marriage order

Chapter 6
After Pei Qu questioned, he didn't intend to go any further, but Nanshan, who had been lowering his head all the time, suddenly raised his head, tilted his head slightly, looked at him, and replied frankly, "It's true that I'm afraid of talking to the teacher. Meeting someone together, because that person is also my teacher, and the students are afraid that the two teachers will be embarrassed when they meet."

She is very cunning, she looks like she doesn't tell herself, but in fact, in this moment of thinking, a bunch of ghost thoughts have been woven in her stomach.

How to do it?The face of the lover looks so innocent that it is impossible to doubt it.Pei Channel: "I don't know something about this disciple. That teacher is also a teacher. I'm afraid you will have to call him 'Shizu' in the future."

The two of them knew who the other was talking about, so they didn't need to find out.

Nanshan said "Oh": "So that's the case, let's talk about it when I meet the ladies! It's not early, and the ladies from the Chashan Association are almost here! Besides, my teacher, especially likes to sleep late, and it is only three poles before the sun. I won’t get up, and if I go to look for it now, I will definitely be rejected.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a carriage was already driving towards this side.Nan Shan turned around, and saw a few young women wearing veiled veiled hats getting off the carriage, she immediately turned back to talk to Pei: "The ladies are here, the teacher should wait in the restaurant. Or—" She Pointing to the direction of the mountain gate, "Jianjin Temple?"

Pei Qu didn't respond to her immediately, Nanshan counted to "five" in his heart, then he ignored him and turned around to meet her distinguished guests.It should be said that Nanshan came here this time not only to be a handyman, but also to shoulder a more important mission-because most of the women in the Chashan association are unmarried, and they have not yet been sober as to become monks and keep the precepts, so in today's big environment Under the circumstances, the top priority is no different from that of ordinary women——

If it becomes unfeasible not to marry for life, you have to try your best to pick a good one.And with their beauty, talent and family background, there is always more room for choice.

Nowadays, the world judges a man's character by two things, one is eunuch, and the other is marriage.He and Shide are officials of Qing Dynasty, and when they marry, they choose daughters from famous families.Therefore, these famous women, just like Qingliu officials, are also the targets that all the scholars are chasing after.But the ladies don't bother with such pursuit, they want to choose by themselves, and then let the matchmaker talk about marriage.

So this time Nanshan brought a bunch of picture scrolls for the ladies to choose from.Her painting skills are excellent, and she is different from the current popular painting style. Her purpose is very clear, she only seeks the image, and doesn't care about the artistic conception.The picture scroll is not big, and it only has a human head. As for the man's figure and height, they are all written on the side.

If the women are interested in which one, she will be able to report the other party's birth date, family details, personality and hobbies in one breath, and let the women make a judgment.She made the preparations early on, and asked someone to bring all the scrolls in advance, and they are now placed in this restaurant.

Nanshan is acquainted with the store owner, thanks to her teacher.This teacher is none other than Layman Guanbai who lived in Baima Temple nine years ago.

Guanbai's common name is Li Guanbai, and he took the name of Guanbai purely to save trouble.Li Guanbai was seventy and four years old at the time, and he was an out-and-out bad old man. He lived in the temple but did not abide by the rules and regulations at all.

After Nanshan greeted the ladies, he looked around, but found that Pei Qu had disappeared.She guessed that he must have entered the temple early, so she didn't look for him anymore.

Eighteen ladies came here this time, and they were drinking cold drinks in the private room at this time. The reason why they were not in a hurry to enter the temple was because there was a big character coming today—Princess Shangyuan.

Shangyuan is the daughter of the first emperor, and the niece of the current emperor, almost no one cares about her.Although she was twenty and seven, she had always been alone.She is different from these women in the Chashan Association, she is determined to be celibate for the rest of her life.She has no interest in raising noodle heads, and she doesn't think anyone can be her son-in-law.

Although his vision was so high that outsiders would scoff at him, Shangyuan didn't take it seriously at all.

Shangyuan once said that he sneered because they were indeed unworthy.

There seems to be some truth in the arrogance.

Shangyuan's arrogance and disdain for men may be due to greater ambitions in his heart.

Nanshan vaguely knew that, but she would rather know all the truth.

While the ladies were waiting for the princess with cold drinks, a servant from the princess's mansion suddenly came and said that the princess was not well, and she might be late, so the ladies were invited to go to the temple to enjoy incense and play without waiting.So the ladies got up one after another and went to the temple together.

Since the current emperor came to power, the White Horse Temple has been built because of the advocacy of Buddhism. Now the White Horse Temple has an area of ​​nearly a thousand acres.Under the mountain gate are three round arches, which are made of bluestone coupons, implying the "three doors of liberation" in Buddhism.Inside, it is symmetrical from east to west, with the pavilion as the center and the courtyard as the unit. There are Buddhist halls, Dharma halls, monk halls, fasting rooms, bath rooms and Dongsi.

The pilgrims came in an endless stream, and at this time, there were more and more people.After exhorting Cui Sanniang privately, Nan Shan left the crowd to look for Pei Qu.She guessed that Pei Qu should be looking for Guan Bai, so she also went to the layman's dormitory.

But she knocked on the door outside the hut, but no one answered.It was almost noon at this time, so it stands to reason that Guanbai should also get up.She turned her head and saw a little novice, who recognized her when he saw her, and said, "The layman went fishing."

fishing?When was this new hobby developed?Nan Shan clasped his palms together and thanked the little novice, and continued to walk back.

The green lotus leaves in the Fuqu Pond stretched out day after day. In this windless noon, it looked like a fake.

She went to the bridge and looked east and west, trying to find Guan Bai.Just at this time, she moved her ears, walked straight to the edge of the bridge, leaned on the bridge railing and looked down, but only saw a pointed boat bow.So she shouted: "Master, come out quickly! In the pure land of Buddhism, fishing and killing are too sinful!"

"It seems that my grandson's ears are really good. She can hear me when I catch fish, but it's a bit annoying."

Hearing this, Nan Shan was sure that Guan Bai should be with Pei Qu at this moment.Guan Bai used to call her apprentice, but today she immediately replaced her as apprentice, the speed is really fast.

She felt a little "thump" in her heart, even though she knew that Guan Bai would not talk nonsense with Pei Qu, she still felt a little uneasy.In short, as long as Guan Bai is not allowed to drink.It's easy for Guan Bai to tell the truth when he's drinking, but what if he reveals his secrets?
The master and apprentice under the bridge ignored the apprentice and grandson on the bridge, and continued to wait for the next fish to be hooked, chatting about the boring life by the way.

Nanshan was not in a hurry, because the ladies had to fast after offering incense, and had to go to the Dharma hall in the afternoon, and the banquet was arranged in the evening.It is said that she had an afternoon to wait for the teacher and master under the bridge, but this day——it was too hot.

She ran back to the shore "thump, thump, thump", tried her best to pick a big lotus leaf, put it on her forehead, sat on the bridge and continued to wait.

After waiting for about half an hour, Nanshan asked drowsily, "Teacher, you don't plan to run into Mrs. Cui, do you want to spend the afternoon here with Master?" What good company does an old man have?
But she didn't wait for Pei Qu's reply. Instead, Guan Bai scolded: "What's so good about meeting you, lady? What's going on in your disciple's mind now? Don't you know how to write the word 'filial piety'? Ask your teacher more about it." Learn."

Pei Channel: "What the teacher said is, apprentice, go and get some cold drinks."

He also made a big show of using her up!

With the lotus leaf on top of Nanshan, he reluctantly went to the dormitory to ask for a drink, while the master and apprentice under the bridge were able to relax and chat again.

Guan Bai said: "You are also worthy of calling me teacher. Ask me to learn to write as a teacher, but the handwriting is nothing like mine! But what do you mean by accepting my apprentice as an apprentice?"

"Teacher, why don't you tell me why you accept students as apprentices?"

"That's needless to say! How can a child with such a talent be wasted!"

"The teacher cherishes talents so much." Who said "being smart is useful" back then?

"Hey, wait, that kid obviously worshiped me as a teacher first, why did I accept your student as an apprentice!" Guan Bai quickly changed the topic, staring at the float on the water without moving.

Pei Qu wanted to speak again, but he "hush" and quickly picked up the fishing rod.Hey!Here comes another little fish.Guan Bai deftly took off the fish and threw it into the bucket, set the bait and continued fishing.

Pei Qu tried to speak a few times, but he blocked it with his fishy hand: "If you want to talk again, I'll put my hand on your mouth, believe it or not."

In this way, I waited until Nanshan returned.

Nanshan put the cold drink into a small bucket and hung them down, while he continued to sleep with the lotus leaf on his head.

Knowing that there is a little beast with excellent hearing on the top, the master and apprentice at the bottom have no more words to communicate, so they just spent half a day in the Fuqu Pond, until the wooden barrel filled with more than ten fish, and then stopped.

Guanbai fished for an afternoon with a sore waist and neck pain, and ordered Pei Qu to row the boat to the shore. The master and apprentice went ashore with fishing gear and trophies. Lotus Ye is sleeping against the railing, so she is not afraid of getting her clean skirt dirty!
Guan Bai instructed: "Go and wake her up."

Pei Qu walked towards the bridge until he reached Nanshan.

He leaned over slightly, stretched out his hand to pinch the thick stalk of the lotus leaf, and lifted it up a little, but Nanshan didn't move.

Pei Qu pursed his lips lightly, moved his hand to the edge of the lotus leaf, opened it slightly, and Twilight slipped onto Nan Shan's face, with a warm light below the tip of his nose.Pei Qu looked down at her face, because of thirst all afternoon, her lips were even a little dry.

He felt uncomfortable looking at it, and stretched out his hand to tear off the dry skin.When the fingertips were about to touch, Nan Shan, who had kept his eyes tightly closed, said, "Teacher's hand is too long."

Nanshan's lips almost touched his fingertips when she was talking, she opened her eyes after she finished speaking, her pair of black eyes were like some kind of small animal, innocent and clean but a bit scary to look at.

Pei Qu didn't withdraw his hand in a hurry, until Guan Bai got impatient and shouted: "What are you doing? Don't plan to eat!" Then he withdrew his hand, stood up straight and said to Nanshan solemnly: "It's not early, Sleeping here will be picked up by wild animals."

Nanshan doesn't learn from the good ones, but only picks out the bad ones. She rolled her eyes neatly like Xu Miaowen, and others hardly noticed her little expression.beast?She is not afraid of any wild beasts, most of them are stupid, not to mention how can there be any wild beasts in this place?

Nan Shan walked up to Guan Bai with the wilted lotus leaf, Guan Bai snorted, blew his beard and stared: "What were you dawdling about just now?"

Nanshan complained in front of his master without hesitation: "Teacher is going to tear the skin off my mouth!"

It was too straightforward and naked, Guan Bai glanced sideways at Pei Qu next to him, and warned: "Although we are masters and apprentices, men and women are different anyway, why do you tear the skin off her mouth?"

Nan Shan nodded approvingly.

Pei Qu didn't speak.

Guan Bai snorted again, turned around and said, "Come on, grilled fish with wine, my saliva is going to flow."

Nan Shan looked at the wooden barrel, and heard the sound of "plop plop" in the barrel, frowned and said: "It's not good for Master to kill and eat meat in this kind of place."

Guan Bai didn't turn his head back: "Naive, who said that if you want to eat here, the abbot won't kill me? He got so ruthless that he didn't even give me a vegetarian meal. What a villain!" The abbot scolded, and then said, "Go out to eat, and stay in the building next to the restaurant when it's late, and won't come back."

At this moment, the sound of the drums in the temple had already sounded. Nanshan slapped his forehead, and suddenly remembered that he wanted to go back to the restaurant to accompany the ladies, so he immediately turned his head and said to Pei: "I have to go. If the teacher still wants to see Mrs. Cui, please remember to wait in the restaurant." Let's go." After she finished speaking, she added, "The teacher handed over the invitation letter, a gentleman must keep his word."

"Master, I remember that the letter was written by you. Mrs. Cui should be able to distinguish the handwriting."

Nanshan said in his heart that he was really messing around, how did Mr. Pei become like this?Forget it, she shook her head: "Students go first." After saying goodbye to Guan Bai, she lifted her skirt and ran away.

Guan Bai narrowed his eyes slightly, but said, "The apprentice runs fast, doesn't he? Such a good apprentice really makes you money!"

When the drum beat ended, all the ladies from the Chashan Association had already sat down in the restaurant.

The arrangement was the largest private room, and the ladies sat on their own desks, all sitting in a very relaxed posture. At this time, Mrs. Wang, the deacon of the Chashan Association, suggested: "It's so boring to eat separately. Why don't you just go to the desk and sit down?" How about fighting in the middle?"

Today, due to the absence of Princess Shangyuan, all the ladies are quite casual, and they really put together the small cases in the middle. Although the wine and food are divided between you and me, it seems that it is much more intimate and warm.After eating for a while, and serving another cold drink, the ladies chatted with each other about what they had learned today, and entered the official theme of tonight.

Mrs. Wang turned her head and glanced at Nanshan: "Little Nineteen, show the pictures to the ladies."

Although Nanshan is a handyman, he is a particularly lovable handyman. The deacon's wife even arranged a row for her according to her age, and affectionately called her Xiaojiu.Hearing this, Nan Shan immediately stood up, flattened the pleats on the skirt and bowed and said: "Women wait a moment." After saying that, he went out without being humble or arrogant.

"Look at her cleverness, it must be good if she stays with the princess and works."

"She has to be willing. Didn't the princess say that she didn't mean it?"

Everyone thinks that working with Shangyuan is more promising than being a media official, but Nanshan seems to be a fool who wants to live such a hard life without leaving the road of wealth and honor.

It is said that once Shangyuan Yukou opened, it is not easy to want someone?But Shangyuan felt that since Nanshan didn't have this kind of heart, it was fine, and she didn't need capable but not sincere people to do things by her side.

Nanshan could naturally hear what they said.When Nanshan passed by a private room next to her, her footsteps paused, her nostrils moved slightly, and she smelled the aroma of grilled fish.

She only paused for a very short time, then hurried downstairs to get the scroll.

A bundle of picture scrolls was carried up and spread out one by one in the banquet, all of which were painted with human heads, the scene can be described as very spectacular.

The lampstands in the room were brightly lit, and the ladies were also dazzled by the scrolls.

Cui Sanniang took a few glances, and said to Nanshan: "Your painting skills are really amazing now!"

Nanshan smiled hehe: "Sanniang praises it absurdly."

Cui Sanniang asked again: "Did Mr. Pei come today?"

Nanshan nodded.

Cui Sanniang suddenly smiled awkwardly: "I'm not good enough for him."

"Where is it?" As soon as Cui Sanniang finished speaking, Sun Niangzi, who was diagonally opposite, immediately retorted, "Is it that Pei Qilang? Regardless of what happened back then, I heard that he is now just a small county captain from the eighth rank. It's really nothing It's commendable!"

"Back then... what happened?" A little lady on the other side asked cautiously.

"Xiaoba doesn't know?" Mrs. Sun looked surprised, "I thought everyone knew, didn't they just—"

Before she could finish her sentence, a servant's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Princess-Master-here!"

All the ladies who were sitting cross-legged stood up in an instant, and bowed to welcome Princess Shangyuan.

Shangyuan's face turned slightly pale, as if he was seriously ill.Everyone thought that she would not come again, but they didn't expect that it was already dark and she actually arrived.

Although the women's small desks have been pushed together, the main seat is still solitary and empty.Shangyuan sat down at the main seat, and stretched out his hand to signal: "Everyone sit down."

After the ladies took their seats one by one, Shangyuan glanced at the messy scrolls of human heads on the desk, then at Nanshan, and finally at Mrs. Sun: "What were you talking about just now?"

Madam Sun added a bit of embarrassment, and replied: "It's just that Xiao Nineteen and Madam Cui mentioned a certain gentleman, and Xiao Ba couldn't explain it clearly, so I said a few words."

Shangyuan took another look at Nanshan: "Little Nineteen, come here, I have something to ask you."

Nan Shan bowed his head and walked over, Shang Yuan leaned into her ear and asked a few words, Nan Shan nodded and retreated.

Shangyuan frowned and sniffed lightly, then turned his head slightly to glance at the sliding door behind him, behind which was another private room.

She called the deacon's wife over again, and while the two were chatting, the ladies began to comment on the men in private, while Nanshan dutifully explained in detail.

The atmosphere during the banquet gradually became lively, Shangyuan lowered his head, covered his lips with his wide sleeve and took a sip of wine, standing up almost at the same time as he put down the wine cup.

When the ladies came to their senses, Shangyuan had already walked out through the long seats, and even the deacon, Mrs. Wang, was taken aback for a moment.

Shangyuan kept walking, walked to the door of the private room next to him, stretched out his hand and opened the door without even saying hello.

The unique aroma of grilled fish comes from the nostrils, and the source of the smell is two fish that are about to be grilled on the iron shelf of the charcoal stove.And the two sitting around the charcoal stove are none other than Li Guanbai and Pei Qu.

Guan Bai sat facing the door, so he could see Shangyuan at a glance.Pei Qu, on the other hand, was indifferent to the sound of the door opening. He took out the grilled fish with tongs and carefully cut it into pieces without even turning his head.

Shang Yuan's gaze shifted from the grilled fish to Li Guanbai's face, and the corners of her lips curved slightly: "Uncle's grilled fish still has such a special aroma."

Guan Bai hadn't seen her for at least several years.Even though the girl had undergone eighteen changes, he could still recognize her, not to mention that the only person in this world who would call him uncle again was Shang Yuan.So he very generously invited the juniors to the table: "It's your skill to be able to smell it, eat one?"

Shangyuan happily took the seat, and the moment he sat down, he raised his eyes and glanced at Pei Qu who was opposite him.At this time, Pei Qu handed over the grilled fish that had been sliced ​​on a porcelain plate, and Shang Yuan paused, "Pei Yunqi."

"The subordinate is here."

After Pei Qu responded, Shangyuan said nothing, with a pale face, he ate a piece of grilled fish slowly, chewing and swallowing the crispy fish bones.

She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "Shangyuan borrowed from Uncle's student to use it, I wonder if it will work?"

The bad old man curled his lips and said generously, "Use it whatever you want."

Shangyuan then stood up, glanced down at Pei Qu: "Please come out, Mr. Pei."

Guan Bai gloated over his misfortune, picked up the plate in front of him, stuffed a piece of fish into his mouth, and said twice, "It's really delicious!"

Pei Qu followed Shangyuan out the door, Shangyuan walked in front, and he kept a distance and walked behind.Shangyuan never looked back, she walked slowly, slowly, even out of the restaurant.

The evening breeze was blowing, and on the night of the third year of junior high school, the thin and sharp new moon seemed to be able to pierce the darkness, and there was a rare coolness in the air.Shangyuan suddenly stopped and turned around, while Pei Qu stood calmly one step away.

Shangyuan didn't approach either, and kept the distance and said, "I haven't seen you in nine years, and Pei Jun looks really strange now." Her voice was steady and light, and she didn't have much emotion, let alone talk about parting. She just sighed softly, "It seems to be still cute back then."

Pei Qu said slowly: "People are not like the moon, they can go from curved to round and can also go from round to curved. If a person changes, he can't go back."

Shangyuan smiled lightly, and did not look at him anymore, but turned to look at the crescent moon, and said: "Nine years ago, I thought Pei Jun was a good candidate, but at that time, Pei Jun was too soft-hearted, I don't know now—— Is it becoming softer or darker?"

Pei Qu was neither humble nor overbearing: "No matter what kind of heart your Highness wants, the lower officials don't have it."

Compared with nine years ago, Pei Qu's answer was more scheming, but it also showed a little more indifference to the world.

Hearing what he said, Shangyuan naturally understood that he didn't want to interfere in anything now, nor did he want to be used by others.She should have guessed it earlier, after he returned to the country, he would bury himself in the vegetable field and the market abnormally, turning a blind eye to all affairs in the court, clearly wanting to be a useless idler.

But in the world, how can it be so satisfactory?

Personal will is often wishful thinking.

Shangyuan glanced at him inadvertently, then turned back towards the brightly lit restaurant.Although the current curfew is strict, for some people with privileges in their hands, this prohibition is nothing——

Still all night long, no concept of day and night.

"Whether you have the heart that others need is not up to Mr. Pei." There was a fleeting softness on Shangyuan's slightly sick face, replaced by a deep coldness at the corner of his lips, "It's just , I can't even control many things, let alone Mr. Pei? That's probably what the so-called involuntary means."

Although it is a free body, it is not - free.

Shangyuan's gaze always stayed on a certain position on the second floor of the restaurant, and the meaning in that gaze made people study deeply.

She slowly said: "I came here today, I met my uncle today, I met Mr. Pei today, he must know all these things well." There was no emotion in the slightly tired voice, "Among the people above , has his own eyes and ears; as for Mr. Pei, of course it is the same."

The "he" in Shangyuan's mouth does not refer to anyone else, but to the present sage.He holds a secret guard in his hand, which is independent from the sixteen guards and is called the inner guard, also known as the "Plum Blossom Guard".

Internal guards are everywhere, maybe it's a down-and-out scholar living in the east of the square, or the orchid who can sing and dance in Pingkang square, or a fortune-teller who sets up a stall in the west market to measure characters, or even a certain eunuch in Chang'an County Girlfriend... secretive organization, strict discipline, pervasive in the intertwined and complicated human network.They are eyes and ears, but also minions, well-informed, and ruthless means-only to eliminate dissidents for the emperor and punish corrupt officials.

Today, the officials govern Qingming, Haiyan and Heqing, perhaps due to the deterrence of the internal guards.However, in all these actions, because of the emperor's own selfish desires, it becomes difficult to distinguish between good and evil.

Pei Qu has been far away from the capital for many years. Although he can't personally understand the fear of everyone's self-insecurity in the past nine years, he also knows the strength of the internal guards - no one in the bustling market dares to make jokes about the court, just for fear of making a mistake talk.Even Xu Miaowen immediately changed color and turned around when he met the body of the inner guard at the gate of the square that day, so we can get a glimpse of it.

And when Shangyuan said these words, he also unconsciously clenched his hands, which shows that he also hates him very much.

He raised his head and looked at the restaurant together with him.

At this time, Shangyuan said again: "Even if you go to the country and leave home for nine years, Pei Jun has never been able to stay out of it, please remember this."

The implication is that if you want to avoid this vortex, you can't.

There was a clear loneliness on Pei Qu's face.

He is well aware of his situation-being exiled nine years ago meant being abandoned, but being recalled now means that he has the value of being reused.

At any time, it is just a pawn.But if the chess pieces cannot clarify their own destiny, they will definitely be smashed to pieces.

He was originally a new star in the vast official world, and a role model for countless scholars in the whole country.The answer sheet that was praised by the "beauty of virtuousness" is still kept in Shangshu Province, but the owner of this answer sheet can only hold such a box of sweet and bitter future, standing in a dilemma on the embarrassing journey of life.

Maybe what he told Shangyuan was the truth, he didn't have any kind of heart he wanted.That heart has long been thwarted into dust in the long years.

But it was because of a conspiracy of kings ten years ago.

Shangyuan coughed, she breathed steadily, without even looking at Pei Qu, she just said: "Go back, it's so cold."

At this time, Nanshan was packing up the picture scrolls of the women's comments, because the women were tired of talking, and now they didn't want to go back to the library to rest, so they said they wanted to play with Tibetan hooks to refresh their spirits.

The so-called "Tibetan Hook" is a banquet game in which a special jade hook is hidden in the hands of one group of people for another group to guess.Originally, it was only played when watching the year, and the hooks were also particular. Later, it was played at any banquet. For the sake of convenience, the objects used for hiding have become accessories worn by ladies, and the rules have become more casual.

After this proposal came out, Mrs. Wang immediately asked everyone to draw lots and divide them into two groups, eighteen people, exactly one group of nine people.

Nanshan was standing aside, and Mrs. Wang suddenly said to her, "Little Nineteen, bring your earrings."

When Nanshan was about to pick up the earrings, Shangyuan arrived.

Shangyuan stood at the door and did not come in, while Nanshan caught sight of Pei Qu who was standing not far behind her.

Shangyuan just heard at the door that they were going to play with Tibetan hooks, so he said to Nanshan at this moment: "Let's play with Xiaojiu too."

"Isn't Xiao Nineteen not allowed to drink... What should I do if I lose?" Madam Changsun cautiously interjected.

Cui Sanniang then said: "Where is the time when Xiao Nineteen guesses and loses?"

"Even so, many people..."

Shangyuan said: "I brought someone over to play with you." She turned her head and said to Pei Channel behind her, "Please, Mr. Pei."

There was an uproar during the banquet, and the face of Mrs. Sun, who had talked about Pei Qu before, changed even more.Rumor has it that there seemed to be something between Pei Qilang and Shangyuan back then, what does Shangyuan mean by bringing him here now?

All the ladies got up and moved their seats one after another, leaving Pei Qu the seat at the far end.On the other side, Mrs. Wang also moved her seat and let Nanshan sit.

So Nanshan sat facing Pei Qu, she lowered her head to take the earrings, always feeling that someone was looking at her.

Shangyuan returned to the main seat, not intending to participate in the game, but just watched quietly.

She brought Pei Qu here for her own purpose. Since she will definitely be known when she sees Pei Qu tonight, she might as well be more generous.What's more, Pei Qu's current mood should not be easy.

Just now she firmly told him that there must be the emperor's eyes and ears among the people in this room, so at this time he sat among these people, probably full of thoughts.

who can that be?

In Pei Qu's mind, he also had no clue at the moment.

He looked at Nanshan opposite, but Nanshan never looked up at him.

Lady Wang took Nanshan's earrings and announced the start of the game.First, one of the groups starts to pass the earring, hands behind each other, from the beginning to the end, but the earring may be left in the hands of someone in the middle.

All the ladies clenched their fists and stretched out their fists in front of them to let the people in the opposite group guess. If they guess wrong, they will be punished with alcohol.

Round after round, the atmosphere during the banquet was already very active.

The smell of alcohol is mixed with the smell of incense, which makes people feel intoxicated.Shangyuan watched quietly for half an hour, taking into account the expressions of everyone at the banquet. At this moment, he stood up quietly, and the servant at the side shouted very interestingly: "Princess returns to the mansion—"

Everyone got up and sent Shangyuan away respectfully, until there was no movement outside, then they all sat down again and continued the game just now.

Every time Pei Qu guessed that the earring was in Nanshan's hands, but he guessed wrong every time.

Mrs. Sun handed over the penalty wine again, while Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Little Nineteen is a master at hiding the hook. Even if the hook really gets to her, she can hide it somewhere else without anyone noticing it. Don't look at her." Open your hands, maybe—" Mrs. Wang looked behind her carefully, and finally found the earring in her back collar, "tsk tsk—when did you stuff it in? How difficult is it? Can't Pei Shaofu even notice when he's sitting across from her?"

Pei Qu looked at her, while Nan Shan had an innocent face, as if to say, "This is how games should be played, wouldn't it be boring if it was easy to be guessed".

She's good at everything, she's good at everything, she's a genius, but she's eccentric.

Pei Qu watched her distracted, and didn't even drink the fine wine in his hand in time.Mrs. Wang urged: "Young Pei's mansion can't play tricks, if you are willing to gamble and admit defeat, you have to drink up."

Contrary to Pei Qu, Nanshan was able to guess right every time, so he didn't drink a drop of wine, and he was simply a victorious general in the Tibetan hook world.

She is a little monster in the eyes of women, because monsters do not belong to men's world or women's world, women do not treat her with suspicion of the opposite sex or jealousy towards the same sex, and because her family background is poor and easy to sympathize with, so most women love her. They all liked her very much.

The ladies praised her one after another, and then started the next round.

Half an hour later, it was very late at night, and some ladies were drunk during the banquet, so Mrs. Wang said: "Let's stop here today." She called the accompanying maids to come in and take the ladies back to the hall to rest, and she got up and went to the hall together. Nanshan gave a few instructions, then turned and left.

Nan Shan put the scroll back into the bag, looked up and saw Pei Qu lying on the low table.

She is so overwhelmed with alcohol, how dare she still have the nerve to be her teacher?

After the ladies had left, only leftovers and dim candles remained in the house.No matter how lively the feast is, in the end, the cups and plates are messed up, and it is desolate.Nanshan knows the truth of people taking tea to cool down, she no longer feels sad.

She reached out to touch her earlobe, and remembered that there was another earring in someone else's hand.

And she clearly remembered that in the last round, the ladies were all in a daze, and Pei Qu, who was also unconscious, tightly held her earrings in his hands, and did not hide them in anyone's hands.

She squatted down beside Pei Qu, looked at his profile through the dim light, and stretched her hand under the countertop, grasping the hand in his wide sleeve precisely, and then, like a vicious nanny, she pointed one finger at a time Desperately opened his hand, and got back his earring as he wished.

She pinched the warm earrings and looked at the light, then smiled silly again.

As if she suddenly remembered something, she took out a small-leaved gardenia flower with a residual fragrance from her bosom, lowered her head and sniffed it, and finally put it in front of Pei Qu's nose.

The door was opened with a "crash", Guan Bai suddenly poked his head in, glanced at the drunk apprentice, and quickly said to his disciple, "Come out!"

Nan Shan came back to his senses, got up and patted the creases on his front, and hurried out the door.

The moment she closed the door, Pei Qu slowly opened his eyes.

Guan Bai called the little disciple out of the room, and just as the little disciple was about to speak, Guan Bai immediately made a "silence" movement, turned around and sneaked towards the stairs.

Nan Shan went downstairs with him, stood still and scratched his forehead: "Why does Master have to come down and talk about it?"

Guan Bai suddenly turned around and scolded: "Idiot! How do you know if he is really drunk or fake drunk! If he is fake drunk, all he says at the door will be overheard, I'm not doing it for you!"

Nan Shan nodded his head in a good manner, but said: "But if he is pretending to be drunk, and Master called me out like this, it seems that there is no silver 300 taels here."

"Come on, let him go." With an impatient expression on his face, Guan Bai continued to walk out with his hands behind his back, looking in the direction of going back to the temple.

"Didn't the master say that he would stay in the building?"

"I don't have any money!" Guan Bai snorted, "After living in the temple for nine years, I've become a poor old man!"

"Huh? Isn't Master Shizu from Shilu?"

"It was said to be for me, but I couldn't even get a single grain of rice, and it was all swallowed up by that stingy and black-hearted deacon monk in the temple!" Guan Bai became angry as he spoke, and chattered endlessly, "Ah, When I am old, I am bullied, they don't know that when I was young, I was very powerful!"

Nanshan listened to his babbling, and walked with him all the way to the mountain gate.The moonlight was so pitifully weak that Nanshan felt a little cold in the gloomy surroundings.

When he reached the closed mountain gate, Guan Bai stopped nagging and stopped walking.He looked up at the mountain gate, and said with his hands behind his back, "Nine years have really passed like this!"

"It's been delicious and delicious for nine years, and I'm strong and strong, and my master is not bad." Nanshan looked optimistic, "Living in the temple may increase your life!"

"Bullshit!" Guan Bai snorted, "I'm the one with one foot buried in the ground, and letting me spend my whole life buried in the ground in this boring place is simply devoid of conscience!"

As a member of the royal family, Li Guanbai was also implicated in the rebellion of the kings, and was forced to live as an idler in this White Horse Temple, almost equivalent to lifelong house arrest.

In the past nine years, there were very few relatives and younger generations who came to visit him, but there were many yellow-haired children who were full and had nothing to do. One by one, they came to ask for this post and that post, which was very annoying!Nanshan was an exception, Li Guanbai was very happy to accept this genius as an apprentice, but he didn't expect this master to be snatched by Yun Qi to be an apprentice before he was enough to be a master!

It's really annoying that this little monster Pei Yunqi is back now.

No, now he has grown into a big monster, he speaks and acts differently from before, after all he is an adult with a castle and a hidden story.

Guan Bai suddenly curled his lips at this point, the feeling that the children have grown up is really bad!Standing outside the gloomy mountain gate, he was not in a hurry to call for the door to enter, but said inexplicably, "Actually, when you think about it carefully, you are really stupid for trying so hard to hide it so that he can't recognize it."

Nan Shan glared: "Could it be that Master has revealed all my details!" She sniffed hard, "Ah! Master at least drank half of the jar!"

Guan Bai tends to talk nonsense after drinking, what did she do before?To let Master and Teacher go to eat fish and drink together?
Guan Bai raised his hand in the air for a while: "Does your master seem to be a man with a loose tongue! That little bastard came to me during the day, but I didn't say anything, and I didn't talk to him at night This bastard is a monster now! How can it be so easy to trick me with every sentence?" Guan Bai said excitedly, and blew on his beard, "He thinks that I have been living for nothing for decades?"

Nan Shan took his heart away.

"Idiot, do you really know how to go forward?"

Nan Shan was taken aback, but said: "That's natural, just live well. Master, will you really stay in this Buddhist pure place until your whole body is buried in the soil?"

Guan Bai seemed to be sober, after hearing Nan Shan's words, he sighed belatedly.

Nanshan thought that he was going to talk about the essentials of life next, but the old man mumbled, "Tonight's fish has too much salt, I'm really thirsty." He shook his head and yelled for the door up.

The mountain gate is difficult to open, especially at this time.Guan Bai opened his voice and yelled for a stick of incense. The momentum seemed to call down Chang'e from the sky. Nanshan Pestle watched quietly not far away, and turned around until he entered the temple, and turned back to the restaurant. .

Pei Qu had already sobered up, sat alone in the hall, asked the shopkeeper for a bowl of Lengtao, and ate in silence.

In the middle of the night, even eating felt a sense of loneliness.Nan Shan walked over quietly, sat down next to a small table diagonally opposite, and smoothed his clothes.

Pei Qu continued to eat his Lengtao, and asked the shopkeeper to bring a cup of ebony drink and a cup of buttermilk.He carefully ate the Lengtao in the bowl, not in a hurry, when the store brought the cold drink, he raised his head, looked towards Nanshan, and beckoned her, as if telling her to sit over.

Nanshan was extremely thirsty at this time, so he stared at the ebony drink held in a glass cup, thinking that drinking it must be very cool.So she got up and sat down opposite Pei Qu, before she sat upright, Pei Qu took a sip of the ebony drink.

Alas, leaving a cup of buttermilk for her is so unmeaning.

Although he was muttering this in his heart, Nanshan said hesitantly: "Cui Sanniang..."

"Ms. Cui's appearance is first-rate." Pei Qu had finished eating Lengtao at this time, still holding the ebony drink in his hand, his gaze was firm but he couldn't see through it, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Nan Shan was lowering his head to drink the buttermilk from the cup that was almost overflowing, when he heard his rhetorical question, he almost knocked over the glass cup.

"I—" Nanshan was confused for a moment, and he quickly responded and asked, "Since the teacher said that Mrs. Cui is of first-class appearance, what then?"

"Why is there still a later? Do you have to say bluntly 'not pleasing to the eye and don't like' for the teacher?"

Cough cough, let's just keep the sentence that praised Mrs. Cui for her first-class appearance.

Nan Shan had nothing to say for a while, so he drank the buttermilk in front of him boredly.When she accidentally got some on her lips, she quickly stretched out the tip of her tongue to lick it off, and met Pei Qu's eyes as soon as she raised her head.Her dark pupils looked quite scary, like a little starving ghost in the famine era, and it seemed that she was about to stir up trouble and start eating people in the next moment.

Pei Qu got up, settled the bill with the shopkeeper, and didn't even ask where Guan Bai had gone, at this moment he just wanted to go out to get some air.

Shangyuan reminded him not to be careless, and let him sit among the crowd, and told him clearly that the emperor's eyes and ears were among them, which was simply a disguised test.She wanted to see herself troubled and frightened, but the ultimate goal was to make him surrender to her.

He thought about it for a long time and doubted a lot, but he knew very well that no matter how he went this way, going up the far way was not a wise choice.

Pei Qu stood outside for a long time, but when he came back, he found that Nan Shan had fallen asleep on the small case.

Nanshan didn't pretend to sleep, she really fell asleep.

Pei Qu didn't bother her, stood there for a while, then went out to the library.

A small-leaved gardenia flower that was about to wither and turn yellow was hidden in the sleeve pocket, and the fragrance of the flower was so strong that it was hard to melt away.He still clearly remembered the strange touch of that cool little hand brutally opening his hand to take back his earrings, and the fragrance of the small-leaved gardenia she put in front of his nose, everything was familiar but strange.

Back then, there was also a child who struggled to open his fingers, took away a fruit he was holding, and then ate the fruit with staring eyes in front of him.

At that time, he asked with a wry smile: "Is it so delicious? You won't leave any of it to me?"

The child nodded desperately, and a forced smile appeared on his face, which was flushed from trying to swallow.

He can't remember very well.

That face, and even the voice, were blurred like a dream after a long time, chaotic and without concreteness.

Pei Qilang had a very headache at this moment, he turned around and wanted to go back to the restaurant to ask for clarification, but he stopped after walking two steps.Not to mention whether she will think that she is having an epileptic seizure, if she really admits that she is the person he is looking for——

Then?Do you recognize each other?There shouldn't be any intersection in the first place. It's been nine years, and it's only natural for each of them to live in peace.

Besides, she might not be.

Although he tried so hard to stop himself, Pei Qu walked back to the restaurant and saw that she was still asleep in the hall, hesitating between "sleeping like this will catch a cold" and "let her sleep like this anyway, she is not easy to get sick at a young age" After deciding on the former for a long time, he struggled for a long time between "carry her back to the building" and "wake her up", and finally reached out and patted Nanshan on the back.

Nanshan sat upright and looked around vigilantly.

After discovering that Pei Qu was the only one in the room, Nan Shan yawned lazily, his eyelids were about to droop again, and he didn't realize at all what kind of ideological struggle she, a teacher with difficult choices, had just experienced.

She still supported her chin with one hand, looked ahead instead of Pei Qu, and said in a listless voice, "Does the teacher want to take me to the library?"

"Exactly, you'll catch a cold if you sleep like this." Pei Qu emphasized the reason.

"No." This is the second time Nanshan has rejected him in this way, "Students are used to being comfortable with the situation, and they can sleep on the wall, so they don't waste a night's accommodation fee. It's almost midnight now, it's a shame. "

She was sitting lazily, with her eyelids lowered as if she was drunk, and she muttered: "What's more, the teacher confirmed that there are still vacant rooms in the building? As far as I know, there are only [-] rooms in the nearby building, and the eighteen ladies, together with their respective maids, are at least I have to live in [-] rooms, and there is only one room left. Does the teacher want to live with me?"

She shook her head like a rattle, and she was a little confused talking to herself: "What nonsense am I talking about..."

As soon as she finished her self-reflection, she suddenly fell back to the small case.

Have you been drinking?But he didn't see her drinking today, let alone she claimed to never drink alcohol.

At this time, the shopkeeper hurriedly came over: "Oh, just now the Southern media official fell into a drowsy sleep, crying for a cold drink, but the clerk gave her the cold drink mixed with alcohol in a muddleheaded way, what should I do?" OK?"

Can't she tell the difference between alcohol and cold drinks?

The shopkeeper was at the side not knowing what to do, Pei Qu walked to Nanshan and sat down opposite the small case, but saw her frowning, as if she was in unbearable pain, and there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. It seems to be feverish.

It shouldn't be the case when he's drunk, he looked up at the store: "Is it really just a cold drink mixed with wine?"

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly: "It's just a new cool drink that's just been made, and I haven't given it to customers yet."

"Give me one."

The shopkeeper turned around and hurried to get some fresh cool drinks. Pei Qu looked at the liquid in the glazed cup, lowered his head and sniffed, and found that the smell of flowers and wine was mixed, and the scent of flowers was even better. The fragrance is almost submerged in it, so it should not be too much alcohol.

He brought the wine cup to his lips and took a sip. Although there was not much wine, he could still taste it.

He drank a whole glass of wine without any discomfort, but his poor student drank like that. It seems that "not drinking at all" is indeed a big truth.But since she can't even touch wine, and her senses are so sensitive, how could she drink all of this cool drink?
Pei Qu thought about it and noticed that her clenched fist was the same as the shoe. The size of the fist was not very impressive. The knuckles were white, and it could be seen that she was exerting a lot of force. It was the first time he saw that it would be so uncomfortable when drunk.

After hesitating for a while, Pei Qu stretched out his hand, gently grasped her fist, and then spread her palm out like she did when he opened his fingers.But her hand was just a little loose, and in the next moment, she pressed Pei Qu's finger tightly with four fingers, and wrapped his fingers into her palm.

The girl's hand was not as soft as imagined, if he had to describe it, the only word "hard" popped into Pei Qu's mind.He didn't think he was the kind of person who would be sympathetic to women, so he exerted some strength on his hands, and opened her hands a little, leaned his upper body forward, and saw the palm prints on her palms clearly by the light in the hall.

It seemed very similar and familiar, but he still wasn't sure enough to make a conclusion.Even though he tried his best to convince himself not to ask for confirmation again, he still refused to give up any chance of confirmation...

(End of this chapter)