auspicious time has come

chapter 91

When he was stunned by the shock, Heng Yu had already tied the cloak for him: "Master Hou, the wind is heavy and the rain is coming, let's go to the pavilion in front to shelter from the rain first?"

Xiao Mu looked forward in the direction of her finger like a ghost.

This place is in the garden, covered by vegetation in front, winding path, he didn't see the gazebo she mentioned for a moment.

In the next moment, the girl held the upper part of his wrist through the robe, pulled him and ran forward.

No matter on the battlefield or in private, Xiao Mu, who is very vigilant and responsive, feels that everything has become sluggish at this moment, he has no time to react, he only turns his head to look at the girl who is pulling him forward——

The raindrops were like threads, she held his wrist with one hand, and put the other hand across her head to block the rain in front of her eyes, the orbs inlaid on the bead flowers in her hair swayed slightly as she ran.

"..." Xiao Mu's close servant watched this scene dumbfounded.

Madam has already secretly bought, ahem, and confessed to him, asking him to keep an eye on the progress between Lord Hou and Painter Ji, and report everything to Madam in detail.

So, he was going to tell his wife later that when it was raining, Master Hou put on the cape of Painter Ji, and then the two of them ran really fast? ?

And just as Heng Yu had just confirmed, after turning into another path, there was indeed a gazebo.

As soon as he entered the pavilion, Xiao Mu immediately took off his cloak.

Heng Yu hurriedly said: "Master Hou, don't be polite to me—"

Xiao Mu insisted on taking it off, and when he put it on for her, he said, "As a man, I want to take your cloak, how ridiculous it is."

Seeing that it was not enough for him to return the cloak to himself, Hengyu seemed to want to explain himself, Hengyu immediately said: "What about men, what about women? Who said that women should only be protected by others? Isn't Hou Ye sticking to prejudice? Need Whoever takes it is the right answer.”

Xiao Mu paused, and his mood became more and more complicated.

Take it from those who need it?
"...Do you mean that this Marquis is weaker than you?" He didn't know how he came up with this question, let alone why he used the word delicate.

"I have absolutely no intention of doing so." Heng Yu explained, "It's just that thanks to Lord Hou's blessings, his chills have been greatly improved due to proper recuperation—and Lord Hou has countless old injuries, so he should avoid the cold air to avoid triggering it." Old disease. The health of Lord Marquis is related to the safety of the Northland, and it must not be sloppy."

She heard from Doctor Yan that the poison on his body made him especially afraid of the cold.

That's why before he had time to think about it, he gave him the cloak.

She didn't forget to flatter her at the end, Xiao Mu didn't know if it would be useful, looked at her for a while, didn't say any more, just asked: "Is it really not cold?"

"It's sheltering from the rain, it's not cold." Fearing that he would continue to take off his cloak, Heng Yu reached out and shook his hand, and asked calmly, "Look, Lord Hou, you didn't lie, did you?"

Her hand was soft and warm, and she held it for a moment before letting go.

At this moment, Xiao Mu seemed to hear the dense sound of war drums that shook the world before the battle.

It took him a moment to realize that it was his heartbeat.

Xiao Hou nodded his head to her as expressionlessly as possible, said "Yes", then turned around slightly stiffly and looked at the rain curtain outside the pavilion.

Thanks to the sound of rain——

He secretly rejoiced.

The hand she shook so quickly was half hidden in his sleeve by him, and no one knew how carefully he was placing it, like placing a treasure.

"Master Hou, go and fetch the umbrella!" The boy outside the pavilion grinned and then ran away without a trace.

The sound of rain pattered, covering the noise between heaven and earth for a while.

"It's a blessing to have this moment of leisure to watch the rain." Heng Yu said with emotion while looking at the rain.

At this moment, you can listen to the sound of the rain, and don't think about those troublesome things for the time being.

Besides the rain, she still has difficult things to deal with and plan, and his situation is a hundred times more difficult than hers.

But all this is not in a hurry to think about it at this time.

Xiao Mu nodded, and also looked at the rain and fog outside the pavilion.

That rainy night eight years ago was a night when he had a little respite on the way to escape.

Although he did not fall asleep that night, listening to the breathing of the girl next to him from time to time, he still felt that everything in the world was still real, and he finally grasped a trace of stability in the absence of belonging, so that the precarious and dangerous wall in his heart never collapsed .

The word goodwill, whether you get it or give it, will get tangible inner feedback, and it will be a self-contained force to support the inner universe, leaving the opportunity for light to shine in.

Xiao Mu subconsciously turned his head slightly, looking at the person beside him.

The girl raised her face slightly, her profile was like a pink and white crabapple covered with morning dew.

Her hair was a little wet from the rain, and it was no longer as soft as silk and satin as usual, and it was blown by the wind again, and it was a little fluffy in the light, making people inexplicably want to rub it and smooth it.

With this thought, Xiao Mu suddenly thought of the picture of Yan Jin rubbing her head while joking with her when he came two days ago.

Oh, think about it more than yesterday, and rub it more than once.

"What does Painter Ji think of Yan Langjun?" He suddenly asked.

"Yan Jin." Heng Yu thought for a moment and said, "He is also a smart person with many secrets."

also--

Xiao Mu didn't go into details, but asked, "So does Painter Ji know his secret?"

"If you know it, it's no longer a secret." The girl's tone was calm and casual: "Everyone has secrets, and since they have nothing to do with me, I have never inquired about them. You don't have to know all the secrets of the other party to be friends. Yes, Lord Hou, are you right?"

Xiao Mu smiled slightly and said, "Yes."

Then he asked again: "So he is your best friend?"

"Probably." Heng Yu said with a smile: "After all, he once helped me and helped me out of my troubles."

"Is it just because I helped you?" Xiao Mu looked outside the pavilion and asked casually, "Is he the only one who helped you?"

"Of course not." Heng Yu tilted his head slightly and looked at him: "Since I came to Yingzhou, Lord Hou has helped me a lot."

Maybe outside of Yingzhou... there was once.

Xiao Mu felt that he was rather naive and talkative today, but he couldn't stop his mouth for some reason: "Then what are the reasons why you get along so well with Lord Yan Lang—"

"It's probably because he's interesting. When we get along, everything is casual and there is no need to worry about anything."

Xiao Mu let out a faint "Oh".

"Master Hou is also a very interesting person." Heng Yu quickly added.

Xiao Mu put his hands behind his back: "You don't have to hold the water so flat, I know whether I'm interesting or not."

She was the first to say he was funny - since he was Xiao Mu.

"If I'm going to be honest, in the eyes of Master Hou, it's either serving water or flattering. It can be said that there is a deep prejudice." Heng Yu said with a smile: "You must know that it's interesting and you don't know it, it's really interesting."

What the hell is this?

Xiao Mu let out a light "sneer", but the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.

Not far away, the boy who came back with an umbrella couldn't help hesitating when he saw this scene.

Lord Hou seemed to be very happy, should he come forward to deliver the umbrella later?

After all, Madam said, such things are very particular about winking.

So the boy took a step back and hid behind a clump of dead bamboo, but because he was too gossip, he couldn't help poking his head out for a peek.

This probe just happened to bump into the vigilant line of sight of his master Hou.

For a moment, the four eyes met——

Servant: "..."

Xiao Mu: "..."

After staring at each other silently for a while, the servant shook the umbrella in his hand in embarrassment, and asked Xiao Mu with his eyes.

Xiao Mu, who was suddenly forcibly dragged into the water, nodded slightly unbearably.

However, this subtle eyebrow and eye lawsuit happened to fall into Heng Yu's eyes, and she looked keenly at the bamboo forest, so she saw the scene of the servant sneaking out with a cat on his waist——

Hengyu was stunned.

so……?
Seeing her expression, Xiao Mu was shocked—after hearing his explanation, he also just saw that boy! !

However, Hengyu looked away as if he hadn't noticed anything.

"..." Even if Xiao Mu wanted to explain, he couldn't open his mouth for a while, fearing that it would become more and more black.

The boy didn't notice the suffocation and despair of his master Hou, so he rushed over to hand the umbrella.

Heng Yu took a handful first, stretched it open, and walked out of the pavilion.

The warm and delicate buckskin boots lightly stepped on the water, making a few crystal water splashes.

The girl under the umbrella, the corners of her mouth slightly curved.

After a while, Xiao Mu followed with an umbrella in one hand.

In the rain, the two walked side by side holding umbrellas, their figures gradually drifting away.

……

In the afternoon, the rain stopped a little.

Liu Xun was writing something with a pen in the study, sometimes nervous and apprehensive, sometimes shaking his head and sighing softly, unable to make up his mind, when ordinary words could not relieve the hesitation, he had to recite a few lines of poetry.

"Master Liu."

A servant of the Hou Mansion came in.

Liu Xun quickly put down the pen, hurriedly rolled up what he wrote, and threw it into the brazier.

Then he pretended to be indifferent and asked, "What's the matter?"

The servant suppressed the strangeness in his heart and said, "Someone is looking for Mr. Liu."

"who?"

"That person claims to be a guy from a steamed stuffed bun shop..."

Liu Xun stood up abruptly: "Where is the other person?"

"There is no one to wait for, so I was stopped outside the village."

Liu Xun immediately walked out from behind the desk, and quickly left the study.

The servant looked at the burnt handwriting in the brazier, and his suspicions became more and more serious—Master Liu has often been sneaky in the study recently, and sometimes even secretly lit the lamp to read books in the middle of the night. Didn't he really have a strange heart and betrayed the Marquis? ?

The servants of the Dingbeihou Mansion are never short of vigilance.

Therefore, he had informed Hou Ye yesterday, but after listening to Hou Ye, after a slight pause, he only said "Got it".

No, he still has to talk to Master Hou... The guy from the steamed stuffed bun shop is not guaranteed to be a thief who came to meet Mr. Liu!

However, just as the servant begged to see Xiao Mu, he saw Liu Xun rushing over.

"My subordinates need to go back to the city for urgent matters, and I hope the general agrees—" Liu Xun looked anxious, showing that something urgent happened.

As early as when the guy from the steamed stuffed bun shop found him, someone had already sent the news to Xiao Mu.

So I didn't ask any more questions at this time, but said: "The rainy road is difficult, be careful on the road."

"Yes, thank you General!"

Liu Xun saluted and left.

"Master Hou, Master Liu is treating him poorly..."

Xiao Mu glanced at the servant, and immediately thought of the boy who delivered the umbrella. He felt a shadow that was hard to get rid of, and said: "I know what Mr. Liu is so thin, and I don't need to report this matter."

Delaying the delivery of the umbrella is still a trivial matter. If Ji Hengyu finds out about the inhuman behavior of Liu Xun and his mother in the future, and then relates this matter to him, he may really not have to live anymore...

The servant didn't know the feeling of his master Hou not daring to have anything to do with Liu Xun. After hearing this, he felt that Master Hou was wise and powerful, and everything was under control, so he retreated with peace of mind.

……

Outside Zhuangzi, Liu Xun took a look at the donkey cart that was coming from the bun shop guy, and immediately asked someone to prepare a horse.

……

In the newly renovated old house of the Miao family in the south of the city, there was a lot of crying.

　No Responsibility Small Theater——

　　In the middle of the night, Xiao Hou lights up the lamp to read at night.

　　Yan Ming came to change the dressing, and sighed with a dark face: "Master Hou, don't bother yourself in the middle of the night anymore!"

　　When Doctor Yan was about to chatter again, when he saw a string of large characters on the cover of the book, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and read carefully, "..."Must Read for Men, 30 Days, Teach You How to Read" Be an Interesting Man"????"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)