Chapter 16: Gusu Yicheng (2)
Cheongheen
Qinghe Garden is the most beautiful garden of the Lan family in Gusu, especially in summer, the garden is full of lotus flowers, and the lotus canopy is full of lakes; On the edge of the red wall of the garden, a circle of willow trees is planted, and the weeping willows are green in summer, and the breeze blows very beautifully.
The pavilions here are located in the middle of the lake, like a small island, surrounded by the lake, forming a natural summer resort.
"This is in the lower courtyard, named Qinghe!" Lan Yicheng said.
Leng Banxia took a closer look at the yard, squatted on the edge of the lake, gently pulled the pink tip lotus on the side, put it in front of the nose and sniffed, the fragrance of the lotus came to the face, the atmosphere was light but not heavy, elegant but not cheesy, which made people feel refreshed.
Lan Yicheng couldn't help but smile when he saw Leng Banxia like this, and then said: "I think you have nowhere to go recently, this Qinghe Courtyard is temporarily for you to live in!" ”
Leng Banxia got up and thanked him: "Thank you, Senior Lan!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Yin Yicheng's thoughts turned, and he said again: "I don't know the girl's name? ”
"Leng Banxia!" blurted out.
When the words fell, several butterflies flew over and landed on Leng Banxia's shoulder, Leng Banxia turned around and was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly slapped the butterfly down, and quickly hid behind Lan Yicheng, knowing that the butterfly had flown away before he came out cautiously.
"Are you afraid of butterflies?"
"I've never had any of these in Snow Valley, so of course I'll be scared!"
The snow valley is in the middle of a mountain peak, in the cave, the size of the cave runs through the entire mountain range, the inside is intricate, the hole is connected with the hole, like a maze array, although the Five Poisons Sect is a cult that the world does not tolerate, but in this cave, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack the natural excellent terrain.
In the early years, the head of the twenty-four protectors of the Boyue Sect, Dai Qiluo, and the head of the Boyue Sect had a dispute, and the world said that it was because of love and hatred, so Dai Qiluo led his own people to break away from the Boyue Sect and came to the Snow Valley to establish his own sect.
And Dai Qiluo is known for poisonous beauty, good at making poison, poisoning, one of which is called "Sleeping Beauty", is the treasure of the Boyue Sect and is also unique to Dai Qiluo, using the world's most poisonous: king cobra, Western Mamba snake, golden scorpion, poison dart frog, Western web spider, acacia bean, water poison hemlock, aconite grass and centipedes, toads, geckos that feed with realgar and cinnabar all year round, toads, geckos are prepared and milled into brown poisonous powder.
And the most special thing about this poison is that simply drugging Sleeping Beauty can make a person die of heartache with just a little bit, but it doesn't leave a trace. And the reason why it is called Sleeping Beauty, because there is also a medicine in it, only Dai Qiluo knows, every time she dispenses the medicine, she also dispenses it alone, and this last medicine is added to it is a veritable Sleeping Beauty, dissolved in the meal, or stained on clothes, accessories, on the night of the full moon, when the first rooster crows in the morning, this person will become a living dead, if there is no Dai Qiluo himself to detoxify within seven days, he will sleep forever, as if he drank ten vats of spirits, he will be drunk until death!
So, it also has a name, it's called Millennium Drunk!
Over the years, many people have died from Sleeping Beauty, and many people have fallen asleep because of it, but Daikiro has not detoxified and saved one person.
When Dai Qiluo broke away from the Boyue Sect, the Sleeping Beauty also left, and soon after, there was one more Five Poisons Sect on the rivers and lakes, less than two years, which made it easier for the Boyue Sect to form a trend of rebellion.
And Mantu's master is Daikira, Mantuo was born in the Boyue Sect, raised by Daikira, and followed Daiqiluo to the Snow Valley when she was a child, and she became the only descendant of Sleeping Beauty!
The two jumped lightly, lit the lotus flowers and lotus leaves all over the lake, and jumped to the island in the center of the lake, Lan Yicheng walked to the attic here, fortunately he has recently planned to live here, so this place was cleaned out early, but I didn't expect it to be prepared for a little girl who is not familiar with the world.
The room was very chic, everything was made of fine rosewood, and as soon as you entered the door you saw a screen embroidered with the orchids of the Four Gentlemen in fine white silk cloth, and behind the screen was a desk with a gilt candlestick, on which the red candle was still new and had not been lit.
There is a door on the side, behind the door is the bedroom of this attic, behind the light gauze tent is a double sleeping couch with a foot from the ground, and there is a dresser under the window on the side, and the closed dressing box is inlaid with gold edges with auspicious cloud patterns, which is very atmospheric, but I always feel that it is a little out of place in the room.
Leng Banxia walked over with some curiosity, stretched out his hand and touched it, looked at the bronze mirror on the table, and said, "The predecessors already have a wife?" ”
Lan Yicheng frowned after hearing this, and said with some displeasure: "Yes! ”
Leng Banxia slowly turned around, looked at Lan Yicheng with a cloudy face, lowered his eyebrows, and said, "Senior is afraid that I live here and be known by my wife, so I will embarrass my senior?" If that's the case, it's half a summer away! ”
A wry smile flashed on Lan Yicheng's face, and then he said very calmly: "It's okay! I'll tell her that you can live in peace! ”
In the evening, Lan Yicheng carried a lunch box, took a few maids and servants to the small island in the middle of the lake by boat, sat on the roof and looked at the cold Banxia in the distance, and then jumped down, looked at them a little strangely, and only listened to Lan Yicheng said: "They are here to serve you, and according to your size, they have made a few clothes...... This is a meal for you, I don't know if it suits your taste, you taste it. ”
Leng Banxia, who reacted, looked these maids up and down, and then waved his hand: "No, I don't need someone to serve me, thank you Senior Lan for bothering!" ”
Lan Yicheng lowered his head and smiled, and then walked to the back room, the dining table was upstairs, Leng Banxia followed him to the upstairs, looking at the four dishes and one soup on the table, Leng Banxia was suddenly a little greedy, and picked up the chopsticks and tasted them under Lan Yicheng's gaze, which she had never eaten, she used to eat vegetables in the snow valley, and had never touched the meat, and now this drunken chicken was in front of her, and she couldn't resist it.
"Senior, what is this? In the mouth, it is sweet and delicious, and it is more chewy than a dough. ”
"This is a drunken chicken, stewed with wine and chicken!"
Lan Yicheng stood aside, looking at Leng Banxia's innocent appearance, he suddenly felt happy and relaxed, and he didn't have to put a shelf in front of others.
As soon as the words fell, Leng Banxia touched his forehead, muttered in his mouth, and finally asked puzzledly: "Wine?" I had only heard the master say before, and she always said: A drunk relieves a thousand sorrows, and wine is a good thing. What the hell is this wine? Isn't it as delicious as this drunken chicken? ”
Lan Yicheng lowered his head and smiled slightly, it was the first time he went down the mountain, he didn't know anything about anything, but he really wanted to be a fairy in the nine heavens, should he say that the mantuo sect was meticulous? Or is it too pedantic?
"In two days, I'll bring a jar, and you'll know when you taste it!" Lan Yicheng said with a smile.
Leng Banxia nodded happily, sat down to face the food on this table as he spoke, and launched an offensive.
Halfway through the meal, Lan Yicheng asked all his subordinates to retreat, sat opposite her, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked, "Your master...... Mantuo, are you alright? Can the wounds on your body heal? ”
Leng Banxia suddenly stopped her chopsticks, wiped the corners of her mouth with the towel that had been prepared at the table, looked down and looked away, thinking back to the past picture in her mind, Master Mantuo was extremely strong, every time the wound on her heart collapsed, she hid in the secret room alone and came out for a long time, while Banxia was unintentionally lazy and didn't want to practice, so she discovered this secret.
According to Mantuo's temperament, it will never be known to outsiders, and now it is a fault to go down the mountain privately, if she is revealing her scars and letting others know her shortcomings, it is even more of a fault.
"My master is very good, I didn't see any injuries on my body, and I still get up every hour to practice sword dancing. Leng Banxia said.
Lan Yicheng nodded, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and then he asked very kindly: "Your master gave you the ice silk gloves, but he wants to pass on the position of head to you?" ”
Leng Banxia looked down at the ice silk gloves on her waist, although the master had thought so, but how could her old man's mind be what they guessed? Besides, this is a private matter in the teaching, even if he is an old friend of the master, he can't say it.
"I don't know! This is a private matter in the sect, and we disciples have the right to intervene. Leng Banxia said sloppily.
But Lan Yicheng didn't believe this statement at all, Mantuo had a strong temperament, if he didn't plan to pass it on to Leng Banxia, how could he even give her ice silk gloves.
After a few words of greeting, Lan Yicheng left Qinghe Garden, walking on the way home, the anger in his heart became heavier and heavier, he thought that Mantuo would never come out again, and he received his sword in his heart, and he thought that the sword was smeared with Sanqi Sansan, and it would not be long before the sword was smeared, even if she relied on internal strength to survive, the wound on her heart was difficult to heal, could it be that she found a way to heal?
Hum! So what? The hatred between him and Mantuo is not a day or two, if Mantuo's injury is really healed, he would have come out to kill him Lan Yicheng a long time ago, after so many years, he didn't even dare to go out of the door, presumably it was also the oil ran out, so he would deliberately pass on the throne and Leng Banxia.
Lan Yicheng returned to the door of his house, looked at the plaque above his head, and couldn't help laughing a few times, there is a way that the Heavenly Dao Wheel should not be happy, and now that Mantuo's personal disciple has appeared, how can he let it go easily? If she died, the Five Poisons Sect would also lose an arm.
However, before she died, if she didn't make good use of it and pay off this debt for her master, wouldn't it be too cheap for her!
At this time, Lan Yicheng's wife rode in a peach-colored sedan chair with tassels of the same color at the four corners and heard the door of the house.
Lan Yicheng watched her wife Nangong Yuexi get out of the sedan chair in gorgeous clothes, the indifference on her face was as cold as an ice cellar, and the anger that was slowly suppressed in her eyes vaguely seemed to be able to see the flames burning.
"Husband, are you back? The concubine has a good thing to tell her husband, and the husband is willing to hear it. Nangong Yuexi happily walked up to Lan Yicheng, took his arm and said.
Lan Yicheng quickly put away his indifferent face, and instantly changed into a good gentleman, and said with a very gentle appearance: "Madam, please say ......"
Nangong Yuexi caressed her lower abdomen, and said with some shyness and joy: "Didn't the husband say that he wanted a daughter?"