The fourth master remembered that he had been raised by Concubine Tong Jia since he was a child, and his feelings for his biological concubine De were also chaotic.

He agreed to Wan Ying's request to find a family for Chunhua, although it was just a humble request of a slave, but he could understand.

"Master, it's here!"

Outside, Su Peisheng's report was heard.

Then, Wan Ying and the fourth master got out of the carriage in turn.

Wan Ying immediately looked around, trying her best to connect the Old Summer Palace in front of her with the Old Summer Palace she remembered in later generations.

It's not the same at all!

There is only a wooden door in front of you, and it is surrounded by a "wall" woven of bamboo strips, which is more like a private garden.

"Put down the horse, let's go inside. In some places, the foundations are being laid. The fourth master said.

The fourth master still shared a horse with Wan Ying and ran into the garden, and Su Peisheng and Chunhua were left outside to wait.

The fourth master gently whipped the horse's rope, only letting it trot in the garden, and it didn't take long for it to come to a body of water.

"This is a lake!" Wan Ying sat on the chest of the fourth master, looked at the lotus flowers all over the lake, and said excitedly.

It turned out that they came to the location of the Lotus Pavilion, which was later known as the Changchun Immortal Pavilion.

"Come, come down and have a look." The fourth master turned over and dismounted, and then took Wan Ying down.

Wan Ying watched the wild lotus reborn in the water, there was a big island in the middle, the island was overgrown with trees, I don't know the depth, and across the island, there were several small mountain bags.

"Master, that painting is based on this terrain?" Wan Ying remembered the painting made with the fourth master in the study, in the painting, on the fairy island of the first world, the house is deep, the eaves are heavy, and the courtyard is connected with each other, and the courtyard path is full of sycamores and stones.

"Hmm. It was drawn based on this terrain. I haven't shown it to Huang Ama yet. Huang Ama asked me to draw according to the characteristics of each terrain, mountain, and forest. Although the lake is not big, it is full of lotus flowers, many water birds, and there is a faint bit of fairy bones. At night, the lake seems to be boiling, and the mist is rising, which is spectacular. The fourth master said.

"The fog is rising?" Wan Ying muttered, secretly surprised in her heart, and involuntarily said, "Master, can we take a look at the fog?" ”

"It's impossible to see it today." The fourth master said, "It's not this time, it's winter." It's early summer, and there's no such spectacle. ”

Wan Ying was slightly disappointed, so she walked to the water's edge, squatted down, took a handful of water with her hand, put it under her nose and sniffed it, and finally stuck out her tongue and licked it a few times.

"Thirsty? This water is also clean, but don't drink it, I'm afraid there will be eggs in it. The fourth master didn't see Wanying's movements clearly, he just thought that she was thirsty and wanted to drink the water in the lake.

"Ye is right, the concubine is confused." Wan Ying threw the water in her hand into the lake, turned around and stood up.

Actually, she just wanted to taste whether there was a smell and taste of sulfate in this water, but naturally she couldn't tell the fourth master.

The fourth master took off the water bag from the horse, personally removed the mouth of the bag, handed it to Wan Ying and said, "When it's winter, the master will take you to see it." ”

Wan Ying smiled sweetly and said to the fourth master: "The painting paper designed by the master will definitely be liked by the emperor." However, the lake is damp, and I am afraid that the wood used for the palaces and pavilions built on the island must be of the highest quality, otherwise it will rot for a long time. ”

The fourth master nodded and said, "Yes, this island is surrounded by water, and the humidity is very high, and the wood used is definitely better than other places." Golden silk nanmu is only infested in Guizhou, Yunnan Province. The number is also extremely scarce. It is said that in order to build the Forbidden City, the former Ming Dynasty transported tens of thousands of tons of golden silk nanmu from there. This tree does not have decades and cannot grow at all. ”

Wan Ying nodded, remembering that she had said from her grandfather in the history of the construction of the Old Summer Palace that the Qing court spent a lot of money to transport nanmu from Guizhou, Yunnan Province in order to build the Old Summer Palace.

"Just now, Lao Ba and Lao Jiu also said that they were going to Dabai Mountain to transport wood over. Ye knew that it must be Lao Jiu's idea from the money jar. His hand was a little too long. The fourth master couldn't help but say.

Wan Ying was secretly frightened in her heart: The fourth master was unhappy because he met the eighth and ninth masters?

"The wood in the north is more than strong, and it may not tolerate such a humid environment." Wan Ying said.

"The master will never let him earn the silver of the emperor. Unless Huang Ama wants him to intervene. A glint flashed in the fourth master's eyes.

"Lord Belle, look, is there a wild duck over there?" Wan Ying noticed that something was moving in the lotus flower.

The fourth master looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw a living creature.

"It's a mallard." The fourth master said.

"It's a pity that there is no boat ...... here," Wan Ying suddenly began to playfully.

"There's one over there." The fourth master said.

"Master, then let's take the boat and catch wild ducks." Wan Ying smiled.

"I want to go to that island and have a look. Catch a few mallards by the way. The fourth master said.

Wan Ying also wanted to go to the water fairy island to see, she remembered that the ruins of the Changchun Immortal Pavilion that she saw in later generations were just a barren, there was no water at all, and there was no water. Grandpa once said that the water must have dried up, and then it was filled in.

Today, when I saw the original appearance of this Changchun Immortal Pavilion, as my grandfather said, there is still such a body of water here.

The fourth master pulled out a wooden boat from a lotus leaf bush, which must have been put there by the fourth master.

There are two wooden prizes on the wooden boat, and there are several fish baskets at the end of the boat.

Wan Ying thought, maybe there was a fishing rod in it.

Sure enough, the fourth master pulled the wooden boat over, Wan Ying stood on the shore and looked inside, and a fishing rod was lying inside.

"Come on." The fourth master jumped on the wooden boat first, "When the master came before, he often fished in a boat alone. ”

Wan Ying stretched out her hand to pull the fourth master's outstretched hand, and couldn't help but envy: "Then the concubine will accompany the master to catch a wild duck today and catch a few fish." ”

"Wild ducks aren't that easy to catch. Look at luck. The fourth master said, "Sit down, come rowing." ”

The fourth master rowed the wooden boat slowly towards the hiding place of the wild ducks, and Wan Ying couldn't help but stretch out her hand in the water.

She closed her eyes, feeling the softness of the water and the caress of the wind.

The fourth master looked at her delicate face, surrounded by lotus leaves, like the most beautiful lotus.

"You can't get any closer, and if you get closer, the mallards will fly away." The fourth master said softly.

Wan Ying opened her eyes and slowly crawled to the other end of the boat. The whole person was almost crawling on top of the wooden boat.

She brushed aside the lotus leaves in front of her and looked at the wild duck not far away, unaware of anyone approaching.

Wild ducks are pecking at fish and shrimp in the water, completely unaware of the danger.

The fourth master gently put the wooden prize away, picked up his fishing rod, and said softly to Wan Ying: "You come here, you can hit it with this." ”

Wan Ying shook her head, and made a silent gesture to the fourth master, and said in a very light and light tone:

"Master, we don't have a shortage of ducks to eat, so let's spare them."

The fourth master smiled slightly and put down the fishing rod in his hand.