Pei Xiaoyuan took a step towards her, but after all, he still didn't step into the threshold, this time his hands stretched out, half an arm's length between her, and he once again held it in the air.

After Su Yu finished saluting him meticulously, Fang straightened up.

The two of them recognized each other as brother and sister, and after the ceremony, they looked at each other and were silent for a while.

Pei Xiaoyuan's purpose is this. At this moment, the goal was successfully achieved, and he felt that he should go. But if you just go like this, it seems too abrupt. Not leaving? He didn't know what else he could say, so he secretly hoped that she would speak first, but she seemed to be more reluctant to speak than him.

In this way, Pei Xiaoyuan and his newly recognized sister stood face to face across a threshold. He couldn't keep looking into her eyes, his gaze could only fall, stopping at the sunset between the two of them, which was gently wrapping her shadow. In the pillar of light, another hidden world appeared, thousands of fine dust floating, and the pieces were clearly visible. In this silent world, his ears seemed to catch a few wisps of breath from her, but they didn't go. For a while, I felt that time was slow.

It seemed that a long time had passed, and maybe it was just his illusion, and suddenly he finally remembered something, raised his arm and patted his forehead gently: "Look at me, I just thought about how to recognize you as a girl, and I forgot to prepare a meeting gift for you." Sister, what do you want, just tell Brother! ”

Su Yu looked at him and laughed, and shook his head: "Pei Gong and Brother Pei treat me like this, which is the greatest gift I have received. She paused for a moment, glanced at the threshold in front of him, stepped out of the pillar of light, stepped to the side, and invited him to sit down and talk with a smile.

Pei Xiaoyuan waved his hand.

"I'm not going in. That being the case, then I owe it for the time being, and when you think of it in the future, you will tell me again, don't be polite to me. ”

"Okay, I made a note of that. Thank you, brother. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan nodded, and turned his face to look at the darkening clouds above the sky on the west wall: "It's not too early, Brother won't bother you, if you have anything in the future, just talk to Brother A." I went first. ”

"Brother, let's go."

Su Yu followed the threshold and sent a few steps, and Pei Xiaoyuan motioned for her to go in.

Su Yu didn't insist any longer, stopped, stood outside the threshold, and watched him stride out of the courtyard gate, his back disappearing.

Early the next morning, the people in the county guard mansion had not yet come out of the enthusiasm of the happy event that had just been reported during the day yesterday, and another latest news that they had just learned last night was spread, Pei Langjun and Ye Xiaoniang, who were rumored to be married to each other, actually recognized each other and became brothers and sisters. Everyone didn't believe it at first, but soon, the word also came out from He's side overnight, Ye Xiaoniang's trip was originally to rely on relatives, the so-called marriage was another arrangement made by the county guard to Pei Langjun some time ago, and the two things happened to collide in one place, so they were falsely spread and ordered to strictly prohibit people in the family from talking about this matter again, let alone nonsense.

Some people don't know what they think is true, but some people think it's strange, such as Qingtou.

He remembered clearly, when Pei Langjun returned from hunting yesterday evening to congratulate him, he mentioned Ye Xiaoniang, looking at his reaction at the time, it was clear that he acquiesced in the marriage, how did he wake up, the old hen turned into a duck? But since He Shi spoke like this, he naturally didn't dare to say anything more. Early this morning, when it was dawning, he saw Pei Langjun going out alone, he pretended not to see it, and when he left, he found that a few black-winged and white-bellied magpies flew over, stopping on the wall next to the gate, squeaking, very noisy, and now you are not welcome, picking up a few pieces of lump and blasting away.

Chengping slept in the post house last night, and he must still be sleeping at this moment. Pei Xiaoyuan got up and went out so early, so that he would personally check all the matters before he left today, so as not to make up for the inconvenience if he found omissions after he went on the road. Riding a horse to the camping place outside the city, he saw a person striding towards him with a smile, it was He Jin.

He Jin needs to escort Cheng Ping out of Ganliang, because he came earlier than Pei Xiaoyuan, the fifth watch arrived, and he had already checked everything, just waiting for Cheng Ping to come, and when he saw Pei Xiaoyuan appearing, he said in a loud voice: "Why does Lang Jun bother so much, he has to go on this trip by himself early in the morning?" Are you still worried about what I do? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan looked around, the banner was clear, the queue was neat, and all the supplies were sufficient.

"I got up and had nothing to do, so I simply came out to run the horse, and I thought it was a waking horse."

He Jin laughed: "Lang Jun is the so-called person who is in good spirits when he is happy?" It's me who is so stupid! I picked up Mrs. Ye all the way, but I didn't know it! I just heard the news yesterday and knew about the good things of Lang Jun and the little lady! Congratulations to Lang Jun! Congratulations to Lang Jun! The little lady and Lang Junshi are a natural couple, and they are very compatible! But I don't know when Lang Jun will get married? On that day, Lao He and I will definitely drink 300 cups of him, and I will not return home if I am not drunk! ”

The surrounding group of soldiers led by He Jin also took the opportunity to surround one after another, echoing He Jin's words, and said hello to Pei Xiaoyuan, thinking that everyone should be able to eat a meal by then, and they were all elated-it turned out that their news was not as well-informed as the people in the county guard's mansion, and the latest progress had not yet had time to be replaced.

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't expect that he would come out early in the morning and encounter such a scene, and he was embarrassed in his heart, but he maintained a casual look on his face and said, "I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding." Little Lady Ye has a deep relationship with my Pei family, and this time she is only here to join her relatives, and the so-called marriage is purely imaginary. I am already a brother and sister with her, so don't use false rumors to ruin the name of my righteous sister! ”

Everyone looked at each other.

He Jin was stunned at first, glanced at his expression, quickly smiled, looked around at everyone, and said fiercely: "That's the case!" Damn it! Which one was the first to talk nonsense yesterday and spread such a rumor! He turned to Pei Xiaoyuan again, "Lang Jun rest assured!" I know, who dares to pass it on again, let me Lao He hear, I will be the first to break his neck! ”

Anyone who was swept by his eyes was cold. The people hurriedly shut their mouths and scattered like birds and beasts.

Pei Xiaoyuan's expression became more and more cautious, and he bowed slightly: "Since there is nothing to do here, I will go first." Uncle Lao He bothered. Later, I will come with the prince. ”

"Lang Jun is good!" He Jin turned into a smile again and sent him with a smile.

Pei Xiaoyuan was actually very reluctant to go back immediately. When he came out, the little guy with the green head looked at him, making him feel uncomfortable. The rest of the other subordinates in the county guard mansion are afraid that they are all talking behind their backs.

He felt a little annoyed, muttered for a moment, and was about to turn to the post house, when a man on horseback came on the opposite side, it was a close attendant beside Chengping, and the master of the road had just changed his mind, and he would not leave for the time being, and the people and horses here were scattered, so there was no need to wait for him.

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't know what medicine was sold in Chengping's gourd, found Chengping, and found that he had gone to the county guard's mansion, not long after he came out of Pei Ji, he was also looking for him, the two met, came up and asked, "Where did you go in the morning?" I won't see you when I come! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan said that he went out to run a horse.

"Why are you not leaving today? The team outside the city has been completed, and it is waiting for you. ”

"Just now I went to say goodbye to the county guard, I heard that you and that woman are brother and sister, in the future, your brother, she is your sister?"

Pei Xiaoyuan bowed: "Yes." ”

"What the hell is going on, when I woke up, it was completely different! It's just at your uncle's, and I don't need to ask more, so tell me about it! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't want to mention it more, but said: "She has no intention of getting married, so her uncle is in charge and the marriage is terminated." ”

Cheng Ping was stunned after hearing this, and soon, he pointed at him and laughed, laughing almost hilariously: "God! There is such a thing in the world! Even you can't get into her eyes! Whether it's good or not, you are reluctant, she doesn't want to, just clean everyone disperses, and each of them fulfills their wishes! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan let him laugh expressionlessly, and when he finished laughing, he reminded: "Are you really not leaving today?" ”

"Don't go, don't go!"

Cheng Ping looked left and right, smiled and said, "I'll ask you one more question, you have to answer me honestly." ”

"What?"

"You really have no intention of that little lady?"

Pei Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment, and then said unhappily: "Who are you and me?" Since I have recognized her as a sister-in-law, I naturally regard her as my own sister. Why do you say that? ”

"Good! With your words, I don't have to have any scruples! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan looked sideways: "What do you mean?" ”

"I heard that she is good at painting, and I want her to paint."

Pei Xiaoyuan turned to look at him, and for a long time, he didn't say a word.

Chapter 8

Cheng Ping touched his face: "What do you think I do like this?" ”

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't hide it, and frowned: "Chengping, it's not for me to have a lot of trouble, there is no shortage of beautiful people around you to accompany you, why bother to make trouble again?" ”

Cheng Ping was broken by his words, smiled, and simply confessed: "I won't tell you, I do have a good impression of her." Originally, she was your unmarried wife, of course I didn't dare to have any disrespectful thoughts that shouldn't have it, but now that the two of you have dissolved the marriage contract, you have no intention of her, so I don't have to scruple. After speaking, he saw that his face was still calm, and said: "I'll tell you the truth, I saw Ye Xiaoniang at a glance yesterday, and for some reason, I felt good-faced, as if I had seen it somewhere before, and I couldn't remember it." This should be the so-called fate. After speaking, he put his right hand together and raised his two fingers to the sky, and made a vow: "It's true! If I talk nonsense, I will not be able to die if the sky thunders and thunders! ”

He explained and cursed again, and seeing that Pei Xiaoyuan's face was still not good-looking, he laughed and lightly slapped him on the shoulder: "You, a brother who has only been a day, how can you really put up a good stand immediately?" I don't need you to say it, I know what you think of me. Don't worry, she is different from other women, I know it in my heart, I don't dare to come nonsense! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan slowly exhaled a mouthful of nameless sulk that was blocked in his chest.

"I can't keep you what you want. But I will put a word down on you first, I have recognized her as a righteous sister, and from now on she will be the same as my own sister. Don't forget what your father expects of you, and if you dare to treat her with the same attitude you have towards other women, don't blame me for not recognizing you in the future! ”

His tone was very serious. When Chengping heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and told him to rest assured, "I have a number!" Whether to marry a princess or not has not yet been decided. Besides, now it's just for me to think about it, and I don't know if she's willing to give me a good face! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan flicked his sleeves and went, Chengping didn't care how dissatisfied he was, he really didn't leave that day, he found an opportunity to come to the outside of Ye Xiaoniang's residence with Candle'er, and asked Candle'er to pass the word in, wanting her to paint. Candle came out quickly, and said that the little lady replied through the door, she had something to do, and asked the prince to find another Danqing hand, so as not to make a mistake.

"That's it?"

"That's it."

Although she had a hunch that the little lady Ye didn't seem to be an easy person to approach, she didn't even see her face, and she ate a closed door directly, which was really unwilling. However, Chengping is not a barbarian, his attitude is very generous, and he said loudly in the direction of the inner room: "It's okay, you can pass on a word for me again, she has something to do, I don't dare to disturb." However, my desire to paint is completely out of admiration. I'll go first, and I'll visit when she's free! ”

Chengping's day is naturally empty. The next day, it still failed. By the third day, she still didn't show up. I don't know what she's doing when she's locked herself in the room, and she's so calm. According to Candle, she didn't step out of the courtyard half a step. Chengping still didn't believe in evil, and waited for another day, and finally gave up. In the evening, he said to Pei Xiaoyuan: "That's it, it seems that she not only looks down on you, but also looks down on me." If I stay for a day, I guess she won't come out for a day, and how can she spend her days in the house all the time? It's my sin! ”

In the past few days, Chengping has been waiting for a beautiful woman, but Pei Xiaoyuan has been busy when he came back because he had been away for some time, and he didn't come back until night today, and he didn't say much after listening to it, but only glanced at him lightly: "You think about it this time, are you sure to leave tomorrow, will you change it again?" ”

Chengping smiled bitterly: "If I don't leave, I'm afraid I will annoy her, but it won't be beautiful." ”

Pei Xiaoyuan nodded: "I'll send you tomorrow." ”

Naturally, he wouldn't make fun of Cheng Ping about this, Cheng Ping is also a cheerful person, and the woman was just a chance encounter, a glimpse, why so much reluctance, a few words of self-deprecation, and the matter passed.

After a night without words, Chengping got up early the next day, accompanied by Pei Xiaoyuan, and went to say goodbye to Pei Ji again.

He can't go, he always runs to Suyu's residence these days, Pei Ji naturally has heard about it, but this is the juniors' business, there is no big movement, he is deaf and dumb when he doesn't know, after saying goodbye, get up to send, how dare Chengping accept it, make a resignation, Pei Ji finally stopped outside the study and asked his nephew to see him off.

Pei Xiaoyuan accompanied Chengping out, and as soon as he came out, he bumped into Candle Walking: "Pei Langjun!" Have you seen the little lady, she has come to the county guard? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan stopped: "What's wrong?" Isn't she in the house? ”

Candle shook her head, saying that she did as she had told her not to disturb, and that she would take the food outside and put it down, and she would take it herself. But this morning, for some reason, the food that had been delivered was not touched for a long time, so Candle went to knock on the door, but never answered, pushed it open, and found that there was no one in the house.

"I looked for He Emu just now, and I said that I didn't see her, I thought she had come to guard here!"

Pei Xiaoyuan and Chengping glanced at each other, and the two of them turned their heads and walked quickly to the house, and rushed to the outside of the residence, where He was hurrying out of it, holding a letter-like letter in his hand, bumped into Pei Xiaoyuan, raised it and shouted: "Lang Jun, you came just in time!" Fang Candle came to me and asked the little lady, I came over and saw this in her room! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan took it and glanced at it, and the beautiful little block on the envelope that was beautiful and did not lose his bones came into view, and the words "Respect for the Elder Pei Gongtai Qi" were written on it.

A sense of uneasiness suddenly passed through his heart, and he didn't care who the letter was left to, so he opened the seal on the spot. Sure enough, in the seal was a note she left.

"Pei Gongjunjian, he was persuaded to stay, and the woman was grateful. I should have received good intentions and gladly obeyed my fate, but there were other reasons for inconvenience to tell, so I had to go against the good intentions of the adults, and I did not say thank you. I hope to forgive me again for my sin of rudeness. ”

"When the Lord saw the letter, I said, and went to the place where I came. When I was a child, I traveled with my grandfather, and I traveled like home, and I knew how to protect myself, so adults don't have to remember, and I don't need to look for me, earnestly! Before leaving, thank you for your kindness, and bow again and again. ”

"And: draw an axis of adult standing. The clumsy pen is not enough to show the adult's respect for the face, the courage to respect, and the slight heart. ”

"What did she say?" He asked anxiously beside him. Pei Xiaoyuan didn't have time to answer her, he still held the letter in his hand, and ran into the house with a step, went straight to the bedroom, and pushed the door open.

The utensils and bedding in the house were neatly packed, but they were empty and nowhere to be seen.

His gaze fell on the desk, and he saw a scroll, and after a few steps to the front, he spread it out along the desk, and a portrait appeared in front of him. Painted on silk, about five feet in length, more than three feet wide, just like the image, no money, with ink outline line, color blending. In the painting, the person wears a three-beam Jinxian crown, dressed in purple, and holds a horned tooth wat with both hands, slightly raised on the chest. The brushwork follows the refinement required by the orthographic image, and is not only confined to the standard form drawing, the lines are easy, the faces of the characters are clear and elegant, the cheekbones are slightly high, the jaw is bearded, the eyes are deep, the front is fixed, the demeanor is solemn and kind, and it reveals a kind of majesty from the inside, and the gods and shapes are both lifelike.

The person in the painting is Pei Ji.

"What the hell is going on?"

At this time, Pei Ji also rushed to hear the news, walked forward quickly, saw the portrait of himself on the case, and looked at his nephew.

Pei Xiaoyuan handed over the letter in his hand. Pei Ji glanced at it, and his eyes showed an anxious look: "Quick!" Call the green heads—"

Pei Xiaoyuan had already gone in the direction of the gate before he could give his order. Pei Ji couldn't wait, so he turned around and followed by himself. The group hurried to the gatehouse, but Qingtou was still unaware, was asked when the little lady Ye left, why not to inform the owner, at a loss, when he heard that she had left, then panicked, said that he woke up in the fifth watch, came out and did see the door latch was not on, I thought he forgot to latch last night, scratched his head, and passed, I didn't expect that it was the little lady who opened the door and left.

Qingtou knelt on the ground with a sad face, remorseful.

Candle also ran up, and said with red eyes: "After returning from the county guard that day, she closed the door and told me not to disturb me. I didn't dare to go in, I just saw that she seemed to be doing things day and night, but I didn't know what it was. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and see the candles in her house. Originally, I was puzzled, but today I realized that the little lady was making a portrait for the county guard overnight! Presumably, after the portrait was finished, she left! ”

He was anxious: "You live with the little lady!" You don't know why she's leaving? ”

Candle seemed to suddenly think of something, opened her mouth, and was about to speak, when she saw Pei Xiaoyuan and Cheng Ping, who came to stand behind him together, she closed her mouth again.

Although the change in her appearance was subtle, it did not escape Pei Xiaoyuan's eyes: "What do you know?" ”

Candle ducked her gaze and shook her head silently.

"You know? Don't say it yet! He urged.

Candle's head hung lower, motionless like a quail.

Pei Xiaoyuan said: "If you know, say it boldly, no matter what happens, I won't blame you." ”

Candle bit her lip.

He Shi was so anxious that he paused beside him: "You girl, when is it!" Don't say it yet! ”

Candle was frightened and stammered: "I guessed too...... ...... day That day......"