cloud temple phoenix hairpin

Chapter 36

Chapter 33

"Sister, sister Chunyuan."

In the afternoon, Chunyuan was with a few little girls in the open space taking advantage of the spring sun to dry the clothes and quilts. He heard someone calling outside the flower wall. Turning around, he saw a little sweeping girl in the garden looking around, so she walked over.

"Sister, I just stayed here... Liu Xiangyang from the Liu family asked me to send a message, saying that he is waiting for my sister outside the Chuihua Gate and has something to do."

The little girl lowered her voice and said with a smile.

Chun Yuan vaguely guessed that it must be related to that matter in all likelihood, and her spirits perked up, regardless of the little girl's ambiguous appearance, she left the feather duster in her hand and hurried over.

The vertical flower gate is a gate that separates the inner and outer courtyards.Usually, the servants and servants outside are not allowed to go in privately without a guide.Chunyuan went all the way to the door, and saw that there was only a janitor who was leaning on the pillars of the verandah with his arms folded and nodding his head. She looked left and right, but she didn't see Liu Xiangyang, so she stepped forward and pulled the janitor's ears .The young servant was suddenly awakened, jumped up, and the saliva was hanging down from his mouth, he didn't care to wipe it off, and hurriedly called out: "Sister Chunyuan!"

Chun Yuan was a little annoyed, seeing him in such a mess, she couldn't help laughing with a "poof" and said with her hands on her hips, "It's your turn to guard the door, but you fell asleep! Be careful, I will sue Sister Liu to deduct your monthly payment!"

The servant hurriedly begged for mercy with a bitter face, and Chun Yuan was just trying to scare him, and was about to ask Liu Xiangyang, when she suddenly heard a voice of "Chun..., Chun..." behind her, she was suddenly startled, and only saw it when she turned around. Liu Xiangyang was standing at the entrance of the porch, looking at him with a blushing face.

"Where did it come out, it scares me to death!"

Chun Yuan patted her chest, and walked towards Liu Xiangyang a little angrily.

"I was just... at the corner of the porch, and you... saw it as soon as you came."

Liu Xiangyang looked at the ground and stammered.A ray of sunlight was shooting in from the cross-begonia horns in the corner of the corridor, and it seemed that there was a faint mist on his forehead.

Chunyuan's heart softened suddenly, she hummed, and said in a slow tone: "What do you want from me?"

"Just now...someone found me and said that Miss Xie's name is...to bring a letter to the eldest girl."

Liu Xiangyang hurriedly took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.

Chun Yuan took it, and suddenly saw a few faint bruises on his neck, as if pulled out by something like a plank, and blurted out: "Who hit you?"

Seeing her staring at his neck, Liu Xiangyang stretched out his hand to cover it, turned around and hurried to leave.

Chunyuan suddenly understood a little bit, and said softly: "Stop!"

Liu Xiangyang stopped his feet, but turned his neck sideways.

"You helped the girl let Gu Xuan out, did your father find out?"

"My father, no, no, no... I know!" Liu Xiangyang waved his hands hastily, his face flushed red, perhaps he was impatient, and even forgot to stutter for a moment, "When I waited outside the door for him to come back, my mother bumped into me. My mother didn't dare to let my father know, so she just whipped me a few times. Don't worry, girl, only my mother knows, and she dared not tell it..."

Only then did Chunyuan let out a slight breath, glanced at him, then turned and left.

"Are you regretting getting you beaten?"

Chunyuan walked a few steps, then suddenly turned around and asked.

"No... I don't regret it. I have a thick skin and it doesn't hurt. If there will be... in the future, call me!"

Liu Xiangyang blurted out.

Chunyuan couldn't help laughing, then shook her head and sighed: "What a fool...you still talk about it later. If you can get through this time, you will be blessed by the Bodhisattva..." Then she turned and left, leaving behind only That Liu Xiangyang stared blankly at her back, motionless.

In the past two days, Mrs. Jiang and other wives accompanied the imperial concubine. The old lady was worried about her grandson, and she was reluctant to carry him to her Suixi Garden. She was afraid that there would be a wind blowing on the road, so she went there to supervise her. Mingyu was fine. At this time, nature is also on the side.At this moment, the old lady was smiling from ear to ear listening to the nurse talking about the cuteness of the little boy. She sat on the side and unconsciously remembered the bad thing again.

Today, it has been two nights.No matter how good a flower is, I'm afraid it will wither early at this moment.

Although she sent a request letter to Xie Zuiqiao, he also agreed to help, but he didn't hold much hope in his heart.It's fine if it's an ordinary wealthy person, but that person is extremely rich.He wanted to save Du Ruoqiu in order to repay his kindness.What is he trying to get involved in?After thinking about it for the past two days, I still feel that I was too impulsive when I wrote the letter...

Ming Yu was distracted, when she suddenly saw Chun Yuan come in through the curtain, came to her side, leaned over and said in a low voice, "Miss Xie Fu has a letter."

Ming Yu glanced at the old lady, saw that she was teasing her grandson, hurriedly got up and went out to receive the letter, glanced down, her heart skipped a beat, knowing that it was not from Xie Mingrou.She used to love to seal her letters with cold golden flowers, and she must sign them.The envelope was blank, just like the one he sent the day before yesterday.I couldn't go back to my room in time to open it again. I looked around and saw that there was no one under the magnolia tree on the side of the corridor in front of me. I hurried over and opened the seal. I didn't dare to look at it. I closed my eyes and called out. With a sigh of relief, I opened my eyes and scanned it all at once, I couldn't believe it.

He actually rescued Du Ruoqiu!

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life. Yi temporarily lived in my garden in the western suburbs, and there was no danger."

However, there were only a few lines, but Ming Yu read them several times while holding them, and a warm feeling slowly surged in his heart, like a flower blooming in spring.Folding the letter back and putting it away, I thought for a moment silently, and I had already made up my mind.

"Girl, is there any good news?"

Chunyuan accompanied her back to the green building, walked beside her and saw the corners of her lips curved, couldn't help asking, saw her nod her head slightly, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"While my parents are away today, you ask Liu Xiangyang to prepare the car. I'm going out to see Du Ruoqiu. By the way..." Ming Yu stopped talking halfway.

Chunyuan didn't pay attention, but when she heard Liu Xiangyang was mentioned, she couldn't help but said: "No wonder people secretly call him a fool, he helped release Gu Xuan the day before yesterday, and when he was guarding the gate, Liu's sister-in-law saw him and beat him. Such a big man , I didn’t know how to hide, I just saw a few bruises on his neck, asked him if he regretted it, and said that next time if there is another time, I will call him..."

Ming Yu said: "He's an honest man. Speaking of which, I'm the one who troubled him. When you pass by later, bring him a box of anti-stasis ointment." Seeing that Chunyuan seemed to be reluctant to respond, she couldn't help but smile slightly. down.

I have passed the age of Huai Chun, and now I see such a boy and girl Chun Xin, I feel very interesting.Chun Yuan's mouth was like this, she might have noticed Liu Xiangyang in her heart, maybe she hadn't noticed it yet.

"By the way, when we see him later, ask him to go over and tell Gu Xuan quietly that Miss Du is safe, but it's not easy for people to know in the past few days. Let them meet after a few days." Mingyu suddenly Remembering, I ordered again.

The day before yesterday, after Gu Xuan sent a letter to ask for help, he knew that it was all because of the eldest girl's help without telling her parents. Although she wished that she would not go back to find Du Ruoqiu again, she was afraid that she would be blamed, so she hurried back.Seeing that he stopped making trouble, Ruan Hongtian really felt a little sorry for Du Ruoqiu, so he didn't lock him up again, and just asked people to pay attention to him.Now I am afraid that I am looking forward to the news every day.

Chun Yuan responded, and the master and servant returned to the courtyard.

When Ming Yu went out, she didn't bring anyone else with her, she just got into the carriage with Chun Yuan and left by the side door.Liu Xiangyang drove the carriage himself, he had already asked Mr. Xie's residence in the western suburbs from Gu Xuan, he threw off his whip and let his horse go straight.

Sitting in the car, Ming Yu gradually could not hear the hustle and bustle of the downtown, and heard the sound of boat oars paddling across the water, so she slightly opened the window curtains and looked out, and saw that her carriage was driving On a yellow mud road, on one side is the Honghe River flowing slowly eastward, on the other side is a barren paddy field, and a few egrets are gliding in the field in the distance.It is the spring sowing season, and farmers and women can be seen everywhere with their trousers on their knees and bending over to transplant rice seedlings.

When I came out this time, I really wanted to see Du Ruoqiu and ask him clearly.Xie Zuiqiao's letter was only a few words, only saying that she was safe and sound, nothing else.She didn't quite believe it.The girl's house was held captive for two nights, how could it be "safe"?I'm afraid it was Xie Zuiqiao who made up nonsense to reassure her.No matter whether it is good or bad, if you don't see her to see what happened, you will never let it go.Secondly, I really want to express my gratitude to the son of the general's mansion.The jade lock had already done her a great favor last time, and this time it was even worse, maybe he would have offended the third prince for this.Such high sentiments, if I don't personally thank her, I really can't justify it.Although it is absurd to hide this from adults to see a man, but since I delivered a letter privately last time, if I say that I am rigid because of etiquette this time, it seems that I have crossed the river and demolished bridges, and I simply went to thank him in person. sincerity.

The carriage bumped a bit, and heard the sound of wheels rolling over the bluestone slabs, and the sound of water, thinking that it had crossed a bridge. After a while, the carriage stopped slowly, and heard Liu Xiangyang's voice coming from the front: "Girl, it's here."

Mingyu was helped out of the carriage by Chunyuan, looked up, and there was a garden at the end of a bluestone road dozens of steps away, when she got closer, she looked up and saw the second son of "Yuyuan" protruding from the lintel, and suddenly felt A sense of weirdness passed by.Chunyuan also saw it, and laughed in a low voice: "Coincidentally, the name of this garden has the same name as the girl's name."

"Jinyu Meiyu, there are so many places where this word is used in the world, where does it come from?" Ming Yu said unhurriedly.Chun Yuan stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.When he got to the gate, he saw that the garden gate was closed tightly, so he grabbed the animal head door hairpin and knocked it a few times.After a while, the door opened, and an old woman's head poked out, hurriedly said: "Mum, I'm here to visit the master here, is he here? My name is Ruan."

The old woman, surnamed Ding, was from a nearby village. Her son died and her daughter-in-law remarried, leaving only her eight or nine-year-old granddaughter behind.Seeing that the garden, which had been unoccupied for a long time, had a new owner and people moved in, he came here to find a job of cleaning and cooking, so that he could use some money to supplement the family.Xie Zuiqiao felt sorry for her difficult livelihood, so he hired her.Last night, he ordered someone to lie in ambush outside several side gates of the Yi Garden, and when the fragrant chariot came out, he followed it secretly, set fire to it, and took advantage of the chaos to rob Du Ruoqiu.Because of the secrecy of this matter, Yuzan and a few maids who were with her were sent to Xie's mansion, even Gao Jun kept it a secret.

This Granny Ding was sweeping the floor just now, when she heard a noise outside the door, she dragged her broom to open the door, and saw that the person standing at the door and talking was only a half-grown girl with jade-white skin, dark eyes, and a green spring shirt, hanging down in front of her. Two jet-black braids, with a necklace of small tourmaline beads twisted in the braids, the tassels hanging down with the tips of the hair, and a string of emerald beads on the white wrist.Have you ever seen such an outstanding girl?After staring blankly for a while, seeing the girl ask again with a smile on her face, she hastily threw away the broom on her hand, opened the door and said, "Young master is here. The old lady will go to report right away." Busy going in.

Ming Yu walked slowly along the cobblestone corridor to the house.Seeing the silence inside, there are bamboo roads on both sides, rain-stained moss on the stones in front of the steps, and a small pond was dug beside the lake stones, in which there are vermilion fish and emerald green algae.In the corner there is a golden Ditang tree, which is in flowering period, with soft branches and drooping branches, attracting a few bees to buzz and dance, which is probably the only sound in the garden at the moment.

(End of this chapter)