In a backyard of Chu Mansion, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was holding a sword and discussing with his master.

He walked nimbly in a pair of sea-blue brocade boots, and the peacock-blue short-sleeved robe and the high-tied headband fluttered with the swing of the malachite-encrusted dagger. The sweat on his forehead snaked down his beautiful skin that made women jealous.

This person is none other than the second son of the Chu family, Chu Xingluo.

Outside the courtyard, a maid hurriedly came to Chu Xingluo's side and said, "Second son, General Wang Geng has entered the imperial capital under the protection of Lord Lin, and Madam asked you to go over, thinking of going to greet you together." ”

Chu Xingluo put back the martial sword in his hand, came to a shade, sat on the cold stone bench, put the sword on the stone table, took a sip of tea, and said with a hint of resentment: "Why do you want to welcome them, in terms of seniority, my mother is the eldest sister, and he is the third aunt; In terms of official positions, my father was the commander of the imperial capital, and the third aunt was just a small servant, so why should we welcome them? ”

"You said it all the second son, he is your third uncle-in-law, shouldn't you, the junior, also go to greet him?"

Chu Xingluo was about to refute, but after thinking about it, isn't this his mother's voice? He immediately stood up and looked towards the gate of the courtyard. I saw my mother looking at me with a smile on her face, and suddenly the whole person was not good.

Who knows about this Chu Mansion, since Luo Jinyu knew that Lin Jinzhuo was going back to the imperial capital, she was so happy that she immediately went to the door to open Luo, from the big furniture to the small dishes and chopsticks, which she personally handled. Luo Jinyu attaches so much importance to the right door, but now Chu Xingluo is saying bad things about the right door, isn't it a bad thing? Hurriedly trotted over with a smile, laughed and said, "That's, that's." It's been ten years, and the third aunt is back, and Xingluo, as a junior, naturally wants to greet them, and then pick up the wind and wash the dust for them, and accompany them to have a good drink. ”

Seeing that Chu Xingluo's attitude changed so quickly, Luo Jinyu still pretended to be angry: "Don't trouble the second son, just go by yourself." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left, and went to the front door.

Chu Xingluo saw that Luo Jinyu was still angry with himself, so he hurriedly followed, trying to please Luo Jinyu, but Luo Jinyu just didn't give him a good face.

In front of the gate of Chu Mansion, Chu Qingyun and his wife were talking, and no one paid attention to Chu Xingluo. Chu Xingluo, who felt aggrieved, leaned on the door frame alone, fiddling with the green plants placed next to the door.

Soon, Wang Geng led the carriage slowly to the gate of the Chu Mansion, got off the horse and saluted Chu Qingyun and his wife: "My lord, madam, the last general has escorted Lord Lin's father and daughter back safely." ”

Chu Qingyun and his wife looked at each other and smiled, and took a step forward. I saw Lin Liang get off the carriage in front of him, and then turned around and helped Lin Jinzhuo behind him to get out of the carriage.

Chu Qingyun and his wife looked at Lin Jinzhuo, who they hadn't seen for ten years, and they were very excited, and hurriedly greeted him.

Chu Xingluo, who was at the door, saw Lin Jinzhuo, who was dressed in plain clothes, get out of the carriage, and didn't care much, but stared at the carriage behind.

Chu Qingyun and his wife exchanged pleasantries with Lin Jinzhuo for a while, but they didn't see Lin Yueying. Luo Jinyu was about to ask Lin Jinzhuo, but saw a maid getting off the carriage behind her, helping a young girl to get out of the carriage.

When Chu Qingyun and his wife saw the girl's appearance clearly, they couldn't help but be stunned, and even the subordinates of the Chu Mansion whispered.

When everyone in Chu Mansion saw Lin Yueying's reaction, Lin Jinzhuo was puzzled.

Chu Xingluo saw that a girl got down from a carriage behind, so he left the door and came to Luo Jinyu's side, and when he saw Lin Yueying's appearance clearly, he shouted in shock: "Ghost! After shouting, he staggered back to the Chu Mansion.

Everyone didn't expect their second son to shout out what everyone wanted to say in front of Lin Yueying, and they all looked at each other.

Lin Jinzhuo and the others were a little angry when they heard Chu Xingluo call Lin Yueying like this: "That kid, what do you mean?" ”

Luo Jinyu hurriedly played a round and said with a smile: "Little child, talk nonsense, don't care about him." ”

Saying that, he came to Lin Yueying, took Lin Yueying's hand, stroked her little face, and said with tears in his eyes: "How can such a beautiful child be a ghost, how can he be a bodhisattva." ”

Lin Yueying didn't expect Luo Jinyu to praise herself so much, so she hurriedly lowered her head and said timidly: "Look at what my aunt said, Yueying doesn't dare." ”

Luo Jinyu saw that Lin Yueying was shy, so she burst into tears and laughed.

Chu Qingyun looked behind Lin Jinzhuo, as if he was looking for something, and asked for a long time, "Why don't you see Yuelang?" ”

"Moonlight."

Lin Jinzhuo replied: "That kid went to study three years ago, according to the day, if it goes well, he will return to the imperial capital at the end of this year to catch the exam." ”

"That's right."

Chu Qingyun felt a little disappointed.

Luo Jinyu saw that Chu Qingyun was a little lonely, and she hurriedly changed the topic: "Don't stand here, go in first!" ”

Luo Jinyu said, and led Lin Yueying into the Lin Mansion at the opposite door, and Chu Qingyun and Lin Jinzhuo also followed.

Luo Jinyu looked at the front yard of the Lin Mansion and said to Lin Yueying: "At the beginning, everything in this lean was arranged by Yaoyao, and I didn't move much, so I just asked people to clean it regularly." ”

Lin Yueying raised her eyes, looked at the cleaned front yard, looked at the elaborate front hall, as if she had returned to ten years ago, laughing and playing with several boys of the same age.

Lin Jinzhuo, who walked into the door with Chu Qingyun, stepped on the wide bluestone slab, looked at the home that had not changed anything, and was full of emotion in his heart, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he only said: "There is Mrs. Lao Chu." ”

"It should."

After speaking, Chu Qingyun went to the hall with him, but Luo Jinyu led Lin Yueying to her courtyard.

The bell who came in later, looked at the Lin Mansion, which was several times wider than the Lin Mansion in Lin County, and was as happy as a child, and said to Luo Sha: "Aunt Luo Sha, is this the house where the master and the young lady lived before?" It's so big, it's half the size of a forest house in the front yard. ”

Bell's words that he had never seen the world caused a snickering of the people of the Chu Mansion. Luo Sha hurriedly pulled the bell aside and whispered to her: "Bell, don't say what you said in front of outsiders in the future." You are like this in your own mansion, if you go to the Chu Mansion and the Yin Kingdom Gong, which are bigger than this, in the future, then you still have to? Isn't it a joke that makes the lord and the young lady lose their identity outside. ”

Hearing what Luo Sha said, Bell quickly covered his mouth and nodded vigorously.

Luo Jinyu and Lin Yueying bypassed the front hall, walked through a corridor, walked in front of the curling courtyard, and came to the Wangshu Pavilion where Lin Yueying lived.

As soon as I entered, I saw a delicate two-story building standing among the flowers. I saw that on the upstairs extended corner, there were several lifelike birds, and the bells hanging under the horn swayed with the wind, and there was a tinkling sound. There is a grape trellis on the left side of the admission, and there is a swing under the grape trellis that can accommodate two people; On the right side of the small building, there is a lotus pond that semi-surrounds the small building, and flowers of different shapes are planted next to the lotus pond.

Bell looked at the extreme courtyard in front of him, and Annai showed a look of envy. Seeing her like this, Luo Sha hurriedly touched her with her elbow and shook her head at her. Only then did the bell come to his senses, lowered his head, and followed the crowd forward.

Lin Yueying saw the familiar courtyard in front of her, and the scenes of the past suddenly came to her heart, once upon a time, she and two boys of the same age were chasing and making trouble in this courtyard, and the little star Luo on the swing also clapped his hands and watched them laugh......

Luo Jinyu led Lin Yueying into the small building, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw a screen standing not far behind the door, so that the people outside the door could not see the things behind the screen. The two of them bypassed the screen, passed through the hall, and went up to the second floor, only to see the light yarn on the second floor hanging down, and the sunlight passed through the light yarn, and the flowers on the light yarn were completely reflected on the ground, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.

After Luo Jinyu led Lin Yueying into the inner room on the left, she motioned to the grandmother behind her to open the wardrobe, and then led Lin Yueying to the wardrobe. The bell at the door looked at the wardrobe full of clothes on the wall, revealing a look of envy, but it was only for a moment, after all, she hadn't forgotten what Luo Sha had just said.

Luo Jinyu said to Lin Yueying: "You and my aunt and nephew haven't seen each other for ten years, and I don't know if you are fat or thin, tall or short. Aunt thought, you are the same age as Ruojiao, and my aunt made a few bodies according to her size, and a few wide ones, it seems that those are not needed. ”

As soon as Luo Jinyu finished speaking, the grandmother behind her asked people to take out the cabinet of wide clothes.

The bell looked at the exquisite clothes held by the maids, and thought: What a pity, those pieces are all good materials and embroiderers, so they were thrown away.

Luo Jinyu led Lin Yueying to the dresser again, gently opened the drawer, each by one was exquisite jewelry, the bell was really dumbfounded this time, and she had already forgotten Luo Sha's previous instructions.

Luo Jinyu said to Yueying: "I don't know what you like now, so every piece of jewelry, every piece of clothing, but everything my aunt can think of, I have one piece of it, I keep what I like, throw away what I don't like, and my aunt will replace it with a new one!" ”

After ten years, Lin Yueying didn't expect Luo Jinyu to still take herself as the same as before, the tears in her eyes had already burst into a river, and she said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, aunt." ”

Luo Jinyu saw tears in the corners of Yueying's eyes, and hurriedly took her into her arms and comforted: "Okay, silly child, you just cry like this with such a thing, and which family's son takes a ten times more than this, and still doesn't coax you?" ”

Luo Jinyu's words caused everyone to laugh, only the bell at the door wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes.

Her own young lady is strong, and she fights with her son on weekdays, but after her son goes to study, she shows a lonely look from time to time. Now that I am well protected, with Mrs. Chu by her side, I will not feel lonely in the future.

Luo Sha, who came one step late, saw that the room was laughing, but the bell was crying, and then looked at Luo Jinyu and Lin Yueying, who were surrounded by everyone, and suddenly turned pale, so she gently patted the bell on the shoulder, and looked at Luo Jinyu and Lin Yueying with her.

Lin Yueying was a little embarrassed when she heard Luo Jinyu say this, stomped her feet lightly, and called "aunt" delicately, which caused everyone to laugh again.

In the hall, Lin Jinzhuo and Chu Sheng sat on the main seat together, chatting eloquently.

Chu Qingyun, who was sitting on the main seat with Lin Jinzhuo, said: "Brother Jinzhuo was in a hurry to leave back then, you and my brother still have a lot to say, you and I must have a long talk today." ”

Lin Jinzhuo waved his hand and replied, "No hurry, no hurry." The younger brother lives opposite the elder brother's door, and there is time. ”

"Yes, yes. I wonder how you've been doing all these years? ”

"With Brother Lao's concern, everything is fine. Yueying followed Luo Sha to learn female workers, and Yuelang went to study in the school. As for me, I also teach both of them to read when I have time. ”

Lin Jinzhuo paused and continued: "Three years ago, Yuelang went to study, counting the days, and he should come back before the imperial examination. ”

"I haven't seen him for ten years, and this kid is going to participate in the imperial examination."

Chu Qingyun sighed.

Lin Jinzhuo saw Chu Sheng's expression, his heart was a little entangled, and he said for a long time: "Brother, if the younger brother doesn't bring Yuelang well, I don't know ......."

"Look at what the virtuous brother said."

Chu Qingyun interrupted Lin Jinzhuo's words, and said with a smile: "The child who was in the moon just now, but the foolish brother saw it, it was humble and polite, and he was generous. You can raise a girl like this, let alone a boy, it must be out of the blue! ”

"Brother praised, praised."

Lin Jinzhuo was a little ashamed, and now he could only respond humbly.

In the evening, Lin Yueying, who had cleaned up, went to the opposite door alone. Bell tried to stop her, but she was stopped by Rosa herself.

Luo Sha said: "Didn't I tell you the day I left Lin County, the young ladies and sons of the Lin and Chu families are all casual contacts, so there is no need to worry. ”

Luo Sha said so, but the bell still watched Lin Yueying arrive at the door of the Chu Mansion uneasily, until her figure disappeared behind the door of the Chu Mansion.

Lin Yueying trotted to the front of the Chu Mansion and walked straight into the gate of the Chu Mansion.

The Chu Mansion family who was guarding the door did not stop it, because Luo Jinyu had orders after returning from the Lin Mansion. Moreover, the attitude of Chu Qingyun and his wife when they saw Lin Jinzhuo's father and daughter, and Luo Jinyu's expression towards Lin Yueying, they all saw it in their eyes, and no one would stop Lin Yueying without interest, Lin Yueying trotted into the Chu Mansion without hesitation as when she was a child.

The Chu Mansion on the opposite side, is bigger than the Lin Mansion in a circle, the floors are tired, the staggered falls, between the halls and pavilions, the Danying is carved into the tree.

Xu is Luo Jinyu's words were not fully conveyed, and Lin Yueying was stopped by two maids as soon as she walked through the front yard.

The two maids came up and asked Lin Yueying sharply: "Where did the wild girl come from, do you know where this is?" ”

Lin Yueying has seen a lot of people who fight with people, and she doesn't blame this maid, so she politely replied to her: "I know." ”

The maid said, "I know that I still broke in, do you believe that my aunt and grandmother asked someone to throw you out!" ”

As soon as the maid finished speaking, she was slapped and fell to the ground.

This sudden slap startled Lin Yueying, and the other maid was also frightened, and when the maid saw who the person who beat the person was, she quickly knelt down.

The maid who was beaten to the ground got up in a daze, and was about to pursue it, but when she saw the person who beat her, she knelt down neatly.

Lin Yueying looked at the person beside her, it was Mama Su, Mama Su who was following Luo Jinyu. When Luo Jinyu married Chu Sheng, they came over together.

"Mama Su."

Lin Yueying called out affectionately.

When Mama Su saw Lin Yueying calling herself, her hideous face suddenly became gentle, and she said softly to Lin Yueying, "I don't know what happened to Miss Yueying?" ”

Lin Yueying replied obediently: "It's okay, I just want to see Xiao Xingluo, he ran away before he could speak!" ”

"Oh, looking for the second son? The second son still lives in the original yard, does he need Mama Su to lead the way? ”

"No, I remember the way."

"Really? Miss Yueying, please. ”

Mama Su said and got out of the way and let Lin Yueying pass.

"Hmm!"

Lin Yueying nodded, and walked towards Chu Xingluo's courtyard.

Mama Su looked at Lin Yueying's distant figure, and after making sure that she was far away, she slowly turned around......

The maid who was kneeling on the ground couldn't figure out why Mama Su had such respect for a wild girl from outside, but when they saw Mama Su talking so well now, they felt a little lucky, but when they saw Mama Su's hideous face again at this time, they realized that they were wrong......

Lin Yueying came all the way, although many scenes had changed, but she still came to Liuyun Garden, where Chu Xingluo lived.

As soon as Lin Yueying entered Liuyun Garden, she saw a small building rising from the ground, and a towering pine and cypress tree was carried on both sides of the small building. On the left side of Liuyun Garden are two wings, on the right side is a verandah, in front of the corridor is a meadow and an irregular artificial lake, and there is an eight-sided pavilion on the lake.

As soon as Lin Yueying entered Liuyun Garden, she saw Chu Xingluo pulling the leaves of the flowers planted in the courtyard.

Is this kid angry with his aunt again? So now a life sulking?

Thinking so, Lin Yueying gently walked behind Chu Xingluo, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and called softly: "Little Xingluo."

What Lin Yueying didn't expect was that Chu Xingluo screamed again when he looked back at her face clearly, and subconsciously punched the bridge of her nose, so painful that she squatted on the ground and covered her nose......

Chu Xingluo was about to run away, but when he saw the red liquid oozing out of Lin Yueying's hand, he realized that he was wrong......

Chu Xingluo hurriedly went to the pavilion, picked up the teapot, returned to Lin Yueying's side, took out a handkerchief from his arms, poured out the tea, wet the handkerchief, and said to Lin Yueying anxiously: "It's useless to cover it with your hands, take it down quickly!" ”

Lin Yueying obediently took her hands away from her nose and raised her head as a matter of course.

Chu Xingluo saw Lin Yueying raise his head, and was a little angry: "You can't look up!" ”

Lin Yueying didn't know why Chu Xingluo said this, but it was inconvenient for her to speak, so she could only shake her head, hoping that Chu Xingluo could be innocent of what she meant.

Chu Xingluo looked at the nosebleed under Lin Yueying's nose and mouth, and didn't care about explaining more to her, so he bent down directly, pressed Lin Yueying's upturned head in front of her with his free left hand, and covered Lin Yueying's nose with the handkerchief that was wet with his right hand......

Lin Yueying wiped her cheeks carefully with the water brought by Chu Xingluo, and when she was done, she didn't forget to look up and ask Chu Xingluo if he had washed it.

Chu Xingluo took a closer look and pointed to his nose. Lin Yueying saw him pointing to his nose, and she gently wiped her nose again until Chu Xingluo nodded.

Lin Yueying checked her body again, and after making sure that there was no blood, she came to Chu Xingluo and sat down, Lin Xingluo seemed to admit his mistake and pushed the refreshments on the stone table in front of Lin Yueying.

Lin Yueying touched the tip of her nose, which was still aching faintly, with her free hand, she picked up a piece of pastry from the tea plate, took a bite, and asked Chu Xingluo: "Little Xingluo, why did you beat me when you saw me?" It was the same just now, why do you say I'm a ghost when you see me? ”

Chu Xingluo did not answer Yueying.

Lin Yueying saw that he didn't answer for a long time, and asked again: "Why do everyone see me as if they have seen a ghost?" ”

Chu Xingluo still didn't answer.

Lin Yueying saw that Chu Xingluo didn't answer, so she simply put down the pastry, stood up, and pretended to say, "If Xiao Xingluo doesn't answer, forget it, I'll ask my aunt." ”

Lin Yueying's simple words were like stepping on Chu Xingluo's tail.

Chu Xingluo hurriedly grabbed the corner of her clothes, and said pleadingly: "Sister Yueying, my mother said it, I can't tell you!" ”

Lin Yueying saw that the treacherous plan succeeded, and took advantage of the fire to rob again: "Oh? Then I'll go and tell my aunt that you hit me! ”

Chu Xingluo was even more uneasy when he heard Lin Yueying say this: since he was a child, his eldest brother has protected Yueying's sister, and Yuelang's brother has been sticking to her all day long, and her mother treats her like a daughter, but her youngest son has become superfluous, if she goes to her mother's complaint, I'm afraid she won't have anything to eat today......

Chu Xingluo struggled for a long time, but still revealed the truth to Lin Yueying.

The reason why everyone was shocked when they saw Lin Yueying for the first time was because she looked exactly like Yuan Yi, who hanged herself two years ago. And that Yuan Yi is the eldest daughter of Yuan Xinhou Yuan Heng, and the only daughter, who originally had a marriage contract with Prince Mu Qi Yungu, but for some reason died violently three days before the wedding.

The world speculated whether someone had gambled on her, but the Yuan family found out that there was no clue so far, Qi Yungu also had no intention of entering politics because of this matter, and bought drunk with wine all day long.

"No wonder people see me like they're seeing ghosts."

Lin Yueying suddenly realized.

Chu Xingluo tugged at the corner of Lin Yueying's clothes, and pleaded slightly: "Sister Yueying, my mother just instructed, I can't tell you about this, if my mother asks, don't say that I told you." ”

"Well, that's nature."

Lin Yueying responded, and her right hand dishonestly touched Chu Xingluo's head.

Chu Xingluo is also a little man, how can he let her touch her head, and he reached out and gently pushed Lin Yueying's hand away.

Chu Xingluo didn't push it away, but when he pushed it away, he was pinched by Lin Yueying's cheeks with both hands. Chu Xingluo really lost her temper completely, let her pinch her cheeks, and thought: Who is the child.

Mama Su came in from outside the courtyard and saw that the two of them were frolicking, so they shouldn't have disturbed, but Chu Sheng and his wife and Lin Jinzhuo were waiting for the two of them to have dinner in the dining room, and it was not good to make them wait for a long time, so they could only come to their side and invite them over.

When Chu Xingluo saw Mama Su coming, he hurriedly retreated, distanced himself from Lin Yueying, and was about to lead Lin Yueying to the dining room.

Lin Yueying saw Chu Xingluo's somewhat detached movements, and she was not angry, so she followed in a hurry.