Before you know it, today is the third day of coming to the county to guard the summer garden Shuiyun Villa. After lunch, Xue Yi and Qiong Wei went to the two luxuriant flowers and trees in the courtyard to report to Xingyan about being found by Aunt Baifu in the morning.

Listening to the two sisters complementing each other and finishing the morning's events, Xingyan felt funny, but also felt for the first time that the owner of the village, Bai Shijun, acted quite abruptly. At least, nominally he is still the lord of these two women, and for such a big event, Yu Li should still have a prophet of himself. After getting along with this famous young man for two or three days, he now finds that unlike Nangong Qiuyu, a son of the family who went back to Miaohua Palace last time, Yu Lin, a young man with lofty aspirations, although he treats people politely, he feels that he is not so sincere inside.

Of course, although there is a faint feeling like this, after all, there are clear hierarchies in this era, and it is very rare to be able to treat them like this as Bai Shijun. Thinking of this, Xingyan now feels more and more that when Ju Ying can get along with him so much, it is really an outlier.

Just as she was thinking about Ju Ying, she just listened to Qiong Wei's suggestion that they should go to Ju Ying again today, because she really wanted to go boating in the lake now. Listening to her suggestion, Xingyan looked up at the sky, and found that the sky on this summer afternoon was full of low clouds, although the clouds always blocked the blazing sunlight, but there was not a trace of wind in this small courtyard, and it was extremely hot.

In such a dreary afternoon, it is indeed better to go to the lake to blow the cool breeze while holding back in the heat and sweating in the small courtyard. So Xingyan dressed up and took Qiong Wei Xueyi to visit Ju Ying at Lianhu. A group of three people walked leisurely to the edge of Luqiu Lake, hidden in the shade of green poplars, and walked towards the Yudai Bridge.

As they walked on the lakeshore, the clouds in the sky seemed darker. Looking southeast from the walking embankment, the thick clouds in the sky seemed to press down on the sandbars connected by the Yuqiao Causeway. The sparkling clouds and shadows on both sides of the water and sky are squeezing each other, as if they are about to come together.

Looking at the prospect, it seems that the mountain rain is coming.

Seeing this situation, Xingyan thought in his heart: "Heh, if it rains, then it is also very good to talk in the grass house." ”

With brisk footsteps all the way, I soon came to the Yudai Bridge leading to the sunset thatched cottage.

As soon as he reached the vicinity of the bridge, he saw that on the arc of the arched bridge facing his side, there was a young woman in a gorgeous skirt and armor, leaning on the edge of the stone fence and looking into the lake;

Seeing the female soldiers under the princess's command, Xingyan was about to step forward to ask her to pass, but when he saw the woman, she suddenly turned around and said to herself: "You are Zhang Xingyan Zhang Hall Master?"

"Exactly. I wonder what the female general commands?"

Seeing her ask, she answered with a clear voice.

Listening to his answer, this heroic woman was not embarrassed, and said directly to the point: "Okay, Hall Master Zhang, I am the head of the guard responsible for protecting the safety of the princess, named Zong Yueru. I have something I want to explain to you now, so please come with me first. ”

Suddenly, hearing the female guard open her mouth to say so many words, she felt a little strange when she woke up. Although he heard this tone a little arrogant, he didn't mind, turned around and signaled to Qiong Weixueyi, and followed Zong Yueru to the shade of a tree on the island by the bridge.

In the shade of the green trees, this heroic woman with a peugeot face, just like she had just reported to her home, said bluntly: "Hall Master Zhang, please forgive Yueru for being blunt, you and Her Royal Highness the princess, it is absolutely impossible!"

"Uh......"

Unexpectedly, this sect guard said this directly, and Xingyan was stunned on the spot for a moment, and he couldn't remember how to answer!

And Zong Yueru seemed to be very satisfied with the shocked appearance of the young man in front of her, so she just stared at him and explained her thoughts: "You listen to me slowly." I also know roughly about your relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess. It's just that although Her Royal Highness the princess treats you kindly, it doesn't mean that she belongs to you. The hall master doesn't know that I am the daughter of the general who was in charge of the palace in front of the palace, and I have been familiar with Her Royal Highness the princess since I was a child. I know that the princess has been kind-hearted since she was a child, not to mention that she is an errand person in the palace, even the kittens, dogs, and ants are equally pitiful to her. ”

"So, I think you may have misunderstood before. The princess is kind to you and will never mean anything else. ”

Speaking of this, the daughter of this bold general in front of the palace thought for a while and added: "So what kind of marriage idea, please cut it off as soon as possible, so as not to be sad in the future!"

Speaking of this, Zong Yueru felt that she had explained the matter very clearly, so she didn't say more, just looked at the person in front of her who was favored by the princess, and waited for him to answer.

It turned out that Zong Yueru, the daughter of Jinwu in front of the palace, was the sister of Juying's boudoir, and she usually had nothing to say. The little princess who was deeply favored by the saint, had a serious illness when she was young, and after being cured by Shangqing Yushi, she was instructed to go to the mountains and rivers to play more and cultivate her body and mind. So Zong Yueru, like her father, General Zong Hanzong, became the bodyguard of the little princess when she traveled out of the palace. When she returned to Beppu for summer vacation, she led a group of female soldiers and stationed them in the Yingxiantai Towers, while her father led a town of Imperial Forest Army to be stationed in Bushan County, the seat of Yulin County. And the words just now were made by her as a lobbyist for this Yulin County Guard. Before noon, Bai Shijun secretly sent his retainers to find her, and after meeting, he spoke euphemistically to reveal his deep affection for the princess. As she spoke, Zong Yueru was surprised to see that this reserved prince of Changyi, when he talked about emotion, his eyes were slightly red, and he seemed to be full of sorrow and couldn't understand. After listening to him, Zong Yueru was very sympathetic to his experience: begging someone to play the flute, hoping to attract his sweetheart to meet him, but who knows, what he waited for was the guest who played the flute and his sweetheart to come hand in hand. Alas, this little white marquis is really unlucky!

Of course, the Tiger Girl, who is also a high-spirited general, is not completely for Bai Junhou to say this to Xingyan now. This princess has been handkerchiefs since she was a child, and she knows the princess's temperament well; when they were together in the middle of the year, they often heard the princess mention the young man surnamed Zhang in front of her. Looking at Her Royal Highness the Princess's shy and timid excitement every time she mentioned the name Zhang Xingyan, Zong Yueru was secretly frightened. You must know that the little princess of Allure is the body of golden branches and jade leaves, and only the best prince and grandson in the world can match her in the future. And what Zhang Xingyan, although he was praised by the little princess who was just in love, she was wise and brave, and seemed to be the world's first-class hero who knew and knew righteousness, but for this precocious Jiangmen woman, she still clearly understood from the princess's words that this young man surnamed Zhang, who was praised as a flower, was just a bold and bold person in the poor countryside; although he entered the Shangqing Palace by chance, he was still 108,000 miles away from the princess's noble status.

Therefore, in Zong Yueru's eyes, the situation in front of her was really an incomparably absurd farce! She felt that as the princess's loyal vassal and friend, she had a great responsibility to let this small people in the mountains and wilderness die early in this heart of climbing the dragon and the phoenix. It is precisely because of this that as soon as she heard Bai Shijun's explanation of her intention before noon, Zong Yueru immediately agreed to help - it is better for the princess to marry this famous prince of Changyi, no matter what, than to be coaxed by a country boy.

Therefore, she tried her best to use her most polite tone to tell this low-born young man what she had just said, and Zong Yueru stared at her, just waiting for her to answer-

And in Xingyan's heart, now there is only sadness left.

A fact that he has always been unwilling to face up to was suddenly ruthlessly exposed, which filled his chest with sadness. Although the woman in front of him said the most basic facts, now that he heard it with his own ears, his mouth was full of bitterness.

For this young man who has just met him, he has been reluctant to use his intelligence to seriously guess the origin of Ju Ying. But now, on the second day of his and Ju Ying's hand in hand, everything is unavoidable, and the faint fantasy in his heart has been ruthlessly shattered by someone's calm words.

In this way, he was silent, and when he had mixed feelings in his heart, Xingyan suddenly saw the heroic girl in front of him, who was pressing two burning eyes towards him--suddenly, the stubborn spirit in his bones suddenly churned again; so Xingyan felt that he had suddenly figured it out: "Ha! Isn't what this Zong girl said the truth? I shouldn't be delusional about the princess." However, since the first day I met the princess, the two of us have always been in a natural and sincere relationship, and in that case, why should I feel ashamed and sad?"

It seemed that in just a moment, he wanted to open it all at once. So, Zong Yueru, who was in the shade of the tree with a serious face, suddenly grinned when she saw the person in front of her who was originally stunned.

"What are you laughing at?"

couldn't help but finish asking, and saw that the young man in front of him suddenly smiled again, and in a blink of an eye, he was already cheering. I saw him laugh and say, "Miss Zong, I want to thank you today!"

“...... Thank me for what?"

Hearing his words, Zong Yueru was confused.

"Thank you, of course. Because, it turns out that I, a small citizen of Shengdou, thought that I was lucky to know the princess, but I didn't expect to hear the reminder of Miss Zong today, and I realized that I might still marry the princess today!"

"You really woke up the dreamer with a word! Thank you!"

After laughing, the young hall master who had returned to his unruly attitude left the stunned woman and left with a smile.

......

After a long time, Zong Yueru, who was stunned, woke up like a dream, and thought in shock: "No wonder the princess said that this person is bold;

After being shocked and thinking about it again, when this handsome young man had a crazy attack just now, there was an indescribable arrogance, Zong Yueru was immediately even more frightened, and hurriedly chased in the direction of Yingxiantai. Who knows, when she rushed to the thatched cottage where the princess lived, she heard a report from her female soldiers that the princess had accompanied the hall master Zhang to row on the lake.

"Princess...... Accompaniment?!"

noticed that the female soldier naturally said the word "accompany", and immediately made Zong Yueru angry again!

About half an hour later, the master who entrusted the sect guards to make peace with him listened to her finish talking about the matter in the side hall, and sat in front of the desk speechless.

After an embarrassing silence, Zong Yueru saw the amorous son in front of her stand up and said calmly: "Miss Zong, thank you, you have done your best in this matter. I look at that Hall Master Zhang, what he said is just a joke. ”

After calmly speaking, the somewhat pale boy smiled reluctantly at the person in front of him, and said apologetically: "Let Miss Zong see and laugh, now I want to be alone." ”

Hearing him say this, Zong Yueru, who didn't know how to comfort her, glanced at him apologetically, and then turned around and prepared to leave. Just when she arrived at the door, she suddenly heard the peerless prince behind her say again: "By the way, Shijun remembered that there was another thing that I wanted to bother Miss Zong." ”

"What?"

Zong Yueru turned to look at the people in the hall.

"That's the case, tonight Shijun arranges a feast on the pillow platform, I want to invite Her Royal Highness the Princess, Hall Master Zhang, and Kou Xueyi and Zhang Qiongwei to enjoy the lake scenery together, Miss Zong, can you help me with a word?"

When Zong Yueru heard this, she immediately agreed. After Bai Shijun asked her to go to the banquet as well, Zong Yueru turned around and left.

After a while, he heard the light and steady footsteps outside the door gradually drifting away, and finally disappeared silently, Bai Shijun turned around and said to the black jade screen on the northwest side of the hall: "Immortal Chief, what do you think?"

As he asked, a person turned out from behind the screen, twisted his beard under his chin and said, "Please allow me to go to the banquet tonight." ”

"Oh?"

"Lord Hou, I heard that someone had an accident performing a spell during the banquet the night before, and I want to sacrifice the ugly ...... tonight."

"Very good. Then please for tonight. ”

These few unhurried responses echoed several times in the deep and tall hall, and they seemed to become a little gloomy and compassionate.

After answering with the person behind the screen, the Yulin County Warden remembered something, and said to himself: "It's strange, how could Duluo County, a neighboring county, send someone to send relief food?"

Gossip skipped, tonight's waterfront night banquet in this Shuiyun Village is lined up on time in the middle of the unitary hour.

Unlike the night of the fifteenth, there were many fewer guests at this feast tonight, and there were many faces, which he had never seen. As for the banquet seats related to him this time, it was basically the same as last time, and he sat next to Bai Shijun with Ju Ying Qiongwei and others. The slight difference is that now between Xingyan and Juying, there is an expressionless girl with a knife.

When they were seated, the food and wine were handed out. After a period of drinking and chatting, almost like the last time, Xingyan suddenly heard a long laugh at the end of the banquet, and someone said loudly: "Friends, if the night feast by the water is just drinking and chatting, it is really boring, why not let Poor Dao show a little illusion to help you Yaxing?"

When Xingyan heard the voice, he saw a square-faced Taoist priest in a yellow robe at the end of the banquet, standing up and smiling at everyone. It can be seen clearly in the lighting of the balcony, this square-faced Taoist with abrupt cheekbones, with a big black mole at the corner of his mouth, and a few hard whiskers on it, which is reflecting the light of the lights and candles during the banquet.

Hearing that someone invited Yingying to cheer up, the host of the banquet was overjoyed, applauded and said: "Okay! I haven't seen Fei Zodiac Master demonstrate the immortal method for a long time, and I am about to open my eyes tonight!"

Hearing him say this, the banquet was echoed.

It's just that just when everyone was making fun and making peace, the delicate little girl who came with Xingyan suddenly let go of a grape that she was peeling in her hand and looked at the person standing at the end of the banquet in a daze.

A moment later, just as the Fei Zodiac Chief took a gourd from his waist and was about to start performing a spell, Xingyan suddenly heard someone next to him asking in a soft voice, "Brother...... If Qiong Wei is naughty and accidentally makes trouble, will my brother blame me?"

Xingyan was stunned when he heard this, and when he turned to look sideways, he saw that the little girl who looked like flowers and bones was looking at him intently.

Seeing Qiong Wei suddenly put on such a cautious appearance, Xing Yan couldn't help but smile dumbly, and replied: "Sister Qiong Wei, how can my brother easily blame you?"

"In fact, if a child makes a mistake, even the ancestor of Sanqing will forgive him......"

As soon as the words fell, Xingyan was suddenly surprised to see that the light in Xiao Qiongwei's eyes suddenly tightened, and an angry look appeared on her face!

“......”

"Oh no, I forgot to avoid her taboo!"