At that time, the dinner party was nearing the end, and it was not long before the end of the song was over.

During the banquet, although Na Langcheng and his wife sometimes spoke strangely, Peng County Lord was grateful for their Shengde who donated a huge amount of money, so he didn't care; when the banquet was gone, he and Xingyan sent him and his wife all the way to the door of the house.

Standing in front of the mansion, the young man waved goodbye to the two knights, spoke decently, and behaved generously, so that Peng Gong, who was standing on the side, nodded secretly.

Bidding farewell to the Lang couple, Xingyan turned to Peng Xiangpu and said:

"Tonight, the little nephew also feels respectful and warm. Now that the feast has been dispersed, I want to go back to my room to rest, so that I can go to the house at midnight. ”

Listening to Peng Gong's affectionate call of "virtuous nephew" and "virtuous nephew", Xingyan also called himself a nephew in the title. Anyway, although he has been a Taoist priest of Shangqing Palace for so long, he is still not used to titles such as "poor road" and "small road" in his heart.

Seeing the sober words, Peng Xiangong laughed and said:

"The virtuous nephew's words are wrong! My Pengfu family banquet has not officially begun. ”

"Oh, ...... the family feast?"

I never thought that there would be another dinner, but it made the young man who was already full of wine and food feel that the pomp and circumstance of these official eunuchs was extraordinary. Listening to Peng Xiangpu say:

"Don't hesitate, I'll call the little girl after a moment's pause, and have some more wine and food with you. ”

Speaking of this, Peng Xiangong came closer and said very kindly:

"In fact, I don't hide it from my nephew, and I have been intersecting with you for a couple of days, and I feel that I have fallen in love, so I can't help but have the heart of recruiting talents. It just so happens that my little daughter Runlan is also of the right age, and she is matching your age, so it is better to ......"

"Huh?!"

Listening to Peng Gong's words, Xingyan was stunned for a while. And at this moment, in the darkness not far away, there was a sudden sound of "click", as if someone had tripped over it coldly-the young man who had already been stunned looked at it, and saw that it was Lang Cheng, who had not gone far yet, who was trying his best to stabilize his figure.

As soon as he came to the place, he shouted "be careful", and the confused young man was grabbed by Peng County, and he went straight to the living room.

Stepping into the living room again, Xingyan saw that Qiong Wei Xueyi was still sitting in the banquet, and at this time, the leftovers on the table were cold, and they had already been removed by the servants and replaced with some light dishes and plates.

Xiao Qiongwei, who was honestly sitting in the seat, saw his brother who accompanied the host to see off the guests back, so he winked and grinned, and said:

"Brother, you still have to eat~"

Not long after Xingyan took his seat, he saw Mrs. Peng surrounded by maids, came out of the back hall, blessed him, and sat down at the table. After a while, Peng Runlan, the county magistrate, also dressed up and sat down at the banquet amid the sound of rings.

Seeing that everyone had gathered, Peng Xiangpu picked up his wine glass and repeated the meaning of recruiting a son-in-law that he had just said at the door. This time, Peng County's words were no longer blocked, and he bluntly said that he would marry his beloved daughter Runlan to Xingyan as his wife.

Hearing these clear words, the young man was so stunned that he couldn't speak, and the young lady of Pengfu was even more surprised, she didn't expect that her father, who had always loved her, would make the decision to marry her so casually without warning. So this talented and beautiful Miss Peng Fu in Zhenyang County was like five thunderbolts in an instant, and she was so shocked that she couldn't say a word!

At this time, although the red candles were hidden in the banquet hall, the face of the woman in the candle shadow suddenly turned pale.

Mrs. Peng, who was sitting next to her daughter, although she had a warning in her heart, did not expect the old man to say it suddenly, and she was also caught off guard for a while and panicked. After a while, seeing her daughter's pitiful condition, the mother couldn't help but say something to ease her cheeks:

"I said, sir, this is a major matter of children's marriage, and it is not a child's play; ”

This is Mrs. Peng's trick of "dragging", trying to wait for the old man to pass in confusion for a while, and then it will be calm again.

Hearing Mrs. Peng's words, she felt that what she said was very reasonable, so she echoed:

"What Madame Venerable said is very true, and this marriage is not child's play. Gong Peng understands the beauty of the heart, but Miss Peng and I are-"

Just when he was chattering and humble, the other party, Miss Runlan, was already soft-hearted, and thought in his heart:

"Could it be...... Then what kind of marriage sign of 'mandarin ducks flying separately' and 'no pole Tailai' should be on this person?"

I don't know if it's the bad fate of my previous life, but somehow, the eldest lady of the Peng family, who has always been arrogant, looked at the strange young man with a humble face in front of her, and felt upset for no reason, and she only felt uncomfortable.

So, when everyone in this hall saw this Miss Runlan, they suddenly cried out with a crying voice:

"I won't marry a little Taoist priest if I die!"

Then he stood up and walked away from the table!

Seeing his daughter's situation, the county master of Peng Xiangpu, who was on the rise, immediately sank like water, and he was unhappy. After a pause, he turned his face and said to Xingyan with a reluctant smile:

But it made the virtuous nephew smile. This girl is all because I have neglected the discipline!--But don't worry, the children's affairs only need the words of the parents; the marriage between Runlan and you is all wrapped up in the old man!"

"Uh, Peng Gong, it's actually not like this......"

"I know that you young people are ashamed, but haven't you ever heard of 'My Fair Lady, Gentleman is Good'?

“......”

Seeing that he was disturbing the room, he was also very uneasy in his heart. It's just that no matter how clever he is, but suddenly someone agreed to talk about marriage, but it was the first time in his life that he encountered it. Immediately, he panicked the master of the Four Seas Hall, who had also seen some big scenes, and didn't know where to go. Seeing Peng Gong's enthusiasm, he brushed him off his good intentions when he was not good, so he had no choice but to sobble at the end of his mouth, muttered a few words, and no longer knew what to say.

Feeling that the atmosphere at this banquet was dull, the young man used some wine and food indiscriminately, so he got up and took his leave, saying that it was too late at night and he should also go to the garden to inspect. Seeing that he was so diligent and attentive to the affairs of the house, Peng Xiangpu was greatly moved, so he quickly got up and sent him and Xue Yi Qiongwei to the outside of the hall.

When he turned back to his seat, he couldn't help but complain to his wife:

"Old man, don't you drink too much tonight? You're not unaware, Runlan has been thin-skinned since she was a child, and she has read some poetry and books, and she has some piano trimming, and now her heart is even higher.

Mrs. Peng had just said this, but she was suddenly interrupted by her husband:

"What kind of heart is high and thin-skinned? Now as long as you don't sell me ugly, it will be a great blessing for me Peng Xiangpu! -- Don't say anything, I'll tell you the details when I go back to the room!"

Seeing the old man's tone, Mrs. Peng, who had always been accustomed to following his wishes, had no choice but to keep silent and concentrate on eating.

Not to mention the chagrin in the lady's heart, and then to say soberly, together with Qiong Wei Xueyi, the two of them are ready to go to the garden to wait for the monsters in the spring. It's just that after this incident, he was embarrassed for a while and rushed directly to the Lan Courtyard of the Peng Mansion, only taking his second daughter and wandering around the Peng Mansion.

As far as Xingyan is concerned, the sudden promise of marriage in the Peng County banquet just now is a bit ridiculous in his mind. After all, according to the young man's knowledge, as Mrs. Napeng said before, the marriage of a man and a woman is a lifelong event, and it is really not a child's play. Therefore, Peng Xiangong and himself only have a one-sided relationship, and they have less than two fates, so it is indeed a little incomprehensible that he wants to marry his beloved daughter.

"Could it be that I'm really so good?

Thinking about it, the boy couldn't help but think about it. I just wanted to flutter, but then I thought:

"No! Xu Gong Peng only saw my clothes and gave birth to some illusions. Nowadays, marriage is the most important match; although I am now also known as a doctor in Zhongsan, but the family is not even a Shu clan; if he knew that I was only a son of a poor family, and my family was a peasant in the mountains, he probably would not have thought so much. ”

Thinking of this, Xingyan was a little apprehensive:

"Alas, although I know some girls, I don't have any of them!"

For him, although he has always been very affectionate with Ju Ying, but since the last time he saw Nanhai Taishou personally going up the mountain to greet her, he knew that no matter how harmonious he was, he didn't dare to associate it with that girl at all because of his life's events.

Thinking of this, the young man who had fallen into the thoughts of his habitual surname was very sad, and he didn't realize that there were two girls around him, who were following him wholeheartedly. In the evening breeze, he couldn't help but think:

"Well, if this marriage can be done, it will be a good thing for me. However, Miss Runlan and I only have a one-sided relationship, and it seems that we have a deep prejudice against our own identity, so how can we get together! That's it, this thing is ridiculous! It's better to concentrate on patrolling!"

It's just that although he thinks freely in his heart, for the eighteen teenagers who are awake, after all, this matter is about the marriage of men and women, and he has never thought much about it before;

So after a while, Xingyan couldn't help but turn his face and ask the little sister beside him:

"Sister Qiong Wei, what do you say about Runlan?"

Hearing her brother's question, the little girl suddenly felt proud, so she started to think carefully with all her strength, and after thinking hard, she replied solemnly:

"Sister Runlan is very good, she can marry. It's just a little crying - but that's the cutest!"

"Well, that's right. Actually, I just asked casually, and I didn't say that I wanted to marry her. ”

After pausing for a while, he couldn't help but ask Xue Yi:

"Xueyi, what do you say?"

Seeing him ask, Kou Xueyi also considered it again and again before replying seriously:

"Hall Master, Miss Runlan is both talented and beautiful, and she is also a good match. ”

"Oh...... Haha, I'm just asking!

The three of them walked absent-mindedly in this way, and finally lived in the spring garden in front of Miss Pengfu's embroidery building. Of course, this time they changed their orientation and hid in another corner of the flower stand bamboo shadow.

At this time, in an inner room in the house, Peng Xiangpu was looking serious and began to explain family affairs to his wife:

"Madam, do you remember that morning more than a month ago, the already dry pond in the Runlan Boudoir suddenly burst into a bubbling spring, which is still gushing endlessly?......

Not to mention the old couple's candle talk, let's talk about the three people of Sihaitang hidden in the night. That night, the lights flickering in the small windows of the boudoir opposite them were not extinguished until late.

Not long after Xingyan took Qiong Wei Xueyi to hide the flowers, he suddenly heard a murmur on the small building opposite, and then there was a faint sound of the piano, flying over a pool of silent spring water, and blowing away the blossoming peach, plum and apricot blossoms, all the way into the ears of the three people.

The sound of the piano floating in the night sky is clear and empty, strange and ancient, and it should be with the tireless chirping in the flower garden of the Spring Festival Gala, but it seems so lonely and desolate. Exactly that:

The faint ripples are sad like yarn, and the spring sleeps and sends the new year.

Wandering and feeling nowhere to go, I had to sing with the water......

In the quiet night, I woke up and heard clearly, and this faint piano sound was played exactly the ancient song "Youlan". According to the piano score he has seen, the song "Youlan Ying" expresses the sadness of Lan growing with weeds in the valley.

Remembering this misinterpretation, Xingyan couldn't help but smile bitterly, and secretly said:

"Alas, Miss Peng is afraid that she has misunderstood. This family affair that flew in, and wandering people like me have no blessings to suffer, and they will never agree. If Miss Pang had known my true intentions, perhaps she would not have been so sad......"

The young man who can't dissect his heart can only listen to this sad piano song quietly in the shadow of the apricot blossoms.

The ethereal thoughts, with the piano player's fingers and tactfully wandered, unconsciously, Xingyan thought that if you carefully recall the face of this eunuch lady, it really has its own unique temperament of Gaomen, and it is revealed between words and deeds, which ordinary children can't dress up no matter how they dress; After all, the sound of the qin is easy to sound but difficult to understand, and the fact that the word "qin" is listed at the top of the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting indicates that it is the most difficult skill among the four arts.

"The temperament of the noble family?"

Somehow, gradually, the noble face floating in the young man's mind had slowly faded like a morning mist, and the pretty face of another human fairy gradually crept to the surface like a bright moon under the sea. In my heart, the faint sound of the piano in my ears has become more and more ethereal, just like the lush and distant mountain waterfall piano on a full moon night...... In a trance, someone seemed to be whispering in the ear in the night wind:

"Looking forward to the white dew and red, moving a few flower shadows, the night is as cool as water.

The pond is full of spring marks, where the water is full. Mengyi was originally a dream, which added to the blurred affection.

The soul knows the future, always broken hatred and zero sorrow, the ripples are faint and fragrant, and the smoke waves are remembered for a long time.

The courtyard is empty, the clouds are flowing, and the beauty is thousands of miles away......"

This night, in the faint sound of the piano, passed away peacefully, and the demon spirits that had shown some majestic momentum last night did not come down the river in the sound of the piano.

Early the next morning, after hearing the wake-up report, Peng Xiangpu praised again, saying that it was all because of the young man's profundity that scared away the monster that disturbed the house. So, Peng Gong inevitably said that he was quite promising, saying that if his daughter was lucky enough to be with Xingyan, she would never be afraid of any monsters coming to disturb her.

It's just that, in the face of Peng Gong's good intentions, and after the meditation in the bamboo shadow last night, although Xingyan still can't understand it, he at least knows that he can't accept this invitation. So, when Peng Gong mentioned this stubble again, he talked about him left and right, covering up the vague past.

Speaking of which, Peng Xiangpu's words and deeds are still consistent with his previous performance, but Mrs. Peng's current behavior makes Xingyan feel quite strange. Because, the official wife, who was originally very cold to him, is now surprisingly enthusiastic, and after some words, she seems to be more anxious about her children's family affairs than her father-in-law.

In fact, Xingyan didn't know that when Xue Yi went to the backyard pool to wash clothes as usual, Mrs. Peng specially looked for her and pulled the gentle woman to ask long and short questions. In the end, she even generously said that even if Xue Yi is his wife and her daughter is a concubine in the future, she will not hesitate to -

Madame's frank words made the girl who had always been shy blush, so for the first time in her life, she did not carefully wash her clothes, so she rolled them up and fled back to the side room in shame.

And the frightened and restless plum blossom fairy in the room, although he had made up his mind since that time to be wholeheartedly and unreservedly to his own hall master, but this time the reason was really embarrassing, so he had to hide it and not make a confession.

It's a mess and I don't go into details, and I don't want to talk about the boy. Grateful for Peng Gong's kindness, he felt that he had nowhere to repay, and he left Lang Cheng and his wife's admonition of "gentlemen do not stand dangerous walls" more and more behind. So in the evening, he carried the ancient sword of the god and went to the courtyard where the water monster loomed.

However, this time the boy went alone, leaving the other two girls to wait elsewhere and come to meet them when there was any movement. Because, after analyzing it, it was fruitless for two nights, and I am afraid that the three of them moved too much, and the well-informed monster did not dare to come. So that night, he went alone.

When he arrived in the courtyard, he cast the "Water Without Trace" spell taught by Ling Yi'er, hiding himself in the empty light, not revealing half a trace.

Everything is well arranged, it just depends on whether the demon spirit comes!

I don't know if the young man analyzed it properly, or this intention moved the heavens, just when the hour was approaching, midnight was approaching, and the lamp and candle in the young lady's embroidery building had just been extinguished, the young man who was hidden in the night suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing, sweeping the cold on his body. Suddenly, he felt that the foreground was a little dim, so he looked up at the sky, and it turned out that there was a gloomy dark cloud in the cloudless night sky, which was covering the already dim waning moon on the western horizon.

I don't know when, the crickets in the spring garden that were lively this night have also stopped singing. In the blink of an eye, the originally vibrant Spring Festival Gala Flower Garden in front of me became gloomy and gloomy, like a secluded house that no one has lived in for many years!

"What a monster! I've wasted several nights of sleep for you, and this time I'm finally here!"

Sensing that the demon spirit was about to appear, the young man was not only not nervous, but also a little excited.

At this critical juncture, he held his breath and stared, not daring to slack off in the slightest, for fear that if he was not careful, he would scare away the extremely clever spirit monster.

...... Under the intently gaze of this pair of clear eyes in the sky, in the gushing rockery spring garden, as the spring waves are tumbling and jumping, a hazy mist is gradually rising in the moon shadow. The mist, as if darker than the night around it, gradually surged and gathered, gradually gathered and condensed, and in a short time, it condensed into the appearance of a tall human figure.

"It's ......"

The young man who was hiding in the dark and watching, did not dare to slack off, and quickly stared at it with all his might—but saw that this god and monster condensed by the water vapor had roughly condensed into the form of Chengren, and no longer formed a entity, but only stood on the waves of the spring like a tall wall.

After a moment's pause, the monster looked around, and as if to make sure that there was nothing abnormal, he spread his siblings and began to do the trick in a splash of waves. I saw that after a burst of hand dancing, a burst of dark smoke gradually erupted from the mouth of the humanoid spirit creature, fluttering, leisurely, and constantly dispersing towards the night sky everywhere, as if it would not take long to envelop the entire Peng Mansion.

The teenager who was hidden not far from the weird man was naturally the first to bear the brunt. As soon as the dark mist reached his body, there was a flow of Taihua in his body, and the dim and bleak smoke was completely dissolved in an instant.

Thinking of his own characteristics of Taihua flowing water to eliminate the chaotic qi, he no longer hesitated in his heart, and quietly, a dragon palace spell "Ice Heart Knot" that he tried his best to cast was already flying out of the sky, flying straight towards the spring in front of him.

And just when the powerful and incomparable spirit spell firmly froze the monster's feet in the spring waves condensed into ice sculptures, two rounds of bright moons flew out from the ancient sword in the young man's hand, one missing and one round, one yin and one yang, shining with a soul-destroying light, winding and dancing towards the immobile water monster!

In the middle of the eyelashes, the demon spirit that came down the water and broke the waves was already fateful!

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