Chapter 5 Encounters

As soon as noon arrived, all the guests arrived. So, Liu Hong beckoned everyone to take the seat. The banquet is set up in the back flower hall separated from the lobby by a wall, with a total of three tables. Li Zhiyun was arranged at the first table and sat next to Liu Hong. It seems that Liu Hong still values him a lot.

When the wine was half-drunk, Li Zhiyun got up and relieved. When he came to the backyard, he saw osmanthus trees planted all over the courtyard. Although the osmanthus has been thanked, there seems to be a strong aroma of osmanthus wafting in the air. He finished untying his hands and was about to go back when he suddenly heard a woman's voice not far away. He followed the prestige, and saw two girls standing under a tree beside the road on his right. The maid held a bamboo pole in her hand and was poking a kite painted with a multicolored pattern that fell on the branch of a tree, while the young lady commanded from the side.

Li Zhiyun's gaze glanced at the young lady's face. It's good not to glance at it, this glance surprised him: this young lady is too beautiful, very similar to the queen in "Yanxi Raiders". Li Zhiyun stared at her blankly, unable to retract his gaze for a long time.

When the young lady saw that the maid couldn't get off the kite, she scolded her for being too stupid, so she simply did it herself. Li Zhiyun raised his head and glanced at the sky, the autumn was crisp, there was no wind, and this was not the season for kite flying! It seems that this young lady is very bored in the backyard, and wants to have some fun!

The young lady poked her tiptoe more than a dozen times, not only did she work in vain, but she was so tired that her delicate face turned crimson. Li Zhiyun has always been pitiful and cherished, how can he stand by and watch? He shook his arms and walked over, bared his teeth, and said, "I'll come!" Without waiting for the consent of others, he snatched the bamboo pole from the hand of the beautiful woman and stabbed it.

However, the kite was entangled in a branch, and even if the bamboo pole reached it, it could not be poked down. Li Zhiyun had no choice but to drop the bamboo pole, use Sun Wukong's housekeeping skills, climb the tree with his hands and feet, and reach out to tear off the string of the kite. Then he jumped down the tree and handed the kite into the hands of the young lady.

The young lady thanked her with a delicate face. Li Zhiyun stared at the other party shamelessly and said, "Miss is Lord Liu's daughter, right?" Dare to ask Miss Fang's name? The young lady smiled and said, "Son, forgive me, how can I tell the name of the woman in the pavilion?" Li Zhiyun patted his head and said: "It's abrupt, please forgive Miss Liu!" ”

Miss Liu didn't mind, and asked with a smile, "Childe is a guest invited by my father, right?" May I ask your surname? ”

"Under the surname Li."

"Isn't it Li Gongzi who lives in Wei Mansion?"

When Li Zhiyun heard this, he hurriedly said, "Miss knows where she is?" Miss Liu smiled: "My father came back yesterday and mentioned Gongzi, saying that Gongzi is young and talented and knowledgeable. ”

"How dare you, how dare you."

Li Zhiyun had a few more words with the young lady, and then reluctantly left. He walked far and looked back twice.

After Li Zhiyun left the Guitang Annex, Miss Liu's smile lingered in his mind for a long time. At night, he lay on the couch and secretly swore in his heart that once he was crowned king, he would immediately go to Liu's mansion to ask for relatives and accept Miss Liu as the queen.

At night, he had a dream, dreaming that he was wearing a crown on his head, wearing a nine-python uniform, and Miss Liu was wearing a phoenix crown and a xiaxia veil, and he was married to him......

The next morning, the young master of the Wei family and the servants came to him to listen to the book, but he was not in the mood to talk anymore. So, he waved his hand and said, "My son is tired, rest for five days." When they heard this, they dispersed in disappointment.

He went back to the house and sat down to practice calligraphy. However, he was so distraught that his handwriting was so crooked that he could not even look at it himself, so he threw away his brush in frustration, got up and walked out of the house.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, he sneaked out of the Wei family annex. The two annexes of Liu and Wei are only two or three miles apart, and he has already known the path since he went back and forth twice yesterday.

He followed the dirt road where the carriage drove to the Guitang Annex. However, after thinking about it, he could not think of a high-sounding reason, and went to the door to find the young lady of the house, so he had to stand far away behind a tall bush, staring at the gate without blinking.

He stared at it for an hour, his eyes were sour, and he didn't see Miss Liu come out, so he had to leave disappointed.

Not far from the Guitang Annex, there is a Honghu Lake, and I don't know if it is called South Lake. There are beautiful lakes and mountains, and the scenery is beautiful. He played by the lake for a while before returning dejected.

The next day, Li Zhiyun came to the Guitang Annex again. This time, he waited less than half an hour before he saw the side door of the annex opened, and a carriage drove out of it and stopped on the side of the road. Immediately after, Miss Liu and the maid walked out.

Li Zhiyun suddenly felt overjoyed, and ran over with a fart. Miss Liu was about to step on the pedal board, when she heard someone calling her, she quickly turned around, and when she saw that it was him, she was surprised: "Li Gongzi, why are you here?" ”

Li Zhiyun didn't know how to answer, so he had to lie and say that he was here to find Lord Liu. When Miss Liu heard this, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and she was a little sorry: "Master Li, let you run for nothing, my father has something to do." ”

When he heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, but he pretended to be disappointed, and then asked, "Miss, where are you going?" ”

"Go to Pyeongchang and do some shopping."

Li Zhiyun listened and hurriedly said, "It's too coincidental, I wanted to go to Pyeongchang Town for a long time." Why don't we have a companion, and we can take care of it on the road. Seeing that the other party was a little hesitant, he hurriedly added: "I don't sit in the carriage, just sit with the coachman." ”

"Li Gongzi misunderstood." Miss Liu smiled and said, "You have a noble status, how can you sit with your subordinates?" With that, he stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture.

Li Zhiyun gave in and finally got into the carriage as he wished.

Although the carriage was spacious, it was still a bit cramped for three people. Li Zhiyun and Miss Liu sat facing each other, and when the carriage was bumpy, their knees couldn't help but touch. Miss Liu blushed and moved to the side.

Li Zhiyun hurriedly said: "I'm sorry to disturb Miss, I hope you'll forgive me!" Miss Liu smiled and said, "Childe is unintentional, don't mind!" After a pause, she continued: "Li Gongzi is outstanding in learning, and those two poems are very extraordinary!" ”

"Which two poems?" Li Zhiyun was a little puzzled.

Miss Liu smiled and whispered, "Goose, goose, goose." Li Zhiyun understood, and hurriedly said, "I didn't write it." ”

When Miss Liu heard this, she raised her face angrily and said, "Li Gongzi Hugh wants to bully me." Although Yinglian is a woman, her father only gave birth to me, and she has been urinating like a boy since she was a child. Although Yinglian didn't dare to say that she was knowledgeable, she could be regarded as a full reader of poetry. Those two poems are so wonderful that if they had been written by someone else, they would have been passed down to the world. But I haven't read it before. Didn't Childe do it? Who did it? ”

When Li Zhiyun heard this, he couldn't argue, so he had to touch his nose, which was a tacit acquiescence.

He was happy in his heart: Wonderful, the young lady was so excited that she actually said her maiden name. It turns out that she is not only a beauty, but also a talented woman, and it is just right for her to be the queen!

The carriage traveled for more than half an hour, and finally came to the town of Pyeongchang and stopped next to a street.

The three men got out of the carriage. Li Zhiyun saw that this Pyeongchang Town is not too big, it is estimated that there are only a few hundred households, and it is a very ordinary small market town. There is a main street in the town, and the streets are lined with various shops such as rice shops, cloth shops, and grocery stores, and various flags and posters flutter in the wind.

Li Zhiyun and Liu Yinglian walked forward side by side, and after walking for a short while, they saw many homeless people gathered on both sides of the street. One of them was ragged, unkempt, and thin-skinned, or sitting on the side of the road.

Li Zhiyun frowned and said, "How can there be so many homeless people in such a small place?" Liu Yinglian sighed and said, "Now that there are wars everywhere, they may have escaped from the nearby county town, right?" ”

At this time, a little girl suddenly ran over, grabbed Li Zhiyun's shirt and said, "Childe, give me some money, I haven't eaten for three days." Li Zhiyun took a look, the little girl was only seven or eight years old, skinny and skinny, which reminded him of the "reed stick" in the text "Body Worker" he learned when he was a child. He immediately felt pity, but he didn't have a child on his body, only a jade pendant hanging on his chest, which was given to him by Madame Wei when she first saw him.

He took off the jade pendant and was about to hand it to the little girl, but Liu Yinglian snatched it away. She glanced at the jade pendant and said, "This thing is too valuable, if you give it to her, you will either be robbed or deceived!" After that, he returned the jade pendant to him, turned his head to the maid and said, "Cui'er, take some copper coins." ”

The maid hurriedly took out her purse and took out some copper coins and gave them to the little girl. At this moment, the children and adults in the neighborhood "hula" surrounded the three of them in the middle, and some unscrupulous people also took the opportunity to put their hands on the young lady and maid.

Liu Yulian didn't look good, snatched Cui'er's purse, poured out all the copper coins in it and scattered them on the open space next to her. Taking advantage of the time when the homeless people were picking up copper coins, she pulled Li Zhiyun out of the land of right and wrong.

When she came to a place with few people, she took a breath and said, "There are too many displaced people, and I can't manage them at all." Let's go to the West Market. ”