Chapter 32: The Secret of Tongcao Hua (3)
One second he was still in his room, but the next second, he was in a completely different world, and the quiet of a moment ago was suddenly gone, leaving only the evaporation of the hustle and bustle in his ears, which was as real as reality.
But Chu Xia knew that she had a feeling that she was actually still in her room at the moment, and everything in front of her was neither an illusion nor an illusion, neither a parallel world nor a parallel world - an inch away, time was like a fingertip sand, and this was the [domain] that had been flipped by the grass heart for eighty years.
Grass heart, grass heart, should I trust you, stay in such a world, and experience martyrdom?
The girl in the goose yellow cheongsam and the light gauze shirt took the hand of early summer and ran forward desperately, she was led by her warm hand, and together she crossed the crowd and squeezed through the path, and came to the most lively place in this huge courtyardβthe hall where the gongs and drums were noisy and joyful, and the wine banquet was being held.
"Jinruo! Come here! β
An old and loud call.
Following the voice, the two of them saw an old man dressed as a housekeeper from the crowded crowd, the old man's face was wrinkled and drooping, and his demeanor was very capable, and he called the girl next to him in early summer-Jinruo.
It turns out that this crying girl is called Jinruo.
Jin Ruo sniffed, and then pulled Chu Xia recklessly squeezed to the old housekeeper's side, her foot tripped over the skirt and almost fell, and it was easy to squeeze in front of the housekeeper, she smiled as hard as she could, and said, "Doesn't this bring Xiao Xia over to help?" Don't worry, butler! The banquet has just begun. β
"Can you not be in a hurry? The guests have arrived, and the two of you Fushui City have not seen anyone yet!! It's not that everyone in your young lady's family is like this, and it's no wonder that our young master was bent on opposing this marriage at the beginning, and I can't stand it, old man! Our young master is a talent, which one of your young ladies can match? And you are lazy and lazy, letting a group of guests wait, which is really against the hospitality of my Dongcheng! β
When the old man talked about Dongcheng and Fushui City, he didn't know why, but he faintly felt a little familiar in early summer, but he couldn't react for a while, where had he heard such a term - really, very familiar.
But for some reason, the amnesia at the moment is committed again, and she can't think of anything.
"Don't you say that about my young lady!" Jin Ruo argued, but was interrupted by the butler, who ordered one of them to go to the kitchen to serve dishes, and the other to serve wine to the guests in the lobby. Then he walked away with his head held high and trembling.
As soon as the old man left, Jin Ruo, who was crying before, angry and aggrieved, stamped her feet and stuck out her tongue at the housekeeper to show her dissatisfaction, and then she sighed heavily, and then cheered up again, she eagerly said to Chu Xia: "I'll go to the kitchen, you put wine here, we must let the people of the Dongcheng family see, our people in Fushui City are all good!" β
"Hmm.... Well! Chu Xia scratched his head and reluctantly agreed, but when he scratched his head, he found that the long hair he had been wearing was tied up into two by a ribbon at some point, hanging down on his back, and a bright jade men's dress was also changed, becoming a rose-red and light pink cheongsam with a style of Jinruo, and a hibiscus was embroidered on the side of the robe - this retro good-looking and playful maid outfit was really terrible, and suddenly I changed my costume inexplicably, which surprised Chu Xia.
"Don't be stunned, the wine is in the wine room, and then I'll go first!" Jin Ruo let go of Chu Xia's hand, reminded him, and then left in a hurry.
In the early summer, she answered from afar, she looked at the unfamiliar surroundings in a daze, half-new and old furnishings, rich in the decoration of the age, and some of the people who participated in the banquet were wearing traditional warlock costumes, including the cheongsam tunic of the Republic of China period and the complicated palace costumes of the Tang and Song dynasties, as well as the simple overalls of the era eighty years ago.... It's very complicated and unusual.
It's a little peculiar, although it was eighty years ago, but it is also modern, even if the normal world is eighty years ago, how can there be such a dress, so with the times has a strong sense of peacekeeping, but it also exudes a certain strange attraction, people can't help but fall into the unique atmosphere - what kind of place is this? The strange land [domain] that exudes antiquity and mystery, the atmosphere of time and space is so obvious, and the joy of the surroundings is everywhere - the staggered staggering, the noisy sit-ups, and the joy of the guests.
It was a grand banquet.
She was dazzled and had a hint of novelty.
The blood worms released swam back at this time, carrying the fragments of the devoured domain, and in the air, small cracks were torn open, and a corner of the sky could be seen, and a deep crack was shattered in the depths of the clouds.
Through that crack, you can see a corner of the original bedroom facilities, another realistic style that is incompatible with here, abrupt and dazzling.
But this crack is only visible in early summer.
"Leave this place of unknown origin first?" Early summer said to herself. The teeth of those blood worms are really powerful, and they can bite anything, including the [domain] of the grass heart. But she thought about it, since she had the ability to go out at any time, why didn't she stay for a while and wait for it to happen? What if it's not a trap but an opportunity?
What if Grandpa didn't know that there was a secret compartment in this box?
What if she would gain the power to fight against her aggrieved fate?
Flower charm, grass flower charm, no matter what, it should be a spiritual thing, and the spiritual creature can't lie the most.
In the early summer, I thought about it in a trance, and finally decided to see what kind of place this place was. She was cautious, frightened and eager to try, and full of interest. She began to walk towards the wine room, first to the bar.
I thought I would get lost, but I found myself inexplicably familiar with the terrain, architecture, and structure here, as if I was in my own home.
Own home?
In the mind of early summer, the memories of home have not yet faded, the old house that has been in disrepair for a long time, and the apartment layout of the community is half scattered and half renovated and the brick and wood here, the corner of the wall, the tree on the first floor, suddenly overlap and merge - here, here, and my own home, will this be my own home 80 years ago? Or is it an illusion that Hua Mei reproduces based on the memories in her mind?
It's just that if it's an illusion, it must have its loopholes.....
"The bride is coming!"
With the crackling sound of firecrackers and the coaxing of the crowd, a red-embroidered sedan chair gradually approached the lobby.
And out of the inner hall came a burly young man, dressed in a gorgeous wedding robe mixed with black and red, striding towards his bride.
The young man's eyebrows are straight, the corners of his mouth are slightly curved, hooking a smile that fits the scene, he holds a wedding scale and lifts the curtain of the sedan chair, sometimes entertaining the jokes of the guests, and his words and deeds make people unable to find a trace of fault.
However, no one noticed that the seemingly joyful face and thoughtful hospitality of the young man were in fact nothing more than a pile of barely coping, and the disgust flashed in his eyes was so dazzling that the desperate person could not take his eyes off it.
I can't take my eyes off the early summer.
Familiar eyesFamiliar eyebrowsββββ this person, who is this person?"
After the curtain was lifted, a woman's slender embroidered upper was first revealed, and then a fair woman with a bright red head covered came out of the sedan chair, and with the support of the bride, she took small steps and approached her groom little by little.
I can't see her face, but with this figure, the bride's appearance will definitely not be bad.
ββββββI'm happy to ask for a collection dividerββββββββββββββββββ
Linlang is the seventh lady of Fushui City, and when she was still in her mother's womb, she was accused of marrying the Nankang family in Dongcheng.
The union of the two is for certain reasons of interest - Fushui City is a southern clan, while Dongcheng Nankang is an ancient clan in R City, one of the two families lacks power expansion, and the other lacks ancient inheritance, which is suitable for joining forces and discussing the future. Everything is for the family, she can't refuse, but she is also lazy to resist, in fact, there is nothing wrong with thinking about it, her life is destined to others, maybe sometimes it will be a kind of fate.
She is weak by nature and is used to being arranged to live.
But she heard that she was not such a person.
That person would rebel against the life of an ancient family full of feudal connotations, would hate the arranged life and go to the world alone, would desperately practice magic to get rid of the family's surveillance and go to many places outside of R City, she had never heard of it - she had also heard that he, as the heir of the Nankang family, had cried at the age of ten that he didn't want to accept such constraints and wanted to leave Dongcheng, he didn't want to protect Dongcheng.....
She was shocked and frightened when she heard the intermittent news, frowning and yearning.
Fortunately, she never heard that he didn't want to marry her.
Begonias bloom in the cold early summer, and in the early summer when she was fourteen years old, Linlang was invited to Dongcheng as a guest. It was the first time that Linlang, who was accustomed to staying in Fushui City, had left Fushui City. The scenery along the way was very desolate, it was a famine, she saw many ragged people with yellow faces and thin muscles collapsed on the side of the road, being secretly devoured by countless evil spirits, the power of life was lost little by little, and countless frozen bones were all over the city and beyond, laughing at the beauty of summer flowers. At that time, it was the first time that Linlang went out to leave his own fortress in Fushui City, and the beautiful structure of the outside world slowly collapsed, and there was such and such a difference between Fushui Castle and the world outside the fortress. She gave birth to the first pity and sorrow of her life.
Perhaps it was this pity and sorrow that moved him?
That day, she stood in his house, surrounded by ancient buildings, the atmosphere was depressing and dignified, the young man was dressed in a light purple cotton and linen robe, standing in the solemn lobby to greet guests, beside him, a middle-aged man touched his head, unable to see through his expression.
After everyone came, the young man was gentle and elegant, and his response was like a stream, so that Linlang and the steward in Fushui City who accompanied Linlang were very satisfied.
In the polishing of time, the boy who heard about it has changed so much.
There are bandit gentlemen, such as cutting and learning, such as grinding.
Later, at the suggestion of the adults on both sides, let the two go to play in the garden in the yard, which is called cultivating affection.
And as soon as he arrived at the garden and left the adults, the young man was completely revealed, his previous demeanor was swept away, and the disgust on his face could not be concealed, he folded the willow in his mouth and squinted at her: "You, is Linlang?" Who do I have to marry in the future? It's nothing special except that it's beautiful. β
"Didn't your family teach you what politeness is?" Linlang stared at him with raised eyebrows. It was unexpected for him to change super quickly, and this was the second reshaping of her worldview after she left Fushui City.
"I have taught...."The young man looked helplessly at the sky, the clouds were flying away from the sky, and the birds with white feathers were flying shallowly, and he said, "But I don't understand why I must listen to them, everything, everything, everything......."