It's July, the weather is not cool, it's still so hot and dry day and night, only the occasional rain, it's a little more comfortable.

A few days ago, Lu Qiwei happened to see a few books on a bookstall set up by a scholar on Zhuque Street, such as the "Divine Strange Sutra" by Dongfang Shuo of the Western Han Dynasty, and the "Sou Shen Ji" written by the ancestor Ganbao more than 100 years ago, as well as some "Records of Gods and Ghosts in the Central Plains" and "Strange Things in Yizhou" written by some unknown scholars......

Just when she was bored, she picked out one of each book and threw it to Ah Zhi to hug back.

This Lu Qiwei originally didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but these monsters were really interesting, so she couldn't stop watching them, and she locked herself in the boudoir for three or four days in a row, and she couldn't stop watching.

Webster saw that she had not gone out for several days, so he looked for her, but saw that the door of the house was closed, Webster stood outside and knocked on the door, calling: "Qiwei, Qiwei?" ”

Ah Zhi served behind Lu Qiwei, the master and servant heard the movement outside the door, their faces changed suddenly, they were all shocked, the two glanced at each other, Lu Qiwei was busy putting down the book in his hand, and Ah Zhi also hurriedly picked up a bunch of strange people on the bookcase with her and hid them on the bottom layer of the bookshelf behind her.

"Qiwei, Qiwei?" Seeing that no one answered the door for a long time, Wei called twice, and the book was not hidden in the house at this time, Lu Qiwei was afraid that Wei would be suspicious, so he pushed Ah Zhi and said in a low voice: "You go and open the door." ”

When Ah Zhi heard this, she walked quickly to the door of the house, gently opened the door, and when she saw Wei, she called with a smile: "Aunt Wei." ”

Webster glanced at her and only complained: "I've been screaming outside for a long time, why did you open the door." ”

Ah Zhi explained with a smile: "The lady and the slave were asleep, and they didn't hear it for a while. ”

Before the words fell, Wei Shi had already walked into the house, and Ah Zhi hurriedly looked at Lu Qiwei, and was relieved to see her sitting peacefully in front of the bookcase, and the bookcase in front of her had been cleaned up.

"Mother, why are you here?" Lu Qiwei got up to greet Wei, with a quiet smile on his face, Weishi asked, "What are you closing in broad daylight?" After she said that, she felt that Lu Qiwei must have something to hide from her, otherwise she wouldn't have opened the door for so long, not to mention that there was clearly a lot of movement in the room, so she glanced around, and then said: "Qiwei, you seem to have something to hide from your mother......

Lu Qiwei is not good at deceiving people, as soon as he heard Wei's words, his heart beat a drum, his eyes were also dodgy, and he sneered: "Eh, mother, you think too much, what can your daughter hide from her mother......"

"What are you hiding from me?" Wei glanced at Lu Qiwei, and then looked around the bookcase with sharp eyes, and immediately saw a book corner exposed under the stool, obviously there was a book hidden underneath.

"Eh, what's that?" Wei said casually, this is about to walk over, Lu Qiwei looked back, hurriedly turned around and walked in front of Wei, but unfortunately she picked up the book, and Wei was already standing behind her.

"Bring it to me and show it," Merriam-Webster held out a hand, his face meticulous.

Lu Qiwei rolled up the book in his hand, and after a long time of entanglement, he turned around and handed the book to Webster, Webster took the book, spread out the book cover and looked at it, his face suddenly changed, "Sou Shen Ji?" ”

She immediately raised her head to look at Lu Qiwei, and reproached: "Qiwei, you said that you have a daughter's family, how can you look at these gods and ghosts!" ”

Lu Qi frowned slightly, snatched back the "Sou Shen Ji" in Wei's hand, and only defended himself: "Mother, this is not a god or ghost, this is a masterpiece." ”

""Sou Shen Ji"! Isn't this talking about gods and ghosts? Do you think your mother is confused! Wei Shi originally looked kind, even though he was slightly angry with Lu Qi, his face was still fierce.

And Lu Qiwei had expected that she was not allowed to see these ghosts and monsters at home, so when she learned that Webster was going to come in, she hurriedly hid all the books, and now she was reprimanded by Webster like this, she couldn't listen to herself, so she turned around, turned her back to Webster, and didn't speak.

Wei simply walked up to her again, and said earnestly: "Qiwei, you have been good at reading since you were a child, and you always follow your brother to learn the four books, five classics and six arts, your mother has never said anything about you, your father often says that his daughter's family does not need to learn these, but his mother is very supportive of you, and his mother thinks that you are a famous lady and a noble girl of the scholar family, and you always have some ink in your stomach, and your mother also hopes that you can become the second Xie Daoyun, but you ...... You just read the Four Books and the Five Classics on weekdays, why do you still look at these inconsistencies now! If your father sees this, I'm afraid he will kill you! ”

"Mother, how come the fairy monsters become indiscriminate books? Since this book can be printed by those booksellers, there is nothing to read," Lu Qiwei didn't dare to argue with the elders, because he had no confidence when he was talking, and Wei said: "Yes, this fairy monster is nothing to see, but you are a daughter's family!" In this world, how can there be a daughter's family who can hold these fairies and monsters all day long? But if you can name someone I know, I won't talk about you when you look at it later. ”

"I ......" Lu Qiwei naturally couldn't say anything, and now she has nothing to say, so she simply threw the book in her hand to Webster, and said angrily: "Okay!" Since the mother is not allowed, the daughter will not look at it! ”

After speaking, he walked to the front of the bookcase and sat down on the stool, Wei stood aside, saw that she was annoyed, and didn't know what to say to coax her, hesitated for a while, after all, he still couldn't resist her, so he threw the book in front of her again, and only said: "Be careful when you read it, don't let outsiders see it." ”

Lu Qiwei was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and immediately stood up and hugged Wei's, and said with a smile: "I know that my mother loves me the most." ”

Weishi pushed her away and said angrily: "I love you, but I don't spoil you, you books, throw them away after reading, don't put them here, let outsiders see it." ”

When the words fell, a maid suddenly ran to the door and said, "Lady, the lady of the Yu family is here, saying that she wants to see you and is waiting in the front yard." ”

Lu Qiwei originally obtained Webster's permission to allow her to look at the fairies and monsters, and she was full of joy and smiled, but when she heard that Yu Zizhao was coming, her face suddenly changed greatly, and she retreated to the stool and sat down, only saying: "Why is she here, I don't want to see her, tell her to leave quickly." ”

Then Yu Zizhao and Lu Qiwei are like sisters, the relationship is not generally good, these two families know, every time Yu Zizhao comes back to the house to find Lu Qiwei, they only pass it out, and then they come to Lu Qiwei's house, and this time Yu Zizhao is waiting in the front yard to be informed, which has made the maid puzzled, and Lu Qiwei said this again, the maid was even more surprised.

Wei is a good man, even though Lu Qiwei and Yu Zizhao no longer have contact, but she is always afraid that Lu Qiwei will form a bond with others, so she said to the maid: "I'll meet her." ”

"Mother, don't go," Lu Qiwei wanted to stop Webster, but unexpectedly, as soon as Webster finished speaking, he walked out without looking back.

And Wei walked to the front yard, and sure enough, he saw Yu Zizhao and his own maid Changting standing under the locust tree to shade the sun, and when Wei came over, Yu Zizhao also greeted him and called: "Aunt Wei?" There was a slight smile on her face, but the smile was slightly stiff and unnatural.

"Eh, Zizhao," Wei nodded kindly with her, Yu Zizhao looked past Wei and looked behind her twice, and then asked, "Aunt Wei, why don't you see Sister Qiwei?" ”

Wei was a little hesitant at first, and he didn't answer why Lu Qiwei didn't come out, but just asked Yu Zizhao: "Do you have something to do?" ”

Yu Zizhao replied: "I came here this time to ask Sister Qiwei to accompany me into the palace tomorrow and go to the needle floor to see those palace maids." ”

Webster pretended to suddenly realize, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow is the Begging Festival? ”

"Yes," Yu Zizhao bowed his head and continued: "In previous years, on the Qiqiao Festival, Sister Qiwei asked me to go to the needle building to see Saiqiao, but this year she didn't call me, so I came here to call her." ”

Wei Shi thought about it, and then said: "It's really unfortunate, Zizhao, it's not that Qiwei doesn't call you, it's that she has been sick in recent days, and she has been sick in bed, and she hasn't been out for several days." ”

"She's sick?" Yu Zizhao "chuckled" in his heart, as if he was really worried about Lu Qiwei, and then asked: "How sick is she?" Does it matter? ”

Wei's eyebrows were condensed, his face was full of sadness, "I'm not very sick, so I've been in bed for a few days, and I haven't seen any good ......" Her sad face doesn't look like it's pretending, and sure enough, in her eyes, she likes to see fairies and monsters, which is sick.

"Then I want to go and see her," Yu Zizhao pursed his lips, as if Wei was coquettish, Wei Shi heard this, but his brows tightened, and she said: "Qiwei is not lightly ill, and the imperial doctor ordered that no one should go over to see her, but I am afraid that after the illness, you will also be infected, wouldn't it be a sin?" ”

Yu Zizhao pursed his lips again, and finally said: "Since that's the case, then it's not good for me to see her...... However, Aunt Wei, I still have one more thing to ask. ”

"You ask," the corners of Wei's mouth turned upward, and the corners of his eyes narrowed slightly, so he always looked kind, and Yu Zizhao asked: "The marriage between Sister Qiwei and the Marquis of Xichang County...... When is it due? ”

"August 13."

"August 13?" Yu Zizhao looked surprised, and asked again: "Why does it take so long, isn't this family...... Didn't it happen in the middle of last month? ”

When Wei heard Yu Zizhao ask, she was dissatisfied, she had already heard Qiwei say that this family business was originally scheduled to be Yu Zizhao, and then it would become her, and it was also Yu Zizhao who contributed to it, and now Yu Zizhao asked again, it seems that she is very anxious to let Qiwei get married!

She smiled and only said: "I can't catch up in June, and July is unlucky, so it's set for August, which is also what Your Majesty meant." ”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Yu Zizhao to answer, Wei Shi immediately said: "Zizhao, I'm still busy taking care of Qiwei here, I'm afraid I don't have time to entertain you." ”

Yu Zizhao understood, and then said goodbye, with the maid Changting two people, originally in the Lu family, still with a sad face, did not think that these four feet just stepped out of the archway in front of the Lu family, the two of them suddenly changed their faces, Yu Zizhao resented: "Actually sick, it's really unlucky, I originally wanted to ask her to go to the needle building tomorrow, now it seems that I can only ask Liu Huirui to accompany me." ”

Changting followed behind her and muttered: "Mrs. Liu is a small family, and she doesn't like to talk, she shrinks behind her cousin Princess Wuling every day, and goes out with her, I'm afraid it's boring." ”

"What are you afraid of, tomorrow's beggar festival, are you still afraid that no one will go to see Saiqiao? I asked her to go with me, and when I got there and met an acquaintance, I naturally didn't need her, and when the time came, I wouldn't dump her? ”

When the words fell, the master and servant looked at each other and smiled, and walked back to the direction of Taifu's mansion.

In the evening, Yuzhi walked into Yazhuyuan with a tray of medicinal food in both hands, and arrived in Xie Zheng's room, when Xie Zheng was sitting on the bed, holding a book in both hands, he was concentrating, and his eyes were not taken away, although he heard the footsteps of Yuzhi walking into the room, but he didn't raise his eyes.

Yuzhi walked to the side of the bed, held the bottom of the tray with one hand, picked up the "Sou Shen Ji" on the bedside table with the other, and put it next to Xie Zheng's pillow, and then put the tray on the desk, and then called: "Lady, drink medicinal food." ”

Xie Zheng held the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in his hand, and only glanced sideways at the medicinal food, with some disgust in his eyes, Yuzhi knew that she didn't like it, and said with a smile: "Today this is black chicken, ginseng and red date soup, but the taste has changed." ”

"It's all medicinal food, no matter how many ingredients you change, it's all a taste," Xie Zheng still held the book and read it with relish, as for the medicinal food, she really couldn't drink it.

The voice fell, and after a while, suddenly a big hand reached over to take the book away, Huan Ling stood by the bed, looked at the book, and said: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"? It's "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" again. ”

Huan Ling threw the book next to Xie Zheng's pillow and said, "This book, I'm afraid you've read it no less than five times, why are you still reading it." ”

"Lying in bed all day long, it's very boring, only reading books to kill the boring," Xie Zheng picked up the book again, found the one he saw just now, looked at it and felt more and more interesting, and read: "The minister of the Gonggong said Xiang Liu's family, nine songs, to eat in the nine mountains." Where the willows arrive, it is Zexi. Yu Xiang willow, its bloody, can not be planted with grains. Yu Juzhi, three thousand and three frustrated, is thought to be the platform of the emperors. In the north of Kunlun, the east of Rouli. The willow is the one with nine human faces, and the snake body is blue. Don't dare to shoot north, afraid of the platform of co-workers. The stage is to the east. Taiwan Quartet, there is a snake in the corner, tiger color, the first to rush to the south. ”

She read it, savored it, and then said: "There are countless strange beasts in Kyushu in the world, and now there is no trace to be found, so I have to reverie in the book." ”

After she finished speaking, she folded the horns, and then put them together again.

Huan Ling sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out his hand to the bedside table, Yuzhi understood, and was about to serve the medicinal food to him, he served the medicinal food, so he scooped up a spoonful of the spoon and blew it, and sent it to Xie Zheng's mouth, but Xie Zheng didn't want to drink it, only said: "I drank this medicinal food to my stomach, and I am afraid that I will vomit if I drink it again." ”

"It's the best ginseng here, drink it to nourish qi and nourish the yuan, but it's good for you, drink it to nourish your body," Huan Ling put the spoon and pestle on Xie Zheng's mouth, Xie Zheng turned his face away, but said: "Since it is good for qi and nourishing yuan, then give it to the county marquis to drink." ”

"I specially ordered the kitchen to stew it for you, and told me to drink it," Huan Ling said this, and suddenly lowered his voice a little, and then said: "Tomorrow Qixi Festival, I still want to ask you to go stargazing." ”

"Stargazing?" Xie Zheng rolled his eyes, had an idea, and said, "Okay, then you drink this medicinal food." ”

Huan Ling was stunned for a moment, "Me? ”

"Hurry up, hurry up," Xie Zheng urged impatiently, and simply went to force Huan Ling to drink the medicinal food, so that Huan Ling was caught off guard and choked on it, coughing several times in succession.

Xie Zheng couldn't help laughing, laughed out loud, Huan Ling smacked his lips, and said, "The taste is very delicious." ”

"If the county marquis drinks these every day, he will not say that the taste is delicious," Xie Zheng glanced at him, and after he reminisced, he talked to Xie Zheng and said: "I have drunk the medicinal food according to what you said now, and I invite you to stargazing tomorrow, but you agreed?" ”

Xie Zheng agreed, but deliberately made things difficult for him, so he thought of a strange way and said, "I want to eat lotus seeds." ”

"Lotus seeds?" When Huan Ling heard this, he immediately ordered: "Yuzhi, call someone to buy it." ”

"Eh," Xie Zheng took Huan Ling's hand and said, "I want to eat freshly peeled, it's not fresh at night." ”

When Huan Ling heard this, he said to Yuzhi: "Then tell them to buy it early tomorrow morning, buy the freshest one, and preferably have dew on it." ”

Xie Zheng hinted several times, Huan Ling didn't understand her meaning at all, she was annoyed, so she simply picked up Huan Ling's face, pinched his cheek, and said, "I want you to go and pick it yourself!" ”

Huan Ling thought for a while, then grabbed her hand and put it down, and said with a smile: "I know, you want to test me." ”

Xie Zheng smiled and said nothing, and Huan Ling immediately said: "Okay, then I will go to Xuanwu Lake early tomorrow morning to pick lotus seeds for you." ”

Hearing this, Xie Zheng smiled with satisfaction, Huan Ling immediately held her face, leaned over slightly, the two touched their foreheads, Huan Ling asked softly: "If I pick the lotus seeds back and watch the stars tomorrow, are you willing to go to the appointment?" ”

Xie Zhengwan'er, although he didn't answer his words, everything was silent.

Yuzhi saw that the two of them were grinding their ears and temples, and they were very intimate, and they looked at it with a "kind smile", turned around and walked out silently, and were walking towards the courtyard, and glanced to the right, You Jian was walking out of the west courtyard, and shouted from afar: "Sister Yuzhi!" ”

This shout, with You Zhen's voice, I am afraid that not only Yuzhi will be heard, but the two people in the room must also have heard it, Yuzhi felt helpless, and immediately walked towards him, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Xie Zheng's house, and then said to him in a low voice: "The lady is resting!" When will you be able to fix this stinky problem of yours? ”

You Jian paused, then took out a letter from his bosom, followed the example of Yuzhi, lowered his voice, and said, "I came to tell you that my brother just sent a letter saying that he will be back tomorrow." ”

Yuzhi took the letter, opened it and looked at it, and said with a relieved smile: "It's good to come back." ”

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