Chapter 45: The Tiger Falls in Pingyang (4)
Song Ran stood by the door of Yueyue, I don't know what he remembered, and suddenly spoke: "Dumb, in the year I was in Ji, my grandfather took me to kowtow in front of the tablet of the ancestor of the Mo clan and swore that he would never let the Mo clan become a vassal of power. ”
Because she rarely mentioned the Mo family's affairs to him, he couldn't help but hold his breath, for fear of missing every word of her.
"My ancestors have made great achievements, and every inch of Dajing has the glory of my Mo clan. And the glory of my Mo clan is not those ancestors with names and surnames in the ancestral hall, who have achieved the merits of the Mo family, nor those famous generals who have been praised by the world for generations, but those nameless dry bones buried in the ground for a long time. ”
She let go of her fingers from the banana leaves: "What the Mo clan wants to protect has never been the emperor's country or the blood of the clan, but those dry bones and blood guarded, the prosperity and peace of Dajing." ”
She lowered her eyelashes: "But the day I ran away from the family, it means that I left all this, if my grandfather is still there, he must point to my nose and scold me, saying that I am worthy of being the descendant of the Mo family." There was some confusion and uncertainty in her expression, "But I don't want to be swallowed up by this surname." Dumb, in order to survive, everyone should have the right to choose once, right? ”
She was asking him, but she didn't seem to expect his answer.
He looked at her steadily, even when it was raining, and he didn't even notice it.
Until she turned her head to look at him: "Dumb, it's raining." ”
Su Long was chatting with Shen Hanxi, when Xia Xiaoqiu suddenly knocked on the door and came in, and said, "My lord, Miss Song has come to see you." ”
He deliberately emphasized the word "Miss Song".
"Miss Song?" Su Long's reaction was bigger than Shen Hanxi's, and his eyes lit up, "It's a girl?" ”
Xia Xiaoqiu glanced at her with disgust: "It's not a girl." ”
"Take me for a look."
Shen Hanxi held her down: "Your identity, it's inconvenient for idlers to bump into it." "Tell Xia Xiaoqiu," take Concubine Yi Niangniang to leave from the corner gate. ”
Su Long was not happy, and raised his eyebrows: "What kind of girl is it, you are reluctant to let me take a look?" ”
As he spoke, he pulled Xia Xiaoqiu to lead the way, and walked out briskly, Shen Hanxi had to get up and follow, walked to the door, and took an umbrella handed over by the maid.
The mute was the first to hear the movement, and looked in the direction where Su Long came, and the moment he saw her, his eyes instantly straightened.
Song Ran saw that his expression was unusual, and he also looked over, only to see a woman stopped not far away, her face covered by the curtain fence, and she couldn't see her eyebrows clearly.
Shen Hanxi, who has always let others hold umbrellas, actually held the umbrella above her head at this time.
Xia Xiaoqiu took the umbrella in the hand of a maid and said, "Mother......" Thinking that Song Ran was here, she changed her words, "Girl, my lord is a guest, so I'll see you off." ”
Song Ran saw Shen Hanxi who stopped behind her, and hurriedly saluted in an orderly manner: "The folk girl is uninvited, don't be surprised." Looking at Su Long again, Chi asked, "I don't know who this girl is?" ”
Shen Hanxi replied on behalf of Su Long, with a perfunctory tone: "It's the cousin of this official." After that, he didn't want to say much, and casually instructed Xia Xiaoqiu, "Send Miss Watch to the carriage." ”
Su Long's gaze finally moved away from his mute face and fell on Song Ran. He looked at her from head to toe and nodded, "It's a beauty." ”
At this time, half of her mind was no longer on Song Ran, and she was afraid of revealing her emotions more, so she said, "I should go, so I won't talk to you more." When she passed by Song Ran, she suddenly swept the brocade bag she hung on her waist, and then looked at the mute beside her, and the same brocade bag was also hung on her waist. She naturally didn't know that it contained a peace charm invited from the Buddhist temple, and Zhong Bo also had one, but from the eyes of outsiders, the two of them hung the same thing, which seemed to indicate that they had a special relationship.
She settled down and said to Xia Xiaoqiu: "Lord Xia, let's go from the corner gate on the south side." ”
The latter sentence is deliberately emphasized, and people with a heart can naturally hear her extraneous meaning.
Song Ran suddenly spoke: "Dumb, I left something in the car, you go and take a look, don't lose it." He said to Xia Xiaoqiu again, "Lord Xia, let the dumb man send this girl out by the way." ”
Because of her kindness, Su Long had a good impression of her, sorted out his emotions, and said, "Since this is the case, I will bother this son to give me a ride." ”
The dumb man glanced at Song Ran, nodded his head lightly at her, took the umbrella from Xia Xiaoqiu's hand, and hit the top of Su Long's head.
Looking at the backs of the two of them in the distance, Xia Xiaoqiu suddenly came back to his senses, no, the carriage didn't stop at the corner gate in the south? However, he thought about it again, and the people who were in the way were gone, just to give Miss Song a chance to be alone with the adults. So he hurriedly said: "My lord, I suddenly remembered that there was still one important thing to do, so I left first." Since Miss Song is here, please invite her to come in and sit down. ”
Song Ran looked at Xia Xiaoqiu's departing figure, and stopped talking with a look on his face.
Seeing her standing in the rain, Shen Hanxi gestured to his umbrella and said, "Don't get drenched, come in." ”
As the rain became heavier, she had to go under his umbrella and explain softly: "I met Master Xia by chance today, so I came with him to meet you." ”
He was wearing a dark brocade robe, and the unique smell of incense on the clothes was diluted by the rain, but it still floated to the tip of his nose with the rain, a thin wisp, as if there was nothing.
"If you don't just want to come and see this officer, don't stand here."
Listening to his reminder, she hurriedly raised her feet and walked forward side by side with him.
The umbrella is not big, and she cares about the distance between the two, only to feel that every flick of her fingers passes very slowly, and his voice sounded in the rain, and it was also with a leisurely coolness: "Miss Song is still strange about the beauty of adults." ”
Shicai, although he looked careless, he saw everything in his eyes, and naturally understood her intention to let the dumb send Su Long. This girl's ability to observe words and emotions is perfect.
She said softly: "If Lord Shen doesn't have the heart of adult beauty, Shicai should stop him." ”
He was noncommittal, and quietly deflected the umbrella to her side. When he came to the eaves, he put away his umbrella, threw it to the maid beside him, and stepped into the hall. Song Ran followed behind him, and inadvertently, he saw a small water stain on his left shoulder.
She looked slightly stunned, and saw him turn his head to look at herself: "Grinding, deliberately raining?" ”
She sighed in her heart, this adult seemed to have never been willing to talk to her properly.
It was a small side hall, and as soon as she entered, a maid handed her a clean hand towel. Shen Hanxi went straight to the room inside, changed into a piece of clothing and came out. When she came out, she was sitting there with a cup of hot tea, looking silent and well-behaved.
Seeing that she was about to get up again, he said lightly: "Sit, there are not so many rules." He said lazily, "If it weren't for the suspension at home for the past two days, the official wouldn't know that his popularity is so bad, and the people who usually squeeze their heads and want to step into the threshold of my Shen Mansion can't see any of them, it's hard to think about the official, Miss Song." ”
Song Ran wanted to say that he was also pulled by Xia Xiaoqiu, but he couldn't help but say it after all.
"Do you need to care about those people, my lord? As long as no one comes to see the excitement when you are in trouble, you are still afraid of you, and when those people come to look at you with another face, it is not too late for you to be angry again. ”
Her opinion made him squint his eyes slightly: "Then what is Miss Song doing today?" How do you remember, you seem to have said that you admired Master Xiao very much. Now your Lord Xiao suddenly appeared, and took advantage of Liu Mingxian's case to go to Dali Temple to bite the official. At this moment, Miss Song is afraid that she is already as excited as other girls in Ling'an City. ”
He has a clear and cold voice, and his words are sarcastic and prickly, if he says that he has no fire in his heart, Song Ran will not believe it. At the beginning, it was just to help the mute in the name of righteousness, so he said that he admired Xiao Yan against his will, but who knew that he remembered it until now.
She held the teacup: "The folk girl doesn't dare." ”
"Don't dare? That day, Feng Thirteen hid in your house under the pretense of Xiao Yan's name, why did you save him? Now that your Lord Xiao has a chance to overturn the case, and the culprit of this official has been suspended at home, do you dare to say that you are not happy? ”
She opened her mouth, but she didn't confront him in the end, she was the best at swallowing her anger, so let's wait for him to finish venting.
He saw her acquiescing posture, his narrow eyes narrowed, knowing that this matter had nothing to do with her, but for some reason, he always wanted to find some stubble in her.
Since she sent it to the knife by herself, she didn't blame him for being angry with her.
He poured himself tea leisurely: "Now that I think about it, the case of Liu Mingxian broke out very strangely, and the official sent someone to send him to Lord Zhou on the front foot, and he let people kill him on the back foot." Tell me, where did this news leak out? ”
His anger and accusations came for no reason, which made Song Ran a little confused. Wasn't it her and Zhou Shibo who were present that day who knew about it?
"My lord, do you mean that the maiden revealed the news?" Hearing him this, she didn't dare to sit still, got up from the table, pursed her lips, "My lord, you are in a bad mood and the folk girl understands, if you treat this matter as a folk girl, it can make you feel better, then it is not good for you to treat it as a folk girl." ”
A girl of her age, if she was born in a solid family, should have grown up in the palm of her hand, but she seems to have long been accustomed to bowing her head, even if she is angry, she never shows it, and only expresses her dissatisfaction in silence.
How did you develop such a temperament?
It seems that he is becoming more and more like a wicked person.
Her eyes were suddenly attracted by the jade talisman he placed on the table, and her voice was slightly unsteady, and she asked, "My lord, what is that?" ”
He scooped it into his hand and took it into his arms: "It has nothing to do with you. ”
She was originally standing two steps away from him, and couldn't help but take a step forward and said, "Can you let the folk girl take a look?" ”
In her begging gaze, he took out the jade talisman again and handed it to her: "What, have you seen this thing?" ”