Tang Xian felt that she was stupid, so she picked out Meng Siqing's strategy to listen to her, and the right should be the light of the champion.

Halfway through the reading, Tang Xian was stunned.

"Why don't you read it?" This is an article about the work of relief, Yun Yuan does not understand, and takes her voice as a lullaby.

"Reading, reading the ......" When Tang Xian suppressed her emotions and finished reading the article, Yun Yuan was already asleep.

But Tang Xian's mood was high, and she didn't feel sleepy at all, she remembered her father.

Her father was also brilliant in literature back then, and in the year he won the fame examination, the grandfather of the Tang family already had a place in the court, and the chief examiner was his subordinate.

In order to avoid suspicion, Tang's father deliberately hid his clumsiness, and finally won a third-class ranking that was not too outstanding.

After entering the court, the grandfather of the Tang family was enough to be feared, and the Tang father became even more cautious, and immediately returned home to accompany his wife and children after completing his daily official duties, and never interfered in any party disputes.

But who can not have the dream of winning the crown in the Toad Palace?

Father Tang no longer had the opportunity to re-examine the examination, and whenever it came to the imperial examination, he often tried to imagine what kind of questions would be asked if he were the chief examiner, and then analyzed the questions and answers of the examination to the top.

It is a pity that two of the three children have just started and do not know a few words, and only the eldest daughter, Tang Xian, can understand a few sentences.

The article from Meng Siqing in Tang Xian's hand today is fluently written and beautifully worded, and it is basically impossible to find fault with it, but the more you look at it, the more familiar Tang Xian feels.

This is what she heard her father mention in the house!

But this alone still does not confirm that Meng Siqing is related to his father.

Tang Xian sat up from the couch and looked through Meng Siqing's case file repeatedly, reading it again and again, but never saw any other clues.

Her heart was jumping, wondering if Meng Siqing had been reminded by her father, so she helped her younger brother hide her identity?

After five years of separation, Tang Xian has never received greetings from her parents and relatives, even if it is just a simple message.

It's normal to say, after all, the whole family is guilty, everyone respects it, and there is no way for my father and mother to send a letter to the imperial tomb.

Tang Xian also understood these truths, and she comforted herself like this in countless desperate nights.

But there are always times when people have an emotional breakdown, and then she can't help but wonder, has her father and mother forgotten her?

She is a girl, married, and a royal person in life and death, and it is difficult for her to be free in this life.

Only by forgetting her and abandoning her can my father and mother live the life of an ordinary person, anyway, in addition to her, my father and mother also have a pair of children......

That's right?

Otherwise, why don't you try to send her a message?

Even when her parents moved to Yuzhou, she learned about it from others.

When she had an emotional breakdown, Tang Xian curled up and thought like this.

When she came out of the tomb after dawn, her eyes were bright again, and she was full of anticipation, feeling that her father and mother were still thinking about her.

In the past few years, Tang Xian dragged back and forth between these two ideas, but in the next few years, she no longer thought about it, and acquiesced in and accepted the fact that she had been forgotten by her relatives.

But now, this cousin of Zhuang Yuanlang, who has a butterfly birthmark, has given Tang Xian a new glimpse of hope and pulled her heart back to the moment when she was separated from her parents five years ago.

At that time, she firmly believed that her father and mother would find a way to take her home.

When Tang Xian rekindled hope, in the remote deep mountains, a thick fog filled the air, and the howls of wild beasts echoed in the distant giant trees.

With a "snap", a drop of dew fell on the top of Yunzhi's boot, and he looked up, and saw a broken thick trunk among the lush foliage that covered the sky.

Other branches have grown near the large fracture of the bowl, and they have grown savagely to this day, and they are as thick as an adult's arm.

Zhuang Lian walked from behind the grass that was one person high, patted the weeds on his body, and said, "Childe, this place is full of insects and ants, and the treasure cave has not been found, but the fox hole and the snake cave have dug up a lot...... Son? ”

Zhuang Lian looked up with the clouds and saw the broken trunk.

"Cut off with a knife." Zhuang Lian concluded, "It will take at least ten or twenty years for a new branch to grow like this." ”

After saying that, his face changed.

The sound of birds and birds and the rustling of the wind in the forest came and went, noisy and silent.

Another drop of dew fell, Yun stopped twisting the water marks on his lower fingers, and said in a low voice: "Yanxia's injuries should have healed, you say, since she is willing to return the treasure map, why didn't she show up in person to confess her guilt, but handed it over to Mao Mao and continued to flee?" ”

"Because, because ......" Zhuang Lian felt heavy in his heart, and then looked at the broken branches of the thick trunk above, and his eyebrows became sad.

In the distance, the guards did not know what beast had alarmed, and another whining sound swirled away.

"Follow the marks of these axes." The clouds stopped looking up at the cut in the trunk of the tree hidden between the branches and leaves, and looked gloomy.

"Childe ......"

"After 10 days, General Xuanwei will bring people to meet him." Yun Zhu knew what he was going to say, forbade him to speak, and ordered in a cold voice, "Zhuang Lian, I want you and General Xuanwei to transport the treasure of King Quyang back to Beijing with great fanfare. ”

Zhuang Lian's heart sank, and he bowed his head and said: "My subordinates receive orders!" ”

When he looked up again, the clouds had stopped and walked back, and soon disappeared into the dense mountains with the long chirping of the horses.

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When the old doctor showed Tang Xian her eyes, Yun Yuan interjected beside her: "Mao Mao has been restless these days, do you have to prescribe some tranquilizers?" ”

"Girl?" The old doctor confirmed with Tang Xian whether there was such a symptom.

"Nope." Tang Xian subconsciously denied it, and then said, "It's too boring to be able to keep up." ”

In fact, she just suspected that her brother had come to the capital, and wanted to see the cousin, but she couldn't find a reason, and she couldn't get rid of the guards, and she was restless.

Just in case, the old doctor checked her pulse.

There was indeed a problem with the pulse, and the old doctor couldn't ask anything unusual, suspecting that she was suffering from a bitter summer.

After a few words of advice, listening to the noisy chirping of cicadas in the garden outside the window, the old doctor said worriedly: "It's too hot this year, and it's not long since the beginning of summer, and there are already many cases of heat stroke." I'm afraid that it will be so hot when I race the dragon boat in a few days, and there will be a lot of people at that time, and I am afraid that there will be chaos......"

The old doctor's words reminded Tang Xian.

The most lively day of the year in Beijing, except for the New Year's Pass and the Shangyuan Festival, is the beginning of May.

At this time, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, and the government will set up colorful heads and organize people to organize dragon boat races on the Tanglin River.

Some of these powerful families will also organize their own organizations, and some even specially raise dragon boat teams, and they will invite relatives and friends to show off.

Tang Xian thought back in detail and remembered that there was a dragon boat team in Loufu, and Miss Lou Er invited her to watch it a few years ago, and that time she successfully won the top spot.

If Lou Qianhe wants to curry favor with the cousin girl in the Zhuangyuan Mansion, he will definitely not miss such a good opportunity to show off.

Yun Yuan loves to watch the excitement, and when she listens to her, she is looking forward to it.

On this day, she was not afraid of the heat, she wore a longevity wisp on her wrist, and a sachet to ward off evil spirits on her waist, urging Tang Xian to go out to see the dragon boat early in the morning.

Tang Xian remembered her younger brother in her heart, and followed her out of the house, and the dumb and other guards followed closely.

It was early in the morning, before the dragon boat started, and only brightly colored boats floated on the water.

However, the riverside has become lively, the crowd is bustling, children are frolicking, there are old men setting up stalls to draw pictures for children to ward off evil spirits, and there are even many old farmers and merchants who carry their burdens to sell lotus flowers and colorful ropes.

Further ahead, there is the grandstand for watching the dragon boats, which stands majestically on the water.

Tang Xian saw the sign of the mansion from a distance.

As she was worrying about how to get closer, she saw a flower farmer selling lotus flowers surrounded by people, and the lotus flowers on his burden were snatched up, and when the crowd dispersed, only copper plates were left.

"Why are you all grabbing flowers?" Yun Yuan also saw it, and shook Tang Xian's hand to let her look to the east, where there was also a flower farmer, and after receiving the silver from the little maid, the lotus flower was picked up along with the flat dan.

"It's the eldest son of the Lou family who wants to please her sweetheart." An aunt selling gardenias on the side of the street interjected, "His sweetheart loves lotus flowers, and what girl can send a lotus flower to make his sweetheart smile and get ten taels of silver!" ”

It is summer, and lotus flowers are not uncommon in the rivers outside the city, and the lotus flowers in the flower farmers' burdens are at most two pennies a branch.

In normal times, except for the rich and noble, no one buys it at all.

But now, with two cents in exchange, there is a chance to get ten taels of silver, and many people are moved to buy lotus flowers one after another to give it a try.

"Why don't you like mountain gardenias? My gardenia blooms so well......" the aunt complained in a wailing voice.

Tang Xian was trying to get close to Lou Qianhe, so she asked the guards to buy a mountain gardenia and patiently inquired: "Who is the sweetheart of the eldest prince of Lou?" ”

"It's the ...... who almost fell from the building a few days ago," the aunt was happy when she made money, and her voice lowered a little, and she squeezed her eyebrows and said, "...... with a birthmark on her back."

In other words, as long as you have a lotus flower, any girl can go to see the cousin girl with a butterfly birthmark.

Tang Xian's heart was pounding, and she immediately asked the guards to buy lotus flowers.

"What are you doing to please people?" Yun Yuan held two lotus flowers in his arms, and pouted unhappily, "Don't be short of money, don't try to please her!" ”

Tang Xian felt a little tricky, thought for a while, and said: "That Lou eldest son is bullying people, it is not a good destination, I want to take the lotus flower to meet his sweetheart, and quietly remind him, so as not to let the girl be deceived by him." It's like seeing the road uneven and saving people out of the quagmire. ”

Yun Yuan was happy, and shook the lotus flower in his hand to go with her.

Near the grandstand where the building is located, the girls who deliver flowers have formed a long line, going in one by one and coming out quickly.

Tang Xian led Yun Yuan, followed by the carp, and saw the silhouette of a girl through the gauze tent from a distance, only a shadow, unable to see her posture or face clearly.

As soon as she thought about it, there was a commotion in the stands, and a small guy shouted: "Collect the flowers, collect the flowers!" The county lord of Qiyang has an order that all well-bloomed mountain gardenias, one plant and two taels, will be received when they are sent! ”

The premise that a lotus flower can be exchanged for ten taels of silver is that it can make the cousin smile. The lotus flowers were almost full of stands, and no one had been able to get the ten taels of silver.

The silver given by the county lord of Qiyang is a little less, but there is no limit, as long as the mountain gardenia is opened well, you can get silver.

The crowd was in a stir, and the people who were originally holding lotus flowers abandoned the flowers and left, and ran to the river bank to buy mountain gardenias.

As soon as this wave of people left, another small man shouted: "My wife has an order, anyone who can send white peony can exchange the same plant for two taels of silver!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the remaining few people holding lotus flowers also dispersed, leaving Tang Xian and a few people left.

"Is this the case in the capital every year?" Yun Yuan's clear eyes were full of confusion, "Can flowers be sold for such a high price?" ”

"It's not ......" Tang Xian has been in the capital for 15 years, and it is the first time she has seen this.

When they were puzzled, the little guy in front of them asked, "Are you here to deliver flowers?" Come on in! ”

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In the stands with light veils floating, the county lord of Qiyang was full of pride, kicked the lotus flowers piled up under his feet, and said, "Don't you love lotus flowers?" They all had hundreds of them delivered, and I didn't even see Miss Sun smile, but it made me feel like my nephew was reluctant to pay ten taels of silver. ”

This is nothing on the surface, but combined with this Miss Sun's family background, the meaning of ridicule is almost on the table.

In the past, the poor relatives in the countryside could not even afford the word "miss", and they could not even think of exchanging ten taels of silver for a lotus plant.

The county lord of Qiyang was laughing at Miss Sun's low background.

But the beautiful Sun Yaoyan did not show embarrassment on her face, as if she had not heard the words of the county lord of Qiyang, her eyes did not move towards her, and she lifted the light veil to look out.

Lou Qianhe, who was sitting outside, was embarrassed and had a little whisper about Sun Yaoyan, but when he looked at her face, he was confused again, coughed, and said, "Auntie, Yaoyan has ......a high vision."