night enchanting

Chapter 5 The Fairy in the Qin (2)
Nangong Ye's smile froze, and he instinctively sneered: "How can I be interested in a woman who approaches me with an unknown purpose!"

Hearing this, the man in red stared at Nangong Ye with a pair of peach blossom eyes. His eyes were sharp and suspicious, and he said, "I'm really not interested? Then... once the three-month period between you and the Dark Pavilion is over, this woman... ... How about sending me off? I am very interested in her."

Nangong Ye's complexion changed slightly, "You have three thousand beauties in the harem, isn't that enough?"

The man in red said: "Woman, I will never have too much."

Nangong Ye gave him a contemptuous look, and stopped talking.As for a woman, he only needs one, and that's enough.

The lake was silent.

The hundreds of boats occupying most of the Sacred Heart Lake were completely silent, and everyone in the boat was immersed in the sound of the piano that seemed to be infused with the soul of the piano just now.Suddenly, a luxuriously decorated painting boat squeezed away the many painting boats with a domineering attitude, and rushed to the front, a gorgeously dressed and fat man in Tsing Yi shouted into the pavilion in a discordant voice: "Fairy, here I come!" !"

"Who are you?" The maid in the pavilion asked with a frown.

"Me? Shi Qing, the fourth most talented scholar in the capital city!" The man raised his fat arms and pretended to shake the fan in his hand. What should have been a suave gesture seemed ridiculous to him.

He was already wearing Tsing Yi, and the people around couldn't help laughing when they heard the word "Shi Qing".The maid in the pavilion glanced at him, and said with a sneer, "I've only heard of the three great celebrities, but I've never heard of the fourth great talent! This Mr. Shi, do you know that Mr.?" The maid raised her hand, Point to Shi Qing's left direction.It was also a first-class painting boat, not luxurious, but very elegant. Standing on the boat was a young man in his early twenties, also holding a folding fan, dressed in brocade clothes, but the movement of the folding fan seemed to be romantic. Suave and extraordinary.

"Who are you?" Shi Qing said in a bad tone.

All the attention of the brocade-clothed man was originally in the Qixin Pavilion, but at this moment when Shi Qing asked him, he came back to his senses, and he didn't get angry, he just replied politely: "I'm Xiagu Yushu."

"It's Young Master Yushu!" The surrounding crowd was in commotion.

Among the three famous and romantic officials in the capital city, one is cold and indifferent, the other is high-spirited and arrogant. Only Mr. Yu Shu, who ranks third, treats others with gentleness and courtesy, and everyone rushes forward to say hello.

Shi Qing was stunned: "Who is Gu Yushu?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of ridicule.

The maid sneered: "You don't even know Mr. Yushu, how dare you call yourself the fourth most talented person? Then do you know who Mr. Yixiao is?"

"Young master Yixiao? Who is it?" Shi Qing was ridiculed, and he couldn't help but turn his head to ask the follower behind him.The attendant faltered and couldn't answer.At this time, everyone looked at Shi Qing with contempt, Shi Qing was furious, slapped his servant on the head hard, and cursed: "Idiot!" Then he turned to the maid and shouted: "I don't care what he is, Mr. Shu!" It's still Mr. Yixiao! I want to see the fairy, so don't make things difficult for me, otherwise, when I marry the fairy, I will definitely deal with you!"

"You want to deal with me? Huh, first let you taste the power of this girl!" The maid raised her hand angrily, and pushed forward with all her strength. Three feet away, the originally calm lake surface suddenly rose, and it was heading towards Qixin. Ting's fast-moving luxury boat backed up suddenly, and at the same time, Shi Qing was overturned on the boat, with his legs on the ground, and the back of his head hit the board hard with a bang, staring at him, and he was speechless for a long time.

The maid snorted: "The toad wants to eat swan meat! You dare to blaspheme my young lady, and you don't even know how much you are!"

Everyone around burst into laughter. Nangong Ye, who was still sitting in the boat, frowned slightly as she watched this scene. A little maidservant has such skill.

"Changfeng, turn around and ask someone to find out where the two people in the pavilion came from."

Changfeng appeared, responded and retreated.

Nangong Ye squinted his eyes and looked at the woman in the pavilion. At this time, the woman in white was lowering her eyes to wipe the qin with a serious expression, as if only the qin was the only thing she cherished, and for everything that happened just now, she was indifferent from the beginning to the end. He didn't raise his head at all, as if all of that had nothing to do with her.

Until an elegant and pleasant voice came from behind the Qixin Pavilion, the woman who had been so calm until she had almost no expression finally reacted.

"Qingqin and wonderful music, fairies and beauties, the beauty of the world, as it should be."

A blue-green bamboo raft drifts from the still water lake. The man on the bamboo raft holds a jade flute and is dressed in white, standing against the wind. He is graceful, with a beauty comparable to that of a woman, and a casualness and chicness that surpasses that of a man. , obviously standing among all living beings, but it makes people feel that he has transcended the world.

Everyone in the boat was taken aback for a moment, and someone called out: "It's Mr. Yixiao!"

The surroundings were boiling, and the maid in the pavilion said happily: "Miss, Mr. Yixiao is here!"

The woman in white trembled slightly with her hands on the strings, but she didn't look back.Suddenly feeling pain in her fingertips, she lowered her eyes slowly, and saw that the black piano surface with broken lines was stained with bright red at some point.The bright red drops of blood gradually spread, reflecting her seemingly calm but hidden turbulent eyes.

"Miss, your hand...is injured?" the maid asked in surprise.

The woman didn't respond.

The bamboo raft gradually approached, and instead of stopping ten feet away according to the rules, it slowly approached the Qixin Pavilion.Everyone was amazed, for the past three days, as long as the woman in white was in the Qixin Pavilion, no boats were allowed to get close to the pavilion. Otherwise, like Shi Qing, she would be forced back by the maid's internal force, and the light ones would fall, and the severe ones would fall into the lake.However, Leng Yixiao arrived at the Qixin Pavilion without incident, and the maid in the pavilion did not stop her.

Just when everyone thought that Leng Yixiao would enter the pavilion, Leng Yixiao indifferently looked towards the second-floor painting boat ten feet away. !” Then he made a please gesture.

Leng Yixiao nodded slightly.

At this time, Shi Qing, who had already got up from the boat, heard that this was Mr. Yixiao who made him laugh, and saw that he was plainly dressed and only came on a bamboo raft, so he held his head high, folded his hands on his chest, With his nostrils turned to the sky, he said disdainfully: "You are Mr. Yixiao? What kind of great person am I? I can't even afford a painting boat. How poor! How can I be compared with this young master! This young master is a man of status , my father is the second-rank official of the current dynasty, and my sister is the most beloved concubine of the current king, if anyone dares to laugh at me again, I will be rude to him!"

These words were spoken so righteously and resoundingly that the eyes of the people around them almost popped out, and they thought to themselves, such a person still wants to become the fourth most talented person? !It's ridiculous.No one in the capital city doesn't know that Mr. Xiao is the son of Jing Guohou Lengchi, how can he not be able to afford a painting boat? It's just that he doesn't care about these vulgar things, otherwise he wouldn't refuse the official position three times!
Fang Zhongnan Gongye heard Shi Qing's words, and glanced lightly at the man in red on the opposite side. The man in red had no smile on his face, and his face suddenly became dark.

Leng Yixiao didn't even look at Shi Qing, but only looked at the woman in white who was sitting still in the pavilion. There was an indescribable sense of familiarity with this side face, which was very strange, so I couldn't help but look at it twice.

"Miss, Mr. Yixiao is looking at you! Do you need to go down and ask Mr. Yixiao to come to the pavilion?" The maid asked in a low voice.

The woman said nothing.

The maid silently returned to the original place, she didn't know the relationship between Mr. Yixiao and her young lady, she only knew that when she came to Qixin Pavilion on the first day, the lady had ordered that no one was allowed to approach this pavilion except Mr. Yixiao.

Outside the pavilion, standing on the head of the raft, Leng Yixiao cupped his hands towards the pavilion and said, "Miss is good at playing the piano! I, Leng Yixiao, would like to ask Miss, where did you get that song from?"

Only then did the woman in the pavilion turn her eyes slowly, and her eyes fell on a face that was once very familiar and now seven points unfamiliar. It was unparalleled in handsomeness and unparalleled in temperament. However, the pair of eyes that were dazzling and full of emotion in memory Here, she couldn't see the slightest anger.The gaze he looked over was so indifferent, without a trace of emotion, that she felt an involuntary pain in her heart when she saw it, as if a sharp weapon had been swiftly slashed, leaving no trace, but the pain made her breathless.She hurriedly retracted her gaze, tried her best to calm down, and said: "I didn't get it from anywhere, it's just a little girl's idle work."

Leng Yixiao's eyes darkened, and he spoke again, his tone was a little colder than before, and he nodded slightly: "Thank you for your answer, miss."

"You're welcome." The woman didn't turn her eyes when she answered, Leng Yixiao didn't say any more, and was about to leave on a raft, as if she came here only to ask that one question.At this time, the woman suddenly said again: "Is Mr. Yixiao going to the second-floor painting boat opposite? Can you keep this bamboo raft and lend it to me?"

Leng Yixiao frowned slightly, there are countless boats in this lake, all of them came for her, as long as she waved, countless people would be willing to serve her, but she just chose his bamboo raft.

"Young Master, are you unwilling?" Seeing that he was silent, the woman slowly got up and looked at him again.

Leng Yixiao said with a faint smile: "Why don't you give up on a broken raft? Girl, if you don't dislike it, please do whatever you want." After finishing speaking, he jumped on his feet, crossed the water in the air, and landed firmly on the two boats ten feet away. On the first floor of the painting boat, the figure floated like a banished fairy coming to the world, which attracted a burst of admiration.But he acted as if he didn't hear it, and walked in with the guards on the boat calmly.

The woman in the pavilion was still standing there, looking at his floating figure, slightly lost in thought.

"Miss, it's almost time, you should go back to the palace."

The woman nodded, without saying a word, she stepped onto the bamboo raft, and the maid hurriedly carried the piano to follow.

When the bamboo raft turned around, Gu Yushu, who had never dared to disturb her, suddenly asked anxiously, "May I tell you Fang's name?"

The woman didn't look back, and drifted away with the bamboo raft. Just as Gu Yushu looked down sadly, a slightly hoarse voice came from a distance: "Rumo."

These two words were introduced into the second-floor painting boat, Nangong Ye and Leng Yixiao couldn't help but glanced out, and the figure of the woman had disappeared on the other side.

Rumo, named Ruren, very cold.

Nangong Ye suddenly thought of the woman who lived in Chaoxi Garden and still didn't know her name. She wondered what kind of name would a woman like her be, who was sometimes indifferent and distant, but sometimes charming and enchanting?And the little girl in the stone room back then...

Nangong Ye frowned, feeling strange that this woman in white, who had never masked her face, reminded him of two people at the same time!

"Did you fall in love with her? Do you want me to help you?" The man in red greeted Leng Yixiao to sit down. Seeing Nangong Ye fascinated by the direction in which the woman in white disappeared, he laughed and teased.

Nangong Ye frowned habitually, and ignored it. The man in red didn't get annoyed when he was bored, he just turned his head and smiled at Leng Yixiao, "Yixiao, do you know her?"

Leng Yixiao took a sip of the tea handed over by his servant, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

The man in red said: "That's strange, Yixiao, you never take the initiative to approach women, what happened today?"

Leng Yixiao didn't answer immediately, but turned her eyes to the already empty Qixin Pavilion, and saw a small figure in a daze, but it disappeared soon.Leng Yixiao withdrew her gaze, and said indifferently: "The song just now is somewhat similar to the one I heard ten years ago, so go over and ask."

ten years ago?The man in red asked strangely: "You can still remember the song you heard ten years ago?"

Looking down coldly, a trace of almost invisible sadness flashed across Qingjun's eyes, and he sighed softly: "If you cherish it, even if it's a hundred years, you can't forget it."

Nangong Ye's heart moved when he heard this, and he cherished...

He also once wanted to cherish a person, but that person didn't give him a chance. After ten years... After a farewell at the bottom of Langya Mountain, it has been a full ten years, and there has been no news from that person.What remains in his memory is still a seven-year-old child, whose appearance is as cold as ice, as if the whole world is her enemy, but she saved his life.She doesn't like to cry, doesn't like to laugh, doesn't like to talk, has no expression, and doesn't know her name.The only thing he knew was that there was a birthmark on the front of her left shoulder, bright red, shaped like a falling flower, very unique.

"What kind of woman can you cherish Yixiao so much?" The man in red asked with a smile, curious in his heart.Nangong Ye also looked at Leng Yixiao, quite surprised, since he knew Leng Yixiao, Leng Yixiao had a dull temperament, unexpectedly, there was someone in his heart that he wanted to cherish for a hundred years.

Leng Yixiao raised his eyes, glanced at the man in red, slowly got up, faced the center of the lake, and remained silent.

The surrounding painting boats had dispersed, and the surroundings were quiet. The man in red and Nangong Ye looked at each other, and was about to speak again, when Leng Yixiao replied, "It's my sister."

The smile in the red-clothed man's eyes dissipated immediately, and he frowned and asked, "Yixiao, is it because of what happened back then that you refuse to enter the court as an official?"

Leng Yixiao looked down at the lake, but didn't answer.The man in red got up, walked to Leng Yixiao's side, patted Leng Yixiao on the shoulder, and sighed: "I know that back then, the mother gave the marriage, ordered General Leng to marry the eldest princess, and made Mrs. Leng and her daughter disappear. It hit you hard, and you still can't let go, and you can only understand."

This red-clothed man is none other than Nangong Ye's elder brother, named King Shang Nangongao.

Leng Yixiao shook his head slightly, "You won't understand." No one in this world would understand his inner feelings.If it was just missing, he could still have hope, but the scene on the top of Langya Mountain ten years ago completely destroyed all his yearning for this world.That winter, he lay in the snow for three days and three nights, and swore to God with his own blood that he would never serve as an official in the court in this life.

"Ao, if you are a friend, don't mention the matter of becoming an official in the court in the future." Leng Yixiao turned her eyes to look at Nangong Ao, her eyes were indifferent, and there was no room for negotiation.

Nangong Ao sighed, feeling extremely sorry in his heart, but knowing his temperament, he nodded and agreed: "Okay, since Yixiao insists on doing this, I won't force you any longer. Come, sit down."

Leng Yixiao and Nangong Ao returned to their original seats, Nangong Ao suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Yixiao, someone commented on the picture you gave Ye, saying that it is empty and lacks emotion. .”

Leng Yixiao froze for a moment, then said with a faint smile: "That's true."

Nangong proudly said: "You don't want to know who made the review?"

Leng Yixiao smiled indifferently.

Nangong Ao said boringly: "Ye, he is weaker than you! At least you reacted, although the reaction was not very good."

At this time, Nangong Ye's mind was filled with the woman's reaction when she entered the study and saw the words. She seemed to be involuntarily approaching the words, and then revealed a faint sadness, which was similar to that of Cai Yixiao who stood up and faced the center of the lake. Feeling a strange resemblance, he couldn't help asking: "Yixiao, do you know the person in the Dark Pavilion?"

Leng Yixiao shook his head, "No contact. What's the matter?"

Nangong Ye said: "Two years ago, the judge Ye Heng subdued the law, but his roots were quite deep. There were still many remnants in the court secretly making troubles. It was inconvenient for the court to come forward, so I negotiated a deal with the secret cabinet and ordered them Let the rebel party disappear within three months. They asked me to marry a woman in their pavilion and be my princess in name only for a period of three months. And the person who made this comment was me, the princess. "

Leng Yixiao smiled softly: "So that's how your concubine came here!"

Nangong Ye laughed at himself, Nangong proudly stood up and said: "Yixiao, let's go, let's go to the palace together, maybe she knows you!"

(End of this chapter)