The two walked slowly hand in hand in the night of Jinling City.

The beginning of March in Yecheng is still relatively cold, it is windy, and the wind is still wrapped in fine sand, and it is definitely not so lively at night.

Jinling is already thin in spring clothes, the nobles of the scholar clan are swaying fans in their hands, and the shops on both sides are also lit with lanterns, illuminating the whole street as if it were day.

On the street, a vendor carrying a straw and a bag full of sugar gourds passed by them, and Layuezui's greedy eyes lit up, "How do you sell sugar gourds?" Give me two strings! ”

Since she was a child, she has loved to eat sugar gourds, wrapped in hawthorn, wrapped in orange petals, wrapped in apples, and even wrapped in yams, grapes, and all kinds of eaten.

The north is cold, the sugar gourd can be sold until the end of March, the south is so warm that there are sugar gourds to buy, she happily handed Shi Yunqing a string, "Yunqing, you eat quickly!" This is a sugar gourd with orange petals, sweet and sour. After speaking, he took a bite, and waited for Shi Yunqing to praise the deliciousness with a satisfied face.

Who knew that Shi Yunqing smiled gently, and actually took off the hat on her head like this, and wiped the corner of her lips again, "Jinling is only the sugar gourd in Layue that can be eaten, don't you see that the vendor's straw is almost full and not sold much?" Looking at the stains on his back that were stained by the melted red sugar juice, the sugar gourd didn't taste crispy. ”

He has always had exquisite food and clothing, this kind of taste is not the best sugar gourd, he will never eat it, he used to eat it when he was Ershui, that was because he was not Shi Yunqing at that time, and at this time he was.

Therefore, he put the sugar gourd upside down in his hand, looked at Layue and covered her head in surprise, and chuckled, "It's going to be dark, no one can see your face clearly, don't worry, this hat has been worn for a day, it's weird." ”

"Uh-huh." Layue admired it to death in her heart. It's just a hawker who just walked over casually, and it was still night, and he could observe it so carefully, if Shi Yunqing wanted to set up a game and deceive someone, no one in this world would be able to run away at all. I still obediently don't play any tricks, although I really want to send a letter to Dai Xue, but if Shi Yunqing is unhappy, it will be bad for Dai Xue.

"Yunqing," Layue said vaguely while eating, not caring at all whether it was the best taste or not, it was better to satisfy cravings than anything else, "Shall we just walk back?" And don't you really want to eat this sugar gourd? If you don't want to eat it, I'll eat it. ”

Shi Yunqing threw away the sugar gourd in her hand with a smile, ignored her shouting and dissatisfied nagging, pulled her up and dodged into the restaurant next to her, and said softly in her ear without waiting for Layue to get angry, "The ice in this restaurant is the best, called rose ice, I'll give you a real rock sugar gourd." ”

The restaurant is not very luxurious. It is true that if it is compared with Yecheng, it is definitely a first-class luxury, and even the tables and chairs in the store are all old elm, but Layue only followed Shi Yunqing out of the first-class gold sales place in Jinling City, and it was a little unsightly to see such a store at this time.

Seeing the four or five vermilion gorgeous hawthorns wrapped in the delicate ice in the small jar of white agate sent by Xiao Er, Layue's face finally couldn't calm down, and she swallowed a mouthful of saliva in surprise, "Yunqing, this is ...... How to eat?"

Shi Yunqing smiled and nodded, took a small wooden mallet next to the plate, scooped up a boxy ice cube wrapped in hawthorn, and knocked it lightly, and the vermilion fruit fell on the white porcelain plate next to it.

"Taste it."

Layue couldn't wait to grab it and taste it, the cold red fruit was sweet and sour, and it was crisp when you took a bite, but it didn't freeze the hawthorn, and the ice ballast left on the outside actually had a faint rose fragrance.

Shi Yunqing ordered some more dishes, all of which were called with the taste that Layue likes to eat, and seeing that she had eaten almost, she said in a low voice, "Chu Jiu, do you think the taste of this rock sugar red fruit is strange?" ”

"The oddity?" Layue frowned and put the last hawthorn in her mouth, slowly and carefully tasted it, chewing it for dozens of mouthfuls before swallowing it.

He shook his head at Shi Yunqing, a little ashamed, "I really can't eat anything else, it's a pity that Yunqing entertained this food." ”

Shi Yunqing shook her head, picked up a piece of asparagus and put it in her bowl, "It's normal that you can't eat it, the people in this world who can eat this taste, well, I guess I'm just the only one." ”

"It's just you......" Layue looked startled, and suddenly realized, "You mean the fragrance of this thing is unusual?" ”

Shi Yunqing's index finger was raised between his lips, and his voice was extremely low, "There is a fragrance in this rose ice, which is exactly the same as that on Ziyu's body. ”

"What!" La Yue exhaled lightly, and hurriedly covered her mouth, looked at Shi Yunqing with round eyes, and said in disbelief, "Where is this place as good as one in ten million of the Mingyue Tower, why did Ziyu come here to eat?" After a moment of contemplation, she said, "Didn't Ziyu call Xiao Er here to send it?" ”

Shi Yunqing looked at her with a smile.

Without waiting for him to explain, she had discovered the unreasonableness in her words, shook her head, pouted with a spoon, and retorted to herself, "If the unique taste of the purple jade you said, it will never be left behind and the smell has not dissipated to this day, this is strange, what's going on?" ”

Shi Yunqing shook his head, "That's why I asked you to help me, this is what I discovered by accident, its scale, store decoration and taste and variety of dishes are not enough to attract me to come, if it wasn't for the chance to enter here that time, and I happened to see the people at the next table eating this rock sugar gourd and found it interesting to order one, I would never have found out about it in my life." ”

Layue became more and more curious as she listened, "Then what are you going to do?" How can I cooperate with you in the future? ”

Shi Yunqing was not in a hurry to answer her, signaling her to calm down, and then continued with Fang Cai's words, "I tasted this taste in one bite that day, but I just came out of Ziyu at that time, and I wondered if I had her taste on my body, so I didn't care, I didn't go to Mingyue Tower for a few days, and when I came here again, as soon as I ate this dessert, I knew that it wasn't the taste I brought." ”

He poured a glass of wine slowly, but poured a glass of warm soy milk for Layue. Seeing Layue staring at him dissatisfied, he smiled and said, "You still don't want to drink this wine, didn't you see those jars when you entered the door?" It's all soaked snakes and scorpions and the like, and this wine is that thing. ”

When Layue heard this, she felt sick and had goosebumps all over her body, and she really drank her soy milk honestly.

Shi Yunqing said again, "I have been looking for someone to keep an eye on Ziyu to prevent Ziyu from having the opportunity to go out alone, you see that I find someone to make clothes for her every day, in fact, it is to tie her up and not go out alone, but who knows that it is so strong, under my nose, today this ice still carries the fragrance of her body." ”