"I'm ......" Cheng Ruoxuan suddenly stopped. She did intend to reveal her life experience to Wen Renyue, but when it was time to say it, she felt a little sad in hindsight. Since the children of the official eunuchs have their own life experience, they naturally have to start with the official positions of the elders. But who should she mention now? My grandfather passed away, the governor of Liangjiang has changed, and my uncle resigned to abide by the system...... A look of sorrow flashed across her face, and then she was indifferent for a moment.

"Pei Xinghuai, the head of the household department, is my cousin." Xinghuai and her are peers after all, this introduction is really strange, she had to explain, "My father's surname is Cheng, and he unfortunately died thirteen years ago. Her father also had an official position during his lifetime, but now in this situation, I am afraid that mentioning the honor of the past will only disturb the peace of his old man's family.

Wen Renyue nodded knowingly: "I knew that you were extraordinary, and it turned out to be Pei Gelao's granddaughter." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan couldn't help but be surprised. After Pei Yizhi asked to leave the cabinet, he had been guarding Liangjiang for many years and never returned to the imperial capital. Despite this, officials who are good friends with the Pei family still have to be called "Pavilion Elder", and there is another meaning in addition to respect, that is, his influence in the court can never be ignored. Cheng Ruoxuan was accustomed to this title, she just didn't expect Wen Renyue to treat her grandfather so contemptively.

If you really want to talk about it, even if the person in front of him is a little mysterious and incomprehensible, he doesn't look like the kind of traitor who used to be a traitor to power. What she sees in her eyes, outside the stars, she is always lazy and alienated from people and things, and even has a faint tired attitude. Is such a person really capable of pampering power? She knew that no matter in the government or the opposition, many people would show a groveling attitude when they saw high-ranking officials, such as the fire chief, who was always careful in front of Wen Renyue. Maybe it's the attitude of others that attracts criticism, right?

Besides—she suddenly had a thought that had no beginning or end—and it was hard to say whether Xingyi's words were necessarily right. She knew that Xingyi had always been very self-conscious of the Pei family's reputation. Wen Renyue was from a humble background, and he was not of pure Liang blood, so Xingyi naturally looked down on him in his heart. Besides, Xingyi is also playful, and he has been in the dynasty for more than a year, but he is still ignorant about the way of being an official, and the many dissatisfaction he has with Wen Renyue in his mouth may not be really justified...... She thought about it and felt ridiculous, she had been spoiled by her second brother for all these years, why did she arrange him as soon as she left the house? If the second brother knew, he would definitely laugh and scold her little white-eyed wolf.

She lowered her eyebrows silently, and after all, she didn't reveal her trivial thoughts to Wen Renyue. "Boudoir woman," she said humbly, "how dare you have any insight." ”

"I heard what you said in the cabin." Hearing that Renyue had lost the tiredness of weekdays, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows had a more calm taste, "The people and officials here have deep grievances, aren't you afraid to stand up and defend the left guard of the navy like this?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that the sounding woodpipe connected between the main cabin and the attic was two-way, but it was calm last night, and the main cabin did not use this thing to convey words to her; Today she changed her position temporarily, and in the chaos, she actually left the matter behind. It seems that Wen Renyue suddenly appeared, and she also learned about Jing Feng's plan to go into the water, and intended to come to help.

She remembered Jing Feng's contemptuous attitude, and couldn't help but be annoyed; In addition, she was also a little glad in her heart, fortunately she had confessed her identity to Wen Renyue, otherwise she really couldn't explain how she learned that words. Since she had already heard it to Wen Renyue, she had to blush and say, "The left guard of the navy army is here to protect the territory and the people, and he has to explain clearly in order to calm down the resentment." As for those who are afraid or not...... This time, the sailors were purely worried about the villagers, and the conflict broke out. They are not unreasonable, and they do not get angry with me. ”

This seems to be a bit unexpected. He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You are a famous daughter, you can speak for the people?" It's rare. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan said seriously: "My grandfather often said that 'saints and mortals are one', the common people are not lower, the princes are not high, and there is naturally no difference between the common people and the children of the family." ”

"The little girl is inevitably naïve, but she understands a lot of truth, Pei Ge really put a lot of thought into educating the younger generations." Wen Renyue looked at her gently, "You should have been carefree and raised in the boudoir, how did you end up here?" "He is always faint to people, and it is rare to show such comfort and concern.

After many days of turbulence, Cheng Ruoxuan only said that the anxiety in her heart had already been smoothed out, and she didn't want to be asked by him like this, and the grievances in her heart couldn't help but surge up, forcing her to have a sour nose. "It's a long story." She suddenly lost her mind, remembering that Jing Feng had talked about his life experience in the past, and she had also used such a sentence to describe it. The two of them have very different experiences, but she somehow has a little bit of a related emotion. She shook her head silently, no longer paying attention to these trivial things, only took a deep breath, and quickly sorted out her mind to calm down, and then told Wen Renyue about the robbery of the mountain bandits and the aftermath one by one. Why Xuan returned to her parents' house that day, the real intention is unknown, so she omitted to mention it. However, when it came to Xuan's death, she couldn't calm down after all, so she had to silently turn her head away and let the tears fall silently in the dark.

"To tell you the truth, I confessed my identity to you this time, and I originally planned to ask my adult to help me return to Mingzhou as soon as possible." She tried her best to maintain a smooth voice, refusing to teach the fragility underneath to show the clues, "But if you can pass through the Dangshan area on the way back...... The little woman was brave, and when the time came, she wanted to invite the soldiers of the left guard of the navy to go to the mountains to explore. I can't believe my sister-in-law died like this. She didn't realize that she still had such thoughts in her heart. Perhaps it was Wen Renyue's sincere attitude that taught her to rekindle the last bit of hope.

Wen Renyue was silent for a moment, and finally said, "I won't hide it from you." Lord Cao and I set off from the imperial capital, and originally went straight to the East China Sea, but on the way we received a letter from Mingzhou, saying that the mountain bandits were holding Miss Pei hostage, and the officers and soldiers of the bandits did not dare to act rashly, so they asked the passing Navy Zuo Wei to attack and save people. Unfortunately, we arrived a step too late and only found a human remains. The captured bandits insisted that it was Miss Pei, and that the left guard of the navy had another task and could not stay for a long time, so he had to bury her in the mountains, and the reply had been sent to Mingzhou. ”

He said this slowly, in an extremely restrained tone. Cheng Ruoxuan almost choked up when he heard it, and later, he had to respond in a low voice, "I understand", and his voice was broken and almost inaudible.

"If I had known earlier that you were still in the world," Wen Renyue sighed, "Lord Pei should have suffered a lot less." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan thought in her heart that she must have disappointed her uncle. Since the Xuan family has passed away, the friendship between the Pei family and the Xuan family may never be restored. Pei Xinghuai is just a principal from the sixth grade, and Xingyi only has an idle position in the Ministry of Rites. If there is no one to help the DPRK, how many chances will the Pei family have to turn over?

When her thoughts were surging, something suddenly stirred in her heart. She reacted, took out the helioscope, and saw the location of Beichen clearly, and sure enough, the tide was about to ebb. She hurriedly reached out to get the wind lamp. Wen Renyue said: "Don't worry, you have to wait for half a moment." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan raised her head again, this time she even used a ruler, and after careful calculation, it was clear that it was only different. She bit her lower lip lightly, and finally raised an objection to the first-star arithmetic of the Great Liang in front of her: "I shouldn't have miscalculated." ”

"You can see it accurately." "But the relationship between the phases of the moon and the hydrology of various places is not exactly the same. This place is east of the Ming River, and the tide is longer. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was stunned when she heard this, she rarely left the Pei family in Mingzhou, and she really didn't know about it. Wen Renyue said again: "It's not that yours isn't. Even if they are doctors of astronomy, most of them are confined to the Qin Heavenly Prison, rarely travel far away, and no matter how high they stand, they can only see the sky above their heads, so it is extremely difficult to know the differences between different places. I followed Lord Cao to the East China Sea this time, and I was indeed ordered to lead the way for all the soldiers. But what I really want is to use a ship to come to the open sea to observe the stars. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was fascinated by what he heard, and couldn't help nodding his head and saying, "I see", and there was a lot of shame in his heart. After she learned some of the laws of the movement of the stars, she thought that the theory of the fate of the stars and the number of qi was just a fallacy of bluffing; From Xingyi, I heard that Qin Tianjian interfered a lot in the affairs of the court, and it was inevitable that he was a little derogatory, but the astronomical doctors in the imperial capital were just a group of pretentious traitors, who used the stars to talk about the country. Now that I met Wen Renyue by chance, I realized that this person was really an expert. Her own little knowledge, in front of Wen Renyue, is really like a river uncle meeting Beihai Ruo, until she glimpses her face, she knows how to smile and be generous.

Wen Renyue looked at her for a while, I didn't know if she noticed what she was thinking, and said lightly: "I told you so much, in fact, it was out of a heart of pity." I have served in the Qin Heavenly Prison for many years, but I have rarely seen anyone as intelligent as you. If you have the opportunity to climb the rooftop, you must be able to achieve some attainments. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan got his affirmation, and his heart was happy. But this bit of joy disappeared in an instant, she pursed her lips and smiled bitterly, lowered her head again and said, "I'm just an ordinary woman, how dare I spy on the sky?" It's just that there are many unavoidable skills along the way, so I used some small carving skills learned on the street. ”

She had a sense of disappointment in her heart that she had nowhere to stay, and there was something to give up on herself in her words. Wen Renyue sighed lightly and took out a book from his sleeve, "Give it to you." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan took a look and saw four clumsy big characters on the title page, "Astral Law Essentials". This is probably the Qintianjian collection that my grandfather said before! She was suspicious and didn't dare to accept it, but she couldn't bear to refuse, and stood frozen in place with the book in her hand, not knowing what to do for a while. Wen Renyue said calmly: "What is in this book is a tool for measuring the trajectory of the stars, and it has nothing to do with the calendar, heavenly machine, etc., which the Son of Heaven prohibits studying, so you just have to take it." I see that you always have that heliometer goggle with you, and you must be a little interested in stargazing equipment. The description in the book is a bit more complicated, but the mechanism is actually not complicated, if you have the heart, try to make it and have fun. This book is not widely circulated, and Qin Tianjian only has a few manuscripts, and the people can't see it, so don't shirk it anymore. If you really don't feel at ease, you've seen it burned. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan hugged the shoddy heliometer with one hand and smiled awkwardly, knowing that he had probably seen that this thing was made by her, but it was just not broken. When it came to this, she had no choice but to put the book away, bowed down to Wen Renyue, and said solemnly: "What is given by the adults must be treasured." ”

"It's just a greeting gift. It's rare that you are so interested in the stars, and we have some special fate, which should have been given to you a long time ago. Wen Renyue waved her hand disappreciatively, took off the wind lantern and handed it to her, and said firmly: "This is the time for you to make an appointment with that young man." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan hurriedly grabbed the wick with his hand, carefully blew out the candle, and lit it again. She was still secretly amazed when she did this, there was no timekeeping instrument around, and Wen Renyue was so attentive when she talked to her, and she could accurately measure the time without even looking at the stars, which was simply fascinating.

The wind lantern was lit for the third time, and there was a "bang", and one person came out of the water, which was Jing Feng. Chen Zhuo followed and quietly surfaced. The two of them drenched and overboard, like water ghosts in the vast night. Cheng Ruoxuan stepped forward with a lantern, but before she could speak, Jing Feng had already looked at her, bared her teeth, smiled, and gasped: "It's done!" ”