After a period of greetings, suddenly a housekeeper-like person came back and forth: "Young owner, eldest lady, Mrs. sent Uncle Tang over." ”

Before the words fell, a group of servants in Tsing Yi appeared at the door, led by an old man with bearded eyebrows.

I saw him walk straight into the inner hall alone, and the rest of the people waited respectfully outside the door.

The Wen brothers and sisters greeted each other and said, "Uncle Tang." ”

The old man replied expressionlessly: "Young Master, Miss An." After speaking, he turned to Yu Yao and the two of them slightly, and then said, "I have seen two distinguished guests." The old Dai Mengtang has taken care of the trivial affairs of the villa for my wife for many years, and if the guests are in need, just command. ”

Yu Yao saw that his pomp was not ordinary, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he had to return the salute and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, it's bothering." ”

Youwei also added a trace of doubt in her heart. I heard Yu Yao say in the past that the wife of Wen Jufan, the current owner of Linglong Villa, is surnamed Dai, and this old man also calls himself Dai Mengtang, but is he a steward brought from his mother's family? This old man Wen treats Mrs. Wen is not ordinarily generous.

I only heard the old man say again: "After hearing that the owner and his wife heard that they had a good relationship, they came to the villa, and specially ordered that a dinner party be held tomorrow in Xiaoxian to entertain the VIPs, and they also invited the two VIPs to take the time to come." ”

Yu Yao said politely: "You have to return to the owner and wife, my brother and sister thank you for your hospitality, and you will definitely go to the banquet tomorrow night as promised." ”

The old man said: "Young Master Yu is polite. Then he made a fuss, and then he took the people and departed.

In this way, Yu Yao couldn't help but feel gloomy for Wen Cang.

Wen Cang seemed to be accustomed to it, and said to Yu Yao: "The two of you must have worked very hard all the way, so it is better to ask Miss Yu to go to the back court with her sister to rest first, and Brother Yu, please come with me." After resting, I will go to see Jia Yan Jiaci. ”

This is exactly what Yu Yao and Youwei want, so Wen Cangyan said, and the two of them went to the guest room with the master's house to settle down.

Green bamboo rolls, long paths.

Wen Dai took Youwei's hand and said, "Sister is so good-looking! Teach my sister to take a few more looks. ”

Youwei's face turned red and said, "How can you compare with Miss Wen?" ”

Wen Dai smiled: "I was born darker than other babies, originally my brother was born Yuxue cute, white all around, so the name is 'Cang'." By the time I was born, my parents had already chosen a lot of good words to describe the whiteness of the woman's skin, but they didn't want to lose the calculation. At the end, he took a Dai character, which can be regarded as a better sounding black. ”

Youwei took a closer look, only to see that her eyes were bright and bright, her spirit was flying, and her face was thickly powdered, and she couldn't see her original color at all.

"Miss Wen's eyebrows are picturesque, and she must have taken the meaning of pink delicacy."

Wen Dai laughed out loud unconsciously, and said: "Sister doesn't have to be polite, our Wen family has been far away from the temple for a long time, and the children of the rivers and lakes are not informal, you and I just need to be sisters." My sister and I have a good relationship, and my sister must stay in the villa for a few more days and be my companion. ”

Youwei said: "I'm afraid that I will be disturbed too much, and I can't go away." ”

Wen Dai smiled: "Lonely in the mountains, I have no playmates of the right age since I was a child, and my favorite is my sister's 'harassment'." ”

Youwei said: "Speaking of which, I have no brothers and sisters since I was a child, but now I am used to it. Fortunately, my mother at home was kind, not only did she not restrain me too much, but tried to make up for many regrets for me. ”

A subtle, fleeting shadow flashed in Wen Dai's eyes.

"Speaking of which, I originally had a twin sister named Wen Jiang, but unfortunately her life was thin and she died early. As for my mother...... That's it, my sister is resting, and we have time to gossip. ”

The name of Wen Cang is the word Cang, which means gray or dark blue in color. Liu Zongyuan has the saying "The qi is less and the bones are exposed, and the pale and the hair is full of hair", and Wang Wei also has the sentence "The cold mountains turn green, and the autumn water is murmuring".

Wen Dai's character means black, but it is not ordinary black, but blue-black. There is a cloud in "Popular Literature": "Dyeing bluestone is called a point of dai." ”

And Wen Jiang's silk is the meaning of red. The so-called "Jiang, Da Chi also." ”

The names of the Wen siblings are related to each other, either relative or similar, which is really interesting. Mrs. Wen's maiden name is Dai, so it can be seen that Wen Dai should be the most favored daughter.

Before they knew it, they had walked along the side of the garden, winding down the hillside through a shallow winding corridor.

When Vicky looked up, she was already in front of a guest room.

As far as the eye can see, I can see that the window lattice is pasted with extremely thick yellow paper, which must be to prevent someone from piercing the window paper and plotting.

When the door is opened, there are some exquisite furnishings as far as the eye can see, there are piano cases and chess tables next to the dressing table, there are piles of paintings on the easel, and there are extremely exquisite pictures of ladies with fine brushwork hanging on the wall. A few lines of words were carefully described on the picture, and Youwei looked at it, and it turned out to be Wen Tingyun's words "More Leaks" - gorse hairpin, red pink noodles, and temporarily meet in the flowers. Knowing my intentions, feeling your pity, this situation must be asked to heaven. The incense is spikes, and the wax is tears, which seems to be the hearts of the two. The mountain pillow is greasy, the brocade is cold, and it feels more leaky.

Wen Dai said with a smile: "My sister has a deep family education, amazing talent, and I don't like things like female red needles." In my spare time, wouldn't it be nice for me to accompany my sister to recite poems and paint? ”

Youwei said politely: "There is labor to bother arranging. I've been lazy since I was a child, and I only know a little bit about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get into my eyes. ”

Wen Dai said: "It's also a coincidence, I have loved martial arts more than poetry since I was a child." Sister don't see outside, just think it's just a joke of her own sisters. ”

Youwei said: "It's just that this huge Linglong Villa, with hundreds of servants, must have a lot of rules, I am just afraid that I will make a mistake, laugh and be generous, and humiliate the family." ”

Wen Dai said: "In this way, my sister doesn't have to worry about it, except for the grandmother, father, and brother who are sick all the year round, there is only one little lady in the village." She was my mother's servant from a young age, and she is the kindest of people, as you can see at the feast to-morrow. As for the domestic servants, they have been used by my family for generations, and they are all loyal and skillful, and they do not talk much, and they do not pay attention to other matters. ”

Youwei was shocked again. It is already surprising that Mrs. Wen brought the steward from her mother's family, and even the concubine was a dowry maid brought by her mother's family.

Wen Dai saw that she was restrained, so she said again: "Sister, isn't she scared by Uncle Tang?" He is the most loyal, but he hurt his face to save people in the past, so he is expressionless. Uncle Tang is really a good person. ”

Youwei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I see. ”

At this time, a timid little girl appeared at the door, and said softly: "The slave maid is red, I have seen the eldest lady and Miss Yu." ”

Wen Daiyou said to Youwei: "Sister, this is the domestic slave in the village, and she is the most well-behaved and obedient." Originally, she was a personal servant who served my twin sister, and when my sister was gone, she followed me and was accompanied by Umon beside me. Now that my sister is here, I will call my sister. She was timid and timid by nature, but she was quite effective in spreading the word and sweeping these little things. ”

Youwei said "It's hard for my sister to think so thoroughly", but what she thought in her heart was that she often heard that the personal maids of the ladies of big families were all eloquent, sleek and sophisticated, and the palace maids in charge of the palace were not far behind, how could this little girl be so shy.

Wen Dai said a few more polite words, and even more deliberately told Hongran to take care of it, so she got up and left.

The night was getting deeper, and the moon was hazy.

Youwei couldn't sleep, so she simply got up and stared at the picture of the lady in a daze.

Suddenly, Yu Yao's voice sounded behind him: "I don't have a restless pillow late at night, what are you thinking?" ”

Youwei was startled, turned around and said, "How did you get in?" ”

Yu Yao chuckled, walked straight to the table, picked up the blue-glazed round-mouthed curved wall teapot and tea bowl on the table, and poured himself a drink.

"The descendants of the Wen family have really been away from the temple for a long time, and they even took out such a crude tea set to entertain guests."

Youwei said: "Brother Yao, don't be particular, come here late at night, but have something to discuss?" ”

Yu Yao said: "I tested Wen Cang a few words just now, but he insisted that the matter of Linglong Dice was a miscommunication, and there was no such thing in Linglong Villa. ”

Youwei panicked and asked, "He simply denied it like this?" If there are really no exquisite dice, what are the guards inside and outside this villa patrolling day and night, guarding like an iron wall? ”

Yu Yao nodded and said, "The Wen brothers and sisters are indeed enthusiastic, but they always feel that there are people everywhere in this villa who are wary of us. said that the two subordinates I saw today, one seemed to be the leader of the guards, and the other should be in charge of the inner house. I secretly observed the words and deeds of the two of them, the steward of the inner mansion was very cold on the surface, and it seemed that he did not take the two young masters seriously, and the leader of the attendants was still a person who could support Wen Cang. However, it is no wonder that Linglong Villa has a century-old foundation, and various forces are intertwined. What did Miss Wen say to you? ”

Youwei sat down and said, "The left and right are just some polite words, saying that she also has a little lady, who was Mrs. Wen's maidservant. She also said something about her twin sister who was gone, and it was nothing special about me at first sight. ”

Yu Yao groaned: "Miss Wen is a twin? I haven't heard of that. ”

Youwei said: "Wen Dai also sent a little girl named Hongzhi, I don't know if it was just a kind intention or another intention to monitor and listen." ”

Yu Yao said: "Don't be unguarded. Wen Cang also sent a little servant named Bai Fu to obey my orders. ”

Youwei said hurriedly: "Don't worry about these details first, Wen Cang said that there are no exquisite dice in the villa, how can we be good?" ”

Yu Yao said: "No matter how he denies it, if we stay here for a long time, are we afraid that we won't be able to find clues?" ”

Youwei said: "I'm not familiar with poetry books, I don't know what Linglong Dice is talking about in this poem?" ”

Yu Yao said: "This poem comes from "Nange Zici", also known as "Xintiansheng Yangliuzhi Ci", a total of two poems, this one is the second one, and the last sentence is: The bottom of the well is lit with deep candles, and the Gonglang Changxing Mo Go." ”

Youwei said: "What about the other one?" ”

Yu Yao groaned: "A foot of crimson is better than Quchen, and the old is not as good as the new." Hehuan peach pit is hateful in the end, and there is no one else in Xu Yuanlai. ”

Seeing that Youwei was thoughtful, Yu Yao explained: "This deep candle is the meaning of the deep order, the long line and Go are both games, but here the long line is the long journey, and the Go is against the deadline." Wen Tingyun wrote this poem using the technique of homophony and polysemy, but it is natural, and his talent is indeed unfathomable. ”

Yu Yao looked at the talents of the sages from afar, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. Youwei was frowning on the side, thoughtful.