Chapter 15: Angry Horses
The wind and frost rise at night, and the autumn dew falls on the leaves of the laurel tree, reflecting the moonlight, crystal clear. Ning Xiang, the maid who was keeping vigil, felt a little cold, so she curled up in the corner of the wall, and before she knew it, she became sleepy. The moonlight reflected on the ground, casting a long shadow.
I only felt that the clothes were like the wind, Ning Xiang opened his eyes in a fog, and hurriedly lifted the lantern in his hand.
Ning Xiang's face turned red, and she said in surprise, "Second master....."
Hearing the movement, Fanxing and Leng Yue also ran out, "The second master is awake." Beware of the cold outside. ”
Fanxing lit a candle, put it in the four-cornered jade rabbit laurel lampshade, and was busy pouring tea, "What do you want to eat?" ”
Leng Yue also hurriedly said, "There is everything in the small kitchen, I'll go and prepare." ”
Leng Yue's cooking skills are very good, and after a while, she brought a bowl of hot Yangchun noodles. "Thinking that the second master hasn't eaten for a few days, eat some vegetarian food first."
Shen Jinglan drank a little hot tea, looked at the osmanthus in the white porcelain vase on the desk, looked confused, and suddenly asked, "Who has been here these days?" ”
Leng Yue replied honestly, "My cousin girl comes every day, but she also stands in the hall for a while, and she is accompanied by a maid, and then she looks at the newly blooming osmanthus flowers in the courtyard." Never step out of the box. After leaving from the second master, he went to the old lady, thinking that the old lady was concerned about the second master, so he asked the girl to come to see the son every day. ”
Shen Jinglan nodded slightly, changed into a homely aqua blue pine shadow gown, and asked, "How long has my cousin been in the house?" ”
Leng Yue replied, "When the second master went to inspect the imperial river, the cousin came. ”
It's been less than a month. Suddenly, he only felt a splash in his heart, and it was like being lightly stung by a small insect, and it felt crispy and numb.
He remembered a few years ago.
He once secretly went to Yunzhou with King Jin, because he was in a camp on the outskirts of Beijing at that time, and he was not allowed to go out of Beijing without permission. In order to prevent others from recognizing their identities, both men walked in plain clothes and masked. He and King Jin went their separate ways, but on the way they met a girl who had run away like them.
He originally planned to find a gap time to go to Yifu to visit his uncle and aunt. But he caught a "little fox" on the way.
She was dressed in a bright red light gauze skirt, wearing a pearl and jade tassel ring, and a red flower pattern Ruyi Tuan filigree around her waist. With a shallow smile, the dimples loom and are very cute.
She rode a brown horse from the Western Regions, untamed, not from the barracks, and I don't know who gave it to her. I saw that the girl was holding the reins in her hand, but she could also control it.
He only looked at the inscription on the ring she was wearing, and knew that it was his cousin. This Yingluo collar was made for her by her grandmother for her birthday last year, and the skilled craftsmen in the capital made it for her, and he personally supervised the craftsmen to make it, so he knew it.
When he was young, his uncle returned to Beijing to report on work, and once took his cousin to the Shen Mansion once. But at that time, she was just a little girl with missing teeth, and even her cousin shouted vaguely. Now looking at the little girl in front of her, the girl's appearance at the beginning of her growth is very shy.
Shen Jinglan didn't know that this daughter of the Hou Mansion could go out so casually? There is no retinue around? When I saw this horse of unknown origin, I also knew that this little girl had run away. He tightened his grip on the reins and rode after her.
The wind was really strong on the side, and his eyes couldn't open a little mixed with the wind and sand.
The silk silk around the little girl's waist was blown away, and it was wrapped around the horse's neck, and the brown horse was strangled out of breath, and suddenly kicked its legs and ran wildly, and the silk silk became tighter and tighter when the horse ran, and the little girl was at a loss, and her little face was red in a hurry.
Seeing that he was about to be thrown off by the brown horse, Shen Jinglan rode over at a gallop, the long sword in his hand cut off the silk, the brown horse ran forward, and he took the little girl in his arms.
The silk silk broke, the skirt fell down, and Yi Dissolved hurriedly went to cover the skirt. Seeing the brown horse running away, Si Qian couldn't catch up.
She suddenly felt very frustrated, if she let A-Niang know that she sneaked out to play, the silk silk was gone, and now she was still being held in the arms of a strange man, she must not want to sneak out of the house again.
Shen Jinglan put her down, looked at her shy and timid appearance, untied the cloak on her body and handed it to her. But he didn't forget to joke with her, "The girl's riding skills are really eye-opening." ”
He squinted his eyes and reprimanded her sternly, "I don't know whose girl is naughty?" ”
Such a shameful thing, she didn't want Ah Xia and the girls at home to know. It's just a shame in front of this son, and it doesn't hurt to be embarrassed. Just break the jar and break it.
Yi Rongrong didn't want to talk to him at the moment, she couldn't go home like this, "Ahead is the Yunzhou market, and the annoying boy bought a silk silk for me." ”
Shen Jinglan saw that she was interesting, and did not forget to tease her, looking at herself like a frivolous boy, "Does the girl know what it means for a man to give a woman silk?" ”
It turned out to be out to train the horse, and Yi Rong didn't have any silver on him, so he gave him the jade pendant on his body, "You take this jade pendant to buy silk, not counting what you gave it." ”
Shen Jinglan felt even more funny, "The girl knows what it means to give a close-fitting jade pendant to a man?" ”
"You!" She just asked him to take the jade pendant to buy silk silk back, this person is really frivolous and rude. "You pay me back!"
Yi Rongrong reached out to grab the jade pendant, and Shen Jinglan put the jade pendant away, "Since you gave it away, there is no reason to return it." ”
He comforted her, "You stay here for a while, and I'll buy silk for you." ”
The dignified son of the Shen family, but he also had such a young and frivolous time, it was a memory that no one knew.
He put away the smile on his lips and rode to the market to buy a silk silk for her.
It was a silk silk with autumn fragrance, no patterns, and very plain. Like the osmanthus in golden autumn, it is very elegant.
He took the fan, tapped her forehead with the handle of the fan, and instructed, "Don't do such nonsense in the future!" ”
He suddenly straightened his face, not like the frivolous boy just now.
Yi Rongrong knew that his life was saved by this son, so he solemnly bowed, "Thank you for saving me today." It's just that this son has always been masked, and he thinks that he probably doesn't want to reveal his identity.
Shen Jinglan turned over on the horse, raised the horse's hooves, and said goodbye.
Unexpectedly, the little girl suddenly said to his back, "My name is Yi Dissolving." The pear blossom courtyard dissolves the moon. In the future, if you encounter any difficulties in Yunzhou, you can go to Yihou's Mansion to find me. ”
He just felt that he didn't know what to do with her, although it was a life-saving grace, but she was the daughter of Yi Hou, how could she report herself, if others deliberately used it, what if she ruined her reputation?
He thought, he should go back and tell his aunt to let her discipline her strictly. He thought, if she was around, he would definitely keep an eye on her for his aunt and prevent her from causing trouble again.