Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 93: Deep Courtyard (2)
The white is as bright as the moonlight, and it is really eye-catching in the crowd. Looking at the face again, it looks like a peach blossom, and the lips are like painted red. Who is it?
Wang Zijin rushed over, took his hand and said, "You left without telling me."

However, he only felt that the tentacles were very soft, and he couldn't help but wonder, but he only heard a female voice: "Did you know each other before?"

Wang Zijin couldn't help being dizzy for a while, unexpectedly met that strange girl again, what should he do if Fei Xiao is not here now?
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"My lord, did you meet him the day before yesterday?" The girl had a good memory and recognized him.

"That's right, the girl has a good memory..." Wang Zijin replied tremblingly.I saw her with a spring breeze on her face, staring at me with a pair of big bright eyes, she didn't see any evil spirit, but she was unparalleled in beauty, I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.

Just as he was in a trance, he felt a long corridor shrouded in moonlight appeared in front of him. The prince saw this scene, and couldn't help but feel frightened.

Wang Zijin swallowed his saliva in fright, and reluctantly walked forward. Although it was a place he had never been to, he only felt scared.

It seemed that there was a scourge hiding at the end, which would devour him.

He held his breath and walked in the deserted corridor, only to feel a voice in his heart shouting with the beat of his heart: Almost there!Coming!He himself didn't know where he was going.

He turned a corner at the end of the corridor, only to see a closed wooden door in front of him, with intricate patterns on the door, revealing a simple brilliance in the moonlight.

Wang Zijin only felt that this door was his goal, and was about to reach out to push it, when he heard light footsteps behind him.

The voice was not slow or fast, as if someone was coming in a meandering way under the moonlight.

He was frightened, so he jumped over the railing and hid in the shadows, only to see a woman in a brocade embroidered dress appearing in the corridor.

The exquisite and beautiful clothes bloomed with gorgeous brilliance in the night, and her body also exuded a sweet and greasy frankincense scent, which made people almost breathless.

Wang Zijin didn't dare to look up at her face at all, he saw her parked gracefully in front of the door, a pair of embroidered shoes were exposed under her lavender-colored skirt.

They were a pair of red satin shoes embroidered with peonies, they were too beautiful to be anything from the world, but for some reason, it made him tremble with fear, and he had an urge to run away quickly.

But the woman stopped in front of the door and knocked lightly on the door, making him wonder what was closed inside the door.

This situation is like a bizarre dream, but the night dew that wets the corners of his robe, the rich scent of frankincense, and Wu Nong's soft words, are all so real.

Terribly real.

"Xiao He, open the door quickly." Seeing that no one answered the door, the woman called repeatedly.

At this moment, the door opened, and a ray of light floated out from the door.Wang Zijin hurriedly stood up quietly, and looked with his head. The golden candlelight dazzled his eyes, and he could vaguely see a slim girl coming out of the room.

At this moment, his wrist tightened, and a slender white hand stretched out from nowhere, and grabbed him.

"Ah..." Wang Zijin yelled in horror, and when he turned around, he saw that he was still standing in the night market, and Fei Xiao was standing beside him, with a smile on his lips, tightly holding onto his hand.

It seemed that he was the one who dragged himself back.

"Fei Xiao, you are here. I just saw the illusion again." Wang Zijin wiped the sweat from his head and let out a long sigh of relief.

Fei Xiao didn't answer, her eyes rolled around and she looked behind her.He turned his head and saw the girl who looked very similar to Fei Hau standing behind him, and his hand was still holding the girl's catkin.

"Hey, you look so similar to me." The girl said curiously with widened almond eyes.

Fei Xiao hastily pulled away the hands they were holding, "Zi Jin, don't have any contact with her."

He turned back to the girl in white and said, "Hurry up and go back to where you should go, if you continue like this, you will die one day."

"Dead?" The girl looked puzzled, "I don't know where I should go, I even forgot my name."

Wang Zijin suddenly remembered what he saw just now, the woman in brocade clothes seemed to call a name before she opened the door, and asked her, "Do you know who Xiao He is?"

"Xiao He?" The girl was delighted to hear that, "This name is so familiar, and it sounds very kind, as if that's my name."

Fei Xiao looked at Wang Zijin suspiciously, and said to her patiently: "Xiao He, go home quickly, if you continue like this for a long time, it will really be very bad."

Hearing what he said, Xiaohe was so anxious that she burst into tears. Her appearance was delicate and charming, and her white plums were as touching as dew. Help?"

"How long have you been outside like this?" Scarlet asked.

"How long?" Xiao He tilted her head and thought for a while, "It can be as long as it is, a few days long, a few hours short, sometimes the solar terms will change when I wake up, I don't know where I spent so long .”

Fei Xiao and Zi Jin glanced at each other, but they were both confused, so Fei Xiao could only shake her head again and again, "You go back with us first, I'll see if I can find some clues."

"Thank you, my lord, for your help." After hearing this, Xiao He bowed to the two of them with an elegant demeanor, quite ladylike.

Wang Zijin couldn't help wondering, and whispered to Fei Xiao, "What's going on?"

"This girl is probably a living being. Her body is alive somewhere, but her soul has escaped."

"It's easy, just find out where her body is?" Prince Jin couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that she wasn't a monster.

Unexpectedly, Fei Xiao shook her head again and again, "A good person, how could his soul escape?"

When Wang Zijin heard this, his heart tightened again, "Could it be? Could it be..."

Fei Xiao gave him a meaningful look, "That's right, I'm afraid she's not long in this world."

Hearing this, Wang Zijin couldn't help feeling sour, and turned his head to look at the girl who was following behind her. Her beautiful face was shining with white light in the night, and her big dark and bright eyes exuded vitality and longing for life.

How could such a lovely girl die again?

Wang Zijin made up his mind and grabbed Fei Xiao's hand, "We must save her, we can't let her die like this."

Seeing that Wang Zijin's eyes were full of determination, Fei Xiao smiled and nodded.

Wang Zijin was in pain. He had seen too many deaths and sorrows along the way, and his heart became more and more fragile.

He looked at the radiant Xiao He, and felt that she was delicate and charming, fresh and lovely, even if it cost his own life, he would help her to live.

I can no longer be like Shen Xing who left without having time to savor the splendor of life.

Before it's too late.

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The three of them returned to the inn, Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao questioned for a long time, but Xiao He just stared wide-eyed, unable to remember anything.

"Fei Xiao, this is not the way, you should think of a better way."

"There is a way, it depends on whether you are willing to take the risk." Fei Xiao crossed her arms and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and looked at Wang Zijin.

It must be some dangerous method!Wang Zijin was a little timid just now, but Xiao He stared at him clearly with a pair of beautiful eyes, so he could only nod, "It's okay, we can try it."

For some reason, he is very close to Xiao He and just wants to protect her everywhere, maybe because she looks like Fei Hong?
"Zijin, you have to think about it, this trip is only you alone, I can't accompany you."

"I will be careful everywhere, you don't have to worry." Wang Zijin said, but his heart was extremely disturbed.

"Zi Jin, have you ever thought about why you see hallucinations whenever you meet Xiao He?"

"Then why?"

"What you entered is Xiaohe's heart, the past that she has forgotten, is that place dangerous?"

Wang Zijin thought of the endless path and the brightly embroidered shoes on the corridor, his heart tightened again, and he nodded hurriedly.

"Are you still willing to go there again to find the truth?" Fei Xiao asked.

"Ah!" Wang Zijin yelled loudly, "Can't you go with me?"

"If I go and encounter danger, who will pull me back?" Fei Xiao smiled and shook her head again and again, "Since you want to be a hero, you can't be timid."

Wang Zijin looked helplessly at Feixiao, and then at Xiaohe. The two very similar faces were both facing him with expectant expressions, so he had no choice but to lower his head and let Feixiao be at his mercy.

"Zi Jin, you don't have to be nervous, I have cast a spell on this rope, if you are in danger, you can just pull this rope." Fei Xiao tied a thin rope to Wang Zijin's belt.

Seeing that the rope was just a finger-thick hemp rope, Wang Zijin became more and more worried, "Is this thing safe?"

"Oh my god, are you so distrustful of me?" Fei Hong pushed him anxiously, "Zi Jin, don't dawdle, hurry up and leave."

After finishing speaking, he clasped his and Xiao He's fingers together and tied them together with a silk handkerchief.

"Hey, you must remember to bring me out..."

Before finishing a sentence, Wang Zijin felt dizzy in his head, and fell into a darkness where he couldn't see his fingers.

Wang Zijin felt the coolness and softness under his body, as if covered with tender grass, when his eyes got used to the darkness, he looked around and found that he was indeed on a grassland.

It's just that the scenery is very barren, and there is a small road, which is winding and I don't know where it leads.

Standing alone in the wilderness, Wang Zijin remembered the path he walked that day and the old woman he met on the road. Could this be the road to hell in Xiao He's heart?
Seeing that the surrounding area was empty, he really didn't know where to go, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk down the path.

The road was narrow and wet, and Wang Zijin was worried all the way, fearing that another old woman would appear in front of him and drag him to hell.Unexpectedly, after walking for a quarter of an hour, a big house appeared in front of him. It seems that Xiao He's heart has really changed a lot.

The mansion stood alone in the wilderness, extremely abrupt, as if exuding a heavy and dead air.

I saw that the gate was red with vermilion lacquer, which made the walls darker and darker, making this house even more unreal.

The prince pulled up the knocker and knocked on the door, only to hear the light thumping sound echoing in the wilderness, it was very empty and lonely, but he knocked for a long time but no one answered, so he could only push the door and walk in.

There is a long bluestone road in the gate, leading directly to the inner courtyard, where pines and cypresses are planted, which is very different from ordinary courtyards.

It seems that this is the house of a rich family, why is there no one there?
While Wang Zijin was wondering, he heard a rustling sound in his ear, it turned out that someone was sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground.He followed the sound and saw an old man with his back arched and holding a big broom, sweeping the ground in the courtyard, but there was not a single leaf on the ground.

Wang Zijin hurriedly ran over, "May I ask my husband, who lives in this house?"

The old man looked up at him and said, "I don't know either, I only know that I'm here to clean the courtyard."

When Wang Zijin saw the old man's brows and eyes were shrouded in clouds and mist, he was very unclear, it seemed that it was Xiao He who had forgotten his face.

Seeing that he couldn't find out what to ask, he had no choice but to continue walking, and he met a few servants on the way, but they all couldn't make out their eyebrows and spoke in a vague manner.

Before he knew it, Wang Zijin had already made a big circle in the mansion.When I looked up again, I saw a long corridor in front of me. The window sills of the rooms on both sides were carved with complicated patterns, which looked very familiar.

A sense of terror rose in his heart, it was exactly the same as the corridor he had just seen in the illusion, and he hurriedly walked forward according to his memory.

The more he walked forward, the more frightened he became. The corridor looked weird and gloomy in the dark light, but he couldn't hold back his curiosity, wanting to see what was in the gate at the end of the corridor.

Soon he came to the ancient wooden door, behind which there was no sound, and a terrible secret was hidden.Wang Zijin only felt that his heartbeat was clearly discernible, although he had never seen the scene inside the door, he couldn't help but feel scared.

He touched the rope around his waist, and said to himself: "Fei Xiao, I can rely on you for anything."

Immediately, he stretched out his hand and pushed the door open. The door was not locked, and it opened with a creak, and the sound was exactly the same as what he had heard before.

Wang Zijin recalled what the lady in brocade clothes said, so he took the courage to draw a gourd and said: "Xiao He, are you inside?"

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No one answered for a long time, he stood alone in the room, the moonlight shone behind him, casting a long shadow on the ground.

"Xiao He, Xiao He, are you in there?"

Still no one answered, Wang Zijin got used to the darkness, only then did he see clearly that the furniture in the room was all made of pear wood, the bed was hung with silk and satin curtains, and purple tassels were hanging on it. A lady's boudoir.

On the wooden table in the room, there was a medicine jar and a medicine bowl. It seemed that someone was sick. He touched the medicine jar curiously, and immediately groaned, the medicine jar was extremely hot.

He was rubbing his hands when a hand suddenly stretched out from under the table and gently tugged at the corner of his robe.

"Ahhh!" Wang Zijin yelled repeatedly in fright, in this haunted house, few people could stand such a fright.

He threw off his hand and was about to run to the door, but he heard a childish voice from behind: "Big brother, don't go out, I'm afraid, she's coming soon..."

Wang Zijin hurriedly stopped his steps, and saw a little girl poking her head out slowly under the embroidered silk tablecloth. She had fair skin, and a pair of big watery eyes were very moving.

He turned back in a hurry, knelt down and asked her, "Are you Xiao He?"

The girl squatted under the table, tilting her head and thinking, "My name is Liu Er. I seem to have heard of Xiao He, but I can't remember it."

Wang Zijin couldn't help being happy, finally someone in this room knew about Xiao He, so he continued to ask: "Think about it, can you take me to find Xiao He?"

Unexpectedly, the little girl was very unhappy, and sat under the table with her knees hugged, "I don't know a lot of things myself, how can I take you to find Xiao He?"

"Find Xiao He, everything will be solved, and you will know everything..." Seeing that she was unhappy, Wang Zijin had no choice but to coax her patiently.

Unexpectedly, the girl's big eyes suddenly flashed with fright, and hurriedly asked the prince to stop, and said quietly: "She is here, let's hide quickly..."

Wang Zijin listened carefully, and sure enough, he heard a burst of small footsteps, getting closer and closer, as if every step was on Wang Zijin's heart, making his heart beat like a drum.

Seeing that there was nowhere to hide, he had no choice but to pick up the girl and crawl under the carved nanmu bed.

Just as the two of them hid, the door was pushed open with a creak, and a long figure appeared on the ground. Looking at the tall bun and flowing dress, it seemed to be a woman.

She entered quietly, as swiftly and silently as a cat, and saw a pair of satin shoes embroidered with red peonies flashing under the corner of her skirt.

Why are these shoes again?Wang Zijin's heartstrings tensed immediately, as if he was very afraid.But seeing the embroidered shoes standing in front of the table for a while, she quietly exited the room, closed the door and walked away.

Wang Zijin crawled out from under the bed with the girl, but he was full of regrets. Who is that woman?Why does Xiao He always have such a woman wearing embroidered shoes in her heart?

I saw that the medicine was still placed on the table, it didn't look like someone had touched it, so she didn't come in to get the medicine.Just as he was in a trance, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door again, Wang Zijin quickly hid with Liu'er in his arms.

This time the time was short, the two had no choice but to hide in the dark place behind the door, but this time the person came in a hurry, it was a maidservant wearing an emerald green shirt, who looked only a few years older than Liu'er.

She picked up the medicine bowl on the table and ran out without even closing the door.

Seeing her walking away, Wang Zijin put Liu'er on the ground, feeling exhausted, "Do you know who that is?"

"It was my aunt before, but that one just now was Xiao He..." Liu Er pointed to the open door and said.

"What?" Wang Zijin couldn't believe his ears, the maid was Xiao He?Why is there no resemblance to the girl with bright eyes and kind eyes?
The prince heard this, and hurriedly chased him out, but Liu'er was very frightened and grabbed his hand, "Big brother, take me away..."

Wang Zijin had no choice but to hug her to find Xiao He, and asked as he walked, "Do you know who gave that medicine?"

"Mother is sick, I've been sick for a long time..."

"Is mother the main wife?" Wang Zijin asked.

"I don't know, everyone is called Mrs. Niang, no one has mentioned this..."

After hearing this, Wang Zijin thought to himself: Sure enough, that's right.

Liu'er called the woman in the embroidered shoes her aunt, probably the concubine, what was she doing in that room?The medicine on the table was obviously for Liu'er's mother, but she didn't take it away, so why did she come?

(End of this chapter)