083 Loneliness
Hua Shuqi was trapped in the firewood room of the Shunxin Inn. was watched by the five big and three thick women, and kept chopping wood, chopping the delicate palms with blood bubbles. Whenever she tried to run away, the woman would catch her. The woman was not good at words, so she asked Hua Shuqi to continue chopping, and if she didn't chop firewood, she pulled out a rattan, and with a "whew", she pumped it heavily on Hua Shuqi.
The light blue clothes suddenly cracked, and the skin and flesh were torn.
Hua Shuqi said to the woman, "How much money did Hua Shuxuan give you? If you let me out, I will give you double the money." ”
The woman did not believe.
Hua Shuqi found a crumpled piece of coarse paper - the woman wrapped it in rice dumplings for breakfast in the morning, bit her fingers, and wrote a few lines: There is now that Hua Shuqi owes Shunxin Inn Chai Fang Sun Zhang's (woman's title) silver. He asked the woman again, "How much did Hua Shuxuan give you?"
The woman took the paper and looked left and right, and said a number with a big grin.
Hua Shuqi didn't say a word, and wrote double the number.
Hua Shuqi signed the paper and handed it to the woman: "Take it, if I give you the silver, just sue me when I go to the government." "That's how I got out.
She wanted to go to Hua Shuxuan to settle accounts, but Hua Shuxuan was surrounded by people who felt sorry for Hua Shuxuan. The second sister Hua Shuting and Hua Shuxuan are the same mother, which of the others will speak for her? The only Ouyang He, while speaking for her, only wants to take her for himself.
She didn't like Ouyang He, and the thought that maybe she really wanted to marry Ouyang He gave her goosebumps all over her body.
In order to pay off the debt, she can only go to him.
I went to Liuzi Street first and asked the porter, and the person in the gatehouse only replied: "The prince is not at home." "Where Brother Yitian went, she didn't know. waited on the side of the street, waited until the sun was at the beginning, and waited until the sun set in the west, but Cheng Yitian did not come back.
Hua Shuqi waited until the moon climbed overhead, but she didn't see Cheng Yitian. Lost in despair, wandering the streets. A carriage rushed by, and the bells on the carriage "jingled". The sound of "clanging" fell on the silent street, and faded away. Hua Shuqi, who was originally walking on the road, also disappeared.
Spruce stayed at the Tiannan Inn for three days, and on the fourth day, she came out of her room. When I arrived in the lobby, I saw Leng Xiang'er sitting by the window wearing snow-white clothes.
Unexpectedly, Spruce smiled to himself. Walking over, I saw a plate of osmanthus rice cakes and a bowl of red beans and lantern festival on the table in front of Leng Xiang'er. The aroma of osmanthus in the osmanthus rice cake is poured out along the heat and scattered in the air, and you can smell it when you sniff it, and the sweet fragrance is pleasant. As for the red bean Lantern Festival, because of the lotus root powder, it is cooked smoothly and viscous, the red beans are also boiled to the fire, and the water-milled glutinous rice balls float in it, like fine pearls.
When he came, he sat down. Spruce said to the man, "Rice cakes and Lantern Festival, as they are, give me a copy." ”
The shopkeeper came over to say goodbye, nodded and let the spruce take care of himself, and all the expenses were borne by the store.
Spruce said: "Don't bother the shopkeeper in vain." He pulled out a silver ticket and placed it on the table.
Leng Xiang'er glanced at her, she was already jealous of her, and at this moment, her breath was even more uneven.
It was a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, and the shopkeeper said that he would not accept anything.
Spruce said: "I live here with you, you can calculate it for me in the No. 1 room of Tianzi, plus three meals, a total of ten taels a day." This is for the sake of your father-in-law's face. "I will take his light, and the silver ticket will be stored on the counter." The day of stay is settled on a specific basis. If you refund more and make up less, you won't make me suffer, right?"
"Well...... "I have the money to take it, and I sweat so much." The shopkeeper finally took the silver ticket.
The man came over, and the shopkeeper personally brought down the osmanthus rice cake and red bean lantern festival on the wooden lacquer tray. In addition, the inn also sent Yangzhou's Yechun steamed buns and jade siu mai. The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's all specially introduced by our store." Girl, please use it. Grinning and leaving.
Leng Xiang'er was like sitting on pins and needles, and she couldn't wait to slap the table and leave immediately.
Spruce wanted to appease her, and took the initiative to speak: "I've chased it here, I'm afraid it's not just to drink a bowl of Lantern Festival at Tiannan Inn, and eat a piece of osmanthus rice cake here." "I took a jade siu mai and placed it on an empty dish next to the vinegar dish.
Leng Xiang'er glanced at it and said coldly: "I admire you, five bodies to the ground." ”
Spruce "oh" and said, "How do you say that?"
"How many tricks did it take you to catch the bait of Yicheng Gongzi? pretending to be pitiful, pretending to be infatuated, or-"
Spruce's calmness was unconsciously drowned in her caustic words.
Leng Xiang'er did not shy away from it, and said frankly: "I know your Taoism, what else can't you do in order to catch a man?"
Spruce clenched his teeth, tried to calm down with a breath of anger, and finally said, "Don't talk nonsense, you have something to do with me." ”
Leng Xiang'er scooped a spoonful of red bean root noodle soup, sipped it lightly, put down the spoon, and then barely put away the cynicism in her stomach.
"The palace master knows you're back. ”
"I had expected this for a long time. ”
"The palace master admires that you can hide your tracks for so long. ”
Spruce snorted.
Leng Xiang'er tilted her head, "Tell me, how did you do it?" Looking at the spruce up and down, "Look at your current style, you obviously have to attract attention everywhere." "I am beautiful, and my clothes are so outstanding. He is also generous and spends money like dirt. As long as the lotus palace maids are all over the place, it is impossible not to notice that their purple arrow maids have returned to the rivers and lakes.
"Let me think about it. Stretching out an index finger like an onion, Leng Xiang'er gently drew circles on her white jade-like cheeks, "Although Yishan Yicheng is a rookie, since Du Boyang, the master of the horse road, has invested with money, it has become a place where people are not allowed to enter. Yu Xuesheng has been piling for six years, and she hasn't smelled a few farts. You are by Cheng Yitian's side, fascinated him, let him cover for you, the palace master naturally can't know, you and I actually returned to this Jianghu where we used to stay together about the same time. ”
Spruce had been listening to her sour words, and when she saw it, she sighed and replied, "Even if you say it." ”
Leng Xiang'er's face sank: "Could it be that you really did everything?"
Spruce said she didn't understand what she was saying.
A touch of crimson swept the white jade-like cheeks, and Leng Xiang'er was angry: "Don't pretend to be holy and noble." It's those things that you have worked hard and fantasized about many times when you're around him. ”
Spruce finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Leng Xiang'er, you've said enough!"
"I'm afraid you'll regret it later. ”
"It's better to take care of yourself than anything else. ”
The four eyes are facing each other, and the sparks are flying.
It was a long time before the two girls looked away. The spruce sandwiched a siu mai and dipped it in vinegar and took two bites. The atmosphere was slightly relaxed. Only then did she ask Leng Xiang'er: "Xiao Feiyan asked you to come to me?"
"You still dare to call the palace master by his name as before. ”
"Others can't call it, but I can. ”
At this moment, Leng Xiang'er's expression was not jealous after all. Her eyes, which were originally very innocent and beautiful, showed a little schadenfreude. After a while, she said, "yes, and let me bring the mission." ”
"Mission?"
"Well, it's a mission!"
"When I wear purple, does it mean that I am willing to be her Purple Arrow maid?"
"Then why do you keep this trace everywhere that you don't like yourself?"
Pondered. After a while, Spruce replied, "Habit." "It's a habit! I've been trained like this since I was a child, and no matter how much I reject it, I always subconsciously have to be like this to feel comfortable. This is also a very strange thing in life that people have to admit.
You can brush your sleeves away, however, what about Leng Xiang'er, who is sitting opposite?
"I didn't make a deal with Yicheng Gongzi that day, as you wanted. Spruce didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, but he couldn't help but apologize.
"Well, this time, you should do me a favor. Leng Xiang'er took her weakness to death.
Spruce was a little annoyed: "Xiang'er, if I really owe you anything, I can compensate you with what I can do." ”
"Do you want me to stay with Yicheng Gongzi too?"
"What?"
"What are you pretending to be stupid?"
Spruce couldn't help but laugh at himself, "Do you think men want to go crazy?"
"Yes," Leng Xiang'er was not taboo at all, "It's not wrong for you to think so." After a pause, "How do you know that you are going to find the prince of Yicheng when you come back? Will the decent family accommodate you? Those people who are sanctimonious, even if they are obsessed with your beauty, do not want you to become their plaything in the end." can compete with the Lotus Palace, only Yicheng, a sect that has just risen for a long time. After pausing for a while, he sighed again, "But your luck is really good, Cheng Yitian is young and promising, and he looks so good." That day I was in the Hongzhou seat, playing the pipa while peeking at him, and his facial features were not far from 'his' demeanor. As he spoke, he couldn't help but grit his teeth, "Even if there are good men in this world, they are only met by you." Changing the subject: "If you are really willing to introduce me to him and make him accept me, I will be glad to do so." ”
Spruce said coldly: "If I give you a short knife, it will be more simple than giving you anything." ”
"But I don't want to die yet. Leng Xiang'er kicked the ball back with an understatement.
After being silent for a while, Spruce said, "You don't want to think about the idea of Yicheng Gongzi. I don't know much about him, though, and he won't take a fancy to you. ”
Leng Xiang'er's face turned pale.
"Not convinced?"
Leng Xiang'er snorted.
"There, 'he' didn't like you, and here, if he were him, he wouldn't like you either. ”
Leng Xiang'er cut her teeth.
"I want to ask why?" Spruce's long smoky eyebrows raised slightly, "Am I the same kind of person as you? Since they both like me, it means that they will never like you." ”
Leng Xiang'er, who has always forcibly gained the upper hand, bites her lip with glutinous rice and silver teeth, and almost wants blood to come out.
However, bothering to suppress the other party like this, Spruce had already decided to help Leng Xiang'er again.
"As long as it doesn't matter to Yicheng Gongzi!"
Coming out of the Tiannan Inn, a horse-drawn carriage stopped on the side of the road. Spruce and Leng Xiang'er got into the car, and Leng Xiang'er said to Spruce: "There is an official from Qiandu, who is the newly appointed captain of Shangwumen. Hongzhou, which arrived first, forcibly closed Baihuatai. Meng Yaoxian and Meng Shenxian didn't dare to provoke such a person. Qiandu is the land of heaven, and if something goes wrong, the Lotus Palace will be destroyed. ”
"Has this Duwei had a holiday with the Lotus Palace?"
"I don't know. ”
Spruce cast a questioning look.
Leng Xiang'er was very calm at this time: "I really don't know." After the palace master married Qin Yuchuan, the Mu of Jingzhou, he devoted himself to befriending the dignitaries of the capital for a long time, and even the nobles of the heavenly family. King Qi, do you know?"
Spruce shook his head.
Leng Xiang'er finally found a little advantage, revealing disdain: "That's the best brother of the crown prince of the dynasty, the prince of the real power faction." One year, the palace master offered a dancing girl through a relationship and was favored by him. ”
"How long?"
"One year!"
"Oh. ”
"It's already pretty good. There are still some effects after that. However, since last year, His Royal Highness King Qi has completely lost interest in her. ”
When Leng Xiang'er said this, she found that the spruce looked at her wrongly. Appreciation, and banter.
Leng Xiang'er understood, and sneered: "If it weren't for me, do you think the palace master would have kept me here?"
"That's right!" Spruce had stayed in the Lotus Palace when he was a child, and he understood the style of Xiao Feiyan, the master of the Lotus Palace. Although Leng Xiang'er is not stunning, she has a pure wind, which is very appetizing to men. And the scheming is not shallow, it is a usable talent.
It's a pity!
And this "pity", she spontaneously felt that she had an unshirkable responsibility.
The captain of the Shangwu Sect who forcibly closed the Baihuatai had something to do with the Lotus Palace, because of the rupture of the interpersonal network in Qiandu, the Lord of the Lotus Palace really couldn't understand it for a while.
The palace lord needs someone to sneak by the side of the captain.
Yu Xuesheng was actually executed by Meng Yaoxian and Meng Shenxian privately, which made Palace Master Xiao very angry. However, when employing people, Xiao Feiyan will not intend to punish these two bold for a while. Leng Xiang'er is not everywhere, Meng Yao Immortal Meng Shen Immortal is already restless and untrustworthy. Talent withered in Baihuatai.
Did Xiao Feiyan think of it herself?
Or Leng Xiang'er deliberately suggested, in short, what Spruce needs to do now is to go to the side of the Captain of the Shangwu Gate and find out the reason why the Captain of the Shangwu Gate forcibly closed the Baihuatai.
Spruce said to Leng Xiang'er: "Replying to the palace master may not be as she wishes. ”
Leng Xiang'er smiled wickedly: "As long as you get out of the horse, everything will have a new beginning." ”
Spruce's heart moved slightly. When she was about to chew her last sentence seriously, the door of Yuezhou City's "Qixiang Music Fang" suddenly opened. Meng Yao Immortal and Meng Shen Immortal were both in the welcoming team. Leng Xiang'er stared at the back, and the spruce promised to exit, but the back road was not there. She was apprehensive in her heart, and she still held her head high in the face of these people.
Walking in, the door of Qixiang Le Fang closed again.
One of the guards of the Tiannan Inn stayed away for a while, and when he didn't see the spruce girl come out, he turned around and reported to the shopkeeper that he knew.