Notes of Lanxi Crossing

Chapter 9
"I think I might know who she is!"

The censor's daughter was thoughtful, and told the little sisters her guess.

"She should be the daughter of a southern general who just entered Beijing, and she seems to be called Ji Mingxin!"

Her father is a censor, and occasionally talks about court affairs at home, which she heard a few days ago.

"It turned out to be the daughter of a general, no wonder her behavior..."

A little sister hesitated to speak, Song Lanshu gave her a displeased look.

Looking at the oars she had just borrowed, she couldn't help but see the girl's chic appearance in her mind, and immediately rectified her name without hesitation.

"I think she is very unique. Although she is a bit uninhibited, she gives people a sense of open-mindedness and freedom. It seems that she is much more willful than us!"

Who wouldn't want to be the most comfortable person!
It's just that they can't turn a blind eye to the eyes and sarcasm of the world, so they can only envy people like Ji Mingxin even more.

While feeling melancholy, Song Lanxi heard her elder brother's gentle voice in a daze. She turned her head in doubt, suspecting that it was her own illusion.

"Shu'er!" The visitor whispered again.

This time the overlapping lotus leaves were lifted a little, revealing the boat that was heading towards them.

The young man in the indigo brocade robe on the boat is the elder brother Song Lanzhang!

"Brother? Why are you here?"

Song Lanshu was surprised, the eldest brother seemed to be looking for her, what happened?

The distance between the two small boats gradually narrowed, and Song Lanshu was not the only one on the noble ladies' boat. Out of the defense of men and women, Song Lanzhang did not get too close.

"I'm here to find you!"

Song Lanzhang was really afraid of hearing any bad news about her, so he couldn't wait to get off his servants, so he boarded the boat to search for her.

"After returning to the shore, a noble girl said that she heard your exclamation. I was greeting my mother at that time, so I stopped by to look for you."

As for how worried and anxious he and his mother were when they heard the news, there was no need to tell her.

He didn't say that Song Lanshu would have guessed it, and felt very guilty.

"We were fine, it was just that the oars accidentally fell into the water, and we lost our composure in a moment of panic."

Thinking of Ji Mingxin who was still deep in the lotus root, Song Lanshu wanted to go back to pick her up after seeing her elder brother.

"After we lost the oars, Miss Ji lent her oars, and now she is staying where she is, why don't I go back and return the oars to her!"

"No need, mother and all the ladies are waiting for you, you go ashore first, and I will deliver the oars."

Song Lanzhang just wanted the second sister to go ashore earlier.

That being the case, Song Lanshu also wanted to go back to appease her mother earlier, so she nodded in agreement.

Song Lanzhang exchanged his servant with the maid on their boat, and after a few words of explanation, he followed the maid's guidance and went away.

The lake lotus was carefully taken care of by Hua Nu, and it bloomed lushly. The maid carefully rowed the boat at the stern, and the boat was difficult to pass through.

From time to time, Song Lanzhang was scratched by a lotus stem with a small thorn hook, and soon he became confused, and even his tied hair was accidentally caught.

The hair on the front of the forehead swayed slightly with the hull of the boat, lingering on Song Lanzhang's handsome face, seemingly affectionate and ruthless.

Song Lanzhang was about to enter the cabin to take shelter temporarily, but the bow of the ship accidentally hit a hard object, making a dull sound.

He hurriedly held onto the edge of the boat so that he would not fall into the lake.

After stabilizing his feet, he looked up, and the sharp corner of the bow was touching a piece of blue clothes.

Tsing Yi, clear water, green leaves.

In this green world, the owner lying comfortably on the boat seems to be lying directly on the water.

Like a demon or a fairy.

The girl is slightly lying on her side, her face covered with lotus leaves.

The boat was knocked and collided, and the lotus leaf lingered several times before finally slipping off, revealing a face with fair skin and delicate features.

Looking at it from a distance, it looks like a newborn lotus demon in Lianhu Lake.

The lotus leaf fell, and the woman's closed eyes seemed to be stimulated by the sudden light. After the eye feathers trembled slightly, she slowly opened her eyes.

The lotus monster, who was resting comfortably in the lake, was finally disturbed by the intrusion of outsiders.

At this moment, Song Lanzhang received an unprecedented visual impact.

After he woke up, he turned his head and looked to the side in a panic, with a serious expression on his face, but if you looked closely, you could find that there was no focus in his eyes.

"Does it look good?"

Ji Mingxin had already noticed the arrival, but he just didn't bother to pay attention.

She didn't feel obscene and offensive from people's eyes, and she didn't reject this kind of pure amazement and appreciation.

Song Lanzhang only thought she was mocking his impoliteness, and his face was on fire for a while.

"Ahead is Miss Ji? Song Lanzhang, thank you for helping my sister, Lanzhang is very grateful..."

Song Lanzhang cupped his hands to express his thanks, with embarrassment in his eyes.

"Just now, please forgive my rudeness..."

"I mean, I'm being rude, girl, don't be upset..."

As Song Lanzhang spoke, he immediately wanted to bite off his gibberish tongue, he didn't know why he was so stupid today!

Obviously she offended others, but let them not mind getting angry, as if implying that she is narrow-minded...

In front of him, Mr. Qingjun, who looked embarrassed, was frowning in annoyance, and Ji Mingxin interrupted his entanglement with a chuckle.

"I didn't take it to heart, besides, I mean it, I'm very happy to be praised sincerely!"

"Uh……"

Although he is always praised by his elders and admired by his peers, but now he is still a young boy, and he really doesn't know how to deal with it.

Knowing that these aristocrats have thin skins, Ji Mingxin is not in any trouble.

"You came here just to say thank you?"

No need to continue the original topic, Song Lanzhang heaved a sigh of relief.

After returning to the business, he gradually calmed down, and the thin blush on his face quickly dissipated.

"The girl was kind-hearted and lent her only oar to my sister. It's getting late and it's not appropriate to stay on the lake. Lan Zhang came here just to give the girl an oar."

Ji Mingxin followed his words and raised his head to look up at the sky. The sun was warm and the lake occasionally brought a breeze, so it was clearly a pleasant time.

But this Zhuangzi is far away in the outskirts of Beijing, so he has to leave early to get into the city gate in time.

The banquet is about to end, and it's really not good for her to stay on the farm any longer. In this way, there is nothing wrong with him saying that it will be late.

Seeing her nodding, Song Lanzhang handed over the oar.

Ji Ming didn't answer, stood up and jumped lightly, and immediately landed on his boat.

"This……"

Song Lanzhang was about to say something when he was interrupted by Ji Mingxin.

"It's nothing, I'm lying down a little lazy, I don't want to row!"

She pointed to the silent and bowed girl at the stern: "I'm not afraid of anything you are afraid of, besides, there are still people here."

Song Lanzhang immediately shut up, he had found out that there was nothing he could do in front of this girl.

The two sat on the bow of the boat, watching the scenery in front of them recede.

(End of this chapter)