The Road Back to Beijing (X) (Part II)

When the moon rises in the willows, Lian'er half lies in the exquisite white marble soup pool in the backyard of Yanyuan, letting the hot spring water slowly wash her skin. The pool floated with all kinds of flowers that she brought back from the mountains at night.

Someone had wanted to come to the bath with him, but Chen Cheng and several other subordinates from Pingluan Pavilion showed up, and he had to give up his delicious food to deal with business.

A maid came in lightly, put a stack of gauze clothes on the spring bench outside the screen, and was about to go out, when she saw another girl waiting in the courtyard coming in with a crane ding, ready to replace the crane ding that had been burning on the table for a while. The two girls said a few words briefly, because Lian'er didn't like people to wait closely, so the two of them consciously withdrew together.

The sweet fragrance wafted in, Lian'er frowned and opened her eyes, walked ashore along the white marble steps, reached out and took the white cotton robe on the shore and covered her body, walked to the table and picked up the teapot and poured some tea and drank it, picked a few things in the dried fruit bowl next to her and chewed them slowly for a while, drank some tea, and then walked back into the water, fished out two flowers from the water and bit them in her mouth, looked at the chess game on the marble chessboard on the shore, and moved a sunspot, Then find the original comfortable position, and put your head on the jade stone made into a pillow shape on the shore, Let the body float in the water, and the white robe is filled with water, floating back and forth.

An old woman came in with a tray, put down a stack of braised goose paws and peanuts at the table, took out another bottle of wine, and looked at the dried fruits on the table.

"Didn't I say that you don't have to come in and wait, I have to call to come in?" Lian'er took out the two flowers from her mouth, closed her eyes, and asked slowly.

"The little girl is very good at enjoying it." The old woman walked to the edge of the pool with a smile: "Tut-tut, this body is whiter than this white marble platform, I really want to bite twice, old woman." ”

"Sister Gu didn't come here in Thousand Crane Valley, did she personally send Heding?" Lian'er stood up and sat on the edge of the pool, her feet still dangling in the water.

"The little girl really thinks differently from people, and she doesn't seem surprised to see me."

"There are no surprises, there are two points of curiosity."

"Only two points? Not five tens? ”

"Not so curious yet."

"You really don't ask, why am I here? I'm not curious, how did I get in such a private place, old woman? ”

"Sister Gu, if you add a little star anise oil to your Heding's fragrant cake, it is estimated that the effect will be better."

"It's true that the effect of the medicine is even more effective after blood activation, but the taste of star anise is a bit pungent, and it is easy to be noticed." Granny Gu said seriously.

"Add some osmanthus powder and cumin oil together, maybe it will be light."

"The girl is really good, worship me as a teacher!"

"Do you think there's anything you can teach me?" Lian'er looked at Gu Hua with a smile.

"Well, even if you can't teach much, but worship me as a teacher, and Qianhe Valley will be your backing in the future, see if that kid dares to bully you."

"I don't apprentice, isn't Sister Gu's Thousand Crane Valley also the backing of the bullied women in the world?"

"You're a good couple with that stinky boy, and you're crooked, articulate, and not at all."

"Sister needs someone to make it? It's a good thing that you don't bully people. ”

"Whoever I bully, I am reluctant to bully you, a little girl with fine skin and tender meat."

"Are you really reluctant to test me for medicine?"

"Didn't you figure it all out yourself? Otherwise, there is that kid here, just let him serve you well, hahaha..." Gu Hua teased herself a little: "But I like the little girl's technique very much, and they all use some common things." I actually used some dried fruits and a few flowers to get it. How did you come up with the idea? Teach me? ”

"Didn't my sister ask me to worship you as a teacher?" Lian'er looked at her with a smile.

"Stinky girl, it seems that I'm still too soft-handed. Let that kid discipline you well. Gu Hua said angrily.

"Sister, don't say that, my daughter-in-law has always disciplined me, where can I discipline her." As he spoke, Xinjie turned in from behind the screen.

"Stinky boy, sister help you!"

"Thank you, sister, but my sister is willing to gamble."

"Hmph, she's indispensable." Gu Hua glanced at Xinjie, took out a piece of bronze medal from his sleeve that was similar to the material used by the high-grade crane tripod of Thousand Crane Valley, but this black light was heavier, and handed it to Lian'er: "This is the token of Thousand Crane Valley, From now on, you are the third master of Thousand Crane Valley, and you will have a dividend of one percent of Thousand Crane Valley every year." ”

"It's too expensive for me to take it."

Gu Hua held Lian'er's hand, with a gentle and kind expression, not at all the hip-hop and laughing expression just now: "Child, I and your grandfather and grandmother are all from the same family, without these brothers and sisters, and there is no Guhua and Qianhe Valley today." I liked it very much when I saw you in Luojia Town that day, but my hands were not empty at the time, and I didn't have a chance to talk to you more. Today I received news that you did not enter Beijing, but came to the east, and I especially wanted to come and see you. This is the dowry I prepared for you on behalf of your grandmother. Even if this kid Xinjie doesn't bet this game with me today, this is what he is going to prepare for you, not to mention that you really won this bet. I am willing to gamble and lose, if you don't accept it, people outside still think that I can't afford to gamble. As he spoke, he brought out a ruffian on his face.

Lian'er looked at Xinjie, who smiled and nodded.

"Don't look at him, this kid is a thief," Gu Hua quipped, "Don't give him a penny of silver if you take it, this is for you to buy jewelry and clothing, and you don't have to cheapen him." ”

A component of the Thousand Crane Valley is red to buy jewelry and clothing, and Lian'er feels this sweat.

The candlelight in the room flickered, Lian'er looked at the token of the Thousand Crane Valley in her hand, a heavy bronze, with a standing crane and a row of cranes flying in the sky. The token has been used for a long time and is very smooth. After Xinjie saw off the guests, he instructed the people of the Aoki Society in the courtyard to do some things before coming in. Seeing her sitting there, he walked straight up to her and sniffed her hair.

"What you bet with Gu Hua is that I can solve that love fragrance? If I can't solve it, what will you pay? He was a little curious, what kind of bet made Gu Hua willing to give a thousand Crane Valley dividends in equal measure.

"How can my lady not solve it?" The sweet floral scent of his hair seduced him.

"What if? You know, within your protection, I'm very relaxed. In case I get drugged..."

Before she could finish speaking, she was intercepted by him: "Then I'm even happier." ”

She snapped and slapped him on the chest: "No." ”

"Then who do you want to give you the antidote?" He suddenly strangled her waist hard.

"Whatever!" Lian'er poked him in the face: "Who else but you, you can't say that you will answer my question first, otherwise you won't be allowed anything." ”

He grinned and said, "The lady scared me to death." If I lose, I'll give her Guanyunguan as a separate courtyard. ”

"Didn't you say that the Taoist priest in that temple told you not to move that temple? How can you make another house for her? ”

"It's not okay to give it to others, but it's okay to give it to Guhua. Because the old Taoist priest is her green plum. The old Taoist priest left it to me, and he also left a little thought, thinking that maybe there was a chance to hand it over to Gu Hua. So after the old way, I let everyone stay as they were. There are many poetry collections and picture scrolls in it, all of which are related to Guhua. ”

"Gu Hua is a free body after coming out of the Yu Protector's Mansion, haven't you ever thought about getting back together with that person?"

"Don't look at Gu Hua testing medicine with men now, it seems ridiculous, in fact, she is very pure in her heart. She always felt that she had been married, dirty, and unworthy of that noble man. The Gu family didn't know the identity of that person back then, and if they knew, they might not force her to marry Yu Huhou. ”

"The other party is a prince?"

"Much taller than that, that's Emperor Gaozu's youngest uncle, the bloodline of Taizu Zhengzong."

"The Gu family didn't inquire at that time?"

"At that time, that person was studying in Jiangnan, and originally wanted to marry Gu Hua, but the world made people, Emperor Gaozu temporarily recruited him to return to Beijing, and then returned to Jiangnan when the matter in Beijing was over, and found that Gu Hua had already joined the Yu Protector's Mansion."

"Alas!" Lian'er hugged him tightly, not all lovers have the opportunity to become married, but they still have to cherish the present.

Feeling her attachment, Xinjie was very happy, but when he mentioned the topic of Guhua, he wanted to take advantage of the situation to finish speaking: "Since you talk about this topic, I think you promise me one thing." ”

"What?" She was a little surprised, and his expression was very serious.

Yes, very serious topic: "Lian'er, you know that what we are going to face can be very complicated, so first of all we have to trust each other in everything. ”

Lian'er nodded, the storm in Beijing is coming, of course she understands this.

"This trust is not just a general thing, but also that you have to trust my heart for you. No matter what happens, you have to trust me and don't leave me. I'm going to do my best not to put you in any danger, but in case, I mean, something has to happen, you don't have to take it all by yourself, let's face it together. I don't want any accident to cause us to regret it for the rest of our lives. ”

"I understand."

"No, you don't fully understand. If you are Guhua, I am that person, whether you are married or have children, I don't care, as long as we can stay together. Even if something unfortunate happens to Jin Jiu, you have to believe me, I won't give up on you because of the outside world. ”

"Jin Jiu?"

"Yes, Jin Jiu. Do you know why Jin Jiu has always been afraid to associate with me? Even if it was normal business dealings, he put on a respectful look. He would not mention that I was his friend in front of outsiders. Even if she disguised herself as a man, she would not come near me, for she was afraid that if someone else found out about her past, it would affect my reputation. She's a kind person, but she suffers from herself. But she's just a friend, not my woman, so I don't want to interfere too much with her thoughts. You are different, you must promise me, no matter what happens, no matter what the situation, you will not give up on me. ”

"What happened to Jin Jiu at the beginning?"