Qin Mingcheng made a gesture to Lin Gongyu and said, "Thank you to the alliance leader, you will never dare to forget the great kindness." ”

Lin Gongyu hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Brother Qin is a few years older than me, the younger brother shouldn't have said this, but the gentleman does not bully the dark room, and acts in an upright and upright manner, so that he is the true hero who stands up to the sky." ”

Qin Mingcheng's face was ashamed, and he couldn't help but think back to the first time he knew Su Sanniang. He was only twenty years old that year, it was the prime of life, he followed his father Qin Youheng to Xuejiazhai to visit the owner of the village Xue Guangxin, who knew that he was sick halfway, to Xuejiazhai, he was arranged to recuperate in the wing, his father and Xue Guangxin, who he called Uncle Xue, left the village on the second day. He was sick in Xuejiazhai for half a month, his father had not come back, and he had nothing to do, so he wandered around the village, and everyone in the village knew that he was a distinguished guest, and no one stopped him wherever he went. That day, Qin Mingcheng was wandering around, and suddenly heard a soft laughter from a courtyard, his heart moved, and he quietly climbed the low wall, only to see a woman swinging in two big trees.

He thought to himself: "Could it be Uncle Xue's daughter?" couldn't help but look at the woman twice, the woman looked to be in her twenties, with a melon seed face, beautiful and fair-skinned, picturesque eyebrows, affectionate veins, wearing a pink dress, swinging on the swing, indescribably cute and moving. Qin Mingcheng was stunned for a while. I only heard the woman smile at the two maids: "It's swinging higher!" The voice was soft, Qin Mingcheng listened, and his ears only felt sweet and greasy.

He was watching infatuately when he saw the woman scream and throw herself forward like a paper kite. There was a burst of exclamations. Qin Mingcheng didn't have time to think about it, he climbed over the wall, threw himself at the woman, and hugged her in his arms in mid-air. In this way, the strength sank, and the two fell to the ground, Qin Mingcheng's back fell to the ground, and the woman fell on top of him.

Suddenly, the two maids scolded: "Where did the wild man come from, how dare he be unreasonable to our wife?"

Qin Mingcheng only felt a boom in his head, and muttered, "Madam?"

The woman was helped up by the two maids, her face couldn't help but flush with shame, and she said to the two maids: "Hugh is rude, if it weren't for this son, I would have fallen to death." ”

Qin Mingcheng stood up, smiled at the woman, and asked, "Girl, you weren't hurt, were you?"

A maid smiled and said, "What girl? This is the lady of the owner of the village." Where did you come from? ”

Qin Mingcheng has been saying to himself in his heart: "Fang Cai must have heard it wrong, there may be a Fu character in her name, called Furong or Furen, maybe she is more beautiful than a hibiscus flower." But at this moment, what the maid said was obviously "Mrs. the owner of the village", and when he heard it, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he didn't know what to do for a while, what etiquette, and what demeanor were all forgotten.

That woman is Su Sanniang, she was originally several years older than Qin Mingcheng, but she was well maintained, and she looked like she was younger than Qin Mingcheng.

Su Sanniang asked, "Is the son the third son of Songfeng Village, Qin Mingcheng?"

Qin Mingcheng replied leisurely: "Yes." ”

The two maids were slightly angry when they saw that Qin Mingcheng was dumbfounded, and they didn't greet the wife of their family as an elder, but the lady had already spoken, and it was not good to blame again.

Su Sanniang said coquettishly: "Your illness is cured?"

Qin Mingcheng said: "Okay." ”

Su Sanniang said: "Is it boring to live in the village?"

Qin Mingcheng said stupidly: "Yes... It's not..."

Su Sanniang smiled and said: "There is a water cloud cave in the back mountain, and there is a hot spring in the cave, if you are really bored, go to the hot spring! Brother Qin and his lover will not be able to return it for a month." ”

Qin Mingcheng said "um", and the two maids urged Su Sanniang that it was time to go back.

Su Sanniang lightly blessed and followed the two maids. Qin Mingcheng looked at it with blank eyes, until the three of them came out of the garden door, he was still looking at it.

Since that day, Qin Mingcheng has been wandering outside the garden wall every day, but he has not seen Su Sanniang. Qin Mingcheng has lived in the cottage since he was a child, except for his mother and more than a dozen maids and servants, all he sees on weekdays are rough men who drink wine and eat meat all day long, and he has never seen such a slender and handsome woman as Su Sanniang.

That day he was wandering outside the garden when he overheard two women talking in the garden. One of them said leisurely: "How do you know the suffering of my young lady! The owner of the village only knows how to practice, and he is with those brothers in the village all day long, and he rarely even comes back to the young lady's house." ”

Another woman said: "No wonder the owner and his wife have been married for almost ten years, and they don't even have any heirs." ”

Qin Mingcheng listened to the meaning of the two of them, the young lady in the woman's mouth was Su Sanniang, and she thought that she was Su Sanniang's maid to marry, so she was called Miss behind her back.

The woman from before said, "Our young lady has nothing to do on weekdays, except for bubbles..."

When the two said this, they gradually drifted apart, and their young lady had nothing to do on weekdays, except for soaking in something, she didn't hear it. He thought about it, and suddenly remembered the hot spring behind the mountain, and his heart moved.

Although Qin Mingcheng was born in the grassy rivers and lakes, he had also read some sage books, and as soon as his mind moved, he scolded himself for being shameless, suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped himself twice, and returned to the room in a daze.

On the second day, he was still wandering outside the garden, and as he walked, he came to the back hill, and saw two maids standing there in the distance. Qin Mingcheng quietly sneaked nearby, only to see the two maids sitting on the stone platform gossiping.

After half a pillar of incense, a maid smiled and said, "There are wild flowers over there, let's go and weave a wreath for Mrs. to wear." ”

Another maid said, "Don't be greedy, what if Madame summons us for a while?"

The maid who was about to make a flower basket smiled and said, "When did Madame call us when she was soaking in the hot springs?

The two laughed and walked west. Qin Mingcheng saw that they were walking far away, and slowly walked towards it. With each step, he mentally warned himself not to go any further, but he couldn't help but take another step forward. When I arrived in front of the stone platform, I saw a cave behind me, and there was a faint fire shining through.

Qin Mingcheng's heart had already jumped to his throat, and he was terribly afraid, but he still couldn't help but hold on to the cave wall and walk inside. Torches were planted in the cave every seven or eight feet, illuminating the cave as bright as day. He had the courage to walk four or five zhang away, only to see that the front suddenly widened, and there was a circular hot spring three or four zhang long in the center.

Qin Mingcheng looked at the edge of the hot spring and saw a woman leaning there, hurriedly pulling back. He only glanced at it, and he didn't even see the woman's appearance clearly, and he wasn't sure if it was Su Sanniang or not, but he leaned against the cave wall, panting, covered in sweat, and his heart was beating even harder.