Qin Yu walked out of Xia Zhixu's room.

The two palace maids outside the door were still guarding there, and when they saw Qin Yu, the palace maid who was a little bolder remembered what happened before, her face turned slightly red, and her eyes were a little evasive.

If it had been before, Qin Yu might have laughed a few words.

But at this moment, he didn't have this kind of mood, but walked out of the courtyard with a heavy mood and walked towards the outside of the palace alone.

The guards patrolling the palace saw Qin Yu wearing a Confucian robe, and when they learned that he was going to go out for a walk, they didn't feel too embarrassed, but just said a few words to pay attention to safety, and then went to inspect again.

Walking out of the palace gate, directly in front of you is a carriage road paved with bluestone slabs several zhang wide.

Tall camphor trees are planted on both sides, but on the right side of the palace there is a huge lake called Crystal Lake, which is very cool in the summer breeze.

However, at this time, the surface of the lake shimmered silver in the moonlight.

The breeze blew slowly, waving bursts of dazzling light.

Qin Yu stared at the surface of the lake for a while, only to feel that his chest was a little stuffy, as if it was a lot more relaxed.

Standing still and hesitating for a moment, he walked slowly towards the crystal lake along the steps below.

It was dark, but it was still early.

The nobles who came with Xiao Yi rarely had time to come out to play on weekdays.

Now seeing such a beautiful scenery, how can there be no reason not to come and take a stroll, the laughter of the warbler Yanyan faintly came from the shore below.

When Qin Yu heard a woman's voice, he immediately guessed that it might be those girls who followed Xiao Yi.

Halfway through, I hesitated for a while, but walked another hundred zhang or so in the direction of the left, and then continued to go down.

The temperature at night in July is not very hot.

The southwest wind blew through the crystal lake, blowing on the body, and there was a slight coolness.

Coming to the shore of the lake, under the bright moonlight, Qin Yu looked at the lake from afar, looking at the vague mountains in the distance, and his mood suddenly became a lot lighter.

The affairs of the academy were no longer up to Qin Yu to decide at this time.

Now that the person has been offended, and the other party will not give up, he will definitely regain face in the future competition.

If this is the case, then the contradictions will only get deeper and deeper and cannot be reconciled.

Then the disputes that float under the water will come to the surface and move towards unpredictable orbits.

Thinking of this, Qin Yu's mood was a little heavy.

obviously has the ability to subdue demons and eliminate demons, but for the sake of some false fame, he allows demons to run rampant everywhere.

For a while, Qin Yu was also a little confused, whether to continue to stay in Liyang and intrigue with these people, or choose to go out and practice for a few years like Huikong and come back.

"Hey."

Qin Yu sighed, but he gradually had an idea in his heart.

"When this competition is over, let's go out and practice for a few years, the current atmosphere of this academy is indeed not suitable for me."

As soon as Qin Yu's words fell, a cold voice sounded behind him.

"Childe, are you going to leave Liyang?"

When I turned around, I saw a young girl with a veil on her face standing there, and beside her, there was a maid in palace clothes, holding an object in her arms, which seemed to be a musical instrument such as a zither.

When Qin Yu saw the servant girl's outfit, how could he not know that this girl with a scarf and a masked face should be a lady of the royal family, so she hurriedly bowed her hand.

However, he did not answer the girl's question.

"In the middle of the night, lonely men and widows stand here, it is inevitable that people will be criticized, so I will leave first."

"Aren't there maids by my side, why do you come to be lonely men and widows?" The girl looked at the man in front of her with cold eyes and said lightly.

Listening to this tone, it doesn't seem to care about the current situation.

"There is a difference between men and women, and if they are seen by others, there will inevitably be gossip."

When the girl heard this, she sneered, and said indifferently:

"Those who are pure are self-purifying, so why should they care about other people's remarks, besides, I'm not afraid of a woman, isn't my son afraid?"

When Qin Yu heard this, his eyes glanced at the other party's face curiously.

The woman regarded chastity and reputation as her life, and she was able to say this, which made Qin Yu a little surprised

"What the girl said is that she is stuck in her actions."

Qin Yu nodded, but continued to talk about what he was going to go.

The girl took a few steps forward, the breeze gently blowing her veil, but she could not see her face.

The little maidservant girl who followed her was clinging to the thing in her arms, staring at this scholar vigilantly, ready to shout for help at any time if there was any misconduct.

Qin Yu didn't care about the maid's actions, but continued to stand in place, looking at the scenery in front of him.

The two of them were like this, separated by a long distance, and neither of them spoke first.

About half a pillar of incense passed.

The girl, who had never spoken, suddenly spoke: "Xiaohuan, take out the zither." ”

The voice came in a hurry, and the maid didn't react for a while, and couldn't help but be stunned.

After a while, he hurriedly answered "yes" and hurriedly took out the things in his arms.

Qin Yu couldn't help but turn his head to take a look, it turned out that the handmaid was holding a lyre in her hand, the body was vermilion, and the silk strings were milky white.

The maiden took the lyre, and when the maidservant spread the silk that wrapped the lyre on the ground, she sat down directly on the spot and began to adjust the strings.

I saw that the girl held down the strings with her left hand, and gently plucked one of them with her right hand, and suddenly a high note of "Zheng" sounded.

Before Qin Yu could come back to his senses, as the girl stroked the strings, the sound of the piano sounded on the empty crystal lake.

The sound of the piano is melodious, the loose sound is loose and far-reaching, and the overtones are like heavenly sounds, there is a sense of coldness into the fairy, under the fingers of this girl, the aftertaste of the chant, subtle and long, like human language.

Qin Yu listened quietly, his mood seemed to go straight to the sky, and even his breathing gradually calmed down, for fear of disturbing something.

Let's talk about it.

Qin Yuleng came back to his senses after a long while, and couldn't help but arch his hand towards the woman: "Hearing this song of the girl, it is like climbing to the nine skies." The depression accumulated in my heart has also dissipated. ”

The girl didn't seem to hear Qin Yu's words, and took care of herself and ended up with the handkerchief handed over by the maidservant.

Carefully wiped the guqin in his hand, then slowly got up and said:

"Gongzi Miao praised it, but the little woman was curious, I don't know if the depression in Gongzi's mouth is related to the atmosphere of the academy that he said before."

Hearing this, Qin Yu stared at the girl, muttered for a moment, and then said slowly:

"The literati are famous, so that the common people in the world don't care about the infestation of demons, such an atmosphere makes Zai Xia a little disappointed."

"Childe's words are interesting, aren't you also a literati, aren't you participating in this competition for the sake of fame?"

"For the name?" Qin Yu smiled lightly, looked directly into the woman's eyes, and said softly, "If I say it's not for fame, do you believe it?" ”

In the face of such aggressive eyes, the girl did not flinch, but said coldly: "I believe." ”

Hearing this, Qin Yu was stunned instead, first laughed softly, and then laughed louder and louder.

He also asked why the other party believed in him, but turned around and left the place under the girl's cold gaze.