The night is quiet.

The dark night seems to be filled with boundless ink.

Su Mansion has two adjoining boudoirs.

A plaque is named Yilanxuan, and a plaque is named Meiyingzhai.

The former is planted with orchids, and the latter is planted with plums.

The two courtyards are very close to each other, and between the two courtyard walls, there is a three-step-wide bluestone slab road, looking down from a high place, like a line of sky.

In Meiyingzhai, there are several insect chirps, and a boudoir sleeps in the dark night.

On the second floor of the boudoir building, the doors, windows, and wall panels are all made of precious nan wood, the furniture is classical, there are rows of bookshelves, there is an empty beauty couch by the window, and the second or third books are scattered on the pillow.

Every detail in the room reveals the lazy and elegant character of the hostess of the boudoir.

Inside the room, where the moonlight can't reach.

A very elegant embroidery bed is quietly located, and the embroidered bed and tent are readily available.

A gauze tent with green double-embroidered flowers and grass insects obscures the scene in the bed.

However, only Su Bao'er knew that this gauze tent was quite special, and when he looked out from the inside, he could see the general scene outside.

Su Bao'er woke up naturally in the middle of the night again.

She dreamed again of the old man with low eyebrows and his proverbs.

Su Bao'er's body was slightly curled, the embroidered quilt was sideways, and her cold eyes looked through the gauze tent, looking at the half-hidden window not far away, and saw the scenery outside the window dimly.

It seems to catch a glimpse of a familiar figure in the afterglow.

Su Bao'er's eyebrows gathered slightly.

She silently pursed her somewhat dry red lips.

Immediately, a slender jade hand stretched out from the tent, opened the gauze tent, and a pair of long legs under the skirt bent their calves to poke out of bed, and the two ice-cream-like little feet wrapped in light pink foot socks tried twice before touching the embroidered shoes under the bed.

There are girls who are lazy in their shoes.

Wrapped a blanket in the crook of his arm, he walked to the window, tilted his head and looked up at the lone shadow under the moon on the roof next door.

Su Bao'er stopped for a moment, suddenly pushed open the two windows completely, and climbed onto the windowsill.

The plum blossom makeup girl, who originally looked elegant and demure, was like an agile cat, turned out of the balcony and climbed to the roof with ease.

Between the eaves of the roof here and the eaves of the roof next door, there was a gap like a line of sky, and she didn't even hesitate, jumping lightly.

Look at this set of movements, extremely skillful, not even a single roof tile has been touched.

If a sleeping bun-faced little maid in the companion room downstairs was here at the moment, she would definitely rub her eyes and say, "Well, Miss flew again......

Su Bao'er wrapped herself in a thin blanket, came to the roof of Yilanxuan, walked to Xie Lingjiang, who was in a daze, and did not dislike the dust of the eaves, and sat down calmly.

The two daughters sat side by side on the roof.

On their heads, shining stars were embedded in the dark night.

There is a bright moon hanging alone among the stars, like a shining orb.

Xie Lingjiang suddenly felt that this round of the moon was very similar to the night pearl that the senior brother gave her, but unfortunately she didn't want to return it yet.

At this time, the little sister of the Su family unceremoniously stretched out her hand to Xie Lingjiang, who seemed to be distracted, and asked lightly:

"Wine."

The latter shook his head slightly.

From Su Bao'er climbing on the roof just now, to now walking to sit down and begging for wine, Xie Lingjiang didn't go to see her the whole time.

Su Bao'er couldn't help but look sideways.

I saw that Xie Lingjiang hugged his knees with one hand, sitting alone under the moon, holding a pot of pocket version of the small wine jar in his right hand.

She tilted her head to look at the dark courtyard next to a certain Merlin in the distance, her pretty face seemed to be in a daze, and the body of the small wine jug in her hand with red paper was about to touch the girl's white face.

And sitting on the roof of the slope, keeping her knees bent, her long toned legs pressed against the already bulging and wasteful of fabric's broad chest, and the pressure was a little deformed.

Even the scale that overflowed from the edge of the legs, in the opinion of Su Bao'er, who first excluded himself, was bigger than the colorful ribbon.

And all this, Xie Lingjiang seemed to be unconscious, and his eyes reflecting the starlight silently looked at the direction of Merlot Garden,

Su Bao'er silently withdrew her gaze.

"If you drink it yourself, it's going to be boring." She stared at the moon without squinting.

Xie Lingjiang shook his head, "No wine." ”

She silently put down the wine jar in her hand and let out a long breath.

Su Bao'er pouted, "Then why are you still holding a wine jar in your hand?" Fancies? ”

Xie Lingjiang turned a deaf ear, turned his head and said, "Some wine can eliminate sorrow, and some sorrow can eliminate wine." ”

"......" Su Bao'er.

"You don't understand." Xie Lingjiang shook his head slightly.

The room between the two was quiet for a while, and then she turned her head and asked:

"Have you found that return message?"

Su Bao'er sighed lightly:

"It may have been burned, either the fire in the Lotus Pagoda a hundred years ago, or the fire in the rebuilt Meritorious Pagoda later, anyway, looking at it now, it is difficult to leave it behind."

Xie Lingjiang nodded, "This thing is important to you?" ”

Su Bao'er was silent for a while, looked up at the moon and said, "There is not much time left for the Su family. ”

Xie Lingjiang glanced at her and said:

"These words, Uncle Su and Aunt Wei are concerned, you are a young lady who is waiting for the word boudoir to worry a lot. And, what does the two have to do with each other? ”

Su Bao'er turned her head and asked, "Do you believe in your fate?" ”

"I don't believe it."

After a pause, Xie Lingjiang looked into the distance, did not squint and said, "Senior brother doesn't believe in orders, he said that things are done by people." ”

"So you don't believe it?" Su Bao'er squinted at her.

"No, I just think he has a point." Xie Lingjiang lowered his eyes.

She turned her head and said seriously: "Actually, it's good to be safe and sound now." ”

Su Bao'er looked away: "Maybe." ”

The two of them were silent for a while, only the night wind was howling, and Su Bao'er tightened the blanket on her body.

Xie Lingjiang asked curiously, "Are you about to be born?" ”

"How do you know?"

"I see that some of the maids in the house have been busy recently, and it seems that they are organizing a birthday ceremony for you."

"Hmm." Su Bao'er said casually: "It's nothing more than that some relatives or people are coming here again, and they will make a lot of noise." ”

Xie Ling Jiang smiled.

It's not easy for your distant relatives to be the best.

But she didn't say this, maintaining some kind of tacit understanding.

Su Bao'er's mind was obviously on something else, and she turned her head and said:

"After the fifteenth day of this month, you can find a free time and accompany me to Donglin Temple again. Without you as an excuse, A-Niang doesn't worry about me going out. ”

"You've been there too many times." Xie Lingjiang shook his head, and asked strangely: "Why is it after the fifteenth of this month, isn't there still half a decade?" ”

Su Bao'er pouted and said:

"Those monks of Donglin Temple don't learn well, and they want to go to the temple fair of fifteen to ask for marriage, fooling some men and women to burn incense and pray for marriage.

"I heard that it is warming up these days, and it seems that the mountain is going to be lively for a while, so it's better not to go over before fifteen, in case they are misunderstood by Auntie and Father, it will be bad."

"Marriage Festival Temple Fair ......"

Xie Lingjiang's face was stunned, he muttered, and asked quietly: "Donglin Temple is very spiritual in seeking marriage?" ”

"I don't know, you're interested in asking for yourself."

Su Bao'er replied casually, and after a pause, she turned her head:

"What? How are you interested in this? Didn't your father say before that you rejected many young and talented marriage proposals and wanted to aspire to Confucianism? ”

Seeing the suspicious face of the female companion beside him, Xie Lingjiang pretended to frown, stared intently at the night scene ahead, and waved his sleeves:

"What is the sister of the Su family talking nonsense, I am giving ...... It's for my senior brother to ask. Every time I go over to eat, Aunt Zhen asks this and that, worrying about my brother's marriage, and asking me to help my brother recommend and introduce the sisters in the lower clan, which is really boring. ”

"I see." Su Bao'er nodded, "You treat your senior brother very well, and you worry about this." ”

Xie Lingjiang didn't answer, looked left and right at the night scene, and quietly glanced at the direction of a certain courtyard in Merlot Park.

The elder brother owes her a small wish.

A certain Xie girl had a little faith in fate at this time, and she came to the pillow when she fell asleep, isn't this fate?

Well, you can trust a little bit later.

But he didn't expect that Su Bao'er, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly turned his head and said:

"You said that this Aunt Zhen wants to find a marriage for your senior brother with a woman with five surnames, well, this is quite normal, a woman with five surnames, who doesn't want to marry a man in the Great Zhou, this is more popular than a woman from the Wei family."

She pursed her lips, paused, and then chuckled:

"However, how do I think that this Aunt Zhen is eyeing you, the sister of the Xie family, it just so happens that you are a junior sister again, and you have a good relationship with Ouyang Lianghan, if I were his uncle, I would definitely do the same......

"Well, Sister Xie should pay attention, don't accidentally Aunt Zhen go to your father to propose marriage, and it will be embarrassing to refuse when the time comes."

Su Bao'er finished speaking with a smile, but immediately saw that the Xie family's sister next to her had changed her face, and she couldn't see it clearly in the night.

"What's wrong with Sister Xie?" She asked curiously.

"I didn't ...... It's okay. ”

Su Bao'er looked at Xie Lingjiang's somewhat stiff face again, and said with a sudden expression:

"Oh, I understand, did Aunt Zhen try to propose to your father a long time ago, so Sister Xie is embarrassed to say it now?"

She bowed her head slightly, and the female companion next to her was relieved:

"Then it's okay, it's normal, it turns out that she has already refused, no wonder she can rest assured to ask you about these matchmaking, it seems that she doesn't dare to fight Sister Xie anymore, that's easy, Sister Xie is free, go and introduce a clan sister, I can't say that I can kiss your senior brother."

The words fell, and Su Bao'er, who was smiling and tilting her head, suddenly heard a "dangling" sound.

A small tiny jar that had been placed at the feet of a certain girl rolled down the eaves, and after a pause, a crisp sound of broken bottles came from below, breaking the silence of the night.

"No...... If you're not careful, don't blame Sister Su. ”

Facing the slightly inquiring eyes cast by Su Bao'er, a certain Xie noblewoman smiled and explained.

"It seems that Sister Xie is really drunk, so let's rest early, and be careful when you go down to the roof later."

Su Bao'er smiled.

Xie Lingjiang didn't reply, and the atmosphere between the two fell into a cold scene.

Seeing this, Su Bao'er didn't think much about it, and said goodbye and left.

But he didn't see behind him, Xie Lingjiang sat alone under the moon, his face a little pale.

After Su Bao'er left, she didn't know how long she sat on the roof with her knees hugged.

Until there were passing clouds in the sky, covering the bright moon, the sky and the earth were dark, and then the clouds saw the moon again, and the clear light was sprinkled again.

On the roof, there is no trace of it.

Only the howling night wind intercepted half of the woman's whisper:

"It's a man-made thing...... It's a man-made ...... I won't believe in ......."

……

Inside Merlot Garden, Merlin Courtyard.

Black lights blind fire.

Inside the house, I faintly heard the sound of the night breeze blowing on the doors and windows outside.

The air in the room seemed quieter.

On the bed, the breathing sound of the handsome young man and the white-haired maid in the quilt with a unified rhythm became particularly loud.

The master and servant fell asleep.

Sometime.

"The host...... Other...... Stop it...... ...... hosts"

The white-haired maid smashed her mouth from time to time, turned her back to the handsome young man, and pulled the futon, as if she regarded it as the master and hugged and curled it tightly, and she dreamed a few times from time to time, and she didn't know what unforgettable things she dreamed of.

And the futon covered by a certain unjust owner who was lying on his back was pulled aside by the white-haired maid, revealing most of his body for a while, and he didn't know if he would catch a cold.

Presumably when he wakes up in the morning, if he has some runny nose, the white-haired maid will inevitably be "dealt with by the family" of the master again.

It's a pity that there is a faint fragrance of sandalwood in the house, and I don't know when it spreads.

The two of them fell asleep and couldn't wake up.

The bright moon outside the window seemed to be obscured by a dark cloud, and the inside of the house darkened.

In the darkness beside the bed, a strange thin hand suddenly stretched out, trembled in the air, and finally landed on Ouyang Rong's face.

Thin hands slowly caressed the curves of his angular face.

From thick eyebrows, to a high nose, to cold lips.

The four fingers are slowly stroked all the way down.

Like the bending willows on the water's edge, the water is gently brushed in the breeze.

Gentle enough to be afraid of scratching the fish swimming at the bottom of the water.

Between the beds, in addition to Ouyang Rong and Wei Lai's breathing, there was inexplicably another breathing sound.

When he stroked Ouyang Rong's face with his thin hand, the sound of breathing was a little rapid at first, but then it seemed to be suppressed, and the breathing sound gradually became smaller, even inaudible.

At this moment, the bright moon outside the window seemed to break free from the obscured dark clouds.

The light and shadow in front of the bed brightened a little.

A slender black shadow could be faintly seen.

The slender black shadow carries a straight "long" solid object on its back.

Face the bed and turn away to the window.

The head of this slender black shadow seemed to be occasionally deflected, and under the moonlight, a pair of eyes like autumn streams could be seen in an instant, but then they disappeared into darkness.

Only the thin hand was still reluctantly glued to Ouyang Rong's face.

And under the glow of the moonlight beside the bed.

I vaguely saw that this thin hand only had four fingers.

A pinky finger is missing.

"Hmm......"

At this moment, the sleeping Ouyang Rong muttered in his mouth, as if his body was cold, and subconsciously hugged the right arm stretched out by the slender black shadow.

He turned sideways, hugged his arms, curled up slightly, and fell asleep.

"Ahh

The slender black shadow seemed to be startled, and shrank back, making a slight voice.

However, when she reacted, she stopped in an instant, allowing Ouyang Rong to hold her right hand with a little finger tightly.

The atmosphere continued to fall silent.

In front of the bed, there is moonlight as gentle as water.

On the bed, there are eyes that are as gentle as water.

It's made up, four thousand words! Sorry good brothers, try not to do this next time......

(End of chapter)