The next day, Wang Zhaoyuan came to the music workshop to discuss with Qin Niang about redeeming my life and Ming'er. At first, the qin lady was unwilling, no matter how I explained that even if I redeemed myself and would sing and perform as a guest in the music workshop, she always insisted that I was the pillar she cultivated and her lifeline, and she cried with a handful of snot and tears in her heart how she treated me with mother and daughter, and refused to let me go. In the face of the saping and sagging piano girl, Wang Zhaoyuan and I looked at each other, and we didn't know what to do. I thought that the redemption would take some time, but I was depressed but didn't want Qin Niang's attitude to change a hundred and eighty degrees on the second day, not only promised to let me redeem myself, but also offered to let me and Ming'er live in the Green Smoke Pavilion, as for the future singing in the workshop, it is all up to me.

Such a big change makes me can't help but feel confused, secretly wondering if it weren't for what extraordinary means Wang Zhaoyuan used, Meng Baoyuan promised Qin Niang a lot of silver, but how much silver is in the end, if it is so much that I have to pay off it for the rest of my life, what should I do?

A few days later, Meng Baoyuan came to visit me in the workshop, I anxiously asked how much silver he spent to redeem me, he only smiled at the corner of his mouth, and looked at me with a narrow and playful light in his eyes, until he saw me biting his lip and blushing sharply, Fang smiled faintly: "The girl is worried that she will not be able to repay the silver she borrowed from me for the rest of her life, right?" ”

Hmph, ask knowingly, look at your expression, it turns out that you are not a good person. I was ashamed and anxious, and secretly scolded him in my heart. I had no choice but to owe him favors, and the times were easy, so I had to laugh and say: "Rui'er borrowed money from Gongzi, but she didn't know how much silver she owed to the creditor, and Qin Niang did everything she could to hide it, so she had no choice but to ask Gongzi." ”

"Hehe, it's not much, it's not much, according to the calculation of the silver taels paid every time I listened to the girl sing and dance in the past, it only takes three years and five years to be enough." He clearly had a wicked smile on his face, but it made people feel angry. He actually doesn't like to laugh, in the past, he was mostly indifferent and quiet, and occasionally laughed only with the corners of his mouth slightly curved, and he never saw him show such a child-like joy and cunning appearance today. At this moment, his ice blue silk robe, silver crown and curled hair, and the jade tree is even more outstanding in the wind, especially the deep gaze behind the dark jade-like eyes, every time he meets my heart, he begins to panic for no reason, I think I am either enchanted or sick.

Since then, I have lived in the Furong Orchestra with peace of mind, receiving more or less guests every day, and in addition to partly handing over some of the silver taels earned to Qin Niang as food and lodging funds, most of them are collected by Ming'er, and some are paid back to Bao Yuan every month. He didn't shirk, he just asked Wang Zhaoyuan to take it, and every time he came to listen to me play and sing, he still paid the same amount, if I resigned, he would let Wang Zhaoyuan remember, saying that I should pay back his silver taels. I thought this was inappropriate, and after saying it twice, he only smiled and said that everything is in its own way, and he still did his own thing, but I had no choice but to let him, so every time he came to prepare some exquisite songs and dances to show his gratitude.

Gradually, I began to get used to waiting for his arrival, and as long as the handsome and elegant figure appeared by the flower window, my heart became quiet and joyful, and only when he was there could I sing a light-hearted song. If I don't wait for him to come, my heart will sink straight for no reason, and the song is overflowing with a touch of sadness, which makes me confused and uneasy, and I have asked myself countless times, do I like him a little?

"Sister, why are you in a daze again?" Ming'er put down the female red in her hand, raised her head and asked me.

"Oh, no, I'm in a daze. I just saw a good sentence and thought about it. "I'm distracted again, he hasn't been here for six or seven days.

"Still lie to me, I've been watching my sister for a long time, and I haven't turned a page of that book for a long time." Ming'er got up and took the book in my hand, put the bookmark on the desk, brought me a cup of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Sister, I'm thinking, why hasn't Meng Gongzi come for so long?" ”

Even she saw my loss, am I really sick?

"Who doesn't want him? Just your little mouth! I denied it repeatedly, and excused him again: "I think it's someone who has stumped over the great cause of the family." But I couldn't help but feel sad in my heart: I don't know anything about him. He never even asked why he had mistaken me for someone else in the first place. Who is that affectionate and painful look for? Thinking of this, my heart was full of sourness again, and it hurt when I pulled the whole vest straight. I lay on the desk faintly, just looking out the window in a daze: "With his age, he should have been a group of wives and concubines." I'm just a funny woman to him......"

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Ming'er shouting happily: "Sister, Wang Gongzi is here." ”

When I looked up, I saw Wang Zhaoyuan happily walking in with a big box, and as soon as he put the box down, he said with a smile: "Miss Rui'er, my son-in-law invited the girl to try the horse at Qingcheng Racecourse in three days." ”

Horseback riding? I...... was hesitating, but saw Ming'er open the box on the table and shouted at me: "Sister, sister, come and see, what beautiful clothes." ”

I went up to look at it as I said, only to feel that my eyes lit up, and in the box was a Hu man riding suit with brocade and beads, and a peach-shaped silver crown decorated with pearls and jade.

Unable to hide the excitement in my heart, I lovingly fiddled with the clothes. Seeing this, Zhao Yuan smiled and said: "Then when the girl agreed, Zhao Yuan came to pick up the girl at two o'clock three days later." Without waiting for my response, he hurried away.

In the joy and anticipation, it is finally time to make an appointment with Baoyuan. Early in the morning, I got up and asked Ming'er to help me comb my hair and change my clothes, and I dressed up deliberately, and when I saw myself in the mirror, I couldn't help but be happy in my heart, and secretly thought: He, will he like it?

The white Uighur riding outfit showed that a lot of thought had gone into the preparation. The round neck and narrow sleeves inlaid with silver brocade lace are embroidered with rice pearls with a few small pear blossoms, and the willow leaf pattern is depicted with thin silver thread along the edge of the lining lapels and sleeves. The original wide body became obedient and natural because of the brocade waist of the same color, and the white silk trousers with the treasure pattern cloud head brocade boots made my already slender figure more slim, and with the silver peach heart crown on the head and the peach blossom makeup, a beautiful Uighur girl jumped in front of me.

Wang Zhaoyuan came to Lefang on time to pick me up, and when he saw me dressed and snickered, I just didn't take Ming'er into the carriage and drove towards Qingcheng Racecourse.

From afar, I saw Bao Yuan, also dressed in white Uighur men's clothes, standing heroically in front of the tall jujube red Uighur horse. The carriage stopped in front of him, and he stretched out his hand to help me out of the carriage, looked at me with a smile in his eyes for a moment, nodded and said, "I didn't expect Rui'er to be able to dress this Falcon outfit so outstandingly!" "It was the first time he had complimented me so bluntly. I was embarrassed, and then I looked at his clothes, which were exactly the same as mine, except that he was wearing black pants and soap boots, and there was no beaded pattern on his clothes, only a few bamboo leaves were faintly embroidered with silver thread on the cuffs, and he was wearing a silver gauze on his head. Is this a couple's outfit? There was a hint of sweetness in my heart, and the resentment of the past few days was swept away.

The groom led a small foal to me, and Bao Yuan stroked the horse's back and said, "Rui'er is a beginner, just use this pony." Horses are extremely intelligent animals, as intelligent as a child of two or three years old, and if you treat them well, they will obey and let you ride. Come on, don't be afraid. As he spoke, he picked me up on the horse's back and said, "When riding, your back should be straight, your legs should be tightly clamped, your eyes should be straight ahead, and your body will naturally follow the horse's movement......

I rode steadily on my horse, as he said, and the groom led me slowly for a few laps, and when I was familiar with the feeling, he rode me and led me to a trot. My mood changed from nervous and uneasy at first, and in less than an hour, I was able to ride alone.

Riding a horse with him side by side in the early autumn grassland between the golden withered grass, the blue sky, the bright sunshine, the Qingcheng Mountain in the distance is like a five-color barrier layer upon layer, and the sound of the bell on the pearl crown is ringing in my ears, my heart seems to be surrounded by the boundless sea of flowers, and it is also a little fluttering.

I smiled and looked back at Bao Yuan, but saw that his eyes were full of sadness, his eyes were extremely green, and his brows were deeply locked.

"Childe, childe......" I called him again and again to see him come back to his senses.

"What?" He forced a smile that pierced my heart.

"Childe, but what sad things do you remember?" I asked cautiously, staring into his eyes, trying to find the answer from there.

"It's nothing, it's just that the situation reminds me of an old man." He smiled wryly and patted the back of my hand, "Don't talk about this, Rui'er thinks I'm tired, let's go back." ”

"But the ...... who misidentified me several times as a child" I struggled and still asked, seeing that he was silent, he said: "This is a private matter of the child, it stands to reason that Rui'er shouldn't talk much, but it is common for the childe to be depressed, and Rui'er cares about the child's ......"

I was thinking about how to say it in my heart, but I heard Bao Yuan sigh faintly and said, "Fang Cairui'er's cheerful laughter reminds me of my deceased wife Taihua. At this time, I saw a faint starry light in his eyes.

It turns out that he is missing his deceased wife! I have long thought that he should have a family, but I don't want to be like this, how deeply I miss him so many times that he mistook me, and what kind of love makes him so sad, he loves his wife very much, right? It was as if I had been grabbed so hard that I could barely breathe.

"Taihua, also as coquettish as Rui'er, loves to laugh. Her riding skills are very good...... "Bao Yuan said in a rambling voice, but I couldn't hear anything clearly, only a huge voice in my ears said: He treats you well, just because you are a stand-in, stand-in......

Out of nowhere, I grabbed the horse's belly between my legs and whipped it at the horse's hips. The horse was in pain, and neighed like an arrow from a string, and rushed out with me. I clutched the reins and lay on the horse's back, tears drifting in the wind, and only one voice in my heart shouted: "Get out of here, I'm going to get out of here......"

The whistling wind accompanied by the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, buzzing in my ears, and it seemed that there was still Bao Yuan's anxious call, I only felt that my consciousness was gradually blurred, the arm holding the reins became more and more sore, and the scene in front of me appeared double and shaking, and my body fell straight out. That's it, it's all right, and it's good!

I fell to the ground in a trance in the whirring wind, but the landing was not as painful as I imagined, the soft feeling accompanied by the stinging pain from the feet made my consciousness a little clear, and when I turned around, I saw the face of a young man, eighteen or nineteen years old, thick eyebrows and high forehead, his lips trembled slightly, he seemed to say something to me, his mouth opened, and his head turned away and fainted.

Was he the one who saved me? I endured the pain and reached out to help him, but I didn't want my hands to be sticky and wet, and looked down at me and exclaimed, ah! Blood, blood, a lot of blood. Blood was pouring from under the young man's body, instantly soaking the hem of my white clothes.

"Someone, help...... Bao Yuan, Ming'er......" I shouted, tearing the placket of my shirt in a panic to wrap the man's bleeding left arm.

"Rui'er...... Rui'er ......"

"Miss Rui'er......"

"Sister, sister...... Where are you? ”

The shouts of Baoyuan, Ming'er, and Zhaoyuan came from far and near, and I staggered and struggled to get up, only to shout "I'm here" and fell to the ground again, a tingling pain spread from my ankle to my whole body, and I only felt that my head was a little dizzy.

"Rui'er, Rui'er." Bao Yuan looked anxious and embarrassed, and hugged me tightly in his arms, holding me so tightly, as if I was about to disappear in an instant.

"Hiss" I screamed softly in pain, "Ouch, it hurts......"

"It hurts, where does it hurt, where does it hurt?" He looked down and frantically examined my injuries.

"Blood, Childe, Blood...... Sister, sister...... "Ming'er took my hand, and her face was pale, crying as if I was about to leave this world.

"No, no, it's not my blood" I turned around and pointed to the man who had fainted in the grass, and said urgently: "Childe, save him." ”

"Zhaoyuan, go and call Mr. Ling." As he spoke, he leaned over and picked me up, striding towards the carriage.

I had never been so close to a man, and I was ashamed and anxious in his arms, and struggled to say, "Childe, let me down, let me down." "Don't move," he stopped and looked down, his dark eyes locked tightly on my eyes, and I seemed to have been enchanted, and I forgot about my struggle for a moment.

Seeing that I was obedient, the corners of his originally tight mouth relaxed, and he comforted: "You seem to have sprained your foot, and there is my courtyard not far ahead, go there and let Mr. Ling help you take a look." He gave me a reassuring smile and hugged me towards the carriage.

There was a man's strange and depressing breath in his arms, the smell was as light as spring grass, refreshing and gentle, I hid in his arms and enjoyed this outstanding favor, the originally anxious heart was as calm and light as a blister, he was really the curse of my life.

The carriage soon drove to Baoyuan's courtyard at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, where he placed me in Hanyanzhai and personally watched Mr. Ling help me check and bandage my wounds before going back to my room to change my clothes. After Baoyuan left, Ming'er pulled me and cried: "Fortunately, my sister is fine, fortunately, my sister is fine, when I saw my sister fall off the horse, Ming'er was almost scared to death, if my sister has something good, I won't live." ”

"Silly Ming'er, I'm not in a good position now, this little injury on my body, it's not in the way, it will be fine in a few days." I endured the pain and comforted her.

"Sister, you don't know, seeing you fall off the horse, Meng Gongzi is crazy, I have never looked like him." Seeing that I was fine, Ming'er said while feeding me water: "A person who is so gentle and quiet on weekdays is so anxious that the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and his face has become very scary. As he spoke, he subconsciously patted his chest, as if he was really scared.

Does he care about me like that? Or did all he care about was a face that resembled his deceased wife? But I didn't want to think about it anymore, and I fell asleep with a deep pain, maybe I didn't wake up so that I wouldn't have to hurt or hurt.