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The spring rain is continuous, the light smoke and green willows, the Jianghuai is picturesque for a hundred miles, the Wupengdu song line, and the Yan enters Wuzhong.

In the drizzle of spring, the chill has been replaced by the beauty of spring. In the vibrant courtyard, there is a subtle sound of falling children from time to time, as well as a gentle laugh of relief.

"Brother Li, it seems that this game of chess is like a tie again."

In the gazebo, two men are playing against each other, and the one on the left is a middle-aged man in his early forties. Jade-crowned caftan with dark skin. He was carefully watching the situation in the plate at this time, and seemed to be extremely engaged. On the right-hand side was an extremely young man, about twenty-five or sixteen years of age, dressed as a scholar and wearing a square scarf around his head. Thick eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a comfortable face, extremely handsome. On his right hand side of the stone table was a red-tasseled sword with fine patterns on it. I think this man is not only a scholar, but also an expert in martial arts and has the demeanor of a family.

"How good a tie is." He smiled and raised his hand to drop a son: "If every game ends in a draw, the eldest brother will not complain to me for those sons and two sons." ”

The middle-aged man laughed heartily: "It's just that others don't know, but your brother Li doesn't know?" It's just such a hobby for my brother, of course, it's more serious. He paused for a while, and then asked, "The Holy Lord has appointed you, the champion Lang, to supervise the Jianghuai River, but is there anything abnormal?" ”

"It's just a false position, the Holy One sympathizes with me for many years of wandering, and now I am allowed to return to my hometown to visit my parents." The young man surnamed Li shook his head, his face a little disapproving.

"I'm afraid that the marriage is urgent, Brother Li," the middle-aged man smiled narrowly: "The capital is full of flowers, I'm afraid you are already picking flowers." If you are lucky, the eldest brother still wants to drink your cup of wine. ”

"That's nature, how dare the younger brother forget the eldest brother."

"Come on, I don't know you yet, if it weren't for something, how could you come here to play chess with me? Say, what big brother can help? ”

The young man paused, smiled, and shook his head: "It seems that I can't hide it from the eldest brother...... " He took out a note from his sleeve and handed it over: "I know that the eldest brother, as the governor of Jianghuai, controls Jianghuai affairs. The secretary of his subordinates is familiar with Jianghuai affairs, so he wants to ask my eldest brother to help me check someone. ”

"Who?" The middle-aged man just wanted to take it, but Li Gongzi raised his hand to avoid it:

"It has to be kept secret."

Li Gongzi's eyes revealed a solemn look.

"Cut ......" The middle-aged man snorted coldly, reached out and grabbed the note, and pressed the sunspot in his finger with his left hand to the center of the chessboard:

"I also accept your love of playing chess with me."

He said with great interest, raising his hand to open the note and glancing at the words on it.

I saw black and white letters, handsome and elegant, dragon flying and phoenix dancing:

"Chen Yanzhi."

He silently pronounced the name, as if he had heard it somewhere.

Three months later, Inspector Li returned to Beijing to report on his work and report on the relocation and resettlement of the Jianghuai Central Waterway. Among them, some officials of Huizhou Prefecture Yin, the Grand Canal Waterway, and the Huaihe River Waterway secretly withheld disaster relief funds and dereliction of duty and embezzlement a few years ago by opening the sluice gates in northern Anhui to release water. The saint was furious and ordered a strict punishment, killing 17 relevant personnel such as Huizhou Mansion Yin and removing more than 80 people. Rehabilitate the Chen clan who had been wrongfully derelict in their duties for this matter. Because Li Zhuangyuan investigated this matter, he was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and he was sealed from the three-grade imperial history. Since then, the government and the opposition have been shocked, and everyone has different opinions.

Six years ago, Yangzhou, Jiangsu.

He remembered that it was still a March day when the willows were flying.

At that time, at the age of nineteen, he was already a middle-ranking person, with a prominent family background and a famous family. People are handsome, both civil and military, and have a good reputation in Yangzhou. For a time, the family was actually raised by the person who stepped on the threshold.

But he didn't want to be bound by marriage early, and he studied and practiced hard for many years, in order to serve the country one day. He was so focused on making a big deal out of his ambitions that he really didn't want to spend too much time emotionally.

Perhaps, he still feels that he has not met someone who is worth paying for.

It's just that my parents are suffering.

As a civil official family, his parents are persistent and courteous. Every time it is difficult to refute the face of those relatives and friends, and there is no way to educate this excellent and stubborn son, he is in a dilemma, so he has to send him out for a walk every time there are guests at home.

March is the most beautiful time in Yangzhou, which is what he has always thought.

There is still a slight cold, but more of the hope of spring returning to the earth. Walking all the way along the canal embankment, under the flying catkins, surrounded by fertile fields for thousands of miles, Dabo farmers are busy sowing seeds in the spring. He sniffed lightly at the aroma of the field and felt a burst of sweetness in his lungs.

Not far away is the river station, so the north and south are transparent, and it is a place where businessmen gather. There are many gadgets that can't be seen in Yangzhou City. He was in a hurry, and walked from the embankment, stepping on the soft earth, towards the little bazaar.

Then he heard a brisk voice:

"Sister, I'll go to the post station over there to buy something, are you waiting for me here? Or come with me? ”

He turned his head and saw two young men on the side of the road, one in a blue cloth coat, who was fanning a seated man with his head down. They looked like passers-by, and the young man in the blue coat was sweating at this point. And the face of the one with his back to the embankment was invisible, and the figure should be a girl, with black hair a little loose, and a few buns still hanging down on the sides of the face. Flipped by a fan. She raised her hand and wiped her cheeks with her snow-white sleeve, shaking her head as if to reply to the young man just now, she should not go.

"Okay, then you can watch the scenery here, I'll come when I go, soon......"

The man in the blue coat bowed his head, brushed his sideburns for his sister, and put the fan on the other's lap, and then took the package and went to the market. When he passed the river, he raised his eyes and looked at the son of the Li family who was stopping to watch, and without paying much attention, he stepped up his pace and walked forward.

Li Gongzi was standing on a high place at this time, and he could vaguely see the girl on the embankment. She appears to be unable to walk and is leaning on a wheelchair. The plain clothes, lined with the green grass under the feet, are full of freshness. There is also a rather old willow tree above her head, and the hanging silk silk ripples in front and behind her, which makes the girl's slender figure like a weak willow supporting the wind.

Maybe there are some ghosts who make the gods worse, Li Gongzi suddenly wanted to see if the girl's face was like this large area of vibrant green, fresh and lovely, which made people feel young and ignorant pity.

He tried to move a little to the side, a little more. It's a pity that the girl seems to hang her head, and her loose hair covers her face, and she can only see the porcelain white and delicate skin exposed by the hair flying in the wind.

Just the bright white pearls of the stars make people feel happy.

Watching the beauty is really good for the body and mind. He thought playfully, glanced at the delicate figure a few more times, and then wanted to continue on his way.

With a "snap", a small sound came from below. He lifted his foot for a moment, and slowly retracted it. After twisting his head again, he was surprised to find that the girl was actually struggling in the wheelchair, holding the handle of the wheelchair with one hand and struggling forward with the other. The waist is bent very low, as if trying to grasp something. Li Gongzi looked at it, and it turned out to be the fan that was originally placed on her lap, and she didn't know when it had rolled down. Although it only fell at her feet, it was still very difficult for the girl with limited mobility. She bent as hard as she could, gasping for breath from time to time, her fingertips straightening in vain, but still not half a point of the fan.

Just as she was about to turn her whole body down, a pair of hands picked up the fan on the ground, brushed the dust off it, and handed it to her.

"Smack".

The fan fell to the ground for the second time, and Li Gongzi blinked his eyes and froze there.

The breeze carried through the hair, as if the sound of flowers blooming.

The girl has a face that can awaken his tenderness, the scattered hair makes the face small and delicate, and under the slanted bangs are two ink-stained eyebrows, which are not carefully repaired, but there are emotions that affect people's moods between the cheeks and the exhibition. Between the autumn waves, every flash and flicker is his noisy heartbeat.

It is a very simple and restrained, but very intimate beauty, like the winding river next to it.

In the midst of a lush sweetness, he really had to pay attention for the first time and saw the growth of something.

The girl's eyes flickered, and there seemed to be an inquiry in her gaze, which made him wake up from a dream.

Somewhat embarrassed, he picked up the fan on the ground again, wiped it with his sleeve, and handed it over. The girl bowed slightly at him, took it with both hands, and put it on her lap. Then, as if a little shy in front of strangers, she bowed her head.

"It's rude." He also felt that his gaze just now was too rude, and hurriedly bent down to apologize.

The girl shook her head slightly, her eyes twitched when she met his gaze, and she quickly lowered her eyes again. He saw that the girl's cheeks began to redden, and even his hands were nervously clutching the hem of the shirt on his knees.

"The girl is inconvenienced, and she really shouldn't stay here alone."

He usually doesn't like to meddle in things, but today he is unusual. Before I thought about it, I rashly exported. At this time, Li Gongzi just felt that he had also met a righteous gentleman like himself, so he helped this girl here. And if there is a next time, she is left alone, and she meets some frivolous people, gangsters and hooligans, such a picturesque girl, wouldn't it be difficult to protect herself? So, she must be reminded to be careful next time.

The girl nodded crampedly, her face was still red, and she looked very cute, but she didn't speak from beginning to end, which made Li Gongzi look a little strange.

No matter how restrained a girl is, she won't be silent.

"Why don't I have someone go to your family?" Li Gongzi said: "Girl, what's your surname?" ”

The girl's eyes lit up and she nodded hurriedly. She stretched out her hand and drew something in the air. Seeing that Li Gongzi didn't react for a while, she stretched out her right hand and motioned for Li Gongzi to give her his hand.

Li Gongzi was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand, and saw that the girl was holding his fingers very seriously, and the index finger of the other hand was scribbling the word "Chen" in his palm one by one.

"Miss Chen."

Li Gongzi smiled softly and lowered his voice to call. At the same time, I was also a little disappointed in my heart. Such a good woman, God was so unfair, took away her legs, not to speak, and even deprived her of the right to speak. Xu felt pity and compassion for the weak, and he looked at Miss Chen, who was looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart.

He called the two children from the side of the road, gave each of them a little silver, and told them to go to the market to find Miss Chen's brother. And he had long since lost the interest in visiting the market, so he stood aside and went with Miss Chen to see the wide river.

Miss Chen seemed to yearn for the swaying wicker on the top of her head, and stretched out her hand to pull a few down, but she couldn't reach it, so she had to give up in frustration. Seeing her look of loss, Li Gongzi quietly walked to the rear, stretched out his hand and grabbed a long branch of the willow tree, and with a slight force, the entire thick branch was bent down. Miss Chen was lost, and suddenly a large willow branch hung down in front of her. She moved in surprise, turned her head to look at Li Gongzi, who was trying her best to press the trunk of the tree, and after a while, a gentle smile appeared on her face.

She pulled off a few wicker sticks, took them in her hand and knitted them happily, and occasionally tried to put the hat-like thing on her head, and after a while she tore it off to herself, and laughed heartily. After a while, she beckoned to Li Gongzi, motioned for him to squat down in front of her, and then put the wicker hat that had already been formed on Li Gongzi's head.

Li Gongzi laughed out loud, he walked to the river, looked at his shadow, and thought it was too funny, so he quickly shook his head, took off the hat, walked over, and put it back on Miss Chen.

In this way, the soft black hair, the light clothes, and the blue willows are fresh and pleasant.

With a happy heart, he turned his head and shhh Suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned around and pointed to the other side:

"That row of willow trees over there was planted by our family."

Miss Chen looked at him with some confusion.

Seeing this, Li Gongzi lowered his body and guided the other party's gaze with his hand to look at the embankment opposite: "That row of willow trees was to strengthen the embankment at that time, but the stone was not enough, so the state government proposed that each household plant a tree." I planted a willow tree, which was only the size of a small arm, and now it has become a green shade after so many years. ”

Miss Chen was a little thoughtful, and her eyes were full of envy and longing. She turned her head and pursed her lips slightly, revealing two deep dimples on the sides of her cheeks.

She is a very quiet and smiling girl. Legend has it that the deeper the dimple, the more intoxicating the smile seems to be.

Li Gongzi thought like this in a daze.

What happened later was nothing more than him babbling on and about something inconsequential. Miss Chen couldn't interject, so she listened quietly on the side, and from time to time she lowered her eyebrows and laughed silently. The long eyelashes fell together, as if her smile would fly.

What a lovely woman, Li Gongzi sighed in his heart.

In less than half an hour, the two children he had sent out earlier came back panting with the blue-clothed boy. When the blue-clothed young man saw an outsider, he immediately looked vigilant. But when I saw my sister's relaxed expression and a smile on her face, I couldn't help but feel relieved.

"It's windy here, let's go back." He picked up his sister's clothes and draped them over the other's shoulders, and said gently. Miss Chen nodded and bent down at Li Gongzi.

Li Gongzi hurriedly replied, slightly reluctant in his heart.

I just wish I could spend a little more time with her.

Who knew that this idea would turn out to be true. As soon as the little brother in blue pushed the wheelchair, he heard a "squeak", which stumbled Miss Chen in the wheelchair, followed by the sound of "squeak, squeak".

The shaft of the wheelchair was stuck in a ditch. It had only rained for a short time, and the soil was very soft, but there were some old stones stuck in it, which happened to clamp the wheels, and the whole wheelchair could not move. Miss Chen also panicked, and reached out to rub the wheel axle, but she didn't move at all. The two forces were exerted, and her younger brother didn't grasp the strength well, and shook the wheelchair, and Miss Chen was hit and fell down backwards.

"Be careful!" Li Gongzi didn't know what to do, and when he saw that everyone had fallen, he immediately pounced without thinking and hugged Miss Chen in his arms.

The blue-clothed young man was stunned for a moment, but after a while, he came back to his senses, and said with a little impatience in his words: "You help my sister up." ”

"Huh?"

"You help my sister up! I got the axle out! The blue-clothed young man said fiercely, as if he had to be taken advantage of.

Li Gongzi only felt that his heart was like a drum, he looked at Miss Chen who was cramped and restless in his arms, hesitated for a long time, and then blushed and stretched out his hand towards Miss Chen's thin calves, and with a slight effort, he hugged the other party's body.

Maybe I haven't hugged anyone since I was a child, and I haven't done rough work, but holding such a delicate girl is like a drum, red and heartbeat, and panting.

In close contact, you can vaguely feel a faint fragrance on the other party's body, which is not strong, but refreshing. He could smell that this was the Qimen incense of southern Anhui, quiet and distant, and after passing over, although it was not obvious, it would not disperse for several years.

It's so sweet, it's so clear.

He thought like he was drunk, thinking in a daze, and suddenly heard a menacing voice: "Hey, put it down!" ”

"Huh?"

"Put my sister down!"

Li Gongzi suddenly woke up and found that the girl Chen in his arms had already turned her head and didn't dare to look at him, and her body was trembling under her red face and red ears. Li Gongzi was embarrassed, and hurriedly put Miss Chen down, wiping the beads of sweat on his face.

The young man in blue settled his sister, and glanced at him angrily: "Dengzi! ”

Although Li Gongzi felt aggrieved, he was also hot. Miss Chen pursed her lips and tilted her face to the side.

Seeing that the two sisters and brothers were leaving, Li Gongzi only felt lost in his heart, and suddenly had some courage in his heart: "Miss Chen, can you give me the willow leaf hat on your head?" ”

Miss Chen blinked and looked at him suspiciously. After a while, he gently removed the branch ring on his head and slowly handed it to him.

"Take care." She said silently with her mouth, which made Li Gongzi a little overwhelmed for a while.

The sound of wheels faded away, and he stood behind, looking at the backs of the two leaving, feeling lost. Some of them returned home light-headed, holding the willow-leaf hat in his hand, and after a long time, he took it under his nose and sniffed it gently, and suddenly a sweet fragrance filled his heart, and he was intoxicated.

The hazy consciousness was full of the feeling when Fang had just hugged the man.

It wasn't until sunset that a maid called him to change his clothes and go to the front hall for dinner, and he got up ignorantly.

"Young master, where is the jade pendant on your waist?" When the maid tied his belt, she was surprised to find that something seemed to be missing.

Li Gongzi was stunned for a moment, then he came back to his senses, lowered his head to look for it, and sure enough, the jade pendant pinned to his waist was gone. When he was full of jade, his mother found a skillful craftsman to make it, saying that it was not valuable, but his name was engraved on it, and there was only this one piece in the world, and he never left him. I lost it this time, and I had to be talked about by my parents.

Thinking of today's day, Li Gongzi secretly thought to himself that he should not have noticed where he lost it. I was so chaotic, I definitely didn't pay attention to it at that time, and it was not so easy to find I'm afraid. He sighed, pulled the hem of his shirt, and went to the antechamber.

The next morning, he probably had been out for a long time yesterday, and his body was a little tired, so he took a nap in bed for a while. At noon, he heard a maid calling the door, saying that his father had told him to go out.

Li Gongzi thought to himself: his father rarely cares about his affairs, and he doesn't go out with him much. What can you do with him this time?

When I asked the maid, I found out that Huizhou Mansion Yin and his wife returned to their hometown to enjoy the spring, and his Yangzhou mansion was located not far from his house. Because he is subordinate to his father and is his father's boss, his father plans to visit him later, and he also hopes to find some help for Li Gongzi in his career. So this time he was ordered to go with him, and he had to prepare in advance.

Li Gongzi hurriedly got up, washed up, and then came to the front hall, where he saw his father selling gifts and writing a prayer post. He sat aside, picked up a book, and flipped through it.

Who knew that before noon, a family came to report. said that there was a bloody case in the Yin Mansion of Huizhou Mansion, and asked their father and son to go quickly. also specifically pointed out: I want Li Gongzi to go for questioning. The Li family father and son were confused, but they didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went out to see the situation. As soon as I got out of the gate, I saw many officers and soldiers in the city searching from house to house, and even the gate of their own house was guarded.

Huizhou Mansion Yin surnamed Ding, thoughtful, the house is extremely tightly guarded. At the moment he was pacing restlessly in the antechamber with an angry face on his face.

When I asked about the actual situation, I learned that on the morning of the same day, someone came to visit him with a post from the Li family, claiming to be from the Li family in Yangzhou. Seeing that the other party was carrying Li Gongzi's personal jade pendant in his arms, Mending did not suspect it and let them into the inner hall. Who knew that when they entered the inner hall and saw their master, the two of them drew their swords and stabbed without saying a word. Fortunately, there were many guards on the left and right at that time, and Ding Fuyin was still wearing gold silk armor. If not, I am afraid that Yangzhou would have been killed.

It's a pity that the two thieves have very high martial arts skills and still escaped.

The old man of the Li Mansion was shocked and angry, and immediately asked where his son's jade pendant was. Li Gongzi had to say that it was when he was visiting spring yesterday, and he didn't know if he lost it or was stolen. Not by my side right now, anyway. Fortunately, Ding Fu Yin is also sensible, seeing that Li Gongzi doesn't look like he is lying, and the two families have always been unconnected, and he is fine, but he has killed and injured a few family members, so he didn't reprimand more, just scolded the juniors twice.

Li Gongzi was innocently wronged, so he was naturally unconvinced. That night, he volunteered to lurk in the shadows of Ding's mansion, thinking that if the thief appeared again, he would definitely catch him to clear his grievances.

The guards in the Ding Mansion are extremely tight, but when the moon is in the sky, the guards are often lax in changing shifts. While a few of the guards were chatting, two masked black figures were already speeding through the rooftop, unnoticed.

But it does not include Li Gongzi, who has been paying close attention to the situation. He leapt to his feet and stabbed his sword at the shadow.

Although Li Gongzi was born in a civil official family, he had been practicing martial arts in his early years, and he had been worshipping famous teachers since he was a child, and his swordsmanship was superb, which was not comparable to all families. But it's a pity that the martial arts of those two night walkers are even higher, especially the emaciated man in black, a green sword with a cold light, and under one pick and one, Li Gongzi's sword moves are blocked.

Seeing that Li Gongzi was invincible, the guards below were already lined up in several columns, and with an order, they took a bow and arrows, and when Li Gongzi jumped out of the battle circle, ten thousand arrows were fired and locusts flew like rain. Seeing that they couldn't retreat alone, the two black-clothed men forced Li Gongzi's sword to fall and controlled him outside the courtyard wall with one move. The three of them wrenched and fought, and gradually moved away from Dingfu until the suburbs. The tall and thin man in black gathered his figure, leaped up and urged out a sword qi, forcing Li Gongzi to retreat outside the circle.

"Big brother!" The man in black next to him seemed to be a young man, but his voice was deliberately low: "Why don't you kill this thief who aids in the abuse?" ”

The tall and thin man shook his head, turned around and glanced at Li Gongzi, under the bright moon and lantern, the sparkling but cold feeling of those eyes was extremely beautiful, and Li Gongzi's heart was stagnant.

It always feels familiar.

"This time, it didn't work, the dog official returned to his hometown, his minions were everywhere, and it was even more difficult for you and me to get close to him. If you want to take revenge, I don't know what year and month it will take. ”

The young man in black was excited, and his words were very affectionate. In addition to the hatred of gnashing teeth, there was a choked sound in the words.

Hearing this, the tall and thin man sighed lightly, as if he was also depressed in his heart. But he still put away his sword and shook his head helplessly:

"Let's go, Yanzhi."

He patted his brother lightly on the shoulder, as if to comfort him. The two turned around and were about to leave, but behind them, Li Gongzi asked reluctantly:

"Jade thieves, but you?"

The two of them were stunned, the tall and thin man turned his head slightly, and the moonlight made his figure solemn. He looked at Li Gongzi and waved his hand:

"Give you back!"

Li Gongzi jumped to catch it, spread out his palm and saw that it was the jade pendant he had lost.

He stood for a moment, then remembered the two black-clad assassins. Unexpectedly, when I looked up, there was only a cold wind around me, and the two people were long gone. He was stunned in his heart, raised his hand and wanted to put the jade pendant in his arms, but suddenly as if he felt something, he put the jade under his nose and sniffed it carefully.

A familiar smell of Keemun incense is quiet and long, quiet and peaceful.

The early summer has passed, and the evening breeze is gentle, giving people a feeling of relaxation and happiness. In the huge mansion, the young Imperial Master Zhongcheng was sitting on a stone bench, carefully picking up tea leaves. The mansion that the saint had just given was not very popular, and the few maids who were the only ones were also sent to sleep by him.

The moonlight is pleasant, there are no dark clouds, and there is a clear and clear breeze.

There was a faint fragrance floating in the air, as thin as tobacco. It also reminded him of the catkins and flowers fluttering in the wind by the canal that year.

He put down the cup in his hand and smiled softly at the moon:

"The early spring has passed, and the cold is no more. Miss Chen, why don't you cook a cup with Li, how is Mao Feng in your hometown? ”

The fragrance is even more lush, and a breeze blows, and after rolling up the pillars, the thin and thin ink-colored hem.

END