Colorful

Chapter 64 Hidden scheming (2)
The mountain is secluded and the road is narrow. On the east road, there is a mountain spring flowing from the top of the mountain along the ditch.And she also brought a beam-lifting stationery case for a maid carved with asparagus and bamboo to read poems and pictures. Inside the case, there are all four treasures of the study, and the case is unfolded to the left and right to form a portable table.

At this time, Liu Ye'er and Yu Qian'er opened the big tea box with the same color Dongshan Go picture carved from asparagus bamboo.This tea box is divided into three layers. The first layer is unfolded to be a small table. The second layer contains tea cups and two or three kinds of tea leaves. The third layer is actually a cabinet as a few feet. A large piece of porcelain, with a small charcoal stove and charcoal on the right.

Shen Cui was impatient, and Shen Xun and Lu Yuan couldn't bear it anymore. The three of them left Ji Cheng long ago and went forward, but Shen Xian bothered Ji Cheng for a cup of tea: "You are too well prepared. Go on a tour of the mountains. The water should be as pleasant as you are."

"I can't help it. The master gave me homework, so I just took advantage of this mountaineering to draw some landscapes and wild things." Ji Cheng said.

Shen Yuan stood up after drinking tea: "Take your time to enjoy the scenery, I'll go up to the front to have a look, don't miss lunch."

Ji Cheng nodded: "Well, I'll catch up later."

Ji Cheng's painting speed is very fast, and he only sketched briefly at first, familiarizing himself with the composition and layout of landscapes.The sales of clear paper in Qingzang Pavilion are very good, and new paper needs to be printed. The shopkeeper hopes that Ji Cheng can draw a set of autumn and winter mountain scenery to meet the season.

After the maids packed up the utensils, Ji Cheng asked them to carry their things first and go to Huaixue Nunnery where they had lunch at noon to wait, while she, Liu Ye'er and Yu Qian'er climbed the mountain together while admiring the scenery.

Suyu East Road is quiet and quiet, the scenery changes with the water, and today it is full of tourists. On the way, Ji Cheng has already met several familiar people, and was disturbed for several cups of tea.However, Suyu Mountain is deep and grand. Although there are many people climbing the mountain, some trails that are usually inaccessible are still quiet.

Ji Cheng chose to walk on a quiet path, and there were autumn appreciators in twos and threes on the road. Those who knew each other nodded their heads, but they didn't talk to each other, for fear of missing the view.

The plank road climbed up and turned down. Ji Cheng looked out from the plank road. White clouds were lingering on the mountainside, and people seemed to be shuttling in a fairyland. Yuqianer could not enjoy this blessing. She was afraid of heights and held on to the willow leaves all the way. son's hand.

Ji Cheng's eyes are sharp, and he can clearly see Shen Cui and Qi Zheng sitting in the hut that stretches out from the mountain not far away from a distance of more than ten feet. Leave two people to sit alone in the pavilion.

Su Yushan is so big, if they meet each other by chance, it is definitely fate, but the meeting between Shen Cui and Qi Zheng, Ji Cheng doesn't think it is fate, it's just a few days later, they actually got in touch privately?Thinking about it, Qi Hua must have played a lot of roles in it.

Ji Cheng thought to himself, Shen Cui is really hotheaded, people come and go in Suyu Mountain, isn't she worried about being seen gossiping?Even if Shen Cui is not afraid, if Qi Zheng really cares for Shen Cui, he should also consider her reputation, and should never be so indulgent.

"Why didn't the girl leave?" Yu Qian'er asked Ji Cheng in a trembling voice, she wished she could hurry to the flat ground, where she couldn't see the mountain and stay there.

"The scenery here is nice, let's stand and watch for a while." Ji Cheng said.It's not that she doesn't want to leave, but that the Maoting where Shen Cui and Qi Zheng are located is the only place to go up the mountain road. Although Ji Cheng is worried about Shen Cui's reputation, she knows that she must not be the one who breaks through Shen Cui. The people of Cui and Qizheng can only stay where they are, so as not to be human inside and out.But seeing Yu Qian'er's legs trembling badly, Ji Cheng said again: "Let's go back and take the other way up the mountain."

This detour made the journey longer. After walking for a while, Ji Cheng met Qi Hua at the front and was taking a girl to rest on the side of the road. This place happened to be the intersection of two roads. Shen Cui later He Qizheng came from the road below, just in time to meet Qi Hua.

When Qi Hua saw Ji Cheng, he said hello with some embarrassment: "Sister Cheng."

Ji Cheng smiled generously at Qi Hua: "Sister Qi, this is really a coincidence, Suyu Mountain is so big, we can also meet." Ji Cheng exchanged pleasantries with Qi Hua, asked Mrs. I have said hello to shopkeeper Li. If Qi Hua needs anything, Changchun Hall will try its best to meet it.

Qi Hua didn't expect Ji Cheng to be so generous, and he didn't care about the matter of Qi Zheng and Shen Cui last time, she felt a little bit sorry in her heart: "Sister Cheng, I really feel sorry for you."

Ji Cheng took La Qihua's hand, she didn't want to hear about Shen Cui and Qi Zheng's affairs, she made up her mind to be an outsider in this matter, Ji Cheng was very open about it, Shen Cui and Qi Zheng Qi Zheng is in love with each other, this is what she is not good at. Ji Cheng Qi Zheng has no feelings at all, but he is a little regretful that he has lost such a suitable husband-in-law.

Ji Cheng and Qi Hua talked for a while, and sure enough, they saw Shen Cui and Qi Zheng coming up one after the other.Shen Cui's brows and eyes were affectionate, her cheeks were flushed, and the corner of her mouth was smiling. She was still the same person, but she looked more beautiful. Ji Cheng couldn't help but sigh the power of the love between men and women.

Shen Cui saw that Ji Cheng was also there, came up and sat down next to her, and said, "You walked so fast that you actually came in front of me."

Ji Cheng just smiled and said nothing.

"Stop resting, it will be noon soon, and our ancestors are still waiting for us to eat." After that, Shen Cui took Qi Hua with him and invited her to Huaixue Nunnery for dinner. Shen Cui deliberately treated him coldly in order to separate the relationship in front of Ji Cheng.

But he said that Shen Cui and Qi Hua were in front, and Qi Zheng and Ji Cheng were behind. He tilted his head and smiled at Ji Cheng. The smile was full of apology, but also embarrassing that he hesitated to speak.In the end Qi Zheng said in a low voice: "Miss Ji, I accept your wish."

Ji Cheng looked at Qi Zheng who left quickly after speaking, and suddenly realized in his heart that Qi Zheng and her were the same kind of people, and Qi Zheng was to him just like Shen Cui was to him.

Feeling bored, Ji Cheng smiled self-deprecatingly.No matter what Shen Cui is like, whether she is hot-tempered or stubborn, as long as she is the fifth young lady of the Shen family, people like Qi Zheng will naturally fall in love with her.

Moreover, Ji Cheng could imagine that if Qi Zheng married Shen Cui, he would treat her like a pearl like a jewel, and would not dare to make her feel wronged in the slightest.

Ji Cheng looked at the white clouds in the mountains, people in this world are born different, princes, generals, would they rather have kindness?Sometimes it seems that there is indeed a "kind".

Because of Shen Che's kindness, he could ruin Hao Ren's life's foundation with just a word, even his life.A person like him is no different from Zhu Jijun back then, so Ji Cheng sympathized with Hao Ren again, feeling that Hao Ren's current situation is just like himself back then.

Thinking of Shen Che, Ji Cheng didn't see him when he went to Huaixue Nunnery to have a fast meal, not even Qi Hua and Qi Zheng.After questioning, I found out that in order to avoid suspicion, Qi Zheng rejected Shen Cui's kindness and went elsewhere with Qi Hua.I just don't know when the matter between these two people will break the sky, and whether there will be a good thing.

After dinner, Ji Cheng found out that operas were also sung in the nunnery. She was ignorant on weekdays. Of course, it was also the reason why Ji Cheng rarely went to nunneries and temples, but people in the capital, rich or poor, seemed to like to worship Buddha and ask questions.

The little nuns in the Huaixue nunnery sang and recited Buddhist verse stories, and the old lady watched them with great interest, but the girls Shen Xian and Shen Xun didn't like it, so they took Su Yun and Lu Yuan for a tour of the mountains.

Ji Cheng accompanied the old lady to watch them fascinated, the old lady smiled and said: "You little girl, don't watch these with me, an old lady, go and play by yourself, the autumn is a beautiful sight."

Ji Cheng said: "These stories about Buddhist verses are rarely performed in temples in Jindi. It's the first time I've watched them, and I just found them interesting. Don't push me away, my ancestors."

Seeing that Ji Cheng was sincere, the old lady became more and more happy, and told her the origins and stories in it while watching the play.

As soon as the curtain ended, Shen Che came in from the outside, probably after drinking, his face was slightly redder than usual.

As soon as the old lady saw it, she asked the girl to quickly serve hangover soup: "Drink a lot of bars?"

Shen Che said with a smile: "I just drank a few cups, I really brought two jars of chrysanthemum wine brewed by the princess of Nanjun."

The old lady asked again: "Do you drink the wine after it has been warmed up? It's cold in autumn, and drinking cold wine may hurt your stomach."

"Of course it's warmed up. I know you, the old man, will definitely want to talk about it." Shen Che took the hangover soup brought up by the girl.

Ji Cheng watched the grandparents and grandchildren talking, thinking that the old lady really favored Shen Che the most, no wonder she had such a playful temperament.

A group of people started to go down the mountain. The old lady and Mrs. Su walked ahead in a bamboo sedan chair. They turned around and told Shen Che to look after Ji Cheng a little bit: "It's easy to go up the mountain, but it's hard to go down the mountain. It's the easiest to fall down, so call more people to serve A-Xian and Ji Cheng." Ah Xun and the others, fall carefully."

Shen Che agreed in one gulp.

Ji Cheng walked in front, and after Shen Che broke up, there were many maids and servants between each other, there was no situation of avoiding suspicion at all, but Ji Cheng wanted to talk to Shen Che, for fear of returning to Shen's mansion, the second-in-law The son disappeared again.

So Ji Cheng excused being tired after walking for a long time, and rested on the side of the road. After Shen Che and his party came down, Ji Cheng called out generously: "Cousin Che."

"May I borrow a step to speak?" Ji Cheng asked.

The two of them are cousins, so if they speak openly for a while, it will not arouse suspicion, but if they are secretive, it will make people think they are tricky.

Shen Che looked at Ji Cheng in silence for three breaths, and just when Ji Cheng thought he was going to refuse, he saw Shen Che smiled: "What does Sister Cheng want to say? There are too many people here, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to say it out loud. .”

Ji Cheng's heart sank. It seemed that Shen Che had already expected what he was going to say to him, so he became more and more worried that he already knew about the things between him and Hao Ren.Ji Cheng was thinking about it, when he heard Shen Che say, "I haven't thanked my cousin for the Double Ninth Cake that was sent to Jiuliyuan yesterday, I'm bothering."

"As long as Cousin Che likes it." Ji Cheng said.

Shen Che frowned slightly, and smiled again: "The so-called cannibalism is soft, Cousin Cheng's sword dance is really pleasing to the eye, I wonder if there is a chance to see the fairy again tonight?"

Even if this appointment is set.

Ji Cheng continued to rest, while Shen Che went forward. As soon as he left, Ji Cheng saw Su Yun coming from the right side of the road with her maid and servant woman.

"Sister Yun." Ji Cheng called out.

Su Yun smiled at her: "Sister Cheng was talking to cousin Che just now?"

Ji Cheng said: "Yesterday I gave the Double Ninth Flower Cake to Jiuliyuan, Cousin Che thanked me just now."

Su Yun said "Oh": "Outsiders say that my cousin is very romantic, but I think it's just a rumor. He can't be more solemn to us sisters, and he won't even talk to us when he is idle." Su Yun Beautiful eyes turned to look at Ji Cheng, "However, Cousin Che treats Sister Cheng a little differently, and thanked you specially for the flower cake."

Hearing this, Ji Cheng didn't know that Su Yun was jealous, he smiled and said: "Yeah, I don't know how serious I am on weekdays, and I don't know what happened today, which made me feel a little uncomfortable, probably because I drank it." Maybe it’s because of the wine. Just now at the old lady’s place, I ordered hangover soup.”

Ji Cheng said it generously, Su Yun's eyes turned around her face, but he didn't see any coyness, so he suspected that he was being overwhelmed, so he changed the conversation and talked to Ji Cheng about something else.

But the time and place set by Shen Che is really embarrassing for Ji Cheng.It is easy for Xia Jicheng to live in Qingyuan and go to Jiuliyuan, but now that she has moved back to Xiaokuayuan, it will be troublesome to go out after the doors of the mansion are locked at night.

If Ji Cheng wanted to go out from the small courtyard, he had to bypass the main courtyard where Ji Lan lived, and it was inevitable that a little girl might find out and tell Ji Lan.

So when Ji Cheng returned to Xiaokuayuan in the evening, he asked Yu Qian'er to get a long ladder so that she could climb over the roof at night.But this is actually another troublesome thing. Summer clothes are thin and easy to move around. Although the weather is not too cold now, it is cold and windy after the sun goes down, so you have to wear a long cloak when you go out. The long cloak is very obstructive. .

In the evening, I asked An at Ji Lan’s place for dinner. It was already dark, and the doors were locked early in autumn and winter. Ji Cheng waited in the room for a while, and the people everywhere began to rest one after another. After that, she took the elm money and climbed the ladder over the roof and went to Qingyuan.

Liu Ye'er stayed in the small courtyard, and only waited for Yu Qian'er to learn how to meow when Yu Qian'er came back. Liu Ye'er had to climb up to the roof and tie a rope to let them down, so that the two of them could climb up easily.

From Sanfang to Qingyuan, you have to go through another door. In summer, the old woman who guards the gate can stay awake and guard the gate. You can get her to open the door and seal it by the way, but in autumn, those old women Or go to the house to drink and gamble, or go to sleep, no one can survive a night in the cold wind.

Fortunately, Yuqian'er has a very good relationship with the women who guard the gate, so sometimes when it is inconvenient for Ji Cheng to tell Ji Lan that he wants to go out, he will go out quietly through the back door of the garden and come in again quietly, so no one will notice.These women are all supported by Ji Cheng with money, so she has to go out tonight, so she has already taken care of it.

Yuqian'er meowed like a cat, and there was movement over there, and the door opened quickly. Yuqian'er handed a purse to the gatekeeper Wang Po: "I'm really bothering you old man tonight, I'll let you go tomorrow The little girl will give you a few cents of wine to eat."

Wang Po weighed the purse in her hand, and her face was already smiling: "What are you talking about, it's convenient for others, it's convenient for you, Miss Yuqian is useful for my wife, my wife is very happy! I just don't know What is your girl doing in the garden so late? It’s dark and scary.” When Wang Po spoke, she kept looking curiously at Ji Cheng who was standing a foot away.

Yu Qian'er said in a low voice: "Hey, the girl has hired a master to learn painting, and if she wants to paint the scenery of autumn night, it will be a toss on us." Yu Qian'er pretended to complain, "I will have to trouble you later We're opening the door."

Wang Po thought to herself, these girls are full of food and have nothing to do, and this girl Ji is not the only one who makes troubles, but she said: "No trouble, no trouble."

Ji Cheng and Yu Qian'er finally entered Qingyuan without any surprise or danger.Yu Qian'er lit the qi-death-wind horn lamp in her hand with a torch, and went to Jiuliyuan with Ji Cheng one after the other.

"Girl, do you think Second Young Master will let Mr. Hao go?" Yu Qian'er asked.

Ji Cheng doesn't know, it probably depends on Shen Che's mood, the reason why Ji Cheng is anxious about this matter is because he is afraid that if he doesn't help Hao Ren, Hao Ren will expose the fact that she and he jointly plot against Ji Lan, then Oh no.

Although Hao Ren didn't say a word about it, Ji Cheng knew that if he didn't help him, Hao Ren would probably sell her in exchange for a chance to live.If it were her, she would definitely do the same.

(End of this chapter)