As the sun sets over the clear pond, a carp spits a bubble and turns to burrow under the lotus leaves, the ripples that ripple in cascade push the reflection of the gazebo.

In the sound of cicadas, the sound of the piano in the pavilion is gentle, and there is also a woman's soft cappella, Min Yuerou looked at the sparkling water in the pool, and in the clear and soft timbre, she vaguely saw the shadow of a scholar waving in the water lines.

It has been three years since she left her homeland, and the first war of the Chen Dynasty sometimes wakes her up like a nightmare, and she can hear hysterical shouts of killing, human cries and screams, as if she can still smell the smell of blood that permeated the time.

Her father was a servant of the Chen Dynasty, in a high position, stubborn temperament, notoriously hard neck, after the city was broken, her father was unwilling to surrender and was put in prison, and she and her mother were also taken into custody, and then somehow, the second prince of the Sui Dynasty personally went to the prison to recruit him, and it took a lot of words to make sense of his father, and after entering the Sui Dynasty, the family also moved to Chang'an to live.

In the past, everything seems to have passed for a long time, and she is almost twenty, almost an old girl, but it is okay to guard her father and mother, and sometimes think about the situation when Nan Chen, thinking of the white-robed scholar who came out of the world, led an old donkey, and had a toad on his shoulder, which is also a rare memory for ordinary people.

Outside the pavilion, there was a sound of footsteps coming, the fingertips that plucked the strings stopped, Min Yuerou raised her eyes, and saw the maid rabbit bell with the iced sour plum soup coming over, and carefully put the colored porcelain bowl in her hand.

"Miss, this soup was brought by Madame, but it tastes good. ”

"Let it go. ”

Min Yuerou smiled with her eyes, signaled that she didn't have to hold it, stroked the silk strings that still had the strength to tremble gently, got up and took out a handkerchief to wipe the soup on the little girl.

"I'm in a hurry, when will I change it. ”

Since coming to Chang'an with my father, I don't know if I first came to Chang'an and had a serious illness, or when I got older, I gradually liked to be quiet, and when I was fine, I learned the piano and sat in the pavilion to entertain myself.

wiped the little girl's hands, and then patted her on the back, Min Yuerou smiled: "Okay, you don't need to be here, I'll be shot in the pavilion for a while, and then I'll go over to eat." ”

Over there, Rabbit Bell came over with a smile, she was not very old, but she was eccentric, quite exciting, and she could hear some messy news in the house.

"Miss, I'm afraid it's going to be a little late for dinner today. ”

Min Yuerou sat back on the stool, plucked the strings, sounded an echo of 'oooh', and looked at her with a smile.

"What's wrong?"

When the rabbit bell came, the old man seemed to be angry, and he drenched the four scholars who came to visit just now, and he didn't dare to say a word. ”

"Four scholars?"

Yue Rou, who wanted to touch the piano again, frowned slightly with a pair of beautiful eyebrows, and her good-looking face showed doubts: "Isn't it an official under my father?"

"It's not. Rabbit Bell shook his head, a small hairpin with a bell dangled in the bun, and whispered: "Rabbit Bell also saw that the four scholars were tall and short, and they looked like dusty servants, and the accent was not from the Central Plains, but like the southern dialect that Miss used to say." ”

"Listen to the accent?"

Min Yuerou raised her eyebrows, and glanced at the little maid, "Listen to the corner again, and I'm not afraid that the steward will arrest you." ”

"Ah....." Rabbit Bell covered his mouth, his eyes were bent into crescents, and he quickly shook his head: "Miss, I won't dare next time." ”

"That's what you said last time. ”

The relationship between the master and servant is very good, Min Yuerou is not suitable for the first time in Chang'an, and she doesn't even want to come out of the door, if it weren't for this little maid to accompany her every day, and the quirky and often cause ridiculous things to make her happy, maybe she will pass away like some gossip and ambition.

"That's right, Miss, you heard that there is a big fish in Anbao County in the north, and the bones are going to be sent to Chang'an, it seems that tomorrow is coming, Miss, take the rabbit bell to take a look." ”

"What's so nice about a big fish. ”

"But I heard the people outside say that it was a fish demon, who made waves in the water, was killed by the masters, and left the bones to witness the people of the cattle collection, and listened to the aunt who bought vegetables in the kitchen said that the bones were bigger, bigger than the ordinary house. ”

The little maid stared, stood on tiptoe, stretched out her arms exaggeratedly, and used her limbs to describe the picture she imagined in her mind.

"But so what? I don't want to see it. ”

Min Yuerou plucked the strings again, her eyes were focused, that night three years ago, she had seen a bigger monster, or even two, even the legendary dragon had seen a little bit, a fish demon fish bone, can it be bigger than those two big demons? At most, the fish she usually eats is enlarged.

But the little maid over there was still rambling, gesturing with her hands and feet, and pouring out a bunch of news she had found.

"My aunt also listened to outsiders, anyway..... Anyway, I will enter the city tomorrow, it must be very big, and I heard that the master is a scholar, and there is an old donkey by his side. ”

The fingertips that plucked the strings hung in the air, Min Yuerou was stunned for a moment on her face, and the rabbit bell on the side looked at the young lady, and subconsciously asked carefully.

"Miss, did Bunny Bell say the wrong thing?"

"Nope. ”

Min Yuerou smiled, her hovering fingertips fell, plucking the strings, but the sound of the piano was much lighter than usual, and a smile secreted from the corner of her mouth.

The light and melodious sound of strings spread across the backyard of the mansion, and the birds flying past the sunset fell to the corner of the eaves of the study in the front yard, and suddenly heard an angry shout, and flew away in fright.

In the open window lattice, an old man in black clothes, with white hair and angry hair, slammed the table with vigor, staring at the four scholars lined up below.

"I, Nan Chen, have lost all my face to the four of you!"

One of the four voices spoke tremblingly: "Shilang, there is no Nan Chen." ”

"Shut up!"

There was another bang on the table, and the old man stood up angrily, his gaze majestically swept over the four Nanxiang Sixiu who were so frightened that they tightened their necks.

"As early as a month, you should wait for the four to come to the ministry to report, when and what is the festival now? The vacancy is long gone, if you want to be an official, you can, go to the northwest, there are many vacancies!"

Wang Feng, Ma Liu, Zhang Qi, and Zhao Fu panicked when they heard this, and they all squeezed over and gave up.

"Min Shilang, how to get to the northwest, the wind and sand are big, there are Turks, the land is poor, where can the four of us stand it. ”

"Yes, yes, there are more robbers and bandits on the way, maybe before they take office, they will be gone. ”

"Lord Min, how can we say that we are also from Nanchen, so we can't squeeze it and take a free ride....."

"Get out!"

Min Changwen waved the sleeves of his robe, and almost called Zhao Fu who said this, and pointed out the door with anger: "It's just that for the sake of the people who used to be the same Nanchen, I just gave you four vacancies, a few counties in the northwest, you pick your own! Now get out of the old man, and I will be angry when I see the four of you!"

With a bang, the wooden door opened.

The four scholars ran out with a lot of urine, ran through the crescent moon gate, and almost bumped into the housekeeper, who looked back and walked into the study.

"Master, what's the matter with these four people?"

"Opportunistic. ”

Min Changwen really hated these four people in his heart, and it was reasonable to stick to the city and then fall down, but the Sui army had just landed at the shore, and these four people opened the door as if they were greeting their father......

How can Min Changwen, who has worked hard for Chen Chao, not be angry?

After taking a sip of tea, the old man sat back behind the desk, calmed his mood, and asked the steward what was going on, and the latter said that a message was sent from the palace, asking Min Changming to enter the palace early in the morning, and together with the Chinese warriors of the dynasty, look at the bones of the fish demon.

Fish demon bones?

During this time, the old man had heard some of these rumors, but he didn't pay attention to them, and was busy counting the documents of the Ministry of Officials and participating in the preparation of officials' salaries.

"It's a demon again, could it be that a person from the side door took this opportunity to blend into the court?"