Chapter 003: Lover
The night is deep, the cold wind of early spring blows to the body and there is still a slight chill, the stars are sparse in the night, but the bright moon is extraordinarily bright.
Qiu Shi sighed, looked at the tea bowl in his hand, seemed to be unbearable, hesitated in front of the door for a moment, and then opened the door and walked in, but saw that Chunhua was already sleeping on a Hu bed, so he stood in front of the collapse for a moment.
At this moment, the room was extremely quiet, so quiet that you could hear the sound of Chunhua's breathing, with a little nervous crampedness in the long.
After Qiushi put down the tea bowl, he said: "Chunhua, I know that you are not asleep, whether you want to hear it or not, there is something I must say to you,
Our two families have been slaves of the Xie family for generations, you and I can be selected by Lord Lang and become Lang Jun's personal maids, that is a blessing that we have cultivated in several lifetimes, you cherish it, and you must not do anything stupid....... ”
After finishing speaking, seeing that Chunhua still didn't move, he picked up a curtain mat and fell asleep on the small collapse on the other side.
Although he lay down in his clothes, Qiu Shi did not feel sleepy, and he could even clearly hear the small sound of Chunhua turning and turning on the Hu bed, and after about half an hour, there was a subtle sound of lifting the quilt, collapsing, footsteps and opening the door.
This series of actions, it can be said that Chunhua is extremely careful, but for Qiu Shi, who is already a precautionary heart, it is too clear and audible.
Qiu Shi couldn't help but clench his fingers, and after the last sound of the door had passed, he quietly got up and chased after Chunhua's figure.
This is a very famous inn in Wuxing County - Drunken Moon Inn, which is owned by the Wuxing Shen family in the county who is famous for its heroic township, the Shen family has been crowned in Jiangdong since the Eastern Jin Dynasty with strong family wealth and strong armed forces, it is a strong local sect, and then to the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Liu Yu, who was born in the cold family, usurped the throne of God, and then promoted the middle and lower class scholars and the Han family, and the Shen family of Wuxing took this opportunity to gradually enter the political and metallurgical center of the Southern Dynasties, and began to take charge of the military power of Panzhen.
Now the Shen family has entered the ranks of the scholars from Wuzong Haoqiang, although its name cannot be compared with the four overseas Chinese surnames of "Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao", but it is also one of the most famous families in the entire Southern Liang Jiangdong.
Naturally, the most enviable thing about the Shen family is the wealth it has, not only the entire Wuxing County and Wukang County are owned by them, but other places in Jiangdong have their fields or forest shops, so the Shen family is also famous.
And this drunken moon inn is built by the Shen family with a thousand gold and wealth, during which there is a pavilion in five steps, a pavilion in ten steps, there are zigzag verandahs in it, twists and turns, green mountains and clear waters, contrasting with each other, it can really be called a paradise.
But it's also a great place for wonderful Tibetans.
Qiushi quietly followed Chunhua for a long time, until a carved embroidered threshold, the col dense forest after the flying tower was inserted, only to see that Chunhua stopped and no longer walked forward, but looked around.
Seeing her gaze, Qiu Shi immediately dodged and crawled down, hiding behind a banana tree, and when he looked again, he saw a figure walking out of the forest, the person was wearing a dark green brocade robe, and a lustrous white exquisite jade pendant was faintly hanging around his waist, flashing with a crystal light at night.
She couldn't see the man's face clearly, but she also felt an innate nobility emanating from him from a distance, and she was still thinking about what Chunhua was going to do when she met this man, but the next scene made her so stunned that she almost exclaimed.
I saw that before Chunhua could say a word, he threw himself at the man, and the two of them got up in the grove regardless of it.
As for the secret words between her lips and teeth, she naturally couldn't hear it, Qiu Shi really felt ashamed, don't hesitate for a moment and simply leave, who knew that just after getting together, she was almost tripped over a branch that overflowed obliquely, and this sound quickly attracted the man's attention.
"Who is it?"
When he heard the man's voice, Qiu Shi quickly covered his mouth again, and quietly moved his body to the side, at this time, a hand reached out, grabbed her wrist and quickly jumped into the night.
When the man came out to see, Qiu Shi was gone.
"Xiao Lang, what's wrong?"
Chunhua also hurriedly picked up the messy clothes and came over to ask.
The man did not answer, but slowly picked up the robe on the ground, put it on, and asked, "Have you fed that medicine to your girl?" ”
Chunhua shook her head a little ashamedly: "No, the girl has been asleep for three days, and it is quite strange after waking up today, her attitude towards me seems to be a little different from before." ”
"What's the difference?" The man asked again.
Chunhua repeated all the words that Xie Ling had said to her, and the man's face changed greatly when he heard it: "You said, she specially warned you that she doesn't like people sneaking behind her back to do ghost worship?" ”
"Yes." Chunhua nodded, "Xiao Lang, did you say that the girl is starting to doubt me?" If she is really suspicious of me, then I will be in the Xie family in the future...... Xiao Lang, you said you would accept me as a concubine, but really? ”
When she asked this, Chunhua didn't notice that the man's face was extremely terrifying, but in an instant, the man stroked her cheek very gently, and said with a smile: "Naturally, it is true, but even if she is suspicious, you still have to stay by her side, this time, we will have a chance in the future." ”
"Xiao Lang means that I have to let the girl take that bowl of tea?"
"Yes, and it must be taken willingly when she is awake, otherwise the medicine will not work."
Chunhua was a little hesitant, and the man patted her on the shoulder again and soothed: "Okay, after the matter is completed, I will marry your girl, and I will naturally accept you as a concubine." ”
Chunhua's face turned pale, I don't know if it was more joy than sorrow, or it was beside her, her hands were very uneasy and she wrung her sleeves, and at this time, the man whispered in her ear again: "What, you don't believe me?" The warm breath on her face made her heart jump again, and all the uneasiness and worry was left behind.
"Naturally, it doesn't ...... No, as long as Xiao Lang doesn't hurt my girl, Chunhua is willing to wait. ”
"You care about your girl." The man smiled and said, "I just want to marry her and marry their Xie family, so naturally I won't hurt her." ”
Chunhua smiled shyly, lowered his eyes and stood for a while, and whispered, "Then I'll go back." The girl explained that in the morning, we were going to rush to Jiankang. ”
"Okay."
After hearing the man's soft answer, Chunhua seemed to feel satisfied, it was worth doing all this, and after saying goodbye reluctantly, she walked towards the inn room where she was staying.
It's just that she didn't expect that all this had fallen into the eyes of the other two people.
Seeing Chunhua's spring heart, Qiu Shi was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and he wanted to run up and slap her hard, but a guard beside her stopped her.
This guard is a part left by the Xie family to the girl, named Ling Ye, who doesn't say much on weekdays, and only appears when the girl needs him.
Qiu Shi asked: "Lang Jun called you, she knows that Chunhua ......" The latter words were really difficult to speak, and she stopped talking halfway through.
Midnight nodded.
Qiu Shi felt that the last glimmer of hope she reported had been extinguished, it turned out that Chunhua had really betrayed the girl, and she had a private meeting with a man, it turned out that she was ...... The girl already knew all this.
So this last chance is the limit of what the girl can endure.
Thinking of the love of growing up together since childhood, there was some reluctance in my heart, and some hatred for iron not being steel, Qiu Shi said: "You went back to Langjun!" I'll do that. ”
Ling Ye nodded again and left.
Qiu Shi returned to the room that belonged to her and Chunhua, at that time Chunhua had already entered the room, maybe he didn't see her, and he wandered around with some confusion and anxiety.
It wasn't until the door opened, when she looked at each other and saw the green glazed tea bowl in Qiu Shi's hand, that she seemed to understand something, and pretended not to understand and asked, "It's so late, I didn't see you when I got up at night, where did you go?" ”
Qiu Shi smiled, did not answer, but brought the cup of tea to her, and said, "This is the tea you are going to feed the girl to drink, and now the girl doesn't need it, so she ordered me to give it to you, drink it quickly!" ”
Chunhua's face changed, she took a step back as if evading, shook her head with a smile and said, "No, I don't want to drink it either, the girl doesn't want to drink it now, it's better to keep it first, and you can drink it later." ”
"Chunhua, you are still obsessed, you want to use this Gu worm to harm the girl, tell me the truth, who is the man you went to see just now?"
"You, what nonsense are you talking about? What man? ”
Chunhua hurriedly turned her face away and went to tidy up the collapsed futon to change the topic.
Qiu Shi walked up to her and said, "As long as you tell who that man is, and what he wants you to do to the girl, I may be able to intercede with the girl for you." ”
Chunhua's movements froze, pursed his lips tightly, and a sharp glint crossed his eyes, and when Qiu Shi approached, he suddenly spit out a dagger from his cuff and stabbed Qiu Shi.
At this time, the door opened, and another sharp light shot from outside the door, knocking down the dagger in Chunhua's hand very accurately.
A figure appeared in front of the door, and this person was Ling Ye.
Chunhua knew that there was no longer any possibility of resistance, and she froze on the ground as if she was deflated.
"The girl already knows?" She asked.
"Yes." Qiu Shi replied, puzzled, "Why?" I remind you in every possible way, I just hope you can repent and change, do you still want to betray Lang Jun? Isn't Lang Jun treating us well enough? ”
Chunhua smiled bitterly.
"Lang Jun, if she is really Lang Jun, I will serve her all my life without regrets, but unfortunately she is not.
Qiushi, you also said that your two families have been slaves of the Xie family for generations, and it is not until this generation that we have the opportunity to get the attention of the master's mother, when the lord of Lang chose me as Langjun's personal maidservant, you don't know how happy I am,
I know that this is an opportunity given to me by God, and as long as I serve him well and bear birth to him in the future, I will no longer have to be a slave and a slave. But she's not...... She's not ......."
Qiu Shi couldn't help but be moved, and felt incredible: "That's why it's for that? You don't even care about your own name, you have a private meeting with others, and you betray the girl!
What does it matter if Lang Jun is a girl, as long as we are conscientious and loyal and serve good girls, as long as the girls are doing well, don't we also live well? ”
"How can that be the same? Qiu Shi, are you really willing to serve her for the rest of your life, or be lonely for life, or like your ancestors for generations, you will eventually marry a slave of the Xie family, and the children born in the future will still be slaves of the Xie family? ”
Qiu Shi was stunned, and listened to her again, "I have been born more beautiful than others since I was a child, and my mother told me that with my appearance, I have the opportunity to become half a master, I am not willing to be a slave for the rest of my life, even if she is the eldest daughter of the Xie family, I don't want to ......."
At this point, Qiu Shi was speechless, she really didn't expect that there would be so much dissatisfaction and resentment in Chunhua's heart, it turned out that people are really different from each other, her mother didn't teach her this, but she always said that she should keep her duty, and she must not be overly greedy, if people can live a peaceful and smooth life in this life, they will be better than everything.
"Oh well! This is the path you have chosen, and I am not qualified to say that you are not, but since you have chosen this path, you have to bear the consequences of it, have you ever thought about your father and mother? ”
Chunhua's face changed, and she saw Qiushi put the bowl of tea in front of her.
"Lang Jun said that he never wants to see you again, if you drink this bowl of tea by yourself, you may be able to protect your family from being implicated!"
With that, he went out of the room.
Chunhua's eyes showed a look of horror, and then he didn't know what he thought, a smile rose on the corner of his lips, and he took the bowl of tea and drank it in one gulp.
Qiushi, who was standing outside the door, couldn't help but shed tears.