Skirting a bamboo forest in the back mountains, Liluo walked on the pine-paved wooden floor road, although the weather in Beijing was quite hot at the moment, but it was extremely cool here. I didn't see anyone all the way, Zimi and Cherry followed behind the pear and walked very restrainedly, Shen Chuling was worried that the pear fell a little uncomfortable, so he told the joke that Shen Xitong made in the school.

Some time ago, "Qing Talk" was popular in Beijing, and Lin Chongyi, a talented man from Suiyang College, came to them to talk about poetry in Fangcao Pavilion, and most of the nobles and nobles in Beijing went to listen, but Shen Xitong asked people in the court, "Heaven descends to Taode, and women are power", since I advocate women to study, why can't women go out of the court as officials like men, people like me who don't like to learn literature also know that "Heaven descends to Taode, and women are power" does not mean this, do you say that this Shen Xitong is too angry, and what is even more embarrassing is that after Lin Chongyi explained the meaning of this, Shen Xitong also dragged Qin Shiyu to go to the school of Suiyang Academy every day to block him, and wanted to talk with him to compare the level, not only did Xitong not win back face, but even Shiyu came back and admired Lin Chongyi. Shen Chuling's words were quite uneven, he didn't like to read since he was a child, but Qin Shiyu especially liked readers.

Thinking of the Lin Dacai in his brother's heart being blocked by Shen Xitong on the road every day to debate, Liluo felt quite funny and couldn't help laughing.

Fangcao Pavilion was founded by Jingshi Hanlin Yuan, the head of the courtyard is the wife of the first grade of the Lu Guogong Mansion Mrs. Jiang, almost the noble daughters of the Beijing teacher above six grades will be sent to study, the content of the teaching is mainly based on poetry, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, female red embroidery, they are divided into classes according to age, Shen Xitong has learned a half-hanger, and made a lot of jokes in it, fortunately, she is thick-skinned, her father has a big official position, and no one dares to laugh at her face, but Shen Chuling is so made by Shen Xitong every time, and she feels very faceless.

"This can't be blamed on Sister Xitong, the content of this Lin Chongyi's speech is too biased, who will go to his daughter's house to talk about Daya in the Book of Poetry, the "Daya Dang" chapter of this Book of Poetry is indeed a bit obscure."

"Hey, then she can pretend to be underneath, you see, she exposed her shortcomings in front of the noble girl of Jingshi." Shen Chuling shook his head helplessly, feeling that the mud couldn't get on the wall.

"Then Sister Xitong has been looking for Lin Dacai recently?" Riloku asked curiously, "Not really, she's been obsessed with horse fighting lately, and she's put the previous things aside." Shen Chuling said with a smile, as if he was in a very good mood.

Walked across a small arch bridge, only to see under the wisteria trellis, several women gathered in front of the stone table, playing the most popular horse fighting in Beijing, four women are standing behind a maid, in the back of the fan, handing snacks, serving tea, the air seems to be unusually quiet, Shen Xitong sat in the middle, her expression seemed to be extremely serious, she was wearing a water-red smoke yarn Bixia shirt, the ink-colored hair was gently pulled up and obliquely inserted into a Wei Ling hairpin, the afterglow of the sunset through the flower shadow hit her side face more and more skin crystal like jade.

After being reminded by the maid, Shen Xitong stood up excitedly, a pair of black and white eyes immediately looked in the direction where Liluo came, his smile bloomed, and his voice was as pleasant as a yellow warbler, "Liluo, here, here." Shen Xitong raised his left hand, for fear that the pear would not be able to see it.

Liluo nodded with a smile, and saw a girl wearing a bright yellow embroidered Luo skirt sitting on Shen Xitong's right hand, with a pair of long eyelashes like wings on her side face like wings, her skin was white and tender like jade, and the bridge of her nose was erect, she was sitting upright on the stone bench, looking delicate and graceful, although it was not as bright as Shen Xitong, but it had its own unique classical charm, and at this moment she also smiled at the direction where the pear fell, this should be Qin Shiyu who had a marriage contract with Shen Chuling.

After Shen Chuling saw her, he seemed to blush a little, and he lowered his head slightly, "Sister Liluo, let Ah Zi take you over, I won't send you, and the eldest brother will have something to do with me later." Liluo knew that he was a little shy when he saw Qin Shiyu, so he didn't expose it, and agreed with a smile.

On the left hand side of Shen Xitong, a woman in a dark blue brocade dress stood up, her head was holding black temples, flying phoenix hairpins obliquely, and her little belly was slightly bulging, at this moment she smiled sweetly at Liluo, Liluo saw that her face was like a silver plate, her eyebrows were picturesque, and the whole person looked elegant and generous, and hurriedly returned a salute from afar, this is Shen Muzhou's wife Li Shi, who has been married for nearly a year.

Finally, the woman sitting with her back to the pear was wearing a pale cyan dress, embroidered with small plum blossoms on the clothes, her hair was pulled up and hung down at will, and a lilac hairpin was inserted obliquely, she also hurriedly stood up after hearing the wind, and looked at the pear fall, with a bit of amazement in her eyes, "Sister Xitong, this is your cousin Jiang Liluo, sure enough, it is clear water out of hibiscus, and it is natural to carve it." She spoke a little fast, and her temperament was very lively at first glance, this was Ouyang Mujian's sister Ouyang Qingluo, she was younger than Shen Xitong and them.

Seeing that everyone stood up, Liluo hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Liluo has seen sister-in-law, Sister Xitong, Sister Shiyu, and Sister Qingluo." The evening breeze came out, the girl's black hair was gently raised, and her fair skin showed the afterglow of the sunset, which was a little like a fairy. ”

Liluo lowered his head and thanked him softly, Li saw that their little sister seemed to have a lot of things to say, and it was inconvenient for them to be present, so they said that they were a little unhappy, and went back to the room to rest, and Shen Xitong and they didn't stay.

After watching the Li family walk away, Shen Xitong's eyes suddenly flashed a hint of cunning, "Na, it's this person who robbed you of your position." She suddenly glanced at Qin Shiyu and said to Jiang Liluo, "I thought you would marry Shen Chuling, who knew that this person would be the first to take the lead." After saying that, he seemed a little indignant.

There was a sudden awkward silence in the air, Jiang Liluo's body immediately stiffened as soon as he was about to sit down, this Shen Xitong spoke too disregarding the occasion, when was he going to marry Shen Chuling, he obviously didn't have time to hide from himself, and was about to say two words.

"Sister Liluo, then you have to thank me for accepting Shen Chuling's villain for you," Qin Shiyu didn't seem to be annoyed at all, blinking her eyes and smiling at Liluo, who was suddenly full of affection for this clever girl.

"Brother Chu Ling is a great blessing to be able to find such a good girl as Sister Shiyu, don't listen to Sister Xitong's nonsense, I came here to Daoxi, I don't know when I can drink your happy wine." I don't know how sincere it is in Liluo's words.

Qin Shiyu also smiled shyly when she heard this, "If you don't learn well at a young age, don't talk nonsense." Several girls instantly laughed together, and Qin Shiyu was immediately full of affection for this new sister.

However, why did Shen Xitong make friends with Qin Shiyu, Liluo thought about it for a while.

The silent war between Shen Xitong and Qin Shiyu started from Fangcao Pavilion three years ago, Shen Xitong was the representative of the imperial court, her grandfather was the founding general Shen Lun, her father Shen Wu was a product of the dynasty, and her brother Shen Muzhou was the youngest general since the opening of the dynasty. Qin Shiyu is the representative of the new able ministers of the imperial court, her father was a poor scholar, I opened the road to the imperial examination, so that many scholars have the opportunity to enter the court as officials, Qin Gang is one of the famous capable ministers, build water conservancy, build embankments, and have made extraordinary achievements, before the Weishui flood, could have continued to be promoted to the Ministry of Works.

Qin Shiyu felt that Shen Xitong had nothing to show for himself, and Shen Xitong felt that Qin Shiyu pretended to be high, until that year, Pei Yi returned to the dynasty to serve as the prime minister and brought Pei Jia, the daughter of the Pei family.

In Fangcao Pavilion, Qin Shiyu is good at painting and playing the qin, and she is already a famous talented woman in it, but this Pei Jia is not only proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also extremely beautiful, and her personality is even more gentle and generous.

Shen Xitong didn't care about this, but finally someone robbed Qin Shiyu of her reputation as a "talented girl", and she had to steal fun, but it didn't take long for her to find that she was even worse than Qin Shiyu. After Pei Jia came, not only did Mr. lecture her in class, but even her classmates who flattered her on weekdays began to ridicule her behind her back, and said that people who didn't even understand the five laws actually stayed in Fangcao Pavilion and lowered everyone's level, everyone knew that Pei Jia was proficient in all the twenty-eight strings, and even played it in front of the palace, winning the reputation of "a melody around Yuliang".

After being ridiculed by her classmates several times, Shen Xitong couldn't bear it anymore, she sneaked into the piano room before taking piano lessons, and wanted to break Pei Jia's piano secretly, so that she would be embarrassed when she played, but unfortunately the sky did not obey people's wishes, just when she was studying how to break the strings, she was caught by the gentleman who came in to play the piano, and this time she was not only locked up by Mr., but also had a reputation of "jealousy".

Pei Jia also said afterwards that Shen Xitong was young and ignorant, so he didn't take it to heart, which made Shen Xitong's image plummet, and now the person who is most willing to get close to Shen Xitong in Fangcao Pavilion is Qin Shiyu, because the two of them have a common enemy, Pei Jia.

With Pei Jia, a common enemy, Shen Xitong felt that Qin Shiyu was a lot cuter than before, and Qin Shiyu also felt that Shen Xitong was not as arrogant and domineering as before, and the two often became guests in each other's mansions.

"Liluo, do you know how to fight horses, it's still early for the feast, or let's play two games together." Qin Shiyu preached to Liluo, playing horse is a kind of card made of bamboo, played by four people, each person takes eight cards first, and the remaining eight are placed in the middle of the table, and the four people take turns to play cards, take cards, and play cards to hit small and large. Playing horse cards have the banker, the player's division, the village has no fixed master, can take turns to sit, so the three players work together to attack the banker, so that the next village.

"Yes, please be merciful." Riro replied with a smile, but soon the others regretted it. In the first two games, Liluo was not very familiar with the rules of Jingshi, and he played so-so, but fortunately, Liluo was very studious and had a very flexible mind.

In the glow of the setting sun, Ouyang Qingluo saw that the girl in the blue dress and smiled gracefully next to her was fighting steadily and ruthlessly, and silently reminded herself in her heart that she must not provoke Jiang Liluo in the future, Qin Shiyu silently agreed on the side.

Shen Xitong lost almost every game, arguing that he couldn't come, and it didn't take long for the banquet to start, because the Jingshi had not been peaceful recently, the banquet was not very organized, only two tables were divided, and a screen was placed in the middle.

After the greetings, they each sat down to eat, and everyone in the men's table drank the pear blossom stuffed side brought by Liluo, and continued to talk about the recent abnormal things in Jingshi, because Shen Muzhou had just returned to Jingshi not long ago, and he didn't know much about many things in Jingshi.

Ning Yi drinks himself, the pear blossom brewing is made of the clear spring on the lion's head mountain in Quzhou and the dwarf hemp glutinous rice planted next to the canal after the fermentation is completed, add the fresh pear blossoms in the backyard of Jiangfu, put it in the small jar to continue fermentation, the longer the time, the better the taste, because it is summer, Shen Muzhou people add some ice cubes into it, the taste is clear and sweet, and there is a unique floral fragrance, when Shen Yue was alive, he would brew some every year and send it to Beijing, almost everyone likes it, and even Ning Yi, a person who is very picky about drinking, is also amazed.

On the women's side, Shen Xitong began to mention Pei Jia indignantly again, because a few days ago he changed into a new summer dress and went to Fangcao Pavilion, Pei Jia said in front of other nobles that he was wearing fat clothes and light clothes, not taking the victims of the Jingshi disaster in his eyes, and not understanding the suffering of the world, so that Shen Xitong couldn't get off the stage immediately, and there was nothing to refute.

Hearing this, based on Shen Xitong's previous letters to herself, Liluo felt that this Miss Pei Jia had the means to use the public opinion guidance in Fangcao Pavilion to squeeze out Xitong and Shiyu in such a short period of time, without blindly making people sympathetic, knowing when to speak softly and when to speak hard, and personally coming out to give porridge when there were victims in Beijing, the unity of knowledge and action, so that people could not find any fault, Pei and Shen did not deal with each other quickly, Pei Jia squeezed out Shen Xitong but could find the reason, But why did she exclude Qin Shiyu at the same time, speaking of the Qin family, "Sister Shiyu, is your father okay?" Liluo asked Qin Shiyu beside her softly.

"Don't worry, my father will be released soon, and the court will still need them." Qin Shiyu didn't seem to care, she looked very confident, well, she was able to go to the Shen Mansion to play horses when her father and brother were in trouble, thinking that the Qin family father and son did have extraordinary talents.

"Liluo," Liluo, who was drinking soup, heard Shen Xitong call her, and suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart.

"You are the only one among our sisters who stands out in every way, the next time you go to Fangcao Pavilion with us, we will give Pei Jia a war letter." Shen Xitong preached fiercely.

Liluo almost choked on a mouthful of soup, and Ning Yi, who was sitting behind the screen, laughed unconsciously when he heard this. "Sister Xitong, Miss Pei is in the limelight now, we still have to think about this matter in the long run, in case we lose the face of our father and brother, it will not be good." The pear fell back.

Qin Shiyu also agreed on the side, "Pei Jia not only has a good reputation in Fangcao Pavilion, but now even Jingshi is praised by everyone, we can't act rashly." ”

Ouyang Qingluo also echoed, "This Miss Pei Jia is not only good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but now it seems that this person is very good at taking advantage of everyone's remarks and killing people with a knife, I am afraid that no matter whether Liluo wins or loses, he will be truthful." "Although Qingluo is young, she is extremely mature in seeing people and things," and," Ouyang Qingluo suddenly lowered her voice and looked around, "I heard that Pei Guifei has long intended to let Pei Jia be her daughter-in-law, then Pei Jia will be the princess and a member of the royal family in the future," Ouyang Qingluo paused slightly, "It's better not to provoke." ”

Shen Xitong naturally understood this truth, but her depressed mood was even more irritable. Qin Shiyu deeply agreed after hearing Ouyang Qingluo's words, anyway, the time she spent with Shen Xitong in Fangcao Pavilion would not be too long, and it was a big deal to walk away from her in the future.

Shen Muzhou sat inside, and when he heard the name Pei Jia, his brows furrowed slightly.

After dinner, everyone retired one after another, seeing that it was getting late, Liluo was also about to retire, and was suddenly pulled to her boudoir mysteriously by Shen Xitong, and after retiring the maids on the left and right, Shen Xitong also opened the window to check if there was anyone around, Jiang Liluo knew that Shen Xitong might have encountered something, so he didn't say much, and waited patiently for Shen Xitong to speak.

Sure enough, Shen Xitong told Liluo about a strange thing he encountered two days ago, "That day I accompanied my grandmother to the Tanshan Temple in the western suburbs to worship the Buddha, and then my grandmother wanted to stay there to listen to Master Hongbo lecture on Buddhist scriptures, I was impatient, and the next day I begged my grandmother to let me go back, and my grandmother didn't say anything, only let the guards at home escort me, let me be careful on the road, I didn't expect to go down the mountain soon after, it began to rain, I didn't think it was nothing, but the sky suddenly became dark, I was a little scared, so I asked the old man Hu to hurry up, followed by a loud noiseThe carriage sank into a mud puddle, and I almost fell out.

Seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, I was even more scared, regretting that I did not follow my grandmother to stay in the temple, fortunately there was a guard in my house named Hu Fei, he immediately decided, lit the torches, let all of us put on our robes, and followed him to find a broken temple nearby to hide from the rain, although the broken temple was dirty and smelly, but it was better to take shelter for a while, the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, we thought that when the rain stopped, we would send someone to find a carriage.

"Suddenly, suddenly," Shen Xitong seemed to think of something extremely terrifying, his eyes were staring at the front like copper bells, and Liluo could only listen attentively from the sidelines, "Suddenly I saw a group of shadow-like people jumping past from the window, Hu Fei hurriedly asked everyone to extinguish their torches, and let us boo, all of us hid quietly behind a pile of grass, not daring to make a sound, but I still couldn't help but sneak a glance curiously, it's a zombie, I read it right, Liluo, it's really a zombie!" ”