Don't be tempted, sir

The horses were walking in the rugged mountains, and the people under the shade of the trees were all thinking about their own things. When they came out of the forest, they saw green rice fields, and there was a hint of summer in the sunshine.

The fields were full of busy scenes, and many tenant farmers came to look at them along the way. Shen Yining hummed an unknown ballad, feeling very happy, and Song Xiaoyuan listened silently along the way. Riding a horse and strolling in the rice fields is also a kind of happiness!

"Sir Song, we're here." They dismounted and came to a farmer's house. Shen Yining didn't want to be there, so he planned to go out for a walk in the rice fields.

Song Xiaoyuan handed over a silk umbrella and said, "Hold it tight, don't get a heat stroke!"

Shen Yining took it and shyly replied, "Thank you, sir!"

A farm girl walked by and said, "Let me take the girl for a walk!"

"Thank you, sister."

How could the peasant girl bear being called a soft sister? She smiled and offered to hold an umbrella for Shen Yining, but Shen Yining politely refused.

"Come here, girl, come this way. This is the coolest place in Daohua Village."

"Oh? How can there be a cool place in a rice field?"

Shen Yining walked across the ridge holding an umbrella. Then he understood why she could help hold the umbrella. This... the ridge was wide enough for three people to stand! Although he was surprised, he did not ask.

Along the way, the tenant farmers in the fields and the guide seemed unfamiliar and did not greet each other. According to the past in Yongzhou, people would greet anyone passing by, and those who were familiar would chat for a while.

After walking through the rice fields, we came to a finely crafted pavilion in the middle of the field. The woman explained that it was built for everyone to rest in the afternoon.

Shen Yining said tenderly, "Sister, please go back first! I think the young master will need a while, I will just wait for him here."

"Hey, ok! Have some tea, girl."

The peasant girl thought that a delicate woman who had never touched women would not understand anything. She went back without any worries. After all, who wouldn't want to get acquainted with a second-rank official?

Shen Yining sat in the pavilion, watching the breeze blowing up the wheat waves. He recalled that in the past, in a wheat field like this, two little kids caught dragonflies in the morning dew.

"Second brother, Yining is so sleepy!"

"Yining, don't you want dragonfly anymore?"

"I do want to, but...why do we have to get up so early? Big Brother is still sleeping in!"

"Because in the afternoon, the sun dries out the dragonfly's wings and we can't catch them!"

Changqing, I really want to go back to my childhood! Quietly looking at the things that seemed like the past, Shen Yining couldn't help but wipe away tears.

"Girl, you have a beautiful face and are dressed elegantly. Why are you crying?" An old lady with her trouser legs rolled up and covered in mud stood under the pavilion and asked.

Seeing this, Shen Yining hurriedly wiped away her tears, walked out of the pavilion and helped the old woman sit down. "Old woman, come up and sit down!"

The old woman stretched out her hand to stop him from getting close. “No, no, I’m afraid of getting your dress dirty.”

Shen Yining knew that his enthusiasm would only embarrass the old woman, so he did not approach her. He just stood in the pavilion and said, "Come up and sit down, it's cool!"

"No, thank you for your kindness, but I see you are so beautiful, how can you cry here alone?"

"I...I miss my family..."

"Is that so... That's sad... That's how women are, drifting with the water. At home, they obey their fathers, and when they get married, they obey their husbands. They have no say over themselves!"

Shen Yining didn't understand the helplessness of a poor girl, he just felt the old woman's sorrow. He opened his mouth to thank her, "Thank you for your comfort!"

The old woman waved and left.

Shen Yining sat down to drink tea. This tea was not right! It was fragrant and sweet. This place was too strange. It didn't look like the countryside at all. Instead, it looked like... like a rich manor.

Song Xiaoyuan and his group came over, and Shen Yining stood up to greet them, "Sir!"

Song Xiaoyuan took the hand that was stretched out to her, hugged Shen Yining in his arms, and asked tenderly, "Have you cried?"

The person in his arms said in a muffled voice, “Hmm!”

The officials behind them looked at the talented man and beautiful woman and praised them one after another.

Song Xiaoyuan said in a cold voice, "Awu, bring the horse!"

The prefect was puzzled. "Sir Song, I haven't finished my report yet. There are farmers waiting for a banquet over there!"

Ah Wu led the way, Song Xiaoyuan carried Shen Yining onto the horse, and then he himself climbed onto the horse, ignoring the prefect. He shouted "Go!" and whipped his horse through the wheat field.

Leaving a group of officials standing there, "What on earth made him unhappy?"

"Our lives..."

Feng Ke was calm and composed. "Come here, what happened to that woman here just now?"

"My Lord, the woman just sat here crying alone, nothing happened."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "It turns out that the beauty is crying. I feel so sorry for her!"

"I never thought that Mr. Song is not only affectionate, but also deeply affectionate! Hahahaha"

The galloping horse trampled away the sorrow and entered the forest. It was very cool under the shade of the trees. The horse slowed down. Shen Yi asked with the excitement of riding a horse, "Why did you leave?"

The person behind him replied unhappily in a cold voice, "What a waste of time!"

"Hmm? Lord Song also knows that this is all an illusion?"

"Ok!"

"Lord Song is always busy, is it all because of official business like this?"

"Yes...and no! This world is like the rice fields today, it is both real and fake. Running back and forth is my duty, but I can't bear it either."

Shen Yining didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean?"

"No."

The two of them rode their horses in silence, and the light and shadow illuminated the two people who were completely different but met by fate. As the saying goes, if you are destined to meet, you will meet even if you are thousands of miles apart, but if you are not destined to meet, you will not meet even if you are face to face.

"Why did you cry just now?"

Shen Yining, whose mind was wandering, was suddenly called back to his senses. "Huh? What?"

Song Xiaoyuan repeated, "Why did you cry just now?"

"I...I miss my second brother!"

"Shen Changqing?"

"Yeah! Once upon a time...we also grew up in a wheat field like this!"

"You were going to marry him, weren't you?

"Well, how does Lord Song know?"

Song Xiaoyuan didn't reply, but asked, "Do you want it to be faster?"

"okay!"

"Gee!" Song Xiaoyuan rode his horse and took her galloping through the mountains and forests, walking against the wind, with wild flowers swaying on the roadside.

An arrow flew out of the forest. Song Xiaoyuan held the reins tightly with one hand and held Shen Yining tightly with the other. They both bent down and lowered their heads. The arrow missed, and Ah Wu fought with him from behind.

Shen Yining straightened up and asked, "What's wrong?"

"There are branches, sit tight, Miss Shen!"

The horse was galloping through the mountains at this moment, and there were people riding horses to chase it from behind, but they were all killed by the shadow guards in the woods.

Song Xiaoyuan did not return to the city, but rode a horse to take Shen Yining back to Huanyun Pavilion. He carried Shen Yining off the horse, told the maid to take good care of her, and got on the horse: "Miss Shen, no matter who asks you to leave Huanyun Pavilion! Including Langchuan and his wife!"

"Okay, I will. Master Song, please be safe!"

Watching Song Xiaoyuan riding away on his horse, I wondered what had happened! This was the first time I saw him so anxious. Father and mother, I hope they are okay... Turned around. "Let's go to Muchun Pavilion!"

"Yes, Miss Shen! This way!"

Sitting in the pavilion, looking at the golden sea of ​​rhododendrons under the setting sun, my mind was full of thoughts and I had no time to appreciate the flowers.

Why are my parents here? Are they safe? Mr. Song is just a scholar. Can Ah Wu protect him? Don't let it be like last time!