of him knew that he was very shrewd just by looking at his face, and he must be guarded against everywhere when he looked like this, and at this time he was looking at himself with an appreciative and inquiring gaze.

Deflated for a while, Wen Xingying clasped his fists and saluted: "In the next Wen Xingying, take the liberty to disturb, and please forgive me." ”

The man nodded, returned the salute, and his smile deepened, "The fourth son of the Red Flame Villa is really admired for a long time, and when I saw it today, I knew that the rumors were true." ”

After the man finished speaking, he walked over to the desk and sat down, motioning for Wen Xingying to sit opposite.

"Situ Gongzi is coming to the shelter, I don't know what advice you have?"

"I'm sorry, this matter is confidential, please forgive me for not being able to tell you, today's trip is too careless, how the adults punish, I am willing to do it." When he said these words, Wen Xingying's face was expressionless.

The man looked at him playfully, "Punish you now, you must have a lot of unconvinced, right?" ”

"I'm not convinced, but I don't understand why the adults suddenly came."

"Before I answer your question, I would like to ask, how much do you know about your mission, in other words, do you know what you are trying to get is about?"

"It seems to be related to the problem of the country."

"Nothing else?"

Wen Xingying nodded.

The man couldn't help but chuckle again, "Why don't you tell you the specific content of the task given to you by your senior brother, well, since he doesn't say it, I don't want to say more," the man restrained his smile and said gently: "I can't hide it, I knew that someone would come to steal the secret letter I received yesterday, although I don't know who it will be, but I know that it won't be an enemy, because my enemy already knows this secret." Since it's not an enemy, I don't mind anyone else knowing. These days, I've always known that someone is watching my every move from outside the house, but just quietly. I also know that someone will enter this study at noon today, and he must know that I am not in the study every day from noon to midday, so noon is the best time to act, and I came here at two o'clock in the afternoon, because, if you are able, you must have already obtained the secret letter at this time. ”

Wen Xingying didn't know what to say anymore.

Seeing Wen Xingying's reaction, the man chuckled again, "Who knows, the person who came turned out to be the famous Ling Yi Gongzi, but he didn't get the secret letter at the time I expected, which really puzzled me." ”

Wen Xingying still didn't speak, and he didn't know what to say.

"Situ Gongzi, don't worry, I won't embarrass you, first, you didn't bring me the slightest loss, there is no need to punish you; Second, you are a person from the Red Flame Villa, I will not conflict with the Red Flame Villa because of unnecessary things, this secret letter you want, you can also send someone to steal it again, I will not stop it, as long as it is not discovered by me. ”

"In that case, why don't you just give me the letter?" Wen Xingying asked.

"Situ Gongzi, although it is a little difficult to say that your tasks are all handled by your subordinates, but they are your subordinates, and they should obey your orders. As I said, I let you go, and you can come back yourself, or send someone to get it. ”

Wen Xingying took a deep breath, "Forget it, this mission, give up next." As if he had made some major decision, he seemed to be ready to be severely punished, and clenched his fists again and said, "Your Excellency, can you tell me your name?" ”

"Don't dare to be, under Jiang Yun."

"Please allow me to call Brother Jiang, I am disturbed today, and I will visit again in the future, but I will visit you again at that time."

"Then you must prepare good wine and good food to wait for Brother Situ Xian."

When he went back, Wen Xingying's night clothes had not yet been taken off, but he walked out of the main gate openly, looked back at the lantern with the word "Jiang Fu" written on the door, and couldn't help sighing.

Huang Jing saw that Wen Xingying came out and hurriedly came down from the wall and walked to him, "Shadow, what do you say?" ”

"I said I would give up this mission."

"Why?" Huang Jing was shocked: "Why give up? ”

"You don't know, I didn't tell him, he himself knew that I was going to steal the secret letter, and he deliberately gave me two quarters of an hour, he was quite disappointed that I didn't steal the letter, do you think I still have the face to steal it again?"

"But, I can go......" Huang Jing said in a low voice.

"No need." That Wen Xingying interrupted him, "I gave up, you immediately repay Senior Brother for me, and I will accept any punishment." ”

“…… All right. ”