Gu Yanzhao lay quietly on the rocking chair in the courtyard for a long time, his eyes were always fixed on the branches of the magnolia, not moving, the moon poured down through the thin mist and shone on his face, just like the pure glaze of the fine official kiln, faintly revealing the brilliance of jade.

The wind struck, the white magnolia flowers on the tree fell in a slump, as if a rain of flowers smeared his whole body, a piece of white magnolia flowers gently fell down, silently fell on his lips, he was silent and his face only then did his face have a slight change, the petals were soft and fragrant like orchids, he raised a hand and gently picked up the magnolia flower, looked at it carefully, and the gentle color in his eyes was fully revealed, as if it was not a magnolia flower, but a person. The cold face evoked a faint smile, and the smile was like a ripple caused by the stones on the surface of the lake, round by circle, round by round, and slowly the smile became bigger and bigger, covering the whole face as clear as jade.

That was supposed to be the second time I saw her, right?

A golden moon hangs in the blue night sky, dotted with stars. The night was so good, and the breeze was a little intoxicating.

Gu Yanzhao came back from an errand in the palace, only to find that today was the Midyear Festival, and the bustling crowd on the street did not leave because of the arrival of night, but was much more lively. Parents lead their children, husbands lead their wives, laughter and joy. There was a child with a mask on his face and a noodle in his hand who rushed over and bumped into him, and the child's parents followed and apologized awkwardly, but Gu Yanzhao waved his hand with a smile.

Not far away, a man performing a trick was swallowing flames, causing others to applaud again and again, Gu Yanzhao stopped and looked at it for a while, and saw that someone in front of him was setting up a stage to ask questions, so he stepped forward. I saw a painting scroll hanging on the vermilion flannel cloth in the middle of the table, the painting was not from the hand of any famous artist, but the painting method was chic and wanton, the show was exquisite, free and powerful, the painting was a bluegrass, more is chaotic, less is sparse, has a unique style.

But I heard a middle-aged man on the stage say, "Is there anyone else who wants to take the exam?" If no one is on stage, then this painting can only belong to the old man. ”

"Yes. Our young master wants to give it a try! A crunchy voice shouted.

Because the scroll is not from the hands of a famous artist, so there are not many people who watch it, hearing this voice, everyone looked at the man, only to see a thin little boy, next to the young man stood a slightly taller man, the man's figure was extremely thin, Gu Yanzhao stood outside the crowd, and the man was standing behind him, so he did not know the man's appearance. It's just that the man seemed to be quite dissatisfied, and pulled the sleeve of the young man next to him lowly, but the young man just smiled innocently. The man had no choice but to take a step forward, clear his throat, and say, "Xiaosheng is not talented, I am willing to give it a try." ”

The man's voice was pleasant, and the roughness of different men's voices was not as feminine as a woman's, but Gu Yanzhao's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but look at the man.

"Our rules, can Childe know?" The middle-aged man asked.

"This is natural, the first respondent has to answer the master's question, if the first one wins, then the second challenger's question will be the first to come out, and so on." The man said.

"Huh...... There is also a rule that women cannot answer. The middle-aged man laughed and said.

The man seemed a little surprised, and was speechless for a while, but the little boy beside him said loudly: "Our son is not a woman, what are you talking to us about this?" ”

saw the middle-aged man touch the gray beard on his chin and said, "In that case." The old man asked a question, and the son answered it. ”

"Sir, please." The man arched his hand.

"I said the upper run, the son only needs to go out of the lower run. The bluegrass under the moon is full of air. The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said.

"Flying swallows in the clouds flutter far away." The man said in a deep voice.

Okay, Gu Yanzhao sighed in his heart.

I heard the man say again: "Although the peach and plum are old, the gardenia and red pepper are beautiful." Which poet wrote this poem? ”

Gu Yanzhao frowned, it is easy to go up and down, it is a little difficult to say the name of the poet with just one poem.

I saw that the man pondered for a while, and replied, "This is the Tang Dynasty famous Du Fu's 'Cold Rain Dynasty Sight Garden Tree', Du Fu's life has very few seven-word rhythms, so these few remaining poems are particularly eye-catching, Xiaosheng is not talented, and he understands a little." ”

The middle-aged man didn't seem to expect him to be able to answer, his face was full of disbelief, and he could be blamed for being surprised, even Gu Yanzhao was extremely shocked in his heart, and immediately walked through the crowd, wanting to inspect the man's appearance. He walked a few steps, but he was stunned, and after a few people, he only saw the silhouette of the man, but he already recognized that the woman dressed as a man was the woman he had seen on his cousin's birthday that day.

The street was still full of people coming and going, and it was very lively, but Gu Yanzhao felt as if the whole world was quiet, and he couldn't hear any sound, just staring at the silhouette of the woman, stunned. She wore a sleek robe, an indigo coat on the outside, a hat, but the fingers holding the folding fan were crystal white and beautiful, and the young man next to her said something, which caused her to smile lightly, and her face was elegant but with some playfulness and cuteness.

The middle-aged man coughed dryly, and said loudly: "The sky is full of strange peaks. ”

Gu Yanzhao only looked at her, but didn't hear the man's words, but she blushed, bit her lip, turned around and left. Gu Yanzhao followed him step by step as if he was out of his body.

I faintly heard the young man beside her ask, "Miss, why don't you answer him?" ”

"The man already knew that I was a woman, so what did I mean by continuing to answer, the second half of the poem was, 'But there is a peak that suddenly grows, and I know that it is a real mountain that does not move.'" Yang Wanli's Xiaoxing looked at Yunshan, and the second half of the sentence revealed some meaning of being false and true. ”

"Oh, I see!" The boy suddenly realized.

Su Yi stretched out a jade-like finger and poked it at the young man's forehead, and said with a smile: "You little girl, I'm just standing there and watching, when did I think about going to the stage to answer, you're good, you actually made the decision for me!" ”

It turned out that the young man with red lips and white teeth was also dressed as a woman, and she held Su Yi's hand and giggled.

The two stood side by side, Gu Yanzhao followed behind them, and suddenly saw a little child with a dirty face and shabby clothes rushing over and hitting Su Yi's body, and the little girl next to Su Yi scolded: "What are you doing in such a hurry?" Before he finished speaking, the child hurriedly walked away, and the little girl picked up a handkerchief to wipe the stains on Su Yi's clothes, but Su Yi smiled and said, "It's okay, let's go!" ”

Gu Yanzhao saw the kid running past with an excited face, and he didn't think much about it at the moment, but after walking a few steps, he heard Su Yi exclaim: "Oh no! My purse is gone! ”

The little girl also shouted: "Thief! Catch the thief! ”

Gu Yanzhao hurriedly chased in the direction of the child's running, and soon saw the child running into a small dark alley, there was a very big magnolia at the entrance of the alley, Gu Yanzhao jumped up, climbed on the trunk of the magnolia tree and ran to the child with the help of the power of the magnolia, and one hand clasped the child's shoulder, the child struggled a few times, using both hands and feet, but because of the disparity in strength, he could not shake him at all.

Gu Yanzhao carried him out of the alley, and saw Su Yi and the maid running over in a hurry, she ran to Gu Yanzhao, stroked her chest, gasping for breath, her face was dripping with sweat beads because of running, her cheeks were red, but the hat on her head had fallen off during the run, revealing a head of hair as soft as silk, and a few handful of fine bangs floating on her forehead, but she didn't seem to know that she had shown her daughter's body, she rested for a while, let out a long sigh of relief, and said in her voice: "Thank you brother Tai for saving me!" Gu Yanzhao only looked at her with burning eyes, and did not speak, but the smile in his eyes gushed out.

Su Yi looked at the little child who stole her purse and said, "You took my purse?" ”

Gu Yanzhao was angry when he saw that she didn't have a child stealing her purse, and he talked to him so kindly, and the good feeling in his heart suddenly appeared.

The kid pouted and argued, "What?" I didn't take it! ”

"You didn't take it? You really didn't take it, you stole it! The maid looked displeased, pulled out the purse from the child's arms, raised it in her hand, and said angrily.

The child suddenly cried loudly, looking very pitiful, Su Yi's heart softened, so he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe the child's tears, and said softly: "If you have any grievances, say it, how can you learn to steal at a young age, what about your parents?" ”

The boy sobbed and said, "My father is sick, and he has no money to see the disease, so please have mercy on me!" ”

Su Yi saw that he called himself his sister, not his brother, and immediately knew that he was exposed, and couldn't help but blush, and hearing that the child was so pitiful, she couldn't help but feel slightly distressed in her heart, took the purse from the maid's hand and put it in the child's arms, and said, "Don't cry, you can take this silver to your father to see the disease!" It's just that don't steal anything in the future, in case you meet someone powerful, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to let you go. ”

The child immediately smiled and said happily, "Thank you, sister." After saying that, he jumped and left.

The maid pursed her lips and muttered, "Miss, you are too kind!" That kid is clearly a liar, why did you give him the money like that? ”

Su Yi smiled lightly and said: "He's just a child, even if he's a liar, then he must have a hard life, if he can accept his parents' knees, how can he come out to steal things?" ”

"The girl is right." Gu Yanzhao said loudly.

Su Yi remembered that there was a person standing beside her, and immediately dizzy her cheeks, and said softly: "Thank you for your help." She would never have thought that she would meet him here, and when she saw that his eyes were like stars, his eyes were heavy, and he looked at herself tenderly, and the flush on his face deepened, and even his ears seemed to drip blood.

At that time, a piece of white magnolia flower fell gently, just falling on Su Yi's shoulder, Gu Yanzhao stretched out his hand and picked up the white magnolia flower, only to feel that the faint fragrance came to the nose, and the fragrance hit people, making people intoxicated. She stood there gently, bowing her head and smiling, like a beautiful woman from the empty valley, and a poem suddenly appeared in his mind: "There is a beautiful woman in the north, peerless and independent." One look at the city, and then look at the country. In the distance, a beam of fireworks burst overhead, coloring the night sky. The fire tree and silver flowers are reflected on her elegant and refined face, shining brightly, and the waves of her eyes are flowing, all of which are fascinating.

He once thought that the fragrance he smelled that night was the smell of magnolia flowers, but after getting along with her for a long time, he realized that there was always a faint fragrance of orchids on her body, but she never smelled it, she could only smell the fragrance of others, but he could only smell the smell of her, even if she was in the midst of the flowers, he could easily find her, take her hand, and meet her eyes.

Suyi, I will wait for you, wait for you to leave the palace, and marry you.