In this way, everyone's attitude towards Chu Qiao became more and more respectful.

In the afternoon, Chu Qiao wore a newly made dyed white begonia cotton skirt, white camel hair boots, and two emerald green jade flowers on his head, walking by the lake in the back garden one by one, looking cute and cute. She had just gone to the outer house to receive the newly sent agarwood incense, and when she passed through a bamboo forest, a figure suddenly jumped in front of her, and the person who came laughed and said: "Haha, I don't believe I can't find you!" ”

The little boy wore a royal blue robe today, embroidered with colorful birds and sparrows, clusters of colorful birds, proudly shaking the small whip in his hand, looking Chu Qiao up and down with a smile, and said, "Why are you going?" The weather is so good today, let's go birding. ”

Chu Qiao frowned, looked at the little boy's excited appearance, shook his head and said, "I'm not as idle as you, I still have something to do, so I don't have to accompany me." With that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Hey, don't go, don't go." The little boy hurriedly trotted in front of her, opened his arms to stop in front of her, and hurriedly said, "I finally found you, and I have been in this garden all morning." In this way, you tell me your name, which courtyard is it, I'll go to Zhuge Huai and ask you to come over, you can go back with me, how about it? ”

Chu Qiao raised his eyebrows, turned his head, raised his head and said, "Do you really want to take me away?" ”

The little boy nodded solemnly, "Well, among all the maids, I will see you as the most pleasing to the eye, and I will make you my gatekeeper general, how about it?" ”

Chu Qiao smiled, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you what my name is, but whether you can get me over from the eldest young master depends on your ability." ”

"Don't worry!" The little boy patted his chest and said loudly, "Don't talk about a little girl, it's ten or eight, Zhuge Huai has to give it to me obediently." ”

"Well, listen up, my name is Zixu, I live in Wuyou Courtyard, I am the little maid under Aunt Dou, and my daily work is to pinch some clay figurines for the young master and young lady to play, you have to remember it."

The little boy's eyes lit up, "You still pinch clay figures?" ”

"yes." Chu Qiao held back a smile, seeing that this kid was so cute, he couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and reach out and gently pinch his face, and said with a smile, "I still have a lot of skills, and I will let you see them one by one in the future." I still have something to do, I have to go first, remember to go to the eldest young master. ”

"Well, don't worry," the little boy nodded and smiled, "You better go back and pack your things first, and I'll pick you up later." ”

Chu Qiao walked out of the distance, and when he turned around, he still saw the little boy standing on the big stone and waving vigorously at him. Chu Qiao couldn't help laughing, turned around the bamboo forest, and walked towards Qingshan Courtyard with Shenshui Incense in his arms.

"The name is vain, there is no courtyard, the little maid who plays with the clay figure under Aunt Dou is up to you."

A Qingyue male voice suddenly sounded above, Chu Qiao was startled, raised his head, and saw Yan Xun in a fluttering green shirt with starry eyebrows, sitting on a tall pine branch, looking at her with a chuckle.

Chu Qiao didn't expose his true nature in front of him once or twice, and he no longer pretended to be at the moment, he glanced at him coldly, and said viciously: "If you climb so high, you are not afraid of falling and dying." ”

"Then don't worry about it, you kid is vicious, you should still worry about yourself, I see the dark clouds gathering in the sky, maybe there will be thunder in winter, and the people who have done bad things will be killed."

Chu Qiao's body was small, standing under the tree and tilting his head, and said in a cold voice: "No matter how much you do bad things, you can't compare to you scumbags who kill people without blinking, you are average, and there is no good thing." ”

"You're so daring." Speaking harshly, but with a chuckle in his tone, Yan Xun sat on the tree and said to the children below, "I deliberately missed the arrow that day, and kindly let you live." In order to save you, you don't even want the colorful heads of the eight Western Regions Dancing Girls issued by your eldest young master, not only are you not grateful for the pictures, but you speak ill of each other. What is the rationale for this? ”

"The truth is for people, what is the reason with a brute like you? I warn you not to pester me anymore, and not to threaten me with accusations, for if you dare to do so, you will regret it. ”

Chu Qiao said, turned around and quickened his pace, who knew that just after taking two steps, the back of his head suddenly hurt, and he lowered his head, only to see that it was a pine tower still stained with snow. She was immediately furious, turned her head, and looked at Yan Xun angrily, "Are you provocative?" ”

"Wrong." Yan Xun smiled proudly and said, "It's not a provocation, I'm just bullying you." ”

Chu Qiao tilted his head and stood under the tree, and suddenly turned around and left without saying a word. Yan Xun pretended to have her eyes half-closed in a deep manner, and wanted to wait for the child to reason with herself, but when she left like this, she couldn't help but feel a little stupid.

Who knows, at this moment, a fist-sized stone suddenly broke through the air and roared, heading straight for Yan Xun's front door. Fortunately, Yan Xun had learned some martial arts, reacted flexibly, and avoided it in time. He was secretly proud, when he suddenly felt a chill in the back of his neck, and the secret scream was not good, so he heard the sound of clattering, and the snow on the whole tree was sprinkled on him after such a shock.

The young man in a brocade robe jumped off the tree, covered in snow, and was in a mess. When I raised my head, I saw a small girl standing on the snow-white snow, clapped her palms, saw him look at him, raised her right hand, raised her middle finger, and the demonstration was generally compared to the drawing, smiled proudly, and then turned away.

Yan Xun frowned slightly, and also raised his middle finger, the thirteen-year-old Yan Bei Shizi was puzzled, what kind of gesture is this?

The eleven-year-old scholar Feng Mian ran up from the woods and shouted with his teeth and claws: "Shizi, I will go and arrest her, and let Young Master Huai punish this disrespectful girl." ”

"You? Catch her? Yan Xun sneered and turned his head with his middle finger up, "Fengmian, what does this gesture mean?" ”

"This?" Feng Mian was slightly stunned, but then said categorically, "It should mean an apology, she herself knows that what she is doing is very rebellious, but the child is not sensible, and she is embarrassed to say it to her face, so she will use this gesture instead." ”

"Apologize?" Yan Xun frowned, "I don't think it looks like it." ”

"Surely, Shizi, that's right."

"Really?"

……

In the hall of the Hongshan Courtyard of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Huai, Zhao Che and others collectively laughed after hearing the words of the little prince.

Wei Jing said with a smile: "Zhuge , you still have such a clever maid in your house, I want to see it." ”

Zhuge Huai shook his head and said: "The subordinates are not sensible, so everyone laughs." ”

"What the hell is going on? What are you laughing at? The little boy's face was red, and he seemed to know that he might have caused a joke, but he didn't know what was wrong, so he said anxiously.

Zhao Che said with a smile: "Zi is famous, there is no courtyard, the little maid who is playing with clay figures under Aunt Dou's hands, isn't it just a false child, teasing you?" Thirteenth brother, people laugh at you. ”

Zhao Song's little face was flushed, he stomped his feet hatefully, turned around and ran out.

Thundered! A burst of joyful firecrackers suddenly sounded, and large white snowflakes exploded on the ground. In the streets and alleys, countless children laughed and played, covering their ears and playing loud but without sparks, and the cheap "one thunder cannon" had a lot of fun.

The twenty-fifth Shangyuan Festival after Emperor Baizong ascended the throne of Great Xia finally came in this rumbling cannon, and there was a deliberate joy everywhere in the streets and alleys. Because the government provided firecrackers to the people of Zhenhuang City for free, it successfully contributed to this joy. The owner of Shengjin Palace appreciated this approach of Kyoto Prefecture Yin very much, and issued a good news overnight to reward the imperial capital Mansion Yin, who was born in the Wei Dynasty.

Amid the rumbling cannons, Zhuge Mansion is also stepping up preparations for this important festival. On this day, the snow in Zhenhuang City was full of snow, and the snowflakes in the sky were like goose feathers. The old people in the city said that this year's heavy snow was a bit strange, because it had just fallen at this time of year.

Chu Qiao was wearing a newly-made light pink skirt and a fox fur cloak, and a small face as white as jade was shrunk in snow-white fox down, with pink cheeks and big round eyes. The fluttering snowflakes fell on the tip of Chu Qiao's nose, and her little nose wrinkled slightly, looking extremely cute.

"Xing'er, the young master called you."

The new little maid ran over, panting and crossing her waist, panting and screaming as she gasped.

Chu Qiao nodded and said, "Let's go." "I walked in the direction of the Xuanguan first, and my small steps were steady, and I was not in a hurry at all.

Huan'er frowned and looked at it for a long time, then shook his head and hurriedly followed.

Compared with Chu Qiao, Zhuge Yue is a chronic son, when he opened the door of the Xuan Pavilion, he saw that the fourth young master of the Zhuge family was sitting on the warm couch and watching a game of chess, frowning slightly, looking very attentive.

Chu Qiao counted the things that he needed to bring with him later, and then handed them over to the other attendants, poured a cup of tea after everything was done, put it next to Zhuge Yue's bookcase, sat straight in front of the incense burner, and waited quietly with his cheeks in his hands.

On the table lay a tome, spread haphazardly, the pages yellowed, apparently some years old. Chu Qiao looked at it fixedly, it turned out to be a Buddhist scripture, and he couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Zhuge Yue, this person, can't say how ruthless his methods are, and how cunning his temperament is, at least these two points are much inferior to the nobles of the Celestial Empire on the hunting ground that day. But this person has a cold heart, and is extremely confident, his eyes are above the top, and no one can look down on him except himself, let alone any beliefs, how can he turn his mind and look at the Buddhist scriptures?

"It's not all nonsense." As if he knew what Chu Qiao was thinking, Zhuge Yue suddenly said lightly. He picked up a black chess piece, and suddenly struck, and the scroll was turned over, and a few pages were lifted at once.

"Read it out."

"Life in the world, if you are in the midst of thorns, your heart does not move, people do not move, and if you do not move, you will not be hurt. If the heart is moved, then a person will act in vain, hurting his body, hurting his bones, and suffering all kinds of pain in the world......"

Zhuge Yue raised his head slowly, his dark eyes were like a whirlpool in the deep sea, looking at her inscrutablely. Finally, he smiled and said, "Yes, you know so many words at a young age, who taught you?" ”

Chu Qiao had already sensed that something was wrong when he read the first sentence, so he didn't seem panicked at the moment, and said with a smile: "Thank you young master for the compliment, I have loved reading since I was a child, and I learned from my brothers and sisters." ”

"Really? Do you understand the paragraph you just read? ”

"Understand." Chu Qiao replied, "Do you want a lot of masters to explain to Xing'er?" ”

Zhuge Yue pulled the corners of his mouth, pulled out a very faint smile, and didn't speak, just lowered his head and continued to study the chess game.