After Yan Ning returned to the house this night, thinking about what Shen Fu entrusted him to do during the day, he couldn't sleep for a long time, he had been in the Shen Mansion for nearly a month, and he thought that the big man in the big clothes should have left Shen Ji and found elsewhere; Thinking about it again, Shen Fu saw those paintings today, as if it was the first time he saw them, and this incident made him wonder.

On the second day, Yan Ning was still asleep, and heard someone knocking on the door, he opened the door to look, but saw that the housekeeper was at the door, and saw that it was not dawning outside, so he was puzzled and said, "Housekeeper, the sky is not yet dawn." ”

The housekeeper took a sip and said: "Of course I know that the sky is not dawning, there is a big event today, the prefect Liu is going to come to our house as a guest, and the station gate that Ah Lin died because of his mother, and he has gone home for the funeral yesterday, originally said that he would let Ah Hu go to the station door today, but that Ah Hu is a useless guy, and he was infected with a cold in the middle of the night; Don't go to the study today, you replace Alin for a day, you can rest assured, the salary will not be less yours. ”

Yan Ning saw that the housekeeper looked anxious, and he was not very harsh on himself on weekdays, so he had already sent someone under the fence, so there was no reason not to agree, so he responded immediately.

The butler handed him a set of the doorman's clothes, and said, "Put them on quickly, and I'll be waiting for you in the kitchen." Then he left.

Yan Ning put on the doorman's clothes, put them on a little tight, thinking that he was taller than that Alin, and he didn't care, after cleaning up, he went to the kitchen, at this time the sky was still dark, he saw the servants waiting there to eat through the dim candlelight in the kitchen, he looked left and right, did not see the housekeeper, but saw a familiar person, that person was Lao Xu.

He walked up to Lao Xu, said hello, and asked, "Lao Xu, why did everyone get up so early today?" ”

Lao Xu smiled and said, "Yesterday, I heard that Governor Liu is coming to our mansion today, and our lord must attach great importance to such a big official as Governor Liu's mansion." ”

Yan Ning muttered: "The prefect, it is indeed a very big official, but I don't know if it is a good official or a corrupt official?" ”

The old Xu sighed and said: "Silence, what you say can't be heard by others, Governor Liu is in Shenji, but he is a well-known good official, he has only been in Shenji for a few years, but whether it is building bridges or roads, these things are done by him with a group of people, and the people of Shenji are holding him." ”

Yan Ning nodded and said, "Lao Xu, listening to what you said, this Lord Liu must be a good official who is honest and honest." ”

When Lao Xu heard this, he sighed and said, "Of course Lord Liu is a good official, but Lord Liu, Lord Liu...... Alas....... ”

Yan Ning sighed when she saw him and asked, "What's wrong with Lord Liu?" ”

Lao Xu just wanted to speak, but when he saw that there were many people around him, he pulled Yan Ning to the side, and whispered in his ear: "Although Lord Liu is loved by the people, he gave birth to a son who is not a good person. ”

Yan Ning sighed and said, "Then Lord Liu is not a good official, does he know that his son is like this?" ”

Lao Xu shook his head and said: "Of course Lord Liu doesn't know, the big guy didn't tell Lord Liu about his son's evil because of Lord Liu's face." ”

Yan Ning just wanted to speak, but heard a person behind him shouting, "You two, what are you talking about hiding there?" ”

The two turned around and saw that it was the housekeeper, Lao Xu snorted and said, "Butler, we are discussing this morning's food." ”

The housekeeper snorted and said, "I don't care about anything else, you have to pay attention to it today, according to my arrangement, do your own things well, don't make any mistakes, understand." ”

The two nodded in response, and after eating, the butler beckoned and motioned for Yan Ning to come over, Yan Ning came to the housekeeper and saw that there were three young servants next to him who were also wearing doorman clothes, although these people were not tall, but their faces were indeed excellent.

The butler pointed to Yan Ning and the slightly taller one of the three, and said, "You two, stand on the inside of the gate," and then pointed to the other two, and said, "Do you two understand that you two are standing on the outside of the gate against the stone lion?" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, the housekeeper said to the three of them again: "This is Yan Ning in the study, this is the first time he stands at the door today, you three children keep an eye on me, I heard the sound of the carriage coming, so I went to the inner door to inform the master, this matter is not sloppy, do you know?" ”

The three people responded, and the housekeeper saw that this had been arranged, so he let the three people take Yan Ning away.

The three of them took Yan Ning through the hall, and they didn't speak along the way, Yan Ning saw that the three of them looked depressed, thinking that they hadn't slept well.

Outside the gate, several people stood according to their respective positions, although he got up early today, Yan Ning also slept early yesterday, plus this period of time of practice, the whole person's spirit and spirit were much better, he didn't have any sleepiness in his mind, just stood upright.

Several people stood until noon, but they hadn't seen Governor Liu coming, Yan Ning saw that the other three had begun to fight with their eyelids, and just wanted to remind, but he heard the sound of a carriage coming not far away, he hurriedly woke up everyone, and the tall man woke up and hurriedly ran into the inner courtyard to inform the master.

After a while, the old man of the Shen family came to the door, followed by him, there were two women, Yan Ning stood in front of the door, only to see the backs of the two people.

One of the women was wearing a blue embroidered Luo skirt, with a graceful figure, and the woman had foggy sideburns and a windy mustache, although she couldn't see her appearance clearly, she must be a beauty; Another woman wore a lilac pomegranate dress, and her demeanor was graceful, like a woman.

The two of them waited outside the door with the old man, and after a while, they saw a carriage coming slowly, and after the carriage stopped, a person got down from the carriage, Yan Ning saw that the man was wearing a lapis lazuli top, a mandarin duck scarlet robe, a Chinese character face, not angry and arrogant, thinking that it was the prefect of Liu; After the prefect Liu got out of the car, he saw a young man in a fancy costume coming down, the man had a face full of flesh and a lewd expression, he should be the son of the prefect Liu.

When the old man of the Shen family saw that Governor Liu got out of the carriage, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and said with a smile: "Lord Liu can come here today, which really makes the cold house shine." ”

That Governor Liu laughed and said: "Brother Shen invited me to come as a guest, I Liu dare not refuse, I am busy with government affairs today, and I am done, and I hope Brother Shen will not be surprised." ”

The master of the Shen family and the prefect of Liu exchanged a few polite words, but the young man Liu on the side saw the two women beside the master of the Shen family, and he saw that the two girls were beautiful, and a pair of eyes stared directly at the two of them.

When the old man of the Shen family saw that Liu Gongzi, he hurriedly stepped forward and took his hand and said affectionately: "This is the virtuous nephew, what a talent, the virtuous nephew is famous in the market, and I am like thunder." ”

Yan Ning listened to this sentence, and felt a little funny in his heart, and Lao Xu told him in the morning, that the son of the Liu prefect's family is a man who does all kinds of evil, and he is a man who overpowers women, and this person is full of meat, but this Shen family master said that he is a talent, and he is famous, he couldn't help but laugh at the moment, but he heard the woman in green clothes laugh out loud.

The old man of the Shen family looked embarrassed, only heard him cough lightly, pointed to the woman in the purple pomegranate skirt and said: "This is my inner Lin family, and this is the little girl Qinghe next to me, seeing that the virtuous nephew and the little girl are of similar age, the virtuous nephew is eight buckets high, and he is a well-known talent, Qinghe, you have to be close to Liu Gongzi." ”

Then Liu Gongzi smiled and said: "Uncle Shen praised it falsely, although I don't dare to say that I am only eight buckets, but there are seven buckets, Miss Shen and I are close and close, that is naturally good." ”

Shen Qinghe didn't answer, suddenly coughed a few times, and the lady of the Shen family on the side said: "Lord Liu and Liu Gongzi don't be surprised, the little girl occasionally felt a cold a few days ago, and her body was weak, and her throat has not been good yet." ”

Before Governor Liu could speak, Liu Gongzi had a lewd smile on his face, and said first: "No surprise, no surprise, if Miss Shen can't open her throat, get close to me for a while, it will naturally be fine." ”

Governor Liu scolded: "Renxiong, don't talk nonsense." After Liu Renzhong Xiong was reprimanded, he bowed his head and remained silent.

The old man of the Shen family saw that Governor Liu had stood outside the door for a long time, and immediately said: "Lord Liu, it's cold outside the door, I have prepared some good wine and food, how about going to the house?" ”

Immediately welcomed the two in, Yan Ning was about to see the appearance of Shen Qinghe, but the tall doorman on the opposite side signaled Yan Ning to bow his head, and when everyone entered the door, the doorman was deflated, locked the door, and went into the door to rest.

At this time, it was noon, Yan Ning came to the kitchen, and after lunch, the housekeeper told him that the water in several water tanks was empty, and asked him to fetch water. This carrying of water passed in the whole afternoon, and in the evening, after Yan Ning had eaten, he saw that it was getting late, so he went back to his room to practice.

Because of the practice, he naturally slept until noon on the second day, he came to the kitchen, thinking that he would be scolded by the housekeeper, but he didn't see the housekeeper, so he hurriedly ate and chatted with Lao Xu.

That old Xu knew that he had gone to the door yesterday, so he asked, "I heard that you saw Lord Liu yesterday?" ”

Yan Ning nodded and said: "Lao Xu, I saw it yesterday, that Lord Liu has a righteous face, he should be a good official, but his son, as Lao Xu said yesterday, he behaved frivolously towards Miss, and he didn't seem to be a good person." ”

The old Xu nodded, as if confirming the image of Governor Liu in his heart, and whispered: "Yesterday, I heard that the old man wanted to marry Miss Xu to the young master of the Liu family. ”

Yan Ning sighed, greatly surprised, he thought that Liu Renxiong was so good-looking, the master of the Shen family naturally looked down on him, but he actually married the young lady to that Liu Renxiong, and he was very sorry at the moment, and said: "Then Liu Renxiong, I think it is a straw bag, how did the master give the young lady to him?"

After the two chatted a few more words, Yan Ning went to the study, he had seen Shen Fu in the study the day before yesterday, and knew that he was in trouble, but Shen Fu did not want to talk to him, but entrusted him to go to the White Horse Temple tomorrow to worship. He couldn't understand for a while, if it was the death day of Shen Fu's biological mother, he would definitely go to the old man if he wanted to come, how to let him go to worship.

When she arrived at the study, Yan Ning cleaned the room first, and was about to pick up a book to read, but found that someone had moved the bookcase again.

He took a closer look and saw another poem written on the bookcase, and when he looked closely, the poem read: "Affection is only the spring court moon, and it is like leaving people to shine on the flowers." ”

This poem was written by a poet of the previous generation, which means that the moon in the sky is affectionate, and the person has left, but the moon is still shining on the flowers she planted. At that time, the person who wrote the poem used this poem to express his grievances in his heart, and now seeing this poem on the bookcase, Yan Ning thought of Shen Fu's depressed demeanor the day before yesterday, and he had an unspeakable hidden in his heart, and he must have used this poem to express the feelings in his heart.

He walked around the study twice, felt that it was too stuffy, and opened the window again, and saw that the window was covered with snow, but suddenly a gust of wind blew and blew off the trees a gust of hoarfrost, as if spring was coming.

Seeing this, he hurriedly picked up his pen and left a sentence under the poem: "Don't worry about the spring again, look at the new year." ”

This poem is a word of consolation, he wants Shen Fu to go to the spring, and when he stays for a while, the new year will come again.

In the afternoon of reading this day, he remembered Lao Xu's words at noon, and felt that the young lady of the Shen family married Liu Renxiong, and he was inexplicably unhappy and upset, so he hurriedly went to have dinner and went back to the room to rest.

On the second day, Yan Ning got up early, this day was the third day from Shen Fu's commission, he took the note written by Shen Fu that day, and saw that it read: "The left side hall of the White Horse Temple, Shen Fu's mother Kong." ”

Yan Ning had never been to a temple in his life, and when he read the books of saints since he was a child, he felt that the things of gods and Buddhas were just lies.

He went out of the city, walked a few miles on foot, and arrived at the White Horse Temple, the White Horse Temple was not big, and he looked into it from a distance outside the door, and only saw the two side halls on the left and right and the main hall in the middle.

He walked to the temple gate, but did not see a monk, he walked towards the left side hall, and after walking for a short time, he came to the side hall, the side hall door was open, but there was no one inside. He strode in, found a few sticks of incense in the corner of the hall, and searched for a long time in the tablets in the hall before he found the Kong's tablet.

He saw that the Kong's tablet was not like the others, it was made of fine boxwood, and the tablet was written in vermilion: "Unfilial son Shen Fu, unfilial daughter Shen Qinghe's mother Kong." ”

Seeing the three words Shen Qinghe written on the tablet, Yan Ning said in her heart: "It turns out that this Miss Shen family's name is Shen Qinghe, and she was born to Brother Shen from the same mother, it seems that the current Mrs. Shen is not the main house." ”

He was about to find a candle to light the incense in his hand, but he saw that in the incense altar under the tablet, someone had already sacrificed candles and incense, he was puzzled, and immediately lit the incense, bowed to the Kong's tablet, and then inserted the incense in the incense altar, and prepared to leave.

After worshipping Kong, Yan Ning went out of the side hall, he suddenly didn't know where he came from, looked left and right, didn't see a monk, thinking that he was coming to the left side of the hall, he should go out to the left, so he walked to the left.

After walking for a while, Yan Ning saw that the road here was not the same as when he came, thinking that he must have gone in the wrong direction, but he saw a little monk in front of him, so he stepped forward and asked, "Little master, where should I go at this exit?" ”

The little monk folded his hands and said, "This is the main hall on the left, you go to the left for a while, and when you reach the main hall, you can go straight and go out." ”

Yan Ning clasped his hands together, learned from the monk and thanked him, and saw that the main hall was not far ahead, if he returned to the left side hall, he also needed to walk a little way, why not go directly to the main hall and then go out.

He walked for a while, then saw a door, this door is the door of the side hall to the main hall, he crossed the door to enter, looked at it, saw that the main hall is really magnificent, the center of the hall is placed a tall Buddha statue, the Buddha statue is placed under a regular incense case, which is full of incense of people who come to worship the Buddha, the incense case in front of a few futons, one of the futons, kneeling a young girl in green clothes, the girl has a beautiful appearance, at this time close her eyes, put her hands together, worship the Buddha statue in front of her, and beside the girl, there is a tall monk, The monk twisted the beads and chanted the Buddhist scriptures he didn't understand.

Yan Ning wanted to walk quietly without disturbing the two, so he slowed down and walked lightly, he walked a few steps, and saw the girl in green clothes open her eyes and stand up, and said, "Master Chende, can I ask for a signature?" ”

Master Nachen smiled kindly and said, "What does the donor want to sign?" ”

The woman in green clothes blushed and said softly, "I want to ask for a marriage." ”

Master Nachen De smiled, took out a jar of sticks from behind him, handed it to the woman in green clothes, and said, "When the donor asks for a sign, you need to close your eyes, be pious in your heart, and then shake this jar, and you can naturally ask for the sign." ”

The woman in Tsing Yi took the jar, knelt on the futon, bowed to the Buddha statue, closed her eyes, and shook the jar.

The woman in green clothes picked up the stick, showed it to Master Nachende, and asked, "Master, what does this sign say?" ”

Master Chende picked up the stick, looked at it carefully, and said: "The stone treasure is priceless jade and treasure, just look for it from other places; It's like holding a lamp to find a fire, it's better to clean up your hard work. ”

The woman in Tsing Yi was puzzled and asked, "Master, what does this mean?" ”

Master Nachende shook his head and said: "Donor, this sign is the winning lot, not good or bad, this sign means, that is, the treasure jade is beside you, you don't need to look for it, you just need to wait, you can get a good fate, if you bother to find it, I'm afraid that the bamboo basket is empty." ”

When the woman in Tsing Yi heard this, her ground suddenly turned pale, and she sighed: "Is the good fate around, what kind of good fate is this, if this is the case, why don't you let me die." ”

Seeing that the woman in Tsing Yi was like ashes, Master Chende comforted: "Don't worry about it, this is what is shown in the sign, God will definitely give you a good fate, you only need to look for it, and you will definitely be able to find the destined person." ”

Unexpectedly, the woman in Tsing Yi shook her head again and again, and sighed lightly: "What I see on weekdays, except for my father, brother and that woman, there is only that Liu Renxiong, how can I find someone I like around me?" ”

When Yan Ning walked softly, he heard the woman in Tsing Yi mention Liu Renxiong, thinking that this name was the same as the son of Governor Liu yesterday, and seeing that the woman in Tsing Yi was wearing an embroidered Luo skirt, with foggy sideburns and a windy beard, which was very similar to the back of the young lady of the Shen family yesterday, he was curious, so he slowed down his pace again.

Master Nachen De said: "There is no way out of the green mountains, and suddenly I see a thousand sails looming, how can the donor know that there is no way ahead?" ”

But the woman in green clothes murmured: "Yesterday my father said that he would marry me to that rude and lewd man, and I was upset, and I didn't know what to do, so I went to the study and wrote a poem, thinking that if my brother could see it, he might be able to think of a way for me, but he was just as relieved as the master. ”

Master Nachen De smiled and said, "I don't know what poem the donor wrote?" ”

The woman in green clothes covered her face and sighed: "Affection is only the spring court month, and it is like leaving people to shine on the flowers." ”

Master Nachen De was about to persuade him, but he suddenly heard a person next to him say: "Mo Chou Spring is passing again, looking at the new year." ”

When the woman in Tsing Yi heard this, she snorted, turned her head to look, and saw a young man in cloth standing next to the Buddha statue, and that person was Yan Ning.

And the woman in Tsing Yi is also Shen Qinghe, the young lady of the Shen family, she went to the study yesterday evening, and saw that under the poem she wrote, she left this sentence "Mo Chou Spring is over again, look at the New Year again." She thought it was Shen Fu's stay.

She was painting in the study some time ago, and on the second day, she would always see a poem inscribed on the painting, which she expected to be left by her brother, but thinking that her brother didn't read much on weekdays, she wanted to teach her brother a test, and for several days in a row, my brother could inscribe a wonderful poem. There was a couplet, how did I know that the brother also matched on the second day, but that day he was infected with a cold and felt unwell, so he asked the maid to take the couplet and put it back in the study.

She thought that only she and her brother knew about this matter, but how did she hear this poem from the mouth of the handsome boy in front of her today, and she suddenly thought that she hadn't seen her brother for about a month, and her heart was suddenly shocked, could it be that all the poems were written by the son in front of her?

Shen Qinghe wanted to explore his reality, so he said: "Shangyuan doesn't see the moon, light a few lamps to make color for Qiankun." ”

How do you know that Yan Ning blurted out: "I didn't hear the thunder in shock, beat a few drums, and proclaim the power of heaven and earth." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Shen Qinghe suddenly frowned and asked, "How does Gongzi know about this couplet?" ”

Yan Ning, like Shen Qinghe, was puzzled, but when he heard Shen Qinghe say the sentence "Affection is only the spring court moon, it is like leaving people to shine on the flowers", he subconsciously took his poem yesterday. At this time, he heard Shen Qinghe say the couplet, he had expected that these days, the paintings and poems he saw in the study were all made by Shen Qinghe, and he sighed in his heart: "It turned out to be her, no wonder Brother Shen didn't look like he had seen those paintings and calligraphy that day, yesterday I heard that the master of the Shen family promised her to Liu Renxiong, thinking that she was unwilling in her heart, so she wrote that poem." I saw Shen Qinghe biting her red lips again, staring at herself with a pair of eyes, her heart moved, and she was about to say that she wrote those poems and couplets, but thinking about her identity, when the words came to her mouth, she only said one sentence: "This couplet is only right for me, if it is not right, Miss must not blame." ”

Shen Qinghe saw that he looked flustered, and knew in his heart that he was lying, but when he didn't want to admit it, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and said softly: "Childe, isn't it really you?" ”

Yan Ning sighed, shook her head and said, "Miss Xu has recognized the wrong person." ”

Shen Qinghe's eyes were full of tears, and he covered his mouth and said, "Childe, do you still remember that Qinglan was faintly raining in the mountains, and the waterfall played spring songs accompanied by birdsong?" ”

Yan Ning didn't dare to look at her, so she hurriedly turned her head and said, "I haven't heard this poem." ”

How do you know that Shen Qinghe asked again: "Then what about this sentence that the river is a green Luo belt, and the mountains are like jade hairpins?" Childe has ever heard of it. ”

Yan Ning denied: "I haven't heard of it, if the young lady has nothing to do, I'll leave first." Without waiting for Shen Qinghe to answer, he ran away in a panic.

When Shen Qinghe saw Yan Ning leaving, the tears in his eyes fell, but Master Chende smiled and said, "Donor, don't worry about the spring again, look at the new year." ”

Shen Qinghe looked at the place where Yan Ning left, and said stupidly: Is it really him? ”