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Now the countless ancient trees newly transplanted on the shore of Yanming Lake have been dug up from her own fiefdom, which is really a huge gesture, and money can't buy it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Mother also knew that he was building a new home, and the Empress Niang picked a number of antiques from the inner treasury of the palace as rewards, and His Majesty rewarded Xu Chen with a lot of ink treasures.

This is the only thing Xu Chen is not satisfied with.

Time passes, the capital city from the early summer to the middle of summer, the cicadas in the mountain sect are getting louder and louder, the heat in the city is gradually done, the renovation project of the Yanming Lake is officially completed, more than ten houses that were once divided into separate courtyards are opened, the old walls that are soft by the lake are painted, the narrow alley that runs through the houses is transformed into a stone path in the garden, the flowers and plants are blooming vigorously, it is very quiet and beautiful.

The merchants plucked up the courage to launch the fake antique shop, Boss Wu and Aunt Wu took the lead, and invited Xu Chen's master and servant to have a farewell banquet, and the two of them ended their years in Linxi Lane.

That night, Xu Chen and the maid moved to the house by Yanming Lake.

All the furniture and things have been bought by the brothers, and how to fill the dozen or so courtyards that are so large without giving the maid a headache.

Under the strong request of Qi Siye, Xu Chen kept the National Teacher's Mansion, anyway, Chao Xiaoshu had exempted him from rent for many years, but the National Teacher's Mansion would never sell books again.

I think that when the spring rain falls next year, there will be no more unambitious young calligraphers in the shop called the National Teacher's Mansion, and there will be no middle-aged people with umbrellas outside the threshold.

Accompanied by the chirping of cicadas and unknown insects, Xu Chen and his maid strolled along the stone path by Yanming Lake, and the beautiful mansions behind them were their new home.

The countless ancient trees on the shore of the lake make the stone paths and houses extremely quiet, and the temperature seems to be much lower when the lake breeze passes through it, which is a completely different world compared to the sultry heat in the alleys of the capital.

The maid thought about the picture of Xu Chen lying on a bamboo chair outside the back door in the middle of summer two years ago, constantly soaking his body with well water, and chatting with the neighbors, and couldn't help but feel like a world away.

"I never thought we could live in such a big house. ”

He had imagined countless times what kind of mansion he would live in when he had money—and now that he was strolling through his own mansion by the lake, they realized that his imagination was so shabby.

"Nice, isn't it?"

Xu Chen asked.

The maid nodded and said, "It's better than good." ”

Standing on the shore of the lake, Xu Chen looked back, only to see the green trees towering to the sky, the pink walls and black eaves looming in the meantime, and seeing the nobility in the quiet, thinking that this is his home, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional like a maid, and was very satisfied, and said: "We will live in a bigger house in the future." ”

The maid was a little surprised, tilted her head and said, "A bigger house than here, it can only be the princess's mansion and the palace." ”

Xu Chen stretched out his hand and took her into his arms, rubbed her head dotingly, and said, "We also often go to the princess's mansion and the palace, if you really want to live there in the future, I will ask Your Majesty." ”

The maid leaned against his chest and laughed happily.

The light leaking from the green leaves of the ancient tree suddenly became much lighter, Xu Chen looked up at the sky, only to see a few large clouds floating in the sky above the treetops at some point, covering the blazing sun.

He pushed the maid away from his bosom and said, "Go rowing." ”

The completely different treatment before and after did not make the little maid feel too uncomfortable, and she sighed, and walked towards the newly built simple boathouse on the shore of the lake.

The wooden stack about several zhang long stretches out to the Yanming Lake, and there are two small boats moored in front of the stack, there are oars at the stern, and there is a canopy on the boat, which is very new in condition, which is newly bought by Xu Chen.

The wooden oar pierced the white clouds and blue sky reflected on the surface of the lake, and the lake waves gradually rose, swinging into the distance, messing up the aquatic plants between the clear water, and startling the fish in the aquatic plants.

The boat left the pier and headed for the middle of the lake.

In the middle of Yanming Lake is a lotus field.

Xu Chen was half lying on the bow of the boat, and the single collar on his body had been untied. He lay in the shadow of the canopy, sniffing the faint fragrance of lotus in the wind, and closed his eyes comfortably.

The maid stood at the stern of the boat, slowly rocking the oars.

"You close your eyes and feel it, too. ”

Xu Chen said.

The maid put down the oars in her hand, stepped into the canopy, leaned beside him, closed her eyes, her sparse eyelashes blinked slightly, and her yellowish hair trembled lightly in the lake breeze.

"What do you feel?"

"The lake breeze was cool and cool. ”

"I'm asking about the breath of heaven and earth. ”

"Like...... It's a little thicker than on the shore. ”

The maid opened her eyes and looked at the lotus field not far away, her thin brows furrowed.

Xu Chen took out the drawings from his arms, pointed to the Yanming Lake about the size of a fingernail on the map and said: "This lake is the left eye of the city of the capital, the imperial court dredged this lake last year, in the name of the Ministry of Industry at the request of the capital government, in fact, the daily maintenance of the Amazing God Array by the Tianshu Office. ”

The maid was puzzled and asked, "Then we bought a house by the lake, and the court agreed?"

"I'm in charge of this array in the capital city now, let alone this lake. ”

Xu Chen continued: "The reason why I smashed the pot and sold iron and vomited blood to sell posts also bought the house by the lake, first of all, is this lake, the big array of the capital city has never been launched, but it has been running slowly, Yanming Lake as the left bronchia, naturally to condense some heaven and earth vitality, although because the self-homogenizing power of heaven and earth is too strong, the concentration here cannot be too special, but it is good for cultivation." ”

The maid nodded incomprehensibly.

"The most critical question is, if I can really control the big formation of Capital City, the formation designed for us will be linked to the Amazing God Array. ”

Xu Chen said: "At that time, there is no need to activate the Shocking Array to shock the world, I also have enough ability to borrow the situation from the capital and plant someone with a lotus." ”

The maid thought for a moment and said, "It sounds difficult. ”

Xu Chen thought about his studies in the palace these days, and said with a slight astringency: "It's harder than hard." ”

The maid said, "Young Master, I believe you can definitely do it." ”

"Hopefully, it's just that time is running out. ”

Xu Chen looked at the lotus field not far away, thinking that in autumn, these verdant lotus leaves would all turn into withered yellow leaves, and that person would also return to the capital, so he couldn't help but be silent.

"Go over there to the lotus field. ”

He said.

The maid rose from his side, walked to the stern, and shook the oars again.

"Let's swing the ...... sculls"

Xu Chen's singing sounded on the boat on the lake.

Yanming Lake belongs to the public mountains and forests owned by the government, and it is not allowed to be sold, and it is impossible to become Xu Chen's private property, but he bought all the houses by the lake, and the court will not compare with him in terms of his identity, and naturally it will not be more serious with him, the Yanming Mountain on the south bank of the lake is not famous, and there are very few tourists, so Yanming Lake is actually equal to the private lake of his house, and on the lake with pleasant scenery, there is only one cloth boat swinging.

Sealing up such a good scenery and turning it into a private garden that can only be enjoyed by oneself, cutting off the opportunity for the people of the capital to get close, of course, it will seem a little unkind, and even have some moral problems, but Xu Chen's master and servant are originally nouveau riche, and they have never been kind-hearted people, and they don't care much about moral issues.

The more than ten acres of lotus fields in the center of the lake are all lotus flowers that Xu Chen paid to hire people to plant, and after these days, they were nourished by the lake mud, and the lotus leaves were already dense and the flowers were in full bloom.

The maid shook the oars, and the boat slowly sailed into the lotus field, and as far as the eye could see, except for the blue lotus leaves and pink lotus flowers, there was nothing else to see, as if entering a quiet labyrinth, entering a wonderful world completely different from the hot world.

The cyan round lotus leaves, like a puff fan boat lying on the water, stretching out in the air, touching the wall of the boat from time to time, making a rustling sound, the lotus flowers bloom on the side of the boat, those pink and white soft and tender smooth jade petals, close to the two people, and even can clearly smell the faint fragrance.

Xu Chen leaned on the bow of the boat, looking at the lotus leaves that swept by like a pampa fan boat, holding a pampa fan in his hand and shaking it gently, his eyes squinted slightly, while admiring the beautiful scenery of the lotus field, while meditating and practicing, using the qigong method learned during the cliff cave retreat, he kept breathing and breathing out the breath of heaven and earth in the lake, and storing the aura in his body.

The drop of liquid condensed by the aura in his body was now more and more round and full, and it looked like a drop of water rolling on a lotus leaf that could fall into the lake at any moment.

The boat went deep into the lotus field, and the house by the lake and even the Yanming Mountain on the south bank were covered by lotus leaves, and the maid put down the oars, sat next to Xu Chen, stretched out her hand out of the boat, and picked a lotus pod between the leaves.

With a slight force, the little hand tore apart the fresh lotus that had not been in place for a long time, and picked out the pale green lotus seeds from it, she carefully peeled off the lotus seeds, picked out the thin lotus core inside, and then sent them to Xu Chen's lips.

Xu Chen didn't open his eyes, he ate the lotus seeds with her fingertips, and when he chewed until his mouth was full of fragrance, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "The lotus core of the first lotus is not bitter, so why bother to pick it out." ”

The maid had already processed several lotus seeds and fed them all into his mouth, and she didn't listen to what he said, but still carefully picked out all the lotus cores.

"I heard that the lotus core can be used in medicine, but it can't be wasted. ”

She said with her head down.

Xu Chen was speechless and said: "How can we say that we are also people with a big mansion now, why are we still so thrifty, with that kind of kung fu, you might as well let me write a few more books." ”